Blog moved to LTR main website

 The blog has now been integrated into our main website at http://ltr.pca.org.  We don't plan to use this Google Blogger blog anymore.  

Website Redesign

I am in the process of replacing our entire website with a Wordpress system.  You can preview it here: http://ltrtemp.pca.org/ .  This system integrates the blog and classified adds system into a single website.  I am hoping to have it done and moved to our domain (http://ltr.pca.org) later this month. 

Events cancelled through April

Due to the virus, and the state mandated distancing rules, we will need to cancel our LTR events through April 30.  Let's hope we can start back up in May.

Street Survival 2020

These events have been cancelled for 2020.

The dates for the Mossville Street Survival are now on the calendar for September 26th and 27th (2 classes, one each day) and open for registration.

Several Lincoln Trail members volunteer for this and have since the beginning.  We always need more volunteers so if you can spare some time to help young new drivers learn car control please contact Rick Largen. We have many volunteer jobs from registration and managing the various course obstacles to in-car coaches.  The Illini BMW Club with support from Lincoln Trail, Kauth & Mayeur, and Caterpillar (and many others) have been hosting the Street Survival in Mossville Caterpillar building AC parking lot, and using the Caterpillar AC building and auditorium, since 2011.  This is a great way for car people to give back to the community.

Learn high performance driving skills online

Here are 2 great resources for learning the skills of performance driving. They are both geared toward racing but most the skills they teach also apply to HPDE.

• Racer360 is a collection of tutorials aimed at different aspects of driving.  Many are free but other require a subscription.
• Driver61 has a great collection of video tutorials where a race driving instructor talks through car control and racing skills in a classroom setting with in-car video clips.  You can also find his channel and  play list on YouTube.

These are great to study now as track season is coming up soon.  If you are new to high performance drivers education, check out this blog post: https://ltrpca.blogspot.com/2018/02/high-performance-drivers-education-aka.html

Driving events on the calendar already

It's still January but car clubs are already busy getting driving events on their calendars.

Autocross

The biggest autocross club in Central Illinois is the Champaign County Sports Car Club.  Here is their autocross schedule they just posted.

The Central Illinois Region (CIR) of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) also hosts autocrosses in Central Illinois, including Mossville.  I have not seen their 2020 schedule yet though.

High Performance Drivers Education (HPDE)

Some of us LTR members have already signed up for the CIR PCA Spring Brake HPDE at Putnam Park April 24 - 26.  This is a great event for all from beginners to experts.

The dates for the St Louis Region PCA HPDE events at Worldwide Technology Raceway at Gateway are:

• April 24-26th - Registration opens 2/29
• June 5-7th - Registration opens 4/4
• October 16-18th - Registration opens 8/15

More clubs will be adding events soon so this is just the beginning.  You can search for driving events at Clubregistration.net and Motorsportreg.com too.