Spectators at all SAE Collegiate Design Series competitions

[SAE_intl_girl]

Dear Team Members and Faculty,

In response to your constructive feedback, the staff of SAE Collegiate Design Series had a meeting to revisit the issue of Team Paddock admittance. In order to comply with the insurance requirements, the area will remain "Restricted"� and monitored. Access to the team paddocks is restricted to those who are "Registered Attendees"�. A "registered attendee"� is anyone 18 years of age or older, has signed the liability waiver and has been issued a wristband from the registration area.

Spectators are welcome at all Collegiate Design competitions. Admission is free for all events with the exception of Formula SAE at Virginia International Raceway. A $45 entrance fee is required due to the Bosch Engineering 250 running simultaneously with the Formula SAE event. This ticket entitles attendee access to all Bosch Engineering 250 events.

For any questions please contact collegiatecompetitions@sae.org or call 1-724-776-4841 for Education Relations.
Or, if you wish, continue to insult us on fsae.com http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Sincerely,
SAE Collegiate Design Series Staff

[SAE_intl_girl]

Dear Team Members and Faculty,

In response to your constructive feedback, the staff of SAE Collegiate Design Series had a meeting to revisit the issue of Team Paddock admittance. In order to comply with the insurance requirements, the area will remain "Restricted"� and monitored. Access to the team paddocks is restricted to those who are "Registered Attendees"�. A "registered attendee"� is anyone 18 years of age or older, has signed the liability waiver and has been issued a wristband from the registration area.

Spectators are welcome at all Collegiate Design competitions. Admission is free for all events with the exception of Formula SAE at Virginia International Raceway. A $45 entrance fee is required due to the Bosch Engineering 250 running simultaneously with the Formula SAE event. This ticket entitles attendee access to all Bosch Engineering 250 events.

For any questions please contact collegiatecompetitions@sae.org or call 1-724-776-4841 for Education Relations.
Or, if you wish, continue to insult us on fsae.com http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Sincerely,
SAE Collegiate Design Series Staff

[B Hise]

do you still have to pay the fee if you have a Grand-AM hard card?

[exFSAE]

Good call. Thanks!

[kuck]

Thanks for reopening the competition, but now my brother can't go as he's not 18. He had a blast at competition last year.

Can you inquire into people under 18 being able to attend when in the presence of parents or legal guardians? Many of us have families.

[vreihen]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by SAE_intl_girl:
Access to the team paddocks is restricted to those who are "Registered Attendees"�. A "registered attendee"� is anyone 18 years of age or older, has signed the liability waiver and has been issued a wristband from the registration area. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The SCCA's insurance categorizes people as either participants or non-participants. The difference between the two is that one person has signed the waiver and been issued a wristband, and the other one is non-waivered and an insurance risk/liability. You don't need to be driving or crewing to be a participant...just sign the waiver and get a wristband to show that you did sign. I'm guessing that SAE is buying their motorsports insurance from the same agents as everyone else, and that "registered attendee" = "participant" under the event policy.

On the subject of minors (under 18), I know that the SCCA has a special minor release form for events. It generally requires both parents' signatures, notarization if both parents aren't present at the gate, and takes over 5 minutes to fill out...one form per child. A few weeks ago, I was informed by an attorney familiar with motorsports that the state of New Jersey has ruled that minor releases are as good as scrap paper even with all of the signatures/stamps/witnesses in place. The decision to admit minors may be on a state-by-state basis for event venue, and I think that the following quote says it all in this case:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by SAE_intl_girl:
For any questions please contact collegiatecompetitions@sae.org or call 1-724-776-4841 for Education Relations.
Or, if you wish, continue to insult us on fsae.com http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Someone should make the above quote a hot topic or sticky post at the top of the forum's page..... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[jeff-NIUMS]

I know it's a long shot but is there any way we can get comp passes for a couple of family members?