I'm wondering what it takes to hold an autocross event. Say I have a place that has agreed to let me use their (huge, flat) parking lot. What else do I need?

Pylons, corner marshels, timers, record keepers, some sort of scoreboard/monitor, markers for start and braking zones.

What else?

What about permits/insurance (Ontario, Canada)

Thanks

-Russ.

It looks like your list is pretty complete, and your local SCCA chapter may be able to help with the insurance part. They may offer to take it over from you and use the lot in their schedule. Open lots with willing owners can be hard to find in certain areas of the country.

What scale of an autox are you trying to hold? My friends and I used to hold small ones (20-30 guys we knew) privately so we could avoid insurance and get as many runs as we could fit in.

I'm wondering what it takes to hold an autocross event. Say I have a place that has agreed to let me use their (huge, flat) parking lot. What else do I need?

Pylons, corner marshels, timers, record keepers, some sort of scoreboard/monitor, markers for start and braking zones.

What else?

What about permits/insurance (Ontario, Canada)

Thanks

-Russ.


not sure about the legal whatnot, but you should have flags for the crner workers, radios to call in penalties, and dont forget paint to box in cones.
just some commonly forgotten stuff
--doug

paint? you can use the big "schoolyard" chalk for that.

paint? you can use the big "schoolyard" chalk for that.
Drywall scraps mark pavement just as well as chalk and don't cost nothing.

Drywall scraps mark pavement just as well as chalk and don't cost nothing.

. . . and they're long-reaching. You can sit in the bed of a truck with another person and outline the course like that if you'd like to give yourself more of a shape to your course (helps people find gates). Another benefit of the long-reach is that you don't have to keep bending over and standing up which can get to be a lot of work if you've got a lot of cones to mark (not to mention for you old-timers with a few extra years on you ;) ).

paint? you can use the big "schoolyard" chalk for that.
touche

. . . and they're long-reaching. You can sit in the bed of a truck with another person and outline the course like that if you'd like to give yourself more of a shape to your course (helps people find gates). Another benefit of the long-reach is that you don't have to keep bending over and standing up which can get to be a lot of work if you've got a lot of cones to mark (not to mention for you old-timers with a few extra years on you ;) ).

seriously, drywall scraps ftw

You MUST have insurance, you must also have waivers. Making the local club aware of your new site and being a big part of organizing it will be the easiest way. An SCCA event doesn't happen without insurance, as a safety steward if something is unsafe with the course I can stop the event by pulling the insurance sanction - its the only part of an event that is really nessescary.