About this event
Porsche Club of America – San Diego Region welcomes you!
Join us at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Saturday & Sunday, January 24th and 25th, running counter-clockwise. All spots are allocated first come, first served. If you sign up and a spot does not become available for you, you will not be charged. Please read carefully everything on both this page and the next before signing up so that you don't miss out!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Instructors willing to take a student: Register in the first week after registration opens for a bonus $50 discount!
This Chuckwalla Valley Raceway event features Time Trial (TT) and Driver's Education (DE), with four separate run groups. Please contact the Registrar at: preregtt-de@pcasdr.org for any questions.
Important information for signing-up:
- Due to high expected demand, completing the online registration process DOES NOT mean you are Confirmed to attend the event
- Sign up when registration first opens to maximize your chances of being confirmed.
- We have prepared a guide to registration, which may answer many of your questions about registration.
- Registrations are confirmed in registration order after any errors are corrected. Please read the registration guide to help you complete the registration form so we can move your registration along as quickly as possible.
- If you have questions about the form that aren't answered by the registration guide, please complete the form as best you can and e-mail preregtt-de@pcasdr.org so we can start working with you to get your registration squared away.
- Your credit card is not charged when you sign up (though the number will be collected.) Billing happens after the event for drivers who were confirmed.
- Please reply to messages from the registrars promptly. Check your spam folders for messages from us through MotorsportReg.
- Please message us at anytime if you have a question about your registration or status for the event. We aim to do the first batch of confirmations by 2 weeks after registration opens.
- If you are wait-listed expect movement on the wait-list as cancellations and instructor signups occur regularly. If you want to know your position in the wait-list please email the pre-reg team any time.
The base price for this event (assumes early registration, no need to rent anything, etc.) is $495 for the weekend. TT and DE students are required to pay the additional $100 student fee. Driving time is expected to be approximately 3 hours per entrant during the weekend. An example schedule is avaible here. The final schedule will be e-mailed to participants a week ahead of the event.
To register, you are required join the PCA - San Diego Region group on MotorsportReg.com (note: this just means adding PCA - San Diego Region to your list of Clubs on MotorsportReg.com; it does not make you a member of PCA). Regardless of which region of PCA you belong to or if you don't belong to PCA at all, you must join the SDR group on this web site (again, doing so will not make you a member of PCA). This will be done as a step in the registration process. Non-Porsches that meet our rules are welcome!!!
Physical Damage Insurance: Insurance for your car is available for this event via Lockton Affinity, LLC, PCA National's exclusively endorsed insurance provider. Note that liability coverage is not included and Time Trial Timed Runs are now insurable for an additional charge. This insurance is strictly optional. Be sure to read all the fine print. For more info click https://locktonmotorsports.com/hpde-insurance/. There may be other track day insurance providers that meet your needs.
Event Info on your Mobile Phone: You may sign up for our mobile phone notification system as part of your registration for this event. For a Standard subscription (notifications of postings for your run group, and important announcements), simply check the box that says you do not want a Custom subscription. Even if you do not wish to take advantage of this service, you MUST have your mobile phone number on file with MotorsportReg in the Mobile/Cell field of your profile or your registration will not be processed. Having your mobile number in any other field while leaving the Mobile/Cell field blank amounts to not having your mobile number in the system. Again, your registration is not valid until this has been completed and others registering after you will be prioritized ahead of you. To check or input this, sign in, then click the “My Account” tab, then click “My Profiles”, click on your name, then click “Edit My Information”. Enter your mobile phone number into the field titled “Mobile/Cell” – even if you already have it in other fields – then click “Save My Information”.
Event Hotel: There is no event hotel arranged. Tech and check-in Friday and Saturday will be at the track or CVR cabins.
Camping at the Track: You may camp at the track Friday and Saturday nights. Please call Chuckwalla Valley Raceway (760) 227-3100 to make arrangements. There may be fees payable to the track in order to camp. The track has cabins available for on-site lodging. Click here for more info.
RV rentals: If interested in an RV rental, try El Monte RV, or Go RVing.
Early Bird Registration: The base registration fee is $495 if you register prior to midnight on January 11th, with credit card on file. Registration after January 11th till the close of registration January 17th will have a $50 late fee. Please contact the Registrar at: preregtt-de@pcasdr.org.
Payment: You MUST use a credit card to pay if registering online, VISA, MasterCard, Discover preferred, though we do accept AMEX. For complete event pricing details proceed with registration steps. You will have a chance to confirm (or abort) after you make your selections. Your credit card will be charged AFTER the event.
Cancellation Fee: There are potential fees associated with cancelling after various dates. Please see the full cancellation policy at the bottom of the next page.
If you have a question about this event that is not answered on this page, please contact the registrars at: preregtt-de@pcasdr.org.
Event requirements
NOTE: For this event, we are using your 2026 car class. If you have a Porsche, before continuing on to register you MUST first enter your car on the Zone 8 car classification website to determine your 2026 car class. Even if you have previously classified your car in 2025, the rules have changed for 2026, and thus you must go to the above website, edit your car, re-examine all questions and answers, and click all the way through until you see and click on Finished to determine your proper 2026 class. Special note for those running in SS classes: You must now attest to your SS classification on the Zone 8 car classification website. You will need this info in order to register on the next page. More information on how to do this is below.
Prior Experience: Individuals without a Zone 8 Solo Permit (or approved equivalent) must have completed at least 8 HPDE days or equivalent over the past 24 months (minimum age of 18 years, valid state driver's license, and good mental and physical health also required) to sign up for the Time Trial. Your experience will be evaluated to determine if you qualify to participate in the Drivers Education or Time Trial. Competitive Timed Runs are optional within the Time Trial, though all Time Trialers must have an AMB/MYLAPS Transponder on their car during practice regardless.
All uncredentialed drivers are considered to be Students and will be required to have an Instructor and pay the $100 student fee. Also please note that there are clothing requirements and an approved Snell helmet is required. Please contact the Registrar at least 2 weeks prior to the event for information on helmet rental if needed. Experienced drivers new to SDR track events may also be required to have an Instructor until their competency has been demonstrated.
There will be a MANDATORY Zoom classroom session for all drivers wanting to participate in the DE School. It will be held on Wednesday January 21st, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
TT'ers with qualifying credentials: No charge for Solo Permits! TT Students without Zone 8 Student Log Books: Please check the appropriate box to order one for $10 when you register.
You must classify your car using the 2026 Zone 8 Rules before you go on to register for this event. If you plan to drive a Porsche in the event that was originally produced for the street, you must classify using the following website (even if you wish to run that Porsche in non-competitive X class): https://classification.zone8.org. If you had previously determined and entered your class in 2025 or earlier and have made no changes to your car you must still revisit the above website and click through the edit process in order for the site to recalculate properly for 2026. Note the resulting point totals and class and enter them when you register.
Non-Porsches (which must run in X class), or Porsches not originally produced for street use, must use the following spreadsheet to determine Performance Equipment Points: http://www.zone8.org/assets/docs/DE_TTSafetyEquipCalculator.xlsx. Note the Performance Equipment point total and enter it when you register.
If your car is an unmodified street car AND you are driving in the DE school, you may select class "DE1" and enter 199 for Performance Equipment points.
Tech Inspection Information: Tech inspection procedures have changed for 2026. Please see our tech inspection information page. Cars must tech in advance of the event at a shop that has a lift. Please try to take your car in for service and have it thoroughly inspected prior to this event. With two full days of driving you will want to be safe and have your car make it through the weekend. Plus you'll want to be certain that, before you leave for the track, you and your car have any required safety equipment (See the Zone 8 Rules to be sure that you qualify). If you are planning to tech at a shop not on the San Diego Tech Station list please contact the Pre-Reg Team.
Be sure to read the new tech inspection info and use the 2026 tech form.
This is a Zone 8 event and it will run under PCA Zone 8 Driving Rules for 2026 which can be found here: Zone 8 Driving Event Rules
If there are any changes to your registration data after the online registration deadline, you need to notify the Registrar by the day of the event BEFORE the first run session. If you know you will have a change after you sign up, it is greatly appreciated if the information can be provided to the Registrar by the Saturday prior to the event. Doing this will save you time at the track.
All entrants and guests shall be required to sign the PCA waiver upon registering at the track. This is in addition to any waiver that the track itself may require you to sign. You are responsible for your guests and may be asked to leave the event if your guests are found to have not signed the PCA waiver.
The track may charge its own separate entrance fee. This fee does not go to PCA-SDR and is beyond our control.
Transponders: If you have an AMB/MYLAPS Transponder, be sure you've entered the number under "My Account." (Hint: you do this where you edit your vehicle information.) Enter your transponder number into the field titled “Transponder Number”. If you don't have a Transponder, they are available for rent. You must have a qualifying Transponder to drive in the Time Trial. Alternatively you may borrow one from someone who is NOT participating in the event or purchase your own. If you utilize one of these alternatives you must provide the serial number (transponder number) by one week prior to the event. Usage of only a single Transponder is preferred for those sharing a car. Transponder is not required for DE registrants.
Cancellation Policy: In the event of a driver’s cancellation within 2 weeks of an event, the Club reserves the right to retain a percentage of the driver’s base registration fee if the Club, in its sole discretion, determines that weather forecasts from any source may have had an adverse impact on registered driver cancellations (regardless of the stated reason for any cancellation). In such cases, the Club will retain only that percentage of the driver’s base registration fee necessary so that the Club at most breaks even for that event. Translation: If there’s no rain or extreme heat/cold in the forecast at any time during the two weeks prior to an event, you may cancel in writing at any time for any reason up to the time the green flag drops. If there is rain or extreme heat/cold in the forecast and you cancel during this time, the Club may keep some of your base registration fee, but only enough so that the Club does not lose money on the
event. If other non-cancelled drivers put the Club in the black for that event, you will not be charged for cancelling.
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