South Carolina Region — Sports Car Club of America

Social Distancing Plan – Solo Events

1. The event will be online registration only (removing the impact of unnecessary queues violating social distancing guidelines)
2. Drivers that are feeling unwell or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms (e.g. fever, cough, shortness of breath) or have been in contact with someone who has COVID-19 symptoms in the past 14 days need to stay at home. Drivers who pre-register but do not attend for any reason will not be charged until a “tire is turned”.
3. Drivers shall practice social distancing by:
   1.  Wearing a mask/blocker while on site (specifically while in grid or interacting with others within 6 feet)
      1. Temporary relaxation of masks is authorized when in/around your own vehicle, while driving, or to  mitigate the impact of heat or weather effects. 
   2.  Sanitizing hands – hand sanitizer will be available but it is highly recommended to bring your own.
   3. Refrain from touching their face.
   4. Staying 6 ft or greater away from other individuals during the event to the maximum extent practicable.
4. Cars should be parked with 6 ft spacing between vehicles.
5. Roving tech inspections will be used – all drivers should open your hood to symbolize your vehicle is ready for safety inspections.
6. Loaner helmets will not be available (removing a common shared commodity that may otherwise spread contamination)
7. Check in on the posted driver list (on the timing van) while maintaining a 6 ft distance from others (reducing unnecessary face-to-face interaction)
   1. Everyone will bring their own pen to check into the van.
8. Water will not be provided; drivers will bring their own water (reducing communal commodities).
9. Drivers should bring their own gloves for use during work assignments (this will minimize the amount of drivers touching the same cones)
10. Driver’s meeting will be conducted via loudspeaker (eliminating a typical large gathering of participants)
11. No passengers in the vehicle; exception participants that are part of the same household (reducing transmission risk while in close quarters).
12. Radios / red flags  and/or any other communally used item will be wiped with Clorox between heats (mitigating transmission risk on items that may see use by multiple participants).

Update from our Solo Chair, James George:
“In the past few weeks life has become chaotic. With the hoarding of TP, shelter-at-home rules, and social distancing, a lot has changed. Everyday there is more news about how COVID-19 will affect us and what we should do to prevent it. To add to this chaos is the unknown in motorsports: are we having an event, do I need to prep my car, when’s the next event gonna happen? The answers are something we just don’t know yet.

Under the current conditions and with everyone’s safety in mind, the Solo Team has agreed to temporarily suspend all autox events. What does this mean for you? This is a great time to work on your car, tune your suspension, purchase a helmet, figure out that “sound that you just don’t know where it’s coming from”, or finish another project unrelated to cars. In the end, we want everyone to stay safe and healthy. When the time comes to autox, we will send out another communication with plenty of time for you to get prepared to start the season again.

While the thought of no autocross right now is unfortunate and upsetting, Peter Bruschi reminds us that we autocross because we love it and see no better way to spend our weekend. The world’s changed over the past month but at the end of it all, we’ll be back chasing those cones quicker than you can say autocross.”

The South Carolina Region and Solo Team have been carefully monitoring the current information of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Currently the March 28 event at Georgetown Airport has not been canceled but COVID-19 precautionary measures will be in affect.

At any event there are several places where we are in close contact, but one of the most “in your face” examples is wearing one of our loaner helmets. At this time, we have decided to suspend the loaner helmet program. LOANER HELMETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. We encourage everyone to buy and wear their own helmet. There are many companies that sell helmets: Apex Performance (Myrtle Beach), Discovery Parts (Atlanta), Solo Performance Specialties, Winding Road Racing (Road Atlanta),and SafeRacer to name a few. Drivers should look for helmets that are SNELL approved (DOT helmets are not accepted) that are manufactured 2010 or newer (i.e. SA2015). Open face helmets are allowed and typically the cheapest option with a typical price of $150.

Other precautionary measures that will be in affect at this time are sanitizing community used equipment (example: radios) and minimizing large gatherings of people (example: drivers meeting conducted through announcing circuit).

We understand that you still want to have #funwithcars and we will be posting updates as more information is known. We encourage everyone to stay informed by visiting the CDC webpage here.

We thank you for your understanding and wish everyone to be safe and healthy.
– Your Solo Team