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Photo by Shawn Pan
Written by Gerry Papenhausen
27 Teens Learn Street Safety Skills
This July, NER Solo came together with all of the other autocross clubs that call Devens Airfield home to put on a full weekend of Tire Rack Street Survival Schools. All together, we successfully gave 27 new teenager drivers the opportunity to experience safety training and practical emergency maneuvers in a safe environment that has the potential to one day save their lives or even those of the people around them.
“The Tire Rack Street Survival school is a safe teen driving program, designed to go beyond today’s required driver education and give teens across the U.S. the driving tools and hands-on experience they need to become safer, smarter drivers. The school provides trained and qualified in-car driving instructors as well as valuable classroom experience for each student.”
This community outreach program is just one way NER and the autocross community is working together to provide a valuable service and resource to the New England area. By taking our love for motorsports, we can use our performance driving skills to help develop young drivers and create safer roadways for everyone.
Key Leaders
The event would not have been possible without NER Autocross (co-)chair, Melanie Kwong, who led the team for NER. BBMW Justin Chen led the team for BBMW. Jerry Papenhausen assisted both of them with logistical duties, and assisted Wiley Cox with teaching the classroom sessions. (Wiley led 2 hour-long classroom sessions, plus 2 half hour run group sessions, for a total of basically 6 straight hours of instruction!) Brandon Dryer ran our airbag demos and Emmanuel Cecchet donated all of the airbags. Barb Seeger handled registration duties and kept us on track with all of our waiver requirements.