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Originally Posted by onelove
An instructor can sign you off to Solo, however for the racing license you either have to attend one of the approved schools (Skip Barber, Bondurant,etc) or attend a SCCA club racing school. This will get you a regional racing license (after sending in the appropriate forms, physical, etc) then after 2 additional races you are eligible for a National license. I just received mine last week, but in order to maintain it you must continue racing, so for this aspect only the schools it's not 100% worth it, but combined with the learning experience and smooth driving style you can develop with the formula cars it's an added plus.
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In the context of NASA, that depends on who the instructor is exactly within the organization and if the licensing instructor approves. My understanding is that you don't have to attend a competition school to get a provisional competition license, but it makes a lot of sense. One should be able to do SCCA and BMW CCA races with a NASA competition license (not sure about the provisional license though), but I guess that depends on the local regulations.
This is the relevant section from 2011 NASA CCR:
13.1.1 NASA licensing program:
1. Four days on track with an Instructor; the last two (2) days in a race car.
2. Pass a written test and a technical compliance demonstration.
3. Approval of the Licensing Instructor and the Event Chairman.
4. A NASA Inspector must certify the race car.
5. Driver.s Attire must meet the NASA minimum standards for racing [Ref (15.17)]
6. Submit a copy of their driver.s license.
7. Submit a copy of their Physical Examination form.
8. Submit the appropriate fee.
Note: The first weekend of licensing school may be waived with the approval of the Event Chairman for drivers with prior track experience.
http://www.nasaproracing.com/rules/ccr.pdf
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Originally Posted by mfanatic325
Tomorrow, I'm going to the half-day formula car program that they have 
Couldn't justify the $4k+ for the 3-day course. The only thing that really appealed to me was the fact that I could potentially get signed off for an SCCA race license.
But I figure I'm almost good enough anyway on my own to get one of those licenses, via a different route; namely NASA. Because my very first instructor from the first time I went out to track is a NASA instructor, and he says he can sign me off the next time we meet (provided that I've improved as much as I've been telling him of course  )
Plus, this alternate way is much cheaper  |
Do you have a race car? The licence is not useful without a car to race in (and a ton of cash to run the car on race days).