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Originally Posted by Khellen
Don't you have to take an instructors course and pay a one time fee of something like $6k to be an HPDE instructor? Not sure if that's all groups but Rob was telling me about it the other day.
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I can only imagine that "Rob" (who ever that is) was confusing how much an instructor's clinic costs with the average amount an instructor candidate will have spent on seat time to even be considered for taking a club's instructor clinic (30 days @ $200/day = $6000 [that's pretty low actually]).
Some organizations require a pretty deep track driving resume to consider allowing someone to be an instructor. NASA likes to see 40-60 days, but will consider candidates on a case by case basis after seeing a resume. NASA and PCA require instructors to take and pass a two or three day instructor's clinic that are pretty damn intensive, and many candidates do not pass the first time. Clinics range from $400 to $800 for the whole weekend.
I instruct with SCCA, TrackDaze, and a couple other small clubs, but I haven't taken NASA's or PCA's clinics before. I have more than enough seat time to get in to either program, I just haven't made it a priority--I just did the SCCA Competition School and got my comp license. Many of my friends and team mates are certified instructors in both clubs, so they have been priming me for taking a clinic for a while--it's on the schedule for me for next spring.