About this event
2025 Runnin’ Down the Dream DE
RMR/PCA High Performance Driver Education Event at High Plains Raceway
Saturday and Sunday, July 19-20
Join us for RMR’s next HPDE event of the season at High Plains Raceway (where all your race track dreams come true!). You spent your youth dreaming of owning a fast car and now that you own one stop dreaming and start driving! Would you like to better understand and fully utilize your dream car’s capabilities on a race track? This Driver’s Education event is what dreams are made of and you don’t want to miss it! As always, RMR’s top-flight instructors will be available for drivers who need them. Register early as this event is sure to sell out quickly!
- Lunchtime charity rides will be held at a cost of $20 per vehicle. You can drive any roadworthy vehicle at touring/highway speeds and take as many passengers as you have seatbelts, no helmets required. The proceeds will benefit the event’s charity, The Foodbank of the Rockies.
- The club will provide refreshments for Beer:30 on both Saturday and Sunday. A Saturday evening group dinner will be available for an additional cost of $21/person. You can select this dinner option when you register.
- Lunches for volunteers and instructors will be provided
- Weather permitting, the CDI team will lead a Walk the Track session after Saturday’s dinner. These track walks are a great way to understand better how to choose the best line through a turn to set you up to "Run Down That Dream" even faster!
We are excited to support our charity for this event: The Foodbank of the Rockies. You can donate as much as you would like during registration.
This Event will be using Deferred Billing. If you are paying with a credit card it will not be charged until Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Dates: Gates open at 11:30 AM Thursday morning before the event and remain open 24hrs/day until after the event ends on Sunday. HPR offers open lapping Thursday evening and all day Friday. You can register for either or both on MotorsportReg.com
Check-in: 7:00 AM to 7:55 AM Saturday and Sunday. Check in is required before the mandatory 8:00 AM drivers' meeting.
Drivers’ meeting: Starts at 8:00 AM (each day) in the Pavilion. Green run group driver's meeting following the all driver's meeting, (each day) in the Classroom.
Location: High Plains Raceway, 17 miles east of Byers on US-36
Costs:
Either day: Each Driver: $250
Both days: Each Driver: $395
Event Chair: Team Kennedy (GM “Big Daddy” Rex Kennedy - rexk@4kennedys.com)
Chief Driving Instructor: Lead CDI – Doug Bartlett (doug@bartletts.net), Co-CDI Jeff Robins (jlbrobins4@icloud.com). They can answer any questions about registration confirmation, cars, run group assignments, instructor assignments, etc.
Registrar: Pete Jensen (804pjj@gmail.com)
Event requirements
National PCA membership number and membership status will be verified as part of the registration process. If you do not include a valid PCA membership number (or forward a pending membership confirmation from PCA to the registrar), a $10 non-member fee will be assessed.
You must be 18 or older with a valid driver's license to participate in this event.
You are required to use a Snell-certified SA2015 or M2015 or newer helmet. You will need to wear clothing made of natural fibers such as 100% cotton. Short-sleeve shirts and shorts are allowed. Closed toe shoes are required while driving. Helmets will be checked at Pre-Tech or Tech at the Track where you may obtain an RMR/PCA helmet sticker confirming the Snell rating. A limited number of loaner helmets and HANS devices are available.
No convertibles or open cars without roll bars, trucks, or non-Porsche SUVs.
PCA RULE: If you have added a racing-type seat in order to use 5-point, 6-point or 7-point harnesses (which must be replaced every two years or every five years depending on whether they are SFI certified or FIA certified belts, respectively), you must also have and use an approved Head and Neck Restraint device. Further, if there is to be a passenger (e.g. instructor), same must be provided and used by the right-seater.
We cannot accommodate two (2) driver cars if both drivers are novice drivers and attending their first DE event. Also, three (3) driver cars are not allowed. Attendance at RMR DEs at HPR will be limited to a total of 135 drivers per day, including up to 30 Novice and Beginner drivers depending on the number of Instructors registered. To implement this, everyone registering for the DE will be listed as ON HOLD, subject to CONFIRMATION BY THE CDIs. Your priority in being confirmed for an event will depend on the date and time you register. When an event fills up, further priority will be given to PCA members.
All cars must pass a tech inspection within 120 days prior to the date of the event.
Please be aware that for 2025 tech inspection locations and times have changed. Tech inspections can be requested prior to the event at the following locations, ordered from north to south. Additionally there may be scheduled evening and/or weekend inspections at TBD locations before the event as well. Look for subsequent email notifications ahead of those when they are announced.
Poudre Sports Car
5806 S College Ave
Fort Collins 80525
970-229-0990
By appointment only
SimplyEuro Boulder
5749 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, 80303
720-739-7018
By appointment only
Porsche Denver West
9201 West Colfax Ave
Lakewood, CO 80215
303-238-8101
By appointment only
SimplyEuro Castle Pines
7520 Village Square Dr
Castle Rock, CO 80108
720-580-2900
By appointment only
Big Mission Motorsports
579 County Line Rd
Palmer Lake, CO 80133
719-375-1527
By appointment only
Bring your helmet to Pre-Tech!
If you do not have your car inspected before the event there will be a $50 fee for Tech at the Track.
Please be aware that for 2025 tech inspections will now be good for 120 days from the date of the inspection. This change will reduce the number of times you need to have your car inspected during the season. There is a new inspection form available on the forms page of the RMR website (https://rmr.pca.org) under the Files and Forms heading. The new form has more details about the changes including the exceptions to the 120-day period that the inspection is good for. We will send additional details about the new process soon.
Lodging is available in Byers at the Longhorn Budget Host Motel. 303-822-5205
Lodging is available in Watkins at the Country Manor Motel. 303-261-9650
Lodging is available in Bennett at the Comfort Inn, 1097 Cedar Street. 303-629-6332
