ENSENADA, Mexico — Space is still available for the free workshop on safety in off-road racing this Saturday (July 30) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the SCORE Tech Center in El Cajon, Calif., just east of San Diego. With prominent guest speakers from IndyCar, NASCAR and off-road racing the annual event is being presented again by SCORE International in association with the Stand 21 Safety Foundation.

Hosted by SCORE’s Roger Norman and Stand 21 Racewear’s Yves Morizot, scheduled guest speakers include IndyCar safety consultant Dr. Terry Trammell, former NASCAR Senior Director of Safety Tom Gideon and desert-racing legend Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart.

Moderator of the workshop will be Don Taylor, Director of the Stand 21 Safety Foundation, whose objective for the workshop is “for attendees to walk out the door with some practical, applicable, use-it-next-race, safety information that they haven’t heard before.  This event will not be a boring classroom lecture series by egghead scientists!”

Open to desert racers in all classes, their race crews, and their families, topics will include Fire Protection, Heat Stress, HANS neck restraints, Helmets, Belts and Seats. These safety workshops have been produced by the non-profit Stand 21 Safety Foundation for the past five years. With its Racing Goes Safer program, the Stand 21 Safety Foundation has been active since 1970.  Meanwhile, Stand 21 Racewear, founded nearly 50 years ago in France, operates in the United States out of its Stand 21 North America headquarters in Huntington Beach, Calif.

SCORE continues its paramount commitment to educate and re-educate racers, crews and fans regarding the importance of safety in desert racing, especially in Baja California, Mexico, which is the most unique racing environment in the world and the most unique form of all competitive motorsports. This safety workshop information will be fully utilized in the SCORE social media platforms including multiple safety videos posted on the SCORE website, SCORE YouTube channel and a major Safety Issue planned for the August SCORE Journal digital magazine.

Also on the agenda are Mike Hurst and Ed Becker.  Hurst is Technical Manager at SFI Safety Foundation, Director of Competition for Rally America, plus a rally car builder and racer.  Becker is Chief Engineer and Executive Director of the Snell Memorial Foundation, the helmet testing, standards-setting, and certification group.
Don Taylor was formerly Technical Services Director at the NHRA, and a Group Manager at General Motors Racing, running the NASCAR program.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION:
While the workshop and the lunch provided are all free, SCORE requests that participants register in advance at www.racinggoessafer.org.

The SCORE Tech Shop is located at 9434 Bond Ave., El Cajon, Calif., 92021.