Austin Schnell Fest
SOLO AND INSTRUCTED HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVER EDUCATION at CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
OPEN TO ALL MAKES OF AUTOMOBILES - CLUB MEMBERSHIP NOT REQUIRED
Austin Schnell Fest is a Porsche Club of America High Performance Driver Education event sponsored by Hill Country, Lone Star and Maverick Regions - PCA
These events are not just for Porsche or BMW drivers - drivers of every make are invited to participate, and membership in PCA is not necessary.
HPDE - November 2025
11/22-11/23 2025
Registration opens 10-01-25 at 12:01 AM
Porsche Club of America HPDE
NEW FOR THIS EVENT! INTRODUCTION TO HPDE - New Drivers Only!
At the November Schnell Fest we will offer an “Intro to HPDE” for a maximum of 20 first-time drivers.
Important - the “Intro” is only open to drivers who have never before driven in an HPDE event.
Intro drivers will participate in a 30-minute classroom that deals with the basics of high performance driving and the safety considerations that are observed in our HPDE events.
A maximum of five Intro drivers will be assigned to half-day sessions – Saturday morning or afternoon, or Sunday morning or afternoon.
Intro drivers will drive their cars in two Novice Run Group sessions with an experienced HPDE instructor in the right seat at all times.
The Intro registration fee is $399.
Intro registration for the Intro opens at Noon Central Time on Wednesday October 22nd on clubregistration.net.
Questions: David Gross: dgross@grossandnelson.com 512/497-1111
REGISTRATION PRIORITY
(1) The time that you make payment and execute the PCA waiver counts! Your spot in the queue of registrations is based not on the time that you submit your registration but based on the time of your payment and completion of the PCA Liability Waiver. If, at the time of registration, you do not pay or execute the waiver, another applicant who registers later but pays and executes the waiver before you will be accepted before you. NO WALK UPS WILL BE ALLOWED.
A detailed event schedule will be distributed at least one week before the event, however you can expect each run group will receive four 30-minute scheduled sessions per day.
DRIVING PROFILE
It is very important that your track experience profile is complete and up to date in order for us to assign you to the correct run group. If this information is incomplete, it will delay your confirmation for the event. We ask for the following information: Date(s) of track event; track name; sponsoring organization; and your assigned run group.
GARAGE RENTAL
Garages will be rented in 1/4 slots and any individual entrant can purchase up to 4 slots if they want a whole garage. Garage spot rental is identical to that of registration priority; it's not when you register for a garage spot(s), it's when you pay that determines your priority.
After registration closes, all who registered for a garage will receive an email asking their preference for who they would like to garage with or near. We will use our best efforts to honor those preferences when making assignments. If you are assigned a garage spot or spots, we will advise you of your garage assignment roughly one week before the event.
More information is available on the event website: http://austinschnellfest.clubregistration.net
Questions: contact dgross@grossandnelson.com or 512-497-1111.
NEW FOR THIS EVENT! INTRODUCTION TO HPDE - New Drivers Only!
REGISTRATION PRIORITY
(1) The time that you make payment and execute the PCA waiver counts! Your spot in the queue of registrations is based not on the time that you submit your registration but based on the time of your payment and completion of the PCA Liability Waiver. If, at the time of registration, you do not pay or execute the waiver, another applicant who registers later but pays and executes the waiver before you will be accepted before you. NO WALK UPS WILL BE ALLOWED.
A detailed event schedule will be distributed at least one week before the event, however you can expect each run group will receive four 30-minute scheduled sessions per day.
DRIVING PROFILE
It is very important that your track experience profile is complete and up to date in order for us to assign you to the correct run group. If this information is incomplete, it will delay your confirmation for the event. We ask for the following information: Date(s) of track event; track name; sponsoring organization; and your assigned run group.
GARAGE RENTAL
Garages will be rented in 1/4 slots and any individual entrant can purchase up to 4 slots if they want a whole garage. Garage spot rental is identical to that of registration priority; it's not when you register for a garage spot(s), it's when you pay that determines your priority.
After registration closes, all who registered for a garage will receive an email asking their preference for who they would like to garage with or near. We will use our best efforts to honor those preferences when making assignments. If you are assigned a garage spot or spots, we will advise you of your garage assignment roughly one week before the event.
More information is available on the event website: http://austinschnellfest.clubregistration.net
Questions: contact dgross@grossandnelson.com or 512-497-1111.
