About holding of "snow road experience drive lesson"

-You can experience the behavior of a car on a snowy road for free on a special course-

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January 6, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo) is aimed at customers who are unfamiliar with snowy roads who come to Nagano due to winter leisure, etc. "Sudden" Snow Road Experience Drive Lesson, an event where you can experience the behavior of a car during brake operation, will be held at "Saku Ski Garden Parada," which is directly connected to the Joshin-Etsu Expressway Sakudaira Parking Area (PA).

Joshin-etsu Expressway Tomioka Interchange (IC)-Sakagi IC (about 85km) managed by the Saku Management Office is less than 50% during the snow and ice countermeasure period from November 15th, 2009 to April 15th, 2009. For 69 days, we carried out snow and ice countermeasures such as spraying antifreeze agents. Since the section in charge of management of our office is the entrance from the area with little snow to the area where snowy roads are likely to appear, we mainly target customers who are unfamiliar with snowy roads, visiting Nagano Prefecture for sightseeing and leisure purposes. The target is to appeal for "road safety on snowy roads."

[Event Summary] (Detail is" Event contents (Please refer to)

1 Date and time

From Saturday, January 29, 2011 to Sunday, January 30, 2011, 10:00 to 15:30

2 venue

Saku Ski Garden "Palada" North Parada Third Parking Lot [PDF: 29KB]
(Directly connected to Joshinetsu Expressway Sakudaira PA via smart IC)

3 Instructor

Norihiko Katsuta (2010 All Japan Rally Championship Series Champion)
Nobuhiro Murata (2nd place in 2010 Super Taikyu Series)

4 Participation fee

Free (However, transportation expenses to the site are excluded)

5 Participation application

Reception on the day (first-come-first-served basis)

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[Event contents]

Date and time From Saturday, January 29, 2011 to Sunday, January 30, 2011, 10:00 to 15:30
Venue Saku Ski Garden "Palada" North Parada Third Parking Lot
(Directly connected to Joshinetsu Expressway Sakudaira PA via smart IC)
Implementation content
  • At the special course (20m wide x 80m long frozen road surface), we drive each of the vehicles equipped with normal or studless tires (for normal passengers) prepared by us to operate "sudden" start, slalom, and "sudden" brake operation. Experience the difference in car behavior. Before driving, an instructor (professional drivers Norihiko Katsuta and Nobuhiro Murata) will give a lecture on points to be aware of when driving on snowy roads, and also take a lesson while riding.
  • The original character "Dr. Mammothie" who promotes our winter road campaign will excite the event, and we will also display a panel exhibiting our efforts to drive safely on the winter Expressway.
Qualification Those who have an ordinary driver's license or higher (* Those who are drunk cannot participate).
The number of participants First 50 people (each day)
Participation fee Free (However, transportation expenses to the site are excluded)
Reception method On the day, fill out the application form at the reception located beside the course
Participation privilege Get a free drink ticket from Palada Center House
Other
  • We also lend ski shoes for changing shoes and temporarily store ski wear.
  • Depending on the weather conditions and conditions of the snowy road experience course, the holding time may be shortened or canceled.

[Instructor profile]

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Norihiko Katsuta

Rally debut since 1991
1993 Chubu region series champion
1993 All Japan Rally debut
2007/2008 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series Champion
2009 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series 2nd overall
2010 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series Champion

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Nobuhiro Murata

1992 Stock car S2000 class race debut
1996 Stock Car S2000 Class Series Champion
2001 Super Endurance Race
2007 Super Taikyu Series 2 class 2nd in the series
2008 Super Taikyu Series 2 class 2nd in the series
2009 Super Taikyu Series 2 class series champion
2010 Super Taikyu Series 2 class 2nd in the series

Blog: http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/309088/blog

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