About holding of "snow road experience drive lesson"

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

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January 11, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo) holds a "snow road experience drive lesson" at Joshin-Etsu Expressway Sakudaira Parking Area (PA) "Saku Ski Garden Parada" To do.

Targeting customers who are unfamiliar with snowy roads who travel to Nagano during winter leisure, the behavior of the car during "sudden" steering wheel and "sudden" brake operation on snowy roads 2011 All Japan Rally Championship Series champion Norihiko Katsuta You can try it free of charge while riding with them.

The Joshinetsu Expressway between Fujioka Junction (JCT) and Sakagi Interchange (IC) (about 120km) is the entrance to the area where there is little snow and the area where snow is likely to appear. This is a call for "traffic safety on snowy roads" for "visiting" customers who visit the site.

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

1 Date and time

From Saturday, January 28, 2012 to Sunday, January 29, 2012, 10:00 to 15:30

2 venue

Saku Ski Garden "Palada" North Parada Third Parking Lot [PDF: 101KB]
(Directly connected to Joshinetsu Expressway Sakudaira PA via smart IC)

3 Instructor

Norihiko Katsuta (2011 All Japan Rally Championship Series Champion)
Nobuhiro Murata (2nd place in 2011 Super Taikyu Series)

4 Participation fee

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

5 Participation application

Reception on the day (first 50 people)

[Past event implementation status]

[Event contents]

Date and timeFrom Saturday, January 28, 2012 to Sunday, January 29, 2012, 10:00 to 15:30
Venue Saku Ski Garden "Palada" North Parada Third Parking Lot [PDF: 101KB]
(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.
QualificationThose who have an ordinary driver's license or higher (* Those who are drunk cannot participate).
The number of participantsFirst 50 people (each day)
Participation feeFree (However, transportation expenses to the site are excluded)
Reception methodOn the day, fill out the application form at the reception located beside the course
Participation privilegeDrinks (coffee, tea), Tonjiru
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]

Norihiko Katsuta

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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
2010/2011 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series Champion

Nobuhiro Murata

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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
2010/2011 Super Taikyu Series 2nd in the series
Blog: http://minkara.carview.co.jp/userid/309088/blog
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