Oswego, NY- Speedway Safety Solutions Inc. is proud to announce details for the 2019 track safety conference, to be held in Oswego, New York. The 2019 edition of the conference will be held on Saturday March 30, 2019 at the Oswego County Emergency Response Training Center. The Oswego County ERTC is located just 2 minutes from the famed Oswego Speedway! Conference sign in will begin at 8am with the first session slated to begin at 9am. The conference will conclude at 5pm. The conference will consist of four classroom sessions and will conclude with a round table discussion.
Session one will be led by Paul Conzone of the Oswego Speedway. Paul is the director of safety for the Oswego Speedway and brings many years of service to the table. Paul will lead a classroom session that will discuss leadership and management skills that all speedway safety team leaders will want to attend. Paul will discuss the good and the bad of being a team leader and will discuss organizational items that could help improve your team! Everyone in attendance will develop their leadership skills and learn how to better organize their team.
Session two will be led by Andy “Sippy” Biron. Andy can be found at just about any race track in the Northeast and further! Andy is the director of safety at the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and has experience with more types of motorsports than you can count! Andy’s classroom session will be a must see for all motorsports teams and is sure to become a highly demanded class. “Defeat the seat” will be the title of Andy’s session and will focus on how to properly and efficiently remove a driver from the racing seats of today. Andy will teach you everything you need to know about racing seats and driver extrication!
Session three will be led by Warren Alston. You may know Warren from the Georgetown Speedway, the SSTS or even the indoor TQ midget series. Warren is a long time flagger and racing safety advocate. Warren is a member of the New Jersey State Police Motorsports Board and will be here to discuss motorsports safety standards and what they mean to us. Warren comes to us from a state that is very active in motorsports standards and he will help us determine what standards we should adopt and how to work them into our own policy and procedures.
Session four will be led by Mark Kapuscinski, owner and founder of Speedway Safety Solutions. Mark has been a member of the Oswego Speedway safety crew since the 2003 season and has put together a fine group of professionals at Speedway Safety Solutions. Mark’s session will be titled “The Professional Safety Team.” Whether your team is paid or volunteer, you act professional! This session will tie the previous three sessions together and will offer suggestions on how every team should conduct themselves to offer a professional product to the drivers and race fans that they serve!
The conference will conclude with a round table discussion with all four panelists. This session will be used for open discussion of any topic and will allow everyone in attendance their chance to ask any questions they may have. The 2019 track safety conference is sure to be a can’t miss event!
Pre-registration is required and can be accomplished by emailing info@speedwaysafetysolutionsinc.com or calling 315-529-8126. There is a $75 fee which includes lunch from Cam’s Pizza of Oswego. Payment can be made via check, credit card or PayPal.
