2025 GPF Volunteer Application

2025 Grand Prix Festival Volunteer Application

Thursday- Saturday, September 4-6, 2025
Name*
Mailing Address
Address*
City*
State*
Zip*
CELL PHONE*
Email*
example@example.com
Years of Festival Volunteer Service
Person You Report To on Festival Day
We need your help! Would you be interested in distributing brochures for the festival in your local area prior to August? Michaela will reach out to coordinate if so.*
Shirt Size*
Every volunteer will receive a shirt. Shirt sizes are first come, first served. Please note that ALL shirts are UNISEX as of 2025.
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION & PRIX VIEW PARTY

ORIENTATION & Packet Pick Up: 4PM-5PM, Prix View Party 5PM-7PM | Watkins Glen State Park – South Entrance
ORIENTATION*
PRIX VIEW PARTY*
Guest Name
You will receive your schedule one week before the event via EMAIL
FESTIVAL SHIFTS

Please check the shifts you are interested and available to help with. Please note that many of the shifts occur at the same time, so be sure to only choose one in the same time frame.
EVENT PREPARATION- Storefront Location, Week of Festival- Responsible for stuffing and packing all 600+ participant packets, as well as volunteer packets. Reports to Michaela Christensen- this is usually done on Labor Day.

Monday, September 1st, 9AM-3PM
FLX Porsche Journey- Lafayette Park- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Anne Schneiderman

Thursday, September 5th, 9AM-2:30PM
Festival Set Up- Downtown Watkins Glen- Responsible for loading and distributing Festival equipment, putting up signs, tents, tables, etc. prior to the Festival. Reports to: Steve Klemann.

6AM-11AM
Festival Clean Up- Downtown Watkins Glen- Responsible for assisting with clean up of Festival area, trash removal, tables, tents, and chairs broken down, merchandise inventory returned to headquarters, etc. Reports to: Steve Klemann.

7-9:30 PMSATURDAY, 10AM-1PM
Smalley’s Tech Inspection- Downtown Watkins Glen- Tech Inspection Reenactment – Smalley’s Garage. Responsible for assisting with this event. Reports to: Dave Tobin.

8- 11 AM
Concorso Speciale-- Community Bank, Watkins Glen- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Gary Whyman

8AM-2PM
Concours d'Elegance- WG State Park at Franklin Street- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Joe Cali

Onsite Check-in, 8AM-10AMJUDGING, 10AM-3PMLogistics, 1PM-4PM
Founders' Tour- Ryan William Vineyard, Burdett- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Carl Benson

8AM-2:30PM
Glenkhana- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Danielle Hautaniemi

Onsite Check-In, 8-9:30AM, Hector Wine Company, HectorLogistics, 10:30AM-1PM, Downtown
Glenora Run- Glenora Wine Cellars/Dundee- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Terrie Sautter

7:30AM-2PM
LOONY Lotus Rendezvous- Downtown Watkins Glen- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Tony Vaccaro

8:30 AM- 2 PM
Motorcycle Rallye- Lane's Yamaha, Watkins Glen- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Karl Smolenski

7:30AM-10AM
Sporting Roadster- Havana Glen, Montour Falls- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Eric Navestad

7AM-4PM
Tour de Marque- Chateau Lafayette Reneau Winery, Burdett- Responsible for assisting with onsite check-in, gridding, and various other tasks. Reports to: Bruce Coulombe

7:30AM-2:30PM
Headquarters- Downtown Watkins Glen- Includes Courthouse Information Booth- Responsible for various tasks as required during the Festival. This includes working Hospitality tent on the Courthouse lawn. Reports to: Tom Phillips.

8AM-11AM11AM-1PM1PM-4PM4PM-8PM
Crowd Control- Downtown Watkins Glen- Various crowd control related responsibilities during Franklin St closure and Old Course laps.

12-2PM2PM-4PM4PM-6PM
SBD Traffic- Downtown Watkins Glen- Various traffic related responsibilities during Franklin St closure and Old Course laps, including pace and sweep car. Reports to: Casey Creamer. *ALL Traffic Volunteers will have a MANDATORY meeting at 11am at HQ on Festival Day.*

12:30-4PM- All Positions including splitter, corner workers, pace, and sweep4:30-6:30 PM- SVRA/Old Course Laps
SBD TRAFFIC ONLY- Please Select Your Position
SBD Parking- Responsible for parking SBD cars after laps. Reports to: Trevor Carmody.

12:30PM-4PM
Festival Merchandise Sales- Responsible for retail sales at Festival merchandise trailers. Volunteers set up booths, provide pricing information, inventory. Cash register/credit card processing helpful. Please note: Weekend Shifts are at WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. Reports to: Dena Carrigan.

Friday, Downtown Courthouse Location, 10AM-1PMFriday, Downtown Courthouse Location 1-4PMFriday, Downtown Courthouse Location, 4-7PMSaturday, Watkins Glen International, 10AM-4PMSunday, Watkins Glen International, 10AM-4PM
We will still carry a few staff Grand Prix shirts and can sell them to you at cost at the orientation and volunteer packet pick up.

This is the only time and place you will be able to purchase merchandise at a deeply discounted rate. Once the Prix View Party begins, sales will close.

Credit Card is the only accepted form of payment at the Prix View Party.

We at the Grand Prix Festival truly appreciate your dedication to the success of our event! Thank you for signing up to help us.
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2025 Grand Prix Festival Volunteer Application

Mailing Address

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION & PRIX VIEW PARTY

FESTIVAL SHIFTS