PCA Golden Gate Region

Recent Blog Posts

  • Member Recognition and Awards

    I recently attended the annual Zone 7 President’s Meeting, hosted by our wonderful Zone 7 Representative, Brian Adkins. It was a great event and one of the things that really stuck to me is that one of our primary responsibilities is to recognize our membership. There are so many outstanding individuals that contribute to the…

  • GGR Membership!

    Time flies, doesn’t it? It feels like we just welcomed 2024, and our event calendar(https://www.pca-ggr.org/calendar/)  is already getting full with exciting activities! Not sure whether you feel the same way, I find myself eager to participate in as many events as possible, yet also feeling like there’s never enough time to experience it all! Our…

  • Autocross March Update

    Eighty-one participants enjoyed our first autocross event at NASA Crows Landing Test Site on March 9th. Course was designed by Praneil Prasad. Drivers averaged a lap time of 82.289 seconds, with nine runs – four in the morning and five in the afternoon.Congratulations to Teddy Framhein (P-06) for TTOD of 74.260 seconds. Teddy distanced himself…

  • Ready to go for the 2024 track season?

    Greetings GGR Drivers: We hope all of you have your cars ready to go for the 2024 track season. We are writing to remind you of our upcoming event at Thunderhill East on April 6th and 7th.  We will be running our normal counterclockwise configuration and conducting time trials on Sunday afternoon. In addition to…

  • 2024 Fun Runs off with a blast and a splash!

    18 cars braved the weather to join in our first FunRun of the year.  We had 4 new drivers, including Pall Kornmayer, a photographer who share some great photos of the day, including this one.  After a wet and sometimes slippery ride, we enjoyed some social time at a pub in Sonoma where we tried…

  • PCA-GGR February Board Minutes

    Porsche Club of America Golden Gate Region Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Feb 7, 2024 Attendance: X President – Howard Yao X Autocross – Himanshu Patel Vice President – Brad Zucroff X Motoring – Cheryl Spott X Secretary – Eric Wilson X Co-Track – Scott Kalkin X Treasurer – Alan Jung X Co-Track – Jim…

  • President’s Message: PCA Raffle Winner!

    Dear GGR Members, Besides all of you reading The Nugget every month, there is another PCA publication called Panorama that we also read once in a while. And within Panorama, you often see ads for these car raffles. Year after year, you see different amazing Porsches being raffled off. I’m certain many of you have…

  • New Rules for Autocross

    2024 Autocross rules GGR is adopting Zone 7 rules for the 2024 season. Information on Zone 7 rules and car classification procedure can be found at https://zone7.pca.org/autocross-rules/ 2024 Awards rules Most participants registering in non-FUN class earn points for finishing in a points paying position in their car class as well as in the PAX…

  • Meet GGRs New Track Directors: Jim McClelland & Scott Kalkin

    Greetings Track Enthusiasts. Jim McClelland and I are thrilled to be working together again as your Track Chairs for 2024/ 25, especially since we get to do so with our longtime friends and Track Team members David Bunch, Milo & Diane Dorr, Richard Last, Ken Mack, Paul Marty, Parker Merrill, Sharon and Karen Neidel, Christian…

  • 2024 Will Be A Great Year for Fun Runs!

    (in response to the Nugget Editor’s comments in January regarding Manual vs PDK)I’m sorry, Jim, with all do respect, I just have to post a brief rebuttal on your PDK comment.  I drove manual Porsches from 1971-2014.  I got accolades for driving, and parking, my later model 911 Cabs while wearing platform high heel shoes…