Creativity is what makes a course interesting. But a good course designer also caters to his/her audience and balances the course. It should be equally suitable for both the smaller more maneuverable cars (often with less power) as well as the more powerful cars, old and new.We are seeking course[…]
Read More »Only 6 weeks remain until the 2019 Carlsen Autocross 2019 Series opener at Alameda Point on 3/17. I just created the MSR event for Autocross #1 and you can sign-up now, today if you like. If you’ve never tried Autocross, now is the perfect time to give it a go.[…]
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To the grand orchestral score of Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” the 58thAnnual Golden Gate Region Awards Gala kicked off the New Year with a curated collection of luxury and sports Porsches on parade (including a ’73 911 Carrera RS) in a “Circle of Light” spectacular with sound and[…]
Read More »Less than 80 days remain until the 2019 Carlsen Autocross Series opener at Alameda Point on 3/17. 80 days. How are your winter projects going (car related, I mean)? Now that the holiday season is in the rear view mirror, it’s time for a new list, and to get going. […]
Read More »The 2018 autocross season came to an end on November 17 at Alameda Point. There was some smoke in the air that had drifted down from the Campfire complex fire but an ocean breeze and Alameda’s natural geography (as a peninsula) helped out to make it good day to wrap[…]
Read More »Sunrise at Crows Landing and 2019 Autocross Schedule The 8thAutocrossof the season took place on October 27 at NASA Crows landing. Though we only used a small fraction of the space available at this site, Steve L put together a great course that averaged 60-70 seconds, a bit longer than[…]
Read More »October 2018 Autocross Report The 6thAutocrossof the Carlsen Porsche Autocross Series was held on Sunday August 5 at Marina Municipal Airport and was attended by 76 drivers. We reused the course from the previous day (by LPR), but ran it in reverse. Best times ran in the 42-57 second range,[…]
Read More »The 5thCarlsen Porsche Autocross at Alameda Point was well attended with 94 cars and drivers. We had a long course this time, courtesy of Paul S, with times ranging between 55.388 for TTOD down to over 2 minutes for a few runs. It also won the prize for the warmest[…]
Read More »The 4th Carlsen Porsche Autocross was held on Father’s Day this year (sorry about that), but we had 80 drivers participate in this event nonetheless and what better activity for Father’s day than racing your Porsche! As I was pulling away from my house that morning with my race trailer and[…]
Read More »The Carlsen Porsche Autocross Event #3 started out on a bumpy road, but it turned out fine for the 81 drivers that attended this event. We had a sunny (quite warm) day at Alameda Point with excellent conditions. “No tire warmers required” was the comment. (these are not allowed for[…]
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