A beautiful sight, grey GT3’s in row before our 1stautocross at Marina (#2 overall and Zone #2) As usual, the autocross sold out with 75 drivers. We re-used the course design from the previous day (LPR#2, Zone #1), and ran the course in reverse. The course was unusually long for[…]
Read More »Autocross #1 Report: Blue Skies Ahead!! We were quite fortunate to have blue skies for the 2019 Carlsen Autocross Series opener at Alameda Point on 3/17. We’ve been seeing a lot of rain recently in the area, but fortunately, not during event day. A welcome break. The autocross sold out[…]
Read More »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[…]
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