Volunteers Rock Volunteer Appreciation Day On this past December 15th, GGR celebrated the volunteers who make the club run at the world-famous Chef Chu’s in Los Altos. This annual, complimentary, invitation-only event is the club’s way of thanking those who don’t just attend events (which we greatly appreciate!), but who[…]
Read More »Hello GGR members! It’s going to be a great year for the club! More on that in just a bit, but first a little intro. There is no one more astonished than I at my being the incoming president of GGR. After having served two terms as GGR President (2010-2013),[…]
Read More »All good things must come to an end, and so it was for the 2019 Carlsen Porsche Autocross Season. We ended the season by sharing a meal together at Pacific Fine Food in Alameda, a few minutes from the Alameda autocross site after AX9, our last autocross of 2019 season:[…]
Read More »My term as President of the Golden Gate Region PCA finishes at the end of this year, and because of personal commitments that mean I can’t spend the needed time focusing on the club, I did not go for re-election. Instead, I’m leaving the club in the capable and experienced[…]
Read More »As mentioned in my last note, it’s fast becoming time for the GGR Board of Directors elections for 2019. The elections take place every October with alternating positions up for a vote (so we never have a full board rotation in one year), and newly elected board members start their[…]
Read More »August’s Autocross was yet another sold out event at Alameda with 105 pre-registered. The course was on the shorter side for Alameda and aside from a few too many zigs and zags (for some) at the start it was very enjoyable, with good flow overall. I almost managed to grab[…]
Read More »While the gears are starting to turn for everything involved in the 2020 Presidential election, coming around much sooner are the yearly elections for the Golden Gate Region PCA Board of Directors. I can say with a fair amount of confidence that volunteering for the GGR Board is much lower[…]
Read More »For various reasons that are far too boring to go into here, the regions of the PCA and even PCA National aren’t able to host events outside of the US and Canada. That’s a shame, because while there are some great locations, roads, and tracks within those countries, there are[…]
Read More »This past month was a month of welcoming! Not only did we all collectively welcome Spring, and with it some fantastic driving weather after a rainy winter, but we also had a handful of events that had their own welcoming theme. To start, we welcomed the newly renamed and remodeled[…]
Read More »I’m very lucky to have three very, very different Porsches in my possession at the moment. The first is a 991.2 Carrera T, which has some factory options like Porsche Exclusive interior bits, but is otherwise bone stock. The second is a 991 GT3 that I use for track and[…]
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