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 »Kahuna! Drivers! Your track chair once had, several decades ago, a client who was more demanding than what your track chair was accustomed to. Did your track chair like it? Heavens no. Was the client entitled to be as demanding as she was? Of course. Did your track chair change his perspective to meet the[…]
Read More »Reports have been that Jim McClelland was last seen at the bottom of the new Burlingame high school pool. Other rumors are that he will be released from captivity after the Laguna Seca club race July 18-21.
Read More »Drivers! Your track chair is so incredibly appreciative of the drivers and racers who have helped GGR’s efforts to introduce (or re-introduce, as is applicable) “new” and/or “rarely visited” courses this year. Hot on the heels of discovering the fun of driving Thunderhill’s 5 mile course in the clockwise direction (a[…]
Read More »Efeilhcsrednuht! Drivers! As promised, GGR’s Track Program is adding opportunities to learn “new” courses. This past weekend, one hundred and nine enthusiastic Porsche drivers (plus three BMWs, one Ferrari, one Miata, one McLaren, and one Mitsubishi Evo) commando raided Thunderhill Raceway in a coup d’ status quo. (The event was passively called[…]
Read More »Now That Daddy Took the T-Bird Away Drivers! First, a quick report on GGR’s DE #2 and Club Race #1 at Thunderhill March 23-24. Over 120 enthusiastic drivers attended the hard kickoff of the season, kept the track dry through the few sprinkles we had on Saturday (rain came right when[…]
Read More »Drivers! A year ago at this time, your GGR track team had just completed hosting its 2018 PCA National Instructor Training. Fast forward to the recent weekend of February 16-17, where we hosted the National Instructor Training once again. Last May (“How Many Hands Do You Have?”), your track chair tinkered[…]
Read More »Learning Curves In last May’s write up, we reviewed the opportunities to learn and/or increase our proficiency at more courses than we had typically done in the past several years, simply by driving oft-visited tracks in the opposite direction from which we usually have run. There is always a “learning curve”[…]
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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 »Esteemed Drivers, As we start off the 2019 calendar year, there are a few “business” items to pass your way. Let’s get right to them. DE and Club Race Registration Dates: Perhaps it would be nice if we gave you some kind of notice of when registration for our 2019 track events[…]
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