December, 2020 Autocross Report

Our last autocross event was held once again at Cow Palace on November 15^th. The smooth flowing course designed by Golden Gate Lotus Club rewarded participants with seven laps in the morning and six more laps in the afternoon. While early morning rain the day before made for interesting autocrossing experience for GGLC, our event was rewarded with perfect autocrossing weather. Thanks to all participants for keeping the event safe and fun for all as usual. Here is a snapshot of results from our last and sixth event:

Raw Times	PAX Times
Rank Best Time Driver Class 1 32.118 Monty Pack AX02 2 32.405 Steve Lau AX02 3 32.491 Tara Shapowal AX02 4 32.529 Teddy Framhein AX07 5 33.113 Ovidiu Predescu AX05	PAX Rank PAX Time Driver Class 1 31.461 Brant Ballantyne AX12 2 31.553 Teddy Framhein AX07 3 31.807 Andrew Blyholder AX16 4 32.021 Grady Carter AX09 5 32.118 Monty Pack AX02

GGR’s competitive environment is a benchmark for PCA regions across the nation. The PAX system is developed to gauge competitiveness of drivers across different classes of cars. Please help me recognize our top ten drivers on the PAX list. A hearty congratulations goes out to Teddy Framhein for achieving the top rank on this coveted list.

2020 PAX Ranking
Rank	Driver	Class	Points
1	Teddy Framhein	AX07	488
2	Andrew Blyholder	AX16	447
3	Brant Ballantyne	AX12	432
4	Monty Pack	AX02	429
5	Grady Carter	AX09	396
6	Drew Powers	AX07	388
7	Eric Frasch	AX07	320
8	Connie Lu	AX09	300
9	Steve Lau	AX02	281
10	Himanshu Patel	AX08	256

Congratulations also to all class winners.

2020 Class Ranking
Rank	Driver	Points
AX02	Monty Pack	100
AX03	Dave Dunwoodie	100
AX04	Ed Hunter	80
AX05	Ovidiu Predescu	100
AX06	Anders Truelsen	58
AX07	Teddy Framhein	100
AX08	Paul Smith	88
AX09	Grady Carter	100
AX10	Dave McGuigan	60
AX11	Stacy OConnell	88
AX12	Brant Ballantyne	80
AX14	Andrew Wittrock	68
AX16	Andrew Blyholder	100

2020 presented us with the shortest autocross season in the recent history, with Covid-19 forcing a late start of the season on June 28. Despite missing events in March, April, May and early June, the second half of the year rewarded us with a total of six events. Our autocross lemonade ended up tasting mighty sweet using Covid-19 lemons.

We are cognizant the many enthusiasts that were unable to attend events due to unprecedented demand, as well as the members that were unable to participate from lack of prior experience. We strive to address these issues next year.

Looking forward to 2021 season.

Himanshu Patel

On behalf of the Autocross Team