GGR’s autocrossers did just great at the Porsche Parade 2023 Autocross in Palm Springs last month. Congrats for taking home 17 trophies, including BOTH Top-time-of-event trophies (Mens and Womens) and taking 1st in 10 of the 13 classes that GGR contested at this national event. Thanks to everyone that attended and congrats again to all.
| Raw Rank | Region | Time | Name | Class Trophy | Class | Car Type |
| 1 | GGR | 45.84 | Steve L | 1st Place+TTOD-M | M03O | 987 Cayman |
| 2 | GGR | 46.53 | Tara S | 1st Place+TTOD-W | M03W | 987 Cayman |
| 3 | GGR | 47.83 | Monte P | 1st Place | I03O | 991.2 GT3 |
| 7 | GGR | 49.07 | Ed H | 1st Place | P06O | 991.1 GT3 |
| 10 | GGR | 49.53 | RJ H | 1st Place | P05O | 991.1 Cab |
| GGR | 49.72 | Andrew M | 1st Place | P02O | 986 Boxster | |
| GGR | 50.19 | Greg A | 1st Place | S08O | 991.2 GT3 | |
| GGR | 51.07 | Teresa N | 2nd Place | S08O | 986 Boxster | |
| GGR | 51.11 | Praneil P | 1st Place | S05O | 981 Boxster | |
| GGR | 51.45 | Himanshu P | 2nd Place | S05O | 981 Cayman | |
| GGR | 51.49 | Connie L | 1st Place | S05W | 981 Boxster | |
| GGR | 51.50 | Jeff R | 3rd Place | P02O | 986 Boxster | |
| GGR | 52.94 | Andrew B | 1st Place | P01O | 914-4 | |
| GGR | 54.27 | Caevon H | 1st Place | P03O | 911 Carrera | |
| GGR | 61.37 | Priyanka P | 2nd Place | S05W | 981 Cayman |
Official Results: https://www.porscheparade.org//autocross-results
Parade TTOD runs and interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJNm-U7wtQw
Also a lot of fun was our last “New Member Mixer” held at Autovino, with 150 attendees.
A big thanks to Wen, our membership director, for organizing that great event. In addition to viewing the display cars, tasting some wine and door-prizes, we also had a guest speaker, Chris Lennon (pictured above with his car), who provided an exceptionally engaging talk about the Pikes Peak’s Hillclimb and his experience at the event as well as some great stories. Last year, he also converted his classic 911 to electric power for the hillclimb and we were able to inspect his hillclimb steed as well as to ask some questions. He has also authored a book “ The Peak of Racing” which covers the course turn-by-turn, along with some interesting stories.
Looking forward, GGR has some great events coming up for July and August:
Next Drive Event: July 29 Monte Carlo TSD Rally Event (watch for link)
Next Social Event: July 30 Cars and Coffee (FREE, no signup required, watch calendar for details)
Next Track Day: August 5-6 at Sonoma Raceway (Drivers Education and Club Race)
Next Concours: August 6 at Porsche Redwood City, FREE event (and lunch) for spectators
Car Week in Monterey: August 11-20 (Monterey):
https://www.seemonterey.com/events/sporting/concours/
Next PCA National Event (during Car Week): August 18: Werks Reunion in Monterey:
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/werks-reunion-monterey-2023-pines-golf-club-pca-654895
Next Autocross: August 26 at Salinas Airport (usually 68 degrees when the valley is 80-100) – watch for link
Next Porsche AG Event: Rennsport Reunion 7 at Laguna Seca:
Rumour has it that Laguna Seca was required to repave the raceway in order to get this (once every 4 years) event back to our local track and I can confirm that this has been done and the raceway is back “on-line”, note the new new blacktop:
Bye for now and see you at a GGR/PCA/Porsche event soon !
Ed Hunter
PCA-GGR President