Author: Jim Tierny

  • Report on 2024 Track Season

    Greetings GGR Track Enthusiasts. Jim and I are happy to report that the 2024 track season is going well. Thus far, we have held our annual Instructor Training weekend in February where we had the good fortune to have professional driving coach Robert Orcutt assist us with enhancing the skills of our existing instructors.  We…

  • April PCA-GGR Board Meeting Minutes

    Porsche Club of America Golden Gate Region Board of Directors Meeting Minutes April 3, 2024 Attendance: President – Howard Yao X Autocross – Himanshu Patel X Vice President – Brad Zucroff X Motoring – Cheryl Spott X Secretary – Eric Wilson X Co-Track – Scott Kalkin X Treasurer – Alan Jung Co-Track – Jim McClelland…

  • April President’s Message

    Dear GGR Members, The Club is really hitting its stride – motoring events, autocrosses, track weekends, cars & coffee, brunch at Alice’s Restaurant, it’s all happening and it’s all on our website calendar.  Our Board members and key volunteers put on a wide range of activities to try and meet the interests of our large and…

  • GGR Membership Update and Recap!

    The Porsche community is revving up despite the rainy weather, with plenty of exciting activities already underway! Who says a little rain should stop us? We should all take a cue from John Ellis’s email signature: “Never stop driving.” While I’m here putting together this newsletter, I just had to share a snapshot from my…

  • Autocross #2 update

    Fifty-two participants took part in our second autocross event held at Salinas Airport on April 7th. Drivers averaged a lap time of 41.482 seconds with twelve runs. Congratulations to Teddy Framhein (P-06) for TTOD of 34.777 seconds. Teddy distanced himself from the second-place finisher – Drew Powers (P-04), who scored his fastest time of 35.309…

  • St. Paddy’s Day Sunny Fun Run

    Wow, what a difference a month can make!  The weather difference between the soggy Feb Valentine’s Day Run to the sunny St. Paddy’s Day Run was a truly pleasant change..   Our crack planning team had checking moving quickly at the starting point in Los Altos.  We welcomed 3 new first time participants! and of…

  • March GGR Board Meeting Minutes

    Porsche Club of America Golden Gate Region Board of Directors Meeting Minutes March 6, 2024 Attendance: X President – Howard Yao X Autocross – Himanshu Patel X Vice President – Brad Zucroff X Motoring – Cheryl Spott X Secretary – Eric Wilson X Co-Track – Scott Kalkin X Treasurer – Alan Jung Co-Track – Jim…

  • Member Recognition and Awards

    I recently attended the annual Zone 7 President’s Meeting, hosted by our wonderful Zone 7 Representative, Brian Adkins. It was a great event and one of the things that really stuck to me is that one of our primary responsibilities is to recognize our membership. There are so many outstanding individuals that contribute to the…

  • GGR Membership!

    Time flies, doesn’t it? It feels like we just welcomed 2024, and our event calendar(https://www.pca-ggr.org/calendar/)  is already getting full with exciting activities! Not sure whether you feel the same way, I find myself eager to participate in as many events as possible, yet also feeling like there’s never enough time to experience it all! Our…

  • Autocross March Update

    Eighty-one participants enjoyed our first autocross event at NASA Crows Landing Test Site on March 9th. Course was designed by Praneil Prasad. Drivers averaged a lap time of 82.289 seconds, with nine runs – four in the morning and five in the afternoon.Congratulations to Teddy Framhein (P-06) for TTOD of 74.260 seconds. Teddy distanced himself…