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Autocross 7 and 8
Seventh autocross event witnessed 68 drivers competing on September 14th at Crows Landing on a seasonably warm day with high temperature around 85°F. Connie Lu designed course afforded eight runs with average lap times in the 80 second range. Steve Lau beat his immediate competition – Tara Shapowal-Lau by 0.574 seconds and everyone else, with…
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The Drivers of Summer
Reporting on two events in the past thirty days. Autocross #5 update Fifth autocross event of the season was attended by fifty-three drivers on July 20 at Salinas Airport. Salinas always offers mild temperatures in summertime and July 20 was no exception. Fifty-nine drivers enjoyed the nine runs during the event. When dust settled, we…
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Autocross July Blog
Summer is in full swing with the autocross program. We not only hosted our June event at Salinas, but also returned to our beloved site – Alameda for the annual autocross school (Car Control Clinics). Assuming you see this by July 17th, your still have time to register for our fifth autocross event at Salinas…
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Autocross: Improvising In The Rain
Who would have thought we would have heavy rain in May in Salinas? Well, rain or not, sixty-two determined drivers participated in our third autocross event in wet conditions. Weather forecast called out for wet conditions. True to the forecast, it started sprinkling around 10 AM and things got worse in a hurry. The long…
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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…
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New Rules for Autocross
2024 Autocross rules GGR is adopting Zone 7 rules for the 2024 season. Information on Zone 7 rules and car classification procedure can be found at https://zone7.pca.org/autocross-rules/ 2024 Awards rules Most participants registering in non-FUN class earn points for finishing in a points paying position in their car class as well as in the PAX…
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2024 Rules Change – Adaptation of Zone 7 rules
We are excited to announce adaptation of zone 7 rules for the 2024 season. Our club has used the points-based system developed by GGR for more than fifteen years and is considered a benchmark of the car classification system. Over time, this system has become obsolete due to the software platform it resided on. For…
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2024 Autocross Calendar
2024 Autocross Calendar (subject to change) Event Date Day Location GGR Autocross 3/9/2024 Saturday Crows Landing GGR Autocross 4/7/2024 Sunday Salinas Airport GGR School 4/20/2024 Saturday Alameda Test and Tune 4/21/2024 Sunday Alameda GGR Autocross 5/4/2024 Saturday Salinas Airport GGR Autocross 6/9/2024 Sunday Salinas Airport GGR Autocross 7/20/2024 Saturday Salinas Airport GGR Autocross 8/18/2024 Sunday…
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Autocross #9 (last points paying event of the season)
Attendees of Our Autocross #9 event opened their hearts by raising $1305 during this event. All fundraising proceeds go to our charity partner Rancho Cielo in Salinas, as mentioned in previous month’s blog. GGR is proud to match this $1305 and forward a total of $2610 to Rancho Cielo. Thanks again to everyone that contributed…
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Autocross #8: Rain or Shine!
Upcoming event – AX#9 at Salinas (last event of the season): The 2023 GGR Autocross Season is ending fast, with only one more event left. We must be having a lot of fun! Our ninth (and last) is held at Salinas Airport on Saturday, October 28th. Registration is open at https://msreg.com/2023ggrax9. Come join us for…