GGR AX5 2014–Autocross Report, Post-Parade

GGR’s autocross number 5 has come and gone, marking the halfway point of the season with a wonderful event on Alameda Island, also known as Harbor Bay Isle. Flanked by the international commerce Port of Oakland and what was once the Pan American Airways seaplane port, the original home base of the Famous China Clipper flying boat, the Golden Gate Region Porsche Club of America competitive autocross drivers duke it out under summer skies.

The event started with the early morning gathering of a handful of dedicated volunteers who divided up the morning tasks, manning the gates of the former naval air base, posting up at the registration table and setting up the course. As the flocks of Porsches converged on the autocross tarmac another set of volunteers took to the task of safety checks for vehicles registered to compete. After a brisk course walk and the requisite drivers meeting helmet-headed folks strapped into their cars and took to flogging the course.

Post-Parade blues beset some hardened autocross junkies but even the afflicted found their way out of the funk and soon the competitive spirit filled the air, adrift with the roar of the classic  sounds of speed, thrills and Porsche passion. As always, fun was had by all and the next event is just around the corner so polish those wheels and hone those driving skills… there may be a trophy with your name on it.

 

Mike Koozmin #10

Porsche 914-6 GT

 

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The top 10 (unofficial)

 

1	AX02	Koozmin, Mike	1973 914-6	37.845
2	AX03	Dunwoodie, Dave	1970 911	38.389
3	AX02	Pack, Monty	2011 GT3 RS	38.896
4	AX04	Lau, Steve	2006 Cayman S	38.972
5	FUN	Weinstein, Joe	2013 Palatov D2	39.925
6	AX11	Ridgley, Trevor	1994 968	40.422
7	AX09	McGuigan, Dave	1986 911	40.665
8	AX04	Hunter, Ed	2005 997 S	40.816
9	AX08	Smith, Paul	1985 911	40.883
10	AX05	Grieshaber, David	2007 Cayman S	41.167