Greetings Track Enthusiasts:
GGR held its fifth track event of the season at Sonoma Raceway over the weekend of June 29th and 30th.The weather was great and we were able to host approximately one hundred twenty HPDE drivers, twenty-two new students, and a field of fifty-four club racers.
The Diablo Region hosted their DE on Friday with a large number of GGR drivers attending. They also provided a dedicated run group for GGR club racers to utilize for testing and tuning.
In addition to providing instruction for our new students, GGR’s instructor corps was able to instruct a significant number of intermediate and advanced drivers seeking to further develop their skills. We also continued to experiment with the club’s new data acquisition units.
On Sunday afternoon we ran time trials for 21 cars with drivers essentially getting the track to themselves for one warm-up and two timed laps. The results/ driver standings for the season can be viewed on the GGR website https://pca-ggr.org under the Track menu.
Our next event will be held over the weekend of October 12th and 13th at Thunderhill Raceway, with the Diablo running their related DE event on Friday October 11th. Please join us for the entire weekend, or any portion thereof which suits your schedule. All are welcome including first-timers. Feel free to contact the Track Team at track@pca-ggr.org with any questions you may have.
Our last DE and Club Race event of the year will be held on Buttonwillow Raceway’s new track on the weekend of November 2nd and 3rd, with our friends at PCA’s Central Coast Region hosting their DE event on Friday, November 1st. Stay tuned for further details.
Finally, we are also beginning to plan next year’s track schedule which we hope will include two events at Sonoma Raceway, two weekends at Laguna Seca and several dates at Thunderhill and Buttonwillow. Again, stay tuned for further details as they become available.
See you all in October at Thunderhill!
Scott & Jim