PCA Club Race 2018 Summit Point - Vintage Class, Vintage aircooled Porsches racing..914s and 911s Options

[MikeSpraggi]

This video took a while to get out there, but this is Spint Race 2 on Saturday, September 22, 2018, during the PCA Club Race event at Summit Point. Not much to say, the video speaks for itself, I think. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/esVY2Z0_r_4

[John]

Thank you for an awesome video. It brings back so many memories from so long ago. This is the track that I first drove on back in 1987-1988. At the time I was a member of Potomac Region PCA just doing DE's. The track somehow looks smaller now. It's been 30+ years since I lived in Winchester VA. (just a short drive to the track) I understand that Summit Point is now several circuits, but I remember driving and taking turns flagging at corner stations so that we could man each station so we could drive on the track. I remember walking across the track at the last turn and being able to "ice skate" across the track because the racing surface was so worn or so full of rubber. I hope to get back there some day. I live in Indiana now and have done DE's with many other regions. When Club Racing was just getting started, we tried a couple of "races", but we became dismayed since the rules at the time were not followed and that our modified 914-6 was placed in a class where it never belonged. I did have a license, but it was many moons ago and I simply continued instructing in HPDE.

Thanks again for the video. I wish I could go out and play with several 914's on-track, but as it is, 914's seem to continue to be a dwindling group on track (at least as far as I can participate when the job and family and scouting continue getting in the way).

[MikeSpraggi]

Thank you for an awesome video. It brings back so many memories from so long ago. This is the track that I first drove on back in 1987-1988. At the time I was a member of Potomac Region PCA just doing DE's. The track somehow looks smaller now. It's been 30+ years since I lived in Winchester VA. (just a short drive to the track) I understand that Summit Point is now several circuits, but I remember driving and taking turns flagging at corner stations so that we could man each station so we could drive on the track. I remember walking across the track at the last turn and being able to "ice skate" across the track because the racing surface was so worn or so full of rubber. I hope to get back there some day. I live in Indiana now and have done DE's with many other regions. When Club Racing was just getting started, we tried a couple of "races", but we became dismayed since the rules at the time were not followed and that our modified 914-6 was placed in a class where it never belonged. I did have a license, but it was many moons ago and I simply continued instructing in HPDE.

Thanks again for the video. I wish I could go out and play with several 914's on-track, but as it is, 914's seem to continue to be a dwindling group on track (at least as far as I can participate when the job and family and scouting continue getting in the way).

914s dwindling? Maybe in some areas, but I've actually seen somewhat of an uptick at many of the events I've gone to. Jefferson 500 at Summit Point almost has enough 914s for an all 914 race! These are almost 50 year old race cars still hitting the pavement hard. Quite a credit to the disposable Porsche....affectionately known as "NARP". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)