I'll be up at Thunderhill for the PRC "Porsche Racing Challenge".

23rd, Friday - Testing and Setup
24th, Saturday - Qualifying
25th, Sunday - Race


Look for the green 911 Spec GTS car and come and say hello!
Andy

Leaving this afternoon ...


Andy

Good luck this weekend, be fast, be safe.

Today was a good day.

1st in qualifying and 1st in the race!


Hopefully more of the same for tomorrow ...
Andy

Congratulations!

Tell us more about the qualifying times and the race.

Just to clarify, i'm not driving.


I'm helping Tom out this weekend who runs the green car in GTS (Toyo Spec Class).


We ran a low 2:01 during warmup and a high 2:01 in qualifying. The next guy was 1 second off.
With PRC, they always do a lottery style drawing for positions in the race based on the top 6 qualifying cars.

We ended up in 5th place at the grid for the race, but Tom quickly managed to get into 1st after only two laps and stayed ahead of the field for the rest of the race.

By the end, we were 8 seconds ahead of the 2nd car.
Andy

YEA BABY!!! Congrats.

That is a good time at Thunderhill. Nice going.

Today was pretty much a repeat of yesterday.

Except for that broken starter ...
If you think changing the starter on a 914 is a chore, try that on a 911.


1st in qualifying put us in 4th position at the grid. Tom quickly got around the 3 cars in front of him and stayed ahead until the finish.

Two class wins in one weekend, yeah!
Andy

PS: The fastest time today was a low 2:02 during the race.

Anytime you can do a 2:02 around TH, you are cooking. Congratulations. (AGAIN)

Thanks.

Part of the fun with the GTS class is that all the cars are very similar. Same wheels and tires for everyone and the motors are very close in HP.
You can either run a 2.7L, 3.0L or 3.2L with various mods allowed.

Our minimum car weight is 2400 lbs and you get to carry around 'penalty' weight for winning.
25 lbs more for 3rd place, 50 lbs more for 2nd and 75 lbs for 1st, capped at 2550 lbs total.
So, now that we won 2 times in a row, our minimum weight is 2550 lbs.


Btw. we're running a 3.0L with aftermarket FI ...
Andy

That old guy really is a madman.

Way cool — and good to see you Friday!

pete

Hey Pete!
Always good to see you ...

Too bad we didn't have more time to chat. Hopefully, you can make it to the Limo-BBQ-Work day in Sonoma.

Andy