I just got home from the 914 shootout in Packwood Washington. About a 4 1/2 hour drive for me one way. I got there friday night about 6. We had a nice BBQ with most the 914 crew that showed . It was a good way to kick off our weekend

Major props & thanks to 6freak (Mike) for letting me co-drive his beautiful stock six . Your car is well sorted & I felt totally comfortable driving it. I guess I've driven enough 914's that that shouldn't surprise me. I hope I didn't shame it with my driving It was only my second autoX & I am seriously hooked.

I must admit I liked ORPCA way of doing things better. We got 8 runs in in less time than it took to get our 4 in yesterday. WAPCA runs just the 4 wich is good to. I just liked getting more runs in . I felt better with every run despite missing the 2 gates yesterday. No missed gates today but did snag a total of 3 cones in my 8 runs today. 2 of which came on my last run . Which was my fastest of 65.203 (before I got my fixed slip with the 4second penalty ).

Rambling a bit sorry. Thanks to all who were there. A special thanks to all who helped plan & make it happen

Look at Jamie go!

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More photos in the Paddock thread.

I see cone marks Jamie ...Is that seat belt even over your shoulder?

Jamie, you did very well. Mike has a lot of AX experience and you were close enough to his times you should feel proud . Everyone looked like they had a blast. The course was one of the most amazing I have ever seen. I'm not use to a course that twists for over 60 seconds.

Can't wait to see you up in Bremerton again Jamie

No i dont! and no he wasn`t !.... ...Just fun ...Jamie you did an outstanding job in a car you have never driven ....Just about the most fun you can have with your clothes on .........I dont think any Cali folks showed up ?I heard those guys wont even drive to the store,thats just what i heard ..More ..Maybe next year we can have the shootout in Portland

OOps.wrong button..Portland is a NOT, however maybe Medford would suit the CA contingent.

Thanks everyone. It was fun.

Sorry to be abrupt about the Portland suggestion, but I wouldn't wish that venue on Grant.....well, maybe him.
About the only good thing about running there all the time is you learn that your car must be strong, just to survive. It is a car breaker. It is also pretty small.....about 1/3 the size of Packwood......but 5 times as rough.

The idea behind the Shoot Out was to bring together as many 914s as possible from all over, in other words not just a regional event. Thus far it hasn't worked out that well.

Still, we had some fun, eh.

Thanks for the pictures!


WCR this year has two days of AX action and people will be there from all over. I still love the Shoot Out idea, but WCR will be a nice 'double shot' of AX fun.