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FEATURES 4 Dave Elsner — 2016 Michael Melton Award Recipient 10 48 Hours at Sebring and Club Racing Awards Banquet 24 Daytona OktoberFast 32 2016 Can/Am Challenge — A Driver’s Perspective THE FIRST CHOICE FOR CHAMPIONS 40 The Latest on Compliance Testing 46 PCA Club Racing — A Father’s Perspective 54 Passing Out On or Soon After Leaving the Track 56 Friedman Spirit Award Gets Started at Sebring MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE 10 62 11th National 944 Cup Goes Transcontinental 70 My Journey into Club Racing and Scrutineering 76 A Day at Sebring AND RELIABILITY COLUMNS 20 From the Chair ORDER 22 View From the Tower 36 Editorial License 38 From Start to Finish THE PADS 44 Thinking About Rules 60 Coaching Perspective REMNANTS YOU NEED 18 PCA Vintage Racing 46 28 2017 Club Racing Schedule In Stock, All the Time, Shipped Free 30 PCA Club Racing Contingency Programs WE’RE THE LARGEST U.S. PAGID RACING BRAKE PAD 35 2017 Club Racing National Sponsors SUPPLIER, WITH THE MOST EXTENSIVE INVENTORY. 68 Event Ads Index PAGID Racing Brake Pads are available in 74 2017 Hard Chargers many compounds to fi t most applications. 75 Classifieds Call us now or use the PAGID Racing 78 Club Racing National Committee, Advertising Index, CRN Staff Brake Pad Quick Search on our website On the Cover: Photographer Stephen Krupnick took this race start photo during Daytona’s Oktoberfast. to fi nd the pads you need >>> FAST! Club Racing News (CRN) is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America, Club Racing, and is pub- lished quarterly. Written contributions and photographs are welcome and can be mailed to the editor. Opinions PAGID Racing brake pad compounds off er maximum stopping power, expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Porsche Club ultimate endurance and consistently high quality for professional and of America, Club Racing National Committee, its officers or members. Permission is granted to reproduce any material herein provided full credit is given to the author and PCA Club Racing News. PORSCHE®, the Porsche amateur racers alike. EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE IN BRAKING! Crest®, CARRERA®, TARGA®, Cayman® and Boxster™ are trademarks of Porsche AG. The editor shall reserve the right to edit and publish only those articles felt to be in the best interest of the members of the Porsche Club 56 of America. Commercial advertising inquiries should be directed to the CRN Advertising Coordinator. Postmaster: Address Change to: PCA Club Racing News, c/o PCA Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 6400 Columbia, MD 21045 ORDERS TECH SUPPORT ONLINE 800.356.2080 847.304.5515 NORTHSTARMOTORSPORTS.COM

APRIL - JUNE 2017 3 www.pagidracing.com uation over a six month period where he was under constant instruction to getting ready for wheel to wheel racing. After graduating, Dave upgraded to a full 2014 GT3 991 Cup Car and started Big Wave Racing LLC. Dave is supported by, what he con- siders, the best Porsche race breed shop in So Cal, Loren Beggs 911 De- sign in Montclair. In 2016 he ran in 20 separate events and 38 races across the nation. He raced in 21 PCA races and 17 POC races with 10 overall wins, 14 1st place, nine 2nd and eight 3rds. As a result he was named PCA GTC06 West Coast Series champ and placed 2nd in the nation. He also won the POC GT1 Champi- onship and Most Improved Cup Rac- er. Not bad for his first racing season. Dave’s family, kids and friends have played a significant role throughout the years. It’s always more fun with a cheering section. He has four kids and two grandkids that have played a major part by joining him at events. DAVE ELSNER He has a daughter in Vegas who comes to all the Spring Mountain events. His two kids in So Cal join 2016 MICHAEL MELTON AWARD him at California Festival of Speed and Big Willow. His son in Northern STORY & PHOTOS BY DAVE ELSNER California joines him at Laguna Seca and Thunderhill. His dad and sister have attended almost every event in Southern California. ave Elsner was selected to re- five day Formula 3 race training the driver rather than the Turbo S, Dave also has a great group of Dceive the Michael Melton Na- school at Infineon. There were 37 which easily corrected mistakes and friends all across the country that like tional Rookie of the Year award in students; Dave finished 3rd in class. drove itself. So Dave went out and to feel the power of racing. When 2016 for his focus on club life, family, That energized him and the addic- bought a GT3RS and, for the next people visit at the track, he always and fun, all while achieving great driv- tion grew, so he went out and bought three years, moved through the time takes the time to show them the ga- ing success throughout the year. a Porsche Turbo S and graduated to trial ranks. rage set up, sit them in the car and Dave is a 51 year old retired tech- PDS events. His first major time trial event was explain the technology involved and nology executive who is now living a His times continued to drop, but the California Festival of Speed. Dave usually provides a lunch time track life long dream. That dream started he realized something significant in accredits the PCA instructor he ride. They then become his cheering when he was a kid watching the Indi- the effort to improve: while racing worked with as contributing to the section (how could they not?). anapolis Grand Prix and playing with cars is an extreme adrenaline high, it success he was having with driving He remembers an event at Laguna slot car sets. is also very much like the game of great lines and the times he was Seca. He could see his rooting section During the ‘70s his dad had a golf. In golf it takes 30 years to take achieving. This experience convinced stand up and cheer as he moved into Porsche 911SC. The race stigma that 30 strokes off your game. Racing can him to join a racing series. Once in first. Elsner said “The energy you get followed the breed instantly made take years to learn the skills to shave the fastest group, he won class cham- from that is priceless. The smiles are Dave a fan. He was able to buy his seconds off a lap. Because of that, he pionships two years in a row and was the memories you take away as a re- first Porsche in 2006 and his love for knew he had to grow incrementally asked to join Cup Racing School. ward because, when it comes right racing grew. He started his time as a to be competitive. The racing school included six class- down to it, what we walk away with driver by attending many PCA auto- Dave also knew he needed a car es and track days with great coaches and enjoying is the time with friends cross events. In 2008 he attended a that put more control in the hands of along the way. It also included eval- and family.”

4 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 5 Dave also shared his experience with PCA. “When it comes to PCA events, the things that makes a big difference are the people involved in running the events. They really care about the drivers, they focus on fun and safety, and the recognition given is superb with awards after every event. The fellowship amongst drivers gives you the ease of mind necessary to compete.” PCA Club Racing events are well organized with great stewardship for the drivers and cars. They hold great kick-off meetings with track and driver instruction and well laid out and organized hot pits. The track staff they choose is always excellent and you get good energy from the announcers. In short, you feel that Dave Elsner sporting Worker’s Choice award (upper left) there is a professional (albeit volun- Dave Elsner and his daughter, Heather (upper right) teer) staff at each of these events who Grandkids Karsyn and Brantley (previous page) are committed to creating an excellent experience for everyone. Elsner’s favorite part is that the events provide an opportunity to CORY DAVIS ELSNER meet so many good people from across the nation that put the drivers One of my biggest supporters was our memories and by utilizing the and teams first. my 28 year old son, Cory Davis El- impact he made on our lives. Cory Dave’s favorite events this year were sner. Cory died tragically on Decem- had a life of many aspects starting the ones that he traveled the farthest ber 28, 2016. with being a family member and for: COTA, Laguna Seca, Thunder- Cory was killed in a freeway mo- friend with unconditional love for hill and Hallett. In all cases, it was torcycle accident where he was split- everyone around him. about the event. While the tracks ting lanes, got cut off and was forced If you look at the many aspects and were great, all events provided a great into the back of a stopped car. The his hobbies, you see he truly lived life local cultural experience with the ar- impact into the back of the car caused to the fullest for the short time he eas and people involved. He says “this Cervical Vertebral Disassociation. was with us. I remember the baseball is because this is not just about rac- This is the same way Dale Earnhart kid, the kid that dominated at BMX, ing, its about the experience.” Dave was killed and the reason we all wear roller blading, water sports, hockey, also said he had the most fun at the HANS or similar devices in PCA Mario Cart, snow sports, rock climb- Oklahoma Hallett event and particu- Club Racing. ing, skim boarding, down hill speed larly liked that he was able to add As it turns out, there are similar de- skate boarding, hiking, paragon gam- horns to his car (see picture) in honor vices for street motorcyclists (Simp- ing, motorcycles, living the Vegas life of the great, cowboy locals. son and Laett) and had Cory worn to the extreme, paramedic, club host, Dave plans to run about 12 PCA one of these devices, it may have technician and construction. events this year along with the Pirelli saved his life. As a result, the Elsner And his biggest passion was his un- GT3 Cup series. His goal is to keep family has set up a campaign with a believable knowledge, support and improving while staying focused on motorcycle safety fund to help bring love for the LA Kings. Cory did a lot the great people and the areas he gets awareness of these devices to street in life, but the best part of Cory was to visit. He can’t wait for his first trip bikers. Many people ask me how they the unconditional love for his family to Road America, High Plains, Day- can help the family during this trying and friends. tona and a repeat at COTA. time; “I would ask everyone to en- He never hurt and always gave. For Dave is certainly living a dream courage any street biker you know to that, and his passion for life, he will and really appreciates the people and wear one of these neck restraints”. always be remembered and each one culture that follow the Porsche Club We honor Cory by putting him in of us take a piece if his life with us. I of America. a new place in our lives — through take with me...

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n February 2-5, more than 400 time and energy they put into the 48 several guiding principles, the most OPorsches competed at one of the Hours at Sebring. It was very well re- important of which is that racing largest Porsche Club of America Club ceived and we all love hosting one of should be fun, safe and clean. This Racing events of the year, kicking off the largest PCA events.” concept is embodied in the strict en- the 2017 PCA Club Racing season. The 2016 PCA Club Racing Na- forcement of the 13/13 rule, which With more than 200 volunteers tional Championship Series Awards provides for sanctions against any operating the massive four-day event, Dinner, which is hosted by the PCA driver at fault in any incident involv- PCA drivers enjoyed beautiful weath- Club Racing Committee, was held ing car damage. To be eligible for the er at the 24th annual 48 Hours at on Thursday at the Chateau Elan at championship, one must race a min- Sebring presented by Champion Sebring International Raceway. The imum of three events and finish five Porsche at the iconic Sebring Interna- dinner banquet honored 2016 podi- races without violating the 13/13 rule. tional Raceway. um winners and celebrated the start During the banquet, Earnshaw “Drivers from all over the country of the 2017 race season. awarded Dave Elsner with the 2016 were able to race again for the first “The 2016 PCA Club Racing Na- Michael Melton Memorial Rookie of time since 2016 and I’m thrilled to tional Championship Series Awards the Year Award, which commemo- be a part of this huge event once Dinner kicked off our Porsche-filled rates Michael Melton, former PCA again,” said Josh Breckeen, co-chair- weekend with a bang,” said Vicki Club Racing driver and editor of man of the 48 Hours at Sebring. “I Earnshaw, PCA Club Racing chair. Club Racing News. Melton sadly want to thank our volunteers for the PCA Club Racing is founded upon passed away in 1999 of pancreatic Spencer Cox at the wheel of his GTB1 National Championship-winning Cayman. Enhanced with Softronic® software. 10 CLUB RACING NEWS 2016 Club Racing National Championship trophy winners assembled at the Thursday Victory Banquet

cancer. The award winner is chosen by PCA stewards, who review a large group of rookie racers each year - all of whom participated safely and successfully in at least five races during their rookie season. Vicki next introduced the Fried- man Spirit Award, named in honor of Alan Friedman, the father of PCA Club Racing. This is a new award honoring those in the paddock who show true dedication, loyalty and sportsmanship and best reflect the values shared by PCA Club Racing. This first ever award was given to the Sebring co-chair, Dan Smithyman. He received the award for all the PCA National Vice President Brumos Championship racer, work he has done on the 48 Hours at Tom Gorsuch Andrew Davis Sebring event over the years. “I am so honored to receive this heartfelt Pirelli North America Nafta Motorsport Jens Walther, President and CEO Manager, Orazio Mastracchio award,” said Smithyman. “PCA is all Porsche Motorsport North America about camaraderie and friendship, so I’m lucky to be a volunteer for this outstanding organization.” Over the weekend, drivers enjoyed three facets at the world-renowned, 17-turn, 3.74-mile Sebring circuit - PCA Club Racing, Advanced Solo Driver’s Education and autocross. The Green race group, which included the Stock class cars D through K, as well as the SP911s, GT5s and GTC1s, had around 60 entries. Jim- my Martin came in third place in Sprint 1 and improved to a second-place finish in Sprint 2, while

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Andy Hansen won Sprint 1 and Kev- Vicki Earnshaw in Violette won Sprint 2. presenting the The Orange group, which consist- Friedman Spirit ed of SP1, 2 and 3 cars, a majority of Award to Dan those being 944s and SPBs, had Smithyman around 55 entries. In Sprint 1, Chris (left) Drake came in first with John Glad- will and Daniel Martinson rounding Club Racing out the podium in second and third Timing & places, respectively. Scoring Chair, In the SP3 Class, Dan Martinson Michael and Karl Poeltl went nose-to-tail Wingfield, much of the weekend with only explaining the tenths of a second separating them. intricacies of In the SP2 Class, the reigning 944 the 962 Cup National Champion, Fred Beas- underbelly ley, demonstrated once again that his (upper right) crown is well deserved with additional wins over the weekend. “The 48 Hours of Sebring contin- ues to be one of the best events each Michael Levitas year for the 944 Cup classes with tre- leads Ron mendous turnouts and exciting rac- Charles #02 ing on a historically significant and Perry track,” said Dave Derecola, PCA Bortolotti #884 Club Racing 944 Cup National Co- thru Turn 17 ordinator. “Sebring should be on every driver’s bucket list.” WE ARE FAST AND STEADY In other 48 Hours at Sebring racing news, Andy Wilzoch finished second in Sprint 1 with the fastest over- AND ONLY BRAKE WHEN WE HAVE TO. all lap time of 2:04.767 and then came back to beat the competition by winning Sprint 2 in his Flying Lizard Jens Walthes 2016 Porsche GT3R. Wilzoch com- with Carlos peted in the same car in the 2016 and Michael de Pirelli World Challenge. He was part Quesada, who of the Blue group, which consisted of were drivers some of the fastest cars at the event, and GTD class including GTA and GTC cars. winners at PCA member Roger Johnson spent Daytona the his fifth year at the 48 Hours at Se- week before High Performance That Never Rests. bring live-blogging the first 2017 club race. Fans, friends and family were able to check out the action live throughout the weekend on the 48 Hours at Sebring website and PCA.org. In additional to the racing, there were lunch time track tours available for a charitable contribution. Once the track went cold, things Kevin Jean- did not quit. Starting with the 2016 nette told us Awards Banquet on Thursday, Friday the story about night had the second annual Speed how this Dyson Showcase, a great meet and greet in the 962 came back Proud partner of Gallery of Legends building. There from the dead

14 CLUB RACING NEWS Corp. U.S.A. Tire Toyo ©2015 WE ARE TOYO. ALL OR NOTHING. was hot food and cold beverages. It For most of the Those guys in was a great opportunity to mingle PCA national staff the booth, with the drivers, vendors and spon- at Sebring, our announcer Dick sors and other volunteers. responsibilities Kjellsen and There were two very special vehi- start with the live blogger, cles on display. The mystery car, un- Thursday noon Roger Johnson covered Friday night, was a recently combined lunch restored Porsche 962 in Dyson livery. and staff meeting. If you don’t Gunnar Racing’s Kevin Jeannette think that the told a very interesting story about As you can see 944s are a tight this car, how it never raced (wrecked from the two group, check in practice before it had the opportu- photos taken out this race nity). A new chassis was shipped over immediately after start! from Germany, the VIN transferred that meeting (the to the new chassis, and the one we top being key Scruts take a saw here went into storage. event staff and moment in the The second special car was brought the bottom our pits during a here by Alegra Motorsports and Sun- Club Racing staff), very busy coast member, Carlos de Quesada. it takes a lot of weekend The 911 GT3 R had a GTD class talent and win just one week earlier at the 24 coordination to Hours at Daytona, driven by Carlos, make an event his son Michael, Jesse Lazare and Mi- like this happen. CRN Ad chael Christensen. The car still had Manager, Ilko all the dirt and grime from the 24 Nechev hour race. It looked fabulous. showing off our For my wife, Suesan, and I, this product to was our second consecutive year BGBs John attending the 48 Hours at Sebring. Tecce In particular Suesan loves being able to work from our hotel room while looking out the window This “Hall of watching and listening to the race Fame” sign cars whizzing through the hairpin. hanging on the That’s not something you get at side of the most racetracks! tower pretty For me, having this great hotel a much says it all stone’s throw from the track is incredibly convenient. As Club Racing News editor, Sebring is a great opportunity for me to meet drivers, ven- Terry Richard, dors, key management personnel and Sally Farmer and The tire rigs other volunteers. This is where the Frank Chaney, were beyond beginning of many of our CRN arti- three grid busy at times cles come from. workers who have This is also a wonderful opportuni- been volunteering ty to visit Florida when the weather is 15-20 years at almost always perfect. About the only this event thing that I missed was an opportu- (left) nity to eat at one of my favorite Steve Rash- restaurants, Bern’s Steak House in Two long time key baum and Tampa. Being this close and not fig- volunteers at Dave Herndon uring out a way to make that happen Sebring are are showing is rare. But then, there is always next Sherry Fabel and very little year. So, thanks to everyone for the Ellen Riley respect for this outstanding job you all did! (right) editor

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The dent and is issued a 13 sanction, and toasted for attaining their podium by Friedman Spirit award honors those the incident was not a gross error, the racing at least five races over three in the paddock that show true dedi- car is safe and the driver has the right events. Many of these racers attend cation, loyalty and sportsmanship attitude... The driver may be allowed many more races to acquire their and best reflect the values shared by to return to complete the race week- winning event points. PCA Club Racing. end event. This is in contrast to the One of the basic founding princi- This year, we were delighted to previous rule where the driver was ples of PCA Club Racing is safe, present the inaugural award to Dan excluded from driving the rest of the clean and fun racing. This principle Smithyman, co-chair of the 48 hours event. The 13 probation starts imme- is embodied in the 13 / 13 rule. of Sebring. Dan has chaired the Se- diately and the driver is aware that with the Barber Historics, Mosport ing membership and to continue to These Champion racers, while ac- bring event for 10 years. His leader- another sanction that weekend would and Monticello. develop a scrutineering program to quiring the points to win their class- ship, with over 150 volunteers, wel- mean a suspension. Our first ever Vintage race group at keep the class fields level and fun. At es, cannot have a 13 sanction. So comes the racers to one of our largest An unexpected situation came up Summit Point last year generated in- Sebring the new equipment pur- here’s a toast to the Champions who events of the year. It has always been with this new procedure at Sebring. terest for the 1983 and older air chased for this goal was visible. Our raced competitively and clean to earn my pleasure to work with him be- Two Boxsters had contact (I know, cooled cars. They raced in their own team began working with this equip- this honor. cause his attitude of “how can we who would expect that). The drivers run group with four simple classes. ment and training out personnel. We also acknowledged our spon- make this happen for the racers” did not know each other previously All racers had a PCA racing license The gear check device and borescope sors at the Championship Banquet. It comes first. Congratulations, Dan! to the Sebring race. The not at fault and adhered to our safety rules. Many were both run through their paces. is their support that has allowed us to In the late 90’s a racer, in the slow- car received damage that could not of these drivers went out of their way You can expect to see more of this in improve the program. The banquet est 911 on the race track, was given be fixed at the track, but the at fault to thank us for giving them a place to the future. Many comments came also recognized the volunteers of the the name “The Rookie.” Michael driver invited the other driver to race in PCA. across my computer last year regard- club racing program in appreciation Melton gave support to his friends in share his car during the enduro. Now Our calendar has Summit Point, ing possible short comings of our of their dedication and many contri- the paddock and to the volunteers that is PCA Club Racing ! Monticello, Pitt Track and Motor- rules enforcement. To allow scruts butions. At the end of the evening we and to the national staff. He was also The 2017 schedule will include the sports Ranch on the schedule, reach- more time to use this equipment, at all enjoyed speaker Andrew Davis, a editor of Club Racing News. Michael new configuration of the Pitt race ing our goal of four vintage races in some events we will be sending extra professional racer who helped win passed away early, but his friends track in September. Putnam Park, 2017. As a racer or an event chair, if scruts in just to evaluate car compli- the very championship for Brumos. wanted his memory and his spirit to which has been resurfaced, is back on you have interest in a Vintage group, ance. This will allow them to concen- Andrew entertained us with his sto- remain with PCA Club Racing. The the Club Race schedule. contact Fred Pfeiffer at fpfeiffer@at- trate on this process and achieve the ries of lessons learned at Sebring and Melton Rookie award is presented A shout out to Golden Gate region, lanticbb.net. The rules are on our goal we have set for 2017. other race tracks. annually to a first year racer who who is putting on five PCA club rac- website: pcaclubracing.org I challenge each of you to bring an- The first Friedman Spirit Award completes five “clean” races in that es this year, including Sonoma and The continuing action items for other racer into PCA Club Racing, was presented at the Sebring Ban- year and is recognized by the stew- Laguna Seca. 2017 are the new PCA Club Racing allowing us to continue to maintain quet. Alan Friedman, the founder of ards of Club Racing to have this ca- The Cayman GT4 Trophy East Se- website, an enduro for 2018, contin- our healthy membership numbers. Club Racing, started the program maraderie that Michael Melton ries will have eight races. Three new gencies for racers and compliance of with unselfish fortitude to start a one shared. The award this year is pre- events for the Clubsports will be Bar- racing rules. Our 2017 goals for PCA Enjoy Your 2017 Racing Season. mark racing program. The goal was sented to David Elsner from Califor- ber Motorsports Park in conjunction Club Racing are to increase the rac- Vicki

20 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 21 Increase in incident on straights hit as he was going by the car later both owe each other racing room until I mentioned a few months ago that found at fault. one is clearly ahead, in which case the we are seeing an increase in incidents on We have had our first race under the pass is complete or successfully defended. what is essentially a straight. That would video required rule. It made a profound In this situation, the driver attempting be on a light bend where drivers are at difference for the stewards who were the pass hit the other car who still had full throttle, do not make a clear turn-in there running the event. significant overlap at track-out and was and do not go to an apex. It would be an Drivers benefit from more video and surprised that he was found at fault. area where drivers can easily go three stewards increase their ability to be sure We have, in the past, had issues with wide. Depending on what is happening, they get the decisions concerning inci- split starts where the second group did these no turn-in/no apex situations are dents correct. We have known for a long not have much of a real start. At Road treated exactly like a straight for inci- time that, when we have video, it is much Atlanta last year, we observed the entire dent investigation. easier to confidently find the party who second group come over the hill in single Like an incident on the straight, most is at fault. At this race we had multiple file, seeing the starter for the first time. issues are caused by the lead driver mak- videos of almost all incidents, including Racing had obviously started well before CAYMAN CLUBSPORT IMPACT AT OUR RACES ing a blocking move a bit too late and many more than usual from cars behind, it should have. In the Sebring drivers after the trailing car has overlap and and even cars ahead who had rearward meeting, before the split starts, I made a very little ability to avoid contact. Like looking video. This is a good thing for all forceful comment concerning this. A have heard many rumors about the ef- The broadening of our financial base other transmitters in our system, allow- on a straight, if you make a move to im- involved, both drivers and stewards. driver or two did not appreciate my com- Ifect of the Cayman GT4 Clubsport Tro- brought about by adding the Clubsport ing the pace car transmission to go out pede a driver who has a run and will I had an interesting comment after an ment. At this race the split starts were phy East Series on PCA Club Racing. Series has helped us in many ways. Pur- on time. The radios are also encrypted likely pass you cleanly before the next incident in a recent race. After viewing a perfect. There was good racing into the Contrary to many rumors, the series has chasing new equipment became a smaller due to the nature of digital systems. brake zone, and there is contact where video from behind, the driver indicated first turn with multiple rows going three, been extremely good for PCA Club Rac- percentage of our overall budget, which Others will no longer be able to moni- the overtaking driver could not bail out that he was attempting to pass a car who four and even five wide. No incidents ing. And, also contrary to many rumors, allowed us to make those expenditures tor PCA staff transmissions. very late in the pass attempt, the leading was even with him at turn-in, and he was were reported on the starts. Great racing it has had very little, if any, negative im- with more confidence. We will use the analog frequency driver will usually be found at fault. We slightly ahead of at the apex. He believed guys! The front row did their job of con- pact concerning schedules and track time We replaced our mostly 20-year-old 464.8250 251 DPL to transmit specific hear “he had responsibility to make a the other driver should have backed out trolling the field for the start. Everyone for racers at the events where the series radios with new, more efficient digital instructions to teams that can monitor clean pass.” The problem arises when and given him the track-out. I don’t had a fair chance. EXCELLENT! has been run. units. We have continued to upgrade that frequency. This may include who is the overtaking driver did everything he know where you can read that into our The Clubsport Series has purchased timing and scoring equipment and add leading at a full course double yellow, could do to make a clean pass and got rules. If cars are even at turn-in, they Be Safe. Go fast. track time from regions and zones who to our scrutineering equipment. We behavior around incidents and other spe- hold PCA Club Racing events. This have added scrutineers to many races to cific instructions to a team who can then helps events become more financially sta- better level the playing field. We have notify their drivers. ble. In most cases that time has come by added a PR firm that worksClubsport By the time you read this, many of you GREAT PLAINS REGION 25th ANNIVERSARY replacing a DE group that had been run events and a couple of other large races may have seen the increase in scrutineer- at those events. In other cases a 4th or each year (Sebring and Road America ing activity. We were certainly more ac- 5th group has been added. in 2017). When they are there they tive at Sebring, which created much dis- CARRERA GT AT MPH MOTORSPORT PARK HASTINGS Since the Clubsport series runs under handle all trophy presentations and cussion. A few issues were uncovered as 2.15 MI • HASTINGS, NEBRASKA different rules, it is necessary that we use write press releases and other informa- well as the misinterpretation of some of JUNE 2 - 4, 2017 • SPONSORED BY PORSCHE OMAHA different drivers meetings. This allows us tion featuring all of our drivers, not just our rules. Scrutineering is for you, the to keep the track hot rather than shutting those in the Clubsport series. All of this racers. The increase in compliance check- FRI: TEST AND TUNE (DE RULES) REGISTRATION: register.pca.org it down for meetings. For example, with has created interest from potential ing is to work on our goal of making sure SAT & SUN: THREE SPRINT RACES FOR EACH CLASS MORE INFO: [email protected] one race that went from four groups in sponsors, which we believe will result in each of you has a fair chance to win. SATURDAY NIGHT SOCIAL or www.gprpca.com 2015 to five groups in 2016, the Friday more contingency programs and good Please cooperate with our scrutineers schedule started 30 minutes earlier (8:00 things for all our racers. when they want to look at your car. am) than in 2015 and ended for the tra- The new radios add features we did Frankly, not allowing them to look is not ditional run groups at the same time as not have before, some improve safety. an option. the year before without Clubsport. On They have five frequencies and can use One thing that surprised us at Sebring Saturday, at that same race, the day start- all five with digital or analog modula- was the increase in drivers reporting inci- ed 15 minutes earlier and finished 20 tion. With digital, the steward’s radios dents to black flag after the race as re- minutes earlier for the traditional groups. have override capability over the others. quired. There were many light touches The Sunday schedule started and ended For example, if the steward is working with very little or no damage reported. at the exact same times for the tradition- to get the pace car on track and a scrut The ones I am mentioning were all rub al run groups. In no case were the on- (who has been working under a car and outs. This is a good thing. We get a better track run times reduced and the exact is unaware of the ongoing pace car com- handle on what is happening and racers same session contents were used. We munication) steps out to make a call at become more aware of contact and what REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 17 have worked very hard to minimize the just the wrong time, the steward can they can do to prevent it. It will ultimate- P C A impact on our club racers. still transmit, which turns off all the ly make racing safer.

22 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 23 DAYTONA — OKTOBERFAST STORY BY SKIP CARTER, PHOTOS BY STEPHEN KRUPNICK, MIKE KLASKIN & JUHA LIEVONEN

ast October was my third trip to The only thing I want to say about 4. The 1968 1-2-3 sweep of the LDaytona International Speedway. that first visit was the feeling going 907 Longtails is simply iconic. After decades of hearing about this through the tunnel for the first time place (but never getting very close), and seeing it for the first time. I don’t My second visit was Rennsport III, Rennsport Reunion II was scheduled remember getting down on my knees just as amazing as II. A lot happened for March 2004. There wasn’t much and kissing the ground, but the im- to me between the 2nd and 3rd visits, thought about “should I go” (I was pulse was certainly there. including getting a track car, becom- still kicking myself for missing The history that has been created ing a club racer, then becoming CRN Rennsport I at Lime Rock). So, my here! If you even just take a look at editor. I felt (and still do) a strong feeling on this one were pretty much the Porsche history, it is incredible... need to get to every PCA Club Rac- “get tickets; book a flight.” To name just a few: ing venue and to do a story on each I took my then 16 year old daugh- 1. Since its appearance in 1962, of them: big, small and in between, ter, Connie. She is a great, self moti- Porsche is the most successful manu- which is partly why I was able to hit vated kid who always worked hard, facturer on the road course with 22 Sebring, Miller, High Plains and did very well in school. I would occa- overall wins. Daytona in 2016, in addition to the sionally take her out of school for 2. From 1977 to 1987, Porsche tracks I normally drive. some “dad time” without having to compiled 11 consecutive overall wins This was the final 2016 race for the worry about her struggling to catch at the Rolex 24 (a manufacturer re- Cayman GT4 Clubsport Trophy Se- up. A day trip to LA to show her cord). ries East, and I had not seen them in some sights, etc. Well, Rennsport II 3. Porsche has the most “one-two” person, so this was my last opportu- was one of those dad times. finishes ever - 12. nity and, after all, it was Daytona!

24 CLUB RACING NEWS This weekend was also the championship race for the 944 Cup East series, so there was a lot of racing going on and a lot of trophies involved. Stephen Krupnick, another Grand Prix region friend and fabulous photographer (check out his website at TravelsWithStephen.com), flew out with me to shoot the event. Stephen is constantly traveling. In the last several months, that I recall, he’s flown to Cartegena, Vermont, Scotland and Texas. He’s been to every continent, and most twice. Mt Everest, Napal, etc. I love his photos of the shut down auto plants in Detroit. So, this trip to Daytona was great. We came a couple of days early to check out the area, just one week after the hurricane hit. I was amazed at how much cleanup had been done in just one week. There were more piles of fallen trees and other debris piled up ready for pickup. At Daytona I was able to meet a lot of drivers and several of our advertis- ers, always working on stories for CRN. I attended the Clubsport Awards Banquet and learned a lot about that series. I’m constantly trying to learn the protocol for photographer access at different tracks. What I learned at Daytona was “just because one corner worker tells you one thing, that doesn’t mean that a different corner will have different rules”. Oh well.

26 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 27 DATES EVENT / ADDITIONAL INFO REGION/ZONE EVENT/CONTACT

Sep 2-3 Thunderhill Raceway Golden Gate Richard French 650.995.6100 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] Sep 2-4 Road America* Chicago Keith Clark 630.514.5937 944 Cup Midwest [email protected] Sep 15-17 NOLA Motorsports Park* Mardi Gras John Crosby 504.909.267 944 Cup Southwest / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races [email protected] DATES EVENT / ADDITIONAL INFO REGION/ZONE EVENT/CONTACT Sep 15-17 Utah Motorsports Campus* Intermountain Otto Silva 801.899.3511 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] Feb 3-5 Sebring International Raceway* Suncoast Florida/Gold Coast Dan Smithyman 954.224.4717 Sep 22-24 Summit Point Motorsports Park* Potomac Gary Baker 301.642.4005 944 Cup South [email protected] 944 Cup North / Vintage Run Group [email protected] Mar 3-5 Circuit of the Americas* Hill Country Tuffy von Briesen 703.980.7839 Sep 30-Oct 1 Willow Springs International Park* San Diego Greg Phillips 619.395.7506 944 Cup Southwest [email protected] 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] Mar 18-19 Thunderhill Raceway Golden Gate Richard French 650.995.6100 Oct 7-8 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Cimarron Jon Jones 918.200.4044 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] [email protected] Mar 31-Apr 2 Road Atlanta* Peachstate Mike Hopper 404.379.6877 Oct 13-15 Pittsburgh International Race Complex* Allegheny TBA 944 Cup South / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races [email protected] 944 Cup Nationals East (M) (N) (S) Apr 21-22 Lime Rock Park Conecticut Valley Peter Clark 603.494.7080 Oct 27-29 Daytona International Speedway* Zone 12 TBA [email protected] 944 Cup South / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races April 21-23 Auto Club Speedway* Zone 8 Tom Brown 619.491.150 Nov 11-12 Motorsport Ranch* Maverick Pat Heptig 214.649.7909 [email protected] Vintage Run Group [email protected] May 5-7 Mid Ohio Sports Car Course* Mid Ohio Mike Stoner 614.205.3389 Nov 11-12 Buttonwillow Raceway Park San Diego Greg Phillips 619.395.7506 [email protected] 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] May 19-21 Barber Motorsports Park NOT A PCA CLUB RACE * Indicates an Enduro Cayman GT4CS East Series Races — Invitation to GT4CS East Series — no open registration May 19-21 Gateway Motorsports Park* St Louis Dan Sokol 314.971.4742 944 Cup Midwest [email protected] May 27-28 Buttonwillow Raceway Park Golden Gate Richard French 650.995.6100 “Summertime, and the living is easy” 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] Jun 2-4 Watkins Glen International* Zone 1 Mike Bryan 905.726.9027 944 Cup North / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races [email protected] 2017 BIR DE & CLUB RACE - JULY 28, 29, 30 , Jun 3-4 Motorsports Park Hastings Great Plains Kurt Halvorsen 402.203.2331 • Hosted by Nord Stern – the definition of ‘Hospitality Excellence’ 944 Cup Midwest [email protected] • 3 days of track time - Friday test & tune, Saturday & Sunday competition along with camaraderie Jun 17-18 High Plains Raceway* Rocky Mountain Brian Learhy rmrClubRace.com charity auctions, that famous ‘Up North’ ambience, social post-track action . . . BIR has it all. l 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] • Brainerd International Raceway in Baxter, MN – just two hours north of the Minneapolis-St. Pau Jun 23-25 VIRginia International Raceway* Zone 2 Phil Grandfield 757.635.0892 metro area – brainerdraceway.com 944 Cup South / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races [email protected] Driver Ed options – Registration, clubregistration.net Jun 30-Jul 2 Sonoma Raceway Golden Gate Richard French 650.995.6100 • 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] • A ‘Bucket List’ Track & Race! Jul 7-9 Putnam Park* Ohio Valley TBA 944 Cup Midwest Jul 14-16 Monticello Motor Club* Riesentöter Chris Karras 215.850.4040 944 Cup North / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races [email protected] Jul 29-30 Brainerd International Raceway* Nord Stern TBA 944 Cup Midwest Aug 4-6 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park* Upper Canada Terry Casson 613.848.1301 944 Cup North / Cayman GT4CS East Series Races [email protected] Aug 18-20 New Jersey Motorsports Park* Schattenbaum Dan Petchel 609.298.2277 944 Cup North [email protected]

28 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 29 PCA CLUB RACING CONTINGENCY PROGRAMS BY STEVE RASHBAUM MORE HORSEPOWER,

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y wife, Suesan, and I attended I also tagged along with scruts we think we should, so this is our IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE Mthe Sebring event (covered watching them do gear checks and third year of actively promoting the elsewhere in this issue). One of the borescope inspections. Pretty neat program. Ten of the thirty-three 2017 things I enjoy about attending the what technology can do club races are part of the West Coast CONTINGENCY FOR ALL NON-SPECIFIED year end banquet is hearing what the Series. Participation has definitely plans are for the upcoming year. West Coast Series been increasing, and we look forward I got to see a little of RaceHero, the Suesan has taken over as the West to seeing more of the same. new timing system introduced at Se- Coast Series coordinator from Tom With the writing I did elsewhere in TIRE CLASSES IN PCA CLUB RACING. bring. T&S is getting feedback from Brown. West Coast club racing gen- this issue, I figured it was a good ex- drivers, but what I saw was impressive. erally does not turn out the numbers cuse for keeping this column short. GO TO WWW.JX2PG.COM/CONTINGENCY FOR DETAILS.

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his season Timing & Scoring is Toffering a new live timing and scoring application for mobile and computer devices – RaceHero. RaceHero provides an enhanced live timing experience for our club racers, and it has a proven record with other racing organizations. Not only does the RaceHero application provide live results, it also retains results and personalized race data. RaceHero offers the mobile application at no cost, with downloads available from both the Apple App Store and the Google Play site. Like- wise, RaceHero offers a web version available at the RaceHero website. I encourage you to visit the Race- Hero website, look at the app they courage you to compare each applica- David Anderson (foreground) offer, and read their blog. tion in your own way and determine and Timing & Scoring Chief, We made the RaceHero live timing which you find preferable. I welcome Michael Wingfield (behind) in system available for the first time in your feedback. Our goal is to provide the tower at Sebring February at our first 2017 club race the most robust live timing solution of the season - Sebring. With only for our racers. The new RaceHero monitor in drivers meeting announcements to You can download RaceHero from Timing & Scoring at Sebring let racers know we had an alternative their website at: live timing product, we offered the https://racehero.io/, service and asked racers to use and or the mobile sites evaluative the RaceHero application. noted above. When The positive feedback I received from searching for the users of the application encourages mobile app, please me to provide the service to more note that there is no races this year. space between We will continue to provide the “race” and “hero” previous Race Monitor (https://www. (it’s one word), oth- race-monitor.com/) live timing in erwise you may find parallel with the new RaceHero live yourself loading a timing for part of this season. I en- kid’s game.

38 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 39 The only connection that needs to be These installations can be done rel- RPM (bottom) data detail from sev- made is to the car’s OBD port, which atively quickly, whether on grid or eral cars in one class at Road America is usually on the lower part of the during the mandatory five minute pit between Turn 3 and Turn 5. The out- dash on the driver side. We usually stop during an Enduro race. lier is clearly shown in RED. Even make that connection by routing the though this car seems to have the low- wiring behind the driver seat so no What do we do with the data? est min speed in Turn 3, shorter than part of the system impedes with the The primary data we obtain is fo- stock gearing allowed it to closely driver’s operation of the car. cused on four distinct areas: match the top speed of the other cars We also carry AIM Solo DL sys- into Turn 5. This car also seems to tems in our arsenal. Those systems Boost Pressures have a higher rev limit than the oth- are installed with a suction mount on Through an additional pressure ers, however increased rev limits are the windshield close to the A pillar to sensor that gets plumbed into the allowed in this class. the left of the dash and will then be car’s vacuum system and is attached connected to the OBD port on the to the EVO 4 system, we routinely RPM Limits lower part of the dash. measure boost pressure on turbo Stock and Spec Classes require for charged cars and make sure that it stock rev limits to be maintained. does not exceed allowable limits and From the RPM data obtained, we are is within the stock boost profile. able to judge whether RPM limits have been illegally raised through Franklin’s #777 Cayman and the rest of the Gearing ECU flashing, chips or other me- GTB1 field having their gears checked post race at Sebring by Walt Fricke Stock and Spec Classes require chanical means. It is important to stock gearing to stay in place. note that we will only use data ob- Through an extensive database of tained during upshifts, as many racers gearing, wheel diameters and tire siz- seem to routinely cause mechanical es, we are able to check the relation- over-revs due to premature clutch re- ship between engine RPMs and GPS leases during downshifts. In most THE LATEST ON speed and whether the gearing com- classes RPM limits can only be raised plies with class requirements. We will by flashing the ECU, which is not al- usually take data points from areas of lowed to be flashed in Stock and Spec COMPLIANCE TESTING the track where cars experience min- Classes. Increased RPM limits are STORY BY FRANKLIN PRAY, NATIONAL SCRUTINEER imum longitudinal and lateral g load- therefore also a good indication that ing, and account for tire diameter the ECU might be illegally flashed, changes due to speed and loading. which will then call for additional Chart 1 shows speed (top) and scrutiny on that particular car.

ome of us already had the experi- again when the driver registers at the How do we obtain data? Sence of racing with one of the PCA beginning of a race weekend and The easiest and most straightfor- Club Racing “black boxes” installed in signs his logbook, certifying that the ward way to obtain data is to plug the car over the past year. There are car is in full compliance with the ap- into the owner’s own AIM Systems lots of myths around the type of data plicable class rules. and/or Smartycam data. We have also that is collected during compliance Along with random compliance plugged into the owner’s MoTeC Sys- testing and what the srutineers actual- safety checks and checks of weight, tems to check Cup Car gearing for ly do with it and how it is analyzed, so technical items, bore and stroke, example. This is usually done by di- let’s spend some time to lift the veil gearing, borescoping of piston head recting cars coming off track to the behind this part of PCA Club Rac- profiles, and other inspections, PCA Tech/Impound area, where we will ing’s compliance testing system. has instituted relatively sophisticated plug in the PCA laptop to obtain the Some people tend to forget that data acquisition procedures to sample data. Rest assured that the Scrutineer PCA Club Racing is an organization various data to identify cars that have downloading the data will not delete that relies on drivers self-certifying been misclassed, or those cars that the data from your system. their car’s compliance with the rules. require further inspections as their PCA also has several custom built This is done at the beginning of the operating parameters are either in- AIM EVO 4 Systems that get in- race season with the Technical Safety consistent with specific class rules or stalled on the door roll bar on the and Annual Inspection Form where show data parameters that are incon- passenger side of a car. The associated the driver certifies compliance of his sistent with the data obtained from GPS antenna is magnetic and usually Chart 1: Speed (Top) vs. RPM (Bottom) indicating shorter than stock gearing car with the rules, and it happens other cars in the same class. attaches to the front right fender. for the car in Red

40 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 41 Chart 2 shows speed (top) and RPM (bottom) dta detail from several 3.2 911 Carreras at Road America between Turns 3 and 5. The allowable 3.2 Carrera rev limit is 6520 +/- 50, which puts several of the cars clearly above the allowable limit. Stock Rev Limit Transmission Solutions for Acceleration Curves We will routinely look at accelera- Porsche Racing Cars tion curves on a comparative basis to identify outliers that call for further Holinger’s own sequential gearkit conversion mechanical compliance checking. When looking at these curves, we made for 911s was adopted by Porsche Motorsport will carefully take into account cor- Chart 2: Speed (Top) vs. RPM (Bottom) indicating cars in Red exceeding stock rev limits and was the control transmission in every 997 ner minimum speeds and the point “Cup” racecar they built. Now, the complete range at which the racer reaches the full throttle point (we can read throttle of Holinger PCS spares and upgrades are available pedal angles) when accelerating out directly from Holinger. Why buy an imitation when of a corner. you can buy the original? Many times we will get complaints from racers that a competitor’s car “just pulls away”. When we then look Contact us today to ﬁ nd your closest at the data, often times it is simply a matter of earlier full throttle applica- authorized dealer or expert installer: tion that provides that advantage. [email protected] Chart 3 illustrates this situation, showing speed (top) and throttle po- (949) 362-8750 Plug and play sition (bottom) data detail for Turns Paddle Shift kit for 997 Cup 4 – 7 at Sebring International Race- way with the RED car showing much Chart 3: Speed (Top) vs. ThrottlePosition (Bottom) indicating an earlier commitment earlier throttle application (noted in to throttle by the car in Red the chart) and therefore better accel- HOLINGER Advanced Limited Slip eration out of these corners. Available for: During the previous season, many 1) Cars which came from the fac- PCA systems, please allow them to • G50/G96 Club Racers called for an increased tory with OBD (the round 19-PIN do their job. Thank you! level of compliance checking in order port, or the trapezoidal 16 pin OB- As always, if you have any recom- • 991 Cup to assure a level racing “playing field”, DII) must retain that port in an easi- mendations in terms of how we can so we have additional resources and ly accessible location and with all of improve what we do, I encourage you volunteers coming into the system its wiring attached for use by the to make them. for the 2017 season to assure that cars PCA compliance checking systems are classed correctly. 2) Cars, which predate those ports, Keep in mind that scrutineers are must have a connector with a 12V NEW from Holinger for 2017: mostly fellow racers, and remember power, and a lead from the tachome- • Close Ratio 3-6 gearset for Cayman GT4 that they are volunteers who have ter signal input terminal. The con- • Replacement gear program for 991 Cup given up a weekend where they nector must be a flat four-pin trailer would otherwise be racing themselves connector, located below the dash on (this is actually the hardest part of the passenger side. The rule book has scrutineering). Please help them do an illustration and the pin assign- their job by making it easy for them ment for this connector. to do their job: All cars (other than GT1 – 6 and GTP classes) must have 3) When approached by scruti- provisions for use of the PCA com- neers intending to plug into your Courtesy Alex Job Racing pliance testing equipment. own data system or install one of the Franklin Pray HOLINGER AMERICA Phone: +1 949 362 8750 29 Journey Fax: +1 949 362 8720 42 CLUB RACING NEWS www.HolingerAmerica.com Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 USA E-mail: [email protected]

pcac1.indd 1 12/23/2016 11:34:16 AM with a borescope. We can also look ble method exists for checking. We wrecked 991.1 car. Listing these ap- up into the exhaust port to see if it is are keeping at it. Consideration has provals in CRN may not be very some fancy shape. We can observe been given to having club owned timely, but it is a convenient place to the rods with a borescope, and ECUs with a stock flash and swap- memorialize them: Pauters or Carillos are going to stand ping them in and out of cars, espe- out like sore thumbs. The Woodruf cially with the data instrumentation 1) Some additional 996 Cup keys for the cam can also be checked installed. One scrut with the back- (GTC3) parts are no longer available at an event to see if someone has used ground to do it is looking into how from Porsche Motorsports. The fol- an offset key to change timing. we could just download a car’s flash lowing substitutions are allowed for While the implications for the driver and examine suitable hexadecimal this model: may vary between fudging the engine tables to look for anomalies. It would • Headers, if damaged beyond re- and removing the snorkel, all this be great if we could do this because it pair, may be replaced with a) stuff gets checked, noted and, in would give us the flexibility to allow stock 996 GT3 or 997 Cup most cases, involves an interview some changes (disabling the immobi- headers, modified to mate with with the steward. lizer, for instance)without letting the an allowed exhaust system af- RULES, ENFORCEMENT, AND CHEATING However, one way of looking at genie out of the bottle. ter the collector, or b) a fabri- this might be how few blatant perfor- cated replica of the same tube mance improving non-compliant NLA Cup Car parts OD and ID and shape as the t is not uncommon for racers to omy. Conversely (and coincidentally) eral years ago the fretting was 996 modifications we find. One oversized Enough on rules enforcement. As original Cup part made of Iwonder if some other car is faster at the same event, a Spec Boxster rac- Cups being rebuilt with 3.8s instead crank in three years of checking. Of the Cup cars age, more and more mild steel or stainless. because it has modifications not al- er learned that the junkyard trans- of the required 3.6. To date, no car the over 50 SPBs whose gears have parts specific to those cars become • If the bushings are worn out in lowed by the rules. From the stand- mission he had installed was from the has been found to have done that been checked, only one, to date, was unavailable from Porsche. One of my the shifter console, bushings of point of a scrutineer, these issues boil later model, and thus had the less without registering in GTA1. There found with a short 5th. That has to tasks, on hearing of the NLA status any material may be fabricated down to whether a car does or does favorable gears. All was resolved by are some talented drivers in that class. be quite a temptation, because Bryan of a part, is to approve a substitute. to replace the original bush- not comply with the rules which ap- the steward without lasting pain to Henderson tells me that at Watkins This involves checking with Porsche ings, or the Function First ply to its class and model. If a car is the racers, as it was clear that these More Resources Allocated Glenn, at one point where you are at Motorsports North America to con- Shift Right 996 retrofit kit not compliant, is the driver a cheater? guys were not trying to get one up on The Club Racing program has al- the rev limit in 4th, you slow down if firm NLA status, to see what PMNA may be installed. This allow- No one would think that if a seat belt everyone else. How many know how located more resources to this sort of you shift into 5th in a Spec Boxster. uses as a substitute, to discuss the is- ance may not include a “short was a year out of date. But what to see what gears are in a transmis- technical compliance checking this At High Plains last year there was a sue with shops which service these shift” function. about engine size or gears? sion, or what codes should be year. It will behoove drivers to go flap about SPB headers. The rules do cars, and then publishing the approv- • Shift cables are free as long as We scruts can deal with most safety stamped into the transmission, even over the rule book and their cars care- not allow substitution of Porsche als. If you have a Cup Car and use a they are of stock length. issues under a well formulated proto- though compliance is the driver’s re- fully. There are a lot of rules. While stock parts, and examination of a shop, it would be good if you passed • The urethane front bumper may col. If the issue is outside that, we sponsibility? But these things are a the easiest route to compliance in number of these cars showed one on these approvals as they happen. be replaced with an accurate consult with the event steward, the steward’s call. most cases is not to change what whose header was slightly different, Not all shop owners or mechanics are fiberglass or flexible material captain of the ship at the event. For Porsche put on the car, many small and the driver has long run up front. licensed PCA Club Racers, so they replica (note - this does not car performance issues with perfor- Altered Gearing things get overlooked. An example in What’s this? It turns out that at some don’t necessarily get the e-mail up- allow use of carbon fiber). mance implications, we are like Ser- One of the most competitive class- SPB, for instance, is the snorkel found point in the first Boxster model’s dates Susan Shire sends out to all rac- geant Friday: “Just the facts.” The es, certainly in terms of car counts, is in the left side rear intake duct. Re- reign Porsche made a slight change in ers periodically along with informa- 2) The 2010-2013 997 Cup steward decides whether a disqualifi- SPB. Naturally, there are dark suspi- moval of this is not allowed by the how the two rear down tubes connect tion on upcoming events. And I am (GTC5) tubs are NLA, and modified cation is in order, a change of class, or cions from time to time about this or SPB rules. It is easy to check (you just with the tube from the front cylinder, dependant on being told about the 2006-2009 (GTC4) tubs may be some other resolution, and whether that car or driver. A 2.7 was discov- look into the duct for it), and we are perhaps to gain some production ef- NLA status of various parts, so it is substituted. to issue a 13/13 penalty. As scruti- ered in an SPB based on driver asser- enforcing this. In SPB, ballast may ficiency. The tube lengths are the good for car owners and shop guys to neers, at least we don’t have to deter- tions of pulling away on straights, not exceed 75 pounds. Of this, only same, and dyno testing showed zero know to contact me when they learn 3) The 2014-2016 991 Cup mine if the matter was willful cheat- and Frank Pray’s article (elsewhere in 25 pounds may be bolted to the pas- performance difference. Porsche has this or that part (for which the rules (GTC6) tubs are no longer available. ing deserving of a 13. this issue) shows how the AIM data senger footwell floor (the most de- delivered crate motors with the older do not yet provide a substitute) is Modified 2017 Cup (GTC7) tubs A common refrain is that the car found a car in another class with al- sireable place), and any of the re- header on one side, and the newer on NLA. You never know just when this may be substituted. was purchased that way. No question, tered gearing, allowing it to compen- maining 50 pounds must be behind the other. So it is a Porsche ‘97-99 will happen. Witness below the fact but sometimes the owner has no idea, sate for the driver’s lower cornering the driver’s seat (where you don’t re- stock Boxster part, and no one should that when Porsche made some chang- By the time you read this June 1 as was the case with an E class Box- speed against his competition. He ally want it). Fudging on this must be lust for the part either, or fret if a es to improve safety relative to the may have come and gone. That is ster that had the shorter transmission also notes where a different driver did quite a temptation for a light driver, competitor has it. roll cage, they changed the 991.1 the end of the rules proposal submis- from the early 2.5 liter model. The better on the straight because he got but we have a portable scale and this We keep thinking of things to Cup tub with the introduction of the sion period. Keep looking on your previous owner had upgraded a 2.5 off the brake earlier in the preceding is something we check. check on these cars, and ways to do 4.0 liter 991.2 cars, but also discon- e-mail for the July 15 notice, which to a later engine, and neither the sell- corner and had better cornering Among the aspects of an SPB it. Anyone with ideas on this score tinued production of the 991.1 tub. is the deadline the rules committee er nor the purchaser realized that as speed. But, as often as not, checking which can be checked is the valve should share them with one or more I learned this because a knowledge- has imposed upon itself for publish- Porsche increased engine power it some cars, including one under sus- job... Only three angle grinds (stock) of the scrutineers. It might be an area able and conscientious shop asked ing potential changes for informed also raised the gearing for fuel econ- picion, turns up nothing amiss. Sev- are allowed, and we can see the seat we hadn’t thought about, and a feasi- me what to do about a customer’s racer comment.

44 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 45 from both clubs, we were able to fund her way to the Grand Finals. For her first time at a new track, Isabella did incredibly well competing against 76 of the best racers from around the world and finished 15th overall in the Sodi World Champion- ship final standings (both male and female competitors), top American racer and finished as the Sodi Female Sprint Cup World Champion! In 2013, she was an automatic qualifier, returning to France to finish 16th in the world rankings for combined male and female racers, top American and won her 2nd back to back Sodi Female Sprint Cup World Championship! It was at this time that I bought an old 944 Spec car, knowing that it would be at least two years before she could race it. The plan was for me to race the car, work on set-up, then hand it over to Isabella once she turned 16. The car was a nightmare in terms of reliability. We spent countless hours and money chasing and changing everything on the car. Not only was money running out, but so was my patience, as I must PCA CLUB RACING have sworn the car was going up for sale at least a dozen times. Fast forward about six months and, A FATHER’S PERSPECTIVE after racing the car in PCA, POC and NASA (and winning in each series) it STORY & PHOTOS BY PETER BUSALACCHI was time to hand the keys over to the eager teenager. The first thing we did was go with a new livery. Some of you may remember the old Lancia Stratos from o you ever wonder, “How did BBQ and watch Isabella, myself and with her home races in San Diego. the early 1970s. I was just a young Dwe get to this point?” If you’re my brother Tom, who bought a Ro- In 2012 she entered a Sodi Sprint boy when that car competed in rally anything like me, you’ve said it sever- tax at the same time I did. Cup series, a global competition races, but it was the coolest thing I al times (never out loud, however). It Isabella won her first race only four where the best racers from each coun- had ever seen at the time and thought, all started in 2002 when my daugh- races into her first season. In her 2nd try compete in the World Finals in “why not?” We proceeded to trans- ter, Isabella, and I started racing and 3rd seasons she had won more Paris, France each year. form the looks of the car to a spar- 2-stroke go-karts. Isabella was in the races in her class than anyone else. Isabella was not an automatic qual- kling white with large green and red 50cc powered kart and I was in a After moving up to the 80cc class, it ifier, but was included as a “wildcard” vinyl stripes in the Alitalia sponsored 125cc Rotax Max. We spent a great was obvious that it was time to sell entry, representing the United States livery. The car is a real head turner three years of racing and family time my kart and concentrate on her — along with two other racers. The op- with looks, camera flashes and ques- at the track. she showed so much promise. portunity of going all the way to tions aplenty from many racers and During this period Amago Race- Three club championships later she France to compete was incredible, spectators alike. way in Northern San Diego County, moved up again to the 100cc class but the cost to do so was somewhat Because PCA doesn’t allow anyone and Cajon Speedway, in El Cajon, and dominated that category. Isabella prohibitive. Thankfully, Isabella has under 18 years old to compete on big were our home tracks, so friends and went on to race in regional races at grown up in the BMWCCA and tracks, Isabella got her feet wet in the family could come out for the day, Fontana and Perris, California along PCA world, and through fundraising 944 Spec race car at PCA and BMW

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50 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 51 Isabella on the kart track at six years old holding hands with her dad (upper right) Isabella with Jean Eric Vergne, Toro Roso F1 driver at the time (middle left) Isabella and her dad, Peter with their Alitalia livered SP1 car (middle right) Isabella at her first Formala 1 race, Indianapolis. (lower left) Be Smart, Not Sorry

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AMERICAN DESIGNED AMERICAN MADE 52 CLUB RACING NEWS PASSING OUT ON OR SOON AFTER LEAVING THE TRACK World Fastest Turbo S 1st Place - Time Attack 2 EKanooRacing Porsche of Colorado Springs A STUDY INVESTIGATING OXIDATIVE STRESS

STORY BY PAUL GUTOWSKI MD, PCA CLUB RACING MEDICAL COMMITTEE

suppose that most of us have exited was done within one hour of exiting creased. There were several other in- Iour car after a track session and ex- the track after the third session on Sat- teresting findings. perienced various degrees of exhaus- urday, the unofficial qualifying session Higher body weight, higher initial tion and fatigue. My wife, Kim, came when we felt all would be under full blood pressure and lower antioxidant very close to passing out on two sepa- stress, but to then allow the partici- capacity correlated with higher post rate occasions, first at The Glen and pants to focus on their upcoming races. driving Oxidative Stress (ORP val- then Sebring, on very warm days. Here’s some biochemistry: the re- ues). All drivers with high blood pres- 1/4 Mile Record 9.397 @ 146MPH 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb We lost a Colorado icon and friend duction/oxidation (redox) system is sure were taking medicine to treat with the passing of Jerry Schouten at active in controlling the balance that, and while these drivers had the High Plains Raceway in 2013. I think between the production and use of same elevation in ORP values, were World Fastest Turbo S (Stock Turbo) that we all believe that driving on the free radicals and their mitigation by overall lower pre- and post- (we sus- Predator Performance Vengeance Racing track produces significant physiolog- antioxidants-a push/pull system. pect that it was the blood pressure ical stress, but how can we prove that? Free radicals are necessary for vas- medicine, not the high blood pres- A search of current medical litera- cular tone, immune responses, sure itself, that lowered the ORP val- ture shows very little research in this wound healing and other physio- ues). Vitamin use indicated a small area. A 2006 study suggested physio- logic responsibilities, and an imbal- decrease in ORP values, and did logical and cardiovascular stress; ance in their favor can result in show higher antioxidant capacity. more recent studies have shown in- damage to proteins, lipids and This is the first study of its kind creased body temperature and heart DNA. This is called Oxidative Stress and we greatly appreciate the racers rate. I’m a trauma physician at St. and may lead to cardiovascular and who participated. There were two Anthony’s hospital in Lakewood, neurologic disorders. limitations which should be men- Colorado, a busy Level 1 Trauma fa- With recent developments in tech- tioned. The number of subjects was cility and home of the first helicopter nology, we were able to bring a redox small however, all measurements service in the country (Flight for Life, analyzer to the track and measure reached statistical significance and 1/2 Mile Record @ 177MPH 1/4 Mile Record 9.717 @ 143MPH 1972), and recently we’ve been inves- Oxidation Reduction Potentials therefore, we were able to submit for tigating reduction/oxidation reac- (ORPs) and antioxidant capacity on publication. The other factor was tions in trauma patients. site. There is strong evidence to cor- that this was a cool weekend on the We were able to design and obtain relate oxidative stress with elevated plains of Colorado, and cockpit tem- approval for a study investigating ORPs. At our hospital we have pub- peratures were measured in the range Oxidative Stress, which we complet- lished articles showing that these of 22-37 degrees Celsius (71-98 F). A ed at the High Plains club race in ORPs - the oxidative stress - is dou- 2014 study of race cars measured a Deer Trail, Colorado, September bled in trauma patients with multiple high of 66 C (150 F). This might 9-11, 2016. The formal article has injuries. Other studies have shown have limited the elevation of several been submitted for publication in elevated ORPs in marathon runners of our study values, and may have The Journal for Sports Science. and basketball players over a season. been a contributor to the lack of ben- We had 26 male racers volunteer efit of cooling shirts. for the study (women were excluded Results comparing pre- and This study is the first to report that as that group would not reach statis- post – driving: oxidative stress increases after engag- tical significance). Twenty-three com- Oxidative Stress: there was a 14.6% ing in high speed automobile racing. pleted the study. A questionaire was increase in ORP values. Cooling Our hope is that it will become a completed prior to taking to the shirts: no change in ORP, heart rate, building block to future studies to track on Friday. Blood was drawn, blood pressure or body temperature. learn more about the physiological blood pressure, heart rate and body Blood pressure: no significant change. stress we place on ourselves and devel- temperature were measured. The same Body temperature and heart rate: in- op methods to minimize this risk.

54 CLUB RACING NEWS PCA Club Racing co-chairs Bryan Henderson and Vicki Earnshaw with 48 Hours of Sebring co-chairs Dan Smithyman and Josh Breckeen at Thursday staff meeting/lunch FRIEDMAN SPIRIT AWARD GETS ITS START AT SEBRING STORY BY DAN SMITHYMAN - PHOTOS BY STEVE RASHBAUM AND SKIP CARTER

he 2017 version of the annual Starting in the late ‘90s and early One dark and stormy night I got TSebring Club Race was special in 2000s, I enjoyed my first few years at the call. The president of PCA na- many ways. For me personally it was the event as just a driver. In 2003, tional and the club racing big wigs like no other. Much to my surprise, I when I accepted the office as DE were calling. They said they felt that was presented with the first annual Chairman for the Gold Coast region, the presidents of the two host regions Alan Friedman Spirit Award for my I came to be the keeper of the track should be co-chairs of the Sebring contribution to the 48 Hours at Se- radios. This position apparently in- event. At that time I was president of bring over the years. cluded an appointment to the the Gold Coast region, and my bud- To say that I was shocked and 48HRS Committee as “communica- dy, Dave Herndon, was president of humbled is an understatement. Let tions officer…” Who knew? the Suncoast region. Both of us had me tell you, if I would have known For the next few years, being on the been on the committee for years. that this was going to happen, I committee was an honor, and really On the committee? Yes (that is one would have gotten a fresh haircut! easy. All I had to do was show up, thing)... But co-chair? Oh sure. I Now, as it happens, the 24th run- charge up, hand out the radios... then hung out in the truck with former ning of the Club Race at Sebring was drive all weekend. Nice! Let me say co-chair Don Busby timing pit stops my 10th year as co-chairman. I have that this position in no way prepared the one year when the timing loop been hanging around for a while. me for my next committee job. crashed. And, of course, I watched

56 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 57 closely as my friend, Gold Coast co- Vicki Earnshaw presenting the Friedman Spirit Award to chair Dave Tabony, rode regally Dan Smithyman at the Thursday night Awards Banquet around the paddock in a golf cart with that cool hat on. I was pretty sure I could do that! But me, chairman? I don’t think so. I said “no thank you” more than once. With six months to go before the event, they hadn’t given up. It became apparent that Dave and I were going to co-chair one of the largest PCA club races in America, I was un- sure, at best. The guys from national were convinced that this was a good idea. With 300 or so Porsche Club of America drivers coming from all over the country, a few pro race teams bringing the big buck cars, trucks and drivers... And two rookie chair- men. What could possibly go wrong? The one thing that made me think that we had any chance of averting total disaster was the committee. Ah yes, the amazing 48 Hours Commit- tee. The committee is made up of a couple of dozen dedicated folks, all of whom have at least a few years at their respective positions. All know their jobs well and all have a major commitment to the event. Several of these amazing people have been on the 48Hours Commit- tee much longer than I, some since the very beginning. One by one the committee members gave us their pledge of support, which meant a lot.

It all became fun for me... It all became fun for me the day I realized the truth. The truth was that I didn’t need to know everything about Club Racing. I just had to know who was supposed to know! Florida! Jerry Daily is over in registra- certo produced by a group of unique “Umm, hey there Dan. I need to tion and he can get you started. individuals working together as one. switch from the pink enduro to the Climb on the golf cart and I will take And so, it is on behalf of my col- black enduro and I was wondering you there.” Wow, the formula was leagues on the 48Hours at Sebring about the eligibility of my co-driver.” working well! Now I just needed a Club Race Committee that I humbly A very short time ago I would have t-shirt!!! “I might not know, but I know accept the Friedman Spirit Award. responded: ”Huh?”. But I now knew who knows!” My ability to delegate and Thank you l and I hope to see you the formula! “Ah yes, that is a ques- trust my team became legendary. again next year. tion for Nick. He is right over here.” For the past ten years I have done “Hi there, we are here from Wiscon- exactly that, create space for some very Dan Smithyman sin as volunteers and don’t know talented folks to do what they do and Co-Chairman what to do.” “Well then” was my en- be who they are. The magic of the 48Hours at Sebring thusiastic response, “welcome to 48Hours at Sebring is that it is a con- PCA Club Race

58 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 59 Porsche of Conshohocken presents... Riesentöter Stuttgart Challenge at Monticello Motor Club JULY 14-16 2017

Registration: http://register.pca.org WE DRIVE A LOT AND STILL CANNOT GET FASTER! World-Class Facilities Vintage Racing Group 3.6 Mile Full Course Lots of Practice Time opens May 29 at 10:00 PM ET. o, how do we improve as a driver? be competitive as long as their equip- 2 Sprint Races plus Fun Race MMC Will Offer Thursday Test Fri....Practice and Fun Race SWe drive a lot and still can’t get ment is. The other factor is — can 90 Minute Enduro & Tune Day at New Lower Cost Sat ..Warm-Up, Qualifying & 2 Sprint Races faster? The key is to have the knowl- they teach/coach? It’s one thing to edge of how to go faster, then practice drive fast, but another to convey the GT4 Clubsport Group Sun..Qualifying, Warm-Up & 90 Minute Enduro it. If we drive the same technique technique to others. Get with some- over and over, all we do is perfect a one that you can work with and com- bad technique. You might drive that municate with. I think it’s important Gourmet breakfast and lunch, Awards Dinner, technique as perfect as it can be done; to do this from the early days of track Vettel couldn’t do it better. The prob- driving. You need to learn the correct craft beer and ﬁne wine included. lem is that that technique may only technique from the start as you build yield a lap time two seconds less than muscle memory, which is very hard Questions? E-Mail Chris Karras, Race Chair: the car is capable of (if driven with to change later. After you have per- the correct technique). There is no fected a bad technique, it’s much [email protected] magic; physics dictates how fast a car harder to change. can go through a corner. If you can One example is minimum speed. I drive the car optimally through the have seen many drivers looking at Also new this year... Vintage Racing! corner, no one can do it faster, not their data acquisition focus on having even Vettel. Physics are physics. the highest minimum speed in a cor- which he replied, “It’s one thing to ner not realizing that doesn’t relate to know and another to execute”. I had Dedicated Vintage Run Group Tap into the raw spirit of club racing... Knowledge: lower lap times. If you drive a Miata a revelation when he said that. It We need the knowledge on how to with not much power in a high speed would be like Eric Clapton showing 1983 or Earlier Air-Cooled New in 2017, the Riesentöter Stuttgart get the most driving our car. For that corner you might want a high mini- me how to play a great song on the Challenge welcomes PCA Vintage racing to you need someone who already knows mum speed but most of the corners guitar. When I botched it trying to its fourth annual event at Monticello Motor how. We can’t do it ourselves because, in most cars you want a lower mini- play it he would have said “David, Vintage Schedule Highlights Club... if we knew how, we would practice it mum speed so you can turn the car you know better than to do that.” and execute. If we have been driving toward the following straight and get That’s why, after we gain the knowl- Fri....Practice and Fun Race PCA Vintage racing takes club racing back for a long time, we will need to be on the gas. The time you lose in the edge of how to drive the correct, the Sat ..Warm-Up, Qualifying & 2 Sprint Races to its roots. Run your ‘83 and older air- open minded to new ideas on how to corner you will more than make up technique, we need to practice it. cooled cars in a dedicated run group at get the most of it. Finding that per- on the following straight due to high- When we practice trying to learn a Sun.. Warm-Up & Sprint Race America’s premier private motorsports son or venue to learn the proper tech- er exit speed. technique and change muscle memo- club. niques is sometimes challenging. ry, we may need to slow down to safe- Questions? Contact Fred Pfeiffer, Club Racing If we don’t know the correct tech- Execution: ly work until we master the tech- Vintage Coordinator. E-Mail or call: Bring out your 356s and 912s as well as nique, how do we know who does? Now that we have the knowledge, nique. Our lap times will be slower 914s, 914-6s and early 911s! It’s like picking a doctor: if we don’t it is time to execute (easier said than for a while, but with the new tech- [email protected] or 301-707-9472 know medicine, how do we know our done). I drove some hot laps during nique we will eventually be faster Ask those who participated in PCA’s doctor is a good one? a driving program alongside another than ever, and safer, since we are driv- inaugural vintage club race and you’ll ﬁnd The fortunate thing for racing or instructor. He made some mistakes ing by physics and being proactive, this is truly a “can’t miss” opportunity! driving is that the competition will and, when we came in, I said “John, not reactive, to what the car is going tell you who can at least execute and you know better than to do that” to to do. Event, Hotel, and MMC Test Day Information: 60 CLUB RACING NEWS http://tinyurl.com/rtrclubrace Denny Hiffman, Dave Derecola, Vicki Earnshaw, Ed Dunne and Tom Collins

Fred Beasley, Cup champion in the 944 Nationals East series

to earn two Cup wins at the Georgia showed polesitter speed in both Highlights from the Inaugural venue. In addition to this year’s South qualifying and regional sprint ac- West Run-Offs 944 Cup regional championship, tion, was disqualified from the na- If you want some room to race, the Fred’s stellar “career” in the 1989 944 tional feature because of weight, state of Texas certainly has that cov- he calls “a workhorse,” spans more while Nort Northam failed to start ered. And if you want some parity than 50 wins and over 80 podiums. the race due to engine concerns. when pursuing a regional or national Meanwhile, after clouting the wall James Rothenberger slotted into the title, the 944 Cup also has that cov- with the yellow #141 (a 968 Fire- runner-up position behind the win- ered. With the SP1 class you get uni- hawk) in practice, Denny was not ning Florida native, after the form racecars: The approximately Larry Helm SP2 leads Jason Stanley SP1 content on the sidelines, so he Riesentoter driver repeated in 150-horse-power engines are stock; jumped into the 951 S of fellow-racer North competition. tires are specified; fancy wings and Poeltl. Soon, the master short track Even though Denny was comfort- spoilers are not allowed; and only cer- and road course pilot overcame the ably back at the helm of his own Su- tain suspension components can be hurdles presented by the new Super per Cup steed, a fourth-place qualify- installed before they are adjusted. 11TH NATIONAL 944 CUP Cup machine and finished progres- ing run made the Chicago native Put these two elements together sively better in each subsequent con- seem far from home. Denny fell in and the result is one heck of a cham- test, the last of which was a top-five behind Gary Collins, the Daytona pionship. Held at the MotorSport GOES TRANSCONTINENTAL in the 90 minute enduro. lap record holder, and a super-fast Ranch in Cresson, Texas, the first-ev- STORY BY PATTI MASCONE - PHOTOS BY STEPHEN KRUPNICK AND DAVE DERECOLA In the competitive Cup arena, Brian Weathered, a first-time Mid- er 944 Nationals West put 10 racers Fred’s strategy, all year long, was one west regional winner this year. But in similarly equipped 944s on 11 of “staying at the sharp end of the sprint race times would determine turns, allowing them to duke it out race and driving hard every lap,” he the championship’s starting grid. on 40-foot-wide pavement – as open says, with emphasis on every race. Ac- And then again, Denny has put as any international raceway – to find cordingly, the 16-year veteran of some significant gas in the tank over out whose racing skills are the “best Highlights from the East Coast competitive grid, where racers can nance of Karl Poeltl, what a ride it SCCA, PCA, and 944 Cup racing his career, including almost 40 class in the west.” Since the racetrack con- As they say, a decade can go by in easily find one of these vintage sports has been. does not downplay the contributions wins and over 125 podiums since ditions were literally dusty and smoky an excruciating 5,260,320 minutes, cars, then rely on preparation, wits After 15 laps at Daytona Interna- of preparing both the car and oneself 2005. Saving the race’s fastest lap for during the 18-lap run-off, it is not a or in an exciting flash, depending on and skills to compete on a level play- tional Speedway, we can add two for competition. last, Denny pulled out the national cliché to say that when the dust set- what you are doing and the people ing field. more names to this storied list of The secret for Daytona’s 3.5 mile victory by four and 19 seconds over tled, Jeffrey Wiggins, a 55-year old you are with. Looking back at the Yet with hindsight, it’s not every winners, representing the first-ever road course-oval was aligning the car the podium finishers, Weathered and out of the Maverick region, came out prior wall of 944 Cup national win- pass or finish that is remembered. 944 Nationals East: Fred Beasely, for straight-line speed, taping the Edward Dunne, respectively. on top. ners, the latter impression most cer- From first-place to last on the grid, Florida Crown region, in Cup, and body gaps for the best aerodynamics, Although the SP1 class, which fea- Wiggins, a longtime 1981 911 pi- tainly rings true. win or lose, the people are remem- Dennis (Denny) Hiffman, Chicago, and taking advantage of tire pres- tures tight specifications for normally lot, proclaims, “For those of you who It began in 2002 with an invitation bered; the close friendships endure. for Super Cup. (A West National sures. Inside the cockpit, being phys- aspirated 944s and their tires, is more have never experienced an SP1: Driv- from Dave Derecola to other owners From the gregarious youngster Brian Championship was also introduced ically fit “definitely assists in these popular on the West Coast, a second ing under-horse-powered cars when of Porsche’s aging, entry-level front Zalner, who won that first (North) this season.) long race weekends.” South regional championship in a surrounded by other un- engine coupes to race at Summit 944 Cup championship 14 years ago Perhaps the fortunes for these two When you have “the top three row was awarded to John Torgersen, der-horse-powered cars is fast.” Yes, Point, West Virginia, with the simple to Jersey Joe Hrymack, who won men were predicted at Road Atlanta fastest competitors probably in the a Coastal Empire region member, just before winning the West nation- promise of close, affordable racing. three regional titles and a national in April, the second major event on entire east coast” explains Fred, “I along with East honors nationally. als in a 1987 944, Wiggins took Now in place for 14 years and serv- cup in the early years, to the engaging the 2016 calendar. Never mind some was nose to tail fighting for first and (Jason Stanley won the spec outing, home an overall PCA sprint victory ing as a model for other race series, Super Cup run of Frank Celenza and difficult wet-dry conditions, Fred second most of the championship but was not eligible for the champi- at Road America in that vintage 911. the 944 Cup mission is to offer a the generosity and four-time domi- surged out of the gate fast on his way race.” Joshua (Josh) Vieira, who onship trophy.) In switching cockpits, the biggest ad-

62 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 63 justment the Maverick region mem- We managed to ber says, is recovering from an addic- get the entire tion to trail braking, something the 944 Cup group 944 does not like. “At each track,” he out to the grid explains, we’re always looking for early to take ways to spend less time on the brake these group and more on the gas.” photos The competition was tight on the (top & bottom) ranch after a split start separated Spec Boxsters from Spec 944s in multi- class PCA action. Drivers pushed the Fred Beasley throttle, leaned into the brakes, and tossed the relatively soft suspensions side to side in efforts to gain an advantage. “Once the traffic arrives, Wiggins noted, “it’s a game of Dave Rodenroth chess… not always in one’s favor.” and his SP2. The eventual 944 Cup podium, Dave can also which included Wiggins, Pat Heptig, be sean at and Philip Hanson, all traversed the some tracks 1.7-mile course, with best laps in the wearing the 1:26 range. The two runners up had green shirt of a the closest battle, with only 0.127 Club Racing separating them at the finish. steward

64 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 65 Phillip Hanson, Jeff Wiggins and Pat Heptig took the podium at the first ever Nation- als West championship race at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas

The morning fog at Sebring threw the schedule off, but that didn’t keep us from having fun!

Kerry Brown and #45 968 with SP3 944 Cup West Championship trophy (left)

Father and son drivers Manny and Manny Martinez, Jr (right)

944 SP1 finishing field at The Ranch at the 944 Cup Championship West includes (left to right) Dave Nelson, David Byassee, Ryan Viden, Stacie Virden, Phil Hanson, Jeff Wiggins and Pat Heptig

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y Driver Education “career” The “crazy American” accumulated bys and more tech inspections. I was Mstarted about eight years ago quite a bit of track time at the local signed off to go solo relatively quick- while seconded job-wise to Ireland. I Mondello Park just outside Dublin, ly, but realized that I needed to had the opportunity to purchase a then at Kirkistown Circuit, close to change my trial and error learning beautiful 1993 911 RS America to be Belfast in Northern Ireland. My approach to make some real progress. my dedicated DE car. Fitted with a learning was rather trial and error I ended up with club racer Bob clear bra, roll bar, harnesses, fire ex- based, but I made great friends with Turgeon as instructor, also a big fan tinguisher and some race seats, it be- some of the nicest people. By the end of data analysis. We worked on skills came my first track car. of my stint in Ireland I was getting development based on data and video DE events in Ireland where some- pretty familiar with the car, its noises analysis. Car control skills and skills what less, shall we say “structured” and feel. I never really had any “offs“ execution took a giant leap forward than what one would see in the US. or spins,just enjoying the experience. and, of course, Bob suggested that I Basically, I convinced the organizers Back to the US I had to get adjust- consider club racing - yea right! that I wasn’t going to be a menace to ed to PCA DE run groups, tech in- By now I had accumulated so others or myself on track, so I was let spections, car numbers, other rules much support equipment, spares and loose to drive solo right away. and, of course, windows down, point tools, I continued down the slippery

70 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 71 slope buying a tow vehicle and trailer. Fricke and many other great PCA The “your car is just too nice to scruts. I learned a lot about car types drive on the track” comments had me I was not familiar with, learned a lot convince my wife that it was safer to about establishing policies, proce- drive a purpose built car with full dures and training for the PCA cage, fire system and all of the other “Black Box“ data systems. amenities that make this sport safer. Most importantly, I became very Of course I should have never sold impressed by the dedication of my the RS America, but the requirement fellow scruts, the timing and scoring was that the new car was going to be team and the stewards who were run- an even trade. That’s how my 2006 ning high quality events. Club races Cayman S track car was born. can often be chaotic due to technical I commissioned a new build, malfunctions, weather and on-track avoiding the piece meal upgrade ap- incidents and, frankly, most racers proach that I had with the RSA. I would never notice. also splurged and commissioned Dan My own racing career recently re- Porter to create a historic livery from ceived an upgrade with a newer 2012 the famous 911 RSA that won the Cayman, which finally generated Targa Florio in 1973. The only com- more of a level playing field with all ment my wife made when she first my friends in GTB1 and, after some saw the car was that it needed a wing. initial teething problems that the So, as a good husband, I always fol- Bodymotion Team mastered quickly, another weekend away from home, is terest in giving back to the system, low Rule #1 and we added a wing we’re off to a promising start for the not being out on a track with the seriously consider becoming part of and front splitter. 2017 season. other racers. the team, whether as a scrutineer or I quickly realized that I needed The absolute hardest part about However, the PCA Club Racing in timing and scoring or otherwise. more serious help to learn to drive scrutineering for me, aside from organization is dependent on volun- A call to Vickie is all you need to this car, which had my own AIM making the time available to spend teers so, if any of you have some in- get you started. MXL data system. I continued to work with Bob and other coaches like Rob Slonaker and Peter Krause. I transferred to Connecticut Valley Region, which immediately demoted me (per their standard procedure) back to the instructed group. I met several club racers like Mike Ferra who also suggested that I consider PCA Club Racing - and now I lis- tened. Even though I had been signed off for solo DE again, I made a point of continuing to work with instructors In my first GTB1 season I was like to “give back“ to PCA, given all the and my private coaches and finally a novice trying to swim in the deep great support I had received from the applied for my Club Racing License end of the pool, just trying to keep instructors and the local chapters. and “the talk with Susan”. my head above water. Being an older Many experienced DE drivers take I had a fairly good season in my Gen I Cayman, my car was relatively the route to become instructors, but Rookie year, winning the relatively underpowered compared to the com- that was not an idea that my wife small Stock I class PCA National petition. I spent a lot of time with my supported, given her perceived risks. Championship, pretty much through coaches and Bodymotion, who I had to find something else, so I consistency and being meticulously maintained the car, to squeeze as called Vickie Earnshaw and, given prepared. At this point, I was serious- much performance out of it as possi- my technical and data background, ly hooked on this racing thing. ble. Last year, my second season in she suggested that I become a Na- I had again made some great GTB1, I ended up in second place in tional Scrutineer, but this meant friends and learnt a lot. The bad part the National Championship, again spending a couple of weekends a year was that my friends started moving pretty much through consistency and at the track without racing myself. from Stock to GTB1, so I got myself having a very reliable car. Over the past year I learned a lot some Toyo slicks and followed. In 2016 I decided that it was time from the likes of Brent Knoll, Walt

72 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2017 73 2017 HARD CHARGERS BY MICHAEL WINGFIELD, CHIEF OF NATIONAL TIMING & SCORING

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CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS — MARCH 3-5

Frank Kovacevic RED GTA1 GT 01 996 GT3 Cup 44 21 23 Blue Sprint Race 1 Dave Elsner RIV GTC6 GT 13 991 27 6 21 Blue Sprint Race 2 B Buchheit / D Aspesi LA GTA2 GT 07 GT3 Cup 31 14 17 Blue Enduro GT1 RACE CAR 2004 996 GT3 J Stock Champion Sean McLean LST SPB P 98 Boxster 31 12 19 Red Spring Race 1 Conceived and constructed to be a top flight PCA Club Race K-Fab 1.75 DOM roll cage, PCA legal nets, harness, halo seat on car. Before the Porsche factory found that their 911 RSR race sliders... Moton Clubsport 2 way shocks with custom valving, Price Ford MSO K S 07 GT3 25 11 14 Red Sprint Race 2 cars will be more competitive with a mid engine chassis, we built serviced 2015... RSS suspension components, Numeric billet Michael Hsu HCT SPB P 99 Boxster 38 11 27 Red Enduro this car. A few of the features: it uses a 914 tub as required by shifter, Aim data and camera... Fresh trans 2015 with fresh Guard SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY — FEBRUARY 3-5 PCA CR rules at the time, 993 supension both ends, center diff... Fresh Bavaro built engine 2015 incl new wire harness... steering position, full tube chassis, fully adjustable suspension FVD exhaust, custom intake, cool suit system... 3 sets CCW race Michael Hemingway RMT SPB P 98 Boxster 14 13 1 Orange Sprint Race 2 mounts, 993 GT1 body shell,11.5 frt & 14.0 rear wheels, wheels 1 set stock GT3 wheels with new Hoosier rains... Many Omar Hilmi POT G S 91 911 24 13 11 Green Sprint Race 1 extremely low weight, built using best components available new or freshly serviced components. This car has been main- Evan Close POT E S 84 911 27 15 12 Green Sprint Race 2 If you have interest in a car that’s easy to drive and very tained and extensively developed by Bodymotion over the last few Enrique Munizaga FLC GTB3 GT 06 997S 36 24 12 Red Sprint Race 1 competitive in all phases of motorsports, please contact Ron seasons. Many track records and countless class wins. Geof Isringhausen Jr LTR GTB1 GT 12 Cayman R 35 24 11 Red Sprint Race 2 Mistak at [email protected] 2016 PCA J class National Champ! David Dunigan SCH SPB P 97 Boxster 39 15 24 Black Enduro Anthony Brown MNY G S 09 Cayman 36 24 12 Purple Enduro Price 95,000.00 Interesting trades considered (17.2) $61,000 [email protected] (732) 493-2700 (17.3) J Lombardo / C Herr NOO GTC5 GT 12 GT3 Cup 28 4 24 Pink Enduro

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY — MARCH 18-19

Michael Tsang GG SPB 97 Boxster 19 14 5 Sprint Race 1 Charles Krause GG SPB 98 Boxster 18 15 3 Sprint Race 2 Robert Murillo GG SP911 85 911 Carrera 9 6 3 Sprint Race 3

2012 CAYMAN S CLUB RACER Car is a proven winner, sorted and ready for track Sprints or Enduros, JTZ RS@ Shock Kit, front Brembo Clubsport big brake kit, CF doors, splitter and rear spoiler, AIM in car camera system, Speedcom Radio system, Cool Suit and Helmet Air System, (2) sets 2006 CAYMAN S - PROVEN DE/CR CAR tires and rims wet/dry – too many extras to list & some spares, car 6-Speed, cage, fire system, OMP halo seat, billet Motorsport is super reliable has 6 to 7 weekends on engine and ready to track shifter, Cool Suit, AIM Pista Dash Sys & Smarty HD Bullet cam w/ or race. Have enclosed (AC) Trailer and Dully if interested. full ECU integration. Motorola Radio. Monoball suspension, freshly overhauled JRZ RS PRO dampers. Only 14 hours on fresh Car is at $ 94,500 OBO for more Info Contact: Robert Booth overhaul engine. Too many options to list. Very light - impeccably (305) 218-0691 or [email protected]” (17.2) maintained and very well set up. The perfect car to race competitively in Prepared I, Stock H or Spec Cayman. Asking $60,000

Contact: Frank Pray (917) 940-6895 [email protected] (17.2)

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