Slipstream - April 2018

Autocross Series: The 2018 Season is underway
By Mark Schnoerr, Region Autocross Chair
photos by LightSpeed Images
Event #1 of the 10 event series was held
at Lone Star Park, the excellent site for these
events, in Grand Prairie, on February 25th.
110 drivers made at least 6 attempts at quick times
without knocking over any two second penalty
cones. Fifteen Porsche drivers competed in six classes.
Significant others came out to drive again and made up
a third of our entries. The new 991 GT3 RS, co-driven
by Ryan Harris and Marc Nemati, decided to run the
SCCA SSP class and were a lot of fun to watch negotiate
this relatively fast course. The largest Porsche class P-4
had two drivers entered in each of the three cars for
some close competition.
Amir El-Baghdady brought out his beautiful 944
S2 Cabriolet and was really tossing it around for three
runs. Something gave up on his 4th run so he had to
ride a flatbed home that afternoon. Hope he gets that
fixed and comes back soon. Carolle Liu is starting
her second season and had Amir worried. She is signed
up for the autocross school March 17th and all events
this season.
Ronald and Hubert Wong brought out their 997 and
991’s, complete with baby seats in the rear. Ronald’s
997 Cab was faster this time. It must have been because
he had two baby seats in his car!
Steve and Sherry Farnam brought their beautiful
yellow Cayman GT4 from Southern Texas and chased
each other down in class P3. We hope to keep seeing
them at our events.
Class P4 was the 914 and 924S class at this event.
Sigrid almost successfully “skirted” Mark with her final
fastest time, but clipped a cone to let him win this time.
Ryan Harris / Marc Nemati 991 GT3 RS
Carey Spreen and Sue Crimm brought out their fresh
re-built engine in the 924S and are going to be a threat
in this class when they sort out how quick that car really
is. Ed Mayo and Julia Underwood left the 911s at home
this time and brought the second 914
in this class.
Doug Edney ran alone in class P7
this time. I understand he has some
new suspension parts to put in and
look forward to seeing his low-rider
996 at the next event.
The autocross drivers school
March 17th at Mineral Wells was sold
out and the event that follow on the
18th is a Mirror-Cross. This means a
Christmas Tree Light side by side drag
race start on mirror image courses set
up side by side. After each run, the
cars swap sides and do it again. The
Mineral Wells site is excellent for these
format events and a lot of fun. There are
two more of these scheduled in 2018.
Watch the calendar in Slipstream, on the website
MAV.PCA.ORG or Facebook page for the remaining
events this season.
P1 - 'PCA 1'
Total Entries: 2
Best Time Diff.
1T P1 7 Amir El-Baghdady 944 S2 Maroon 60.648
2 P1 168 Carolle Liu Boxster 987 White 64.556 3.908
P2 - 'PCA 2'
Total Entries: 2
Car Color Best Time Diff.
1T P2 8 Ronald Wong 997 911 57.24
2 P2 1 Hubert Wong 991 911 59.806 2.566
P3 - 'PCA 3'
Total Entries: 2
Car Color Best Time Diff.
1T P3 71 Steve Farnham Cayman GT4 Yellow 53.028
2 P3 17 Sherry Farnham Cayman GT4 Yellow 55.3 2.272
P4 - 'PCA 4'
Total Entries: 6
Car Color Best Time Diff.
1T P4 954 Mark Schnoerr Porsche 914 Lime green 55.076
2T P4 914 Sigrid Schnoerr Porsche 914 Green 55.192 0.116
3T P4 906 Carey Spreen Porsche 924S Red 57.442 2.25
4 P4 5 Edward Mayo Porsche 914 2.0 Silver 58.66 1.218
5 P4 908 Sue Crimm Porsche 924S Red 63.42 4.76
6 P4 9 Julia Underwood Porsche 914 Silver 65.274 1.854
P7 - 'PCA 7'
Total Entries: 1
Car Color Best Time Diff.
1T P7 7 Douglas Edney Porsche 996 Black 57.992
Sigrid Schnoerr 914 2.0
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