12 <strong>March</strong> From left: Chatting all things Porsche, Lisa Ward and Lisa Wise enjoying the hospitality, a few colorful GT3’s, Coffee at Neimans, Monda Hanna’s 914 racecar, subtle GT3 RS photos by: Paul Moseley, Scott Kellogg and Paulo Diaz
<strong>2019</strong> Autocross Series: Autocrossing is “Four” Porsches by Mark Schnoerr, Region Autocross Chair photos by Robert Kirby of Lightspeed Images Autocrossing is for all Porsches, including the new four-door and and old four-cylinder models. For <strong>2019</strong>, to better align our autocross car control classes to the majority of the new 4-door Porsche owners, as well as bring some of those neat old four-cylinder cars from the ‘50s and ‘60s back from the museums and Show & Shine events, we added a class that will put you all together to have some fun. No longer do the Cayennes, Macans, and Panameras have to mix it up with Boxsters and Caymans. No longer do any of the early four-cylinder Porsches have to take on the 914 mid-engine brigade. You guys get to come play in your own class. Modern, big, and powerful vs early, small, and light cars are all in class P0. This should be fun! Even SCCA has added a class for Classic Sports Cars: HCS and R for the old real race cars. No more excuses! Come out and show us what you’ve got, what you have or what you had, or to learn to drive again! See our <strong>2019</strong> autocross schedule on the facing page. Also, at the 2018 year end awards banquet, below are some of the Porsche class winners showing off their awards. In particular, one driver out of over 300 participants in the 10-event series last year, who ran in a highly competitive class, had to come from behind more than a few times, got lucky a few times, and won his class in all ten events, earning 100 points for the season: Mark Schnoerr, your MAVPCA Autocross Chair. From Left to Right: Sue Crimm, Carey Spreen, Sigrid, Mark Schnoerr, Carolle Liu, Ed Mayo. <strong>2019</strong> MAVPCA AX classes *Street tires have a treadwear rating of 200 or higher **Race tires have a treadwear rating under 200 P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 All 1948-1969 356, 912/912E, all four-door Porsches incl Macan, Cayenne, Panamera; street tires* All 911 1965-1983, all 914, all 924/924S, all 944 except 944S2, all 928; street tires* All 911 1984-1994, non-S Boxster 1997-2004, all 944S2, all 968; street tires* All 993, all 911 Turbo to 1989, Boxster S to 2004, 2005-2016 non-S Boxster and Cayman; street tires* All 996, 2005-2016 Boxster S and Cayman S, 2017-on non-S Boxster and Cayman, 1990-1994 911 Turbo, all non-S 997, all non-S 991, and 991 T; street tires* P5 1995-on 911 Turbo, 991S/GTS, 2017-on Boxster S/Spyder and Cayman S/GTS/R/GT4, all 911 GT3 incl RS, 918, 997S, 991S , 911R, Carrera GT; street tires* P6 P7 Improved class: Major modifications but street legal, rally cars; race tires** Modified class: Race cars, non-street-legal cars; race tires** 13