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GH85Carrera 02-18-2016 06:21 AM

40 years ago today!
 
Hard to believe I did my very first autocross ever 40 years ago today.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1455807986.jpg

I only know that because I came across the dash plaque I received.

They called it an enduro autocross because each "run" was five laps. The Hunt AAF is a fantastic site just outside of Dothan, Alabama. I had had my 914 since September of 1974. I kept trying to find the Porsche Club but had no luck. There was of course no internet. I asked the local dealer and they said they did not even know about PCA.

I joined SCCA and they held their autocrosses at the Hunt AFF. It was not until then that I finally met a PCA member and he gave me an application to join PCA.

In the 40 years I have never missed a year of autocrossing. I would guess I average 6 per year. Some years I have done way more. I bet I have done 300 autocrosses and 6 or 7 DEs at a real race track.

I can't possibly care less about FTD or even how fast my car is against the other cars. I just go out there to have fun and hit the apex just right and chew up tires. I only compete against myself.

On a regular basis I hear the other drives mention how smooth I look on course.

Sunday is the next PCA Autocross. I can't wait.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1455808814.jpg

At our local autocross course.


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J P Stein 02-18-2016 07:22 AM

I've been out of the hunt for 3-4 years now, but plan to get back in.......but no longer for TTOD. I fought a good fight for about 15 years.......got there also......after I got a good young co-driver.
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ckelly78z 02-18-2016 07:26 AM

Let me see, Feb 1976, I was probably out at recess at 6th grade.......The following year was the big blizzard with 10 foot drifts to play on.

I plan to start autocrossing with my 944 here soon, hope to get a few issues sorted out first.

berettafan 02-18-2016 07:39 AM

loved ax in my 911. sadly out of the game for the forseeable future.

cockerpunk 02-18-2016 07:41 AM

wow, i started 5 years ago:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psdnqbvvwe.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psbc2dea23.jpg

i still do drive the 944, but the mr2 is unquestionably the better car:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psypcbv20u.jpg

if you want to take autocross seriously a porsche is almost never a good car. gotta love SCCA and PCA cat fights!

J P Stein 02-18-2016 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cockerpunk (Post 9003173)
wow, i started 5 years ago:






if you want to take autocross seriously a porsche is almost never a good car. gotta love SCCA and PCA cat fights!

Right after grade school, eh?

Jim Richards 02-18-2016 09:33 AM

Zing! It looks like fun out there.

GH85Carrera 02-18-2016 10:45 AM

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1455824685.jpg


This is where I will be on Sunday!Sunday Sunday! :D

Bill Douglas 02-18-2016 11:49 AM

40! Geez.

Tobra 02-18-2016 12:51 PM

Dang, you're old

I am about 6 weeks out from the first weekend of the year.


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