[Craig T]

The Boxster Spec class in Porsche Club racing is making a comeback. The Boxster is a very well balanced track car platform, and several seconds faster per lap than the Spec 944 and GSR class. A stock 99 or 2000 base model boxster will be faster on the track than a stock SC or 3.2 Carrera, easier to drive, and certainly cheaper to maintain.

The issue with Boxsters is the trannys. If you're doing one track event per month, you can expect to replace the tranny every two years. Used trannys are cheap though, with junk yard trannys plentiful and under $1500. The motors are holding up pretty well if you heel-to-toe and don't mechanical over-rev on downshift.

The 944 Spec class is surviving in NASA, but dwindling rapidly in PCA and POC. I don't think there are any left in POC. If it's just a weekend track car, and you want to have some performance, I'd pick the Boxster over the 944 hands down.