PCA Potomac Autocross event # 2 6/30/12

[Baywatch]

PCA Potomac Autocross registration is open for Autocross # 2 on June 30 2012.
Walk up registration is $45 and preregistered participants pay $35 on our PCAPotomac.org website.

Our first event this year was fun and exciting. We had a Cayenne and a Panamera participate. It was great fun seeing these cars on course.

If you have never driven an autocross, be prepared for the cones to come at you faster than you will ever expect and be ready for the challenge of memorizing the course. To me driving an autocross is much like skidpad and a bit like Shenandoah Circuit with less speed. You will be very active in your seat and learn much about the dynamics of your car. It is exciting, fun, and best of all you are timed and will see immediate results in your ability to drive your car on our course.

See you at Bowie Baysox Stadium on the 30th.

[ausgeflippt951]

Can non-Pcar people register? I'm trying to get my buddy into driving events; he drives a BMW 330i. This time around it may be moot (as I may be out of town) but it'd be great if I could bring him along to the next one I go to.

[Baywatch]

Collin,

Yes, we do take non-Pcars. They run in our Guest Class. We have several Cobra's that participate regularly.

[CanAm]

For those who haven't done it, I definitely recommend autocrossing with PCA Potomac. The parking lot at Baysox stadium is good sized, has some nice elevation changes, and provides opportunity for some straights where you can build up some speed.

[Baywatch]

Registration for Autocross # 2 on June 30 2012 is still open. Please visit PCAPOTOMAC.org to register online for the advance rate of $35.00
Pay at the door - $45.00


Our Typical event schedule is below.
7:00 AM Site Opens
7:15-9:00 AM Registration
7:30 - 9:00 AM Tech Inspection
8:15 - 9:00 AM Course Open for Walkthrough
9:00 AM Registration & Tech Closed
9:00 - 9:15 AM Mandatory Drivers Meeting
9:30 AM First car off
2-2:30 PM Typical ending time

*Late arrival at event, after 8:30 AM, will cost an additional $15 Late Fee

See you at Baysox Stadium

[Mark Hubley]

Bring your water, Gatorade, etc. Looks like it's going to be a hot day!

[ruffyz]

Been looking forward to it for almost a month. A little 100 degree weather isn't going to keep me away!

[VaSteve]

Been looking forward to it for almost a month. A little 100 degree weather isn't going to keep me away!


I promised myself i would do one this year. 100 degrees will be a tough sell with no a/c.

[HoodPin]

Kudos to everyone that's planning to come out tomorrow. We will have plenty of water on hand. And are going to try a few things to minimize course worker's time out on the pavement. Let's call it our "hot strategy". ;)

[ruffyz]

I promised myself i would do one this year. 100 degrees will be a tough sell with no a/c.

Who says you can't run a/c on the course ;). With my times I'm sure it wouldn't matter anyway.

[VaSteve]

Who says you can't run a/c on the course ;). With my times I'm sure it wouldn't matter anyway.

It no picnic sitting on the grid with no a/c in an air cooled car. Was going to run the Targa. :(

[vranko]

I'm not going to make it. Large tree branch crashed through our roof and a large tree took out the entire side of our neighbors house. No one hurt.

[Dr K]

Thank goodness no one got hurt, but wow--hope it turns out okay.

[vranko]

Thank goodness no one got hurt, but wow--hope it turns out okay.

Thanks Dr. K. Not much damage to my house. Two holes in the roof all the way through the celling. I cleaned up the major debris this morning and made it to the autocross :shock: I just finished cleaning up the roof and putting temporary patches over the holes. We'll see how they hold up in tonight's storms.

[racer]

Was a nice day! 7 runs. 2 heats. Maybe 50 people? Steady breeze kept the heat manageable (imho). Short rewarding course that kept everyone honest too.

[Manny Alban]

Big thanks to Cindy and Tony and the rest of the Potomac Autocross team. Great course, heat was not a problem, and the sliced watermelon provided to everyone was a thoughtful touch.

[Mark Hubley]

Yes, thanks to everyone who put on the event. Gotta love seven runs, and I needed all seven!

[VaSteve]

There's still another one next weekend, right?

[ruffyz]

Big thanks to Cindy and Tony and the rest of the Potomac Autocross team. Great course, heat was not a problem, and the sliced watermelon provided to everyone was a thoughtful touch.

Indeed, a big thanks to all the organizers and helpers. Also thanks to Bill for reminding me about the brake pedal.

[HateDCRoads]

There's still another one next weekend, right?

Yes, this coming Saturday. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and helped out - we had a lot more runs in a lot less time than usual.

[Baywatch]

I began a new Post filed under 2012 Autocross. This will allow us to post on one thread for the season.

We had a great day on Saturday and I look forward to a another great event on July 7

[CanAm]

When do you guys anticipate posting the results from Saturday? Helps to have that context. Plus, I'm suspecting that Annabelle is starting to move up from the bottom of the pack, partly due to my incisive advice: "go faster!" :lol:

[Baywatch]

PCA-Potomac Region
Summary Results, #2 - PCA Potomac AX2-Baysox - Sat 06-30-2012
Timed Entries: 50
Pos. Class # Rookie Driver Car Model Total Diff. From 1st
'Stock 1' Total Entries: 4
1 206 Mark Hubley 99 Boxster 45.574 [-]2.082 -
2 122 Manny Alban 90 911 C2 47.656 +2.082 +2.082
3 101 Ardy Alam Boxster 49.231 +1.575 +3.657
4 107 Chris Hunsaker 92 964 49.680 +0.449 +4.106
'Stock 2' Total Entries: 4
1 215 Denise Dersin 04 Boxster S 44.639 [-]0.012 -
2 115 Ted Joseph 04 Boxster S 44.651 +0.012 +0.012
3 105 Otto Burgess boxter s 47.691 +3.040 +3.052
4 103 Jean Kapusnick 07 Cayman 50.203 +2.512 +5.564
'Stock 3' Total Entries: 9
1 211 Steve Mitchell 08 Boxster S 44.610 [-]0.497 -
2 217 John Bendekovic 05 Carrera 45.107 +0.497 +0.497
3 220 Verden Ness 09 Boxster S 45.638 +0.531 +1.028
4 207 Frank Holland 08 911 C4 45.772 +0.134 +1.162
5 121 Lester Ogawa 06 Cayman S 46.928 +1.156 +2.318
6 106 Jim Swain 911 C4 47.066 +0.138 +2.456
7 222 Marc Robinson Cayman 49.179 +2.113 +4.569
8 124 Diego Burneo 01 911 49.337 +0.158 +4.727
9 125 Andrew Mak 06 Boxster S 49.842 +0.505 +5.232
'Stock 4' Total Entries: 3
1 203 Scot Van Gordel cayman r 45.975 [-]0.189 -
2 119 Scott Borden 09 997 C4S 46.164 +0.189 +0.189
3 111 Michael Handelman 06 997S Cab 50.063 +3.899 +4.088
'Stock 5' Total Entries: 5
1 221 Scott Jackels 997 C2S 46.001 [-]0.187 -
2 110 David Simon 2007 GT 3 46.188 +0.187 +0.187
3 123 Irfan Alvi 12 997 -S 47.602 +1.414 +1.601
4 209 Seymour Slatkin 997 47.833 +0.231 +1.832
5 223 Annabelle Alvi 12 991 S Cab 51.543 +3.710 +5.542
'Street Prepared 1' Total Entries: 11
1 202 David Stoesser 87 944 46.430 [-]0.336 -
2 201 Ron Bremer 80 911 SC 46.766 +0.336 +0.336
3 218 Dennis Howard 83 911 46.884 +0.118 +0.454
4 225 James Wingfield 85 944 47.710 +0.826 +1.280
5 210 Daniel Hewes 89 944 48.703 +0.993 +2.273
6 120 Shane Howard 83 911 49.646 +0.943 +3.216
7 224 Jeff Brown 78 911 50.435 +0.789 +4.005
8 116 Matthew Plasket 72 914 52.046 +1.611 +5.616
9 113 John Hewes 89 944 53.361 +1.315 +6.931
10 117 Ruffy Zarookian 87 Porsche 944 53.416 +0.055 +6.986
15 155A Ed Wach 74 914 DNS
'Street Prepared 2' Total Entries: 5
1 104 John Eberhardt 98 Boxster 44.847 [-]6.778 -
2 112 Matthew Kline 89 944 S2 51.625 +6.778 +6.778
3 204 Jennie Sanders 98 Boxster 53.894 +2.269 +9.047
4 208 Dennis Kline 89 944 S2 DNF +53.894 +53.894
11 079A Ben Pettis 87 944 Turbo DNS
'Street Prepared 3' Total Entries: 3
1 212 Chris O'Hare 96 993 44.107 [-]1.790 -
2 216 Jeffrey Gross 99 911 C4 45.897 +1.790 +1.790
3 118 Randy Gross 99 911 C4 46.828 +0.931 +2.721
'Street Prepared 4' Total Entries: 3
1 102 Gary Baker 02 996 Cab 44.634 [-]1.611 -
2 226 John Vrankovich 07 Cayman S 46.245 +1.611 +1.611
3 109 Andres Negro 02 996 52.817 +6.572 +8.183
'Street Prepared 5' Total Entries: 1
1 205 Bill Calcagno 12 Cayman R 42.939 - -
'Guest' Total Entries: 4
1 213 Brian Soskey 07 Subaru WRX 45.123 [-]1.082 -
2 219 Justin Howard 04 BMW M3 46.205 +1.082 +1.082
3 214 Richard Ertel 04 Subaru WRX 47.832 +1.627 +2.709
4 114 Tyler Roberts 01 Audi A4 52.469 +4.637 +7.346
'Guest-R' Total Entries: 1
1 108 Craig Stuard 05 Cobra 42.167 - -


Top Times Of Day Time Class # Driver
Raw time 42.167 G-R 108 Craig Stuard
Stock 44.610 S3 211 Steve Mitchell
Street Prepared 42.939 P5 205 Bill Calcagno
Guest 45.123 G 213 Brian Soskey
Guest R-comp 42.167 G-R 108 Craig Stuard

[HoodPin]

FYI that PDF results from PCA Potomac Autox #2 are now available on the PCA Potomac website.

Also posted links to photos from the Autox School and Autox #1; hoping to have Autox #2 pics online tomorrow morning.

:D

[CanAm]

Interesting to see that many of the fastest drivers (eg, Gary) were quite consistent in their times across all of their runs.

[BHunt 72t]

Says it's going to be 102 on Saturday in Bowie. Gross.

[HoodPin]

Says it's going to be 102 on Saturday in Bowie. Gross.

Given the Heat wave potential last weekend, we had tried for the first time dual gridding, and running 2 sessions per Heat, in order to keep course workers in the sun for no more than 1 hour. Seemed to work pretty well, so will probably be a fall-back position to utilize again if the temps get threatening.

[Mark Hubley]

I think the split heat system worked well. To get that many runs and be done as early as we were was nice.

Let's hope that there's at least a bit of a breeze like we had last Saturday.

[joep]

FYI that PDF results from PCA Potomac Autox #2 are now available on the PCA Potomac website.

Also posted links to photos from the Autox School and Autox #1; hoping to have Autox #2 pics online tomorrow morning.

:D

You Da Man Tony!! Once again, thanks for taking such awesome pics! Note, my new Signature link. :D

[Tedzilla]

I think the split heat system worked well. To get that many runs and be done as early as we were was nice.

Let's hope that there's at least a bit of a breeze like we had last Saturday.

Split heat should be the rule for 100 degree days. We didn't split the heats in AX#3 and after 2+ hours of working start without shade or a break Denise was so whacked she couldn't beat me... This isn't like her at all.

[CanAm]

Split heat should be the rule for 100 degree days. We didn't split the heats in AX#3 and after 2+ hours of working start without shade or a break Denise was so whacked she couldn't beat me... This isn't like her at all.

IMO, split heat should be the rule regardless of temp, since the switchovers add very little time. At the last Chesapeake autox, I had the same experience of working over 2 hours for the first heat, then being really tired when it was finally my turn to drive (surely costing me at least 5 s ;)). The problem was magnified by there being ~26 cars in the first heat and ~16 in the second heat. Would be much better to make the number of cars the same in both heats.