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Somebody else reserved my favorite number of 77, so for this event I was running as #17. Easy to do with painter's tape! |
On a beautiful fall day, the NMS-North Cayman headed north before sunrise to Autocross again with the Porsche Club of America. This time we got 9 runs on course at the Greensboro Coliseum, which was also hosting a massive wrestling tournament of some kind. Luckily the wrestlers kept their wrestling indoors, and the drivers kept their driving outdoors. I don’t think the world is ready for a combination of RACECAR-WRASSLIN’, but maybe someday it will be a new Olympic sport!
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An important part of the day, the Drivers Meeting goes over the basic rules and how things will work during the day. |
Full disclosure, this Porsche Club also included pizza for lunch as part of the entry fee, so I likely have nothing but good things to say about them! It was pepperoni. The phrase "will drive for pizza" comes to mind.
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Here is a very groovy Porsche 914-6; some had 4 cylinders, this has 6. |
In a field of 27 drivers, I managed the fifth fastest time, which included first in my class of only two, and also put me ahead of the non-Porsche cars. I’m not making excuses, but I will point out that the four faster competitors ahead of me had at least 55HP more, so I guess if you want to go fast you might consider getting a GT3, a Boxster Spyder, or a Cayman GTS instead of my base model Cayman.
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Ford Fiesta ST, with a BIG WING! Spoiler alert! |
The course was compact and very straight forward, so I’m embarrassed to say I went off course twice (mental mistakes) and hit a cone on another run. On top of that my Track Addict app couldn’t read my settings right and I didn’t get a good video with my speeds on it. Of course, it MIGHT be that I input the course map wrong too, so let’s just call it operator error on me! Oh well, one of those days!
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Super cool Porsche GT3! |
After the start and a 90-degree left-hander, we had a flat out downhill that my app says I hit 57mph on, and then a big braking spot into a long sweeper. That was challenging to resist the urge to brake sooner and then try to carry speed through the left turn. After that was a short 3 cone slalom, then a hard right into a right sweeper of 3 gates. On my fastest run I cut the second gate short here, so no wonder my time was faster, it didn’t count!
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Ready to drive, don't forget the helmet! |
The next right turn and a 90-degree left made up the trickiest section, and I saw a good number of others miss part of it or hit the cone on the right turn apex. It wasn’t until my last run or two that I managed the right turn with no braking. Pro tip: braking slows you down!
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Fastest British car of the day, Jaguar R-type |
The next element was a single cone to turn left around, maybe 120 degrees, and this spot gave you various options on how to approach it. Just for fun, there was a a bit of a pothole in the pavement just past it, but I don't think that came into play after the turn and getting back on the gas. From this point, it was a series of 3 off-set gates right to the finish, making for about a 44 second run on my best time.
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Here's a classic air-cooled 911, with a great license plate that reads "Without Water" in German!
For what it's worth, here's the best times for each driver: ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihS4qLMv-mm8vJgVhyw07_aoGVV6w0CpGVdNEtU3aV_8EfWmeR1ESn47S8MOYDbfzXF73CAN_FenJXDtr3Y9RNGIRHRufYP1VcOEGtYNHkghL4ya6xbSeTeH6X_ghLMc5D497o5g7fcLTb3yUZylmTmsbVN8fecXFdQ1z8efwb7wQxQBQ9c1fgcbFUwKw/w496-h640/IMG_9018.jpg) | NMS = 5th fastest
Here's a video look at the course, it was challenging trying to go faster out there!
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