2025 Autocross Season Kicks Off!

This coming Sunday the NMS-North squad will jump into Autocross competition again with the Porsche Club of America up at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. After competing at this location twice last year, driver Robert Nixon stated that "Well, at least I know how to get there now. We'll see how all our pre-season testing pays off once we get out there and push the loud pedal down!" 

This reporter predicts that Nixon won't be very good at autocrossing if all he does is push the gas pedal down, because my sources tell me that autocross drivers also need to do some braking, turn the steering wheel sometimes, and try to avoid all the cones to complete the course in the quickest time. In fact, the autocross rule of thumb is to "make the car go faster," so how hard can that be?

You might remember that Nixon took the win in his class last year over the six events, so he hopes to repeat again in 2025. So far there are 40 drivers entered in this event, with four of them in Nixon's class. When asked how he adjusts to the competition, the NMS driver stated that "I can't control what those other drivers do or how fast they go, so my goal is to maximize my own performance. As long as I do that, I'll be happy." When questioned further though, he did admit that he aimed to "totally dominate" and "blow their doors in" in a "friendly and fun way." This guy sounds dangerous to me!