Working Grid with the Porsche Club of America

Porsche 962

Hi and Bye headlights!

On a recent Saturday I headed down to my favorite track, Carolina Motorsports Park, and assisted working in the grid. So while I wasn't driving on track, it was fun to be around a bunch of other people that were. 

Waiting for the next run group to form up in grid. 

One of the race groups was for older or historic Porsches that were at least 25 years old. That makes some of the early Boxsters old enough to be historic, so there was one of them racing. There were about 20 cars in this group, so they all had plenty of room on track. 

Two level car hauler!

The other racing group and both Driver Ed groups had more modern cars, which tended to be much quieter too! The driver education groups weren't very large, one session had only about 7 cars on track. 

Yes, some people tow their Porsche in a trailer with a Porsche. 

This day had two different race groups, and two other groups of Driver Education students out there practicing their craft on the track. Each group had multiple sessions, and the racers got one practice session, and then two races, all in one day. On Sunday they were going to do a similar format, so like most groups that sponsor track weekends, there's usually a good amount of time on track for all the drivers. Compared to an autocross event where you might get 8 runs of maybe a minute each, a track day gives a lot more driving time! 

Lined up in grid for a race

A McLaren on track. You don't have to drive a Porsche to attend the Porsche events. 

This made for a fun day, since once one group headed out on track we typically had 20 minutes or more until the next group had to line up for their session. Hey, we even got a free lunch AND a free t-shirt! During the lunch hour the Porsche Club sponsored charity track laps, which enabled anyone in any kind of car to drive on the track for a while. This session was just for fun, so no passing and no racing, just a fun event to help a charity. 

These three Caymans were all racing in Spec Cayman (SPC) class.