Class Victory in Greensboro!

Driver meeting

The Carolinas Region of the Porsche Club of America returned to autocross for this year up at the Greensboro Coliseum. Let me update that first sentence and call it the First Horizon Coliseum, since it was renamed just over a year ago. OK, we're all up to date, so, how did it go? It went just like in this video of one run:

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I hope you liked that video, because it was from a new GoPro camera! When I bought my used Cayman, the previous owner had stuck a GoPro mount on the dash, and even the latest cameras still use the same mounting system! 

A Ferrari owner with a sense of humor, they picked #911 to drive with the Porsche club!

NMS in 6th overall, you can see all times for the 10 runs

Earlier, before everyone drove, I was briefly in 1st place!

Boxster #16 waits to drive, Autocross director John Kelly takes photos. 

Overall, the NMS #77 won the S03 class of three drivers, finished 6th fastest overall from 38 total drivers, and was the 4th fastest Porsche out of 26 P-cars. In case you are wondering, the fastest overall car was a Lexus ISF! We had a couple of classic cars, Miatas, an older Camaro and Trans Am, as well as a Porsche 914. Shoot, there was even a recent Ferrari!

Waiting on my first run, 10:13 in the morning, it's 72 degrees, and my tire pressures are at 29psi. The car calls for 30 front and 31 in the rear, but I've found that slightly lower pressures work better on this car. 

The weather was great, and all the drivers had five runs in the morning, and five runs in the afternoon. OK, the weather warmed up to the hottest day of the year so far, so I drank five bottles of water and used my sunscreen. Shoot, I bet all that extra weight in the water slowed me down by the afternoon! 

Afternoon session at 1:41, the temp is up to 85, and I lowered the tire pressures to 27/29. 

Driving wise, I managed some pretty good times in the morning, but struggled to improve much in the afternoon, and only dropped another tenth of a second from the morning. I tried lowering my air pressures, and that wasn't any faster, so on my final run I pumped the pressure up to normal, and that wasn't any faster either! I guess I just need more experience, so look for more autocross action in April! 

NMS flies the Ohio flag on the helmet.