Ag951

Here are my in car runs from the November 9th PCA autocross.
They're mpeg2 format (big files, but high quality). Divx format will be available shortly....

run 1
run 2

A turbo pepper on the course

Mike951

Not working for me, says system cannot find file.

M758

Hey AG951...
What was your best time? Did you get a chance to do a ride along before your second run?

Sam Lin

Downloading...50+mb at 7k/s is rather patience-requiring.

Thanks for the videos!

Sam

Ag951

My best (2nd lap 2nd run) was 47.00, not very good. I think I was about to beat it on my final lap, but I pushed it too hard and slipped up on the entrance to the mini-slalom.
I got to ride in the maroon 911 w/ the 964 engine (I forget the owner's name). On his third lap, he did the same thing on the slalom, so you could say I follow instruction too well.

M758

John Dowling is the guys name.

Was the mini slalom the last one just before the start finish?

Yep that was tight and too much speed and it hurts. There you need to go slow to go fast.

47.00 was not to bad for a 951. Even in my 83 I had a hard time in second gear in spots. Mostly out of the last corner before the lights.

My best was a 45.90 in my second run on my 2nd lap. I got a nice rotation into the first corner (left hander) and maintained alot of speed and kept it in the right hander and through the chicane. Where you braking for the chicane? I found early that I did not need to. Just a quick flip of wheel got me through even a full throttle.

Ag951

Yeah, that's the part. The wors part was with the exit of the slalom on the left like that, it was very difficult to get back over to the right to take the 90 degree left properly.
I had to downshift on that corner to have any power.

M758

Not a bad course overall however. Just that last slalom and corner. Otherwise lots of fun.

Bob said he had to put that in to keep things safe down in that corner and I agee it was the right thing to do.

jamiejim

Ag958 and M758: I'm new to the Porsche world, just bought an '84 944 n/a. What track are you guys going to in the Phoenix area, and where do I get info on it? Thanks.

Ag951

I just started running DEs with Nasa (nasa-az.org). And I autocross with the PCA (az.pca.org).
I've only run on the AMP track, but nasa sometimes runs at firebird and PIR.
You should talk to Joe (M758) about spec racing your car, if you want to track it (see his sig for a link to the spec-944 site). It's a fairly inexpensive 944 racing class, with a pretty good amount of local competition.

M758

Here are list of DE and Racing orgs

Arizona Sports Racing Association
ASRA

National Autosport Association
NASA-Az

Pro Autosports - Arizona
PASA

Arizona Porsche Club of America
Az-PCA


Race Tracks

Arizona Motorsports Park - West Valley (Camelback west of Litchfield Road)
2.25 Mile dedicated Road Course & Huge Autocross pad
AMP

Phoenix International Raceway - West Valley 115th Ave 5 miles south of I-10
1.51 mile infield road course using part of 1-mile oval - Specator Track (Nascar, IRL, Grand-Am)
PIR

Firebird International Raceway - South East Valley - I-10 & Maricopa road (just south of the valley)
1.6 mile main course using NHRA drag strip, 1.2 mile East course, 1.1 mile West course, skid pad, Dedicated track for Bondurant Racing School.
Firebird

Note all tracks are 45 min or less from the airport.

Next event is ASRA at AMP Nov 21-23.

jamiejim

Thanks for the info, I live in Scottsdale so getting to any of these shouldn't be difficult.

Ag951

You seem to forget ADOT's love of closing down freeways every weekend.