how did you all start out racing
11-23-2013, 04:38 PM
#16
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Driving fast in canyons (between Malibu & the Valley), driving at local, non-sanctioned slaloms, moved on to POC/PCA slaloms and high speed Time Trials, POC Racing events, graduated to SCCA Regional road racing, then SCCA National road racing, and finally did some PCA Club Racing events.
11-23-2013, 04:49 PM
#17
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autocrossing is fantastic, not only for car control but the competition is fierce and the same mental strength to win an SCCA national championship will work for winning a pro race.
11-23-2013, 07:10 PM
#20
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Started in autocross, learned car set-up, driving techniques thru reading. Then bought a track car and trailer, attended local club school at Blackhawk, entered the first race that weekend, and was hooked.
Then evolved to vintage racing, as I was hooked on cars of a previous era. AS
Then evolved to vintage racing, as I was hooked on cars of a previous era. AS
11-23-2013, 08:13 PM
#22
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POC (Porsche Owners Club) and PCA Driver's Education events, then got my SCCA race license and ran regional and national events, then got my FIA license and ran some IMSA enduros. Gads... that was a lifetime ago.
11-24-2013, 11:53 AM
#24
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3 of us built a drag/street racing 57 chevy 2 dr. wagon w/327/T10/4:55's from a crashed Vette. This was 66'-67'. Was at GF's house who's Father's best friend raced Porsche's and had his 62' twin vent roadster there. Full race, caged, short gears, blue streaks, etc. He offered me a ride up through the canyon from California Blvd. to the Rose Bowl. I had to change clothes before I went back to her house and I've never been the same since....
11-24-2013, 03:15 PM
#25
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NASCAR Late Model Stock Car 1999.
Watched NASCAR on TV.
Wanted to beat and bang like those guys.
Went to local track on Saturday night to watch.
Monday made some calls.
A few weeks later bought a very used stock car. $20,000.00.
Showed up for race day at 8am.
Paid for license. $175.00.
Paid entry fee. $50.00.
Went to drivers meeting at 9am.
Bought two sets of new tires. $1600.00.
Did all 3 practice sessions.
Put on second set of new tires. Qualified. Near the back.
Raced that night. Finished. Not last.
Continued for 4 years.
Thought I was pretty good but could never beat that Hamlin kid.
Used to drive to track for my races in my 996 cab (rig driven by others). Only Porsche I ever saw at a NASCAR track. Ever.
They thought it was so odd that they let me take it out for a few laps one afternoon - almost put it in the fence (would not turn like a stock car).
PIC #1: One of my first races at Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, VA- #66 (inside row, near the back)
PiC #2: End of first season, first race in new car (red one), took the pole that night.
Watched NASCAR on TV.
Wanted to beat and bang like those guys.
Went to local track on Saturday night to watch.
Monday made some calls.
A few weeks later bought a very used stock car. $20,000.00.
Showed up for race day at 8am.
Paid for license. $175.00.
Paid entry fee. $50.00.
Went to drivers meeting at 9am.
Bought two sets of new tires. $1600.00.
Did all 3 practice sessions.
Put on second set of new tires. Qualified. Near the back.
Raced that night. Finished. Not last.
Continued for 4 years.
Thought I was pretty good but could never beat that Hamlin kid.
Used to drive to track for my races in my 996 cab (rig driven by others). Only Porsche I ever saw at a NASCAR track. Ever.
They thought it was so odd that they let me take it out for a few laps one afternoon - almost put it in the fence (would not turn like a stock car).
PIC #1: One of my first races at Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, VA- #66 (inside row, near the back)
PiC #2: End of first season, first race in new car (red one), took the pole that night.
Last edited by GT3DE; 11-24-2013 at 08:33 PM.
11-24-2013, 08:00 PM
#27
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Well, we'll forget about the first couple of years of driving (16-18) where it was running all around Northern California in a Scirocco, both for the hell of it and in time-and-distance road rallies where races sort of broke out.
But then things shifted to the track. I got my first 911, then got a job at a shop where they were campaigning an SCCA car. So most weekends for the next three years were at the track either helping (corner working, timing and scoring, tech, etc.) or crewing.
Then the girl whose race car I was prepping loaned me the car so I could get my license. Only had been on track a handful of times prior to that SCCA licensing school. Ran that Showroom Stock RX7, and I'd built an Improved Touring Scirocco. Some PCA Time Trials, such as it existed in the early-mid '80s. Occasional autocross, mainly "just because."
Stage 1 of my racing career ended by the time I was 25. The few rides I got, either testing or the occasional race, in low end formula cars led me to quickly realize there was no way I was mortgaging my future to run around in circles.
But then things shifted to the track. I got my first 911, then got a job at a shop where they were campaigning an SCCA car. So most weekends for the next three years were at the track either helping (corner working, timing and scoring, tech, etc.) or crewing.
Then the girl whose race car I was prepping loaned me the car so I could get my license. Only had been on track a handful of times prior to that SCCA licensing school. Ran that Showroom Stock RX7, and I'd built an Improved Touring Scirocco. Some PCA Time Trials, such as it existed in the early-mid '80s. Occasional autocross, mainly "just because."
Stage 1 of my racing career ended by the time I was 25. The few rides I got, either testing or the occasional race, in low end formula cars led me to quickly realize there was no way I was mortgaging my future to run around in circles.
11-24-2013, 09:09 PM
#28
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A year after graduating university I got a summer job working for a Formula Atlantic racing team, drivers were Gilles Villeneuve and Richard Spenard. Been hooked ever since...
11-24-2013, 11:24 PM
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