AZPCA AUTOCROSS SEASON EVENT #5 STORY BY KENNETH MITCHELL PHOTO BY JIM BULTEMA
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ZPCA Region Autocross Season Event #5 was held at Arizona Motorsports Park (AMP) in Litchfield Park on Saturday, January 29, 2022. As usual, the event was sold out, and there was a wait list with several members waiting to get into the event. This is a perfect example why it is very important to sign-up early, so you don’t get wait-listed.
Carrera GTS Cabriolet and his best time was 57.758 seconds. Guillermo drove his best time on his second run in the afternoon session. For a first-timer, Guillermo drove very well. Good Job Guillermo and hopefully, we’ll see you at future events. AZPCA A-X #5, January 29, 2022 DRIVER
The AZPCA Region autocross events are very popular because of the fun-packed and well-designed courses, smooth-running and safe event operation, the gathering of various Porsche type cars and their drivers, camaraderie, and of course the Region provided lunch. There is no other event that has a fun-packed package, as an AZPCA Region Autocross Event. The weather was a tad cool and breezy in the early morning hours but, it did warm up to a beautiful mild day to please 40 drivers to another fun event. The course elements consisted of a couple of slaloms, sweepers, a couple of box turns, a few gates, and of course, the showcase straightaway. The course designer for this event is a mystery and for some reason, no one would admit to being the course designer. So, the AZPCA Region Autocross Ace Correspondence Reporting Team (ACRT) was asked to investigate this mystery, and they were unable to uncover any leads/evidence as to who this mysterious course designer is. It appears to be a well-kept secret. The only information the ACRT was able to uncover was the fact this mysterious course designer may have been “STIG”. Some racecar drivers think “STIG” may be a myth but, no one is able to confirm/deny this fact. You can Google “STIG” and determine yourself. There was a change in the Region provided lunch for this event. The Autocross Co-Chairs, Kim K. and Rick A., decided that it was time for a BBQ. The BBQ caterer provided pulled-pork sandwiches with the goodies and boy was it good. During the lunch break, the drivers were raving about the lunch, and everyone kept asking who the course designer is. The drivers were also talking about the amazing lap times from the morning session. There was one AZPCA Region member attending this event for his first time. Guillermo P.-V. drove his 2011 Porsche 911 | 24 |
CAR
Top Time of Day BEST RUN
Kim K
2016 Porsche GT3 RS
44.134
Eric S
2006 Porsche 911 C2S
45.603 46.551
Robert T
2017 Porsche 911 Turbo (R)
Cameron S
2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S
46.918
Eric T
2014 Porsche Cayman S
47.962
Joel S
2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S
48.346
Scott O
2012 Porsche 911
48.895 49.993
James E
2009 Porsche Cayman S
William P
2000 Porsche Boxster S
50.131
Dave M
2014 Porsche Cayman S
50.359
Brian M
2015 Porsche Cayman GTS
50.457
Marc C
2014 Porsche Cayman S
52.309
Rick A
1994 Porsche 968
52.416
KC M
2015 Porsche Cayman GTS
53.296
Chris M
2019 Porsche 911
Guillermo P Jim B
2011 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS 2018 Porsche Cayman
DRIVER
CAR
56.81 57.758 59.45
GROUP X
Bruce H
2021 Tesla Model 3
44.406
Ealing J
2015 Factory 5 GTM
44.891
Jeff W
2021 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE
45.599
Dave S
2002 Ford Mustang GT
45.718 45.751
Ken M
2013 Chevrolet Corvette GS
Jeff W
2006 Honda S2000
45.955
Dennis R
1970 Chevrolet Camaro (R)
46.137
Jonathan B
2016 Mercedes Benz AMG GTS
46.573
Aaron S
2019 Mazda Miata
46.743 47.836
Scott M
2015 Subaru BRZ
Dane T
1999 Mazda Miata
49.015
Jim E
2019 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
49.152
Andrew T
2013 Suburu BRZ
49.568
Travis M
2006 Chevrolet Corvette
49.729 51.068
Mike C
2014 BMW 228i
Rob M
1996 Chevrolet Corvette
51.464
Chuck N
1997 Panoz Roadster
51.682
David E
2017 Chevrolet Camaro
52.015
Clint G
2017 BMW M2
53.304
Robert M
2010 Audi A5
Bruce T
2004-6 Ford GT
54.837
Chaitanya S Pritam B
2008 BMW Z4 2021 BMW M850xi Gran Coupe
56.931 59.095
(R) MEANS RACE TIRE
53.6
