ORPCA Annual Autocross Banquet ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY PEG RYAN (Above) Class winners in their new vests; (Left) Close up of the vest for the Class Champions.
W
e had quite the celebration
of heading out to Harbor Freight and
for about 35 autocrossers
Lowe’s to find fun car tools.
and their significant others at
This year Eric made a change and gave award winners a vest.
This year Eric made a change and
the Golden Valley Brewery in Beaverton
gave award winners a vest. Check out
on November 12 to mark the conclusion
the photos! You can see the results
of the 2023 AX season. Golden Vally
from the season on the next page.
Brewery provided a delicious Mexican
Eric paid tribute to autocross regular
Lunch Buffet with yummy cheesecake
Duane Schaefer who passed away this
and brownies for desserts. There was a
fall. Duane drove a modified Pontiac
continuous loop of the 2023 Autocross
Soltice.
photos that Peg Ryan put together for our viewing pleasure.
Congratulations to the class winners, and our thanks to the whole team and
We socialized and then wound our
everyone who participated and who
way through the buffet line. After our
came out to watch! We will see you
first or second servings of the delicious
next year. n
buffet, Eric Freedle gave away the door prizes. As usual, there were some great
Enjoy some of the pictures. There are
picks if your number was called – from a
more on our SmugMug site: https://
torque wrench to a tool bag and many
orpca-pix.smugmug.com/2023-ORPCA-
items in between. Eric does a great job
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