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Velocity

October 2020 / Issue 20-10

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A PUBLICATION OF THE PORSCHE OWNERS CLUB

October 2020 / Issue 20-10

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Note from the Editor:

Don Matz

As the heat continued, both on and off the track, in October, we headed for Spring Mountain. Even though temperatures reached the mid 90s, this was a relief compared to the ridiculous highs at Fontana only a month before.

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Aside from a few small bumps and bruises, SM turned out to be a great event. In the Orange Race Group, Anders Hainer, Justin Crickenberger and James McLoughlin duked it out for the lead...in the Racers Clinic Guenter Lennarz, who at the age of 80, decided to return to the track and despite masks and social distancing, we had a great barbeque on Saturday after the track shut down.

This month, also, we returned to El Toro where Autocross proved to be alive and well...and our SIM Racing League is becoming evermore popular.

Read about all of this, and more, in this issue.

Enjoy / DM

In This Issue: Gunnie’s Back............................................... 4 Learning the Ropes at the Racers Clinic........ 12 Track Preparation and Performance.............. 16 Spring Mountain Photos............................... 20 Threshold Braking........................................ 32 Return to El Toro........................................... 34 The Porsche Pyramid.................................... 44 SIM Results................................................... 50 “Porsche Drive” Offer.................................... 54

Matt Hollander

Contributing Writers Justin Crickenberger Guenter Lennarz Don Matz Karen Robinson Eric Walsh Dennis Wolfe

Contributing Photographers Don Matz Karen Robinson Jim Salzer Luis Vivar Joe Weiderholt White Rice Photography

POC Board of Directors Ron Palmer Scott Craig Nathan Johnson Joe Wiederholt Dwain Dement Matt Hollander Don Matz

President Treasurer Secretary VP Motorsports Chief Driving Instructor Social Media Director Graphics & PDS Director

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Gunnie’s Back!

By Guenter Lennarz

“Hey Ron, Am I entered at Spring Mountain?

Yes or No?” Ron knew my computer skills are next to none.

“Who is this?” Ron replies. “Guenter #6346!” I reply.

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After the economy tanked in 2006, I thought my racing days were behind me. Fourteen years later, I walked into AASE Motors and found Jeff Erickson shuffling mountains of papers on his desk. The conversation went something like this: “You want to do WHAT, Gunnie?” looking at me in disbelief. “You heard me; I’m going back to the track!”

“Gunnie, I just wanna caution you. These guys will eat your lunch. They are young and have new equipment–paddle shifters and all! And you are so Ol--” (he stopped himself).

“You mean old and over the hill?” I swept his questions right under all those bills on his desk. “Don’t care, Jeff, I’m going for it! When do you want my ooold sled?”

The old sled wouldn’t start and wouldn’t jump either. Enter German know-how. Using a block and tackle I maneuvered #319 downhill toward the trailer ramp. An anchor rope stopped the car from crashing into my neighbor’s living room. Back at AASE Motors Jeff queried: “How in the world did you manage by yourself?” “Never mind” I replied, “it’s a long story.”

Starting all over again at the Streets of Willow Springs punished the Old Kraut and the Sled. The next event, Fontana, was a three day Friday through Sunday affair with a low temperature of 115 degrees. It was a blowtorch! I believe the exhaust was cooler. I was proud to get my feet wet again—even though it was sweat. I completed 95% of all my stints, and had no Cool Shirt! “Gunnie, ‘ya didn’t do too bad,” Jeff grinned.

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Back home in Wrightwood, the Bobcat Fire had me worried as I prepared to stand and fight. I just couldn’t loose three cars! The #319 needed to go in for service, but an overturned semi stopped me before I got to the 15. Wisely, I turned around and thought: “Guess that driver didn’t attend the POC Racers Clinic.”

Turning into my driveway, my neighbors texted me photos of a visitor. Travis and Carolyn informed me that a 150 lb. blonde kitty cat was prowling around our houses. The next morning another neighbor reported that a huge mountain lion had been seen during the day as well. Thinking ahead, I hoped there weren’t any roaming blond kitty cats in Pahrump. With my old school track ways, I sleep in the back of my pick-up. Loading up for Pahrump in the dark at 4:00 AM, with a pitchfork in one hand and revolver in the other, I made it to the truck unscathed. I was on my way to Spring Mountain for Racers Clinic!

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Entering the facility, a perplexed young woman took my ten bucks and listened to my question: “Are there any blond kitty cats here, ‘cause I’m camping in my pickup?” Laughing, she answered, “The only blond kitty cats you’ll find around here are at the Chicken Ranch. If you want, you can have your ten bucks back. You’ll need it at the Ranch.”

On Saturday, my first two heats were horrible. Where the hell is the track? How many turns do I have to remember? One particular left hander spells trouble for me. No signs. Nothing. Just a hard left. Cut too soon and you’ll visit marbles the size of baseballs.

The Racers Clinic was a great refresher course. Steve and Tanya from Southern Cal, along with Walt and his wife from La Verne all gave me great moral support. Dwain Dement (who I’ve nick named “Cement” – rock solid) is a super teach.

Sunday morning, Don Matz, with his son in tow, came by to talk with me: “Guenter, my reputation is riding on you! Don’t let me down...do well!” The pressure was on!

Session one was ok. For the second stint, I laid down the pedal. Oh sh--, that dreaded curve! Nose first, the car hit the rocks...I slid downhill. After the dust settled, I made it out, but the error got the better of me. Leaving the quarry, I couldn’t shake it. Dammit, here we go again! Too hard on the brakes and #319 rotates backwards down the hill. All I could hear were baseballs polishing the under carriage and the motor. Limping to the finish, I wondered whether to check my car or my cojones. Steve hollered “Your car sounds great!” With the third heat I finally got it right. Giving up the “Gunnie-Goonie Curve,” I made it through ok.

On Sunday at the end of the day, it was time for our first official race. I was ready. Starting last, I out-raced one of those Boxsters and made it to the finish line. Dwain handed out the Driver’s 6

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Logbooks to each student with congrats and a fist-bump. Grinning, he handed me mine: “No restrictions and you are back in Orange!” I was on cloud nine! Don Matz asked the group: “Who is the youngest driver here?” and a young man proclaimed “28 Sir.” “Now, who is the oldest?”

Everyone looked around as Don pointed to me. “He is! And he just turned 80!” A hush fell over the crowd and I received a standing ovation. Well, actually they were already standing...so I took my one minute of fame.

Looking under my car while loading it to head for home, I held my breath. Part of my exhaust was gone. Just gone. The Goonie Curve had picked out a souvenir. On the way out of the paddock, I yelled over to Dwain and crew: “Greatest Christmas present ever. Thank you!”

Instead of congratulations for my weekend’s accomplishments, Mr. AASE barked at me: “Why didn’t you stop to find that tail piece? We need it! Urs Gretener no longer manufactures these, dummy!” Now I realized why all the other drivers marveled over the car’s sound. “Ok, Ok, Jeff, but I got my licen-----.” “Don’t care. Go find that stove pipe!!” Bamm! Louder than my exhaust, my bubble was burst! A call to Spring Mountain found a very helpful Krissy on the other end of the line. She had the crew find the souvenir taken by Goonie’s Curve and promptly sent it back to me. What service!

What a weekend! Never underestimate the determination of a guy who’s a racer at heart. It’s great to be back at the track.

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Learning the Ropes

By Eric Walsh

At least the temps will only be in the 100s… That was the main thought flowing through my head as I pulled up to the parking lot outside the racer’s clinic classroom early Saturday morning. This weekend was going to be my first POC Racer’s Clinic, my first time at Spring Mountain, and my first time driving on DOT race tires – perhaps one too many firsts? Only time would tell. I tried not to think about those things as I signed my name on the check-in sheet and found a seat near the back of the class.

There were a total of 16 students, myself included, and we went through introductions quickly.

There were vast differences not only in driver experience but also in driver machinery. Some of the students had only been on track less than a handful of times while others were battle scarred time trial veterans looking to finally make the move up to racing. On the car side of things we had everything from Bob Chang’s lightly modded 997 Carrera S all the way up to Jim Sorce’s fully race prepped Turbo S GT1 car.

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We proceeded through the ins and outs of track etiquette, rules, and racing. Dwain and the other instructors alternated between teaching and sharing stories of past on-track experiences in order to present us with the fundamentals of what it means to drive wheel-to-wheel. It would be our job to absorb as much of this wisdom as we could and apply it to the various practice exercises in the sessions to come. I laughed, along with the other students, at the “obvious mistakes” presented in some of these racing stories but secretly wondered if they would be so obvious to me when I encountered them in my own driving experience.

After a couple sessions of practicing helpful, albeit tame, exercises (going two cars wide, passing on and off line, etc) we began to work on race starts. I think it took less than a minute and a few turns of that first lap of action for me to know that I was hooked! I knew that I probably wasn’t the only one who felt this way… We regrouped before the front straight and got back into formation before barreling down the front straight and doing it over again a few more times.

The room was abuzz when we got back into the classroom, noticeably more so than when we got back from the previous sessions. There were conversations about great turns, mistakes that had been made, and joking grudges that had been created as a result of overtaking. Already I could see that great friendships and rivalries were being formed. I think that’s part of the magic of wheel-to-wheel racing. If we didn’t have much in common before the session, we certainly did afterwards.

On Sunday we continued with the in-class instruction and helpful on-track exercises. After lunch time the plan was to run a qualifying session to obtain lap times for grid order and the final session would be a practice race to close out the clinic and the weekend. Unfortunately

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only the race-prepped cars were allowed to participate in these final two sessions so we did lose about half the field. Nevertheless I was still overflowing with excitement and could not wait to take part in my first mock race.

I think the racing gods were smiling down on me up to that point because I somehow managed to qualify in 4th position with my GT5 prepped Honda S2000 just behind Bob Gartland in his modified 997 GT3RS and in front of Todd Trimble in his GT4 prepped Boxster S. Both of these guys are really fast and are working with some pretty serious machinery… I knew I would have to bring my A game if I wanted to hold 4th place let alone take 3rd.

We regrouped before the front straight just as we had done so many times the day before. This was it! All those mock starts, all the exercises, and all of the in class instruction had led to this moment. We barreled down the front straight two wide into the first right hander. Jim Sorce and Greg Gilson led the front of the pack and charged way ahead of the rest of us. Theirs would be an uneventful, but speedy, race with Jim coming in 1st and Greg in 2nd place.

I tried my best to keep up with Bob but he proved to be as consistent as he is fast. The first couple laps I had hoped that I may be able to catch him as I kept the gap to only a second or two. But by the fourth lap, and the widening gap between us, I knew that my dream of 3rd place was not going to happen. I should instead redirect my efforts to fending off Todd who had been starting to catch up to me.

Within two more laps Todd was all over my rear bumper and was eager to make a pass when the opportunity permitted… He wouldn’t have to wait very long. We raced through the back straight to the chicane and into the final turn. I got a slightly better exit coming out of the turn, just enough to keep ahead of him coming down the front straight. I looked away from the track for a split second to see the flagging station waving the white flag – one more lap!

At this point I figured if I took the wider (lap-time optimal) line coming into the first turn that it may be slightly faster but I would leave myself open to Todd sneaking up the inside. I decided instead to play defensive and take the inside line… And I immediately proceeded to overcook the entry speed into the turn and spin out off into the rocks. Come on! What a rookie mistake, what was I thinking? I quickly got myself back onto the track but with less than a lap remaining it was already too late for me to catch Todd.

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I don’t have a second to rest. I look up at my rear view mirror to find Douglas Volder is all over my bumper in his CSR prepped 911! While Todd and I were scrapping it out Douglas had been slowly closing the gap to us. My spinning out gave him just enough time to eliminate any remaining lead I had gained on him earlier. There was less than a lap to go and I knew I would need to drive carefully if I wanted to keep Douglas behind me.

We both wrangled our cars around the track as best we could and it ultimately led to us going twowide deep into the chicane in the back straight. We go deeper and deeper into the chicance until finally he presses his brakes! I’m not sure what made me hold out so long in our game of chicken… Maybe it was the anger from having made such a huge mistake earlier in the lap against Todd or maybe it was the 100 degree Nevada heat getting to my brain. Either way this risky move paid off!

We enter the final corner bumper to bumper, round the turn, and come zooming onto the front straight. A few hundred yards down the straight Douglas pulls out from behind me to my right and begins slowly gaining position besides me. It’s a photo finish as we cross the finish line side by side, checkered flag waving above in the flagging station. What more could you ask for from your first mock race?

We finish the out lap and proceed to lineup at race impound. Friends, family, and fellow POC members await us outside of our cars and begin to congratulate us on finishing our first racer’s clinic.

We take a group picture together before Dwain says some closing remarks and hands out t-shirts and driver’s handbooks. It’s been a hot but fun weekend, another successful POC Racer’s Clinic in the books!

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By Justin Crickenberger

How about that weekend at Spring Mountain?

It was another great event run by POC. I was unaware that Spring Mountain was a venue that ran club races. I am certainly happy that they do! I was under the impression that it was a country club geared more toward retiree Corvette drivers. The facilities were incredible, and the track was very fun to race. As the weekend began to approach, I felt I was at a deficit. As the current Spec Boxster points leader, I felt I was coming to the track in a good position. However, without a test day, having never been to the track and without Spring Mountain appearing on any simulator I needed to be as prepared as possible if I wanted to perform well. Which brings me to the purpose of this article.

I thought it could be useful to some if I shared my approach on coming up to speed at an unfamiliar track. This is certainly not a definitive guide, but simply how I approach the race weekend. My personal goal for this article is to provide a few tips or even encourage those that may not have an approach to analyze how they prepare and develop their own program.

Before the event Being ready for a race weekend takes place weeks before I even drive through the entrance gates. This is the time in which I want to begin to familiarize myself with the track. I do this regardless whether or not I have been to the track 10 times or for the first time. I do this by reviewing my previous data and videos or for this case, since I have never been to Spring Mountain, Matt Hollander’s video. YouTube is the obvious good source for this. The chances that a competitor has uploaded their video is high.

Once I find a good video source, I make a track book. The book is similar to ones made by Motorsport Maps. I have a complete map on page 1 and divide the subsequent pages by corner (or segment). I watch the video enough to have a solid understanding of my rights and lefts, elevation changes and general speed of the track. I then open up my track book and begin to take notes. The first time around, in conjunction with the video, I begin to mark runoff areas and note any reference points I can see.

I also begin to note the gear selection in each corner, the corner minimum speeds, and try to understand the braking and acceleration zones. YouTube allows me to slow videos down so I can accurately document the general braking zone or at a minimum get the correct corner speed. A few other considerations to note from the video is the driving line, the attitude of the track (how quickly can you unwind the wheel in this segment or how much rolling is done through that corner). The repetition of watching the video and writing down what is learned over the weeks helps engrain it all to memory. This pays off big for the first session out.

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First Session Out My first session out was a good critique on how well I prepared for the event. The approach was to start in the back far enough away to have a clear track. I wanted an unobstructed view of the track. This allowed me to focus on finding my reference points from my notes and discovering new ones. I also worked on rolling speed through a corner and focusing on my acceleration points. More time is spent accelerating than anything else so that is always something good to try and perfect. As the laps continued, I began to push the car more and more. Even to the point of overdriving the corners whenever possible. I needed to understand the limits of the car. Afterall, lap time wasn’t the goal, track familiarity was. I was discovering how deep I could get into some segments and whether I could go flat through others. Needless to say I spun out a few times and ran off track even more. But isn’t that what practice is for?

Post Session – Study Time What happens during the post session time is what will pay off in the following sessions. This is where data, video and a coach is useful. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of a good coach. Many articles have been written regarding the value good coaches bring. That discussion is beyond the scope of this article but my advice is if you can get one, do it! Which brings me back to the data and video. Having these two components will greatly help. I tend to go overboard and print my closest 4 laps of data and analyze each one trying to find trends in driving that need correction. Video is also an invaluable tool. You can go back, watch, slow down the video and add notes to review in your track book.

Since time was limited between sessions and my general unfamiliarity with the track, my data and video focus wasn’t as detailed. I was off pace from the previous year’s race times but had a path to get there. My first focus was looking for the big segments of time. Being 3-4 seconds off pace meant there was plenty of low hanging fruit. My first course of action was to bring up my data and look at my brake and throttle traces. I use these channels to find inconsistencies in pedal use and to find where I may be braking too early, applying throttle too early, etc. I then watch my entire video session and take note of places where I was offline, overshot a corner and general areas of needed improvement to navigate a more competitive lap. All of this is documented in my track maps book. Equipped with this new information I head into the next session ready to build on my previous session.

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Putting it all together The short day on Saturday would come to a close with two orange group races. Throughout the day I had made good progress on bringing my lap times down. Now was time for the races. While my familiarity with the course was greatly improved there were still areas where improvement would be needed. Rather than looking for seconds I was on the path to finding tenths.

I felt I was quite prepared for the races. All the work I put into preparing for the weekend paid off.

Understanding the landscape, the braking zone, throttle pickup points, and limits of the car of car at Spring Mountain allowed me to run close with a limited view from the front windshield but with the confidence to understand my position on track. This allowed me to put pressure on the drivers in front and stay in the fight.

I felt as though all the work had paid off. I finished 2nd in the first two races and, due to a transmission failure on the last lap, 3rd in race 3. Throughout those races I would watch, study, and analyze my previous performance to know what adjustments needed to be made for the next race.

Preparing myself before and during the event allowed to me to get up front and have opportunities for race wins. I am super happy with the way the weekend played out and how much progress I made in such a short time. I am looking forward to the next event at Chuckwalla. By the time this article is printed I will have already started analyzing the track and making my notes. I am sure it will be another great race weekend. And as a bonus we have a test day! See you out there!

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Threshold Braking Tenth Chasers Vol.3 Article: Dennis Wolfe Photos: Luis Vivar

In most cars, and in Porsches in particular, the brakes are generally much better at decelerating the car than the engine is at accelerating the car.

Porsches have incredible brakes and they should be considered a superpower of sorts. When used wisely, with precision and force, they can shave precious tenths in every turn.

Which brings us to a concept called threshold braking.

And it is simply this: brake LATE, brake HARD, and then get off the brake and back on the gas as soon as possible.

As with most things in motorsport, this takes some practice and every car is different. The beauty of autocross, though, is that you can really push the limits without risking your safety or your car. If you brake too late at autocross, you might miss a cone. If you brake too late at Big Willow, you might need a tow truck to get home. Or worse.

So the next time you’re out autocrossing, make a conscious effort to brake much later, and when you do brake, put ALL your weight into it. Punish that pedal. But make sure to start with a light squeeze to set the pads against the rotors and load the suspension before you mash it to the floor. If you “stab” the brakes instead of “squeeze” the brakes, you will upset the chassis by transferring too much weight to the front tires/suspension too quickly.

If you find that you’re pushing too far past your turn-in point, then move your brake zone earlier. If you find that you’ve scrubbed all the speed you need to and still have a moment to think about turn-in, move your brake zone later.

But if you’re not engaging ABS or in older cars approaching “flat-spotting” the tires, then you’re not making the full use of the brakes, and thus leaving time on the table. And no one wants that...

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Hard to believe it’s been EIGHT MONTHS since we last tore up some pavement at El Toro. I think I can speak for just about everyone when I say that it was GREAT to be back.

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With the coronavirus pretty much throwing 2020 in the garbage, having autocross back in our lives - particularly at El Toro - brings a much-needed breath of normalcy.

Some early cloud-cover (YES!!) quickly gave way to searing hot sun (ugh…) but the course was fast, drivers were ready, and another brilliant day of AX was underway.

Only three drivers managed to crack the 60-second barrier - James Yom with a TTOD of 58.862, Michael Oest and Matt Jones. Some incredible driving right there. I’m going to also start highlighting other classes in these recaps, so it’s not just the same hot-shot drivers getting shout-outs.

In that spirit, I’d like to feature our lead-foot ladies who were tearing things up out there: Sara Odioso, Karen Guthorn, Yuting Guan, Cailin Scheussler and Kristina Hicks all turned in great times. Sara was our leading lady, with a VERY fast 1:03.3, besting plenty of other drivers. Be sure to check out porscheclub.com for complete timed results and season standings.

Burnin’ Buns once again provided much-needed mid-day nourishment.

Highly recommended.

Special thanks as always go to our event sponsors, GMG Motorsports and Bridging The Gap. Our next event will have us back at El Toro in Irvine on November 22nd (the Sunday before Thanksgiving) so sign up now at motorsportreg.com.

Are you a regular participant in POC events? Does going to the track add value to your life? If so, consider giving back to the club that gives you so much by volunteering your time. Everything we do is done by volunteers, and these incredibly complicated motorsport events do not just happen by themselves. If you are interested in getting involved with autocross, please reach out to Michael Oest (michaeloest@hotmail.com) or Brian Cooner (bcooner@gmail.com). Or just say hi at the next event and we’ll find a way to get you involved.

And always remember: there are no cones…just turns.

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Second Season PODIUM Finishers

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May 18 Daytona

1st 2nd 3rd

Connor Bloum Nealson Lawrence Matthew Hollander

Jacob Abrams Paul Newton Jonathan Brel

June 1 Sebring

1st 2nd 3rd

Teddy Framhein Gregory Liefooghe Thomas Boileau

Jacob Abrams Alain Stad Paul Newton

June 15 Mid-Ohio

1st 2nd 3rd

Gregory Liefooghe Nealson Lawrence Teddy Framhein

Jacob Abrams Brian Swift BJ Fulton

June 29 Watkins Glen

1st 2nd 3rd

Gregory Liefooghe Nealson Lawrence Connor Bloum

Jacob Abrams Michael R. Johnson Alain Stad

July 13 Lime Rock

1st 2nd 3rd

Teddy Framhein Bayan Salehi Nealson Lawrence

Michael Oest Jacob Abrams Paul Newton

July 27 Road America

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Aug 10 Virginia Intl.

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Sept 7 Sonoma

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Doug Boccignone Eric Oviatt Paul Newton

Sept 21 Laguna Seca

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