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July 2021 / Issue 21-7

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VELOCITY Staff Editor / Art Director Don Matz

Note from the Editor: In this month’s issue of Velocity you’ll find some interesting reads.

Karen Robinson captures the spirit of Sonoma, Dennis Wolfe covers the docks at our July Autocross event in San Pedro and Don Kravig, once again, give us an enlightening look in the Rearview Mirror as he shares his knowledge of our POC history.

As if this isn’t enough, get ready to buckle up with Tom Cruise in a GT3 with a sneak preview of the new Top Gun coming to theaters in November.

Remember, especially as we get closer to the end of our season, you get valuable points (and POC bucks) when you contribute to Velocity. Articles and photos are always welcome!

Production Manager Matt Hollander

Contributing Writers Don Matz Don Kravig Karen Robinson Dennis Wolfe

Contributing Photographers Luis Vivar Don Kravig

Enjoy Don

In This Issue:

POC Board of Directors

Sonoma......................................................... 4 Autocross..................................................... 32 Top Gun........................................................ 44 Rearview Mirror............................................. 48 SIM Results................................................... 56 Porschefieds................................................. 60 Upcoming Events.......................................... 62

John Momeyer Scott Craig Nathan Johnson Joe Wiederholt Dwain Dement Matt Hollander Steve Town

Top Gun Revisited Porsche Style

President Treasurer Secretary VP Motorsports Chief Driving Instructor Marketing Director PDS Director

Cover Photo of Karen Robinson leading through a turn at Sonoma.

You’ll find Karen’s article on the following page .

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Reunions Karen Robinson

Crunchy, sun parched hills dotted with resilient California Live Oaks provided a picturesque backdrop for Porsche Owners Club’s return to Sonoma Raceway in July. Sonoma aka Sears Point was ready and waiting with excellent track conditions, calmed curbs (thanks to our IndyCar friends), freshly painted apex striping, and wider paved exits. Sharing the weekend with Track Masters meant only licensed racers could participate, so our Time Trial and PDS members had to sit out this weekend. Our usual Red and Orange shared session run group with Track Masters scored a major victory when more space opened up: Two run groups.

No more getting lapped every third lap by Prototypes and GT cars for those of us in the less speedy Orange Group. The weekend was starting off quite nicely.

The POC Group was garaged together and shared cozy paddock space. While it was a bit of a Tetris game to load in everyone, it made for increased opportunities to see each other and reunite. With masks off and many folks having worked POC race events back into their schedules it was great to reconnect, talk cars, catch up on life, and mix in a bit of the required trash talking to torment our competitors. It really felt like a family reunion.

The track itself was in great shape, but the conditions varied throughout the weekend. Cool evening temperatures and the marine influence cooled the surface and made the morning sessions absolutely delightful. This deteriorated by mid-day as we rubbered in the track, temperatures rose, and the surface turned into, well, snot by midafternoon.

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There’s no other way to describe it. Splash a little coolant (thank you Scott Craig) and you have BSRs doing the slide dance at the exit of Turn 4. All in good fun, but it never ceases to amaze me how quickly a surface condition takes you from driver to passenger.

The Red Races had their fits and starts with a Black Flag in both Saturday and Sunday races due to drivers with mechanical problems and agricultural excursions. Sonoma’s lack of run off punishes mistakes and doesn’t allow for hot tows, so it was back to the Hot Pit and a re-start.

The results presented the usual suspects on the Podium, but there are definitely some drivers to watch in all classes as they look to move up the lineup.

GT2 has more competitors these days and while Bob Mueller took 1st place in both races, the battles for 2nd & 3rd made for excellent racing as Mike Monsalve held solid on both days for 2nd, and Dan Aspesi and Alexandra Hainer trading 3rd places between Saturday and Sunday.

Missing his Prototype pal, John Cahalin, this weekend, Charlie Persico did a great job racing himself for 1st place on both days. Go Charlie!

The growing GT3 class which includes seasoned racers and newcomers spread out and mixed with GT2 and GT4 at times. It was fun to watch how nicely these outstanding drivers cooperated on a track with limited passing opportunities. After finally getting his car sorted subsequent to a series of issues, Duane Selby showed why he’s been Driver of Year and Class Champion with 1st Place finishes in both races and close, exciting racing with Nathan Johnson and Eben Benade trading places for 2nd and 3rd over their two races. The GT4 group entrants drove cars from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. With only five cars in the class, they’re ready for more competition. Who’s moving up from Orange Group to play with the faster kids? The battles were fierce as they navigated in and around GT2 and GT3 traffic caused, in part, by the Black Flag restart on Sunday.

The podium for the weekend was a carbon copy both days: Brad Keegan in his trusty aircooled #28 took 1st both days with Ana Predescu and Jim Salzer in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Back in Orange Group, aka Boxsterland, there was stiff competition up front and always the fun of finding a race wherever you are in the pack. Despite having not driven Sonoma for seven or eight years, Anders Hainer, with wisdom and skill, held off youngsters James McLoughlin and Matt Hollander to take 1st in both Saturday races. Meanwhile, mid pack, I had the time of my life. Finally finding more pace and increased confidence while playing to my strengths at a technical track. I had a blast with the “boys” chasing me and keeping the pressure on. Our sole GT6 driver Hambis Charalambous in his Mazda Miata and Kip Waterhouse in his lonely SCR managed to mix it up with the Boxsters and provided a front row seat to see how differently these cars approach a lap.

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The competition is exhilarating. It’s hard to get my non-racing friends past their fears about what we do. When I tell them how much fun it is to race lap after lap, often door to door, exercising discretion to know when to back out and make the pass next time, they just shake their heads. But, we understand. The close racing in all groups, but especially BSR, makes for some great stories and epic drives.

Speaking of epic drives, you must check out Matt Hollander’s video from Sunday’s race. He started DFL due to a melted bumper caused by his Laguna/Sonoma exhaust on Saturday.

Beginning at the back of 19 cars, Matt moved like an assassin as he smoothly and deftly navigated the traffic. By the end of lap 8 he was in 3rd place and put in the fastest lap, only to be meatballed for sound. It is unbelievable! Matt said it was some of the most fun he’s had racing. If you want to see how to really drive the wheels off a low horsepower, momentum car, watch it. The in car video sound wasn’t working, so Matt dubbed in his favorite tunes. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhblwHRA3bk Impound!

Impound is back! Our end of race reunion. Woohoo! That place where we humbly fess up to errors, apologize, forgive, marvel at unscathed fenders and doors saying: “I can’t believe we didn’t trade paint,” hug, back slap, and high five, and share the racer version of fish stories – you know, the one that got away or that you almost caught. Tight battles abounded in all race groups and the quality of driving and skill continues to improve. From his back to front advance in Orange Group, Matt Hollander commented on how impressed he was with the progression of the BSR drivers and their heads-up awareness as he cut through the group like a Laguna exhaust through a plastic bumper cover. There’s a reason that POC Racers are widely respected in amateur racing. We’re committed to our sport and bring it, no matter where we are in the pack and what we drive. Every time.

Family Reunion The nexus of nice hotels, fine dining, wine tasting, spas, and golf meant that many families converged using the Sonoma race weekend to reunite after long COVID separations. Let’s face it, there’s a lot more to offer in the Wine Country than our usual hangouts in Rosamond, Pahrump, and Desert Center so it’s not that hard to get the family to come out and join us.

The support of our families, and that includes our track family, make a race weekend so much more fun.

This was an especially meaningful weekend for me. My aunt and uncle, Janet & Jack Henke, who live at the base of the Sierra Foothills decided to spend their 50th Wedding Anniversary with me. At the track. Yep, that’s right. They were married July 10, 1971 on a hot, windy day much like the conditions this weekend and they came to watch me race. Conspiring with 12

my cousin Alice, she brought them to the track bright and early on Saturday morning. I hadn’t seen them, in person, for 2½ years for various reasons, but mostly due to COVID concerns. Seeing them in my garage after practice on Saturday brought on the leaky eyes of happiness. The fact that they wanted to spend their special day with me meant so much. That I managed to run some of my best races shows how much family support means. My Vision Motorsports garage mates made them feel welcome and kept them company as I did my thing to prepare for my races. They energetically explored the track and could be seen walking around the paddock and up in the stands, holding hands. Fifty years is a long time. A fifty-year marriage is hard work.

Congratulations Janet & Jack!

What an amazing weekend! To share a sport that I love, with the people I love, is a gift. The support and friendship with all of you drives me forward to live life to the fullest, to push myself harder and in new ways, and to reflect upon the good fortune to have found my POC Family. Race on, with gratitude.

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Happy Birthday Dwain!

Or, is it Dwin?

How would you like to spend your birthday? If you’re Dwain Dement, owner of Vision Motorsports, you’ll be on the ground swapping out an exhaust for a BSR and GT3 Turbo (with stock exhaust by the way) that

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Thanks, Dwain, for all that you do for the Vision Team and POC!

Celebrating on Saturday with an age-appropriate themed cake, the Vision Motorsports Team sang Happy Birthday and Dwain gained a new nickname. Next time you see him, say Hey Dwin! It has a nice ring to it, don’t you agree?

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Autoc On The Waterfront

By: Dennis Wolfe

After a scorching June event at Streets Of Willow, POC AX returned once again to the cool ocean breezes in San Pedro, complete with a giant container ship docked right alongside the venue. The scale of these ships is hard to fathom until you’re up close and personal...

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cross Judging by the sellout crowd and deep waitlist, people really dig this venue, and your humble narrator is one of those people. The cars seem to like it, too: tires and brakes don’t get super overheated, windshields stay free of wind-blown dust, and they really enjoy being photographed by the water.

But don’t be fooled by the easy-breezy vibe - the competition was HOT, and with a relatively short lap, the difference between winning and losing could be hundredths instead of tenths.

Our Fast Five included Michael Oest (TTOD), Tom Berry, Sebastian Rios, Guy Ankeny and Bob Endicott. Second through fifth place were all within a tenth of each other, while hot-foot Oest turned in a blistering 34.589, besting the rest by over a second. That was probably as close to a perfect lap as you’re gonna get. Be sure to check out porscheclub. com for complete timed results and season standings.

This month’s featured class is Stock 4, where Darren Loher took top honors, followed close behind by Quynh Nguyen, Roger Bush, and Kristopher Marciniak. Rounding out the class are Anastasia Berta and Will Irwin. Nice work all!

Special thanks as always go to our Series and Event sponsors, GMG Motorsports and Pacific Portable Services. We’re getting very spoiled with the regular appearance of the Burnin’ Buns food truck for lunch. I hope they never run out of truffle fries.

Our next event will be Saturday Aug 7th at Auto Club Speedway on the infield course. We’ll be running at the same time that the POC Cup Racing, Time Trial and PDS groups will be on the banked Roval course. Should be an awesome day!

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. This will earn you valuable SERVICE POINTS!!

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If you are interested in getting involved with autocross, please reach out to Michael Oest (michaeloest@hotmail. com) or Brian Cooner (bcooner@gmail. com). If you are interested in instructing, please contact Dennis Wolfe (denniswolfe101@gmail.com). Or just say hi at the next event and we’ll find a way to get you involved.

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POC History In The Rearview Mirror

By Don Kravig, Precision Motion

Last month’s visit to Sonoma Raceway or (Sears Point as it was referred to for 35+ years), brought back a whole raft of memories from the 1970s and early 1980s...when the POC and the SCCA were on that track constantly. The POC had so many connections to Sonoma that I will try and list just a few.

Early member Howard Meister (POC Member #2715) actually owned that track for a period in the 70s - 80s. Howard was a very well known IMSA competitor, racing RSRs in the GTO class and later 934s and 935s. You can pull up his IMSA record to see just how good he really was.

Wayne Baker (POC Member #3316), won the Sears Point IMSA GTU race in 1981, from the pole. You might find it interesting that it was the last professional race won by a Porsche 914, and oh...by the way it was a 4 cylinder 2.0 liter. We will get back to Wayne in a minute, but first let me take you back to the “mightiest” Porsche of all time - the Porsche 917-30 and my unforgettable ride in it.

As most of you know, the 917 was homologated as a naturally aspirated coupe in the late 60s, and the story of how Porsche pretended to have 100 completed cars would be worthy of Dwain Dement. Anyway in 1969-1970 the 917 won Le Mans, and I believe 16 world championship races which led to the banning of the 12 cylinder naturally aspirated engine. In 1971 Porsche, not to be outdone, obtained the services of Mark Donahue, turbo charged it, and entered it in the American Can Am series which was the haven or purview of the most powerful sports racing cars ever made!

Milt Minter, (POC Member #2106) raced both the naturally aspirated and the turbo charged versions of the 917 and used to describe the 917 as his favorite race car of all time. By the way these cars had no computers of any kind. His 48

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stories from various races were absolutely hilarious. Last time I saw him was at the re-release of Steve McQueen’s Le Mans movie, where he absolutely cracked up the private audience consisting of Porsche Big Wigs and other invited guests.

“Uncle Miltie” was a class act, and has been greatly missed.

George Follmer, (POC Member #703) won the 1972 Can Am Championship with the first iteration of this 917 called the 917-10. This behemoth easily bested the McLaren’s, Shadows and other super cars of the time. This car was raced at around 950hp. By late 1972 expecting a massive challenge from the Chevrolet powered “Shadow Team” Mark Donahue and Team Penske helped develop the car to where it would make over 1600hp in qualifying. I believe they raced it at 1100hp but it had adjustable boost.

The 917-30 completely dominated the 1973 Can Am season, setting pole positions and shattering track records wherever it went.

The final weekend’s racing at Riverside Raceway included Mark Donahue winning all the IROC races in an RSR as well as the Can Am Championship.

The Arab oil embargo and the gas crisis effectively destroyed unlimited racing.

The 917-30 was retired to the Penske garages, although they pulled it out in 1975 and managed to set a world closed course record at Talladega which stood for 11 years. Sadly, Mark Donahue was killed in Europe at a Formula One race in 1975.

Which leads me to Otis Chandler (POC Member #3128) who bought the 917-30 from Penske for his private collection.

Otis Chandler was an avid racer and sportsman in the Hemingway mold, loved fast cars and had a private collection that much like Jay Leno’s, all had to run. You can find Otis’ name in various professional racing records in IMSA, and his company, the Los Angeles Times sponsored the 6 hour enduro at Riverside International Raceway for many years. He was also well known in the celebrity circles of racing. Which leads me to the now defunct Ontario Motor Speedway and “THE RIDE”.

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Up until Ontario closed its gates, the POC and PCA had a combined event at Ontario Motor Speedway which was a 2.5 mile oval (very similar to Indianapolis) and about 2.5 miles west of the current Fontana Auto Club Speedway. The start/finish line was actually built from bricks donated by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It had a fabulous race museum and a 22 turn clockwise road course that utilized the front straight away of the oval and part of the banked turn 3 and 4 it was much like Auto Club’s roval today, except longer and faster. Interestingly the road course was partially designed by Mark Donahue. So, back to the story of “THE RIDE”.

Car Guy at Heart - from LA Times Otis Chandler’s avocations made almost as many headlines as his newspapering. He just missed the U.S. Olympic Team as a shot-putter, “the biggest disappointment of my life”, was charged by an elephant and trampled by a musk ox while big game hunting, practiced both deep-water and fly fishing and was an accomplished surfer. He was also one of us, a lifelong car and motorcycle guy. He was involved with the grand classics and his cars were seen on the lawn at Pebble Beach including a 1973 Best of Show with his Mercedes 540K Special Cabriolet. In his fifties, he became an accomplished racer, driving a brutal Porsche 935 in professional IMSA races and the legendary ex-Donohue Porsche 91730 Can Am car in vintage racing. He was also seen cowtrailing his motorcycle or making long, fast two-wheel desert runs.

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My father “Big Don” Kravig was the event master, (or what we now call the VP of Motorsports) for the OMS event, and he and Otis had a very interesting relationship.

More on that later. The fun part was, he would call Otis on the phone and say “we have Ontario Motor Speedway for the 3 day weekend and by the way they gave us Thursday for free” so, Otis would always drag out cars from his private collection. I have pictures of the 91730 on a two car open trailer being personally brought to the track by Otis and professional test driver John Thomas. John Thomas had “Big Don” Kravig at POC Driver meeting instructed me the year previously at Ontario Motor Speedway and once they had the 917-30 off the trailer and had completed a few runs with it, he invited me to join him for a ride on the track. The Can Am 917s were required to have two seats, and even though the drivers side was full size and took up most of the cockpit, they squeezed a very tiny passenger seat and angled it toward the driver to keep the passenger’s head under the roll bar. To this day, it’s hard for me to describe that ride as anything other than surreal, being shot out of a cannon, or possibly taking a ride in a fighter jet with no canopy. I know they had the boost at the lowest setting which was probably 1100hp, Otis could barely drive it, and it was all that John could handle for sure. But, what an experience!

Sadly the 917s are long retired, and have all wound up in private collections now.

I believe number 30 was restored by Bruce Canepa and is now in a private collection, although I think it has been loaned out to the Porsche Museum a few times.

The Porsche 914-4 arrived on United States shores in late 1969 and had a VW/ Porsche emblem on the back. It was roundly criticized and even some Porsche Clubs would not let it in until it started winning, and winning BIG. The center of gravity, polar moment, center of effort, wheel base, weight distribution (among other things racing engineers look at) were almost identical to the Porsche 917.

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sleeper of all time. As developed for SCCA Racing, Porsche 914s won numerous SCCA Championships, 1970 Le Mans GT class, and other events world wide. Alan Johnson (POC Member #721) and author of “Driving in Competition” was probably one of the best known of the 914 competitors.

All of which takes me around the long way, to Wayne Baker (POC Member #3316).

Wayne was a fantastically talented engineer and driver in the Donahue mold, and saw the inherent possibilities of the 914-4. By 1977, he was bringing a 1500 pound 2.4L 914-4 to Willow Springs and regularly putting it down in the low 1.28 range. He was so successful with it, he built a 1,680 pound 230hp IMSA car to the rules of the time, and ran the IMSA circuit in 1981 with it, qualifying at pole for the GTU Class at Laguna Seca, and leading the race until a broken axle in the corkscrew took him out. He also won the Sears Point race from the pole and was on the pole at Riverside where he was taken out during the 6 hr, in turn 9 by a slower competitor.

I believe he told me that the car had a top speed of 168mph, and it took a long time to get around the banking at Daytona. Wayne was overall winner at the 12hrs of Sebring in 1983, and I’m going to revisit that race when we cover POCs relationship with Daytona and Sebring in later articles.

Wayne is still active today in vintage racing, and can still be found at his shop, Personalized Autohaus in San Diego, probably thinking about or talking about race cars. What a pioneer.

Next month we will take a spin through POC History to all the tracks that are no more, and sadly some that are about to become no more.

We will chat about about Vasek Polak (POC Member #394) as part of that journey.

Until then, Seeya on the Track!

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Travis Brown Bayan Salehi Matthew Robinson

Michael R. Johnson Jerry Freckleton Matthew Sipek

Apr 19 Barcelona GP

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Corie Latvala Travis Brown

Eric Oviatt Jeff Shulem Jad Duncan

May 3 COTA

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Corie Latvala BJ Fulton

Eric Oviatt Matthew Hollander Matthew Sipek

May 17 VIR

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Michael Johnson BJ Fulton

Matthew Sipek Jerry Freckleton Mark Rondeau

May 31 Laguna Seca

1st 2nd 3rd

Jad Duncan Mark Rondeau John Momeyer

Jacob Abrams BJ Fulton Travis Brown

Jun 21 Sebring

1st 2nd 3rd

Corie Latvala BJ Fulton Paul Newton

Jerry Freckleton Mark Rondeau John Momeyer

Cup Historic 1st

Travis Brown Michael W. Johnson Corey Latvala

Michael R. Johnson Mark Rondeau Jerry Freckleton

Jul 5

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Francorchamps

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Sonoma

2nd 3rd

Results

GT3 RSR GT4 Clubsport

1st 2nd 3rd

Corey Latvala Travis Brown BJ Fulton

Jul 19

Road Atlanta

Aug 2

1st Competition Team Event 2nd 3rd (180 Minutes)

Aug 16

Watkins Glen Boot

1st 2nd 3rd

Aug 30

Road America

1st 2nd 3rd

Sep 13

Long Beach

1st 2nd 3rd

Sep 27

Mid Ohio

1st 2nd 3rd

Oct 11 Bathurst

1st 2nd 3rd

Oct 25

Phillip Island

1st 2nd 3rd

Nov 15

Summit Point

1st 2nd 3rd

Eric Oviatt Matt Hollander Matthew Sipek

Auto Club

Nov 29 Mosport

1st 2nd 3rd

Dec 13

1st 2nd 3rd

Daytona Road (90 Minutess)

All club members with track experience or online sim racing experience are invited to participate – however, you will need an iRacing Membership and a simulator.

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997.2 Porsche Cup Car Excellent condition with most all recently serviced parts throughout the car. Approx 60 hours on motor Approx 25 hours on gear box Upgraded to KMP Paddle shift Rebuilt shocks, axles, springs, etc martin@aststonecorp.com Asking $92,000.00

Porsche 914 six

1989 944S2 chassis

Engine and transmission built by Marty Metarian twin plug (2.7) w/901 Box w/ Factory Porsche limited slip. Winning GT5 car. gtgraphics2@gmail.com $45,000 Package deal available; 2005 Chevy Duramax Diesel and Pace Shadow Daytona GT Enclosed 28’ and The Race Car: $72,500.00

with full roll cage and SCCA log book. Vehicle missing engine and transaxle. All other components still with car. 2 sets of 17x9” Porsche wheels. Body is rough but it’s all fixable. No rust as far as I can tell. bajabuzz@yahoo.com Asking $3000

1999 Spec Boxster

2016 Porsche

2007 Cayman S Gorgeous and rarely for sale Guards Red Cayman S 6-speed manual in exceptional condition. Loaded with options and accessories. dalemaustin@gmail.com Asking $26,000

PDK, Sport Chrono Package, PASM, PTV, Sport Exhaust System and Sport Design Steering Wheel. Naturally aspirated. CPO warranty until July 2022. Odometer reads 19,000 miles. Never commuted or tracked. wantmorekoi@yahoo.com Asking $61,981

Front running, fast car! Has all the legal GT3 Components with MCS shocks. Video shows how capable the car is after starting DFL at Sonoma... VIDEO matthollander0216@gmail.com $36,969 - (805) 286-7410

Backdraft Cobra 2019 718 Boxter GTS 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS 79k Miles. Just had a major service.

Tow package. New tires. $39k Matt (805) 286-7410

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RWD 7-Speed PDK. 2.5 liter H4 Turbo. 365hp. 20/26 City/ Highway MPG. Transferable warranty.

Ammenities too many to mention. perryn59@gmail.com Asking $91,900.00

As nice as they come with bored & stroked 427 small block, Tremec 5 speed, Wilwood disc brakes, BMWM3 suspension, indigo blue with black int. California registered, smog exempt. It will blow your socks off. kwaterhousejr@gmail.com Asking $65,000.

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U P C O M I N G

TRIPLE CROWN at AAA Speedway August 6-8

AUTOCROSS AAA Speedway August 7

SPRING MOUNTAIN

Fast straights, fast roval, fun infield!

AAA Speedway is being reconfigured for NASCAR next year so, unless things change, this will be your last chance ever to run it with the POC.

The 7th event of the POC Autocross Championship Series held at the the AAA Speedway.

Come on out and sharpen your skills with a bunch of great enthusiasts.

Let’s head back to Pahrump for another go of it...our second time this year.

If you’ve never been to this track, it’s a “must do”. It’s fast and curvy. All three of our series are invited to this event.

Register Today!

Register Today!

Registration Opens Soon

Be sure to check out the POC website for our 2020 schedule of events and to stay current on PDS, Time Trial and Cup Racing standings.

And, don’t miss the Official POC Facebook Page with photos, videos and comments from our members.

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