May Velocity Magazine - Issue 22-5

Velocity

May 2022 / Issue 22-5

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Note from the Editor: The 2022 Tribute to LeMans has come and gone. Read about all the action in this issue where Steve Town gives us a recap of the entire weekend. Also, Dave Buckholz tells us what it was like to be back battling it out on the track, after a brief hiatus, with his son Vanis. And lastly, Don Kravig gives us another glance into POC’s Rearview Mirror with a few gems from the past.

We hope you enjoy these articles along with Luis Vivar’s fabulous photos.

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Editor / Art Director Don Matz

Contributing Writers Steve Town Dave Buckholz Don Kravig

Contributing Photographers Luis Vivar Brian Mayfield Don Matz Don Kravig

In This Issue: 2022 Tribute to LeMans................................. 6 The Return of Two Tools................................ 40 Rearview Mirror.............................................46 Blast From the Past...................................... 50 SIM Update................................................... 54 Porschefieds................................................. 62 2022 Race Schedule..................................... 63 Upcoming Events.......................................... 64

POC Board of Directors John Momeyer Scott Craig Nathan Johnson Joe Wiederholt Dwain Dement Eben Benabe Steve Town

President Treasurer Secretary VP Motorsports Chief Driving Instructor Time Trial Director PDS Director

Blast from the Past..............

Cover Photo: Luis Vivar

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The Gaviglio crew at Willow Springs by Luis Vivar

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For 28 years the POC has staged the May running of the Tribute to LeMans...a day-into-night Enduro race. As with most years there are compelling stories and surprises to the Tribute weekend, and this year was no exception. In addition to the 4 hour Tribute, there were Red and Orange group sprint races (GT’s, BSR’s, SCR’s), Time Trial run groups, and Performance Driving Series (PDS) sessions. Lets take a run through the weekend.

It’s not often that Friday practice and test days are mentioned in Velocity, but with our once-per-year night race, the Friday night of Tribute weekend reminds everyone in the paddock that this will not be a normal event.

Needless to say for anyone who has run Big Willow, turns 2, 8, and 9 are high speed corners like no others. For any of you that have not run Big Willow, you need to get out there and check those corners off your track bucket list. Well, that is, in the daylight. But, as they say in infomercial land…..wait there’s more. Run and race Big Willow, at night.

The club decided to again rent the track until 9:00 pm Friday night and give drivers and teams the opportunity to practice “in the dark.” I say in the dark because in the past the only part of the track that was lit was the front straight, with no lighting to illuminate the flag stations. This year, we decided to test placing flag station lights on Friday night, as well as having Illustration: Don Matz 9

Tribute to LeMans some flag station workers. What did we discover on our Friday night test? We needed more light, and more flag station workers.

The Saturday schedule on Tribute weekend is, to say the least, compact. Add in the warm (major understatement) May temps, nearing 100 in the afternoon, and the day was intense on track and off. The trick was finding cool shade in transports, trailers, RVs, cafeteria, anywhere! After the morning driver meeting, led by Joe Wiederholt and John Momeyer, the warm ups and practices got underway, leading to early in the day qualifying and early races.

Out of the gate, in TT Green open passing, Mike Avitt in Mod 1 clocked a quick 1:27.9, and Mark Williams in Mod 2 class ran a 1:32.6, not far off the track record in that class of 1:30.2.

Point-by-passing run groups, PDS and TT Blue, had some stellar performances on Saturday.

PDS stalwart Dave Bent ran consistent, good laps all weekend. William Phillips in Stock 4 class ran a 1:34.843, right on, but not quite to the track record of 1:34.269 in his class.

A few more PDS and TT standouts included new member and first timer on a car track (after 2 years of karting), 17 year old Joey Andrews. Joey, who was running an almost stock 1998 Boxster, ran and started out at 1:42.6, beating the Stock 6 track record of 1:44.557. Longtime club member and Orange and Red Cup race winner Brad Keegan has been bringing his 16 year old daughter Brealyn to the track for years, and now into his race car. Brealyn is hitting the ground running and clocked a 1:38.7. And another teenager, Greg Gilson’s son, Zachery Beale, 17 years old, started with us last year, and has made great strides.

In the Red Cup group qualifying, Charlie Persico set the benchmark in his Prototype (1:17.716), while the polesitters for GT classes were GT1 Mike Monsalve (1:18.984); GT2 Eric Olberz (1:23.251); GT3 Ana Predescu (1:23.814); GT4 Jim Steedman (1:27.641) In the Orange Race Group, Paul Barnes set the time with his Carrera Spec pole (1:30.993); BSR Anders Hainer (1:31.297); GT5 Don Kravig (1:33.270); and Glenwood Gum GT7 (1:48.109)

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Tribute to LeMans Due to the Tribute Enduro, the Orange Race Group only had 2 sprint races this weekend, kicking off with a 13 lap sprint race on Saturday. As usual, the BSR race was fast and hotly contested throughout the field. Malcolm Van Halen won by narrowly beating James McLoughlin by .719 and Drew Waterhouse by 1.1 second. Rob Walker and Chris MacDuff rounded out the top 5. Starting P1 Anders Hainer had rare car trouble, and had to pull into the pits after 7 laps. It was great to see Malcolm and Drew back in action throughout the weekend, running fast, and making the competition tight.

A special shout-out to BSR race movers Drew Waterhouse and Karen Robinson. Drew picked up 6 spots in the race, while Karen grabbed 7 on her way to her best ever 6th place.

In Carerra Spec Paul Barnes won and also nailed the Orange Race Group fastest lap of 1:33.423, followed by Kip Waterhouse and Robert Thacker for the Carerra Spec podium.

The GT5 podium was Don Kravig netting the win, with Scott Matz and Gunther Lennarz in 2nd, 3rd. Running uncontested in GT7, Glenwood Gum took the prize.

In the GT1 – GT4 and Prototype 15 lap race, Charlie Persico won overall, with a 1:19.602 having the fastest lap Photo: Luis Vivar overall in his Prototype. The GT1 race was a tight race between Mike Monsalve and Loren Beggs. There is a lot of racing experience with Mike and Loren, and they didn’t disappoint. In GT2, Eric Olberz ran uncontested to take the win. In GT3 Ana Predescu won with a fastest lap of 1:24.999, followed by Eben Benade and James Buck. James also grabbed the hardest charger profile by moving up 7 places enroute to a 3rd place finish. Well done James! And, in GT4, Jim Steedman wins it, followed by Phil Town and Eric Walsh.

After Friday night testing, the Board decided to add more lights at the 10 flag stations, and also at the apex to turn 9, giving us 11 in all. Thanks to JR Momeyer (John’s son) for spending Saturday morning getting those extra lights and making the night race all the more spe12

cial and safer. And a special thanks to all the volunteers, spearheaded by Eben Benade, who mostly skipped early dinner and installed hundreds of reflectors for the track edge sighting.

For the second year, Dwain Dement hosted the Saturday night (late afternoon) Tribute dinner at his Vision Willow Springs location, opening up his shop and facility to the club, and putting on a special off-track event. Thanks Dwain, and to all who helped stage the dinner.

This year for the first time in the Tribute race there was no Unlimited class. That meant no single car entries, and no hot-pit refueling. As a result, the relay race was the main attraction for the 4-hour Enduro, with 11 teams entered. Each team was required to have 2 to 4 drivers, either driving their own cars or sharing a car(s). With 16 entrants from the 27 sprint race registrations the BSR’s were by far the most popular cars in the Tribute race, along with six GT3’s, two GT4’s, and seven GT5’s. Why the concentration of BSR’s and GT5’s? Two reasons...fuel use and pit hold penalty rules. One of the most interesting elements of our Tribute Relay is the mix of classes and the strategies related to fuel, tank size, running time, and pit holding times. On this point, a special thanks to Duane Selby for his creation and updating of the car class pit hold penalty times. In short, it works!

The race started at 5:42 (scheduled for 5:30), so the end of the race now became 9:42. Just what the 3rd or 4th stint drivers wanted, more darkness!

And once again, the top BSR teams reigned supreme. For the second year in a row, the early race yellow flag quickly became a double yellow, then ultimately black. The clock kept ticking for 15-plus minutes as the race was stopped and cars were held in the hot pits, to the chagrin of the higher horsepower cars. Over the next two hours the race ran without incident. The top BSR-centered teams, along with Lucky Strikes Racing got moving. The Wildchilds (Van Halen and Waterhouse); Old Guy and the Kid (Hainer and McLoughlin); Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (Mata, Sigel, Hollander, Filsi); Fear the Fork (Momeyer, Craig, MacDuff), 13

Tribute to LeMans Porsche Ontario/Kravig Engineering (Kravig, Momeyer, Gum, Silva), and Lucky Strikes Racing (P. Town, Weyman, Benade, S. Town) all traded places in the first half of the field.

The last 2 hours, moving into sunset and night running, saw the top BSR teams Wildchilds, Old Guy and the Kid, Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, Fear the Fork, along with Lucky Strikes’ GT3 runners settled in for a shootout for the win and podium. What was unknown into the last hour and darkness was whether the fuel and running time strategies were going to work to plan, and who got the first 2 hours right or wrong. Entering the last 30 minutes, the race came down to a sprint for 1st between the Wildchilds and Old Guy and the Kid, and a sprint for 3rd between Lost That Lovin’ Feeling and Lucky Strikes. All the drivers handled night driving incredibly well as they all sprinted to 9:42. In the end, Wildchilds crossed the line first, followed by Old Guy and the Kid, and Lucky Strikes got lucky with a pass near the end of the race netting them 3rd.

But wait, there’s more...Tuesday following the race, it came to the attention of the Competition Committee and Motorsports directors that there was a glitch in timing and scoring. After close review it was determined that Drew and Malcolm would share first place with Anders and James. It remains to be seen if more champagne will be uncorked at a future event!

In the end there were 4 hours of fast, safe competition and everyone had a good time. The podium celebrations were raucous and fun and another Tribute race was in the books. Congratulations to all the drivers, team members, and volunteers! And thanks to race control and to our corner workers for keeping us all safe.

At WSIR one can always expect weather surprises. Over a 5 day period there was a 50 degree fluctuation from mid-week to Saturday with afternoon temps nearing 100. The high humidity made it feel more like June or July in the south. Were we really in Rosamond?

As a result, the slippery track surface on Sunday forced almost every group and car class to run 1 to 1.6 seconds slower in qualifying pole times than Saturday morning.

Terms such as “slippery,” “nasty,” “no grip” were tossed around all day. But what was consistent with Saturday was close racing.

In TT, Mike Avitt blasted a lap of 1:27.1 as CR Dutch ran a very good GT5 lap of 1:33.9. BSR TT runners Paul Filsinger, Randy Liu, Alan Watts all hit the mid 30’s

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In the Orange and Red Cup races, the track conditions made for challenging driving, but great races. The BSR race had a remarkable start with the top 9 finishers all running their fastest laps in the 1:34’s, aside from Alex Filsinger grabbing a 1:33.891. By the way, these tight lap times included new racer, 17 year old, and 7th place finisher Riley Giacomazzi. Well done Riley!

Anders Hainer came home with a well earned 1st, followed by James McLoughlin and Alex Filsinger. James and Alex had a photo finish, 2 seconds behind Anders. Rob Walker and John Momeyer rounded out the top 5. Paul Barnes again took 1st, followed by Doug Volder in 2nd, as the only two Carerra Spec racers in Sunday’s race. There was a nip-and-tuck race In GT5, with Don Kravig winning by a tenth of a second over Hambis Charalambous. They spent 13 laps slicing and dicing through BSRs and hitting the checkered flag nearly atop one another.

Glenwood Gum again took the prize in GT7, running uncontested.

The Red Cup race had the same track conditions, and close racing as well. Charlie Persico, again, ran his Prototype to the win, with an overall best lap in the race of 1:21.585. In GT1, Mike Monsalve, again, kept first from Loren Beggs as Alexandra Hainer came back from a tough Saturday race to finish 3rd in GT1. Eric Olberz, running solo in GT2, once again brought home the win. But congrats to Eric in finishing 3rd overall, beating the rest of the GT1 field, aside from Mike. In GT3, Eben Benade got by Steve Town in turn 4 on the first lap and then held on to win by 7 tenths, followed by Brad Keegan in 3rd. In GT4, Jim Steedman, as on Saturday, won with Phil Town in 2nd and Bill Durant in 3rd. Congrats to Phil and Bill in their first POC event for running very well and competitively throughout the weekend.

One last thought, regarding the future of POC racing. In the last run session Sunday afternoon there were only 2 cars on the track, both being driven by 17 year-olds, Zachery Beale and Joey Andrews. It was hot and humid and both were driving on used-up street tires, but who cared? Zach ran a 1:40.6 in his Mod 5 and Joey a 1:40.2 in his Stock 6 Boxster. Along with new BSR racer Riley Giacomazzi and Brealyn Keegan, we had four 17 year olds running Big Willow this weekend...all of them running well!

That my dear fellow members is a welcome sign of things to come for the POC. See you at the next event!

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Podium Finishers: 1st Place*: Malcolm Van Halen Drew Waterhouse 1st Place*: Anders Hainer* James McLoughlin* 2nd Place: Steve Town Eben Benabe Andrew Weyman Phil Town * After these photos were taken, it was later determined that, because of a glitch in the timing, Anders and James would be sharing First Place with Malcolm and Drew!

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Two Tools Return

BY Dave Buckholz

The drought was over. After 9 long months we had finally made it back to the track. The wait was grueling, but the return was exhilarating.

With Steve (Ollie) living in Saint George and Vanis (Pants) away in his freshman year at Ball State University, pulling the team together was one challenge, finding a POC event date that matched up for all three of us was another. On May 14/15 the stars aligned. Even better, our favorite track was the venue – Two Tools Racing was heading to Willow!

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Since our last POC weekend in Aug 2021 a lot has changed for us. Pants went off to college.

Construction began on Ollie’s beautiful new home. Both 262 and 263 received upgrades.

We traveled to exotic locations like Cleveland, Columbus, Provo and Muncie to watch Pants play as a starter for the BSU Volleyball team. We attended our very first NCAA Division One Men’s Volleyball National Championship Tournament to see Pants deliver an epic performance in the Semi-Finals and when Spring appeared I reprised my role as the guy who gets everything ready for a race weekend.

Pants arrived home in Corona del Mar on Thursday May 5th. Ollie joined us on Thursday May 12th. On Friday, May 13th we loaded up and rolled out. Jon Pardi, Toby Keith, Dwight Yoakam, Cody Johnson, Alan Jackson and a heavy rotation of AC/DC kept us rocking up the 405 and across the 14.

Off in the distance we spot the Omega etched on the hill side. We’re getting close. Through the gates we head left to the boondocks. The openness of the turn 1 lot has always felt right for us. We sprawl out the canopies, tables, chairs, coolers, equipment, and supplies. Thirty minutes later our paddock home is ready – the Tool Shed is up! Next, we want our cars.

First to the Vision paddock to get #262. Pants has no idea what’s in store for him as the new cables and CAE Shifter are a well-kept secret. He reaches in to grab the Tech Form off the driver’s seat and spots the beautiful, gloss black, machined to perfection piece of racing hardware with its bright white knob (to match the car roof and numbers). His jaw drops. No words, then just “Dad!!!” I quietly thanked him again for his commitment to school, his sport, his work and for living his values. We had a hug then jumped in for a quick trip over to Vision Motorsports Ranch to get 263. At this point, I’ve successfully prepared us for the racing and without incident, delivered the team to the track. My responsibilities now greatly diminish, and Ollie takes over. As our Crew Chief and occasional Porsche pilot himself, his responsibility is to make sure the weekend runs smoothly.

This is his gift. He’s the calm one, the fixer, the problem solver. He’s the guy who thinks a lot and rarely sits down. We meet him over at the Vision Ranch where he’s already working on our first problem. 263 has a funky factory immobilizer that is required to function properly for the car to start. Well, it wasn’t. I’m panicking. Ollie’s already calling the Porsche dealer in Santa Clarita. Before I get an earful from

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my much wiser friends – yes, I should have had a spare. However, it turned out all that was needed was a new battery, a very particular battery. We charge down Rosamond Blvd to begin the treasure hunt. Karl’s Hardware (a gem of a store!) was our 5th stop. They had the goods and problem #1 was solved. My anxiety fades and we’re off to Coach’s Bar & Grill for pizza and beer. We stroll into the hotel around 9:45. Pants pauses at the front desk and calls in a favor (they know us) – “would you please let us use the hot tub?” The posted closing time is 9:00 but we really needed a dip. The kind deskman was quick to accommodate, and we enjoyed a private spa until close to 11:00. Lights out. Big day tomorrow.

We’re at the track. It’s real early. Ollie is busy dutifully executing his role. It’s time for my speech. I corner Pants while he’s fumbling with his Go-Pro. Looking up at him and placing both hands squarely on his shoulders (which means “stop and listen to me kid).” I press him on the critical safety measures and important track protocols. He’s heard them all a hundred times but still, they’re said again.

Drivers Meeting. Suit up. Green flag drops at 8:40. Neither of us have any grand expectations for this session, just warm up the mind, the tires and dial in our marks. Back in our paddock for the Crew Chief de-brief we’re amazed to learn that we both posted times within a ½ second from our personal best (with a 6/10th delta between us). We realized right then that new records would be made today! The bigger issue looming however was … who would prevail? Pants had the early edge, but I thought I had a lot more in me. We take to our chairs; peal open a super fresh Smuckers Uncrustable (it’s never too early) and celebrate the fantastic start.

The remaining runs on Saturday saw an unusually high number of dust clouds and yellow flags as more than a few drivers found their limits. For the Tools, our results were as expected, new records for both while the slimmest of margin still favored the kid. Furthermore, our times were extremely consistent and the differential between us was neither shrinking nor growing. After 48 more laps there was still less than a second between us and the best belonged to Pants. He took Saturday. We spent the early evening up at balcony watching the Enduro and futurizing about making a run at it ourselves someday. After scrutinizing the racers lines coming into 3 and out of 4 and monitoring times for comparison sakes it’s determined we need a little more competition of our own before sunset. It’s Ping-Pong time. The reigning champ is Pants with the overall 2nd best record belonging to Ollie. In my defense, Pants practices Ping-Pong with an actual professional Ping-Pong player from China and Steve holds a Doctoral degree in Foosball (he’s highly skilled in the classic table games).

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Saturday draws to a close. We leave the track for a meal close to the hotel then call it a night.

Back to the track in the morning at a very civilized 7:00 a.m. we’re greeted with the news that our names had been called during the post Enduro “raffle” last night and that a $500 prize had slipped through our fingers (the agony). Sunday would be a short Day. Making sure Ollie got to the airport on time was a concern. The two morning races would be the last of the weekend and the final chance for me to find those elusive few tenths. Track conditions were perfect. Fuel tanks were set to the bare minimum. Plenty of grip left in the tires and the cars were running great. All I had to do was execute. Alas, it was not meant to be. Once again Pants had prevailed and with his sliver of a victory came those well-deserved bragging rights. Our long-awaited return to Willow was over and it did not disappoint. The time we shared together was priceless. The racing, the fun, the laughter, the music, and the friends make a POC weekend impossible to top. To everyone who shared the experience with us in some way big or small we thank you so much for being part of our journey.

Side note … Pants has yet to beat me at Auto Club Speedway.

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POC History In The Rearview Mirror

By Don Kravig, Precision Motion

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With Tribute weekend behind us it seems a good time to comment on a couple things. First off, even though we had a smaller field than usual the night racing was especially intense and interesting. Two black flag events and a full course yellow threw pre-race strategies to the wind and led to real time racing. The last 45 minutes in the dark looked like a spec race!

Secondly, as I’ve mentioned in the past, it was very common for Porsche Dealerships to field cars and race with us. Vasek Polak, George Follmer, Alan Johnson and Bozzani Porsche Audi with driver John Thomas were constant competitors.

Which leads me to Mark Marchant of Porsche of Ontario. He and his family provided bodywork for such famous companies as Penske, Brabham, Chaparral, Gurney Eagle Racing and many others.

Boxter start at Brands Hatch, England Mark worked as an instructor at Brands Hatch and had lots of experience in the European formula circuits. He came out of retirement to join us in a Boxster spec for the Tribute and ran 43 impeccable laps at very respectable times (one minute 35 seconds) we hope to see him back soon. Porsche of Ontario is also sponsoring the Triple Crown event at the Auto Club Speedway in September.

So let me take you way way back to four of our earliest members and one of the closest finishes you can imagine.

Vasek Polak and Don Burns both had Porsche dealerships in Southern California and were firm proponents of the win on Sunday. Porsche had brought the 911 to market in late 1964 and by 1965 the car was winning all over the world. in 1966 early members David Jordan and Alan Johnson had both won SCCA national championships and were well known and fierce competitors in the Porsches of the Day. Headed into the 1967 season Davey had a ride for Vasek, Alan drove for Don Burns. This turned out to be as hard fought a SCCA national championship as ever occurred.

Ironically the 911S was classified in B sedan (Probably because of the two little backseats ) and wound up competing against the Camaros and Mustangs of the day. Davy Jordan had competed in the 904 for a couple of years driving out of Vasek’s dealership and was hell-on-wheels in any kind of car. Allen was the type of race car driver who was always thinking and planning. He just about drove the mechanics at Don Burns crazy with preparation issues.

During the SCCA national final the cars were never more than a quarter length apart essentially trading paint in most of the corners. The finish went to Alan Johnson by about 5 inches bringing him his second SCCA national title. David Jordan went on to campaign in the Can-Am series as well as formula 5000 and was a consumate pro and a credit to our club and his profession. His wife went on to run the old Riverside Raceway Museum until it closed about 10 years ago.

Alan Johnson deserves some special mention here as he went on to win Four SCCA national titles as well as compete successfully in IMSA, Trans Am and Can-Am. He eventually acquired his own dealership in San Diego and was instrumental in bringing the San Diego region to the forefront of PCA racing.

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A few more words about Alan here would seem appropriate. He eventually became chief driving instructor for the SCCA and did lots of driver instruction with the POC. He helped me a lot at Willow Springs when I was a 16-year-old just learning my way around the track. Alan’s method of working out a course has stuck with me to this day. His book Driving in Competition was a must-read for my generation of racers and is still a very valuable tool for today’s generation.

Essentially he distilled the track down to three types of corners.

Type1 corners leading onto a straight-a-way were most important.

Next were Type2 corners at the end of the straight-a-way.

Type3 corners he called throwaway corners such as Turn 4 at Willow.

In his opinion there wasn’t much difference between the fastest guy and the slowest guy through turn four but if you could correctly make the turn through five onto the back straight you would carry a lot of speed clear to Turn 9...essentially making it one long straight-a-way. A direct quote from Alan was “races are won on straight-a-ways don’t let anybody ever tell you different.” In his book he describes Bruce McLaren and Dennis Hulme in their Can Am cars working on turn eight at Riverside over and over until they had perfected the exit to reach the greatest possible speed on Riverside’s 4400 foot straight. I’ve never forgotten that lesson.

Before closing I’ll relate a lesson I learned from Ross Bentley during his talk to us Saturday night at Dwain’s barbecue back in February. Most of you know that Ross is the author of the current Bible for Porsche racers, Speed Secrets, and has been instrumental in instruction and teaching with the POC for decades. In describing his rookie orientation at Indianapolis he made the statement “You have to get out of your comfort zone to go fast.” That’s been running around in my head since and at Tribute I was able to overlay a 25 year old pros driving with mine and realized he was attacking the entrance to Turn One and the entrance to turn 2 much harder than I was. So now, after all these years, I have to get out of MY comfort zone.

In closing I’ll give you a bit of family history.

My father big Don Kravig was on his way to winning the Aspen Colorado 1978 Porsche Parade overall trophy In a 911R and had set fastest time-of-the-day at the autocross to all but guarantee the trophy. Alan Johnson brought with him a 3L 914 six and took it out at the end of the day. He then rested the fastest time from my father by one second...costing him the overall award. They were both very gracious at the award ceremony but regarded each other from across the room like two fighters who had just gone 12 rounds.

Anyway, it’s been a great season...lots of good times making for great memories and the rest of 2022 looks even better. Thanks again to the board who makes it all possible!

Just a sub-text for those who love racing history. In 1968 Toyota gave Carroll Shelby $500,000 to race a Toyota 2000 GT in the B sedan category. His drivers were Davey Jordan and Scooter Patrick. The Toyotas eventually finished third and fourth in the Nationals to “you guessed it ”two Porsche 911’s. Subsequently Toyota withdrew from racing for many years but eventually came back full force. And the rest as they say is History.

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Skooter Patrick 1932-2016

Toyota 2000 GT

Big Don Kravig at Riverside Speedway in 1976.

Note the photograph signed by Richard Petty, who spoke that year at the POC Banquet.

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POC

2003

Tribute to LeMans 50

Blast from the Past In 2003 the POC Tribute to LeMans was televised on the Speed Channel.

For those of you who are either unaware or have forgotten here’s a link to that event in May when it was full-tilt-boogie into the night at Willow Springs. Many of our current racers like Anders Hainer, Kevin Roush, Dwain Dement, Loren Beggs, Doug Baron and others, were there battling it out along with a few pros....interesting matchups to say the least. The video is available to watch in two segments on YouTube...enjoy !

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SIM 4 RACING

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4th Matt Hollander 5th Corey Latvala 6th Doug Boccignone

Jan 17 Hockenheim

1st 2nd 3rd

Michael W. Johnson Corey Latvala Jacob Abrams

4th Matt Hollander 5th BJ Fulton 6th Andrew Beckner

Jan 31 Silverstone

1st 2nd 3rd

Tom Layton Corey Latvala Travis Brown

4th Michael W. Johnson 5th Michael Oest 6th Matthew Sipek

Feb 21 Road Atlanta

1st 2nd 3rd

Tom Layton Travis Brown Michael Oest

4th Michael W. Johnson 5th Paul Newton 6th Jad Duncan

Mar 7

Zandvoort

1st 2nd 3rd

Travis Brown Michael W. Johnson Jacob Abrams

4th Doug Boccignone 5th Corey Latvala 6th Sam Mayorga

Mar 21 Barcelona

1st 2nd 3rd

Tom Layton Michael Oest Jacob Abrams

4th Michael Bolten 5th Matthew Sipek 6th Paul Newton

Apr 4

Belle Isle

1st 2nd 3rd

Tom Layton Michael W. Johnson Michael Oest

4th Michael Bolten 5th Corey Latvala 6th Travis Brown

Apr 25 Charlotte Roval

1st 2nd 3rd

Tom Layton Corey Latvala Travis Brown

4th Michael W. Johnson 5th Sam Mayorga 6th Matthew Sipek

May 9

1st 2nd 3rd

Tom Layton Michael W. Johnson Travis Brown

4th BJ Fulton 5th Corey Latvala 6th Matthew Sipek

May 23 Virginia

1st 2nd 3rd

Corey Latvala Michael W. Johnson BJ Fulton

4th Sam Mayorga 5th Andrew Beckner 6th Matthew Sipek

Jun 6

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Jun 20 Daytona

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Jul 11

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Jan 3

Suzuka

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COTA

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Sonoma

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Results GT3 RSR Jul 25

SPA

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4th 5th 6th

Aug 8

Road America

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Aug 22

Watkins Glen

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Sep 5

Auto Club

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Sep 19

Long Beach

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Oct 3

Mid Ohio

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Oct 31

Phillip Island

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Nov 14

Donnington Pk

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Nov 28

Mount Panorama

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Dec 12

Sebring

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4th 5th 6th

Dec 26

Red Bull Ring

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th

Virtual Tribute to LeMans 180 Minutes

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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

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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

2012 Cayman-R (Fully race prepped) 2019 718 Boxter GTS RWD 7-Speed PDK. 2.5 liter H4 Turbo. 365hp. 20/26 City/ Highway MPG. Transferable warranty.

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Fuchs Wheels:(2) 7”X16” (2) 8”X16”

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1987 911 Targa Full roll cage and SCCA log book Fresh 3.2 Liter, G50 Trans, and clutch, all less than 4 hours, Limited slip, Adjustable sway bars, R2 racing seats, maintained by AASE Motors, Suspension Specialties. eelling@msn.com $31,500 Package deal available with new 2021 Futura Super Sport 19’8” trailer…+$12,000

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Jan 8-9 Streets of Willow Springs

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U P C O M I N G

The STREETS of Willow

UTAH Motorsports Campus

This event is sure to be a big draw, especially with our Cup Race “only” event taking place in Utah the following week. Come on out to where it all began...at the Streets!

We will have practice sessions on Friday followed by a standard race weekend schedule.

Orange and Red Cup racing groups will be combined.

Register Today!

Register Today!

June 4-5

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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June 11-13

May 11-12, 2022 DK Racing School / Willow Springs Left to Right, 2x Lemans Winner Rick Knoop, Phil Town, Bill Durant, Dwain Dement, Martina Kwan, Mazen Fawaz and Jason Chin

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