Congratulations, Pedro!!!!!!!!! I can just imagine how difficult it must have been for you to

... with a big thank you to Gary in SoFL.
Kind of a funny story...
The AX Championship is determined by adding the points obtained by a competitor in a particular year.
But, in order to opt for a PCA Autocross Championship a person must have participated in at least 4 events in that year.
In the beginning of the year I participated in the first 3 events, all of which I won, but because of my broken engine I had missed the next 3.
The last event was in late October and my car was still in a comma.
So, I called Gary in SoFL and asked him if I could borrow his pristine 2003 Boxster next Sunday.
He said: "Sure, no problem, what do you need it for?"
And I replied: "I just have to go to the Autocross track and run my last event in order to get my Championship".
He just started stuttering and couldn't get a word out.
I finally convinced him that I would not mistreat his baby and he finally agreed to meet me at the event.
I asked the AX Chair to let me run first and told him that I'd only be doing one run (out of a possible 10), because all I needed was to have one official run. He agreed.
Gary even walked by his car right to the start line.
As I donned my helmet I said: "Don't worry Gary,I'm going to set a track record!"
His eyes widened, and he tried to mutter something but there was nothing he could do.
I got the green and let the clutch out.
I carefully steered my way around the course and was able to make a clean run without touching any cones.
And, as I had promised Gary, I set a new track record for the year!
The winning time that day was 49 seconds and the next to the worst was 73 seconds.
I ran my lap in 117 seconds.

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Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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set that time, knowing the way that you like to drive.

I can just picture you steering with your teeth, while you were using both hands to pull your right foot back while navigating the course.

Guenter
2014 Boxster S
GT Silver, 6 Speed Manual, Bi-Xenons, Sports Suspension (lowers car 20mm), Porsche Sports Exhaust, Porsche Torque Vectoring, Auto Climate control, heated and vented seats, 20" Carrera S Wheels, Pedro's TechNoWind, Sport Design steering wheel, Roll bars in GT Silver
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Congrats, Pedro. Did it help that Gary's Boxster is the highly coveted "R" model?

It took the Boxster hardtop another eight years to offer an "R" option!

1998 986 Turbo-Look Cab
172,000 Miles
Dilithium Crystal Supercharger

more than one way to skin the cat!! Good job, congrats!

At the Zone 1 runoffs in Fort Devens this summer, i had one run that, to get all our points, i needed simply to complete. Period.

Cones were OK.

Slow was OK.

Off course is DNF. Not OK.

So the coaching talk i got from our co-captain was:

Go out. Dont miss a gate. Not sure? Pull over. Get out. Ask the course workers. JUST DON'T MISS A [expletive deleted] GATE!

Got my points :-)

Grant

ps: apparently i need a coaching lesson from you some day, Mr. Champion