Attendees of Our Autocross #9 event opened their hearts by raising $1305 during this event. All fundraising proceeds go to our charity partner Rancho Cielo in Salinas, as mentioned in previous month’s blog. GGR is proud to match this $1305 and forward a total of $2610 to Rancho Cielo. Thanks again to everyone that contributed towards this worthy cause.
With time, the course design team is getting creative by adding challenging elements and length to the course. This course, designed by Brant Ballantyne, saw an average lap time of 45.731 from sixty-one participants. We had a fair share of DNFs at this event, with 61 out of 610 laps not technically considered as finished. On the other hand, half the laps (301) were clean laps. Drew Powers got the fastest lap with his lap time of 39.307, with Teddy Framhein coming in second place with his 39.651 second lap time. I am sure Teddy is looking forward to Drew getting his car back. The dominant duo achieved 1st and 2nd place finishes in PAX.
Autocross #10:
Many of our drivers missed the massive space NASA Crows Landing Test Facility offers to the autocrossers. By popular demand, a bonus event (Autocross #10) is being held at the facility mentioned above on Sunday, November 12th. 56 registered cannot wait for Sunday to come around to participate in this non-points paying event.
Autocross schedule is posted at https://www.pca-ggr.org/autocross/autocross-calendar/.
2023 Year End Winners
Like all other years in the recent history, GGR saw a lot of competition in various classes and at PAX level. Final results are now posted at Autocross Results – PCA Golden Gate Region (pca-ggr.org).
PAX STANDINGS
| 2023 GGR Autocross Series | PAX Standings | ||
| Rank | Driver | Points | Events Attended |
| 1st | Teddy Framhein | 588 | 8 |
| 2nd | Brant Ballantyne | 496 | 8 |
| 3rd | Monty Pack | 476 | 5 |
| 4th | Himanshu Patel | 461 | 9 |
| 5th | Ed Hunter | 455 | 8 |
| 6th | Drew Powers | 452 | 5 |
| 7th | Grant Keyser | 413 | 7 |
| 8th | Grady Carter | 403 | 8 |
| 9th | Paul Smith | 385 | 8 |
| 10th | Dave Dunwoodie | 381 | 8 |
CLASS STANDINGS
| 2023 GGR Autocross Series | Class Standings | |||
| Class | Rank | Driver | Points | Events Attended |
| CC03 | ||||
| 1st | Caevon Hekmaty | 120 | 7 | |
| CC05 | ||||
| 1st | Essy Fariab | 100 | 5 | |
| CC06 | ||||
| 1st | Dave McGuigan | 120 | 8 | |
| CC07 | ||||
| 1st | Chris Rife | 116 | 6 | |
| 2nd | Stacy OConnell | 80 | 5 | |
| CC08 | ||||
| 1st | Grady Carter | 120 | 9 | |
| 2nd | Peyton Chen | 104 | 6 | |
| CC09 | ||||
| 1st | Brant Ballantyne | 120 | 8 | |
| 2nd | Connie Lu | 101 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Vibhu Bithar | 62 | 5 | |
| CC10 | ||||
| 1st | Himanshu Patel | 116 | 9 | |
| 2nd | Ed Burghardt | 80 | 6 | |
| 2nd | Sid Huey | 55 | 5 | |
| CC11 | ||||
| 1st | Teddy Framhein | 116 | 8 | |
| 2nd | Drew Powers | 92 | 5 | |
| 3rd | Allston Mickey | 83 | 6 | |
| CC12 | ||||
| 1st | Rj Harrison | 105 | 6 | |
| 2nd | John Leet | 88 | 5 | |
| CC13 | ||||
| 1st | Paul Smith | 116 | 8 | |
| 2nd | Dave Dunwoodie | 104 | 8 | |
| CC15 | ||||
| 1st | Ed Hunter | 108 | 8 | |
| 2nd | Monty Pack | 100 | 5 | |
| 3rd | Alan R Jung | 84 | 9 | |
| CC16 | ||||
| 1st | Steve Forshay | 100 | 5 | |
Per our rules, half the eligible class winners from the above list will be awarded a 2023 season trophy. With a minimum of one trophy and a maximum of three trophies in every class.
2024 Preparations
The autocross committee is getting to work on the 2024 schedule and rules. Our goal is to finalize both the schedule and rules by end of January 2024.
Look forward to seeing all you Autocross Enthusiasts at our upcoming events.
Himanshu Patel
GGR Autocross Chair