Autocross #9 (last points paying event of the season)
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