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BIGGER BETTER AUTOCROSS
KILLING MY 1ST CONE
BUY YOUR FRIEND’S PORSCHE, THEN HIT THE AUTOCROSS TRACK
In 2018, my friend David purchased an 1984 Porsche 944. This beautiful car was all original, black over black leather, with just over 45,000 miles on the odometer. Within months,
he joined the Porsche Club of America. Knowing my affinity for Porsche, he signed me up as
wait for the next Region 10 event, which ended up being something completely new to both the car and myself; an autocross.
Leading up to the big day, I carefully checked over every inch of my Porsche top to bottom, slightly nervous to find out just how well this 37 year-old German would handle being thrown around a race circuit. Having had no experience driving autocross,
I watched some YouTube videos and even found some good Q&A autocross information on the Kansas City Region’s website. https://kcrpca.org/autocross/. Even with some research I was
a little nervous about how well I would do!
Arriving that morning, it was encouraging to see many familiar faces. The club had obviously run their fair share of autocrosses. The set up was going smoothly,
MEMBER his Affiliate Member, insisting JOEL that I had to attend Club events WOODWARD with him. Over the next two and 03 a half years we enjoyed every
YEARS
Driving Tour and social event that we could attend.
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Fast forward to this past August; when he took a new job out of state, David was adamant that
I had to purchase the 944 from him to “keep it in the family”. Unable to say no, I now excitedly find myself a first time Porsche owner! Immediately I upgraded my PCA status from Affiliate to Primary Member and couldn’t