Central Indiana PCA Halloween HPDE Weekend Results.

I realize this is a bit late, but better late than never, I guess. The Halloween HPDE that the Central Indiana Region PCA club put on this year was a great experience. This was the first time I was able to take a Porsche out on the track so I was expecting to do well.

My first session was a little more difficult than I had anticipated. This was caused by my inability to properly do heel and toe down shifts coming in to a couple of corners. However, Thanks to my instructor for the weekend, Rob Fike, I was able to fix this by the next session. Rob told me that the brake pedal in my car was adjustable, so after a little bit of tinkering under the dash and couple of skinned knuckles, I was able to adjust the brake pedal to my liking.

This fix greatly improved my lap times, but despite that, I was still getting passed right and left by all the other cars in my group. I think this was mainly because I wasn't as comfortable with the Porsche as I was with the tC that I used on my previous HPDE weekends. I have a feeling after I get a little more comfortable with the car I'll be even faster.

That being said I was still able to put in some pretty decent times. My fastest laps were around the mid 1:30's. Which is about as fast as I was going in the tC when I was really pushing it. It's now just a matter of getting more seat time in the Porsche. Once I get a little more comfort able behind the wheel, I think I'll be able to do even better.

If I'm still in the Indiana area next summer, I may be moving to LA in January, I'm hoping to get around to a couple different tracks to get some more experience.

Putnam Park Central Indiana PCA Pumpkin Run Preliminary Impressions

Well, the racing season is winding down, and this will be my last HPDE for the year. I've been out to Putnam Park 3 times before this, and have always had a great time out on the track. This year will be slightly different though.

This year I will be my first time behind the wheel of a Porsche. My previous track days at Putnam Park I was hooning a modified Scion tC. Which despite having half the horsepower or less than some of the other cars there, was capable of keeping up with carreras, and even the odd turbo.

I think this time out, with the added horsepower and the very nature of the Porsche I will be driving I will be able to hang in there with some of the faster cars. I've always done well at Putnam, because I could carry a ton of speed all the way through turn 7 (of 10). The only thing I suffered on in the tC was the lack of acceleration and overall power.

But this time, I intend to kick ass and take names.

-Keep racing my friends-

Putnam Park Track Layout.