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If you live near the Milwaukee, WI area, you have an opportunity to race your Insight in an Autocross event on Sept 18, 2005. I talked with folks from the Porsche Club of America - Milwaukee Region, and they are open to having a group of hybrids come and race at their 4th Autocross event at the Miller Park Stadium parking lot.
Our times will not be compared to the Porsche's that are racing, but we can see how we do relative to each other. Details about joining the PCA September 18th event can be found at:
http://www.porschepark.org/calendar/event0505d.html
Autocross is an excellent way to explore the handling capabilities of your Hybrid in a controlled environment. Just you against the clock, while navigating a challenging course defined by rubber cone markers. Time penalties are charged for hitting the cones. In the Posche Club events, there are three practice runs, followed by six timed runs offering an opportunity to try different lines and speeds. Each run is independently timed, so one bad one is easily negated by your next fast time. Afterward, your times are compared to others in your class (in this case, we will compare with the other Hybrids) to see how good your car and driver performance was. The only special equipment required is a SNELL certified helmet (SNELL 1990 or newer-usually loaner helmets are available).
I have raced with the Porsche group in the past, and it has always been an excellent experience. The events are really friendly and efficiently run. They also start late enough so that you can get to them from some distances without having to jump out of bed at 4:30AM.
If you think you might make it, send me a message and I'll get back in touch.
Hope to see you there...
Blue Insight
(2001 Blue Insight, manual...about 60+MPG usually, 11MPG racing)
Our times will not be compared to the Porsche's that are racing, but we can see how we do relative to each other. Details about joining the PCA September 18th event can be found at:
http://www.porschepark.org/calendar/event0505d.html
Autocross is an excellent way to explore the handling capabilities of your Hybrid in a controlled environment. Just you against the clock, while navigating a challenging course defined by rubber cone markers. Time penalties are charged for hitting the cones. In the Posche Club events, there are three practice runs, followed by six timed runs offering an opportunity to try different lines and speeds. Each run is independently timed, so one bad one is easily negated by your next fast time. Afterward, your times are compared to others in your class (in this case, we will compare with the other Hybrids) to see how good your car and driver performance was. The only special equipment required is a SNELL certified helmet (SNELL 1990 or newer-usually loaner helmets are available).
I have raced with the Porsche group in the past, and it has always been an excellent experience. The events are really friendly and efficiently run. They also start late enough so that you can get to them from some distances without having to jump out of bed at 4:30AM.
If you think you might make it, send me a message and I'll get back in touch.
Hope to see you there...
Blue Insight
(2001 Blue Insight, manual...about 60+MPG usually, 11MPG racing)
