FOURTH ANNUAL PORSCHEFEST
Our annual PorscheFest is August 15-17. This is Potomac Region's signature event of the summer, as it brings together some of our most popular activities: Drivers Ed (DE), Autocross, Drive and Dine, and for the second year, Vets on Track. In addition to all these events, Potomac Region will again offer Taste of the Track, a great way for those not familiar with DE to see what it is all about... and help out some worthy causes. Also be sure to stick around Saturday night for the annual PorscheFest Gala Dinner and Awards Banquet. This is a time for the entire family to come out and spend a special weekend with fellow PCAers.
About the weekend's festivities:
DRIVERS EDUCATION
Drivers Education is certainly one of the most popular
PCA events. For members who wish to learn to drive their Porsches the way they were meant to be driven, and without breaking traffic laws, this is the event for you. The DE is a 3-day event at our home track, Summit Point Raceway. To register, please visit
www.pcapotomac.us, or visit the DE home page on
PCA Potomac's website for more information.
TASTE OF THE TRACK
In conjunction with DE, our Public Service committee is running the 4th Annual Taste of the Track. Members (and/or their spouses, friends, and children over 18) who are interested in learning more about DE, but aren't ready to take the plunge, are invited to join us for a memorable day at the track; watch the tech inspections, attend the meetings, hang out with the drivers, and ride along in an instructor's car as he/she turns hot laps on Summit Point's two-mile, 10-turn main course. It is an experience you will never forget! The cost is a $60 donation to
PCA Potomac's charities, the Carol Jean Cancer Foundation and the SPARC Foundation, and participants can choose to join us Saturday or Sunday. Space is limited, so register today by emailing Scott Mayster at
publicservice@pcapotomac.org. Please email or visit the Public Service page on the
PCA Potomac website for more information.
AUTOCROSS
Another exciting
PCA activity that will certainly help you to improve your car control skills while allowing you to compete against fellow members is Autocross. On Saturday of PorscheFest weekend, the conebangers (really, they like to be called that!) are holding their fifth event of the season at James Wood High School in Winchester, VA, not far from Summit Point Raceway. The cost to participate is $40, but anyone registered for the DE can participate for no extra charge… and you'll still be able to get in your last DE run of the day. Registration is available at
www.pcapotomac.us or at the event, and much more information is available on the
PCA Potomac website.
DRIVE AND DINE
For those looking to enjoy their Porsches at a more leisurely pace and spend quality time socializing with fellow members, join us for the Drive and Dine. On Saturday, August 16 the group will meet at 10am at the Manassas Battlefield Visitors Center, and take the extra-long scenic route (including lunch in Harpers Ferry) to Summit Point Raceway. The group will arrive at the track in plenty of time to see the last few hot lapping sessions of the DE and participate in Vets on Track (see below). All that driving and socializing will certainly work up an appetite, so the Gala Dinner and Awards Banquet will be a perfect end to the day. Pre-registration is required and space is limited, so please visit our registration site:
Founders' Region PCA Potomac . The
PCA Potomac website has more information about the event.
VETS ON TRACK
For the second year, the Potomac Region is hosting some very special guests at PorscheFest. Vets on Track is a way for us to honor the brave men and women fighting the Global War on Terror by inviting a group of wounded vets from Walter Reed Hospital and their families to join us for a day away from the hospital. If last year was any indication, it will be an emotional and memorable afternoon for everyone. After arriving by bus, the vets and their families will be shown around the paddock, and there will be no shortage of people wanting to meet them, thank them and talk about their cars with them. Our guests will then head to the classroom for a 'track talk'; a briefing about high-speed track driving. This will prepare them for their own session of ride-alongs in instructors' cars for some hot laps after the final DE run group finishes.
GALA DINNER AND AWARDS
The day will be capped off by our Gala Dinner and Awards Banquet, when we will have more quality time to get to know our honored guests. There will also be an awards presentation and a raffle for prizes provided by local sponsors. The dinner is scheduled for 6pm Saturday night under a tent at the track, and is open to all members and their friends and family. Tickets are $20 per person (children under 12 are free). Tickets can be purchased starting Friday morning at registration for DE and will be available throughout the weekend. Please email
social@pcapotomac.org for more information. So come out and help us to, in some small way, show our appreciation for the service and sacrifice offered by these brave soldiers and their families. Without them protecting our freedom, none of these events would be possible!
Until 
Maybe next year.
It's time for some track pads.... Oh, and time for new tires too -- I corded my old RA1s in the last session. Anyone have a recommendation for good R-comp autocross tires that can also withstand a few DEs?