AX Article and Results - July 15, 2001

Autocross # 4 Brings a Large Turnout
by Brian Minkin, Autocross Chairperson

Sunday July 15 RTR held Autocross # 4 at Penn State Delaware County. The day was absolutely perfect with sunny skies and moderate temperatures. The good weather seemed to bring out the drivers and spectators. We even had several local law enforcement officers come by and express interest in the event. Maybe next event theirs will be the time to beat. 50 drivers registered and ran 6 runs on a challenging course made up of two skid pads turning in opposite directions, a figure eight, and two very fast sweeping arcs. Our friends from the local Corvette clubs joined us again with more cars then last time. Their times were quicker as well and I think the Porsche folks are starting to feel the competition.

Of the 50 drivers running in this event 35 were from marquees other then Porsche, including 6 Mazda Miata's and 9 Corvettes. A few where familiar faces but lots of new drivers as well. Only 16 Porsche drivers ran in the event. We saw lots of German brethren however with VW, BMW and Audi drivers coming out to test their driving skills and challenge ours. The winner for the rare car of the day contest was a 1965 Shelby Cobra with a license plate on the back reading 500 HRSPWR. Not sure if it was a replica or the real thing, but regardless it was a showroom quality car and the exhaust sound was most impressive.

Fastest time of the day (FTD) was maintained by the Porsche group with Dennis Angelisanti Jr. turning a time of 66.04 seconds. And right on his heels Dennis Angelisanti Sr. came in with 66.52 seconds. Nipping on the father and son duos tails was a Corvette driven by Kehl Rothermel with a time of 67.3 seconds.

After a long day of growling exhaust and tires adhering to the pavement awards were given out and all agreed that the event was again a total success. We have two more events left in the 2001 Autocross season. I hope our club members who have been thinking about giving it a try will come out and join us. We need to show the mounting number of Corvette's that Porsche and Autocross are an unbeatable combination.

See everyone at the August 19th event.

Driver	Car	Class	Time	Points
Josette Donatelli	1986 Porsche 930	C	74.01	10
John Groves	2000 Porsche Boxster	E	67.81	10
Geza Korshmaros	2001 Porsche Boxster	E	68.65	8
Dave Coughlin	2001 Porsche Boxster S	E	69.99	6
Dennis Angelisanti Jr.	1999 Porsche Boxster	F	66.04	10
Dennis Angelisanti Sr.	1999 Porsche Boxster	F	66.52	8
Eric Savage	1971 Porsche 911	F	68.19	6
Steve Minkin	1986 Porsche 911	F	69.67	4
Brian Minkin	1986 Porsche 911	F	71.55	2
Vince Crognace	1977 Porsche 911	F	72.71	1
Steven Kurtischko	2001 Porsche Boxster	F	73.51	1
Mike Delfiner	1999 Porsche Boxster	F	74.51	1
Martin Behr	1986 Porsche 911	F	80.78	1
James Maazzone	1988 Porsche 944S	H	77	10
John Cullen Jr.	1970 Porsche 914-6	I	70.42	10

Driver	Car	Class	Time	PAX
Andrew Giajewski	2001 VW Jetta	GS	69.01	54.44
Bill O'Toole Jr.	1992 Mazda Miata	CS	68.04	54.7
Bill O'Toole III	1992 Mazda Miata	CS	68.78	55.29
Vikas Sinha	1999 Audi A4	STS	71.35	55.79
Stephan Lockett	1990 Eagle Talon TSI	ESP	67.88	55.79
Kehl Rothermel	1999 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	67.3	55.85
Eric Hillshart	1993 Chevrolet Corvette	BSP	68.99	56.08
Jeff Dallstream	1987 Honda Civic Wagon	ESM	71.81	56.44
Peter Shoemaker	1997 Talon Eagle	ESM	72.17	56.72
Kevin Douglas	1992 VW Corrado SLC	GS	72.27	57.02
Rob Elliot	1998 BMW M3	AS	70.2	57.35
Cory Mayo	2001 VW Golf	HS	73.51	57.41
Andrew R. Miaysa	19922 Mazda Miata	CS	71.64	57.59
David Sanders	1994 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	70.37	58.4
Butch Rokosz	2000 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	71.09	59
Michael Harris	1965 Cobra	SS	71.18	59.07
Craig Elliott	1998 Audi A4	GS	74.88	59.08
Gerry Wild	1995 Mazda Miata	BS	73.4	59.27
Jim Shoemaker	1997 Eagle Talon	ESM	70.4	59.27
Scott Armstrong	1992 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	71.41	59.27
Rich Morgan	1997 Acura Integra	GS	75.22	59.34
Alex Spears	1997 Saturn SC1	HS	76.16	59.48
Richard Hooper	1997 Mazda Miata	BS	73.37	59.64
Kevin W. Krick	1987 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	72.15	59.88
Ron Sanders	2000 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	72.26	59.97
Kate Meyer	1986 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	72.7	60.34
David Jenny Jr.	1984 Pontiac Trans Am	FS	76.3	61.57
Nicholas Hance	1984 Pontiac Trans Am	FS	76.78	61.96
Robert Voshell	1995 Chevrolet Corvette	SS	75.71	62.83
Dan Eisentraut	1989 Saab 9000 Turbo	GS	79.95	63.08
Robert S. Harris	1965 Cobra	SS	79.14	65.68
Kristin Wild	1995 Mazda Miata	BS	86.03	69.94
Deb Webb	2001 Audi TT	AS	87.06	71.12
Jean White	1961 Chevrolet Corvette	FS	117.22	94.59