for some quick background... the porsche club has 5 run groups in Driver's Ed at the track, green is the lowest, than it goes to blue, white, black, than red... blue and green you have instructors, white your good enough to be on your own, black and red are instructor groups split up mainly by HP.

I've been in the black instructor group for over a year but not an instructor and during winter, the club's chief instructor contacted my dad and wanted to see if i was interested in becoming an instructor. the have training i think once a yea and this yea was at summit point, the friday before the sat and sun event which was last weekend.

well since it was easter weekend, my mom wasn't too happy, so i left friday morning in the IS and went down with scott and dave from our group. we had a lil over 15 instructor in trainings in the class, and our day was very busy. we had class, than on track with our mentors, class, track with mentor, short lunch, class, track with mentor, class, than final evaluation, than free track time... all with 5min breaks in between...

so since i didn't have my car since my dad said i didn't need it, i took the IS out for a few laps for the first time....


Scott's 944


Steve and I, who both went through the Instructor training class


thanks to steve's son for taking some pics
steve having some fun during free track time after a long busy day in and out of the class room and out mentor's cars


me having a lil fun in the IS on the track for the first time






Well sat morning it rained and rained and rained than after lunch it cleared up, but i found out that i did pass the Instructor Training course, so no i am an National PCA Instructor




Daved's M3


Adam's dad's supercharged 997 carrera S they co-drive

 

Greg's 944, steve's 944, and the IS and my 911 in the background



Daved's M3



the Bulgaria group, forget the sti's name, Yorgi's evo, and his brother Ivan's M3


Yorgi's 420whp Evo


Fred jr's (we call him pop, almost 80 years old i think) and fred III's (who we just call fred) 914)


Yorgi


Ivan



Our paddock group


Sunday was awesome out but cold, but hell of alot better than rain


Howard racing at summit represented!

 

Mike S' newly re-built track monster who was this guy Frank's old car, built than re-built by TPC racing



Greg's 944 turbo a few laps before the motor blew and than caught fire


Dave A tearing it up in white



a ferrari 360 that ran, which i passed on saturday when daved and i were playing in the white group


yorgi destroying the blue group


Ivan having a blast


Pop doing good


a unique rare blue 996... not sure if i like it or not...


nice 996tt in the blue group

 

yorgi and adam playing around in blue when adam took his green student out in blue


tom (my instructor mentor i had friday) in his 997 GT3 taking his student out


adam and yorgi coming in the pit


Harris' first PCA DE in his dad's 997 carrera. his dad owns TPC racing and was instructing him





yorgi's friend's STI



adam's student

 

Todd's 993


There were motorcycles running at Shanendoaha and i guess one wrecked, cause this hovered and got real low than flew towards the other track and a lil while later it flew back over


my dad's RS America


my cars at the track


Tuffy's 996


thanks to Harris for snapping some pics, me and my dad doing what we do

 

Man those are some nice shots. Mike from TPC is a good guy, he builds fast cars, Mr. Church to name one that I've seen. Mike is an excellent driver as well, you know that whole Rolex cup thing. How long have you been driving? That's a 928 you're driving right? Your dads 993 RS is good looking too. That gold Targa looks like another customer that we have had here at the shop I work at. Big *thumbup*

 

All I can say is...Wow. Baller.

 

Just speechlesss.... Porsche and racecar heaven!

 

yea, Gary's car is pretty bad ***. he went home early though cause he wasn't feeling good. Mike is a good driver, we pit crewed for him when he did the grand am stuff in the rolex series. than he got guys from tech school to pit when he did the full rolex series.

i've been auto-xing since i had my learners and been doing D.E.'s since i turned 18, and i'm 22 now.

uh, no, i have a '83 911sc.... i think i have only seen one 928 run in a DE in the past like 10 years lol. there front engine V8's which look like sharks. the porsche in risky business is a 928...

my dad's car is a 964(911) RS America. it was a "GT-3" of its time. came factory gutted with the basics made for racing. no abs, power steering, and the jammed a 3.6 in it.

what shop do you work at??

haha, thanks

 

Looks like a great day! Some freinds and I ride our bikes down to Summit point a few times a year. I love that place.

 

Great pics and narrating, felt like I was there....