PCNSW 2017 Front Engine'd Porsche's Competition results

[Buchanan Automotive]

I  have been meaning to post this for a few weeks , last century front engined  Porsche 944 variants did quite well again in both the SuperSprint & Motorkhana events which if you compete in both it can put you with a chance in the Drivers Championship , meaning if one wants to get a high placing in the Drivers Championship you have to do well in both the SuperSprint  & Motorkhana events 

 

SuperSprint Championship Class 1   }

 

1st Place   Mark Bloxham   951 ( 944 Turbo )  3.0L 8V E85 

 

2nd Place   Sean Buchanan  951 ( 944 Turbo ) 3.0L 16V E85 ( Sean missed one event as he was overseas) 

 

3rd Place    Kevin Westblade   991 GT3 RS 4.0L 

 

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Super Sprint Championship " Outright " Placings }

 

1st place     Ken Knight     944       ( Open C  class )

 

2nd place   Scott Warren   964 C2 ( Class 4  )

 

3rd place    Robert Scheeren  911 3.2 ( class 5 ) 

 

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MototKhana Championship }

 

Equal First Place to two competitors ( never ever happened before ) 

 

1st Place   Sean Buchanan  951 3.0L 16V E85

1st Place   Andrew Hibbard   981 CaymanS & a 986 Boxter S

 

3rd Place ( no 2nd this year )  Aldo Raadik  993 C4 

 

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Drivers Championship" Outright"Placings  }

 

1st Place     Andrew Hibbard  981 Cayman & a 986 Boxter S

 

2nd Place   Sean Buchanan   951 3.0L 16V E85

 

3rd Place    Tim Bickford    911 SC 

 

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Drivers Championship" Class"Placings 

 

Class 1 }

 

1st Place    Sean Buchanan   951

 

2nd Place    Mark Bloxham     951 

 

3rd Place      Kevin Westblade  991 GT3 RS

 

Class 6  } 

 

1st Place      Fred D'Cruz            944 2.5   1983

 

2nd Place     Edan Thornburrow  944 2.5   1985

 

3rd Place      Phillip Thornburrow  944 2.5  1985

 

 

 

Note 1 }  Super Sprint is competing as fast as one can go on a race track in you're " speed group " & even though you are out on the track with say 12 other Porsche's , you are competing against the stop watch , so one decent lap is all you need to get that elusive better lap time & you are tying to beat you previous best time( at that circuit) to accumulate more points & its these points( any ) that go towards the Super Sprint Championship directly . To be at the top positions in the SuperSprint Championship you have to compete in all of the events , you can not miss one or DNF early in the day 

 

Note 2 }  Speed Group }  It has little to do with what class you are in , it is a calculated time ( you're previous best time ) that will place you in any given "SuperSprint only" speed group  ( each group has 10-12 cars ), the basic idea is to seperate the cars on the track where possible & naturally during a track day you could end up in different starting ( Grid ) position as the day progresses , meaning you could having an excellent day & you're next grid position has gone up or you could be having problems & you drop a position or two .

 

Note 3 } Motorkhana }  This is done on a dedicated skid pan ,Witches hats laid out in a pattern & you have to drive the pattern in the correct direction & not hit a cone or go the wrong way ( loose points etc ) dry in the morning & wet in the afternoon, usually 4 different maps used  , no speed groups , you just go out one at a time , good test of memory & driving skill & the time is measured down to the split second , like Golf , it looks easy but its not , if you want to be placed in the Top 5 places or so .   Like SuperSprint , to be in the top three places in the Motorkhana Championship , you have to compete in all the events .

 

 

 

 

Drivers Championship , as mentioned the drivers championship is a combination of SuperSprint & Motorkhana results , but unlike the SuperSprint & Motorkhana individual Championships  where to get in the top three you have to do all the SuperSprint ( 5 usually ) or all the Motorkahana events ( 4 usually ) , only the Drivers Championship allows the throw away of one event during the year , meaning it gives a chance to those who cloud not attend all 9 events during the year ( 8 are counted ) and it gives those who competed in all 9 events a chance to throw away their worst scoring event , be it a Motorkhana or a SuperSprint event 

 

Classes }   This is a bit complicated , but in a condensed form there is 

 

 " Open "   A , B or C   , basically Porsche racing cars with slick tyres or un-registable competition Porsche  cars that are designed / modified just for racing  , the A , B or C bit is the Power to weight ratios to put them in some sort of class 

 

Class 1    Road Registered Porsche cars that run "R" spec road legal tyres with near unlimited power to weight ratio 

 

Class 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6  all road registered or able to be road registered Porsche cars with "R" spec road legal tyres but with power to weight ratios 

 

Regards

Bruce Buchanan

Buchanan Automotive 

 

[MFX]

When I actually have a running car, this is on my to do list. Sounds like great fun.

[tazzieman]

" last century front engined  Porsche 944 variants did quite well again"

Quite well indeed