PDS by POC @ SOW – WOW!

Great event!  Great cars, new and old friends, fantastic instructors working so hard all weekend…awesome event POC.  The weather,  well, not so much.  Hot stuff!  How many Ferraris joined the P-cars on the Streets? Did all the Caymans in So Cal come to Willow for the weekend?  If you weren’t there, you missed a good one.

Now, a word for our new drivers: let’s talk about car numbers.

Even though you don’t have your permanent POC number yet, you want to be seen on track, spotted by the camera and recognized. When Velocity captions are put together, you’ll want us to know who you are out there.

Car numbers should be 8″ high to be easily identified. Side numbers on both doors, and a hood number will help when the day’s photos are organized. You’re more likely to make it into the magazine if we don’t have to struggle to figure out who’s photo we have.

Also, demonstrate your graphic artist talent somewhere else on race day. That means, don’t use your car numbers to show your individuality. Sevens displayed backwards, awkward fonts, alphanumeric designations, too much tape decoration around the numbers…nope.  While these things may look cool in the pits, when you fly past my lens at 120 mph, its just a blue blur! Keep it simple and make the editors’ and photographer’s life easier!

See everyone in Las Vegas or Auto Club Speedway in October.

The End of Summer

Fall is here. You can feel it in the air.

The Summer of 2010 was full of activities:

• Porsche Parade in St. Charles, IL

• Porsche Owners Club presented Tribute to LeMans in a great weekend event at Auto Club Speedway

• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was the site of Porsche Owners Club’s annual charity Fundraiser event

• Auto Club Speedway’s 2 day event for Porsche Owners Club Cup Races and Time Trials

Were you there?  Did you miss anything?  Virtual Access Photo was so busy!  It has been great to see old friends, watch great battles on the track: hey Martin, you going to let Steve lead the rest of the year?  Is Mobine going to keep breaking records?

The shops are well represented: Aase shows great work, Speed Gallery is doing great, GSR keeping Regan going strong (did you see that start at Auto Club from “DFL”? Steve and Desert Performance Motorsports are showing 2 great cars; how about Hergesheimer – Eric was dominant in BSR at Laguna Seca.  Check out the growing fleet of Cayman Specs running CSR…now up to 3! Come on, you know you want to join in!

If you missed the Tribute to LeMans, check out the photo galleries to see all the great action. Robert Dalrymple and his Three Amigos made a great run and stayed out in front with excellent driving and masterful pit stops. And, in the handicap division, John Cherniack, Bill Fox, Vali Predescu, and John Gordon teamed up as “996SPECtacular” for the win!

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POC Triple Crown weekend @ Willow Springs

WOW!!

What an event!

Lots of cars…full race groups…welcoming our new PDS students and PDS licensed drivers…Time Trials and great racing in all the groups. Huge smiles on faces all around the property! It was wonderful to see.

The weather worked in our favor, for the most part. Wind, yeah always some wind – its Willow!

But, better than all that were all the cars out there – so many that we haven’t seen in a long time…or ever! Glad to welcome new people!

VAPhoto took about 2000 shots in the paddock and out at the fence lines…now to the task of processing all that work.

I also have to get the Photo Galleries attached to the website. So many people spotted their car onscreen when I went into the building to download CF cards. Its a great way to meet the people who are inside the cars that pass across my lens.

The big oops in the Orange race, was, well, too bad. I couldn’t hear the yelling from where I was in turn 4!

Watch for the photos or drop VAPhoto an email asking about your proofs.

Looking forward to Tribute weekend in June at Auto Club in Fontana.  See you there!

Thanks to Mike of R Gruppe!

The name of yesterday’s event at Buttonwillow has been revised to show the correct title.

My thanks to Mike Gagen for the update!

R Gruppe Sports Purpose Day @ Buttonwillow

Today was a wonderful day under the cloud studded skies of Buttonwillow with the R Gruppe guys.

Awesome collection of cars, great track time, friendly people, and great weather (once we all arrived – snow in the Grapevine excepted).

Photos will be posted soon, but in the meantime, send an email to:   info@virtualaccessphoto.com

and request proofs of the photos of your car on track or in the paddock. Describe your car: color, tape design, wheels, etc. whatever  may have been captured in the lens. I’ll prepare some proofs and send them via email for your review. If you want to order some photos, I offer digital and print options, so we can provide the memories of the start of the great weekend’s events.  Thanks for letting Virtual Access Photo be a part of your track day!

c.

New Website!

Virtual Access Photo is nearly ready to launch their new website. Check out:

www.virtualaccessphoto.com

to see the new photo galleries and postings from events covered by Virtual Access Photo. This week the first event is the Early S Registry or “R Gruppe” at Buttonwillow.

Buttonwillow is not an easy place to shoot good photos because the fence locations are so far from the track. But I have found some locations that make it possible to catch the good angles and action shots that VAPhoto’s customers have come to appreciate.

Following the R Gruppe guys, POC is at Willow Springs for their Triple Crown weekend. Watch for our postings about the big weekend for Porsche Owners’ Club and Speed Ventures on the Streets of Willow.

POC welcomes its new PDS (Performance Driving Series) drivers who have completed at least one event prior to the Triple Crown weekend. They will have sessions for time trials on both days, so watch our newest drivers start to hone their skills on the big track!

An action packed weekend…can’t wait!  See you there!