Zone 1 – PCA Sim Racing

The Tip Jar – Installment 13. Lucky for Some!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

What do you ensure you always do before a race?

Dean Chapman, “Trip to the loo, ensure the kids+wife leave me alone, switch off the phone!”

What do you ensure you always do in a race?

Dean Chapman, “Be courteous, check black box relatives..”

What do you recommend racers never do before a race?

Dean Chapman, “Get too hyper pumped”

What do you recommend racers never do while in a race?

Dean Chapman, “Re-enter track before checking black box/ dive bomb stupid corners that are NOT for overtaking/ keep an open mic in discord or iRacing

January 16th, 2022|Categories: tipjar|Tags: 911, 928, 944, 992, BMW, Dean's List, driver training, Driver61, Fanatec, GT3 Cup, GT3R, hagerty, heusinkveld pedals, interviews, iRacing, le mans, logitech, Mclaren, Michelin, nordschleife, PCA, PCA Sim Racing, pirelli, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Porsche Club of America, Porsche RSR, porsche singer, Sebring, SIM racing, simucube, speed secrets, thrustmaster, trakracer, virtual racing school, VR, VRS, Z1, Zone 1|

Dean’s List – Installment 13. Lucky for Some!

by Dean Chapman, Northern New Jersey Region PCA

Congratulations – Welcome to Installment 13!

You have found yourself on the pole position at the Dean’s List!

The Dean’s List is the place for me to ask questions of fellow PCA Sim Racing competitors, hopefully gleaning tidbits of information about their likes, dislikes, and equipment.

Today’s installment 13 is a special one…yes, I’ve interviewed myself!

I grabbed the Number 13 installment to match my car number.

After a series of unfortunate incidents during Series 6- From one race to another, I was wrecked, ran into, wiped out, and generally suffered at the hands of others. I count

January 16th, 2022|Categories: deanslist|Tags: 911, 928, 944, 992, BMW, Dean's List, driver training, Driver61, Fanatec, GT3 Cup, GT3R, hagerty, heusinkveld pedals, interviews, iRacing, le mans, logitech, Mclaren, Michelin, nordschleife, PCA, PCA Sim Racing, pirelli, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Porsche Club of America, Porsche RSR, porsche singer, Sebring, SIM racing, simucube, speed secrets, thrustmaster, trakracer, virtual racing school, VR, VRS, Z1, Zone 1|

Zone Group 1

2023 Zone 1 Zone Group Championship (ZGC)

ZGC Run-Off Practice

When: Monday, January 23 8:00PM
Where: Sebring International, meet in discord zone 1 channel 1
Session Name: PCA Zone 1 ZGC Run-off
Who’s Invited: All Zone 1 drivers
Meet in discord at 8PM session will go live at 8:30

Zone 1 Zone Group Challenge Qualifier

The Zone Group Qualifier race for Zone 1 will be on Wednesday, January 25 at 8 PM EST at Sebring.

Driver Qualification Process

Please read 2023 Zone Group Championship – PCA Sim Racing for details on the upcoming Zone Group Championship series starting Feb 8, 2023.

November 10th, 2021|Categories: zone groups|Tags: PCA, Porsche Club of America, Zone 1, Zone Groups|

Zone 1 Road America Race

By Anker Berg-Sonne, Northeast Region PCA

The ZG1 Championship Begins

The first championship point race for the Zone 1 Wildcats was run Friday, December 5th, at Road America.

Road America is a fun, fast course with a couple of very tricky corners. Corner 3 requires a lot of braking and patience to hit the apex and track out. Failure puts you in the grass or a plodding exit speed leading on to the Moraine Sweep.

Corner 5 has a downhill approach and punishes late braking by putting you in the runout, as does corner six, where you end up in the grass and inevitably

December 6th, 2020|Categories: zone groups|Tags: Road America, Zone 1, Zone Groups|

Get ready for the Zone 1 championship races!

By Anker Berg-Sonne, Northeast Region PCA

This week the Zone 1 champion race series will begin.

On Monday, November 30th, we will have an eDE starting at 7 PM Eastern time, hosted by master racer, James Huth, who will walk us through the venue for the first race, Road America, and also takes us through some drills to improve our racing skills.

On Wednesday, December 2nd, again at 7 PM Eastern, we will have a Prelude, a practice race, with an hour of practice, 10 minutes of qualification, and 40 minutes of racing.

On Friday the 4th of December we will be racing for

November 30th, 2020|Categories: zone groups|Tags: Zone 1, Zone Groups|

Zone Group 1 Race at Lime Rock

By Anker Berg-Sonne, Northeast Region PCA

November 14th, 2020|Categories: zone groups|Tags: Lime Rock, Zone 1, Zone Groups|