944 Spec Drivers had a banner weekend at Road America, with 5 cars in the Sprint Race, and 3 cars in the 3 hour enduro, which all the cars finished! Once again, 944 Spec drivers showed speed and sportsmanship, with no car to car contact - making it a clean season with 4 rookie drivers.

Satuday started with our rookie drivers finding their lines around Autobahn's South Course in the wet. By race time, it mercifully dried up. Eric jumped out to an early lead, with Ray working hard on the cars in between, and Angel & Jeff making chase. BJ, lost the a bolt out of the linkage early on, but got it together for the enduro later the same day. Angel got close to Ray with some traffic, but couldn't quite get by. Eric stayed out front for his first win this year - ending Ray's streak.

BJ "assumes the position" (BJ's our transmission expert

For the 3 hour enduro, the 944 Spec crew welcomed Roy Lippen, who normally drives a GTS-2 M3. Eric joined Angel Blasquez in a friendly reunion with his old car. BJ & Rob drove their shared car for the final entry. Our 944's were able to post lap times faster than the winning E2 class cars, but need to work on our pit stops and consistancy a bit to improve our finishing positions, but watch out at Road America!

Sunday the overnight rain dried up a again, and Ray was back in winning form with Eric sidelined with mechanical issues. Angel pulled even closer, but Ray was able to turn it up enough to stay ahead. Jeff again got "into the money" with his second 3rd place finish for the weekend. Angel was also consistent with two second place finishes. BJ had some fueling issues that left him down on power, but able to finish  the race.

Everyone agreed the enduro was a blast - and help our drivers home their skills a great deal - lap times fell a bunch from Saturday (pre-enduro) and Sunday (post Enduro).

In a new development, Robyn Hillman of VFC has extended her hospitality to 944 Spec Drivers & family providing free lunch, drinks, and snacks - thanks VFC!

With another clean weekend in the bag, and more new drivers joining us for Road America next week, NASA's 944 Spec is rapidly growing into a premier driver's series.

Rounds 1 & 2 of NorCal 944-SPEC's 2008 CASH race series was held at Infineon raceway on June 28th and 29th.  The race weekend feature some real hard fought battles, a five position loss by one of the lead cars in the last lap, a terrible crash and the combined sigh of relief the driver was O.K.

NorCal 944-SPEC will begins its CASH race series  June 28th & 29th at Infineon raceway.

We have over $1,000 in direct CASH payouts and over $1,800 in contingencies and door prizes.
We  welcome 944-SPEC racers from all regions.  

In addition every NorCal 944-SPEC race entry counts as a raffle ticket to the year end prize table and you're guaranteed a prize.  See this forum link

CASH payouts per day/race:
1st $200
2nd $150
3rd $100
4th $50
5th $25

A 1st place win for both days will net you $400 in CASH and $700 in contingencies.

Trophies for the Infineon event:

The 2008 Summer Jam at Miller Motorsports Park marked the first multi-region crossover in NASA 944-SPEC. Drivers from five NASA regions came from as far as 1300 miles to participate in this first annual 944-SPEC super crossover event. The event was held at the amazing new Miller Motorsports Park and hosted by the Rocky Mountain NASA region. In attendance were racers from all five of the major 944-SPEC regions most new to the fast corners and long straights that make up the 4.5 miles super smooth racing surface. Friday was scheduled as a test day using the fast flowing 3.0 mile outer course. With four 30 minute practice session and 20 minute late day fun race there was plenty of time to get a feel for the course and used to new competition.

So many things were flying through my head, but I kept coming back to: Have Fun and Stay Out of Trouble. It was a hot, windy and clear blue day of racing at Thunderhill in Willows California. I could feel sweat pouring out of my body. My once-used race suit wasn't uncomfortable, but it doesn't feel like any other piece of clothing. Sliding the side net into place. Rocking my head from side to side to get used to the HANS device. Once over the gauges. Being ready for your first race isn't something you'll ever be. It is something you get after you see checkers that first time.