This is the official blog of the Lincoln Trail Region of the Porsche Club of America. We use this to share articles about the club and it's members, and Porsche.
As discussed in an earlier blog post, Las Vegas (and other places) has places you can go to drive high end sports cars and supercars on the track. Generally normal people like you and me do 5 laps or more on their track with an instructor. Exotics Racing times these laps and posts them all on their leaderboard here: https://exoticsracing.com/michelin-time-trial-world-challenge.html . Notice what cars make the vast majority of the fastest laps. The Porsche GT cars. Right now the Porsche GT2 RS and GT3 RS hold the top 5 spots.
It took F1 driver Charles Leclerc to get a Ferrari to number 6. Only 4 of the top 20 are not Porsche. What this shows to me is how easy it is to drive the Porsche GT cars very fast compared to other supercars. Even YouTuber Shmee150 can make excellent lap times in his first time out with these cars on this track.
I was really impressed that they were able to hold 1.49g cornering in a stock GT2 RS at this very short track.
On paper the GT2 RS sounds like a monster. Yet several have taken them to the track for their first time and were surprised how easy it is to drive this car silly fast. Consider this comparison between a GT3 cup car and a stock GT2 RS at Road America.
Listen to the drivers comments about the relative ease of making fast laps in the GT2 RS.
Next time you are in Las Vegas, see where you fit on the Exotics Racing leaderboard in the GT2 RS.
Here in the Midwest we enjoy a rich car culture. Even in Central Illinois, away from the big cities, we have plenty of car related things to do. We also have many activities within a few hours drive from here as well. I wanted to share some key website to get people started.
Peoria Cars & Coffee and Friday Night Lights events. These events draw hundreds from all around and feature every kind of car, 4x4, rat rod, classic, custom, sports car, pony car, etc.
There are 2 main websites to find and register for automotive events, Clubregistration.net and Motorsports.reg. Most PCA, BMWCCA, SCCA, Audi club, and others use one of these two sites so they are a great place to find events.
Autocross
The Central Illinois SCCA has the most autocrosses in Central Illinois. As with many clubs, they use Motorsports.reg for their event registration.
Several LTR members participated in the Street Survival at Cat Mossville AC this weekend. The local newspaper printed this article about it too. This was our 10th year offering this event and its going stronger than ever. If you have never been involved in one of these I would highly recommend it. At a minimum, all new drivers should go through it. My daughter did it twice. We are always looking for volunteers. We will be doing this again in the Spring, generally May-ish.
I have heard from several members off and on that they are not aware of what is going on in the region. I decided to create this post so people know when things are happening, both LTR events, and other car events around the region.
Make sure your email is up-to-date on the PCA national website! We used this with our emailer to send notices out to the members. You must have an up-to-date email in the PCA national website in order for this to work. Go to the website: https://www.pca.org/, login [Member Log-in], select the [Edit] tab, and update your information. If you change email addresses make sure to update this.
Connect with us on Facebook. I know, I am not a big fan of Facebook either but it is the most popular social media platform. The LTR has a page and a private group. Lets use this to share events around the region, tips, etc. Start here: https://www.facebook.com/ltrpca/. I have a link to this right on the LTR website for your convenience.
The LTR website. This is our main place to connect with our region. I have links to all the above on the website. I also have an additional calendar showing other car events around the region and in nearby regions.
Please take advantage of these so you are aware of what is going on and can hopefully participate in some club activities and get the most out of your LTR membership.
If you are interested in cars that Speed Vegas does not have, or you want to try a different track, there are another places very similar at the Las Vegas Speedway Commerce Center North if Las Vegas. For instance Exotics Racing, Dream Racing, and Vegas Supercars.
The PCA and BMWCCA both support Tire Rack Street Survival schools to help teach new drivers car control. The goal is to create better drivers by developing skills that will help them avoid accidents. Here in Central Illinois the Illini BMW club sponsors a Street Survival school at Caterpillar building AC near Mossville. There are actually 2 schools, one per day, on June 22nd and 23rd. This event is run by all volunteers and we need more volunteers to support more students. We need all sorts of volunteers such as people helping with registration, course workers, in-car coaches, and in-class instructors. If you would like to help improve new drivers, please go to this site http://illinibmw.com/events/trss/ and follow the instructions to contact the Street Survival team.
I wanted to make a brief post for those interested in performance driving. Last year I posted this blog about it to give information and videos explaining what they are all about. One of my personal favorites is Central Indiana region PCA Spring Brake which is now open for registration. I hope to see many LTR folks there.
