A silly dilemma

as the title says this is kinda of a silly dilemma with no real consequences
but here it is.

There is a PCA autocross on sunday. My PCA region does an autocross once a month and rewards points at each autocross to crown a Champion at the end of the season.

Points are rewarded as follows
1st place 9 points
2nd Place 6 points
3rd Place 4 points
4th place 3 points
5th place 2 points
6th place 1 point

We are two autocrosses in and my point total is ZERO LOL. In all fairness I have not attended either of the events this year. The current leader in my class has actually won both autocrosses so he is sitting on 18 points. There will be 11 more autocrosses this year, so his lead is not impossible to over come.

I want to win the over all championship and I believe my odds are very good as long as I attend all the rest of the events. My dilemma is that I have a GTR this weekend and I'm actually thinking of taking that car to the autocross just because I won't have the option to do so later on. The rules do no allow you to run two cars because when you are not driving you should be helping on the autocross course. If I take the GTR i would be competing in the open class and not scoring any points for the S4 class that is made up of 911's, 911s, Turbo's, GT3, and GT2 that are showroom stock.

I'm actually leaning toward taking the GTR because I would actually really like to post the best time overall for the event and I think the GTR gives me a better chance. Love it or hate it, the GTR is both faster than my car and much easier to drive at the limit.

So the question is do I take my 911S and go for points or do I take the GTR and go for over all glory.

I look forward to your answers

Cheers
Matthew

10 races

By: grigo : March 4th, 2011-21:35

If you drive the GTR this weekend and don't score any points, can you still statistically win the overall autocross if you win the last 10 races? I would also point out that a lot of the fun is simply in competing. Best regards, George

it would be a tall feat

By: tourbillon001 : March 4th, 2011-23:00

because I would assume he will win the S4 class again which would put him one 27 points with ten races to go. The difference between first and second place is 3 points per event. So the math does allow for a very close points race that can still be won by...

I would go for the race on the GTR

By: grigo : March 4th, 2011-23:55

If it is only going to happen once, go for the burn. I say take the risk. It heightens the stakes for sure. Best regards, George

re: dilemma

By: DRMW : March 5th, 2011-00:53

"....this is kinda of a silly dilemma with no real consequences..." How about just racing the car you feel like driving that day, focus on having fun and improving times, and forget the points? IMO, PCA is laid back but POC is much more serious bunch of g...

Thanks DRMW

By: tourbillon001 : March 5th, 2011-11:17

I think your idea is great. I wish my personality allowed me to do so. I normally go in thinking I'm just going to enjoy the ride and not worry about my times but once I pass the timing lights a different switch is flipped in my brain. I guess a little ba...

It's....

By: DRMW : March 5th, 2011-17:45

It's good to see that you still have the fire to be competitive. Keith Code? Cool. Still have his Twist of the Wrist books in the Library, also a bunch of us took a weekend course many years ago. Great class and the instructors were really good. Whatever ...

If this is the only opportunity ...

By: AndrewD : March 5th, 2011-20:59

... to experience the GTR under these sort of race conditions, I would certainly do that. The 911S will always be there. But actually the points would be less important to me than the racing experience and performing to my own highest ability. But I can u...

Well the results are in

By: tourbillon001 : March 6th, 2011-16:49

I'm afraid I let you guys down. I was a serial cone killer. The GTR was like a bull in a very small china shop. It was almost comical at how many cones I killed, but each run my lap times were coming down as I was collecting cones. On my last run of the f...

What was the GTR like ...

By: AndrewD : March 6th, 2011-17:26

... particularly compared to the 911? You concentrate on times and the second place (congratulations, sounds pretty good to me!) but I would be interest in the driving experience. You comment about the GTR feeling slow, even with a reaonable time posted, ...