FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK – October 2024
- October 3, 2024
- Desert Drives, From The Presidents Desk
- Posted by Reid Smith
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From the President’s Desk,
September was an incredibly event-packed month! Brian Schmidt, our Chief Driving Instructor, held a very informative Tech Session on Car Control at our monthly Brunch. From what I have heard, practically everyone learned something new at this excellent presentation.
The Gunlock, Utah Drive and Picnic took place on a hot morning when we met at Lake Mead. When we arrived at the picnic gazebo at Gunlock State Park, a nice breeze was coming off the lake and it was quite enjoyable. A group of our friends from Southern Utah joined us for some good comradery. A shoutout to Gary Lea, who came up with the plan and organized the drive. He said we will do it again!
September 21st marked the annual Las Vegas AutoFest, held on the fairways of scenic Red Rock Golf Course. Although this festival includes all marques, Porsche cars dominated with 86 awesome Porsches on display! See the recap in this issue.
My deadline for this issue was before our September 28-29 High Performance Drivers Education weekend at Spring Mountain Motorsports Raceway. Although I cannot tell you about the event now, I’ll give a recap in the next issue. We reluctantly had to cancel the November HPDE, but we keep you posted about our plans for 2025.
Our Oktoberfest Mix & Mingle will take place on the 22nd at the Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Beer Hall & Beer Garden. Sign up soon as we have a limit of 20 members.
Lastly, we are holding an F 1/10 Autonomous Race on November 3rd following the monthly Brunch. UNLV students will test their car construction and computer programming skills on a “P” shaped racetrack. We are raising money for their expenses in being able to build the cars, which are expensive. Please see the details in this issue!
