India Favell, age 18 and senior here at SJHHS, has been flooring Porsches up to speeds of 130 mph on the race tracks.
“I love it! It’s so much fun! I love the adrenaline rush!” says Favell. At age 16, Favell joined the Porsche Owners Club (POC), where she began the first out of three levels in racing known as the Performance Driving Series or PDS.
PDS allows for club members to learn the performance limits of their car as well as the basic abilities such as car control.
“It was interesting learning how to drive stick because the first time I almost crashed into a pole with my dad’s Porsche Cayman S,” says Favell.
A ton of safety is also emphasized, for she gears up with fireproof underwear beneath a fireproof suit, a fireproof shirt, fireproof gloves, a head sock, driving shoes and a helmet. In addition to security, races are held in a legal, safe, and controlled environment.
Favell was massively influenced by her father–who had joined the POC about four years earlier than her–to join him in this new hobby and she is actually considered the youngest to join the POC. Her first racing car was a 1974 Porsche 914 and now she is seen on the tracks with a Porsche boxster, a much more powerful car.
Once Favell received her PDS license, she moved up and is currently in the second level known as the Time Trial Series or TT, where one can race bumper to bumper and can only pass others in certain zones. At age 22, she plans to move up to Cup Racing or CR, which is open passing wheel-to-wheel action. Races contain about 4-5 sessions in a day with about 6-10 laps in each session.
Rather than seeing this as her future career, she considers racing as her hobby because “it’s hard to get into as a career, especially for women because it’s a male-dominated sport,” says Favell.
With her dad as a graphic designer and her mom having also studied graphic design, she is leaning toward graphic design and possibly cinematography for the future.
Referring to racing, Favell says, “Anyone can try it. Anyone at this school can try it as long as you have a car and a driver’s license.” For more information, visit porscheclubracing.org.
“I love it! It’s so much fun! I love the adrenaline rush!” says Favell. At age 16, Favell joined the Porsche Owners Club (POC), where she began the first out of three levels in racing known as the Performance Driving Series or PDS.
PDS allows for club members to learn the performance limits of their car as well as the basic abilities such as car control.
“It was interesting learning how to drive stick because the first time I almost crashed into a pole with my dad’s Porsche Cayman S,” says Favell.
A ton of safety is also emphasized, for she gears up with fireproof underwear beneath a fireproof suit, a fireproof shirt, fireproof gloves, a head sock, driving shoes and a helmet. In addition to security, races are held in a legal, safe, and controlled environment.
Favell was massively influenced by her father–who had joined the POC about four years earlier than her–to join him in this new hobby and she is actually considered the youngest to join the POC. Her first racing car was a 1974 Porsche 914 and now she is seen on the tracks with a Porsche boxster, a much more powerful car.
Once Favell received her PDS license, she moved up and is currently in the second level known as the Time Trial Series or TT, where one can race bumper to bumper and can only pass others in certain zones. At age 22, she plans to move up to Cup Racing or CR, which is open passing wheel-to-wheel action. Races contain about 4-5 sessions in a day with about 6-10 laps in each session.
Rather than seeing this as her future career, she considers racing as her hobby because “it’s hard to get into as a career, especially for women because it’s a male-dominated sport,” says Favell.
With her dad as a graphic designer and her mom having also studied graphic design, she is leaning toward graphic design and possibly cinematography for the future.
Referring to racing, Favell says, “Anyone can try it. Anyone at this school can try it as long as you have a car and a driver’s license.” For more information, visit porscheclubracing.org.
