My first autocross was memorable.
My 986 got a ton of compliments which was great, then on my first run the instructor they had ride with me was not expecting me to gun it, and was madly reaching for the door grip as I got off the line. At the end of the day a guy in a brand new Corvette decided to get up to 100mph in the slalom and spun out into the only light post near the course.
There was also a photographer: