Some of those guys were my EVO instructors. That's not surprising that there aren't many Boxsters. When I autocross with the Porsche Club there are tons of Boxsters and 911's. And my friend who refers to this set as the "wine and cheese crowd" have lap times all over the place. For instance the fastest time of the day and the average time of the day for each class is sometimes a difference of *several* seconds.
Now on the other hand when I autocross with the "blue collar" (if you will) clubs like SCCA, there arent nearly as many Boxsters or 911's. Way more S2000 and STI's and the fastest lap of the day and the average time of the day in a class is often under half a second. One particular day the most competitve class (the S2000 class) from 1st to like 8th or something the difference was less than .4's, a blink of an eye. And that was just a regular Sunday.
The Boxster is excellent for autocross but people are scared of whipping this car because of the high cost of ownership and maintenace/repair. Particularly when the S2000 is as quick as a base Boxster at a much lower cost. When it comes to seeing the Boxster underepresented at Nationals its got more to do with the drivers and the cars. I think you will find the guys who can usually afford these cars are not really the guys who are the best at driving them and the guys who can drive them don't have the dough.
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