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December 7 Sat Breakfast Club-Tilted Kilt, Long Beach 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 7 Sat GPX Holiday Party, Long Beach Yacht Club 8 Sun Pomona Swapmeet 8 Sun Rose Bowl Swap Meet 8 Sun OCR Autocross, El Toro 25 Wed Christmas 26 Thu Boxing Day
January 2014 1 Wed New Years Day 4 Sat Breakfast Club-Tilted Kilt, Long Beach 4 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 4 Sat SDR Autocross, Qualcomm 11 Sat AZ Autocross - Bondurant Road Course 11 Sat SDR Installation Dinner 12 Sun Rose Bowl Swap Meet 18 Sat Zone 8 Banquet, Palm Springs Zone 8 Concours, Palm Springs Zone 8 President's Meeting, Palm Springs 18-19 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Chuckwalla 17-19 F-Sun SBR Caravan to Carlsbad 19 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 20 Mon Martin Luther King Day 24-26 F-Sun Grand National Roadster Show, Fairplex 25-27 S-Mon Rolex 24 Daytona 31 Fri Chinese New Year
February 2014 1 Sat Breakfast Club-Tilted Kilt, Long Beach 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 1 Sat SDR Driver's Dinner 1 Sat AZ DE, Bondurant West 2 Sun Groundhog Day 6-9 Thu-Sun NHRA Winternationals, Fairplex 8-9 S-Sun SDR Mystery Weekend 8 Sat SBR Concours Judge's School 8 Sat OCR Driver's Clinic, El Toro 9 Sun OCR Autocross, El Toro 9 Sun SDR Autocross, Qualcomm 9 Sun Rose Bowl Swap Meet 9 Sun AZ Sunday Drive to Wickenburg 14 Fri Valentine's Day 15 Sat AZ Autocross, Bondurant Skidpad 15 Sat SBR Tour of Private Pindler Collection 17 Tue President's Day 22-23 S-Sun SDR DE/TT, Streets of Willow
March 2014 1 Sat Breakfast Club-Tilted Kilt, Long Beach 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 1 Sat LA Lit Meet, Airport Hilton 2 Sun All Porsche Swap Meet, Phoenix Club 2 Sun GPX Hospitality Tent, Phoenix Club 2 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 8-9 S-Sun SDR Performance Driving School, Qualcomm 9 Sun Amelia Island Concours
9 Sun Daylight Savings Starts 9 Sun OCR Autocross, El Toro 9 Sun Rose Bowl Swap Meet 15 Sat SDR Concours Judging School 15 Sat AZ Autocross, Bondurant Road Course 15-16 S-Sun Sebring 12 Hours 16-17 S-Mon SBR Tour to Country Western Country 16 Sun F1, Australia 17 Mon GPX Day Away from Work, Streets of Willow 17 Mon St. Patrick's Day 29 Sat SDR Autocross, Qualcomm 30 Sun F1, Malasia 31 Mon Cesar Chavez Day
April 2014 4-6 F-Sun California Festival of Speed, Fontana 5 Sat Breakfast Club-Tilted Kilt, Long Beach 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 5 Sat Zone 8 Concours, Fontana 6 Sun OCR Autocross, El Toro 6 Sun F1, Bahrain 6 Sun Good Guys Roadster Show, Del Mar 11-13 F-Sun Long Beach Grand Prix 13 Sun Rose Bowl Swap Meet 13 Sun CAI Concours 13 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 15 Tue Passover 19 Sat Mt. Wilson Observatory Viewing Evening 19 Sat SDR Autocross, Qualcomm 19 Sat AZ Autocross, Bondurant Skidpad 20 Sun CCC Autocross, Santa Maria 20 Sun F1, China 25-27 F-Sun AZ Las Vegas Fun Run 26 Sat SBR Gimmick Rally 26 Sat SGVR Concours 27 Sun F1, Korea
AbbreviationsAZ — Arizona Region of the Porsche Club of AmericaCCC — California Central Coast RegionCAI — California Inland RegionGER — Golden Empire RegionGGR — Golden Gate RegionGPX — Grand Prix RegionLAR — Los Angeles RegionLVR — Las Vegas RegionOCR — Orange Coast RegionRR — Riverside RegionSAR — Southern Arizona RegionSBR — Santa Barbara RegionSDR — San Diego RegionSGV — San Gabriel Valley RegionALMS — American Le Mans SeriesDE — PCA Drivers Education track eventTT — PCA Time Trial track eventF1 — Formula 1PCA — Porsche Club of America
Grand Prix Region &Zone 8 Club Calendar
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2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar
3 Table of Contents - Board of Directors & Chairs
4 GPX Holiday Party ad - Decenber 7
5 Zone 8 Banquet, Palm Springs — January 18
6 Wright of Way — President's Column
7 Editorial License
On the Cover: 50 Year 911 Poster Presentation
to Hans Peter Porsche
8 Porsche Experience Center
10 Santa Barbara Teen Street Survival
11 Tribute to Peter Ross
12 Porsche Parade — Traverse City
14 November Membership Report & Anniversaries
15 December Membership Report & Anniversaries
16 GPX Members Caught on Camera
20 Angeles Crest Highway Tour
22 Book Review for Porschephiles
Porsche 911: 50 Years
23 November Board Meeting Minutes
WANTED: 928
24 Parade continued
26 Tilted Kilt II - GPX's Breakfast Club
28 Got Mail!
30 ClassifiedAds
31 GPX Breakfast Club Meeting at Tilted Kilt
Index to Advertisers
Commercial Ad Rates
EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material.
ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify membership chair, Gail Sachs, of any address, email, phone or membership status changes: Gail Sachs, PO Box 230874, Encinitas, CA 92023-0874 or (650) 279-1876 [email protected]. Also notify PCA at PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA 22150 or [email protected]
Web sitesGPX GrandPrixRegion.comZone 8 Zone8.orgPCA National Pca.orgPCNA us.Porsche.com/nationalPorsche AG Porsche.com
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Contents2013 GPX Board of Directors & Chairs
President - Suesan Way (619) [email protected]
Vice President - Dave Hockett (909) [email protected]
Secretary - Marty Goldsmith (562) [email protected]
Treasurer - Linda Cobarrubias(310) [email protected]
Activities - Susan Moard(626) [email protected]
Membership - Gail Sachs(650) [email protected]
Editor - Skip Carter (619) [email protected]
Zone 8 RepresentativeTom Brown(760) [email protected]
AdvertisingChuck Weaver(562) 430-3010 [email protected]
Chief Driving InstructorMike Mulligan (760) 672-9175 [email protected]
Circuit DistributionAlbert Franco(310) 379-8987 [email protected]
ConcoursJohn Baskett(310) 707-3903 [email protected]
Fundraising / CharityRey Garnica (786) 208-6023 [email protected]
Goodie StoreBob Baddy & Junko Kamei(310) 951-7979 [email protected]
InsuranceRon Shanon(310) 375-9840 [email protected]
Performance Driving EventsSkip Carter(619) 992-9927 [email protected]
SafetyNick Perdikaris(310) 901-8154 [email protected]
Social Media ChairMark Nelson(917) 609-9674 [email protected]
Tech InspectionDan Hockett(909) 921-5596 [email protected]
Technical AdviserMichael Dolphin(213) 248-4743 [email protected]
TimingDarren & Jennifer Cole(661) 209-9498 [email protected]
ToursMarty Goldsmith(562) 494-6350 [email protected]
Track Workers TeamBob & Karen Lewis(562) 429-3777 [email protected]
WebmasterJimmie Mitchell(310) 539-2568 [email protected]
Advisors to the PresidentLinda CobarrubiasNick Perdikaris
Aide-de-campNorma Dawson
Grand Prix Region 32th Annual Holiday Party& Silent AuctionLong Beach Yacht Club6201 Appian Way, Long Beach (562) 598-9401
We are looking for Silent Auction donationsto benefit Long Beach Childrens Dental Health Clinic
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Write of Way, by Suesan Way
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Well it is almost another year under the collective belt of the Grand Prix Region... And it has been quite a year.
We upped and moved to a new club house for our Saturday morning breakfast meeting, and we are doing fine at the new location. We are averaging about 75-85 people at each break-fast and all seems well. We had 9 board meetings in 2013, and will have produced the club magazine, the Circuit, 10 times. Our magazine reaches about 2000 people electroni-cally and of course all of our members by the US post. Ad-ditionally, our Circulation Manager, Albert Franco, makes sure that the Circuit is delivered to our advertisers and other supporters of the Grand Prix Region each month.
During 2013, we did 5 performance driving events, our two traditional Day Away from Work (started many years ago by Grand Prix Region members, Michael Dolphin and Perry Bradshaw). Both on a Monday, with the original idea (I believe) being that, basically, that once or twice a year mem-bers of the Grand Prix Region (and friends) just might not be available for work, on certain Mondays of any given year.
We did several great tours, organized by our Tourmeister, Marty Goldsmith. Perhaps it was because we were preparing for Escape, but GPX did more tours in 2013 than any year in recent memory.
We partnered for the 4th year with our friends from San Gabriel Valley Region (SGVR), and did two DE and Zone 8 Time Trials at the historic Pomona road course. We also did a joint event with the Los Vegas Region at Spring Moutain. This was a PCA Club Race and Zone 8 DE/Time Trial.
Grand Prix again partnered with SGVR to Co-Host this year’s National PCA Escape to LA. This Wednesday to Sun-day event was packed with tours, socials, meals and a show-stopping edition of Steve McQueen’s Bullitt at the most fabulous Drive-In Movie you have ever been to, which was packed with rows of nothing but gorgeous Porsches. Watch for much more coverage on the 2013 Escape to 2013.
Our Region put on another beautiful Concours d’Elegance at the Lakewood Country Club in May. We enjoyed the
company of many members of the 912 Registry and of GPX member Wayne Dempsey, owner of Pelican Parts, who brought out his wonderful 959 to be our guest car for the 2013 concours.
We again participated in the annual All Porsche Swap Meet at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim. We had a great day host-ing a Hospitality and Membership tent and enjoyed the day meeting and visiting with all kinds of Porsche friends and enthusiasts.
GPX had many volunteer hours invested in the 2013 edi-tion of the California Festival of Speed. Our members were involved everywhere from managing the grid to getting the perfect photograph for the shot of the year of the 50 years of 911 and a car for each year. What an amazing moment and what a fabulous picture.
At the annual Porsche Club Parade in Traverse City Michi-gan, Grand Prix Region very proudly took first in class for The Circuit, our monthly magazine, with Editor, Skip Carter. A huge congratulations on making the region and the President very proud.
This Saturday, to top the year off, we will have our annual Holiday Party at the Long Beach Yacht Club. We will have just over 80 people joining us for what we believe will be a wonderful evening and great way to end what has been a very successful and fun year for the Grand Prix Region.
We have already started thinking and planning for 2014 and, if you blink, the year and the opportunities will have again passed by, and you will have missed all of the fun (or enjoyed it vicariously through ready the Circuit or going to our website). So don’t let another month (or especially another year) go by. Come out and hang around with other people who have a love for this beautiful marque named Porsche. It comes in many colours, sizes and shapes. They all perform admirably and are guaranteed to supply their own-ers will tons of fun…
The Porsche Club is around to ensure the tons of fun part…Come see us soon.
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Skip Carter
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On the Cover...Tom Brown and Skip Carter presented a print of the 50 Years 911 display at this year's California Festival of Speed to Hans Peter Porsche at the Porsche Parade in Traverse City. In the photo (left to right): Kurt Gibson, PCA past president; Tom Brown, Zone 8 Representative; Hans Peter Porsche; Pete Stout, new Porsche Panorama Editor; Angie Gibson, PCA past first lady and Porsche Escape Registrar; and Skip Carter, who organized and movement and placement of the 50 911s. Greg Phillips took the photo.
December 2013
Have we been busy? You betcha! It doesn't matter if you're talking about Suesan and myself or the Grand Prix region in general. We've been busy!
October started with Breakfast Club on the first Saturday and our Day Away from Work DE the next Monday at Streets of Willow. Later in October we had our Escape to LA, of which Suesan was the co-chair and I was tours chair. Years in the planning and crazy nuts work the last several months heading into it. We walked away feeling, well... Feel-ing like we did a good job, all of us. We had so many people tell us how much they enjoyed seeing an LA that few visitors get to see.
The day after Escape ended we had a drivers ed at the Fair-plex. We were home for about a few days before heading to Buttonwillow for a 3-day driving event (what a blast). We left there on Sunday morning to a hotel in Solvang. We were there for a few days checking out the town, the countryside (did I mention the bakeries?), but most of all to spend some time visiting Ruth Levy and her husband, Hog. We had met Ruth through Escape. Ruth was a Porsche racer back in the '50s. Our national Panorama editor, Pete Stout, had wanted to interview Ruth. Suesan managed to put it all together at Escape. Ruth is an outspoken firebrand, and a thoroughly delightful person (if you stay on the good side of her).
We thoroughly enjoyed that visit. Hog is an avid bicyclist (you won't ever catch me doing three 200 mile mountain rides to win a jacket). He took us on a 50 mile drive into the mountains that really gave me a chance to see the country-side, including vistas overlooking the Channel Islands. I can see why they love riding in those hills.
We got back to LA for the LA Auto Show (great Porsche display), then headed home for 1 night. Just enough time to swap clothes in the suitcase, do some laundry, SLEEP IN OUR OWN BED, the head to Ontario for Tech Tactics and the Zone 8 President's meeting.
We thoroughly enjoyed everything, and the Buttonwillow/Solvang part actually felt like a vacation (anything where we're not somehow managing an event qualifies as "vaca-tion." We did have fun.
So in December we've got our first Saturday Breakfast Club followed by our annual Holiday Party that evening. Once those two things are done, we switch to club off mode (OK, it's never really off, just turned down a couple of notches),
WE NEED A NEW EDITORI've decided it's time for me to step down from the editor's job. The hardest part for me (that takes the most time) is the actual production work in InDesign. Sourcing the articles and photos and organizing the content is the easy part (for me). For someone who KNOWS InDesign, that would be the easy part.
So, we're looking for someone who can do anything from the InDesign production part to the whole thing. I'd be happy to work with you for a few months, but it really is time for me to pass the torch.
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Like all Porsche enthusiasts, I have had keen interest in the progress of the much anticipated Porsche Experience Center which was announced to us at the Los Angeles Auto Expo in November, 2012. James Taylor, the manager of this entire project for Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), was kind enough to meet with me for an update.
James is based at Porsche headquarters in Atlanta, but he frequently comes to the west coast to oversee the development of the Center. Simultaneously he is supervising the construction of another Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta. He has much expertise in building these Experience Centers, having created one in Silverstone, England near where he spent his youth involved in motorsports.
Porsche has broken ground on the 53-acre site in Carson, California next to the 405 Freeway. Broken ground is actually quite an understatement, as grading of the former golf course and importation of up to fifty truckloads of topsoil per day have been ongoing over the last several months to prepare the site for construction.
The most visible parts of the construction have yet to begin. They include the tight road course and training track, a skid pad to simulate varying road conditions, an all-terrain track, and the facility’s main building. The building will include a driver fitness center focused on motors-port, classrooms, and a gift shop. There will be a casual family style restaurant on the ground floor and a more businesslike dining room upstairs suitable for corporate meetings.
Porsche Motorsport will be relocating to this facility from its current location in Santa Ana. It will be bringing its collection of vintage race cars for display.
James’ vision for the Porsche Experience Center is to bring more people into the Porsche family and engage prospective and current customers in the enthusiasm that we all share for the brand. This can be done with new product rollouts, dealer support events, and club involvement (that would be us, folks). Driver training will be available for those who want to discover the immense capabilities of Porsche vehicles. Porsche drivers might want to include members of their family since the center will have a focus on youth and developing street-driving awareness.
This effort by Porsche really distinguishes it from any other brand of auto manufacturer. It’s exciting to imagine the endless possible uses of this facility. I’m sure we all have great feelings of anticipation for the grand opening scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2014. I look forward to our club hosting events at the Center since we’re fortunate to have it in our own back yard.
Porsche Experience Centerstory by Rick Mills
GOLF MAN BECOMES A DRIVERWith his golf course closed behind him, Golf Man seemed lost and abandoned. But now, thanks to PCNA, he has been invigorated by switching to a more active sport. He has become a driver, complete with Porsche motorsport driving suit and Michelin cap, waving the checkered flag
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We miss ya Pete
I've attended 18-20 Porsche Parades since my first in San Diego in 1992. They have all been fun — some better than others, but all wonderful experiences.
This last June Suesan and I flew to Detroit, grabbed a rental car for the 4-hour drive North to Traverse City. Somehow the subcompact turned into a Dodge Charger (they were crowded and I was directed to pick the color Charger I wanted). Of course, when we turned the car in there was a $300 upgrade fee included (It only took one phone call to get that changed).
We stopped for lunch. I thought about digging the Valentine out of the suitcase, but laziness got the better of me. I could have guaranteed that ticket. The good part was that Michigan has a no-points program. It still cost money.
Having never been to this part of the country, I had no expectations about Traverse City and the surrounding area, but ever since Traverse City was announced as the Parade site, people have been telling us how wonderful the area was, and that 80% of the world's cherries are grown there. We did find the cherries and, boy, were they good. Since returning home I've mail order purchased more than one 4# box of dark chocolate covered dried cherries (yum).
We are accustomed to being Porscheless at Parades. I'm not saying it's my first choice, but the extra days we'd need to drive don't currently fit with running a company. Not to mention that, until recently, the 356 was our only Porsche choice and... Well, that's another story.
Driving a non-Porsche restricted us to driving tours, of which were in good supply. There is a lot of water up there, and a lot of natural beauty. The Gimmick Rally was particularly fun. By its nature you need to drive slow and pay attention trying to identify 25 or so photos along the way. That rally is designed to show off some of the great things to see, and it did an excellent job.
Our other favorite tour was to Mackinac Island. It was a 3-hour drive one way to the ferry. Fortunately our Garmin alerted us to a significant road closure and we easily diverted east to avoid the problem.
Mackinac Island is open during the warmer months of the year and has no motorized vehicles. Everything is horse drawn or human powered (there are a few exceptions - ambulance, etc). The tour included ferry passage and a drive over the magnificent Mackinac Bridge. The highlight of the island was the fabulous buffet lunch and the famous Grand Hotel. If was patently clear that this was going to be a long, slow lunch. It had nothing to do with the quantity. The quality was very good. The Grand was built in 1887 and is famous for several reasons, including its 660 foot long front porch, a great place to sit and look out over the island and waters that join Lakes Michigan and Huron. It is also well-know as the setting for the movie Somewhere in Time.
Porsche Parade — Traverse Citystory by Skip Carter
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PCNA Club Coordinator Paul Gregor and his family participating in the Parade of Porsches
From our rental car, Suesan Way watches cars
The Old Mission General Store was a delightful lunch stop on the Gimmick Rally
Suesan and I both have volunteer jobs. Suesan operates Parade Concierge and I oversee the Concours Prep areas. We enjoy being part of the team that works hard so people have a great experience at Parade. It's fun.
You could not ask for better weather. Parade had the entire Traverse City Resort. There were Porsches everywhere. We noticed a lot of media personnel hanging around. It didn't take long to figure out why. Porsche debuted two new 911 models in Traverse City: the 50th Anniversary 911 and the 991 GT3. Not only did they get unveiled in front of us, but they were there for the weeks for us to get to know a little better.
When Parade ended, we headed north to Sault Sainte Marie, then east towards Toronto, with a lovely drive to the ferry on Manitoulin Island. After visiting family and friends in Toronto, we looped back to Detroit to visit Suesan's cousins. We got to spend some time in the Ford Museum (need to go back to that one) and enjoyed some great deep dish pizza on Woodward Avenue (need to go back there too).
It was a great two weeks, not too rushed but still got to see a lot of new and very great country and drove some fun roads. The people were, as always, fun. There's a buzz a Parade. We enjoy being part of it.
The Concours site was stunning
A stone church on Macinac Island
Macinac Island as you leave the ferry wharf
The Kish boys enjoying Mint Juleps on the famous Grand Hotel porch
The Grand Hotel
A makeshift cart helps volunteers deliver refreshments in the Concours Prep area
PCA President Manny Alban and Paul Gregor unveiled the special edition 50 Year 911
more parade on page 24
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Membership ReportNovember Anniversaries 33 years Jim & Vicki Scrimger 24 years Norman & Norine Cowell Dan Kotanian 19 years Jeff & Leslie Erickson 16 years Jeff & Cindy Haas Rick & Aileen Yap 15 years Perry & Kathy Bradshaw Sarkis & Serge Kaasardjian 13 years Michael Friedhoff 11 years Peter & Julie Cabot 10 years Kaushal & Vikram Tamboli 9 years Dal Lee 8 years Dan & Gail Stern 6 years Eric Read 5 years Raeshel & Ingo Seemann 4 years Bruce Jephcott 3 years Art & Christina Arredondo Alan & Shirley DeCarr Eric Liu & Casey fu George & Tanner Nodarse Glenn & Carlos Vega 1 year Christian Guzman Todd McElhaney & Georgea Carpenter Victor & Jacki Paddock Esther Santos & Daniel Murphy Patrick Sloan
New Members — Transfers In Kent McLellan 2005 Blue Boxster Susan Melvin & Lydia Vaias 2012 Black 997 Rudolph & Yvette Perez 2005 Gray GT3 Ruth Levy Raymond Ford Lightning Tod Sword 1999 Blue 911 Bob Grala 1975 911
Jim Scrimber & his 1953 Pre A — 32 year PCA
Rick Yap
Kelli & Dal Lee
Kathy & Perry Bradshaw
Raeshel & Nicolas Seemann
Michael Friedhoff
Kaushal Tamboli
Dan Stern
Jeff Erickson
Cindy & Jeff Haas
Glenn Vega
Tanner & George Nodarse
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Angeles Crest Highway Tour story by Jason Zammit
photos by Kelly Pape & Jason Zammit
DAY ONE:The plan for the day was for some exciting mountain driving on the Angeles Crest Highway, visit Mt Wilson Observa-tory and talk everything Porsche with like-minded new friends.
Our group of about 50 Porsches drove 35 miles from The Sheraton Fairplex and gathered at the Shell station at the base of Wrightwood and the I-15. As the tail vehicle, my responsibil-ity was to ensure any drivers that got lost or had problems were taken care of and, with the aid of walkie talkies, I kept in com-munication with Jeff Peck, lead driver for our group.
Tourmeister Marty Goldsmith assured us that although we were driving near the Mountain High Ski Resort, there would be no snow. But with recent rain and colder weather, the dark sides of the mountain had considerable ice and I needed to put the top up on my cabriolet as the seat warmer just wasn't cutting the mustard. The brisk air added to the exhilarating scenery and the excitement of the drive. The sheer rock cliffs jumping out of the side of the road with diagonal lines are an all frequent reminder that we are on major fault line and these mountains are growing in height annually.
We were scooting along at a fine pace when we suddenly slowed to a crawl. I radioed ahead and learned that there had been a rock slide. Whilst no one was hurt, all were taking care to avoid the rock strewn section of pavement. Unfortu-nately, I noticed my 996 was not handling right, so I pulled over and found a tire almost completely flat. Shortly after pulling over, Patrick and Linda Schmidt from Diablo region stopped in their '84 Targa and helped change the tire. Before long we had caught our group at a view stop. I asked about an air compressor and Laverne Thomas (another Diablo region member) was quick with the goods. We found the sidewall damage, so I would have to drive on my spare.
We continued to Newcomb's Ranch and while my friends enjoyed their Porsches in all their glory, I slowly made my way up the mountain keeping the speed and the G forces off my emergency wheel. I decided that it was better to retire the car for the day than for the car to retire me permanently, so I took a look at some of the cars and spoke to some of the owners before heading in for a late "Country Breakfast."
Ed: The recent Porsche Escape had five mountain tours, Angeles Crest Highway being one. Marty Gold-smith and Jeff Peck were the tour leaders, with several other " locals" helping. Jason Zammit was one of our volunteers for the two days we ran this tour. As the Escape Tours director, I want to take this opportunity to thank Jason and every else who helped make Escape the wonderful success it was. Thank you!
Mount Wilson telescope
the rock slide
After my appetite was quelled, I took up that responsible rate down the hill and soon came across some of the group as they were leaving Mount Wilson Observatory. I pulled over to let them pass. The only thing more beautiful than watching those Porsches zoom through that canyon was for me to experience it myself (maybe another time).
The handling on the spare was better than expected, but I was not going to drive another two hundred mountain miles and a further 70 freeway miles home on this emergency tire that was rated for 50 miles per hour. DAY TWO: "Too Spare or not too spare" or "When Goo Just Won’t Do" After the sidewall damage the previous day, I felt I needed to return to the mountain to complete what I had started. I collected my repaired tire, mounted it and then headed up to Newcomb’s Ranch. Based on the previ-ous days schedule, I thought I could meet the group about 10:30 and, if I was late, I would see them coming from the opposite direction. I started up the "2" from La Canada Flintridge with an open road, rarely seeing vehicles in either direction. When I came across "less spirited" driv-ers, they pulled over and let me pass. The previous day I returned from the mountain drive in my crippled 996 in a slow manner, so I wanted to make amends today (I love the smell of cosmoline** in the morning!). After arriving at Newcomb’s Ranch I met Jeff and Marty to plan our descent. I was privileged to be able to take the lead of the "spirited group" and set a hearty pace to the entrance of Mount Wilson Observatory. When I arrived I recognized Ted Lighthizier and Doreen Pankow from Santa Barbara, who were there to help the second half of the tour. Once parked at the observatory we soaked in the magnificent views, swapped war stories and prepared for the next leg of the tour. Marty called the group to order, presented options and let each member decide whether they wanted to go the long route (another 100 miles of mountain driv-ing) or the short way (30 miles to Pasadena and lunch).
Myself and six other cars chose the long route, which Ted and Doreen would lead. We headed west towards La Canada, but turned right at Angeles Forest Highway. The environment was desolate yet beautiful, and the weather magnificent. The air was fresh and clean with very few cars in either direction, so we took advantage of this opportunity and let our cars express our feelings with the suitable speed for the occasion. I felt like I was at Six Flags on a roller coaster with each turn better than the last. Porsche roads!
I signaled Jimmie Mitchell to pass me so that I could pull over and take my camera off the wind-shield. Even though it only took a minute, the group was well out-of-site. I got back up to speed in no time and then notice a beautiful Seal Gray 997 coming towards me — it was Jimmie. He doubled back to make sure I was ok. When I got to Mount Emma Road I waited for Jimmie to catch up so he would not miss that turn. Jimmie and I travelled a few miles before finding the rest of the group wait-ing for us on the side of the road. It was now time for some mostly straight road driv-ing, but the roller coaster ride continued with some rises up and down in the road. The scenery was changing back to more trees and with that the color in the leaves from every shade of green through the fall colors of reds and yellows. We continued through Fort Tejon Road and then Pallett Creek Road. I felt sorry for the coupes. Those of us in cab-riolets couldn't ask for better "top down" conditions — absolutely perfect. Another 20 miles of driving and we were back in Wrightwood for some lunch. We chose the Evergreen Cafe as suggested by Marty. After lunch we all went our separate ways, some back to the hotel heading east to Interstate 15. Our guides, Ted and Doreen, headed west back to Ven-tura County via the 138. Me, I had not had my fill of twisties, so I drove the 60 miles on Angeles Crest highway back to La Canada and the I-210 freeway. I headed home with a smile on face.
Thanks Marty and Jeff for a great two days of driv-ing through the forest and spending the time to work out the route, practice it and deliver it to us. **Cosmoline is an oil-based protectant applied to Porsche (and some other vehicles) engines to mini-mize deterioration from the environment. When suitably heated it will produce a sweet burning smell.
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by Bruce Herrington, Orange Coast RegionBook Reviews for PorschephilesPORSCHE 911: 50 Yearsby Randy Leffingwellpublished by Motorbooks, Minneapolis, MN
Bruce Herrington
Randy Leffingwell's books are always a visual delight. This book is much more than a book of pictures of 50 years of 911s, and really, it is more than a book about 911s. The ini-tial chapter tells more about the evolution of Porsche designs in the '50s and early '60s (and the design numbers involved) than this reviewer has seen anywhere else.
The publisher calls this book: "The definitive history of one of Porsche's most storied and enduring cars. Featuring over 200 photos, extensive interviews and inside looks....” To this reviewer, they are selling their book short — it has many more than 200 photos and the interviews documented inside cover much more that just “one of Porsche's... cars”.
Unlike previous Leffingwell books, the majority of all these photos are not by him, but come from the Porsche Archive instead. Similarly, most of the words are by factory employees describing their experiences over the years with Porsche AG. Really, this book functions as the Porsche Factory History — collected, compiled and edited by Randy Leffingwell.
Though the title is very timely and meaningful, this book does deal with the vehicles and design efforts produced over the dozen or so years leading up to the first production 901. It also touches on the alternate vehicles which have carried the Porsche name during the 911 era. Particularly interesting to this reviewer is the number of photographs of full-scale mockups of design alternatives for the 901, many with com-peting designs on each side of a single mockup.
PORSCHE 911: 50 Years is not a sequence of write-ups on the 911s of each of the 50 years they have been produced. In fact, the book is divided into only four chapters: Colli-sion Course; Evolution Version 1.0; Evolution Version 2.0;
and Racing the 911. The first three chapters flow as continuously as did the design evolution of Porsche automobiles.
Porsche has generally presented a solid, focused image to the outside world, but this book clearly documents infighting between design teams and the on-going schisms that occurred be-
tween those promoting the evolution-ary next Porsche, and those advocating a revolutionary new Porsche. Many sig-nificant members of the Porsche design team left, for whatever reason, only to return to even more significant leader-ship posts. Perhaps the best illustration of the thoroughness and completeness of the research on which this book is based is the coverage given to the controversy over what material should be used for constructing the mockups of proposed designs.
Much of the story is told in first person by individuals both known and un-known. The collection and compilation of all these recollections and reminis-cences must have been a major effort, but the result provides an un-match-able, never to be improved upon, in-sight into the projects and personalities
involved in the first half-century of Porsche AG. PCA has its slogan “It's not the cars it's the people.” PORSCHE 911: 50 Years is not just about the cars; it's perhaps even more about the people of Porsche. It surly will be a classic that every Porsche enthusiast must have in his/her library, along with Ludvigsen's Excellence Was Expected.
There are 256 10x12-1/4 inch pages with 500 pictures, half in color. A very comprehensive index is included, with 5 pag-es of 3 columns each. By the time you read this, PORSCHE 911: 50 Years should be available for $50.00 from your favorite bookseller (ask for it), or from http://www.motorbooks.com.
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November Board Meeting Minutesby Marty Goldsmith, Secretary
Brita & Marty Goldsmith
The meeting was called to order at 10:50AM. Present were Suesan Way, David Hockett, Martin Goldsmith, , Susan Moard, Gail Sachs, Skip Carter, Dan Hockett, Jack Case, Brita Goldsmith, John and Patty Reilly, Charles Weaver, Bob Graia, Cathy Robson, Jimmie Mitchell, Roger Lubec, Rico Lopez, Arturo Chaparro, Michael Dolphin, David Moard, and Mike Mulligan.
It was noted for the minutes that Rochelle Booth has resigned as Treasurer and Linda Cobarrubias has been appointed in her place.
President Way said that the majority of this meeting would be devoted to discussion of the finances of the Spring Mountain driving event held earlier this year.
Suesan first reported that final financial numbers from Escape were not yet available, as the hotel and other bills were still being dealt with. She reviewed the events of Escape, and it can only be judged a great artistic success. All tours were successful, the meals were excellent, and the overall atmosphere was upbeat and convivial.
Skip then opened the Spring Mountain discussion. At our August Board meeting, we had an opportu-nity to review the event budgets, projections, invoices and final accounting. After much discussion, the board came up with a figure that we felt fair to offer LVR to resolve the finances. Skip then spoke with the LVR president, Salomon Braun. Salomon presented a number that he hoped would be acceptible to GPX and that he felt his board would find acceptible. Skip told Salomon that his number was in the ballpark of what the GPX board thought reasonable. Salomon intended to take this to his board at their next meeting.
On November 1 Skip received an email from Salomon which included a spreadsheet. LVR had in-creased their demand by 50% over the number previously discussed by Skip and Salomon.
The details of their position were discussed at length, and many aspects of it were thought to be unsat-isfactory. The GPX Board then passed a motion that the Secretary should prepare a summary of our reaction to the LVR proposal, and that that no further action will be taken at this time.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45.
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45 mph was a little faster than I was comfortable driving on much of this beautiful road. It was nice to have a limit that left you room to play
Suesan WayDoc Pryor
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Also debuted at Parade was the new GT3
We made a detour to Detroit to visit Suesan cousins, and took the opportunity to also see some of the Henry Ford Museum. These are trains I remember from grade school history books.
VW Type 166 Amphibienfahrzeug (Amphicar)
PCA Executive Director Vu Nguyen
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Parade continued
(left) Skip Carter with PCA Newsletter Contest 1st place in Class III award
(right) PCA group at Grand Hotel on Macinac Island
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Tilted Kilt IIOctober was month two at our new Breakfast Club location, the Tilted Kilt on PCH near 2nd in Long Beach. The response has been very, very good. People love the food. It's a very comfortable place, and the omelette bar seemed to have a constant line waiting. They've got a great back room where we had our board meeting (while ordering lunch off their wonderful menu).
911 Design's Loren Beggs was scheduled to bring a couple of race cars out and do some schoolin' about building and driving race cars (and Loren certainly should know). Unfortunately, Loren came down with the flu, so we'll see him in a few months when we can reschedule. That will be one NOT to miss.
Madam President brought plenty of door prizes (which is always fun). This Breakfast marked the beginning of a very busy month for GPX. A DE at Streets of Willow, followed soon after by Escape to LA, immediately followed by a DE/Time Trial at Fairplex. And it didn't stop there. Suesan and I spent 3 days at Buttonwillow for the PCA Club Race / Time Trial, then a couple of days in the Santa Ynez Valley visiting Ruth Levy, then to LA for the Auto Show, home for one night then back to Ontario for Tech Tactics and the Zone 8 President's Meeting. But December promises a break, right after our Holiday Party (yeah).
Lem Libunao & Izzy, who modeled in and was signing the Cayman posters Lem created and was giving away
Kori Ward & Tommy Johnson
Janice Maize & Bruce Brown
Dave Hockett conducting the door prize raffle assisten by Chris
New member cake presentation
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Jerry Maize - door prize
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