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CIRCULAR Central Indiana Region | Porsche Club of America
President’s Message Spring Color Tour 2019 Spring Brake DE IndyCar GP Tickets Meet in the Middle! Just a short hello... PCA Multi-Region Swap Meet
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In This Issue President’s Message 2 Around the Zone 7 Spring Color Tour 8 2019 Spring Brake DE 10 IndyCar GP Race Tickets 12 Meet in the Middle @ The Neely House 13 CIRPCA Calendar of Events 14 Just a short hello! 16 PCA Multi-Region Swap Meet 20
President’s Message Greetings, fellow-CIR members, There’s so much coming up on the calendar this year you’re going to have a time of it choosing which ones to attend! Nice problem for us car club members to have, right?
The e-blasts from Member Chair, Randy Faunce and Bob Snider, Historian, will keep you up-to-date on events like car tours, breakfasts, track events and more, but there’s one very important event coming up that I wanted to personally bring to your attention. That is, the Artomobilia event in Carmel, Indiana. This year, on August 24, CIR will play a bigger part than ever before, thanks to John Leonard, CIR member and Artomobilia event manager. John heard that the CruZionsville event was no more when CruZionsville Chairperson Steve Tarr and his wife, Alice, retired last year. John wanted to give CIR the opportunity to ‘replace CruZionsville in spirit’ by giving us Rangeline Road in Carmel, Indiana to line with Porsches. This a bigger presence than any one car marque has held at Artomobilia to-date. But that’s not all: he’s releasing the funds from regis-tered Porsche owners to the Indiana Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation’s research arm just as we did with CruZionsville. Now, to keep the dream alive, we need cars. Ideally, many fine examples in many categories, as has been Artomobilia’s tradition. Registration is now open at https://artomobiliaweeked.com/artomobilia A few CIR mem-bers are already registered! We have time (registrations will be taken until August 3), but the sooner the better for organizers to assess classes of Porsches to group-for-show. At this point, start thinking about which Porsche(s) you want to register! And the next step, of course, might be, is a tune-up or spruce-up needed for entries to be show-ready?
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On the cover The Wayne Baker Racing GTO Class Porsche 934 during the wet and sloppy 1983 IMSA Lumberman’s 6 Hour Race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, June 19, 1983. Drivers Wayne Baker (USA), Jim Mullen (USA), and Kees Neirop (CDN) eventually finished 24th. They had a much better outing in that year’s Sebring 12 Hour classic, finishing 1st overall in a stunning upset victory! Photo by Jim Legault “Just a short hello” photos by Rob Fike
CIR will be doing its own judging in what John calls the-event-within-an-event, Porsche Palooza. We’ll let reg-istrations guide us on appropriate categories to in-clude for awards. The CruZionsville contact list we received from Steve includes a list of last year’s registrants and volunteers; they’ll be contacted soon from the PCA e-mailer. Region Presidents who attended the Zone 4 Presi-dent’s meeting in February will be invited, too. And, because we’ve had representatives come down from Chicago to attend CIR car shows, a call-out to Zone 13 will be sent to build up participation. There will be plenty of volunteers needed, as there were with CruZionsville. Don’t be shy! Let us know you’re on-board, car owners and CruZionsville volun-teers, and we’ll find a spot for you. There will be park-ing, judging, registration coordination, and day-of-event volunteer needs, to name but a few. Please join us for a great show for a great cause! It’s still so true, as PCA founder William Jessup Sholar fa-mously said, “It’s not just the cars, it’s the people…this is what Porsche is all about…” You, CIR members, have an opportunity to show us the love and help us celebrate both the cars and the people! Let’s make this one to remember! Please contact me at [email protected]
Rebecca Pinto
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Cirpca.org Get INVOLVED! The CIR Website is a fantastic resource for Central
Indiana Region, Zone 4, and Porsche Club of America national news.
The latest new on upcoming local, regional, and national events, Porsche
related wire news, members photos, classified ads, site information and
more is just a mouse click away!
Join other members and Like Us on Facebook!
Check out the Club Calendar for detailed information about
upcoming events and links to register for events.
Visit the Gallery for all the latest event photos!
View the CIR Member’s Car Photos for great Porsche car photos. If
your car isn’t there yet, contact the CIR Webmaster.
Peruse current and back issues of the CIRcular newsletters!
It’s easy to contact any CIRPCA Board member. Simply go to the Contact Us
page and click on the links to any board member!
Interested in learning more about what your Porsche car is capable of? The
CIR Driver Ed links menu provides links to information about the next DE
event, DE FAQs, Putnam Park Info, and DE videos.
Would you like to learn more about the Club itself? The About Us menu has
links to the Club’s history, CIR By-laws, CIR Philanthropies, and more!
The PCA/Zone4 menu contains links to all
Zone 4 events and Zone 4 region websites.
2019 Board of Directors & Chairpersons
President Rebecca Pinto* [email protected] Vice President Mike Downs* [email protected] Secretary Bobby Prostko* [email protected] Treasurer Owen Pruden* [email protected] Membership Chairperson DE Chairperson Teen Street Survival Chairperson Randy Faunce* [email protected] CIRPCA.DE.gmail.com Activities Chairperson Open Position* CIRPCA Historian Bob Snider* CIRcular Editor Jim Legault* [email protected] CIRcular Assistant Editor Laura Legault Webmaster David Weaver [email protected] Putnam Park DE Chairperson DE Registrar Mark Westlake* Chief Driving Instructor Doug DeArmond Chief of Tech for DE Dave Jankowski Member at Large Jimmy Arata* Zone 4 Representative
Lori Schutz [email protected]
*Denotes Voting Member
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CIRCULAR IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CENTRAL INDIANA REGION, POR-
SCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. STATEMENTS AND OPINIONS HEREIN ARE THOSE OF THE
AUTHOR AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF CIR, ITS
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. THE EDITOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO EDIT ALL MATERIAL
AND TO PUBLISH ONLY MATERIAL THAT IS FELT TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CIR
AND PCA. PERMISION IS GRANTED FOR OTHER PCA REGIONS TO REPRINT ARTICLES
PROVIDED CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND CIRCULAR.
Deadline for
the July
CIRcular is
June 24!
Do you have an article or photographs that might be of interest
to CIRPA members?
Please send all articles and photos of past or upcoming events to CIRcular
Editor, Jim Legault. The next issue is scheduled for January 1, 2019.
Send photos as separate email attachments (highest resolution possible)
and please do not embed them in your articles. We welcome your submis-
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Around the Zone By Lori Schutz
Hi Zone 4,
The month of February for me was back to back administrative PCA meetings across
the country.
The weekend of Feb 9-10th, I was in Seattle, Washington for the National Staff Meetings. Why Seattle
you ask? And on the weekend of the epic 100-year snow storm that virtually stopped the city? Who
knew!! I was lucky that I got in before the snow started, and flew home before the 2nd wave hit. The
weekend included an afternoon and morning of the Zone Reps having time with many of the National
Staff Chairs as well as the Executive Council, followed by the annual National Staff Assembly. The pro-
fessional staff at National PCA HQ continues to grow with the addition of a Marketing and Membership
Chair, Jim Hemig, and Digital Architect Robert Forsyth. Look for major changes to the PCA.ORG web-
site coming later this year.
Then the next weekend I was in Dallas, Texas for the PCA Club Racing All Hands meeting. Many of you
are aware, I also serve as a National Scrutineer for the Club Race program. I was joined by most of the
Scrutineer team, all of the Stewards and the Timing and Scoring teams. We discussed new program
changes, rules changes and overall strategies to grow and improve the program. We have a few new
technology tricks to use to evaluate correct engine compression specifications. Oh boy!
The next weekend I was in Toledo, Ohio, for the Zone 4 Presidents meeting, and Driver Education Plan-
ning Meeting. We were joined by our National PCA President-Tom Gorsuch. Also with us was the Na-
tional DE Chair- John Krecek and National Awards Chair - Michael Soriano. Thanks to Chip Henderson
for sharing the story of how Mid Ohio became 2017 region of the year. 11 regions were represented
out of the 12, and we had a packed agenda with remote participation from National Marketing and
Membership Chair- Jim Hemig, National Autocross Chair Kathy Thorp, and PorschePlatz queen Lynn
Friendman. We reviewed the highlighted region events for 2019 in the Zone, – please check your cal-
endars for these dates and check the region websites and newsletters for details:
Allegheny – Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix – July 19-21
Central Indiana – Automobilia Charity event August 24
Eastern Buckeye – Falling Water Frank Lloyd Wright Home Tour July 20
Maumee Valley 0 Auburn Cord Museum tour April 13
Michiana – 5 autocrosses throughout the summer at Tire Rack in South Bend
Ohio Valley – Porsche Corral at the Ault Park Concours June 9
Rally Sport – Yankee Air Museum Tour Summer, TBD
Southeast Michigan – Summer Picnic
Western Michigan -Gilmore Car Museum Red Barn Spectacular – August 3
Cheers – Lori
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SPRING COLOR AUTO TOUR WEEKEND TO CINCINNATI
Morristown, IN to Cincinnati, OH
APRIL 13 @ 11:00 AM – APRIL 14, 2019 @ 3:00 PM
Spring Color Auto Tour Registration is now open at: https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/9762 The weekend starts off with an optional 11 am Lunch at the very charming Kopper Kettle Inn in Morristown (19 miles or 30 minutes east of I-465 via US 52 East) – famous for pan fried chicken and their $12 Saturday Lunch Special is chicken salad that includes a glass of champagne!
Registration opens at noon at the Inn and the required Driver’s Meeting is there at 12:30 with first car out at 1 pm.
Three plus hours of some of the best sports car roads and historic German towns in southeastern Indiana ends with check-in at the Marriott (rooms available after 4 pm) and dinner at the Chart House in Newport, KY at 6:30 pm.
Please make your hotel reservations now to get our Por-sche Club Group Discount at: https://book.passkey.com/go/porscheclub2019. After March 29, call the hotel direct at 800-228-9290 or 859-261-2900 and ask to be put in the Porsche Club Block on a “space and rate available basis”.
This year we are going upscale again with an optional Saturday evening dinner at the fabulous Chart House Restaurant in Newport, Kentucky. If you have never been to a Chart House Restaurant, don’t miss this chance! They are normally only located in resort areas and are famous for their fresh seafood, steaks and premier service.
We will have a private dining area with wonderful views of the Ohio River and Mt. Adams with a set menu of 4 entrée choices, salad, choice of dessert, soft drinks,
coffee & tea service, fresh breads & chef’s selection of starch & vegetable all for $44/person plus tax, banquet fee & gratuity ($55.50/person total) – payable in ad-vance only at www.ClubRegistration.net.
Sunday starts with the hotel-included 9 am Sunday Buffet Brunch with checkout at 11 am, Sunday Driver’s
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Meeting at noon with Sunday Auto Tour to Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum for their annual “History in Bloom” event.
Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum’s “History in Bloom” - What is “History in Bloom” you ask? Once a year in the spring, Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum (2nd largest cemetery in US) has a special event where docent guides dress up as some of the more famous “residents” of their historic 150 yr. old cemetery.
After Spring Grove, we venture down to Taft’s Ale
House for a late lunch at 2 pm in an amazing old German church. Located in the Over-the-Rhine Historic District. it has been converted into a brewpub with great beers and food (try the tri-tip steak sandwich!). We should all be done on Sunday by 3:00 pm with only a 90 minute (90 miles) drive back to I-465 and Indy. Register for the Auto Tour & Chart House Dinner at: https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/9762. And be sure to sign up for all the Event Options there you plan to participate in, so we can tell the three differ-ent restaurants how many to set up for. If you prefer to pay by check, you can mail me a check for both made out to CIR/PCA to: Bob Snider 501 N. Meadow Wood Drive Muncie, IN 47304 We hope to see everyone in Cincinnati for a fantastic weekend! Go for one day or two. Bob & Brigitta Snider, Tourmeisters Questions: [email protected] or 765-284-6189
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2019 SPRING BRAKE DRIVERS EDUCATION AT PUTNAM PARK
APRIL 26 -APRIL 28
Sponsored by TOM WOOD PORSCHE
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CIRPCA Spring Brake Driver Education Click here to Register via ClubRegistration.net
The Central Indiana Region of the Porsche Club of America is pleased to announce an exciting 3 day track event at the newly repaved Putnam Park Road Course, in Mt. Meridian, IN, on Friday – Sunday, April 26 – 28, 2019. Saturday and Sunday will be a traditional Driver Ed program, open to drivers of all levels, driving any make of vehicle, from 1st time track drivers thru ad-vanced drivers.
Friday will feature open lapping for advanced drivers (those who have been cleared to run in a solo run group for a previous event).
Putnam Park has always been a great track for both novices and advanced drivers, but 2019 should be es-pecially exciting because Putnam Park experienced some small pavement issues in 2018 with the last re-pave and because of this, has recently undergone AN-OTHER COMPLETE REPAVING OF THE ENTIRE TRACK!
In 2018, participants noticed far less tire wear than the previous surface. In addition, wet weather traction is outstanding!
Friday, April 26th will be open for any advanced driv-ers, who have previously driven in either the Instruc-tor, A or B groups with CIRPCA, or other advanced driv-ing groups in other organizations, who do not require an Instructor.
We anticipate between 3 – 4 hours of open track time for these advanced drivers. What a great way to en-hance your skills, with lots of time on a less crowded track!
As always, our Saturday and Sunday DE event, features lots of track time, along with classroom training, to ensure everyone goes home a better driver.
It is open to all licensed drivers, 18 and over, driving
any make vehicle.
Membership in PCA is not a requirement! Instructors will be provided for all drivers at the beginning or nov-ice levels.
As always, participating vehicles require the completion of a Technical Inspection form by a qualified mechanic (inspected and signed no early than 30 days prior to the event) before presenting the vehicle at the track for final inspection.
Final on-site tech inspection will be available on Friday morning at the track, and again Saturday morning at the track.
Drivers must bring their completed and signed tech forms to one of the onsite tech inspections. Tech forms are available on the registration website and also on the CIRPCA website by clicking on the Driver Ed icon. More details will be posted at a later time.
NEW PCA REQUIREMENT FOR 2019 – regarding 5 and 6 point harnesses and HANS devices.
New for PCA DE events for 2019, if a car is using 5 or 6 point harnesses, the driver and potentially any instruc-tor or student passenger, must be using an appropriate HANS device and HANS equipped helmet.
The Chief Instructor will make sure that instructors as-signed to student vehicles with harnesses have the ap-propriate equipment.
If you are signing ups and your vehicle has 5 or 6 point harnesses, please be aware that you will be asked to show your HANS equipment at the onsite tech inspec-tion.
Student Registration: Registration is via www.clubregistration.net. Search for Putnam Park events, and the dates of April 27-29.
If you are new to Club Registration, you will first need to establish an account (no cost), and create a personal
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profile, which includes your relevant driving experienc-es.
The event fees are as follows: Cost for the 3 day event (advanced drivers) is $600. Cost for the Saturday – Sunday event for all students is $425.
CIRPCA Approved Instructors may register for Saturday and Sunday for $125. One day may be purchased for $250.
Instructor Registration: Anyone registering to instruct must be an approved CIRPCA instructor. Questions here can be directed to the registrar.
There may be some time Friday and during the week-end to evaluate and coach advanced drivers that may be interested in instructing in the future.
Anyone interested can please reach out to our Chief Driving Instructor – Doug DeArmond at [email protected].
Helmets: Only Snell certified helmets, carrying a 2010 or 2015 sticker, will be allowed. A limited number of rental helmets are available, via the clubregistration website at $65 for the entire weekend.
Garage Rental: a limited number of single bay spaces are available for $150 for the entire weekend. All garag-es are 1st come, 1st served, and may be reserved via Clubreg. Vehicles can be left in the garage for the week-end and there is power & compressed air available.
Host Hotel: The host hotel will be the Holiday Inn – Cloverdale. A block of rooms has been reserved under the code “PCA”
for this weekend (Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights) with the discounted rate of $114.99. To reserve your room, contact the Holiday Inn:
Holiday Inn Express 1017 N Main Street Cloverdale, IN 46120 T: 765-795-5050
Onsite Tech inspection will be available Thursday evening at the Holiday Inn Express.
Details and timing to follow. Onsite tech will continue Fri-day at the track and Saturday morning for weekend only participants.
Cars can be left at the track Friday for the weekend, so if you are attending Saturday and Sunday you can make things easier on yourself by coming Friday before track shutdown and completing your registration and tech in-spection!
DETAILS
Start: April 26 End: April 28 ORGANIZER: Mark Westlake Email: [email protected] VENUE: Putnam Park 5251 S County Rd 550 E Greencastle, IN 46135 Phone: (317) 559-1500 Website: http://putnampark.com/
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INDYCAR GP RACE TICKETS MAY 11, 2019
IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis Reserved Seat Race Tickets $62 online price at: https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/9763
Central Indiana Region has a block of 50 premium re-served seat race tickets for the IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Saturday, May 11 with Race Start at 3:30 PM.
See all the famous IndyCar drivers and race teams com-pete on the 14 Turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Road Course and we have the best seats in the house!
See the entire Main Straight, cars coming out of Turn 13, coming out of the Pits, 6 Turns and part of the new lengthened Back Straight!
And we have a state-of-the-art Jumbotron right in front of us for action on other parts of the race course.
See the most thrilling start in racing when all 20+ race cars accelerate to near 200 MPH straight towards us and then brake hard and jokey for position to get thru the 90 degree Turn 1 first, directly in front of us!
And they do this again for every Re Start!
Our block of reserved seats are high up in Stand H, Sec-tion 15, Rows CC-FF, Seats 1-14 (FF 1-8).
Tickets are the same price as direct from the Speedway at $62 each.
Get your tickets now before we sellout! Top rows go first! All sales final.
Sit with your Porsche Club friends and watch the most exciting race at Indy from “The Best Seats in the House!”
All sold tickets will be mailed out by April 20 to your ClubReg profile address. Recommended Porsche Club Parking:
Ron Christensen has a house with a shaded lot on the SE corner of W 25th St. & Meyers Ave. in Speedway, IN that is only 2 blocks from our seats!
$20 secured parking on Race Day, Saturday, May 12, $10 Qualifications Friday.
Call or email Ron below and reserve your space!
He also has space for motor homes with hookups in the backyard.
Ron Christensen: [email protected] or 317-372-4608 cell
See you at Indy in May!
Bob Snider, Ticket Chairman
Questions: [email protected] or 765-284-6189
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“MEET IN THE MIDDLE”
THE NEELY HOUSE BRUNCH IN MUNCIE
SATURDAY, JUNE 29 AT 12:30 PM “Love, beauty, food” Join us for a gourmet brunch in the brand-new Neely House restau-rant located in the historic 1852 restored home of Thomas Neely (one of Muncie’s early pioneers) on Saturday, June 29 at 12:30 PM. After a million-dollar historic restoration including a new rear state-of-the-art kitchen building, four inside dining rooms, interior bar, connected restroom building and outdoor garden seating, this is now the premier dining establishment in Muncie! Voted the num-
ber 3 Best Brunch in Indiana by Open Table! We will be seated upstairs in one of their two private dining rooms where we can order off their eclectic menu of farm-to-table specialties on their Brunch Menu. Separate checks arranged. Safe, adjacent paved parking lot. Located at 617 E. Adams St., Muncie, IN 47305 Please RSVP below, so we can tell the restaurant which upstairs dining room to use and how many to set up for. Limited to the first 30 that RSVP, due to capacity! Bob & Brigitta Snider Check out their Brunch Menu at: WWW.THENEELYHOUSE.COM 765-216-1647 Russell Irving, Creator/Co-Owner
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CIRPCA 2018 Calendar of Events
April 3 Board of Directors Meeting, Indianapolis IN - Rebecca Pinto
13 Second Saturday Brunch at Proximo, Fort Wayne IN - Kevin Parks
13 & 14 Spring Color Tour to Cincinatti OH - Bob Snider, sign up at https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/9762
26, 27, & 28
Spring Break Driver Education, Mt. Meridian IN, - Mark Westlake, Click here to Register via ClubRegistration.net
May 1 Board of Directors Meeting, Indianapolis IN - Rebecca Pinto
4 New Member Meet & Greet, Tom Wood Porsche, Indianapolis IN- Rebecca Pinto
11 INDYCAR GP, Speedway IN - Bob Snider, Details Coming Soon! Registration will open by the end of January.
11 Second Saturday Brunch at Umi, Fort Wayne IN - Mark Searles
17, 18, & 19
Mid-Ohio PCA Club Race & DE, Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington OH – Mid Ohio Region
May June
31, 1 & 2
Detroit Grand Prix, PCA Car Coral, Belle Isle., Detroit MI - https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/9535.
June 5 Board of Directors Meeting, Indianapolis IN - Rebecca Pinto
6 GermanFest, Hosted by Porsche Fort Wayne - Jimmy Arata
29 “Meet in the Middle” at The Neely House, Muncie - Bob Snider
July 3 Board of Directors Meeting, Indianapolis IN - Rebecca Pinto
4 July 4th Party! at Rob & Judy Fike’s , in beautiful Spencer! - Rob Fike
13 Satek Winery Drive, Fremont IN - Greg Smith
21 - 26 Porsche Parade 2019, Boca Rotan, FL
26 Rock N Cars , Sweetwater Pavilion, Fort Wayne, IN
27 Rolling Into Roanoke, Roanoke, IN
August 7 Board of Directors Meeting, Indianapolis IN - Rebecca Pinto
17 “Meet in the Middle” James Dean Historic Tour, Fairmont, IN - Bob Snider
24 Artomobilia & Porsche Palooza, Carmel, IN
September 4 Board of Directors Meeting, Indianapolis IN - Rebecca Pinto
4 - 7 PCA Vermont Treffen
14 Second Saturday Lunch & Hike, Columbia City, IN - Dave & Malinda Palmer
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Just a short hello everyone! Rob and Judy Fike here from the CIRPCA southern-most outpost in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Having withdrawal from driving activities, we joined some members of the Sonnenschein Region for a driv-ing tour on February 9th. (SONPCA) This tour has not only some beautiful Porsches, but actually ALL area car clubs are invited to come out, and it’s huge! As you can see from the pictures, there are cars of every flavor. Even a lookalike for our Ocean Blue 996 cab. The parking area was full of great machines. Ford GT, Jaguars, Mercedes Bens, VW’s, MG’s, Mustangs, Corvettes, etc., etc.
We started on the north side of Pensacola, Florida, made about a 50-mile drive through the countryside going back and forth over the Florida/Alabama state line numerous times. I didn’t know there were any hills in the Florida panhandle. There are!
Great curvy roads, good pavement. Of course, we were doing some “spirited” driving. For our part we’re driving Judy’s Ford Taurus Wagon. Not exactly sporty. But I found that we could hang with the Porsches better than one of the guys in a Mustang. Go figure. The tour ended at Ed’s Catfish House in Atmore, Ala-
bama. As they can seat over 250 it worked great. The food was heavenly! I ate way too much for lunch, so I’ll just have to diet more tomorrow.
That’s all for now, can’t wait to see everyone next month.
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