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COMMEMORATING PORSCHE FELLOWSHIP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION | RMR.PCA.ORG | January 2019

TWICE BLESSED : CHARITY COMMITTEE REPORTPAGE 17

INSTRUCTOR INSIGHTS : RAISING THE BARPAGE 15

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FEATURES15 Instructor Insights : Raising the Bar17 Twice Blessed : Charity Committee Report24 Making Sense of Porsche Models

DEPARTMENTS3 Advertising Rates4 Board of Directors4 Region Coordinators / Technical Resources5 Membership Update6 Presidential Thoughts7 Upcoming Events Calendar8 Members’ Corral9 Upcoming Event : Eiskhana13 Upcoming Event : Tech Inspector Clinic14 Track Talk 23 Upcoming Event : HPDE / Autocross 10126 Past Event : RMR Holiday Party Photos28 I Get Around29 In The Zone 30 Classifieds32 Dear Tire Guy33 What We Do34 In The Rearview Mirror

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Monthly board meetings are always open to club members. See the list of upcoming events for schedule. You may contact the entire board at [email protected]. To volunteer to be an RMR Board member, submit your intent by September so the Nomination Committee can add you to the ballot in November for club voting in November. Most positions are two-year terms.

CAMA Representative Walt Fricke (303) 499-6540 [email protected]/Good Works Florence Mackin [email protected] Driving Instructor Dan H. Carlson (303) 520-4567 [email protected] Chief George Strimbu (303) 736-9114 [email protected] Mahlon Schanzenbach (831) 246-0300 [email protected] Store Chair Mike Hebert (360) 202-5830 [email protected] Historian Amy Legg-Rogers (970) 310-8343 [email protected] Insurance Dave Meyer (703) 964-6307 [email protected]/Socials Erik Behrendsen (303) 840-7361 [email protected] Nancy Warren (720) 556-0806 [email protected] Scott Henderson (303) 521-9007 [email protected] Inspection Josh Wyte (303) 587-0796 [email protected] Doug Bartlett (970) 214-7279 [email protected] Scott Rogers (970) 690-8343 [email protected] 9 Representative Rich Sanders (801) 231-0400 [email protected]

356 Jim Kellogg (303) 840-2356 [email protected] Dave Stribling (303) 238-8101 [email protected] – Volunteer to be the RMR 912 specialist and help others! –914 Dale Tuety (303) 670-1279 [email protected] Dan Semborski (303) 884-7913 [email protected] – Volunteer to be the RMR 928 specialist and help others! –944 Richard Winnick (303) 429-5213 [email protected] Zach Schroeder (970) 229-0990 [email protected]/Cayman Doug Bartlett (970) 214-7279 [email protected] Zach Schroeder (970) 229-0990 [email protected], GT3, Cup Cars Chris Cervelli (303) 809.6173 [email protected]

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATES

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WELCOME NOVEMBER NEW MEMBERS

WELCOME TEST DRIVE MEMBERSCharles Fox Denver CO

John Worrell Denver CO

Peter Bassett Denver, CO 2008 911 Turbo

David Froman Pine, CO 2017 Cayman S

Kevin Greenbaum Arvada, CO 2018 911 GT3

David Horst Arvada, CO 2007 911 Targa 4S

Steven Kellenburger Brighton, CO 2014 911 Carrera 4S

Amanda Leavitt Boulder, CO 2018 Macan

Matthew McClintock Evergreen, CO 2004 Boxster S

Michele McGinley Castle Rock, CO 2018 Macan

Jeff Merage Steamboat Springs, CO 1996 911 Carrera 4S

Gearge Nethercutt Denver, CO 1985 911 Carrera Targa

Jerry Peterson Englewood, CO 1965 356

Suzi Relin Fort Collins, CO 2018 718 Cayman

Bruce Schmidt Parker, CO 1971 914

William Straub Loveland, CO 1999 911 Carrera

Todd Warburton Castle Pines, CO 2010 911 Carrera 4S

John Waters Boulder, CO 2018 Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo

David Albert Fort Collins, CO 1997 911 Carrera (Transfer from North Country Region)

John Kellner Highlands Ranch, CO 2001 911 Turbo (Transfer from Sonnenschein Region)

Mark & Virginia Williams Denver, CO 2012 911 Carrera S (Transfer from Orange Coast Region)

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— HAPPY PCA ANNIVERSARY! —35 Years!

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PRESIDENTIAL THOUGHTS

2018...A THING OF THE PASTSo, 2018 is now in the books, a thing

of the past. It was a great year. It is amazing how active our club is. RMR hosted seven high performance driver education (HPDE) events, a club race, three autocrosses, 17 social events, ten tours including a gimmick rally and a true off-road 4x4 on trails offering a technical element on more than just a graded dirt road.

Of course, 2018 was the 60th Anniversary of RMR. We had two special events. In June, we held our 60th Anniversary Celebration in Vail. While in Vail, we had a Friday reception, two tours on Saturday, and an evening dinner. We were honored by the attendance of Zone Rep Rich Sanders and PCA National Secretary Cindy Jacasin, who remarked that the weekend was basically a mini-Treffen.

The celebration continued into July, where RMR hosted a multi-day multi-region tour of western Colorado, the Grand Loop Tour. Twenty-seven cars left Denver on July 26th for a four-day, 1,000-mile tour travelling many of Colorado’s Scenic Byways.

Our year was concluded by a fantastic

60th Anniversary Holiday Party. Our chairs, Jane Hebert, Christine Walters, Arnette Schouten, and Carole Thero outdid themselves this year holding the annual party at Willow Ridge Manor in Morrison. Autoworks Colorado was our sponsor. Thanks, Autoworks!

Besides all the great food, drink and festivities, the highlight of our 60th Anniversary Holiday Party was the installation of the board. Past Presidents Kathy Fricke and Dale Thero presided over the pledge as the officers placed their hands on a 60th Anniversary Shirt (we forgot the Porsche shop manual). The pledge started with Kathy stating “I, state your name . . .” and suddenly everything went black. No, the board didn’t black out – the power went off to the building! Everybody was in the dark. Hopefully, it was not an omen of the year to come. Then suddenly, members started pulling their phones out of their pockets and purses. The LED’s came to life. Phones waving in the dark giving light to the room. I felt like I was having a flashback to an Elton John concert as he sang “Candles in the Wind.” We finished the pledge and went on to the door prizes.

The lights never came back on, but we had a great remainder of the evening. So, it will be remembered as the “night that the lights went out in RMR” (sorry Vicki Lawrence).

We also submitted a nomination to have RMR be PCA’s region of the year. You can see the nomination at this link https://www.scribd.com/document/396703833/RMR-PCA-Region-of-the-Year-Nomination. There was an amazing amount of work our volunteers did to make this year successful. The nomination gives a more detailed look at all successes of RMR in 2018.

I want to give John Mackin special thanks for all the great work he did in preparing this submission.

I’m proud to say that 2019 is looking like a banner year for RMR. We will have our driving events, socials, tours, guarantying smiles on the faces of all RMR members. I really look forward to being your President for 2019. See you soon!

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SOCIAL EVENTSJan 12 RMR Breakfast Club 8:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. The Perfect Landing Restaurant, Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO

Feb 7 RMR Membership Social 6:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m. Location TBD

Feb 9 RMR Breakfast Club 8:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. The Perfect Landing Restaurant, Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO

Feb 12 RMR Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. Stevinson Jaguar in Littleton, CO

Feb 23 RMR Event Chair Training 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Sill-TerHar Motors, 150 Alter St, Broomfield, CO

Mar 9 RMR Breakfast Club 8:00 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. The Perfect Landing Restaurant, Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO

Mar 9 RMR Membership Social 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. Denver Auto Shield, 4211 S Natches Ct d, Englewood, CO

Mar 16 RMR Tech Inspector Clinic 10:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. Josh Wyte, 7750 S. Glencoe Way, Centennial, CO

DRIVING EVENTSJan 20 Eiskhana 2019 : Autocross on Ice 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mandatory Drivers Meeting at 08:45. Registration closes at 09:00. Georgetown Lake, Georgetown, Colorado

Mar 30 High Performance Drivers Ed / Autocross 101 9:00 a.m. — 1:00 a.m. 3R Racing, 3701 S. Kalamath Street, Englewood, Colorado Registration opens February 11th on www.MotorsportsReg.com Registration is restricted to 60 people; we recommend you register early.

DRIVING TOURS Driving Tours will begin in April; details at RMR.PCA.org/calendar

UP-TO-DATE EVENT INFORMATION Visit the RMR website at: RMR.PCA.org/calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR

MEMBERS’ CORRALHolly Jackson Membership Chair

CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING – MEET PEOPLE AND HELP OUT THE CLUBHello 2019! I hope everyone has a

wonderful New Year!

We are starting our year out in RMR tradition with our first social at 3R Racing! Stop by on Thursday, January 10th at 6 pm! There’s nothing better than a social gathering after the holidays to reconnect with your RMR friends! All you need to do is show up! Any way you can get there, just be there!

Also, later in January, you should try out some ice driving at our Eiskhana event! If you want to have more fun than a barrel of monkeys, this is one of those events! And you will have a big smile from ear to ear! Sign up now! Go to motorsportreg.com.

There are a few special things planned for this year, so take a look at our calendar and keep watch for the emails. Emails are our primary form of communication, so update your email address now on your PCA account to ensure you are up to date on the latest info.

We have achieved over 2,900 members in 2018! Thank you all for doing your part in helping us spread the word and growing our PCA membership! Will we grow to over 3,500 in 2019? Only time will tell! Don’t forget to add your significant other, son, daughter, brother, sister, etc., to your account if they join you often at RMR PCA events. (You must be at least 18 years of age to be added as a member or as an affiliate.) Please email Charlene Bleckley at the National Office: [email protected] to add your affiliate member now! (Unfortunately, I can’t add people to existing accounts.)

As we ramp up in the number of events in the next few months, please consider volunteering for an event or two over the course of the year! The club runs on volunteers. Don’t be shy! And if you are shy, it is a great way to meet people and help out the club! It is amazing; all the great people in the club with all the talent but only a limited number of people volunteer. Remember this:

The more volunteers there are the smaller the tasks will be and more free time to those working the event. Even being a cake server or a lunch organizer is a big help to the person or persons in charge of the entire event. No task is too small! Become more connected to the club and all its amazing members! Make it your New Year’s Resolution to volunteer with RMR PCA!

Cheers!

Holly Jackson

[email protected]

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UPCOMING EVENT

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UPCOMING EVENT

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION’STECH INSPECTOR CLINIC

We are looking for all current inspectors...and people interested in becoming

an inspector to attend this clinic. Pizza and drinks will be provided.

WHAT: Tech Inspector Clinic

WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2019

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Josh Wyte’s House

7750 S. Glencoe Way, Centennial, CO 80122

REGISTER: www.MotorsportsReg.com

QUESTIONS: Josh Wyte at [email protected]


TRACK TALK

Dan CarlsonLeader, Chief Driving Instructor Committee

My guess is that most of you have been reflecting on your driving experiences from this past season and are preparing for an even better 2019. The same is true for your RMR Board and CDI team – our goal is to once again top the previous year’s performance driving season. TA-DA! Take a look…

Date Event Location

January 20 Eiskhana Georgetown Lake

April 27-28 Autocross School (Saturday) Front Range Airport

Autocross (Sunday)

May 4-5 Driver Education (DE) High Plains Raceway

May 18 Autocross Front Range Airport

June 1-2 Ladies’ Day (Saturday) Colorado State Patrol Track

(TBD) Novice DE (Sunday)

June 22-23 Driver Education (DE) High Plains Raceway

July 27-28 Driver Education (DE) High Plains Raceway

August 17-18 Driver Education (DE) High Plains Raceway

August 24 Autocross Front Range Airport

September 21-22 Club Race/Advanced Solo DE High Plains Raceway

October 19-20 Driver Education (DE) High Plains Raceway

October 26 Autocross Front Range Airport

Here are some highlights:

January 20 Eiskhana on Georgetown Lake is back after a year off. What a safe, fun, and unique way to better understand the handling of your daily-driving vehicle – on ice and at a slow speed.

March 30 Once again, CDI’s Brian Leary and Scott Henderson will host DE/Autocross “101” at 3R Racing that Saturday morning.

May 18 An additional autocross is added for 2019!

June 1-2 We moved Ladies’ Day and the Novice DE to earlier in the season to prep new drivers for later events. PCA’s Panorama magazine is going to provide national coverage of this event! Note that we are waiting confirmation of this date from the Colorado State Patrol Track.

August 17-18 We’ve added another DE to the schedule!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

• First-timers…we’d love to introduce you to the excitement of performance driving.

• For those who haven’t attended a DE in a while, we’d love to see you again.

• For Club Racers, why not tune up your car and driving at the DEs prior to the September Club Race?

HG

Here It Is – The 2019 Performance Driving Schedule!


INSTRUCTOR INSIGHTS

Well, here we are at the beginning of a new 2019 track season of DEs, autocrosses, the Ladies’ Day/Novice DE event, and our Club Race/Advanced Solo DE. Of course, we can’t forget about our first “Ice Social on Wheels” on Georgetown Lake on 20 Jan. With all that in mind, I thought it would be informative to the RMR membership to get “a feel” of the talent, ideas, etc. of the many volunteers that combine in bringing to the RMR membership a very enjoyable and rewarding track season experience to the regulars and novices

alike. So, I’ve included in this edition of HighGear, Dan Carlson’s “Insights” email that he sends out to the CDIs in December recapping the 2018 track season and highlighting the planning tactics needed to “Raise the Bar” ever higher in 2019.

So, read, digest, discuss, and come to a track event as a participant or spectator and enjoy!

— Tom Champion

I can’t believe it is mid-December! After just getting back from hitting the snow-covered slopes of Vail, it is time to crank out another edition of this informal newsletter to you, our “A Team” Instructors.

Like attacking the steep-and-deep Back Bowls, I’m just going to let it rip listing numerous items that come to mind.

The first order of business…your CDI team needs your nominations for RMR’s Most Improved Male and Female Drivers. Please send me an email with your nomination(s) and reasons by December 26 and I’ll share it with the rest of the CDIs. These awards will be presented at the January 10 Member Social at 3R Racing so we need to get these finalized.

This is the time of year we evaluate new Instructor candidates. Who do you recommend?

Our reigning Distinguished Driver Dale Hartzell won his second straight GTA Class National Championship! Way to go Dale!

Please share your suggested topics for the HighGear magazine Track Talk column and let me know if you’re willing to write something for it or for the magazine in general. I’m sure that you noticed Lynda Love’s contributions about track people in the publication this past year – well done and thank you Lynda!

Our relationship with the RMR Board is better than ever. They listen and constantly ask for input. We’re fortunate to have track rats Jim Thorburn, Vicki “CJ” Cox-Jones, Donna Helberg, John Mackin, and Brian Lay serving us. Vicki

is the Board officer that’s responsible for everything DE/Autocross. The Board recently had their joint meeting with the AMR leadership to collaborate on schedules and share best practices.

Brian “Lear Jet” Leary and Scott “Hendo” Henderson will once again lead DE/Autocross “101” at 3R Racing on Saturday morning, March 30. Talk it up with “newbie’s”/give your friends a nudge to attend and to start catching “the bug.”

We moved Ladies Day and the Novice DE to earlier in the season to prep new drivers for later events. Vicki Earnshaw has lined up PCA’s Panorama magazine to provide national coverage of this event! Note that we are still waiting confirmation of this date from the Colorado State Patrol Track – this is normal.

New Instructor Shirts

J.J. Collier is once again bringing his expertise in designing new instructor shirts – thanks J.J.! Our hope is to finalize the design by the end of January and start taking orders shortly thereafter so that we’d have them prior to next year’s driving season. It’s challenging finding good and reasonably priced cotton shirt stock particularly when considering long/short-sleeved, men’s/women’s, and Instructor/CDI options. Plus, we are working with National DE Chair John Krecek for going national with these. This is why the process is taking longer - stay tuned.

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Instructor InsightsPorsche Club of America – Rocky Mountain Region December 2018

INSTRUCTOR INSIGHTS

Patrick Long with the RMR Chief Driving Instructors (CDIs). Back, L-R: Dan Carlson, Scott Henderson, Doug Bartlett, Brian Leary

Front, L-R: Dave Stribling, Cecil Morris, Patrick Long, Vicki Earnshaw, Hap Henderson, Chris Sulley Not Pictured: CDIs Tommy Dean and Joe Bank

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INSTRUCTOR TRAINING

We’re trying to coordinate something different with Alpine Mountain Region for April 2019.

Some thoughts for you to provide us feedback on:

• Instructor Clinic

– Do we even have one, have one every year, or have one every other year?

–Can we make better use of your time and provide training via webinars, links, etc.?

– Have an instructor only day or evening at the track?

• Have more informal Instructor Socials?

Driving Evals has been a huge success for both the students and instructors. We’ve learned a lot on all fronts, there have been some good suggestions made, and instructors have been receiving high marks in general. Keep it up! Thanks Doug Bartlett for initiating and overseeing this program! Also, Steve Keisling has agreed to give Doug a hand with this for the upcoming season – thanks Steve!

And please let us know how your CDIs can improve your instructing expertise.

STUDENT TRAINING

Do you have any good ideas to spice up our DE program - we’re all ears!

Our DE Novice and Advanced Classroom Sessions keep get t ing b e t t e r a n d b e t t e r . Special thanks to Scott Henderson for his tireless commitment to our novice program.

• Green Run Group Enhancements

Most of you are aware that we added a shor t third classroom session right after lunch to focus on the layout of the track and have instructors drive the first two laps of the afternoon session. With so much going on in the student’s mind, we found that they were get t ing lost on the track. Almost

every student said this really helped.

• Advanced Drivers Meeting

You may recall that these were added to provide needed training for our seasoned drivers – we felt that they were being neglected. These sessions have been a huge hit, so much so that we are considering doing them during lunch so everyone can attend.

THE RACING APEX

Scott Rogers saw this video on Digg last spring and wanted me to share it – it is another good reference about the racing apex. Thanks Scot t! http://digg.com/video/racing-lines-explainer

On behalf of your CDI Committee, thank you for your significant contributions to another tremendous performance driving season. You’re appreciated!

Happy Holidays, and here’s to “Raising the Bar” even higher in 2019!

Dan H. Carlson

Leader - Chief Driving Instructor Committee

Porsche Club of America – Rocky Mountain Region

CHARITY COMMITTEE REPORT

At the 2018 Porsche Parade in Lake of the Ozarks, MO, RMR was awarded the 3rd place Public Ser-vice Award for 2017. This award, which recognizes outstanding ser-vice to the community and charity, is a testament to the kindness and generosity of our members in their support of non-profit organizations in our Front Range communities. I am happy to report that we have had another good year for charita-ble giving in 2018, our 60th anniver-sary year. RMR and its members donated over $17,000 to various charitable organizations this year in addition to the money raised at the 35th Annual Concours d’Elegance in June 2018. While the Charity Committee is a relatively new addi-tion to RMR, it has become an in-tegral part of our activity planning.

The RMR Board and club mem-bers continued their support of two Front Range service organiza-tions with donations to Ability Con-nection Colorado and the Denver Round Table.

A $500 donation was made to Ability Connection Colorado in conjunction with the Concours d’Elegance that has been held ev-ery June since 1984. This year, there were over 400 cars regis-tered, including 90 Porsches, an estimated 14,000 attendees, and 60 RMR volunteers. One high-light was the commemorative dis-play of 33 special Porsches. Over $116,000 was raised in support of Ability Connection Colorado’s Creative Options Early Childhood Education Centers, which provide early care, intervention, prevention, support and education services

to nearly 700 infants, toddlers and pre-school children and their fami-lies each year.

The Denver Round Table re-ceived $500 in support of its Bids for Kids Auction that helps fund the Children’s Hospital Colorado ARCH Program and the Ridgeview Academy. The ARCH program provides recreational resources and programs for children, teens and young adults with physical disabilities. Ridgeview Academy offers Colorado’s at-risk youth a least restrictive, staff-secure Aca-demic Model™ program to ensure public safety while promoting a normalized high school experience for its students to support positive change in their lives.

The RMR Board also approved six donations of $500 each in re-sponse to RMR members’ re-quests. The first donation was to the David Bucknam Memorial Scholarship Fund which provides fi-nancial support to a junior or senior undergraduate student enrolled in an accredited college or univer-sity with a major in a field related to mine reclamation or restoration. RMR old-timers will remember the wonderful tours across the Conti-nental Divide that David planned for the club.

Donations of $500 were also made to the Food Bank of the Rockies, the Front Range German Shepherd Rescue, Make-a-Wish Colorado, Project Angel Heart, and the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation.

In addition to the funds request-ed by members and approved by

the RMR Board, we also encour-age our event chairs to designate a charity for their events and raise money through noontime rides, on-line donations, raffles, skillfully ap-plied arm twisting, and great per-sonal charm and persuasiveness.

Our first event of the year, the New Member Social, saw an at-tendance of 250 both old and new members. The designated charity for this event was Make-A-Wish Colorado, an organization that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. We collected $56.00 in donations from our members at this event. This was augmented by a $500 dona-tion approved by the RMR Board.

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Twice Blessed CHARITY COMMITTEE REPORT

By: Florence Mackin

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18 HighGear | Celebrating 61 Years | 1958 - 2019Jody and David Schmidt presenting the RMR check to

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Once again, Rome Chelsi and Pete Romenesko kicked off the driving season with the Stick and Paddle DE in May. The charities for this event were the Center for the Arts, Evergreen Capital Campaign fund-ing a new community art center in Evergreen, and the Lung Cancer Colorado Fund, which supports the University Hospital’s fight against lung cancer, including basic, clinical and translational research, training of the next generation of physicians and scientists, patient financial as-sistance, and facility and infrastruc-ture improvements. Rome and Pete raised $1,036, split between the two charities.

A special 60th Anniversary Cele-bration was held in June 2018 at The Lodge in Vail. Participants at this event donated $610 to the Denver Dumb Friends League, an organiza-tion devoted to reducing pet home-lessness and animal suffering.

In June, David and Jody Schmidt devised another fun-filled gimmick

rally, Rally Quest – The Search for Sasquatch. Their designated charity was the Colorado Fallen Hero Foun-dation, which supports and serves the families of officers who have died in the line of duty. We had good news on two fronts – Sasquatch was found and event profits and member donations in the amount of $1,844 were donated to the Foundation.

In late June, the Summer School DE, co-chaired by Brian Lay and Brian Bobich, supported the Cotton-wood Institute, an organization that collaborates with schools and youth organizations to provide high quality, high impact environmental educa-tion and service-learning programs to encourage students to be envi-ronmentally aware and civically en-gaged. Event participants donated $700 to this charity.

In July, our DE enthusiasts re-turned to High Plans Raceway for the Cookin’ on the Plains DE, co-chaired by Scott Farrell and Tom Radow. Our event chairs chose the David Buch-nam Memorial Scholarship Founda-

tion as the designated charity, and members’ donations provided an additional $840 to the Foundation.

Ladies’ Day, co-chaired by Stacy Robins and Elaine Liedtke, was held in August at the Colorado State Pa-trol track in Golden. Members do-nated a total of $550 through direct donations and noontime rides. The club donated an additional $2,000 in lieu of track fees. We were honored to have CSP Major Brett Mattson at the drivers’ meeting to tell us about the Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation. The Foundation’s mis-sion is to support the members of the Association of Colorado State Patrol Professionals and their fami-lies in times of crisis, further the ed-ucation of such members and their families, provide training classes on defensive driving for the motoring public, and to enhance opportunities for professional and personal growth to members of the Association fam-ily.

Pete Romenesko, a true DE en-thusiast, chaired his 2nd event of

Twice Blessed (continued)


2018, the Novice Drivers DE at the CSP track in Golden on the Sunday following Ladies’ Day. At this event, he raised an additional $350 for the Lung Cancer Colorado Fund.

The Rocky Mountain Thunder Club Race/Super DE/Enduro was held at High Plains Raceway in September. Event co-chairs Doug Bartlett and Art Van Dyck chose the University of Colorado Hospital Foundation Burn Center as the designated charity. The University of Colorado Hospital Burn Center is the leading regional burn center in the Rocky Mountain Region and the only adult burn cen-ter verified by the American Burn Association in the Rocky Mountain Region providing patients with high quality, comprehensive and com-passionate care from time of injury through rehabilitation. $1,350 was raised and donated to the Burn Unit in memory of Jerry Schouten, a longtime RMR member and an avid club racer.

The September DE, Waggin’ Tails - German Cars and German Dogs, was chaired by Joe Bank this year. The

designated charity for this event was the Front Range German Shepherd Rescue, a fully volunteer run group dedicated to rescuing and finding homes for purebred German Shep-herds. Prior to the DE, Joe offered rides in his Factory 2011 GT3 Cup Car in exchange for a $100 donation to the charity. He not only provided an opportunity for RMR DE enthusi-asts to experience the sensations of a genuine professional level race car, but also raised $2,840 in addition to the Club donation, despite the can-cellation of Sunday’s events due to bad weather.

Holly and Dave Jackson chaired the 4x4 Tour to Breckenridge in early October. The tour provided spectac-ular views above tree line for those willing to rough it and explore the back roads. This event raised $586 for the Food Bank of the Rockies, which provides an invaluable service to communities all along the front range in Colorado by helping ensure that no one in our communities goes hungry.

Brian Bobich volunteered to chair

the Cones are a Fallin’ Autocross held at the Front Range Airport in October. At this last driving event of the season, Brian supported the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation, which collects toys and distributes them to less fortunate children in our communities to give them a message of hope that will assist them in becoming responsi-ble and patriotic citizens. We col-lected four large bags of toys as well as $560 in cash that was added to the $500 club donation. These were delivered to the Toys for Tots ware-house in Aurora in mid-November in time for sorting and distribution to those in need in our local communi-ty.

To paraphrase Shakespeare, rath-er inelegantly, the quality of mercy blesses both those who receive and those who give. It is heartening to witness the consistent generosity of our members to those in need in our local communities. I thank you for this and wish all of you many bless-ings in the new year.

HG

Toys collected at the Autocross in late October. Pictured are Florence Mackin, Jim Thorburn, event chair Brian Bobich, and registrar Vicki Cox-Jones.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION’S CHIEF DRIVING INSTRUCTOR TEAM PRESENTS2019 HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVERS ED / AUTOCROSS 101 CLASS

WHAT: High Performance Drivers Ed / Autocross 101 Class

WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: 3R Racing (www.3RAuto.com)

3701 S. Kalamath Street, Englewood, Colorado

REGISTER: www.MotorsportsReg.com Opens Feb 11th

QUESTIONS: Brian Leary [email protected]

COMING MARCH 30TH, 2019 AT 3R RACING!You’ve just purchased your dream car; a Porsche. Or maybe you’ve owned that beauty for a number of years and have

been hearing just how great these cars perform out on a race track or at an autocross. Now you’re curious. Could you actually drive on a track or speed through an autocross course in your pride and joy? Of course you can!

Mark your calendars and join us at our third annual ‘HPDE/Autocross 101’ class that we will be holding on Saturday, March 30th, 2019, from 9:00 am till 1:00 pm at 3R Racing, located at 3701 S. Kalamath St. in Englewood, Colorado. This place is amazing, and during your training you will be surrounded by all types of race cars. In this class you will learn all about how to register for events, how to prepare your car for the track, pre-tech, what to do when you arrive at the track, what our instructors will teach you, possible wear and tear on the car, what an autocross is, and much more. We will have various speakers who can answer all the questions you might have before your first track experience. To get registered (and potentially change your life forever!) we will post a link in February on the RMR/PCA website at http://rmr.pca.org/. Look for the HPDE/AX 101 link on the main page.

Registration will open on February 11, 2019 through Motorsportreg.com. We are going to restrict this to 60 people, so register early to guarantee a spot! Of course any member is welcome, but we’re really trying to reach those of you who’ve considered participating in an Autocross or High Performance Drivers Ed, but for a variety of reasons, have never done so.

If you have any questions, contact Brian Leary at [email protected]. Hope to see you there!


Making Sense of Porsche Models By: Ivan Calhoun

So as a way of introduction I need to tell y’all two things about me (though using y’all there I also probably let on I’m mostly from a state a bit southeast of Colorado). First, I’m in my first year of owning a Porsche and being a member of this club. Secondly, I’ve worked a long time in information technology – basically, I’m a geek.

One of the challenges of my developing experience in this world is catching up to a previously unrealized lack of knowledge about the cars. Though having been a Porsche fan and enthusiast since I was 10 I learned this year that my basic ability to distinguish between a 356, 911, 944, and 928 meant I hardly still knew much of anything. And after having purchased my first German car in 2018 I quickly discovered it’s actually a 996 causing me to all of sudden realize, heck – I better get to understanding these cars much more. And yes, I did choose a 1999 model of this car with little more knowledge than it was in terrific shape, had low miles, was set up like I wanted, and was a price I was comfortable getting started in this new life. I want to write an article in the future about what finding out what an IMS bearing is has made me think - though I will add I am still exceedingly enamored with my car.

Luckily, I was already looking forward to joining PCA and was pleasantly surprised to learn about our region and the opportunities it

presents, especially for education. Though I was challenged a bit to get to a lot of events this past year I dug what I did learn when I got to something and talked with some of you. This magazine, HighGear, and the PCA ‘Panaroma’ magazine are now my favorite two pieces of mail each month as well which I immediately devour upon arrival. I started buying other Porsche related magazines and f inally started getting some books as well. The book that I’ve most enjoyed acquiring and reading is Wayne Dempsey’s ‘Speed Read Porsche 911’. What a terrific base level of education it provided on everything from the history of the company, to the brand’s racing legacy, to all the numerous 911 models. And boy, there were even more of those than I thought!

W h a t f i n i s h i n g t h a t b o o k and getting finally some basic knowledge of all the Porsche models helped most was making sense of all the Porsches for sale in the back of the monthly PCA magazines. I actually love reading them all with grand dreams of getting one of every one of them some day. But all the various indicated models in the ads had been losing me. That’s when my inner geekdome kicked in.

I needed a Porsche batting line-up and I knew I could produce a simple one quickly using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. I use this software daily in the completion of my day job. In addition to normal

uses calculating, tracking, and reporting numbers I have found it a useful authoring tool for certain types of presentations including simple project plans.

I decided I needed to produce a modified version of what we call a GANTT chart charting all the various Porsche models as a reference tool when reading articles, books, and especially advertisements. And following is what I’ve compiled and drafted from all the reading material I’ve already acquired. Each of the indicated timeperiods do encompass all of the various versions of that sub-model and are intended to be just representative of when that car was generally available new to customers.

This will be a work-in-progress for me through this journey I’ve chosen with all of you. I look forward to adding notes and maybe even model illustrations and engine info to it. I think I will need to add racing and supercar models to it eventually as well. But in the meantime, I’m already liking that I have it to make me feel more knowledgeable. I expect someday I may not ever need it again – that is true about a number of other things I am a “subject-matter-expert” on including information technology. But in the meantime, I think I’m going to get this reference chart laminated!

HG

THE PORSCHE MODEL LINE-UP

Example of an Air-Cooled Porsche Example of a Water-Cooled Porsche

A Guide to Porsche Models


THE PORSCHE MODEL LINE-UP

PAST EVENT — HOLIDAY PARTY

PAST EVENT — HOLIDAY PARTY


Bill Simon with Bette and Dave Seeland

Dale and Carole Thero

Installation ceremoiny of the 2019 RMR Board

Robert Neece, Suzanne O’Niel, Bob and Pam Barker, Jim Thorburn, Walt Fricke

Pam Barker, Christine Walters, Scott Henderson, and Vicki Cox-Jones

RMR Holiday PartyDECEMBER 15, 2018 WILLOW RIDGE MANOR

I GET AROUND

Danielle BadlerRMR/PCA Columnist

That’s what I’ve been trying to figure out. Just exactly where have we been, us gearheads, and just exactly where are we going?

To that end, I’ve been sifting through “stuff.” I’ve been ripping, printing and copying everything that has come across my desk and piqued my interest. All with an eye toward trying to identify slants, angles and trends that may, that just may, have something to do with what we can expect in the coming year.

Is my stuff leading me down the right track? I haven’t a clue. As they say, time alone will tell. But that’s never stopped me before, and it won’t stop me now. And, hey, you dear reader can play too. I mean what have we got to lose? Whoever looks back at year-end to see if we’ve been right? Right?

So here goes. At least four automotive trends keep f loating up in my treasured, virtual crystal ball.

The cont inued sl ide in sales of passenger cars vs light trucks/SUVs.

I recently happened across year-to-date data for sales here in Colorado. Through September 2018, sales of passenger cars were down 14.7%. Sales of light trucks in the same time frame were up 4.9%.

That translates to a market share for non-luxury SUVs of 45% versus 42% last year. For what it’s worth, sales in the same time frame of luxury and sports cars were … drum roll … unchanged year over year at 4%.

I don’t get it. I mean, really, we all do know that traditional station wagons actually provide more interior space than comparable SUVs. And better handling. Four-wheel drive? Offered on both. Fuel economy? The nod goes to the car. Commanding high-riding view in all directions? The SUV wins. As if it matters when you’ve got lane departure alerts, lane change alerts, parking assist and so

on and so forth. The nanny state controls your driving today, regardless what you’re driving, or how high you’re sitting in the saddle.

How did this happen? I mean, really. I feel like I woke up and, lo and behold, SUVs were everywhere. Right, Porsche? And let’s not even begin to get into their profitability. Although that might, just might, be a key to their proliferation. Just saying.

The rich get richer. Yeah, I know you know this. But it’s still

fun to periodically bring it back to earth. Exhibit A is prices for attending Pebble this coming August. Are you sitting down? Good.

Sports Car Market says this about the 2019 Concours d’Elegance … you know the one, where they set off confetti guns as the winner rolls up on the platform, which is sited strategically on the 18th fairway in front of the clubhouse with dolphins and whales cavorting in the glistening sea in the background … that one. SCM says general admission tickets will be $375. “Club d’Elegance” tickets are $825. For the ultimate Pebble experience be prepared to fork over $2,500. That gets you the Patrons Patio at the Winners Circle. Or the Chairman’s Hospitality at the Lodge that will set you back $3,000. For the day. One day. Order early, they always sell out.

Autonomous delivery.Oh yeah, autonomous cars are coming.

It’s only a matter of time … mostly, I think, the time needed to master the intricacies of liability law should something go wrong. And that’s fine.

But what’s actually bucking up to the here and now, right now, is commercial applications. Automotive News reports that, starting this past Dec 5, Waymo, the “subsidiary spun from Google to handle autonomous driving intends to offer commercial service with its self-driving

Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans. The service is called Waymo One.”

Think of the service as an autonomous Uber or Lyft. “The minivans can carry up to three adults and one child at a time,” says Automotive News. Now, when you couple this effort with the one they launched earlier last year with Walmart, and their partnership with AutoNation and partnership with Avis Budget Group, and entrants in the autonomous truck market, as well as autonomous deliveries and licensing of technology, it all rolls up to a potential company valuation of $175 billion. So says Morgan Stanley.

Formula1 will rebuild the sport and grow its fan base.

Huh? Well, that’s what Liberty Media says it plans to do in the New Year. I certainly hope so.

You may recall that Liberty Media bought Formula One for $4.4 billion in January 2017. On an analyst conference call last November, Chase Carey, the leader of the racing business, said 2018 was a “beta project” for its digital offerings. The plan, he outlined, features an “over the top” streaming service. Formula One, he said, “is now the fastest growing sport on social media with 18.1 million followers. That number is up 50 percent from a year ago.”

According to the Denver Post, “Carey is also excited about the addition of in-race betting to the sport. In September, Liberty reached a $100 million deal with Interregional Sports Group to allow for live, in-play betting at the race track. He likened it to what fantasy football has done for the NFL.”

All righty then. Mirror, mirror who’ll win and who’ll lose on the road and on the track?

Tune in a year from now if you remember. I’ll see ya.

HG


ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER … WHAT?

IN THE ZONE

Rich SandersPCA Zone 9 Representative

A new year is upon us. We might want to believe that for in the world of Porsche Cars every year is a milestone year. Whether its design or technol-ogy or a marketing approach, there’s ALWAYS something new and unique. But there’s already a good argument to make that 2019 is going to be one of those years that we will look back at and say, “year 2019 was a turning point.” As an example of a turning point, many might agree that the shift from the air-cooled to water-cooled 911s was a milestone, and as a result, the period of 1998-1999 was a “spe-cial” time in the history of the brand. At that moment in time, I’m told that lots of people thought that going wa-ter-cooled would be the end of the 911. For the same reason, I would argue that the 2019 introduction of certain 2020 model year Porsches will be seen as equally as “special.” I’m careful to use the words “special” and “milestone” because I’m not judging either good or bad. That judgment will be up to each of you depending on where you stand

on the continuum of new technology to collectable nostalgia.

The reason for this special milestone point is electrification. By now, most of us have heard about or seen press images of the 2020 Taycan, Porsche’s first all-electric car. Initially rumored to be one model, it appears that due to high anticipated demand the late 2019 introduction will come in two variants.

Another milestone, but along the same electric path, is a bit more hidden. It’s hidden in the architecture of the new generation 911 (model designation 992). While there is certainly no an-nouncement of a hybrid-powered 911 as of yet, the packaging of the 8-speed PDK gearbox is set up to allow space for the addition of an electric motor in the rear section. Clearly we’ll have to wait for a hybrid 911, but 2019 with the introduction of the 992 platform is the year that will enable that era.

Regardless of the changes that will eventually be ushered into the full product line as the result of full or par-tial electrification, some reactions will

be predictably the same. Sentimen-talists will pine for the sound of the exhaust and the turbo whine; even for that smell imparted to the garage af-ter a particularly spirited drive. Tech-nocrats will embrace the efficiency of the new platforms and the ability to get more combined power and torque out of less weight and space. They’ll gush about instantaneous torque from a fully electric Porsche, an even lower center of gravity, and (I suspect) a near 50/50 front to rear weight distribution.

In the end, the Cars and Coffee con-versations among all of us geeky PCA members will change…but just in the details. However, the joy of having the argument, as well as the delight in having someone to have the argu-ment with, will remain the same. And in THAT sense, every year is a special year.

Wishing all Zone 9 PCA members a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Rich SandersZone 9 Rep, PCA HG

“TIME ISN’T THE MAIN THING. IT’S THE ONLY THING” – MILES DAVIS

West Texas Region President, Tony Wright at the door of the “No Scum Allowed Saloon” in White Oak, New Mexico.

Some of the Porsches on the tour (pictured, Misty and Tony Wright).

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Classified ads are free to RMR/PCA members for items personally owned by the member. No commercial ads. Ads for non-members are $10 for each month (send payment to RMR Treasurer - Donna Helberg, 55 Baxter Farm Ln., Erie, CO 80516). Ads must be 75 words or less. Deadline for classified ad submission is the 15th of the previous month. Member ads will run for two issues. Ads will also appear with an optional photo on the rmr.pca.org website. E-mail your ad to [email protected].

PORSCHES 1966 912 $38,500Black/Black. Solid driver. New motor. 5 speed. Sunroof. VIN 452430. Non numbers matching. $50,000 invested. Email me with questions, or for pictures, videos or to test drive. (Sept)Stephen Ash [email protected]

1988 944 Turbo $18,000 OBO60,500 miles. Just did the timing and balance shaft belts, water pump, pulleys, and seals. Fresh spark plugs, oil change, phosphate free coolant. Has Autothority MAF, shock tower brace, Alpine radio and bra and bag for sunroof. Was Florida car until 2002/45K then Illinois for 1000mi/year pleasure cruising. Was a close friends car for the last 15 years, and I was doing service work for him when he got sick. I bought it from him so I am the 3rd owner but never planned on keeping it. I have only driven it for test drives and to show.Prior owner added woodgrain interior kit (stick-on but nice looking) and badge on the steering wheel. No cracks in the dash, trip meter works, seats very nice. Not perfect, but nice car probably a solid #2 condition.Chris Houck (847) [email protected]

1989 911 Race Car W/O Engine $34,000Extensive upgrades list. 3R Racing (303) [email protected]

1995 911 (993) C2 Carrera Coupe $48,500Black/Tan. New Continental tires. New tinted windows. Big brakes. Car cover included. Please: Serious buyers only! (Aug) Michael Shing [email protected]

1999 Carrera 4 $22,000Only 52,335 miles. Garaged. Beautiful very fast Black Coupe w/Aerokit. Many Upgrades Performed. IMS/RMS repair, Clutch kit, FabSpeed Exhaust system, Kenwood DVD player. Records available. No issues with this car. John Ortiz (720) [email protected]

2002 911 $23,000996.2. 3.6 liter. 320 hp with 6-speed manual. White with Black Leather interior. 70,000 miles on car. 4,000 miles on Porsche Factory remanufactured engine (built in Germany). Runs like new. Nicely optioned with PSM, Technic package, Carbon Fiber Package, power/memory seats, headlight washers, Alcantara headliner. Certificate of Authenticity. New windshield. Clear bra. Car is in great shape.David Johnson (303) [email protected]

2004 996 GT3 Cup Car $99,000 OBOVery clean & fast 996 Cup car, well-maintained by Autometrics. Club raced in PCA GTC3 class, many podiums, NO CRASHES or tub damage. 3 sets BBS wheels, MoTeC, updated seat/belts, Cool Shirt, log book, spares, incl 2nd OEM bumper cover. 7 HOURS on newly rebuilt engine and trans., all maint records. Awesome car! Location: Charleston, SC.Video: https://youtu.be/KooX_V-nSMI Bruce McPherson (303) [email protected]

2006 Carrera 4 Coupe $42,000Carrera White/Special Cocoa full leather. Manual 6-speed. PASM. Sport. 6-way adjustable/heated seats. Tinted glass. Bra. Bose Premium surround. Tooki Bluetooth. 2 sets of 19 inch classic wheels with Michelin Super Sports and Pirelli Sottozeros. 54.5K mi. Great car – needs nothing. (Sept)Jim Moran (303) 868-6700 [email protected]

2006 Cayman S $27,00074,000 miles. Midnight Blue Metallic with Sand Beige sport leather seats, plus Black Alcantara steering wheel, shift knob, center console, door handles & compartment covers. New clutch / pressure plate / f lywheel & shift cables installed <500 miles ago. Options include: Heated front seats, 19″ BBS wheels, PASM, TPMS, Auto climate control, parking assist, rear luggage par tit ion, Spor t Chrono Package Plus, Bose surround, adaptive sport seats, PCM 2.1, Bi-Xenon

headlamp package, sport shifter, and 5mm wheel spacers.Chris Williams (561) [email protected]

2017 718 Boxster $49,7501 ow ner, Colorado. Gua rds Red . Convertible. 19″ Boxster wheels. 6,650 miles. Perfect condition mechanically and body. No crashes, dents, or scratches. Garaged every night. Never on track, snow, ice, or gravel. Premium package. Power spor t s seat s (14 -way) w ith memory. Automatically dimming mirror with integrated rain sensor. Heated seats. 2-zone automatic climate control. Professionally installed clear bra and radar detector. Located in Louisville, CO. Rich Smith (303) 665-8196 [email protected]

Want to Buy: 1979-1982 911SCLooking for the impossible – Porsche 1979-1982 911SC. Mint. 100% original. Low mileage. Looking for Chiffon White with Red Leather interior.Vince Vranesic (303) 888-5087

Want to Buy: 1987-1989 G50 Carrera CoupeSerious private buyer looking to give your car a good home with frequent drives! I prefer a car that’s ready to go. Interesting colors preferred. Also willing to consider 993s and ’84+ G-bodied Carrera Coupes. Thanks.Jason Meshnick [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUSAmazing Porsche Storage, 800 sq ft Private garage for rent at a private residence in Western Longmont. Location in a quiet neighborhood between Nelson Road and St. Vrain Road West of Airport Road. Separate paved driveway behind a gate. It has heat and AC. It’s completely finished inside, lots of kitchen cabinets and skylights. Strong rental references required. $800/month.Joe Bank (303) [email protected]

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2,400 sq ft Private Workshop (Stucco Building with Metal Roof) for Rent.At a private residence in Western Longmont between Nelson & St. Vrain Road. Paved access, behind a gate, Heated/AC/Office/Bathroom. It’s completely finished inside and extremely well insulated. The building has it’s own utilities. $2,000/month plus utilities.Joe Bank (303) [email protected]

Assorted Porsche Body PartsTwo (2) 993 hoods…One (1) Steel Yellow, excellent $500.00One (1) Fiberglass Black, nice, no fresh air vent $200.00Rear engine lid from ’74 911 no grille excellent $450.00.Two (2) sets of rear bumper quarters from SWB 911 nice $400.00 per set.Items are located in Westminster, CO.Pat DiGiovanni (719) [email protected]

New 997 Wheels & Winter Tires $1,495BRAND NEW set of 4 Wheels and Winter Tires for 997 S/4S/Turbo. Wheels: Brand New Sport Edition Cup 4 Silver painted with Porsche center caps and TPMS. Front 18×8 Offset 54mm — Rear 18×10 Offset 40mm. Tires: Brand New Pirelli Winter Sottozero Series III N2 Spec (45/17 build date). Front 235/40R18 N2Rear 295/35R18 N2.These are ready to bolt on and drive.Craig Heaydon (970)[email protected]

K-Summit K-34 Snow Chains $200I bought these new for my Cayman S but never used them, and I don’t need them for my Macan now, so they’re still as new in their carrying case. For tire sizing, see https://www.amazon.com/KONIG-K-SUMMIT-K34-Snow-chains/dp/B001ED9XXM/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1543428365&sr=1-1&keywords=K-summit+k34.Robert [email protected]

Perfect Motor for a Winter ProjectIf you have a winter Porsche project, I have the perfect motor for it. 3.8 liter air cooled motor. This is a very strong and low-hour motor, built for longevity. For sale on its own or with other goodies listed below. Make me a reasonable offer. This would be awesome in your street, track, or race car.3.8 liter Motor Details…• Originally 1990 Porsche 964 3.6 liter• 264hp at the wheels, approx. 311hp at the crank• Properly and conservatively broken in after build• About 10 hours competition time since rebuild• LN Nickies 3.8 pistons and cylinders• 12.5:1 compression• Carillo rods• Rebuilt heads• Stock 964 cams and intake• European Racing HeadersChris Lennon (719) [email protected]

Aluma Trailer $5,500 Cash7814R Tandem Axle. Manufactured 2009. Dual Storage Boxes. Weight: 1100 lbs. Bed Size: 77.5″ x 173″ Local PickupSee RMR website for photos.Rome Chelsi (303) [email protected]

19” OEM Sport Wheels from ’06 997 C4S Excellent condition: 19-inch factory Sport Design alloy wheels (option code I407).All four wheels (no lug nuts, no center caps), straight and true – no cracks/bends/bubbles. Very few, tiny nicks. Awesome, classy upgrade! 305/30-19 and 235/35-19, 5×130 bolt pattern. Offset: Front = +56mm and Rear = +51mm. Fits 996/997 Turbo and C4S. Price lowered! $1000 OBO.Dave (303) 662-1162 [email protected]

Pagid RS Orange Front Brake Pads For 911. New! Part # E450144010. Pelican price is around $250 after tax and shipping. $175.00 cash. (Aug)Rome Chelsi (303)[email protected]

Hoosier R6 Track Tires (Slicks) $200/setFor a Porsche 911 997 Carrera 4s widebody (and maybe others). These tires were used once for 15 minutes (i.e. 1 heat cycle).They’ve always been stored in a heated garage. Tire sizes are P235/35ZR19 fronts and P295/30ZR19 rears. Pictures available on request. Dave Buehmann [email protected]

C e n t e r lo ck W h e e ls f r om 9 9 7 G T 3 18 inch Forgeline $1,000Centerlock wheels from 997 GT3, 18in. Forgeline. $1000 OBO for all 4. Tires included but they are 6 years old. In the Denver area. Wheels were used for track use. Not for street use as per Forgeline. (Sept)Alex (303) [email protected]

Folding Engine Crane/Hoist $300Also included are an engine stand and yoke for Porsche 911. Located near Boulder/Longmont. See RMR website for photos.Wendy Volan [email protected]

Exhaust System and Headers2005 911 Turbo S Exhaust System and Headers.They are original stock parts and only used for 10 months. Will sell separately. $900 for Exhaust System and $300 for Headers. (Aug)William Magaziner (303) 877-7717 [email protected]

Hoosier Racing Tires For SaleHoosier A7 295/35/17 – 245/40/17 3 pairs of each, very lightly used – $400/prHoosier R7 295/35/17 – 245/40/17 1 pr of each, almost new – $400/prHoosier R7 295/35/17 – 245/40/17 1 pr of each, older, good depth – $200/prHoosier H2O 245/40/17 – 225/40/17 1 pr of each, older, good depth – $200/prHoosier H2O 275/40/17 – 225/40/17 1 pr of each, like new – $400/prKumho ECSTA V70 275/40/17 1 pair, older with lots of tread – $100 (Aug)Chris Lennon (719) 776-0989 [email protected]

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DRIVING EVENTSTOUR

A tour is a non-competitive driving event in which participants follow a given route to a destination (which may or may not be known in advance). A tour may vary in length from a day trip to a long weekend with an overnight stay or two. Tours usually follow scenic routes (which are plentiful in Colorado) and/or visit interesting or obscure destinations. Tours are sometimes combined with rallies to add variety and a dose of competition to the event.

RMR hosts several tours each year; AMR typically offers several as well. A number of tours are usually offered at Porsche Parade.

RALLYA rally is a competitive event in which

contestants attempt to follow a course specified by a set of instructions. Rallies are typically run on public, paved roads, and speed limits are always observed. The two major types of rallies are the Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) rally and the Gimmick rally. In a TSD rally, participants attempt to follow the instructions precisely, maintaining the correct speed, as points are deducted for arriving at checkpoints (the locations of which are not known in advance) early or late. A Gimmick rally is typically a bit less rigid and usually involves solving puzzles of some type.

Between RMR and AMR, a handful of rallies—at least one of each type—are offered. Porsche Parade also hosts a TSD rally, and sometimes a Gimmick rally, each year.

AUTOCROSS (AX)An autocross is a competition in which

drivers navigate their cars through a course defined by orange cones, usually in a large parking lot. Top speeds are generally moderate, topping out around 40-65 MPH (no higher than second gear for many cars). Competing cars are spaced at long intervals — typically only two or three cars are on the course at the same time. Autocross is a safe way to experience high-performance driving while learning to drive your car at its limit.

Additionally, autocross is a major event at Porsche Parade

DRIVER EDUCATION (DE)A driver education event provides a

safe, controlled environment for high-performance driving instruction. DE offers drivers of all skill levels the opportunity to hone their driving skills, with the help of an experienced instructor, in a controlled, closed-course environment. In keeping with PCA philosophy, the pr imar y emphasis at all times is on safety. A word of warning, though: the DE experience may be habit-forming!

As DE events are not racing, nor preparation for racing, lap times are not recorded. However, some DE events are followed immediately by a time trial event, which gives drivers a chance to quantify their performance. Lap times may then be used to measure personal improvement or for bragging rights amongst your peers, etc.

RMR hosts six DE’s each year at High Plains Raceway, with AMR hosting several more at the La Junta, Pueblo and (possibly in the future) Pike’s Peak International Raceway tracks.

CLUB RACEA club race is a wheel-to-wheel racing

event. A race weekend consists of a number of practice sessions and “heats” (race sessions), often involving both “sprint” and “endurance” races.

Since a Club Racing license (issued by PCA National) is required for competition, club racers are serious and experienced drivers. The cars they bring with them to the track can be quite impressive! As a point of interest, the PCA Club Racing program was inaugurated with the RMR-hosted “First Ever Anywhere” club race at Second Creek in 1992.

Because of the logistics involved in an event of this magnitude, a club race requires a legion of volunteers. However, it is also one of most exciting events to participate in, so be sure to sign up!

RMR hosts one club race each autumn at High Plains Raceway which, when combined with a Driver Education event, adds up to one thrilling weekend!

NON-DRIVING EVENTSMEMBERSHIP SOCIAL Membership socials provide an oppor-tunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new members. Historically, a mem-bership meeting begins with a social hour with a cash bar, followed by the evening’s program. The content of the program var-ies, sometimes featuring a “slide show” from a recent event, or a guest speaker such as accomplished Speed World Chal-lenge racer Randy Pobst.

Membership socials, unless otherwise stated, are held the first Thursday of the month. Different venues and topics will keep the meetings fresh and inviting. Watch HighGear and the RMR Web site for details. If you have any ideas for a program, talk to the Committee Chair or a Board member!

TECH SESSIONA tech session is just what it sounds

like–a session in which a technical topic is discussed. Not just for gearheads, a tech session may demonstrate practical, “do-it-yourself ” procedures such as brake bleeding. Tech sessions are usually presented by exper ienced Porsche technicians, many of whom are sponsors of RMR events and High Gear.

RMR hosts a few tech sessions each year, typically in the “off months” when few driving events take place. In addition, numerous tech sessions are offered at Porsche Parade. Concours d’Elegance

A concours is essentially a car show, in which contestants endeavor to present their cars in as close to “perfect” condition as possible. A number of judged categories usually exist, typically differentiating between types of cars (e.g. 356, Boxster) and level of preparation (“daily driver” or “full preparation” or somewhere in between). Cars sometimes may be entered as “display only,” for owners who wish to participate but not compete.

RMR participates in a handful of local concours events each year, including the annual Exotic Spor ts Car Show and Concours d’Elegance, benefiting United Cerebral Palsy Colorado. The annual Porsche Parade also hosts a major concours each year.

WHAT WE DOWhether your tastes are social, technical, or competitive, RMR has something for you! You can have fun in your Porsche by participating in driver education and time trials at area tracks, autocrosses, rallies, tours, tech sessions, car shows and more.


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