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VOLUME 62 | EDITION 9
COMMEMORATING PORSCHE FELLOWSHIP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION | RMR.PCA.ORG | September 2020
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FEATURES Porsche Trivia-70 16Get a Horse or... 18
Flying Solo on the Plains HPDE 22Upcoming Event : Rocky Mountain Thunder 26
Book Reviews for Porschephiles 37
DEPARTMENTSBoard of Directors 04
Region Coordinators / Technical Resources 04Membership Updates and Anniversaries 05
Presidential Thoughts 06Editor’s Reflection 07
Members’ Corral 08Upcoming Events Calendar 11Rocky Mountain Road Trips 13
Track Talk 142020 RMR & AMR HPDE / Autocross Schedule 31
In The Zone 32Advertising in HighGear 35
Advertiser Index 35I Get Around 36
Classifieds 38Dear Tire Guy 40
Creative License 41In The Rearview Mirror 42
Volume 62, Edition 9September 2020
HighGear is the Official Magazine of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Porsche Club of America
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HighGear (ISSN1061-1746) is the official magazine of the Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America (RMR/PCA) and is published monthly. The opinions and views appearing in HighGear are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the RMR/PCA, PCA National, or this magazine as an official RMR/PCA publication. Additionally, none of these organizations nor this publication assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of material provided by individual writers and contributors. Submissions may be edited for grammar and length.
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Editor: Tom ChampionCreative Director Bill Simon
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 Walt Fricke (303) 499-6540 [email protected] and Good Works RJ Stapell / Greg Casals (716) 870-4447 [email protected] Driving Instructor Dan H. Carlson (303) 520-4567 [email protected] Race/Solo DE Doug Bartlett (970) 214-7279 [email protected] George Strimbu (303) 736-9114 [email protected] Education Scott Henderson (303) 521-9007 [email protected] Harry B Jones / Tim Berg (970) 372-8852 [email protected] Store Mike Hebert (360) 202-5830 [email protected] Historian Amy Legg-Rogers (970) 310-8343 [email protected] Harry B Jones (970) 372-8852 [email protected] Erik Behrendsen/Holly Jackson (303) 840-7361 [email protected] Nancy Warren (720) 556-0806 [email protected] Scott Henderson / Bo Jensen (303) 521-9007 [email protected] Inspection Josh Wyte (303) 587-0796 [email protected] Doug Bartlett (970) 214-7279 [email protected] Erik Behrendsen (303) 840-7361 [email protected] Scott Rogers (970) 690-8343 [email protected] 9 Representative Rich Sanders (801) 231-0400 [email protected]
356 Tom Scott (303) 819-0101 [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] 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]
REGION COORDINATORS
TECHNICAL RESOURCES
Newsletter EditorTom [email protected]
SecretaryRuss [email protected]
Second Vice PresidentScott Henderson [email protected]
PresidentJim [email protected]
Vice PresidentVicki [email protected]
Membership ChairHolly [email protected]
TreasurerTom [email protected]
Past PresidentJohn [email protected]
RMR-PCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RMR-PCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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NEW TEST DRIVE MEMBERS — Welcome!
Mikhail Andelman Aurora, CO 2014 Cayman S
Claire Cohen Denver, CO 1985 911 Carrera Targa
Christopher Cooper Littleton, CO 1999 911 Carrera
Mitchal Fej Littleton, CO 2016 Cayman GT4
Mark Gibson Denver, CO 1997 911 Carrera
Ross Harmon Castle Rock, CO 1990 911 Carrera 2
Greg Imrich Boulder, CO 1986 944
Christopher Jones Boulder, CO 2009 911 Carrera S
Art Kutzer Greenwood Village, CO 2018 Panamera 4 E-Hybrid
Kevin Landon Denver, CO 2000 Boxster S
Chang Lee Parker, CO 2013 Boxster S
Michael Lloyd Denver, CO 2017 911 Carrera GTS
Don Losasso Arvada, CO 2013 911 Carrera 4S
Bryan McFarland Denver, CO 1985 911 Carrera
Bryan McGlynn Aurora, CO 2003 911 Carrera Cabrio
Blake Meservey Denver, CO 2018 911 Carrera
Michael Miller Denver, CO 1980 911 SC
Mark & Patty Mueller Vail, CO 1958 356
Daniel Olsen Windsor, CO 2013 911 Carrera 4S
Marc Pasquariello Denver, CO 2020 Panamera 4 E-Hybrid
William Peters Gering, NE 2000 Boxster S
CJ Shaw Brighton, CO 2005 911 Carrera S
Daniel Stratford & Mary Murphy Centennial, CO 2007 Cayman S
Christopher Stutters Thornton, CO 1987 944 Turbo
Jase Thulin Cheyenne, WY 1968 912
Madeline Vitale Denver, CO 2019 Macan S
Lawrence Yuen Denver, CO 2016 Cayman GT4
Robert Janas Steamboat Springs, CO 2003 911 Carrera (Transfer in from St. Louis Region)
Kevin Kirby Boulder, CO 2008 911 GT3 RS (Transfer in from Dakota Region)
Zach & Ashely Magid Denver, CO 2002 911 Carrera (Transfer in from Metro-politan New York Region)
50 YEARS Morgan & Karen Turner
30 YEARS Charles Huffman
Howard Rubin
20 YEARS David Chase
Marc Maassen
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BERSHIP UPDATESPCA ANNIVERSARIES — Congratulations!
NEW RMR MEMBERS — Welcome!
1,927 Primary RMR Members
2,981 Total RMR Membership
133 RMR PCA Juniors
David Arnold Lakewood, CO
David Baker Highlands Ranch, CO
Randolph Nogel Denver, CO
Geoffrey Schroder Denver, CO
Doug Starkey Steamboat Springs, CO
WE ARE GETTING BUSY AGAINThis has definitely been the slowest
event year for RMR in recent history. Prior to COVID, we were topping 90 events per year. Our team of 150+ volunteers was working like a well-oiled machine keeping socials, tours, and track and autocross events at a high-quality level.
COVID put a temporary damper on our moving forward with events, but we’re B-A-A-ACK!
We held our first autocross of the season on August 15th. It was SO FUN! Jon Barr and his team of volunteers put on a great event. It was a hot day, but the partial cloud cover made the heat tolerable. Also, we had the pleasure of having some of SCCA’s finest “hot shoes” join us for the event including Aaron Botnick, Keith Papluski, and Jeff Morgan. It’s always a pleasure to have our SCCA friends join us.
On September 2nd we held a Zoom webinar entitled “A Conversation With . . . .“ This is a continuation of Dan Carlson’s highly-successful interview sessions with top drivers like Patrick Long. T h i s s e g m e n t f e a t u r e d R M R M e m b e r s , C D I D a v e S t r i b l i n g - R M R ’s 2 0 1 8 Distinguished D r ive r, For m e r C l u b R a c e r & M u l t i p l e R a c e W i n n e r ; J o e B a n k - For m e r CDI, RMR’s 2015 Distinguished Driver, PCA Club Racing National Champion;
and Dale Hartzell - RMR’s 2017 Distinguished Driver, PCA Club Racing National Champion. The discussions, videos, and PowerPoint pres entat ions were ext remely interesting for anyone who enjoys competitive motorsports. Dan plans to hold these events on a more regular basis. So, watch our eblasts announcing these future programs.
On September 19-20, RMR brings back PCA club racing to High Plains Raceway. Doug Bartlett is chairing the event. The club race includes the “Rocky Mountain Thunder” solo-only HPDE. This has been my favorite DE in the past. It’s been a blast being able to watch the wheel-to-wheel racing interspersed with the driver education event. September is always the best time of year to have the race - warm, but not too warm. I plan to be there. Hope you will be too!
On September 27th, Holly Jackson is chairing our fall 4x4 tour. This will be our first tour since COVID struck. This tour has been very popular in
the past. Holly and her husband, Dave, have been involved in the off-road sports for quite a few years. They are very experienced in this area and know the interesting roads to take. For those who want to have a lite version of off-roading, this tour is sure to please. The tour will provide off-road challenges, but not so much as to imperil the pretty bodywork of our Cayennes and Macans. Check it out. It’s fun, fun, fun!!
Going forward, you will see more RMR programs on Zoom. We have increased the capability of our Zoom subscription where we can have as many as 500 participants. Keep a watch on our eblasts as we announce new Zoom programs.
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Jim Thorburn, RMR President
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Jim Thorburn President
PRESIDENTIAL THOUGHTS
Photo: Shaun Seela
RMR’s August Autocross at the Front Range Airport
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EDITOR’S REFLECTIONTom Champion
Newsletter Editor
MY FIRST PORSCHE BUY AND LESSONS LEARNEDI t w a s 4 A u g
2011. The day was sunny and in the mid-eighties when I bought my f irst Porsche, a ’90 964 C a r r e r a 4 a f t e r seeing it for sale on a Rennlist forum, but, honestly, I don’t remember why I wanted to buy the Porsche at that time. It was a 5-speed manual and was dressed up in the iconic Guards Red over Cashmere leather with a sunroof, H&R coilovers, Aero power mirrors, 17” BBS Sport Classics, two other sets of wheels/tires, all service records back to Jan 1997, and sporting a TPC supercharger. Prior to buying the 964, I was looking at 928s and took a 996 turbo for a test drive. I also test drove a 964 RS America, but didn’t act quickly enough for that purchase. Obviously, the 964 was an impulse buy.
I knew the 964 needed some work. A supercharger changes the powerband by coming alive quickly and early in the revs, but peters out at 4000rpm compared with a stock engine where the power comes on at 4000rpm and builds to redline. IMHO, that’s how it should be, so the supercharger had to go. My son Derek and I (mostly him!) removed the TPC supercharger, and sold it quickly to another Porsche enthusiast. While bringing the 3.6L engine back to normal aspiration, among other items needing our attention, we removed the engine undertray, replaced the engine sound pad (tough job!), and installed new RS motor mounts and a Clewett serpentine belt kit. With the coilovers and motor mounts, I can feel and hear the sound of every crack in any road I drive on.
The 964 was now ready for some major work by an independent Porsche shop in the Denver area, and that turned out to be Greg Johnson’s Eurosport LTD in Englewood, CO. Greg’s shop installed a new Sachs clutch and R/R other items (no engine work). Obviously, I got to know Greg after giving him a large check for all the work done on my 964. He’s a fine gentleman! Don’t be afraid to give his shop a look-see. In retrospect, had I followed Derek’s advice and got a PPI, I would have known that the 964 needed some major work to bring it up to par.
It’s now spring 2012, and the 964 is ready for the road, and since that time I’ve driven the 964 at most 4200 miles, all within Colorado. Aside from a trip to Grand Junction, all other drives were less than 200 miles and only during fair weather. After buying the 964, I bought a GMC Yukon for the winter months and a 2005 MB E55 AMG for pleasure driving. While the 500hp E55 can quickly and effortlessly transport you from A to B compared to the 964, it’s a very boring drive even though it’s a “sleeper.” However, driving the 964 is an entirely different matter. You have to work at it! I’m panting when I get out of it, but a good happy panting! And you do get folks talking to you in parking lots and at stop lights/signs about the beauty of the car. I thought about driving the 964 to the Vermont Parade a couple of years
back, but Derek and I put a kibosh on t he Ver mont t r ip primari ly because t h e 9 6 4 i s n o t a comfortable-riding car. I’ve only seen 5-7 964s on the road since 4 Aug 2011.
I do mothball the 964 during the winter months.
There were some lessons I learned from my purchase of the 964. Put your impulse-buying behavior in the closet before you go looking to buy a Porsche or any car. You really should always get a PPI before you buy! Even though the 964 can give you an exhilarating-driving experience, as set up it’s not a comfortable car to drive. So it’s no tours of the USA in the 964 unless you drive 250mi/day or less. Finally, when you see an RS America at a reasonable price, don’t hesitate. The 964 WAS a good buy, because, unbeknownst to me, I bought it at the bottom of the market, and it has more than doubled from what I paid for it! In closing, I would appreciate opinions from RMR members on specialty insurance such as a stated-value policy for the 964.
Tom Champion, Newsletter Editor
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Holly Jackson Membership Chair
STARTING A NEW COLLECTIONAs many of you may be looking
for new things to do to fill the gap of being out and about freely in our world today, you may have found new things to do. By chance, I think I may start a new collection.
It is much cheaper to have multiple ones! What am I talking about? Hot Wheels Porsche cars! I was at the grocery store and saw the end cap wall of cars. I saw some blue cars (I like blue) and thought I would look quickly. Well I saw a blue 918 Spyder! Cool! Is there more? As I looked, I found some other cool cars, and then another 918! Not the best “haul” from this store, but it was fun looking and put a smile on my face! I think these were even on sale and I paid one dollar each! Say what?! I can afford and store so many of these very easily. As we all know, it becomes a harder problem to solve as your stable for your full-size vehicles grows, it gets expensive and possibly complicated. Granted, you can’t hop in a Hot Wheels car and drive the curvy roads in the mountains. However, I still had fun.
The next week, my husband and I were at another store. We dug through a large box full of Hot Wheels. We spent about 15 minutes pulling out handfuls of cars to check out the bottom of the box. We only
found a silver 1996 Carrera. “Just one?”, I thought. It was not what I expected, but still happy to find at least one Porsche. And I enjoyed spending this time with my husband. He actually had fun too!
I then visited the newly remodeled Porsche dealership…. Stevinson Imports is now called Stevinson Porsche! It was so open and airy. I can imagine the grandeur once they are able to fill the show room with
lots of cool cars. It will be a great place to hold a social in the future. If you get a chance, take the drive and check out the new building. I had to remember my visit by purchasing a sticker! It was nice to reconnect with all the sales people and the parts people! I missed seeing the service techs, so next time!
L o o k i n g f or w a rd t o seeing all you soon!
Holly Jackson
RMR Membership Chair
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FLYING SOLO ON THE PL AINS HPDEJuly’s Driving Event at High Plains Raceway
article and photos on page 22
Photo: Mike Pappas
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SOCIAL EVENTSJune 4 RMR Membership Social – Ferrari of Denver – POSTPONED –
1480 E. County Line Road, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (details to come)
October 3 RMR Breakfast Club – North (Tentative) 8:00 am—10:30 am First Watch, 2809 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525
October 10 RMR Breakfast Club (Tentative) 8:00 am—11:00 am The Perfect Landing Restaurant, Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO 80112
October 13 RMR Board Meeting – via conference call (Tentative) 6:00 pm—8:00 pm
November 7 RMR Breakfast Club – North (Tentative) 8:00 am—10:30 am First Watch, 2809 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525
November 10 RMR Board Meeting – via conference call (Tentative) 6:00 pm—8:00 pm
November 14 RMR Breakfast Club (Tentative) 8:00 am—11:00 am The Perfect Landing Restaurant, Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO 80112
DRIVING EVENTSSeptember 19-20 Rocky Mountain Thunder 2020 (Club Race & Adv DE) All Day High Plains Raceway, Deer Trail, CO 80105 (details on page 26)
October 17-18 RMR’s “October Oversteer” Solo DE All Day High Plains Raceway, Deer Trail, CO 80105 (details in Sept eBlast) NOTE: “…but on Sunday we will run (for RMR’s first time ever) the West course!”
October 24 RMR Autocross All Day Front Range Airport, Watkins, CO 80137 (details to come)
For a complete listing of 2020 RMR and AMR HPDEs and Autocross events, see page 31
DRIVING TOURSSeptember 27 4x4 Tour (Tentative) All Day (details to come)
Date TBD Fall Colors Tour (Tentative) All Day (details to come)
UP-TO-DATE EVENT INFORMATION Visit the RMR website at: rmr.pca.org/calendar
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROAD TRIPS
Photo: Vicki Cox-Jones
000,001 Vicki Cox-Jones and
Harry — in their Cayman GTS — recently helped
Doug Bartlett break in his new Cayman GT4.
Photo: Vicki Cox-Jones
Cayman Picnic Vicki Cox-Jones recently met up with Brian and Lynda Love for a picnic at
Barker Meadow Reservoir in Nederland, CO.
Photo: Vicki Cox-Jones
Hey RMRers, Do you have a story about your Porsche you would like to share? Have you taken your Porsche on a recent trip or met up with other Porsche owners at an event? We would love to see some of your quality photographs with a brief write up. For more information email us at [email protected].
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IntroductionMany people believe the most important component in
a sports car (or any car/vehicle) is the engine, but brakes and using them correctly is the key to fast laps and do-ing it safely. My fellow instructors and I spend more time talking about braking to improve our lap times than any other aspect of our driving. Further, good braking tech-nique is the most important skill to learn to drive safely on public roads. I will cover the basics of braking and more specifically “trail braking” and how it can improve your everyday driving and your lap times.
“It’s amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula 1 level, think brakes are for slowing the car down.”
— Mario Andretti
“If you’re overaggressive (with braking), you can run out of suspension, so that when you turn the wheel you’ll only go straight.”
— Jacki Stewart
There are several interviews with Lewis Hamilton on-line where he attributes his six Formula 1 World Champi-onships to his braking technique. He stated, “Most time is made with the brakes.” To the casual driver this is a very counter-intuitive notion.
First the PhysicsWhen a driver applies the brakes, weight is transferred
to the front tires, and, in the case of heavy braking (think “foot to the floor”) as you approach a corner on the track or to avoid an accident on I-70, most of the vehicle’s weight is transferred to the front tires. Think about that…. almost all of the vehicle’s weight is transferred to the front tires and suspension. When this occurs, the front tires and suspen-sion are “maxed out,” so any steering input overwhelms the tires and suspension and destabilizes the vehicle. Under maximum braking, the vehicle must be going straight to maintain control. I’m sure you’ve seen many skid marks on the freeway that have a sharp “kink” and then go straight to the guardrail. This occurred because the driver slammed on the brakes and simultaneously sharply turned the wheel which completely overloaded the tires and suspension re-sulting in a loss of control. Even antilock-braking systems can’t compensate for these situations. The front tires have a finite amount of grip and the suspension can absorb only so much loading, so what do you do if you need to turn while slowing the vehicle?
The answer – Trail Braking!
THE ART OF BRAKINGby Dan Hartmann
PCA Instructor and Performance Driving Leadership Development Team Member
Imagine you were holding a martini and you were able to come to a
stop without spilling a drop!
Keep Raising the Bar Higher
TRACK TALK
Dan H. CarlsonLeader, Chief Driving Instructor Team
Photo: Mike Pappas
“Flying Solo on the Plains” HPDE at High Plains Raceway
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THE ART OF BRAKINGby Dan Hartmann
PCA Instructor and Performance Driving Leadership Development Team Member
The Basics of Trail BrakingWhen it comes to high-performance and defensive driv-
ing, this is where the rubber meets the road! The term “trail braking” comes from the concept of “trailing off” the brakes while braking. Think of it as braking at a de-creasing rate. While the car is going straight, you can safely execute maximum braking (foot to the floor), but to execute any type of turn or evasive maneuver you must de-crease the braking to “free up” grip and suspension loading to turn the vehicle with control. As the braking pressure decreases, the weight transfer becomes less extreme and the vehicle becomes more balanced and capable of turn-ing with control. It is a bit counter intuitive to think you need to brake with less pressure to execute a fast turn or, even more so, to avoid an accident. But it’s true! Even as you slowly release the brake the vehicle is still decelerating. The key is to release the brake slowly and smoothly which
rebalances the vehicle and creates grip and suspension ca-pacity to execute a turn.
You may be thinking at this point, “This all sounds good and makes sense, but how do I learn trail braking without a racetrack and an instructor?” Great question!
Teaching Yourself Trail Braking I give all my students this take-home assignment: prac-
tice trail braking at every stop sign and stop light. Most drivers apply the brakes softly at the beginning of their braking and increase the pressure until the brake pedal is completely depressed when they come to a stop; trail brak-ing requires you to do the complete opposite! The initial braking pressure is firm (don’t “slam” the brakes) and the pressure is slowly and smoothly decreased until the vehicle comes to a stop. When you practice this, take a quick peek
in the rearview mirror to make sure no one is on you
The Wrap-UpI hope you found this discussion on
braking informative and helpful. For the record, I’m not the “Oracle” of trail brak-ing, and there are many good articles on-line where you can learn more. Further, all my fellow Instructors will gladly give you their thoughts on the “art of braking” and I encourage you to ask them!
Are there any topics that you’d like covered in a future Track Talk column? Email Dan Carlson, RMR’s Lead CDI, at [email protected].
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In the fall of 1950, the Austrian ex-pat and adoptive New Yorker Maximillian “Max” Hoffman became the first Porsche dealer in the US when he took delivery of two 1.1 liter 356 coupes and put them on display at his showroom at 430 Park Avenue. This fall marks 64 years of Porsche in America.
To celebrate, here are 70 Porsche fun facts that you can use to impress friends on trivia night.
1. The 1898 Lohner-Porsche Elektromobil was the first car in the world with brakes on all four wheels.
2. Prof. Ferdinand Porsche chauffeured Archduke Franz Ferdinand in a Lohner-Porsche in 1902.
3. In 1939, Prof. Ferdinand Porsche designed the Mer-cedes-Benz Type 8 car to be the fastest car on earth with a projected top speed of 470 mph. Because of the politi-cal events at the time, the car never got to do its run.
4. During WWI, Prof. Ferdinand Porsche designed heavy transport vehicles: flatbed trailers with the wheels pow-ered by individual hub-motors.
5. The very first 356 (356 #1 - prototype) was a mid-engine car. The rest of the production had a rear-engine layout.
6. Beutler Carrosserie turned closed 356s into open ones – completing its first custom cabriolet in 1947, three years before Porsche came to America and a full seven years before the 356 Speedster was introduced.
7. U.S. importer Max Hoffman displayed the first U.S. Porsches in his New York City showroom by late 1950.
8. In 1952, US auto maker Studebaker contracted Porsche to develop a new car and engine.
9. Hoffman conducted Porsche 356 test drives on Park Av-enue, an accomplishment that could not be proficiently duplicated today.
10. Hoffman’s Porsche dealer showroom was designed by famous Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is now a mod-ern office building with a Mercedes-Benz dealer on the street level. Hoffman also contracted Wright to build his home in Rye, NY.
11. In addition to importing the first Porsche models to the United States, Max Hoffman also raced Porsches. Sev-eral of Porsche’s initial U.S. racing victories can be at-tributed to him.
12. Hoffman is also credited for the birth of the Porsche Speedster, with the intention of producing a lower-cost Porsche to compete with the Austin Healey 100, Tri-umph TR-2 and MG models in the United States.
13. In 1952, Hollywood dealer John von Neumann wanted to race a Porsche, so he ordered a 356 without paint or upholstery to modify it himself.
14. The Porsche logo/crest was designed in the USA in 1952 by Dr. Ferry Porsche on his napkin as he sat opposite U.S. importer Max Hoffman in a New York restaurant.
15. In the original 356 Speedster, a tachometer was not stan-dard, nor was padded seats, sun visors or heaters.
16. An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1953 fea-tured 10 automobiles, including a 1952 Porsche 1500 Super.
17. The first Porsche to appear at the New York Auto Show was in 1954 and was called “a snappy Porsche roadster.”
18. The Porsche Club of America was founded in 1955, only five years after Porsche was introduced to the United States.
19. The word “Continental” appeared on the side of the 1955 Porsche Coupe and Cabriolet, but only in North Amer-ica.
20. The Porsche of America Corporation was founded in 1956, taking over national representation of the brand from Max Hoffman.
21. The inaugural Porsche Parade took place in greater Washington D.C. on August 29, 1956.
22. The first appearance of a Porsche at the historic 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race was in 1956, piloted by Hans Herrmann.
23. One of the first U.S. Porsche brochures in the 1950s fea-tured a pair of woman’s gloves on the cover with a set of Porsche keys. The tagline read: “The keys to miles of pleasure.
24. British automotive weekly publication Autocar became the first outlet to test a Porsche in April 1956, a Porsche 356.
25. The first Porsche series-produced roadster was aptly named the America Roadster for its intentional distribu-tion entirely within the United States. It was completely unpublicized in Europe and only 16 models were ever built.
26. The first vertical-drive German inline engine was dis-played at the 1958 New York Auto Show along with several other “firsts”, including the first diesel outboard motor.
27. Jean Behra drove the first single-seat Porsche race car in the 1958 Formula 2 race at Rheims, France.
28. The “D” in the 1959 “Speedster D” takes its name from the Drauz Factory of Heibronn.
29. The 1950s Porsche airplane engine (based on the 356 1.6 L) could power a helicopter when mounted vertically.
30. Rear seats, headlights, and higher bumpers were the prime accessories fitting a new Porsche in 1960. The starting price for one of these new models was a whop-ping $3,400.
31. Porsche withdrew from the 12 Hours of Sebring endur-ance race in 1960 in protest over organizers requesting that the manufacturer use a particular brand of gasoline.
32. Porsche’s production of diesel tractors peaked in 1960/61 with 150,000.
33. The first American citizen to win a Formula One Cham-pionship victory at a U.S. track while driving a Porsche
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PEDROS GARAGE
Pedro P. BonillaGold Coast Region PCA
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was Dan Gurney in 1961.
34. Dan Gurney also won Porsche’s first (and only) world cham-pionship Grand Prix with a victory at Rouen, France in 1962.
35. The 911 was originally the 901, until Peugeot informed Porsche of its trademark rights on cars named with a “0” between two numbers.
36. At the end of its production in 1965, Porsche 356 models were being produced exclusively for the American market.
37. 1966 was the first full production years for the 900 series Porsches and one-half was shipped to the United States, while one-quarter stayed in West Germany.
38. The 907 prototype, developed in winter 1966/67, was the first Porsche to go faster than 300 km/hr (186 mph).
39. In 1967, a Targa version of the popular-selling 911 model was introduced. It included a stainless steel roll bar to provide a solution to suspicions that the United States would outlaw open-top convertibles.
40. Porsche’s 914/4 model was sold as the “VW-Porsche” in Europe but only had the Porsche crest in the United States.
41. More than 100 dealerships marked the increasing popularity of Porsche models in the United States by opening simultaneously on November 1, 1969.
42. The 1970 Porsche 914 was initially ruled as unsafe for driving in the United States because it lacked proper side marker lights on its front end.
43. The first twenty five (25) 917 racecars were called Secretary Cars because they were literally assembled by secretaries and anyone with a pulse at the factory. Porsche needed to build enough 917s in a short amount of time to satisfy the FIA ho-mologation inspectors. They did it, and the rest is history.
44. The first ever Porsche “drivers’ school”, a precursor to the cur-rent Porsche Sport Driving School, was conducted on May 29, 1971 at Mitchell Field, Long Island, NY.
45. The 1975 Silver Anniversary limited edition was built in both coupe and Targa body form, painted in diamond-silver metallic and individually numbered.
46. For the 1976 912E, “E” stands for Einspritzung, meaning “fuel injection,” because the car had Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection.
47. The 924/944 water-cooled Porsche models were designed by an American, Tony Lapine.
48. The first few Porsche 924 Turbos to come to the United States had black and white-checkered flag fabric on the seat inserts and door panels.
49. Porsche partnered briefly with Indianapolis 500 racing in 1980 for the first time in its long motorsports history on the Formula One racing circuit.
50. The Interscope Porsche, developed for racing in the Indianapo-lis 500 race in 1980, was originally unveiled at a press confer-ence at Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York City.
51. The enduring success of the 911 model is owed to American CEO Peter Schutz, who in 1980, after seeing the proposed end of production in 1981 on a chart, extended the line with a mark-er and told Helmuth Bott to “make it happen.”
52. It is largely believed that Peter Schutz was selected as CEO of Porsche from 1981 to 1986 because as an American, it was hoped that he would revive dwindling U.S. sales of the 911.
53. The success at the 24 Hours of LeMans in 1981 is due to com-bining chassis from three 936 models with experimental en-gines developed for U.S. Indy Car racing.
54. Porsche began promoting vacation delivery in 1982: order the
car in the United States, take delivery in Europe, drive around the continent and return the car to the factory to have it shipped home.
55. The Porsche 928 in the film Risky Business is actually a total of four cars ranging in years from 1979-1981. Each car had different options such as interior colors, wheel designs and even paint colors. The production crew had to be very careful about which part of the cars they filmed to make it look like only one vehicle was used in the movie.
56. Al Holbert set a FIA international class speed record while driving a stock 928 S4 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1986. His speed: 171.110 mph.
57. The 959 was the most technologically advanced supercar of its generation. A 200 mph, all-wheel drive, turbo powered Porsche which won its class at the 24 hours of Le Mans and also won the overall first place in the grueling Paris to Dakar Rally. Because Porsche didn’t provide the USDOT with four 959s for crash testing, the car was never certified by the NHTSA for street use in the US. In 2001 with the passage of the “Show & Display”, the crash test requirements were removed and US imports of 959s were allowed.
58. Porsche 911 engines were air-cooled for an astounding 34 years before switching to a water-cooled format in 1998 to meet in-creasingly stringent environmental rules and Porsche’s desire to provide more power while reducing fuel consumption.
59. In 1992 it took 125 hours to build a Porsche 911. By 1994 the factory was down to 80 hours, thus reducing the cost of the cars.
60. The Porsche 911 RS entered the United States in 1993. The “RS” stands for “Rennsport,” German for “race sport” or rac-ing. It had no sunroof, A/C, backseat or power steering.
61. Porsche was the first auto manufacturer to make passenger air bags available, optional or standard.
62. The names for both the 911 Carrera and the Panamera came from Mexico’s historic Carrera Panamericana race, where Porsche scored many victories.
63. Notable past and current American celebrities who are or were Porsche enthusiasts include James Dean, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, and Patrick Dempsey.
64. Only 1,270 units of the V10, 612HP Carrera GT were built be-tween 2004 and 2006. Six hundred four of them were sold in the USA. The original production run had been established at 1,500 units but new airbag regulations in the US killed the run a bit short.
65. In 2013 Porsche established a record at the famed Nürburgring by setting the fastest lap ever by a production car (on street-le-gal tires) of 6:57:00, with the 918 Hybrid.
66. The 800-volt technology used in the all-electric 2020 Taycan was developed by Porsche for the 919 Hybrid race car.
67. Porsche was the last major manufacturer to enter Formula-E (all electric formula cars). After 30 years Porsche has returned to single-seat racing.
68. Porsche now offers a Club Sport Package for each one of its GT cars: GT2, GT3, and GT4.
69. It is estimated that over 70% of all Porsches ever built are still running today.
70. The correct pronunciation of Porsche is “Porsch-eh.”
For more information on Porsche trivia, facts and more, please visit my website: www PedrosGarage.com.
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At the turn of the 20th century a new technology appeared that started to infringe on one of man’s most use-ful servants for millennia, the horse. People were so used to and comfort-able with the reliable steed that when those fragile first automobiles failed on the roads built for carriages, carts and wagons, those first intrepid auto owners were met with bemused de-rision and the original shout-outs to “get a horse!” as they slowly plodded and swerved around the stranded and embarrassed virgin motorist.
But almost as revenge or a de-parting concession for replacing the venerable equus, what is the unit of power we still use in calibrating our beloved power plants, and even to-morrow’s electric-powered banshees? Horsepower. The modern world still clings onto many such anachronisms. Consider some other favorites: Dial the Phone; Roll up the Window; Can-dlepower; Record Album; Phone-book or Yellow Pages. Baby boomers and some Gen Xers remember these fondly, or if deeper in the generation alphabet, you may need to ask your favorite digital majordomo.
Let’s stick with the explanation for horsepower since it’s most applicable to our cause. Horsepower(hp) is the rate at which work is done. Today that rate of energy transfer is known as a watt(W), which is 1 joule/second, where a joule(J) [named for another pioneering James, James Joule] is the unit of work required to produce one watt of power for one second. Thus the rate of work is the watt or joule/sec. [For more details, Google/Wiki-pedia: International Standards (SI)]. Horsepower and watt are related be-cause it was James Watt (1736-1819), a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer (and erstwhile relative), who improved/redesigned the original Newcomen steam engine, making it efficient, useful and affordable, and
ignited the industrial revolution. He was the Bill Gates of his time.
With his improved invention, Mr. Watt needed to sell it. Critical for mar-keting was an understood definition of how much “power” the new technol-ogy could produce…or replace, oth-erwise a skeptical farmer would say: “Thanks, but I’ll be stickin’ with my horse.” Because that horse was the most prevalent source of power and transportation at the time, Mr. Watt decided to calibrate his new machine in a relatable and familiar unit: horse-power, defined by James as 1hp will lift 250kg by one foot in one second. Today, most countries use the SI unit Watt as recognition of his contribution to modern standards and measures.
Well, now you know “the rest of the story.” Likely, Mr. Watt would be amazed to know his term horsepow-er still has legs and would delight all those who first experienced an auto encounter of the equine kind. Even as almost every car marque begins to ice its ICEs, the new silent steeds still rate and calibrate their power plants in terms of horsepower, even our thor-oughly modern thoroughbred Taycan! Roll up the windows, fire up the hors-es and let’s drive (while we still can)!
But, is there something else to con-sider in the 21st century as a possible alternative to the 18th-century term horsepower? I submit the following for your (unbiased) consideration…
First: what modern automotive standards could be quantified to ei-ther replace or at least supplement the long-in-the-(horse) tooth term horse-power? Let’s look at some facts:
1. The premier annual race in the world that is agreed upon as the stan-dard for performance is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was first held in 1923, and (as of this writing) the 88th race is only weeks away; “88” because
there was no race held in 1936 nor from 1940-1948. From the graph and data below summarizing the overall Le Mans results for the last 87 races, what can you conclude as a sure bet? Exactly.
2. The Nürburgring (Nordschleife) is the agreed upon standard for demonstrating/testing your marque’s best/fastest car. For production/street-legal cars, the last 20 years of record lap times resulted in a good measure, since the year 2000 is an ap-proximate cut-off for a record of less than 8:00 minutes with a few notable exceptions. The result? Almost a photo finish to Le Mans. Of course.
Second: Agreed, there are mul-tiple subjective variables in these results, but over the long term one marque consistently out performs all others. So as a simple new measure or standard, let’s merely add the two %-based results to derive a marque’s LMaN score (Le Man/Nürburgring). If so, for the German marques we find: BMW earns a combined mark of 0.068 LMaN (0.057+0.011); Audi, 0.166; Mercedes, 0.121. But by many lengths, the highest mark earned comes by way of that early stud-farm site, today’s Stuttgart, now Porsche’s paddock, with a score of 0.482 LMaN; a clear, objective measure of our fa-vorite horseless carriage’s dominance.
Now one could manipulate math-ematically the data in more esoteric ways or include more results from Nürburgring or look at other than the overall Le Mans winner category. But the answer won’t change. The new standard, a fact-based performance standard of its own for the 21st centu-ry, is a marque’s LMaN score.
Thus, on those now paved roads and tracks everywhere, a modern plea replaces “Get a Horse!” with simply “Get a Porsche!”
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GET A HORSE OR…by Robert S. Watt
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NumberofMarque Records Record%Porsche 46 26.4%
Mercedes 17 9.8%Chevrolet 15 8.6%
Nissan 14 8.0%Lamborghini 12 6.9%
BMW 10 5.7%Ferrari 9 5.2%
McLaren 4 2.3%Pagani 4 2.3%Dodge 4 2.3%Lexus 4 2.3%
Renault 4 2.3%Audi 3 1.7%
AstonMarMn 3 1.7%Honda 3 1.7%BugaO 2 1.1%
AlfaRomeo 2 1.1%Koenigsegg 2 1.1%
Donkervoort 2 1.1%VW 2 1.1%
Gumpert 2 1.1%Jaguar 1 0.6% Notes: 1.Fastesttodate:Lamborghiniat6:44.97on7/26/18(withsecondon9/20/17bya911GT2RS)
MaseraM 1 0.6% Thisbreakstheaverage120mphbarrier:12.944miletrack/6.4497minutes=2.0069x60=120.41averagemph.Cadillac 1 0.6% However,the911’sMmeresultedinanaverageof119.99mph.
Lotus 1 0.6% 2.The<8:00min.lapMmesresultfromareasonablecutoffat~CY2000foralmostallMmes.Toyota 1 0.6% OnlyafewMmesarepriortoCY2000,withanotable7:44MmebyaBugaOEB110SSfrom1993,theoldestmakingthelist.
Volvo 1 0.6%Caterham 1 0.6% *Excludes2recordsbyaRadicalSR8,asnotuniversallyagreedthecarswereProducMon/Street-Legal
SEAT 1 0.6%KTM 1 0.6%
Ruf 1 0.6%Total 174 100.0%
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NumberofMarque Wins Win%Porsche 19 21.8%
Audi 13 14.9%Ferrari 9 10.3%Jaguar 7 8.0%Bentley 6 6.9%
Ford 6 6.9%AlfaRomeo 4 4.6%
Peugeot 3 3.4%Matra 3 3.4%
Mercedes 2 2.3%Toyota 2 2.3%BugaJ 2 2.3%
Lorraine-Dietrich 2 2.3%BMW 1 1.1%
McLaren 1 1.1%Mazda 1 1.1%Renault 1 1.1%
AstonMarOn 1 1.1%Talbot 1 1.1%
Delahaye 1 1.1%Lagonda 1 1.1%
Chenard&Walcker 1 1.1%Total 87 100.0%
Notes: 1.FirstPorschewin(asyouknow)wasin1970withthelastestin2017.2018&2019wonbyToyota.2.LastFerrariwinwas1965aXerthedefeatbyFordin1966whichwentontowinthenext3LeMansaswell.3.88thLeManswillruninSeptember2020.4.100thLeMansAnniversarywillbeinSeptember2022.
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PAST EVENT : MEMBERSHIP SOCIAL
20 HighGear | Celebrating 61 Years | 1958 - 2019
PAST EVENT
Like so many things affected this year due to COVID-19, the balance between “what was” and “what is” results in many conversations around “what to do.” The Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club Board of Di-rectors had many conversations and weighty decisions to make during this 2020 HPDE season. Safety was top priority and always embraced by club leaders and members, so the added element of safely putting on an event during this time was accepted and ap-proved with defining restrictions. No instructor/driver level members could attend, only those who qualified for solo driving at HPR could partici-pate. Thus, Flying Solo on the Plains became the first HPDE event of the season.
My husband Al and I were asked to be the event chairs for an earlier planned but cancelled DE in June. We gladly accepted chairing the July event even if that meant I couldn’t drive. So, I negotiated the ability to have the keys to the golf cart with my car numbers attached, and the nego-tiation was readily accepted! Plans were then worked out and put in place for virus safety precautions starting with distancing and masks for the ear-ly driver meetings to the ever-popu-lar Beer 30 (with hand sanitizers on each cooler to use before grabbing a cold one) and individual snack bags to keep everything sanitized. Speed waivers were done electronically (and were pretty slick with driver pho-tos taken during the process) which eliminated the need to touch pens and paper, and volunteer lunches were customized orders that were in indi-vidualized boxes.
Finally, to the most fun part of this recap – the drivers, the cars, the sounds of skilled speed and great fun were had by all around the 2.55 miles of High Plains Raceway. You have
Joe Banks’ beautiful blue Cup Car - Dale Hartzell’s silver with red accents Cup Car was chasing him. While we watched from the tower, we marveled at his unofficial lap times and his skill. Everyone was impressive, espe-cially with this being the first time out for the year. Happy adrenaline vibes were obvious!
Ever gracious club members sup-ported our charity, The Challenge Foundation. This non-profit organiza-tion helps smart, ambitious and hard-working students break the cycle of poverty through educational oppor-tunities. The program supports the s t u d e n t in many ways, in-c l u d i n g p a i r i n g a long-t e r m m e n t o r who can o f f e r them op-p o r t u -nities to l e a r n , see and do things they may not have had the c h a n c e to do be-t w e e n s i x t h grade all the way to help-ing them into col-lege. We are in our third year of men-toring a
very special and smart young lady, and we thank you all for your gener-osity in supporting this organization through the charity drives on both days.
Not at all unusual, late Saturday af-ternoon saw dark clouds, heavy rain, thunder and lightning leaving two run groups a few laps short for the day. The lighting was too close to the track for safety, so Beer 30 started early! Fortunately, most were able to make up those laps the next day.
We were fortunate to have the best-ever volunteers and all-import-ant chairs helping us both days. So
FLYING SOLO ON THE PLAINS: HISTORIC, FUN, AND SAFEby Chérie Talbert
Photo: Al Talbert
Chérie Talbert, co-organizer enjoying the view in her speedy golf-cart
Social distancing and masks for the early driver meeting
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much goes into making RMR PCA events happen before, during and after the event. We learned a lot from the sea-soned committee chairs, and we had a really nice mix of new and experienced volunteers allowing everything to fall into place even through the unusual circumstances. Al and I can’t thank you all enough!
Scott Henderson often says about the club, “It’s the peo-ple” …and it really is. We enjoyed getting to know so many great Board and Club Members better. We may not be able to see each other as much as we would like this year, but watch for the upcoming Club Race and the October HPDE. See you at the track!
Photo: Al Talbert
Dale Hartzell’s silver and red Cup Car and Joe Banks’ blue Cup Car
Photo: Al Talbert
Saturday afternoon brought dark clouds and heavy rain
A gaggle of Porsches going through Turn 8
Photo: Mike Pappas
Bill Allen’s impeccable attention to detail!
Photo: Mike Pappas
Photo: Mike Pappas
Bill Allen and Nick Shumaker at Tech “Can’t find a motor in here!”
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“It’s Not Just the Cars... It’s the People.”
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Zeroing in on another Porsche
FLYING SOLO ON THE PLAINS HPDE
Photos: Mike Pappas
PAST EVENT (CONTINUED)
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JULY 25 – 26, 2020HIGH PLAINS RACEWAY
Photos: Mike Pappas
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN THUNDER 2020 WHAT: Club Race / Advanced DE
WHEN: September 19-20, 2020
WHERE: High Plains Raceway Byers, CO
REGISTRATION: www.rmrclubrace.com
EVENT CHAIRS: Doug Bartlett and Brian Bobich
QUESTIONS: [email protected]
Registration Details:Join us for a great weekend of PCA Club Racing and Advanced Drivers Education in beautiful
Colorado on a challenging, yet terrifically fun 2.55 mile track with rolling terrain that provides over 70 feet of elevation change!
• Two days of racing and advanced/solo DE plus open track practice on Friday• Two sprint races + a 60 minute enduro - all for points!• 2.55 mile High Plains Raceway full-course configuration• A fun, technical track with 15 turns — Blind corners — 300’+ of elevation change each lap, maximum 10% climbing grade. • Great fall weather (we promise!)• Beer :30 after the track goes cold each evening• Two dinners! — Friday Brats & Brews sponsored by On-Site Tires — Saturday Country BBQ (extra cost)• County, State, and PCA health protocols will be in place to ensure a safe and fun weekend!• Accordingly, attendance for this event will be strictly limited to drivers, crew, and volunteers.
Interested in Volunteering:We still need additional volunteers for this event, and most positions do not require prior experi-
ence! In particular, corner workers earn a $60 per day stipend AND get the best seat in the house to watch all the action on track! Please email [email protected]
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RMR & AMR : 2020 SCHEDULEHIGH-PERFORMANCE DRIVER EDUCATION (HPDE) AND AUTOCROSS
High-Performance Driver Education (HPDE) Sat-Sun Sept 19 – 20 Club Race/Advanced Solo DE
Sat-Sun Oct 3 – 4 AMR HPDE at La Junta
Sat-Sun Oct 17 – 18 Oversteer Solo DE at High Plains Raceway
AMR AUTOCROSS (at Pikes Peak International Raceway)NOTE: AMR’s Events Calendar shows no autocrosses through 31 December 2020.
RMR AUTOCROSS (at Front Range Airport) Sat Oct 24 Autocross
UPCOMING EVENTS : 2020 DE AND AUTOCROSS
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Rich SandersPCA Zone 9 Representative
MOST of the planned 65th Porsche Parade didn’t happen. PCA merchandise sold out quickly online as soon as the cancelation was announced. Perhaps this was as a future collectible, since next year’s Porsche Parade in French Lick Indiana will now become the “65th”. But there was ONE element of the 65th Porsche Parade that actually did happen. And it was one of the most important events. The event was a virtual alternative to the highlights of two banquet nights normally held at parade. This was the presentation of all the awards, including website, newsletter, and other awards, as well as the four coveted National Awards. The presentations were held “live” on PCA’s YouTube channel earlier this week. As I write this, you can still go to PCA.org and navigate to a full video of the presentation cer-emony. Kudos to PCA’s Executive Council and to Michael (and Lisa) Soriano, National Awards Chair (and first-award lady) for making lemons out of lemonade.
Zone 9 Regions, while NEVER awarded to the de-gree that we all would like to see, were well represent-ed during the ceremony. Here’s the rundown…
At the National Award level, the Alpine Mountain Region received honorable mention in the PCA Char-ity Award. Great recogni-tion. Website and News-letter awards are based on the size of the regions from 1 through 5 for websites,
and 1 through 6 for newsletters (I know….don’t ask why).
Our own West Texas region took 2nd place in the Class I website cat-egory. And the Roadrunner region took two awards, a 3rd place for their “Ramblings” newsletter and a 2nd place for their website, both in Class IV.
As one who gets quite involved in pressing region leaders across the zone to submit nominations for all of these awards, I have to say that every year I come away proud and disappointed at the same time. You see, I get to read all of the nomina-
tions as they get sent to the awards committee. Despite the fact that the number of nominations this year was way up, I’m surprised that some of the nominations did not receive a National Award. The time taken and quality of the write ups from the volunteers who wrote the nomi-nations was top notch. The contributions by
the folks who were nominated were beyond anything you would ever ex-pect from volunteers to ANY organi-zation. However, I trust the process. And all that can mean is that if our non-winners came in second or lower for each of the four National Awards, then that means that collectively, PCA is even better than I imagined it could be. Not winning in this case doesn’t mean losing. I’m as proud of the contributions of our “non-win-ners” as the contributions of those who won awards. Nominees, you PROBABLY know who you are. And I’ll leave it to individual region presidents to decide whether or not to
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2020 PCA National Awards Ceremony (www.YouTube.com/watch?v=TXMl2jFTb-Q)
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share the actual nominations that were made, as this information may be con-sidered personal and, in light of not be-ing the ultimate PCA National choice, may also be a sensitive issue.
Hopefully by next year, we’ll be able to have a face-to-face Porsche Parade at French Lick Indiana. Beginning in December, I’ll be chased down again as an outbound Zone Rep, to ensure that regions are submitting nominations for the four big National Awards for the year 2020 (Public Service, Enthusiast of the Year, Family of the Year, and Re-gion of the Year). And given the cur-rent challenges in running our regions during this unusual time, I can’t help but think that next year’s award nomi-nations will represent some of the most creative accomplishments that we’ve ever seen within PCA.
Rich Sanders
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Zone 9 Regions, while never awarded to the degree that we all would like
to see, were well represented during the ceremony.
Photo: Rich Sanders
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Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats
Photo: Rich Sanders
Salt Flats- “No Place for Old Porsches”
Photo: Rich Sanders
PCA Zone 9 “First Lady” all masked up
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Danielle BadlerRMR/PCA Columnist
At the star t of “A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story,” a documentary now available on Netflix, Jackie Stewart says something to the effect that, at any given time, there are millions of drivers on the roads, thousands of drivers with a competition license, and a few hundred who are real competitors. But only 21 in Formula 1. And, out of those 21, six are really good. Three are exceptional. And, generally, there’s only one genius. Fangio, Stewart says, was the genius of his era … and maybe all modern eras.
Of course, I had a general knowledge of the Argentine. But it was sketchy. I seem to recall stories about, anywhere in his native country, Fangio would walk into a restaurant and everyone would immediately stand up and clap.
Turns out, it was indeed like that at his funeral, in 1995, in his native village of Balcarce. Stewart, a pallbearer, along with Stirling Moss, Carlos Reutemann and a few other drivers, says that 10,000 mourners stood, absolutely silent, outside the church. When the procession came out, you suddenly heard a clap … then a second … then a third … then a thunderclap of applause.
What’s this all about? Here’s part of the answer. In the closing credits, they list Fangio’s Grand Prix tallies. Fifty-one races. Twenty-nine poles. Thirty-five podiums. Twenty-four victories. Five world championships. In four different teams. And he went to Europe to race at the ripe old age of 37. Fangio expected to race one season. He stayed for ten, retiring at 47.
“I had two accidents,” Fangio says, in his career. “Both were because I was tired.” The first came midway through one of the marathon long-distance races across Latin America in which Fangio competed earlier in his career. This one was from Buenos Aires to Caracas. Expecting to lay over in Lima overnight, he was told he had to leave in the middle of the night, because of an expected coup d’état in the a.m. He proceeded to roll
his car, killing his riding mechanic and best friend.
The second came at Monza. On Saturday, he raced in Ireland. To get to Italy the next day, he expected to hitch a ride with Prince Bira on his private plane, only to find that Bira had left early, having dropped out of the race. So he f lew to London, then to Paris, where he was loaned a car, which he drove overnight to the track, arriving at 2 pm. He started at the back, proceeded to pass cars left and right … and clipped a guardrail midrace. Fangio was hospitalized a second and final time.
Talk about how times have changed! And, remember, during Fangio’s era, 65 drivers died. Mika Häkkinen says three, four, five died every year in those days. Stewart counted 57 who died during his era. “Never drive tired,” Fangio simply says.
“I realized dying is not so bad,” Fangio says. “There’s no time to think … I believe in predestination … nobody dies before their time.”
But he also believed in preparation. Fangio was a mechanic before he was a race driver. This understanding of machinery, he believed, gave him a unique advantage. He could not just feel, he could understand the limits of the car, where maximum performance was. Moss is quoted saying he loved to follow Fangio on the track. Because his line was perfect, again and again. “It was a fantastic experience following someone as good as that.” From Moss!
According to Hans Hermann, his teammate at Mercedes in ’54 and ‘55, Fangio would walk the track before a race. Or bicycle it. Or motorbike it, if it was a long course. He would study it for days, memorize every detail. “You have to help fate,” Fangio said. “Fate can’t do it alone.”
And he would work on his car with his mechanic. Once he polished the crankcase of his engine until it was perfect, until 1 a.m. Giving his team
the time to reassemble the package, and giving himself time to sleep.
So, was he the best ever? Häkkinen says he drove a few of Fangio’s racers. The cars then were not designed for any form of comfort for the driver, he says; just speed. “The gearbox, the steering. It was really difficult.”
Horacio Pagani says that, today, you need precision. Then, you needed art. Today, you add art to precision and you have a world champion. Then, you added precision to art and you had a world champion.
So, was he the best ever? In the film A Life of Speed, Senna is shown saying it. Prost says it. Moss says it.
But we leave it to a researcher from the UK, who analyzed assorted variables – wins, losses, the team, the cars, the competition, the weather, whether the track is a street course or not.
The conclusion? Teams matter most. If you’re part of a poor team, you will not win. But drivers matter. And Fangio is at the top of the list of drivers who matter. Others were similarly versatile, in any conditions, dry or wet; Senna and Schumacher, for example. But nobody did it in four different cars and won consistently in four different cars. On four different teams. And that’s the difference. Which is difficult to see being repeated in the modern sport.
Stewart echoes this point. “Fangio always knew which team to go to. In my era, you had three-year contracts. Today you have three-year contracts, sometimes five years. You can’t switch machinery like he could in his day.” And consistently win.
“When you’re in your prime, it’s hard to retire,” Fangio says. “My plan was one year in Europe. I did ten. I grew tired of racing. I decided it was over.”
Yeah, I know. Remarkable. A remarkable life. Watch the documentary. See for yourself.
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FORD GT: How Ford Silenced the Critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered Le Mans
by SPreston Lerner, photography by Dave Friedman published 2017 by Quarto Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN
The Ford GT-40 was conceived in 1963, not to expand Ford’s product line, not to get Ford into the sports car business, but to show Enzo Ferrari that Ford could build a car better than the best that Ferrari could send to the 24-hour race at Le Mans, France. The sto-ry of the Ford GT-40, a car connived, designed, devel-oped and raced as a person-al vendetta by Henry Ford II against Enzo Ferrari is real-ly a human story and is well told as such.
The story of how the goal was achieved, despite (or because of?) Ford’s bu-reaucratic, by-the-book approach to what tradition-ally had been a seat-of-the-pants, develop-as-you-go activity, is, a fascinating story well told and illustrated. It is a story of two very different cultures which did clash, but did succeed. Note: This book does not deal with the production Ford GT sold for use on the street.
At the time the decision was made to beat Ferrari at Le Mans, Ford had some interface with NASCAR, but little with sports cars (even the Mustang was not yet in existence) and none at all with road racing. It took the efforts of lots of people to achieve success from such an unprepared beginning.
Written in a very readable, fast-paced fashion, the GT-40 story is fascinating and complex, because, though Ford instigated and funded the program, active participation by motorsports specialists was required, notably the John Wyer operation, Shelby American and Holman & Moody. Of course, Ford had no team of factory drivers of its own, so anecdotes about participation by a broad collection of internationally known drivers are included.
This is a book about people more than about cars or a
report on races. FORD GT presents stories of the per-sonnel, management, engi-neering and competition (at multiple levels) involved in Ford’s assault on Ferrari’s dominance of the Le Mans 24-hour race. It took a great many people, not only of Ford Corporate, but of the international motor racing community, to ultimately achieve the goal for Ford, a goal which, considering the starting point, was the corporate equivalent of the national achievement of putting a man on the moon. The last of the nine chap-ters provides a rather curso-ry overview of the design, development and racing of the car which Ford built to win Le Mans (GT class this time, not overall) on the
50th anniversary of its 1966 success.
The book includes some detailed, intimate descriptions of racing action, especially of the 1967 final race for the Fords. And there is a smattering of Porsche content – the index cites 11 references to Porsche, though Porsches raced in a class below the Fords in the mid ‘60s, and a class above the Fords in the anniversary year of 2016.
FORD GT is hardcover, with 232, 9-3/4 x 12 inch heavyweight pages, profusely illustrated with 77 color and 223 b-w photos, and uses an easy-on-the-eyes large type font. Not a Porsche book per se, it will be an interest-ing and enjoyable read for anyone interested in the world of sports car racing. It should be available for $60.00 from your favorite book seller (ask for it) or from www.Motor-books.com.
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PORSCHES1983 911SC $34,000Platinum Metallic. Brown interior. 105K Miles. Folder of all maintenance records since 1993. Always well m a i n t a i n e d w i t h a l l n e c e s s a r y maintenance upgrades, ie pop-off valves, etc. New turbo tie rods. Continental DW tires with only 7,000 miles. Porsche COA. AC delete but have all parts.Jason McGowin (303) [email protected]
1972 911E Targa $73,500 NegotiableHoly Grail of 1972 oil-door 911s. #14 of 861 E Targas built for 1972. Black Recaro buckets, kept the original factory tartan seats in storage. Cookie cutters, kept the original Fuchs wheels in storage too. Engine rebuilt by Eisenbuds. Runs strong, shifts smooth. Driven couple times per month, weather permitting. Garaged since we bought it in 2012. Most records from 1984 on. Minor rust in a couple of the usual E Series spots, but very solid throughout. Excellent, nearly complete, restoration candidate. VIN: 9112210014Matt Goudy (303) [email protected]
2003 996 Cabriolet $19,900Really nice condition and has about 99,000 miles. The engine should be good for another 100,000 miles and all of the 996 M96 engine issues have been addressed. I have all receipts for my work and am obsessive about mainte-nance. This has been my project car for the past 6 years and it is time for a new project. Original equipment includes: Heated seats, Blue leather interior, 18” Carrera wheels, 6-speed manual, Litron-ic headlights and Bose sound system. I installed a H&R spring set to lower it 2cm. In 2016 at 87K miles, I discovered a crack in cylinder #3 so I had a new set of LN Nickies installed in the case by LN Engineering (new Nikasil cylinders and forged pistons) that increased the displacement to 3.8L. New clutch as-sembly, LN IMS bearing, AOS, engine mounts, 6 coils, O2 sensors and both cat-alytic converters. Main and rod bearings were still within original spec.Keith Hall (720) [email protected]
2006 911 Cabriolet $34,500Beautiful White 2006 911 cabriolet w/Brown top and Espresso interior. 6-speed manual with 48,000 miles. Original LA car, it is in excellent condition w/nav and heated seats. I purchased it from the 2nd owner and doubt the car has ever seen snow. All new rotors, pads and front Michelins less than 100 miles ago. All original, other than upgraded LED run-ning lights. Alternate set of bronze Avant Garde spoke wheels available if preferred to originalsBill Frye (720) 261-7195
2016 GT4 $75,000.00 OBOMileage: 13,549, Exterior Color: White, Red Wheels on Car – extra set of wheels and tires, Engine Type: DBXA, Engine Number: 004673, Gear Box Type: G8120, Transmission Serial Number: 20020194, Tires: Michelin, Ceramic Composite Brakes, Fire Extinguisher, Bucket Seats, Tinted Windows, New Replaced Manual Transmission March 2019, KARR Guard Plus Protection Package, All Receipts, VIN: WPOAC2A84GK191383Car Purchased at Porsche Colorado Springs 2018, 2nd Owner, built for TT, radio and AC delete. Gorgeous car!Lisa Bryan (720) [email protected]
1979-1982 911SC WANTED!Mint condition. Low mileage. One owner. Looking for Chiffon White/ Lobster Red interior. Thank You!Vince Vranesic (303) 888-5087
2010-2013 Cayenne WANTED!Wanted! Cayenne 2010 thru 2013 with both reasonable mileage and price. We are reasonably f lexible as to how the vehicle is equipped and of course, color. We would be more interested in maintenance records and meeting the owner personally. We would also want to be able to have the car inspected to determine its condition. I currently have a 1988 944 Turbo which I will sell when I get the Cayenne. As much as I love the 944, it’s getting a little difficult for me to get in and out of it.Wally Weart (303) [email protected]
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MISCELLANEOUSCarrera 4S Tires, Set of Four $600Car was sold. Used for 6 months; less than 500 miles. $600 for set of 4 or $150/tire. • Michelin 245/35/20 (2) • Michelin 295/30/20 (2)David Shepard (303) [email protected]
Front OEM 997 Floor Mats $85These new floor mats are “Sea Blue”, a very dark blue (almost black). Picked them up years ago for my C4S as a spare set, but sold the car before needing them.Carl Boecher (303) [email protected]
19” Lobster Claw Wheels for 997 4S $500I have set of four Lobster Claw wheels removed from my 997 C4S. All have some very light curb rash and were used sparingly as my “winter wheels.” The snow tires currently installed will need to be removed due to their age despite 9/32 tread. These are complete with TPMS sensors (battery condition unknown). Photos upon request.Carl Boecher (303) [email protected]
19” Wheels for 2017 991.2 Carrera $1,500A complete set of OEM wheels for a 2017 991.2 Carrera. These wheels are in excellent condition with less than 10,000 street miles. Have also done two track days and are currently fitted with well-used Goodyear Eagle F1s in front and used-up Yokohama Advan Sports in the rear. TPMS was working fine last summer. High-res photos available.The specs (for rear-drive Carrera):991.362.510.00 8.5J x 19 ET50 2017-2020 mfg. by Speedline991.362.560.00 11.5J x 19 ET76 2017-2020 mfg. by SpeedlineCsaba Csere (303) [email protected]
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19” Cayman Wheels and Tires Wanted!Looking for a set of 19″ wheels/tires for 2007 Cayman S 987.1. Preferred size is 265/35/19 rear and 235/35/19 front. Prefer summer or track tires and true (not bent) wheels.Steve Komatz (720) [email protected]
Two Fuchs 8Jx16 Rims WANTED!Two Fuchs 8Jx16 rims with black satin center and silver anodized lip in good, ready to use condition on a 1985 911 3.2 Carrera.Bryan McFarland (713) [email protected]
2014-16 981 20” Wheel Set $2,500 OBOFor 981 Cayman S Carrera. Selling 4 wheels and tires. Wheels are Gloss Black OEM wheels with Goodyear Eagle F1 tires with no curb rash. Wheels come with all 4 of their original black OEM center caps.Front Rims: 20 x 8 x ET57Rear Rims: 20 × 9.5 x ET45Front Tires: 235/35ZR20 Eagle F1Rear Tires: 265/35ZR20 Eagle F1Tires have just under 7/32” tread depth. Don Tamm (303) [email protected]
2016 Macan Turbo Wheels TradeI just purchased the above which has $4000 worth of 21″ Porsche classic black wheels in excellent condition. I’d really prefer non-black wheels. If you have any interest in trading, please contact me.Mark Baker (970) 294-3333 [email protected]
20” Cayenne 958.1 Wheel/Tire Set $2,500Winter set. Shipping not included. Nokian Hakkapeliitta 8 SUV studded tires mounted on Spyder wheels. Wheels are in very good condition. Tires have 6-7/32” of tread. Tires are 275/50. Item is located in Cherry Creek.Denny O’Connell (303) [email protected]
Seat Belt Harness for GT3 (996/997) $650Ari Natkin (303) 263-8559
Porsche Car StorageDry, secure individual garages for storage and maintenance. 10 minutes from downtown. 24/7/365 access.Jep Seman (303) 638-7000
Sparco Eagle RS 8 Driving Suit $900In excellent condition. Worn three times.Particulars:• Size: Euro 54, US: Medium• Single Layer Construction. Three Layer Protection. The Eagle RS-8 has patented a technology called HOCOTEX® Single Layer Fabric which has the protection of what is normally achieved by a multi-layer fabric. One of the lightest racing suits in the world. It is comparable to the Sparco Superlegerra. The Eagle RS-8 is FIA 8858-2000 homologated. When new, suit cost $1,900Rome Chelsi [email protected]
Boxster S 2008 OEM Exhaust System $475Porsche Boxster S 2008 original exhaust system. The first owner (I am the 2nd) had the exhaust replaced/upgraded at time of purchase, and retained the originals. They probably have less than 100 miles on them.Bob Meetin (303) [email protected]
Roll Bar by DAS Sport $1,250 OBOHD bolt-in custom fit for 911, 996, 993, 997; like new. Pic 1: roll bar front — Pic 2: roll bar rear. Bolts into existing seat belt attachments. 3′ x 3.5′. Can deliver within 100 miles from 80908.Patrick O’Brien (303) [email protected] OMP Tecnica Evo Race Suit $700 OBOBought new 2014. Size 54. Barely used, as new condition. Silver/Black/White. It doesn’t fit me. I blew on the tailoring. Will fit male approx. 5’7″ – 5’8″, 165-185 lbs. New retail $1,300. Jay Kurts (303) 859-6779 [email protected]
Hoosier R7 18” Racing Tires $600Only ten(10) sessions on the set. Front 18 x 255 x 35, Rear 18 x 315 x 30, used 2 days on my GT3. Jay Kurts (303) [email protected]
F.A.S.T. Alpha Cool Shirt $200 OBOSize Medium. Black & Red. Barely used, as new condition. This is the newer lycra/spandex type that you want (NOT cotton). Will fit male approx. 5’8″- 6’0″, 155-175 lbs. Compare new at $340.00. Jay Kurts (303) 859-6779 [email protected]
Forged Finspeed F14 Wheels $2,550 OBOSet for GT3 (996/997). 18×9 front, 18×12 rear. New cost $4000. Excellent condition Ari Natkin (303) 263-8559
964 PartsEverything came off of my 98K-mile White 1990 Carrera 2, Cashmere Beige interior.
Interior:Complete Lower Dash w/Hardware and Brackets: $450Passenger Airbag: $80Front 4-way Seats: $1,000Lower Air Vent Diffusers: $20Shift Knob: $50Rear Seat Backs: $100Rear Seat Belts w/all Hardware: $150Door Cards w/Hardware and NO Speakers: $100
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