June 2015 - Grand Prix Region

June 2015
The Circuit
June 2015
Grand Prix Region &
Zone 8 Club Calendar
June 2015
-7 F-Sun
5
6 Sat
6 Sat 14 Sun
20 Sat
20 Sat
21 Sun
2
1-27
27 Sat
GGR PCA Club Race, Laguna Seca
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
OCR Zone 8 Concours, Orange County
SDR Autocross, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
Father's Day
60th Porsche Parade, French Lick, IN
SBR Gimmick Rally, Santa Barbara
July 2015
4 Sat
4 Sat
11 Sat 12 Sun
10-12 F-Sun
18 Sat
25-26 S-Sun
Breakfast Club —CANCELLED
4th of July
GPX Summar BBQ (page 5)
LAR Region Zone 8 Concours, Los Angeles
PCA Club Race, Putnam Park
GPX Singer Vehicle Design Tour (page 4)
PCA Club Race, Brainerd
August 2015
1 Sat
1 Sat 1 Sat
7-9 F-Sun
8-9 S-Sun
16-17 S-Sun
14 Fri
16 Sun
21-23 F-Sun
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
PCA Club Race, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
PCA Club Race, Gingerman
PCA Club Race, High Plains Raceway
Werks Reunion, Monterey, CA
Pebble Beach Concours
PCA Club Race, NJMP
September 2015
5 Sat
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
5-6 F-Sat GGR Region DE / PCA Club Race, Thunderhill
4-7 Th-MonPCA Club Race, Road America
7 Mon
Labor Day
12 Sat
GPX Angeles Crest Hwy Tour to Wrightwood
18-20 F-Sun PCA Drivers Ed / Club Race (entry level event)
Miller Motorsports Park, Intermountain Region
19 Sat
CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
25-27 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Summit Point
25-27 F-Sun Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca (page 10)
26 Sat
SAR Autocross, Central Arizona College
26 Sat
RR Region Time Line, Arrowhead
30-3 T-Sun Porsche Escape - Rapid City, SD (Mt Rushmore)
October 2015
3 Sat
3 Sat 3-4 S-Sun
4 Sun
5 Mon
12 Mon
2
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
PCA Club Race, Hallet
GPX PCA DE Instructor Training, WSIR
GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX
Columbus Day
18 Sun
23-25 F-Sun
24-25 S-Sun
31Sat
SBR Region Zone 8 Concours, Santa Barbara
PCA Club Race, Daytona
SDR Region DE/TT, Chuckwalla
Halloween
November 2015
7 Sat
7 Sat 15 Sun
11 Wed
13 Sat
14 Sun
14-15 S-Sun
14-15 S-Sun
21 Sat
26Thu
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
GPX Tehachapi Loop Tour
Veteran's Day
CCCR Region DE, Buttonwillow
SBR Zone 8 Autocross, Camarillo Airport
SDR Region DE/TT, Buttonwillow
SAR Drivers Ed, INDE, Arizona
Tech Tactics West, Ontario
Thanksgiving
December 2015
5 Sat
5 Sat Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
Contents
2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar
3 Table of Contents - Board of Directors & Chairs
4 GPX Singer Design Tour ad — July 18
5 GPX Back Yard BBQ ad — July 11
Abbreviations
AZ — Arizona Region of the Porsche Club of America
CCC — California Central Coast Region
CAI — California Inland Region
GER — Golden Empire Region
GGR — Golden Gate Region
GPX — Grand Prix Region
LAR — Los Angeles Region
LVR — Las Vegas Region
OCR — Orange Coast Region
RR — Riverside Region
SAR — Southern Arizona Region
SBR — Santa Barbara Region
SDR — San Diego Region
SGV — San Gabriel Valley Region
ALMS— American Le Mans Series
DE — PCA Drivers Education track event
F1 — Formula 1
PCA — Porsche Club of America
Advertising — vacant
President
Suesan Way Carter
(619) 992-4287
[email protected]
6 Wright of Way — President's Column
7 Editorial License
On the Cover: Red Boxster to Solvang
8 Grand Prix Region's 34th Concours event
10 Rennsport Reunion V ad — Sep 25-27
11 Tours, Tours, Tours — We need your suggestions
Vice President
Jeff Peck
(310) 345-8081
[email protected]
14 PCA Club Racing West Coast Series ad
16 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Report
18 Miller Motorsports Park PCA Club Race / DE ad
Sep 18-20
19 Calling All Racing Enthusiasts
60th Porsche Parade ad
Secretary
Marty Goldsmith
(562) 494-6350
[email protected]
20 Tour Through San Marcos Pass to Solvang
22 May 2015 Board of Directors meeting minutes
Grand Prix Region events are in Bold
# indicates a GPX addition or change
GPX Board of Directors & Chairs
Goodie Store announcement
25 May Breakfast Club Meeting
26 Book Review for Porschephiles: Porsche Moments
Treasurer
Linda Cobarrubias
(310) 990-0993
[email protected]
28 June Membership Report & Anniversaries
30 Classified Ads
31 GPX Breakfast Club Meeting Ad
Index to Advertisers
Member at Large
Dave Hockett
(909) 518-0415
[email protected]
Member at Large
Bob & Karen Lewis
(562) 756-8520
[email protected]
Web sites
GPX
GrandPrixRegion.com
Zone 8Zone8.org
PCA NationalPca.org
PCNAus.Porsche.com/national
Porsche AGPorsche.com
EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official
publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the
PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing
in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and are not
necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff.
The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted
for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is
granted providing full credit is given to the authors and THE
CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material.
ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX membership
chair and PCA (PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA 22150
or [email protected] ) of any address, email, phone or
membership status changes.
Member at Large
Skip Carter
(619) 992-9927
[email protected]
Zone 8 Representative
Tom Brown
(760) 505-3286
[email protected]
Chief Driving Instructor
Dave Hockett
(909) 518-0415
[email protected]
Circuit Distribution
Albert Franco
(310) 379-8987
[email protected]
Circuit Editor— Skip Carter
Circuit Production Editor
Bob Fulton
(714) 330-7907
[email protected]
Concours
Linda Cobarrubias
[email protected]
(310) 990-0993
Flagging Team
Bob & Karen Lewis
(562) 756-8520
[email protected]
Fundraising
Chuck Weaver
(562) 430-3010
[email protected]
Goodie Store
Ludmila Osipova
(424) 279-0069
[email protected]
Insurance
Ron Shanon
(310) 375-9840
[email protected]
Membership
Karen Lewis
(562) 756-8520
[email protected]
Performance Driving Events
Skip Carter
[email protected]
Registration
Colleen Stein
(661) 714-3030
[email protected]
Safety
Nick Perdikaris
(310) 901-8154
[email protected]
Silent Auction
Arturo Chaparro
(323) 633-7915
[email protected]
Social
Susan Moard
[email protected]
(626) 705-8686
Social Media
Dimitri Shanin
(202) 285-2153
[email protected]
Tech Inspection
Dan Hockett
(909) 921-5596
[email protected]
Technical Adviser
Michael Dolphin
(213) 248-4743
[email protected]
Timing
Darren & Jennifer Cole (661) 209-9498
[email protected]
Tours
Marty Goldsmith
(562) 494-6350
[email protected]
Jeff Peck
(310) 345-8081
[email protected]
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Webmaster
Jimmie Mitchell
(310) 539-2568
[email protected]
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The Circuit
June 2015
Presents
Tour of Singer Vehicle Design
July 18, 2015
The Gillam home
Ladera Heights
(detail information at PCAGPX.MotorsportReg)
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July 11, Saturday
12:00 noon until it ends (lunch served 1pm - no host bar)
$10.00 per person (donation to Children's Dental Health Clinic)
http://singervehicledesign.com/
Singer Vehicle Design has given GPX the opportunity to tour their facility on July 18, 2015.
Due to limited space, this tour is open to only 10 people.
If you are interested, please sign up on MotorsportReg.com at:
http://msreg.com/GPXSVD.com
RSVP before July 4
(so we can plan for enough food)
Registration at PCAGPX.MotorsportReg.com
Registration opens June 6, 2015
We will be picking the names of the 10 lucky attendees on July 1, 2015.
If you are one of the lucky winners, we request a donation of $50.00 each for our charity,
The Children’s Dental Health Clinic in Long Beach.
For more information please contact:
Jeff Peck - 310-345-8081 - [email protected]
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Music
Great BBQ
Home Theatre Race movies
Poolside Activities
Soda - Water provided
Bring your own alcohol (if desired)
For information, contact Suesan Way
619-992.4287 or [email protected]
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The Circuit
June 2015
Write of Way, by Suesan Way
Skip Carter
Canadian Geese
Grand Prix Region has a fabulous NEW Goodie Store, and
all because we have found a new Manager with talent as a
fabulous buyer! In the past we have had terrific people running the store. They were very dedicated club enthusiasts
who worked hard but did not have a good buyer (that would
be me). Because they had little time to go through catalogues and dig through websites, it fell on me to find a few
things for the club to sell.
However, there was a huge overshadowing problem that no
one talked about, and that I didn’t realize. I have no taste.
I picked everything in black and white because they are the
club colours, and then I only picked tee shirts, sweatshirts
and caps. Oh, we talked about jackets and women’s clothing, but I could never figure it all out, and so I persisted with
black and white everything and we would make a couple of
sales every month.
Then our Goodie Store managers, Bob Baddy and Junko
Kamei, moved to Ohio for a great career change. Another
member, Ludmila Osipova, stepped up and volunteered to
take over. Ludmila is what my mother would have referred to
as A Fashion Plate. She always looks perfectly put together
and always seems on top of her game. Needless to say, the
Board was thrilled to take Ludmila up on her offer to manage the Goodie Store.
Since she started, it is like that old cowboy expression:
"There’s a new sheriff in town." Ludmila’s fashion sense is
just great with plenty of choices and colours, and there has
been a large increase in business since she took over.
Our May Breakfast had club members crowding her area
looking at items and purchasing the new and ever changing merchandise. The goal is to sell nice items at reasonable
prices for members to enjoy, and Ludmila is doing just that
for our members and the club.
The Goodie Store was also a success at the GPX annual
Concours d’Elegance held May 17th at the Lakewood
Country Club. Our sponsor for 2015 was The Auto Gallery,
and we were very pleased to have the General Manager, Eric
Schwartz, join us along with his family and two cars that he
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entered into the judged competition. It was really a pleasure
to have The Auto Gallery and the Schwartz family with us
participating and really being a part of our event.
The day wouldn’t have been possible without the work of
our Chair, Linda Cobarrubias, who worked hard to make it
a perfect event again this year. Along with The Auto Gallery
we also enjoyed having Sierra Madre, LA Dismantlers and
Aero Products join us. But above all, it was all the volunteers
from GPX and other Regions in Zone 8 that came out to
help that made the day a great success. Thanks to everyone
that helped.
Our next big event is July 11th when we are having a summertime party to welcome new members and, of course,
everyone else. As mentioned in the May Circuit, there is no
charge; you just need to register on Motorsportreg.com to
sign up for the food count. There is also a flyer in this issue
of the Circuit. Please join us for an afternoon of great BBQ,
game room competitions, home theatre racing movies, great
Porsche friends and more.
As always the Board is looking for members who might like
to get more involved in the club. If you think you might
have any interest in being part of the management team
of the Grand Prix Region, please shoot me an email at —
[email protected]
Suesan and I are getting ready to leave for the 60th Porsche
Parade in French Lick, Indiana. This will be Suesan's 10th
Parade. Her first was Portland in 2006 and she has been
every year since. I've been to a few more. My first was San
Diego in 1992, and I've probably missed two or three since.
One of the absolute main things I really liked when I first
started going to Parades was that it forced me to take a family vacation every year. As a small, self-employed general
remodeling contractor, I worked hard and long hours in
addition to raising a family and being heavily involved as a
volunteer with two other organizations: World Runners and
The Hunger Project.
Then there was soccer, little league and bobby sox coaching,
and running a second (and for awhile, a third) company.
I could easily go years without putting my head up enough
to think about a vacation. Then one day I realized that my
kids were going to Lake Meade a couple of times each summer with my sister, her husband and several other family
members. This was very cool. My kids loved it. What it
made me realize though, was that, if I didn't start creating
some vacation time now, I might really miss fabulous opportunities to do stuff with my family. So, we started going
to Parade.
Another thing I really enjoy about Parade is the opportunity
to spend 7-10 days in an area I probably havn't been to before. That is long enough to get a flavor of a place. Parade activities create more opportunity. I've managed the Concours
Prep area since the Milwaukee Parade in 2001. It requires us
to get there 3 days before Parade Check-in. This is my first
look at the Concours Prep areas, so the first thing I do is
assess the situation, determine if I need to go buy 100 rolls of
blue painters tape to mark off car spots (Charlotte, NC and
several others), or some 12-3 electrical wire and cord ends
to make up a bunch of electrical adapters (St. Charles, Il),
or buy a thousand dollars of snacks and drinks for the prep
folks when they are working hard on their cars and don't
want to even walk across the street for food and drink. Every
year I have two volunteers, Taxi and Tillie, who usually find
some kind of wagon or other wheeled device, and take the
stuff right to folks working on their cars.
I try to find a local who can tell me the best (and closest)
places to buy food and sundries as needed. We fly to Parades
that are more than one overnight drive away, so we've driven
to Colorado, Portland, Salt Lake City and Monterey. Our
rental car at other Parades immediately becomes a de facto
pickup truck.
Did I mention how much fun we have? Suesan manages
Parade Concierge, which is an information center for Parade
participants. She also puts on a Parade 101 Powerpoint presentation several times to first time attendees.
Our favorite event (without having a Porsche there) is the
Gimmick Rally. It is one of the new events that you can enter without a Porsche, and you really take a fairly slow drive
always through some very scenic countryside.
Think about coming next year — Jay Peak,
Vermont is a ski resort about 6 miles
from the Quebec border.
Sleazy Dog Construction
On the Cover...
Boyd Kruger took this fantastic photo of Rusty Scott's
Boxster while participating in our recent tour to Solvang.
It was an extremely fun event, which you can read about
inside this issue.
We really appreciate those of you willing to share your
photos and even write an article now and then when you
participate in our events. Thanks to all of our volunteers.
June 2015
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34th Annual GPX Concours d'Elegance
Lakewood Country Club
photos - Jimmie Mitchell, Marty Goldsmith, Rusty Scott & Stephen Krupnick
More photos & results on page 12
The 34th Annual Grand Prix Region Concours d’Elegance
was held at the Lakewood Country Club on May 17th. Once
again it was a wonderful day of great Porsche enthusiasts and
beautiful cars held in a lovely setting.
As in past years, the Lakewood Country Club did a great
job putting on a lovely white table cloth luncheon for almost
a 100 entrants, judges, guests and volunteers. The staff was
terrific and available to help with all of our needs.
We were thrilled to again have The Auto Gallery join us as
this year’s sponsor of our Concours. Eric Schwartz, General
Manager of The Auto Gallery, entered two of his cars in
the competition. He was there first thing Sunday morning
doing the last preparations on his ’72 Targa (entered in Full
Concours) and his beautiful ’64 356C (entered in Street
division). We were also happy to have Eric’s family come out
and be a part of the day. Thanks so much to Eric and The
Auto Gallery for all of their support.
A special thanks goes to our mini Vendor’s Row including
Aero Products, Sierra Madre, LA Dismantlers and of course
Ludmila Osipova and the Grand Prix Region Goodie Store.
Anthony Shear's
912E
Eric Schwartz & Family
Linda Cobarrubias,
Suesan Way Carter
Jim Alton
Bruce Talamon & His 911S
Very special appreciation to Linda Cobarrubias our
Concours Chair, Doc Pryor our Head Judge, and all of the
wonderful judges and volunteers. This day could not have
happened without the dedication and enthusiasm of each
and every one of you.
Karen & Bob
Lewis' 911 Michael Dolphin's Macan
Suesan
Steve Hoskins'
356A
Steve Hoskins, Marge Libunao
Betsy Wadman
Dick Douglass'
356C
Auto Gallery 991 Targa
Bob Werle
& His 356A
Karen Nedza
Eric Schwartz's 356C
Jimmie Mitchell,
Marge Libunao
Ludmila
Osipova
Pete Lech's 911S
Barbara Gillam,
Arturo Chaparro
Ted Myrus' 356C
Bev & Tom
Gould's 911E
Will Sanchez, Joe Nedza
Bob Hechtman's 911
Brett Mohr
Preparing His 912
Bev Gould,
Chuck Weaver
Nick Perdikaris, Jimmie Mitchell
Judging Steve Vining's 911S
Judging
Joe Nedza's 356B
Linda Cobarrubias,
Jeff Peck
Dickson Lew & His 914-6
Sierra Madre Collection
LA Dismantler
Doc Pryor, Dick Douglass
Aero Products
Alfred Abken
GPX Goodie Store
John Landgraf & His 964C2
TOURS, TOURS,
TOURS
September 25-27 2015
Laguna Seca
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?
We are working on the 2016 tour calendar
We need your input
Thinking back to previous years
Where have we been that you would like to go again?
Looking ahead
Where would you like to go that we have not been before?
What activities do you like as part of the tours?
Sightseeing — Restaurants — Wineries — Special Events
Special Attractions such as coastal, mountain or desert
PCA is proud to announce that we will be hosting the
Sholar-Friedman Cup, a race exclusive to PCA Club
Racers and is the only club allowed to host such a group.
Ticket packages for spectators are available at http://www.mazdaraceway.com/porsche-rennsport-reunion-v or by calling the track
directly at 831-242-8200. For those driving your Porsche, there will
be Porsche model specific parking inside the track. Contact the track
for corral passes. These are limited and exclusive to Porsches. If you
purchase a corral ticket but drive a non-Porsche, you will be
redirected to park outside of the track.
PCA will be hosting a member hospitality tent with
complimentary beverages as well as a schedule of
speakers and presentations consisting of former
and current drivers and Porsche celebrities.
Come out to cheer your PCA Club Racers as
well as a chance to mingle with famous
Porsche drivers and see and hear the world
greatest Porsches race on the iconic Laguna Seca.
Restaurant at the top of the Palm Springs Tramway
Restaurants and wineries in Temecula or Paso Robles
Quaint roadside pubs, car shows, air shows
Ziplining at a winery in Paso Robles
Guided tour at the US Army Desert Training Center at Fort Irwin?
Do you want 1 day tours, 2 or even 3 day tours in the Sierras?
How much driving each day — 4 hours, 6 hour, 8 hour?
Please reply to:
Marty Goldsmith — [email protected]
Jeff Peck — [email protected]
Alan Johnson — [email protected]
Doc Pryor's 356B
The Trophies
Turbo S Under Glass!
Josh Hoffmann's 928
[It’s official.]
Walt Earley & Jerone Bradford
w/ Walt's 911SC
Eric Schwartz Preparing His 911
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Year Class Score
Full Concours
Gould, Beverly & Tom
SDR
911E
1970
C-3
324.5
Mohr, Brett C-3/Division Winner
GPX
912
1966
C-3
324.6
Schwartz, Eric (The Auto Gallery)
LAR
911
1972
C-3
322.9
Vining, Steve C-4 Winner
LAR
911S
1975
C-4
324.3
Lewis, Karen & Bob C-7 Winner
GPX
911
2002
C-7
323.4
Clevenger, Bill
GPX
356B
1963
S-1
239.4
Myrus, Ted
SDR
356SC
1964
S-1
238.0
Nedza , Joe S-1/Division Winner
OCR
356B
1963
S-1
239.6
Schwartz, Eric (The Auto Gallery)
LAR
356C
1964
S-1
237.2
SGVR
356A
1956
S-2
238.9
GPX
356A
1959
S-2
238.4
Werle, Robert
Libunao, Margaret S-3 Winner
GPX
911S
1970
S-3
239.0
Permantier, Michael
OCR
911SC
1983
S-4
237.8
Shear, Anthony S-4 Winner
SGVR
912E
1976
S-4
239.2
Bartron, Chuck S-5 Winner
GPX
930
1984
S-5
239.1
930
1987
S-5
237.7
Garling, Tom
Talamon, Bruce S-6 Winner
GPX
911
1997
S-6
238.6
Lech, Peter S-7 Winner
OCR
911
2006
S-7
239.3
Lew, Dickson S-8 Winner
GPX
914-6
1970
S-8
239.0
Earley, Walter WS-2 Winner
GPX
911SC
1980
WS-2
129.1
Landgraf, John WS-3 Winner
OCR
964C2
1993
WS-3
129.3
Weaver, Chuck
GPX
911
1988
WS-3
124.2
Dolphin, Michael WS-7/Division Winner
GPX
Macan
2015
WS-7
129.6
Cobarrubias, Linda & Pryor, Doc Ü-1 Winner
GPX
Boxster
2002
Ü-1
174.1
Armstrong, Michele Ü-6/Division Winner
GPX
Macan
2015
Ü-6
174.3
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2015 Toyoto Grand Prix of Long Beach
story - Bob Fulton photos - Jimmie Mitchell
The 41st running of the Long Beach Grand Prix, the namesake of our PCA Grand Prix Region, occurred on Sunday, April 19th.
Three-time Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon won the race after overtaking pole-sitter Helio Castroneves in the middle of the race
and never looking back. Dixon held off late challenges from Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya and recorded his first IndyCar
win at Long Beach. Maximum speeds reached almost 200 miles per hour along the Shoreline Drive portion of the course.
Indy Lights 2nd Place Spencer Pigot
The weekend's events thrilled the estimated 181,000 automotive fans. Besides the IndyCar racing, the weekend included Indy
Light racing, the Pirelli World Challenge, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, and the Pro/Celebrity Race. The Super
Stadium Truck race featured pickup trucks hurtling skyward off ramps on the course. Drift driving exhibitions added to the fun.
The Lifestyle Expo had exhibits for fans of all ages.
Indy Lights Racing
Charlie Kimball
IndyCar Racing
Pirelli World Challenge Racing
Helio Castroneves
Lifestyle
Expo
IndyCar 3rd Place Juan Pablo Montoya
IndyCar 2nd Place Helio Castroneves
Pirelli World Challenge Racing
TUDOR GTLM Class 2nd Place Ferrari F458 Italia
TUDOR P Class 1st Place Corvette DP
Too Long?
TUDOR GTLM Class 3rd Place Corvette C7.R
TUDOR GTLM Class 1st Place BMW Z4 GTE
TUDOR GTLM Class Porsche 911 RSR
Lifestyle Expo
Super Stadium Truck Racing
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Stop by on your way to
Rennsport Reunion
June 2015
CALLING ALL RACING ENTHUSIASTS
Have you always wanted to get involved with racing without the high cost of campaigning your
own car? One way is to help coordinate Performance Driving events. Get the second best seat in
the house! As a Flagger, you will be stationed at the corners helping to keep participants safe. Your
job is to provide course condition information to the drivers via flags and to relay on-track incidents to track control. Flaggers are truly irreplaceable: Without them, the race doesn’t go on!
The Grand Prix Region currently hires Corner Workers for our events, but the quality of those
workers is not consistent. The idea came up that, instead of hiring outside groups to do this, perhaps we should put together a team of GPX Corner Workers.
PhotobyEricSchramm
Bob and Karen Lewis are two GPX members who got the Corner Worker bug a couple of years
ago. They were trained by the best as Flag and Grid workers, and have been staffing racing events
like the Long Beach Grand Prix and venues like Laguna Seca, Auto Club Speedway and others
ever since.
Bob and Karen would be willing to train a team of GPX members and their friends to be professional level Flag and Grid workers.
We train!
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Part of the
West Coast
Series
Region, Event & Hotel Info.
http://www.irpca.org
Race Registration opens Aug. 3rd
http://register.pca.org
HPDE Registration opens Aug. 3rd
http://www.motorsportreg.com
Race Chair - Otto Silva
[email protected]
801 899 3511
Registrar - Kay Koellner
[email protected]
801-870-0463
Driver Education - Jeff Bogaard
[email protected]
Miller Motorsports Park
Tooele, UT - September 18-20, 2015
Friday Test&Tune(optional)&HighPerformanceDriversEducation(HPDE)
SaturdaySprintRace,1hourEnduro&HPDE
Sunday SprintRace&SuperSprintRace(40minutes)&HPDE
6.5 HOURS
TOTAL TRACK TIME!
The IRPCA has hosted races for 22 years in 4 states at 5 tracks. The Miller
Motorsports Track is 4.5 miles long with 23 turns, elevation changes and
12 straights. MMP includes a huge paved paddock with amenities, garages,
covered trackside facilities and ONLY 30 minutes from downtown Salt Lake.
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Tour Thru San Marcos Pass to Solvang
The Circuit
GPX Grand Tour Meisters Jeff Peck and Juliet Szegedi were
there to greet and organize the event. Jeff had a new Panamera loaned by Beverly Hills Porsche. He was so impressed
by the car, he said that he could possibly get used to the
PDK transmission! Rain was forecast. It wasn't a droughtbuster, but it wouldn't be a fun-buster either.
Sixteen cars began the tour by negotiating the biggest obstacle of the day, a very steep driveway and gutter at the exit
of the Carrow's parking lot. There was a mix of 911s, Boxters
and Caymans plus one guest in his BMX Z3 (at least he got
the country right). Some had optimistically put their tops
down in the cool, partly cloudy morning. Rusty Scott, in radio contact with Jeff, was the broom wagon. After a pleasant,
but darkening drive up the 101 to Santa Barbara, we turned
off of the freeway at the Route 154, San Marcos Pass exit.
We gathered at the base of the hill to reassemble the group.
Seeing the clouds that now obscured the mountain tops,
several cars put their tops back up. Ascending the road, we
hop-scotched the usual 154 traffic, including big trucks and
RV's, using the occasional "Passing Lanes." Approaching the
top of the pass, a drizzle began to fall, then light rain. The
few topless cars were OK with the speed keeping the rain
out of the cockpit. Turning onto Old Stagecoach Road, we
passed the historic Cold Springs Tavern and stagecoach stop.
The rough, one and half lane road canopied by large oak
trees slowed everyone down. Enough rain had fallen by then
that very large drops were falling from the trees. Halfway
down, there is a beautiful view up to the long concrete arch
bridge that crosses the canyon. Back onto 154 we drove past
Lake Cachuma which was distressingly low, then through
the upper Santa Ynez Valley farmland and vineyards.
There was a short stop at Los Olivos to regroup and for the
holdouts to put up their tops. We scattered to find parking
spots, but most assembled either inside or under the awnings
of the Los Olivos Market. There were posters in the shop
windows advertising the Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival
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June 2015
story - Alan Johnson
photos - Alan Johnson, Boyd Krueger & Rusty Scott
held each year on the first Saturday in June. For those who
wish to attend, get information and tickets at www.jazzandolivefestival.org for next year.
Back onto 154 for a short distance, and then with some short
jogs we were on Ballard Canyon
Road. It was another beautiful, raindrop covered view of farmlands and
vineyards. Around one corner behind a fence were 3 long horn cattle
and 1 bison. After the road changed
names several times, we arrived at
Solvang and headed to one of the
public parking lots near the center of
town as instructed. Alas! The road
was blocked off as a Datsun club was having a show of early
1500's, 1600's, B210's of Datsun and Fairlady marques. We
scattered again to find parking and then roamed the streets
of Solvang. The lunch at Bit O'Denmark was a large and
warming, smorgasborg treat.
As the rain had stopped after lunch, the group scattered to
shop, return to Santa Barbara or elsewhere. Six cars, after
a stop at Ingeborg's Chocolate Shop, continued West on
Hwy 246. We passed the Ostrich Farm, the Hitching Post
II (of movie fame), and Pea Soup Andersen's on our way
to Melville Winery. The wine tasting included 4 wines - a
Chardonnay and 3 Pinot Noirs. This viticulture area, Santa
Rita Hills, is cooler due to its proximity to the ocean (and is
known for its Pinots). Grapes that like more heat, like Cabernet, are grown further inland up the Santa Ynez Valley. After a tour and purchases, the group continued further West
to the outskirts of Lompoc to join Hwy 1. After a curvy
descent down Gaviota Pass and the 101, we headed home.
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The Circuit
June 2015
May 2015 Board Meeting Minutes
Brita & Marty
Goldsmith
by Marty Goldsmith, Secretary
The meeting was called to order at 10:45. Present
were Suesan Way-Carter,Martin Goldsmith, Dave
Hockett, Karen & Bob Lewis, Skip Carter, Michael
Dolphin, Jimmie Mitchell, Arturo Chaparro, and
Bob Fulton.
The minutes of the April meeting were approved.
No treasurer’s report was available.
There was discussion of how to handle the attendance at a potential limited-visitor tour of the
Singer automobile facility. It was decided to conduct an on-line raffle, with each winner contributing $50 to our charity.
GPX membership stands at
636, total.
It was agreed that we need
to have greater GPX presence
on Facebook. There was an
extended discussion of how to accomplish that
goal.
The Goodie Store will be open at the Concours.
There was discussion about how to keep the classified section of the website up-to-date.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:40.
Plans are going forward for the Concours, which
will be held on May 17th.
GOODIE STORE
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Your next opportunity to see our new
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Thank you Ludmila Osipova
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May Breakfast Club
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photos by Jimmie Mitchell
June 2015
Michael Dolphin
Suesan Working the Room
Rick Hartman
Bob & Graham Werle
Jim Lenahan, Stephen Krupnick,
David Moard
Mark Singer
Vincent Parker, Tyrone Moore, Gordon Jackson, Tommy Johnson,
Walter Earley, Jerone Bradford, Bruce Jebcott, Ceal Howard
Rod Williams
Brita Goldsmith
Brita Goldsmith, Susan Moard, Karen Lewis
50-50 Winner
Vincent Parker
Walter Swenman
Dave Hockett
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Mat Thomas and Laura Pugh
Arturo Chaparro, Mark Dodson, Jim Lenahan,
David Moard
Suesan Way Carter, Tom, Jerone Bradford, Ron Shanon, Rusty
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June 2015
Book Reviews for Porschephiles
Bruce Herrington
by Bruce Herrington, Orange Coast Region
Porsche Moments
by Jesse Alexander, published by david Bull Publishing, Phoenix, Az
Jesse Alexander is arguably the best motor racing photographer of the 50s and 60s, the period that this reviewer
considers to be The Golden Age of motor racing. Porsche
Moments contains some 100 pages of pictures depicting
the efforts of people involved with Porsche and Porsches to
achieve motor racing success.
Mr. Alexander has spent a lifetime in photography, the
largest part of it devoted to documenting motorsports, an
involvement which began in the early 1950s with the birth of
the sports car movement in the USA. His
first sports car was an
MGTD, followed by
a Morgan Plus Four
and then a Sunbeam
Talbot. He first
photographed races
at Pebble Beach and
Palm Springs (venues
that are no longer
with us), and also the
late lamented Santa
Barbara Airport
course, where he fell
in love with Porsches.
Porsche Moments
covers Porsche’s
early racing history in
Europe and Mexico
from 1953-62. It is a big book, 11x13 inches; big enough
so that the full-page photographs therein are salon sized,
suitable for framing. But rather than cutting up such an
outstanding book, individual prints can be ordered directly
from the author.
Dan Gurney’s foreword touches on their shared personal developments: Dan as a driver and Jesse as a photographer. As
Dan says: “Jesse Alexander’s photographs beautifully capture
the passion and hard work required then to put a race car in
the winner’s circle.” Jesse’s unique ability to capture the feeling of motorsports, in picture after picture, makes this book
more than worth its $75 price tag.
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Because Jesse Alexander’s photos
are so great, some of them will be
familiar as classics. But, since the
entire book is from Mr. Alexander’s
personal files, the vast majority are
newly available pictures, in the same
character as the classics.
Organized by venue rather than chronologically, the character of these early motorsports
events comes through clearly.
The people in the pictures
seem to be causal, friendly
sportsmen focused on the fun
of the events, not businessmen
focused on the dollars (or what
the lawyers would do if given
half a chance). As Dan Gurney’s introduction says: “You
can almost feel the camaraderie among the competitors.”
Virtually all the pictures show
people doing things. Though
the pictures are somewhat snap
shot in some ways, the composition and the actions of the
people in them give the viewer
a you are there feeling, lacking
in the typical vacation album
picture.
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Though the emphasis is on the pictures, captions are provided so that the reader can fully appreciate what is going
on. But, typically, Jesse Alexander’s pictures are largely selfexplanatory. The cover, showing a pensive, focused Graham
Hill sitting in an RS-60, is a really great picture, even when
you don’t know that he’s waiting for the first practice of the
1960 Targa Florio, and that Hans Herman, in the RS-60
behind, would win the race.
Porsche Moments is available through Motorbooks International http://search.motorbooks.com/ or through major
booksellers.
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