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16 German Car Cruise night
17 An Afternoon with David Hobbs
18 Autocross #3!
19 2014 Drivers Education Schedule
20 NER Summer BBQ
22 DE at WGI
24 Porsches and Polo
25 NER Photo Contest 2014!
26 2014 NER Concours at the Elms
28 Visit the Bubbledrome!
29 Zone 1 BBQ
30 May BoBo
32 AX#1 Report
38 AX#1 The Results
39 June SoBo
42 Smuttynose Tour
44 Do I Really Need a Winter Project? Part VI
43 911X 911
51 Advancements!
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Calendar
Marketplace
New Members
Board of Directors
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On the Edge
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I gingerly put the car into first, and off
we went.... Slowly. (Which is not an easy
feat with almost 600 HP for someone
who thinks that everyone should drive as
fast as a car will go...)
We didn’t go far, rain threatened, and I
felt privileged to be able to go out at all,
so the rest of the story isn’t really about
how it drove. (Although so far it was the
best Fcar I’ve driven...)
This story, rife as it is with stats on
this particular car, is about sharing. The
owner is a Porschefile, he is a member,
and he’s quite generous with his time to
the club.
I see it at the track when one of
Some of you may recall Mike
us offer(s) the keys to their car,
Kitteridge, another generous spirit,
“Wanna go out? Take my car, the owner of Kringle Candle, and
inventor/past owner of Yankee
keys are on the dash.”
Candle. His car collection in my
mind is the best I’ve ever seen,
largely because it included cars I
drool
over
regularly... Something like 80
power I had, quite literally, in the palm of
of
them.
Mike
was also generous with
my hands.
his
cars,
encouraging
his friends to drive
A Speciale shifts faster (44% on the
them,
setting
up
whole
parties to do so. I
downshifts), turns in quicker, and stops
see
it
at
the
track
when
one
of us comes
shorter than any other Ferrari. Thanks to an
up
to
instruct
or
help
out
in
some
way,
additional 35 horsepower and 200 fewer
others
off
er
the
keys
to
their
car,
“Wanna
pounds, it is swifter than the 458 on which
go out? Take my car, the keys are on the
it’s based, in a straight line and around a
dash.”
track. It’s faster than the 599 GTO and the
I’ve handed my keys to a reporter, who
Enzo, and that is a lot of power.
had
come up to the Glen at my request
Opening the door, I slide gingerly into
to
do
a story on Club Track Days. I sent
the seat, mustn’t crease the leather... Key
him
out,
with a deeply trusted instructor,
in, owner in the passenger seat, I flicked
to
just
give
him a taste.
the paddle into neutral.
I
wish
I
wasn’t
awed by the generosity
“Then you press the ‘start’ button,” was
and
kindness
I
run
into in the car comthe next instruction.
munity,
but
sometimes
I can’t help but
I pressed it... And every one of my Spidey
be.
senses kicked into overdrive.
The last time I had the privilege to drive
one of this particular owners cars, he felt
compelled to remind me that he didn’t
have enough bail money on him to get us
out of the trouble I was asking for driving
his McLaren up 495, so I thought I might
just treat his brand new, special ordered,
waited for months, 40 miles on the odo
with a bit more caution. After all, I wanted
to be invited back.
hen you step into $350,000 worth
of supercar, you should feel
something. I felt something close
to terrified.
Petting the leather seats, with thousands of perfect little, red, hand stitches, I
couldn’t help but think... “It’s worth more
than your house Adrianne, try not to screw
this up.
I’ve driven Ferraris before, some top of
the line, some built for racing, so it wasn’t
the marque that had me spooked. It was
more the brand new enormity of the
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think I’ve said before that an issue of the
NOR’EASTER can be a lot like a Where’s Waldo book
if you look (sometimes none too closely) you’ll find
some pretty big gaffes. The worst ones are when I
hurt someone’s feelings, or fail to acknowledge them.
Roger Slocum submits features and reports regularly,
and I completely failed to acknowledge his contribution of a report on the Ramble last month. It was a
great feature, and I’m really sorry Roger... It won’t
happen again.
Mike’s Miss Money Penny came home briefly, but
will take a bit more time.
We have 2 SoBo’s because it wouldn’t fit last month,
and I review the latest book to come out of the
Porsche Museum.
NER is in 6th gear with events this summer. There’s
tons to do so I fully expect you guys to come out and
participate in all the coolness.
As always, I love to meet new people, so come and
find me at an event, and introduce yourself.
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feel as though I think this every month,
but May/June has been a busy one,
though not all PCA. Dave and I went to
the Zone 1 event at Watkins Glen and had
three perfect weather days. What more can
you ask for? Between NER and NCR, we had
20–25 drivers, so we represented well. We
were able to all get space together, and
we enjoyed the leftovers from the social at
New Hampshire in May. I’m even happier
to report there are no interesting stories
between the drive there and back, nothing
got lost, and the car ran pretty well.
Dave and I don’t use much vacation for
do: flowers, dessert, beer and soda. The
list is manageable. There are times I think
to myself, “Why am I doing all this?”
Well, I am lucky to say my parents are
my rock. They started dating in high
school, married weeks after college
graduation and are now retired. After
spending 40 years in New Jersey, they
retired to Maine and live on Long Lake.
Today they are still the best of friends.
They have supported my brother and
me throughout our lives; they let us live
our own lives and supported decisions
we have made, both good and bad; they
give us our space when needed,
and just listen as a friend when life
Well, I am lucky to say my parents
are my rock. They started dating in is tough. Though our parents are
still parents, so they still add their
high school, married weeks after
opinion here and there when it is
college graduation and are now
not asked for or needed, but what
parents don’t do that? They gave
retired.
us opportunities and taught us
right from wrong and to strive to
events other than DE, but my parents
always be a good person. Now I feel like
wanted to go on a cruise from Quebec City a Hallmark card so it is time to move on.
back down to Boston and invited us along,
So that is why I am hosting this party
so we went. It was nice to not have much
to give back for all they have done for
to do except to figure out when to meet up me. And it doesn’t hurt that when they
with my parents again for the next meal.
moved to Maine, they gave both my
Thankfully they had a gym on the ship, or
brother and I a Porsche. They re-introI would likely be clothes shopping soon.
duced Dave and me to PCA and all it can
Weather was a bit cool and the excursions
offer. So back to my planning, and I’ll see
on land were okay, but a day out of the of- you all at the next event.
fice is still a day out of the office.
June is becoming a more stressful month
for me. I am a few days away from hosting
75 people for my parents’ 50th wedding
anniversary. And, of course, the party is
located in New Jersey so everything has
to be done remotely. I am going through
my list of things to do on a daily basis at
this point. Caterer – check. Wine – check.
Invitations out and RSVP complete – check.
Plate/napkins/guestbook – check. Chocolate favors with a cute sentimental saying
to hand out to everyone – check. Arrange
to have the trailer/car stored at my boss’s
daughter’s boyfriend’s parents’ house in
Sharon so we can drive at Lime Rock on
Monday/Tuesday with NCR – check. Still to
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Oil and Water
On the Road
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n his epic tome, “On the Road,” author
Jack Kerouac writes, “The road is life.” The
road he was travelling in the ‘50s as he
worked his way from Lowell, MA to San
Francisco must have been much different
than the road we travel in the new millennium. Because if Jack were writing “On the
Road” today his quote would be, “The road
is stress.”
This month’s column is not intended to
be a rant as much as it is an observation
of today’s life traveling in the U.S. I travel
around the world and, with only a few
exceptions — China, Italy and maybe the
his turn signal to pull into the left lane.
The car in the left lane instantly accelerates to try and close the opening that car
A had to change lanes. Easy nickname:
“The Closer.”
Car A is in the left lane. The driver
is slowing down to 62 mph and then
speeding back up to 75 mph, occasionally weaving a bit as he/she does so. What
do you think? Drunk? No, it’s only 8:00
am. I wonder what that driver is up too?
Can you guess?
I call this one “Twitter.”
Contrary to the gap-closer is the turn
signal bully. This driver simply puts on
In his epic tome, “On the Road,” his/her directional and thinks that it’s an
automatic right of way and that the sea
author Jack Kerouac writes,
of cars simply parts and makes room. So
“The road is life.” ... he was
“TSB” it is.
travelling in the ‘50s ...from
In Mass., we are also blessed with
Lowell, MA to San Francisco
rotaries, that wonderful invention of
traffic engineers back in the days of
Czech Republic — the drivers in the U.S.
Model A Fords that reached max speeds
have become some of the worst I have
of 30 mph. You can picture the scenario
seen. I recently gave up riding motorcycles already. A driver entering the rotary is
as a result. I can’t give up driving cars, but
supposed to yield, but if they simply look
the airbags and metal cocoon only provide straight ahead and pretend you aren’t
for marginally more safety.
there, no harm done. A toot of the horn
I know that none of the NER faithful
doesn’t faze this driver. They look straight
would ever drive this way, but let me give
ahead and count on your brakes to save
you a few real life examples:
you both. This driver I call, “Hope and a
Car A is travelling in the left lane at 65
Prayer.”
mph with the middle lane open. A line
We also have drivers that think of the
forms behind the car, but Car A refuses to
colors of traffic lights as only a recommove to the middle lane. Cars now start
mendation and for them the “No Turn on
passing on the right in frustration, which
Red” signs are usually optional. Haven’t
creates a potentially unsafe situation. This
figured out a good name for this crew
one I simply call, “Florida.” Those of you who yet. Still working on it.
drive in Florida will know what I mean.
As we wind down my list, there is the
Car A is travelling in the middle lane
“Procrastinator.” This is the driver that
below the speed limit. The car following
waits until the last second to merge in a
pulls out into the left lane to pass. Now
construction zone. You’ve seen this one
the driver of Car A speeds up to 70 mph or many times. You will see a sign that says,
more, making it harder for the driver of Car lane closed one mile, the Procrastinator
B to pass. This one is a Jeff Gordon wanhas plenty of time. Then lane closed ½ a
nabe.
mile, still at least 30 seconds before the
Car A is travelling in the middle lane in
Procrastinator has to merge. Finally lane
typical morning traffic. The driver activates closed in 500 ft. The Procrastinator finally
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realizes that the cones up ahead have
narrowed the lane to about a third of its
normal width. So at this point he turns into
the Turn Signal Bully and also adds in a bit
of the Hope and a Prayer. Once again, your
brakes save the both of you.
My all time favorite is the Toll Booth Mosh
Pit. For some reason toll booth congestion
removes all semblance of human courtesy.
At the Weston tolls, 12 lanes merge into
three. Cars point their noses to any crease
in the traffic they can find and neither the
Turn Signal Bully nor Hope and a Prayer apply. This is a free-for-all, the world’s biggest
game of chicken. May the bravest of the
brave win. Cluck, Cluck.
Not sure there is any way to solve for
Twitter, Turn Signal Bully, et al. A country
like Germany has developed their strict
driving laws over generations. Their behavior on the Autobahn is almost impeccable.
By the way, it’s virtually impossible to text
at 120 mph. The U.S. drivers have consistently deteriorated over many generations.
But I do hope that the U.S. makes some
type of effort to train our younger drivers
better, to eliminate texting on the road, to
greatly improve the skills and awareness
of the average drive. I hope that someday,
as we cruise around in the cars we love, we
too can quote Jack Kerouac and say, “The
road is life.”
As always, Drive Safe!
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Four Speeds & Drum Brakes
Back to the Glen, and Small Repairs
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ays at the track continued their
grip on me, as I couldn’t resist an
invitation to join the Peugeot track
team again for a weekend at Watkins Glen.
This time it was a three-day drive with the
Chump Car folks instead of the LeMons
crowd.
I must say that this group was a little
more serious about winning. Of the 90 cars
on the grid, easily 30% were BMW 3-Series
track cars. It was said that half the field
were instructors from one club or another.
We all know how crazy they can be. There
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looked like a pretty good hit but, save
for a little Triumph paint, there was not a
lot of damage.
There were a couple of interesting
rides. A group next to us in the garage
put a Jaguar XJS, with its 12-cylinder
engine, and an XJ6 sedan on the grid.
They were actually pretty fast when they
ran, but being British, they spent a lot of
time in the shade of the garage.
A few bays down was a fellow with a
914-6. It went really well but kept blowing off radiator hoses. They had installed
a 200 hp Nissan V6 (still a six, right?) with
lots of plumbing running to the front.
There was the standard assortment of
Honda Civics, but they seemed to be
attracted to the blue bushes (the guard
rails are all painted blue at the Glen) at
an alarming rate.
After some complaints from the Yellow
Cab company and a few scrapes and
bangs on the track last season, the decision was made to repaint the two Peugeot 405s in white over the winter. They
were also renamed; one became French
Roast, the other French Toast. There was
a Porsche connection, as one car carried
the number 917.
By the time we got ... about half
way, it was beginning to sound
like a trip to Grandmas house
— “Are we there yet?”
were no Volvo wagons, no pick-up trucks;
these people were serious racers. I’m
not sure what happened to the $500 car
budget restriction but it certainly seemed
to have gotten misplaced. We still had cars
to pass like the LeMons field, just not as
many. We also had to spend a little more
time watching the mirrors, especially at
the end of the back straight going into the
“Bus Stop,” as cars that were only a dot in
the mirrors at the braking point signs suddenly became full-sized cars with fenders
very close to the passenger door when we
reached the rumble strips.
To give credit where credit is due, I have
to admit that the Chump Car staff was a lot
more serious about car-to-car contact and
it showed in how much room drivers gave
each other. Any contact spotted by the
corner workers brought out an immediate
black flag. They didn’t always get it right, as
I was called in after a TR6 scraped the side
of the other 405 going into turn one on a
restart, but we were nose to tail. I guess
those Peugeots all look alike. I was looking in the mirror when it happened and it
The Glen before, it was decided
to walk the track on Thursday after it
closed following practice at 5:00 pm. Having instructed there, I lead the group, but
by the time we got to the toe of the boot,
about half way, it was beginning to sound
like a trip to Grandmas house — “Are we
there yet?” It was only then that the group
was told that it was a 3.2-mile walk. We did
get back to the pits before dark but it was
close.
Looking down the back straight.
I must say that race tracks really take on a
much different feeling when you’re standing in the middle of the pavement at the
end of a straight, there are no cars or car
noises, and the sun is setting behind the
trees. You can just imagine the cars that
crossed over the spot where you’re standing over the years. Can-Am cars, Formula
They even look like racecars; well they have
numbers on them.
The event called for six hours of racing
on Friday, eight on Saturday and six on
Sunday; lots of seat time. Since half the
team of eight drivers had not been to
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Minutes of the Board
June Meeting
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man car cruise night
for the August event at Watkins Glen.
is the third Thursday; the
The first event at Thompson Speedway
NER event will be held on July 24th.
in September has 41 paid participants.
The board discussed the role and duties Porsches and Polo will be held on August
10th — come along and “stamp the divots”
of the Chief Instructor. All the 2014 DE
events (including NCR events) are in the at half time. The Newcomers party will be
held at Dani’s and Marcus’s in Lexington
“Events” section of the club website:
on August 17th. Look for the details in this
www.porschenet.com.
edition of “The Nor’easter.” There will be a
Steve reported on the September 6th
Concours event; sponsorship is progress- trip in September to the Microcar museum
in Hudson. Watch the website for details.
ing well. The application form for the
It being June, the board appointed Bill as
Concours is available on the club webthe chair of the nominating committee.
site: www.porschenet.com. The David
The next board meeting will be held at
Hobbs event is being organized for July
Dani’s and Marcus’s home on Wednesday
19th and will be held at Lars Anderson
July 16th at 6:30 pm.
Museum of Transportation. The cost of
With no further business proposed,
the event will be $25 — a not-to-beKristin asked to close the meeting and
missed event for F1 fans!
Adrianne seconded. The proposal passed
Bill reported on Autocross–. The first
with no dissenting votes and we adjourned
event was a success. Bill instigated a
new award: the Meatball Award (named at 9:40 pm.
after a left-over sandwich) for
the attendee who impressed
Happy PCA Anniversary!
others with their lack of ability. :-) The inaugural award was
Forty Years
presented to the driver who put
Margery Zeller
Ten Years
his/her helmet on backward. We
Mary Chevalier
look forward to the write-up in
Thirty-five Years
Jerry L. Coholan
“The Nor’easter.” As in prior years,
Eduardo S. Tolentino James J. Koskinen
registration will close on the
Matt Koskinen
Wednesday before the event. The
Thirty Years
autocross dates (NER and NCR)
Curtis Babb
Five Years
are in the “Events” section of the
Wayne S. Jostrand
Ted Carbonaro
club website: www.porschenet.
Eric S. Dahlberg
com
Twenty-five Years
Ian Greer
Financials: Michael had sent
Richard B. Greenhalgh David Harrison
out the financials report prior to
Dave A. Hunter
the meeting and, as there were
Twenty Years
Kathy Hunter
no comments, Adrianne moved
Greg A. Wager
Norman Lash
that we accept them, Bill secondFifteen Years Karen
Robin Lash
ed and all voted approval.
Campbell
Wendy McFarland
Bill reported on Administration.
Ephraim W. Dobbins John F. Steeves
Porsche of Stratham is hosting
Michael D. Famico
Sally L. Taylor
the start of the LeMans 24-hour
Fred J. Michel
Reid Van Gorder
race on June 14th (Saturday)
Georges Rouhart
from 9:00 am to noon. The NER
Michael L. Sirard
trip to Smuttynose Brewery is
William Todd
on June 15th (Sunday). Details
will be in “The Nor’easter.” Ger-
he May NER Board of Directors meeting was held on June 11th, hosted by
Adrianne Ross. The meeting started
at 8:05 pm.
Present were:
Marcus Collins (Secretary),
Dani Fleming (Membership),
Stan Corbett (DE),
Adrianne Ross (“The Nor’easter” Editor),
Kristin Larson (President),
Bill Seymour and Rosemary Driscoll
(Admin),
Steve Ross,
Chris Mongeon (Past President)
Missing was Mike Orsini (Treasurer), who
was at LeMans.
Dani gave our membership report indicating we now have:
1,546 Primary members,
988 Affiliates,
2,534 Total Membership, including:
19 New members,
1 Transfer in,
4 Transfers out.
Dani reported that the recent changes to
the PCA National website have made the
membership and eBlast system extremely
difficult to navigate. In addition, there
seems to be an inconsistency in the membership count with respect to last month
(the old system). Membership will report
the numbers directly from the PCA reports
moving forward. Stan also noted that finding HPDE insurance on the website is also
an issue.
Bill reported that Adrian Flatguard took
photographs at the recent Autocross
event. These photos are available in highdefinition format at cost to members. At
future events the board requested that
Adrian post both the services and costs to
members.
Stan reported about Driver Education.
Of note to those who have struggled with
the radios at Track Control, the club finally
has new batteries! Autocross will take the
hand-me-downs. We currently have 96
paid participants for the next DE event at
Mont-Tremblant, and 81 paid participants
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The Long and Winding Road
Lemonade Part II
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Bill
I
know the suspense has been killing you,
but here is the second half of the report
on Jamaican Bacon’s inaugural 24 Hours
of LeMons race (spoiler: we lost). For
those who missed the first half, the team
of Dave Berman (partner of Kristin Larson,
our Region President, who is therefore
referred to as First Mechanic), Nick Shanny
(your Activities VP) and Dennis Mascetta
(bad taste in friends) turned a very rusty
1993 Miata into a LeMons racer over the
winter. The car is themed after the Jamaican bobsled team and is in Jamaican flag
colors (actually John Deere; it was cheaper)
with a ‘joint’ (formerly an organ pipe)
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miles on the clock and it didn’t use
any oil despite running eight hours at
6,000+ rpm. The tires were barely worn,
the brake pads were like new, and even
chassis — faster than you’d expect, by the
the bent suspension showed no sign of
way) hit the dumped oil and had a hard
movement or further issues. We had no
collision, with one of them then going hard
black flags or incidents. All we had to do into the guardrail. But they were all okay,
was gas it up, clean the windshield and
and the BMW guy’s feet must have gothead off to find some Millville, NJ night- ten hot enough to warn him to get out, so
life. No. We were tired, and there is no
there were no injuries. But a long cleanup.
nightlife, so we went back to the wings
For Team Jamaican Bacon, there were
place (good beer) and had an early night. some black flags. Dave went off to avoid a
The next day brought more good
car stopping short in front of him (yellow
weather. Dave, the Energizer Bunny,
flag just as you came up over the hill — this
thought we should do longer driving
caused frequent trouble) and had to come
shifts to be more competitive (losin for a lecture. Nick had a similar incident
At this inquisition the other
ing less time in the pits) and that was
and came in expecting a lecture, but they
driver accused Dennis of driving debated at length over breakfast. We hadn’t seen it so he was sent back out.
aggressively and scaring him into were to do six and a half hours on Sun- Dennis got black-flagged twice. The first
day, so that meant either two 45 – 50
time he rear-ended a Nissan 260Z that had
spinning (if it were true, would
minutes turns or one 95-minute turn
to stop short in traffic. I overheard some of
you offer that explanation?).
each. In the end Dave was the only one the lecture… ”What happened?” “There was
who wanted to do a double shift, so
nothing I could do — he stopped right in
mounted on the roof (the tip is a workthe driving order was Nick, Dave, Dave,
front of me.” “So you’re saying he can stop
ing brake light). The first race was at New
Bill, Dennis, Nick, Bill, Dennis.
faster because he’s a better driver than
Jersey Motorsport Park.
There was a lot more excitement on
you?” The second time a car spun in front of
When we left off, we had overcome a Test Sunday, both in general and for us.
him and they wound up nose-to-nose with
Day crash and were in the middle of the
While there are countless yellow flags
the other guy facing the wrong way. At this
first day of racing (eight hours on Saturand an occasional red flag, there had
inquisition the other driver accused Dennis
day). First Bill, then Dave, then Nick, then
been no significant carnage on Saturday. of driving aggressively and scaring him into
Dennis drove for about an hour each. Then On Sunday a BMW E30 lost its oil and
spinning (even if it were true, would you
they did it all again until eight hours had
coasted into the grass right in front of
offer that explanation?).
elapsed. Something like 160 cars started
the Tower on the main straight. As the
Through it all, the Miata soldiered on
and, by my count, about 90 were on the
driver, approcontinued on page 51
track at the end of the day. After eight
priately, stayed
hours we had done 179 laps (2.25 mile
strapped in,
PORSCHE, BMW
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track) and, after taking out our five penalty those of us in the
& MERCEDES
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laps for having an actual sports car in a
Tower could see
SPECIALIST
LeMons race, our 174 net put us 26 laps
a fire spreading
behind the leading Ford Mustang (spoiler: under the front
it won). But we were in 44th place, and that and yelled, “Get
didn’t seem too bad. Our best lap (we were out” (he couldn’t
all new to the track) was 1:55 (a well-driven even come close
Porsche at DE would do 1:35 – 1:40) and
to hearing us). In
A U T O B O D Y
we were barely hitting 100 mph at the end the meantime,
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So, on Day One our car ran great: 153,000 a pickup truck
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my rather lame excuse for again being
late turning in my column). In the spirit
of the day, my son Jason, grandson Tyler,
and I had a grandfather/father/son/grandson adventure at Thompson Speedway on
the 7th of June. We attended the Quarter
Midget promotion event put on by the
Little T Quarter Midget Club. LTQMC is a
quarter midget (see picture; think go-karts
on steroids with roll cages) racing club in
northeastern CT. Little T promotes racing
for kids ages 5 –16 years old — teaching sportsmanship, safety and fun! Their
promotional event at Thompson gave kids
When it came his turn, a flip of
the switch to turn on the ignition, a quick push, and Tyler
was off and running.
the opportunity to learn about quarter
midget racing and drive 10 laps on the
mini oval. They assigned numbers during
registration and Tyler was #14. This gave us
the opportunity to watch first three of the
regular drivers do hot laps on the track and
then the first ten kids go out one-by-one to
run their laps. Grandpa pointed out the line
and Tyler was quickly able to critique how
well each driver was doing. When it was his
group’s turn to get fitted with safety equipment (driver’s suit, helmet, gloves and neck
collar) Tyler was helped by Lori and Rick,
parents of a regular participant, and was
buckled into a car that they also provided
for use that day (that’s Rick helping with
the five-point harness).
After all the safety equipment was in
place, the car was pushed up to pit out.
When it came his turn, a flip of the switch
to turn on the ignition, a quick push, and
Tyler was off and running. He got the green
flag as he came around the first time and
dove for the apex, drifted up towards the
wall on the straight, then turned in at the
far end. For a first-time driver, Tyler did
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really well (I am, of course, biased), getting in on the apexes and being a little
late instead of too early. He could have
gone a little higher on the straights but
wasn’t pinching the car down to the
inside like many of the other newbies.
We had hardly started to enjoy watching
when the white flag came out, followed
by the checker. Tyler kept his foot in it
for the final lap, and then slowed after
the checker, braking the car to a stall and
coming to rest a few feet from pit in. His
average lap was 12 seconds and he finished with the same grin we see on the
faces of many newbies when they come
off the track after their first DE runs. At
13 Tyler has a few more years before
he can drive with us, but he’s looking
forward to autocrossing Grandpa’s
Porsche when he turns 16 and has his
full license! I have to admit I’m looking
forward to that as well.
There were no DE events to report
on this month. Next month
we will cover the MontTremblant DE that takes
place right after the July 4th
holiday. I should point out
that there is no requirement
for novice drivers to have
attended the Novice Day
event in order to join us at
other DE events throughout
the year. Each of our events
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instructors for every novice driver. So, don’t
miss out on the fun for the rest of the season. Sign up and join as at a future event.
For a wealth of information on the ongoing DE season, see the “Driver Education”
pages on our website. In addition to event
information (including schedules, run
groups and work assignments) the website
includes hotel deals, fuel and tire availability, and anything else that I think might
be of interest to us as Track Rats. Most
of the answers to your questions can be
found there and, if you can’t find the answer on the site, please feel free to e-mail
([email protected]) or call me
(774-275-1621). I am also interested in any
suggestions you might have for improving
the DE section of the site.
Hope to see many of you over the next
few months at
our DE events.
Don’t forget our
DE rebate program. Attend
three or more of
NER’s DE events
and get a rebate at the end
of the season.
So, Don’t Lift!
Stan
59 Pond Street
Norwell MA 02061
877-PORSCHE
www.porschenorwell.com
John Ziedins
General Sales Manager
Direct: 781-261-5006
Cell: 781-789-5116
Fax: 781-871-2339
[email protected]
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At-A-Glance
July
7-8-9 - NER DE @ LCMT
16 - Board Meeting
17 - German Car Night Stow
19 - David Hobbs @ Larz
Anderson
26 - NCR AX Event#4
August
2-3 NCR DE @ TSMP
3 - NER AX Event #3 and BBQ
10 - Porsches and Polo
12-13 - NER DE @ NHMS
14 - Board Meeting
17 - PCA Summer Party
21 - German Car Night Stow
23-24 - Zone 1 AX Event
22-23-24 - NER DE @ WGI
September
6 - NER Concours @ The Elms
in Newport
7 - NCR AX Event#5
9-10 - NCR @ NHMS
10 - Board Meeting
20 - NER AX Event #4
26-27-28 - NER @ TSMP
October
4 - NER AX Event #5
15 - Board Meeting
9-10 - NER DE @ NHMS
November
12 - Board Meeting
December
10 - Board Meeting
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his happens every Thursday night of the summer but NER will focus on three nights: June
19th, July 24th (Special Porsche night) and August 21st.
• Planes and cars, enough said.
• Each week will feature specialty cars.
• Mingle with fellow car and plane enthusiasts.
• Fun for all ages–bring the whole family!
• Great food, including wood-fired pizza, burgers, and dogs from the award-winning Nancy’s at the
Air Field, popcorn, and libations.
• Plenty of free public parking.
• Leashed pets allowed.
• Great photo opportunity.
• Fun summer event for the greater Stow, MA area.
• Donations to benefit community service projects.
GPS address is 302 Boxboro Rd. Stow MA. Check if the weather looks iffy, status is posted by
3:30pm on www.wingsandwheelsMA.com
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Novices are encouraged and will be warmly supported – there is a special gift for first timers! If you haven’t been doing driving events with your Porsche, what are you waiting for? It will be a long cold winter so take advantage of the good weather now!
The cost per event is $40 for members or $50 for non-members driving a Porsche. Registration opens a month before each event –
sign up online at www.pcaner.motorsportreg.com.
Teenage children of PCA members who are under 18 but have a full license (not a learner’s permit) are able to participate via the PCA
Junior Participation program. This requires that a waiver be signed by both parents and one parent must attend the event. Contact
the Registrar for further details.
Entrants will get as many as 10 or more individually timed runs and will be eligible for awards. The top three drivers in each class will
be presented with an embossed beer stein suitable for micro-brews and bench-race-bragging (beer not included).
You will be required to perform a work function during the day as part of the event.
We look forward to seeing you at this event. Questions: contact AX Chair Bill Seymour ([email protected]). For registration information, contact Autocross Registrar Dave Berman ([email protected]).
Directions to Fort Devens
The address in google maps is 90 Fitchburg Rd. Ayer MA. From I495 or Rt. 128 take Route 2 West. After you go under Route 495,
travel another 3.6 miles. Take Route 111 North for 2 miles. At the rotary, take Route 2A West toward Ayer. Stay on 2A as it turns right
in downtown Ayer. After the right turn stay on Route 2A by bearing left at the fork. After the strip of stores, the entrance will be on
your left after crossing the railway lines. You’ll pass a sentry gate at the entrance to the Moore Airfield. Take the left fork and go up
the hill towards the airport tower.
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or more information see the detailed DE pages that follow, including web addresses.
Event Dates Days
April 12-13
May 10-11
June 23-24
July 7-9
Aug 2-3
Aug 12-13
Aug 22-24
Sep 9-10
Sep 26-28
Oct 9-10
Track
Host
Sat/Sun
New Hampshire
Sat/Sun
New Hampshire
Mon/Tues
Limerock Park (LRP)
Mo/Tu/We
Mt Tremblant (LCMT)
Sat/Sun
Thompson (TSMP)
Tues/Wed
New Hampshire
Fri/Sat/Sun
Watkins Glen (WGI)
Tues/Wed
New Hampshire
Fri/Sat/Sun
Thompson (TSMP)
Thur/Fri New Hampshire
NCR
NER
NCR
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NCR
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NCR
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Registration
Open Date
Feb 1
Mar 1
Feb 1
Mar 1
Feb 1
Mar 1
Mar 1
Feb 1
Mar 1
Feb 1
Pricing*
Solo
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$TBD
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*Pricing has not been determined yet. Pricing will be posted on our web site as soon as available.
NOTE: Instructors are no charge (N/C) for NHMS provided they register 21 days or more in advance. Instructor
registration less than 21 days prior will be charged $75 per day to attend. Instructors who register less than 14 days in
advance of events at other tracks will be charged an extra $25 per day
Contact Information:
Northeast Region (NER)
North Country Region (NCR)
Tracks
www.porschenet.com
www.ncr-pca.org
NHMS – www.nhms.com
TSMP – www.thompsonspeedway.com
Registrar
Registrar
LCMT – www.lecircuit.com
Mark Keefe - 508-529-6127
John Lussier - 802-728-4457
WGI – www.theglen.com
cell 802-272-6770
LRP – www.limerock.com
Track Chair
Track Chair
Stan Corbett – 774-275-1621
Mark Watson - 603-488-5405
Cell 603-854-0643
Event Registration Site
Event Registration Site
www.clubregistration.net
www.motorsportreg.com
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NER Summer BBQ
If you are new to the club or just want to meet and mingle with
fellow Porsche owners this is THE must-attend event of the
Summer. Please join us for the NER Summer BBQ. The event will
be held at Dani and Marcus’s house in Lexington.
Where: 16 Meriam Street, Lexington MA 02420
When: August 17th, 2014 4:00-8:00pm
What to bring: Alcohol or Pot Luck/Meat for the BBQ
Register on www.Porschenet.com
We look forward to seeing you there—the pools open!
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elegance is the hallmark of the front-to-back living room flooded with sunlight to reveal classically appointed millwork and
two concealed bar areas perfect for entertaining. The generous dining room showcases spectacular raised panel woodwork
and built-in China closets. A coffered ceiling family room overlooks a private flagstone patio and sunken garden. The home
boasts 5+ bedrooms including private au-pair quarters, a spacious 3rd floor suite and full bath, playroom with fireplace and
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Watkins Glen International
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riday – Sunday, August 22rd – 24th, 2013 Registration opened in March. Many thanks to our long-time sponsor for this event
European Performance Engineering! You can call them at (508) 651-1316 to arrange for your no-charge, pre- event tech
inspection.
Many drivers name “The Glen” as their favorite track. From its ragged infancy in 1948 through many incarnations over the years,
Watkins Glen remains one of the premier road courses in the world, hosting events from NASCAR to Can-Am, Grand-Am, U.S. Vintage Grand Prix and Indy Car races.
The 3.4 mi. circuit has been continually updated and driven by every iconic pro imaginable, not limited to Hill, Stewart, Clark,
Lauda, Fittipaldi, Bordon, Dailey, Lally, Brensinger and Bell. Don’t miss your opportunity to join this list and drive “New York’s Thunder Road.” We’ll hold one of our signature 60-minute DE Enduros with a simulated race start for advanced Black and Red groups,
emulated by some, duplicated by none. All drivers and guests are invited to a BBQ social Friday at immediately following our track
driving. Garages will be available on a first registered, first served basis: $60 for three days. Sign up now. Our events are open to
current PCA, BMW and other recognized car club members. Registration for this event will be handled by NER through www.
clubregistration.net and full DE info will be available at www. porschenet.com. Directions to the track and further details will be
included in Track Rats messages and at www.porschenet.com. Please make sure your e-mail address is current in your clubregistration.net profile. Registration questions? Contact Mark Keefe, Registrar at [email protected] or (508) 529-6127 before 8:00 pm. Event questions? Contact Stan Corbett, Track Chair, [email protected] or (774) 275-1621 before 9:00 pm.
Sponsored by...
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as the two and four legged athletes compete for the Porsche Cup! We’ll have exclusive field side parking assigned to NER
members where you can relax, check out each other’s cars, have a great view of the match, and enjoy some food and refreshments with fellow club members. This year, we will be judging the most exotic, creative, (and delicious) food creations, so get
your culinary creativity going and break out the crystal and china to impress the judges and your friends. We also have our “Bachelor class” for those who eat on the run.
Some background for non-polo aficionados: Myopia Polo holds the distinction of being the oldest active polo club in America.
One of five charter members of the United States Polo Association in 1891, except for two wartime hiatuses, club players have competed on summer Sundays on the original Gibney Field (named after what was Gibney Farm) since the first game in 1887.
Gibney Field was the scene of the first formal intercollegiate game, with Harvard playing Yale in 1907. It has hosted the U.S. Senior
Championship, the equivalent of what is now the U.S. Open championship. Polo scenes from the 1967 movie classic 'The Thomas
Crown Affair' with Steve McQueen were shot on the site.
The Porsche Cup is part of the Forbes Cup series which was initially regarded as the New England Championship of polo, played
between Fairfield, CT and Myopia. Recently, the Forbes Cup tournament has been played at an 8 goal level, meaning that the
handicaps of all players on each team can not exceed 8 goals. The Forbes Cup is one of Myopia's most prestigious tournaments,
and professional players from across the United States and Argentina will be on Gibney Field to battle it out on August 11th for the
Porsche Cup.
Polo is one of the few sports requiring active spectator participation. During the match, after the third and sixth chukka, you can
walk off your picnic and help maintain the field by replacing the divots on the field kicked up by the ponies. Following the match,
the crowd is invited to join the awards ceremony at the center of the field. Admission can be paid at the gate and is $10 per car.
Plan to bring your own food and refreshments.
NER will have its own designated parking area for tailgating and socializing. Gates open at 1:30 and Match Time is 3:00 PM. In order to reserve our parking area, we need to let the folks at Myopia know how many of us there will be. Please register for this event
by going here... http://www.porschenet.com/events/porsches-and-polo/
Myopia Polo fields are at: 435 Bay Road, South Hamilton, MA
Questions: Bill Seymour at [email protected]
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The NER event season is about to start and we’d like all
the photographers out there to start snapping photos in
prepara on for the 2014 Photo Contest. It’s your chance
to impress your fellow members and there will be $$
prizes for the best photos. This year we’d like you to
capture photos of your car or a fellow NER member’s car
with the best photos to be included in the NER 2015
calendar.
We need photos to cover all the seasons so start snapping
in the snow, on the Spring ramble, summer ou ngs at DE
and Autocross and with fall foliage.
Photo Type
Rules and FAQ
This year we’re looking for the 12 best photos of members cars
to include in the 2015 NER calendar - so submit photos of your,
or a fellow NER member’s, car. The photo can be taken at a NER
driving event, at a Porsche Club event, a cool holiday snap on
the winding roads of the Alps or just in your driveway or garage.
We are looking for photos from all the seasons so photos taken
in winter, spring, summer and fall shots are ideal.
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Awards
Calendar
The 12 best photos will be included in the calendar and the
winners will each receive a free copy of the 2015 NER calendar.
Winners
Two “best in show” awards will also be assigned and they will
each receive a $100 voucher to redeem at any NER event and a
framed copy of the photo.
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People’s Choice
All the photos will be available on the NER website so the NER
membership can vote. There will be a single people’s choice
award. The prize will be a $100 voucher to redeem at any NER
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Entry Limit: There is no limit on the number of photographs a NER member may submit.
Entry Deadline: By midnight on October 17, 2014 all photos
must be emailed to [email protected]
People’s Choice: The people’s choice vo ng will be available on the NER Website on October 20, 2014 and close at
midnight on November 14, 2014.
Winner Announcement: Will be made in the December
issue of the Nor’Easter.
Copyright and Content: Photos that are deemed obscene,
vulgar, or otherwise violate any laws are strictly prohibited.
NER respects the rights related to copyright laws and
intellectual property. All photos should be based on a NER
member’s original photograph taken by the NER member.
Use of a photo from other sources/people without
permission is not allowed. NER reserves the right to refuse
inappropriate or unsuitable entries.
Model and Property Releases: Any NER member submi ng
a photograph acknowledges that they have sufficient
permission of any recognizable loca ons, people or cars
appearing in their photograph.
Forma ng your Photograph: Each photograph must be
forma ed in a jpg. Each photograph will need to be clearly
labeled with your first and last name.
Judges: The judging panel will consist of a selec on of NER
members with an interest in photography.
Ques ons: Ques ons about the contest should be emailed
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collection in Hudson. You’ve probably seen a BMW
Isetta or a Messerschmitt (they were at the Collings
Museum) but that’s only scratching the surface of
this fascinating period in automotive evolution.
Microcars sprung from the austerity of post WWII
Europe and flourished until the original Mini put
them out to pasture. Learn about the history of this
interesting automotive detour and see many (hundreds?) of examples, with interesting commentary
by Mr. Gould. Get a preview at http://www.bubbledrome.org/index2.html.
Cost is $15. Signup will be available soon – watch
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Hosted by the Green Mountain Region PCA
At the Basin Harbor Club
Vergennes, VT
Come join your fellow Zone
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Zone 1 Concours, Rally &
BBQ Weekend
Costs:
Where: Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes VT
When: September 12-14, 2014
Concours Street Class: $30
Concours People’s Choice: $10
Rally only: $20
Rally & Concours Combo: $40
Zone 1 BBQ: $27
•Saturday will feature the Zone 1 Concours where there will be a Street Class and a
People’s Choice Class
•The Zone 1 BBQ will be at 5pm on Saturday evening
•Sunday morning come out and enjoy a TSD Rally departing from the Basin Harbor
Club
•Sign up for the Concours, Rally & BBQ by going to www.clubregistration.net
•The Basin Harbor Club is a beautiful property nestled along the shores of Lake
Champlain. Choose a standard room, Studio or even a 1, 2 or 3 bedroom cottage
to share with friends!
•Reserve your room now at the Basin Harbor Club by calling 1-800-622-4000
and quoting the “Porsche Zone 1 Event” before September 1, 2014.
All room reservations include breakfast.
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Contact Jennifer Webb for any Zone 1 BBQ Questions at
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accompanying me to the Moose
Café’. Because my wife Rosemary
is visiting with her sister and
family in Sequim, Washington,
my daughter Jessica’s husband (Rodrigo
Fernandez, a professional photographer)
offered to help. Rodrigo also snapped all to
the day’s photos.
Although showers were forecast, the
morning’s weather was dry and sunny, a
fine day to be driving your Porsche. We had
at least eight new comers, as well as three
or four new PCA members. If Rosemary had
been in attendance, the count would have
been more accurate. The final number of
Porsches was 17.
This morning I saw more Caymans than
ever, three, two black and one white. Jon
Zucchi drove his white 2014 Cayman, Lisa
Buke parked her ‘06 black Cayman S, and
Erik Aubin rumbled in driving his black ‘06
Cayman S. If my memory is correct, Erik is
also a new PCA member.
Mike Silverman’s seemingly concoursready slate grey ‘64 356C brought memories of my blue ‘65 356C, which I owned
for more than 16 years. For some, cars
carry and hold memories. I met and dated
Rosemary in that car, and I have snapshots
of each of our kids sitting on the front
bumper, just about the time each of them
were learning to walk.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find the time to
speak at any length to Tim Gaughan about
his work-in-progress on his blue ‘73 911T.
An idea: maybe if you have a bit about
your current or first Porsche to share, just
jot it down and give it to me at the next
SoBo; we all like Porsche stories. Numerous people have told me that they always
remember the day I gave them their first
ride in a Porsche.
Was it a ride in a Porsche that prompted
Diane Spaziani to purchase her first, a grey
‘98 Boxster? Next time we meet, I hope I
can remember to ask her that question.
Hopefully, our group today was helpful in
offering Diane answers to any questions
she may have asked regarding Porsches;
that is what SoBo is all about.
Today Peter Gritner pulled into the parking lot driving his black 2012 Cayenne,
rather than his always-clean ‘09 997 C4S.
Peter and I spoke briefly about the lift off
experience (lack of downforce on the front
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of the car) when driving Porsches like
ours in excess of 130 mph, unless it has
a front spoiler.
A Porsche that got the attention
of many of us today was one of Lee
Hower’s Porsches (I believe he has
four). Today he arrived driving a silver
‘74 911 Carrera Targa. From his notes
that I requested, Lee purchased this
Porsche in 2013. The one owner car was
imported from Germany. Cosmetically
customized in Frankfurt in the early ‘80s,
it also has multi-colored accent stripes.
Recently the engine has been rebuilt, as
well as all the mechanicals; the car has
been on the road since this spring.
The next SoBo is scheduled again at
the Moose Café’, 1160 Stafford Rd, Tiverton, RI, on June 8th (Sunday) at 10:00
am. As always, e-mail me at rr356c@aol.
com with any SoBo-related questions.
In the lot.
Tim’s 911T and talk.
Roger May Sobo Dave Melchar & friends.
Virginia with her agate red 996 in background.
Jon Zucchi's Cayman.
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ince I was traveling up from
the Ocean Sate (Middletown,
Rhode Island), an early start
(5:30 am) was necessary to
include a stop for coffee and
make the 7:30 sign-in. This being my
first NER autocross event, I was just a
little anxious about how things would
go. Right from the start, after being welcomed with a friendly hello from Steve
Ross (who was my driving instructor at
the NER Driver Education novice day
at NHMS on May 10th), I was confident
that this would be a good day.
After a week of eager anticipation and
a few prayers for some clear rainless
skies, Sunday morning arrived with an
unsettled forecast. The opening of NER’s
first autocross of 2014 would begin
under mostly cloudy skies with a few
puddles on the course from a previous
rainstorm.
Most of the PCA NER members who
had signed up began arriving early to
make the scheduled 7:30 sign-in. With
66 members signed up, drivers were
hoping to get six or more runs in both
the morning and afternoon sessions, if
the weather and NER’s timing technology cooperated. Along with the other
drivers, I found a space in the pit area
to unload the contents of my car and
then attached my assigned number
with painter’s tape before moving my
car into the tech grid for inspection.
An important lesson learned at my DE
event was the choice of car number
should be based more on how easy
they are to create with painter’s tape,
rather than trying to pick something
that has some deep personal meaning
or possesses cosmic powers of good
luck. Yes, my submission of requested
available numbers for this event had
contained all ones or sevens. The
number assigned to me, 177 was
something that even I could manage
to shape from a roll of painter’s tape
without it looking like something my
child made at preschool. My choice of
green “Frogtape” painter’s tape, as opposed to the more popular blue, was
made because it clashes much less
with the Carmona Red exterior of my
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997; yes maybe I am taking this PCA
autocross thing too seriously.
In his never ending pursuit of
improving on the PCA autocross
experience, NER Autocross Chair
Bill Seymour would incorporate his
latest inspiration, the “ autocross beginners mentor program.” Bill’s plan
was to have the nine new autocross
drivers pair up at the start of the
day’s event with members who had
prior autocross experience. Bill felt
this would provide them with some
helpful direction and guidance. This
would facilitate keeping everything
on track (pun intended) and make
for a better overall experience for
those new to NER autocross. Bill’s
plan included having beginners and
their mentors meet up at the timing tent around 7:30. At the driver’s
meeting, Bill described his new idea
to the crowd then announced that
none of the pairs had showed up at
the tent as planned and he would
now abandon this effort for all future
events. Personally, I thought this was
a great idea and I think that maybe at
least some of these members likely
paired up at the tech inspection area
prior to the planned 7:30 meeting
time. If this actually did occur please
contact Bill and let him know that
his idea had merit and may be worth
pursuing.
At the driver’s meeting, Bill offered
a more detailed instruction for any
beginners that were present, and also
provided some information about
some of the upcoming PCA events.
He also made an announcement
regarding a port-o-potty emergency. This created only momentary
anguish because the port-o-potty
cleaning guy was seen entering the
airfield a short time later. With everything now flowing smoothly (pun
intended) the day could proceed
without further delay.
After the driver’s meeting, drivers
were instructed to meet up with their
assigned worker captains and enter
their lunch orders before going out
for the course walk. A fully guided
course walk was conducted for
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beginners so that any questions they had could be answered before they went out
for their first run.
Once all work stations reported ready for duty the
track went hot and everything
seemed to get off to a good
start for the morning session.
Group 1 successfully got in six
runs as track conditions improved
pating five runs for the afternoon seswith the warming temperatures.
sions, no more than a few minor delays
The sun came out around 11:30 to
seemed to indicate that both groups
brighten the day and further improve
would be able to finish as planned.
track conditions. Group 2 started off
Unfortunately, during Group 2’s 3rd
with some early timer issues, which
run a menacing dark cloud formation
gave me two reruns. This was seen as
slowly moved over the airfield from the
a bonus for me since remembering
west. At around 4:00 pm multiple lightthe cone layout is my most difficult
ning bolts flashed across the sky just
problem. After resetting the equipoutside the airfield and a downpour
ment, the rest of this session went
seemed imminent. Vehicles were sent
well and all drivers completed six full
out on the course to allow workers a
runs. Lunch arrived, and all was going
safe refuge from the danger of getting
well.
struck by lightning. Soon after workAfter a brief intermission for lunch,
ers were sheltered from the elements,
Group 1 was back on the track. Antici-
Track Walk (Adrian Flatguard)
By Ronnie Doire (2007 997 Cabriolet), Photos as marked
the skies opened up and a downpour
began. With the continuing rain from
darkening storm clouds that seemed
to be stuck overhead, it was decided
to officially suspend the session. This
was a very prudent choice in my opinion given that safety is always what
comes first.
Later, after the rainstorm finally
passed, the sun came back out during the track cleanup and the award
ceremony went on as planned. All
top finishers received their beer mug
trophies and a nice round of applause
from the group for their accomplishments. After awarding all trophies,
another ’new‘ tradition, the “Meatball
Award,” was introduced to NER autocross. This was a creative solution for
what to do with a leftover meatball
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sandwich from the day’s lunch order.
The first official winner was chosen for
the act of approaching the starting
line with his helmet on backward.
The traditional gathering at the
Billiards Café in Ayer for some refreshment and conversation again provided an opportunity for drivers to get to
know their competitors a little better
and share some entertaining conversation. At the end of the day, despite
an early finish, everyone seemed to
have a great time and looked forward
to the next NER autocross. I know that
I learned more about autocross, improved my driving skills a bit and had
an absolute blast in the process. Just
as rewarding for me as my time on the
track, was getting to make a few new
acquaintances and sharing some conversation with others who share the
passion of the Porsche experience.
(Below) Tech (Jacque Baudin)
Runways (Devens).
(Right) The Tower (Jacque Baudin)
That’s why we call it “Cone Punting” (Adrian Flatgard)
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JimShepard
GeorgesRouhart
NeilHalbert
ColbyShepard
GregD'Abate
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69b
122
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72.761
74.113
74.546
74.909
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KarlNg
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LeeWarwic981
JoeMiglior 6
72.794
74.248
76.205
77.206
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ChrisO'har 78
72.29
72.57
BillAubin
JoeKraetsch
LisaRoche
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44b
44
72.262
73.067
75.556
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ArthurBryant
KenCrawford
GeorgeSkaubitis
ChristineSkaubitis
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666
666b
79.178
79.734
81.387
81.525
RobertCanter
ChrisRyan
22
156
75.256
75.456
OliverLucier
BrentTorre
SteveRoss
AlanDonkin
VincentTroisi
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66
60
513
71.632
73.622
76.58
79.368
80.542
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WalterLun 880
MichaelBic412
MarcPolk 33
JacquesBa 340
AkiraMoch905
PeterZagel 120
LanceNelso400
MikeBerna161
DavidBarro108
MarkBilling150
JanineZage120b
71.161
71.848
72.698
73.305
73.921
74.156
77.054
77.397
78.088
79.179
84.039
98.661
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JeremyMazzariello
JodyPodpora
JudyLaRocca
JeffJohnson
PaulBanville
RosemaryDriscoll
KathryndeGraaf
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119
71.598
71.699
73.109
73.676
74.214
78.126
79.902
87.971
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JustinChen173
AudraTella38
AlexPetrov171b
GrantBarro118
AaronPetro171
68.861
69.744
73.238
76.102
78.836
78.838
AlanDavis
BrianCooner
LevTabenkin
GlennChampagne
TedShaw
RichardViard
JulianViard
RonnieDoire
360
230
31
32
235
993
993b
177
72.769
72.954
74.088
74.307
74.368
75.474
78.158
80.33
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in well after 11:00 am to our
once-a-month regular spot, The
Moose Café in Tiverton. The total count
of Porsches was 19.
Two Porsches new to the SoBo coffees were eye grabbers for me: a light
grey modified ‘87 RS ‘clone’ and a red
‘65 911. Chris O’Hara purchased the ‘87
eight months ago; he couldn’t pass it up.
Previously Chris had owned a ‘99 C2, a
modified ‘01 Turbo, and then a 993. He
later discovered that the older air-cooled
models and found the ‘87. The previous
owner did all the body modifications,
including backdating with a ‘73 hood
and front fenders.
Rob Niedelman has owned his red
‘65 911 since 1980; it was meticulously
restored in 2004. The ‘65 Porsche is a
family member; his daughter refers to it
as her older sister. The engine has some
surprises, and the brakes have been
upgraded accordingly. Rob says the car
is, “a dream to drive; never enough time
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Two Caymans showed up. Cliff and Karen
Steve arrived in Karen’s new red Cayman S
(she traded in her VW GT). Cliff still owns
his red 2012 Boxster; needless to say, red is
their Porsche color of choice. Dean and Jill
Makovski, in their recently purchased dark
metallic blue Cayman S enjoyed discussing
their Cayman S with the Steves.
Two others, Joe Gioiosa in his 2012 black
Boxster and Ken Veary in his 2006 yellow
Carrera S cabriolet arrived from Rochester
at the café late in the morning to enjoy
lunch and noticed all the Porsches; of
course, they became involved in the event.
Each month it is enjoyable to see the variety of Porsches (vintage to brand new) that
show up and the mixture of newcomers
along with regulars. With coffee in hand,
conversations center on the cars. Some of
the woman at times engage in topics other
than Porsches. Roberta Melcher and my
wife, Rosemary, were discussing the new
Veterans Home being built in Bristol, RI on
the grounds of the Veterans Hospital. It
will have apartments for veterans and their
spouses; a very timely conversation con-
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veterans’ hospitals.
Due to the July 4th holiday, next month’s
SoBo event will take place on Sunday, July
13th at 10:00 am at The Moose Café, Tiverton, RI. Hope to see you there.
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Copy by Bill Seymour Photos by Bill Seymour and Andrew King.
Free beer and beautiful weather — what
more could you ask? On Sunday, June
15th, about 25 NER members invaded
NCR territory and drove to Hampton, NH
for a tour of the new Smuttynose Brewery
facility. Open only since March, the new
$20mil facility lacked only good signage
— the pictures don’t show some of the
attendees who were still circling around
poking at their GPS. At the risk of offending those not named, the cast of attendees included “Racetrack Rick” Scourtas (of
Herb Chambers Porsche of Boston, and
an autocross sponsor) and Mark Rolsma
(who won the longest-drive award, as he
is a Connecticut Valley Region member).
Our tour guide, Ben Groves, gave an
excellent — detailed but fully understandable — explanation of the brewing
process and equipment. The state of
the art system — all stainless steel and
aluminum vats, pipes, racks, etc. — was
manufactured by Steinecker in Freising
Germany, only 250 ‘clicks’ down Bundesautobahn 8 from Stuttgart. The technology is very impressive, with some ’green‘
resource recovery systems that rival the
complexity of the LMP1 Hybrids (okay,
so Porsche had just lost at LeMans as our
tour was starting, but at least an Audi
won, not a Toyota). With its new capacity,
Smuttynose is hoping to sell 60,000 barrels (32 gallons each) in 2014.
The tour ended in the tasting room, of
course, where we chatted and sampled.
All of the normal production Smuttynose
beers were available. The resident beer
snob, also known as the autocross Lunch
Lady (an IPA drinker who has a taste palette that is about 1.42 millimeters wide),
declared the FinestKind IPA to be splendid
(kegs of this have been served at the annual Driscoll/Seymour party). There was a
new session IPA called BouncyHouse (LL:
“Nice name but at 4.2% ABV why bother?”)
and a maple-flavored special beer that is
sold only in Flat Bread restaurants and not
at retail (LL: “Yechh”).
Afterwards folks spread out to various local restaurants to enjoy the lovely weather
and mild buzz.
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Refueling pit stops in under 2 seconds!
Do I Really Need
a Winter Project?
Part VI
My last update was a couple of months
ago. The easiest way to give you an update
is to refresh your memory on the details of
my Newer Plan. Here is an excerpt from
the May edition of Nor’Easter.
The Newer Plan:
As this article goes to print there is even later
gown. But, in this case, the evening gown
was a glittering silver not a sleek black
number. Bob had painted a hinge plate
black and as I stared at it, I just couldn’t pull
the trigger. I could see her in black. Bob’s
bodywork was designed around the car being black. He is an expert at laying on coat
after coat of black paint. We discussed the
possible change and I left Bob’s shop with
the car still black, but the opportunity to
sleep on it for a day or so. My mind kept
going back to silver. I walked out to the
display case in my garage and looked at
the Porsche 356 diecast models I had collected. The black speedster owned by Steve
McQueen; it’s an “ooh”, type of car. Then
I picked up a diecast of a silver speedster,
I found on eBay; red interior, black carpet,
black roof. The car was not as visually
impactful as the all black McQueen model,
but t was clean, crisp and the silver showed
breaking news; I reversed the decision. I
went to inspect the car when the primer
was finished. The body was perfectly
smooth. The difference from even a
month ago was staggering. I could now
envision her finished, sitting on chrome
wheels, all the trim prices hanging like
expensive jewelry on a stunning evening
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all of the lines in the body. The red interior
also provided a nice contrast with the
paint. The red added a little extra pop.
Most off all the silver and red combo was
true to the Kardex. So much had already
changed on this car with the addition of
the Maestro engine, that I just felt compelled to at least preserve her original
color combination. So that was my final
decision. I was absolutely out of time and I
had to give Bob an answer. I called and he
understood my decision. I could tell that he
still preferred black, but I was the customer,
so silver it is. I can’t say that I’m 100% good
with my decision. It’s been about a week
since we reached the point of no return and
I still have days where I can see the car in
black. Once she is finished, I’m sure I will
forget about the black and just enjoy the
car. Miss Money Penny will talk to me. I’m
hoping she will thank me for bringing her
back to factory, with many years of great
rides, dependability and drop dead beauty
ahead of us. I know that the people that
had cheered my color choice of black are
now cursing me, while the advocates of the
original silver color are now cheering the
decision.
I went to visit Bob’s shop again in mid
April to check on Miss Money Penny.
Bob had made me some paint sample
in the factory silver. I left Bob’s shop
that blustery spring day, with my final
decision. I told Bob that I was boarding a
plane to Ireland that night so Silver was
my final choice. I wouldn’t be back for a
week and he was good to go. I was hoping to see coats of sliver on the car when
I returned from my business trip. When
I arrived back at my house, I walked out
to my car barn. I once again opened my
display case and delicately picked up the
diecast models of both the Silver Speedster with Red interior and the Black Steve
McQueen Speedster from the Porsche
Museum in Stuttgart. I looked at each
car from many angles. I kept telling
myself that the silver combo would look
stunning and that it was true to the
original Kardex. Then I started studying
the black Speedster. I replayed the image
in my head of Bob holding up a chrome
trim piece and a Gold Speedster logo
against a black painted test sample. It
looked so phenomenal in black and the
red interior would just add to the car’s
overall wow factor. But I shook my head
to clear the images. The car needed to
be silver. I had to replicate the car as it
came out of the factory. So I placed the
diecast models back in their display case,
grabbed my luggage and headed to the
airport.
I settled in the First Class seat (being a
world traveler for business has it’s privileges) and started to mentally prepare my self
for a 6 hour flight that took off at 7:00pm
and landed at 1:00am EST. These type
of flights are actually very tough. I rarely
sleep on the plane and it lands at 6:00am
Europe time. So I basically get to the hotel
at 7:30am, eat breakfast, shower and go to
work. But, enough of the whining. Back
to my preflight preparations. I was sitting
in my seat, waiting for the rest of the passengers to board. I remember thinking
that the line for people that needed extra
time or assistance pre boarding was now
getting almost as long as the standard
boarding line. What’s up with that? A big
loophole more than anything. But again
I digress. So as I said, sitting in my seat,
getting mentally prepped for my flight.
My mind would see a silver Speedster with
red interior, then the black Speedster with
red interior. I kept moving back in forth,
trading doing the “right thing” by preserving her original colors with doing ‘What
I wanted”, by painting her black. I was
pulled out of my daydream by the flight
attendant announcing that we would have
to turn off our electronic devices.
A mini panic quickly set in. I was frantically typing to Bob and then I left him a
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brief but concise voice mail. I wanted
black. The car needed to be black or
basically I needed the car to be black. So
I sacrificed originality for a color combo
that made me say “Ooh”, that gave me
goosebumps, that made me smile ear to
ear. So black it is. I shut off my IPhone
content with my decision. We exited
the gate and took off on schedule. As I
watched the city lights of Boston disappear beneath me, I was very much looking forward to seeing Miss Money Penny
in black when I returned from Ireland.
When I returned from my trip, I waited
another week and then went to see Miss
Money Penny. She was stunning. The
gold logos and chrome trim were dripping off of her like expensive jewelry.
My arms literally developed goosebumps as I walked around her. The
black paint was a mile deep and near
perfect. The trim was still in process with
headlights grilles and horn grilles left
to be attached. I had the chrome Hela
license plate light at home waiting to be
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installed. The chrome Mooncaps were sitting
on a shelf in my car barn waiting to offset the
black wheels. No more imagination required.
She was real and I was in love.
Fast forward to June. It has been almost 3
months since I first saw Miss Money Penny in
black. She is now sitting in my car barn waiting
to be transported to George. He will add the
black carpets, red leather interior and black
top. He will also perform the heart transplant.
The race engine will be removed and the Harry
Pellow engine will be installed. I had one set of
wheels painted black and another set painted
red. The chrome Moon caps look perfect on
both. I also have a set of chrome wheels in case
Miss Money Penny wants to be very formal. I
can’t wait to see her totally finished, but I still
need to be patient. We are probably still 2 -3
months away from Miss Money Penny being
road worthy. My original goal was my birthday in June, but now my new goal is the NER
concourse in Newport during the month of
Sept. That will be just short of a year start to
finish. Our original estimate was six months.
The twice the cost and twice as long mantra
held up on cost, but I’m determined to win on
time. Wish me luck!!
As always, drive safe!
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Cayman Interseries at Musante Motorsports.
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Book Review by Adrianne Ross. (Photos from 911 x 911)
11x911 by David Bull Publishing, is a visually stunning, astonishingly thorough history of Porsche’s
media campaigns about its
principal creation the 911.
Written in 6 languages (German,
English, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese), German being foremost, you
get a palpable sense that the book
was produced for and by the Porsche
Museum. Its author, Dieter Landenberger, is the head of Porsche’s
archives and the co-director of the
Porsche
Museum.
911x911 is not meant to be the endall be-all information center about the
history of the 911. While you’ll find a
chapter about each one of the seven
911 generations, it’s not meant for the
engineers, mechanics, or historians
the way other Porsche books are. In
some ways it’s better. As the saying
goes, a picture is worth a thousand
words, and with more than 900 of
them, this book says a great deal.
Packed with promotional pieces
from all corners of the world, as
well as photographs, vintage advertisements, and illustrations from
Porsche’s collection, it covers their
glory days in motorsports, the famous
cars, and the infamous campaigns,
they’re all here. All of the acknowledged famous Porschephiles get
some space in this book.
At more than 8 pounds and 962
pages, it’s not really a coffee table
book. Mostly because I wouldn’t want
just anyone pawing through it, casually tossing it aside when the conversation picked up, or my daughter
emerged ready for her date. It’s more
than that. It’s a treasure that I will
carefully pull down from my bookcase, and savor for an hour or two on
a rainy night.
From the minute it landed in my
hands, I knew I had something special. Heavy, but special.
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1 cars, NASCAR cars, and everything in
between have raced there.
The weekend went well with no major
problems. We had to do a set of brake
pads on each car and we spotted a frayed
throttle cable on one at the end of the first
day, before it broke. Where do you find
a braided steel wire with a round fitting
molded on the end? Wal-Mart, of course. I
made a run to the bicycle section of the 24hour store in Watkins Glen and for $7 got
a pair of hand brake cables that could’ve
been made in France and repackaged for
our car. It would’ve been a $50 part, easily,
and now we have a spare for the other car.
Sitting in the car in pit lane waiting for the
parade lap before the green flag with the
ground shaking all around you is a sensation not to be missed in this lifetime. That
whole business about not winning the race
in the first lap of an endurance race rattles
around in your brain but it is sure is hard
to not take that risky move to pass the car
ahead when the flag falls. Okay, so maybe
I couldn’t get the Jag, but the cow-colored
Civic was a target.
ment found no fuel showing in the clear
plastic inline filter and I’ve been down
that road before. Sure enough, before
the AAA tow truck could show up (how
can it take two hours? I’m in Natick center), the dirt in the tank had settled and
the pump sent enough gas to the carbs
to limp back to the shop. After a palm
full of dirt was found in the other in-line
filter under the car after the electric fuel
pump, the decision was made to remove
the tank, clean it out completely and
start over. I don’t do work on gas tanks at
home because of the smell, so the shop
got another nod. I think gas fumes coming into the house from the garage smell
just fine but my wife does not agree.
A week went by and the car was ready
to go home. It made it, but just barely.
Sputtering and coughing, I rolled it into
the garage to take a look for myself. I
pulled the electric in-line pump and
tested it; worked fine. I pulled the inline filter; clean as a new one. I hooked
everything back up and turned the key;
the pump made noise but provided no
gas. I needed to get this ride back to
Natick; it was making me crazy. Knowing
that the car would run if I could get gas
to the carbs, I pulled an old-car trick. I
ran the gas line from the mechanical fuel
pump on the block to a one-gallon lawn
mower tank, which I zip-tied into a space
in the engine compartment. Kids, don’t
try this at home. I turned the key and it
started right up; didn’t run great, but it
ran well enough to get it back to Natick,
again.
A few days went by and I called to
Sitting behind a 12 cylinder Jag waiting to go racing
check on progress. I was told it had
been a rookie mistake. The gas line is
Pizza and beer in the garage the first
attached to the side of the tank, not the
night, Seneca Lodge for dinner the second bottom like Porsches. There is a metal
night and three days of driving as fast as
tube that is mounted about half way
you can in two hour shifts — the perfect
up the side of the tank and goes to the
weekend.
bottom of the tank at a 45-degree angle.
Now back to earth and a couple of car
The fellow that cleaned the tank had
problems in the garage
reinstalled that line in a horizontal posiHaving no experience with the SU carbs
tion so it would only reach the gas that
on the Volvo 544 (Porsche uses Zeniths
was above the half way mark, or that
and Solex on 356s), I took the car over to
had sloshed into the pickup tube while
a fellow with Volvo experience to see if he
turning. Problem solved, but not really.
could get them to run a little better. After a Driving home it still didn’t run all that
day’s bill I picked up the car but only got a
great. The engine was actually running
mile before it died in the middle of Natick
more smoothly when I had the manual
center at rush hour. Sitting in a dead car
choke about halfway out.
that everyone wants to talk about can be
Last Saturday I took the car to a friend’s
very trying. A look in the engine compartpicnic/car show. Driving over, the best
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response was again with the choke out.
Another fellow showed up with a Volvo
240 Bertone with a Grand National turbocharged V6 installed; it was his eighth
conversion. Clearly a guy that knew his
way around Volvos. He liked the 544, used
to have a few, and so I told him of my carb
problems. He explained how SUs work
and I sort of understood, but then he
suggested that if I removed three screws
and took off the carb top we could see
if they were too worn to adjust. This is a
51-year-old car after all. It took less than
two minutes to open it up and have him
pronounce the carbs fit. Since it ran better
on the choke than without, that meant it
needed more gas. My new friend reached
up under the carb and turned an adjustment wheel to lower the jet bearing while
I watched the result from above. A lower
jet bearing meant more gas gets to the
engine, and when buttoned it back up it
started and ran great. He adjusted (five
clicks) the second carb and said that I really
wouldn’t know if we were successful until
it was actually under load on the highway.
The ride home was like driving a new car.
The little thing runs great; still isn’t as fast
as I remember when I was 20 years old, but
runs great nonetheless. And besides, after
a 10-minute lesson, now I’m an expert on
SU carbs.
The second gas problem was my rookie
mistake. I took the 914 out of winter storage to prepare for the coming autocross
season to discover that it wouldn’t run
over 3000 rpm. I limped it over to Kevin at
Randolph Racing because he put a crankfired ignition in the car last year and I
figured it was an ignition problem. Started,
idled great, but wouldn’t really get going. I
had to short shift it all the way to Stoughton just to get there. He called back to ask
what I did to store the car for winter. I went
down the list: gas stabilizer, tire pressures,
dryer sheets, etc., before he asked me
about the blue tape. Blue tape, what blue
tape? The blue tape that I put over the air
intake to keep the critters in the barn from
building nests in the air cleaner. Rookie (?)
mistake. He got the tape off and now the
914 gets all the air it needs, runs strong,
and is ready for another season.
More great stories to come have a great
summer and KTF
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Advancements!
beautifully with no mechanical issues. We
all drove faster as we learned the track and
lowered our best lap to 1:51. And after
14-½ hours we did 333 laps and came in
34th. The Near Orbital Space Monkeys
Mustang did 374 laps and just barely held
off the RealDime Acura. NER’s very own Jon
Cowen and his Massholes team finished
5th in their Ford Escort ZX2 despite a long
pit on Saturday with electrical problems
(they were second last fall at the NHMS
LeMons race).
And we had a great time. (All except for
the eight-hour drive through NYC towing a
trailer.) We had a competitive car, we were
mid-pack in terms of lap times but might
have had the best handling car at the
event, and passed more cars than passed
us. (That’s the beauty of LeMons: you are
always passing someone!) We reckon that
if we did longer shifts (the winner only did
one driver change on Sunday) and didn’t
have penalty laps we could be in the top
20. And if we got better at driving in traffic
we could do even better. And if… oh never
mind. Also, everyone loved our theme.
And we had just enough mechanical issues
to make it a fun challenge without taking away any significant driving time. And
who’s counting how much we spent to do
this?
Next up is a Chump Car race at Lime
Rock in July (similarly dollar-limited racing
but with no themes, and cars/drivers are
more serious). Then the final LeMons race
at NHMS in October — it’s a hoot so come
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