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SPINNER
Schönesland Region Porsche Club of America ... Celebrating 40 years!
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Schonesland Officers
& Board Members..................................3
President’s Apex.................................... 4
Road Trip Cars...................................... 5
2016 Dragoon Trail Drive ..................... 7
Porsche Omaha Classic ....................... 8
Competition Motorsports & Beckly........ 9
Calendar of Events...............................11
Porsche of Omaha.............................. 12
Membership......................................... 13
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SCHONESLAND OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS
Mary Alice Hill
President
515-229-3339
Lynn Frank
Will MacFarland
Vice President
Secretary
515-986-7377
Doug Hillman
David Safris
Garry Seemann
Skip Hammerman
Tom Rusk
Webmaster/SPINNER editor
515-991-2772
Membership Chair
515-419-8734
Kent Lehr
Track Events
515 208-1119
Jeff David
Board Member
515 229-5616
Treasurer
Safety Chair
515-490-6802
Club Historian
515-266-1594
Sue Larson
Board Member
Jeff Krausman
Board Member
ZONE 10
Julie Bailey
Zone 10 Representative
Ron Newman
Board Member
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President’s Apex
Mary Alice Hill
President
Happy June! I hope you enjoyed May and the many
activities the month entailed. I read recently that May is
the “new December” between the busyness of year end
school activities, Mother’s Day, graduations, and other
celebrations. It certainly was true in our family, as we
joined some friends in Galena, Illinois, for a getaway
weekend, headed to Tennessee for our nephew’s med
school graduation and then traveled north to Minnesota
for our son’s wedding. Following many hours of
catchup yardwork over Memorial Day weekend we
finally got out for a country drive in the 912e (I could
hear its neglected cries from the garage, longing to
be on the road again) and took a ride on the Harley to
Goldie’s in Prairie City, Schonesland’s favorite place for
a traditional Iowa tenderloin sandwich.
Even though the calendar says it’s not summer until
June I always think of Memorial Day weekend as
the beginning of the season. What are in your plans
for summer 2016? Let’s make it one of the best
Schonesland seasons ever.
Check out this edition of SPINNER for a recap of our
May 14th inaugural spring drive capably led by Jeff
David and Garry Seemann. Following a great turnout
at Cars and Coffee 33 cars and more than 40 people
headed northwest on the Dragoon Trail to enjoy a day
trip with lunch at the popular 209 Main Restaurant in
Paton. Many longtime and newer members participated
as well as friends from the local BMW club. Also be
sure to read Will MacFarland’s musings as his family
takes a trip in the 996 to the 100th anniversary run of
the Indy 500. Which vehicle is next on Will’s wish list as
he reviews the pros and cons of different makes and
models?
Mark your calendar for the Saturday June 25th family
picnic hosted by Sherif and Angela Tewfik. For only
$10/adults and $5/children 12 and under we’ll have
a delicious lunch provided by Big Al’s BBQ. Join in
the fun as we catch up with each other and admire
our sparkling cars parked on their expansive lawn.
Watch your email or check the SPINNER calendar for
more info and the opportunity to register on our new
registration site at MotorsportReg.com.
Next month I’ll recap the June 2nd car show
Schonesland members enjoyed in conjunction with the
Iowa National Guard Summer Concert Series at the
historic Camp Dodge complex. Schonesland member
Colonel Greg Hapgood, the Public Affairs Officer for
the Guard, invited our region to display our cars along
with other classic autos and motorcycles. Recent Guard
retiree Don Worrell was the coordinator for the evening.
Our region continues to grow and I’m thrilled by the
amount of Porsche enthusiasm. We want to ensure
the group continues to meet the needs and interests of
our members and Sue Larson has created a couple of
surveys to ask for your feedback to confirm we’re on
track. You’ll soon receive the first survey asking some
basic demographic questions and later this year the
second survey will focus on your feedback about region
events. Please respond so your voice is heard as the
Board continues to represent your interests.
It’s summer, top-down, carefree, time-to-kick-back
season. See you on the road!
Save the
Date!
October 7th-9th
Fall Drive to Dubuque & Wisconsin
The 2016 Fall Tour is completely revamped!
New roads, restaurants and sites to see.
Hope you’ll join us!
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Road trip cars
Will MacFarland
Contributing Writer
I just finished a long stint in the 996. This particular jaunt
was part of my journey to Indianapolis for the 100th
running of the world-famous 500-mile race, and it was
also my first extended stay behind the wheel in quite
some time.
Maybe I’m just feeling my age now that I’m finally old
enough to run for President (and given the existing
options, maybe I should), but after a long highway drive
over imperfect roads with a fair amount of traffic, I’m
exhausted. I don’t think I could ever say goodbye to
my 996, but it’d sure be nice to have something that’s
actually built for these kinds of trips. Something with a
little less tire noise, a little less engine noise, a little more
compliance in the suspension, and a little more space
(and power sources) for the kids in the rear seats.
Now that I’ve arrived at my destination and I’ve got a day
before beginning the next leg toward Indy, I’m looking
around for car dealerships and seeing what I might go
test-drive, since Grandma is keeping the young ones
busily doted-upon.
At one point during today’s journey, I moved to the
right for a rapidly overtaking white CTS-V coupe, which
was looking menacing in my rearview with its grille
and wheels all blacked-out. The guy at the helm gave
me an approving nod as he passed, and I thought to
myself, “Hey, how much have those supercharged
556-horsepower beasts depreciated?” Well, I’ve
just checked, and I’m not paying near-fifty-grand (at
minimum!) for that hideous steering wheel. Can you
imagine the meeting inside the bowels of GM where they
decided that abomination was okay? Appalling.
With the General Motors product eliminated from
the running, we turn to Ford. While watching the
scintillating 2016 NBA Western Conference Finals, I’ve
been catching some Matthew McConaughey Lincoln
commercials. After Jim Carrey lampooned these on
Saturday Night Live, I thought for sure we wouldn’t
see more of them, but how wrong I was! They are the
gift that keeps on giving. I digress. Back to the cars
themselves — I have to say I loved the look of the
Continental Concept (and the production version turned
out alright as well). Thank you, Lincoln, for FINALLY
replacing that horrid grille design with something that’s
actually pretty clever. I could never want (or afford) such
a pricey flagship, but lo and behold! Lincoln has brought
the grille-fix to the masses by applying it to the Fusion
MKZ for 2017. Hold on, though…this isn’t just another
rebadge job by FoMoCo. Check the press rolls from the
November 2015 LA Auto Show and you’ll see plenty
of raised eyebrows. Lincoln gets a brand-exclusive
three-liter turbo six as an option on the ’17 MKZ. This
powerplant makes 350 horses…if you’re boring and stick
with FWD. If, however, you spec AWD and the “Driver’s
Package,” suddenly your Lincoln is a four-hundredhorsepower, four-hundred foot-pound, rear-diff-from-theFocus-RS rocket ship. Consider my eyebrows raised too.
One possible problem: that Lincoln is just nine pounds
short of forty-two-hundred on the scale. What if I want
something with just as classy a ride, but without so much
heft? I don’t know if I could ever really drive a Jaaaaag,
but the Brits are crowing about their new 3-series
fighter, the XE. Road & Track’s Jason Cammisa drove
a pre-production model way back in January 2015, and
said, much to Jaguar USA’s delight, that it sported a
“suspension from the gods.” And it’s a tidy-looking thing,
too. Contemporary Jags certainly deliver the goods
in the looks department – the F-Type (especially the
coupe), the XJ, the XE, and the F-Pace SUV are all very
nicely proportioned, but then haven’t Jags always been
beautiful to look at and horrific to own?
If I want something that actually works all the time,
maybe I should just pick up a new Honda Civic.
Assuming Honda delivers on their promise to give
Americans one of their classic snickety-snick manual
gearboxes paired with their new, but already wellreviewed, turbocharged and direct-injected 1.5L fourcylinder, I could find myself seriously considering once
again owning a Honda product. A sharp-looking little red
Civic sedan with three pedals, four doors, six speeds,
one hundred sixty-two pound-feet and a feather-light
twenty-eight hundred pounds? For less than ten dollars
per pound? I could very easily fall into that trap. Even if
the road noise in there is a bit more noticeable than in
the Lincoln or Jag traps.
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The world will pry my 996 from my cold, dead hands,
but there exist today plenty of car choices that make the
blood rush lively through the veins. Even if, in my case,
the blood only does so in eager anticipation of being
jostled a little less by highway expansion joints.
Photo credit: honda.com
Photo credit: lincoln.com
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Record turnout for
schonesland’s spring Drive
on the Dragoon Trail
Jeff David
Change is good. Apparently.
When it was determined that the roads of Madison and Warren Counties weren’t up to the task any longer due to
poor surfaces, what was once known as the MadWarren Drive had to be recreated. Trail boss Jeff David enlisted
the help of member Garry Seemann to come up with a new drive on the county roads of the Historic Dragoon Trail.
Garry grew up in those parts and has seen every one of those county roads and state highways on his many cars and
motorcycles. After a couple scouting trips, a final route was determined and we could only hope that, as fond of the
MadWarren route as everyone has been, they would embrace a new idea for the Spring Drive.
Well, embrace it they did…..We had 33 cars and over 40 people leave the Cozy Café in Johnston in two run groups
after Cars and Coffee, led by David and Seemann. While it was unseasonably crisp, we had sunny skies and dry
roads to hustle north and west towards our first pit stop in Boone. After a nice break, the drive continued north
to Brushy Creek State Park, where we joined all the campers for another pit stop. From Brushy Creek, the drive
continued to Lehigh, and then south to Paton where we had a great lunch at one of the nicer sports bars in all of
those counties, 209 Main. If you’re ever near there and you’re hungry, give it a try…you won’t be sorry.
The crowd featured many longtime members as well as many new Schonesland members, and a few of our friends
from the Iowa BMW Club too.
The road surfaces on this trip were quite good and it’s quite possible that we’ll be doing this route again until the
roads of Madison and Warren Counties are resurfaced, hopefully over the next couple of years.
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Porsche Omaha Classic
Parts/Service
For those of you that have a Porsche vehicle that is more than 10 years old Porsche considers them to be a
classic Porsche. Depending on the year of age of your vehicle at times you might have had a hard time finding
a part for your classic Porsche or finding a service center for your classic Porsche. Rest assured that “Porsche
is seriously investing and upgrading” its classic parts and service program in an effort to make it easier for you
to find the part you need and have that classic part install by a factory trained classic technician. We here at
Porsche Omaha recognize this need as well and we have sent one of our technicians to Porsches new classic
service training classes where he spent two weeks learning everything about Porsche classic air cooled vehicles.
The first week was spent going over all major servicing items from something as basic as an oil change using
Porsches new special classic motor oil made just for air cooled Porsche engines and all the way to the ignition
system, fuel system and adjusting engine valves. The second week was spent completely rebuilding a classic
air cooled 911 engine back to factory specs. Since this class he has already rebuilt an engine on a 1981 911 for
a customer of ours. Later this year Porsche will have similar classic training classes for Porsche classic vehicle
suspension and alignments and classes for the 944, 924, and 928 vehicles as well. If you have any Porsche
classic parts or service questions please feel free to contact us so we can help assist you and make sure your
classic Porsche continues to run in great condition and you continue to get many more years of enjoyment.
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Have a great picture of your
car and want to share it?
The club website, www.schonesland.com, has a special photo gallery titled “Club Member Cars” and we would
like to add your car to the list. Send us your best photo and we will add you to the website photo gallery.
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Events Calendar
June 2016
Thurs 6/2 -- Camp Dodge Concert & Car Show;
4:30 PM-10 PM
Sat 6/11 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AM
Sat 6/11 -- Kansas City Region PCA Gimmick
Run; 10 AM-3 PM
Sun 6/12 -- Kansas City Region PCA Ladies
Only Autocross; 9 AM-2 PM
Mon 6/13 -- Cheese Fling Trek to Road America;
8 AM
Tues 6/21 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:308:30 PM
Sat 6/25 -- Family Picnic at Tewfik’s house; 11:30
AM-2 PM
July 2016
Sat 7/9 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AM
Tues 7/19 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:308:30 PM
August 2016
Sat 8/6 -- Navoo, IL Drive; 8 AM-6 PM
Thurs 8/11 -- Valley Junction Car Show; 4-9 PM
Sat 8/13 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AM
Tues 8/16 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30 8:30 PM
Sat 8/27 -- Kansas City Region PCA Fun Run;
10 AM-2 PM
Sun 8/28 -- Kansas City Region PCA Autocross;
9 AM-3 PM
September 2016
Sun 9/4 -- Dragoon Drive to Storm Lake; 10
AM-6:30 PM
Sat 9/10 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10
AM
Sat 9/10 -- Concours ‘d Elegance; 10 AM-6
PM
Tues 9/20 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:308:30 PM
October 2016
Fri 10/7 -- Wisconsin Drive; 10 AM-6 PM
Sat 10/8 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10
AM
Tues 10/18 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:308:30 PM
November 2016
Sat 11/5 -- Holiday Party; 5 PM - 11:30 PM
Sat 11/12 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10
AM
Tues 11/15 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:308:30 PM
December 2016
Sat 12/10 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10
AM
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Join the Schonesland Facebook page by searching
Schonesland Region of the PCA and hitting the Join button,
then share your favorite Porsche photos or car related items.
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HISTORY
The Porsche Club of America was founded in
1955 with the following objectives in mind: to
promote the highest standards of courtesy and
safety of the roads; to enjoy and share the good
will and fellowship of owning a Porsche; to maintain the highest standards of operation and
performance of the marque; to establish a
mutually beneficial relationship with the Porsche
factory, dealers and other service sources; to
exchange ideas with other Porsche clubs
throughout the world; and to establish mutually
cooperative relationships with other sports car
clubs. Membership in the PCA will add to your
enjoyment of owning one of the finest automobiles in the world.
“We know the joy that Porsche
ownership can provide, and we've
built a community around that”
Your local PCA Region contact:
With over 100,000
members, PCA is the
largest single marque
car club in the world.
Social, technical or
competitive - no
matter your interest,
the PCA has
something to offer
every Porsche owner.
For over 55 years, the PCA has been
dedicated to enhancing the Porsche
ownership experience.
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