May 2009 NorWester - Olympic Peninsula Region

THE
NOR’WESTER
VOL. 9, NO.3
The newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region
Porsche Club of America
May/June 2009
Issue Features…..
President’s Message
Technology on the Road
Track & Racing Info
Spotlight—901
Car Shows
Goodie Store
Event Calendar
Volume 9, No. 3
May/June 2009
In This Issue
Special Recognition……...
2
Board M embers & Chairs
3
Region at a Glance……………..
4
From the President & Editor………………...
5
Board M eeting M inutes…………...
6
Technology on the Road…………………...
8
Racing & Track Info………..
10
901— Spotlight……………...
12
Car Shows………………..
14
Social Articles …………
17
New M embers & Auto Platz……………..
22
Calendar of Events………
23
Nor’Wester Newsletter
Nor’Wes ter is the offi cial newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region of
the Porsche Club of America and is published bimonthly. Opinions
expressed are those o f the authors and do not necess arily constitute
opinions of the Porsche Club of America, Olympic Peninsula Region, the
Board o f Directors or the Nor’Wester Editor. Articles and photographs by
OPR members are encourag ed and should be submitted to the Nor’Wester
Editor, Gloria Mellon ([email protected]) no later than the 15th o f
the month prior to publication.
Classifieds (50 words or less) are free for OPR & PCA members, must be
Porsche relat ed and typically run fo r two months. Please send submissions
to The Nor’Wester Editor. $15 for non-PCA members.
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Checks should be made payabl e to “ OPR-PCA” and given to Bob Becken
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[email protected].
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SPECIAL
RECOGNITION
Have you ever run into a person that would
do just about anything for you? There are
some people that say they will help you, but
only a scant few that actually will. One
person that is in that category is Brett
Burroughs. He has been a huge part of
bringing and keeping this region together.
He always gives 100% to perform his duties
for the club. He is a charter member. And
when it came to establishing the region, he
supported it by attending every function. In
these 5 years, he held the Vice President’s
position for 2 years and was the M ember at
Large for several years as well.
Now for those of you that know him, you
realize that his 1997 Artic Silver 911 Targa
is his pride and joy, materially speaking.
After deciding to make a few repairs on his
engine, he knew that some major updating
needed to occur at the same time. That
meant his car would remain in the shop
until it was finished. And as with most
upgrades, one thing leads to another and
now it’s a couple of years later. The final
outcome is that the Targa is in tip top
condition. Through it all, Brett still showed
up to meetings, dinners and any other
outings that he and wife Diana could attend.
It really was in the shop for a good part of 2
years, agonizing by most Porsche owners’
standards, but it did not keep him away.
A person like Brett Burroughs is the reason
why most of us can say, this club begins
with Porsche, but it’s the people that keeps
it together!
OPR Website can be viewed at http://www.opr-pca.org/. Articles,
photos, and classified ads are gladly accepted by the Webmaster, Dino
Davis [email protected]
On the Cover:
Looking out the window from the Elwell’s house on a rainy
day in Gig Harbor at the Chili Cookoff ...Alex Raphael’s
Turbo, Ned Luce’s RS and John James’ 911’s .
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Committee Chairs
2009 Board of Directors
Membership: Gloria M ellon
[email protected]
President: John James
[email protected]
S ocial/Event: M aryann Elwell
[email protected]
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Webmaster: Dino Davis
[email protected]
Vice President: Brooks Hanford
[email protected]
Newsletter: Gloria M ellon
[email protected]
Secretary: Barbara Hanford
[email protected]
Publisher: John Keller
[email protected]
_______________________________
Advertising: Patrick M itchell
[email protected]
Treasure r: Robert Becken
[email protected]
Goodie S tore: John Wyman
[email protected]
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Technical: Randy Baisden
[email protected]
Past President: Maryann Elwell
[email protected]
S peed Event: Jeff Smith
[email protected]
___________________________
Get Your Personalized
OPR-PCA Nametag!
Member at Large: Keith Mellon
[email protected]
If you do not have an Olympic
Peninsula name tag and would
like to order one, the cost is $15
each. Just provide your check
made out to “OPR-PCA” along
with your name and Porsche
model to Bob Becken at Olympic
Peninsula Region Porsche Club,
P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA
98383.
____________________________
PCA Zone 6 Rep: Dave Cooley
[email protected]
PRINTEX
Visit:
www.opr-pca.org
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OPR AT A GLANCE
TONY ADAMSKI’S 1968—912
P
THE RED PORSCHE
PAGE
Douglas Duncan’s 944 in snowy Port Angeles
Kurt & Lori’s 901 when it was first purchase
Jeff Smith’s 944 in snowy Bremerton
The oldest 901 in America SN 300020 is now parked in the vault at the Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles once owned and
loving restored fromNarrows
the photo
above
to its original condition by Kurt & Lori Schneider. See final article on page 12 & 13.
Car
Show
5th Annive rsary Cele bration
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FROM THE PRESIDENT:
John James
It’ s SHOW TIME--at least for our P orsches, and thanks to our Social Chair, Maryann Elwell, and our multiple chairperson Gloria Mellon, all the schedules are booked solid for the next 4 months. I’ ve been showing cars, mainly P orsches and brands “ C” and “ M” in my younger existence, for over forty
years. I was thinking the other day about the most important product that will really make your Porsche a winner.
Is it the initial prep with the clay bar? P erhaps. Griot’ s #3/2/1polishes or their Best of Show Wax or Mother’ s products? These and many other products
all do a great job, but I contend the most important ingredient is “ ELBOW GREASE”, aka EG.
You are probably quite fa miliar with the term“ elbow grease”. Why I’ m sure its been a phrase on Wheel of Fortune or a “ what is” on Jeopardy. I used the
term numerous times with my kids when they were helping me detail a show car, perhaps my yellow 914 2.0 or my first 911, a 1969 tangerine 911S ( yes,
I sold it and want it back!!). When the kids asked what EG meant I told them to scrub harder, use more pressure, go faster or put more muscle into the job.
No problem, term understood.
But I had a “ friend” who had trouble grasping the meaning, and I’ d like to share his encounter with EG in the summer o f 1963. He was working at the
coolest summer job a buzz cut college kid could possibly land. This “ friend” landed a job as the “ new and used car get ready man”, also known as a “ lot
boy”, at a sports car dealership on Long Island. The dealer’s name was Raymond Foreign Sales and it was located on Sunrise Highway in Islip, New
York. They didn’ t sell new P orsches, but did represent MG, Triumph, Austin Healey, Daimlier, and Renaults. The sales manager also bought Jaguars,
P orsches, Alfas, Lotuses (Loti ? ), Vettes and other cool machines at auctions and put them on the front row. My “ friend” was the envy of al l his buddies
who used to drive by on Saturdays while he was washing the cars and give him a friendly--usually--gesture, you know thumbs up.
My “ friend’s” toughest job was rubbing out faded paint jobs from sports cars over-exposed to the hot sun on Long Island’ s ocean beaches and the salty
crud from NY’ s attempts to melt the winter snow and ice. In those days, most folks used their sports cars daily and usually it was their only car. This dealership had a pretty surly service manager who drove stock cars as a hobby and to say he was rather rough around the edges is an understatement. Al was
also 6’ 4” and probably 250 pounds and you would have thought he would be working at a Mack truck dealership, not an elite sports car dealership.
Well, my “ friend” was on the job about a week and he was really sweating over this red TR3 to get the shine back . Al came by and asked my buddy what
was taking him so long and “ damn it, put more “ elbow grease” into it”!!!. When Al left the area, my “ friend” went over to one of the mechanics and asked
where the elbow grease was located. The mechanic took him back into the supply room and after a care ful search declared they must be out of the EG!!
He told my buddy that it came in a red tin similar to P rince Albert smoking pipe tobacco. So my buddy goes up to Al and announces that the dealership
was out of EG. Al was horrified that they would be out of such a vital product!
The following Friday, my “ friend” is due to make the weekly run to replenish parts, lubricants, and Al put on that week’s list, two one pound tins of
Elbow Grease. Well, all three import parts suppliers advised my “ friend” that EG was pretty popular in the summer months and EG was on backorder.
Not to be deterred, my “ friend” visited two domestic parts stores looking for this prized product, but none was found.
Reluctantly returning to the dealership, he placed the supplies in the store room and slinked back out to the outside lot to wash some cars out of Al’ s
view. A few mo ments later an announcement came over the outside loudspeaker for the “ lot boy” to see the service manager right now.
My “ friend” was ready for a real butt chewing which went on when he went inside for at least ten minutes. Comments like “ did you really try all the
stores, what do they teach you in college anyway, how was the service department going to polish the cars sales needed for the lot and on and on“ . Well,
soon the mechanics could not contain themselves and started laughing. Eventually Al cracked up and then the P resident and owner, Wes came out and
wanted to know what happened to the stock of Elbow Grease he authorized.
My “ friend” soon figured out that he had been had when he was awarded a tin with a tube of Ben Gay inside it!
I’ve often wondered if my “ friend” still enjoys sports cars and if he appreciates all the great products that make it easier to really make your Porsche
shine---providing you add some “ EG” to the process!
P resident’ s disclaimer: 99% of the “ P resident’ s letters” I have read over the years have a very serious tone to them. I will revert to the norm in the next
issue. Thanks, John
FROM THE EDITOR:
Gloria Mellon
Wow! I want to thank each one of you for all of
your calls and emails on the status of the
Nor’Wester. I think the hardest part of the job is not
having any feedback. Since this is a volunteer
position, just like all the jobs in our region, feedback
on how we’re doing is essential and again I thank
you all very much for personally letting me know.
Along with the subject of feedback, please let the
event chairs know if you can commit to any of the
upcoming events, whether it be a tour, a dinner or
car show , it is very hard to plan ahead if we have no
commitments for them.
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OLYMPIC PENINSULA REGION—PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
March 11, 2009
The meeting was calle d to order by President John James at 6:35pm at Angel’s Homestyle Buffet in Bremerton.
the February 11, 2009 meeting were approved.
Minutes of
Board Membe rs Pre sent: President John James, Secretary Barbara Hanford, T reasurer Robert Becken, Member at Large
Keith Mellon, Past President Maryann Elwell.
Membe rs Present: Gloria Mellon, Kip Sparber, Anna Hoey, Alex Raphael, Brett Burroughs, Patrick Mitchell, Douglas
Duncan, Randy Baisden, Sandy Baisden, Jeff Smith, Dino Davis, Jennifer Duncan.
BO ARD MEMBER AND CHAIR REPORTS:
Pre sident: No report at this time.
Vice President: Brooks was absent but Barbara reported that PCA insurance is in place for Glass Museum Tour to T acoma.
Insurance applications for April and May events are being prepared.
Se cretary: No report at this time.
Tre asure r: Bob Becken reported a February ending balance of $1968.12. Beginning balance was $1373.12. Income
$886.00. Expenses $291.00.
Membe r at Large : Keith had no report at this time.
Membe rship Chair: Gloria Mellon reported total membership is 233 with 128 members and 105 affiliates. This is same as
last month and she encouraged members to make an effort to recruit new members.
Ne wsle tte r Editor: Gloria reported that about 60 members have paid newsletter/membership fee. She needs more event
pictures to replace and update her photo file. Members expressed their appreciation to Gloria and John Keller for quality and
content of newsletter. DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDIT ION OF NEWSLETTER IS APRIL 15.
We bsite : New webmaster Dino Davis reported that he is behind schedule but expects to it up and running this weekend.
Social\Eve nt Chair: Maryann Elwell reviewed upcoming events and passed out schedules to everyone present. Monthly
schedules will be e-mailed to all members . Schedules will also be on the website and in the newsletter. Postcards will also
continue to be mailed to members on alternate months with the newsletter.
Goodie Store —Jon Wyman was absent. Some questions were raised about costs and feasibility of preparing a catalog of
items available. It was clarified that adding logos to items has an additional charge. Members agreed that we should have
display items and order forms at all of our events. Alex Raphael offered to work with Jon . John James will contact Jon.
Adve rtising: Patrick Mitchell is working on newsletter ads. He asked members to provide leads or contacts.
Te chnical Chair: Randy Baisden and Jeff Smith will provide a Race-T ech column for the newsletter. Randy has also
arranged for a T ech column from Larson Motors for each edition. He also corrected a byline in the newsletter—The author of
the copy was Randy from Larson Motors not Randy Baisden.
Spee d Eve nts: Jeff Smith reported that the 2009 season is underway. Four members attended Autocross Practice recently.
The new 944 series race season has started. Jeff placed 5 th at the Portland event. He also reported that two OPR members
received awards for the 2008 Event season: Bill Bonsell and Jeff Smith.
O LD BUSINESS:
Father’s Day Car Show—June 21: Bob Becken reported that final arrangements are being made to participate in this event at
Great Wolf Water Park Resort at Grand Mound, south of Olympia. T his is a charity event for Boys and Girls Clubs. Entry
fee is $25 and includes two tickets to the Water Park. For details, see website, e-mail, or contact Maryann Elwell. Zone 6
Presidents’ Meeting: the meeting was held in Spokane Feb. 20-22. Maryann Elwell attended in John’s absence.
This was the first meeting for new Zone 6 Representative Dave Cooley . She reported that PCA has a new form for insurance
reports that Brooks will need. PCA is emphasizing safe events this year. The web site will list Zone 6 events to promote
cross-participation among members.
NEW BUSINESS:
Upcoming Events—See listings on e-mail, website, newsletter, or contact Maryann Elwell, Social/Events Chair.
Upcoming Driving Events—Contact Jeff Smith for details on driving events. He reminded everyone that the Rose Cup Race
will be in June during the Portland Rose Festival. T his is fun event for spectators as well as drivers. More details at next
meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45pm.
Barbara Hanford, Secretary
NEXT BO ARD MEETING IS APRIL 8 AT MAXRPM 2320 SIXTH ST., BREMERTO N. TACOS /BEVERAG ES
AVAILABLE, FOO D AT 6:30, BUSINESS MEETING AT 7PM.
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OLYMPIC PENINSULA REGION—PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
April 8, 2009
The meeting was called to order by President John James at 7:06pm at MAXRPM, 2320 Sixth St., Bremerton. Minutes of the
March 11 meeting were approved with one correction: Randy Baisden reported that the T ech Column in the Jan.-Feb. 2009
newsletter was written by Sam of Larson Motors.
Board Me mbers Present: President John James, Vice president Brooks Hanford, T reasurer Robert Becken, Secretary
Barbara Hanford, Member at Large Keith Mellon, Past President Maryann Elwell.
Membe rs Present: Kip Sparber, Anna Hoy, Randy Baisden, Sandy Baisden, Brett Burroughs, Leland King, Dino Davis,
Gloria Mellon, Douglas Duncan, Patrick Mitchell, Jack Sutton, Jeff Smith, Debbie Raphael.
BO ARD MEMBER AND CHAIR REPORTS:
Pre sident: John reminded members of the 54 th Annual Porsche Parade in Keystone, CO, June 29-July 4, 2009. Register online with PCA. July 3-4-5 is the Historic Races/Car Corral at Pacific Raceways for members not attending Porsche Parade.
Vice President: Brooks reported that insurance for April and early May events has been applied for from PCA. He will
cancel insurance for the April 18 progressive dinner and reapply when it is rescheduled.
Se cretary: No report
Tre asure r: Bob Becken reported a March beginning balance of $1,968.12. Expenses of $780.92. Deposits of $160.00.
Ending March balance $1347.20. A detailed report was distributed to members present.
Membe r at Large : Keith had no report.
Membe rship Chair: Gloria Mellon reported 227 members total, 125 members and 102 affiliates.
Ne wsle tte r Editor: Gloria reminded everyone that next newsletter deadline is April 15 for May-June issue.
We bsite : Dino Davis has the site up and running. Send we bsite information to him at [email protected]. He can
link local classified ads to national PCA website.
Goodie Store : Jon Wyman was absent but John James reported that prices can include logos and Jon will review catalog and
offer some less expensive items.
Adve rtising: Patrick Mitchell is continuing his efforts to secure additional advertising.
Te chnical: Randy Baisden reported that a T ech Session has been scheduled for Benchmark Motoring in Bellevue May 23.
RSVP to Brett Burroughs by May 11.
Spee d Eve nts: Jeff Smith reported that Racing and Autocross , Driver Training events are already underway in Zone 6.
Many take place at Kitsap Airport track as well as Pacific Raceways and in Portland. PNWR’s monthly magazine has
complete listing of upcoming events as will OPR magazine.
Social/Eve nt Chair: Maryann Elwell passed out updated schedule for 2009 OPR activities plus other Zone 6 events.
T he April 18 Progressive Dinner has been postponed and will be rescheduled. T he Tour to Port Townsend will be on April
25 and the meeting location changed from MAXRPM to the76 Gas Station at Auto Center Way exit at noon.
The Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser Walk and Show and Shine is May 9 in Poulsbo. Also on May 9 is the Nueve De Mayo Dinner
at Los Cazadores on Kitsap Way in Bremerton. Sign up for dinner with Gloria by May 1. For details on upcoming activities,
watch your e-mail for updates or contact Maryann at 253-853-4003 or [email protected] or check OPR website.
O LD BUSINESS:
Father’s Day Car Show—June 21 at Great Wolf Water Park Resort at Grand Mound has been arranged by Bob Be cken. The
registration fee is $25 including 2 water park passes. T he Show and Shine is also a Charity Event benefiting Boys and Girls
Clubs. Members should register by May 15. Space is limited but will be opened to other clubs after that date. Special room
rates are being negotiated.
John thanked Bill Elwell for the highly successful tour to the Glass Muse um in T acoma on March 29. Members reported that
the drive from Bremerton was challenging as well as scenic,
the Museum was fascinating and the food at Woody’s Restaurant was excellent.
NEW BUSINESS:
Barbara reminded everyone that the Hood Canal Bridge will
be closed May 1-June 15,2009.
The meeting was adjourned at 8pm.
Barbara Hanford, Secretary
NEXT MEETING MAY 13 AT MAXRPM, 2320 SIXTH
ST., BREMERTO N. TACOS/BEVERAG ES AVAILABLE AT 6:30PM. BUSINESS MEETING AT 7PM.
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TECHNOLOGY ON THE ROAD
BITS AND PIECES
By Bill Elwell
The title of this article is a reference to the somewhat loose collection of topics that make up this 15th
installment of Technology on the Road. Let’s jump
right in.
Way back in early 2007, I started this section of the
newsletter with a series of articles on gasoline alternatives. World oil prices started climbing late in 2004
and really took off in ’06. Back in ’04 we were paying
around $2 per gallon for premium unleaded. By the
time I started writing my articles, premium had topped
$3 per gallon twice and was rapidly climbing toward
nearly $3.50 per gallon.
Let’s look at what happened when fuel prices went
from below $2 per gallon to over $4. You can go back
and look at the news from ’04 and you’ll see story after
story with headlines like “Gas Prices Start to Put the
Brakes on SUV Sales”. Americans had been buying
SUVs in huge number but rising gas prices put a stop to
that. By ’05 the financial headlines were now announcing rather bleak news for the Detroit automakers that
were tooled up to build SUV’s. SUV sales, their bread
and butter at the time, were dropping as much as 50%
month to month. Rising gas prices hit Detroit hard.
While SUV sales were falling off the map, activity
with alternative fuels was kicked into gear by rising
gas prices. For many years it has been widely accepted
that alternative fuels can’t compete head to head with
gasoline until pump prices top $4 per gallon. As the
pump prices passed $3 per gallon everyone with an eye
on fuels started investing in alternatives. Suddenly
ethanol, biodiesel, hybrids, and fuel cells were all over
the news. People were pouring billions of dollars into
alternative fuel research.
So where are we today? Well, crude oil prices that
once topped $140 per barrel are back down to around
$50 per barrel. Premium unleaded prices are hovering
between $2.00 and $2.50 per gallon. If it weren’t for
the economy I believe you would see SUV sales starting to climb again. But what I think is significant is
that adoption of alternative fuels is suffering because
gas is relatively cheap again.
In 2007 a number of companies sprung up that
manufacture biodiesel fuel. One example is in our
backyard, Gen-X Energy Group in Burbank, WA.
Since 2007, many government agencies across the US
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and Canada have implemented rules that require a certain amount of diesel sold to be biodiesel. Here in
Washington, the state was about to implement a law
that required state diesel vehicles use 20% biodiesel.
With current market prices it was projected that the
20% rule would cost the ferry system alone over $8M .
With the budget issue we’re having in Olympia right
now, that didn’t sit well. M uch like we are seeing
across the country, Washington State is rolling back
their biodiesel requirements.
The behavior is pretty clear. When it doesn’t cost
much to be “green” we will make the green choice. But
if the costs rise, the green choice becomes the last
choice. With fuel prices back at 2004 levels, alternative
fuels have become expensive compared to gasoline. So
let’s take a look at where we are with some of the
alternative technologies I wrote about back in ’07.
I had a rather negative attitude about ethanol back
in 2007. Technology has come a long way though.
Cellulosic production techniques (production of ethanol
from the non edible parts of plants) have come a long
way. Cellulosic production plants have popped up
across the country. Using the non edible plant parts or
grasses changes all the economic and greenhouse gas
calculations and makes ethanol production look a lot
more attractive as an alternative fuel than if we were
using corn as the feedstock.
You’ll quickly see the ethanol content of gasoline
rise to 10%. Folks are looking at the possibility of
raising it to 20%. At the 10% level the need for special
infrastructure in fuel distribution, filling stations, and
automobiles is minimal. It will be much tougher, however, to drive broader adoption of E85 (85% ethanol).
There just aren’t enough cars that use it to drive fuel
distributors and filling stations to make the investment
to carry it. But no matter how you slice it, ethanol will
be one tool we use to reduce our dependence on oil.
Diesel is next. Diesel cars are popping up left and
right. But US sales are still slower than those in other
parts of the world. Diesel car sales in the US have
always suffered from the rather crude attempts at diesel
cars back in the 1970’s. But there’s another factor at
play here. After you factor in the greater thermal efficiency of the engine, the caloric content and density of
the fuel and, diesel vehicles will be about 20%
more efficient than an equivalent gasoline powered
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vehicle. But as we all know, diesel costs more than
gasoline. Part of that premium is due to a difference
in federal tax for gas vs. diesel. Say what you will
about why the premium exists, diesel typically
commands at least a 5% price premium over regular
unleaded. Combine that with a higher purchase price
for diesel vehicles and any financial advantage is
minimized.
Biodiesel is a two part discussion. Commercial
production of biodiesel only makes economic sense
when crude prices are higher than they are now. And
then there are the people that either use filtered used
vegetable oil or used vegetable oil converted to
biodiesel. I’m always amazed by the number of folks
out there doing this. I personally know a few people
that dabbled in it. For some of them it probably makes
sense. But as I read about all the effort these people go
through to put fuel in their cars and trucks, it’s clear that
it will never be more than a niche activity.
Hybrid drive vehicles with regenerative braking
systems are all the rage these days. Regenerative braking makes a big improvement on your gas mileage
around town. Will all cars soon be offered as hybrids?
I couldn’t say. But it is clear that this is another
effective tool we can use to reduce our dependence
on oil.
Pure electric cars still can’t deliver the range
between charges to be a replacement for all types of
vehicles. But it won’t be long before they start popping
up as around town commuter cars. The argument that
some people have against pure electric cars is that they
simply shift the fuel consumption and pollution from the
car to the power plant generating the electricity. True in
concept but not in implementation. An automotive gas
engine runs at an efficiency level of less than 15%. A
gas turbine at a power plant generates electricity with
efficiency greater than 40%. Even after you factor
losses in the electrical lines and the electric motor in the
car, the electric car wins the energy efficiency,
pollution, and greenhouse gas production contests by a
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wide margin.
Fuel cells are very nearly ready for prime time. Fuel
cells are a fantastic concept. The only thing holding
them back is an energy efficient way of generating
hydrogen to power them.
As was the case in 2007, there is still no clear
winner in the race for a new way to power our cars.
And the drop in gas prices doesn’t help get us to the
finish line any faster. But we are a lot farther along in
research toward a solution and we have several new
tools that can take a bite out of our consumption of
petroleum products.
Thanks for reading and don’t forget to send any of
your suggestions for future articles to me via email
[email protected]. I’ll talk to you next time.
GOOD PLACE FOR ANOT HER BIT S & PIECES
provided by Bob Becken
As requested at the board meeting, here is the RCW in total
that governs the license plate requirements. Hanging a
license plate on the back of the passenger visor meets
the requirement of the RCW (Visors on Corvettes < 48”
from the ground.). Keep a copy of this in your glove box
because most police officers do not know the law.
RCW 46.16.240
Attachment of plates to vehicles — Violations enumerated.
The vehicle license number plates shall be attached conspicuously at the front and rear of each vehicle for which the same
are issued and in such a manner that they can be plainly seen
and read at all times. However, if only one license number
plate is legally issued for any vehicle such plate shall be conspicuously attached to the rear of such vehicle. Each vehicle
license number plate shall be placed or hung in a horizontal
position at a distance of not more than four feet from the
ground and shall be kept clean so as to be plainly seen
and read at all times. In cases where the body construction
of the vehicle is such that compliance with this section is
impossible, permission to deviate there from may be granted
by the state patrol. It shall be unlawful to display upon the
front or rear of any vehicle, vehicle license number plate or
plates other than those furnished by the director for such
vehicle or to display upon any vehicle any vehicle license
number plate or plates which have been in any manner
changed, altered, disfigured or have become illegible.
License plate frames may be used on vehicle license number
plates only if the frames do not obscure license tabs or
identifying letters or numbers on the plates and the plates can
be plainly seen and read at all times. It is unlawful to use any
holders, frames, or any materials that in any manner change,
alter, or make the vehicle license number plates illegible. It
shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle
unless there shall be displayed thereon valid vehicle license
number plates attached as herein provided.
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TRACK & RACING INFO
by Jeff Smith
Track events season is in full swing now even
though it seemed that winter just wouldn’t quit. More
about that later. I will try to mention what our speed
enthusiasts have been up to and what we all are doing in
the next few weeks. I apologize now for anyone I forget
or don’t know about. If you are doing any track or
competition activities please feel free to let me know
what you’ve been up to so I can put in the newsletter or
better yet consider writing an article.
We have several Autocross’ers. I regularly see Dick
Brown and Joe Clearman at the Porsche Club events,
and I expect to see Brett Burroughs returning soon. Bill
Bonsell, after winning the S2 class with the Boxster for
two years in a row is not competing in the Porsche
Autocross series this year. Instead he is running his
Spec M iata in local Autocrosses while preparing his car
and himself for time trials and road racing with ICSCC.
Leeland King is starting autocross this year and will be
co-driving with me in PCA, BSCC and SCCA. We will
be running my 911 in prepared classes and my 944 race
car in the modified classes. I’ve started instructing at
autocross novice schools for BSCC and SCCA.
We have a few track day and high performance
driving events enthusiasts. Bill Bonsell and I do track
days with Porsche Club, Bremerton Sports Car Club,
Alfa Club and ICSCC. Dave Ely instructs at BM W and
Alfa events, and maybe for other clubs also. He, along
with another gentleman, organizes and runs the BSCC
track days.
Bill Bonsell and I have done SCCA Club Trials and
may venture into SCCA Track Trials if we can fit them
in with our racing schedule. I also hope to do a few hill
climb events someday !
We have a few road racers. Our Prez, John James, is
racing his Triumph in the SOVERN vintage series. Ed
Scheid (AKA Fast Eddie) has a new race car, a
beautifully prepared Two
Liter Reynard Formula car,
and will be racing in ICSCC I believe. Our Webmaster,
Dino Davis, seems to be involved in all kinds of racing
but mainly is racing his M azda RX7 with ICSCC all
with Bill Bonsell and his M iata. I started racing with
SCCA this year and will be competing in the Northwest
944 Cup, a race series dedicated the Porsche 944.
If you are doing something I haven’t mentioned, let
us know!
Here’s what I’ve been involved with. It’s up to you
to let us know your doing. Leeland King and I have
teamed up to go racing. This year we will be helping
each other with our race programs, his motorcycle
racing and my car racing. We will be very busy this
year. With our combined schedules there will hardly be
a weekend when one or the other is not racing. This
early in the year our days are already long. It seems
like we are either getting ready for a race, racing, or
coming back from a race. But we are doing something
we love and having great fun.
Leeland and I participated in the BSCC Autocross
Novice School on M arch 1. He as a student in my 911
and I instructed. It was a very rainy day that made for
lots of slipping and sliding, which was actually very
good for learning car control. We both got soaking wet,
twice, but thoroughly enjoyed the day anyways.
M arch 5, 6, & 7th , I attended the SCCA Novice Road
Racing School in Portland, passed and then completed
my first races. OPR members, Leeland, Brett and
Randy, came down Saturday and helped me race on
Sunday. The guys were great support and we all
thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I raced in ITS class for
the 944 Cup and PCA4 class for Porsche Club Racing.
Saturday, M arch 14, Leeland and I competed at the
first PCA Autocross of the year, co-driving my 944. We
stayed overnight at the track in our motor homes for the
Sunday BSCC Autocross. However, we awoke to falling snow. By mid morning there was 4-5 inches of
snow and the event was canceled. We generally drive in
any weather but that was too much snow. We had to
kick and sweep the snow off my trailer to be able to load
my car. I was really glad I put my fabric window covers
on for the night, as my race car has no side windows and
would have been full of snow.
M arch 21st, M ichael King, Leeland and Kim King’s
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son, took The Tire Rack Street Survival class at
Bremerton. Teens are provided classroom and behind the
wheel training. Great program! If you have a Teen please
look into it, and let me know. We are trying to organize
more classes, much like the PCA Drivers Skills. M ichael
had fun, learned a lot, and I think he caught the Autocross
bug. We may see the whole family out there dodging
cones soon. Kim and Britney are next.
On M arch 28th Leeland and I took my 944 to an IRDC
Track Day at Bremerton. We were testing some new
equipment. Our Sponsor, Action Training (thanks
George!), bought us race radios. We now have a radio in
the car that is hooked up to the helmet and a radio headset
for the Crew Chief and/or Spotter. The radios worked
great. We could hear each other very clearly anywhere on
the track. We also had in-car video recording installed.
That also worked excellently. The video is integrated with
our data logger dash so now we are really wired and ready
to go for our next 944 Cup race. It’s going to be
great having data acquisition, video recording and radio
communications.
Jumping into April, on the 4th Leeland and I attended the
SCCA Novice Autocross School. A gain, he was a student
and I was an instructor. This time it was dry and a whole
different learning opportunity. Leeland drove the 911 on
street tires (required for school, no race tires for novices)
and had great fun finally getting dry pavement experience.
Even though he soon overwhelmed the street tires and he
got more practice catching a sometimes understeering and
then sometimes very oversteering 911. We stayed at the
track overnight again for the Sunday SCCA Autocross.
We drove both morning and afternoon sessions. Leeland
had a free entry into Novice AM that was part of the
Novice School deal. So he drove the 911 again on street
tires, going fast enough to get fourth place. I drove the
944 on race tires, mainly just to get more practice time in
that car for my road racing. I was fast enough to get third
place in Time Only.
In the afternoon we unilaterally
decided Leeland was officially no longer a novice. He had
completed 2 schools and was driving incredibly well and
therefore it was time for him to co-drive the 944 with me
on race tires. We had a total blast co-driving. We have
very different driving styles but were able to push each
other to go faster and learn from each other. We plan to
co-drive as much as we can from now on.
Local Upcoming Events for May / June:
PCA Autocrosses, 944 Cup, SOVERN, and ICSCC
races listed for now, see other club racing and
autocross websites for their racing schedules
(SOVERN, ICSCC, SCCA, BSCC, WWSCC, etc).
May 2-3 - 944 Cup Race (SCCA Double Regional
Race) Bremerton
May 2-3 – IRDC Race (ICSCC) Pacific International
Raceway , Kent
May 16-17 – Spring Sprints (SOVERN) Pacific International Raceway, Kent
May 23 – PCA Autocross Bremerton
May 23-25 – 944 Cup Race (SCCA Double National
Race) Pacific International Raceway, Kent
June 6-7 – CSCC Race (ICSCC) Portland
June 12-14 – 944 Cup Race (SCCA Rose Cup Race)
Portland
June 13 – PCA Autocross Bremerton
Leeland, Randy, Jeff ,Mike & Brett
Jeff & Mike
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SPOTLIGHT
901 – The Porsche Parade and the Peterson Museum
by Kurt & Lori Schneider
Color photo on page 4
Edit or not e: I have been wait ing for 2 year s t o r ead t he rest of
t he st or y on t his awesome hist or ic vehicle. I have included
som e r enovat ion phot os for you all t o see. And I r eally hope
you enjo y it as I did.
I believe I ended last month’s part of this story w it h our
901 being firmly ensconced at the PCNA Restoratio n
Facility in Reno, Nevada. As tim e passed by it seemed
like the call from Porsche in Reno telling us our 901 was
ready to pick up would never come, but after months
of body and paint work the phone finally rang. Our late
friend Don Kravig again volunteered to head north to
Reno wit h Lori and me to pick it up and bring it home.
The trip up was again lo ts of fun, but nothing
compared to finally seeing the 901 in person. Having
not seen this car fresh off the assembly line in Germany
back in 1964 I really can’t compare it then to how it
looked in Reno, but if anything, the 901 may have even
been too perfect. Over the years in PCA w e’d been to
hundreds of Concours, and seen many beautifully
restored Porsches, but the 901 was sim ply breathtaking.
It may just have been pride of ow nership, but my main
concern immediately switched to how we could
possibly finish all the remaining
restoratio n steps
without doing any damage to our beautiful Porsche.
The trip home was uneventful, as Don had done this
many tim es before and was not burdened by my
unfounded “we’ll hurt it ” concerns. Once back at
Precision Motio n in Riverside we did the first of w hat
would be numerous quite well attended PCA 901
parties, this first one w it h a “welcome home” theme.
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The months that followed were again at a “fill-in” labor
rate to keep the ever ex panding budget as under
control as possible . Nonetheless the 1992 Porsche
Parade in San Diego was approaching, and the jo b of
locating and obtaining numerous missing pie ces, and
putting the 901 back together became a prio rity. There
were lit erally ba-zillions of small it ems to collect, but
Don assured us he’d handle the mechanical items if we
could come up the interio r stuff. We agreed and set
out to find the missing pieces. There were three majo r
pieces sticking with me clearly to this day.
First was the steering wheel, w hich w hile similar to other
early 911 wood wheels, differed in that the wheel was
lighter due to having an aluminum spine. The weight
might not have been noticeable once installe d, but
the very early 911 steering w heel spine was also
ex posed around the entire center of the wheel. The
only one I knew of belonged to our friend Bob
Cutshaw (the guy we took the car to for some sort of
certification on the day we had found it years prior).
Bob mentio ned it w as the only thing left from his own
early 911 and that he really didn’t want to part wit h it .
Thus began months of searching, w hich ironically
ended up pretty much in our backyard. Being PCA’ers
you probably have heard of Parts Obsolete in M cM innville Oregon. What some of you might not know is that
they used to be located in Costa Mesa California, and
were know n as Porsche Parts Obsolete. I called them
from Riv erside and asked about the steering wheel.
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the final restoration steps comple ted just two days prio r
to lo ading it back on Don Kravig’s flatbed truck for the
short trip down the freew ay for the Concours. The
morning of the Parade Concours at M ission Bay w as
foggy, so lo ts of cleaning on sit e was needed to get the
901 ready to show. Again, as throughout this wonderful
ex perie nce, lots of our PCA Riverside friends were on
hand to pit ch in w it h final preparations and sim ply as a
cheering squad. When the scores were posted the 901
had won it s class and we brought out the champagne
for everyone to celebrate. Another close PCA friend
and mentor, Bill Barnard, was able to see the 901 win a
trophy at the Concours Banquet that same evening. Bill
had actually gotten Lori and me into PCA in 1986 and
was a head cheerleader on this project in spite of
failing healt h. Bill’ s condit ion worsened the day after
the banquet and he returned home to the desert. He
passed away on the Thursday of Parade Week and
black armbands could be seen at every remaining
Parade event. Nonetheless, our last memorie s of Bill
were wonderful ones of him enjoying seeing that red
901 he lo ved as much as we did being victorio us.
Lori and I held onto the 901 for a few more years. When
we decided it was tim e to make room for new projects
we contacted a broker named Sam Cabiglio to see
about finding it a new home. Sam is a broker, w ho
among other clients, buys and sells all of Jerry Seinfeld’s
Porsches for him. Knowing that, w e were hoping the
901 might end up in the Seinfeld collectio n, but as it
turned out the new owner was a gentle man from
New port Beach. The 901 went out of sight for many
years after he purchased it until, as we were told by
Sam, the new ow ner became ill and decided to
donate the 901 to the Peterson Auto M useum in Los
Angeles, CA. Before moving to Washington Lori and
I visited the car at the Peterson on more than one
occasion. We met the curator and, after proving we
had in fact ow ned the 901, we discussed our involvement in restoring the 901. The stories we told the curator
were pretty much what you have been reading in
these three 901 articles. As a thank you for providing
this further background information, Lori and I were
given a personal tour of the museum and (even better
at the time) all the “other cars” in the non-public
basement. The color photo on page 4 was taken of the
901 in the Peterson Museum basement, w here it still
resides to this day.
I hope you enjoyed taking this little trip down memory
lane with me. There are lo ts more details & anecdotes,
so
if you’re
interested
just
let me know at
our next event
and I’ll talk your
ear off.
The “it’s a small world” part is that one of the owners
and I had gone to the same high school (Costa Mesa
High) and when discussing what the proje ct was they
agreed to sell me a correct steering wheel. It w as
cracked and in need of repair, but the price was good.
The steering wheel reminds me of the next noteworthy
missing it em.
The second item was the wood for the dash. The 901
came wit h some of the wood dash pieces still in place,
but not all of them. The early 911 wood dashes had a
thin metal backing on them to retain their shape and
allow for removal and replacement. The 901 wood
dashes had no such backing, so removing them
effectively destroyed them. During our months (years
actually) of searching out other parts I came upon a
(comple te) set, w hich w as also in sad conditio n. While
the pieces were not restorable, they were good
enough to be used as templates for a wood craftsman
to fabricate a comple tely new set. A frie nd of ours,
Sandy Dustman, w ho lived in Cambria, California at the
time, in addition to being a craftsman, w as a car nut.
Once the project was described he was on board and
actually made a complete set of wood pieces from a
single pie ce of teak that had come from a U.S. Navy
ship w hich had been decommissio ned after the first
Gulf War. The dash came out beautifully and w hen I
showed him the damaged steering w heel he agreed to
make it lo ok like new too. Hence a matching set, the
steering wheel and dash wood looked perfect.
The interio r of the 901 was sort of a mystery until late in
the process.
Small pieces were actually direct
carryovers from the 356C, including the coat hooks and
headliner material. I confirmed this by calling Dr. Brett
Johnson, author of the Porsche Guide to Authenticity
series of books. It was quit e nice of him to take the tim e
to pull out his notes from his 911 research of years prio r
in order to provide us w it h this missing information. The
real fun part w hen I was disassembling the seat
mechanisms w as the discovery of black and w hit e
houndstooth material. It had alw ays been our thought
that the 901 might have used this material, but prior to
that tim e no one had been able to confirm it for us.
Finding small scraps remaining on the seat after one or
more upholstery jobs were removed was wonderful. To
make this finding even more fortuit ous, w hen the 901
went to Autos International in Solana Beach, California
(they’ve moved since then), they had just enough original factory material remaining to do one more set of
seats. Timing is everything and tim e was running out to
be ready for the
Parade.
The 1992 Porsche
Parade w as held
in San Diego. The
901 lit erally had
Congratulations Lori!
She completed her PHD earlier
this year!!!
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SHOW & SHINE
CAR SHOWS
Gloria Mellon
Below I have compiled a list of a number of car shows that will be held in our region for this year which include an import category.
Most all of them are based on some type of festivities, door prizes and awards. If you have never been to one, you would be surprised at
how much fun they can be. It would be easy to think that you just sit by your car all day, doing nothing, but people are really interested in
our cars. As a region, it helps to put ourselves out where we can get some exposure and increas e our membership. Surprisingly, there are
a lot of people that don’t know we have a region right here in their backyard. I know the summer is busy, but if you would like to attend
any of them, please let me know which one/s. [email protected] or (360) 405-0211
MAY 2 Spring Fling Eagles Aberdeen
JULY 3-5 Historics Corral (1day) Kent PRI
M ay 9 OPR Charity Car Show CFF Poulsbo
JULY 18 Elks Bremerton
MAY 30 Uptown Car Show Gig Harbor
JULY 26 Porsches on the Pier Port Angeles
MAY 31 Forest Festival Shelton
AUGUST 1 Cruisin the Narrows Gig Harbor
JUNE 20 Pushrods Show n Shine Hoquiam
AUGUST 9 Cruise In Port Orchard
JUNE 21 OPR Charity Great Wolf Grand M ound
AUGUST 15 Port Ludlow Days
JUNE 27 Rakers Cruise In Port Townsend
SEPTEM BER 5 Fly In & Car Show Bremerton
JUNE 28 Classic & Antique Car Show Shelton
June 20th 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Auto Show on the grass in the Historical Olym pic Stadium, 101 28th St. Hoquiam , WA 98550
Sponsored By: Push Rods of Hoquiam Registration: $15 To register a ride.
Trophies
Door Prizes
Dash Plaques
Poker Walk
Music from the 50's by Johnny Manson
Food and Fun
Port Ludlow Days is an annual summer event w hich brings thousands of people to the tow n over a six-day
period. There w ill be over 100 venders, 95 craft displays, a variety of musical venues, an art show , a golf tournament and sailboat races w ith a w ide selection of food concessions. This is the first year in w hich a car show
w ill be included. Sat., Aug 15th w ill host three car clubs, the OPR Porsches, the Glass Odyssey Corvettes,
and The Rakers Classics. Sun., Aug.16th w ill showcase Port Ludlow residents’ cars. Car line-up will be at
9:00AM on Saturday. Rooms w ill be available at the Inn at Port Ludlow , the Hadlock Inn, and various B&B’s
for anyone planning on arriving Friday evening. To secure the best rates, the Inn at Port Ludlow must have
reservations in by June 30th.
Registration is $25.00 per car (2 people). It includes an event dash plaque, 2 breakfast coupons and 2 lunch
coupons. This is a total value of $34.00 w ith Port Ludlow picking up the difference. The breakfast will be in the
Inn and include coffee, juices, pastries, and a hot selection. Coffee w ill be provided all morning w ith disposable
cups available. Lunch is on your ow n by way of the various food booths w here you redeem your coupons. A w ine
& beer garden w ill also be available.
Judging forms w ill be supplied in the packet and to all visitors. All participants are asked to pick 4 w inners, The
Best Corvette, The Best Porsche, The Best Classic, and the overall Best-In-Show . All w inners w ill receive
trophies. The Best-In-Show will also w in Dinner for Two at the Inn and one Night’s lodging. A photographer
will be at the event.
At 5:00PM all participants can choose to attend a Bar-B-Q Dinner in the Marina Tent w hich w ill include ribs &
chicken, potatoes, vegetables, corn dessert & coffee for $19.00 per person. The tent w ill also have a no host
bar. To make this meal available an RSV P is necessary by July 31st.
During the Bar-B-Q, security w ill patrol the exhibit areas.
Hotel rates and additional event info w ill follow .
Bob Olbrych - 2005 Boxster (360) 437-7698
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7th Annual Olympic Peninsula PCA
Charity Show & Shine
Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Date: May 9, 2009
Start Time: 8:30A – Meeting at Poulsbo McDonalds to drive over as a group
Location: Vinland Elementary School Parking Lot in Poulsbo in concert with the Great Strides
Walk-A-Thon. People’s Choice trophy to be awarded.
Space is Limited – Register Early to Reserve Your Spot
Submit Registration Form below with payment of $20 made out to “ OPR-PCA” or “CFF” and mail to OPR-PCA, P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572. Must RSVP to Maryann Elwell by 4/30/09 at [email protected] or (253) 853-4003. All entry fees are a tax
deductible donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Everyone is encourag ed to add an additional donation to your entry fee and participate in the Great Strides Walk. See details for registering on-line fo r the walk at www.opr-pca.org to send e-mail to prospective donors and
accept and track your sponsor donations made via credit card. You can also request a paper walk sponsor form from Maryann t o use to
collect sponsor donations by cash or check.
OPR-PCA 2009 Charity Show & Shine Registration Form
Name: _______________________________________ Phone #: ________________________
Email: _______________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Car M odel/M ake of Entry: ____________________________________Year: ______________
Names of persons participating in the Great Strides Walk:
______________________________________________________________________________
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7th Annual Olympic Peninsula PCA
Charity Show & Shine
Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Date: June 21, 2009
For those that don’t stay overnight near Grand Mound:
Start Time: 8:00AM – Meeting at Gig Harbor McDonalds to drive over as a group or meet at
the Lodge at 9:30 AM
Location: Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound (near Olympia). People’s Choice trophies to be
awarded.
Space is Limited to 50 cars – Register Early to Reserve Your Spot
Submit Registration Form below with payment of $25 made out to “ OPR-PCA” or “Big Brothers Big Sisters of America” and mail to
OPR-PCA, P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572. Must RSVP to Bob Becken by 5/30/09 at [email protected] or
(360) 710-7666. All entry fees are a tax-d eductible donation to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and will include 2 free passes to
the Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water Park donated by the Great Wolf Lodge. It is important to note that normally Day Passes are not
available – you have to stay at the resort to use the Water Park. This is an incredible opportunity to give access to the Water Park to
some young kids in your life. Everyone is encouraged to add an additional donation to your entry fee. We will open up registration to
other clubs as of 1 May 2009, so register and pay by 4/30/09 to guarantee your spot. Group discount rates are still being hammered out.
Their website http://www.greatwolf.com/grandmound/suites/suites will give you an idea as to the cost of regular rates.
OPR-PCA June 21, 2009 Charity Show & Shine Registration Form
Name: _______________________________________ Phone #: ________________________
Email: _______________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
Car M odel/M ake of Entry: ____________________________________Year: ______________
______________________________________________________________________________
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SOCIAL PAGES
Movie Night-Brett, Maryann, Debbie, Nancy & Ed
Track Day Author: Nancy Scheid
In the kitchen
with B rett , Nancy
& Douglas
This event took place between the Chili Cook-off and the Museum o f Glass Tour. It was held on March 28th at the Bremerton Motor Raceway. Three of our Porsche Olympic Region members were “ Good To Go” and ready for a play day, which is sponsored by the
“ International Race Drivers Club” and was a season opener event.
The weather was, as usual, dread ful, rain, rain, then more rain not to mention the cold temperatures. It did not keep Bill Bonsell from
participating in his red # 18, 1991 Mazda Miata or Jeff Smith in his red # 21 1983 944 Porsche whose motor was prepared by none other
than MAX RPM. They had a great time on the track while Ed Scheid’s 1988 SF Reynard remained on the enclosed trailer being an open
wheel car the rain was just too much that day. Several people did visit with Ed and his car maybe that was just to get out of the rain (hah ).
There was several other Olympic Region Porsches present but not on the track. Let’s not forget the three obedient Olympic Region
canines, Buddy – Scooby (Papillons) and John James’ Greyhound, dressed in her stylish wrap a round coat also in attendance.
An interesting event took place while Bill and Ed were busy raising the new canopy; Debbie was thinking “WOW” something to keep me
out of the rain. She found out much to her surprise th at the Miata went und er the canopy she thought was fo r her we all got a good laugh
out of that. The boys had a lot of track time which is important for the learning experi ence o f rain race driving.
A great time was had by all in spite of the weather.
See ya at the track. Cheers!
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6th Annual Fire at the Narrows Chili Cookoff, by Sandy Baisden:
The Queen and King of Chili this year are Gloria and Keith Mellon. T heir bowl of red was hot, spicy and delicious as was
evidenced by their taking 1 st place in this year’s contest. Everyone is dying to know their secret recipe.
Second place went to our past webmaster & past president, Bill and Maryann Elwell and Randy Baisden placed third with
his special chocolate chili, yum, yum.
Others who joined in the cook-off were Ed and Nancy Scheid with their Buffalo chili, John Keller – good stuff John, Ned
Luce who came all the way from Port Ludlow, and George and Barb Avila, thanks for taming the heat down a bit this year.
We had quite the variety this year and it was nice to have some new entrants. Thanks to the James’ for bring the chips and
salsa, Gloria for her cornbread waffles and Anna Hoey for making her famous cookies.
Despite the cold and rainy weather the margaritas and the hot chili kept us warm. We had quite a large turnout this year,
even more than last year. The farthest member to join us was Doug Duncan from Port Angeles, who is also our youngest
member and took home $33 from the 50/50 raffle. Lee, Kim and Jeff managed to make it later in the afternoon upon finishing up at the Bremerton Race Track – getting soaked to the bone. It was great to see everyone.
Fun, chili and margaritas were had by all. A Big thanks to our hosts, Bill and Maryann Elwell for a great afternoon
Upper photo left to right Kim,
Alex, George, Randy, Brett,
Nancy, Suzie, John, Keith,
Maryann, Lee, Barb,
Debbie, & Sandy.
Below: Lee, George, Brett, Jeff,
John, & Douglas
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Upper photo left to right
Randy Baisden 3rd,
Keith Mellon 1st,
Maryann Elwell 2nd
Below: Barb Avila,
Sandy Baisden, Liz and
Anna Hoey.
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Driver’s meeting
Attendees in group photo to the Glass Museum:
Maryann Elwell, Darwin Geary, Warren & Grace
Stoner, Robert Bernado, Kari Adamski, Barbara
Hanford, Carol Geary, Nancy Scheid, Brooks Hanford,
BJ & Ned Luce, Jennifer & T ony Adamski, John James,
& Dick Brown.
By the way, Congratulations are in orde r for Mr.
Brown and his ne w bride Louise Baxter, they we re
Spring Tour to the Museum of Glass by Bill Elwell
It was the morning of Sunday March 29th and I was standing in the MAXRPM parking lot in Bremerton surrounded by some great
cars and wonderful people. The weather during the preceding week had been chilly and wet. But that morning the sun was shining
and the ground was dry. The game plan was to take a tour through Port Orchard, Olalla, Gig Harbor, and onto the Museum of Glass
in Tacoma. I had spent a lot of time planning the details of the tour, but despite my extensive planning, the day had a couple lessons
in store for me.
Now you need to understand that I’m not a coffee drinker. The first part of my plan was the meeting point. MAXRPM is easy to
find, located close to major roads and I know Alex Raphael, the owner, which made getting permission to use the lot easy. But
there was one thing I didn’t think of. Coffee! But you gotta cut me some slack, I don’t drink the stuff. How would I know that
everyone needed coffee? OK, we had to make the first quick change in plans. We agreed to drive up the hill to McDonalds.
Mickey D’s had coffee, lots of room in the parking lot, and bathrooms. Note to self, always plan event starting points with coffee
and bathrooms.
OK, we were a little behind schedule but the sun was shining and we shoved off and headed for Gorst. We took Route 3 to Gorst
and then peeled off on Route 160 toward Port Orchard. As we passed through Port Orchard the fun started. Bay Street in Port
Orchard runs right along the waterfront. As we left the downtown area Bay Street turned into Beach Drive. Beach is a spectacular
7 mile drive along the water. From there we drove a series of roads that alternately took us along the water and through curvy tree
lined roads. We drove Sedgwick Road to Banner Road which took us to a spectacular overlook of Colvos Passage and Vashon
Island. From there we took Crescent Valley Road into Gig Harbor.
Driving into Gig Harbor I got my next surprise. My cell phone started ringing. Some of the other drivers in the tour were threatening mutiny if I didn’t stop some place with a bathroom. That sounded like a pretty good idea to me too. Guess where we went?
Yup, another unscheduled stop at McDonalds. Yeah, I own McDonalds stock. And, of course, another unscheduled stop meant
more delays from my schedule.
After we left the golden arches, the rest of the trip over to Tacoma and the Glass Museum was a breeze. It wasn’t nearly as scenic,
but it was an easy drive. We were late getting to the Museum;
luckily our docent allowed us to join up with a later tour she was
guiding.
After doing our thing at the museum, we walked to the building
next to the museum and had lunch at Woody’s. My food was
great. And while John James wasn’t looking, I ate a bunch of
his fries. They were pretty darn good too! Thanks John.
Woody’s validated our parking passes and we all headed our
separate ways. We had a great turn-out and the weather even
held out. On top of that it sure seemed like everyone had a great
time. And in addition to all that, I learned a lot about the need
for morning coffee and bathroom breaks!
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Port Authority Silk Touch Crew neck T-Shirt
65/35 cotton/poly blend, hemmed sleeves
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95% cotton/5% spandex, Colors: White or Black with colored trim
Trim Colors: Red, Royal Blue, Black, Navy, White
Sport-Tek Ladies Ringer T-Shirt
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Woman's Port Authority Tiger Mountain Fleece Jacket
Microfleece; Weatherproof laminate insert; Princess Cut for feminine fit
Front zipper pockets; Lycra trimmed cuffs and hem
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Men's Port Authority Tiger Mountain Fleece Jacket
Microfleece; Weatherproof laminate insert;
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Men's Port Authority R-Tek Fleece Vest
13 ounce R-Tek fleece; Twill Taping inside the neck
Lycra-trimmed armholes and waistband; Zippered pockets
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Men's Port Authority R-Tek Fleece Vest
13 ounce R-Tek fleece; Twill Taping inside the neck
Lycra-trimmed armholes and waistband; Zippered pockets
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StormTech Mock Neck Tee
Combed 100% cotton interlock; Lightweight relaxed fit; Solid body.
Colors: Oxford Black, Oxford Navy, Oxford Tan, Slate Brown
Men's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Rainshell
Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood;
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Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood;
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Men's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Vest
Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood;
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Woman's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Vest
Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood;
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2-ply bonded microfiber shell; adjustable cuffs; zipper pull; draw cord hem
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Low profile; Chino twill; Adjustable buckle w/ tuck-away strap; Colors:
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Welcome New OPR-PCA Members!
Ken Chapin, Bremerton — 1994 Black 968
Andrew & Linda Fosberg — Grapeview 2001 Gray 911
Auto Platz (Classifieds)
For Sale: Weltmeister short shift kit for 74 through 86 911. Used only for
a short time & removed/replaced with original shifter for Portland Parade
Concours. Half the cost of new one - $50. If it doesn't fit properly, I will
refund your money. Contact John James at 253-265-2500.
For Sale: Excellent set Bridgestone 205/50ZR17 and 255/40ZR17
wheels and tires for 996. Anacortes area (360) 588-1675 or
[email protected] $1050.00 OBO
Wanted: 914—2L, prefer good condition but okay if it needs work. Email
John at [email protected].
Wanted Porsche wheels: 15”x7” Fuchs or “Cookie Cutters”. Need several
for my ’83 944 SCCA ITS / 944 Cup race car. Cosmetically challenged
OK. Also aftermarket wheels if they are race worthy and will fit. Interested in full sets, pairs, or singles. Jeff Smith, 360-340-1206 or email
[email protected]
2008 OPR-PCA
Membership Directory
Contact our Membership Chair, at [email protected] to request a copy of the
latest Olympic Peninsula Region membership directory. Also, if you have any address changes or telephone updates, please
pass new information to Gloria.
Zone 6 PCA Region and other Car Events:
4/10 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day held at Pacific Raceway in Kent. Pre-registration required and available online at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com.
Cost is $205/driver plus $20/helmet (if needed) if registered before deadline, else $215/driver after deadline, if space is available. For details go to http://
www.pnwr.org/track/driver_ed/default.asp or contact Gregory Erickson at [email protected].
4/18 – 8A – 4P PNWR Autocross (#2 of 8) at Bremerton Raceway . Register at http://www.AutocrossScoreKeeper.com/Register/pnwrpca/ or just come by and watch.
4/18-19 – Porsche 944 Series Cup Race at Portland, OR. For more information contact Jeff Smith at [email protected] or (360) 340-1206.
5/2 – Aberdeen Eagles Car Show. RSVP to Gloria Mellon via email at [email protected] or phone (360) 405-0211 by April 26th or for more information.
5/2-3 – Porsche 944 Series Cup Race at Bremerton Motorsports Park. For more information contact Jeff Smith at [email protected] or (360) 340-1206.
5/8-10 – VIR Crown Isle Retreat – At the Exquisite Crown Isle Golf Resort in Courtenay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Golf Tournament, Rally ,
Show & Shine, Tour, Reception and Banquet. Registration is $150/person (see form at www.opr-pca.org) or contact Rick Kroeker at (250) 758-2232 or
[email protected]. A block of rooms are being held at Crown Isle Resort ($99-189 CDN/night + tax), as have tee times ($55 CDN + tax). Phone Kelly Fraser
at the resort: (888) 338-8439 or (250) 703-5027 or e-mail: [email protected] to reserve by 4/9/09 and mention Porsche Club for rate specials.
5/15-17 – INWR Wine Country Tour – Friday Walla Walla area wineries and Saturday Columbia Valley wineries. For more details go to http://inwr.pca.org/
winetour09.pdf. Rooms are at The Marriott Courtyard Richland at $92.00-$102/night + tax Ph: (800) 321-2211 or (509) 942-9400 by 4/15/09 and Porsche Club
code (PCSS). Contact Ron Casavant for info (509) 845-1222 or e-mail: [email protected]. To drive over with PNWR, meet at the Issaquah “Burger King”
1705 NW Gilman Blvd. Saturday at 7:30A for drivers meeting for 8A departure.
5/17 – 11A ORPCA High Performance Driver Education at Portland International Raceway . $185/driver if registered before deadline, else $200/driver after deadline, if space is available. Info or to sign up call Don Clinkinbeard (503) 970 4848 or e-mail [email protected]. On-line registration opens 4/12/09 at
12:00A (Pacific time) at https://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.requirements/uidEvent/5AAB45D0-0F33-527CA580B5425D0AC5F5
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9th – 8:30A – CFF Charity Show & Shine. Meet at Poulsbo McDonalds to drive as a group to the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides
Fundraiser at Vinland Elementary School. In addition to the Walk-a-thon, OPR will hold a car show and shine during the
event to gather additional funds for the charity. See registration on page 15. To sign up for Walk-A-Thon (about 6/10 of a
mile), go to http://www.cff.org/great_strides/ find_a_ walk_site/ and select "Washington" under state and "Washington
Chapter (Seattle, WA)" under Chapter then click on "Find a Walk". Select "2009 Poulsbo - Vinland Elementary" and click
on "Register" button next to it. Select "I am an individual signing up as a member of a team." and select "Micah's Porsche
Team (Maryann Elwell)", then click on "Continue" and complete your registration.
9th –7:00P – Nueve De Mayo Dinner. At Los Cazadores, a wonderful little Mexican restaurant at 3329 Kitsap Way in Bremerton.
Celebrate the Mexican way, have a marg arita! Please RSVP to Gloria Mellon via email at [email protected] or phone
(360) 405-0211 by 5/1/09.
13th – 6:30P/7:00P – Taco Dinner/Board & Membership Meeting at MAXRPM at 2320 6th Street in Bremerton. Phone: (360)
373-6758. Tacos will be available for $1.50 each and beers for $3 and sodas/bottled water for $1.
16th – noon – Viking Fest Parade in Poulsbo followed by Picnic at Faye Bainbridge Park. At noon we will meet at the McDonalds
in Poulsbo to get lined up for the parad e, which starts at 2P. At the end of the parade we will meet back up at the McDonalds
and head ov er to Faye Bainbridge Park for a picni c. RSVP to Patrick Mitchell at (206) 780-3880 or via e-m ail to
[email protected] for the picni c by 5/9/09. RSVP for the parade to Georg e Avila at (360) 638-1494 or via e-m ail to
[email protected] by 4/29/09, so we can provide the car count to the parade coordinators. We will be ordering Viking
Fest t-shirts for participants at $15 each, please indicat e how many shirts and what sizes you want in your RSVP to George.
Send your payment to OPR-PCA at P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572 or give it to our treasurer, Bob Becken.
23rd – 8:30A Tech Session at Benchmark Motoring at 14350 NE 21st St in Bellevue. Phone: (425) 614-4100 and see their website
www.benchmarkmotoring.com Meet at Gig Harbor McDonalds at 8:30A to depart at 9:00A. Tentatively, BBQ lunch, price
TBD after the tech session RSVP to Brett Burroughs by 5/11/09 via [email protected] or (360) 697-6309.
June 2009
10th – 6:30P/7:00P – Taco Dinner/Board & Membership Meeting at MAXRPM at 2320 6th Street in Bremerton. Phone:
(360) 373-6758. Tacos will be available fo r $1.50 each and beers for $3. Sodas will also be available.
12th –July/August 2009 Newsletter Deadline to send in articles & photos to Gloria Mellon at geesluwez@com cast.net.
21st – Great Wolf Lodge Charity Show & Shine – Benefiting Boys & Girls Club of America. Submit Registration Form with payment of $25 made out to "OPR-PCA" and mail to OPR-PCA, P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572. Includes 2 free
water park pass es fo r the day per car entry. Parking is limited, so must RSVP to Bob Becken at [email protected]
or via phone: (360) 710-7666 no later than 5/15/09. After that we are opening up registration to other car clubs. More details to come regarding special overnight rate at the Lodge.
29th – July 4th – 54th Annual Porsche Parade in Keystone, CO (near Denver). Registration starts March 3rd – 5th and will be
accepted for first 1000 entrants.
July 2009
3rd-5th – Historics Races with Car Corral at Pacific Raceways in Fife.
8th 6:30P/7:00P – Taco Dinner/Board & Membership Meeting at MAXRPM at 2320 6th St in Bremerton. Phone: (360) 373-6758.
26th – Porsches on the Pier in Port Angeles – Cecil & Kurt/Lori Schneider (Ice Cream Social)
August 2009
12th 6:30P/7:00P – Taco Dinner/Board & Membership Meeting at MAXRPM at 2320 6th St in Bremerton. Ph: (360) 373-6758.
12th –September/October 2009 Newsletter Deadline to send in articles & photos to Gloria Mellon at [email protected] .
22nd –Bainbridge Island Tour to Private Car Collection and lunch or diner on Bainbridge Island – Glenn Mounger
Zone 6 PCA Region and other Car Events:
5/22-24 – Silver Sage Bogus Basin Bacchanalia – Three-event gala held over the Memorial Day Weekend (Fri-Mon) at the Bogus Basin Mountain Resort, 16 miles
north of Boise. Includes a rally , my stery event, dinners, and the only hill cross held under the auspices of PCA. Details go to http://ss.pca.org/BBB.htm or
contact Red Jones (208) 345-9444 or e-mail: [email protected]. We have 1 free pass ($90 value) for the event which will go to the first
person to request it from Mary ann Elwell (253) 853-4003 or e-mail: maelwell@century tel.net.
5/23-25 – Porsche 944 Series Cup Race at Bremerton Motorsports Park. For more information contact Jeff Smith at [email protected] or (360) 340-1206.
5/23 – 8A/7:15A – 4P PNWR Autocross (#3 of 8)/Driver Skills Day at Bremerton Raceway . Register at http://www.AutocrossScoreKeeper.com/Register/pnwrpca/
or just come by and watch.
5/30 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day at Pacific Raceway in Kent. Pre-registration is required & starts April 22n d online www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com.
5/30 – 9:15 A Uptown Car Show in Gig Harbor. Meet at McDonalds Olympic Village. Benefits Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation. RSVP to Gloria
Mellon [email protected] by 5/23/09. See www.UptownCarShow.com for more information.
5/31 – 10A Forest Festival Car Show in Shelton Meet at park - between Park and Turner Ave on HWY 3. RSVP to Gloria Mellon via email at [email protected] or phone (360) 405-0211 by 5/23/09. See www.masoncounty forestfestival.com for more information.
6/20 – Hoquiam Car Show – Please RSVP by 6/10/09 to Gloria Mellon at 360-405-0211, or by e-mail at [email protected].
6/28 – Shelton Car Show – Please RSVP by 6/20/09 to Gloria Mellon at 360-405-0211, or by e-mail at [email protected].
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