PCA-GPX - Grand Prix Region

THE
Circuit
March 2016
PCA-GPX
A publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America
The Circuit
March 2016
GRAND PRIX REGION &
ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR
March 2016
5 Sat
5 Sat 5 Sat
4-6 F-Sun
6 Sun
6 Sun
12-13 S-Sun
12 Sat
13 Sun
14 Mon
19 Sat
19 Sat
20 Sun
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
LA Lit Meet & Toy Show, LA Airport Hilton
PCA Club Race, Texas World Speedway
Pomona Swap Meet
So Cal All Porsche Swap & Car Display, Anaheim
GGR PCA DE/Club Race, Thunderhill
CCC Autocross Academy, Santa Maria Airport
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX (NEW DATE)
GPX Santa Monica Mntns/Paradise Cove Tour
AZ Autocross, Wild Horse Pass
Formula 1 Australia
April 2016
2 Sat
2 Sat 1-3 F-Sun
3 Sun
8-10 F-Sun
15-17 F-Sun
15-17 F-Sun
16 Sat
16 Sat
17 Sun 17 Sun
17 Sun
23 Sun
23 Sun
22-23 F-Sat
22-24 F-Sun
24 Sun
30 Sat
30-1 S-Sun
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
PCA Club Race, Road Atlanta
Formula 1 Bahrain
California Festival of Speed, Fontana
PCA Club Race, NOLA
Long Beach Grand Prix
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
AZ DE, Arizona Motorsports Park
Cal Inland Zone 8 Concours
Formula 1 Shanghai
Pomona Swap Meet
SBR Autocross, Camarillo Airport
AZ Autocross, Wild Horse Pass
PCA Club Race, Lime Rock
PCA Club Race, Gateway Motorsport Park
SGVR Zone 8 Concours
SAR Autocross, Central Arizona College
SDR PCA Club Race, DE/TT, WSIR
May 2016
1 Sun
1 Sun
7 Sat
7 Sat 7 Sat
6-8 F-Sun
14 Sat
14 Sat
13 Fri
14-15 S-Sun
15 Sun
28 Fri
29 Sun
GPX Concours, Lakewood Country Club
Formula 1 Sochi, Russia
Breakfast Club — Glory Days Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
SAR Zone 8 Concours
PCA Club Race, Circuit of the Americas
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
AZ Autocross, Wild Horse Pass
CCC DE, Buttonwillow
GGR/PCA DE/Club Race, Buttonwillow
Formula 1 Barcelona
CCC DE, Buttonwillow (verify date)
Formula 1 Monte Carlo
June 2016
4 Sat
4 Sat 3-4 F-Sat
3-5 F-Sun
2
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
PCA Club Race, Motorsports Park, Hastings
PCA Club Race, Watkins Glen
5 Sun
11-12 S-Sun
12 Sun
18 Sat
19 Sun
19-26 S-Sat
24-26 F-Sun
Pomona Swap Meet
GGR Laguna Seca DE
Formula 1 Montreal
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
Formula 1 Baku Street Circuit
Porsche Parade, Jay Peak, Vermont
PCA Club Race, VIR
July 2016
2 Sat
2 Sat 3 Sun
8-10 F-Sun
10 Sun
10 Sun
16-17 S-Sun
23 Sat
22-24 F-Sun
23-24 S-Sun
24 Sun
31 Sun
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
Formula 1 Spielberg, Austria
PCA Club Race, Monticello Motor Club
Formula 1 Silverstone
LAR Zone 8 Concours
GGR DE, Thunderhill
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
GGR Club Race, Laguna Seca
PCA Club Race, Brainerd
Formula 1 Budapest, Hungary
Formula 1 Hockenheimring
August 2016
6 Sat
6 Sat 5-7 F-Sun
6 Sat
14 Sun
19 Fri
19-21 F-Sun
19-21 F-Sun
21 Sun
27 Sat
28 Sun
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
PCA Club Race, Mosport
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
Pomona Swap Meet
Werks Reunion, Carmel by the Sea
Rolex Laguna Seca Motorsports Reunion
PCA Club Race, NJMP
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport
Formula 1 Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Jeff Peck
(310) 345-8081
[email protected]
Vice President
Bob Fulton
(714) 330-7907
[email protected]
Secretary
Marty Goldsmith
(562) 494-6350
[email protected]
Grand Prix Region events are in Bold
Abbreviations
AZ — Arizona Region of the Porsche Club of America
CCC — California Central Coast Region
CAI — California Inland Region
GER — Golden Empire Region
GGR — Golden Gate Region
GPX — Grand Prix Region
LAR — Los Angeles Region
LVR — Las Vegas Region
OCR — Orange Coast Region
RR — Riverside Region
SAR — Southern Arizona Region
SBR — Santa Barbara Region
SDR — San Diego Region
SGV — San Gabriel Valley Region
DE — PCA Drivers Education track event
F1 — Formula 1
PCA — Porsche Club of America
CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver
[email protected]
(562) 430-3010
Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett
[email protected]
(909) 518-0415
Circuit Distribution - Albert Franco
[email protected]
(310) 379-8987
CONTENTS
Concours - Linda Cobarrubias
[email protected]
(310) 990-0993
Features
8 Ft. Irwin Tour
Editor - Bob Fulton
[email protected]
(714) 330-7907
Editor Emeritus- Skip Carter
[email protected]
(619) 992-9927
Flagging Team - Bob & Karen Lewis
[email protected]
(562) 756-8520
Goodie Store - Ludmila Osipova
[email protected]
(424) 279-0069
Treasurer
Linda Cobarrubias
(310) 990-0993
[email protected]
Member at Large
Dave Hockett
(909) 518-0415
[email protected]
Member at Large
Jimmie Mitchell
(310) 539-2568
[email protected]
September 2016
3 Sat
Breakfast Club —
Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach
3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast
3-4 S-Sun GGR/PCA DE/Club Race, Thunderhill
3-5 Th-Sun PCA Club Race, Road America
GPX CHAIRS
Member at Large
Skip Carter
(619) 992-9927
[email protected]
ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE
David Witteried
(760) 373-1413
[email protected]
Insurance - Ron Shanon
[email protected] (310) 375-9840
Membership - Patty Reilly
[email protected]
(714) 402-2405
Past President - Suesan Way Carter
[email protected]
(619) 992-4287
Performance Driving Events - Skip Carter
[email protected]
(619) 992-9927
Registration - Colleen Stein
[email protected] (661) 714-3030
Safety - Nick Perdikaris
[email protected] (310) 901-8154
Social Events Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro
[email protected]
(626) 705-8686
[email protected]
(323) 633-7915
Social Media - Dimitri Shanin
[email protected]
(202) 285-2153
12 Our Concours Journey
14 Book Review - US Route 395 in a 1969 Porsche 912
18 Car Washing Tips
20 Not Just Another Motorcycle Rider
24 February Breakfast Club
26 Low Tech: Tires - The Ride of Your Life
29 Children's Dental Health Clinic Open House
Departments
2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar
4 Day Away From Work Notice
5 Paradise Cove Tour Notice - CA Festival of Speed Notice
6 From The President's Desk
7 Editorial License - On The Cover
22 Badges – Tours – Goodie Store Notices
23 PCA Club Racing Schedule
27 LA Lit Meet Notice - So Cal All Porsche Swap Notice
28 Membership Report
30 Classified Ads
31 Index of Advertisers
Tech Inspection - Dan Hockett
[email protected]
(909) 921-5596
Technical Adviser - Michael Dolphin
[email protected]
(213) 248-4743
Tours - Alan Johnson
[email protected]
(562) 305-8002
Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell
[email protected]
(310) 539-2568
INFORMATION
GPXGrandPrixRegion.com
Zone 8
Zone8.org
PCA National PCA.org
PCNAUS.Porsche.com/national
Porsche AG
Porsche.com
EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the
PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and
are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit
all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full
credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material.
ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA
22150 or [email protected] ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes.
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3rd Annual
March 14, 2016 — Monday
Streets of Willow
Grand Prix Region
Drivers ED and Zone 8 Autocross
NEW DATE
NEW HOTEL
On‑Line Registration
Santa Monica Mountains
Fun Run to Paradise Cove
March 19, 2016
http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com
For registration help:
Colleen Stein — (661) 714‑3030
[email protected]
For other help:
Skip Carter — (619) 992‑9927
[email protected]
Meet in Malibu for a fun run in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Destination is Paradise Cove Beach Café for a fantastic lunch.
YOU MUST REGISTER to guarantee a seat at the restaurant.
All Porsches Welcome
REGISTRATION OPENS
January 21
HOTEL INFO – Best Western Desert Poppy
2038 W. Avenue I, Lancaster (661) 418-0550
$89.99must be reserved before March 5
$89.99 double occupancy with breakfast, wifi, gym, hot tub, pool (mention Porsche Club)
Early Registration Fee: $125.00 per driver
($145.00 if paid after March 7 ‑‑‑ At event $170.00)
Morning practice — 20 minute continuous lap DE sessions
Mid day — Autocross timing — 3 timed laps
Afternoon – Two more continuous lap DE sessions
Entry level event — no special equipment needed for stock classes
Run groups determined by experience and performance
Instructors available (required for novice drivers)
See http://zone8.pca.org/events_de.php for rules, car classification info, tech station locations, etc.
Cars need to be tech’d at authorized Tech Station within 30 days of event
Required Sunday afternoon Ground School for novices (at hotel)
Registration and Tech available at hotel Sunday afternoon
Helmets available for rent/purchase
Breakfast & Lunch: coffee, donuts, breakfast & lunch available at concession stand
INSURANCE NOTE: Liability insurance is provided by PCA’s traditional insurer. A copy of the Certificate of Insurance is available at registration. PCA insurance does NOT cover damage to your car or damage that YOU cause to the facility or other cars. You are responsible
for this. Please see the PCA website (www.pca.org) and go to the insurance page for more information.
Please review your personal car insurance to verify what coverage it provides, if any.
Registration Opens: February 15, 2016
Register & more info: msreg.com/GPXSMPC2016
Or contact Jeff Peck (310) 345-8081 [email protected]
Volunteers Needed - We Can't Do
It Without You!
Largest Porsche Event in the Southwest
Presented by PCA Zone 8
Four hour shifts available the following days:
April 7
Setup Day
April 8, 9, 10 Event Days
April 10
Event Breakdown (After 1PM)
Free parking and a gift for volunteers!
To sign up
Contact Janice Witteried
[email protected] or
[email protected]
The Circuit
March 2016
From The President's Desk
Porsche provides the cars, we provide the fun!
In February, Marty & Brita Goldsmith, Jimmie Mitchell,
Chuck Weaver and I visited the Children’s Dental Health
Clinic in Long Beach where we presented them with our
club’s annual fundraising check. GPX would like to thank
you all for your contributions over the past year. Please see
Jimmie Mitchell’s article in this issue.
Our Breakfast Club, at Glory Days Beachside Grill in Seal
Beach, continues to be a strong event every month. It gives
us all a chance to get together, enjoy breakfast with our
friends, and view all the beautiful Porsches displayed in the
parking lot. We also have a terrific selection of GPX items
and apparel in our fantastic Goodie Store. Please join us on
the first Saturday of each month.
I’ve been asked to repeat this request again. The ownership
of the restaurant has requested that we please park anywhere
adjacent to the restaurant or in the middle row of the parking lot, and not in front of any of the other buildings so that
those business have some parking spaces.
We are looking forward to attending the Mullin Automotive
Museum on February 27. We have joined with the Santa
Barbara Region for this special tour. Full coverage and pictures will appear in a future issue of the Circuit.
The 3 days of the Festival will include PCA Club Racing,
Time Trials, & Track Tours. We’ll also have a Vendor Row
and Food Court with more LA food trucks this year. There
will be Porsche Corrals and a Porsche Swap Meet with much
of the fun being on Saturday and Sunday. There will be
track tours on Friday. This year there will also be a Porsche
Timeline of 911 Turbos and, just announced, the BMW club
will be doing a Sunday Teen Street Survival Course.
One of the greatest aspects of this event is that, like all our
club events, it is put on by a dedicated team of volunteers.
We are always in need of more volunteers for the Festival and
this is my recruiting drive. This is a fun event for participants and volunteers alike. All volunteers get free parking
and a gift.
The Zone will share a percentage of the Festival profits with
the regions based on the level of volunteerism from each
region. So, when you volunteer as a Grand Prix member, you
are not only helping out with the Festival, but also helping
provide funding for Grand Prix events throughout the year.
It would be great to get many GPX members out to the festival this year volunteering their time.
We have more events in March including our Day Away
from Work at Streets of Willow on March 14, and our 3rd
Annual Santa Monica Mountains Fun Run to Paradise Cove
on March 19. We will also have a Hospitality Tent at the
All Porsche Swap Meet at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim on
March 6, the day after our monthly breakfast and Board
meeting. Registration for our events can be found at pcagpx.
motorsportreg.com
THE FESTIVAL NEEDS TRAFFIC CONTROL VOLUNTEERS! PLEASE STEP UP AND HELP OUT ON
FRIDAY AM AND PM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
AND SUNDAY AM AND PM SHIFTS
In April, we are planning an overnight trip to Borrego
Springs. More information on that soon.
To volunteer contact Janice Witteried at jwitteried@hotmail.
com or [email protected]
Coming up in April, I’m excited to be part of the California
Festival of Speed which is “The Largest Porsche Event in
the Southwest.” This is my 4th year in a row and I am really
looking forward to this Zone 8 event. This year the Festival
runs April 8 – 10 and PCA is looking forward to welcoming
POC back to the Festival.
As always we look forward to seeing you around the region.
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THE FESTIVAL OF SPEED IS FUELED BY VOLUNTEERS PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP SUPPORT
THIS GREAT EVENT!
“Fly low and avoid the radar”
Jeff
The heading above says "Porsche provides the cars, we
provide the fun!" As a fairly new participant in the Club, I
find I'm not always aware of what PCA has to offer. I figure
I'm not unique in that way, so I asked Past President Suesan
to write about Parade. I know she and Skip have attended
many, so the event must be special. Here's what she had to
say:
"The Big Annual PCA Convention known as 'Parade' is fast
approaching and, with its extreme popularity, if you blinked
you may have already missed your opportunity to attend
this year. The place is the extremely picturesque Jay Peak,
Vermont, just south of the Canadian border and it is being
held at the end of June.
There are many reasons for the popularity of Parade. They
include the opportunity to go somewhere just because the
venue captured the attention of the Porsche Club of America
for our Big Event.
Parade is also an opportunity to hang around with hundreds
of people who share a love of the same Porsche brand that
you love. It is an opportunity to meet someone who wants to
spend half an hour talking about an amazingly gorgeous specialty color that Porsche made only one year, in the second
part of one year, and only for one run of a particular model.
Parade is an opportunity to meet two types of concours
people. One is those who love to prepare their cars and schlep them half way across the country (or all the way across
the country) to compete. The other are people who wouldn’t
clean a wheel rim but who wouldn’t miss a Parade Concours
d’Elegance EVER. On display are breath-takingly spectacular cars and cars of historical significance owned by some of
the 116,000 PCA members. They all will be judged on the
lawn at Parade at what is sure to be a most beautiful event.
Parade is an opportunity to sit at dinner with your best pals
or cast fate to the wind and sit with complete strangers. You
might end up meeting new best friends or just people that
you run into every year from then on. At Parade you can
stop in the lobby and catch up for a couple minutes with
smiles and hugs for all your old acquaintances.
After the concours is over Parade is an opportunity to celebrate the winners from the other three competitive events:
the autocross, rally, and technical quiz. The National Newsletter and Website awards as well as the Region and Family
of the Year awards are announced and bestowed at Parade.
Parade is banquets and eating out with friends, dining on local fare searched on Yelp, and Diners, Drive Ins and Dives.
Parade is meeting up in the morning before heading out the
door for a tour or off to a volunteer job. Volunteers work at
the Goodie Store, the Information Booth, deliver water or
set up for the evening festivities. You can spend time at the
autocross cheering on the competitors or be a competitor.
But first the day should start with running into Hospitality
to toast a bagel and grab a cup of coffee. Hospitality is where
you will come back to maybe check your email at the Internet Café and definitely to say 'Hi' to vendors and see what is
new in the world. They have great stuff to look at along with
the static display of Porsches in the room. In the afternoon
popcorn is available for munching.
And other than all the above and staying in wonderful
hotels, Parade is a great opportunity to go on the adventures
the Parade team of volunteers have worked for months to
plan. There are museum tours and the stunningly beautiful scenic tours. When I say 'museum' I mean like Bruce
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On The Cover...
Grand Prix Region organized a tour to Ft. Irwin, home
of the National TrainTHE
ing Center. Troops
PCA-GPX
memorialize their
attendance by painting
insignias on the desert
rocks outside the main
gate. Boyd Krueger
took this photo of his
2003 911 Turbo Coupe
and some of those
"Painted Rocks." Looks
like the group had a
great time! Read about
it in this issue.
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Fire from simulated hostile action
"Local" street peddlers
The Ft. Irwin Tour
January 16th, 40 members of the Grand Prix Region took
a tour of the US Army's Fort Irwin, about an hour's drive
northeast of San Bernardino. There you will find the National Training Center, or NTC, at which U.S. troops, from
all the services, spend a twenty-one day rotation before they
deploy overseas.
accompanied by the Garrison Commander, his Command
Sergeant Major and Army wives. They briefed us on the
purpose of the NTC and described life on deployment, as
well as, at home. The training "Box" (as in "Sandbox") covers over 1000 square miles. Included are 13 villages and live
fire ranges.
We started our event by gathering at
the Painted Rocks located just outside
the gate. Outgoing troops memorialize
their time at Fort Irwin by painting
unit insignias on the desert scrabble.
After checking in at the Main Gate,
we assembled at the Post Exchange
parking lot where we organized a
Porsche car show for the troops. Then
we boarded a bus to begin our tour of
the base.
Walking through a village we met
many Arabic speaking re-enactors that
can be friendly or hostile depending
on the training scenario. We were
able to watch a pyrotechnics demonstration simulating mortars, rocket
propelled grenades and improvised
explosive devices. The training is as
realistic as possible based on the lessons learned in the field. Following
the explosions was a demonstration
of four weapons from an M-16 up to a .50 caliber heavy
machine gun. Operating the .50 caliber was a thrill even
though we were only firing blanks!
After being targeted by IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices)
while riding in the bus we met with the Operations Officer,
Omar Menchavez firing an M240B Machine Gun
Firing an M2 50 cal. Machine Gun
During training the firing is simulated by lasers with
detectors on troops and vehicles to record a hit. Cameras
and observer/controllers are everywhere to record the
action for later review of what went right and what went
wrong. In terms of saving lives, it is more important to
learn from what went wrong. Navigating in the desert
and mountains of the "Box" can be a problem. For training, GPS signals can be disrupted forcing the troops to
go back to maps and compasses.
In case you missed our tour, check out Fort Irwin on "Jay
Leno's Garage."
Alan
Johnson
photographers: Boyd Krueger, Charlie Carchedi,
Jim Lenahan, Jimmy Peter, Kesse Ho, Marty
Friedman, Marty Goldsmith, Omar Menchavez,
Ron Walecki
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Return To The NTC
When Alan Johnson found out last year that the Army’s
National Training Center at Fort Irwin was offering tours,
I was ecstatic. In the distant past no such tours had been
offered. While Alan had served as an artillery officer during the Vietnam War before it was the NTC, I had done
research out there during the 80’s and 90’s when I was on
the staff of the Arroyo Center, the Army’s think tank based
at the RAND Corporation. It was the best job I ever had.
When Alan arranged for the visit, I was the first to sign up.
The NTC, a thousand square miles of rugged desert terrain,
served as a stage for training brigade size units. The simulated battles were fought over a two-week training period,
against a specially trained opposing force (OPFOR). The
battles were closely observed by a corps of observer/controllers (O/C's), supplemented by electronic instrumentation.
Daily after-action reviews picked apart the conduct of the
battles at all levels.
to clothe the jeep’s driver. I told him I had my old set and
would gladly donate it. So when we got to the museum on
our tour, there was the display, with my uniform, still bearing my name strip on the blouse, and a regular windshield
sticker identifying the driver as CPL GOLDSMITH. How
do you think I felt about that?
I write this story because I see a great similarity between
PCA and an aspect of the US Army, whose motto could well
be “It isn’t just the equipment, it’s the people.“ The army
folk were the best people I ever worked with.
Marty
Goldsmith
In those days, while the training was excellent, unsurpassed
any where in the world, the Army found that units continued to make the same mistakes. With personnel continuously rotated in and out of units, the Army was not capturing
the lessons learned from the training. I was assigned the job
of identifying those lessons and finding means of getting the
lessons into Army doctrine, training, or equipment.
I did this by spending a great deal of time in the field with
the O/C’s and the OPFOR, having them accumulate statistical data that could be used to identify the problems. I met
many people and made many friends over a period of ten
years or so.
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Canepa in Monterey where the place was stocked with a
917 and where the sweater I wore that day matched the car I
came to visit.
foreground - Marty & Brita Goldsmith
background - COL Hanby & CPL Goldsmith in an OPFOR Jeep
Our host for the tour was COL Scott Taylor, the Garrison
Commander (you could call him the mayor of the post). We
started to chat, and I quickly learned that he was the son of
Lieutenant General “Pete” Taylor, who I had known pretty
well when he was the commanding officer of the NTC during my working days. Our host was a high school student at
the time. Needless to say, he made me feel quite welcome.
A side note: on a social visit to NTC a few years after I retired, I visited the museum then being constructed. One display was to depict the original OPFOR commander, COL
Hamby, in his jeep. He had been killed in that jeep when
it slid off a road and overturned during an exercise. He was
a wonderful officer and I had known him quite well. The
curator told me that they could not complete the display
because they could not find one of the old OPFOR uniforms
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What is there to say about Parade – other than don’t blink
next year…..or you will miss it again and all of the wonderful
opportunities it holds for a PCA member."
Marty Goldsmith's Name Strip
Hope Suesan stoked your interest. Maybe we can have a
group of members from GPX attend next year's Parade!
Bob
cleaning the engine of her 356 with a long Q-tip. The next
day she and her husband drove home with “our” first place
trophy while Beeber and I drove home with the satisfaction
of knowing we were last in class.
The Circuit
by Bill Clevenger
Our Concours Journey
I was 14 years old when I saw my first Porsche. It was red
with a funny “chopped” cloth top and had four small taillights. It looked like the bathtub in my grandmother’s house.
Little did I know that little red car would be the start of a 45
year journey to find a 356 Porsche.
During the first 44 years of that journey, my wife, Beeber,
and I bought and sold over a dozen German cars, not one
of them was a 356 and only one was a Porsche. That first
Porsche was a one-owner, 1979, 911 SC with 38K California
miles. While we were test driving the car, I told Beeber that
I didn’t like it. An hour later I was following her home, pink
slip in hand. Evidently I did like it!
On Friday the 13th of June, 2014, we were on our way to
Monterey, seven years after the San Diego Parade. It was
late afternoon when we pulled into the concours prep area
of the 59th Porsche Parade. For the next two days I was in
PREP HEAVEN. At night we would all go out for dinner
and drinks. The next day we were back cleaning, fixing and
waxing in an attempt at showing the judges a perfect car.
There truly is no such thing as a perfect car, just the illusion
one way we were very lucky, Michael Dolphin was our head
judge and he was encouraging, kind and informative. We
drove home with a 1st place trophy (we were the only car
in the class). I was hooked and Beeber was still laughing.
Four months later I traded our Concours 911 for a not so
concours 1963 356 S90 coupe.
There are cars that look good when you are standing right
next to them and then there are cars that start to look good
when you are 20 feet away. Our 356 was a 20-footer. I knew
this when I bought the car, but what I didn’t know is that a
month later I would have a 10 page list of things to be done
before we dared to show the car. By the time we finished,
our list had grown to 20 pages! In May of 2007, we drove
our 356 Porsche to its first GPX concours, entered the Wash
& Shine class and took home another 1st place trophy.
Again, we were the only car in the class. I was still hooked!
A short time later we were off to San Diego for our first
Porsche Parade, life was good.
As we pulled into the underground parking structure
designated for concours
cars I knew we were in
trouble. The people I saw
prepping their cars had
The First Porsche
been there for days, some
The first month we had the car we
cars were sitting on jack
joined PCA Grand Prix Region
stands and all of them
and signed up for our first GPX
had their engine lids
concours at the Queen Mary.
open. My plan had been
One of the many German cars we've owned - a 1991 VW
Transport
sold
it
to
buy
our
first
Porsche
We entered the Wash & Shine
to drive down, spend
class not knowing things like grease on seat rails and door
the night, show the car and drive home the next day with
jams were deductions. When I told Beeber they deducted
a 1st place trophy. Our first clue that we were way in over
0.1 point for dust under the dash, she started to laugh. In
our heads was when we noticed the girl parked next to us
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The day after we got home from Parade, I started to take the
356 apart for the second time in three months. This time
it would go to Jim East and Son where it would be stripped
down to bare metal, have the gaps reset, metal work done
and painted the original ivory color. All the chrome bits
went over to Verne’s Plating, the original rims were sent to
Bolton’s to be tuned-up and re-chromed. I did the interior,
storage compartment and reassembled the car. I would wait
for the next California Parade before detailing the engine.
restoration in time for the 2014 Porsche Parade in Monterey,
CA. I kicked around the idea of doing the engine myself,
but realized I needed professional help. I had John Willhoit
do the engine while I addressed the engine compartment. In
my opinion, John and his staff are the best 356 guys in the
business and more importantly, he let me work on the car
while the engine was restored. What John didn’t know is I
had another 10 page list of “things to do”. I was in his shop
every day for a month!
Our Garage
For the next five years our 356 became the car to beat in the
Wash & Shine class. In 2014 we drove to Palm Springs to
receive the Zone 8 Wash & Shine Class and Division year
end trophies for 2013. We felt now was the time to move
up to the Street class. Our plan was to redo the car for the
third time, which would include a complete concours engine
There is no such thing as a perfect car!
of one. The judges would decide who the best magician was. The day after the Parade Banquet, Beeber
and I were driving home with a 1st in Class trophy.
The icing on the cake was that our trophy was signed
by Hans-Peter Porsche, thanks to Joe Nedza's quick
thinking.
2012 PCA SBR Concours
The 2015 concours season was our next challenge
which turned out to be an extremely tight competition. As fate would have it, we won the Street Class
and Division year end awards by 0.1 point. What a
year! When Beeber and I first started this journey, it
was all about winning, but now it is more and more
about the people and the friendships we have made.
If you make it to any of the concours please stop by,
you’ll find us next to the ivory 356 coupe. Let’s talk
PORSCHE.
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March 2016
Book Reviews for Porschephiles
Bruce Herrington
by Bruce Herrington, Orange Coast Region
U.S. Route Travel Series Travelogues by Michael Newlon
published by Outskirts Press, Denver, Colorado
Mike Newlon was a Riverside region PCAer. More than
that, he was a nut for Porsche 912s, writing of the “Porsche
912's well deserved reputation as a near-perfect sports car...”
He carefully selected the '69 he ordered new and he drove
that car for 45 years, not just as a daily driver, but as a
tourer. In keeping with the vintage of his car, he toured the
old roads, not the freeways. Mike has moved on to a better
world, but his car and his legacy live on.
Mike's '69 912 has been donated to the Petersen Automotive Museum. The Museum
has posted the donation on their facebook
page. You can go to facebook.com and in the
search area enter Petersen Automotive Museum
Porsche 912. If you click on the car you will
be taken to their instagram of the car. Mike's
912 is the first donation that The Petersen has
posted on social media.
Mike's legacy as a touring driver is preserved in
a series of books he wrote to document his travels. These travelogues were carefully prepared
and well illustrated to report on his experiences as a traveler
of the old school – one who drove the two-lanes to see the
scenery, not to get somewhere, or to arrive on time. The
routes he chose, US 39, 95, 99 and 101, should be of interest
to any touring oriented Porschephile near the West Coast,
and especially to Southern Californians.
Profusely illustrated with photos dealing with scenery and
geology as well as cultural history, each book starts out with
a description of his 912 and its renovation/alteration for his
long distance cruises. There is also an initial discussion of
the pre-interstate 1926 U.S. Federal Highway System from
an era when highways had names as well as numbers. Each
book contains illustrations of the route in question as presented on a 1959 vintage highway map.
Virtually photographic travel diaries, remarks about the car,
its performance and breakdowns are included in each book,
as appropriate. Traveling these roads in the 2000s, Mike had
to work hard to find tidbits of history still showing through
the veneer of modernity. As old or older than US 66, these
routes have as much history as that classic road, even if they
don't have the cachet. And like Route 66, in some places the
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pavement has become four lane, in
other cases it parallels the new road,
and in other stretches it is just no
longer there.
All of the history and current observations are presented in interesting detail. An
eye-opener to this reviewer is the fact that
the frontage road on the south side of I-10
from Banning to Palm Springs is really
US 99, built in the '20s and '30s. That
route extended from Calexico to Blaine,
Washington at the Canadian Border, and
still exists, though in metro-LA it now
carries such labels as Garvey Avenue,
Figueroa Street and San Fernando Road.
The books cover the highway routes from
border to border. Few drivers will have
Mike Newlon's dedication and perseverance to peruse the entire distance, but any
Southern California Porschephile who may drive portions of
these routes regularly should get these books to learn what
they have been overlooking all these years.
There are four books in Mike's series: U.S. Route 395: Travel
America's Three Flags Highway in a Classic 1969 Porsche
912; U.S. Route 99: Travel America's Pacific Highway in a
Classic 1969 Porsche 912; U.S. Route 95: Travel America's
Desolation Highway in a Classic 1969 Porsche 912; U.S.
Route 101: Travel America's Golden Highway in a classic
1969 Porsche 912.
All books are 8-1/2x11 inch softbound of roughly 90 pages
with large readable typeface. Any one or all can be obtained
for $24.95 each at Amazon Books http://www.amazon.com/
books. Search for Michael Newlon.
ED: Mike Newlow was a great, down to earth guy... Just a
guy doing what he loved. If you happened to be lucky enough
you would have met Mike at our GPX concours in May
2013. He was there with a table set up selling his books. We
enjoyed the brief time we knew him. (Skip Carter)
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Car Washing Tips
March 2016
by Mark Aguirre owner/operator of Epic Auto Detailing
www.EpicAutoDetailing.com and GPX member
Most swirl marks, fine scratches, water spots, etc. are caused by poor washing and drying techniques. Following the steps
below will help minimize these issues and keep your Porsche looking clean and beautiful.
The bucket, tools, towels and cleaners above can be purchased from most online auto detail supply stores or Amazon. I buy
my microfiber all-purpose towels from Costco.
If you have any questions about the washing process outlined above, feel free ask me at the next GPX Breakfast Club Meeting.
We are all proud Porsche owners, so taking proper care of our baby makes it that much better. Next month I will cover car
interior care.
Preparation
●● Wash and dry vehicle in a cool shady area. Vehicle should be cool to the touch and not in direct sun light.
●● It’s recommended you wash a daily driver or car left outdoors once a week.
●● Use two 5 or 3 ½ gallon buckets, one for the car shampoo and water and one for pure water to rinse the wash mitt. It’s
recommended to use a plastic Grit Guard in the rinse bucket to keep contaminants and particles at the bottom of the
bucket.
●● Use a shut off valve at the end of the hose to efficiently move through the rinsing process.
●● Use either a Microfiber Chenille Wash Mitt, Sheep Skin Wash Mitt or Sea Sponge to lather the vehicle.
●● Use a wheel brush and wheel or all-purpose automotive cleaner (APC) to clean the rims and tires.
●● Use two Microfiber Waffle Weave drying towels to wipe the vehicle dry. Do not use these towels on the wheels or
jambs.
●● Use separate microfiber all-purpose towels to dry the rims, door/trunk and hood jambs.
Washing Process
1. Start by cleaning the wheels, tires and wells. Spray wheels, tires and wells with your preferred cleaner, agitate with
brush, let dwell for a few minutes then rinse. It’s best to clean and rinse one wheel at a time, so the cleaner does not dry
on surface.
2. After rims, tires and wells are cleaned, thoroughly rinse entire vehicle to remove debris.
3. Now use the wash mitt with soap to lather the vehicle. Lather and rinse one section at a time and do not let car soap
dry on the vehicle.
4. Also rinse the wash mitt in the water bucket and reload with soap throughout the lathering process.
Cleaners and tools used to wash & dry as described
Example washing order:
●● Lather the roof, widows and side mirrors then rinse.
●● Rinse wash mitt in water bucket then reload with soap.
●● Lather hood, front bumper and upper section of the front fenders/quarter panels then rinse. Lather and rinse the
lower bottom of the panels at the end of the washing process.
●● Rinse wash mitt in water bucket then reload with soap.
●● Lather the upper section of all side doors then rinse. Lather and rinse the lower door and rocker panels at the end
of the washing process.
●● Rinse wash mitt in water bucket then reload with soap.
●● Lather the rear deck/trunk, bumper, and upper section of rear fenders/quarter panels then rinse. Lather and rinse
the lower bottom of the panels at the end of the washing process.
●● Lastly lather the lower bottom and rocker panels of the vehicle then rinse.
●● After entire vehicle is washed give it one last rinse.
5. When the vehicle is completely washed and rinsed, use two microfiber waffle weave towels to dry the vehicle. Fold the
towels over and over into smaller workable towels. Use one towel to absorb water (ring out as needed) and one to completely dry the vehicle. If necessary use a third drying towel.
6. Dry the vehicle quickly and do not let water dry on the surface as this will cause water spots. Start with the roof and
windows and work your way down until the entire vehicle is completely dry.
7. Dry the door, trunk and hood jambs with a microfiber all-purpose towel.
8. Dry the rims with a microfiber all-purpose towel.
9. After the entire vehicle is washed, rinsed and dried do a final inspection to check for any missed spots.
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[It’s official.]
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Motorcycle Rider
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Not everyone was a winner, but all these people were!
February 6 saw another great turnout for our Breakfast Club.
Many thanks to Mark Aguirre, owner of Epic Auto Detailing,
who contributed some very nice items for our door prize raffle.
Mark just became our newest advertiser in The Circuit. You can
read his article on car washing tips in this issue.
Big Winner Graham Werle with Jeff Peck
Mark Aguirre - Epic Auto Detailing
Roderick & Deseree Simmons
The Goodie Store has become famous! Two LA Region members
came to our meeting to check out jackets that Ludmila has available. As a matter of fact, they both made purchases.
Brita Goldsmith
Hope you enjoy the photos from Jimmie Mitchell.
Bob McLatcher & Paul Hammond (Visitors from LA Region)
with Bruce Jephcott
Colleen Stein & Jeff Peck
announcing raffle winners
Dino & Maria Militello
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The Circuit
Low Tech Review: Tires - The Ride of Your Life
“Low Tech Review” is an effort to share
everyday kinds of ownership tips with
Porsche owners. There are some subjects I
won’t touch, e.g., I can’t build an engine,
but I can help you walk through decisions
that impact and maximize not only your
driving experience but, first and foremost, provide the levels
of safety you owe to yourself AND your passengers. Some
of you already know about how militant I can be about the
right tires for your car -- they are the ONLY part of your car
in direct contact with the ground!
For many, the obvious question becomes “What is the wrong
or right tire?” The answer is not complex. It is simply that
the tire you choose needs to both accommodate the speed
rating potential of your car and be as closely matched to the
handling characteristics of your specific car as possible.
by Michael Dolphin
defense, he didn’t intend to be a performance driver nor
spend time on a track. What frightens me is that unplanned
situation with a pack of other Porsches and suddenly everybody pushes it up to 110+ miles an hour. It was exactly a
similar circumstance 20 years ago that created a very shaken
husband and wife when their “it-was-on-sale” tire exploded
and caused them to come very close to losing control of the
car at about 100 mph. That is what drives my passion for
this subject.
Porsche (and other manufacturers) design your car’s suspension system with a certain amount of sidewall flexibility and
tire firmness in mind. The amount of grip is affected by how
much tire actually touches the ground and the “give” that
varying pressures allow.
Speed ratings are easy. Buy a tire that meets the highest potential speed you can achieve. So a ’65 356, a ’72 911 and an
’89 Carrera all will have different needs by that criterion.
It shows up in many, many ways. Included is that circumstance where some of you have had to replace wheels because
there was not enough “cushion” in the tire to protect your
wheel from that pothole or curb you might have connected
with.
For all models from about 1992 on, Porsche AG established
a relationship with several tire manufacturers to design tires
matched to specific parameters of suspension and handling
characteristics. Tires ARE technology – and can be designed
to be the perfect contributing enhancement to all the things
that make your Porsche so much different than a Ford Taurus or even a Ford Mustang.
ALWAYS keep your tire pressure really, really close to what
Porsche recommends for that specific tire. There are a number of places to find that information. The driver's door jamb
sticker and/or the owner's manual provided by Porsche are
the best sources.
As an example of choices, a member recently showed me
the brand new set of tires and wheels on his Porsche. They
were highly recommended by a well-known tire dealer (who
highlights their “motor sports” connection in their ads). The
salesman said that these were some of the “...best tires in the
world... and were the factory tire for the Aston-Martin super
cars." The sales pitch worked.
There is good and complete literature from Porsche and
dealerships about tire choices for your Porsche. We also
have some great tire and wheel vendors in the Los Angeles
area. Wheel Enhancement in Los Angeles is probably the
local dealer most familiar with Porsche appropriate tires
and wheels. I’ve almost always gone to TireRack.com to do
research and price comparisons on tires. Their price is quite
often the lowest that you might find - but if you DO go to
Discount Tires or America’s Tire, they WILL match or even
BEAT the Tire Rack price!!
But consider this simple correlation – Astons are front engine/rear wheel drive, mid-mounted-transmission cars that
weigh 700 to 1,000 pounds more than your Porsche. In this
instance there is not the slightest match between tire design
and vehicle! And, worst of all, the tire recommendation
was an out and out lie – the factory recommendations from
Aston-Martin were for a different brand of tire altogether.
Heck, call me anytime for info. I’m not in the tire business
and I have no stake in what you buy. But not only do I want
you to enjoy the Porsche experience, I also want to feel relatively safe if you are in the lane next to me if we happen to
get into triple digits on some long stretch of flat highway….
This member does not see how his thousands of invested
dollars could be such a terrible thing when the car “looks
so good” with chrome and 20 inch wheels. In this owner’s
Tire and wheel sizes matter… There are a whole different set
of parameters for consideration when you change the sizes of
either your wheels or tires. I’ll cover that another time.
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Membership Report
Children's Dental Health Clinic Open House
March Anniversaries
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Matt VanLeeuwen
15 years
Jeff Trask
12 years
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Melodi & Alvin Jones Bob Turner
8 years
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David Weiss
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Dick Krumwied Gail Brown
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Gail Brown & Andrew Boston
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by Jimmie Mitchell
the costs of the Dental Center must be
fundraised. The other half comes from
reimbursement of fees-for-service through
Medicaid and from patients who are able
to pay a small portion of their treatment
cost, on a sliding scale, based on income.
The main clinic is hospital-based on the
campus of the Miller Children's Hospital
at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center,
where the dentists have privileges. In
addition to the main clinic, there is an
Orthodontics Clinic, Oral Health Education Center, a school-based satellite clinic
on Santa Catalina Island, and a Mobile
Dental Clinic that makes its way through
the community.
The Long Beach Children's Dental Health Clinic held their
annual Open House on Feb 10, to thank individuals and
community organizations for their donations throughout
2015. It's a fun event with CDHC providing hors d'oeuvres
and wine. I've attended this event the past six years. The
staff at CDHC has always made me feel very welcome.
This year GPX President Jeff Peck, Brita
& Marty Goldsmith, Chuck Weaver and
I were in attendance. After Jeff Peck was
introduced to Dr. John L Blake (Executive Director) and
Mrs. Barbara Lieberman-Jones (Donations Contact), John
and Barbara took Jeff and me on a tour of the clinic. We saw
each of the state-of-the-art rooms including the Specialty
Care Area, where treatment is provided under IV Sedation
The Open House provides a chance for the CDHC to show
donors how the donations are being used. A State of the
Clinic Address highlights accomplishments for the previous year. The Clinic provides dental care for low-income
children and young adults, including those with special
needs and complex medical considerations. Fifty percent of
Josh & Dyan Hoffman
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Scott Littleworth
Devon & David Demaria
Mark Murphy
Thomas Amarante
Michael Elario
Richard & Nerissa Simpson
John & Deborah Kunkle
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2000 Boxster S
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Weaver, Jeff Peck, Dr. John L. Blake, George Egbert
Rich & Jeanne Shaw
Steve Glas
Ramon Tapanes
George Chavez
for very young children or those with medical considerations. We were told the clinic also provides in-hospital
dental treatment for children with complex considerations,
such as Autism, Asthma, Down Syndrome, Cancer, Cerebral
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●● Clear bra on front bumper and front portion of hood & fenders,
●● Four year transferable Fidelity Platinum warranty, $112,000 - OBO
●● Contact Chris 562 522-9675 [email protected]
Palsy, Cleft Palate, HIV/AIDS, and Sickle Cell Anemia. Pediatric Dentists are also on-call
24/7 with the Hospital ER and serve on Oncology, Hematology and Cleft Palate teams
at the hospital, often providing the required dental clearance before life-saving treatment
can begin. In addition, the clinic is also a teaching clinic for
dentists, providing comprehensive training and instilling in future dentists a deeper understanding of the needs of our most
vulnerable population.
Porsche Parade
Treffen N. America
Member Discounts
Club Racing Autocross
3000+ Events Annually
Apply Online at PCA.org
(Specify Membership in GPX Region)
or
Fill out a Membership Application available at our
Breakfast Meeting, or print from GrandPrixRegion.com
1988 911 Porsche Carrera Targa
●● Casis Red Metallic w/ Black interior
●● All stock with 49,300 orig miles, 2nd owner, Have all paperwork since day one
●● Always garaged, No accidents, Very clean, New top, Current tags
●● Complete with tool kit, jack & owner's manual
●● Have new European headlights w/bezels
●● $54,000 - OBO
●● Contact Georgette 909-223-2741
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620 Pacific Coast Highway
Seal Beach (562) 756-8520
NEW MEMBERS
receive a free
GPX Coffee Mug
HAVE BREAKFAST AND TALK WITH OTHER PORSCHE OWNERS & PCA MEMBERS
IT'S NOT JUST THE CARS - IT'S THE PEOPLE!
Commercial Advertising Rates
Size
Invoiced Quarterly
Size
Business card
40.00/mo
3 5/8" x 2"
Quarter page
75.00/mo
3 5/8" x 4 5/8"
Half page
125.00/mo
7 1/2" x 4 5/8"
Full page
200.00/mo
7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Full key position 250.00/mo
4 Color pricing +40%
Full bleed available on half & full page only
Classified Ads
Free to PCA members, including photo
For advertising information, contact:
Skip Carter
619.992.9927
[email protected]
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Porsche Club of America
Grand Prix Region
P.O. Box 2119
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
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Pacific Porsche
LA County’s Only Premier Porsche Dealer
It’s a given that a commitment to excellence — and performance above
industry standards — is expected at a Porsche Dealership. That is our
baseline. As one of the top 25 Porsche Dealers in North America and the
only dealer to receive Premier Porsche Dealer recognition in LA County,
Pacific Porsche is dedicated to routinely go above and beyond these
demands in our devotion to both the Porsche brand and you, our valued
customers. We ‘live and breathe’ Porsche because we know you demand
the very best.
Experience our difference.
Complimentary service loaner car for all service.
424-271-3822 | www.pacificporsche.com
2900 PCH
Torrance, CA. 90505