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California Inland Region - Porsche Club of America
April 2010 Winding Roads
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Features The Porsche 918 Spyder ..................... 8 Cleaning Your Engine, Part II .......... 12 1971 PCA Parade Memories ............ 16 “U.S. Route 395” Book Review ....... 18
Upcoming Events California Festival of Speed ............... 4 CAI Rally............................................ 7 SBR Rally School............................... 9 GPX Concours.................................. 13 OC Supercar Meet ............................ 14 SBR Camarillo AX........................... 15 SGVR Concours ............................... 17
Departments CAI Board Of Directors ..................... 2 CAI Committees ................................. 3 CAI Calendar...................................... 3 President’s Message............................ 4 From the Editor................................... 5 Board Meeting Minutes .................... 20 Zone 8 Staff ...................................... 22
Volume XXV No. 2
On the Cover: The new 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder Photo provided by Porsche Cars North America (PCNA)
Your CAI Board of Directors
Past President Jim Gude 760.762.7381 [email protected]
Treasurer Alice Rivera 661.466.3140 [email protected]
Secretary David Witteried 760.373.1413 [email protected]
Vice President Dave Stallcup 661.644.8442 [email protected]
The Winding Roads is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America California Inland Region and is published quarterly. $14 of each member's annual dues is for subscription to the newsletter. Copies are also available by subscription to non-region members at $35 per year (Continental U.S.) and for $50 for overseas surface mail. Any statement appearing in the Winding Roads is that of the author, and does not constitute an opinion of the Porsche Club of America, the California Inland Region, its Board of Directors, the Winding Roads editors, or its staff. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. © 2010 by the Porsche Club of America, California Inland Region. All rights reserved. Permission is given to charter regions of PCA to reprint our articles in their newsletters so long as credit is given to the author and the Winding Roads. Our office of publication is: 43759 15th Street West #67, Lancaster, CA 93534. POSTMASTER: Please forward address changes to: PCA-CAI (Address Changes), 43759 15th Street West #67, Lancaster, CA 93539.
Contents Editor: Doug Hoffman
Writers/Contributors: Andrew Chisholm David Witteried Bev Gould Bruce Herrington
Photography/Artwork: Bev Gould Christy Stallcup PCA National PCNA
Proofreading: Vicky Hoffman
President Abran Rivera 661.466.6594 [email protected]
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CAI Committees Webmaster ==== [email protected]
CAI 2010 Calendar of Events Be sure to check out the CAI website (http://cai.pca.org) for all the latest info.
April 3 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 4 Sun Easter Day 9-11 Z8 California Festival of Speed, Fontana 14 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 17 Sat ALMS Long Beach (LB Grand Prix) 17 Sat SBR Autocross School 18 Sun SGVR Z8 Concours, Pasadena 18 Sun SBR Z8 AX
May 1 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 8 Sat SBR Rally School 8 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting in Santa Clarita @ 9:30a, Mimi’s Café 8 Sat SAR Cinco de Mayo AX 9 Sun Mother’s Day (call your mom!) 12 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 15 Sat CAI Z8 Lost in the Desert (Rich Pare Memorial) Rally 15 Sat Armed Forces Day 16 Sun GPX Z8 Concours, Long Beach 21 Fri CCCR DE, Buttonwillow 22 Sat ALMS Laguna Seca 22 Sat SBR Z8 Rally 22-23 GPX/GGR PCA Club Race & DE, Buttonwillow 31 Mon Memorial Day
June 5 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 9 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 12 Sat OCR Z8 Concours 12-13 The 24 Hours of Le Mans 19 Sat Need for Speed Sports Car Show, Tehachapi (tentative) 20 Sun Father’s Day (call your dad!) 23/27 Barrett-Jackson Supercar Meet, Orange County
July 3 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 3-9 55 th PCA Parade, St. Charles, Illinois 4 Sun Independence Day 10 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting in Santa Clarita @ 9:30a, Mimi’s Café 11 Sun ALMS Utah 14 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 18 Sun CCCR Gathering in San Luis Obispo 18 Sun OCR Z8 Autocross, El Toro 18 Sun LAR Concours 24 Sat ALMS Lime Rock 24/25 CAI Cool Coast Tour (tentative)
August 7 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 7 Sat ALMS Mid-Ohio 11 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 8-11 M onterey Pre-Historics 12-15 Monterey Historics, Laguna Seca 15 Sun Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 22 Sun ALMS Road America 29 Sun ALMS Mosport
September 4 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 6 Mon Labor Day 8 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 9-12 PCA Escape – British Columbia 11 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting in Santa Clarita @ 9:30a, Mimi’s Café 11 Sat Z8 Staff Rules Meeting 18/19 SDR Z8 Time Trial - Buttonwillow 25 Sat SGVR Z8 Rally (tentative) 25 Sat Porsche Timeline – Lake Arrowhead 25/26 OCR Z8 Time Trial - Fontana
October 2 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 1/3 F-S GER California Challenge 2-3 SS German Autofest, Ventura 2 Sat ALMS Road Atlanta (Petit Le Mans) 4 Mon GPX DE/Z8 Autocross @ Streets of Willow 10 Sun Oktoberfest in Tehachapi 10 Sun SBR Z8 Concours 13 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 16/17 SDR Z8 Time Trial – Spring Mountain 24 Sun CCCR Z8 (Avila Beach) Concours
November 2 Tue Election Day 6 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café 7 Sun Daylight Savings Time Ends 10 Wed CAI Board Meeting @ 6:00p, Greenhouse Café 11 Thu Veteran’s Day 13 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting in Santa Clarita @ 9:30a, Mimi’s Café 13 Sat Z8 President’s Meeting 20 Sat CAI Z8 Concours 25 Thu Thanksgiving
December 4 Sat CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30a, Greenhouse Café
Membership Currently Vacant...
If you have any ideas or suggestions for events, do not hesitate to contact any of the board/committee members!!!
Newsletter Doug Hoffman 661.823.8107 [email protected]
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Keep in mind that there are 13 regions i n Zo ne 8 i ncluding o urs. A s your Presi dent, I’ ve be able t o get ac-quainted wi th m any of t he ot her re -gion’s m embers a nd t he Z one 8 staff. They are very good folk, just lik e u s. So if you ar e in terested i n pur suing rallying, concours competition, or auto-crossing your car, by all m eans do s o. The other regions will b e glad you did and Zone 8 will be better for it. Don’t forget to mark May 15th on your calendars as “busy”. That Sat-urday is rese rved for our CAI “Lost in the Other Desert” TSD Rally. It is an official Zo ne 8 e vent, m eaning points earned count toward the Zone 8 ann ual awards. Whether y ou a re l ooking for zone award s or not, CAI reg ion will need your support. This year, t he event will start in Lan caster and en d at th e Outback Restaurant in Palmdale. I hope to see you there. Lastly I’d like to th ank An -drew Perez for his service this past year as our Membership Chair. He did a fine job f or us a nd I h ope he get s an other Porsche sooner than later. Best regards to everyone.
again al l very go od. A s f or dessert , I think we had enough to serve everyone three times over. Our hosts did a great job… THANK Y OU. I n s ummary we had a lo t of good food, ev en better company, and everyone had a fun time. Last year we started worki ng on updating the club bylaws and plan to finish them up this spring. When com-pleted, th e updated b ylaws will b e emailed to all th e m embers fo r co m-ments and/or questions. And after a 30 day period the club will ad opt the new bylaws. So be sure to revi ew the p ro-posed bylaws! After all, th is club does belong to all of us. On th at note, don’t hesitate to mak e sug gestion to the board o n a ny t opic. We a re al ways open t o e vent suggestions an d a ny i n-put regarding running the club better. The 9th annual Zone 8 Califor-nia Festival of S peed i s coming up on the weekend on April 9-11. The volun-teer com mittee is still looki ng for re-gion m embers to h elp out. The sh ift duration is only about 4 hours, so make it a d ay and enjoy the festivities. More importantly, en joy th e race prep ared Porsches on t he track a nd i n t he pa d-dock. I ’ll be t here o n S unday an d am looking fo rward t o co llecting m y red volunteer a pron w hich wi ll make a great BBQ or shop apron. If you would like to participate as a volunteer, please contact Alice Rivera by email or phone.
Spring time is here already… how time flies! This time of year i n the high de-sert is a nice change, with the mild tem-peratures, g reenness, a nd a gene ral renewing. Of cou rse, now I hav e t o start mowing the lawn ag ain, not to mention ad dressing the out side h oney-do list.
Well, 2010 got of f to a great start with our CAI In stallation Dinner. The dinner was hel d at t he Pal mdale Holiday In n an d, being in Jan uary, we had the whole place t o ourselves (including t he par king l ot)! The eve-ning went very well; we had good food, great door prizes, and conducted a non-silent act ion t hat o ffered so me uni que items for bid. Jim Gude came up with a very en tertaining and co mpetitive id ea to liven up the post dinner atmosphere. Next year, 2011, is our club’s 25th anni-versary year and we will be celebrating that fact at the next Installation Dinner, so you don’t want to miss it. In February we had our annual Valentine Pr ogressive Dinner. Meg an and Scott Bielski hoste d for appetizers and it was fantastic, esp ecially the homemade di p. T he working pinball machine wa s really neat, too. Elea nor and Mark C harus ho sted both dinner and desse rt. D inner was notably deli-cious an d was bro ught in from a lo cal Italian restaurant; Johnny Carino’s. We had se veral e ntrees t o c hoose f rom,
In a Spin… Both Feet in. By Abran Rivera - CAI Region President
9th Annual Event to be held on April 9-11, 2010 Get the latest info at: http://zone8.pca.org/speedfestival.htm
This one is just around the corner… don’t miss it!
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As an aside, I could not resist using a shot of the new Boxster Spyder on the cover. It i s just so cool t o l ook at! I w as go ing to cr ack some k ind of joke like, “how do you like the picture of my new car that I took overlooking Lake Hughes” or so mething lik e th at. Seeing as how it is not a vailable yet, I figured t hat wouldn’t go t oo far . R e-gardless, it’s a facto ry li ghtweight/simplified edi tion of a production car , has a nice simp le wh ite p aint j ob with Porsche l ettering down t he sides, an d stretches th e limits o f th e curren t p lat-form. Kind of sounds familiar to m e… anybody else ? No wonder I like it s o much (h int: I am b uilding something along t he sam e l ines i n m y garage)! I hope they build a lot of them so I ca n grab one used in about 15 years… There is one other quick item worth mentioning. We have had a lot of new adv ertising activ ity in side the Winding Roads in the last year or so. I, along wi th o ur advertisers, ho pe you have noticed! When you h ave th e op-portunity, pl ease gi ve them your b usi-ness an d sup port. I am su re th ey will appreciate it as much as we do! Enjoy the newsletter everyone. As always , your c omments, feedbac k, and s ubmissions a re welc omed. Ta ke care…
region ar e runn ing a n au tocross ev en sooner ov er in Ca marillo o n 4 /18 (see page 15). So, grab your helmet!
If rallying is yo ur idea of fun , SBR i s host ing a R ally School on 5/8 (see p age 9), wh ich is j ust in time to support our ver y o wn Cal-In land Re-gion Z8 TSD Rally that will be held on 5/15. David Witteried and I faired pretty well at last year’s CAI Rally… maybe we will g o head-to-head th is year ju st to mix th ings up a litt le b it. See page 7 for our rally flyer. Like I said, these are just the highlights. There are l ots of other events poste d in t he calendar. More detailed i nformation can be fo und on the hosting region’s website, so be sure to refer to th e last page of t he newslet-ter for links t o their h omepages. There were just too many flyers ou t th ere to include i n t his e dition, but I t hink I included a pretty good sampling to get everyone started off. Regarding th e n ewsletter on the w hole, y ou m ay not ice a few changes in format here and there this month. I too k a little ex tra time th is go around to m odify th e tem plate, add some more color, and enhance its func-tionality. You may notice (as you move your m ouse around th e scr een) th at most of t he fl yers are l inked bac k t o their s ource on t he various r egions’ websites. Just click on the flyer and your Internet br owser should na vigate y ou to m ore details re-garding t he event. That was the goal… a w ork in progress, so t o s peak. I ho pe the c hanges are beneficial to you and that yo u are ab le to track down all th e detailed in formation you need m ore eas-ily.
Well, I think I was able to squeeze it all in! I am a mazed at how quickly the 2010 PCA and Porsche event calendars filled in an d firmed u p this year. Our region, al ong w ith our neighbors in Zone 8, ha ve been bu sy coming up with fun and exciting th ings to do in your Po rsche. I t has been to ugh to keep up and this edition of the Winding Roads n ewsletter is m y at tempt to d o so… hopefully I didn’t miss too much! As you read through the calen-dar and all th e flyers, notice th at EVERY type of PCA event is currently represented in th e sch edule, in m ost cases more than once. The great news is that most everything is within a com-fortable driving distance from the heart of our region. So get out there and e n-joy! Rallies, Conc ours, Club Races, Autocrossing, Driver Education events, training opp ortunities, and so cial g et-togethers awai t. Here ar e some o f th e highlights… The Zone 8 California Festival of Speed is right around the corner (see page 4). It i s a f ull a nd fun weekend centered around an official PCA Club Race. If you happen to m iss it, well you a re in luc k because you can catch another Club Race in our own backyard down at B uttonwillow in May (see page 9 ). April and M ay have g reat weather for the concours crowd. SGVR will h ost th eir even t i n Pasad ena on 4/18 (see page 17) and GPX will gather cars on 5/16 (see page 13). The real fast and loud types will be doing their thing in Long Beach on the weekend of April 17/18 t o b oot (see page 11 f or det ails on how to get a healthy discount on the price o f a dmission t o t he Lo ng B each Grand Prix). I m issed th at on e last year, so t he Saturday afternoon ALMS race is on my calendar (in pen) this year.
Or, pe rhaps y ou would p refer to b e a b it mo re “invo lved” with th e driving? The Bu ttonwillow ev ent also includes a Driver’s E d and Time Trial option. And the fo lks over in the SBR
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PCA Cal-Inland Region Presents: Porsche Club of America Zone 8
Rich Paré Memorial Rally
A Time-Speed-Distance Rally
WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 2010 Registration Opens: 9:00 AM. First car leaves at 10:01 AM. WHERE: Cinemark Theater (across from Clear Channel Stadium) Exit Ave I from Freeway 14, West to Valley Central Way, turn left, then right to get to theater parking lot. COST: $30 per car at the start, $25 per car if you pre-register by April 17, 2010. EVENT: Under 4 hours. Variety of Los Angeles and Kern County roads: fun for all. CLASSES: Novice (E), Tour (D), SOP (C), NAV (B), Expert (A). See http://zone8.pca.org/. Click on Competition Rules, and then click on Rally. Standard Zone 8 Rally Classes. NOVICES: No experience required. Good stuff to bring: Navigator, time-of-day watch, clipboard, paper, pencil(s), water bottle. You will have fun, even if you leave any of the above at home. You must have a driver and navigator. INFO: Mike @ 661-273-2690 or e-mail to [email protected]. This event is hosted by the Cal-Inland Region of the Porsche Club of America. You do not have to be a PCA member to participate. We welcome all cars with a driver and navigator, regardless of make. Bring a friend. ------------------------------------------PRE-REGISTER ------------------------------------------- To SAVE $5.00, pre-registration MUST be received by April 17, 2010. (Make checks payable PCA/CAI) Send this form to Zone 8 Rally, 256 E. Ave. P-1, Palmdale, Ca. 93550-3223 Driver:___________________________ Navigato r: ___________________________ Address: _________________________ Addres s: ____________________________ City, St., Zip:______________________ City,St.,Zip:__________________________ Phone: ___________________________ Phone: ______________________________ Class:___________ (see web site) Email: ____________________________________
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ATLANTA - M arch 1, 20 10 - Today, on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show, Porsche unv eiled an u ltra-efficient, low-emission, m id-engine super sp orts car featuring hybrid and electric d rive technology.
The 918 Spyder concept com-bines hi gh-tech racing feat ures with electric-mobility to o ffer a fascinating range of qualities. For ex ample, it is planned to provide an emission level of just 70 grams of CO2 per kilome-ter on fuel con-sumption of only three liters/10 0 k i l o m e t e r s (equal t o a p-proximately 7 8 m p g U . S . ) , which is truly o u t s t a n d i n g , even for an ul-tra-compact city car. This c ar, however, i s i n-tended t o offer the pe rformance of a s uper sports car with acc el-eration from a standstill to 10 0 km/h in ju st un -der 3.2 seco nds, top speed of 320 km/h (198 mph), and a lap t ime on t he Nordschleife of Nür-burgring i n l ess t han 7:30 m inutes, faster tha n e ven t he Porsche Carrera GT.
The 918 Spyder is one of three Porsche models with hybrid drive mak-ing t heir w orld debut at t he 2 010 Ge -neva Motor Show. This trio - made up of Po rsche's new Cayenn e S Hybrid SUV with parallel full-hybrid drive, the 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car with elec-tric drive on t he front axle and a fly-wheel mass battery, and t he two-seater high-performance 918 S pyder mid-engined s ports car wi th plug-in hybrid technology – clearly demonstrates not only t he great b andwidth of th is new
drive technol ogy, but also t he innova -tive power of Porsc he a s a ge nuine pioneer in hybrid drive.
The h ighly-innovative 918 Spyder concept car combines Porsche's Intelligent Perfo rmance ph ilosophy with the hi gh-technology fr om mo-torsport, with classic but m odern d e-sign t o m ake a t ruly c onvincing state-ment.
Innovative powertrain combines race-bred V8 engine with electric drive This ope n two-seater is p owered by a high-revving V8 developing more than 500 horsepower a nd a m aximum en-gine sp eed of 9,200 rpm - as w ell as electric m otors on t he front a nd rear axle with ov erall mechanical output of 218 horsepower (160 kW).
The V 8 c ombustion en gine is the ne xt st ep in t he e volution o f t he highly successful 3.4- liter powe r unit already featured in the RS Spyder r ac-ing car an d positioned m id-ship, in front of t he rear axl e, gi ving t he ca r excellent balance a nd t he right set -up
for suprem e perform ance on the race track.
Power is transmitted to th e wheels by a seve n-speed Porsc he-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) trans-mission that feeds the power of the electric drive system to th e rear ax le. The front-whe el electric dri ve powers the wheels through a fixed transmission ratio.
The energy reservoir is a f l u i d - c o o l e d lithium-ion bat-tery po sitioned behind t he pa s-senger cell. T he big advantage of a p lug-in hybrid is th at t he bat-tery can be charged on the regular electrical network. A fur-ther point is th at the car's k inetic energy is c on-verted in to e lec-trical energy fed into th e b attery when app lying the brakes , thus providing ad di-tional energy for fast and dynamic
acceleration. Driver's choice of four distinct driv-ing modes A button on th e steer ing wheel allo ws the driver to choose among four differ-ent running modes: The E-Drive mode is fo r r unning t he car unde r electric power alon e, with a range of up to 25 km or 1 6 m iles. I n t he Hy brid m ode, the 918 Spyder us es bot h the electric motors and the combustion engine as a function of driving cond itions an d re-quirements, of fering a range from par-ticularly fuel-efficient all the way t o extra-powerful.
Porsche Reveals High-Performance 918 Spyder Concept Highly Efficient and Ultra-Fast Plug-in Hybrid Super Sports Car Unveiled in Geneva
Story & Photos Provided by Porsche Cars North America
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The Sport Hy brid m ode uses both drive sy stems, but with t he focus on per formance. Most of t he dri ve power goes t o t he rear wheels, with Torque Vectorin g serv ing to addition-ally im prove t he ca r's driving dynam-ics.
In the Race Hybrid m ode the drive systems are focused on pure per-formance with the highest st andard of driving dynamics on t he track, running at the limit to their power and d ynamic output. W ith th e b attery sufficiently charged, a push-to-pass button feeds in additional electrical p ower (E-Boost), when overtaking or for even better per-formance.
With th e h ybrid driv e system offering t his wide range o f i ndividual modes and applications, the 918 Spyder is able either to achieve lap times com-parable to those of a t horoughbred rac-ing car, or the extremely low emissions and high fuel econ omy fi gures of a plug-in hybrid. Advanced body structure and design offer more than just good looks Like th e driv etrain, th e lig htweight body structure of the Porsche 918 Spy-der also bears out the car's DNA carried over directly fr om motorsport: T he modular st ructure wi th i ts m onocoque bodyshell m ade o f car bon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFP) and liberal use of m agnesium an d al uminum not only reduce w eight to b elow 1 ,490 kg, o r 3,285 lb, but also ensure supreme driv-ing pr ecision th anks to a high lev el of torsional stiffness.
Reminiscent of hi ghly s uc-cessful, lege ndary racing ca rs suc h as
the Porsche 917 and t he c urrent Porsche RS S py-der, t he 918 Sp y-der, with its d e-sign c oncept so typical of Pors che arouses pow erful emotions. The combination of racing car dimen-sions, cl early structured de sign with p erfectly balanced surfaces, and i nnovative details th rough-out, c reates a n i deal sy nthesis of f orm and f unction - fol lowing Porsche's de-sign DNA.
The sm ooth b alance of tradi-tion and progress gives the car a power-ful stance on the road. Variable aerody-namics, typical of Porsche, e nsures both visionary an d t raditional hi gh-lights especial ly around t he rear spoiler. The striking rear hoods extend-ing out of t he head rests, i n t urn, n ot only fulfill an aerodynamic function on the 918 Spyder, but also accommodate retractable air in takes with a ram air function. High-tech interior provides glimpse into the future The d river an d pas senger a re not only embedded in cont oured sp orts bu cket seats but also form part of the cockpit, which provides a sy nthesis o f ef ficient functionality an d ergo nomic h igh-tech operation. Add itionally, t he co ckpit offers a glimpse at the potential interior architecture of futu re Pors che supe r
sports cars . The three fre e-standing circular dials for road spee d (left), en-gine spee d (m iddle) a nd ene rgy m an-agement (right ) would a ppear to c ome directly from a racing car in the ' 60s, bearing ou t that u nique ph ilosophy of driver orientation so ch aracteristic o f Porsche.
The cent er c onsole ri ses up towards the front in the 918 Spyder and houses a touch screen for intuitive con-trol o f t he ca r's fu nctions, serving t o reduce t he number of visible co ntrols and m aintain th e principle of d irect operation.
The con trol un its relev ant t o the dr iver ar e ma inly conce ntrated on the th ree-spoke m ultifunction spo rts steering wheel, while the variable driv-ing m odes a re s upplemented by a switch en abling th e driver to call u p various dri ve pr ograms and servi ng as the push-to-pass button for E-boosting. Instrument illu mination, fin ally, v aries from gree n for t he c onsumption-oriented running m odes t o r ed for t he
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In m y first article ab out clean ing y our engine, we e xamined ho w t o st eam clean the engine for the first tim e. Typically, if you m aintain the cleaning routine, y ou only have to st eam clean the en gine once. I did t his on m y Denali a few years a go. That ve hicle has been through the snow, mud, and a lot of m iles sin ce I did t hat. Bu t re-cently we took it to a m echanic and he was amazed how clean the engine was. Tom does a t ouch up cl ean on t he en-gine whe n he does an oi l change or other m aintenance, but it sh ows you how a good first time clean will last. Now y ou have y our e ngine steam cleaned and you want to get more grease and dirt out of the engine. There a re four prim ary area s of y our engine to attack at this stage:
• The sheet metal on the sides/front, • The painted sides/shelves, • The fan/fan shroud & the trickiest, • The engine parts. There are many more areas t o clean, but let’s tak e th is in stag es or you m ight g et ove rwhelmed. In t his article we will co ver t he sheet metal and painted areas of t he engine. Clean-ing the engine parts will probably be an article in itself, we’ll see. The s heet m etal i s probably the easiest to clean. You got most of the grease off whe n you steam cleaned the eng ine. A trick I found th at wo rks on removing old built up grease is WD-40 or Zymöl’s Str ik En gine Clean er. They both work very well at d issolving grease. Take some WD-40 or Strik and spray it on th e sh eet m etal. Neith er product will no t h arm yo ur engine, so don’t worry ab out g etting it o n so me-thing. You will want to spray enough to cover t he grease, bu t not swim in it. However, if y ou do get too enthusias-tic, t oo m uch d oesn’t harm any thing except your pocket book. For now I am going to refer to the WD-40 product as mentioning b oth get s a bit r edundant. The k ey is t o f ind a pr oduct yo u ar e
comfortable with and use it. I use these two as I ha ve ha d good results wi th them. Let the WD-40 sit there for a few minutes and then take one of these old t oothbrushes I have t alked a bout before and work the toothbrush on the liquid i n sm all ci rcular m otions. T his will loosen most of the old dried grease cohabiting i n your eng ine. Work t he
toothbrush i n the c revices a nd e dges along t he sides o f t he e ngine. Next, make s ure y ou have pl enty o f pa per towels, some d isposable g loves (it is a dirty j ob) a nd a wast ebasket. Take t he paper towel and wipe the WD-40 from the sheet metal. Go ove r the area with paper towel un til you feel yo u have gotten m ost of the grease off. Grease can b e v ery stu bborn and you will probably have to go over the same ar-eas once or t wice a gain t o get all the old grease. Now tak e a citru s ( if you are using Strik you can skip this as it is a bi o product) o r Si mple G reen t ype cleaner and spray t he a rea. Take a n-other old t oothbrush a nd u se t he same circular motion on the liquid. Use paper towel t o wipe th e area down, m aking sure you g et the cr evices and under the lips of th e metal. Th is will p ick up more "stuff" and rem ove a ny resi due from th e metal. Th is is probably th e most grat ifying part of t he j ob. T he metal gl eans and y ou ca n wipe y our fingers al ong there a nd not ha ve to wear gloves. If your painted metal is in bad s hape, y ou m ay want t o e ntertain
the th ought of p ainting it after it h as been clea ned. This is wha t we did, however y ou have t o t ake t he e ngine out in order to do it properly. You ca n use pr oducts other than WD-40 or Zy möl’s S trik, som e work pretty good. I have had such good luck with t hese, I do no t u se an ything else on ol d d ried stubborn g rease. By the way, WD-40 works great on clean-ing door hinges, latches, and pins etc. The next a rea of attack wil l take l onger a nd needs m ore pat ience. You steam ed cleaned t he e ngine a nd tried to get mo st of th e yu cky greasy stuff off the painted areas. Don’t be too concerned if you d id not get it co m-pletely clean. The rough paint and crev-ices make this a bear to clean and maintain. Th e too thbrushes are esp e-cially handy for t hese rough are as. Spray the Strik, citrus or Simple Green cleaner on th e paint; let it sit for a few minutes before putting your toothbrush into actio n. Use th e same circu lar mo-tions we have discussed before to work the dirt a nd grease from the paint. Be careful not t o r ub t oo ha rd, t he paint may b e old and can ch ip of f. It is al-ways a good id ea to h ave so me to uch up paint i n the g arage, just in case. If
you need touch up paint, go to a good automotive paint store an d they’ll do a color match f or you . As you w ork th e toothbrush, sp ray more cleaner o n the area. Th is will add new clean er to at-tack recently uncovered dirt and grease. Paper towels do not work that great on
Cleaning Your Engine - Part 2 Story and Photos Provided by Bev Gould
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This is the left hand side rear sheet metal area on an early 911.
Cleaning around the distributor area. One of the tougher places to get at...
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clean up. If yo u have no thing to lo se and the surface is a mess, give the WD-40 a s hot. J ust m ake su re y ou use t he soapy cleaners to clean it all up. WD-40 has a pet roleum base, w hich could keep ne w pai nt from adhering an d at-tract more dirt in the long run. Next time we’ll talk about cleaning the fan and fan shroud area. The fan is a n area that needs constant attention a nd I will cov er some o f t he m oving parts around t he fan s hroud a s p art o f t hat article. Let me know i f you have any questions!
this part of the engine except to mop up the excess cleaner. Do not try to rub the paper towel as it will shred and become a big mess. Use an old towel or Handy Wipe or Microfiber towel th at you can dip in a bucket to rinse and use again. Make su re y ou get under t he
motor mounts and way in the back. The area under the oil filler is a perfect ho-tel for grease and d irt, kicked up f rom the fan. Another area that gets forgotten is u nder you deck lid . This can get an oily film on i t from the engine as heat , water, dirt a nd ot her m aterials are mixed together and then rise up to rest under the deck lid. Once you have gone over the painted surfaces, go over them again. T he se cond pass wil l clean up any o ld d ebris that was no t p icked up the first tim e and you will be surprised how m uch clean er it will loo k. If an y paint flaked of f, this would be a g ood time to touch up the paint. The area is
clean of di rt and grease s o the pai nt will adhe re to the surface much better and will not flake off the next time you clean it. You n oticed I did not say to use WD-40. I do not use the WD-40 on these area s because t he rough surfa ce traps m ore WD-40 th an I am ab le to
Engine Cleaning (Continued from page 12) (Editor’s Note: Bev Gould has been involved in PCA for over 30 years. She is the former Zone 8 Representative for PCA and has held many positions within the club. Her 1970 911E has won many awards in both PCA and Non PCA Concours d’ Elegance shows. Bev is Vice President of TC’s Garage, which she owns together with her hus-band Tom, and can be reached at [email protected].)
Working under the oil filler neck and the filter areas can be a real challenge.
Don’t forget to take a couple passes at the underside of the deck lid!
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Dan in troduced m e to th e me mbers of his group and invited m e to p ark with them in th e con cours prep parking lo t. So much for not knowing anyone 2000 miles from home!
Tuesday w as con cours day with over 100 Po rsche car s d isplayed for ju dging. It is h ard to explain the impression tha t spectacula r s cene had on m e. I u sed all o f th e fil m for m y camera that I had b rought with me and wished I had more. I went fr om Por-sche t o P orsche, t aking notes an d pi c-tures a nd t alking t o m ost any one who would l isten. What a w onderful day! The owners of the Porsc hes displayed all seemed to have a special story about their cars and were anx ious t o tell th e story. Back at the Lodge late that after-noon, I thou ght that this sort of gather-ing was not just ab out the cars, but the very special people who drive them. Maybe there is a slogan brewing there.
I was real ne rvous about the autocross. If there is any event where I can display my sk ills, th e au tocross is it. On Wednesday morning, I sh owed up early t o m ake s ure t hat I was pre-pared. Fi rst, t he 912. Ju st t ake al l movable ite ms fro m th e in terior an d trunk, tak e of f th e hubcaps (yes, hu b-caps) and adjust the tire pressures. For a “stock” class Porsche, that is about it and n ot m uch has c hanged ov er t he years. As for driv er prep, walk th e course an d m ake sur e you know ex-actly where you want to go. One main thing about the autocross game is not to hesitate wh ile yo u wonder where th e course goes.
The Sun Valley autocross was held on pub lic str eets, so me of which were roads in front of houses and con-dos not yet built. This made for kind of a “road cross”, fun to drive and safe for the dri vers. The 912 class was well represented, with 23 cars entered as four cylinder Porsches were pretty common. As t he 9 12 group l ined up for the start, I tho ught I shou ld have a pretty good chance to do well. Lo ts of different colors and years of 912s were
be there. No one from my region was going to attend. How would I do com-peting against all of t hose experienced and accomplished Por sche dr ivers? Maybe I should sit this one out. Or just attend a nd t ake pi ctures. I decided t o enter th e au tocross and t he hill cli mb competition. At least I h ad some local autocross experience.
After a won derful trip in my 1969 912 , I drove i nto th e parking lo t of th e Su n Valley Lo dge. I t was a beautiful place, but m y first fear had come true. T here I was in the midst of hundreds of Porsches a nd I kne w no one. H owever, no s ooner t han I had switched off the ign ition, I was ap-proached by an official-looking guy in a Castro l Oil hat. Uh oh, I m ust b e parked in the wrong place. He ha d spotted m y Virg inia licen se plates an d came over to introduce himself. Turns out he was Dan Rowzie of the Potomac region. D an and I had met at a cou ple of PCA ev ents b ack e ast, an d h e was one of those fam ous peo ple with his name in th e Pano, as he served as the National Public Relations guy for PCA.
As a youn g ro okie Po rsche o wner, I discovered t he be nefits o f P CA m em-bership af ter joining in 1969 . What really go t m y atten tion was this won-derful Panorama magazine that ap-peared in my mailbox each month. I n the days when there were no electronic means of com munication (a s we prac-tice today), and Porsche ownership was somewhat rare , this m agical Porsche -only publication was a real treat to re-ceive.
Panorama’s pages i ncluded lovingly written articles ab out Porsch e cars and the people who drove them. It featured advertising of Porsche stuff to buy, upcoming eve nts t o at tend, Por-sche f actory news and stor ies of Po r-sche racing from all over t he world. One event that caught my eye was the annual PCA co nvention, referred t o as the Porsche Parade. In 1971, Sun Val-ley, Idaho would be the location. I just had to attend.
I mu st a dmit b eing s omewhat intimidated at atten ding such an ex -travaganza. Some of thos e fam ous people mentioned in th e “Pano” would
A Novice View of the 1971 Sun Valley Porsche Parade
Story by Andrew S. Chisholm - First Settlers Region Story & photo provided by PCA National
(Continued on page 19) The author “back in the day…” with his 912 at Parade.
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“U.S. Route 395: Travel America's "Three Flags Highway" in a Classic 1969 Porsche 912”, by Michael R. Newlon, PCA Riverside Region mem-ber. Published by Outskirts Press, Den-ver, CO.
Most all Sou thern Californ ians are aware of U.S. 395, the in land rou te to Mono Lake, Yosemite and Lake Tahoe. Though the signs make it clear that 395 is a US Highway, this reviewer never thought about it being more than just an old r oad t hrough s outhern California. After all, going south, it just plain stops in Hesperia. It seem ed reas onable t o assume th at go ing north it just p lain
stopped at Ta hoe o r, I g uessed, i t was actually Reno. It turn s out there is/was much more to it that my current percep-tion. In actual fact, 395 goes all the way to (comes all th e way fro m ?) the Canadian border, an d h ere is th e book to prov e it. The app ellation “Th ree Flags Highway” comes from the ori gi-nal intent, never quite realized, to con-nect the Cana dian border to the Mexi-can bord er. Conceptually estab lished (and numbered) in 1926 with the estab-lishment o f th e Fed eral Highway Sys-tem, the US 395 label was first placed on a ro adway north of Sp okane, Wash-ington t o th e Can adian border. Ulti-mately, 395 reached 1490 miles, but its length was reduced to 1305 miles when it’s s outhern most ri ghts of way were co-opted by pieces of Interstate 15 and 215. U.S. Route 395 is a un ique document. It describes a drive o f t he entire length of US 395 from the Cana-dian Bord er to its cu rrent end i n Hes-peria. But it is not a detailed route map (like a AAA TripTik), it is no t a de-tailed guide to the places along the way (like a Fodors). Instead, it is a friendly, human re port of a fascinating d rive i n an old Porsche. More a diary than a set of driving instructions, it deals with all the fun of m aking a real t rip. What other ‘t rip guide’ w ould describe t he experience of having a road hazard flat
with a virtually new tire? Continuity of th e n arrative is greatly enhanced by periodically in-cluding im ages of a road at las, anno-tated to show highlights of the trip. The fact that the atlas used was a 1959 edi-tion (even ol der t han t he car), pre-dating t he In terstate High way syste m, completes the sense of time travel back to the good o l’ days that pervades th is book. Lavishly illu strated with bo th driver’s ey e and "t his i s w hat i t l ooks like" pictures, it is easy to becom e en-grossed in the author’s experience as he makes hi s pi lgrimage do wn t he ol d highway. Old as it is, much of the road appears t o be a dri ver’s dream, wi th good pavement, wide open spaces and virtually no traffic. The au thor has taken the time to st op a nd p hotograph m any o f t he significant b uildings, historic markers and i nformation si gns t hat m ost o f us just sail by. It turns out that these things really are interesting! Other item s overlooked by most travelers, like ge ologic features, are descri bed and presented in large, full color photographs. U.S. Route 395 may be ava ilable fo r $24.95 at yo ur favorite bookseller (ask for it) or d irectly fro m th e au thor at http://www.michaelrnewlon.com.
Book Reviews for Porschephiles
Story by Bruce Herrington, Riverside Region Reprinted, with permission, from the GPX Region’s “The Circuit”
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me in actio n at th e Sun Valley au to-cross.
There, in th e September, 1971 issue of the Porsc he Panorama, for all the world to se e forever, is a picture of me au tocrossing with th e windshield wipers on full blast. It was not raining. Be careful of what you wish for.
In the minds and memories of all wh o attend ed t he Su n Valley Pa-rade, i t has always been known as one of the best ever, especially for it’s time. I was f ortunate t o ha ve been t here. I have t hat 7 th place trophy around he re somewhere, but the m emories of the folks who we re the re rem ain to day. People su ch as Dan Rowzie, Walt Woodhead a nd B ob H arper and t heir friends and family of the Potomoc Re-gion m ade m y first Porsche Para de a neat e xperience. My attendance at 28 Porsche Parades since has a dded many more lifetime Porsche friends a s the years have gone by. Check out the next Parade, where ever it m ay be hel d, for lifetime memories of your own.
Oh, on e more thing. I h ave been practicing at this aut ocross t hing and want you six guys who beat me in Sun Valley to kn ow th at I want a re-match!
performance-oriented dr iving pro-grams.
The Por sche 91 8 Sp yder con-cept also comes with further innovative functions suc h as t he R ange M anager. After being activated in the Center Dis-play, the Range Manager uses the map in the navigation system to present the remaining ra nge t he ca r is able t o cover, naturally allo wing t he d river to influence that range through the appro-priate c hoice of power a nd pe rform-ance.
In cities with en vironmental alert areas the Range Ma nager als o states whethe r the driver i s a ble t o reach a ce rtain destination on electric power alone.
Applying this information and using fu rther info on t he av ailability and lo cation of sp ecial en ergy filling stations, t he driver is t hen ab le to choose hi s personal style o f driving as well as the ri ght battery c harge an d filling strategy.
Offering a unique combination of e xtremely l ow fuel co nsumption, supreme performance and long electric range, the Porsche 918 Spyder concept represents an essen tial mi lestone in Porsche's st rategy on the way to genu-ine electric-mobility.
918 Spyder (Continued from page 10)
staged, but all seem ed somewhat t he same, making it close to a “spec” class.
The flagman waived the green and I wa s off on m y first Po rsche Pa -rade a utocross. Thi s was big t ime for me and I wanted to make a good show-ing. I di d OK f ollowing t he c ourse, made a couple of m istakes in the “turn around” ar ea where I t hought I sh ould shift to first gear and ultimately fin -ished 7th in class. I was kind of disap-pointed with my performance, but only 2.34 seconds from the first place tim e of 1:51.69. At the autocross banquet, I was a warded a tro phy f or my effo rts and received applause from those in attendance. Wo w, I was one n otch down from the Indy 500!
Upon arriving home, I had al l of m y pi ctures devel oped a nd t hought that I sure would like to have one of my 912 in act ion during t he autocross. A great idea would to be to put a request in the Mart section of Pano, so I sent in an a dvertisement to the Wanted sec-tion. After all, lo ts of people were there a nd m aybe s omeone would have a picture that they would share. I never got a res ponse fr om my ad, but t he Pano editor took no te o f my request and published a picture of my 912 and
1971 Parade (Continued from page 16)
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California Inland Board Meeting January 13, 2009. T he m eeting wa s called t o or der at 6: 45 p .m. In at ten-dance: A bran Rivera (P resident), Jim Gude (Past-President), Ali ce Rivera (Vice-President), Mark Charus (Secretary), R oy Jense n (Treasurer), David Alpert, and David Witteried. Old Business: Ballots for the 2010 Board of D irectors for California Inland Region, PCA were counted and the results were announced:
President - Abran Rivera Vice President - Dave Stallcup
Treasurer - Alice Rivera Secretary - David Witteried
Roy Jensen made a m otion to certify th e electio n, David Witteried seconded t he motion. T he motion was carried unanimously by the board. New Business: Future boa rd meetings will b egin at six o'clo ck on the second Wednesday of each month. Motion was made by Abran Rivera that Roy Jense n be t he C oncours chai r f or 2010. The motion carried a nd Roy ac -cepted the po sition. A d iscussion was made abo ut purchasing a permanent street addr ess as opposed to h aving a P.O. Box at the post office. It turns out that it would be cheaper to have a per-manent address. Ro y Jen sen will g ive the information to Alice Ri vera to pur-sue. Abran Rivera will b e attending the Z8 president's meeting and will solidify the dates for our rally and concours on May 1 5th and N ovember 20 th, res pec-tively. Treasurer’s Report: The club is financially so lvent. The sign a-ture ca rd for the clu b o fficers, listed above, at th e Antelope Valley Ban k is being worked on . Alice R ivera will need a copy of the club’s minutes certi-fying the election results. Vice-President’s Report: No report. Membership Report: Mem-bership is cu rrently 148 m embers. There w ere 5 new members, 7 trans-ferred out, 2 renewals, and 2 drops.
Newsletter Report: The deadline fo r the n ext newsletter is March 15th. Website Report: The website is u p to date and n eeds a new ev ents calendar. Meeting w as adjourned at 8:05 p.m. California Inland Board Meeting February 10, 2010. The meeting was called t o or der at 6: 37 p .m. In at ten-dance: Abran Rivera (Pre sident), Alice Rivera (Treasu rer), David W itteried (Secretary), David Alpert (Webmaster), Roy Jen sen ( Concours Chairman), and Mark Charus. Old Business: Insurance fo r the Valen tines Pro gressive Dinner and Huntington Tour has been ordered. The P.O. Box has been closed and we now have a street address for the club. Treasurer’s Report: The fourth quarter check f rom na tional has been deposited. A check was sent to the Zone 8 treasurer for our Concours fees. Vice-President’s Report: Not present. Newsletter Report: Not p re-sent. Website Report: David A l-pert is in th e process of updating th e website. He has posted photos from the San Diego Region time trial at Willow Springs Raceway on the website. New Business: Alice Rive ra will b e th e vo lunteer coo rdinator for the Zone 8 Fe stival of Spee d. For each volunteer that helps at the event, our region will receiv e a sh are of th e prof-its. New bylaws: There will b e a sp e-cial meeting on Ma rch 20 at Abran Rivera’s home (42526 57th Street West, Lancaster, CA 9 3536) to finish t he revision of t he b ylaws. All m embers are welcom e to pa rticipate. The meet-ing will b e fro m 1 0 a.m . t o 12 p.m. Please telephone Abran or Alice if you plan t o attend at ( 661) 466-6594. V al-entines Progressive D inner: T here are 16 RSV P’s for the di nner. Abran Rivera made a motion to spend $50 for
a door pri ze. Motion was seconded by David Witteried. Motion passed unani-mously. Other prizes were going to be donated by m embers. There i s a c on-flict b etween t he March Santa Clarita breakfast m eeting a nd t he C oncours Judging School. Abran Rivera will ask Dave Stallcup to lead th e meeting and possibly the tour. G oogle Gr oup Ac -count: It was decided t o terminate the Google user group acc ount si nce we weren’t using it. Roy Jensen suggested that the activity chairman keep a file of notes from events with th ings like: ho-tel n ames, p hone nu mbers, and po ints of co ntact. T his w ould m ake i t easi er for new pe ople t o put on o ld eve nts. David Witteried sug gested e-m ailing the Bo ard M eeting Minu tes to t he membership e very m onth. Everyone thought th is was a go od idea as it will keep membership appraised of what the Board i s d oing. Alice R ivera gave re -port on the Installation Dinner in Janu-ary. Ev erybody see med to en joy th e new format as it did not c ompete with other holiday activities in Decem ber. Other a dvantages were t hat t he hotel and cate ring were c heaper than if we had ha d the part y in Dece mber. The board decided t o c ontinue wi th t he January Installati on Di nner. Abr an Rivera pointed out that next year is our region’s 25 th a nniversary an d we nee d to p lan so me sp ecial activ ities. Alice Rivera will book the hotel for next year for Ja nuary 2 2nd. While talk ing ab out the up coming San Gabriel Valley Re-gion concours sc hool on 1 3 M arch, Abran R ivera pointed o ut t hat t o be a Zone 8 Concours Judge, you on ly have to go to the school. There is no intern-ship requirement. Hop efully th is will encourage m ore members to go t o the school so we can run our concours our-selves. Abran Riv era po inted out that the co ncours ru les permit no n-PCA members to show their cars as well. Meeting w as adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
By David Witteried - CAI Region Secretary
Board Meeting Minutes
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California Inland Board Meeting March 10, 2010. The m eeting was called t o o rder at 6:35 p.m. I n Atten-dance: Abran Rivera (President), Dave Stallcup (Vice Presid ent), Dav id Wit-teried ( Secretary), Alic e Rivera (Treasurer), Jim Gude (Past President), Roy Je nsen, and Da vid Al pert (Webmaster). Old Business: Motion w as made b y David Witteried to ap prove the February Mi nutes and passed. Huntington tour and b reakfast meeting in San ta Clari ta will b e can celed for March as all of t he officers will b e at the concours j udging school and no -body co uld be l ocated t o take o ver those activ ities. Th ere are four m em-bers g oing t o t he c oncours j udging school. New Business: Andrew Perez has resigned a s membership chairman. David Witteried sugg ested Mark Cha-rus fo r t hat po sition. Th ere will b e a meeting on M arch 2 0th at Abran Rivera's h ouse fr om 10: 00 t o 12:00 t o
discuss t he revisions to the bylaws. Dave Stallcup brought new samples of the club logo he has been d eveloping. A d iscussion ab out incorporating the Zone 8 l ogo was m ade. A bran R ivera made a m otion to pu t and an ad In th e Antelope Valley Press. Motion carried. There was a discussion a bout m aking polo sh irts wi th th e Californ ia In land Region log o on t hem to sell to th e membership. Cap tax and state corpora-tion documents we re recei ved. T hese will b e d iscussed at th e meeting on March 20th. Treasurer’s Report: A check for $ 500 is ne eded for t he n ext y ear’s installation d inner d eposit. A motion was made to approve the check, and the motion was carried. Bills from the Val-entines Day Progressive Di nner have been paid. Vice-President’s Report: Insurance for the Huntington Tour was ordered and will be canceled. Activities Chairperson: Al-ice R ivera discussed t he cal endar. Th e flyer for our Zone 8 Rally is ready.
Minutes (Continued from page 20) Newsletter: - Nex t edition of the Winding Roads (April 2010) is in-work. Sub missions are du e b y 3/15/2010; S ubmitted t he Ap ril and July 2009 newsletter ed itions to PCA National fo r the 20 10 PCA Newsletter Contest; I n t he pr ocess of r eviewing/revising/updating th e advertising rates that are posted on th e n ewsletter's last page. T hey need t o be a djusted t o re -flect the quarterly publication schedule; One new long ter m ad vertiser (Leland West Insurance, 1 year ) and on e sh ort term advertiser (Just Cruzin’ Car Show, 1 q tr) were booked in th e last week . Others are coming up for renewal. Website: David Al pert i n-formed us that the website is up to date. David Witteried made a motion to ad-journ the m eeting. Meeting was a d-journed at 7:15 p.m.
Editor’s Note: In honor of wildflower season, I thought I would throw in this GREAT picture of Dave & Christy Stallcup’s 964. Nice car, beautiful California scenery, and mild weather. It kind of makes you want to go take a drive, don’t you think? Photo by Christy Stallcup
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Zone 8 Representative Michael Dolphin
Autocross Chair Neil Heimburge
Concours Chair Joe Nedza
Club Racing Coordinator Vince Knauf
Rally Chair Tom Gould
Rules Coordinator Tom Brown
Time Trail Chair Paul Young
Web Master Ken Short
Treasurer Linda Cobarrubias [email protected]
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