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Circuit April 2019
A publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America
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GRAND PRIX REGION &ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR
April 3-6 T-Sat TreffenNorthAmerica,SantaBarbara 10 Wed RoarattheShore,LongBeach (inconjunctionwithLongBeachGrandPrix) 13 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 13 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast12-14 F-Sun LongBeachGrandPrix12-13 S-Sun PCA Club RAce Road Atlanta 14 Sun F1 China 20 Sat GPX Tour Ventura to Castaic with a stop at Santa Barbara Pistachio Company 20 Sat 1st Day of Passover 21 Sun Easter26-27 F-Sat PCAClubRaceLimeRock27-28 S-Sun SDRDE/TTChuckwalla26-28 F-Sun GGRDE,Thunderhill5milecourse27-28 S-Sun PCAClubRaceHeartlandMotorsportsPark 28 Sun F1 Azerbajjan
May 5 Sun GPX Concours at Lakewood Country Club 5 Sun CincodeMayo 11 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 11 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 11 Sat Luftgekuhlt—Luft6LosAngeles 12 Sun Mother's Day 12 Sun F1 Spain15-18W-Sat TreffenHighDesert,SunriverResort,Bend,Ore17-19 F-Sun PCAClubRaceMidOhio 18 Sat GPX Tour La Canada to Fort Tejon State Park18-19 S-Sun PCA(GGR)ClubRace/DE,Buttonwillow 26 Sun F1 Monaco 27 Mon Memorial Day31-2F-Sun PCAClubRaceWatkinsGlen 31 Fri DiabloRegionDE,LagunaSecaJune1-2 S-Sun PCA Club Race Hastings 8 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 8 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 9 Sun F1 Canada15-16 S-Sun 24HoursofLeMans 16 Sun Father's Day 21-23 F-Sun PCA Club Race ViR 22 Sat GPX Tour Wrightwood the wrong way with stop at a Fire Lookout Tower 23 Sun F1 France 30 Sun F1 Austria
July 4 Thu Independence Day 13 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 13 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 13 Sat GPX Mt Wilson Observatory night viewing 14 Sun F1GreatBritain18-21 Th-Sun PCA(GGR)ClubRace/DELAGUNASECA103db21-27 Sun-Sat64thPorscheParade,BotaRaton,Fla 27 Sat GPX Tour La Canada to Kernville River Rafting
27-28 S-Sun PCAClubRaceBrainerd 28 Sun F1 Germany
August 4 Sun F1 Hungary2-4 F-Sun PCA Club Race Mosport 10 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 10 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 10 Sat GPX Summer BBQ15-18 F-Sun RolexMontereyMotorsportsReunion16-18 F-Sun PCAClubRaceNJMP 18 Sun PebbleBeachConcours21-22 S-Sun SDRDE/TTBigWillow31-2 F-Sun PCA Club Race Road America
September 1 Sun F1Belgium 2 Mon LaborDay 8 Sun F1 Italy 6 Fri DiabloRegionDE,Thunderhill 7-8 S-Sun PCA(GGR)ClubRace/DE,Thunderhill3mile 14 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 14 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast20-22 F-Sun PCA Club Race High Plains 22 Sun F1 Singapore 29 Sun F1 Russia 30 Mon Rosh Hashana
October 9 Wed Yom Kippur 12 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 12 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 13 Sun F1 Japan12-13 S-Sun SDRDE/TTChuckwalla 14 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX 14 Mon Columbus Day18-20 F-Sun GGRDELAGUNASECA(3days)92db 27 Sun F1 Mexico25-27 F-Sun PCAClubRaceDaytona 26-27 S-Sun PCA(GGR)ClubRace,SonomaRaceway(w/NASA) 31 Thu Halloween
November 2-3 S-Sun SDRDE/TTButtonwillow 3 Sun F1USA 9 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 9 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast9-10 S-Sun PCA Club Race Motorsport Ranch 11 Mon Veterans Day-- 17 Sun F1Brazil 25 Mon DiabloRegionDE,LagunaSeca 28 Thu Thanksgiving
December 1 Sun F1 Abu Dhabi 14 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 14 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 23 Mon Chanukah(firstday) 25 Wed Christmas 31 Tue NewYear'sEve
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 6400, Columbia, MD 21045 or [email protected] or 410.381.0911 ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes.
David Witteried(760)373-1413
ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE
INFORMATIONGPX GrandPrixRegion.comZone 8 Zone8.orgPCA National PCA.orgPCNA US.Porsche.com/nationalPorsche AG Porsche.comGPX Landing Page on MotorsportReg: http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com
Advertising Chair - Stefan Koch [email protected] (818)601-1701
CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver [email protected] (562)430-3010 Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett [email protected] (909)518-0415
Circuit Editor- Skip [email protected] (619)992-9927
Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie [email protected] (626) 869-7471
Circuit Distribution - Albert Franco [email protected] (310)379-8987
Concours - Linda [email protected] (310)990-0993
GPX Store Chair - Alicia [email protected] (562)726-5200
GPX Store Advisor - Ludmila [email protected] (424)279-0069
Insurance - Ron [email protected] (310)375-9840
Membership - Patty [email protected] (714)402-2405
Performance Driving Events - Skip [email protected] (619)992-9927
Registration - Colleen [email protected] (661)714-3030
Safety - Nick Perdikaris [email protected] (310)901-8154
Social Events- Susan Moard & Arturo [email protected] (626)[email protected] (323)633-7915
Social Media - John [email protected](562)552-0960
Tech Inspection - Dan [email protected] (909)921-5596
Technical Adviser - Michael [email protected] (213)248-4743
Tours - Alan [email protected] (562)305-8002
Webmaster - Jimmie [email protected] (310)539-2568
GPX CHAIRSGPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SecretaryMarty Goldsmith(562)494-6350
Member at LargeAlan Johnson(562)305-8002
PresidentJeff Peck
(310)[email protected]
2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar 3 Masthead page: Table of Contents Board of Directors & Chairs 4 From The President's Desk 5 Editorial License Social Media Links 6 GPXTourflyerVenturatoCastaic 7 GPXTourflyerLaCanadatoFortTejon 8 GPXTourWrightwoodtheWrongWay10 GPXTourflyerLaCanadatoKernville RiverRafting 11 2019 West Coast Club Racing Series 13 BREAKFASTMEETINGDATECHANGE GPXHELPNEEDEDNOTICES14 PoppyFieldsTourReport 18 March Breakfast Meeting Report 20 BookReview:ThePointofitAll22 AprilAnniversaries&NewMembers23 GPXLakewoodCountryClub Concoursflyer—May5 24 Classifieds26 PorscheAlleyConeZone OntheCover27 IndexofAdvertiser Breakfast Club Meeting Notice CommercialAdvertisingRates
Member at LargeJimmie Mitchell(310)539-2568
TreasurerLinda Cobarrubias(310)990-0993
CONTENTS
Vice PresidentEllsworth "Doc" Pryor
(818)[email protected]
Member at LargeSkip Carter
(619)[email protected]
Past PresidentSuesan Carter(619)992-4287
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From The President's Desk2017 Zone 8 Region of the Year
Jeff
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Skip Carter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PCA-Grand-Prix-Region/336827569682620YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pca%20grand%20prix%20region&sm=1GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/114590990404477994856/postsTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/PCAGrandPrix Flickr:https://www.flickr.com/photos/168187975@N07/albums
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
This is a follow up to my March column. I brought up a bunch of events that we had during the month of March that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. As I mentioned last month, this spring there are quite a few great Grand Prix Re-gion events coming up. Please check out Page 2 of this is-sue. Unfortunately, I couldn’t participate in the drive to the wildflower super bloom at the Poppy Reserve, but from the pictures and post event comments, it was spectacular.
I did get to participate in my second Day Away from Work at Streets of Willow on March 11th. This time we drove the track in a clockwise direction (in October we drove counter-clockwise). I felt much more comfortable than I did the first time back in October. Probably because back then I hadn’t driven the track before. I was much more relaxed this time, since my confidence level was higher than before. I was able to run without an instructor for my last run group. We have fantastic instructors, and I found that with an instructor I was able to polish up my approach to each lap. What a fun day of driving and being with many of my PCA friends. The other great thing is that you get to meet people from other regions that you might not get to otherwise. The comradery is very special.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if you haven’t run your Porsche on a track before, it’s time to do it. Our next Day Away comes October 14, 2019. ut it on your calendar. You’ll be glad you did.
On the Saturday before Day Away, about 20 members met for breakfast at the Paradise Cove Beach Café in Malibu. Each year we have a drive through the Santa Monica mountains for a fun run, then end up at Paradise Cove. This year we decided not to have the drive due to the devastation from the Woolsey fire, but we had a great time at the Beach Café, with great people, and terrific food. The restaurant roped off a section of the parking lot for our corral, where we got to look over each other’s Porsches and have friendly conversations. It was a beautiful morning at the beach. Hopefully next year, there will be enough of a recovery in the mountains to do a great tour again.
I’d also like to mention this year’s California Festival of Speed. Every year we recruit approximately 400 volunteers to help run this event. This year we had a great turnout of volun-teers from just about every region in Zone 8. My responsibility is Traffic Control, which requires the most volunteers. Typi-cally, I need about 120 volunteers to cover the whole weekend. I want to thank Janice Witteried, our volunteer coordinator, for wrangling almost that many. I had terrific coverage for the whole weekend, and we made several changes where we
thought we could make improvements. I’m very happy with the way everything worked out this year.
Traffic Control is a very important part of managing this three day event. We greet every car that comes in, direct peo-ple to the parking area, check credentials at various locations, and just make sure that we keep people moving safely and to the proper areas. We also cover the hot pits, the corral, entry to the garage area, as well as the track exit.
Traffic Control Assistant NeededI’ve been managing Traffic Control for the last six years, and
really enjoy and look forward to it. It’s becoming more than a one-man job. I think it would be a good idea to have someone assist me, someone willing to learn the ropes. Please contact me if you’re interested in being a part of this great event.
Save the DateJuly 13, 2019 – View the Universe through the Mt. Wilson
60-inch Telescope. Limited to 25 people. Registration opens on MotorsportReg.com June 1st, 2019.
Please join us every month for our Breakfast Club at Glory Days Beachside Grill in Seal Beach, 620 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach, CA 90740.
Breakfast now on 2nd Saturday each monthPlease note: Starting April 13 the Grand Prix Region month-
ly breakfast will be held on the 2nd Saturday of every month at Glory Days Beachside Grill in Seal Beach. Email reminders will be sent out soon.
Please visit our GPX Store (formerly the Goodie Store) for some terrific club merchandise.
The April Cone Zone features all Four Door PorschesThe May Cone Zone features all 911’s through 1989The June Cone Zone features all ConvertiblesThe 996 Cone Zone has been re-scheduled for August 2019
PCA – Fueled by Volunteers“Fly low and avoid the radar”
ToursOne of the things that the Grand Prix region does extreme-
ly well is the quantity and quality of our driving tours. Alan Johnson and his team are an incredible asset to all of us who get to particiipate in these.
Take a look at our calendar on page 3, but also notice the four new tour flyers starting on page 6. You'll also see the re-port on our recent Poppy Fields tour. We don't get spectacular desert blooms unless we have a particularly wet winter/spring, which we did this year.
Califronia Festival of Speed — Free TiresThe California Festival of Speed was a great success. One
of the things that peaked interest for many was the four sets of tire donated by Michelin. Winners were selected randomly amongst four groups: 1. Saturday's mini Autocross. 2. Sun-day's mini Autocorss, 3. One winner from amongst the 3-400 volunteers and 4. one set of tires went to one of our Time Trial/Club Racer drivers.
Even if you were not one of the Time Tria/ Club Race driv-ers, you could still be eligible for 3 of the 4 Michelin tire draw-ings. There were a total of 412 entries in the four categories. If
I'm doing the math right, you would have a 1/100 chance of winning a set of Michelin tires. That's an incredible oppor-tunity for contributing 4 hours of volunteer time and trying the mini autocross
We will cover the Festival in more depth in the May Circuit. It's been a week since Suesan and I returned from Festival. We've got most of the boxes sorted and stored for next year. My body has almost fully recovered from all the lifting and schlepping over those five days and things are almost back to normal. Of course, normal in this house means "what's the next project(s) we've got coming up.
Upcoming Trips for usI'm heading for a club race at Virginia International Race-
way in June. This will be my first visit to VIR. I've heard so much about it and I'm excited about finally getting there. Of course, I'm going as Club Racing News editor and don't ex-pect to be spending time in a race car.
Then in July we're heading to Boca Raton for the annual Porsche Parade. Hummm. Florida in July???. Suesan plans to make her time outside of an air conditioned car or resort as minimal as possible. There are some interesting tours on the schedule, including swamp boat tours in the Everglades.
We have never driven a car to a Parade east of the Rocky Mountains, so we do what we can in a rental car, which in-cludes any of the tours, the Gimmick Rally (which we really enjoy), and a few other things. Of course, many of the activi-ties happen right in the resort itself, which looks like a fabu-lous place to vacation.
If you've never been to a Porsche Parade, distance will not be the excuse in 2020. The La Quinta Resort near Palm Springs will be the venue. You might ask: Palm Springs in July? Well, there is that. But again, since cars now come with air conditioning, the discomfort can be pretty much minimized.
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April 20, 2019 SATURDAY
GPX TOURVENTURA TO FRAZIER PARK AND CASTAIC (NEW STOPS)
Meet at 8:00 at Carrows Restaurant off the 101 Fwy at Seaward Ave. De-parting promptly at 9:00 going North on the 101 and then on to Hwy 33, the Maricopa Hwy twisting and turn-ing into the Sespe Mountains Wil-derness, home of the rare California Condors. Topping the Pine Mountain Summit, look down at the Ozena Val-ley Badlands and the San Andreas Fault. Down on the valley floor there will be a stop at the Santa Barbara Pistacio Company then on to a lunch stop at Big John’s Mountain Grill in Frazier Park.
After lunch continue south on Peace Valley Road alongside I-5 south over Tejon Pass and to Gorman. From there it is under the freeway and ultimately onto his-toric Old Ridge Route Road. Turn left at the signs- 1 giving the history of the Old Ridge Route but especially the second sign “End County Maintained Road”. Con-tinue to Lake Hughes Road then follow the twisty road to Castaic.
More information and registration: http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com
or contact:
Alan Johnson [email protected] (562)305-8002
May 18, 2019 SATURDAY
GPX TOURLa Canada to Fort Tejon State Park
Meet at 8:00 in the parking lot be-hind Panera Bread in La Canada for a 9:00 departure to drive the Angeles Crest Highway.
Descending on Angeles Forest Road through the outskirts of Lancaster, Lake Eliz-abeth Road and other back roads brings us to lunch at Big John’s Mountain Grill in Frazier Park. After Lunch take Old Ridge Route Road to Fort Tejon State Park.
Fort Tejon was first garrisoned by the United States Army on August 10, 1854 and was aban-doned ten years later on September 11, 1864. There are restored adobes from the original fort and the park’s museum features exhibits on army life and local history. The park also has a number of beautiful 400 year-old valley oak trees. http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=585
Learn about Army life on the frontier and the 1857 earthquake the registered 8.7 on the Richter Scale. http://www.scecdc.scec.org/significant/forttejon1857.html
More information and registration: http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com or contact:Alan Johnson [email protected](562)305-8002
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GPX Tour to Wrightwood (the wrong way) Saturday, June 22, 2019Redlands to Wrightwood via Big Bear & ArrowheadDrive the Twisties — Lunch in Wrightwood
Registration & Information: http://pcagpx.motorsportreg.com
Alan Johnson (562) 305-8002 [email protected]
Each year the Grand Prix Region drives Angeles Crest, but this is a different route to get to Wrightwood. “Wrightwood the Wrong Way” is its country cousin, Redlands to Wrightwood along the Rim of the World Highway. Last year’s tour was so well received we are going again, but with a stop at the Strawberry Peak Fire Lookout Tower.
Start in Redlands and climb Highway 38 over the Onyx Summit and past Big Bear Lake. Just off Hwy 38, the lookout tower was first built in 1933 with staff to look for smoke from forest fires. More modern technology has led to the closing of most towers, but Strawberry Peak is still open in the summer. Climb the three stories and bring your binoculars. https://californiathroughmylens.com/strawberry-peak-lookout
Continue along the Rim of The World Highway past Lake Ar-rowhead to Wrightwood and lunch at the Grizzly Café.
www.grizzlycafe.com
For more information and/or to register, go to MotorSportReg (address below) or contact Tours Chair, Alan Johnson
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GPX TourLa Canada to KernvilleJuly 27-28, 2019‐Last year’s river rafting was great, but this year Mother Nature has blessed the river with great run off. So, we are going again.
Saturday, drive from La Canada to Kernville with lunch at Kohnen’ Country Bak-ery in Tehachapi then up the scenic Kern River Canyon and spend the night in Kernville.
Last year’s 3-hour rafting was not enough, so on Sunday enjoy 6-hour raft trip. http://www.mtnriver.com/
Your choice: a great drive or drive and paddle!
More information and registration: http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com or contact:Alan Johnson [email protected] (562)305-8002
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We have decided to move the GPX monthly Breakfast Meeting from the 1st Saturday each month to the 2nd Saturday, beginning in
April. Initially we had to move the April date because of activities in the Long Beach area. It occured to us that there are a lot of con-flicts on the 1st Saturday and people have been asking if we could
change it to the 2nd Saturday.
The LA Lit Meet every March, Steve McQueen Car Show at Boy's Republic every June, monthly breakfast at the Porsche Experi-
ence Center, Cars & Coffee in Palos Verdes, Orange Coast region's breakfast and more.
We took a show of hands at the last two breakfast meetings and no one objected to this change.
The Calendar on page two has the new dates, so I hope to see you at Glory Days Beachside Grill in Seal Beach on April 13. As usual,
our Board Meeting will immediately follow breakfast, so feel free to stick around and see how we operate
IMPORTANT NOTICEABOUT GPX BREAKFAST
MEETING CHANGE
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Poppy Reserve TourStory & Photos by Alan Johnson
Others have their “Flash Mob”; Grand Prix region had its “Flash Tour”.
With the past winter’s rain there was great interest in the anticipated wildflower bloom in Southern California. The peak bloom time is so dependent on sun, rain, wind and temperature conditions. With the local media report-ing that some areas had received over 10,000 visitors per day on the weekend, it had to be mid-week.
The tour was initially set up within a 2 week window. Watching the 10 day weather forecasts on the Weather Underground website, the final date was set for Monday March 25. It was predicted to be at the end of a warming trend with cooling and rain possible by Wednesday.
Members from Grand Prix, Los Angeles and Orange County Regions gathered in La Canada for the drive up the
Angeles Crest Highway. Even descending the San Gabriel Mountains hillsides of wildflowers came into view. Sticking to the backroads on the outskirts of Palmdale and Lancast-er, acre-sized patches of flowers began to appear around each turn. Cresting a rise overlooking the Antelope Val-ley, suddenly the expanse of the CA State Poppy Reserve came into view with miles of the State Flower of CA, the orange-gold California Poppy.
Once parked there were many trails taking visitors up amongst the flowers. Interspersed among the poppies were other flowers: Lupine, Red Maids, yellow Coreopsis and many more. At the Interpretive Center a packet of poppy seeds was purchased. After planting in the fall, I will have my own “square feet” of Poppies in my backyard.
Linda and Mark O'Brien Mike and Karen Rozenblatt
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The Antelope Valley and the Poppy Reserve covered with flowers Mark and Linda O'Brien
Alan Johnson The poppy on the right has the bloom sheath just coming off of the petals
From the hill looking down on the parking lot, a half mile long line of cars wait to get a chance to see the poppies "super bloom".
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photos by Jimmie Mitchell
March Breakfast
Door Prize Winners: (Standing) Tod Saiad, Sean Neel, Eddie Aldoph, Mike Permantier, Alan Johnson, Mary Carr, Nate Wakefield, Ron Walecki, Bruce Jephcott, (Seated) Mike Carr, Joe Rusz
50-50 Winner Mike Carr and Jeff Peck
Alicia Weaver at the Goodie Table Door prizes await their winners. Harold Jackson, Eddie Aldoph, and Alan Johnson enjoy their breakfast.
Isaiah Rodriguez and Michael Dolphin
Alan JohnsonGPX members attend the March breakfast meeting despite the rain.
Jeff Peck and Eric Walsh Jeff Peck and Shawn Walsh
Shawn Walsh, John Kunkle, and Roderick Simmons
David Lin Dan Stern and Shawn Neel
Lillian Johnson
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byBruceHerrington,OrangeCoastRegionBookReviewsforPorschephilesThe Point of it All: A lifetime of great loves & endeavors by Charles Krauthammerpublished November 2018 by Crown Forum, NY, NY
This is a book with no PORSCHE content, but still an inter-esting, engaging, and even enlightening read. The subtitle may be misleading because this book is not a romance, but rather it is a collection of Charles Krauthammer columns, essays actually, printed in several different publications but mostly the Washington Post. Some 30 years worth have been selected by topics into 18 chapters pack-aged in five parts, bookended by commentary from his son, and editor, Daniel. Though his “life-time war on commas” makes him an enemy for this reviewer, the book is still highly recom-mended.
Charles definitely had a way with words: he worked very hard at it and it shows. His eru-dition will probably give your vocabulary some unaccustomed exercise; perhaps the same for your perspective on the world at large. His pieces are filled with humor, insight and facts. They are easily readable by anyone, despite challenging the intellect of even the scholarly. Most ar-ticles finish with a thought pro-voking flourish. As a formerly practicing psychiatrist, his com-ments on gun control, medical ethics and other national pas-sions, are particularly intriguing.
On the surface he might appear to be anti-establishment, but perhaps it is really a matter of being anti-gullible – he doesn't criticize per se, but points out alternatives and asks some questions that no one else (dares ?) to discuss. He really is presenting a 30 thousand feet view of goings on in this and oth-er countries. He deals with historical figures, philanthropists, scholars, philosophers, even journalists. Few current politician passed muster as worthy of inclusion in his 'if you can't say something good say nothing at all" commentaries. He writes
of chess, baseball, politics and economics, all with touches of ancient history thrown in. One is reminded of the Walrus in Through The looking glass who would speak of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings and....
Krauthammer does not dictate, preach or opine. He ob-serves and comments. Naturally, he ob-serves presidents and administrations, and sometimes he seems to favor; at other times to deplore, the actions of the same administration. Hard to cat-egorize his overall position, but in each instance he has a knack for convincing the reader that he, Charles has unique, constructive insight. He is definitely of the question authority school, but his questions are not about matters of legit-imacy but rather deal with the sound-ness of their thinking. An approach that may make one reconsider one's own thinking. That seems to be the point.
It's not so much that he's iconoclastic as that he is always looking for an oth-er side to the story. He refuses to buy conventional wisdom just because it is conventional, instead he has a canny knack for being able to point out an overlooked facet of many issues of the day. He writes critiques, not criticism.
One thing rarely found in Krautham-mer's writing is the word "I." He was not only a very private person, but also wise enough to recognize that his job
was to analyze and present topics, not himself. As editor, his son Daniel did create a final chapter with writings about his dad's life.
THE POINT OF IT ALL is hard bound with 360 6x9-1/2 inch matte pages with a very readable type size. There are no illustrations but there is a very extensive index. A must read for anyone interested in the world beyond their Porsche. It should be available for $28.00 from your favorite bookseller or from Amazon.com.
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Registration: $65.00 Judged Classes includes 1 Buffet Lunch (deduct $15.00 for no lunch)
Display Only Registration: $45.00 including lunch (deduct $15.00 for no lunch)
Additional lunches - $20.00 (1 included in $65.00 Judged / $45.00 Display - you can buy extras)
Lakewood Country Club 3101 Carson Street, Lakewood, CA 90712
Schedule: 7:00 Car placement 9:00 First Timers meeting 10:00 Judges meeting 10:30 Judging starts 2:00 Awards Ceremony
For information, sponsorship, and other, contact Concours Chair Linda Cobarrubias — [email protected] (310) 990-0993
FOR REGISTRATION GO TO http://pcagpx.motorsportreg.com for online registration
For full Concours rules: www.Zone8.org
May 5, 2019 SundayLakewood Country Club
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2007 Porsche Cayman for sale -- $18,000 OBO 102,000 miles overall. Engine has been replaced, with effectively only 45,000 miles total. Transmission was replaced two years ago. Hydraulic steering has been replaced by electric steering. Car has full fire-suppression system. Sale includes two+ sets of slightly used tires, LoJack registration, full repair / maintenance log.Maintained by 911 Design in Montclair, CA
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1989 951 (944 Turbo S) F Stock race car & 30’ trailerSold together for $17,500 or separateContact John or Jeff at Black Forest in San Diego, CA$17,500 firm (car & trailer) $10,000 trailer only $10,000 car [email protected] 858.292.1192
Maintained by Black Forest. Perfect for DE, Time Trial or Club Racing. Full cage, fire system, spare wheels, tires & parts; Cool Suit (both sides), 2 sets race seats, communi-cation equipment camera (and all required PCA Club Racing gear), spare half shaft, straight exhaust pipe and street legal muffler, Hans device, gloves, shoes, etc. This is still a street legal car that can be driven to and from events. 30’ 10,000# Texas Trailer is large enough to carry the car, tools and a small track support vehicle.
Wheels & Tires (2) $1200Two (2) 9 x 17 wheels for saleCall Alvin Hayes at (562) 618-8020 or [email protected]
Porsche Books For SaleList: Shop Manuals I & II, Parts & Technical Reference '74-'89, MFI CMA Binder bound, Bentley SC and Bentley Carrera,Red Book thru 2005, Spec Books one thru '67 and the other '69, '70, '71, Up Fixin' complete with index missing Vol XIPlus some other notes, printed material, etc., thrown in (not shown) mostly MFI and alignment, All books in excellent condi-tion, no fingerprints, tears, folds. $500/ lot, will hold for 10% deposit pending examinationContact Milt Becker ([email protected])No shipping, but will meet halfway within reason or deliver to monthly meeting
For SALE NEWPorsche Motorsports JacketSoftshell Jacket XL – WAP8040XLOF
New Price $369.00 Sale price $250.00
Reggie Garmon(310) [email protected]
2011 911 Carrera Coupe. 18" Originale Teile Silver Wheels with new Michelin 4S. PDK, Navigation, Bluetooth, Heated Sports Seats, Sunroof. 60K service done. Brand new OEM brake pads and brake discs. Respectfully kept and maintained. No accidents. Never tracked. Always driven with Love. Always garaged with a car cover. Cover available for purchase also. Mileage: 61,090Exterior Color: Carrera White. Interior Color: Black. Contact David Middleton: [email protected]
2004 996 Cup Car $99,000
Very clean & fast 996 Cup car, well-maintained by Autometrics. Club raced in PCA GTC3 class, many podiums, NO CRASHES or tub damage. 3 sets BBS wheels, MoTeC, updated seat/belts, Cool Shirt, log book, spares, incl 2nd OEM bumper cover. 7 HOURS on newly rebuilt engine and trans., all maint records. Awesome car! Location: Charleston, SC
Bruce McPherson
(303) 548-0202
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On our recent tour to the Poppy Field State Park near Lancaster, our participants got to see some truly magnificant colors, thanks to all the rain we've had this year. Mike and Karen Rozenblatt are shown in front of one of those fields. Alan Johnson took the photo.
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