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Well, not quite three weeks into this job now, and I feel like someone who has gone from doing a Taste of the Track to a DE driver! I’ve gone from watching, to the

thrill of hitting almost 120 mph on the long straight, to dropping a wheel off of Turn 8, then to almost spinning through the Corkscrew!

The thrill was realized last month at a very well-attended membership social at 3R Automotive. It appears that we had the largest attendance ever—over 150! Not only was it exciting to hear Randy Po-bst’s great stories while sharing his rac-ing experiences—especially the winning ones with 3R at the World Challenge—but also to hear that 3R is expanding their operations at a new building, literally just down the street from their current shop. At the new shop, they have committed to serve the Porsche community by having the shop manned throughout their racing season in the summer with Porsche tech-nicians. (In the past, the shop had just shut down during the summer, our track junkies’ greatest time of need.)

The wheel drop-off occurred when Jer-emy Rosenberger, our newsletter editor, informed the board that he will be mov-ing with his wife to her native Salt Lake City sometime in the coming months. While our members do come and go, this is a shock, as Jeremy has done such a fantastic job with the newsletter. (For those who may not know, last year High Gear earned PCA National’s top honor for newsletter of the year! While Jeremy assures us that he will stick around long enough for a timely transfer of duties to a yet-to-be named replacement, or until his house sells, whichever is shorter (I suspect the former), he will be sorely missed.

My near-spin occurred while discussing the subject of getting all of us volunteers working harmoniously together. I suspect that due to the nature of the subject—as with driving on the edge—the board, all the volunteers and I will have to work very carefully, knowing when to give the gas and push ahead, knowing when to slow down and when to brake, all the while keeping under control so as not to lose control and completely spin out. The board recently approved the concept of forming a DE Committee and a Sponsor-ship Committee. The concept of the DE Committee is to have a group of volun-teers work together to put on all the DE

thoughts from the prez Rick Gonçalves, President

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events, designating two persons from the committee to be event chair and co-chair for each event. This would be similar to how the Chief Driving Instructor Committee and the Control Committee operate. The goal is to provide continuity of experience and knowledge from event to event, and,eventually to provide a uniformly pleasant experience from event to event for all the participants. Similarly, the Sponsorship Committee will actively search to find and coordinate with spon-sors and to bring more sponsorship dol-lars into all our events—again, to provide a more pleasant experience for all the participants.

The key word here is volunteer. All of us in the club that are making things hap-pen—board members, committee chairs and members, event chairs, instructors and other volunteers—are giving their time to make this happen. As can easily happen with a group of non-professionals, some volunteers can provide time and expertise more readily and efficiently than others. But rarely must any one per-son provide 100% of the expertise need-ed for any given task. The key to efficient and harmonious teamwork is the same philosophy that I use in my business: Understand what a person can do well and encourage them to do that, and don’t worry about what he doesn’t do well, but rather, find or recommend someone else to do that task who has that special expertise. The analogy, and I always love analogies, is that of a smoothly function-ing football team. Tight ends who are better at blocking than catching passes, don’t have passes thrown at them every single play. Likewise, running backs who aren’t good at catching passes in the flats are only expected to run. And, when any-one fumbles, the other team members don’t just stand around and berate the fumbler, but everyone tries to pick up the ball and run with it, or at least cover it.

So, the two new committees aren’t fully formulated yet, but we will be develop-ing them with volunteers from this great club of ours. The board and the commit-tee chairs will be formulating the tasks at hand and will need many of you as volunteers. As volunteers, we need and want your ideas. Each of you knows what your strengths are, which can be made known to the committee chairs who will be formulating their plans of action.

In summary, then, and in the analogy of the DE driver, we have a wonderful experience ahead of us, if we can stay in control and manage the drop-offs and near spins. Working together is the key!

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911 Turbos handle the ice quite nicely, as this driver and numerous spectators learned at Eiskhana—who knew? More on page 13. (photo courtesy the editor)

High Gear (ISSN1061-1746) is the official magazine of the Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America (RMR/ PCA) and is published monthly. The annual subscription rate is $14.00, included in RMR/PCA membership dues. Non-RMR subscriptions are $25.00.

The opinions and views appearing in High Gear are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the RMR/PCA, PCA National, or this magazine as an official RMR/PCA publication. Additionally, none of these organizations nor this publication assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of material provided by individual writers and contributors.

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inside this issuefrom the president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1february membership social . . . . . . . . .2runoff area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3upcoming events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3membership musings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4speed fever iii: joe and troy’s revenge . .5return to ppir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6call for volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7porsche news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82013 boxster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10eiskhana wrap-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13in the zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19classified ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20driving instructor certification . . . . . . .21i get around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22what we do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

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region coordinatorsCAMA Representative Walt Fricke 303.499.6540 [email protected]/Good Works Camilla Rosenberger Nancy Warren

[email protected] Driving Instructor Doug Bartlett 970.214.7279 [email protected] Chief Al Woodward [email protected] Keith Hall 303.940.7958 [email protected] Amy Legg-Rogers 970.686.0538 [email protected] Alex Acevedo 303.637.9707 [email protected] Erik Behrendsen 303.840.7361 [email protected] Your Name Here

Volunteer to be the Registration Chair!Safety Todd Nelson 970.223.8716 [email protected] Inspection Tommy Dean 303.548.0931 [email protected] Joe Warren 303.604.1289 [email protected] Scott Rogers 970.686.0538 [email protected] 9 Representative Sean Cridland 575.829.4392 [email protected]

technical resourcesQuestions about your Porsche? These mem-bers are specialists with expert knowledge of specific Porsche models. Contact them for information regarding the maintenance and modification of your Porsche.356 Jim Kellogg 303.840.2356 [email protected] John Haley 303.798.2177 912 Rob Heath 303.995.1147 [email protected] Dale Tuety 303.670.1279 [email protected] Dan Semborski 303.420.2708 [email protected] Your Name Here

Volunteer to be the RMR 928 specialist!944 Richard Winnick 303.429.5213 [email protected] Zach Schroeder 970.229.0990 [email protected]/Cayman Doug Bartlett 970.214.7279 [email protected] Steve Schroeder 970.229.0990 [email protected]

board of directors [email protected]

All e-mail addresses are @rmrporscheclub.com.

Monthly board meetings are open to club members—see Upcoming Events (opposite page) for schedule. A summary of board meeting minutes is posted on the Web site, rmr.pca.org.

PresidentRick Gonç[email protected]:303.697.1960

SecondVice PresidentJohn [email protected]:303.665.9579C:303.641.6479

SecretaryScott [email protected]:303.521.9007

Newsletter EditorJeremy [email protected]:303.665.8754C:303.478.5385

Vice PresidentJim Widrig

[email protected]:303.655.7495C:720.883.6071

TreasurerRoger [email protected]:303.660.6199

Membership ChairNancy Warren

[email protected]:303.604.1289

Past PresidentRex Heck

[email protected]:303.841.8124

Dinner and a Beer and a MuseumRMR’s February Membership Social will be at the American

Mountaineering Center in Golden (www.mountaineering museum.org) on Saturday, February 18th, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.

We will be featuring two beers from the Golden City Brew-ery, the second largest brewery in Golden (www.gcbrewery.com) and a catered meal: Vodka Cream Penne and Four-Cheese Ravioli from Biscuits & Berries Catering in Golden. A self-guided tour of the American Mountaineering Museum will be among the evening’s activities. The cost will be only $20/person, and there is lots of room, so bring a friend or two!

Registration closes at 11:59pm on Febru-ary 13th at motorsportreg.com. Contact Event Chairs Joe and Nancy Warren at [email protected] or nanru@ hotmail.com if you have any questions.


By now you may have heard through the grapevine (or straight from our president on page 1) that my wife Camilla and I are “defect-

ing” from our beloved Rocky Mountain Region and moving westward to Salt Lake City, Utah. Well, I’m here to say that the rumors are true. At this point the time frame depends primarily on the sale of our house (a 1670-square-foot, 3-bedroom ranch backing to the Colorado National Golf Course in Erie, a mere 20 miles from Denver). Of course this means that my days as High Gear editor are numbered. So, naturally, we will have to recruit a replacement.

The qualifications are more modest than you might think. It helps to know a lot of people in the club—but if you don’t, you’ll certainly get the opportu-nity to meet a bunch! I had only been a member for about a year before signing up for the job, but I quickly found that RMR members (and even some people outside the club) are an editor’s best friends. The newsletter is about club members, after all, and who better to tell those stories than the members themselves?

Of course everybody likes to see photos of events as well, and there’s usually no shortage of these—if you know who’s taking them! My succes-sor will certainly get to know David Bluebaugh in particular. David, or just “Blue,” is a professional photographer who has photographed nearly every

runoff area Jeremy Rosenberger, Editor upcoming eventsFebruaryMon 2/6 Board Meeting 5:30pm dinner, 6:30 meeting at DiCicco’s Italian Restaurant 6701 Tower Road, Denver 303.574.1956 meetings open to membersSat 2/11 Porsche Breakfast Club 8:00am breakfast at Village Inn, 4100 E. Mexico, Denver Erik Behrendsen, organizerSat 2/18 Membership Social at the American Mountaineer- ing Center in Golden see opposite pageSat 2/18 AMR Tech SessionSat 2/25 Event Chair Training -Sun 2/26 John Mackin, organizer: 2ndvicepresident@ rmrporscheclub.com, 303.665.9579

MarchMon 3/5 Board MeetingThu 3/8 Membership Social details TBDSat 3/10 Tech Inspector Training Tommy Dean, organizer: [email protected], 303.548.0931Sat 3/10 Porsche Breakfast Club

AprilMon 4/2 Board MeetingThu 4/5 Membership SocialSat 4/14 Porsche Breakfast Club Sat 4/14 AMR RallySat 4/21 Speed Fever III DE -Sun 4/22 see page 5Sat 4/28 AMR Return to PPIR DE -Sun 4/29 see page 6

For the most up-to-date event schedule, check out the online calendar at

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get involvedRMR Online Discussion GroupsWould you like to discuss Porsches, RMR or anything else of interest to other Porschephiles? Check out the RMR online discussion groups.Yahoo!:groups.yahoo.com/group/rmr_pcaFacebook:www.facebook.com/groups/pcarmr

Get Your Newsletter on the Go!To read High Gear in PDF format on the Web, go to the RMR Web site at rmr.pca.org and click the Newsletter link. Back issues are also available on the Web site.

Contribute to Your Newsletter!High Gear needs your articles and pho-tos! Become a part of the award-win-ning team by submitting your content and ideas to the Newsletter Editor by the 10th of the month:[email protected]

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RMR DE that I can remember, and his imagery is second to none. Those of you have seen me at events know that I also have a camera in hand more often than not, but that’s not a require-ment of an editor—I just happen to enjoy photography as a hobby.

Some helpful skills are familiarity with desktop publishing software and command of some (very simple) de-sign and layout rules, but even these aren’t strictly necessary. Under some editors in the past, our print shop (Col-umbine Copy and Print) has performed these pre-press functions, although it does save the club some money if this can be done “in house.”

By far, the most important quali-fication is dedication. Editing this magazine does require a bit of a time commitment (the magnitude of which depends on how much of a perfection-ist you are). But that’s not to say that the editor has to do all the work—by all means, one can recruit proofread-ers, an advertising coordinator (a torch which Roger Buswell will soon be ready to pass on now that he’s the club treasurer)—or even assistant editors to help collect photos, recruit writers, etc.

It’s been said countless times that the newsletter editor job is one of the most difficult in a PCA region. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but as I’ve said in the past, I do know that it is one of the most rewarding. And lest anyone think I’m taking the easy way out: The Intermountain Region has been without a newsletter for a few years now, but I’m hoping to change that...


way in the last fifty (plus) years! RMR has thirty members that have been members for forty to fifty-plus years, seventy-three members in the thirty-to-forty year membership, 161 in the twenty-to-thirty year range, 472 mem-bers that have been members for ten to twenty years, and finally 1,490 people that are in new-to-ten-year members! Way to go, PCA and RMR!

Please remember to renew your RMR/PCA membership and to keep your information up to date.

We hope to see you at an RMR Porsche Club event in February. Always remember, it is more fun with YOU there!

membership musings Nancy Warren, Membership Chair

We are already into the second month of the new year and new Porsche events. Once again, the membership social at 3R proved to be very

interesting and informative. And I’m sure that everyone who went “driving” on the ice at Georgetown Lake (see page 13) had lots of fun!

The February membership social (page 2) will be “Dinner and a Beer and a Museum” on Saturday, February 18 at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. There will be an Italian buffet dinner from Biscuits & Berries Catering and beer from the Golden City Brewery. A self-guided tour of the museum will be among the evening’s activities. The time is 6:30 to 9:30 pm and the cost is only $20.00. Registration is open on motorsportreg.com.

The BMW Club has invited RMR to the Shelby Museum (in Boulder) on Saturday, February 25. The museum is open from 10 am to 2 pm, and there is a $5.00 entry fee. The Shelby American Car Collection may not be Porsches, but there are some really neat cars!

Some RMR/PCA history... The Porsche Club of America was established in September 1955. There were twelve prospective members at the first meet-ing at Blackie’s Grille in DC. Addition-ally, the Porsche factory was petitioned for recognition of the proposed club. A press release was sent to the factory magazine, Christophorus, introducing the Porsche Club of America to other Porsche enthusiasts. Word spread, and the 189 Porsche drivers who joined by the end of January 1956 were designat-ed as “charter members” of the Porsche Club of America. Today, PCA serves more than 60,000 families, with over 105,000 members in 139 local regions, making it the largest single-marque car club in the world.

Porsche owners in Cheyenne and Denver heard about the national organi-zation and decided to form an organiza-tion in Colorado and Wyoming. Twenty-two Porsches made the jaunt, mostly from Denver, to the first organizational meeting at Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming in October 1957. Because

How about a big Rocky Mountain “Hi” to our new members...

Steve AndersonLittleton, CO2010 Cayman S, black

Dave & Cara BorchersBasalt, CO1982 911 SC, brown

Ron Doyle & Don BoyleLoveland, CO1977 930, green

Michael CarterBoulder, CO2007 Carrera 4S, silver

Chris CranorWestminster, CO1980 911 SC, red

Frank FernandezDenver, CO2010 GT3, silver

John Foster & Lauren ChiarelliFort Collins, CO1974 914, green

Greg FullerCastle Rock, CO1984 Porsche

Jeff GlanceCentennial, CO2005 997, black

Tom & Carla HawleyDenver, CO2007 Cayman S, gray

Peter JohnsonEnglewood, CO1995 Carrera 4, green

Scott O’Connor & Tracy FergusonLakewood, CO1989 911, black

Eric OldenBoulder, CO

John OrtizLittleton, CO1986 944 Turbo, red

Jen & Hank PadillaHighlands Ranch, CO2002 Boxster, blue

Jan SchatvetEvergreen, CO1986 944, red

Chet & Anne SternDenver, CO1995 993, blue

Transfers

Phyllis Hammond & Sam ReiserLittleton, CO2005 Carrera S, bluefrom Florida Citrus

members and potential members were scattered over a few thousand square miles, meetings were planned at vari-ous points in northern Colorado so that the distance traveled would not be too great for anyone, and meetings were held on Sunday afternoons to facilitate attendance. A PCA Charter was granted to the Rocky Mountain Region in May 1958.

The Rocky Mountain Region now includes Colorado (north from Castle Pines and the Western Slope), southern and central Wyoming and southwestern Nebraska. RMR now has over 2,100 primary and affiliate members. Both PCA and RMR/PCA have come a long


membership musings Nancy Warren, Membership Chair

The time is approaching once again for the best DE event of the year! Why, you ask, is this the “best event”? Well, besides being run by the best set of volunteers ever assembled, it is the first event after a long winter’s break, and the sure cure for the winter no-track-blues/blahs known around these parts as “speed fever.”

This is a “No Times” DE with paid cor-ner workers—i.e. lots of track time! Registration will be limited to 140 entrants; day-of-event walk-ins are discouraged. Stay tuned for all those

minor details like the opening and clos-ing of online registration, drivers’ meeting times, costs, tech inspection dates...

Based on Joe and Troy’s “olde alma-nack,” the weather that weekend will be much warmer this year, for sure! Part of that may be due to the new propane heat-ers Joe picked up last year, but the rest is probably just global warming.

Please contact the event chairs with any questions: Joe Warren at warren [email protected] and Troy Nakatani at [email protected].

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What a way to start the 2012 driving season! AMR is thrilled to announce that we are returning to the track at Pike’s Peak Inter-national Raceway for a Driver Education event for the first time in eleven years! PPIR is a great track for the beginner and expe-rienced driver alike. We will be running on the oval, then down onto the infield road course be-fore re-emerging onto the oval on the other side—so you get the best of both worlds. If you haven’t felt the thrill of going flat-out around a banked oval, it’s something you need to experience.

This is a track which has hosted ten IndyCar races, with winners such as Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Dan Wheldon. The facilities here are the best in the state, with a fully paved paddock, spotless garages, a large indoor viewing area and a view of the entire circuit from atop the scoring tower. Plus, it’s only an hour south of the Denver Tech Center, just south of Colorado Springs, right on I-25.

As part of this event, we’ll also be hosting a party on Saturday night at the track’s beautiful banquet room for legendary PCA Club Racer Hank Godfred-son, who’s celebrating his 50th Anniversary with PCA. This dinner is open to everyone, so come on down and join the festivities, even if you’re not par-

ticipating in the DE.As with all Driver Education events, you’ll have

the opportunity to learn from our dedicated corps of high performance driving instructors, who will give you one-on-one instruction on how to drive your car in a safe, fun and fast manner around this fun 1.3-mile track.

So, sign up now, as after such a long absence, we expect demand to be high!When: April 28-29, 2012 (with May 12-13 weather contingency dates)Where: Pike’s Peak International Raceway, Foun-tain, COCost: $200 for the entire weekend. (Get your very own garage slot for only $50 for the entire week-end!)Saturday Dinner and Party: $20 each, all inclusive Registration Deadline: April 21, 2012Questions: Chris Lennon, [email protected] up today at www.motorsportreg.com!

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Are you a track junkie? Do you enjoy driving your Porsche at our Driver Ed events? Have you considered helping with these events? How would you like to become part of a team that runs these important events for RMR?

Building on the success of the Chief Driving Instructor Committee and the Control Com-mittee, this year we are looking to form a Driver Education Committee that will run the DE events for the year. Each event will have a chair/co-chairs picked from among the commit-tee members. The rest of the committee will be a resource for all the additional functions required to run the event. Rather than having just one or two persons with variable levels of experience responsible for chairing each DE, this approach will allow a greater base of ex-perience to administer the DE’s and will allow greater flexibility for all involved. This approach has proven highly successful with both the Control Group and the Chief Driving Instructor

functions.If you would like to participate as a member

of the Driver Education Committee and become a part of this vital function for the Club, please e-mail or call John Mackin at 2ndvicepresident @rmrporscheclub.com or 303.665.9579.

We are planning a training session for event chairs/volunteers on February 22. Mark your calendars now—more details to follow.

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Triple victory for Porsche in strongest GT field in history

Stuttgart. The 24-hour race in Daytona remains Porsche territory: At the cliff-hanger 50th anniversary of the long-distance classic in Florida, the Zuffenhausen sports car manu-facturer celebrated a convincing triple triumph in the GT class against strong opposition from the likes of Audi, BMW, Corvette and Ferrari. Victory went to Porsche works driver Richard Lietz (Aus-tria) in the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by Magnus Racing with teammates René Rast (Germany) as well as Ameri-cans Andy Lally and John Potter. After a thrilling finale in front of record crowds on the Daytona International Speed-way, Lietz saw the flag 9.412 seconds ahead of his factory pilot colleague, Wolf Henzler. The previous year’s win-ner from Germany shared the cockpit of TRG Racing’s Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands), Marc Goossens (Belgium), Spencer Pumpelly (USA) and Steven Bertheau (USA). Scoring third place was Porsche works driver Marc Lieb (Germany) with Americans Hurley Haywood, Leh Keen and Andrew Davis in the legendary starting number 59 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup run by the Daytona-winning squad Brumos Racing.

“Today we all witnessed why Daytona is one of the world’s most fascinating races,” said Wolfgang Hatz, Board Member for Research and Development at Porsche AG. “For me, that was a 24-hour sprint. The front runners were incredibly close right to the flag. I’m very pleased to see that we had virtually no technical problems with our cars, and the teams and driv-ers did such a magnificent job under difficult conditions. Congratulations and well done to you all.” Porsche’s head of motorsport, Hartmut Kristen, commented after this latest success: “The 50th run-ning of this classic was unbe-lievably exciting. For much of the time, there were ten GT cars in one lap. The specta-

tors were again treated to some fantas-tic motorsport. And it’s great of course to celebrate an impressive victory in front of such spectacular crowds. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup again brilliantly underlined its outstanding reliability at this extremely difficult race.” With its latest win, Porsche has now scored 22 overall and 74 class wins, making it the most successful manufacturer in the history of this race.

The anniversary race of the endur-ance classic in Florida, at which the new Porsche 911 ran as the safety car, was stronger than ever before. In the GT class alone, 45 cars lined up to start. “To beat so many great drivers, the crème de la crème of GT pilots, is simply awesome,” said the winner Richard Lietz. “Winning this race for Porsche is a highlight of my career, comparable only to my two victories in Le Mans.” His teammate René Rast, the two-time champion of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, to whom Porsche gave the chance to compete at Daytona in recog-nition of his excellent performance last season, said: “Everything ran smoothly. We didn’t experience a single technical problem. That was only the second 24-

hour race of my career and undoubtedly the toughest. During one of my stints I spent three and a half hours at the wheel. That was incredibly exhausting.”

In the gripping final phase, Wolf Henzler again pulled out all stops, but the leading Richard Lietz managed to stave him off to the flag. “He was just too quick today,” Henzler stated. “But to climb the podium again after my win last year is a huge success for me.” With the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by Brumos Racing, which took off into the race from pole position, Marc Lieb pitted shortly before the flag for a “splash and dash” refuelling stop. Despite having led the race for long distances up until this point, he was un-able to rejoin the fight for victory. “We experienced a bit of bad luck towards the end with our race strategy,” he said. “But although I was rather disap-pointed initially, it’s still a great team effort to come third against such an incredibly strong GT field.”

Turning the fastest race lap of the en-tire GT field, Porsche factory pilot Marco Holzer (Germany) turned heads at the classic on the Daytona International Speedway. He didn’t, however, manage

to reach the flag. “Every-thing was running beauti-fully with our car until the retirement,” he commented. “But we had a bit of bad luck under the yellow flag. Three times we came in to refuel just before a caution phase and lost laps because of it. That’s rough.”

Lady Luck wasn’t with Porsche works drivers Jörg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) either. With the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of Flying Lizard Motor-sports, which they shared with American Seth Neiman and Mike Rockenfeller (Swit-zerland), they were holding their own with the front-run-ners early on, but fell back and had to settle for 15th place at the flag. “Early on in the race, we were running in the top three,” said Patrick Long. “Our pace was very fast. But Seth’s collision with a Daytona prototype put us out of serious contention.”

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Porsche this month unveiled the 2013 Boxster and Boxster S which, based as they are on the “981” derivative of the new 911 (991) platform, are almost all-new. The base model con-tinues with a 2.7L (now with direct injection), making 265 HP @ 6700 RPM, enough to propel it to 0-60 in 5.5 sec and to a top speed of 164 MPH. The S continues with a 3.4L making 315 HP @ 6700 RPM, good for 0-60 in 4.8 sec and 173 MPH. MSRP’s are $49,500 and $60,900, respectively. The editor will take his in Aqua Blue Metallic, thank you very much.


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eiskhanaAt Georgetown Lake, all cars are air-cooled!

event wrap-up story Alan and Linda Ruffphotos Jeremy Rosenberger

Before getting to the event details, we want to thank the fantastic group of volunteers that made

Eiskhana 2012 a wonderful success:It started early with Keith Hall help-

ing us identify all the needed equip-ment beforehand, then delivering it to the lake, and finally helping set up and take down the course.

Then our course designer, Jonathan Richter, worked with us all week, even driving the lake the day before, in order to get a successful design that drivers really enjoyed.

Art Rancis, Starter Meister, amazed us all with his ability to manage the cars and cold drivers while communi-cating with timing through the blustery

wind as he kept cars moving along.Hank Padilla, lead safety and traffic

controller on and off the ice—with help from Mark Ruthven—helped to keep the staging moving along and to keep drivers safe entering and exiting the course.

Hank also helped Jen Padilla take photos as the weather allowed. I saw her fighting the wind and snow chips several times trying to get a picture.

Tiffany Davis, our daughter, served as registrar, helped with timing and finally compiled results on her iPad in time to present them at the Buffalo Bar Restaurant for awards.

AMR’s Dan Taylor and son Ben Rather were a great timing team for

most of the event, until Tiffany Davis and Paul Delio from 3R Auto took over while Dan and Ben drove. They quickly found out how hard that job was to do manually with two cars running at one time!

We cannot thank the volunteers enough for the fantastic job they did, which made the event a success and fun for a lot of people!

As for the event itself...The day started with the registration

at the Happy Cooker Restaurant try-ing to juggle the onslaught of Porsche club members, family and friends for breakfast, while the staging crew were

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at the lake setting up the course and nailing pylons to the ice for the soon-to-arrive 63 drivers. The turnout was great! The drivers’ meeting at the lake was hampered by the chilling wind and drivers not wanting to leave their cozy vehicles.

It was a very blustery winter day on Georgetown Lake, with a max tempera-ture of 23 degrees—even when the sun came out. The lake winds were fierce during the timed runs, and if you did not have an anchor or ice grippers on your feet, you could hardly stand up! Ice chips pelted volunteers’ faces here and there as we stood outside to flag

cars to start, or even when the time keepers would roll down their window to talk to the starter.

However, there was excitement in the air as we made rounds talking to driv-ers, double-checking lien waivers and catching late registrants. Drivers were snuggled down in their cars as they waited their turn to test their ability to master the ice. The first round of timed runs averaged 1:19, but later runs be-came slower as the sun came out and melted the fine layer of ice chips that helped grip the ice. The average ended up at 1:28 per run, with the top time of the day a very fast 57.62!

On the way to the Buffalo Bar, we totaled up time runs and identified win-ners of the classes before handing out a few of the awards to the drivers enjoy-ing a hot meal.

Editor’s note: Eiskhana is the only competitive event for which we don’t assign car numbers, and all registra-tion information is hand-written. If we spelled your name incorrectly in the following pages, we apologize!

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Photos of Eiskhana dare an editor to attempt to identify their sub-jects, so we won’t even try. Among these you’ll find a family hauler with a rare (for an autocross) backseat passenger, as well as the ostensibly mild-mannered Subaru that easily bested all contenders. Also present were more Cayennes than we’re likely to see at any of this year’s other events!


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1 9 Scott Kuhne 911 Turbo 1:04.56 1:11.53 1:18.992 39 Mark Goosman 911SC 1:28.99 2:00.68 1:18.993 42 Randall Rosetta 911 1:23.84 1:20.88 —4 50 Jeffrey Morrow 944 1:27.21 1:35.45 2:01.315 53 Angela Hill 914 1:29.06 1:32.52 1:40.046 58 Adam Jaspers 914 1:37.29 1:36.86 dnf7 63 Jim Holt 911SC 2:05.31 1:55.64 dnf

Porsche 4WD Non-Studded1 6 Dan Spellman Cayenne 1:03.52 1:19.29 1:29.302 7 Scott Bove 911 Turbo 1:03.92 1:06.82 1:14.673 21 George Gajate Cayenne 1:08.88 1:18.30 1:22.774 24 Karl Schaffer Carrera 4 1:10.16 1:15.81 1:26.765 27 Steve Ash Cayenne 1:10.96 — —6 28 Amy Gajate Cayenne 1:11.16 1:20.31 1:22.027 30 Diana Atchenson Cayenne 1:12.59 — —8 34 Gabe Schwartz Panamera Turbo 1:15.03 1:25.26 dnf9 38 Ben Rather Cayenne 1:17.53 1:29.76 1:29.2010 41 Bill Swails Carrera 4 1:20.81 1:43.39 1:26.5611 43 Doug Fletcher Carrera 4 dnf 1:52.59 1:21.6312 44 Daniel Taylor Cayenne 1:23.09 1:29.64 1:29.2813 46 Ralph Bronk Carrera 4 1:25.87 1:23.63 1:37.9614 57 Jackson Ferguson Carrera 4 1:38.79 1:36.28 1:41.3215 61 Christina Ferguson Carrera 4 1:38.05 1:37.90 —

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1 8 Lauren Smart Mercedes E320 1:04.56 1:25.55 1:20.142 16 Steven Davis Olds Aurora 1:06.48 1:12.16 1:15.203 60 Sean O'Riley Honda Accord 1:37.49 1:43.16 1:41.94

Non-Porsche 4WD Studded1 1 Andrew Gemer Subaru RX4 1:00.69 0:57.62 dnf2 17 Adele Rancis Toyota 4Runner 1:06.81 1:12.53 1:16.032 17 Kyle Lord Toyota 4Runner 1:09.38 1:06.81 1:12.064 20 Sue Rancis Land Rover LR3 1:16.49 1:08.09 1:22.315 26 Art Rancis Land Rover LR3 1:14.09 1:10.82 1:10.726 52 Joshua Ginsberg Denali 1:28.03 dnf 1:32.57

Non-Porsche 2WD Non-Studded1 14 Emily Bennett Toyota Corolla 1:06.08 1:15.78 1:17.382 31 Peggy Jenkins Mitsubishi Lancer 1:13.17 1:25.97 1:34.333 33 Kristopher Lee BMW 3-series 1:13.74 1:26.37 1:17.054 35 Robert Bernard BMW 330xi 1:16.44 dnf 1:21.205 36 Hubert Morrow BMW 740i 1:16.93 dnf 1:59.456 40 Michael Stieger Toyota Camry 1:19.24 1:22.60 dnf7 48 Matthew Smiles Infiniti G35 1:39.61 1:25.50 1:47.298 51 Ann Morrow BMW 740i 1:27.72 1:38.27 1:52.049 54 Tiffany Davis Mercedes C230K 1:36.34 dnf 1:32.8810 55 Linda Ruff Mercedes C230K 1:35.68 1:32.95 1:33.0611 56 James Barnett Ford Ranger 1:38.06 1:33.66 1:54.20

Non-Porsche 4WD Non-Studded1 2 Mitchell Peters BMW 328ix 1:03.20 1:00.77 1:08.152 3 Wendy Steinway Suzuki SX4 1:01.48 1:32.80 1:21.093 4 Evan Katz Mitsubishi Evo 1:02.32 1:05.46 1:13.934 5 Robert Steinway Suzuki SX4 1:03.24 1:14.73 dnf5 10 Troy Nakatani Jeep Cherokee 1:06.42 1:05.20 dnf6 11 Zachary Hawkins Subaru WRX 1:05.28 1:07.47 1:14.767 12 Michael Chott Audi S4 1:05.62 1:11.73 1:19.728 13 Keith Drake Toyota RAV4 1:05.93 dnf dnf9 15 Slade Putman Subaru STI dnf 1:10.15 1:06.3210 19 Chad Schnuelle Infiniti QX56 1:07.91 1:24.02 1:32.9511 22 Thomas Chott Audi S4 1:08.92 1:15.33 1:20.0612 23 Daisy Pettem BMW 328xi 1:14.06 1:08.99 1:16.7013 25 Gregory Diena Acura MDX 1:10.46 1:31.73 1:29.1014 29 Tyler Hendry Nissan Xterra 1:12.27 1:57.20 1:22.5315 32 Justin Smith Audi S8 1:14.70 1:13.17 1:27.9016 37 Tyler Dickey Subaru 1:19.60 1:19.66 1:17.5017 45 Robert West Lexus LX470 1:23.27 1:36.34 —18 47 Jeremy Rosenberger Subaru Outback 1:33.75 1:23.96 1:30.8219 49 Andrew Terry Chevy truck dnf 1:27.07 1:31.5720 59 Hank Padilla Ford Excursion 1:37.41 — —21 62 Jennifer Padilla Ford Excursion 1:46.00 — —


in the zone Sean Cridland, PCA Zone 9 Representative

As we head into February, there’s still enough of a lull that I can reflect on the year ahead. So much to do and—though the year is young—so

little time. This is the last year of my Zone Rep tenure, so I’m hoping yours will be a good one. I know it will be for me.

I’ve been working with Will Crowther, President of the Intermountain Region, on securing the details for our Zone 9 meeting in Salt Lake City on March 31. Usually we have that meeting much earlier in the year, but we’ve delayed it this year so that we could coordinate with the PCA Parade Committee, who will be meeting there that same week-end. Even though it makes the week-end a bit crazier, it gives us the added ability of our Zone 9 leaders to see this summer’s Parade venues, to meet with the Parade Chair and various event chairs who will be on hand, and also the extra added advantage of having a member or two of the PCA Execu-tive Committee present to sit in on our meetings. Rumor has it that we may even have our President, Manny Alban, there. This year we have several new Region Presidents in Zone 9, so they’ll really be able to take advantage of the number and caliber of PCA leadership in Salt Lake as they’re getting their feet on the ground (running!) in their new positions. I also have to thank Parade logistics coordinator Francie Kish for doing the groundwork for us at the host Little America Hotel, which will also be the host hotel for Parade.

If that seems like a lot, it is. But even before I get there, I’ll be visiting the PCA National Headquarters in Columbia, Maryland for the Winter Board Meeting. This is the meeting that kicks off the year in terms of all PCA activities. We have three new Zone Reps (from Zones 8, 10 and 12) who will be getting their feet wet in terms of what to do and how to do it, and will have some rather large shoes to fill in their respective Zones. We’ll be meeting with the various com-mittees of PCA to get the latest info on what is going on in all the various PCA activities, including Club Racing, the Bylaws Review Committee, Safety and Liability concerns, etc. Though I’m sure

we’ll have a little fun with each other, this year’s schedule is jam-packed with meetings and... more meetings. I’ve got a full plate since I am also on the Bylaws Review Committee, am again chairing the PCA Web Site Contest, have volunteered for the Parade Histori-cal Display Chair position and still have all my usual things to do throughout the year!

Once I make it home from the Na-tional and Zone Meetings, I’ll be out on the road for my usual visits to our great Regions of Zone 9. There are all kinds of great activities going on again. Just those I can think of off the top of my head right now are the great club races at Miller Motorsports Park and High Plains Raceway, organized by the Inter-mountain and Rocky Mountain Regions, respectively. And I just got a report that Alpine Mountain Region will be host-ing a DE event at Pike’s Peak Interna-tional Raceway, just south of Colorado Springs, for the first time in over ten years—that’s sure to be a great event. The Roadrunner Region will again be hosting Fiesta New Mexico (nee Fiesta del Porsche) back in Santa Fe, but this year the cars will be back on the Santa Fe Plaza, and they have secured an autocross facility within the city limits, too! As an added bonus, they’re also bringing in Betty Jo and Leonard Turner as their speakers and guest hosts for the weekend. The Carrera Region will again host their Oktoberfiesta in Deming, New Mexico—always a great weekend in late October. And the Llano Estacado and West Texas Regions always have something interesting happening during the year. If you’ve never been on one of their tours, you might be very surprised what kinds of interesting roads there are in northwest Texas. Oh, and there’s that other thing going on in our Zone this year... Porsche Parade in Salt Lake City! I certainly hope that many of you will get signed up and come on out for the biggest PCA event of the year. This year’s promises to be a GREAT one!

Of course I say all of that with the thought that several of you might try to make it to some of these events out-side of your Regions and challenge the Roadrunners, who have swept the Zone 9 Challenge Cup in the last two years. Could this be the year when someone

from another Region will take it home with them? Only time will tell.

And so it is, that even though next December seems soooo faaaarrrr away from the chilly mornings of early Febru-ary, that I know I can almost guarantee that I’ll be writing my last column next December wondering where the time went from the year—or, for that matter, from the last four years. But with all this being said, I know it’ll be a great time for all of us. I can’t wait to see you at an event in 2012!

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the 911, good guess. But wrong. Be-cause the 904 shape runs rings around it. And if you can say that Butzi Porsche designed them both, good for you, although you don’t win an award.

8. The Porsche you would most like to put on your display floor, if you owned a Porsche dealership.

This is tough. Because it really de-pends... on whether you actually raced the car, so all the salespeople can talk about you... or whether you just bought it at auction, in which case the sales-people will still talk about you, but not the same way.

For the former, let’s be real. The fact is that time is passing. If you have a 906 or 910 on the floor, nobody will be-lieve you, because you would have had to have been a factory driver, back in the day. Fat chance. So the winner has

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For the latter, if you did buy it at auc-tion, it has to be an RSK, like the one Stirling Moss bought a few years ago, and you can say that you got a better deal than he did.

9. The Porsche family member you’d most like to be reincarnated as.

Trick question. The winner is any Porsche family member. And that’s regardless of their last name. Because, now that a few generations have grown, you don’t have to be a Porsche to be a Porsche, so to speak. In fact, based on net worth, it might be better if you’re not.

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Ok, everyone, stand up! Now, let’s all say it in unison, and with passion: The Next One! Congratulations to all you winners!

Time for Porsche of the Year Awards

Hey, kids, it’s that time of the year again: awards season. And by that I don’t

mean the Hollywood type. I mean the car type, as in Car of the Year awards.

But, last time I looked, there were no Porsche awards. It’s wrong, I tell ya, we gotta be a contenda... so, herewith are my nominees for the first, and possibly last, Porsche of the Year Awards.

1. The Porsche you wish you were in when you steamed up the windows of your ride for the first time, while parked at the end of that dead-end road, by Fire Lake, with you-know-who.

And the winner is the Cayenne—any

Cayenne, as long as the rear seats fold down. With bonus points if you can remember the name of you-know-who.

2. The Porsche you want to take to your 40th, 30th, 20th... hey, let’s just say any high school reunion, provided the facility has valet parking, and you can slip the attendant a few bucks so the Porsche can sit in front and, all night long, people can ask you who owns it. Then, when you leave, you can get in and really, really take your time, as you blip the throttle, sending shock waves of noise and smoke over every-one standing around in all their finery.

What Porsche is that?There really is only one choice—a

GT3 RS 4.0, in white, with the scream-ing orange wheels and markings, and a Tubi exhaust, or maybe straight pipes. And when that guy who got straight A’s in everything walks up to you and

asks you to stop blipping the throttle, that’s when you take your cue and ask him to stand back, as you unleash your Michelin Cup rubber on the tarmac and wave bye-bye, see you in 10, or 20 or whenever.

3. The Porsche you want to use to drive your high school senior to his or her interview for admission to MIT.

The 918 Hybrid. Although it may not hurt to interject, during the interview, and ask what it takes, these days, to get one’s name on one of the buildings on campus.

4. The Porsche you want to be driv-ing when you pull up at the Ivy or the Chateau Marmont or any ultra-hip établissement in LA.

It has to be a Speedster. In silver. You can tell the valet parking guy it’s what James Dean drove, even though you

know he didn’t... what are the chances that the valet guy does? Even in LA?

Actually... but it still has to be a Speedster. But only if you can leap in and out, without using the doors, Magnum-esque.

5. The Porsche you’d like to be in when you’re stopped at a stoplight and a 458 Italia pulls up next to you.

Yeah, well, there really is only one choice, isn’t there—the fastest produc-tion 911 ever made, a new GT2.

6. And if an Audi R8 5.2 V-10 rolls up?Same answer... and, well look at that,

we have the first Porsche of the Year double winner! Unfortunately, the GT2 is not here tonight to accept its award. It’s out scaring McLaren MP4-12C’s and Bugatti Veyrons. Accepting the award on its behalf is a Carrera GT.

7. The Porsche whose shape you wish you drew, while bored to tears, in study hall.

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TourA tour is a non-competitive driving event

in which participants follow a given route to a destination (which may or may not be known in advance). A tour may vary in length from a day trip to a long weekend with an overnight stay or two. Tours usually follow scenic routes (which are plentiful in Colorado) and/or visit interesting or obscure destinations. Tours are sometimes combined with rallies to add vari-ety and a dose of competition to the event.

RMR hosts at least one tour each year; AMR typically offers several. A number of tours are usually offered at Porsche Parade as well.Rally

A rally is a competitive event in which con-testants attempt to follow a course specified by a set of instructions. Rallies are typically run on public, paved roads, and speed limits are always observed. The two major types of rallies are the Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) rally and the Gimmick rally. In a TSD rally, participants attempt to follow the instructions precisely, maintaining the correct speed, as points are deducted for arriving at check-points (the locations of which are not known in advance) early or late. A Gimmick rally is typically a bit less rigid and usually involves solving puzzles of some type.

Between RMR and AMR, a handful of ral-lies—at least one of each type—are offered. Porsche Parade also hosts a TSD rally, and sometimes a Gimmick rally, each year.Autocross (AX)

An autocross is a competition in which drivers navigate their cars through a course defined by orange cones, usually in a large parking lot. Top speeds are generally moder-ate, topping out around 40-65 MPH (no higher than second gear for many cars). Competing cars are spaced at long intervals—typically only one or two cars are on the course at any time. Autocross is a safe way to experience high-performance driving while learning to drive your car at its limit.

Together, RMR and AMR host several auto-cross events each year, including Eiskhana (essentially an autocross on the ice!) in the

winter and an AX school in the spring. Addi-tionally, autocross is a major event at Porsche Parade.Driver Education (DE)

A driver education event provides a safe, controlled environment for high-performance driving instruction. DE offers drivers of all skill levels the opportunity to hone their driving skills, with the help of an experienced instruc-tor, in a controlled, closed-course environ-ment. In keeping with PCA philosophy, the primary emphasis at all times is on safety. A word of warning, though: the DE experience may be habit-forming!

As DE events are not racing, nor preparation for racing, lap times are not recorded. How-ever, some DE events are followed immedi-ately by a time trial event, which gives drivers a chance to quantify their performance. Lap times may then be used to measure personal improvement, for bragging rights, etc.

RMR hosts six DE’s each year at High Plains Raceway, with AMR hosting several more at the La Junta, Pueblo and (possibly in the fu-ture) Pike’s Peak International Raceway tracks.Club Race

A club race is a wheel-to-wheel racing event. A race weekend consists of a number of practice sessions and “heats” (race sessions), often involving both “sprint” and “endurance” races. As a Club Racing license (issued by PCA National) is required for competition, club racers are serious and experienced drivers. The cars they bring with them to the track can be quite impressive! As a point of interest, the PCA Club Racing program was inaugurated with the RMR-hosted “First Ever Anywhere” club race at Second Creek in 1992.

Because of the logistics involved in an event of this magnitude, a club race requires a legion of volunteers. However, a club race is also one of most exciting events to participate in, so be sure to sign up!

RMR hosts one club race each year at High Plains Raceway which, combined with a Driver Education event, adds up to one thrilling weekend!

Membership SocialMembership socials provide an opportunity

to reconnect with old friends and meet new members. Historically, a membership meeting begins with a social hour with a cash bar, fol-lowed by the evening’s program. The content of the program varies, sometimes featuring a “slide show” from a recent event, or a guest speaker such as accomplished Speed World Challenge racer Randy Pobst.

RMR’s membership socials, unless other-wise stated, are held the first Thursday of the month. Different venues and topics will keep the meetings fresh and inviting. Watch High Gear and the RMR Web site for details. And if you have any ideas for a program, talk to the Program Committee Chair or a Board member!Tech Session

A tech session is just what it sounds like—a session in which a technical topic is discussed. Not just for gearheads, a tech session may demonstrate practical, “do-it-yourself” proce-dures such as brake bleeding. Tech sessions are usually presented by experienced Porsche

technicians, many of whom are sponsors of RMR events and High Gear.

RMR hosts a few tech sessions each year, typically in the “off months” when few driving events take place. In addition, numerous tech sessions are offered at Porsche Parade.Concours d’Elegance

A concours is essentially a car show, in which contestants endeavor to present their cars in as close to “perfect” condition as pos-sible. A number of judged categories usually exist, typically differentiating between types of cars (e.g. 356, Boxster) and level of prepara-tion (“daily driver” or “full preparation” or somewhere in between). Cars sometimes may be entered as “display only,” for owners who wish to participate but not compete.

RMR participates in a handful of local concours events each year, including the annual Exotic Sports Car Show and Concours d’Elegance, benefiting United Cerebral Palsy Colorado. The annual Porsche Parade also hosts a major concours each year.

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Sports Car Racer Gets $150 FineA 33-year-old sports car racer who led a police car a 105-mph chase on the Valley Highway received a $150 fine Friday for reckless driving.And Municipal Judge William Conley recommended the revenue de-partment suspend the driver’s license of Charles Lyon, Continental Divide racer.

Lyon is under suspension from the Porsche Club of America as a result of the incident.Patrolman Walter Brewer testified Friday he was driving 75 miles per hour while clocking another car, when Lyon shot by him in his red Porsche at W. Seventh ave. Feb 25.Hot Pursuit

He said he chased Lyon down to W. 23rd ave., at times doing 105 miles an hour.Lyon would slow down for traffic, Brewer testified.“But in clear spots,” the officer said, “he’d leave me like I was stopped.”Brewer, also a sports car racer, made an unusual plea for leniency for Lyon.

“I know Mr. Lyon’s reputation. I know he is a qualified driver. I think in this case he used poor judgment rather than poor driving ability.”Brewer told reporters he felt the Porsche Club as unfair in suspending Lyon’s license before he was found guilty.Brewer testified Lyon id not try to elude him, but merely was moving so fast he couldn’t hear the police siren until traffic slowed him down.“In fact, Mr. Lyon apologized to me for making me drive that speed to catch up with him,” Brewer testified.Sales Mission

Lyon, owner of Lyon’s Porsche Specialties, said he was demonstrating a car to two prospective buyers.“I got a little carried away,” he said.Judge Conley noted this was Lyon’s first citation for a severe traffic of-fense.Lyon received a ticket Sept. 16, 1958 for following to closely and on Oct. 25, 1959, he got a citation for changing lanes without warning.Asst. City Atty. Lloyd Shin-sato agreed to dismiss speeding and careless driving charges after Lyon pleaded guilty to reckless driving.

Sports Car Racer Gets Early Start on Upcoming SeasonThese articles appeared in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News on February 26, 1961, with the follow-up article in March 1961. Be sure to uphold RMR’s Constitution by maintaining the highest standards of courtesy and safety on the roads!

Auto Club Suspends Driv-er for Speeding

Charles E. Lyon, 33-year-old sports car racer was suspended Tuesday by the regional chapter of the Porsche Club of America for being arrested while speeding on the Valley Highway last month.

Lyon, who lives at 1333 S. Eliot st. and who races cars at COntinental Raceways, was arrested Feb. 25 by police who said they clocked him at 105 miles an hour.

The racer told officers he was demonstrat-ing the red Porsche to two prospective buy-ers and didn’t realize he was going so fast.

He is free on $300 bond pending trial at 2 p.m. Friday before Municipal Judge William Conly on charges of speeding and reckless driving.

The governing council of the Rocky Mountain Region PCA informed Lyon by letter his membership in the sports car club has been indefinitely suspended for violat-ing the club’s constitution by failing to maintain the highest standards of courtesy and safety on the roads.

“Because of the adverse publicity of the marque (type of car) to PCA and sports car owners in general as a consequence of your recent arrest for flagrant violation of the speed limit while driving a Porsche on the Valley Highway,” the letter said, “it is our unpleasant duty to inform you that you have been placed on indefinite suspension from the Rocky Mountain Region of PCA.”

Racing Driver Clocked

at 105 on Valley Hwy.A racing driver, who was demonstrat-

ing a souped-up sports car to two pro-

spective buyers, was arrested Saturday

night after allegedly leading police on a

105-mile an hour change on the Valley

Highway.Charles Lyons, 33, of 1333 S. Eliot

St., who races cars during the season

at Continental Divide Raceways, was

charged with speeding and reckless driv-

ing. He was released on $300 bond.

Patrolman Walter Brewer said he was

following another speeder at 75 miles

an hour when Lyons’ red Porsche passed

him “so fast I thought I’d stopped.”

Brewer chased the sports car from 3rd

Ave. to 23rd Ave. before he intercepted

it at an exit.Lyons said he was demonstrating the

coupe to two prospective buyers. He

said he wasn’t aware he was speeding

and he didn’t see the pursuing police car.

The prospective buyers were released

without being asked if they were im-

pressed by the car’s performance.

Editor’s Note: Spelling errors original to these articles were preserved for the sake of posterity.

Amy Legg-Rogers, Historian

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