Prez’s Corner

The Prez’s Corner ....... ........

by Joseph Shubitowski, President

Happy New Year to all! Hope everyone’s holidays were merry and bright! We launch 2023 with a calendar rapidly filling with track, touring, and social events! I hope you can participate in many of these. A quick intro, I have been a California Central Coast PCA member since 2016 when we moved here from Los Angeles, and a PCA member for 21 years now. I/we drive a 1996 993 Carrera 4S. With our club, I have been on the Board as Membership Director and Web/IT Director over a four year period. I am honored to take the reins as President – following in the footsteps of giants!! We have a great 2023 Board of Directors with a mix of old and new faces. I want to welcome Jeff Bartel, Mark Schilling, and Scot Burns to the Board, knowing they will be of great help with all events and Club infrastructure. I also want to welcome back all returning Board members and thank all the Board for their dedication to the Club for the coming year! Following the recent New Member BBQ, I received some great follow-up commentary via email with ideas about how to make the event better – especially for the New Members! I welcome all your ideas on how we can make current and future events run better, more efficiently, or be more rewarding. We are a total volunteer driven club, and I encourage you to get involved by proposing ideas for tours, tracks, venues to gather or dine, or any other way you think we could enjoy our Porsches, as well as eachother. I also encourage you to volunteer to assist in planning/running an event. The new year has definitely begun with some weather challenges that may force us to cancel or modify events, tours, etc. Everything we plan is done in the name of safety (and fun!), whether it be a Drive N’Dine or a track event. Stay tuned for email alerts for the latest information about events. There are MAJOR Porsche events in our area in 2023 including the Porsche Parade in Palm Springs in June, and Rennsport Reunion VII at Laguna Seca in late September. If you have never been to Parade (and I count myself in this group!), 2023 is the year to register and participate. Parades held in California are said to bring out the best array of Porsches that one will ever see, so bring yours and join the fun. Parade Phase I registration begins on February 1 st at 9:00am so mark your calendar as it will fill up quickly. The Parade website, https://www. porscheparade.org/, has a detailed document regarding all room types at La Quinta Resort. It resides under the Registration tab at the top of the page. Also, check out all the planned events and activities and plan your schedule now for Phase II registration in April. Rennsport Reunion VII tickets are going fast so check out their availability on the WeatherTech Laguna Seca ticket website. The PCA Corral tickets are already all sold out. I look forward to meeting as many CCCR members as possible this year! We are between storms as I write this, so it is time to unhook the 993 from the trickle charger and get it out on the pavement while I have the chance!

Let’s Drive!, Joe

If you missed it, here is our article in the December Panorama, From the Regions section. Another one of our great events!