The Prez’s Corner .......

March greetings to all!

We seem to be on the way to a precipitation record locally and across the state. It forced us to postpone the Canepa Motorsports Tour, and has closed many of our favorite driving roads from time to time. Still the recent snow in the higher elevations was marvelous to look at and photograph!

I recently participated in the PCA National Board of Directors meeting via telephone. The National President and Treasurer discussed the strengths of PCA financials, along with some of the difficulties faced this past year. Rising insurance rates and printing/mailing costs affected the bottom line, but PCA is very strong with rising revenues and membership numbers.

National President Aaron Ambrosino highlighted the major PCA and Porsche events that will occur in 2023. It is Porsche’s 75th anniversary so they are pulling out the stops for Rennsport Reunion and both east and west coast Werks Reunions this year. He also said that there are almost 950 cars/members registered for the Palm Springs Parade already. If you are considering going to Parade, I encourage you to register as soon as possible. I hear anecdotally that a number of CCCR members have already signed up for Parade. Please drop me an email if you are attending Parade. I am planning on organizing an informal CCCR Parade “party” around one of La Quinta’s swimming pool plazas some evening during Parade.

by Joseph Shubitowski, President

Our new Porsche San Luis Obispo threw a spectacular grand opening celebration in late February. I was lucky enough to get an invite, so please check out the article and pictures further along in this issue of Coastalaire.

If you have never participated in a CCCR track event, 2023 should be the year when you do!!! Both Autocross (AX) and Drivers Education (DE) schedules are fixed and posted, and upcoming events are already open on MSR for registration. We are having AX School on Saturday April 15th, followed by a full AX on the 16th . I participated in AX School when I first moved into CCCR, and it is a great combination of classroom and hands-on track experience. You come away from the day with a new level of confidence in yourself and your Porsche. There are still a few open slots for AX School, so register soon. DE’s at Buttonwillow and Laguna Seca are both open for registration on MSR. Buttonwillow is a great track to start out on, and you can register for an instructor to work with you all day. Then you can be wowed by Laguna Seca and be ready for the Corkscrew!!

Hope to see you at an event soon!

Let’s Drive!

If you missed it, here is our article in the February Panorama, in the From the Regions section.