From the EDITORS Gregg and Ali Bull

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas Baby…..well not exactly. What an amazing few weeks we’ve had here at AZPCA, where should we start? Well as the opening line states, let’s start in Vegas! Frank & Maria Grimmelmann along with Jan & Jerry Mackulak put together an absolutely amazing trip to Vegas. Please read pages 60 through 63 for all the fabulous details as well as some very enlightening photos (I’m looking at you Disco Richie).

The Auto-X team had a full house and both of their events were sold out and very successful. The INDE and Podium events were incredible by all accounts, well done to the HPDE group! We had a few special social events during the month of April; Mark Baker and Jeanne Snyder along with and our marvelous host Alpio Barbara put together probably the best Charity Casino night the club has been involved in for many a year, with over $16k raised for The Society of St. Vincent De Paul charity. We would like to offer our sincere thanks to everyone that attended, in addition to all our gracious volunteers. Thank you for making this event such a wonderful evening, and for the funds raised and donated. We are making a difference!

Included in this issue, we have a great article written by Bob Tomlin chronicling his fantastic adventures on multiple continents. Bob and his wife Nancy are truly inspirational in their lust for life and Porsches! Our annual new member meeting was held in April at We-Ko-Pa and it was a huge success as the club enjoyed a new location, new format, new members and great food. The selection at We-Ko-Pa is always fantastic. A big ‘Thank you’ to Mark and Angela as well as all the volunteers that took time out of their busy weekend to make it happen, fantastic job. Without our volunteers we cannot make such great events happen!

Jim and Carole Bultema have won the informal title of the “Pied Pipers of Weekend Drives’, as we had almost 100 members come out on our April 23rd drive to Roosevelt Lake. A truly impressive amount of our members came together to enjoy Arizona, a great lunch location and each other’s company.

The Porsche n’ Pancakes at ‘The Original 5 Diner’ finished off the month of April in style. We had a good turnout and Dennis Rood did a great job of organizing everything as usual. Consider signing up and participating in these casual morning breakfasts as it is a great opportunity to get out, spend time with others and make lasting friendships as well as enjoying visiting unique restaurants in our unique city. Remember to check our website as well as your email so that you can sign up and enjoy our club events and make those lasting connections.

We are all looking forward to the fun activities we have planned for May including our membership meeting at Aunt Chilada’s in Phoenix, Cinco de Mayo hosted by the Southern Arizona Region and Rook Younger’s 3 Lakes Drive (actually 4 but who’s counting).

If you like cars, culture and camaraderie then AZPCA is THE place to be.

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