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VOLUME 58
ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2020 MAVPCA.ORG
The ladies of Maverick PCA come together to support each other and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. photo by Michael Durovick
EVENT DATES FEATURES 7 | National Breast Cancer Foundation: Janelle Hail 8 | Porsche, It’s not just a car, it’s the experience: Pier Burgess 13 | My Story About Breast Cancer: Phyllis Gallegos 14 | Did Somebody Say “Road Trip?”: Joann Talty 16 | Driver Profile: Dawn Marie Gray 17 | Autocross Series: Event 7, Lone Star Park 19 | Maverick Marktpreis: Porsche Rennbow 20 | Coffee, Cars & Conversation: Fran Ussery 24 | Maverick Forever Friendships: Wendy Shoffit 25 | From Autocross to Parade to Scenic Drives: Linda Wilkins 26 | My 18-Year Love Affair with My 968: Pam Carson 27 | Club Racing: Stress Reliever by Irene Kieweg 28 | Maverick’s Virtual Happy Hour: Teri & Mike Mahoney 29 | How Mav PCA has Affected My Life: Linda Bambina 30 | The Red Car: Betty Perrine 33 | My Start with Mavs Breast Cancer Philanthropy: Julia Cleath
DEPARTMENTS 2 | Board Botschaft (Executive Board Member Column) 2 | Maverick of the Month 4 | List of Officers and Board Chairs 4 | Zone 5 Presidents 11 | New Mavericks 11 | Member Moments 36 | Porsche Trivia 34 | Advertiser Index 34 | Anniversaries 38 | Oversteer (Guest Editor’s Column)
See more details and check for event updates via the QR code here or our online calendar at http://mav.pca.org/go/calendar
October Mav Virtual Board Meeting....................................................... (Wed) 7 Mavs & Mochas: NBCF Frisco..................................................... (Sat) 10 Mav Happy Hour: Jose on Lovers Lane.....................................(Thu) 15 Motoring Mavs at Mayo............................................................ (Sat) 17 Maverick “Texas Showdown” Club Race & Solo DE........(Sat-Sun) 17-18 Autocross: Challenge Cup #9 .................................................. (Sun) 18 Halloween Rally........................................................................ (Sat) 31 Garages and Gearheads Having Coffee..................................... (Sat) 31
November Mav Virtual Board Meeting....................................................... (Wed) 4 Autocross: Challenge Cup #10 ...................................................(Sun) 8 Maverick Patriot Paws Tour .........................................................(Sun) 8 Mavs & Mochas: Historic Granbury Square............................... (Sat) 14 HPDE: Motorsport Ranch..............................................(Sat-Sun) 14-15 Mav Happy Hour.......................................................................(Thu) 19 Motoring Mavs at Mayo............................................................ (Sat) 21 Tech Tactics West: Eastvale, CA......................................(Sat-Sun) 21-22 Garages and Gearheads Having Coffee..................................... (Sat) 28
On the Cover
Maverick Cancer survivors and a few of their friends at the headquarters for the NBCF. Photograph by Michael Durovick
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Board Botschaft: Midnight Mental Musings by Olga Taylor, Interim Region Secretary Let’s face it: love for Porsche is often misunderstood by those who view cars as mere transportation. Maverick events provide a unique time to fellowship with like-minded Porsche lovers and we miss each other.
In the absence of time together, I will fill you in on things you might hear at a Maverick PCA event. When I asked members to reveal what Porsche things keep them up at night, 63 members shared their midnight mental musings. Not surprising, anticipation of the next mechanical issue accounted for one-fourth of Mav concerns. While some fear a dreaded IMS issue, an equal number worry about bore scoring. Then, there is the conundrum of replacing the timing belt or changing oil ahead of schedule. Regarding the “check engine” icon that was posted, my Dad would remind us that vintage cars don’t have such fine messaging. Indeed, one vintage owner simply prays that fuel will reach the carburetor. Still, I am in full agreement in the need to be proactive. On a happier note, Mavericks dream about our next Porsche(s) a lot. Whether trading up or thinking of owning the ultimate PCar, members love to talk about Porsches. In all cases, addition is considered better than subtraction. Naturally, every Mav event includes talk about the next mod to make things better. I send a special shout-out to the member who worries about oil leaking from his Ferrari onto his Porsche. Oh, the places we can go when dreaming about our next Porsche.
Honorable mention must be given to the member whose new baby keeps him up, literally. A few shared ZERO concerns related to Porsche, but someone loses sleep because of binge watching Gunsmoke. I share a concern regarding tornados as shared by one member. This non-scientific report on the midnight mental musings of members is written for those who miss our time together at Maverick PCA events.
MAV OF THE MONTH: Chantel Tennyson Chantel is going on her fourth year with the PCA. Over that time she has been helpful at several of our club events. She has affectionately become known as our Northern Roads Scout for the construction updates and county sheriff hideouts on some of our favorite Collin County Farm-to-Market roads. We can always count on Chantel to help us make sure we have at least one Panamera at our car events. She’ll give “Zara” (yes, women name their cars too) a quick bath, sometimes in the dark, just so she’s looking her best at the morning events. Chantel’s love of animals has played a big part for our club. She recently joined JimmyG’s Charity Team to help out with our partnership with Patriot Paws. She helps keep tabs on our club sponsored Service Dog, “Porsche,” and is currently working with their leaders on a lunch and tour of the training facility in Rockwall, TX. This event will include a driving tour ending at the training facility, lunch, and T-shirt, so be on the lookout for more details. This is another one of those great reminders of how our club stays Fueled By Volunteers. Please join me in congratulating Chantel as our Maverick of the Month. 2 September
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2020 Maverick Region Board - Officers and Chairs President William Kruder 214-497-0711 president@mavpca.org
Vice President Carey Spreen 817-422-3480 vp@mavpca.org
Interim Secretary Olga Taylor secretary@mavpca.org
Treasurer
Autocross Chair Mark Schnoerr ax@mavpca.org
Charity Chair Jimmy Gallegos charity@mavpca.org
Club Race Co-Chair David Hodges cr@mavpca.org
Club Race Co-Chair David McBee cr@mavpca.org
Coffee Meets Co-Chair Derrick Tate 972-748-1178 coffeemeets@mavpca.org
Coffee Meets Co-Chair Matt Wilson 972-754-9998 coffeemeets@mavpca.org
Concours Chair Scott Kellogg concours@mavpca.org
DE Co-Chair Keith Olcha de@mavpca.org
DE Co-Chair Renee Hayden de@mavpca.org
DE Chief Driving Coach Craig Janssen cdi@mavpca.org
DE Medical Chair Dr. Jeffery Komenda demedical@mavpca.org
Merchandise Chair Peter Wen goodiestore@mavpca.org
Region Historian Carey Spreen 817-422-3480 historian@mavpca.org
Marketing, Social Media Chair Kendall Awtry marketing@mavpca.org
Marketing, Web Chair Bill Orr marketing@mavpca.org
Membership Chairs Beckie & Tom Gomer membership@mavpca.org
Monthly Social Chair Claudia & Jeff Reynolds hh@mavpca.org
PCA Tours Co-Chair Sam Bryant tours@mavpca.org
PCA Tours Co-Chair Ted Martin tours@mavpca.org
PCA Junior Ambassador Brady Stogner pcajr@mavpca.org
Photography Chair Paul Moseley photo@mavpca.org
Rally Chairs Ginger & Tom Heuerman 214-766-5693 rally@mavpca.org
Registrar, Club Race Wendy Shoffit crreg@mavpca.org
Safety Co-Chair Nikolaus Klemmer safety@mavpca.org
Slipstream Advertising Mike Mahoney 801-230-1482 ads@mavpca.org
Slipstream Content Editor
Carey Spreen 817-422-3480
editor@mavpca.org
Slipstream Editor Kurt Scaggs 469-446-1690 editor@mavpca.org
Slipstream Event Ad Design David Tierney eventads@mavpca.org
Slipstream Mailing Andy Mears 214-394-5857 mailing@mavpca.org
Special Events Chair Debi Kruder social@mavpca.org
Tech Sessions Co-Chair Michael Baynton 214-641-2848 techsessions@mavpca.org
Tech Sessions Co-Chair Mike O’Hare techsessions@mavpca.org
Tub Club President George Maffey tubclub@mavpca.org
Trivia Chair Jerry DeFeo 972-240-5800 trivia@mavpca.org
Volunteers Chair Landon Stogner 214-233-6858 volunteers@mavpca.org
Web Site Chair James Shoffit 972-786-6246 webmaster@mavpca.org
COVID Communications Chair Wendy Shoffit
treasurer@mavpca.org
Link to Board Meeting minutes:
2020 PCA Zone 5 Presidents and Zone Representative ARK-LA-TEX Ken Chandler bad968@bellsouth.net,
HILL COUNTRY Tuffy von Briesen president@hcrpca.org
MARDI GRAS Phil Daigrepont pld90803@gmail.com
WAR BONNET Brian Swope smileyhere4U@yahoo.com;
CIMARRON Chris Hines chines@ymail.com
LONE STAR Doug Carroll president@lsrpca.com
MAVERICK William Kruder president@mavpca.org
WHISKEY BAY Robert Handy not listed
COASTAL BEND Bryan Kerrick bksailspadre@sbcglobal.net
LONGHORN Dennis Halmai dogzmandoiraq@hotmail.com
OZARK John Showalter johnshowalter@comcast.net
WHITE RIVER Leonard Zechiedrich uber930@gmail.com
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Chris Flaugh 214-288-5300
ZONE 5 REP Chuck Bush (703) 577-0562 zone5rep@pca.org www.zone5.pca.org
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National Breast Cancer Foundation by Janelle Hail, NBCF CEO
photos provided by Michael Durovick
One of the most fun days I remember was taking a spin in a newly purchased Porsche 944, a car I had dreamed of owning for years. My
I transitioned from a stay-at-home mom to the CEO of NBCF in 1991 to give help and hope to women with breast cancer who have no money or insurance. That dream of the heart became a reality. Today women are acutely aware of the importance of early detection. Thank you, Maverick Region of the Porsche Club of America, for helping us reach women with life-saving information. Your pink ribbon Porsche t-shirt fundraiser will give hope and comfort to many breast cancer patients through our Hope Kit program. Within 30 years, NBCF has become a leader among non-profit breast cancer organizations. Two years ago, Neal passed away, but our vision for NBCF continues. Our son, Kevin Hail, President and COO of NBCF works diligently with me and our skilled staff to offer services for needy women.
packed garage when I heard the heartcrushing sound of metal scraping past a bookcase that jutted out too far. In one minute, I scraped a line of paint off the side of our car. I tried to patch up the scrape with touchup paint, but it was a job that only a pro could handle. Isn’t that the way life happens sometimes? Things are going your way, and life changes in one moment in time. As a 34-year old wife and mother of three sons, breast cancer unexpectedly swiped me off my feet. What could have been a destructive force in my life led to an open door that Janelle Hail with son Kevin Hail fulfilled a vision born from the husband, Neal, and I loved driving the heart, to help others in need. champagne-colored Porsche with its Eleven years after breast cancer, classic design and sleek lines. One day Neal and I founded the National I backed the Porsche out of the tightly Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF).
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Porsche, It’s not just a car, it’s the experience! by Pier Burgess No other car has such a tumultuous history, racing spirit, artistic craftsmanship, and innovation as the Porsche. This is what has drawn us to love and learn about these iconic cars, and this is what also led my husband and me to find and join the Maverick Region PCA Club. In 2008 my husband Glenn and I bought our first Porsche, a Carrera S. But it was not until we purchased our 2013 911 Carrera S that we really began to appreciate the cultural significance of these cars. Our fascination and love of Porsches has grown ever since. Since Glenn and I have become members of the Maverick Region of PCA, we have met so many wonderful people. It has been such a positive influence in both our lives. Its members are diverse in their interests and personalities, and the passion for their cars resonates on and off the roadways. Maverick Region members will never hesitate to pass along their experiences, history, and knowledge they have gained while being care takers of their fabulous cars. Their enthusiasm is contagious. If not for the Mavericks, we would never have participated in the local car shows and Concours events. We never would have experienced the excitement of the Hill Country Rallye in Kerrville, or spied Wayne Carini at the Concours at Amelia Island. It felt great to be confident enough to talk with car owners about their vehicles, and we learned so much more. Our Maverick friends did not hesitate in sharing tips or warning us about areas that might lead us astray in our searches for that special car. For that we are very grateful. I never imagined I would want to crawl under the belly of a car with a flashlight looking for rust or the excessive use of bondo, or even checking out door gaps or deciphering engines. I did buy a miniature engine kit just to learn about the parts of a motor and how it all works. Yes, I did make it run! We traveled from one end of the country to the other visiting sellers and dealers and watching auctions, looking at cars, enjoying our time together in anticipation of what we might find. Imagine my surprise as I watched my husband using the translator to speak with a technician from Stuttgart, Germany, and researching parts from the UK and leathers from Italy! This all due to the friendships and comradery of the Mavericks. We are still the proud owners of our 2013 911 Carrera S. I love those spirited drives. There are also times when we like to slow down and smell the flowers. For those times, we love to drive our iconic 356s: our ‘61 T5 and our ‘62 T6 D’Ieteren Roadster, and we can’t forget our steady and sturdy ‘64 356 SC. We are always ready to hit the road. Our kids and grandkids love the cars as well. Many a weekend 8 September
is spent rubbing little fingerprints from the car doors, the steering wheel, and windows from the grandchildren who beg for rides and want to hear the engine roar and imagine themselves as Speed Racer! Even now in these unusual times, our Mavericks leadership has kept our spirits high. We still enjoy the comradery of virtual happy hours, weekend rallies, and Mavs & Mochas. Smaller gatherings for Pop Ups add relief to those feeling pent up. But most of all, in times where there are many people in need, or people must quarantine themselves, the Mavericks community service activities are so critical. The continuous food and advocacy donation drives help ease much needed voids in our community. The Mavericks also support the fight against Breast Cancer, which holds a special place in my heart. I lost my sister in such a battle. With all of this, the coming together to support each other renews our faith in the goodness in people’s hearts. It is an honor to be a part of a membership such as this. We’re looking forward to the continued love of Porsche cars and newfound friendships that make the Mavericks so special.
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by Becky and Tom Gomer, Region Membership Chairs
New Members August 2020
Member Moment
Sean Abellana Sunset 2006 Cayman S Skip Alderson (Molly) Southlake 2009 911 Carrera Dana Avery Keller 2013 911 Carrera 4S Dennis Bainbridge (Wendy) Plano 2014 Cayman S Ben Banks Springtown 1999 911 Carrera Rob Baroch Euless 2006 911 Carrera Rafy Betances Allen 2016 911 GT3 RS Carl Calhoun Fort Worth 2010 Panamera S Chuck Christopherson Keller 2020 911 Carrera Cabriolet Michael Davis Frisco 2018 911 Turbo S Leo Dertouzos Dallas 2013 911 Carrera Cabriolet Thomas DiFonzo Flower Mound 2017 718 Cayman Sean Duffy Dallas 2018 Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo Rich Duft North Richland Hills 2013 Boxster S Rob Edgecombe Flower Mound 2012 911 Carrera Cabriolet Jeffery Ellefson Frisco 2001 911 Carrera Cabriolet Preston Eller Fort Worth 1980 911 SC Daniel Enlow N. Richland Hills 2015 911 GT3 Moe Haddad (Dina) Fort Worth 2015 911 Turbo S Jim Johnston Wichita Falls 2006 Cayman S Mark Kogut Dallas 2019 911 Targa 4 GTS John Lane Frisco 2017 911 Carrera Cabriolet Gregg Neel Granbury 2000 911 Carrera Jason Nichols Dallas 2020 718 Cayman GT4 Srinivasa Potluri Frisco 2015 911 Carrera GTS Katie Powley (Bob) Dallas 2013 Cayenne GTS Daniel Pullin Fort Worth 2008 911 Turbo Cabriolet Gordon Sato Lewisville 2020 911 Carrera S Vinay Sedey (Verinder) Parker 2020 Taycan 4S Shishir Singhania Allen 2006 Boxster Gavin Sternberg Frisco 2017 911 Carrera S Noel Tuason Richardson 2017 718 Cayman S James Weiss Arlington 1999 911 Carrera Cabriolet Rashad Weston Dallas 2008 Cayenne S
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Claude & Karyn Draillard (CAR) Joseph & Lorie Gates (GCT) Peter Lambe (RIV) John Lane (ALT) Stephen Noble (CPA) Theodore & Robert O’Shea (SCH)
Matt and I met on Thanksgiving Day at Champps in Addison. I was there to watch the Dallas Cowboy game, after a Thanksgiving dinner with my family. Matt came over and talked with me. Due to a recent break up, I was not interested in guys then, but Matt was persistent. He asked about the last guy I dated and how we met. I told him we met at TMS doing laps for charity and he was in a silver Porsche in front of me. Matt asked me if I only liked guys with silver Porsches? What?? He explained that he had a red Porsche. I really did not believe him. He also told me he was a professional motorcycle racer. Wow, could this guy tell a story! We talked some more, watched the rest of the game and when it was time to leave, we walked out to the parking lot together– I wanted to see this “Red Porsche.” To my surprise, there was actually one sitting there, a beautiful Guards Red 1996 993S! I am still suspicious, so I told him to open the door. Well, I guess he really was not lying, because the key fit and he opened the door! He really did race motorcycles too, go figure! Fast forward, we dated and got married a few years later and have been married for 12 years. So, I guess you could say Matt and I met because of his red Porsche! (what can I say, it was love at first sight, and Matt was kind of cute too!) We had not had a Porsche in several years, but we were fortunate to find the perfect black 2007 911 Turbo last summer. We recently joined the Maverick Region PCA, and look forward to going to more events with other Porsche enthusiasts!
Member Moment Barbara Geiger (Tony Geiger, deceased)
Occupation
retired - UT - Dallas
First Porsche 1987 - 911
1987 - 911
Fort Worth Flower Mound Heath Frisco Frisco Flower Mound
2002 911 Carrera 2007 Cayman 2019 911 GT3RS 2017 911 Carrera Cabriolet 2013 911 Carrera 1999 911 Carrera 4
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Favorite Porsche
1987 - 911
Favorite Maverick or PCA event: Sunday Drives
Best thing about Porsche: The cars
Maverick Membership Statistics as of September 1 Primary Members: 2166
Affiliate Members: 1038
Total Membership: 3204 11
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My Story About Breast Cancer by Phyllis Gallegos In 2006, I decided to do the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk to raise money for Breast Cancer research. The walk was to be 20 miles a day for three days, totaling 60 miles! My mother Jeanette was already a two-time survivor, so I was quite aware of the disease. A best friend from high school was also a survivor. Several friends, old and new, formed a team. We were each to raise $2300 to qualify. I sent out a letter to everybody that I knew, and I raised $2800! The Cancer Walk was scheduled for the end of October, so a friend and I started training and walking in March. She mapped out routes and recorded number of miles. I had never walked that much in my life, but walking with friends brought motivation to keep going. I bought
photo provided by Michael Durovick two pair of walking tennis shoes to ensure my feet had proper care. When it got Texas hot in the summer, we were out way before the sun came up! My dear husband knows I like my sleep, so when I would get home, he had the bed ready for me to go back and get my beauty sleep! There were times when I questioned my sanity, and my feet were asking questions as well. We were told in the preparation meetings that you are helping other women that might face breast cancer some day or are facing it today. I kept up my training for them and my Mom. The Breast Cancer 3-Day walk came, and we arrived at the old Cowboy Stadium in Irving. Everyone was so pumped and excited to get started, and off we went! Once we were on our way, the time and miles seemed to melt away because we were talking with other participants, stopping for snacks and water along the way. And there were lots of people along the way cheering us on! Jimmy and our daughter-in-law Stacy found me somewhere in Arlington. It was fun to see them and others cheering us on. The nights were spent in a two-
woman tent in River Legacy Park, wherever that was! OMG . . . the
temp dipped to 48 degrees and it was COLD for sleeping! I remember eating breakfast with my mittens on, which is not an easy task. At the end of day 3, we ended up in the Fort Worth Stockyards, where we were all greeted by friends and family, and it seemed like everyone else in the city! What a great experience! There were over 2,500 participants, and over $6 million was raised! The whole event was very special and rewarding. But one of the best things to come from the entire experience was making people aware of Breast Cancer. It is a disease that women try not to think about and often ignore the signs. I have a cousin that I rarely hear anything from and she got my email about the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk that I was intending to do. I do not know how long it had been for her, but she decided to get a mammogram. She ended up getting a double mastectomy, which saved her life. At my father’s funeral the next May, her husband came up to me with tears in his eyes and just said “Thank you!” She is still doing fine . . . . In loving memory of my Mother, Jeanette Mathistad, who died in 2015 13
Did Somebody Say “Road Trip?” by Joann Talty At breakfast on March 15, I read a Facebook post about Coronavirus spread and wondered why I continued to work while many of my friends had already transitioned to working from home. I painfully decided
to shut my business doors one week before our governor did it for me. The pandemic evolved, as we all know, and touched each of our lives in one way or another. I had been looking forward to a fantastic year of planned travel and events. I hoped to attend Maverick socials, drive all the local tracks during DE days, and maybe even try Autocross. I couldn’t wait to get back to Europe in July to hike the Camino de Santiago in Spain and Portugal. But, like a wildfire spreads, so did cancelations. One by one it all went up in smoke. I consider myself a realist, quick to change directions when things don’t go as planned. Refusing to sit home and sulk, I pondered over what to do. Slowly, 2020 evolved into a year on the road. I received some sad family news later that same day. Two days and an oil change later, I hopped in the car and drove 1,100 miles to spend 10 days in Florida with family. I left rainy Texas in my rearview mirror to cruise empty interstates with a few truckers and an occasional state trooper. With gloves, masks, wipes, and hand sanitizer, sunny 14 September
photos provided by author top-down social distancing felt quite safe. Quarantining back home during April, I watched social media posts from struggling stylist friends eager to return to their salons. I easily decided to dedicate my time and drives to serve others. One afternoon, I baked four batches of homemade brownies. Nothing beats a three-hour sunny afternoon delivering bags of cheer to colleagues and friends. I provided at-home hair color kits for my clients. With the cash from those sales, I loaded my boot and bonnet with food for Minnie’s Food Pantry. I did it with the club, and I returned again a few weeks later with both food and clothing. In May, we canceled our summer Spain trip, so I quickly looked for other opportunities. I thumbed through my file of Maverick tours and suggested a Sunday morning spirited drive on FM 455 to a few friends. Our small group of five cars carried Mavericks thankful for an excuse to get out. Getting to know our neighbors was a positive result of this pandemic. At least once a week for two months, my husband organized sociallydistanced happy hours in various front yards. Soon, more businesses opened their doors in June, so we secured a reservation for pizza under the stars at Ancient Ovens in Saint Jo. Two brave neighbors sat in our passenger seats for some triple digit backroads fun. We visited Arché, 4R, and Blue Ostrich wineries. This little trip inspired even more summer travels. In 2011, the Dallas Morning News had published an insert about one-tank getaways. It’s amazing what you find when you clean during quarantine! We agreed on a handful of locations and began with a July 3 overnight to Kiepersol Bed and Breakfast in Tyler. We wanted to make sure we felt comfortable out and about before planning a week worth of stops. Avoiding most highways, we pulled up to a vegetable stand not far from Canton and listened to a young worker share his dream of owning a GTS. Next, we contacted a local Tyler friend for a BBQ recommendation. He suggested Country Tavern in Kilgore if we were willing to drive another 20 minutes, so we kept driving. Bellies full and returning to Tyler on SH 31, I spotted an opportunity I just couldn’t pass up. At the top of a hill gazing at a long straightaway, I saw
no one. I assessed the safety of the newly paved road and noticed the trees, brush, and fences set far away from the road. If an animal appeared out of nowhere, I might have time to react, so I hit the gas with a big smile on my face. Let’s just say my little Boxster holds the new speed record in the family. Our July Texas tour continued two days later with a little help from Jack Griffin, who loaned us his Hill Country Rallye map collection. We swapped Boxsters and headed southwest. Our first destination was Chandor Gardens in Weatherford. Five bucks gets you a self-guided tour of peaceful, scenic gardens. Down FM 1884 in Tolar, we visited The Windmill Farm and pulled off the gravel road for some sweet car photos among the owner’s collection of vintage windmills. I particularly liked stop number three in Hico, where I forked over $56 for a small bag of gourmet goodness at Wiseman House Chocolates.
Not caring that the governor closed bars and banned wine tasting, we headed to Fredericksburg for some curves and elevations along the famous Twisted Sisters (Ranch Roads 335, 336, and 337.) We spent three nights at a little cabin complex with a pool and drove throughout the hill country each day. This gave us an idea of what Boxtoberfest might be like. Driving home, we stopped briefly at Horseshoe Bay Resort near Marble Falls, Magnolia Market at the Silos and the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, plus the square in Waxahachie. Our Texas summer drives didn’t stop there. We took the “kids” out to play one Sunday morning after a Kona Coffee meet. We smiled and shook our heads when a curious Mav or two asked, “You both drove?” This time, we took FM 455 northeast from Frisco through Prosper towards Melissa, safely passing anyone in our way. Later that week, I found myself without Friday plans and took a solo backroads trip to Gainesville to see Lavender Ridge Farms for a quiet lunch in their café. Finally, I ended my summer with the Maverick tour to Granbury and watched the odometer advance past 50,000 miles. For the most part, I did not let this pandemic get me down. In fact, I sometimes call my Beast my antidepressant. While 2020 was not the year any of us expected, I did my best to enjoy it and hurry it along.
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Driver Profile: Dawn Marie Gray Racing Yellow 2014 Cayman S by Mark Schnoerr, Region Autocross Chair Mark Schnoerr: HI Dawn, can you tell us a little about yourself, your Autocross Experience and your Porsches? Dawn Marie Gray: I had a pretty dull driving history (minus a few speeding tickets) and an even duller Buick growing up in west Texas; I finally started enjoying driving later in college once I was upgraded to a 142 hp 5-speed 1996 Acura Integra SE. I had no idea how to operate a manual, and my Dad gave up on teaching me after about 10
Top: Steely-eyed focus Bottom: Dawn’s 2014 Cayman S hard at work
minutes, but I’ve clearly figured it out since. That Integra was my first taste of speed and agility, and I was hooked. Competition has also been a big part of my life. I played softball for years, competed in Drum & Bugle Corps, 16 September
Varsity Cross Country, and Varsity Rowing in college, and later started racing Cyclocross and joined a cycling team when I lived in Kansas. However, since moving back to Texas three years ago, I had difficulty finding time to meet new friends, as I was busy being a single parent (my husband Scott didn’t move here from Oregon until the summer of 2019), and trying to grow the PT clinic I just purchased in Rowlett (M3 Physical Therapy Recharged Performance) which, by the way, won the 2020 Living Magazine Reader’s Choice Award for Best Physical Therapist! But making it a point to make time for myself, wanting to meet interesting people, and getting back to doing something fun is what drove me towards Autocross. After seeing an ad in Slipstream for an ER AX event, I showed up to my first race in August 2018. Since then, I have only had the time to compete in about 10 events with ER initially a few with the Racing Yellow GT4, one with a Yas Marina (F82) BMW M4, and the more recent races with our Cayman S - but each of those races has been so much fun! To have the opportunity to race an amazing machine in a safe environment, and get to spend time with the wonderful friends I’ve made at Autocross has been absolutely fantastic, and I am so blessed to get to compete in such a fun sport. My more recent car is a manual 2014 Racing Yellow Cayman S - She’s classed as P5 in ER (and for sale!):
She came to us in the Fall of 2019 with all the modifications and very well-priced for the work she’s had done: Brakes/Tires: Upgraded rear rotors and OEM front rotors / Potenza RE11; Engine: Stock 981 Cobb tune and Soul Performance Catted Sport Headers; Suspension: GT3 lower control arms, GT3 sway bars, Tarett front and rear drop links, toe link, camber plates, Motion Control Systems 3-Way Coilover Kit; Safety: 997 GT2 carbon bucket seats, roll bar with 6-point harnesses, subframe tow reinforcement hook, and of course, a fire extinguisher (that’s removed for AX). My next car is a 2011 Aqua Blue Metallic 997.2 Carrera GTS (and is mod-free). Mark: Thank you! We look forward to seeing that 2011 911 at an event soon.
Autocross Series: Event 7, Lone Star Park by Mark Schnoerr, Region Autocross Chair
photos by Robert Kirby of Lightspeed Images
We are getting comfortable running larger events under the Covid-19 restrictions, and had 120 total entries, 16 of them being Porsche drivers, at Autocross #7. We got a total of 720 timed runs in overall. This course was designed by me and had some choices on two of the slaloms that led to indecision and trial and error by some. There was pain in either selection. Some highlights from this event: Ed Mayo continues his winning ways in class P1 with his 1972 911S over Sigrid Schnoerr in her 914 and Julia Underwood in a 911S. In Class P0 - 'PCA Zero'
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Mark Schnoerr Charlie Fick Dawn Marie Gray Scott Wolthuis
Racing Yellow Cayman S 51.114 52.839 1.725 GT3 RS 57.509 4.67 Racing Yellow Cayman S DNS Blue 911S
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P2, Carey Spreen drove his Boxster S to the win over two 996s driven by Doug Edney and Russ Rosenberg. Reid Cloud was first quick Porsche and won Class P3 in his Cayman S, followed by Calvin Yeh in his Cayman S and Owen Coulman in his GT3. In Class P5, Dawn Gray let me co-drive her Speed Yellow Cayman S to the class win over Charlie Fick in his GT3 RS and Dawn in her Cayman S. Robyn Howard ran alone in Class P6 and put down some very nice times. Performance index: Reid, Ed, and Calvin took the podium spots. Final results are attached. Event 3 (a make-up date) is Sunday, September 6, followed by events 8, 9, and 10, all at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie. Covid-19 registration policy is pre-register only; entry fee is $45.00 or $35.00 if you join Equipe Rapide Sports Car Club. See the rest of the dates elsewhere in Slipstream.
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size. So, is a Paint-to-Sample (PTS) pcar more expensive than a black or a silver one in the collector car market? Perhaps. I, for one, sure enjoy the uniqueness of them. To learn more about Porsche colors, I encourage you to visit National PCA’s Rennbow site. The site touted that “Rennbow is the largest collection of Porsche images on the web, organized by color.
You can see a giant color chart and images of nearly every color ever offered by Porsche.” Currently, they have identified and categorized 504 colors! You can also submit images of your pcars to be added to their database. https://www.rennbow.org/ Recent auction results of rare, colorful pcars are listed below for your review. May you dream in Rennbows!
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Bahama Yellow is a 2
2012 Cayman R
Sold for $64,600 + $3,230 buyer fee 32k miles shown Peridot Metallic/Alcantara 3.4L Flat-Six 6-speed manual Color rarity:
2002 911 Carrera Cabriolet
Sold for $27,500 + $1,375 buyer fee 39k miles shown Zanzibar Red Metallic/Black/Black 3.6L Flat-Six 6-speed manual Color rarity:
1979 911 SC
High bid $36,750 – reserve not met 108k miles shown Tobacco Brown/Brown 3.0L Flat-Six 5-speed manual Color rarity:
2008 Cayman S
Sold for $22,000 + $1,100 buyer fee 58k miles shown Cobalt Blue/Gray 3.4L Flat-Six 6-speed manual Color rarity:
1981 911 SC Targa
High bid $36,300 - reserve not met 88k miles shown Wine Red Metallic/Tan/Black 3.0L Flat-Six 5-speed manual Color rarity:
1968 912
Sold for $40,100 + $2,000 buyer fee 56k miles shown Ossi Blue/Black 1.6L Flat-Four 5-speed manual Color rarity:
2003 911 Carrera Coupe
Sold for $36,500 + $1,825 buyer fee 55k miles Speed Yellow/Black 3.6L Flat-Six 6-speed manual Color rarity:
2001 Boxster
Sold for $15,201 + $760 buyer fee 54k miles Orient Red Metallic/Savana Beige/Black 2.7L Flat-Six 5-speed automatic Color rarity:
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Coffee, Cars & Conversation by Bill Kruder So she never knew this, but I have read about this female legend and followed her through Slipstream since joining in 1996. Now as many of you know, I didn’t become active in the club until about four or five years ago. And even then we still had not met in person until about three years ago when we coordinated a 914 presentation at Zims Autotechnik. It was then I finally put a name to a face and a car. It’s only fitting that it worked out that we had a chance to sit down (via FaceTime) and chat, as this is our first of many October issues to come that we celebrate the women in our club.
photos provided by author BK: Ahh and was this certain printer Ussery Printing? FU: Yes sir it was and is today. It was Carl’s family business. BK: So is this how you met Carl? FU: It was. We were a client of theirs and so through business calls I knew his parents, brother, and knew who Carl was. One day I had to drive over to pick up some boxes
BK: Let’s talk cars now. What was your first car? FU: Well it was a hand-me-down from my mom: a 1961 Mercury Comet, something to get me through high school.
So here is the next in my series of “conversations” I would like to share with you . . . Fran Ussery, Member since 1979 Present cars: 1973 914 and 2000 Boxster S Bill Kruder: Let’s start off with the usual. Where are you from? Fran Ussery: Well I’m a Dallasite through and through, born and raised in Lockwood, just northeast of White Rock Lake. Top: Fran with their winning 1966 911 - Folly I attended Bryan Adams High Bottom: Fran and Carl at the ’86 Downeast parade School in neighboring Casa View. and I needed some help loading BK: And how about college? them. I asked his mom if Carl could FU: Didn’t stray too far from Dallas. help and she told me “no, he was I went to North Texas State (today BUSY.” Well a few days later I get a UNT) with a degree in Secondary call from Carl and he asked me out. Education specializing in Biology and English. BK: How long ago was this? FU: This would have been 1974; I BK: I didn’t know you were a teacher? think we went to Mother Blues, on FU: Most don’t as that lasted all of Lemmon and Oak Lawn. It was a a year; I quickly realized I was not haunt of out-of-town musicians – cut out for that gig. great music. BK: So is that when you got in the print business? FU: Not exactly. I went to work for a small ad agency that just happened to use a certain printer. 20 September
BK: And I understand you have two kids? FU: We do - Erin was born in 1988; she lives in Canada and is an Environmental Scientist for the Canadian government. Adam was born in 1989, and he lives in Houston working for Clampitt Paper. It’s a Dallas-based paper company. Both kids grew up around Porsches and started to autocross as soon as they were “legal.”
BK: And how long did you date before getting married? FU: We dated for about four years before getting married in 1978 in my mom and dad’s living room.
BK: Rumor has it before you got into Porsches you were a muscle car person? How come? FU: True, my dad was a car guy – a Mopar guy. Dad loved big engines and fast cars like our 1957 Desoto Firedome! I remember peeking over the front seat back while mom was blissfully looking out the window and dad would be cruising at 100 in his 1961 Desoto (keep in mind seat belts were not standard issue yet). BK: So after the Comet? FU: Well my dad thought I needed a more dependable car to get me up to Denton and home on weekends so we bought an Avocado Green 1969 Plymouth Road Runner with a white vinyl top and 8-track! Freshman year was the Comet or a Schwinn 10-speed, but sophomore year was the ROADRUNNER – yes, that Roadrunner: 383 cu in (6.3L) 335 HP, 14.2 in a quarter-mile. BK: So when did the Porsches happen? FU: Carl introduced me to Porsche, and funny thing, he was from an American muscle car family. In 1973, he had read in the Wall Street Journal that the German Mark value was
dropping, he drove directly to Forest Lane Porsche, trading his 1959 T-Bird for a new 914. We still have it today. BK: Have there been others between the 1973 and the 2000 S? FU: There was. Back in 84-85, after an unfortunate “oops” in the 914, we bought a 1966 911 (production number 366) from Don Istook. He put in the rebuilt motor and fixed the rust. I think we paid just over $5K. Once we had the car home, that’s when the work began with the help of Stan Mancil painting it in his garage, Ed Mayo doing reassembly, Jerry Sutton helping with electrical, Alan Bambina refinishing the wood dash, and there were others – bribed with hamburgers! BK: How long did you have it? FU: We sold it about three years later but not before driving it up the 1984 Chicago Parade which was actually in Appleton, Wisconsin, about 3-1/2 hours north of Chicago. I think we travelled about 2,400 miles round trip and autocrossed at Road America, all in a car that had just been reassembled. Then in 1989 we bought a 1986 Guards Red Carrera Targa with a whaletail, and outfitted it with an authentic Porsche baby seat. I mean what else do you buy when you have a little one (laughing)? We sold that in 199798 thinking we would buy two Harleys. Well I bought one but Carl never did - funny how that worked out!
BK: Now let’s talk about the club. By now most readers know you have been printing Slipstream since 1982 (see the ad in every issue) but you really got involved quickly with the club. FU: We did. We had our 914. Al Zim and Ed Mayo told us about the club and introduced us to Steve Kent. Well those who remember Steve know he could talk you into doing anything. Steve went on to be President in 1981 and got us to start attending events, and helping with events. Then in 1984, following Joan Gibbs (first Maverick woman to be President in 1983), I become the second female president. Following that I became editor for three years (1985-86-87). Then I followed in Charlie Davis’ footprint and joined the national Parade Competition Rules committee (for 10 years). BK: What would you say you are most proud of? FU: I loved bringing more women and families into club activities. But from a long lasting standpoint – it would be publishing Slipstream for the club. We started printing it in 1982 and have watched it grow, improve, and become a winning newsletter. That’s a 38-year run and at this year’s end we will have printed 456 editions. We have always been so proud and thankful. Thank you Fran for Driving Friendships for over 40 years, and congratulations again for being an inductee into this year’s Crest Club!
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UP C OM I N G M AV E R I C K R E G I O N EV ENT S
U P C O M I N G M AV E R I C K R E G IO N E V E NT S
Dust off your flying broom. The spooks are back for the
6 th Annual
Saturday, October 31st 9:00 AM registration
9:30 AM Drivers’ Meeting • 10:00 AM First Car Out details will be posted on mavpca.org Awards for over the top Halloween costumes.
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Maverick Forever Friendships by Wendy Shoffit I have been a Maverick Region PCA member since 1997. In that time I have met some absolutely amazing and inspiring women! I have developed great friendships which have changed my life for the better. For women who haven’t yet experienced that, I would encourage you to get involved! Don’t be afraid to roll your sleeves up and pitch in to help. OR if you’re already over-committed like so many of us are, you can always opt for a little FUN instead! What kind of fun, you might ask? DRIVING FUN! I’ve heard from too many new female members who say, “Oh, my husband NEVER lets me drive the car!” or “I could NEVER do anything like that!” Trust me when I tell you: involved husbands want involved wives. How else will he get the wheels and tires without the side-eye from you or the weekend “kitchen pass” to drive in a DE event? Couples who play together stay together! Now I’m not saying drive EVERY event, but enough to show interest, spend quality time together, AND have a blast doing it. At least TRY it out to see what you might have been missing. Give yourself time and patience to improve. Motorsports has made me a much more confident and 24 September
photo provided by Michael Durovick capable driver. Autocrossing has brought me a few really nice trophies, and showing up regularly has cemented some of my female (and male) PCA friendships. It takes a while to get good at it, but you’ve got a cheering section to HELP you through it. We support each other in and out of the club. My PCA friends were there for me when my husband had his stroke. They were there for me when I battled breast cancer. I have other non-Porsche friends in my life, but I can tell you, I have a HUGE list of people in PCA that I know I can call day or night and they will be there for me no matter what! Friends extend across the country, as we are Parade regulars, as well. Nothing makes you feel more “normal” than meeting up with 1,500 enthusiasts who love their cars and love having a good time like you do! This year would have marked our 20th Porsche Parade. We were disappointed it was cancelled, but are already looking forward to next year’s event. I’ve passed this love and appreciation of the PCA camaraderie to my daughter. She was only nine months old when we joined (and is now 23), but she has grown up with some amazing PCA kids and it’s a deeply ingrained part of her life that I hope she will embrace when she starts her adult
life on her own. She has her own membership and will forge more of her own connections as she spreads her wings. I couldn’t be happier that she has such an amazing group of people to support her, as well! So, I urge everyone to GET INVOLVED, HAVE FUN,
and MEET OTHERS who will become great FRIENDS! If you see me at an event, come say hi if I don’t get to you first! I can always use more friends in my life! My life has been forever enriched being part of PCA. I hope you can find that, too!
From Autocross to Parade to Scenic Drives by Linda Wilkins I’ve had a lot of fun and made some incredible friendships over the 28 years that I’ve been a PCA Maverick Region member. When my husband Lee and I first joined PCA, I was driving a 1993 Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo, which was a real blast in the autocross events. I learned a lot about driving too! Autocross lessons learned: • Wherever your eyes are looking is where you will drive your vehicle. Don’t look at that wall! • The experience of high performance driving (like in Lee’s 1973 911 RS
[replica] race car) is not “smooth as silk.” It may look that way when you are spectating. The truth is that the action in the cockpit is violent! (I’m talking about Fast Fred Seipp and Jim Buckley.) • Never coast. You’re either hard on the gas or hard on the brakes. • Women can be great drivers. Cases in point: Wendy Shoffit and Fran Ussery. Lee became the general counsel for the Porsche Club nationally in 20012005, and we began attending Parade
every year. I particularly loved Boise, ID, Milwaukee, WI, and our own Fort Worth Parade. I won the autocross event in Fort Worth in the Cayenne class with my 2005 model AND I got to play golf with Peter Porsche! Since Lee retired from Club Racing, we enjoy the Club scenic drives in our Panamera. Thanks to the women of PCA Maverick Region for all you do for the Club. And thank you for the opportunity to “pink out” the October Slipstream in recognition of all of our Mavs breast cancer survivors! 25
My 18-Year Love Affair with My 968 by Pam Carson Once upon a time I was married to a Porsche fanatic - the kind of guy whose walls were plastered with Porsche posters in high school. It was always a dream of his and I just nodded.
When he got his 951 in 2001 it was a track car, and wow was it fast. I learned to drive a Porsche in that car and I loved it. LOVED it! We started looking for one for me and ended up with a 944 & 968 which were practical frontengines; my engineer hubby could do most of the work. I started my search for a 968, knowing I wanted a manual and a coupe. There weren’t many out there. After two years of looking, I found my baby outside of Chicago: a black 1994 coupe, a six-speed with 19K miles. I was in love. I white knuckled it home in a snowstorm and have been driving it ever since. As it was my only car, it went everywhere with me and did everything a car needed to do. Yes, it saw snow and ice, and with extra weight over the rear wheels she was a trooper. She took me on road trips galore and daily to work; she’s been on country roads and tracked at Road America, where I first understood what a transaxle was, and it was awesome! To this day she’s my hauling car and the back is often filled with mulch and potting soil. Divorce brought me to Texas, an 1,100-mile straight road trip with two cats and more luggage than you would believe in a sports car. Strange being alone and in a new state but getting into my 968 always felt like home. I joined the PCA Mavericks in 2014 and haven’t made as many events as I’d like. I don’t talk specs as much as guys, but I know them for when I need to educate non-Pcar people. I know my HP, my 0-60, my GVW, my engine type, and what kind of oil I need. I know at the time it was made that the 968 was the fastest 3L 4-cylinder naturally aspirated production car on the road. I know my car was one of only 4000+ 968s that made it to America during four years of production, and 2000+ 26 September
photos provided by author and Michael Durovick were coupes. Black was the most common coupe color and mine’s one of 594 total made. You might be getting an idea what a rare car this is and why I think it’s so special. I feel privileged to use it as a daily driver. I wonder how many are left on the road today? At 26+ years old it’s a pretty rare car - 968 drivers get excited when we see another one in the wild. Proper etiquette is to pull over and discuss how much we love our cars. SO many times I’ve been stopped in parking lots by men complimenting me on my beautiful 944; they’ve argued with me about the model until I take them around the back and show the 968 logo tucked in under the fin, then back to the front to explain my true frog lights (round, not square) and my sexier rounder fenders. The front end of a 968 is a beautiful thing. In 2013 I bought a three-year-old Cayman S, mostly because it was Racing Green Metallic. Another 6-speed (never owned an automatic car; I’m strangely proud of that). I thought it was time to have a newer car, for road-trips and hot Texas interstates. I bought it from a dealer
and remember the guy saying “OK, let’s talk about trade-in.” I looked at him blankly, and then realized – “Oh! He thinks I’m trading in my 968!” Without thinking I blurted out, “Why would I trade her in? She’s not done anything wrong!” The Cayman S was an addition, not a replacement. I prefer the 968 - it’s more fun so I drive it more often. You participate more in driving older cars, I think. The Cayman S just floats quickly along, modern electronics taking care of everything. In the 968 you’re more “aware” of your car. Don’t get me wrong - I love my Cayman S - but the relationship still feels new; we’re still getting to know each other. But my 968? At 18 years it’s been my longest and most successful relationship – I love my car and driving it brings me pure joy. I don’t question it; I just look forward to the next 18 years and all the adventures life holds for both of us! In loving memory of my Mother, Doris Lohr, lost to breast cancer in 2005.
HPDE Track Days: Stress Reliever by Irene Kieweg
photos provided by author understand the dynamics and outer limits of my cars. In the last couple years, I became a HPDE driving coach, which allows me to ride in the right seat and help others to enjoy this sport. It’s such a rewarding feeling when they get the corner just right, accelerating through the turn and closing in on the cars in front. I also had the opportunity to put my marketing skills from my day job to work, helping to enhance the Maverick Region HPDE program and drawing more participants. It’s been such an amazing journey and I would love to have every Porsche owner to come out to the track and try it out. It’s very safe, fun, and fast!
On a random day at work, my co-worker said, “Hey you like cars and speed - why don’t you come out to the track with the Porsche Club?” I thought to myself, this is too good to be true . . . I get to drive my car as fast as I want, be around amazing cars, and have coaches help me become an even better driver? I’m all in! That was my first PCA HPDE event seven years ago. Shortly after that, I purchased my first Porsche, a 2012 Cayman R in black, and I love that car to this day. I have met so many wonderful people through these events over the years! Everyone is so welcoming and fun - it’s definitely a place where I feel at home. I also learned to really drive and
About a year ago, I took on the next challenge and purchased a Spec Boxster so I can compete in Club Racing. Racecraft and strategy takes driving around the track to a whole new level. This sport continues to challenge me, there is always something new to learn and improve my skills. The Porsche Club has given me a place of belonging, a break from my stressful job, and like-minded friends for life.
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Maverick’s Virtual Happy Hour by Teri and Mike Mahoney We were definitely not going to let a little thing like a pandemic get in the way of our region happy hour.
No sir! But a “virtual happy hour?” Why not? When you think about it, it’s not a terrible idea. So why haven’t we done this before? I mean, it’s less expensive, you get to play bartender, Top, left to right: Unofficial Maverick Chief there’s no need Mixologist Teri Mahoney, Rally Chairs Ginger and for small talk, it’s Tom Heuerman in their “favorite bar”, President Bill Kurder and a view of the festivities from Becky and way safer since you’re home and Tom Gomer’s pool. on your sofa - or in the case of the Gomers - in the pool! And the best part: the attire. Yes, we call it “Covid Casual.” We had a lot of Mavericks on the Zoom call, and it was great seeing everyone, even if it was virtual. So on Thursday evening, August 20, five months into our foray of foggy glasses, masks, grocery store tantrums, and incessant debates with Karen, Facebook Physician, my wife Teri crafted cocktails for our Mavericks. Sponsored by The Phoenix Insurance Group, the hour was hosted by Teri, where she composed three tasty Porsche-themed cocktails. The first cocktail was a new creation named “Maverick Mash”: it consists 28 September
photos provided by author of bourbon, blackberries, basil, lemon juice muddled, with a mint garnish. Very tasty and refreshing! Next up was the “LeMans”: Cointreau, vodka, orange juice, simple syrup, and a splash of club soda. Steve McQueen would have loved it. Lastly the “Vesper”: James Bond’s iconic martini - it is a gin, vodka, and Lillet blanc or Cocchi Americano cocktail served “up” in a martini glass. Yes, it was a very happy hour! I’m glad we were home! We also held a three-part trivia contest throughout the evening that consisted of nine questions related to each cocktail. Our own Membership Chairs, Becky and Tom Gomer, were the winners of a very nice bottle of bourbon provided by our sponsor and Slipstream advertiser The Phoenix Insurance Group.
How Mav PCA has Affected My Life by Linda Bambina Not long after joining Maverick Region in 1981, Alan and I realized we were both head over heels enamored with many, many people in the club. We joined everything! We also helped organize many things and eventually were part of the Head Honcho team, aka The Board. Our Maverick friends became our “chosen family” and some of them still are! Needless to say, I have soooo many stories I could tell for this article because I often have “crazy ideas” and the Maverick Region has been part of dozens of those ideas. I also love photography, so I combined that love and a plan that most people said was ridiculous to try to pull off. Here’s the story behind the photograph/poster aptly named “Maverick Region Stages a Family Portrait, April 28, 2012.” This poster commemorated our Region’s 50th anniversary in PCA. The phrase, “Driving Friendships” was created for this poster by Fran Ussery when I put her on the spot to give us a logo for the event. It’s great that the club is finally using this fitting phrase regularly. In the photo, there are 50 cars lined up (PERFECTLY!) in year-order on a huge parking lot (without barriers) with the Texas Motor Speedway Club in the background. The picture was taken by practically professional club photographer Charlie Davis from a crane perched 50 feet in the air. The cars were chosen for two reasons: they matched the years needed for our display AND they were owned by Extremely Active Members of Maverick Region. If you had been on the Board for many years or had given some heavy-duty life’s blood for multiple projects or car events, I wanted your car to be part of our Family Portrait. OH, and you had to commit to being able to get your car to our staging site on a specific day. It took me from October 2011 thru April 27, 2012 to fit all the pieces of this complex puzzle together. I had Ed Mayo on speed-dial to help me find people who had certain hard-to-find year cars or to ask if this year 911 looked almost identical to that year 911 so I could substitute it in the line up? Yes, I was forced to “charlatan” a bit, but there was no substituting when it came to the people. We had the best reunion for this event! Club Officers, Board Members, and Slipstream Editors from way back came
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out to meet their Mav Family as the staging process progressed. There is a ridiculous number of “engineer” or “mathematically inclined” members in this club who are picky, picky, picky about details. But I love ‘em! And I love it that they have always let me do crazy ideas with this club!
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The Red Car by Betty Perrine I read an old book titled “The Red Car” when I was 16 years old. It was about a young boy who had acquired an old British sports car, fixed it up with the local mechanic’s help then after a lot of trials and tribulations, entered it in the ‘Big Race’. I was officially hooked on cars! My Dad didn’t quite understand his eldest daughter’s new found love for cars, but he never laughed at me for it – he supported me. That was all that mattered.
After a few years I had finally saved enough money to buy my own car and of course it was going to be a British sports car! Sadly, the only ones I could find in my price range were projects that were waaaay above my skill level. Once I had accepted it wasn’t going to happen, I started looking for a Japanese sports car. Unfortunately every car I found was too expensive or had been abused. One day in May, I drove out to look at a car I had found in the Auto Trader. When I arrived it wasn’t there, but there was a really different looking car sitting off to the side. “That’s a 1974 Porsche 914” the seller said. “Would you like to test drive it instead of the other one?” “Really?” I replied, “that Z car isn’t going to be back anytime soon? Well, ok, at least I can say I’ve driven a Porsche.” Walking up to the car, so many things started racing through my head. “It’s orange - I don’t like orange! It’s so short - it has to be impossible to get in and out of!” Once I’d sat down in it, I had to figure my way through the first real challenge – how to release the darn park brake. I conquered that, figured out the shift pattern, backed the car out of its parking spot and started creeping to the end of the driveway. During that short journey, all of the negative thoughts that had been churning around in my head began to float gently out the rolled down driver’s window. “Ya know… sitting in here you don’t see much orange at all. It being so short means it’s gotta handle great!” I stopped at the end of the driveway and oh, so carefully creeped out onto the residential street. I was hit smack dab in the heart with LOVE AT FIRST TURN! I consider myself to be a practical person, I don’t believe in love at first… anything, but there I was, crawling along in first gear, rationalizing away every single negative thing I had been thinking just minutes before. I drove that 914 around three or four blocks, rolled back 30 September
photo provided by author into the seller’s driveway and parked my new car, but nobody else but me knew that yet! I came back a few days later and bought him (yes, he’s a boy) with my parent’s financial help. That was a little over 35 years ago. Over the years (and over 400,000 miles) we raced in our first autocross together; where I met my future husband as I sat on the ground taping numbers on the doors. We even rode in him on our first date. That car and I stormed to second place in our class in the local SCCA’s Autocross Region - in the men’s class I might add. He drove my husband and I home from our wedding. Because of that car we found PCA’s Maverick Region and all of its wonderful people. That car was present for countless other happy (and not so happy) family milestones. He is a member of our family, he’s one of our ‘metal children’. He represents power, control, skill and freedom to me… he is my happy place.
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Maverick Trivia: Are you a Porschephile? Jerry DeFeo You can test your knowledge (or Google search ability) of all things Porsche by participating in the monthly trivia contest posted online at http:// mav.pca.org/trivia. Answers are due by the last day of each month. The winner of the trivia contest receives a $25 gift certificate from our sponsor, Zims Autotechnik. In the case of ties, a random drawing determines the winner. Here are the questions for the August 2020 Trivia, along with the winner, John Dames, getting all 5 of 5 correct. We have to give special congrats to both Tom Martin and Bill Orr as they too had all 5 of 5 correct. In case of a tie, the winner is chosen by random drawing. Trivia this month deals with miscellaneous Porsche items from the 2021s back to the 50s. Answers: 1)d, 2)a, 3)b, 4)c, 5)d
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My Start with Mavs Breast Cancer Philanthropy by Julia Cleath
Throughout my life I have been eager to lend a hand where needed. While raising children fulltime, this began to take over my life, as I was volunteering for their schools, classrooms, PTAs, church groups, and the like. When those volunteer efforts began to slow during their high school years, I’d step up to the plate elsewhere, for the city, the church, or just to help a friend out. I was certain in reaching the current season of my life that my volunteer days would be winding down to just lending a hand now and then. With the PCA, my husband and I really enjoy the Mavs & Mochas gatherings and meeting all the great folks. We have made many good friends over the years. And as usual, whenever we could, we would pitch in help here and there if needed. PLOT TWIST: So in steps my friend Jimmy Gallegos, and his lovely wife Phyllis. On February 4 I received a message from Jimmyg regarding the new philanthropy efforts for the club. He was asking me to volunteer with the Breast Cancer Awareness project. It would involve bringing awareness, raising funds, and would culminate in October. I wrote back that I wasn’t very good at fundraising, and had never been personally touched by Breast Cancer, but that I would try to help where I could. Truth be told, some of the breast cancer charities out there today have a bad reputation, and I didn’t really want to align myself with them. As I was pondering all of this I had a flashback to a trick-or-treat Mav event at The Star in Frisco. We happened to be parked next to a new maverick member, Kevin Hail. As we were waiting for trick-ortreaters to come by, I was taking the opportunity to get to know him. At my prodding (I can be “like that”) he told me he was the President and COO of the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) here in Frisco. I was a little brazen in my questioning about where the NBCF foundations monies went to (sorry Kevin), but - lo and behold - I was extremely pleased to hear that the NBCF and its mission put all my personal issues to rest. NBCF is NOT like other breast cancer charities out there. I immediately wrote back to Jimmyg with my recollection and details of having met Kevin. From that point forward we both KNEW that the National Breast Cancer Foundation was who we would partner with for this wonderful philanthropy! We quickly set up a meeting with Kevin at their headquarters in Frisco. We wanted to learn more about their mission and tour the facility. While sleeping the night prior to the meeting, I suddenly awoke out of the blue, with an IDEA: a fundraiser T-shirt image I had
in my head. So I sat up in bed and created the idea on paper so I’d have something to present in the morning. Jimmyg, Phyllis, and I enjoyed our tour of the very impressive NBCF offices, and learned so many wonderful things about the foundation. We were also lucky to happen to meet Janelle, Kevin’s Mom. She started the foundation in 1991 after she survived breast cancer. My T-shirt idea seemed to be a hit, and by March, I was picking up the first 100 T-shirts! Since then, even with multiple Covid-canceled events, we have met our goal, and are almost sold out of the second batch of 100 shirts we ordered. At our October event, we will see the fruits of all your generous donations! It will be a great event. So, between Jimmyg contacting me (of all people) about the new charity and my light bulb moment with the T-shirt idea, and also remembering having met our fellow Maverick member, Kevin, I believe that I was never going to be in charge of when or where to volunteer my time. Seems there is a greater power at work here. See you in October, and wear something PINK!
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Oversteer: Nurturing the Fun by Teri Davis, Guest Editor
Fran Ussery asked me to recount my history with Maverick Region and PCA for a feature Slipstream issue. The request triggered memories that popped out like the contents of an overpacked suitcase when the latch fails. For me, it all began in 1973 when my thenhusband Stan Mancil traded our red Austin-Healey Roadster for a green 1968 Porsche 911L. An invitation to PCA was part of the package, and a photo in an old Maverick Region scrapbook proved that we joined the fun in time for a camping event in April 1973. In 1974, we volunteered to take charge of Slipstream. I did the info-gathering, writing, and typing. Stan did the cut-and-paste operation. (Yes, tools included a typewriter, X-Acto knives, rubber cement glue pots, and Rapid-oGraph pens.) We were fortunate to be friends with Dallas artist Terry Mashaw, a Maverick who drove a 356. Terry provided wonderful cover illustrations during the two years we produced the newsletter. Filling the newsletter was a challenge in those days. Membership was under 200. There were only four events per month: a monthly dinner meeting with a Porscherelated program, one activity involving driving Porsches, a business meeting of the elected officers, and a Slipstream “party,” which was a small gathering of Mavericks to collate, staple, and stick address labels on the completed copies. One month, we were desperate to fill enough pages to justify “saddle-stitching” (stapling folded sheets into booklets). So, we invented the one and only edition of Slipshod. It was deliberately sloppy and off-standard. But it got attention and laughter -- enough that us old-timers still remember. During our early years in the club, our son Tony was born, we moved, changed jobs, and grew apart until finally I decided divorce was the best option. I dropped out of the club for a couple of years, but in time, I reconnected with my friend Charles Davis, past Maverick president, and “Uncle Charlie” to son Tony. Charlie and I established a partnership that lasted for the last forty years of his life. Charlie and I married in the summer of 1979 and I experienced my first Porsche Parade in the summer of 1980. I immediately understood his Parade addiction! I was blown away! I watched my husband use his skills and knowledge to gather in trophies and together we won second place in Navigational Class in the rally. It was my very first Time-Speed-Distance rally; such a high! But I must give credit to Charlie; I didn’t do much besides read the instructions. It was almost all Charlie. Also, his PCA friends from across the USA readily enfolded me into their circle. Of course, they were curious about the gal who had snared their perpetual bachelor . . . and was visibly pregnant. From then on, I joined Charlie in urging Mavericks to go to Parade. Maverick Region became my extended family. If the club was doing something, we were there, and in many cases, one of us was in the lead. Charlie also had a national position on the Parade 38 September
Competition Rules Committee for several years and chaired the group a couple of years. Naturally I got involved too and, since I was an editor professionally, did a major rework of the document. The rules had been patched so many times that discrepancies between sections were causing all sorts of disputes. As a stay-at-home Mom, it was easy to return to being editor of Slipstream. Club finances were tight at that time, so my first act as editor was to do a cost analysis of publishing costs. New members Carl and Fran Ussery came onboard about this time and have been a tremendous asset to the club ever since. I was also aware that we had never done well in the national newsletter contests. All these factors led to a new size and format for Slipstream. I pushed hard for more technical information, more photographs, and solicited better coverage of events. Lots of people stepped up to help. We improved so much that we got our first ever First in Class in 1985. Also in the 80s, I took the lead in introducing Mavericks to the idea of multi-event weekends. These were loosely modeled on the national Porsche Parade. We dubbed the event “RoundUp.” These weekends involved an autocross when a venue was available, a top-only Concours, a gimmick tech quiz, and a gimmick rally. Many years later, these almost-annual events began having a “destination” that required overnight stays. We had a couple of events at a hotel on the shores of Possum Kingdom Lake and a couple years we stayed at Fossil Rim. Those were fabulously fun weekends. When Parade was scheduled to be at the Lake of the Ozarks in 1983, Charlie and I went into high gear to whip up local interest in attending the premier national event. It was the first Parade to be within a single day’s drive. I think we had 36 attendees that year, and thus an enlarged group of Parade enthusiasts. Maverick suddenly became a contender on the national stage, and we haven’t slowed down since. With local enthusiasm high, I stepped up to spearhead a bid to bring a Parade to the region. With Charlie’s full support we planned an event to coincide with the Texas sesquicentennial celebration. We didn’t get the bid for 1986, but the national staff asked me to bid again the next year and this time we were awarded the prize. The D/FW’87 Parade had several firsts: besides first female Parade Chair, we had the first week-long planned activities for children, first computerized scoring, first dual autocross courses with run-offs and the first RC car competition. The hallmark of D/FW’87 was fun, fun, fun piled on top of the competition. We had a tight-knit committee that converted my vision to reality, and I love them all for putting their hearts into the project. For many years thereafter, people still came up to me at subsequent Parades and told me that D/FW’87 was their all-time favorite Parade. That was very satisfying to hear, of course.
After D/FW’87, my interest turned to expanding Round-Up events and upping the quality of our rallies. I’ve lost count of how many rally schools I have taught for Maverick Region. I know I taught two seminars at Parades. Local schools were always followed by an actual rally and ended with a de-briefing of what the tricks and traps had been. I owe so many people for support and guidance with these events, especially Charlie Davis, Bob Benson, Joe McGlohen, Ed Tix, and Carey Spreen. When the Fort Worth ‘04 Parade was in the conceptual stage, Charlie and I got involved, of course, but I had no interest in being Parade Chair again and Charlie was deeply involved in other pursuits. We threw our support behind Jan Mayo, knowing she would be well supported by the region. I declared I had always wanted to organize a Parade Goodie Store and I got my wish. The next year, 2005, was PCA’s 50th Anniversary, and I began my tenure as Facilities Chair for national Parades. I shadowed Connie Waldrop that year to learn the job so she could step down after 16 years of handling hotel contracts. The Salt Lake City Parade in 2012 was the last Parade where I was involved in hotel and facility contracts and bookings. In the meantime, I was indoctrinating Kristy Heath from Conference Direct, who would take over the hotel function. Her company brought a lot of leverage to negotiations. During the time I was in charge of facilities, and even before, I became one of the advocates for having an executive Parade Committee. Functioning several years as part of an advisory group, it became clear that PCA had been re-inventing the wheel every year and repeating newbie mistakes. As advisors to a new local group every year, we spent at least sixty percent of our effort explaining to
newcomers why certain things worked and certain things were likely to fail. At the same time, no one wanted to hire professionals to execute the whole event. Only experienced Paradegoers would have the right perspectives. Finally, National began staffing the committee Almost unthinkable now, it worked in ‘87. with experienced people Everything is bigger in Texas who would commit to a fourish-year term. Turnover was hoped to include sufficient overlap to maintain consistencies. My last Parade as an active participant was French Lick in 2015. Although I didn’t recognize the symptoms or understood what was happening at the time, I believe I experienced several TIAs during the week, especially during the rally. I was having trouble keeping my spatial orientation and experienced hesitation in right leg movement. I know I dragged my foot over the passenger threshold of our Boxster several times that week. Charlie was not happy about that! After Parade, as we were returning to Texas from Indiana, I had a full-out ischemic stroke. My whole world lurched sideways. Dry your eyes and don’t worry about me. I have a new normal, but I also have a jam-packed trunk full of happy memories and many, many of those memories revolve around the wonderful Mavericks I have played and worked with over the last 46 years. My cup overflows
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