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Volume 48 May 2007, Issue 5
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Zone 5 Presidents ..................................................................1 My Thoughts (Editor’s Column)........................................3 List of Officers/Board Chairs ..............................................4 Catch My Draft (President’s Column) ..............................5 Maverick Minutes..................................................................8 New Wheels ..........................................................................27 Anniversaries ........................................................................27 Unclassifieds..........................................................................28 Advertiser Index ..................................................................28
Upcoming Events Calendar of Events ................................................................1 Autocross #4............................................................................2 TSD Parade Prep Rally..........................................................2 Sunday Drive ..........................................................................2 Maverick Lunches..................................................................3 Happy Hour at Bavarian Grill ............................................3 Board Meeting........................................................................5 Time Trial #3 and #4 ............................................................7 Club Race at MSR..................................................................9
Day 1 5 5-6 5-6 6 8 15 17 19-20 26-28 29
May Board Meeting May at Mayo’s LSR DE at TWS Cimarron Region DE at Hallett Autocross #4 (Penn) Lewisville Lunch Bedford & Plano Lunches Happy Hour at Bavarian Grill TT #3 & #4 Mineral Wells Club Race/DE at MSR Addison Lunch
Day 3 5 9-10 10 12 17 19 21 26 30
June Sunday Drive Board Meeting LSR DE at TWS Rally School Lewisville Lunch Father’s Day Picnic Bedford & Plano Lunches Happy Hour at Razzoo’s Addison Lunch TT #5 Mineral Wells
Past Event Recaps
Day 1 1-5 10 10 17 19 21 31
July Autocross #5 MW Parade in San Diego Board Meeting Lewisville Lunch Bedford & Plano Lunches Happy Hour at Rio Mambo Rally to Post Parade Party Addison Lunch
Day 7 14 16 18 21 28
August Board Meeing Lewisville Lunch Happy Hour Rally Bed & Plano Lunches Addison Lunch
Premier Wine Tasting..........................................................13 My First Rally........................................................................14 Play it Again, Sam................................................................14 Play it Again, Sam Rally Results........................................14 Pivot Cones Galore! ............................................................15 Autocross #1 Results............................................................15 Fun After the Storm ............................................................16 TT #1 and Autocross #2 Results ......................................16 Happy Hour at Saltgrass ....................................................24
Miscellaneous Porsche Rennsport Reunion III........................................10 Maverick Region Quarterly Statement............................22 Trivia Contest ......................................................................18
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Photography
- Drivers’ Education event - Hill Country Region (Austin-centered) - Lone Star Region (Houston-centered) - Mineral Wells Airport, Mineral Wells, Texas - Motor Sport Ranch, Cresson, Texas - Texas World Speedway, College Station, Texas - Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas - Pennington Field Stadium, Bedford, Texas
Slipstream (USPS 666-650) is published monthly by the Maverick Region Porsche Club of America, 9047 Oakpath Ln, Dallas, TX 75243. Subscription price is $24.00 per year. Periodical postage is paid at Dallas, Texas. Postmaster: Send address changes to Bob Knight, Slipstream, 9047 Oakpath Ln, Dallas, TX 75243.
Charlie Davis, Lisa Steele, Jim Basey Dennis Chamberlain
Cover Photo by Charlie Davis Clay Perrine’s 914-6 beautifully backdropped by TMS Speedway Club
Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily endorsed by the Club’s membership or officers. Contributions will be printed on a space available basis. Chartered regions of PCA may reproduce items from this issue provided the author/artist and Slipstream are credited. Slipstream is printed by Ussery Printing Company in Irving, Texas.
2007 Porsche Club Zone 5 Presidents ARK-LA-TEX Kenneth A. Chandler (318) 865-8210 bad968@bellsouth.net
COASTAL BEND Jak Schaefer jakschaefer@grandecom.net
LONE STAR Burnell Curtis (281) 337-1937 bpcurtis@verizon.net
MARDI GRAS Scott Foremaster (504) 734-5726 4master@cox.net
OZARK Rick Daes (501) 565-5113 rdaes@aristotle.net
WHISKEY BAY Ron J. Gaubert (337) 280-2550 rongaubert@cox.net
CIMARRON Bruce Bartovick bbartovick@ststulsa.com
HILL COUNTRY West Dillard president@hcrpca.org
LONGHORN Jim Basey
MAVERICK James Shoffit cell (972)786-6246
WAR BONNET Richard Davis rkd@zipbang.com
ZONE 5 REP Caren Cooper C - (512) 698-2747 zone5rep@hcrpca.org
jbasey@satx.rr.com
president@mavpca.org
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a know, you just rock along every day, doing the things you do thinking folks are generally happy and everything is ok. Then you find out, six months later, that someone was not only happy, they were so impressed with one of our events that they wrote about their experience in their home newsletter and plan to adopt some of our practices into their own programs. Wow. Seems last fall Toby Duckett from Chicago was visiting a friend here in Texas and they attended one of our MSR DE’s. Toby’s experience, well the whole 2800 mile round trip, was so invigorating that he wrote about it in Chicago’s monthly newsletter “Chicago Scene,” expressing a nice Thank You to Maverick Region for the grand time he had at MSR. He had a list of things that our DE’s do on a regular basis that they may incorporate into their DE events, including: on-line registration, run groups and teams with team leaders, filled registration packets. Way to go Bill Dawson and your 2006 DE Team! You just got a Chicago size pat on the back. Caren Cooper, our gorgeous new Zone Rep, hosted a Zone 5 Presidents and Editors meeting in March. A representative from nearly every region was present, just the farthest south (New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Corpus Christi) were not able to come. PCA’s National Executive Secretary, Vu Nguyen, was here and
enthralled us for the entire morning (really!) with what’s happening in the National office, insurance procedures and tales of the ’72 914 which he was picking up the next morning in Tulsa to drive back to Virginia. Vu has brought a ton of energy and marvelous management skills to the job so if you have any problem or question or just want to chat with a really fun guy, feel free to call or email PCA’s National office. Vu will help you with what you need and you’ll feel like you’ve made a wonderful new friend.
Photo by Jim Bassey
by Jan Mayo, Slipstream Managing Editor
Zone 5 President’s Meeting
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2007 Maverick Region - Board, Officers & Chairs President James Shoffit
Vice-President Mark Gluck
Secretary Charlie Davis
H: 972-506-7449 C: 972-786-6246 president@mavpca.org
C: 817-706-9061 vp@mavpca.org
H: 940-682-4719 secretary@mavpca.org
James joined PCA in 97 and is active in Club Racing, Drivers Ed, Autocross and Time Trial. He instructs at DE, AX, and TT. Track Car is a 78 911SC, and the search for a daily driver Porsche is in progress. James is a co-owner of a software development company in Lewisville. DE Co-Chair / DE Co-Chief Instructor John Sandusky
W - (817) 777-0421 john.c.sandusky@lmco.com Sponsorship & DE Co-Chair / DE Co-Chief Instructor Keith Olcha
Mark drivers a Boxster S and has been a Maverick member since 1999. He is active with Drivers Education, Tours, and Social events, as well as with many Hope Shelter charity projects.
AX, TT Chair, Chief Instructor Bryan Bell C - (214) 789-6895
ax@mavpca.org
W - (817) 706-7678 H - (817) 251-6865 keith.olcha@charter.net
AX/TT Timing & Scoring Darron Shaffer H - (972) 390-9709 C - (972) 898-3002 darron.shaffer@gmail.com
DE Registrar Michael Wingfield
AX/TT Tech Inspection Travis Howard
H - (972) 491-2766 DERegistrar@mavpca.org
C - (214) 616*6152 thoward914@yahoo.com
Safety, DE Tech Insp Joe McGlohen
AX/TT Worker CoChair Shelly Burbank
W - (817) 366-1678 H - (817) 861-2792 retread@ix.netcom.com
H - (817) 978-4899
Club Race Registrar Wendy Shoffit
H - (972) 506-7449 C - (972) 977-9821 content@mavpca.org Rally Chair Teri Davis
H - (940) 682-4719 teri@poppings.com
Swap Meets Chair David Mock
H - (817) 795-4149 C - (817) 907-5413 sales@44andmoreparts.com
AX/TT Worker CoChair Mike Lockas C - (972) 422-0264
Charlie joined PCA & MR in 1970, having a 1969 911S. He's been Pres. V-Pres, Zone Rep, & PCR Chair. He's currently the 914 Advocate and drives the Truxster to AX/TT events. He has a 1972 911S and a 1973 914 2.0.
Membership Club Race Co-Chair
Joel Nannis H - (972) 722-2735 membership@mavpca.org Membership Club Race Co-Chair
Bill Miller W - (972) 830-2676 bill.miller@tm.com Socials
Ed & Tracey Gross (H) - (972) 491-2104 social@mavpca.org
Goodie Store
Christy Dominick (H) - 817-909-0966 goodiestore@mavpca.org
H - (972) 939-7967 C - (972) 754-2064 tom.annette@verizon.net AX/TT Schools Kevin Hardison
H - (972) 401-3955 W - (972) 438-8344 ext. 154 khardison@usseryprinting.com
Concours Chair Bob Bianconi
Sunday Drive Chair Clint Blackman
C: (817) 932-4155 concours@mavpca.org
H: (214) 696-8000 cb3law@sbcglobal.net
W: 214-535-9852 H: 972-385-9008 treasurer@mavpca.org Bob has been a member of PCA since 2004 and is active in Autocrosses and Time Trials. He is also an instructor for Driver’s Ed events and drives a 1988 911 Carrera.
Managing Editor Jan Mayo
H - (817) 595-4651 C - (817) 313-9406 editor@mavpca.org Photo & Layout Editor Matt Platts
C - (817) 919-1253 W - (817) 440-2090 photo@mavpca.org Content Edior Wendy Shoffit
H - (972) 506-7449 C - (972) 977-9821 content@mavpca.org Event Ad Design Mark Gluck
C - (817)706-9061 vp@mavpca.org
Web Site Denny Payne
Club Photographer Kevin Hardison
webmaster@mavpca.org
H - (972) 401-3955 W - (972) 438-8344 khardison@usseryprinting.com
Email List Moderator Bob Benson
Printing Fran Ussery
W - (817) 264-8357 H - (817) 457-8833 bbenson1@airmail.net
W - (972) 438-8344 H - (817) 481-8342 fran@usseryprinting.com
Email List Moderator Matt Platts
Advertising Lisa Steele
C - (817) 919-1253 W - (817) 440-2090 matt@platts.net
H - (214) 709-6418 ads@mavpca.org
Mentor Program Dennis Chamberlain
Mailing & Technology Andy Mears
W - (972) 788-0871 Dennis@dennischamberlaincpa.com
H - (940) 321-8683 W - (214) 360-9221 amears@attglobal.net
mikeldean@earthlink.net
AX/TT Schools Tom Snodgrass
Treasurer Bob Kuykendall 15801 Ranchita Dallas, TX 75248
Zone 5 Representative Caren Cooper
Past President Rocky Johnson
C - (512) 698-2747 zone5rep@hcrpca.org
H - (903) 356-6531 C - (972)816-1769 rrjjaj42@aol.com
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Catch my Draft by James Shoffit, the Maverick Region President
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lot of people seemed to appreciate the article I wrote last month and told me so – thanks for all the kind words, and it is good to know someone besides Wendy reads my articles! Our Concours program is just going like gangbusters. By the time you get this, we will have probably already had our May at Mayos Concours – and as of right now, 23 cars are signed up. That is just incredible! Now I just hope it didn’t rain us out. A bit about Slipstream being late – we are in a difficult position with that. Back a few years ago, Slipstream worked like this : 1) The editor would finish Slipstream, drive it to Ussery, they would process it and print it (takes 2-5 days depending on their workload). 2) The printed copies would then be brought to my house. 3) Andy Mears would print a set of labels based on our membership database, subscribers, advertisers, and sponsors. 4) We would call a group of 5-7 people to come over as quick as they could, and spend an evening applying labels to all 1200 Slipstreams. We would then bag them according to zip code, label the bags appropriately, and put them in my car. 5) Andy would fill out all the paperwork the post office needed, and often Bob Knight would have to write a check for postage. 6) The next morning I would take off from work and drive them over to the post office in Fort Worth and manually bring the bags inside to be processed, usually standing in line as one often does at a post office.
The second thing we have discussed is moving up the deadlines and production dates. The problem with this is we are creating ads for events that are 3 months out, and reporting on events two months ago. So you would read about the Holiday Party in the February issue and Mark Gluck would have to create ads for the May at Mayo’s Concours in March. Often we don’t work out the details soon enough to be able to produce ads, and reporting on events that far behind just doesn’t suit our small-club feel we enjoy so much. If we were a big corporation, that is probably how it would be done, but we don’t want to revert to that unless we have to. We have no paid positions – we are all just volunteers, so have to do what we can to not run volunteers off. Of course the PRIMARY reason Slipstream arrives late is because I am always the last one to turn in my article! I think Rocky and Keith know what I am talking about! Come on out and join the fun! See you soon!
This was a great process as far as expediency is concerned. They were able to get to you much quicker. The problem is one of sustainability. When it wasn’t me doing the driving and delivering and labeling, it would be Tinker or Jan or Wendy or someone else. Finding volunteers to continually make that level of sacrifice is challenging to say the least. It is hard enough to get an Editor, for Pete’s sake! (thanks again, Jan!) So we decided to hire that process out. Now Slipstream gets printed and Ussery Printing delivers them to Tri-Win, who handles all the label creation, labeling, bagging, and delivering to the Dallas post office (rather than Fort Worth). So this takes a few days for them to handle that rather than the usual 24 hours it took us. Add to that the fact that the Dallas post office seems to be busier, and it sometimes takes a week or more to get the issue all the way to my house in Irving. So what can we do about it ? The first thing we are going to try is having Tri-Win deliver the Slipstreams to the Fort Worth post office. It seems like we had much better delivery times – which could shave a week off of the receipt date – when we used them. The Fort Worth office could be as busy as the Dallas office is now, so we don’t know if that will work or not. All we can do is try.
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Maverick Minutes by Charlie Davis
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n attendance: Jan Mayo, Christy Dominick, Denny Payne, Charlie Davis, Teri Davis, Travis Howard, Robyn Howard, Bill Miller, Dennis Chamberlain, Joe McGlohen, James Shoffit, Wendy Shoffit, Bob Kuykendall, Mark Gluck, Bryan Bell, and Bob Bianconi. At about 6:55 PM, Bob Bianconi ran in and (between deep breaths) said he had 9 people signed up for the pending Concours at May @ Mayo’s. He then told us a story about car keys and UPS. You had to be there. Bob left as quickly as he came. James called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM. He inquired about sponsorship for the upcoming club race. Joe reported that Keith had asked him to work with Boardwalk regarding the details of their sponsorship. James, trying to help Bob B out with the Concours, asked for a list of previous (old) Concours entrants (from the era when we had Concours events). We came up with a few names. James asked who delivers Slipstream to our dealers? He also asked if it might be a good idea to schedule a Tour to a Tech Session? James announced that National has a new requirement whereby both the President and Vice-President must approve a newsletter prior to printing. We discussed this a bit and concluded it might make finding candidates for Pres/V-Pres difficult, but would solve the problem of finding an Editor. Dennis and Bob will schedule with the accountant to do the 2006 audit after 4-15-2007. Dennis reported that the latest Happy Hour was good and gave us a quick rundown of the pending ones. He told a story about sharing food with Tink. The moral of this story was not to. You had to be there. Bob K allowed as how we have money. He asked board members to let him know in advance about fixed expenses. He reported that Joe/Keith got the storage unit paid up recently. Mark reported that now we have insurance coverage for officers and chairs of the Region. Joe reported that he was representing the DE Chairmen. He went on to request five radios, one gang charger (for six radios), two storage boxes, and some number boards (that won’t melt or dissolve). The board approved $3000 for these purchases. Bill said we are having a Club Race and that 12 people have signed up so far. He said Boardwalk paid for printing the Club Race flyers. Thank you Boardwalk! James interrupted: He forgot something… Chris Alvarado from Austin may try to organize a Zone-5 Charity Autocross to coincide with our last event of the year at TMS. Bryan reported that AX #1 had 57 ? entrants, TT #1 had 25 entrants, and AX #2 had 35 entrants. We discussed why the last two were small…concluded it was bogus weather reports. Bryan noted that he had not received insurance certificates for the last two events. Mark will check on this. Robyn “Takin’ Up Space” Howard passed. 8
Travis had several questions about our AXes. He noted that AX #2 stopped early and wondered why. Bryan and Charlie explained that we either do fun runs or have an AX Challenge after official runs. There were several people who came from out-of-town (Houston, Austin, Colorado Springs, and Florence, which is S of Ft. Hood) and wanted to get an early start home. When these people left, there were not enough people left to do much! We briefly discussed our new classification system. Until we know what classes all the cars are in, James can’t produce results. Travis also inquired about the $170 DE fee (he likes it), but was told it only applies to the DE at the Club Race. Dennis then took Travis outside and shot him [joke]. His picture will appear in his box in the May Slipstream. Teri reported that the last Rally made $40.00. Bob K injected that Rallies have the highest net profitability of all events. Charlie noted (not a complaint) that Darron had problems with his new TimeTrial timing software. We need to be patient as he debugs it. Denny will try to reconfigure the website so that it plays to mobile devices. Stay tuned… Christy said that PayPal was working great. She continues to add products and features to the Goodie Store portion of our web site. She reported there was not much traffic yet. We discussed some ideas for getting more Goodie Store traffic, such as creating a flier for Club Race entrants. Teri asked if the Goodie Store wanted to handle our special T-shirts for the San Diego Parade? She will send .CDR files to Christy. Jan reported that she had two articles about Rally and one article about TimeTrial #1 and Autocross #2 in the pipeline. She needs more articles, though. Bryan Bell has agreed to do a series of articles about Autocrossing. Wendy reported that the tardy Slipstreams are not Jan’s fault. The problem is with the Dallas Post Office. She suggested and the board concurred that we need to move back to the Ft. Worth PO. We believe this will cost us about $50. James interrupted again. National is starting a new e-mail service with which we can send messages to groups of members. Individual members can opt out if they do not want to receive these communications. It will use the national database and be available for use within a couple of months. It will work similarly to Constant Contact. Wendy continued by giving the Webmaster a heads up that Keith will have some Club Race info put together soon. She inquired whether we want to add an option to our clubregistration.net page to donate to our charity. We decided yes. Wendy reminded us that Jan is the National Awards Chair, and while discussing National Awards, she nominated Tracey and Ed Gross for Family of the Year. The Board thought that was a good idea. Prior to adjourning at 8:30 PM, James inquired where the cookies were? They were last seen in Dennis’s vicinity, but he left early. You had to be there!
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Porsche Rennsport Reunion III Daytona International Speedway - Nov. 2-4, 2007
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he Porsche Club of America is honored to again be assisting the Porsche Rennsport Reunion III with several activities:
1. Porsche model-specific parking corrals 2. “History of Porsche Display� of all production models 3. Supervised track touring 4. PCA Hospitality building with membership area 5. Scrutineering of all the race cars, PCA club racers and vintage historic 6. PCA Dinner – Evening of Saturday, November 3, 2007 7. Volunteer workers to assist with our involvement
Sponsored by Porsche Cars North America and organized by Brian Redman’s Intercontinental Events, Inc., Porsche Rennsport Reunion III is open to the public and brings together an unprecedented gathering of significant Porsche vintage and current racecars and those drivers who have taken them to victory in the world’s most famous sports car races. It features a three-day program of on-track competition event’s participants by invitation. In addition, special activities are planned to honor the series of awesome Porsche 917 racecars and commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the racing debut of the all-conquering Porsche 956/962 racecars. There will also be a model Porsche display, a literature, toy and memorabilia swap meet, and slot car racing. We will be looking for exceptional examples of Porsche %#2 (ALF 0AGE 3LIPSTREAM !D PDF 0-
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production models for display at the Speedway during the event. Stay tuned for more information regarding the details of this historic display. There will be a special PCA dinner on Saturday evening, November 3rd at the Speedway with factory speakers arranged by Porsche Cars North America. More details regarding dinner registration will be forthcoming. Be sure to register as soon as the information is announced as there will be limited seating and reservations will be on a first come, first served basis. PCA members will be invited to use a terrific hospitality building all days of the event, November 2-4, to park safely in one of the Porsche model-specific corrals, and to enjoy supervised track touring with their Porsches on Friday, November 2nd. We will need PCA volunteer workers to assist with our activities at Rennsport. If you are interested in supporting this memorable event, please contact Jennifer Barrows (jmbarrows@cfl.rr.com or 407-522-0002) or Danny Shields (FastDan5@aol.com). Additional details of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion will be published on Porsche’s press web site (www.press.porsche.com), Brian Redman’s Intercontinental Events web site (www.GoRace.com), the official Rennsport III website (www.rennsport2007.com), and Daytona International Speedway’s web site (http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/), as they become available. Ticket information is available by contacting Daytona International Speedway at 1-800-PITSHOP.
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Premier Wine Tasing by Trish Moncus
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very now and then, you stumble across an event that sounds too good to be true and this event had our names written all over it- we love wine, it was 5 minutes from the house, and it was with car people. So we were there. Not to make it sound like we drink wine for a living (I wish), but we’ve been to a lot of wine tastings ,we’ve vacationed visiting vineyard so we know that they can run the gamut from pretentious to wonderful and this event fell into the latter category as it was really enjoyable. Photo by Lisa Steele
First, you have to love an instructor that includes a Margarita wine in the line-up. James of Premier Wines was
One of many lovely toasts of the evening even had one blue wine. Everyone was hard pressed to find something that they didn’t like.
Photo by Lisa Steele
I would encourage anyone who is interested learning more about wine to attend future events as it’s a comfortable, relaxing atmosphere shared with friends.
Premier Wines dedicated a bottle of wine to Tracey
Photo by Lisa Steele
my kind of wine guy. He appreciates that everyone has different tastes, different budgets and different reasons for buying, drinking and gifting wine. If you were new to wine tasting, this was a great start as James was unpretentious, he was informative and he was fun, which is what it should be. Tracey did a fantastic job of starting us off with a good
Joel and Erika Nannis comparing the wines to their own vintage selection from Macaroni Grill, complimented with a nice Italian red, (when we could get the bottle away from Joel Nannis) and then we got down to serious tasting. We had bubbly wine, sweet wine, white wine, red wines and yes, we 13
My First Rally Ethan Bradley - Age 11
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y first rally began at the Flower Mound Animal Adoption Center. My dad went as the driver with me as the navigator. At the beginning of the rally we had to read a form with all the rules on it. The cars that participated were 2 Boxsters that were red and white, one green 911, one orange 914, and one Volvo.
The main point of the rally was to time yourselves between certain points on a course throughout the countryside. After the first lap we returned to our starting point and wrote down how long it took us. Next, we started the second lap. We tried to match the time from our first lap while driving through the same course. However, the second lap included the search for
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Driver Betty Perrine Jan Mayo Catherine LaCroix* Richard Bradley Frank Briggs *SCCA Guests
Navigator Clay Perrine Kevan Davis Mark LaCroix* Ethan Bradley Bobbie Briggs
tie-breakers. For example, one clue was “Tezmeral also sold _ .” The blank was German Shepards. It was so painful to drive below the speed limit, because my dad and I were ahead of our first lap’s time and needed to slow down! One of my favorite things was driving with the top down, so I could feel the wind blowing through my hair on such a beautiful, sunny day! After the rally the group went to Friday’s where we had a snack. Also, 1st ,2nd, and3rd places were awarded (my dad and I almost got third). Meeting new people was another of my favorite parts of the day. MY MOST FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY WAS SPENDING TIME WITH MY DAD DOING WHAT WE LOVE DOING!!!!!!!!
First Lap (Seconds) 1983 2039 1968 1965 2028
Second Lap (Seconds) 1993 2064 1934 1923 1876
Error (Seconds) 10 25 34 42 152
Score for Series 96.7 91.7 88.7 86.0 49.3
Play it Again, Sam by Frank Briggs - Ageless
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he weather was cool and Spring was in the air in Flower Mound, Texas as Teri and Charlie hosted a fun filled Sunday afternoon rally. The rally type was known as a Regularity Rally. At my age, I thought this was something that I might need. On further explanation, I discovered that this form of rally is the comparison of two identical rally routes run with as close to the same time as possible. The instructions were straight forward and the scenery was filled with beautiful estates, winding roads and thoroughbred horse stables. There were 5 competing teams and awards for 1st thru 3rd place. Bobbie and I came in 5th only because there were just 5 cars. We navigated the route just fine, but our times were not close enough to bring home the gold or silver or bronze. I think I’ll blame it on Sunday being the first day of daylight savings time or something. Coming in 4th place was the team of Richard Bradley and his son Ethan in their beautiful red Boxter. Watch for an article by Ethan from the navigator’s point of view. He is a very mature young man and I am anxious to read his report of the day. 3rd place went to Mark and Catherine LaCroix who joined us in their Volvo. Mark and Catherine were guests who recently became members of SCCA and reside in Grapevine. Their time differential was only about 30 seconds from their first and second 14
run. You can tell times were close for there only to be a 30 second difference for 3rd place. 2nd place went to Jan Mayo and Kevin Davis in Jan’s white Boxter with a differential of only 25 seconds. The gold went to Betty and Clay Perine driving a beautiful 914. Their differential was 10 seconds. I guess they adapted to daylight savings time much better than I. After the rally we gathered at TGI Friday’s for dinner, dessert and the awards ceremony. While I came in last place, I got to spend a wonderful afternoon driving my Porsche with my wife by my side and new acquaintances in front of me and behind. With that kind of atmosphere, who minds whether they came in 5th or 10th. Thanks again to Teri and Charlie for hosting a fun afternoon. Our clocks are now synchronized—Teri, when is the next rally?
Pivot Cones Galore! by Wendy Shoffit
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s the beginning of each autocross season gets nearer, I get a sense of trepidation. I haven’t driven our race car (a 1978 911 SC) in several months… What if I forget how to autocross?... What if I embarrass myself?... What if the car breaks or the tires completely cord?... Even though I’ve done this since 1998, I still get butterflies in my stomach. I don’t want to look bad in front of all the people I love to tease! But then, before I know it, the first autocross of the year is upon me and I fall back into the swing of things. I’m lucky this year because Andrea Bell has offered to take over the primary registration responsibilities (after having done it for about 7 years). Mike Lockas took over doing worker assignments 2 years ago. Now it seems as though I have a bit of time in the mornings to focus! That’s good and bad. Good that I can think; bad that I can think too much!
We switched to working, had lunch, and then came back out for another go at it. For my second set, I turned in some GREAT times! I had James’ times beat, but I knew he had one more session to go. You see, while HE isn’t all that competitive with me, he can afford to be that way because he nearly always beats me! I, on the other hand, am extremely competitive with him AND everyone else. I can’t use the excuse that his car is better set up than mine or his tires are stickier. I blame it on the testosterone. He has too much and I don’t have enough. I’ve said for years that I’d take testosterone injections if I weren’t so afraid of the facial hair! But I digress… As I watched him drive his final few laps, ever improving his times, I started getting those butterflies again. I wanted him to do well, but just not beat me this time. On his final lap, he drove like a madman and ended up spinning. Argh! I didn’t want it to end like THAT!... Although… I did beat his time… *giggle*
Photos by Charie Davis
Not only did I beat James’ time, but I got Bryan, too! I’ve not beaten him in forever and this time it was only by 0.009 seconds! The only Porsche to best me that day was Danny Nowak in his tricked out white 914-6! (And I’ve been told he drove for several years in Indy Lights, so I don’t feel so bad!) What a day! What an event! What a big head I now need deflating… It was fun.
Conner and Jasmine helping Mike with the worker assignments.
Photos by Charie Davis
The course Bryan designed for AX #1 at Texas Motor Speedway really made me crazy. I *HATE* pivot cones more than any other element available in an autocross. I can’t seem to get them right. I’ll take slaloms, skidpads, and boxes any day over pivot cones. Bryan’s course had FIVE of them, zig zagging back and forth in the same section. I, of course, thought he did it to be mean to me. He, of course, did it to be challenging and something we’d never seen before. Regardless, I grumbled about it and shook my fist in his general direction.
Wendy’s first pivot cone of the season James took his laps first and turned in some good times. After changing the car from fitting his 6’3” frame to my 5’4” one, I was ready for his sage advice. He’s a great husband in that he’s not as interested in beating my times as he is in improving my driving. He’s always quick to tell me what line to try, what gears to use, and how he thinks I can speed up. I’m usually 1-2 seconds behind his time. While in “real life,” that’s time for only a quick breath, but for an autocross lap, it feels like forever! My times end up being pretty decent. I was surprised because I felt there was more I could do.
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Name Car Hardison, Kevin Blue 914 Howard, Travis Yellow 914 Perrine, Betty Orange 914 Dominick, Christy Silver 944 Payne, Denny Silver 944 McCoy, Chuck White 944 Reynolds, John Maroon 914 Milton, James Wht Gld 911 SC Lockas, Mike White 944 Shelley, Steve Dark Blue 944 Spreen, Carey Red 911 SC Kryzak, Jeff Silver Boxster Nannis, Joel Blue Boxster Nannis, Ray Blue Boxster Coulombe, John White Boxster Shoffit, Wendy Black 911 SC Shoffit, James Black 911 SC Kuykendall, Bob Black 911 Blackman, Clint Silver Boxster Giffin, Jim Black 930 Taylor, Judd Red 996 C2 Perrine, Clay Red 914 Giffin, Jack Black 930 Berry, Ken Grey Boxster S ElBaghdady, Amir Red 944 Turbo Bell, Bryan Silver 996 Larson, Jeff Blue Cayman S Herrmann, Jeff Black 912 Shaffer, Darron W-Grn Boxster S Romero, Edward Black Carrera S Krupp, Myron Silver GT3 Nowak, Danny White 914-6 Gonzales, Rick Yellow 914-6 Amond, Carl White 914 Gross, Tracey Red Boxster Moseley, Marilynn Blue Cayman S Dobbins, Tannia Red Boxster S Bell, Andrea Red Boxster Howard, Robyn Red 944 Sanchez, Denise Black 911 Targa
Time Place 68.044 1 72.238 2 72.454 3 72.547 4 73.587 5 68.224 1 70.544 2 73.403 3 66.836 1 72.467 2 69.325 1 72.858 2 74.149 3 74.446 4 75.930 5 64.772 1 65.175 2 67.207 3 68.012 4 71.034 5 71.831 6 72.190 7 74.602 8 76.051 9 81.184 10 64.881 1 67.067 2 68.352 3 68.922 4 72.241 5 999.999 6 64.205 1 65.690 1 73.335 1 70.670 1 71.349 2 71.387 3 76.517 4 77.006 5 81.134 6 15
Fun After the Storm by Jeff Herrmann and Tannia Dobbins
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n spite of the recent storms and the eight inches of rain Mineral Wells received the day before, the weekend of Mar 30/Apr 1 was absolutely beautiful and many folks made the trip on good faith that MineralRing would be in shape for the events. Those who showed up were delighted with the wonderful weather (although Saturday morning was a little chilly and windy – imagine that) and a nice clean lot. Jim Hedderick (Boxster, #39), who made the trip from Houston, found the event worthy and fun. Even Mike Lockas (944, #31) still came out Mike is bundled up after the hotel called him to per the hotels warnings discourage his trip!
Time Trial #1
Photos by Charlie Davis
The Time Trial configuration was laid out for course #1 which was nice because this was the one that the TT School students were familiar with. It is great having the confidence to take on something familiar … and something that we tackled just a few weeks before. In fact, the course was actually a little more fun since the right corner after start/finish had been opened up slightly making it easier to navigate the turn.
Photo by Charllie Davis
Well Jeff, you didn’t HIT the cone, but is backwards the quicker way around it? The opening season for time trials saw the launching of a new timing program. All was off to a great start then some SNAFU’s appeared. Several cars were given reruns … well, I guess you could say they needed them after seeing run times about 30 seconds faster than their competitors. I know Bryan Bell (996, #204) told everyone at the driver’s meeting that he was going to get the fastest time of the day (because, as he exclaimed, “Richard Diller (911S, #550) is Rick Randall doing the Wave not here!”). Indeed he did with a 65.566, but we are still wondering what he put under the hood that day! Jake’s dad, Kevin (#122), driving a BMW M3, ended up having to take ten laps all at once but after eight had said “enough!” There is indeed something odd about being out there all by yourself going around and around... 16
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Time Trial #1 - March 31, 2007 - Mineral Wells, TX Num Name Car Time Place 111 Hardison, Kevin Blue 914 73.785 1 95 Howard, Travis Yellow 914 76.735 2 44 McCoy, Chuck White 944 73.341 1 31 Lockas, Mike White 944 70.819 1 3 Nannis, Joel Blue Boxster 75.021 1 391 Jackson, Alan Black 911S 75.601 2 6 Nannis, Ray Blue Boxster 76.405 3 161 Randall, Rick Black 911 Carerra 71.292 1 34 Frick, David Seal Gray Boxster 78.151 2 204 Bell, Bryan Silver 996 65.566 1 39 Hedderick, Jim Silver Boxster 69.592 2 242 Shaffer, Darron W-Grn Boxster S 70.075 3 81 Herrmann, Jeff Black 912 72.125 4 306 Nowak, Danny White 914-6 69.268 1 77 Dobbins, Tannia Red Boxster S 72.394 1 20 Bell, Andrea Red Boxster 79.473 2 65 Howard, Robyn Red 944 81.644 3 Top Time, Men’s - Bryan Bell 65.566 Top Time, Ladies - Tannia Dobbins 72.394
Since the day progressed rather quickly, Bryan and a bunch of volunteers took the time to paint the course. In fact, they were able to paint permanent markings for courses one, two, and three.
Autocross #2 Charlie Davis devised a course that used almost every foot of the MineralRing. It was one of the longest courses seen in a great number of events. He was able to combine some technical turns while still making the course easy to follow. Very few people got lost on this 90-100 second course. Of course, what would a Charlie constructed course be without the theme names for each turn. With names like Propaganda, Chi Z, Chi Cane, Tunnel and Momentum, the court could not determine if the theme was Chinese (Chi = energy), Chicago (Chi short for Chicago) or Vietnam (Propaganda, Tunnel, and Momentum). Class 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 L L L
Autocross #2 - April 1, 2007 - Mineral Wells, TX Num Name Car Time Place 111 Hardison, Kevin Blue 914 100.531 1 95 Howard, Travis Yellow 914 105.174 2 199 Dominick, Christy Silver 944 105.786 3 914 Perrine, Betty Orange 914 108.464 4 991 Payne, Denny Silver 944 109.571 5 44 McCoy, Chuck White 944 102.259 1 41 Brown, Michael Blue 914 106.262 2 42 Reynolds, John Maroon 914 107.201 3 31 Lockas, Mike White 944 101.290 1 312 Alvarado, Chris White 911 104.336 2 22 Shelley, Steve Dark Blue 944 107.365 3 3 Nannis, Joel Blue Boxster 105.656 1 6 Nannis, Ray Blue Boxster 108.508 2 64 Shoffit, James Black 911 SC 96.324 1 11 Shoffit, Wendy Black 911 SC 98.618 2 108 Blackman, Clint Silver Boxster 100.303 3 68 Goochey, James Black 911 SC 102.863 4 24 Perrine, Clay Red 914 104.600 5 747 Rogers, Jason Slate Grey 993 106.824 6 39 Hedderick, Jim Silver Boxster 93.875 1 204 Bell, Bryan Silver 996 94.214 2 242 Shaffer, Darron W-Grn Boxster S 97.469 3 81 Herrmann, Jeff Black 912 99.999 4 77 Dobbins, Tannia Red Boxster S 102.600 1 20 Bell, Andrea Red Boxster 108.847 2 65 Howard, Robyn Red 944 111.596 3 Top Time, Men’s - Jim Hedderick 93.875 Top Time, Ladies’ - Wendy Shoffit 98.618
Photos by Charie Davis
As for dinner, there was a good turnout at Baris’ (we got to sit in the back room). The only scary event of the evening was when Nancy decided she was ready to help Mike Lockas (944, #31) expand his talents. Mike received “on the fly” training on how to work the cash register and really enjoyed taking everyone’s money that night. Tannia Dobbins (Boxster, #77) who wasn’t sure Mike really know what he doing with everyone’s credit cards opted to pay cash just to be on the safe side. Maybe it was because she heard Mike say “Now…how do I run those credit cards through again?”
It’s great to see Danny Nowak back out at Mineral Wells
Danny Nowak (914, #306), back this year after a long hiatus, was having some excellent runs when the shifting linkage gave out. He really wanted to stay for the autocross on Sunday but couldn’t
Wendy Shoffit (911, #11) being the trooper that she always is, worked setup, registration etc. and didn’t have time to walk the course. This was apparent during her first run when she scared us all to death by trying to reconfigure the course on the fly! She got over it right way and came back to take the fastest time of the day among the ladies with a 98.618. What would any weekend be without a few technical car problems? It seems that Rick Randall (Targa, #161) wanted to participate so much that he drove all the way there on corded tires … raced the morning time trials, then figured he had better leave a little rubber on the tires to get home in one piece so he headed out at lunch time. Needless to say, we missed his lively radio etiquette calling in each car status at start/finish.
Photos by Charie Davis
Just a Couple Technical Problems
Jason Rogers shows Jeff the right way to go around a cone figure out how to run the course without first and second gear. Nonetheless, he and Nan enjoyed Baris’ and a relaxing evening with the dinner group.
Photos by Charie Davis
Clay Perrine (914, #24) was having a great weekend until something went awry with his car at corner four of the autocross course. It seems that he went into the Chi Cane box and never came back out. I’m not sure that this was what Charlie had in mind when he designed it! One last note: For all of you that didn’t hear the news, Tracey Gross (Boxster, #284) was planning on attending but broke her wrist the week before. So to Tracey: GET WELL SOON. We missed you this weekend!! Clay flies by the cone, prior to the Chi Cane Chuck McCoy (944, #44) had a scare on the TT course at corner 3 (caught on camera by Charlie Davis) – which was probably not the corner where you wanted your brakes to fail. Well, actually, it was just one brake pad, but Chuck had to forego the rest of the afternoon session until he could make evening repairs. All turned out well since Chuck was able to step in and work start/finish when Rick departed. Photos by Charie Davis
Who can forget the story Christy Dominick (944, #199) and Denny Payne (944, #991) had about their 944 not starting? It seems that Christy may have a potential career in auto mechanics since she knew that a screwdriver squeezed in the right place can help free up a stuck injector every time! Both Christy and Denny missed the time trials but they made sure they were at Baris’ for dinner that night. Grab the flag, Bryan... not Connor 17
Trivia Contest April It’s Easy To Play: Enter online at http://mav.pca.org or email answers to: Trivia@mavpca.org. Thanks to Bob Kuykendall for putting this together! Rules: 1 Point per each correct answer. 1 entry per member. Drawing to tie break. Deadline 5/31/07.
Congratulations to our March winner, Mike Kuhn
1. All but who was not considered a great Porsche driver? a. Hurley Haywood; b. Michael Schumacher; c. Vic Elford d. Mark Donahue 2. The Porsche 908 Langheck racer was recognized for its: a. V8 engine; b. Two seat design; c. Tandem rear axle; d. Extended tail 3. In 2003, which company famous for their exclusive and high-priced kits initiated a 959 conversion program (thereby making it street legal in the U.S.)? a. B&B; b. Xtreme Motorcars; c. Ruf; d. Canepa 4. Which of these is NOT a Porsche? a.
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Maverick Region Quarterly Statement by Bob Kuykendall NATIONAL SUBSIDY
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AUTOCROSS/ TT Registrations
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Track rental and expenses
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Printing and postage
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Total Slipstream
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Bank charges
Total Driver Education
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C.D. interest
SOCIAL
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Administrative
Dinner meeting registrations
274.93
Board meetings
Founder’s Day expense
(86.44)
Total Admin (265.19)
New members’ party
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Total Social
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Donations
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One of the highlights of the evening had to be Clint Blackman who appeared with, of all things, an HO gauge Porsche locomotive made by Marklin trains (made, of course, in Germany). It’s a replica of the Deutsche Bahn electric engine that transports our completed cars from Stuttgart to the North Sea for overseas transport. Clint knew all the statistics for it, including the fact that it had 8,200 horsepower HO Gauge and can do zero to 200 kmh in 20 seconds! The statement on the side of the locomotive says “We sit here on the rails, but our heart is on the road.”
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New members Jim and Karen Lincoln, Gene Harkey, Brian Bolton and Guhan Raghu attended, along with Vintage Porsche icon Jack Griffin, who gave me an update on the progress of the Dream Garage.
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For dinner Tinker Edwards and I shared a ribeye, and you would have thought we were at Del Frisco’s (well, almost), while at the same time debating with Karen Lincoln the benefits of eating raw oatmeal (you sort of had to be there).
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Welcome, New Members! You have just joined one of the best and most active PCA Regions in the country! Some clubs focus solely on social events, while others focus on just show and shine concours events. Maverick Region is a club that focuses on providing our members with the tools necessary to have the ultimate in driving experiences. You will notice that our region has many Time Trials, Autocrosses, and Drivers’ Education (DE) events (in addition to a yearly Club Race). This has been the spirit of the region for quite some time. We have some of the finest instructors in the country. Make sure you take full advantage of the driving experiences we have to offer. Racing is not ALL we focus on, though. If racing doesn’t suit you, we have monthly happy hours, three monthly lunch gatherings, regular dinner socials, frequent driving tours on some fabulous roads in and around Texas, driving rallies (fun for the whole family), and regular opportunities to support our perpetual charity, the Hope Shelter. If we don’t have what you’re looking for, just ask us... we might just add something extra to the calendar. Please also feel free to share article ideas (and submissions)to editor@mavpca.org.
We’d love to hear from you!
Anniversaries 5 Years Hubbard, Jerry (William) Smith, Chris (Craig) Roberts, Henry (Ann) Johnson, Randall Takacs, Tim (Carol) Poquiz, Dennis (Mark Ovard) Gerber, Toby (Diane) Randall, Rick (Bonnie) Kennard, Joey (Sylvia Sency) Cribbs, Neal (James Lewis) Garner, James (Lauri)
10 Years Dallas Dallas Fort Worth Mansfield Plano Arlington Dallas Flower Mound Seagoville Rhome Colleyville
Pelley, William (Nancy) Matz, Troy (Anne Davidson) Cartwright, Steve (Linda) Cowan, David (Linda)
Dallas Plano Dallas Irving
15 Years Brauer, Ron A. Murrell, Gregg (Ron)
Dallas Arlington
20/25 Years Ekholm, Allan J. Wingfield, Michael (Marie)
Fort Worth Plano
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Unclassifieds
Unclassifieds are available free to Maverick Region Members and are $5 to all others (contact editor for payment details). Please limit size to no more than 6 lines. Ads will run for 3 issues, then removed unless you request that it be run for an additional 3 issues. Email your ad to unclassifieds@mavpca.org by the 10th to have your ad run in the following month’s Slipstream. Be sure to include a contact name and phone number. If you are selling a car, include mileage and price. Check your ad for accuracy the first time it runs. Contact the editor to have your ad pulled sooner. Due to space constraints, photos may or may not be included.
For sale: 2003 Carrera 4S Arctic Silver/Black. 14,800 miles, always garaged, perfect condition, clean title. Sports exhaust, OEM sports shifter, Bose, etc. Asking $58,500. Call Dan at (214)394-7697 or email ptins@mac.com. (1) Wanted: 1972 911S Coupe Would like to purchase from good home a relatively unmolested numbers-matching 1972 911 S Coupe (not Targa) in very good to excellent condition with good history and fundamentals such as Owners Manual and Tools. Please call George at 775-750-8202. PCA Member of Sierra Nevada Region and former Maverick. (1) For sale: 993 transmissions One with limited slip diff @ $3600. One with standard diff @ $3000. Ring&Pinion @ $1200. All in excellent condition, less than 30K miles. Carl Amond (817)481-8371 or email carlamond@att.net. (1) For Sale: SPARCO EVO 1 seat Red, excellent condition, includes Brey Krause mounting brackets with slider for 911 Carrera. Asking $400 OBO. Looking to improve lap times…Please contact Terry @ 214.245.5606 or tjblechar@cbs.com (1) For Sale: 2004 911 4S Porsche Cabriolet: BLK w/BLK Top, BLK Leather Interior 12K miles Fully Loaded Excellent Condition Under Warranty $74,900 Contact Mike 214-707-9988 For Sale: Four 7X15 Cookie Cutter rims painted, great for autocross. $150 for all four. Keller area. Denny Lendzion (817) 431-8634 (1) For sale: 2005 Cayenne 24,400 miles almost 2 years left on warranty, $36,950, all services current, Jarama Beige Metallic exterior, moonroof, light wood steering wheel with Tiptronic S and audio controls, heated seats (nice), colored crest hub covers, front and rear floor mats, never tracked, all wheel drive. Ed Fickes 817-605-1849, efickes@sbcglobal.net (2) For Sale: 1995 911 Cabriolet Silver w/black top and Dark Grey interior, 38k miles. 6 speed manual, full leather, new yokohomas, 6 cd changer, excellent condition, garaged, non smoker, records. $39,500 Mark Nesselroad 972.571.3375 (2)
For sale: 1999 Boxster Ocean Metalic Blue, Blue top, Sports suspension, 17” wheels and tires, Leather seats, new clutch and front brakes. 115K $12k Joel Nannis 972-722-2735 Home 817-721-6077 cell (3) For Sale: 1989 944 S2 PCA F Class Race Car This car has everything you need to win. Previous owner had many podium finishes with this car. Complete Racers Edge bushings and Leda double adjustable shocks. Racers Edge A-arms, custom exhaust with 3 inch pipes and Borla muffler. Comes with 18" CCW rims, 17" Supercup rims. Spares include drive axles, water hoses, wheel bearings, etc. This car is completely setup for PCA F class with all the legal modes you can make. All maintenance hasbeen done in the last year. Contact Mark Steele at 972 939-9690. See the following web site for more details: http://mysite.verizon.net/msteele944/index.html. email marksteele@bigfoot.com (1)
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Slipstream Advertiser Index For Slipstream Advertising rates and information contact Lisa Steele at (214) 709-6418
These advertisers support the Maverick Region . . . and Mavericks support these advertisers! 44 and More Parts Autobahn Motorcar Group Autoscope Boardwalk Porsche Bobby Archer’s Motorsports Buckley’s Precision Racing The Complete Garage Dallas Auto Sports Dallas Euro Cars Eagles Canyon Raceway Fifth Gear Motorsports Gray Cat Graphics Impact Signs and Graphics Istook’s MotorSport Svcs
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