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Volume 48, September 2003, Issue 9

Departments Zone 5 Presidents ..........................................................1 List of Officers/Board Chairs .......................................4 Road Ramblings (President’s Column)......................5 Curves Ahead (Editor’s Column)...............................8 Maverick Minutes..........................................................8 New Wheels..................................................................27 Anniversaries................................................................27 Advertiser Index...........................................................27 Unclassifieds.................................................................28 Calendar of Events..........................................................1 Happy Hour at Railhead Smokehouse........................2 Porsche Lunches .............................................................2 Palo Pinto Tour...............................................................2 Time Trial #5/Autocross #6...........................................3 Board Meeting ................................................................5 Boxstoberfest.................................................................13 Boardwalk Porsche Tech Session................................15 Halloween Party............................................................17 Arkansas Fall Tour........................................................24

Past Event Recaps Happy Hour at The Main Event...................................9 Art Appreciation Rally.................................................13 McKinney Library Concours......................................17 Whitesboro Tour ..........................................................18 Autocross #5............................................................20-21 Post-Parade Party .........................................................25

Day 6 9 11 13 16 19-21 27-28 27 30

September - Events Time Trial #4 (MW) Board Meeting Happy Hour at Railhead Palo Pinto Tour Plano & Bedford Lunches Mav Drivers Education (MSR) Time Trial #5/Autocross #6 (MW) Leadfoot Reunion (MW) Addison Lunch

Day 7 11-12 16 18 21 24-26 25 25

October - Events Board Meeting Hallet Club Race & DE Happy Hour Time Trial #6 (MW) Plano & Bedford Lunches Arkansas Tour TSD Rally Halloween Party

Photography Bill Stafford, Kevin Hardison, Dennis Chamberlain, Wendy Shoffit, Matt Platts

Miscellaneous Trivia Contest..................................................................7 The Importance of an RSVP ......................................11 ALMS at Infineon Raceway...................................14-15 Nominating Committee Members ............................18 A Maverick at Watkins Glen..................................22-24 Hope Shelter Donations Needed ...............................25

Cover Photo by Wendy Shoffit A closeup look at the rear fender vent on Hill Bullock’s 996 Turbo at the McKinney Library Concours

Day 26 28

October (continued) Parade Autocross Warmup (TMS) Addison Lunch

Day 4 8 8-9 15 18 20 22 25

November - Events Board Meeting Founders Day (TMS) LSR Drivers Education Fall Tour Plano & Bedford Lunches Happy Hour Rally Addison Lunch

Day 6-7 9 13 16 18 30

December - Events LSR Drivers Education Board Meeting Holiday Party Plano & Bedford Lunches Happy Hour Addison Lunch

Photo by Kevin Hardison

Upcoming Events

Keeping cool at a blistering AX #5. (Page 20)

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2003 Porsche Club Zone 5 Presidents ARK-LA-TEX Kenneth A. Chandler 318-865-8210 bad968@aol.com

COASTAL BEND Tinker Floyd 361-993-5757 tinker986@aol.com

LONE STAR Stan Wenger 713-467-0453 stan@stanandjanelle.com

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CIMARRON Dick Dobson 918-251-3310 dickdobson@webzone.net

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2003 Maverick Region - Board, Officers & Chairs Maverick Region President Keith Olcha

Vice-President Noby Takahashi

W - (817) 706-7678 H - (817) 251-6865 olcha@aol.com 711 Manchester Court Southlake, TX 76092 Keith has been a regular at all of our driving events and has recently been heavily involved in the planning of our Driver’s Education program. Keith has also started driving his 911 in PCA Club Races.

W - 972-761-4311 H - 214-327-8911 vp@mavpca.org 9201 Garland Road, #115A Dallas, TX 75218 Noby has been a member since 2000. He is an active participant in many Maverick driving events and has helped out with the Autocross schools. He drives a 2001 Boxster S.

Drivers Education John Sandusky

Logistics & Support Joe McGlohen

W - (817) 777-0421 john.c.sandusky@lmco.com

W - (817) 366-1678 H - (817) 861-2792 retread@ix.netcom.com 704 Bowen Court Arlington, TX 76012

John has been a member since 1986. He has become increasingly involved in Drivers' Education events over the past few years. He drives a track prepared 1990 964 C2.

Joe has been involved in virtually every type of event that the Maverick Region holds.

Joe was the 2001 Selcer Memorial award winner. He owns a 912 and a 914 2.0 liter.

Autocross, TT Chief Instructor Cody Sears

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DE Chief Instructor Bryan Henderson

Workers Lisa Steele

W - (817) 858-7526 H - (817) 354-6045 BDHender@attbi.com DE Asst Chief Instructor Keith Olcha

W - (817) 706-7678 H - (817) 251-6865 olcha@aol.com

H - 972-420-9953 secretary@mavpca.org 709 Reno Street Lewisville, TX 75077

W - (214) 461-1426 H - (214) 349-1108 treasurer@mavpca.org 9047 Oakpath Dallas, TX 75243 A member since 1986, Bob has previously held the offices of President and Vice President, edited Slipstream, and has won the Selcer Memorial award. He owns a 2000 Boxster S.

Communication Wendy Shoffit

Rallies & Event Ad Design Teri Davis

H - (972) 506-7449 wendy@shoffit.com 1112 Santa Fe Trail Irving, TX 75063

H - (940) 682-4719 chuxter@rennlist.com P.O. Box 213 Weatherford, TX 76086

A member since 1997, Wendy is the editor of Slipstream and has won the Selcer Memorial Award. 2001 Porsche Club Family of the Year. She owns a ‘90 911 C4 Cab and a ‘78 911 SC. Membership

Joel Nannis W - (817) 329-1600 H - (972) 722-2735 membership@mavpca.org

H - (972) 484-3040 W - (972) 934-3416 Lhughes@fmstech.com

Tech Inspection Ed Mayo

Treasurer Bob Knight

Mimi has been a PCA member since 1989, including being actively involved in 2 other regions. She served with husband, Carey, as Vice President for 2 years. She drives a 1970 914-6.

Club Race - Event Chair, Hospitality, Charity Lanean Hughes

Time Trials, AX Chief Instructor Mark Steele

Secretary Mimi Spreen

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Teri is a past Slipstream Editor and the current Rally Chair. She has also been a major force behind Round Up and the recent Rally Schools.

Managing Newsletter Editor Matt Platts

H - (817) 919-1253 editor@mavpca.org Slipstream Advertising Mike Brodigan

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Tours Ted Glover

Club Photographer Kevin Hardison

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Tech Sessions Eric Erz

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Driving Education - Tech Ray Leudecke

Mentor Program Dennis Chamberlain

Concours Jimmy Carter

Newsletter Mailing, Technology Andy Mears

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Safety Joe McGlohen

Swap Meets David Mock

Maverick Email List Bob Benson

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Web Site Mike Oakes

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H - (972) 780-2603 webmaster@mavpca.org

Driving Rules Bill Dugan

DE Registration Bill Dawson

DE Assistant Registration Michael Wingfield

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Parade ‘04 Chair Jan Mayo

Past President James Shoffit

Zone 5 Representative Brooke VanHorn

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Road Ramblings

by Keith Olcha, Maverick Region President

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issed opportunities, that’s what August was. First, one Saturday morning Myron Krupp called me to ask if I wanted to come over his house to see and drive his new silver GT3. He just received it after several months of waiting. I was thrilled he remembered to call me as we had discussed the car several weeks prior chatting on the phone. But that was the first day of long rains in the Metroplex in four weeks and I didn’t make it because I kept waiting for the weather to clear. By 4:30pm that evening, just after the rain finally stopped I had a 50th birthday party for my sister-in-law to go to. The next day, Sunday August 11th, I left for a business trip at noon and missed the “Top Speed” Maverick Omni film and dinner outing in Fort Worth.

A week later I got a call asking if I wanted to use a Cayenne for the weekend, if I was willing to drive it to a photo shoot Saturday morning as part of next year’s Parade pre-work. The good thing about not being able to take advantage of that opportunity was I was spending that weekend down at Texas World Speedway in College Station at a Drivers Education track event put on by the Lone Star Region. Couldn’t these events have been spaced out around my personal agenda? I guess not.

While on the subject of GT3s, I knew they were shipping even without Myron calling about his, as three advertisements were in Autoweek that week asking for large premiums over MSRP from private sellers looking to flip them. But I can’t blame the speculators. There are people out there who paid over sticker (by thousands) to be the first Hummer H2 owners! I live near Classic Hummer in Grapevine and it is littered with a huge field of literally hundreds of colorful H2s, just waiting for you to pay over MSRP. I will get over to Myron’s before you’ve read this, though, and I’ll report next month on my findings. Speaking of GT3s: On the Club

fun. September 27th is our annual leadfoot reunion time trial and Autocross weekend at Mineral Wells. That is where we try to lure all our old-time and new hotshoes, who along with the rest of us come out for a major speed blast, as there is a tendency by the end of the year to miss an event or two if you’re not participating regularly in the series for points. So come on out for the last weekend of the season to Mineral Wells.

This month is also the 25th anniversary of the first race track event I ever attended. I was in my 1971 Z/28 Camaro set up for the track. We were at the now defunct Bridgehampton Race Circuit in Long Island, one of the most macho racetracks you will ever face. The Long Island Sports Car Club and the Long Island Corvette Club put on the event. But why am I telling you this? There was a fellow there with a 1974 Carrera. I still remember it perfectlybrown with the Carrera inverse script, Fuchs wheels. Once I saw that car go on the track and went over to check it out, it was love at first sight. This was the late-seventies, so can you imagine the superior speed and handling of that Carrera compared to the mid-seventies Corvettes, Camaros, and English sports cars? I had the dubious pleasure of graduating college and becoming a contributing citizen during the later 1970s car era of pre-computer emissions strangulation, oil and gas embargos, and the realization by insurance companies that they could charge almost anything they wanted for premiums and get away with it. And I’ll bet that Carrera still looks and goes great now! Till next month thensafety first!

...improved two positions in my class without even putting a wheel on the track...

Racing front, Glen Gatlin is the fourth friend who has purchased a GT3 Cup Car to compete in the GTC3 class.

GTC3 is becoming a very large and hotly contested field with lots of machinery and talent. It’s starting to look like a Super Cup grid at some racetracks. Glen and Jim Collier will no longer be in the C Class with me. Well, I’ve improved two positions in my class without even putting a wheel on the track! Mavericks Glen Gatlin, Carl Amond, and Barry Moore will all be up at Hallett in October with their GT3s. It should be interesting.

September is the Maverick driving events month. There is a driving event of some kind every weekend beginning with the September 6th time trial at Mineral Wells. The last weekend Drivers Education for the year at Motor Sports Ranch is September 20th and 21st. We are still hoping to hold a Wednesday or Thursday play-hooky weekday event in October or November at the ranch. Stay tuned; it should be 5

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Curves Ahead

by Matt Platts, Editor

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he end of another somewhat-hot Texas summer is in-sight. We didn't have as many 100degree plus days this year as we have had in some recent years, but I'll be happy to see it end none-the-less. Now that the summer is almost over, I think I may get the air-conditioner in my 924S fixed. I don't seem to plan ahead very well, do I? Have you made your fall Maverick Region plans yet? If you have never attended a board meeting you should come by and check one out. September's meeting will be at Autobahn in Fort Worth, then October's meeting at Park Place in Dallas. The November’s meeting will be at Boardwalk in Plano. Stop by if you would like to see some of the latest Porsches available and hang out for the board meeting, too. OH! Don't forget to mark your calendar for Founders Day and the Christmas Party in November and December respectively.

For you regular Maverick Lunch attendees, please be aware that the Bedford lunch is changing locations beginning this month. The

September 16th lunch is moving just a bit East to Fuddruckers.

Fuddruckers is right where Spaghetti Warehouse used to be at 1612 Airport Freeway (HWY 183) which is between Central Drive and Bedford Road on the South side of the freeway. If you haven’t yet attended a Maverick Lunch, come on by and join us! There is always a great group of people to talk car talk, argue about which Porsche is a better car, or just about anything. Even “Sheriff” Joe McGlohen showed up at the last Bedford lunch to make sure we stayed under control.

One last thing about this month’s Slipstream - there are several small club reminders and notices spread throughout the issue.

Make sure to look for little reminders about the Nominating Committee, the Halloween Party, and Hope Shelter needs. Speaking of the Hope Shelter, Lanean is arranging a trip on September 6th (Time Trial day) to drop off a bunch of stuff for them. If you have anything that would like to donate, or will be attending the Time Trial and have some free room in your vehicle to transport some stuff, please contact Lanean ASAP.

Maverick Minutes

by Mimi Spreen

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he August Board meeting was held at the home of Lanean Hughes on Tuesday, August 5th.

Attendees were Lanean Hughes, Teri & Charlie Davis, Joe McGlohen, Dennis Chamberlain, Wendy Shoffit, Cody Sears, Mark Steele, Joel Nannis, Noby Takahashi, Keith Olcha, Bob Knight, Mike Brodigan, Michael Wingfield, Mimi Spreen and Albert Sansores. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm with Keith's 'Round the Room.

Keith - Region Focus has an article on safe Tours. Keith is sending the article to Ted Glover. He is also reminding Ted to get County information to Noby in a timely manner, so Noby has plenty of time to request the insurance paperwork. Keith also went to the OMNI to pick up tickets for 8/10 and scoped out the Porsche only parking lot. He will send out a message on the MRPCA email list with particulars. Lastly, Bob Knight sent Keith financials and hard copies were passed out to those who wanted them. Keith also mentioned that a mid week DE is a possibility. Looking into October or November possibly on a Tues or Wed. Waiting for cooler weather, plus sufficient time between last DE to make people want to come out.

Charlie - Brought a demo of the timing display that the board approved last month. There are some problems but Charlie has been working hard to iron them out. The unit will only display 13 characters and we will need 14 for Parade purposes. He is sending it back and replacing it with a larger unit.

Bob Knight - We’ve received the 2nd quarter rebate from National.

Joel - Sent out 50 letters to people who will be dropped and received 1 phone call and 1 email. The letters don't seem to have the effect Joel was hoping for. Will continue for a couple of months sending out the letters, but will discontinue if responses don't improve.

Cody - AX/TT is over 3K profit YTD, which should be kept in 8

mind when it comes time to buy trophies. The charity AX on Oct. 26 at TMS (AX #7) will count towards annual points.

Noby - (AKA Eric Erz) Tech session scheduled at Boardwalk on Sat, 9/13. Topic will be decided on within a week or so. There will be a Dyno day set up due to a lot of positive responses. Specifics to come.

Wendy - $60.00 check sent to Hope from profits of AX water sales.

Wendy - (AKA Matt Platts) - Ussery did a great job printing Slipstream. There was a 1 week turnaround. Matt also needs articles covering various aspects and needs them by the 12th. September issue looks thin, so please get your articles in ASAP. Technical articles have been requested on a National level.

Dennis - showed an arial map, from James Shoffit, of member demographics specifically for Happy Hour purposes. He wanted some help in determining where to have the HH. August HH is on the 21st at Cool River in Irving.

Mike - Advertising fiscal year starts on 10/1. He sent letters to people who are up for renewal. Lost 1 advertiser and gained 1, so we're even.

Joe - Waiting to hear from Eric about the box he was making to hold the radios. Joe may go to another source.

Teri - the last rally was great.

Lanean - She sent out "Thank you" cards to sponsors along with shirts from the Club Race. There is a trip to the Hope Shelter planned, but will need volunteers with trucks or SUV's to help haul donations.

The date has been set to be September 6th. The National Parade staff will also be in attendance. We all need to help get new people involved in the Club activities.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 8:31. The motion was seconded and approved.

Happy Hour at The Main Event

by Dennis Chamberlain

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Happy Hour Crew: Dennis Chamberlain, Tinker Edwards, and Mark Gluck

The Main Event is located on Central Expressway, at the Spring Creek exit. It’s a great place for families where in the summer you can entertain yourself for hours while escaping the Dallas heat.

We had several new members, including Doug Edney (‘99 Carrera), Chris Byles (Arena Red 993), Darryl Reese (914 2.0), and Marc McGarry (‘86 944). At one time there were eight of us racing together on the NASCAR video game, and Marc McGarry won hands down. Watch out for him at the next DE or autocross.

Doug Edney and family

Photo by Dennis Chamberlain

Photo by Dennis Chamberlain

For our September 11 happy hour it’s back to the Railhead Smokehouse in Colleyville, for some of the most inexpensive (but good) barbecue and beer in the mid-cities!

Photo by Dennis Chamberlain

o many games. So little time. The 46 attendees for the July 17 happy hour at the Main Event found the drive to Plano to be well worth it. Maverick member Mark Gomez, manager of the Main Event, gave us a special deal on fajitas and games. The 36 adults and ten kids dove in.

Mike, Wendy, Mark, and Chuck enjoy a bit of “racing”

Mick Buchanan and Darryl Reese

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The Importance of an RSVP

by Mimi Spreen

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ou may have noticed that crashing your car at a PCA event, whether it is a Club Race, a Drivers Ed event, or a Time Trial, is generally frowned upon. We’d like to add one more to that list of events where crashing is a no-no.

According to Encarta, World English Dictionary, RSVP is defined as “used on an invitation to request a response to it.

Abbreviation for ‘please reply’.” (French, repondez s’il vous plait.)

So, with the definition of RSVP in mind, we’d like to walk you through the process of guaranteeing a dinner at a restaurant for a large group of people. I know the process because I’ve been doing this for 3 years for the Porsche club. I also work in a restaurant and know how these things work, including the chaos that ensues when changes are made at the last minute.

When the restaurant and the menu have been chosen, invitations are sent out, via Slipstream, requesting a reply, always by a specific date prior to the actual date of the dinner. When all the RSVPs have been received, we make a phone call to the restaurant and give them the head count. They take this number, called the guarantee, and use it to (a) schedule the proper number of employees, (b) order the proper quantity of food and (c) set up the room with the correct number of tables and chairs. The restaurant uses the “guarantee” and prepares 5% to 6% more than the guaranteed number. This includes buffet-style meals; a buffet doesn’t mean the supply of food is endless.

That’s the process. Pretty simple, right? Well, it is, but what makes it a problem is when we receive phone calls or emails after that deadline date. You might think, well, just bump up the number given to the restaurant and that should solve that problem. We do try to “pad” the guarantee to accommodate those who call after the deadline, but lately, that number of late

RSVPers has grown excessively large. To make matters worse, we get folks who just show up without RSVPing at all. Besides being inconsiderate, this activity throws the numbers off to the extent that, at some past events, we have run out of food early. In an attempt to discourage this behavior, we have had to resort to charging more for late RSVPs, or by giving out meal tickets only to those who did RSVP on time, making those without a ticket wait until everyone else has gotten their food. However, even these restrictions don’t always work. We almost always get calls the day of the event (sometimes less than an hour before it starts!) from people wanting to RSVP, and people still “just show up” and don’t seem to think anything about it.

Slipstream has a lot of information every month and very often there isn’t time to read every article. Because of this reality, we try to put only the information you will need to have a good time at the event: what will be happening, when and where it will be held, how much it will cost, and how to RSVP. Because the club pays for the meal or function as a single bill, we ask that you pay with cash or a check made out to MR-PCA (Maverick Region – PCA). The club does not have the ability to accept credit cards.

Generally an ad or article describing an event appears in Slipstream at least two months prior to the event, and we try to send out emails to the MRPCA group list advising of the upcoming RSVP deadline as it approaches. The event is also discussed and approved at Board meetings and is noted in the minutes, which is again published in Slipstream. There is also a list of monthly activities on the website.

Your RSVP is not just a formality or convenience for us, but an essential part of the planning process. Please keep that in mind when planning to attend your next Maverick Region outing.

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Art Appreciation Rally

by Russell Johnson

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The building itself, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, repreRocky and Russell Johnson sents a masterful artistic achievement (a sight further enhanced by the parade of immaculately maintained, high performance automobiles lined up neatly along the front). Upon entering, we were treated to a private tour of the facility, which boasts a permanent collection of

It was quite a sight, a pack of Porsches let loose on the Cultural District, zipping through the streets from the Cattle Rancher’s Museum, to the Amon Carter, then the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, and back again. Dad and I were momentarily Jasmine had no problem finding the “steel turtle” distracted from our quest by the lush beauty of the Botanic Gardens, but this was no time to stop and smell the roses. And while locating the “steel turtle” almost did us in, we finally spotted him posing in front of the Museum School at the Museum of Science and History. Then it was off to the finish line (the friendly, mainly designed for fun, non-competitive finish line that is). And while there were no trophies or fanfare on the other side of that line, there was good company and a pretty respectable root beer float. Personally, I’ve never been exposed to so much culture, so quickly. It was the perfect blend of art, and acceleration.

...locating the “steel turtle” almost did us in... nearly 2,600 works, only a fraction of which they’re able to display at any given time. We received detailed insights into the museum’s history and construction from our knowledgeable guides, Lee Pepper and Tom Lang. The spacious galleries housed a diverse, eclectic array of modern paintings and sculpture, and provided a well air-conditioned shelter from July’s triple digit temperature. But then the tour ended, and it was time to get down to business.

Photo by Wendy Shoffit

For the second half of the day, Rally designer Teri Davis had orchestrated an art appreciation treasure hunt of sorts through the streets of Fort Worth’s Cultural District. With imagery compliments of rally photographer, Wendy Shoffit, Teri created a photocopy depicting ten works of public sculpture, each with an accompanying question to be answered. After receiving ours, Dad

Photo by Wendy Shoffit

moved quickly into gentlemen start your engines mode.

Apparently Rocky and his previous teammate had successfully won the top spot at an earlier rally, and he was anxious for a repeat performance (while I was not obligated to reference this prior victory, it was none-the-less strongly encouraged). While the hunt was mainly designed for fun, and not an official competition, our team motto became “it never hurts to be first.”

Photo by Wendy Shoffit

nyone looking to advance the notion that high speeds and high culture are mutually exclusive would have been enlightened by attending the Porsche Club’s latest rally.

I attended the event with my father, Rocky Johnson, a man decidedly more comfortable behind the wheel of his Boxster S than deconstructing the works of Warhol and de Kooning. So I’ll admit to some initial surprise when I heard the day would be kicking off at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Even the floor is interesting at this place!

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American LeMans at Infineon Raceway

by Bill & Marilyn Stafford

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don’t think any rational person would have expected the outcome of this race (or qualifying for that matter), but for the first time in modern sports car history a pair of MG-powered machines lined up on the front row of a major international race.

Not bad for a four banger. Starting on the pole, James Weaver and Butch Leitzinger driving the Rob Dyson Lola MG in the LeMans Prototype (LMP) 675 kilogram class helped by 4 full course yellows and the ability to out brake the LMP 900 machines, captured first place overall. This was the first time for a P675 to both capture the pole and win first overall in the ALMS. In an effort to “even the field” this year, mandated air restrictors limited the Audi’s horsepower (down from about a million), plus the LMP 675 class cars are about 350-495 pounds lighter. Frank Biela and Marco Werner driving the Joest/Infineon #1 Audi finished second overall and first in the P900 kilogram class. Ex Formula 1 ace Johnny Herbert, in the #38 Champion Audi, took advantage of back markers and made a spectacular pass at the turn before the finish line to claim third overall from Bill Auberlen, co-driving with Didier Theys, in the Doran Judd.

with some of the “hot shoes” gridded back with the great unwashed and made the race fun to watch.

The GTS results looked fairly familiar with the Corvettes finishing one-two and the Ferraris three-four. GTS winners Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell had to climb through the field starting 28th. The Corvette race culminated with Canadian Ron Fellows passing fellow Corvette Teammate Oliver Gavin on the last restart. Note: Gavin was driving in place of regular driver Andy Pilgrim who is heavily involved in helping GM celebrate the 50 years of Corvette thing.

“Twice as nearly hit each other racing for the lead” A similar story unfolded in the GT class, as Lucas Luhr and Sascha Maassen (both in Job/McKenna Porsche 911 GT3 RS) claimed victory despite having to start at the back following the confused qualifying session. With 2 laps to go, Lucas Luhr was chasing down team car driven by Timo Bernhard. “Twice as nearly hit each other racing for the lead” noted Luhr (read in German ebonics accent for full effect). Timo got caught behind a slower car, and Luhr saw a chance to pass and took it for the win.

Photo by Bill Stafford

Qualifying: The only exciting moment during the 20 minute qualifying session for the GTS and GT cars occurred when the #60 Porsche 911 GT3 RS driven by Robin Liddell lost control in the middle of Turn 10 (130-140 mph or so) and flew off the road into the tires. The remains had to be hauled onto a flatbed and when the session (finally) went green again, there was just over a minute left and none of the cars that made it back onto the track were able to register a flying lap. That made the grid a little weird

James Weaver & Butch Leitzinger win overall in a LMP 675!

Infineon raceway (formerly Sears Point) certainly favors some cars due to the number of medium to high corners and short straight-aways. The winning Dyson car weighed about 340 pounds less than the Audi LMP 900, which at Infineon made a big difference. There are a lot of switchbacks and the Dyson car was able to go faster from the hairpins on the front to the hairpins at the end to gain an advantage. The BMW’s in the SPEED World Challenge GT dominated the race, placing lst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

Teammates Hans Stuck and Boris Said battled for second during the race’s latter stages as Bill Auberlen watched from his mirrors.

Randy Pobst driving the Champion Racing Audi made a brilliant start jumping from 5th on the grid to 2nd, but he could not keep pace with the more nimble BMWs. It was a disappointing finish for Randy as he cut a tire late in the race and finished 15th. It was the first time in 14 races that he has not been on the podium. On the podium after the Speed GT BMW runaway, Boris Said remarked the following – “ When Bill passed me, it was a good 14

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David Murry gets sideways at 140mph

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Bill Auberlen had a very busy weekend. He started on the pole and won both the SCCA SPEED World Challenge Touring Car and GT races (not held at the same time).

In addition, he set new qualifying records in both classes. And finally, to round out Auberlen’s full The 2nd place GT Porsche tries to stay in front weekend driving of a VERY fast LMP Audi experience, Fredy Leinhard became ill and was not able to participate in the ALMS race, so Kevin Doran, team owner of the #27-P900 Dallara MG, offered the co-driving duties to Bill. Didier Theys was satisfied with the performance of the #27-P900 Dallara MG which was the Doran team’s Le Mans car. As Theys commented, “this is the slowest it’s ever had to go” referring to the Judd V10 ex-Formula 1 engine and not the MG stuff. Kevin Doran has built a new Toyota powered car that will make its debut in the coming weeks in the ALMS series. They also run a thumper Chevrolet motor in the Grand AM Series – is everybody getting this?

In what language is the Owners Manual written?

Do you still have to use “spanners” on the MG? Do you celebrate a win with Beer, Champaign or a Gin and Tonic?

Doran is Cincinnati based, so do you serve Skyline 4 way chili, Fin and Hattie, Sushi, burgers or canapés? …Sorry – I was gone for a while, but I’m back now.

A little trail-braking helps to turn the car while entering the carousel

Photo by Bill Stafford

Photo by Bill Stafford

thing he was my teammate… if it was Pobst I’d have run him into the wall! But then we’ve always known that about Boris.

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McKinney Library Concours

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The day began with MRPCA President Keith Olcha entertaining the crowd with a multimedia presentation on the history of Porsches.

Once the presentation was complete, the teens hit the The Cayenne lends a hand to this photographer parking lot to vote for their favorite vehicles. Hill Bullock’s speed yellow 996TT was judged the winner of the concours with Keith Olcha’s Boxster S a close second. Prizes donated by Boardwalk Porsche and Park Place Porsche were awarded to the concours winners and participating teens. The event was a great success thanks to the generosity of the car owners, Keith Olcha, Lanean Hughes, and to MRPCA. By far the greatest indicator of success was that many teens were heard to say “someday I will own a Porsche.”

Steve Kent’s Brumos Porsche

Photo by Matt Platts

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On July 12th the parking lot of the Library was a Porsche wonderland. Eighteen Porsches were officially entered in the informal concours and they represented all models, from an immaculate 356 Cabriolet, to a Brumos prepared racecar, to a fresh-off-theBoardwalkPorsche-lot Cayenne. This wide array of Porsches on display was an excellent way for the club to attract future Porsche owners and to lure teens to the Library.

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lmost everyone is familiar with Summer Reading Programs for young children, but in an effort to attract teens this summer, the McKinney Memorial Public Library offered it’s second annual Young Adult Summer Reading Program.

Throughout the summer the Library arranged to host programs with teen appeal, and what has more appeal to teens than fast cars?

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Keith’s multimedia presentation was quite popular!

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Whitesboro Tour

By Lanean Hughes

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n an early Sunday morning, with Suzanna Kavanaugh acting as navigator, we loaded into a beautiful Cayenne S provided by Park Place Porsche to experience our first tour.

Everyone was waiting at the Einstein’s Bagel shop in Plano for our tourmeister, Ted Glover to give us the high sign “time to head ‘em up and move ‘em out.” We are going to have lunch with Longhorns!

20+ cars to a viewing area to see the Red River. All those beautiful clean Porsches of various shiny colors soon became all the same color, “DUSTY”, when we ended up on a gravel road, such fun!

The Cayenne never missed a beat.

...soon became all the same color, “DUSTY”...

Over 20 cars were part of the tour. I certainly found out quickly how wonderful the Cayenne is. It’s definitely a Porsche, handling well on all those country roads, curves and such. The weather was beautiful, we saw parts of Collin & Denton County that we’d not seen before. When you have the opportunity you must ask Bonnie Glover about her “navigating skills” at getting all

Lunch at the Longhorn Ranch Grill in Whitesboro was delightful, we all enjoyed a home cooked meal and fresh cobbler.

The day passed quickly and it was soon time to head back to our homes. If you haven’t done a tour, try one!

Couldn’t resist a group photo with the Park Place Cayenne

Photo by Dennis Poquiz

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Many thanks to Park Place Porsche for allowing us the experience of an incredible vehicle.

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Autocross #5

by Dean Yamada

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n July 13th I ventured out to another Maverick Region autocross at Pennington Field in Bedford. One expectation of Pennington Field is that you know the course will be tight. At 1/8 the size of Mineral Wells, Pennington Field has its pluses and minuses. It won't be as fast (speed wise), but the surface is cleaner, seemingly grippier, but at the same time gentler on tires.

Also, Pennington Field is much closer to the Dallas area than Mineral Wells. Heck, Mineral Wells isn't even close to Fort Worth!

From the figure 8 there was a gentle sweeper that led to a pivot cone turn. Tight enough that it seemed everyone went to first gear at this corner. From the pivot corner there was another sweeper that led to some hard braking for a very interesting slalom.

Walking the course, it seemed that entering the slalom on the right would be less fidgety for the car. This was one of those sections of a course where walking the course makes you think one thing, but actually going through and seeing this section at speed makes you change your mind.

Although I'm not a PCA member, the Maverick Region members have always been kind and courteous to everyone - no matter what car you drive. I decided to bring out my 92 Camaro on Toyo Proxes RA-1's with 110+ runs on them in the last 8 months.

These Toyo's are slowly becoming my favorite all-around tire over what I used to previously run, Nitto Drag Radials! These Toyo's have great grip compared to Victoracers, good response, very forgiving, and obviouslyâ&#x20AC;Ś they last a long time, plus you can drive to and from the track on them. They also don't get rock hard from numerous heat cycles unlike the 3-4 month heat cycle lifespan of Hoosiers and 6-8 month heat cycle lifespan of Victoracers. Okay enough of my tire opinions, here's a recount of PCA Autocross #5.

Walking the course in the morning, it looked like a 914 driver designed the course. Sure enough, our own Cody Sears had created a fun and well thought out course. The starting line was so narrow that it appeared that only motorcycles or 914's could fit through, but surprising the Camaro fit through just fine.

Photo by Kevin Hardison

The weather was mildly hot, but not overbearing, as the first weeks of August have proven to be. With a tip from a fellow Evo driver, a spray (spritzer) bottle chilled in your ice-cooler does wonders for the times when you have to work the course. A quick mist of the water makes the heat feel seemingly 20 degrees cooler.

I was fortunate to work the course first, alongside the Maverick Region photographer Kevin Hardison. Watching the cars at speed

Dean Yamada making that heavy Chevy fly through the course. and listening to which side of the slalom produced the less tire noise and looked the smoothest made me change my mind on the approach to the slalom. Left or right, the slalom and the slow and safe finish were tight nonetheless, but going to the left was less painful than the right.

Photo by Kevin Hardison

Working the course alongside 914 driver Kevin Hardison was quite informative. I learned that there were actually 6 cylinder 914's, hence the license plate of Robert Huffman's "914-Six". I learned the rarity of a beautiful white 914 with orange painted underpinnings that was restored to be historically correct.

Eric Erz looking far ahead at the next apex.

From the starting line you accelerated hard and then went immediately into a figure-8. Too much speed and you pushed your car out and made the distance you traveled much longer. Too slow of a speed and you just always wonder, "Hmm, how much faster could I have pushed my car?" I tried a "slow in and faster out" approach and also a consistent speed through the figure-8 and I think a combination of both worked best. I found that trail braking into the figure-8, a consistent speed for the arc of each circle and accelerating between the circles and late trail braking again for the next circle and then a consistent speed for the arc of the remainder of the circle and then accelerating at the end of the figure 8 worked best for me.

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I also enjoyed watching Chuck Machala, the current reigning Maverick Region Driver of the Year, in his silver Boxster that shows you don't need the "S" in a Boxster to have some fast times. I believe Chuck had the second fastest "street car" time behind Cody's time.

Also, congratulations to Lisa Steele in her red 993 who edged out Myra Sutton in her red 911T by exactly 1 tenth of a second for Top Time of Day Ladies. Eric Erz in his older 911 looked very solid, tight, and nimble throughout the course, if not better than some of the Porsches that were 30 years newer.

I ended up in 3rd place in OA class with a 42.241, but I was happy that my fellow OA buds, had some super fast times with a 41.847 and a 41.901 respectively, not bad for heavy weight RWD straight-line Domestic Iron. Writing an article means you can add your own props at will...

Yet another well run and super fun event, done by 2:30pm as I recall. I look forward to the next Maverick Region PCA event and also winning the lottery so I can buy a Porsche Cayenne Turbo and autocross it!

Autocross #5 Results Class Car # Name Car Class 2 66 Sears, Cody Red 914 37 Davis, Charlie Green 914 5 Mayo, Ed Silver 914 (Killer) 137 Davis, Kevan Green 914 24 Pajares, Rowdy White 914 124 Pajares, Luis White 914 Class 2L 4 Mayo, Jan Silver 914 (Killer) Class 3 31 Lockas, Mike White 944 Class 4 102 Erz, Eric Brown 911E 54 Sutton, Jerry Red 911T 72 Norwood, Paul Orange 911E Class 4L 45 Sutton, Myra Red 911T Class 5 64 Shoffit, James Black 911 SC 911 Stafford, Bill Brown 911 SC Class S5 40 Fleming, Jerry Silver 911SC Class 5L 11 Shoffit, Wendy Black 911 SC Class 6 1 Machala, Chuck Silver Boxster 76 Miller, Bill Black 911 Coupe Class S6 105 Snodgrass, Tom Yellow Boxster Class S6L 15 Burbank, Shelly Red 911 Class 7 7 Fallon, Steve Blue Boxster S 216 Fry, Terry Silver Boxster S 27 Olcha, Keith Red Boxster S Class S7L 720 Kavanaugh, Susanna Black Boxster S Class 8 99 Steele, Mark Red 993 Class 8L 9 Steele, Lisa Red 993 Class 9 800 Lewis, Bob Silver 911 C4S 49 Bell, Bryan Silver 996 Class 10 111 Hardison, Kevin Blue 914 Class 12 619 Johnson, Rocky White 968 Class 13 161 Randall, Rick Black 911 Carerra 23 Grasso, Randall Black 911 Class 17 96 Huffman, Robert Red 914-6 Class OA 71 Buehler, Chuck Red Trans Am 81 Runyon, Nicholas Orange Camaro 818 Yamada, Dean Blue Camaro 39 Moody, Keith Red Corvette 2 Cullen, Ed Black Mustang Class OG 67 Garcia, John Yellow Atlantic 3 Nannis, Joel Yellow Atlantic Class OGL 77 Name Withheld Silverblau 525i Class OJ 14 Everitt, Larry Yellow RX-355 32 Conti, Joseph Green Miata 74 Garner, Gabby White WRX 126 Williamson, Ron Blue Miata 162 Williamson, Ryan Blue Miata 199 Lo, James Green Integra 110 Romero, Andrew Blue Impreza WRX 263 Benson, Bob Green Miata

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Pts.

41.330 42.478 44.932 46.196 47.777 48.985

1 2 3 4 5 6

9 7 5 4 3 2

46.155

1

9

43.400

1

9

42.807 44.599 61.789

1 2 3

9 7 5

43.461

1

9

43.165 43.340

1 2

9 7

46.237

1

9

43.859

1

9

41.529 42.388

1 2

9 7

45.829

1

9

46.584

1

9

41.942 43.239 43.840

1 2 3

9 7 5

48.035

1

9

42.904

1

9

43.361

1

9

44.760 48.170

1 2

9 7

42.893

1

9

43.342

1

9

42.675 49.422

1 2

9 7

40.011

1

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41.847 41.901 42.241 46.168 49.512

1 2 3 4 5

38.055 40.215

1 2

52.597

1

41.762 43.766 43.911 44.675 44.839 46.372 46.806 47.501

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A Maverick at Watkins Glen

by Michael Wingfield

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t least once a year, Marie and I load up the car and make a long haul to drive a new track. This June while many fellow Mavericks headed southeast to Florida for Parade, we headed northeast to Watkins Glen, New York, to participate in the 29th Annual 48-Hours of Watkins Glen, a the three-day Zone 1 event.

Two weeks earlier, I got a first-hand look at the Watkins Glen racetrack (The Glen). While working as part of the PCA National Club Race staff performing Timing and Scoring for the “Porsche Clash at The Glen,” the annual PCA Club Race held at The Glen, I got to see the track up close from the right seat of a Jaguar. Before the race day began, Henry Hoeh, PCA Zone 1 Rep, provided some brisk reconnaissance laps in the Jaguar belonging to Botho von Bose, the race Chairman. Seeing the track from the right seat had made me all the more eager to drive at the 48-Hours event. I had applied to the event months earlier and now the time had arrived for me to take to the track behind the wheel of my 1986 951.

The event included an Instructor day on Friday before the regular weekend Driver’s Education (DE) event. Zone 1 provided this track day as a “thank you” to all of the Zone 1 instructors, and also held the annual Zone 1 Instructor clinic. I entered the event as a guest Instructor from Zone 5, eager to drive The Glen and learn how other regions and zones organize and hold DE events. It was the Friday Instructor day that prompted my entry into the event since it would provide a low stress environment to talk with many veteran Zone 1 Instructors about cars and driving. The fact that it also provided gobs of track time did not hurt either.

Friday morning registration separated the Instructors into one of two run groups, either the Red group or the Black group. Each

group would get 30-minute run sessions on the track, alternating throughout the day. I was placed in the Black group, a run group color we do not use in Maverick Region. Someone later told me that Red group drivers had ten or more years of experience at The Glen. Since this was the 29th Annual 48-Hours of The Glen, I found it easy to believe that the Red group drivers did indeed have ten or more years of experience on this track. Whether true or not, I knew I would have no trouble finding experienced Watkins Glen drivers in this crowd.

I asked the Zone 1 Chief Driving Instructor, Dave Maynard, if I might have a mentor for the morning to help me get acclimated to the track and event procedures. Dave paired me up with another 951 driver, Don McGilvery, in the Red group. I asked Don if I might ride in his right seat to see the track at speed. Don gave me an E-ticket ride in his car and pointed out some of the nuances of the line around The Glen. At the end of Don’s 30-minute session, he got in my right seat as I headed out onto the track for my first laps behind the wheel around The Glen.

I had watched many races on TV held at The Glen (including the Grand-Am Watkins Glen 6-Hours race the weekend before), but nothing prepared me for how the track looked and felt from behind the wheel. The elevation changes are incredible! The climb out of the bottom of the Esses (Turn 2) to the exit of the Inner Loop (Bus Stop) is as tall as an 11-story building. Then you descend the same 11-story building as you travel from the Inner Loop down into the Toe of the Boot (Turn 7). What an incredible roller coaster ride! All with on-camber, off-camber, and changing camber corners, mixed with blind apexes, downhill braking zones, and all surrounded on both sides by walls of blue Armco. The Glen was simply more fun to drive than I had imagined. The track flows easily from one corner to the next, generating an unmistakable rhythm of motion for both hands and feet. For me, although I had never driven this track before, I felt like I had returned to a familiar home after being away for a long time.

Driving The Glen was so intuitive that I forgot all about those ominous blue Armco walls lining the track.

With my first session completed and Don, my Mentor Instructor out of the car, it was time to tackle my second on-track session solo.

It didn’t take long for me to get comfortable on the track, but I did make some mental notes about the track. The most difficult corner at The Glen was the right hand turn at the end of pit road at track entry.

High Armco surrounded the track entry and I felt like I was driving through an Armco canyon. I could not see over the Armco, so it was imperative to stay below the blend line when entering the track. Much of the traffic on track was going 100+ MPH, so I did not want to pull out in front of them. Likewise, Turn 6 commanded TONS of respect.

With a downhill entry to this left turn, I was looking straight at a tire wall just a few feet from the track edge at turn-in. I knew I would over brake for this corner all weekend. However, it was time to start experimenting with those braking markers in the brake zones, especially the Inner Loop. Approaching the Inner Loop, the brake zone markers began with the number 600. The 600-marker was too early for braking on entry to the Inner Loop, so I began to brake later shortening the brake zone. 500 – still braking too early to slow to the appropriate speed before turn-in. 400 – getting closer, as it takes a more aggressive brake foot to slow before turn in, but still too early.

300 – Whoops! Too late! I could not slow enough for turn-in so I took the short cut past the Inner Loop. Well, THAT was exciting!

The corner worker gave me the point to re-enter the track, and I returned a “Thank You” wave. Could he see me blushing with embarrassment through my visor and helmet? Maybe I should have

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tried braking between 400 and 300? I had plenty of time to consider my next brake reference as I traveled from turn 5 around to Pit Road to visit Dave Maynard, the Black Flag Steward and Zone 1 Chief Driving Instructor (CDI). He asks me what I learned about the Inner Loop. I say,“400 works but 300 is too late to brake for the corner,” and I gave another embarrassed blush. While I had not received a black flag for missing the Inner Loop, Dave tells me he appreciated me stopping anyway.

Evaluation of the Zone 1 Instructor Candidates began after lunch. Dave Maynard, the CDI, paired each Candidate with an Evaluator. Dave had three goals for Zone 1 Instructor Candidates.

Each Instructor candidate had to demonstrate the skill to actually drive safely and consistently on the track, communicate well with students, and anticipate what may happen while instructing. I was to be evaluated by Steve Atwell, another Zone 1 Instructor.

Initially, I drove and Steve rode in my right seat as I “showed him the line” and introduced him to The Glen. I could feel the pressure as I “the rookie” at The Glen, began to describe the track to this veteran of The Glen. After a couple of touring laps at novice student speeds, Steve said, “OK, now show me you can drive.” We took a few laps a speed and Steve then said, “OK, time to instruct.” We pulled into the paddock where Steve became the student driver and I became the Instructor. Now it was time to demonstrate my instructing skills to Steve. After a few more quick laps, Steve said, “Okay. You’re done”.

I’m done? As in I’m finished? Was I really that bad? Actually, the hour-long exercise was over and it was open track time for the rest of the day. Now in all honesty, I did not set out to become a Zone 1 Instructor. Rather, I participated in the Instructor exercises simply to hone my own skills and to learn from a veteran Zone 1 Instructor, like Steve. But it did not turn out that way in the end, but more on that later.

Friday ended with a track walk. Yes, we walked of the full 3.4-mile track. Zone 1 provided the track walk Friday night for any interested DE participant, and encouraged the novice drivers to take the walk. While I had logged over four hours of driving the racetrack, I still opted for the track walk. A person can learn a lot about a track by getting out there on your feet, standing on the track surface, and looking both ahead and behind at the turns and terrain. Combine the walk with commentary from Dave Maynard and Henry Hoeh, and the walk become very instructional. Remember that 11-story climb I mentioned earlier? The track walk wore me out!

collected another car, a Silver Boxster as it spun on the entry to Turn 6 and backed hard into the tire wall. The car was drivable but will certainly have an extended stay at a body shop. I reviewed my mental note, “Turn 6 commanded TONS of respect.”

It also did not take long for me to see some on-track excitement.

As I apexed Turn 2 and head up the hill through the Esses behind a green 914, the top of the Esses clouded up with thick white smoke.

Something had gone terribly wrong for someone just over the hill and I could not tell from my position if it was tire smoke or engine smoke.

As I slowed through the Esses, the green 914 vanished into the thick white cloud of now identifiable engine oil smoke. When I reached the top of the Esses, I could see through the apex of the next corner to the back straight, where I spied a red 356 billowing a large plum of engine oil smoke as it pulled behind the Armco. The track ahead was completely obscured by white smoke, and I anticipated a trail of motor oil on the track. But where was the green 914 that vanished into the white cloud? As I began to easy into the white cloud, I spotted the green 914 emerging from the other side of the cloud onto the back straight. Good – at least I won’t run into that car as I drive almost blind through the smoke. Well, THAT was exciting!

Sunday morning I met my student for the day, Mary Anne Broda. She had just been promoted to the Blue group. During our introduction, I could not help but wonder what was going through her mind since she had more track days at The Glen than I! While Sunday was busy hoping between instructing in her car and driving my car, we both had lots of fun. I enjoyed the additional time on the track from the right seat of her car. It provided me with time to look for new visual references and made my driving more precise by having to describe the line to her. Mary Anne said she really enjoyed the driving tips I provided to her. She was smart, smooth, and always in control of her car – the type of student Instructors enjoy. <continued on page 24>

Saturday presented a new set of adventures with about 250 DE drivers in attendance. The parking lot was now full and garage space at a premium. My run group gained many new drivers that did not participate in the Friday Instructor day. While this meant more traffic, it also meant more really nice cars to view both on track and in the paddock. Saturday morning at the DE Driver’s Meeting, Dave announced the names of the new Zone 1 Instructors, those Candidate Instructors who had participated in the Instructor clinic Friday and made the cut to become a Zone 1 Instructor. Imagine my surprise when I heard my name called as a new Zone 1 Instructor! I had driven The Glen for just one day and now had been given the vote of confidence to teach others. What an honor to be included among those selected as Zone 1 Instructors, instructors for the 18 regions within Zone 1. It also did not take long for folks to ask me if I was available to instruct at the CVR event the following Monday and Tuesday at The Glen, or if I could help out later in the week at Pocono.

Unfortunately, I had to remind myself that “I” was on vacation and had to get back to work next week and could not attend the other events.

Friday, a yellow Cabriolet had sustained some damage on the right side when it impacted the tire wall at Turn 6. Unfortunately it did not take long for the first incident to occur on Saturday. Turn 6 23

<continued from page 23> Later Sunday I caught a ride with fellow Zone 5 Instructor Bob Hieronymus from Hill Country Region in his 911. We then swapped and Bob rode with me in my 951. We compared notes about different approaches and lines though corners. Bob commented that he did not know that I could toss my 951 though the Inner Loop “like a 911” and noticed how much I caught up on other drivers there. (Bob did not know about my Friday brake zone exercises to maximize my Inner Loop entry speed). As we headed into Turn 10, we both spot “snow” – lots of “snow” suddenly rising rather than falling in the air.

However, it is not real snow but rather small pieces of Styrofoam flying through the air and large pieces littering the short straight between Turn 10 and Turn 11. As I gingerly picked my way through the debris, Bob looked at the outside wall at the remains of several smashed Styrofoam soft-wall blocks. The culprit, a white 911 RSA, was crossing the track ahead of us limping onto Pit Road with a rather crumpled rear end. Well, THAT was exciting!

Another white RSA would find its way into the Styrofoam blocks at the same location on the track later in the day. I saw four cars damaged during the weekend. While this may seem like a lot of car damage at a DE, I have to qualify the damage by the nature of the track.

There are very few places around the Watkins Glen track where someone can spin or drive off without getting car damage. Recall that the Armco surrounds the track; tire barriers line the Armco at Turn 6 and Turn 9, and Styrofoam soft-wall blocks appear in many of the corners. At TWS and MSR, we have the luxury to “drive off” the track when something goes wrong, and even spins pose little problems since the tracks have ample run off areas. The Glen is different – with Armco within two or three feet of the track in most places and right on the edge of the asphalt in others. Small errors at The Glen can result in significant car damage. While the track is wonderfully exciting to drive, it can bite and bite hard.

Sunday ended with a light rain shower during the last 10 minutes of the final 45-minute run session. Everyone told me it always

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rains at The Glen, so this small shower so late into the event did not bother me at all. I was already hot and tired, and the shower helped to cool me off at the end of a long weekend of track driving. I logged just under 500 miles on the track during the three days – all but 3.4 miles in the dry. We had hauled a set of mounted rain tires with us, but never needed to put them on the car. Murphy’s Law says that if we had not hauled those tires half way across the country, it would have rained every day. As it was, the rain came during those last 10 minutes, but stopped as the cars entered the paddock. We were able to pack up and say farewell to The Glen in the dry. My car ran perfectly all weekend, and it did not have any tire wall scares, or bite marks from blue Armco – this had been a very successful and fun-filled weekend.

My thanks to all of the Zone 1 staff for providing a terrific event: Henry Hoeh - Zone 1 Rep and Event Chairman, George & Connie Beuselinck - Registrars, Dave Maynard – Chief Driving Instructor, Bob Michaelson – Zone 1 Safety Chairman, and the rest of the Zone 1 staff including the all-volunteer corner worker crew. Also, thanks to Don McGilvery and Steve Atwell, fellow Zone 1 Instructors for their mentoring and helping this Maverick take his first laps around The Glen. Lest I forget my student, Mary Anne Broda, for providing me with the opportunity to obtain even more track time by sitting in the right seat of her car.

Finally, a trip to Watkins Glen would not be complete without a drive around the original Grand Prix road race circuit. With our handy map in hand (which we picked up at the Seneca Lodge restaurant), we took a lap around the original 1948-1952 6.6-mile road course. While it would have been nice to make this lap in the 951, we settled for the Ford Expedition since the course follows public streets and the 951 is not quite street legal. However, it was a pleasant journey through history as we read the Self-Guided Tour brochure and drove along the historical roads.You could almost hear the roar of the cars (maybe it was just me making motor noises) and see the crowds (farm animals) standing along side the road cheering me on. It was a fitting end to a weekend of driving at Watkins Glen.

Post-Parade Party

by Wendy Shoffit of a different sort. You see, our president, Keith Olcha, attended Parade this year. Unfortunately, though, he had to leave early and missed the autocross banquet where he would have received his 3rd place trophy. James was there and accepted the award on Keith’s behalf. But, the party didn’t stop there… Keith’s trophy went on to have a helluva good time in spite of its owner’s

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he Prairie House restaurant in old downtown Carrollton has been our Post Parade Party spot for the past few years. Their delicious barbeque and cobbler coupled with a private room makes it the ideal location. Nearly 40 Maverick members came out to tell stories and listen to others’ about this year’s Porsche Parade near Tampa, Florida.

...Needless to say, the trophy had almost as much fun as the escorts.. absence. Matt, James, Mark and Lisa Steele, and I made sure that the trophy partied a’plenty that night and photographed it all.

From singing with the hot chick band to having a drink with Jutta

Photo by Wendy Shoffit

James and I had a few photos to share, but they were mostly of Jasmine, and good friend, Geneva Spreen. They both had a great time together in Florida.

This year had a fantastic program designed for the children, including Geneva and Jasmine are short a few teeth coconut painting and an overnight trip to the aquarium. We were very fortunate to bring them back whole… some of the alligators in the resort were a bit, ummm, large-ish.

Our illustrious editor, Matt Platts, provided us with a show

Photo by Wendy Shoffit

Photo by Wendy Shoffit

There were trophies, pictures, and souvenirs on display. Some even included electronic slideshows for the after dinner entertainment.

Linda Bambina was kind enough to bring a screen, digital projector, and PA system to help out. She was also first up with her digital presentation. As always, she gave a first class performance, both with her fun Myra and Fran show off Parade Shirts photos and interesting stories. If you can believe it, she even got Peter Porsche to put on Alan’s cowboy hat AND shirt to pose for a series of pictures. It was Simply Amazing.

Wendy and James kept the tropical theme going Altenhoff, having a swim with a local frog, getting a massage at the spa, and even tossing its cookies after having too much to drink. Rumor has it that it woke up in bed with a married woman… scandalous! Needless to say, the trophy had almost as much fun as its escorts. True to form, KO was also missing in action at the Post Parade Party and even missed the recap of his trophy’s fun. What a pity - he even missed the peach cobbler.

All in all, the night was a hoot. The only thing better than hearing about Parade is actually experiencing first hand. Just ask Keith. So, go ahead and ask for your vacation time now, July 4 through 10 right here in Fort Worth. Y’all Come!

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1990 944 S2 Coupe Red with Black leather interior.83,000 miles,excellent condition inside and out.

Stock except updated radio (in-dash CD). $10,500 OBO. Contact Jay for more information at jay_espaillat@hotmail.com (1) 1972 911T Nice looking,well maintained,Turbo look with fender flares and whale tail.Engine and transmission recently redone. 150,000 miles, $8,700.00, email me or call for pics and more details: Mike Menke 817-578-9678 or Poorsche911@yahoo.com (1) DP 935 Turbo Extremely Rare One of only two 935 Targas ever built by DP Motorsport.

Black/black, 23,548 orig. miles, excellent condition, 450+ hp, full DP carbon fiber body package, A/C, power windows, power Recaro sport seats, racing mirrors, Kenwood deck and 10-disc changer, alarm system. Recent $2,000 tune-up (7/10/03) at 911 Enterprises. Always garaged and covered. Extremely rare,collector-quality vehicle.$65,000 o.b.o. Call or e-mail Brady for more info or photos. (972) 877-1150 bscott@championpartners.com (1) 1988 Carrera Coupe Midnight blue, sunroof, 5 speed, air, 16” polished Fuchs, F/R spoilers. All records, turbo tie rods, drilled and slotted rotors, stainless brake lines, lowered (euro height), Mobil one in motor and transmission.Adult owned, non smoker, never raced or wrecked, original paint.

Asking $17,500. Contact Gorden at 713-882-2412 or gorden@teamdummie.com (1) 2000 911 Carrera Very low miles (just over 12,000 August 1, 2003), 6-speed, one owner, always garaged with tender loving care, Guards Red, full black leather interior, 18" turbo alloy wheels, CD player, hi-fi stereo sound system, Porsche stability management and tuned suspension. Richard Voreis @ 214-361-1919 or rdvoreis@mindspring.com (1)(3) 1981 911SC PCA/CVAR race car. Low mileage car.Extensive modifications including roll cage,fuel cell, fiberglass bumpers/spoilers, front oil cooler, Recaro seats, suspension mods including Charlie bars. I am selling my complete race operation. Everything needed to race. Very clean car. $33,000.

Contact David Phillips 903-892-3384 (1) 2001 C2 Cab Polar Silver/Graphite Grey,6,000 Miles,Full Leather,18”Sport Design Wheels,6 Spd.Msrp 96,000,Always garaged,No Abuse,Excellent condition,$72,000,Call Jack (817) 923-3737 (1) 1984 DP 935 15,000 miles, fresh engine and transmission, adj waste gate, 400plus horsepower9x15,13x15 fuchs wheels, two sets tires225/45/15,345/35/15, red, this is a very rare euroversion, all leather, air, large front cooler. $51,000. rnkrupp@charter.net or 817-284-8271 (1) 1989 944 Turbo S Baltic Blue with burgundy interior, Excellent Condition! Includes records and original window sticker. Website: members.rennlist.com/dlr944. 17" 3-pieces wheels, no dash cracks, sport seats, factory M030, APE II chips. 82k miles, priced: $16,800 OBO. Replaced AC, all belts and rollers, front engine completely re-sealed, new radiator and hoses. Contact dlr944@hotmail.com or call 512-280-7775 (1) 1984 928 5 Speed Guards Red with black interior.16" phone dials,Condition is very nice.New dash board and pod, carpet replaced and everything else aesthetic either replaced or refinished on the interior. Electrical system works good. Fresh bilstiens, all ball joints, battery, alternator. AC Blows Cold. Motor Perfect.Paint is 9.5 out of 10.(couple of very minor dings on front spoiler) Just passed VA inspection and 2 year emissions test. Carfax okay...(Florida car for many years). 72,000 miles, asking $9,800. E-Mail budtaylorus@yahoo.com (1) 1998 993 Targa Specially Optioned Car! Arctic Silver metallic,Classic Grey interior,Tiptronic trans, Factory Aero-kit, Carbon Fiber trim on console and steering wheel, Aluminum/carbon tiptronic and brake handle, lower dash leather, carbon inner door openers embossed w/Porsche logo, sport seats,aluminum gauge faces,Hi-Fi sound (10 spkrs,6cd changer),18" Factory hollow-spoke turbo twist wheels. Excellent Condition, always garaged & pampered, 18+K miles. MSRP was $95K, asking $65000. Eddie Owen (903-539-7059) or edowen61@swbell.net. (1) 1986 944 White, burgundy interior, new tires, new timing belt and rollers, valve job, excellent service history, clean, runs great, 4900.00, call Hans @ 214-533-9847. (1) 1997 Mercedes Benz S320 Sedan Luxury at its best. Smoke Silver with light tan interior. Low mileage 59,900 Always garaged, auto doors, windows, steering wheel, & trunk.Very clean car and never smoked in. Rockin' Bose 6 CD changer, Moon roof. Maintained well at AutoHaus and Loudens. Oil changes each 3k. New battery. FOUR year transferable Warranty, 4yr/104,000 miles.

Can't beat price or warranty, $25,200 plus balance of warranty.Call Monda at 972-831-0999 7:30am-4pm or 972-403-8166 evenings, monda.degan@agedwards.com (2) DP 935 Turbo Extremely Rare One of only two 935 Targas ever built by DP Motorsport.

Black/black, 23,548 orig. miles, excellent condition, 450+ hp, full DP carbon fiber body package, A/C, power windows, power Recaro sport seats, racing mirrors, Kenwood deck and 10-disc changer, alarm system. Recent $2,000 tune-up (7/10/03) at 911 Enterprises. Always garaged and covered.Extremely rare,collector-quality vehicle.$65,000 o.b.o. Call or e-mail Brady for more info or photos. (972) 877-1150, bscott@championpartners.com (2) 1999 Porsche 911 C2 silver/black 17k miles "PERFECT", 18" sport design wheels with new conti tires. 6 spd, CD, sunroof, hi- fi, bra. This car has been meticulously maintained with only Porsche dealer service. Always garaged fair weather car. Car has been in Dallas area since new. Books and complete records. $50,900 Brian at 972.530.4000 RatcliffFinancial@yahoo.com (2) 1985-1/2 944 Red w/black int. 5spd, 15" Phone dials, Alpine CD, new LOTS OF STUFF. Over $7000 invested beyond original price of car and I have receipts for all. Car is approx 95% completely restored. And yes A/C does blow cold, with over $900 spent on that last year. Feel free to e-mail or call me for pictures and parts receipts list. $7500 obo. David @ cell 214-244-8054 or hpandsd@ev1.net (2)

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1987 Turbo Slant Nose Black/tan. Immaculate example of one of Porsche’s great cars. Excellent condition with only 23,800 documented miles. No paint or body work. Interior in almost new condition. SSI headers and exhaust, RUF Sport Clutch/Flywheel, 1 bar spring, short shift, numeric temp gauge, strut tower brace, Weltmeister adjustable sway bars. All work and servicing done locally. Original with full documentation and service records. Owners manual, service book. $42,500 obo. George 972-409-9100 (2) 1986 Targa Carrera Black w/tan int. All original except; Fittipaldi Steering wheel, MoMo knob, upgraded stereo. New Yokohamas on orig.Fuchs. Recent Clutch, full service, battery, alt., and wiper/turn sig. switches.Very solid, tight, and quick. $18,000 obo. Call John @ 214-762-9495 or email @ rvpjohn@comcast.net (2) 2000 Boxster 17" wheels with simutomo tires. Never punctured. No curb rash. 22K miles on the tires. Roger, 817-675-3592 mobile (2) 1987 911 Carrera Coupe 3.2 G50,Grand Prix white/tan leather,polished fuchs,SO2s,sunroof,AC, 5 speed, 82,000 mi, cruise, cross drilled rotors, turbo tie rods, corner balanced, Fabspeed exhaust, Colligan bra, car cover, service records, prior concours winner, original window sticker, just serviced, runs and drives great, Excellent condition, $22,500. Contact Terry @ 972-687-0404 or tblec479@foxtv.com (2) 1983 911 SC Blue w/sunroof,good paint.Excellent tan leather interior.Engine has tensioner update and pop-off valve. K&N filter, lowered, updated headlights, sony CD player. Car runs great. $11,900 OBO Contact Troy @ (817)613-7852 (2) 1989 Carrera Targa Guards Red exterior/Cashmere interior,105k miles,cross drilled rotors,‘89 911 turbo brake calipers, DAS roll bar w/fire extinguisher, 7” and 8” Fuchs, alpine CD player with remote, K&N air filter, front and rear spoilers (turbo rear), power windows, power door locks, cruise control, A/C, garage kept, excellent condition. This car runs great and looks even better. $19,950. Contact Rob @ (972) 989-2107 or email @ r.buschner@attbi.com (2) 1986 911 Carrera Coupe White/Black, whale tail, power windows, power locks, power sport seats, power mirrors, cruise control, air conditioning, sun roof, Alpine 3-CD in-dash stereo, bra, cover, Dunlop Sport 8000 tires, white spoke/polished rim wheels, short throw shift; less than 8000 miles on new clutch and synchros;less than 1000 miles on new AC blower motor and alternator;garaged, 92,266 miles, $16,900. Bruce Roberts (972)527-6910, (972)205-7545, or robertsbk@attbi.com (3) Kenisis K-18's, 8.5 & 10 x 18" with Kumo ECSTA V-700's; OE 18" Turbo Twist (not hollow) wheels, 7.5 & 9 x 18", with Kumo 712's; OE 17" Boxster S wheels, 7 & 8.5 x 17", with Kumo Victoracers, one extra tire in each size with 17's. Call or e-mail if anything is of interest. Rocky Johnson office 972.543.7623, home 972.462.8227, rrjjaj42@aol.com (3) 1984 Targa 46,000 miles. 3 owners - will provide Carfax history . Red with tan interior. 3.2L H6 engine well maintained. Interior/exterior excellent condition. Always garaged, fair weather car. $19,500.00. Contact kathy at sligo13@sbcglobal.net. (3) 1989 911 Carrera Cab Guards Red w/black convertible top and Parchment Leather seats with sheep skin covers, 10,900 miles, original owner with all service records, never driven in snow or rain, kept in garage with factory cover and leather bra, BBs wheels, Air conditioning, Power windows and locks, $40,000. You won't believe it's and '89. IT'S PERFECT!! Call 214-739-2221 or email KT4snow@aol.com (3) 914 Semi tube frame chassis with Sheridan widebody.Rolling chassis set up for 6 with 915 or could use 901 box. Reinforced tub and trailing arms. Full cage adjustable front shock mounts. $3900.00 Ph 972-344-0119, Mark_Hanna@raytheon.com (3) 2002 Boxster S Pampered and Perfect. Grey/Black Lthr.; Tip; Sport Touring/Design Pkg.; Bose Premium Sound CD/Cass/Changer; Xenon; Upgraded Pirellis; Porsche Crest Center Caps & Valve Stems; Titanium Steering Wheel; Remaining 4-year Warranty; Only 8K mile but has had 15K Service; Roadside Assistance Program. Original MSRP $61,535. Rollie or Stacy @972.481.1950 or rwaters@watersconsulting.com (3) 1961 356B Sunroof Coupe Good condition, runs great, located in Cifton Virginia. Comes with some spare parts, wheels etc, and was just undercoated. Has the 1600 super engine for you enthusiasts. We own a VSCCA race team, and have taken excellent care of the Porsche.

Asking $17,000 (OBO), stevek@medtel.com (3) Factory 993RS/SuperCup Recaro race seats featuring black nomex surface with Recaro/Porsche logo. Rails and mounting hardware are included. Perfect for DE or Club Racing and in excellent condition. Asking $1,800. Contact Steve at 214 693 3276, or lpatti@charter.net. (3) 1988 944 Midnight black,auto,tan interior.Looks and runs great.Original equipment,no add ons, garage kept. 223,000 miles. $5,500 Terry 214-769-9810 terry.pleasant@attbi.com (3) 1999 Porsche C2 Cab Guards Red/Sav Beige 38k miles. Immaculate condition in and out. Dealer maintained, garage kept, non-smoker, leather. 6-speed, power seats with driver side memory, 3-spoke steering wheel, CDR 220 CD Player, wind deflector, Deviated floor color, (Black), new Turbo chrome wheels with new 18” tires. Hardwired Valentine One included. Much more. Never tracked. Over $82,250 new, for sale now only $47,900 OBO. Walt Burkett Jr (817)966-8162 or Waltburkett@yahoo.com (3) 2000 Corvette Convertible 7,567 original miles. Garaged. Torch Red Exterior / Tan leather interior /Tan top. CD, Bose, Automatic, Factory optioned chrome 18" wheels (thin spoke), original Goodyears, new battery, $10K worth of factory options including heads-up display. Immaculate! $42,000. A two owner car, Call Donald Bond, 713-336-0963 or dbondpca@worldgraphics.net (3)

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