PCA Chesapeake Region - January 2015 Patter by Michael Murphy

Chesapeake Region

Patter

Volume 54, Issue 621 January 2015

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Upcoming Events - 1

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Upcoming Events - 2

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Calendar of Events for 2015

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Membership & Anniversaries

Porsche Sports Driving School Experience

Kindertime and Lindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legacy

Giving Back - Two Letters of Appreciation

The Market Calendar of Events

PCA License Plates

Gary Martinez

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he Chesapeake Region of the Porsche Club of America serves it’s club members and hosts activities within the Baltimore, Annapolis and surrounding geographic area, including Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The general objectives of PCACHS are, as indicated in the by laws: Promote the highest standards of courtesy and safety on the roads. Promote the enjoyment and sharing of goodwill and fellowship engendered by owning a Porsche vehicle and engaging in such social or other events as may be agreeable to the membership. Promote the maintenance of the highest standards of operation and performance of the marquee by sharing and exchanging technical and mechanical information. Establish and maintain mutually beneficial relations with Porsche AG, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), Porsche dealers, and other independent service sources to the end the marquee shall proper and continue to enjoy its unique leadership and position in sports car annals. Promote the interchange of ideas and suggestions with other PCA Regions throughout North America and the world, and in such corporation as may be desirable. Establish such mutually corporative relationships with other car clubs as may be desirable. Establish a community service initiative with the goal of engaging members to participate in activities that benefit the community through fundraising or volunteering of time.

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from our president This wonderful effort, combined with a record-setting, assembly-line packing of over 200 back-packs which were distribes, it’s hard to believe that another year has passed and uted on Christmas Eve to area shelters and we are on our way into 2015! churches, was truly special and ended our And while the warm days of 2014 season in the grandest fashion possisummer seem so far away, it won’t be long ble! before we all bring our cars out of their All of this leads into 2015, which promises winter garages and set out back on the to be packed with fun-filled activities and road! driving opportunities. These were listed But before we leave 2014 behind, I’d like last month, but for those who missed them, to thank all of our members who made our the first few events of the year are rapidly approaching. The AFTER HOLIDAY 2014 KINDERTIME/GIVING BACK Community Service event a huge success! PARTY will be held on the evening of Generously sponsored by our stalwart part- January 10th at the Yellowfin restaurant in ners at Porsche of Towson, we nearly tri- Annapolis. It will be followed by:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

pled our attendance over the previous year and in the process set a new record for the 1) Our first Board meeting of 2015, always open to our members, on January 21st, number of back packs packed for ‘Giving Back - Linda’s Legacy’! 2) The viewing of the Rolex 24 at Daytona in the showroom of our Region sponWith a heartwarming discussion of the sors, Porsche of Silver Spring, Kindertime Toy Drive by founder Pete O’Neal of WMAR-TV, our members 3) The first Social of the year on January learned of all the children and families 30 at the Weekender in Baltimore who benefit from the toy drive. We also County, leading to, enjoyed a spirited drive into the surrounding countryside on our way to WMAR to make the actual toy donations, followed by 4) Our Annual SLOT CAR NIGHT on February 7th at the Parkville Family Y a delightful luncheon at Ryan’s Daughter of Maryland. Irish Pub.

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from our president Details for these and all of our events can be found on our website’s Calendar tab. And finally, I’m pleased to report that we are entering 2015 with our Board at full strength thanks to Jim Earlbeck who has stepped up to the Board position of Tech Committee Co-Chair, working with fellow Chair Rob Mairs. Jim, who owns and operates Earlbeck Gases and Technologies in Baltimore and Beltsville, Maryland, brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the Board for the benefit of all our members! All we can say is......’thanks Jim and welcome to the party.’ So, to everyone, a very Happy New Year and all the best for a Porsche-filled 2015! I’m always happy to hear from you at president@pcachs.org and I look forward to seeing you on the road soon!

Have fun and Drive Safely!

Gary

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Upcoming Events 1

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Social - After Holidays Party DATE: Saturday, Jan 10 2015 TIME: 5:30pm to 10:00pm LOCATION: Yellowfin Steak & Fish House 2840 Solomon’s Island Road Edgewater, MD 21037 www.yellowfinrest.com 410-573-1333

ome join us for an encore performance of the premier event of the season, the After Holiday Party and Yankee Swap. Chesapeake Region has established a reputation for the finest and fiercest Yankee Swap in PCA, one that has been copied by other regions, but never quite duplicated. The social hour and dinner are spectacular enough, even in a group that defines itself as a “social club, with a serious car problem”, but the Yankee Swap makes the event. A “Gift Exchange” is merely a mild description of the feeding frenzy that takes hold at this triple steal event. Chesapeake Region, despite being below the Mason Dixon Line, puts the “Yankee” into Yankee Swap…. The good stuff is coveted, hoarded and only grudgingly given up under duress. The original emcee team of Alban and Gutjahr, more popularly known as The Bob and Manny Show, will once again host this sell-out event. Each person who wants to play just needs to bring a wrapped “car-related” gift, valued at $25 to $30. (Of course, if you prefer, you may attend the event and not participate in the Swap, but be prepared to feel left out once the fun begins!) Be sure to bring a gift that you’d be happy to take home, because you never know what will happen! All gifts are placed together and names are drawn one at a time… each person has the choice of choosing a new gift, or stealing one that has been opened before. Don’t worry, the rules will be explained prior to the start of the Swap and Manny and Bob will make sure you laugh so much your cheeks hurt!

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Upcoming Events 2

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Social - The Weekender DATE: Saturday, Jan 30, 2015 TIME: 2:00pm to 4:00pm LOCATION: The Weekender 17520Troyer Road Monkton, MD 21111 410-472-1500 www.theweekenderdiner.com

e will enjoy a late lunch starting at 2:00pm at The Weekender. For those who participated in the Chesapeake Challenge 45 Rally, you might recall passing this restaurant. As a bonus, anyone who signs up to attend will be sent a copy of the CC45 Rally course! You can take time to explore the course before or after lunch and, most importantly, you do not have to worry about the timing restrictions of the rally! Rain or snow the lunch is a go! RSVP to www.social@pcachs.org by January 16th

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Calendar of Events

Membership & Anniversaries December 2014

Aaron & Minta Miller

Primary Members: 762

Affiliate Members: 461

Total Members: 1223 Membership New Members: Robert Cossaboon Robert Cropp Carlos Jimenez Kenneth Katz Jennifer & Stan Kakula Norman & Tanya LaSalle Brenden McHugh George Mink Chris Nolan Mario Patrizio Jeff & Sarah Greenberg Dan Schiller Jim Yurgealitis

Transfer In: Paul Roussillon

Middle River, MD Pikesville, MD Elkton, MD

2013 991 Carrera 4S, Black 2007 997 Carrera 4S, Silver 2007 997 Carrera 4S Baltimore, MD 1993 964 Carrera 2 Cab, Red Ellicott City, MD 2003 Boxster, White Columbia, MD 2011 Cayenne Reisterstown, MD 1984 911 Carrera, White Kingsville, MD 2006 997 Carrera S, Cobalt Blue West Friendship, MD 2007 997 Turbo, Guards Red Lothian, MD 1979 911 Turbo, Guards Red Owings Mills, MD 2005 Boxster Hampstead, MD 1973 914, Silver Hunt Valley, MD 1985 944, Black

Transfer Out: Ralph Degroodt & Philip Tupper

Anniversaries 45th Year Anniversary: George and Anne Bunting

40th Year Anniversary: Theodore Goodwin

35th Year Anniversary: Dan & Gwendolyn Dazzo, Carolyn Dorsey, Bob Gutjahr, David Mann, Sally Marsh John Moore, Bruce & Lori Tarsia

30th Year Anniversary: William Adler, A. Thomas Beckman, Robert Gilley

25th Year Anniversary: Manny Alban, Howard & Sumiko Allen, Heinz Bade, Gary Colby, Lonnise Gilley, Sandra Gleason, Harold Goll, Thomas Kuker, Doris Lam, Matthew Reinhart, Irv & Sandy Yospa

Membership & Anniversaries December 2014

Aaron & Minta Miller

Primary Members: 762

Affiliate Members: 461

Total Members: 1223 Anniversaries (Continued) 20th Year Anniversary: Jan Clemmens, Scott Eckels, Eugene Fierro, Paul Faupel, Steven Gaylor, Jane Hruska, Dena Love, Victor McPherson, Martin & Phyllis Pokrzya, Charles Veres, Frances Wolfe

15th Year Anniversary: Phillip and Denise Andrews, Todd and Lisa Bernard, Benjamin Bogdanowicz, Michael Buck, John & Suzanne Cochran, Yvette Davis, Doug & Francesca Ehmann, Wayne Fritze, Blake and Kathy Gambrill, Mark Hubley, Anne MacArthur, Donald Mattran, Susan Mende, Kevin Portnoff, Joanie Purgason, Barry Ramsay, Lee Rock, Haydon Rudolf, Candy Sharp, William Tauber, Denise Veres, Sharon Vigorito

10th Year Anniversary: George Dowell, Timothy Frye, Mary Goldsborough, Shari Harris, Michael Horton, William Kowalyshyn, William Niermann, Doug Novin, Russell and Norma Pettis, Sean Pfeiffer, Mark Tewell, Brian Wilkerson, Barbara White

5th Year Anniversary: Robin Ameen, Paul Barrett, Roger Cassell, George Civita, Thomas Corey, Barry Frederick, Mark Guringo, Robert Jacobs, Robert Merritt, Lisa Morabito, William Noack, Frances Phillips, Dave Revella, Gintaras Sakalaukas, Thad Schippereit, Moshe and Jodie Shwartz, Igor Soykher, Charles Visconage, Eddie Warner, Donald Webster

1st Year Anniversary: Wayne Arny, Darby Ashmore, John Ballard, Fraser Dachille, Michael Fultz, Phil Gelso, Dennis Goldrick, Roger & Jeannette Hadfield, Mary Louise Healy, Bryan Hibbs, Scott Horst, Janet & John Lannon, Richard Loeffler, Frank Marcus, Robert Martin & Yvonne Scudder, Michael Mathias, Frank Mazzella, Brandon McDowell, Frank Melograna, Doug & Kelly Newhard, Emily Nichipor, Hunter & James Orrell, Charles & Kim Phillips, Robert Seiwart, Henry Thielemann, James Virginis, Bruce Wakefield, James Willard, Dan Wolf, Rodney Yates

Porsche Sports Driving School Expe

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Winning Gift at PCA Parade THE PORSCHE DRIVING EXPERIENCE

e were very fortunate to attend the 59th Parade held in Monterey California in June. Cheryl had to attend meetings held by National for the Zone Representatives. I volunteered to help Ron Gordon with the concours. I was also recruited to help with the Zone 2 party. While there we enjoyed two tours, one to the Canepa museum and one to Big Sur. We also attended the Welcome party which was held at Monterey’s Fisherman’s wharf. But one of the best events we attended was the Concours banquet. At this banquet they give out the awards for the cars judged best in show. After the awards are presented and the speakers are finished the door prizes are given out. Some of the prizes this year included Porsche color coordinated luggage and an IPad. They would call the names out and as usual you must be present to win! When they called the grand prize winner it sounded familiar but no one was approaching the podium. We then realized they had called Cheryl’s name but we were both so shocked it went right over our heads. It was still surreal even after she brought the grand prize back to the table. The grand prize was a two day Porsche Sports Driving School experience which is held at the Barber Motorsports park in Birmingham Alabama. After the party was over and we had returned to our room, Cheryl immediately went on line to start checking out possible dates for me to attend the school. Rather than use the prize herself, she looked at me and said happy 60th! My birthday was only 30 days after parade and a milestone year for me. The weekends obviously book first, and the soonest date she could find for me to attend was the end of October. Once the school date was locked down, she immediately booked the airfare and hotel. Porsche has an agreement with Rossbridge Renaissance hotel located just minutes from Barber Motorsports Park. Their Renaissance hotel shuttle picks you up at the airport and also shuttles you to and from the track daily for your motorsport driving experience. The shuttle picked us up and had us at the track by 7:45am. They served us breakfast daily before our classroom session. The day began with our chief instructor giving us a 30 minute briefing on driving basics to use in the car, in addition to techniques used in car control. There were 30 people in the class, which included some spouses of the students who had come just to observe. After the classroom session they broke us into 6 groups and lead us to our shuttle for the track. The groups consisted of 5 to 6 people. My first workstation was the skid pad. The skid pad was comprised of a one acre paved surface that was kept wet by a sprinkler system. To me this was the hardest exer15 cise. Our car for this exercise was a 991 with PDK and the PSM was turned off. We

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Concours Grand Prize W were instructed to take the car fast enough that over steer would bring the front end around and you would spin .The test was to see how to control the car once the rear end has lost traction. The magic happened at about 18 mph. My group consisted of 5 people which gave us around 6 minutes of skid pad time. This is an exercise that you could spend all day practicing, but unfortunately we were allotted on 30 minutes at each station. The next exercise was the autocross station which consisted of cones laid out every 10 feet. We used a Cayman S with PDK and ceramic brakes and had 3 times to run the course. The first run was with the instructor and then we were on our own. The final station before heading to the track was accident avoidance, where we had a chance to use two different cars; a Boxster with PDK and A 991 with a manual transmission. We practiced 3 exercises and the headed to the track. Track time consisted of driving a car following the instructor in the lead car. All the cars had radios so the instructor could communicate with us while we were on the track. The instructors were in Turbo S 991s and my first time out I drove a Turbo Panamera. Track sessions lasted between 20 and 25 minutes, the other cars that I used were a Carrera with PDK and manual and a Boxster GTS with PDK. Only one set of Carreras had a manual transmission. The instructors did a great job of showing the proper line and giving good feedback while driving 70 plus mph and looking in the rear view mirror watching our line on the cars that were following. Barber Motorsport is a beautiful track with challenging elevation changes, which were much easier to learn when doing follow the leader with the instructor using the best line. We were treated to lunch at the Museum that lasted one hour followed by more track time with a new instructor in a different car. The track day ended at 4:30, but the fun continued with a dinner that night hosted by Porsche at the Rossbridge hotel. We were

strategically seated in groups of 6 – 8 with one instructor per table. I sat with two couples, both of which the men were taking the school while the spouses were there to observe. Again the cars were the common denominator, so meeting and talking to the couples with a mutual passion for Porsche was the best part. People came from all over to attend the Barber Motor Sports Driving School. Some came from as far as Sao Paulo Brazil and Costa Rico to California and Texas. Ironically, including me there were 4 people from Zone 2 including Potomac Region, Chesapeake Region and Central PA region. Day two was a continuation of the previous exercises, with the skid pad configuration including large figure 8’s, during which we were timed for the fastest time. It had rained the night before, just to make it a little slicker. Exercise 2 of the day was a timed fasted lap on the Autocross course. Station three was used to practice heel toe downshifts; I need a lot of practice on that one! Wrapping up the morning was more track time. The instructors would pair us up with comparable drivers and take us out for more follow the leader. After lunch three groups were put in Cayenne’s and taken on an off-road excursion. Less than one percent of Cayenne drivers will ever drive their cars off-road but the Cayenne is an incredible off roader. After the off-road excursion we went back to the track for another exercise they had set up which was doing launches with a turbo S. We were doing 0 to 60 and then braking; it was easy to hit one G on accelerating and stopping. We finished up the day on the track about 3:45pm at which time we were taken back to the classroom and given certificates, and then heard closing comments by the lead instructor. The day concluded by walking to the Museum to look at some of the incredible bikes and cars. Barber Museum has the largest collection of Motorcycles in the world and one could easily spend all day in 16 the Museum. The layout and displays are phe-

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Winning Gift at PCA Parade nomenal and they have a volunteer staff that works on preservation and restorations. Finally, our shuttle took us back to the Hotel and I finished my evening by enjoying a great dinner with one of the couples from California. My two days at Barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Porsche Motor Sport driving school was an incredible experience for me and I feel fortunate to have been able to attend. The school is well organized with first class instructors and the cars are great. This was the first time I have driven new cars at speed on a track. Experiencing this I now realize how easy it is to drive the new cars verses my track car which currently is a 1983 911SC.

Claude

Community Service

Kinder Time and and Kindertime homeless shelters in the local area. This wonderful group of Porsche enthusiasts managed to sort and pack clothing into over 200 back packs and load them into a van ready hank you to Porsche of Towson for sponsoring for delivery in about 45 minutes. One thing that was our Community Service Event. We should all prevalent during this whole process was the joy and combe very proud of or accomplishment at the radery of all the participants. We had a goal of funding Giving Back campaign and Kindertime toy 200 backpacks and thank to the generosity of our members drive. About 50 PCA members arrived at Porsche of Towson at 9:00AM on Sunday morning. We unpacked a van full of backpacks and clothing. We then sorted the clothing by size and put them in backpacks ready to deliver to

Giving Back and Kindertime Toy Drive.

Mick and Meg Whitlock

Lynda’sLegacy Legacy dd Linda’s and some local businesses we raised enough money to sponsor over 230 backpacks. Our members all brought an unwrapped toy to donate to the Kindertime toy drive. Pete O’Neil from WMAR TV was there and he informed us about the toy drive and how it all got started. We had a large pile of toys to donate to children in need. Pete filmed us and the big pile of toys

Community Service

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for a news article promoting the toy drive. We then loaded our cars with the toys to take them to WMAR TV. But we Many thanks to all. could not do this without a little 60-mile detour through the beautiful Maryland countryside. The tour was arranged Wishing you all a peaceful and happy holiday, by Steve Graham and what a great job he did. The weather was a little overcast but fortunately no precipitation. I have a feeling that Steve took care of the weather too. We delivered the toys to WMAR and then headed to a wonderful Socials Lunch at Ryans Daughter in Belvedere *** Square. It was a great and wonderfully rewarding day.

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Mick and Meg Whitlock