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Editor, First Settlers Region Porsche Club of America 2581 Eagles Lake Road Virginia Beach, VA 23456

JULY - AUGUST, 2014

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UPCOMING EVENTS!

Be sure to check our website www.fsrpca.org for more details as well as updates on all of these exciting events.

July 19

Mid-Summer Time, Speed and Distance Rally

August 2

Williamsburg Breakfast

Victoria’s - Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center

August 9

Central Breakfast

Silver Diner - Glen Allen

August 9

Eastern Breakfast

Pops Diner - Chesapeake

August 9-10

Chump Car 24 Hour

Virginia International Raceway - Alton VA

August 16

Volunteer Event

Southeastern Virginia Food Bank

September 6

New Members Party - Central Region

Steve Sarfaty’s House

September 13

Eastern Breakfast

Pops Diner - Chesapeake

Spotted in Norfolk!!!!

Be sure to check the website for the most up-to-date event information at

http://www.fsrpca.org/events.

Join us on the First Settlers Region Group! In addition to our award winning website, the Facebook Group is a great way to share photos and comments and stay connected with the club.

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They have been offered for publication in Horizontally Opposed only and may not be reproduced without the express permission of the photographer/submitter.

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From the President George Michaels FSR Friends,

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I’m pleased to report that FSR was back on the podium at Parade this year. We were honored with a Third Place Public Service Award and a Second in Class Website Award. Additionally, our own Andy Chisholm took home Second Place, early 911 in the Tech Quiz. Congrats go out to Josie Grandfield and her Charity Committee and Webmeisters Marco estrada and Kathy Thomas for all their superb efforts on the club’s behalf. Thanks also to all of you who supported our community service efforts, individually and as sponsors. We couldn’t succeed without your generosity. Congrats and thanks to Andy for carrying the FSR flag to another Parade, as well as the half dozen FSR members who attended and received our awards and shipped them back. our annual New Member Meet and Greet - eastern Area edition was very well attended by both new and existing members. Ken Thomas, Membership Chair, was kept busy collecting info and introducing a host $MBTT m"n $POUSBDUPS of new members. Thanks to Jerry and Kathy Kent for hosting. The Central Area version of this event will -JDFOTFE $POUSBDUPS " be September 6 at Steve and Kate Sarfaty’s place, just west of Richmond.

By the time you read this, our 19 July Time, Speed, Distance Rally and lunch will have been another great success, with the tour of FantomWorks auto restoration facility the following weekend. August 16 brings our hands-on volunteer event at the Foodbank in Norfolk, and our club tent at Classics on the Green in New Kent will be on Sunday, 14 September… no shortage of fun things to do with your FSR friends. on the business end, your Board has been working on an update to the By-laws since last year. The current document was adopted in 2010 and we’ve had enough growth and changes to warrant an update.

The new version streamlines a few sections, clarifies the duties of some of the officers and Committee Chairs, and increases Board Member terms of service to two-years (with no limits) and also increases the President’s term to two years, but with a two term limit. In order to adopt the new By-laws, we’ll need a majority vote by the membership in attendance at the open Board Meeting on october 11 in Williamsburg.

This event will replace all other breakfasts for october. I’ll provide a link to the document along with a summary of changes in an upcoming email blast so you can check it out before the vote.

Another round of elections is also approaching, so if you’re interested in serving your club as an officer or Committee Chair, please let any board member know. If you have any questions or would like more information about a particular position, feel free to contact me or the incumbent. We’re always in need of new blood on the Board to bring fresh ideas and keep the rest of us from burning out.

See you at the next event!

Happy Motoring,

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INSIDE TIRE TECH TEASER

BY Paul Oberdorfer, DE chairman I recently attended a seminar hosted by Paul Haney, noted tire expert and author of the book “The Racing & High-Performance Tire”. Here are a few highlights which may make you want to investigate further and as I would recommend, read the book! Tires are almost universally recognized as the most important part of the racing equation beyond the driver. Despite this fact, they are usually the most neglected and misunderstood. There is so much misinformation and mystery surrounding these devices that a variety of conflicting tire facts can be gathered at any track event by just interviewing crew chiefs.

Basically, the job of a tire is to cause the car to uniformly change direction or speed. The art of tire design took a huge step forward in the 1900s when, thanks to advances in rubber compounding, the pneumatic tire became available. The advent of belted and radial tires in the mid 20th century allowed sidewalls to become shorter, providing the driver more control due to the decrease in sidewall flexing. Synthetic rubber technology from the 1990s on has significantly improved durability and grip. The modern tire is far superior to that which was available even 20 years ago.

Rubber is a unique material because it has a high coefficient of friction. The coefficient of friction of wood is around .75, whereas that for rubber is over 2.0. The respective coefficients are found by experiment. Two important components of rubber friction are momentary molecular bonding (within the rubber itself) and mechanical keying, which is related to the surface, in this case, the track. Therefore, a new unworn paved aggregate penetrates deeper into the tire. Since the points of the material are sharper, there is a more acute contact angle. Both of these effects create increased mechanical keying. As a track ages, two things happen: the peaks are worn down so that the sharp points don’t penetrate as much and there is less contact angle.

As we stated above, there are many myths associated with tracks and tires: oil and rubber make the racing line slippery when the track is wet.

Not true! The rack surface on the line is polished; it’s rounded and penetrates less into the tread. off line, the surface is unworn, sharper and gives more grip. This is intensified by using softer, more pliable rain tire compounds. laying down rubber makes a track faster. Another untruth! In reality, a clean track surface has more grip. This is why we often see drivers pass over the track during warm up or practice. Dust is a lubricant between the rubber and aggregate, so the cars are blowing the dust away from the line and into the debris to clear the track. An interesting aside: have you ever noticed that drag strips have a rubber coated area on the start? That is not for grip. It is there to provide the drag tire manufacturers and racers with a consistent material across the country at each venue. otherwise there would have to be a different setting and tire for each track.

In summary: Rubber is a unique viscous and elastic material. How friction (grip) is generated is very complicated, it is sensitive to operating temperature and gets softer at higher temperatures, within limits. Important point, it is sensitive to load and rate of loading, so

more grip when loaded, less grip when loaded rapidly, read…be smooth.

Surface texture also has a great affect on grip - those faster times we all have been seeing at VIR won’t last! Rubber changes with time, heat cycles, UV exposure, etc. Another important point, never allow your track tires to remain below 32ºF for any period of time and store them in black plastic garbage bags if possible.

There is much, much more to say, but to find out more you should read the book, The Racing & high performance Tire by Paul Haney. Also, if you have a chance to attend a seminar or webinar on the topic, you will find it interesting and fascinating. Check Motorsportreg.com for webinars.

See you at the track!

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The Goodie Store is putting together a name tag order now. Go to Motorsportreg.com to sign up for yours!

10% of all sales from the First Settlers Goodie Store are returned to us and be used to support our events.you can access the Goodie Store directly from the FSR webpage (www.fsrpca.org) by clicking on the link under the Main Menu on the left side of the home page or going directly to the FSR Goodie Store at this link: www.pcawebstore.com/FIRST SeTTleRS If you have any questions, Contact Jacob Kay at jkaycdb@cox.net.

Time Speed Distance Rally Tips Reprinted from the MG Club

The first rule of rallying is to stay on course. If you stay on course, you can find the finish. If you can find the finish, you can find the post-rally party. The second rule of rallying is to stay on time. If you stay on time, you can win the rally, or at least place high enough to give you bragging rights at the post-rally party.

This article discusses one method for staying on time, or at least close to it. There are many methods for staying on time, and this method represents only one of them. However, it is a simple method and therefore it is a good place to start to learn the art and science of staying on time in a TSD rally.

Now, if you like to run rallies without regard to speedometers or odometers or watches, we have no argument. Run the rally, have fun and good luck. We’ll see you at the party. However, if you want to run a TSD rally in the way it is intended to be run, please read on.

THE BASIC FORMULA "TSD" stands for "Time, Speed, Distance,” and it refers to the fact that if you know two of these three variables, you can calculate the third one.

This is the information you need to stay on time. The basic formula is: For example: Distance in miles 2 miles (D) 240 seconds (T) x 3600 = Speed in MPH x 3600 = 30 MPH (S)

Time in seconds

It is also true that 3600 divided by any MPH = the number of seconds needed to travel one mile at that speed.

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Now you may say, “Simple! We just watch the speedometer and keep that needle on the Assigned Speed!” However, the Rally Route requires that you turn this way and that way, slowing down for curves, stopping for stop signs, and obeying traffic lights. All of this necessitates speeding up and slowing down. you will not be able to just keep a steady speed, so you will have to calculate how fast you really did travel over a given portion of the Rally Route so that you can then speed up or slow down to try to match the "correct” speed.

To calculate your Speed, you will need Time and Distance. Again, you might think “No problem!” because most of us wear a watch that will tell us the Time, and most cars have an odometer that will tell us the Distance. However, in a rally, you don't always know, in advance, the Distance that you will travel at an Assigned Speed, or how much Time it will take. you get that information only after you have driven from one instruction to the next, and have measured the Time and Distance.

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The Retirement Flag; supported by Porsche Cars of North America.

With the help of our oldest son, Dominic, we secretly began working on making certificates that Paul Gregor would sign to authenticate the flag was indeed at the Porsche Museum in Germany. I also made another certificate that was personal from me and our two boys, Dominic and (PCNA support made it all happen) Dmitri. This certificate was to be displayed in the picture to also help prove the flags authenticity. I knew Mr. Gregor was in Germany for business so I didn’t bother him with more email after that. Needless to say, I was on pins and needles for over a month.

In that time I decided to Google “Mr. Paul Gregor”. I learned he is the Manager for the Porsche Clubs North America for PCNA!!

By Priscilla Horner My husband, Jason, a passionate Porsche enthusiast and a retired United State Navy Chief Petty officer . He was unable to have a retirement ceremony with his last command because they had relocated from Virginia to Bahrain. It bothered me that he did not have a retirement flag as a result. I originally tried to have the American flag flown at the lincoln Memorial Football Stadium, which is the home of his favorite football team, The Philadelphia eagles.

However, no one returned my phone calls or responded to my emails. I was at a loss until I considered Jason admires his Porsche cars and he is of german decent why not try and see if I can have it flown at Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) in Atlanta, Georgia?

In late March, I finally had the courage to call PCNA. What a goose chase that was! I finally spoke with a woman, whose name I cannot recall, who gave me the phone number of a Mr. Paul Gregor. She never did mention who he was, except that he would probably be the better person to speak to about my (Jason Horners retirement flag and “Number one”) request on flying a flag at PCNA. I called Mr. Gregor right away and was greeted by a very pleasant voice that was breaking up because of his location within the building. He took my number and stated he would call back. As 15 minutes turned into 30 minutes, I thought to myself ‘he was never going to call me back’. But to my surprise - he did.

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Finally on April 21, 2104, I received an email from Paul stating he was compiling the certificates and pictures for shipment. With the Porsche Parade quickly approaching he was extremely busy and was delayed with my project. I certainly didn’t mind since he was doing me a huge favor. I finally received the package on May 23, 2014 and it truly exceeded my expectations.

There were a few “50 years of the 911” memorabilia, a flash-drive that contained pictures for my review. But I was very curious about the car in the pictures. Mr Gregor explained: "The car we selected is the very 1st 356 Porsche car built by the company. It is affectionally called "Number one" around the world. I thought it appropriate to take this car as it is the single model where the automotive history of our company started. This car's basic engineering principles (i.e. light weight construction, mid engine design, simple but functionally robust engineering, etc.) are the core of or Porsche's philosophy from which everything generated.”

I explained to him that we had been in the Porsche Family since 2010, Jason was the Vice-President of the First Settlers Region Porsche Club and that he was also a retired sailor. I continued to explain that it was a tradition in the Unites States Navy to have a retirement flag. I wanted PCNA to have that pleasure in flying the flag for this sailor who not only served his country for over 20 years, who also has that same dedication for his family and the Club.

Finally, the flag. I cried when I held that flag in my hand knowing it made it to a place I knew Jason dreams of going to one day. on the white trim of the flag (not on the actual flag itself) was a small saying, “ Keep the Porsche Faith." It was also signed by the following people: Dieter landenberger, Porsche Museum, Director of the official archives • Paul Gregor, Porsche AG, Manager Porsche Clubs North America • Katja leinweber, Porsche Museum, International Museum Activities

Mr. Gregor was very impressed with the military tradition and wanted to help in anyway but sincerely regretted to inform me that the physical building of PCNA was in the middle of construction and would not be ready until october 2014. He also explained that he was leaving for the Porsche factory in Germany literally the next day and perhaps could fly the flag there. I began to tell him I wished I had called a week earlier so I could have mailed him a flag he could have taken with him to Germany.

Dominic and I had to wait until Jason went to a college class in Chesapeake before we could put it all together in a shadow box so that he could give it to him for Father’s Day. Needless to say, he enjoyed the story that lead to his gift. It was two months in the making but well worth it at the end.

I am humbled and honored that Paul Gregor made this little dream come true.

Words will never be able to express my gratitude for what Paul did for me and my family. I only hope one day I may have the honor to thank him in person.

“Can I buy one at Home Depot?” he asked.

I said, “Would you be able to to that??”.

Mr. Gregor responded “of course”.

He assumed the flag had to be a special or specific flag. I explain to him that the flag becomes significant only after the fact. That’s what makes it special to the recipient. So I quickly emailed him a snap shot of the measurement from the Home depot website. The next day I received a correspondence from him stating he did purchase a United States flag, was in route to Germany and looked forward to my instruction on what to do with it when he got there.

(Jason’s Retirement Certificate)

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to a speed that will allow the “acceleration lag” to be made up before dropping back to maintain 30 MPH. As the odometer turns over at the end of one mile, the driver calls out, “Mile!” and the navigator notes the time it took to drive that mile. let’s say that in this case it was 2 minutes and 10 seconds. This indicates that they took 10 second more than they should have to complete the first mile – they are “10 seconds late.” The navigator immediately calls out, “Ten seconds late!” and the driver then increases his speed to make up this time, hopefully within the next mile.

To continue our example, as the odometer turns over at the end of the second mile, the driver again calls out, “Mile!” and the navigator notes the time it took to drive that mile. let’s say that in this case it was 1 minute and 53 seconds. This indicates that they made up 7 seconds, but they are still 3 seconds late overall. The navigator immediately calls out, “Three seconds late!” and the driver then adjusts his speed to make up this time, again, hopefully within the next mile. And so forth. In this way, the rallyists will know at the end of each mile how well they are doing at staying on time.

Now comes the hard part. The navigator must quickly make these calculations and advise the driver of the difference between “perfect time” and their time, AND must be prepared, at the end of each mile, to again calculate how well they have made-up (or increased) their speed error from the previous section, AND must help navigate, AND must frequently remind the driver of the next route instruction, AND must help look for signs and landmarks. No one said that it was easy.

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Welcome to our new members and the transfers in to First Settlers Region. We hope you enjoy the people, Porsches and events.

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Do you have a favorite Porsche? Absolutely. Steve McQueen’s Gulf-liveried 917 in his move “le Mans”. Actually, he owned all of them that were in that movie, so my favorite would be #23.

Describe your perfect Porsche day. 6:07 AM – “vroooommm”.

Sound of carb’ed 3.6 open exhaust GT1 starting nearby, waking me 7 minutes into the first snooze of the iPhone alarm. Throw back the sheet and blanket and sit on the side of the cot. Wipe the sleepys away, get up, Keurig on, out the door. “Hi Ted.” He’s always up before me (he’s normally asleep or at least nodding off by 9). Peel the cover off the car, check the schedule, “yay! The De group gets to dry up the dew and lay down some rubber first.” Ted: “bite me”.

Marks’ first real exposure to Porsche came on a birthday vacation to las Vegas. As a present, Julie arranged to rent a Speed yellow Boxster to spice up the trip, and they drove it daily ….especially on a jaunt to Hoover dam. At this time, Mark was driving a BMW, but he was clearly impressed with the nimble roadster. So, about 2 years later, and after months of careful investigation, Mark & Julie took the plunge and bought a Guards red Boxster from euroclassics in Richmond.

It’s Saturday, I’m racing, no drivers meeting. All I have to do is check fuel, oil, tire pressures, cameras, and DRIVe. Breakfast biscuit here, banana there, lunch with the Richmond crew (no idea why, but they always want to feed me. I love them). A warm-up, qualifying (new track record), two sprint races (there are 7 cars in my class) and I take 2nd in the first and 1st in the second. Close, competitive clean racing throughout. “you could throw a blanket on the top four.” And get this, I don’t spin…not once…all day.

TI= Transfer from another region

Name: Don Bryant Where do you live? Croatan neighborhood in Virginia Beach

Carol and Rufus show up at noon – just in time for the first sprint race.

When I come into the paddock after the second race and park the car, she gives me a kiss as soon as I pull the helmet off, and Rufus climbs halfway into the car and my lap and gives me a lick on the chin.

What do you do for a living? I’m a structural and civil engineer. I began managing multidiscipline design projects for Clark Nexsen 5 years ago, and now manage Geospatial Information System (GIS) projects.

SPOTLIGHT

Shut down the car, remove the cameras, close up the trailer, then off to the Green leaf Bistro to see edna and have dinner with Carol, Ted and Jane, and whoever else wants to come along. Great food, couple of drinks, and “yes” to dessert. Back to the hotel to sleep with Carol and Rufus. No trailer for them. Carol: “I don’t camp.” Fine with me.

Don’t tell anybody, but it does feel better to wake up in bed next to your wife than alone on a cot in your trailer.

Tell us about your family. I have been married to Carol for 13 years, have a son, eric (31) and daughter Ashley (27). eric is married and lives in Raleigh, and Ashley is single and lives in Columbus, oH. eric is married to Anna and they have a son “Smudge” who was born in January.

Smudge is Carol’s and my first grandson and we go to Raleigh to spend a weekend with him about once a month. He is a significant argument for Carol’s current hot rod, a Toyota Highlander, and he lays claim to three Recaro kid seats.

PCA is designed around Porsche ownership, but what gives it life is the passion of the owners themselves …… the people. one of those owners , Mark Smith & his wife Julie, exemplified that passion (often at the track ) and did so with gusto.

Mark was the creative Director/co- founder of Circle S Studio, which develops branding, logos , and marketing/Image strategies for a wide array of clients. He had a keen eye for styling and image that helped him shape brands for Wachovia Securities, AMF bowling, Quiznos, and the Richmond Forum among others around the country. His skill was highly sought after! That keen eye and an appreciation of perfection also led him to meet Julie in 1994, and eventually, to explore one of the strongest brands on the planet……. Porsche.

In my 20’s I got to drive a friend’s 911 a couple of times. It was an ’83 SC convertible, guards red with black leather interior and black top. I got to drive it on some great twisties and up to 130 mph. The seed had developed into a fully-grown Kudzu plant that I cannot get rid of.

June 2014

The VIR track event proved to be a turning point for Mark (and Julie too) with a new-found passion for high performance driving. He became obsessed with speed and quickly did a euroclassics event, the First Settlers Region (FSR) Spring full course event, and an Richmond Porsche Meet (RPM) autocross with the Shenandoah Region. With Julie in tow, and making friends rapidly at each track and club event, he followed up with FSR VIR Fall event, Shenandoah VIR full course (in the rain) and FSR Spring De along with a bunch of breakfasts and fun runs in between……..phew………

By Tim Ashbridge

What is your first Porsche memory?

Racing a Porsche slot car against my sister Karen’s Mclaren on her electric slot-car track. I was probably 8 or 9 at the time and she explained to me the various road-racing cars we had to race. I know it was a 911 variant, so being around 1980, it was probably a 911R or 911ST. That planted the seed of interest.

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trips and FSR events. With her having driven this and BMWs in the past, you can understand my dissatisfaction with the current utensil she’s driving.

Then the bug struck again in August 2012 when Mark traded elvis in on a smoking hot white 911 GTS which he quickly named “Jackson“.

Armed with his potent new track weapon, Mark quickly ran another De in the rain and several FSR full course events, along with a Bertil Roos formula race school thrown in for good measure. Mark moved up as his skills were honed, and he soloed in Blue group in his next three events, including a stint with pro racer Tom long. Mark pursued this passion for speed and driving skill with the same competitive joy he applied to all of his life. He lived life intensely, but with a fun and easygoing manner that won him friends and respect at every track event.

It turns out Mark was living life so intently for a reason that few knew about, or understood. He lived with a heart condition called cardiomyopathy that is usually fatal and often limits one’s life span. He never complained about it, and he tried hard not to let disease dictate his lifestyle. That reality caught up with him on May 22, 2014, on a stormy afternoon, when he sat down in a chair and simply passed away.

Fittingly, he’d spent the day doting on Julie, and had just washed Jackson to remove the track grime from the May FSR event the previous weekend. He’d had a great event and was ready to move up to the advanced White group his next time on track. He was anticipating the arrival of a new Macan S for Julie , and looked forward to his son Ian’s wedding in August .

Now he was hooked.. hard.. and in September of 2009 he joined PCA, and started an immersion into all things “Porsche”. He attended a few PCA breakfasts and started following racing more closely while ordering a subscription to “excellence” and several other Porsche magazines.

As Mark’s addiction deepened, his quest for perfection only increased with repeated exposure to other Porsche zealots in the club. Mark began to lust for more power….and slowly a goal emerged where he could claim Porsche top offering, a 911. In typical fashion, an intensive research process ensued which resulted in another trip to euroclassics in August of 2011, and the purchase of a Black 911 Carrera. Mark promptly named the car “elvis”, and after much encouragement from me, he entered elvis in the Fall Driver’s education (De) intro at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

So, it ended on a wonderfully high note for Mark with great friends, great accomplishments, and a huge satisfaction that he richly deserved. He even kept me at bay as I chased him around VIR for the last time in a students’ Corvette………..which made him proud………and me too.

What is on your car-related bucket list? I’m going to double dip: To drive a 917 on any track, anywhere, any time.

To attend the Grand Prix of Monaco and watch the race from a balcony (Hotel Fairmont) overlooking the hairpin.

(Don and Carol Bryant)

What keeps you in PCA? I’ve heard and read the saying “It’s not the cars. It’s the people” in several PCA circles. I wanted to make sure I had the saying right, so I Googled it. Potomac was the only region that says it this way. others (4 on the first Google page) state it this way: ““It’s not just the cars. It’s the people.” I was going to disagree with the first way and say that it’s both, but the second way has it right for me. It is the cars, and it is the people, with a stronger leaning toward the people. For me it began with the car. I jumped into working on my SC fairly early and, by now, I’ve worked on it enough to have had nearly every part in my hands. But, if it weren’t for people who were willing to share their knowledge, ability, and sometimes parts, I may have moved onto something else long ago.

What other hobbies do you have besides driving your Porsche?

Working on all kinds of cars and trucks, road-biking (which I gave up due to five surgeries resulting from bike-riding in the last 15 years), mountain biking, and surfing.

PCA Member since? 2003 First Settlers Member since? 2003 What kind of Porsche(s) do you drive? 1980 911SC prepared for D-Stock in PCA Club Racing and GTS2 in NASA. 1984 chassis/1988 drive train 944 prepared for SP1 in PCA Club Racing and 944Spec in the 944Cup series.

(Don’s SP-1 prepared 911 on track)

I think that the passion for these machines, old and new, is unequalled in other car brands. We have it all. We have history, engineering, performance, design, style, provenance, track records, trophies, champions…and John Deere durability. :^)

What other Porsches have you owned in the past? 2003 Boxster.

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By Phil Grandfield

Amelia Island, Florida, March 7 – 9, 2014 In the Nation, we plan for the later years.

The annual “southside” New Members’ Party was hosted by Kathy and

When I saw advertising about the sale of the Porsche 907 longtail at the auction at Amelia Island, I knew this was not to be missed. This particular 1968 907 won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1968 and it’s class at le Mans that same year. The hammer dropped at $3.6 million and it was very special to see this car outside of the Porsche museum.

Jerry Kent on Saturday, June 14th and was another huge success. The goal was to encourage newer members to join a social event and get to meet some of the long timers in the club. We had a large number of both! lots of conversations surrounded

The auctions get a lot of attention, but Amelia Island is all about the concours. It is an automotive happening of the highest (Porsche 907 longtail) order and celebrates all things automotive of every make and age. There was a line-up of plastic Porsche cars at the show including Porsche 904, 906, 908, 910, 917 and 962. Since I cannot get enough of things “Porsche”, the opportunity to see these historic cars made the trip all worthwhile.

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(Sidney Heathcock’s date, Nicole, accepting her prize for winning the “Porsche” game)

This year’s “Amelia” celebrated 50 years of Mclaren Cars and hosted Jochen Mass as the honored driver guest and the 25th anniversary of his victory at le Mans. I attended the pre-concours seminars on “Great offenhauser Drivers” and “Speed Merchants”. Great stories from Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Bobby Rahal and others made for wonderful entertainment for the SRo crowds.

I really enjoy this event. last year was a big Porsche fest and I was concerned that without Porsche quantity, I would be disappointed though that was not the case. March 13-15, 2015 is the next Amelia Island Concours and best chance to escape the next polar vortex.

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Heroes OnByand Off the Track Frank Gorse

(Continued from page 3)

let's use an example. let’s say that a TSD section of a rally starts you off at 00.00 mileage and with an Assigned Speed of 30 MPH. you drive off, doing your best to maintain 30 MPH, and executing the Route Instructions flawlessly, until you see an instruction that requires you to change speeds. What you should do now is record your mileage (D=distance) and the time (T=time) that you have spent driving to the speed-change point. Assume you have gone 4.9 miles (D) and it has taken 10 minutes and 42 seconds (T). Convert the time to seconds (10 minutes x 60 seconds = 600 seconds + 42 seconds = 642 seconds).

According to our formula, you then divide the miles traveled (D) by these seconds (T) to get "miles per second" (4.9 miles/642 seconds = 0.0076323 miles/sec), then multiply that by the number of seconds in an hour (3600) to get "miles per hour" (0.0076323 x 3600 = 27.48 MPH).

by solid performances through the remainder of the season. launching off 2012’s promising start, Sgt. Dwyer and High Performance Heroes returned to claim the top step on the Group 2 podium in the 2013 PVGP. Branching out from vintage racing, Sgt. Dwyer began competing and claiming track records in NASA’s Spec 350z class, took back-to-back “one lap of America” class wins and, in 2014, secured a three-race deal in the professional Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series. There, last month, Sgt. Dwyer and co-driver Tom long captured the ST class win at lime Rock. Recall that aspiration of becoming a professional race driver? Well, we’ve just learned Sgt. Dwyer will race the full 2015 Continental season with Freedom Autosport. A pretty amazing trajectory for an extraordinary young man, and one kicked off by the dedication and generosity of Dave Thomas and High Performance Heroes.

Fair warning: this story has little to do with Porsches. Actually, it has nothing at all to do with Porsches. Instead, it involves some leaky old British race cars and some very remarkable people. People who stepped up when their country called for their service. People who lost limbs in bomb blasts in far-away places. People who won’t allow that not-so-little detail get in the way of life. And, the people proudly standing alongside them. These are the people of High Performance Heroes.

Meet Staff Sergeant liam Dwyer, USMC. I first encountered then-29year-old Sgt. Dwyer at the Gold Cup Historics at Virginia International Raceway in the fall of 2011, when he rolled his wheelchair into my buddy’s garage and started looking over the Austin Healey Sprite race cars and talking gearhead stuff.

Mere months before this, while deployed to Afghanistan, Sgt. Dwyer had stepped on a buried improvised explosive device that took off his left leg, mangled his right leg and right arm, and left him with a host of internal injuries. We learned that Sgt. Dwyer, between his multiple tours of duty and prior to his injuries, had become something of a track day and time trial hot shoe at lime Rock, near his then-home in Connecticut. (Since 2011, Sgt. Dwyer has resided at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda.)

His dream was to become a (liam Dwyer - former Marine, turned pro-racer) professional race driver.

So you now see that you were slow, averaging 27.48 MPH rather than the assigned 30 MPH. According to our formula, you should have completed that section in 9 minutes and 48 seconds (588 seconds), but you took 10 minutes and 42 seconds (642 seconds). So, you need to speed-up during the next section to make up 54 seconds, and make it up as quickly as possible before you arrive at a checkpoint or passage control where you will be penalized for being early or late, and by the time you calculate this, you will be well into the next portion of the rally. And if there are many and/or frequent changes in the Assigned Speed, the navigator will likely always be behind, and you will likely be carrying large errors until you get to the next speed-change point where you can recalculate how you are doing. This is not the ideal way to run a rally.

Fortunately there is a better way… CoNTINUoUS SPeeD ADJUSTMeNT Since you don't always know in advance exactly how far the Rally Master is going to make you travel at each Assigned Speed, you need a way to keep recalculating your average speed and comparing it to the official Assigned Speed as you go, not just once it is all behind you. In this manner, you can go faster or slower to compensate for how badly you are missing the Assigned Speed, making speed adjustments as often as necessary. The Continuous Speed Adjustment method should allow you to stay close to the Assigned Speed at all times, and that is how rallies are won.

That generosity and dedication is now extending to another wounded Marine: Chesapeake’s Sgt. Patrick Brown. Sgt. Brown, 24, was wounded in Afghanistan, losing both legs to an IeD while on a bomb clearing mission in 2010. More than 50 surgeries later, Sgt. Brown has progressed to the point where he can begin his transformation from car enthusiast to race driver. Another driver on the team called for yet another Sprite race car, now procured and refurbished and decked out in High Performance Heroes livery to match Sgt. Dwyer’s mount. As a double amputee, Sgt. Brown requires hand controls for throttle, brake, and clutch, all of which presents new engineering challenges to the team and new skills for Sgt. Brown to learn.

Those challenges have been successfully met, and Sgt. Brown and his purpose-built car participated in the rookie school held in conjunction with the 2014 Jefferson 500 in May at Summit Point Raceway. While Sgt. Brown’s medical treatment plan may preclude his race participation for the remainder of this year, we expect him to be saddled up for the coming 2015 season.

Now, this buddy of mine with the Sprites, Dave Thomas -- originally from Virginia Beach—has a bit of a shopping problem. In that, he can’t pass up a needy old race car begging for good home on eBay. earlier on the day we first met Sgt. Dwyer at VIR, I had razzed Dave about what the heck he was going to do with a recently purchased (and thoroughly used-up) third Sprite race car. His response was that he wanted to do something involving wounded veterans, but he couldn’t find a wounded vet… and in rolls Sgt. Dwyer, and a plan falls into place. like it was meant to be.

To accomplish Continuous Speed Adjustment, the rally team needs an odometer, a watch that shows time to the second (two will come in handy), and a chart showing MPH in "seconds per mile". The driver usually calls out the miles as they roll over on the odometer, and the navigator uses his running time piece and a table to determine their "seconds per mile rate.” The navigator compares the time that it took to drive the last mile with the reference chart, and notes whether they are fast (took fewer seconds than they should have) or slow (took more seconds than they should have) over the mile just completed. Then, as the miles unfold, the navigator can continuously advise the driver, each mile, to speed up or slow down to maintain perfect speed. Since it is unlikely you will be off by more than a handful of seconds over the course of a single mile, this simple method allows you to stay reasonably close to the Assigned Speeds at all times.

The team has already raced this year at the aforementioned Jefferson 500 and just returned from the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at Indianapolis. Upcoming, (Pat Brown - racing driver!) relatively close-by events include the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix on July 19-20, and the Gold Cup Historics at VIR on September 27-28, 2014.

Fast forward to the summer of 2012, and courtesy of a whole lot of work and money contributed by Dave and his family and friends (now organized as the non-profit High Performance Heroes team), Sgt. Dwyer has a freshly rebuilt race car ready for his first season of racing. By this point, following countless surgeries, Sgt. Dwyer has regained enough function in his right leg and arm so that he is able to operate the car with standard controls, albeit with a little creativity with the interface of his prosthetic left leg and the clutch pedal. Capitalizing on his robust track day experience, he sailed through his rookie school at Pittsburgh International Race Complex, had a successful race on the ultra-challenging road course (Dave Thomas and Patrick Brown circuit at the following weekend’s Combat Wounded Marine) Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP)—one of the east coast’s premier vintage events—followed

For example, let’s say that you begin a TSD section with an Assigned Speed of 30 MPH. By checking the chart you note that it should take 120 seconds, or 2 minutes and 0 seconds, to go one mile at 30 MPH. At the designated time, the driver begins the TSD section, accelerating to a speed that will render an average speed of 30 MPH. Since acceleration time must be considered, he may choose to leave a few seconds before the designated start time, and/or he may briefly accelerate past 30 MPH

Sergeants Brown and Dwyer have made tremendous sacrifices in the service of our country, and in recognition of those sacrifices High Performance Heroes seeks to support these two men and others like them in finding success in the transition to everyday life. “Racing isn’t an essential part of life,” says Thomas, “but it shows these guys that they can accomplish goals, that they can indeed do things they thought they couldn’t, and that there are people out there willing to help them.” If you’d like to be one of those helping, you can find more information at w w w. H P H e r o e s . o r g . you’ll find them on Facebook as well. or, just look for the bright blue Sprites, #14 or #15, in the paddock at Pittsburgh or VIR. (High Performance Heroes racing Sprite) (More pictures on page 13)

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Scenes from the Spring Drivers Education & Instructor Clinic Photo Credit: Phil Grandfield

(Is anyone listening to Alex?)

(emitt giving a ride to one of the Boy’s Home kids) (Grumpy at the early morning driver’s meeting)

(Dan Tiederman from Racewerks) (Alex Bell, National De Chair, teaching class for Instructor Candidates)

(Val and Pam making it a party!)

(Brian Woodard making up a few more seconds per lap. . .at the BBQ)

(Diana liedeman enjoying the party)

(lined up for charity laps and over $700 donated)

(Jacob manning the grill)

(Brian Bremenstul telling stories)

(Beautiful GT3R) (Checking it out. Is that a wing from an F/A-18?)

1:51.409!!

(Maybe I should move my brake point inside the 3 board?)

(Maybe the Guiness isn’t cold enough?)

(Pete Tremper explaining the flags)

(A motley crew!)

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(Supported by the Autometrics Team from Charleston, SC)

A very fast lap around VIR in the “Rumble at the oak Tree” PCA Club Race is just under 2:00 minutes. The GT3 Cup cars can routinely circle the full course around 1:56 but John Crosby’s GT3R nearly broke the 1:50 barrier in the second sprint race on Saturday. He thinks he can break that mark with more familiarity with the track.

Some specifics about the car: The 911 GT3 R is powered by a four-liter sixcylinder boxer engine delivering maximum output of 480 hp (353 kW) transmitted to the rear axle by a sequential six-speed dog gearbox. The starting point in developing the 911 GT3 R weighing just 1,200 kg or 2,646 lb was the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup presented in September for one-make cup racing.

Thanks to its increase in engine size by 0.2 liters, the GT3 R offers 30 bhp more than the Cup model. Both cars are based on the extra-wide body of the 911 GT3 RS street-legal sports car. An anti-lock brake system (ABS), traction control and an e-gas with “throttle-blip” function make it much easier to get used to this new GT3 racing car than its predecessor, meaning that the new model is also more appropriate for the ambitious amateur racing driver. Flared wheel arches added on to the body both front and rear bear clear testimony to the wider track than on the former model. And like all second-generation versions of the 911, the new 911 GT3 R also comes with striking leD rear light clusters.

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Scenes from the Spring Drivers Education & Instructor Clinic Photo Credit: Phil Grandfield

(Is anyone listening to Alex?)

(emitt giving a ride to one of the Boy’s Home kids) (Grumpy at the early morning driver’s meeting)

(Dan Tiederman from Racewerks) (Alex Bell, National De Chair, teaching class for Instructor Candidates)

(Val and Pam making it a party!)

(Brian Woodard making up a few more seconds per lap. . .at the BBQ)

(Diana liedeman enjoying the party)

(lined up for charity laps and over $700 donated)

(Jacob manning the grill)

(Brian Bremenstul telling stories)

(Beautiful GT3R) (Checking it out. Is that a wing from an F/A-18?)

1:51.409!!

(Maybe I should move my brake point inside the 3 board?)

(Maybe the Guiness isn’t cold enough?)

(Pete Tremper explaining the flags)

(A motley crew!)

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(Supported by the Autometrics Team from Charleston, SC)

A very fast lap around VIR in the “Rumble at the oak Tree” PCA Club Race is just under 2:00 minutes. The GT3 Cup cars can routinely circle the full course around 1:56 but John Crosby’s GT3R nearly broke the 1:50 barrier in the second sprint race on Saturday. He thinks he can break that mark with more familiarity with the track.

Some specifics about the car: The 911 GT3 R is powered by a four-liter sixcylinder boxer engine delivering maximum output of 480 hp (353 kW) transmitted to the rear axle by a sequential six-speed dog gearbox. The starting point in developing the 911 GT3 R weighing just 1,200 kg or 2,646 lb was the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup presented in September for one-make cup racing.

Thanks to its increase in engine size by 0.2 liters, the GT3 R offers 30 bhp more than the Cup model. Both cars are based on the extra-wide body of the 911 GT3 RS street-legal sports car. An anti-lock brake system (ABS), traction control and an e-gas with “throttle-blip” function make it much easier to get used to this new GT3 racing car than its predecessor, meaning that the new model is also more appropriate for the ambitious amateur racing driver. Flared wheel arches added on to the body both front and rear bear clear testimony to the wider track than on the former model. And like all second-generation versions of the 911, the new 911 GT3 R also comes with striking leD rear light clusters.

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Heroes OnByand Off the Track Frank Gorse

(Continued from page 3)

let's use an example. let’s say that a TSD section of a rally starts you off at 00.00 mileage and with an Assigned Speed of 30 MPH. you drive off, doing your best to maintain 30 MPH, and executing the Route Instructions flawlessly, until you see an instruction that requires you to change speeds. What you should do now is record your mileage (D=distance) and the time (T=time) that you have spent driving to the speed-change point. Assume you have gone 4.9 miles (D) and it has taken 10 minutes and 42 seconds (T). Convert the time to seconds (10 minutes x 60 seconds = 600 seconds + 42 seconds = 642 seconds).

According to our formula, you then divide the miles traveled (D) by these seconds (T) to get "miles per second" (4.9 miles/642 seconds = 0.0076323 miles/sec), then multiply that by the number of seconds in an hour (3600) to get "miles per hour" (0.0076323 x 3600 = 27.48 MPH).

by solid performances through the remainder of the season. launching off 2012’s promising start, Sgt. Dwyer and High Performance Heroes returned to claim the top step on the Group 2 podium in the 2013 PVGP. Branching out from vintage racing, Sgt. Dwyer began competing and claiming track records in NASA’s Spec 350z class, took back-to-back “one lap of America” class wins and, in 2014, secured a three-race deal in the professional Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series. There, last month, Sgt. Dwyer and co-driver Tom long captured the ST class win at lime Rock. Recall that aspiration of becoming a professional race driver? Well, we’ve just learned Sgt. Dwyer will race the full 2015 Continental season with Freedom Autosport. A pretty amazing trajectory for an extraordinary young man, and one kicked off by the dedication and generosity of Dave Thomas and High Performance Heroes.

Fair warning: this story has little to do with Porsches. Actually, it has nothing at all to do with Porsches. Instead, it involves some leaky old British race cars and some very remarkable people. People who stepped up when their country called for their service. People who lost limbs in bomb blasts in far-away places. People who won’t allow that not-so-little detail get in the way of life. And, the people proudly standing alongside them. These are the people of High Performance Heroes.

Meet Staff Sergeant liam Dwyer, USMC. I first encountered then-29year-old Sgt. Dwyer at the Gold Cup Historics at Virginia International Raceway in the fall of 2011, when he rolled his wheelchair into my buddy’s garage and started looking over the Austin Healey Sprite race cars and talking gearhead stuff.

Mere months before this, while deployed to Afghanistan, Sgt. Dwyer had stepped on a buried improvised explosive device that took off his left leg, mangled his right leg and right arm, and left him with a host of internal injuries. We learned that Sgt. Dwyer, between his multiple tours of duty and prior to his injuries, had become something of a track day and time trial hot shoe at lime Rock, near his then-home in Connecticut. (Since 2011, Sgt. Dwyer has resided at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda.)

His dream was to become a (liam Dwyer - former Marine, turned pro-racer) professional race driver.

So you now see that you were slow, averaging 27.48 MPH rather than the assigned 30 MPH. According to our formula, you should have completed that section in 9 minutes and 48 seconds (588 seconds), but you took 10 minutes and 42 seconds (642 seconds). So, you need to speed-up during the next section to make up 54 seconds, and make it up as quickly as possible before you arrive at a checkpoint or passage control where you will be penalized for being early or late, and by the time you calculate this, you will be well into the next portion of the rally. And if there are many and/or frequent changes in the Assigned Speed, the navigator will likely always be behind, and you will likely be carrying large errors until you get to the next speed-change point where you can recalculate how you are doing. This is not the ideal way to run a rally.

Fortunately there is a better way… CoNTINUoUS SPeeD ADJUSTMeNT Since you don't always know in advance exactly how far the Rally Master is going to make you travel at each Assigned Speed, you need a way to keep recalculating your average speed and comparing it to the official Assigned Speed as you go, not just once it is all behind you. In this manner, you can go faster or slower to compensate for how badly you are missing the Assigned Speed, making speed adjustments as often as necessary. The Continuous Speed Adjustment method should allow you to stay close to the Assigned Speed at all times, and that is how rallies are won.

That generosity and dedication is now extending to another wounded Marine: Chesapeake’s Sgt. Patrick Brown. Sgt. Brown, 24, was wounded in Afghanistan, losing both legs to an IeD while on a bomb clearing mission in 2010. More than 50 surgeries later, Sgt. Brown has progressed to the point where he can begin his transformation from car enthusiast to race driver. Another driver on the team called for yet another Sprite race car, now procured and refurbished and decked out in High Performance Heroes livery to match Sgt. Dwyer’s mount. As a double amputee, Sgt. Brown requires hand controls for throttle, brake, and clutch, all of which presents new engineering challenges to the team and new skills for Sgt. Brown to learn.

Those challenges have been successfully met, and Sgt. Brown and his purpose-built car participated in the rookie school held in conjunction with the 2014 Jefferson 500 in May at Summit Point Raceway. While Sgt. Brown’s medical treatment plan may preclude his race participation for the remainder of this year, we expect him to be saddled up for the coming 2015 season.

Now, this buddy of mine with the Sprites, Dave Thomas -- originally from Virginia Beach—has a bit of a shopping problem. In that, he can’t pass up a needy old race car begging for good home on eBay. earlier on the day we first met Sgt. Dwyer at VIR, I had razzed Dave about what the heck he was going to do with a recently purchased (and thoroughly used-up) third Sprite race car. His response was that he wanted to do something involving wounded veterans, but he couldn’t find a wounded vet… and in rolls Sgt. Dwyer, and a plan falls into place. like it was meant to be.

To accomplish Continuous Speed Adjustment, the rally team needs an odometer, a watch that shows time to the second (two will come in handy), and a chart showing MPH in "seconds per mile". The driver usually calls out the miles as they roll over on the odometer, and the navigator uses his running time piece and a table to determine their "seconds per mile rate.” The navigator compares the time that it took to drive the last mile with the reference chart, and notes whether they are fast (took fewer seconds than they should have) or slow (took more seconds than they should have) over the mile just completed. Then, as the miles unfold, the navigator can continuously advise the driver, each mile, to speed up or slow down to maintain perfect speed. Since it is unlikely you will be off by more than a handful of seconds over the course of a single mile, this simple method allows you to stay reasonably close to the Assigned Speeds at all times.

The team has already raced this year at the aforementioned Jefferson 500 and just returned from the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational at Indianapolis. Upcoming, (Pat Brown - racing driver!) relatively close-by events include the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix on July 19-20, and the Gold Cup Historics at VIR on September 27-28, 2014.

Fast forward to the summer of 2012, and courtesy of a whole lot of work and money contributed by Dave and his family and friends (now organized as the non-profit High Performance Heroes team), Sgt. Dwyer has a freshly rebuilt race car ready for his first season of racing. By this point, following countless surgeries, Sgt. Dwyer has regained enough function in his right leg and arm so that he is able to operate the car with standard controls, albeit with a little creativity with the interface of his prosthetic left leg and the clutch pedal. Capitalizing on his robust track day experience, he sailed through his rookie school at Pittsburgh International Race Complex, had a successful race on the ultra-challenging road course (Dave Thomas and Patrick Brown circuit at the following weekend’s Combat Wounded Marine) Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP)—one of the east coast’s premier vintage events—followed

For example, let’s say that you begin a TSD section with an Assigned Speed of 30 MPH. By checking the chart you note that it should take 120 seconds, or 2 minutes and 0 seconds, to go one mile at 30 MPH. At the designated time, the driver begins the TSD section, accelerating to a speed that will render an average speed of 30 MPH. Since acceleration time must be considered, he may choose to leave a few seconds before the designated start time, and/or he may briefly accelerate past 30 MPH

Sergeants Brown and Dwyer have made tremendous sacrifices in the service of our country, and in recognition of those sacrifices High Performance Heroes seeks to support these two men and others like them in finding success in the transition to everyday life. “Racing isn’t an essential part of life,” says Thomas, “but it shows these guys that they can accomplish goals, that they can indeed do things they thought they couldn’t, and that there are people out there willing to help them.” If you’d like to be one of those helping, you can find more information at w w w. H P H e r o e s . o r g . you’ll find them on Facebook as well. or, just look for the bright blue Sprites, #14 or #15, in the paddock at Pittsburgh or VIR. (High Performance Heroes racing Sprite) (More pictures on page 13)

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The annual “southside” New Members’ Party was hosted by Kathy and

When I saw advertising about the sale of the Porsche 907 longtail at the auction at Amelia Island, I knew this was not to be missed. This particular 1968 907 won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1968 and it’s class at le Mans that same year. The hammer dropped at $3.6 million and it was very special to see this car outside of the Porsche museum.

Jerry Kent on Saturday, June 14th and was another huge success. The goal was to encourage newer members to join a social event and get to meet some of the long timers in the club. We had a large number of both! lots of conversations surrounded

The auctions get a lot of attention, but Amelia Island is all about the concours. It is an automotive happening of the highest (Porsche 907 longtail) order and celebrates all things automotive of every make and age. There was a line-up of plastic Porsche cars at the show including Porsche 904, 906, 908, 910, 917 and 962. Since I cannot get enough of things “Porsche”, the opportunity to see these historic cars made the trip all worthwhile.

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This year’s “Amelia” celebrated 50 years of Mclaren Cars and hosted Jochen Mass as the honored driver guest and the 25th anniversary of his victory at le Mans. I attended the pre-concours seminars on “Great offenhauser Drivers” and “Speed Merchants”. Great stories from Parnelli Jones, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Bobby Rahal and others made for wonderful entertainment for the SRo crowds.

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NEW PCA/FSR MEMBERS Ken Thomas - Membership Chairperson

Welcome to our new members and the transfers in to First Settlers Region. We hope you enjoy the people, Porsches and events.

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May 2014 2007 Cayman S 2008 911 2014 911 S 2005 Cayenne S 1986 944 2000 911 2014 911 Turbo

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Do you have a favorite Porsche? Absolutely. Steve McQueen’s Gulf-liveried 917 in his move “le Mans”. Actually, he owned all of them that were in that movie, so my favorite would be #23.

Describe your perfect Porsche day. 6:07 AM – “vroooommm”.

Sound of carb’ed 3.6 open exhaust GT1 starting nearby, waking me 7 minutes into the first snooze of the iPhone alarm. Throw back the sheet and blanket and sit on the side of the cot. Wipe the sleepys away, get up, Keurig on, out the door. “Hi Ted.” He’s always up before me (he’s normally asleep or at least nodding off by 9). Peel the cover off the car, check the schedule, “yay! The De group gets to dry up the dew and lay down some rubber first.” Ted: “bite me”.

Marks’ first real exposure to Porsche came on a birthday vacation to las Vegas. As a present, Julie arranged to rent a Speed yellow Boxster to spice up the trip, and they drove it daily ….especially on a jaunt to Hoover dam. At this time, Mark was driving a BMW, but he was clearly impressed with the nimble roadster. So, about 2 years later, and after months of careful investigation, Mark & Julie took the plunge and bought a Guards red Boxster from euroclassics in Richmond.

It’s Saturday, I’m racing, no drivers meeting. All I have to do is check fuel, oil, tire pressures, cameras, and DRIVe. Breakfast biscuit here, banana there, lunch with the Richmond crew (no idea why, but they always want to feed me. I love them). A warm-up, qualifying (new track record), two sprint races (there are 7 cars in my class) and I take 2nd in the first and 1st in the second. Close, competitive clean racing throughout. “you could throw a blanket on the top four.” And get this, I don’t spin…not once…all day.

TI= Transfer from another region

Name: Don Bryant Where do you live? Croatan neighborhood in Virginia Beach

Carol and Rufus show up at noon – just in time for the first sprint race.

When I come into the paddock after the second race and park the car, she gives me a kiss as soon as I pull the helmet off, and Rufus climbs halfway into the car and my lap and gives me a lick on the chin.

What do you do for a living? I’m a structural and civil engineer. I began managing multidiscipline design projects for Clark Nexsen 5 years ago, and now manage Geospatial Information System (GIS) projects.

SPOTLIGHT

Shut down the car, remove the cameras, close up the trailer, then off to the Green leaf Bistro to see edna and have dinner with Carol, Ted and Jane, and whoever else wants to come along. Great food, couple of drinks, and “yes” to dessert. Back to the hotel to sleep with Carol and Rufus. No trailer for them. Carol: “I don’t camp.” Fine with me.

Don’t tell anybody, but it does feel better to wake up in bed next to your wife than alone on a cot in your trailer.

Tell us about your family. I have been married to Carol for 13 years, have a son, eric (31) and daughter Ashley (27). eric is married and lives in Raleigh, and Ashley is single and lives in Columbus, oH. eric is married to Anna and they have a son “Smudge” who was born in January.

Smudge is Carol’s and my first grandson and we go to Raleigh to spend a weekend with him about once a month. He is a significant argument for Carol’s current hot rod, a Toyota Highlander, and he lays claim to three Recaro kid seats.

PCA is designed around Porsche ownership, but what gives it life is the passion of the owners themselves …… the people. one of those owners , Mark Smith & his wife Julie, exemplified that passion (often at the track ) and did so with gusto.

Mark was the creative Director/co- founder of Circle S Studio, which develops branding, logos , and marketing/Image strategies for a wide array of clients. He had a keen eye for styling and image that helped him shape brands for Wachovia Securities, AMF bowling, Quiznos, and the Richmond Forum among others around the country. His skill was highly sought after! That keen eye and an appreciation of perfection also led him to meet Julie in 1994, and eventually, to explore one of the strongest brands on the planet……. Porsche.

In my 20’s I got to drive a friend’s 911 a couple of times. It was an ’83 SC convertible, guards red with black leather interior and black top. I got to drive it on some great twisties and up to 130 mph. The seed had developed into a fully-grown Kudzu plant that I cannot get rid of.

June 2014

The VIR track event proved to be a turning point for Mark (and Julie too) with a new-found passion for high performance driving. He became obsessed with speed and quickly did a euroclassics event, the First Settlers Region (FSR) Spring full course event, and an Richmond Porsche Meet (RPM) autocross with the Shenandoah Region. With Julie in tow, and making friends rapidly at each track and club event, he followed up with FSR VIR Fall event, Shenandoah VIR full course (in the rain) and FSR Spring De along with a bunch of breakfasts and fun runs in between……..phew………

By Tim Ashbridge

What is your first Porsche memory?

Racing a Porsche slot car against my sister Karen’s Mclaren on her electric slot-car track. I was probably 8 or 9 at the time and she explained to me the various road-racing cars we had to race. I know it was a 911 variant, so being around 1980, it was probably a 911R or 911ST. That planted the seed of interest.

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trips and FSR events. With her having driven this and BMWs in the past, you can understand my dissatisfaction with the current utensil she’s driving.

Then the bug struck again in August 2012 when Mark traded elvis in on a smoking hot white 911 GTS which he quickly named “Jackson“.

Armed with his potent new track weapon, Mark quickly ran another De in the rain and several FSR full course events, along with a Bertil Roos formula race school thrown in for good measure. Mark moved up as his skills were honed, and he soloed in Blue group in his next three events, including a stint with pro racer Tom long. Mark pursued this passion for speed and driving skill with the same competitive joy he applied to all of his life. He lived life intensely, but with a fun and easygoing manner that won him friends and respect at every track event.

It turns out Mark was living life so intently for a reason that few knew about, or understood. He lived with a heart condition called cardiomyopathy that is usually fatal and often limits one’s life span. He never complained about it, and he tried hard not to let disease dictate his lifestyle. That reality caught up with him on May 22, 2014, on a stormy afternoon, when he sat down in a chair and simply passed away.

Fittingly, he’d spent the day doting on Julie, and had just washed Jackson to remove the track grime from the May FSR event the previous weekend. He’d had a great event and was ready to move up to the advanced White group his next time on track. He was anticipating the arrival of a new Macan S for Julie , and looked forward to his son Ian’s wedding in August .

Now he was hooked.. hard.. and in September of 2009 he joined PCA, and started an immersion into all things “Porsche”. He attended a few PCA breakfasts and started following racing more closely while ordering a subscription to “excellence” and several other Porsche magazines.

As Mark’s addiction deepened, his quest for perfection only increased with repeated exposure to other Porsche zealots in the club. Mark began to lust for more power….and slowly a goal emerged where he could claim Porsche top offering, a 911. In typical fashion, an intensive research process ensued which resulted in another trip to euroclassics in August of 2011, and the purchase of a Black 911 Carrera. Mark promptly named the car “elvis”, and after much encouragement from me, he entered elvis in the Fall Driver’s education (De) intro at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

So, it ended on a wonderfully high note for Mark with great friends, great accomplishments, and a huge satisfaction that he richly deserved. He even kept me at bay as I chased him around VIR for the last time in a students’ Corvette………..which made him proud………and me too.

What is on your car-related bucket list? I’m going to double dip: To drive a 917 on any track, anywhere, any time.

To attend the Grand Prix of Monaco and watch the race from a balcony (Hotel Fairmont) overlooking the hairpin.

(Don and Carol Bryant)

What keeps you in PCA? I’ve heard and read the saying “It’s not the cars. It’s the people” in several PCA circles. I wanted to make sure I had the saying right, so I Googled it. Potomac was the only region that says it this way. others (4 on the first Google page) state it this way: ““It’s not just the cars. It’s the people.” I was going to disagree with the first way and say that it’s both, but the second way has it right for me. It is the cars, and it is the people, with a stronger leaning toward the people. For me it began with the car. I jumped into working on my SC fairly early and, by now, I’ve worked on it enough to have had nearly every part in my hands. But, if it weren’t for people who were willing to share their knowledge, ability, and sometimes parts, I may have moved onto something else long ago.

What other hobbies do you have besides driving your Porsche?

Working on all kinds of cars and trucks, road-biking (which I gave up due to five surgeries resulting from bike-riding in the last 15 years), mountain biking, and surfing.

PCA Member since? 2003 First Settlers Member since? 2003 What kind of Porsche(s) do you drive? 1980 911SC prepared for D-Stock in PCA Club Racing and GTS2 in NASA. 1984 chassis/1988 drive train 944 prepared for SP1 in PCA Club Racing and 944Spec in the 944Cup series.

(Don’s SP-1 prepared 911 on track)

I think that the passion for these machines, old and new, is unequalled in other car brands. We have it all. We have history, engineering, performance, design, style, provenance, track records, trophies, champions…and John Deere durability. :^)

What other Porsches have you owned in the past? 2003 Boxster.

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The Retirement Flag; supported by Porsche Cars of North America.

With the help of our oldest son, Dominic, we secretly began working on making certificates that Paul Gregor would sign to authenticate the flag was indeed at the Porsche Museum in Germany. I also made another certificate that was personal from me and our two boys, Dominic and (PCNA support made it all happen) Dmitri. This certificate was to be displayed in the picture to also help prove the flags authenticity. I knew Mr. Gregor was in Germany for business so I didn’t bother him with more email after that. Needless to say, I was on pins and needles for over a month.

In that time I decided to Google “Mr. Paul Gregor”. I learned he is the Manager for the Porsche Clubs North America for PCNA!!

By Priscilla Horner My husband, Jason, a passionate Porsche enthusiast and a retired United State Navy Chief Petty officer . He was unable to have a retirement ceremony with his last command because they had relocated from Virginia to Bahrain. It bothered me that he did not have a retirement flag as a result. I originally tried to have the American flag flown at the lincoln Memorial Football Stadium, which is the home of his favorite football team, The Philadelphia eagles.

However, no one returned my phone calls or responded to my emails. I was at a loss until I considered Jason admires his Porsche cars and he is of german decent why not try and see if I can have it flown at Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) in Atlanta, Georgia?

In late March, I finally had the courage to call PCNA. What a goose chase that was! I finally spoke with a woman, whose name I cannot recall, who gave me the phone number of a Mr. Paul Gregor. She never did mention who he was, except that he would probably be the better person to speak to about my (Jason Horners retirement flag and “Number one”) request on flying a flag at PCNA. I called Mr. Gregor right away and was greeted by a very pleasant voice that was breaking up because of his location within the building. He took my number and stated he would call back. As 15 minutes turned into 30 minutes, I thought to myself ‘he was never going to call me back’. But to my surprise - he did.

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Finally on April 21, 2104, I received an email from Paul stating he was compiling the certificates and pictures for shipment. With the Porsche Parade quickly approaching he was extremely busy and was delayed with my project. I certainly didn’t mind since he was doing me a huge favor. I finally received the package on May 23, 2014 and it truly exceeded my expectations.

There were a few “50 years of the 911” memorabilia, a flash-drive that contained pictures for my review. But I was very curious about the car in the pictures. Mr Gregor explained: "The car we selected is the very 1st 356 Porsche car built by the company. It is affectionally called "Number one" around the world. I thought it appropriate to take this car as it is the single model where the automotive history of our company started. This car's basic engineering principles (i.e. light weight construction, mid engine design, simple but functionally robust engineering, etc.) are the core of or Porsche's philosophy from which everything generated.”

I explained to him that we had been in the Porsche Family since 2010, Jason was the Vice-President of the First Settlers Region Porsche Club and that he was also a retired sailor. I continued to explain that it was a tradition in the Unites States Navy to have a retirement flag. I wanted PCNA to have that pleasure in flying the flag for this sailor who not only served his country for over 20 years, who also has that same dedication for his family and the Club.

Finally, the flag. I cried when I held that flag in my hand knowing it made it to a place I knew Jason dreams of going to one day. on the white trim of the flag (not on the actual flag itself) was a small saying, “ Keep the Porsche Faith." It was also signed by the following people: Dieter landenberger, Porsche Museum, Director of the official archives • Paul Gregor, Porsche AG, Manager Porsche Clubs North America • Katja leinweber, Porsche Museum, International Museum Activities

Mr. Gregor was very impressed with the military tradition and wanted to help in anyway but sincerely regretted to inform me that the physical building of PCNA was in the middle of construction and would not be ready until october 2014. He also explained that he was leaving for the Porsche factory in Germany literally the next day and perhaps could fly the flag there. I began to tell him I wished I had called a week earlier so I could have mailed him a flag he could have taken with him to Germany.

Dominic and I had to wait until Jason went to a college class in Chesapeake before we could put it all together in a shadow box so that he could give it to him for Father’s Day. Needless to say, he enjoyed the story that lead to his gift. It was two months in the making but well worth it at the end.

I am humbled and honored that Paul Gregor made this little dream come true.

Words will never be able to express my gratitude for what Paul did for me and my family. I only hope one day I may have the honor to thank him in person.

“Can I buy one at Home Depot?” he asked.

I said, “Would you be able to to that??”.

Mr. Gregor responded “of course”.

He assumed the flag had to be a special or specific flag. I explain to him that the flag becomes significant only after the fact. That’s what makes it special to the recipient. So I quickly emailed him a snap shot of the measurement from the Home depot website. The next day I received a correspondence from him stating he did purchase a United States flag, was in route to Germany and looked forward to my instruction on what to do with it when he got there.

(Jason’s Retirement Certificate)

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To continue our example, as the odometer turns over at the end of the second mile, the driver again calls out, “Mile!” and the navigator notes the time it took to drive that mile. let’s say that in this case it was 1 minute and 53 seconds. This indicates that they made up 7 seconds, but they are still 3 seconds late overall. The navigator immediately calls out, “Three seconds late!” and the driver then adjusts his speed to make up this time, again, hopefully within the next mile. And so forth. In this way, the rallyists will know at the end of each mile how well they are doing at staying on time.

Now comes the hard part. The navigator must quickly make these calculations and advise the driver of the difference between “perfect time” and their time, AND must be prepared, at the end of each mile, to again calculate how well they have made-up (or increased) their speed error from the previous section, AND must help navigate, AND must frequently remind the driver of the next route instruction, AND must help look for signs and landmarks. No one said that it was easy.

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BY Paul Oberdorfer, DE chairman I recently attended a seminar hosted by Paul Haney, noted tire expert and author of the book “The Racing & High-Performance Tire”. Here are a few highlights which may make you want to investigate further and as I would recommend, read the book! Tires are almost universally recognized as the most important part of the racing equation beyond the driver. Despite this fact, they are usually the most neglected and misunderstood. There is so much misinformation and mystery surrounding these devices that a variety of conflicting tire facts can be gathered at any track event by just interviewing crew chiefs.

Basically, the job of a tire is to cause the car to uniformly change direction or speed. The art of tire design took a huge step forward in the 1900s when, thanks to advances in rubber compounding, the pneumatic tire became available. The advent of belted and radial tires in the mid 20th century allowed sidewalls to become shorter, providing the driver more control due to the decrease in sidewall flexing. Synthetic rubber technology from the 1990s on has significantly improved durability and grip. The modern tire is far superior to that which was available even 20 years ago.

Rubber is a unique material because it has a high coefficient of friction. The coefficient of friction of wood is around .75, whereas that for rubber is over 2.0. The respective coefficients are found by experiment. Two important components of rubber friction are momentary molecular bonding (within the rubber itself) and mechanical keying, which is related to the surface, in this case, the track. Therefore, a new unworn paved aggregate penetrates deeper into the tire. Since the points of the material are sharper, there is a more acute contact angle. Both of these effects create increased mechanical keying. As a track ages, two things happen: the peaks are worn down so that the sharp points don’t penetrate as much and there is less contact angle.

As we stated above, there are many myths associated with tracks and tires: oil and rubber make the racing line slippery when the track is wet.

Not true! The rack surface on the line is polished; it’s rounded and penetrates less into the tread. off line, the surface is unworn, sharper and gives more grip. This is intensified by using softer, more pliable rain tire compounds. laying down rubber makes a track faster. Another untruth! In reality, a clean track surface has more grip. This is why we often see drivers pass over the track during warm up or practice. Dust is a lubricant between the rubber and aggregate, so the cars are blowing the dust away from the line and into the debris to clear the track. An interesting aside: have you ever noticed that drag strips have a rubber coated area on the start? That is not for grip. It is there to provide the drag tire manufacturers and racers with a consistent material across the country at each venue. otherwise there would have to be a different setting and tire for each track.

In summary: Rubber is a unique viscous and elastic material. How friction (grip) is generated is very complicated, it is sensitive to operating temperature and gets softer at higher temperatures, within limits. Important point, it is sensitive to load and rate of loading, so

more grip when loaded, less grip when loaded rapidly, read…be smooth.

Surface texture also has a great affect on grip - those faster times we all have been seeing at VIR won’t last! Rubber changes with time, heat cycles, UV exposure, etc. Another important point, never allow your track tires to remain below 32ºF for any period of time and store them in black plastic garbage bags if possible.

There is much, much more to say, but to find out more you should read the book, The Racing & high performance Tire by Paul Haney. Also, if you have a chance to attend a seminar or webinar on the topic, you will find it interesting and fascinating. Check Motorsportreg.com for webinars.

See you at the track!

Check out The First Settlers Region “Goodie Store” for some great new products!

The Goodie Store is putting together a name tag order now. Go to Motorsportreg.com to sign up for yours!

10% of all sales from the First Settlers Goodie Store are returned to us and be used to support our events.you can access the Goodie Store directly from the FSR webpage (www.fsrpca.org) by clicking on the link under the Main Menu on the left side of the home page or going directly to the FSR Goodie Store at this link: www.pcawebstore.com/FIRST SeTTleRS If you have any questions, Contact Jacob Kay at jkaycdb@cox.net.

Time Speed Distance Rally Tips Reprinted from the MG Club

The first rule of rallying is to stay on course. If you stay on course, you can find the finish. If you can find the finish, you can find the post-rally party. The second rule of rallying is to stay on time. If you stay on time, you can win the rally, or at least place high enough to give you bragging rights at the post-rally party.

This article discusses one method for staying on time, or at least close to it. There are many methods for staying on time, and this method represents only one of them. However, it is a simple method and therefore it is a good place to start to learn the art and science of staying on time in a TSD rally.

Now, if you like to run rallies without regard to speedometers or odometers or watches, we have no argument. Run the rally, have fun and good luck. We’ll see you at the party. However, if you want to run a TSD rally in the way it is intended to be run, please read on.

THE BASIC FORMULA "TSD" stands for "Time, Speed, Distance,” and it refers to the fact that if you know two of these three variables, you can calculate the third one.

This is the information you need to stay on time. The basic formula is: For example: Distance in miles 2 miles (D) 240 seconds (T) x 3600 = Speed in MPH x 3600 = 30 MPH (S)

Time in seconds

It is also true that 3600 divided by any MPH = the number of seconds needed to travel one mile at that speed.

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I’m pleased to report that FSR was back on the podium at Parade this year. We were honored with a Third Place Public Service Award and a Second in Class Website Award. Additionally, our own Andy Chisholm took home Second Place, early 911 in the Tech Quiz. Congrats go out to Josie Grandfield and her Charity Committee and Webmeisters Marco estrada and Kathy Thomas for all their superb efforts on the club’s behalf. Thanks also to all of you who supported our community service efforts, individually and as sponsors. We couldn’t succeed without your generosity. Congrats and thanks to Andy for carrying the FSR flag to another Parade, as well as the half dozen FSR members who attended and received our awards and shipped them back. our annual New Member Meet and Greet - eastern Area edition was very well attended by both new and existing members. Ken Thomas, Membership Chair, was kept busy collecting info and introducing a host $MBTT m"n $POUSBDUPS of new members. Thanks to Jerry and Kathy Kent for hosting. The Central Area version of this event will -JDFOTFE $POUSBDUPS " be September 6 at Steve and Kate Sarfaty’s place, just west of Richmond.

By the time you read this, our 19 July Time, Speed, Distance Rally and lunch will have been another great success, with the tour of FantomWorks auto restoration facility the following weekend. August 16 brings our hands-on volunteer event at the Foodbank in Norfolk, and our club tent at Classics on the Green in New Kent will be on Sunday, 14 September… no shortage of fun things to do with your FSR friends. on the business end, your Board has been working on an update to the By-laws since last year. The current document was adopted in 2010 and we’ve had enough growth and changes to warrant an update.

The new version streamlines a few sections, clarifies the duties of some of the officers and Committee Chairs, and increases Board Member terms of service to two-years (with no limits) and also increases the President’s term to two years, but with a two term limit. In order to adopt the new By-laws, we’ll need a majority vote by the membership in attendance at the open Board Meeting on october 11 in Williamsburg.

This event will replace all other breakfasts for october. I’ll provide a link to the document along with a summary of changes in an upcoming email blast so you can check it out before the vote.

Another round of elections is also approaching, so if you’re interested in serving your club as an officer or Committee Chair, please let any board member know. If you have any questions or would like more information about a particular position, feel free to contact me or the incumbent. We’re always in need of new blood on the Board to bring fresh ideas and keep the rest of us from burning out.

See you at the next event!

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UPCOMING EVENTS!

Be sure to check our website www.fsrpca.org for more details as well as updates on all of these exciting events.

July 19

Mid-Summer Time, Speed and Distance Rally

August 2

Williamsburg Breakfast

Victoria’s - Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center

August 9

Central Breakfast

Silver Diner - Glen Allen

August 9

Eastern Breakfast

Pops Diner - Chesapeake

August 9-10

Chump Car 24 Hour

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August 16

Volunteer Event

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September 6

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September 13

Eastern Breakfast

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