Chesapeake Region Patter, June 2019 by pcachs

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Autocross Volume 60, Issue 673 June 2019

TSD Rally West Virginia Grand Tour

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Events Calendar Month

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Event

June

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West Virginia Grand Tour Autocross No. 3 24 Hours of LeMans Zone 2 Club Race Autocross No. 4 Nemacolin with Potomac New Member Party Tour to Southern Maryland Board Meeting CA Porsche Parade

July

Venue Prince Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stadium Tentative Ripken Stadium Porsche of Annapolis Porsche of Annapolis Boca Raton, FL

Member Support Do you know a Porsche Club member that could use a little sunshine? Please let us know. The Club has established a new Sunshine position. If you know a Club member who is ill, has a hospital stay, a family member has passed, or is facing some difficult or challenging times, we would like send a card to let them know the Club is thinking about them. Please contact Doug Ehmann at Sunshine@pcachs.org. Thanks!

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Inside This Month! The Porsche Patter is the official newsletter of the Chesapeake Region of the Porsche Club of America.

Club Information Events Calendar .................................................... Editor 2019 Tour & Rally Schedule........................ Aniano Arao Membership & Anniversaries ...................... Minta Miller PCACHS Board Member Directory ....................... Editor

Monthly Features Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Message ............................. Michael Murphy Chesapeake Challenge ........... Minta Miller, Joan Wood History Channel PCA-Style ............................ Bob Rassa Lighter Side ........................................................... Editor

Articles PCACHS TSD Rally May 18 ............................. Bob Rassa More Fun than I Expected................................Bob Zach Doctor Strange-Route ........................... Rich Townsend One-Lane Bridge TSD Rally Results New Member Party ...................................... Minta Miller 912 Registry East Coast Rendezvous ... Terrell Williams Autocross Update ....................................... Greg Hartke Porsche Premier ............................................. Tom Neel Porsche Premier Dealer.......................... Nidja Muldrow Porsche In The News ............................................ Editor Racing News .......................................................... Editor

Contributions to the Porsche Patter should be sent to the Editor at least one week preceding the month of publication in Microsoft Word format via email to editor@pcachs.org. Please send images in their original size. Co-Editors: Al Saxon, John Lewis, Larry Robinson Contributing Photographers: Lynda Sobus, Aniano Arao, Al Saxon, Bob Zach Contributing Writers: Bob Rassa, Aniano Arao, Steve Graham, Terrell Williams, Jim Hemig, Randy Richter Advertising: For questions about advertising rates and placement in the Porsche Patter, please contact Editors @ editor@pcachs.org. Letters to the Editor are welcomed. They should be brief and may be edited for length. Please include PCA membership number and contact telephone number for verification. Unless otherwise reserved, permission is granted to reproduce material published, provided full credit is given to the Porsche Patter and to the respective author. To subscribe, join the Porsche Club of America. Details at www.pca.org. The Porsche Patter is published monthly by the Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America. Subscription is limited to members of the Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America.

Upcoming Events Tech Session at GT Performance ............ Randy Richter PSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s...................................................................... Editor 40

Market FYI: Tech Library ................................................... Editor For Sale ................................................................. Editor Name & Car Badges .............................................. Editor PCACHS Jacket ..................................................... Editor PCA License Plates....................... Bruce & Laurie Tarsia PCA Juniors ........................................................... Editor

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PCA-CHS is... The Chesapeake Region of the Porsche Club of America (PCACHS) 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.

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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.

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Promote the maintenance of the highest standards of operation and performance of the marquee by sharing and exchanging technical and mechanical information.

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Establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with Porsche AG, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), Porsche dealers, and other independent service sources to the end that the marque shall prosper and continue to enjoy its unique leadership and position in sports car annals.

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Promote the interchange of ideas and suggestions with other PCA Regions throughout North America and the world, and in such cooperation as may be desirable.

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Establish such mutually cooperative relationships with other car clubs as may be desirable.

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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.

Cover Photo: Lori Williams

The Porsche Patter is published monthly. Articles from members are welcomed and encouraged and should be sent electronically in Microsoft Word format to editor@pcachs.org at least 1 week before the end of the month preceding publication. The editor reserves the right to edit or reject all material submitted for publication, including advertisements, and the right to cancel advertisements at any time, for any reason, at the editor’s sole discretion. Statements appearing in the Porsche Patter are those of the contributing authors and do not constitute the opinions or policy of the Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America, its Board of Directors, or the editor of this newsletter. Unless otherwise reserved, permission is granted to reproduce material published, provided full credit is given to the author. The Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America, neither endorses any advertiser nor warrants any product or service.

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2019 Tour & Rally Schedule Get Ready to Join 13 PCA Chesapeake Events

The Chesapeake Region’s Tour & Rally Committee has 13 events on the drawing board for 2019. Dates and events are subject to change. Registration for most events will open one to four weeks before their scheduled dates. Log on to your account at www.clubregistration.net. If our events don’t show up on your “dashboard,” click “Search for Events,” then “Find Event.” (Version 6, 04/23/2019) April 13 & 14 (1) Bedford Springs Tour, Reisterstown to PA, with guest tour master Ron Farb April 20 (2) Drive to Porsche Swap Meet in Hershey, from New Freedom, PA May 18 (3) TSD Rally School, with guest instructor Bob Rassa, Owings Mills (AM) May 18 (4) TSD Rally, with guest rally master Bob Rassa, Monkton (PM) May 31 June 2 (5) West Virginia Grand Tour 2019, from Owings Mills to WV, 3 days July 6 (6) Southern Maryland Tour, after New Member Party, with guest tour master Eric Tipton Aug. 4 (7) Ice Cream Tour, with guest tour master Steve Graham Aug. 17-18 (8) Western Maryland Tour (Garrett County), 2 days (tentative) Sept. 15 (9) Eastern Shore Tour, with guest tour master Hank Lucas Oct. 5 (10) Chesapeake Challenge 50 Gimmick Rally, in Howard County Oct. 27 (11) Fall Colors Tour No. 1, North-Central Maryland Nov. 2 (12) Fall Colors Tour No. 2, Virginia Horse & Wine Country Dec. 8 (13) “Kindertime Toy Drive & Linda’s Legacy” Driving Tour, Baltimore County (tentative) Details about upcoming events are available at www.pcachs.org, in the Chesapeake Region’s Patter newsletter and at www.clubregistration.net. They are also disseminated regionwide via eBlast. To join our registry and receive notifications about our events, please send your request to tour@pcachs.org. -- Aniano Arao & Randy Moss Co-Chairs, Tour & Rally Committee

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Membership & Anniversaries Primary Members: Affiliate Members: Life Members:

Total Members:

960 539 1

Report for May 2019

1500

Minta & Aaron Miller

New Members: 14 Test Drive Participants: 0 Matt Dagostino

Towson, MD

1965 356

Chris Finney

Sykesville, MD

2011 911 Carrera

Kevin Hollins

Baltimore, MD

2019 Panamera 4, Black

John & Helen Hoy

White Hall, MD

2001 911 Carrera

Donald R. Kagle

Fallston, MD

2006 911 Carrera

Samir Kodsi

Baltimore, MD

2014 911 GT3, White

Scott Nichols

Arnold, MD

2001 Boxster, Black

Rodney Orders

Elkridge, MD

2019 Cayman, Guards Red

Charlene Pineda

Dumfries, VA

1960 356

Ronald Sheff

Baltimore, MD

2015 Macan S, Black

Jonathan Turwy

Carney, MD

2011 Cayman, Red

William Vredenburg

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

1990 944 S2, Cab

Jayden Yoon

Ellicott City, MD

2016 Cayman GT4, Blue

Anniversaries: 20 Years Todd & Lisa Bernard

1 Year Peter Bacon Marsha & Steve Buss 10 Years Michael Courtney Michael & Leslie Rafferty Bernard Davis & Nick Economos Wayne D. Speight David Eitner Timothy Lyddane 5 Years Matthew Malaska J Robert & Linda Frazee Tom Nash & Mary Lynn Vincent Puopolo & Meg Sheil-Puopolo Jemahl Nuriddiin Phillip Woodley Seung Palk Alfred Ramos

Transfer In: 0 Transfer Out: 1 Brian Shea

Transfer To: Everglades (EGS)

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PCA CHS Board

President Vice President Executive Vice Pres. Treasurer Secretary Past President Autocross

Newsletter

Publicity Social Tech Session Tour/Rally Safety Chair Chief Driving Instructor Community Service Concours dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Elegance

Chesapeake Challenge Historian Membership Webmaster Insurance PCA License PCA Zone 2 Rep

Michael Murphy Lynda Sobus Steve Graham Vincent Rock Aaron Miller Claude Taylor Brad Martinez Greg Hartke Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka Al Saxon John Lewis Larry Robinson Pat Walker Donna Brandt Jim Earlbeck Randy Richter Aniano Arao Randy Moss John Jensen Ellen Beck Rebecca Earlbeck Ron Gordon Doug Ehmann Donna Brandt Minta Miller Joan Wood Bob Rassa Minta & Aaron Miller Jim Hemig Lee Rock Laurie & Bruce Tarsia Rose Ann Novotnak

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President's Message President’s Message – June 2019 I am writing this on Thursday, May 30th and there is a torrential rain storm with lightning and thunder all around the area (Northern Baltimore County). Last evening on PBS’s News Hour a Professor of Meteorology was interviewed about the national weather and he said the current jet stream pattern is largely responsible for the tornadoes and flooding across the nation, and the amount of water in the atmosphere coming from the Gulf of Mexico is a virtually river in the sky! Our intrepid Tour and Rally Committee of Aniano Arao and Randy Moss are accustomed to foul weather, as there have been several Tours where rain didn’t prevent the Tour from occurring. Let’s hope our great Tour Committee has the best weather all year long, and especially for the three-day Tour to the mountains of West Virginia (more on this later).

Recap of May’s Events Autocross No. 2: May 4th at Prince George’s County Stadium, Bowie, MD was our 2nd AX event of the year. Remember, you need to register in advance for our future AX events at the (www.MotorsportReg.com) website. Concours: Well, the 36th Deutsche Marque Concours was rained out on May 5th, but the rain date of May 19th was just beautiful for the annual 36th Deutsche Marque Concours at Nottaway Park in Vienna, Virginia. Here’s the website link for you to read more about this event (http://www.dmconcours.com/). Our own Kirsten and Steve vonGrunden won First Place in the “Modern 911 (1999 – 2011)” Class in their 2009 911 C4S!

New Member Party We had a great time at our May 11th New Member Party at Porsche Silver Spring. Thanks to our Membership Co-Chairs Minta and Aaron Miller, each New Member received a gift bag of PCACHS-specific merchandise. Let’s not forget that each attendee also received an entry ticket for the drawing to receive gift prizes from the Membership Committee which included, shirts, wine glasses, Werks Reunion duffle bags and two Grand Prizes of $150 Gift Certificate for use at Porsche Silver Spring. The Gift Certificates could be used for parts, service or that classy jacket you always wanted. So make sure you attend the next New Member Party which will be July 6th at Porsche Annapolis. PCACHS Board Meeting On May 15th at 6:00pm we gathered at 12 Music Fair Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117 and held by-monthly Board Meeting wherein the first order of business was to vote on the replacement of the existing Region By-

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President's Message (cont’d) laws. By the unanimous vote of all attendees, the replacement Bylaws were approved. A copy of the new Bylaws is provided on our website (https://pcachs.org/about-us/).

Tour and Rally School & Rally On May 18th the one-day TSD School and training session took place in the morning followed by a sample TSD Rally. Thanks go out to Eve Swartzell for providing the afternoon Rally results as follows: Special Thanks Go To: • Aniano Arao & Randy Moss • Tour & Rally Committee • Bob Rassa, instructor & TSD rally master • Mark Epstein, school attendee • Ron Farb, observer • Manny Alban, checkpoint • Vu Nguyen, PCA tents, tables, chairs, traffic cones, stickers • Steve Graham, checkpoint signs • Mike Swartzell, cooler & PCA stickers • Michelle Moss, venue host • Collectors Car Corral, rally school venue & sponsor • CPR Classic East, sponsor • Mission BBQ, lunch caterer • Inverness Brewing, finish line venue • PCA Chesapeake Wow can you believe it’s already June! This really begins the “sunny day” driving season, unless you are someone who will drive year-round in any type of weather with your Porsche, and we certainly have a number of those members. So let’s start describing what is in store for you during the month of June:

West Virginia Grand Tour The Tour Committee will take you away from the city and the area for an enjoyable 3-day Tour and driving event to the hills and mountains of West Virginia on May 31st through June 2nd. Here are a couple of images of where you will stay: Homestead Resort, Greenbrier Resort, Annamede Mansion

Homestead Resort, VA

Greenbrier Resort, WV

Annamede Mansion

Aniano and Randy also include a return visit to the famous Annamede Mansion of Chuck Goldsborough for a special barbeque lunch at the conclusion of the 1,000+ mile Tour.

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President’s Message (cont’d) Autocross No. 3 Next up in June is our third of seven Autocross events on Sunday, June 9th. So for additional information and registration requirements please use the following link: (https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2019-chesapeake-autocross-3-sunday-prince-georges-stadiumbowie-pca-178462)

24 Hours of Le Mans, France On June 15th and 16th don’t forget to check your local TV channel listings for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Even though Porsche will not be in the Prototype P1 Class, the Porsche factory racing team will be racing the 911 RSRs in the LMGTE Pro class. For additional information, log onto: (https://www.lemans.org/en/24-hours-of-le-mans). New look for Porsche GT Team 911 RSRs

Zone 2 "Rock The Summit" Club Race

Join us for our 2019 PCA Club Races, tentatively scheduled for September 21 - 23, 2019, at Summit Point Motorsports Park's Main Circuit in Summit Point, West Virginia (https://pcapotomac.org/activities/club-race). The Potomac Region is the birthplace of the PCA Club Racing program and home to the oldest continuously held PCA Club Race event in North America. You simply do not want to miss it! We hope you choose to be a part of the thriving Potomac Summit Point Club Racing tradition. Racers: Pre-registration date will be announced as the date approaches. We will welcome racers and crew to the track beginning on Thursday evening, September 20th at 6:00pm for Registration. Three days of exciting racing ensues on the 21st as follows: • Friday: Practice, Practice Starts, Fun Races • Saturday: Sprints • Sunday: Sprints (Vintage) and 90 Minute Enduros (Non-Vintage)

Autocross No. 4

June closes out with a premiere Autocross events on Saturday, June 9th at Ripkin Stadium. Similar to AX event No. 3, for additional information and registration requirements please use the following link: (https:// www.motorsportreg.com/events/2019-chesapeake-autocross-4-ripken-stadium-pca-220726) As always, please keep in touch by emailing me at president@pcachs.org and include your ideas, comments and questions. I look forward to seeing you soon, and have many fun and safe drives in 2019! Best - Michael ***

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Chesapeake Challenge For over 40 years, Chesapeake Region has invited its members and friends to celebrate the annual Chesapeake Challenge – the oldest running multi-event weekend in PCA history. The first Chesapeake Challenge was held August 2-4, 1968 at the Holiday Inn on Loch Raven Blvd. in Towson, with the Concours d’Elegance staged on the front lawn of Goucher College. The two Porsche dealers in the area at the time, Knowlton “Pappy” Long’s Stuttgart Imports and Charles Gillet’s 40 West Motors, donated the trophies. Pappy passed away right after the 3rd Challenge, and the 1st Overall Award was designated in his honor thereafter. The Challenge became quickly popular among Mid Atlantic owners, and attendance grew to well over a hundred cars in the ensuing years. The Challenge has moved around Maryland throughout its history. Cumberland, Havre de Grace, Annapolis, Timonium, and Columbia are among the locations that have hosted the Challenge. The event has been held in the spring, summer, and fall, and in the beginning, included a full concours, TSD rally, and autocross. We have kept the concours, added a people’s choice car show, swapped out the TSD rally for a gimmick rally, and dropped the autocross for a tech quiz. One of the great traditions of the Challenge is in commemorative license plates. Many Porsche Club members have collected these plates and proudly display them on their garage walls. From 1968-2008, the event was held as a three day event held from Friday over Saturday, with the autocross being held on Sunday morning. In 2009, the club changed the format to three events in one day. In the weeks leading up to the Challenge, not a Q-tip or cotton ball can be found on store shelves as participants pre: pare for the Concours or the People’s Choice Car Show. Then it’s on to the Gimmick Rally. There is no better way to spend a relaxing afternoon! After participants return from the Rally, they show off their Porsche knowledge with a Tech Bingo or perhaps a “Porsches in the Movies” type quiz. The participant with the highest combined scores for the three events is awarded the coveted Lufthansa (Knowlton P. Long Award) trophy. The task of finding the perfect venue and pulling everything together is in the hands of the Chesapeake Challenge Chairperson. Hats off to those who have done this job so well for forty years! This year the Chesapeake Challenge celebrates its 50th Anniversary and this year we celebrate our history. Our Chesapeake Challenge Chairs, Minta Miller and Joan Wood, are working hard to bring back some Blasts from the Past!

SAVE THE DATE!

October 5, 2019 Photos: Lynda Sobus Logo: Minta Miller and Joan Wood

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History Channel PCA-Style A monthly feature depicting some highlights from past years, 50, 40, 30, 25 years ago Bob Rassa—Club Historian

40 years ago in June 1979 the Region was plugging along and Marty Goldsmith did a good job of promoting activity. Pirate’s Cove on Rt 40 very near to 40 West Porsche+Audi was still the meeting place, and the announcements stated that “The Pirate’s Cove features a warm, relaxed atmosphere and an attractive menu with many choices of both beef and seafood.” Unfortunately, Marty wrote his resignation letter in the June issue of the PATTER since he accepted a job in Columbus, Ohio and he would be transferring to Mid-Ohio Region. Marty thanks a bunch of us for our service and expressed hope that he did a good job leading the Region [and he did!!] Meeting entertainment for the June meeting was advertised as a panel consisting of Harry Crook [40 West Service Manager] and independent Porsche service tech Ralph Zimmer. Bill Morgenstern did a piece on tips for traveling in your Porsche and his main advice was to travel light, and carry some spare parts, and if headed to hot areas take a cooler with ice water. And if taking a camera into hot areas keep it and its film cool [digital cameras hadn’t been heard of then]. Finally, since the 1979 Parade was in Reston, a schedule of Parade activities was included since a number of Chesapeake members were going. 30 years ago the Army Colonel was still Pres (Col Gutjahr) and the Patter was much more full of content since the Colonel is somewhat prolific [we are pretty sure he would wear out typewriters – remember we really didn’t have much in the way of personal computers back then]. The Colonel wrote about the Spring Fling that the Region did with the Hudson Club and it was apparently a good success. One 944-owning couple traded cars with the Hudson Club president who brought a 1920 Essex. Apparently, both had a bunch of fun times! It was noted by Hudson Cub members that Porsche Club folk are a lot friendlier than Packard Club folk. A Drive & Dine in Harford County and southeastern PA – Brandywine area – was reported, and the dinner at the Old Mill Inn was reported to be outstanding. [Unfortunately that restaurants seems to now be long closed]. It was also noted that Koon’s Porsche+Audi is no more, as they gave up their German car franchises to focus more on Fords. An interesting reprint from Chicago Region was a piece by long-time PCA member [and super good friend] Bob White who got to test drive both the new 1989 964 as well as a Ruf Yellow Bird on a trip to Germany. Suffice it to say that Prof. White was suitably impressed by both. Also announced was a PCA picnic and volleyball challenge with Central Penn Region and Chesapeake Region, being held in Middleton PA. [If next month’s PATTER contains a report we’ll cover it!] [Historian comments in brackets] 13

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The Lighter Side

Niki Lauda passed away on May 20, 2019 Source: http://www.grandprixhistory.org/images/getty_lauda.jpg

Mission Report: Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup (source: Porsche.com)

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PCACHS TSD Rally — May 18 Text by Bob Rassa A sunny and pleasant day greeting the 18-odd PCA-CHS stay on course following a set of route instructions that members who convened at the Collector Car Corral on Sat- each team receives before the start of the rally. The route urday May 18 for our TSD Rally school. Using the slide deck instructions define what route to follow and what average from the 2018 Parade, where “Rally 101” is presented every year, and updated with my own content, we went through all the basics of how to run in a PCA Time-SpeedDistance rally. The following topics were covered in depth: 1. Introduction – What is a Rally? 2. ODO Check 3. What do I need to bring? 4. Instructions 5. Signs and LANDMARKS 6. Check Points 7. Time Delays 8. Traps 9. Redundancy 10. Scoring 11. A more detailed look into Rallying The entire session took just two hours, and the interest was exceptional. One couple took the rally course as they decided to enter the rally at Parade 2019 in Boca Raton this July. Others took it because they wanted to learn more about a TSD rally. And for those of you who didn’t

speeds to maintain. Rally scores are determined by timing the arrival of each rally car at points along the rally route and comparing the times against the official rally time. These timing points are called CHECKPOINTS (aka controls). Special attention was paid to course following and how a rallymaster likes to trick the rallyists into going off course, thus messing up their scores. And there are LOTS of little tricks and traps that can be used, such as putting one course instruction “clue” immediately after a prior one was executed, counting on the rally team to not be paying close enough attention. Another little trick involves putting the rallyists on a named road which subsequently makes a turn – the rallyists are supposed to follow the named road but many miss the fact that the named road makes a turn and they head off in the wrong direction.

But the school went off well, and after a lunch catered at the Corral by a local bar-b-que house, entrants headed off to the rally start – which just happened to be my house. We had the doors open on the four garages so entrants could mill around and look at the 18 cars as they prepared recall what we wrote last month OR the month before on to start their rally, and at 1:45 we started the cars off. this, a TSD rally is not a race; rather it is a contest in which The rally was only a tad over 58 miles long, and should a team consisting of a driver and a navigator combine drivhave been able to be completed in 1 hour 45 minutes, but ing, observational, mathematical, and communicative skills only two cars of the seven that actually entered the rally (as well as patience) in the negotiation of a prescribed did that. We had three checkpoints, two en route and one road course at prescribed speeds. The main objective is to

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TSD Rally — May 18 [cont’d] points went to Bob and Chris Zach. Truth be told, Rich and Kris scored only 37 error points on one checkpoint and 126 on another, which is a darn fine showing for their first time doing a TSD rally. Congrats to all who won, and we hope that the other 5 teams enjoyed the scenery! And thanks as well to Manny, Randy, Michelle and Aniano who were a huge help in putting this on, plus special thanks to Steve Graham who brought checkpoint signs and PCA Executive Director Vu Nguyen who loaned us tables, chairs, pylons and tents! at the end, plus an ODO (odometer correction) leg. Randy and Michele Moss, with Manny Alban ran Checkpoint 2, while Aniano Arao and I ran Checkpoints 1 and 3. Unfortunately, only 6 cars made it to checkpoint 1, 5 made it to checkpoint 2 and only 2 made it properly to checkpoint 3. We say properly since we told everyone where the rally end and checkpoint 3 was – the Inverness Brewing Co in Monkton – so the errant rallyists knew where to go if they got hopelessly lost. One car – we won’t note who – decided that there was no way I would take the rally cars across the I-83 on Mt. Carmel Rd so they turned around just before the I-83– not realizing that the checkpoint was indeed just across the I83 at the Park & Ride lot there, where cars would turn around and go back to York Rd. Oh well, we got another one! We called the rally the One Lane Bridge Rally since there were indeed fully seven of these little bridges on the route. We chose back roads that wandered around central Baltimore County, many of which were quite narrow and twisty with these one-lane bridges. True Porsche roads they were, but alas we had to require rally speeds no greater than the posted speed, which in many cases was a mere 25 mph although our trusty Porsches could easily handle near double that. But legality and safety are number one concerns so we played the game wisely. When all was said and done we had two cars that finished the rally and those two cars won trophies for both driver and navigator. First place with only 672 error points was Rich and Kris Thompson, while 2nd place with 1,626 error

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More Fun than I Expected

Text by Bob Zach

I tried a TSD rally for the first time. Bob Rassa’s presentation before the event covered the rules very well. Unlike a gimmick rally, where solving puzzles and detecting tricks are part of the fun, the TSD directions are sometimes complex but not misleading. On our team, the navigator decided the route and the driver attempted to maintain the specified speed. More fun. Less stress. The route had 3 segments, each with a different average speed target. One twisty narrow segment had a target speed was well below the limit. That certainly was a new challenge for this driver. I actually found time to enjoy the scenery! If you can’t attend one of Bob Rassa’s presentations, or for more info, read his article starting on page 26 of the April issue of Patter [or his article earlier in this issue—Ed]. Looking forward to enjoying another TSD event.

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Doctor Strange-Route

Text by Rich Townsend

us! “Stay on course?” “How I Learned To Stop Worry20th—New Member Party I would be guesstimating our time using the alternative, highly sophisticated technique known as Seat Of the Pants! ing and Love the TSD Rally” We were initially bummed (no pun intended), but this had the surprise benefit of removing the tedious aspect of calculating precise mileage using a mathematical “correction The Class factor” (no thanks!). The process that followed required strict, almost maniacal focus to the task at hand. It really If gimmick rallies are kinda tricky, then it follows that the took everything we had and then some, including agita, TIME SPEED DISTANCE rally is the merciless work of Satension, insecurity…teamwork and…kindness (imagine tan…or so goes the thinking of many, myself included, until that!) One might say this was a Zen experience; tune out recently. EVERYTHING else. “Stay on course!” Focus. Keep on focusWhen Kris and I signed on for the May 18th TSD event, we ing…for 2 hours or more. This was both exhausting and did so with a sigh of apprehension. thrilling. The reward for all this concentration was a day free from the typical worries and concerns of life. A true “Withhold judgement” we told ourselves. Having had some experience with this concept decades ago in another day off…it all got pushed away…way away. Yet another pleasant surprise. BONUS: I got to spend the whole day life, we both still held some anxiety due to the “marital with my best friend. discussions” we’d had years ago. But that was then and this is now, we reasoned. We’ve both grown, softened, ripened even (!) since then…right? Right! So we set the Saturday morning alarm and rose promptly, Gimmick rallies are tricky, demanding, frustrating and conallowing plenty of time to get to the clean, well-lit classfusing. One must search for an endless array of visual oddiroom space at the impressive Classic Car Corral (thank you ties and curios. They will test you in ways you never knew Randy Moss.) The coffee and donuts provided lulled us you could be tested. The TSD rally is all that and less! Less both into a warm sense of trust and well-being. Then the because the scope of cues is smaller and more finite. Road climate turned…mild? signs (on your right unless otherwise noted), pavement Luckily, our volunteer instructor, Bob Rassa turned out to markings and odo distances. We frankly found this to be be an articulate, patient and overall excellent teacher. The simpler. Not better or worse…just different. Apples vs fact that he’s a seasoned rally veteran didn’t hurt either. A Steak. true veteran. He covered the topic with both grace and Which is better: a Gimmick Rally or a TSD rally? Yes. Which candor, making the material accessible and clear…and in- is best for you? Which is more fun? jected a bit of fun to boot. My navigator and I both settled in for a period of focused attention that such an endeavor requires. The rules & regs were laid out in detail…and I’m One-Lane Bridge TSD Rally Results not gonna lie, there are many rules, and they can seem Results, May 18, 2019 overwhelming. But we were not to be discouraged. With First Place both of us focused we came away with a decent feel for • Rich & Kris Townsend the thing. The take-away: When all else fails, “STAY ON COURSE!” Second Place

Part One

Conclusion

Part Two The Course Mistake #1. Minutes into the drive, we BOTH missed a key sign and lost precious minutes right off the bat. At the same time we ruined our ODOMETER CHECK leg…alas no mileage correction for

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Bob & Chris Zach

HONORABLE MENTION • • • • •

Andrew & Kim Powell Robert Rodriguez & Kristy Mike Swartzell & Steve Graham Frank & Susan Tedeschi Stephen & Cheryll Wenchel

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New Member Party

Minta Miller

The Chesapeake Region held its first New Member Party of 2019 at Porsche Silver Spring. Once again the Chesapeake Region didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disappoint. We had about 30-40 people show up to welcome 10 New Members. Porsche Silver Spring provided a fabulous spread of pastries and coffees which all enjoyed as they mingled around getting to know each other. As usual, we provided the New Members with some pretty stuffed swag bags and welcome packets. Casey Parkin of Porsche Silver Spring spoke about the great partnership between the dealership and PCA. Did you know, Porsche Silver Spring has an exclusive delivery offers for PCA members? See their ad in the Patter for more details. Porsche Silver Spring is one of 3 area dealerships, which sponsor the Chesapeake Region. This year, Porsche Silver Spring will be the official sponsor of the Chesapeake Challenge 50. New this year was an AutoX table. Greg Hartke, AutoX Chair was on hand to answer questions, sign people up, show them the motorsport.reg website, offer New Member Free AutoX Coupons, and entertain/educate with current AutoX videos. Additionally, we had a Round Robin Session in which the different committees spoke to the different types of events the region offers. Once all the yakking was done, we gave away a bunch of door prizes. So many in fact almost every person won something. Each prize was accompanied by a Werks Reunion tote bag. We gave away shirts, hats, glassware, models, and 2 $150 Gift Certificates to Porsche Silver Spring. All in all, we had a bunch of fun! If you missed this one, stay tuned for the Summer and Fall New Member Parties. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to meet all the New Members!! Not a New Member, please attend and help me give them a warm Chesapeake Region Welcome.

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912 Registry East Coast Rendezvous

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912 Registry East Coast Rendezvous - How cool is this car?

members have for their 912’s and the same desire the marque inspires in every Porsche owner.

It’s hard to admit it, but I was unsure about joining the 2019 East Coast 912 Rendezvous. Could my car make it, would I make it? Before deciding to drive my 1976 Porsche 912E (Chip) over 260 miles to Roanoke, VA, it had never done a trip longer than 80 miles when I drove her from Owings Mills, MD to our new home in Port Republic, MD. You see ‘Chip’ needs a lot of work. Unlike most of the Skittled colored 912s, my original paint is peeling in spots from its rust free galvanized body Porsche built when it left Stuttgart 43 years ago. She needs a gas tank, the shocks and struts need replacing and then there’s that ‘vapor lock’ issue that creeps up. Moreover, this was also a new group to me and I didn’t know anyone. All those concerns were unwarranted. You see, owning a Porsche 912 is the ultimate icebreaker and it easily establishes a communality from where conversations seemed to grow in all directions.

This 4th 912 East Coast Rendezvous was held from April 24-27 and attracted 30 cars from as far as Alabama, Kansas and northern Michigan.

Fortunately, my introduction to respecting these candy colored cars was swift. On my first drive with the group, I settled in behind two other 912’s on Interstate 81, heading back to the Roanoke Hotel. And without notice, roaring from my left, with the vigor of a much newer car, a Beige Grey 912 zoomed by. This car passed me creating an ear elation of a finely-tuned early 911. I later learned that this was “not your father’s 50-year old 912,” but it actually was! A retired gentleman was being driven by his son in his newly refurbished, bespoke 912. Just this year, the car had been recommissioned after a couple years of craftsmanship and a Benton Performance engine that pumps out 130 hp. The total investment…a cool six figures! That’s an indication of the commitment and passion these PCA

Belonging to the 912 community is the ultimate cool. There’s a certain vibe you get from driving a classic Porsche that’s hard to put into words. Maybe it’s that you play a small role as the caretaker of a piece of history that’s easily forgotten. Old photos can spark a memory, but owning and driving a classic car puts your senses closer to days gone by. Besides, is there anything better than sitting in your 912, hearing that distinctive ‘clink’ as the door closes and breathing in a beautifully aging German automobile? Heading to the Rendezvous, at a rest stop just north of Roanoke, I came out of the restroom to see five gentlemen admiring my car. They were part of the BMW Club and were headed to Spartanburg, SC for an event of their own. While driving classic BMWs themselves, they had lots of questions about this little Porsche, and two claimed to have 993’s themselves. This is how you know you’ve got something special with the 912… all true observations. The Roanoke Hotel staff sent a video crew to the parking lot to record the colorful 912s for a marketing promotional campaign for their historic facility. I later watched high schoolers leave the dance floor at their Senior Prom, and flock to the parking lot in their gowns and tuxedo’s to photograph themselves with the cars. Upon arriving at the Virginia Mountain Vineyards, one staff noted that seeing the cars driving up and parking on the grounds “added jewelry” to the already impeccable grounds. And finally, walking to my car after dinner one evening, I noticed a group of teenage boys hastily walking through the parking lot and overheard one teen say “look at all these old A$$ cars”. Then quickly, another boy said “but these are Porsches, these are nice!” The 912 is a classic. Even those who aren’t eligible to drive yet, recognize the marque. Meeting intriguing folks with great car stories turned out to be easier than I thought. During the opening reception, I linked up with the owner of the only other

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912 Registry [cont’d] 912E. Paul drove his impeccable, Light Yellow 912E, 350 miles from the Pittsburgh area for his third East Coast Rendezvous. Outside of being a splitting image of legendary Porsche race car driver Derek Bell, Paul has competitively raced motorcycles, has owned 58 cars (3 other Porsches) and 14 motor bikes, including several rare and collectible BMW Isetta’s. He also has experienced one of my bucket list items. Paul was a longtime volunteer at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance events and was lucky to once serve as a Concours Judge.

your average Toyota or Chevrolet. Pat especially appreciated the Tech Session, taught by Tim Berardelli where his knowledge about 912’s grew substantially. He and Denise also spoke about taking the nearly 3,000-mile road trip to attend a 912 West Coast Rendezvous. I missed the first driving tour and lunch on day one. However, there was no missing the Duncan Collection. The 900+ classic car collection has been described as wonderful; surreal and strange and beautiful. The collection strangely only held 4 classic Porsches, but 150 Japanese Figaro’s - a right hand drive, short wheel based, two seater that resembles nothing I’ve ever seen before. The Opening Reception and Welcome Party followed a brisk drive back to the Roanoke Hotel where I encountered that magnificent Beige Grey 912. While volunteering at the registration desk, I had a chance to introduce myself to this eclectic group of 912 enthusiasts. The Welcome Party was widely attended where 912 buffs caught up with each other and first time attendees made new friends.

Pat & Denise with their ‘68 912

During a luncheon at the Peaks and Otters Resort, I met Pat and his wife Denise, both United Methodist Pastors, who’ve had an affinity for their Porsche 912 for over 13 years. This was also their first Rendezvous and they gushed about meeting great people who share a passion for the 912. They were hesitant about joining the group for fear of it being a bunch of snobbish millionaire types, but quickly saw otherwise.

Spotty rain showers threatened to spoil the events on our second day, but very little could dampen the spirited drivers and these spunky four-cylinder Porsches. We sped off towards the National D-Day Memorial that was constructed in honor of one of the most significant battles in our nation’s history. Feeling the weight of this history lesson, we soon pointed our cars to our lunch destination at the Peaks of Otter Lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our horsepower hungry 912’s plodded their way up nice twisty roads nearly 2,000 feet before reaching the scenic restaurant. While enjoying my catfish lunch platter, I engaged more with Paul, (Derek Bell’s twin) Dennis Gage’s twin, of My Classic Car TV and big mustache fame, and Pat and Denise.

Pat and Denise were some of the nicest people Unlike some other brands, Porsche has a car for I’ve ever met, but they had a wicked side lurking. After lunch, we talked about taking the scenic Blue Ridge Parkalmost everyone, no matter your standard of living. And like me, they entered the classic car club for a lot less than way back to the hotel, however speeds were limited to

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912 Registry [cont’d] 45mph and it was raining. Paul left first ahead of us in his pristine yellow 912E. I soon followed the Pastors in their understated 1968 red 912. The Pastors thundered off hitting 60 mph right away. Not knowing how to get back on my own and having no phone signal atop the mountain, I hustled to keep pace. The rain grew heavier on the

Dennis Gage twin (actual name unknown)

his honor. Awards were given to class winners and door prizes were presented to ticketholders. I won an issue of the new ‘Porsche 000 Magazine’, created by renown Excellence and Panorama editor, Pete Stout. Several issues of ‘Duck & Whale – a Porsche Culture Magazine’, (another

Paul (Derek Bell twin) with his ‘76 912E

twisty road, and I struggled just to keep them in sight. At times it seemed they were trying to hit 70mph! And they didn’t seem to hit the brakes! What did I get myself into, I thought? Am I going to die on this road? Only when they caught the yellow 912E did they slow down. The following day at the car show, I caught up to the Pastors and told them how scared they had me on the parkway. They laughed and said, “we thought we were going too slow for you and we didn’t want to let you down so we kept on speeding”. We all enjoyed a good laugh while recalling the previous days daredevil adventure in our perky 912’s.

new magazine to me) were awarded to several guests. However, the evenings most prestigious prizes, the People’s Choice and Enthusiasts of the Year award went to David Langston whose 912’s striking Chartreuse exterior, period plaid interior and overall jaw dropping restoration caught everyone’s attention. The 912 Registry East Coast Rendezvous was a tremendous success and we’re all looking forward to the next gathering in 2020. By the way, Paul, and I have kept in touch. Looks like Lori and I will be joining Paul and Shelly at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this summer. Now that’s cool.

Saturday’s car show was held at the Virginia Museum of Transportation where participants parked in front of the museum and began cleaning and polishing their rides for the patrons judging. Some engine bays were so spotless they could have been displayed in the Guggenheim museum. After the car show, most drivers had a quick lunch before roaring off to the Virginia Mountain Vineyards in Fincastle, VA for a little wine tasting and relaxation. Later that evening, El Presidente, Howard Hoffman hosted the awards banquet where he paid homage to Jeff Trask, who passed away in 2018 and was described as the “patron saint of the 912 community”. One of the highest awards presented at the awards banquet was renamed in

David with his Best in Show winning 912

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Autocross Update

Greg Hartke

The CHS AX season is now in full swing with our second points-scoring event taking place on Saturday May 4th. Unfortunately, AX co-chair Brad Martinez couldn’t make this one due to unexpected family commitments, but we soldiered on and the event was very successful with a fine turnout of 60 drivers at PGS. Normally Brad would be in charge of setting up the course, but with him absent and me with too much to do setting up everything else, Mark Hubley was tasked to set up the course with help from Pinto Soin. I can’t say enough about what a big help Mark and Pinto have been. Mark in particular stores our trailer at his house and drives it to every event, arriving no later then 5:30 AM so that Brad and I can start the set up for the day’s event. With Mark and Pinto working together, the course went together smoothly and was all ready when it needed to be.

Chris Zach

As you all know, we’ve been keeping an eye on the condition of the surface at PGS and it was in decent shape for this event without too much debris, but it could have been better. I had room in the Cayman S this time to bring my gas-powered blower, but didn’t have the time to do any work clearing the line down on the far end of the course where the most problems occur. Never fear! I’m happy to report that volunteers stepped up and Slava Burmaka and Darrell Pope spent considerable time with my blower clearing the line at the far end that needed it the most with excellent results. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated their work for us and was especially proud of our attendees when everyone gave them a spontaneous round of applause in appreciation of their efforts after I thanked

Darrell Pope

them at the driver’s meeting. I’ll continue to bring my blower to every event at PGS for this purpose and hopefully we’ll be able to keep the line in good shape for our future events at this venue. As I mentioned, we had a nice turnout of 60 drivers, which is an excellent number to run in the 3 heats that Meilyng set up for us. The pace is almost too quick with only 20 in a heat (after all, drivers need time to get a drink, take a bio break, and adjust their tire pressures between runs), but it did work well with that number and I like 3 heats if the numbers support it. If I’m reading the stats correctly on live.axti.me, we had 31 non-P-cars, comprising slightly over half the field. That’s a little unusual (it’s usually more like 1/3 non-P-cars at our events), but I attribute that to scheduling the event on a DE day at Pittsburgh. I know there were a bunch of POT members who would have attended

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Autocross Update (cont’d) the AX events, but he can’t seem to catch a break. Our run of bad luck this season with broken cars continued at this event. That really has me scratching my head because broken cars have been very unusual in previous years and we’ve already had 5 or so go down even though we’ve only had 2 points-scoring events. This time, the 2000 Boxster S of CHS Safety Chair John Jensen overheated in grid and piddled all over the pavement. Not to worry! We had a brief break in the action while the kitty litter we keep on hand for just such an eventuality was applied and we were quickly back in action, though poor John was out for the day. (The repair was minor and John told me during the week after the event that it was already fixed.) Greg Hartke

this event if it had not been opposite DE. Be assured that I tried schedule the CHS events around DE days, but it just wasn’t always possible – I had to work around Baysox home games and other events, as well as trying to space events reasonably throughout the season. Hopefully it will work out a little better next season. We had one problem behind the scenes that might not have been apparent to the participants when we were unable to access the internet from our computers, which would have meant that live timing would not have been available if we couldn’t get it fixed. Meilyng contacted our hard-working Co-chair Emeritus Pat Walker to try to resolve the problem (early in the morning, I might add), but they were unable to get the external connection up and running. Pat is ever-helpful, of course, so he journeyed from his home as soon as he could get there to see what he could do in person. Despite spending considerable time troubleshooting the problem, Pat was unable to get our hotspot to connect to the internet (for no obvious reason), so he configured his personal phone to connect to our network and provide entrants with the live time they’ve come to expect. Pat to the rescue! By the time the event started, we were online and everyone was happy. We should all applaud Pat once again for finding a work-around so that live timing was available.

Pat Walker

Next, the 1987 Porsche 944S of CHS Secretary Aaron Miller went down with overheating after his 4th run and he had to quit for the day. It was OK, though, since it was during the second heat, so spouse and CHS Membership Chair Minta had already completed her runs. ;) Aaron told me during the week after the event that they had lucked out in that the failure was the heater valve and that they had a spare at home. The hardest part of the whole thing was driving down to southern Maryland and back to fix the car, but they’re already back in action. Actually, Aaron acquitted himself quite well, anyway, finishing 2nd in P4 It’s worth mentioning that poor Pat was taking care of net- (44.637 sec) despite having only 4 runs. He was less than work problems yet again even though he was unable to half a second behind class winner Manny Alban (44.151 participate in the event himself. His car broke at AX#1 sec), though, so I’m sure he was disappointed at having to after a few runs and he’s so busy right now that he might turn out when he was hot in the chase. not have time to fix it for months. Poor Pat! This was supWe did have one interesting incident at this event when I posed to be the year when he could relax and just drive at was in grid during the 4th run of the 2nd heat. POT member

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Autocross Update (cont’d) Dean Moheet got a bit out of shape in his 2003 996 Carrera (driving in P6) after the hard corner entry to the stop box and wiped out the sensor. I had just stepped into the port-a-pot when I heard the loud crash and in what I can only describe as a purely Pavlovian response, I instantly flew out of the port-a-pot fearing the worst and was considerably relieved to discover that it was only the sensor. If it had happened 30 seconds later, that might have been a bit embarrassing. ;) As it was, we had a spare, so I had us back up and running in minutes. Dean is a very highly skilled driver and really felt terribly about the mistake, but I deemed it the fortunes of war and told him not to worry about it. The sensor was a mess, so we bought a replacement to make sure we always have a spare on hand. Unfortunately, poor Dean now has a ding in his bumper (where he hit the milk carton supporting the sensor) to memorialize this little oops.

won by Chris Zach in his 1986 928S (which I thought was very cool) despite the car breaking on the course on his 6th run. (Another broken car (!), but I don’t know the details of what happened – I was busy at the time.) I already mentioned the P4 results (Manny 1st with Aaron 2nd) and P6 (Dean Moheet, with FTD among the P-cars), while P5 was won by Dave Critcher in his 1996 993 at 40.163 sec. Dave was also 2nd overall behind Dean among the P-cars – these two are always in the battle for FTD!

Even with that little contretemps, Dean set FTD among the P-cars on his next run at 38.965 sec, coming in 1st in P6. Tell you what, it’s hard to put a mistake like that out of your mind, not second guess your driving, and get a bit timid, so I was really impressed with that run. Good job, Dean! He really showed his experience and ability with Lisa Gritti that comeback. This is another reason why I’m especially pleased at the increase in participation from our neighbors in the POT Chapter – more competition only makes us all In the stock classes, S2 was won by newcomer Carl better! Schaefer in his 2016 Cayman. Carl’s certainly off to a good start this year in his first year in AX! As usual, S3 was the most highly contested class with 8 entries and was won by Slava Burmaka in his 996 C4 at 40.325 sec. I came in second in my 2014 981 Cayman S at 40.671 sec and AX Registrar Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka was 3rd with 41.676 sec. I was leading S3 until Slava did his thing on his last run and wiped me out. That guy is really good! I’m used to that, though. He does this to me all the time. ;) Mark Hubley’s car is still on IR, but Pinto Soin was kind enough to let Mark drive his 2014 911 CS in S4. The result? Mark was 1st in S4 with 40.100 sec and 3rd overall among the P-cars behind Dean Moheet and Dave Critcher. This is the second time in two tries that Mark has won his class in a borrowed car. I find that to be absolutely amazing! It Jim Foley takes real ability to win in a car with which you’re not at all familiar (Mark’s car is a Cayman) and I have no clue how P1 was won by Jim Foley in his 1971 914 (which is always he keeps doing it. Well… yes, I do. It’s called “talent”. ;) It’s entertaining to watch) at 45.960 sec while P2 was won by worth mentioning that Michael Tavenner was 2nd in S4 in Darrell Pope in his 1989 944. (Darrell really gets just about his new 718 Cayman S at 40.836 sec – he’s going to be a all he can out of his car – he’s a very good driver.) P3 was monster when he gets used to that car after doing his

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Autocross Update (cont’d) learning in a Cayenne last season. Pinto was 3rd at 42.644 sec.

we’re as tired as everyone else after a long day, it’s a big deal to us. Many, many thanks to all for your support!

The highest performance stock class (S5) was won by Scott Borden in his envy-evoking Carmine Red 2018 GT3 Touring, besting POT driver Bill Schwinn in his 2018 911 GTS at 41.715 sec.

The first two events of the season have featured courses that were not particularly technical, being more like SCCA AX courses than what you might be used to seeing in recent years at CHS or POT AX events. I don’t know about you, but I certainly had a blast driving these courses. Then again, I find just about any AX course to be a blast. This is my fifth season of AXing and I’ve learned that there are always subtleties in every course that make it fun to drive, whether it’s technical or not. Courses with more subtle challenges like the first two we’ve had this year simply test the driver in ways different than those of the more technical courses. Well, guess what? The courses are about to get more technical. Be prepared. ;)

June will be a busy month for the AX team with two events on the schedule. (This was necessary because no suitable date for AX could be found during July due to scheduling conflicts at PGS.) AX#3 will be held on Sunday June 9th at PGS (sign up right away if you haven’t!) and AX#4 will be Saturday June 29th at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. The Scott Borden latter will be the first of two events at Ripken this year (the second AX in Aberdeen will be the Rumble at Ripken chariFor the non-P-cars, the overall was won by our buddy Ivan ty event) and will be a little different than our usual AX Slavov in his modified 2004 BMW M3 at 38.852. Ivan was events. First, there will be no cap on registration. Secondalso (and again) FTD overall and 1st in PAX. Very impresly, we plan to take full advantage of the beautiful venue sive, Ivan! I hope you can make it to plenty of our events with its large lot and do everything we can to get you this season to provide a target for everyone else to try to more than the usual number of runs, which means the shoot down. ;) 2nd among the non-P-cars (and 4th overall) event will run later than our usual AX. We won’t be providwas Fraser Dachille in his modified 1995 BMW M3 with ing lunch at this event (though we will for the Rumble!), so 40.023 sec. 3rd among the non-P-cars (12th overall and 8th come prepared with a lunch of your own. Thirdly, note in PAX) was Ricardo de Leon in his modified 1999 Corvette. that the Ripken venue costs twice as much to rent as PGS, so the entry fee will be a bit more, but minimally so. (See The overall raw-time results were interesting with two MSR for details.) I don’t know about you, but I’m really st rd M3’s (Ivan and Fraser) in 1 and 3 and the rest of the top looking forward to racing at Ripken again! 10 filled out with P-cars. I’d call that a pretty good showing since more than half the entrants were driving non-P-cars, Have a great month and I’ll be looking forward to seeing keeping in mind that there are no restrictions on modifica- you at the races! tions for the non-P-cars as there are for the P-cars in Greg Hartke attendance (S and P classes). CHS PCA AX Co-chair There are always challenges that pop up at an AX event, but we managed to get through those challenges at AX#2 with minimal disruption. I was again very pleased to be able to get everyone 6 runs and still complete the event just before 2:00 PM. I really appreciate it when everyone is so helpful in getting all the gear together at the end of the event to pack the trailer. With this kind of help, we can get away in minimal time after an event ends and since

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Porsche Premier

The United States of America has always been an important market for Porsche. Until somewhat recently, our Porsche loving population has been in the top spot for worldwide Porsche sales, with that top spot now belonging to China. Still, a total of 57,202 Porsche models were sold in the US last year making it the seventh year of growth in a row. While Macans made up over 40% of that total, the iconic 911 held strong with nearly 17%. Both broke sales records. Those 57,202 sales were spread over 190 independent dealers in this country, which all fall under the watchful eye of Porsche Cars North America, or PCNA as it’s known. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, along with The Porsche Experience Center, PCNA is the exclusive importer of Porsches to this country. A subsidiary of Porsche AG in Germany, its President and CEO is Klaus Zellmer, whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, is an enthusiastic car guy for sure. Porsche takes its dealers and worldwide dealer base very seriously with stringent guidelines and expectations. The branding of buildings, to how cars are placed on the showroom floor, are all part of Porsche’s grand plan. I’ve even heard of details like planters having to be up to snuff. A lot is expected of dealers, how they interact with you and your customer satisfaction being of utmost importance to PCNA. So, it likely makes sense that PCNA would have a program to recognize the cream of the dealership crop, and it is appropriately called - The Porsche Premier Dealer Program. To explain the program, here are the words straight from the official Porsche Partner Network which is the internal site for all Porsche dealers worldwide. Program Definition – The Porsche Premier Dealer Program identifies the top 25 Porsche Dealers in North America. It recognizes and rewards those Porsche Dealerships that

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best embrace the ‘Porsche Business Model’—achieving the highest performance among their peers in branding utilization, product representation and the development of key ‘Porsche business drivers’; and in doing so, succeed as independent entrepreneurs who routinely exceed the expectations of their Porsche customers. Philosophy – Porsche is a prestigious, authentic brand with a unique heritage and a fervent core of enthusiasts. Porsche owners are passionate about their automobiles in a way no other automotive marque can match. Those who purchase a Porsche are buying more than a car—they are buying a legend. Porsche enthusiasts are driven, successful people who demand the very best. Owning a Porsche is a reflection of their values. Driving a Porsche connects with the very essence of their psyche. This deep-rooted link between car and driver must also be forged between the company and the customer in order to create an ownership experience that is every bit as satisfying as the Porsche driving experience itself. The Porsche Premier Dealer Program recipients are awarded each year, so real teamwork goes into being honored with repeating the award for the following year. The greater metro area of Washington has just one dealer who has risen to this occasion and they have done so repeatedly, winning the award in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and now once again for 2019. Porsche Annapolis, located at 20 Hudson Street, Annapolis, Maryland, has proven the Porsche Premier Program is not about the biggest building or fanciest location, but rather, defining the program’s definition and philosophy. Speaking with Porsche Annapolis’ "Master Brand Ambassador”, Mike Maurer, he shares, “We at Porsche Annapolis are very proud of achieving the status of Premier Dealer, obviously; it is recognition that we, as a

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Porsche Premier Dealer

Nidja Muldrow

Porsche Premier: “Good Enough” is Neither Good Nor Enough. The Porsche brand is known worldwide for premium quality and perfect attention to detail. The Porsche Premier Dealer award was created to promote and reward Porsche dealerships who share a common dedication to this legacy. The program highlights the top 25 Porsche dealers in the U.S. who maintain the highest level of operational performance, and Porsche of Annapolis is honored to stand among these outstanding brand members as a 2019 Porsche Premier Dealer. To qualify for consideration, dealers must meet stringent criteria related to the design and operation of their dealership. Each qualified dealership is then ranked according to a meticulous assessment of their Customer Experience and Performance standards. The review includes confirmation that Porsche logos on all vehicle wheels are perfectly vertical and a white-glove inspection for dust on light fixtures on hanging from the ceiling 30 feet in the air. The program ensures and encourages brand-wide uniformity in service, presentation, and performance. The Porsche Premier Dealer award is more than a trophy; the award indicates an elite dealer whose presentation and quality of service mirrors the commitment to precision and pure performance displayed by the Porsche brand itself. Congratulations Porsche of Annapolis!

Porsche Premier — Tom Neel [Cont’d] Continued from page 26 team, represent the highest levels of customer satisfaction in both service and sales. It also indicates the highest level of enthusiasm for our brand.” Mike Maurer, who coincidentally also shares the same name as Porsche’s Chief Designer, Michael Maurer, began his 37years with Porsche in 1982 selling Porsche cars at Brumos Porsche when it was located in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also part owner. Along with being one of only about 130 Master Brand Ambassadors nationwide, in 2018 Mike was honored being named one of the Top 100 Sales Excellence Award Winners Worldwide. Think about that now, we are not talking about the United States, but the entire Porsche planet! Having owned 26 Porsche cars, currently a Cayenne Turbo and a 997 C4 S coupe, he’s not just a sales guy, he like Mr. Zellmer, is a real Porschefile and that’s what I truly believe the Porsche Premier Dealer Program is all about. In my travels, I have visited at least a few handfuls of Porsche dealers. They come in all sizes from big to small. All, no matter the facili-

ty size or the dealership’s sales volume, are there to showcase Porsche products, be it Porsche cars or accessories, and all are there to provide you with superior customer service. However, Premier Dealers do this at a level that has made them significant in the eyes of PCNA’s highest standards. Oh, by the way, they won the 2019 JD Power Dealer of Excellence Award as well. Bravo!

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Porsche In The News

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Bringing you links to interesting Porsche articles from around the globe Check Out the New Porsche 935's Super Rad Retro Racing Liveries

Porsche has developed seven liveries for the new 935 that were inspired by classic racers. The new Porsche 935 is a modern reinterpretation of the iconic 911-based race car from the mid-1970s and early '80s, and itself is based on the 991 GT2 RS. Just 77 will be built for track use only, and they will cost over 700,000 euros each. When the 935 was announced last September, Porsche showed it off in the classic red-white-and-blue Martini racing livery, which it said would be an option The Full Story Here

Special Speed: A Brief History of the Porsche Speedster While coupes and conventional cabriolets/convertibles are mainstays of the Porsche product lineup, the company hasn’t built many Speedster variants, bestowing the special treatment and badge to just five production models over the past seven decades. Here’s a quick look at the history of Porsche’s most alluring roofless models. The Full Story Here

The 2020 Porsche Cayenne S Coupe Would Get Goldilocks' Approval When Porsche unveiled the Cayenne coupe back in March, it started with the top and bottom ends of the lineup, showing off the base Cayenne and highperformance Turbo models. We knew that those two models being the only coupes on offer wouldn't last long, and we were right. Porsche has now announced the Cayenne S coupe, which perfectly slots in between the two already revealed models. See the full story HERE

View Photos of the 2019 Porsche 911 Speedster An improved engine, sublime ride, and manual transmission are a hell of a way to say goodbye. The 2019 Porsche 911 Speedster is the last of the 991.2generation 911s. It's essentially a topless 911 GT3. And it's probably worth the insane asking price. At 502 horsepower, the latest version of Porsche's motorsports-developed 4.0-liter flat-six is cleaner burning and more efficient than before.

It's possible that 9000 rpm is better without a roof in the way. See the Full Story Here

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Porsche In The News

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Bringing you links to interesting Porsche articles from around the globe When You Die and Go To Porsche Heaven, It looks Like This Last year’s Luftgekühlt 5 was held at a cool lumber yard in Los Angeles, California, and the crew had to find a way to top it. The sixth event happened this past weekend, and they went wild taking over the Universal Studios backlot, where you quickly recognize the wide variety of sets and blocks from a bunch of famous shows and movies. The Full Story Here

Next-Gen Porsche 911 GT3 Will Redefine Greatness Porsche recently gave the 991-generation of the 911 a stunning send-off with the glorious 2019 911 Speedster, which features a heavily revised version of Porsche’s 4.0-liter flat-six engine. According to Autocar, the Speedster’s enhanced engine will carry over to future GT models as Porsche intends to power these models with naturally aspirated engines as long as possible. The Full Story Here

Six Cylinder Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman Touring Models Spied Testing Back in 2016 when Porsche launched the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman, the consensus was that they were excellent two-seater sports cars, but the four-cylinder turbo exhaust note left a little to be desired. The prior iteration with a flat six wail was an enthusiasts dream. Despite being faster, quicker, and ostensibly better than its predecessor, the 718 didn’t have the aural engagement that Porsche nerds like me desired. See the full story HERE

Why Are So Many People Selling Their Porsche 911 GT2 RS? Maybe it isn't the amazing track special we thought it was. Supply and demand is a simple concept to understand but a difficult one to master. Most students learn about the concept in high school or earlier, but even grown adults with loads of disposable income seem to have a difficult time grasping why it's so important. In regards to limited edition cars, supply and demand are what dictates a car's value. If an automaker only builds 100 examples of a special edition car and there are 1,000 people in the world who are willing to buy one, prices will likely go up. .See the Full Story Here

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May 31-Jun 1: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Jun 7-9: Carrera Cup Deutschland Jun 7-9: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (GT3 Cup) Jun 14-16: Croft (Carrera Cup Britain) Jun 15-16: 24 Hours of Le Mans Jun 27-30: Watkins Glen (IMSA/GT3 Cup) Jun 28-30: Carrera Cup Britain—Oulton Park Jul 5-7: Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix (IMSA/GT3 Cup) Jul 19-20: Northeast Grand Prix (IMSA) Jul 23-24: The Prologue—Barcelona (FIA WEC) Aug 2-4: Road America (IMSA/GT3 Cup) Aug 9-11: Circuit Zandvoort (ADAC GT Masters) Aug 16-18: Thruxton (Carrera Cup GB) Aug 16-18: Nürburgring (ADAC GT Masters) Aug 23-25: Michelin GT Challenge at VIR (IMSA/GT3 Cup)

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Porsche’s motorsport year 2019. A look ahead Porsche North America Racing WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Schedule (IMSA) Porsche GT3 Cup Schedule World Endurance Championship (FIAWEC)

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Drivers pay their respects to Niki Lauda on Monaco grid

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Porsche is ready to defend Le Mans title after successful pre-test

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Special Le Mans designs: Porsche celebrates world title and U.S. successes (Source: https://newsroom.porsche.com/)

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TSD Rally Article by Bob Rassa

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Tech Session at GT Performance

Randy Richter

Good news for all of you who have been waiting for our next tech sessionâ&#x20AC;Ś The team at GT Performance, 2113 Columbia Park Dr Suite# 3, Edgewood, MD 21040, will open their doors to PCA Chesapeake on Saturday Morning July 13th. For those of you who are not familiar the services available at GTP, they offer a complete range of services for street car maintenance, full race car preparation, trackside race support and tuning services. They have been in business for well over twenty years and have expertise and tools in-house to complete any needed repair, modification or upgrade. They are experts in performing IMS bearing updates and RMS retrofits. They can mount and balance tires, perform alignments and corner weight your car. They can even provide trackside support for you Porsche racers. Come and listen to their wisdom on IMS bearings, handling and braking upgrades, and race car preparation. Of course, their experts will also be glad to answer specific questions that you may have. Doors will open at 8:30 for coffee and donuts, the presentation will run from 9:00AM to 11:30AM. Registration will cost $5.00 and will open on ClubRegistration June 10th and close on July 11th. As always, some lucky participant will win Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous $250 gift certificate that is redeemable at our hosting vendor, but you have to there to win it!

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Public Service Announcements Maryland Real ID—New Drivers License Requirements If you haven’t already visited the MVA to secure a Real ID, the clock is running to meet a federal law. “Please plan ahead,” said MVA administrator, Chrissy Nizer. “The deadline is October 2020 but we don’t want our customers to wait ’till then.” By 2020, older Maryland licenses will no longer exist. The new ones will look different but even if you have one now it won’t be a Real ID until conditions are met. “What that is, is four documents that you need to bring to your local MDOT MVA branch office,” said Nizer. “Those are proof of age and identity.” Meaning that, along with either a birth certificate or passport, you must also bring a social security card, a driver’s license, and proof of Maryland Residency, like a utility bill or a bank statement. http://www.mva.maryland.gov/realid/index.htm

**AVOID I-895** MAJOR ROADWORK ON I-895 IN BALTIMORE The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) warned motorists today to avoid I-895 and the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel due to major construction and traffic impacts beginning this month. Two-way traffic will operate on I-895 for two years starting Nov. 27. Motorists should use I-695/Key Bridge and I-95/Fort McHenry Tunnel as alternate routes. The work is part of the MDTA’s $189 million I-895 Bridge Project, announced on Dec. 21, 2017, to replace the 60-year-old bridge north of the Harbor Tunnel. “To avoid sitting in traffic, motorists should plan on using I-695 or I-95 as alternate routes,” said Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary and MDTA Chairman Pete K. Rahn. On Nov. 27, northbound I-895 will close completely for one year from the north side of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel to the Boston/O’Donnell Street exit ramp (Exit 11).

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Two-way traffic – one lane in each direction – will operate on southbound I-895. The I-895/Holabird Avenue exit ramp (Exit 10) will close completely during this time. Additionally, the northbound bore of the Harbor Tunnel will close 24/7 for 60 days in spring 2019 with twoway traffic operating in the southbound bore. Northbound I-895 and the Holabird Avenue exit ramp will reopen to traffic in spring 2020.

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For Sale 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. 95k miles. Unique Meridian Silver over black full leather. Records since 2008/27k miles. IMS and clutch replaced. Gundo mod performed on exhaust. Refinished wheels. Head unit refurbished by Becker with addition of Bluetooth music streaming. New Michelin Pilot Sport SP2 tires on back. Recent alignment and once-over at Porsche Towson. Excellent driver quality. Contact Tim for more info and Google album of 50+ pictures. $28,000. Tim Lavery, 410-458-7658 or whisperbomb@gmail.com

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For Sale 1986 Porsche 944 Project Car I bought this car as a fixer-upper but have too many other projects. 147,008 miles, good interior, auto transmission. Engine turns but no spark and fuel line has leak at one of the fittings. Phone Dial wheels (5 total) are good condition but tires need replacing. Windshield is cracked but back liftgate in good condition. Exterior will need new paint. Asking $950 and obviously negotiable. Clear title. Located in Keedysville, MD which is 30 minutes west of Frederick. More photos available. I can deliver. Rick MacInnes rick.macinnes@icloud.com (C) 443-253-0267

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Name and Car Badges! Now you can obtain your Chesapeake Region Name Badge! Go to www.pcachs.org and use the “GOODIE STORE” menu from the main page. Click the button and complete the order form page. The Name Badge cost is $25, inclusive of handling and shipping.

This is your opportunity to purchase a heavy “gold- plated” Chesapeake Region metal car badge.

Each metal car badge comes complete with stainless steel slotted retaining plate, screws, washers and nuts to mount it through your car grille or separate mounting plate. You can order right now! The cost per metal car badge is $30 or two for $50, inclusive of handling and shipping. Here’s how you order your metal car badge: Go to www.pcachs.org and use the “GOODIE STORE” menu from the main page. Click the button and complete the order form page and make your payment by check or Pay- Pal. 43

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PCA Jackets! If you want one of these killer jackets, please remit $80 to our Treasurer, Lynda Sobus via check or PayPal. If by check, send your check to Treasurer P.O. Box 767 Havre deGrace, MD 21078. If by PayPal, send it to: treasurer@pcachs.org from the PayPal.com website. In addition to your payment, complete the online order form at www.pcachs.org and indicate: a.) Color, b.) Style (male or female), and c.) Size from the Sizing Chart on the following pages.

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PCA License Plates Chesapeake Region coordinates PCA Organizational Maryland License Plates issued through the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA). The license plate program promotes the visibility and camaraderie of PCA and serves as a fund raiser for Chesapeake Region events. The total cost for the PCA license plates is $35, which includes the $25 MVA fee and a $10 Chesapeake PCA fee. If you would like to obtain the PCA License Plate(s), complete the information sheet available on our website: http://pcachs.org/pca-maryland-license-plate Once we receive your Information Sheet, we will mail you the MVA ApplicationCertification form for Organizational License Plates. The MVA form is a two-part State form, which requires the owner and any co-ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signatures. Please complete the MVA Application form and mail the form along with your checks to the address below. Make your $25 check payable to MVA. Please enclose a separate $10 check payable to Chesapeake RegionPCA to cover a one time fund raising fee. PCA License Plate Coordinators PO Box 8144 Elkridge, Maryland 21075-8144 Important: Do not mail the MVA form and checks directly to MVA. Requirements: You must be a PCA Member and the car must be registered in Maryland. The PCA Plates are not limited to Porsches. You can apply for PCA plates for all your cars registered in Maryland!

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PCA Juniors

What is the PCA Juniors program? ✓ PCA Juniors is a program for Porsche enthusiasts under age 18. ✓ Participants must be registered by an active PCA member. ✓ It’s not just the cars… and now it’s not just the grown-ups! ✓ With our new PCA Juniors program, PCA is about the kids too!

The PCA Juniors program has been created so kids can enjoy PCA events, learn about Porsches and build the enthusiasm that runs through all of the Porsche Club of America.

Who is eligible? Any child under age 18 who is registered by a current PCA member can participate in the program. (Note: This is not a PCA Membership.)

What will the child receive? PCA Juniors will receive a welcome package that includes an age-appropriate gift and PCA Juniors ID badge. We look forward to developing the program and its features over time.

What does it cost to register? It’s FREE! Participants must be registered by an active PCA member, and there is no cost to join!