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Volume 60, Issue 678 November 2019
CC50 Recap
Fall Tour Schedule and Agendas
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Kindertime Toy Drive & Giving Back - Linda’s Legacy and Driving Tour
Porsche Towson
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Fall Colors Tour #2
Maryland & Virginia Wine Country
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New Member Party
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Board Meeting
PCA HQ, Columbia, MD
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Fall New Member Meeting
Porsche Towson
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Tour Planning Workshop
Collectors Car Corral, Owings Mills, MD
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Kindertime Toy Drive & Giving Back - Linda’s Legacy and Driving Tour
Porsche Towson
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Tech Event
Porsche Annapolis
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After-Holiday Party
Turf Valley Resort
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Tech Has An Early Holiday (Last minute update!) The holidays will come early for those who enjoy the Chesapeake tech events. Thanks to the wonderful folks at Porsche Annapolis, we will enjoy another tech event at their facility. By now everyone has seen the new 992, however few have seen the underside and have heard about the new aspects of the vehicle from Gold Meister technicians. We will have the opportunity to do so. If that was not enough Porsche Annapolis will walk us through corner weight balancing and wheel alignment. As always when we visit Porsche Annapolis this promises to be an enjoyable and highly informative tech event. In addition, the Porsche Annapolis parts department will be open to help you get that special holiday gift for the Porsche person in your life. Do not forget to get fresh oil and filters before you put your Porsche up for its winter hibernation. Remember that Porsche Annapolis offers a parts discount to PCA members.
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2019 Tour & Rally Schedule Join Any of 15 PCA Chesapeake Driving Events
The Chesapeake Region’s Tour & Rally Committee has 15 events on the calendar for 2019. Dates and events are subject to change. Registration for most events will open 2 to 4 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” and “Find Event.” (Ver. 14, 10/14/19; photo: Aniano Arao) April 13 & 14 (1) Bedford Springs Tour, Reisterstown to PA, with guest tour master Ron Farb April 20 (2) Porsche Swap Meet Tour, from New Freedom to Hershey, PA May 18 (3) TSD Rally School (AM), with guest instructor Bob Rassa, Owings Mills May 18 (4) TSD Rally (PM), with guest rally master Bob Rassa, Monkton May 31 to June 2 (5) West Virginia Grand Tour 2019, from Owings Mills to WV, 3 days July 6 (6) Southern Maryland Tour, with guest tour master Eric Tipton Aug. 4 (7) Northeastern Ice Cream Tour, with guest tour master Steve Graham Aug. 17 (8) Virginia Horse & Wine Country Tour, from Reisterstown to Middleburg, VA (Western Maryland Tour, Garrett County, 2 days, postponed until 2020) Sept. 15 (9) Blackwater/Eastern Shore Tour, with guest tour masters Hank & Ellen Lucas Oct. 5 (10) Chesapeake Challenge 50 Gimmick Rally, in Howard County Oct. 13 (11) “Wings of Freedom” Tour, to Westminster Airport (canceled due to plane crash) Oct. 27 (12) One–Lane Bridge Fall Colors Tour (No. 1), Northern Central Maryland Nov. 2 (13) Horse & Wine Country Fall Colors Tour (No. 2), Maryland and Virginia Nov. 24 (14) Tour Planning Workshop, Collectors Car Corral, Owings Mills Dec. 8 (15) “Kindertime Toy Drive & Linda’s Legacy” Driving Tour, Baltimore County, tentative Details about our events are on www.pcachs.org, www.clubregistration.net and in Patter. To join our registry and receive event notifications via e-mail, please send your request to tour@pcachs.org.
-- Aniano Arao & Randy Moss, Co-Chairs, Tour & Rally Committee
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Membership & Anniversaries September Numbers Primary Members 965 Affiliate Members 541 Life Members 1 Total Members 1507 NEW MEMBERS: 14 Kevin Allis
Baltimore, MD
2019 Panamera 4, White
Chrissy Diamante
Columbia, MD
1965 356, Silver
Richard Ehrlich
Columbia, MD
2009 Cayman
Matt Georgy
Ellicott City, MD
2018 Macan, Black
Carlos Hernando
Lutherville, MD
2019 718 Cayman, Blue
Paul Hill
Baltimore, MD
2018 Macan GTS
Adam McDonald
Funkstown, MD
2007 Boxster S, Atlas Gray
Garrett & Elizabeth Rampulla
Severna Park, MD
2001 911 Turbo
Everett Schram
Baltimore, MD
2004 911 Carrera 4S Cab, Silver
Robert Smith
Forest Hill, MD
2019 911 Carrera T, Silver
William Sullivan
Annapolis, MD
2019 911 GTS RS
Corey Woodfolk
Gwynn Oak, MD
2010 Panamera 4S, Blue
Jason Zmuda
Annapolis, MD
1996 911 Targa, Black
Test Drive Participants: 0 Transfer In: 0 Transfer Out: 3 Phillip Belfiori Abuzar Bokhari Robert J. Jacobs
ANNIVERSARIES 30 Years
Manny & Roxanne Alban 25 Years Paul Faupel & Chris McBride Steven Gaylor & Jeannie Bufton 10 Years Thad & Margaret Schippereit 5 Years Daniel Mathias
Transfer To: Southeast Michigan (SEM) Transfer To: First Settlers (FST) Transfer To: Everglades (EGS
1 Year Richard Bauer Mike Bennett Guy & Omar Fraser Crissy Fuentes Paul Govatos George Herzong Russell & Becky Joyner Stu Keiser Kenneth Mark Richard Olsen & Kathleen Regan Robert Riley & Gerry Hartung Florin Selaru
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Membership & Anniversaries October Numbers Primary Members 967 Affiliate Members 546 Life Members 1 Total Members 1514 NEW MEMBERS: 12 Matthew Albanese
Annapolis, MD
1963 356, White
David Canale
Annapolis, MD
2014 Boxster, Metallic Navy Blue
John Gayleard
Baldwin, MD
1999 911 Carrera 4, Iris Blue Metallic
Joseph Geraghty
Hanover, MD
2019 718 Cayman Blue
Valerie & Clyde McLaughlin
Severna Park, MD
2018 Panamera 4S
Douglas Slocum
Easton, MD
2019 911 Carrera 4 GTS, Guards Red
Thane Stielow
Edgewater, MD
2014 Cayman S
Marjorie & Kenneth Swiecicki
Annapolis, MD
2017 911 Carrera S, Agate Grey
Oliver Thorne
Laurel, MD
2016 Boxster S, Agate Grey
Brian Trevey
Severna Park, MD
2017 Macan S, Volcano Grey Metallic
Test Drive Participants: 3 Chris Harp – East New Market, MD Joe McGinley – Monkton, MD Curt Schwab – Davidsonville, MD Transfer Out: 2 Mohammad Jafarnejad Paul Pusateri
Transfer To: Golden Gate (GG) Transfer To: Potomac (POT)
ANNIVERSARIES 30 Years
Sandy & Irv Yospa 20 Years Doug & Francesca Ehman Lee & Claire Rock 15 Years William Kowalyshyn William Nierman Russell & Norma Pettis 10 Years Robert & Nancy Merritt Gintaras Sakalauskas & Donna Castelo George C. & George F. Civita
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Donald Webster & Giovanna Reck Charles & Andrew Visconage 5 Years Dale Horn Ian Sokoloski 1 Year Gary Augustine Dalicia Eschoe Steven Hack Rober Halpin Crystal Pulsirisaroth Gurpreet Singh Eugene Smith J. Wesley Tucker Michael Wagoner
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President's Message Looking Back: October Events
dent, all scheduled events involving the “Wings of Freedom” 2019 tour have been cancelled.
50th Chesapeake Challenge What a great celebration we all had at the 50th Anniversary of the Chesapeake Challenge on October 5 th. Without hesitation, if it were not for the hard work and dedication of Co-Chairs Minta Miller and Joan Wood, the 50th Anniversary would not have happened, and certainly would not have been as coordinated and professional orchestrated without Minta and Joan at the helm. Also, let’s extend a grateful thank you to our venue host Skip Conrey who provided his Valhalla Estate for the 50th Challenge!
“Wings of Freedom” Tour Most unfortunately the October 13th “Wings of Freedom” Tour at Westminster Airport had to canceled due to the October 2nd attempted landing accident where the vintage WWII-era B-17 bomber lost power and crashed into a hanger building at Bradley International Airport, Connecticut. The accident occurred shortly after having taking off, killing seven of the thirteen passengers. Due to this fatal acci-
PCA-Porsche 356 Registry & Boardwalk Reunion On a beautiful fall Saturday the October 19 th PCA -Porsche 356 Registry & Boardwalk Reunion, Ocean City, NJ occurred where a regatta of 325 Porsches representing several PCA Zone 1 and 2 Regions occupied and “owned” the entire length of the NJ boardwalk. Our own Bob Gutjahr and his wife Ellen Beck were responsible for this very successful event. If your schedule permits, please plan to attend next year’s event.
Autocross No. 7, Prince George’s Stadium All autocross participants extend a heartfelt thank you to Brad Martinez, Greg Hartke and Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka for their untiring effort to have brought the membership a most memorable Autocross season. As Manny Alban recently stated “Autocross was well run
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President's Message (cont’d) and the courses were fun and challenging. Several newbies also got hooked on the sport.” James Beavan III added “The autocross team works hard and does a fabulous job, thanks to all.” As your President, I also extend my sincere thanks to our great Autocross team.
Looking Ahead: November Events
bag! Also, Minta will raffle off several Porschespecific items and a $150 gift certificate for any Porsche Towson item or service will be given away to a lucky attendee!
Board of Directors Meeting
The sixth and final Board Meeting will be held on November 20 th. At this meeting we will Horse & Wine Country Fall Colors identify and schedule all of the proposed events for 2020. This is a great opportunity to see your Tour Board in action as they plan the upcoming year’s events for your driving pleasure and enThis year’s 2nd fall colors Tour, and the 13th Tour & Rally of the year, will be a drive through joyment, so make it a point to attend. Maryland’s and Virginia’s wine and horse country on Saturday November 2 nd so you may en- Tour Planning Workshop joy the colors of autumn. The final destination is the charming town of Middleburg, Virginia. Aside from being a participant, have you ever Lunch will be your choice in one of the many wondered what it takes to plan and execute a fine restaurants in Middleburg. Following Chesapeake Region Tour? Our Tour Co-Chairs lunch, wonder the many boutiques and antique Aniano Arao and Randy Moss would like you to shops where you just might find a holiday gift learn, so on November 24 th you are invited to for that certain person, enjoy. attend the very first Tour Planning Workshop. So keep a lookout for the e-Blast with all the New Member Party – Porsche Towson details, but for now, the Workshop will be held at the Collector’s Car Corral, 10 Music Fair Our wonderful Membership Chair Minta MilRoad, Owings Mills, MD 21117. ler, along with an assist from her husband Aaron, will hold the last New Member Party of As always, please keep in touch by emailing me 2019 at Porsche Towson on November 9th. at president@pcachs.org and include your ideThese parties are always a new member favor- as, comments and questions. I look forward to ite, as you will receive your new member gift seeing you soon, and have many fun and safe bag of Chesapeake Region items and have an drives in 2019! opportunity to meet and talk to the Officers and the various Committee Chairs. The New Best - Michael Member Party is open to all PCACHS members, but if you are a new member and have not attended one of these parties within the past *** two years, you should make it a point to attend. Why, so you may receive your new member gift
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Racing News
Porsche Netted A Double Podium In WEC Fuji Round Image Source & Article: https://flatsixes.com/porsche-motorsports/world-endurance-challenge/ porsche-netted-a-double-podium-in-wec-fuji-round/
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Historian’s Corner History Channel PCA-Style A monthly feature depicting some highlights from past years, 50, 40, 30, 25 years ago (For November 2019 PATTER) Bob Rassa Region Historian
40 years ago (November 1979) the PATTER featured an MGB with PORSCHE script along both doors at the bottom – an unusual case of wistful thinking. Moose Spencer was still President and the Region was now meeting at the Holday Inn on Reisterstown Road. Moose reported that the recent drive & dine to Oxford on the Eastern Shore with dinner at the Robert Morris Inn was excellent despite the relatively poor turnout of only 12 cars. [The Robert Morris Inn, still operating, is the oldest Inn in America having been built in 1710 as the River View House and operating as the Robert Morris Inn since 1800] The minutes pf the prior meeting showed a treasury balance of $902.00, a roster of 172 members, and the evening entertainment was Frank Salemi, [then} owner of interstate Tires, plus two films. The minutes also noted a scoring error for the Chesapeake Challenge, designating Bob Buchler of Potomac Region as the rightful winner of the Knowlton P Long First Overall Award instead of the previously-announced Bob Russo of Riesentoter Region. [Remember – we didn’t have laptop computers back then! It was hand calculators at best]. The PATTER contained a report that Porsche showed a concept 924 Carrera GT at the September Frankfurt Auto Show, with an estimated 200 bhp from a turbo four and reduced weight of just 2,200 lbs. [And of course they went on to produce this, right, Colonel?], Bob Bianconi reported on how to satisfy a “safety” ticket such as for a burned-out taillight – he noted that any police officer can do the inspection at a police station at no cost – and you mail in a form that they give you for a mere four cents [first-class postage back then. Wow.] It was also reported that member Ed Atkinson, who drove a bright blue 914 that he turbocharged – moved from the Eastern Shore where he operated a repair shop – to Waynesboro VA to work for Weldon Scrogham and his Porsche restoration compa-
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Historian’s Corner (cont’d) ny. New members reported were Virgil Bertram, Sonny Koutsoutis, Klaus Nickel, Nathaniel Stewart, Kenneth Thom, and William Timmins. [Sonny Koutsoutis went on the become a Region officer, but what happened to all the rest? Are they still members?] 30 years ago in November 1989 Dennis Howard was still President, who opined in the Patter that he has been talking to members at Drive & Dines and the Challenge [number 21 was a few months ago] and decided that the car was the common interest, and that PCA-CHS members aren’t a bunch of snobby rich kids who look down on someone who doesn’t own a new or rare Porsche. He said that some enjoy getting dirty hands working on the cars, some enjoy washing and polishing, some just enjoy driving the car to work, some race them and some show them. He noted that the Region has almost 400 members but less than 15% are somewhat active – he lamented that 25% or 35% active members would be wonderful. He suggested that we might have a “county mayor” in each county where we have members who would help spread the word about events etc. and solicited volunteers to take on this task. [Remember – in 1989 email was pretty new and while some companies started to use it, very few individuals did so since they had no computer at home]. The entertainment at the November meeting, still at the Country Fare Inn [now closed] was to be a Porsche Trivia Quiz arranged by Bib Schmitt and Lee Raskin, and PCA National President Dennis Thovson was going to be guest of honor and would present the 989 PCA Enthusiast of the Year Award to Bob Gutjahr. The November Drive & Dine was to the old Union Hotel Restaurant and Tavern in Port Deposit, MD, on the north side of the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, and it was reported to be an outstanding experience.
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Historian’s Corner (cont’d) [This log cabin establishment features an 1790 atmosphere and excellent food] Rob and Linda Morse, PCA members from Nord Stern Region [we think!] sent Dennis Howard a very nice thank-you note from their experience at Challenge 21. Finally, new members noted were: Rob & Jacquelin Martin, Dick and Barbara Rogers, Sandy and Irv Yospa, James Stevens Jr, Dieter and Estelle Roesch, Edward and Shannon Heneman, Ricardo Katz, Howard and Sumiko Allen, Martin and Robin Eason, Charles Abelson, Kerry Russell, Manny Alban Jr and Roxanne Hicks, William and Monica Kearns, Carroll Holzer, Jim Neary, and John Musick. [We know one of these remained active but what about all the rest?] And the Ralph’s Auto Service ad featured his quote “I started working on Porsches when I could afford one” 25 years ago (Nov 1994) found Manny Alban [who since had married Roxanne Hicks] as President and the PATTER being laid out via computer instead of typewriter and the monthly meetings held at Fiori’s Restaurant in Owings Mills [now unfortunately closed as are most of our prior meeting restaurant locations]. The November guest speaker was announced to be Dennis Cignatta of Cignatta Motorworks. Also announced was an inaugural Porsche/VW/ Mercedes Literature & Memorabilia Swap Meet for Nov 13 in Columbia MD. Another announcement was for the annual Holiday Party, which for a while had moved to early December from it’s usual January date, and this year was to be at the historic Savage Mills. Lee Raskin reported on the Schenley Park vintage races in Pittsburgh, where he brought out his Speedster for the first time in a while, his previous vintage races being in his Arnolt-Bristol Roadster. Lee finished 4th in class and 9th overall, racing against Elva Couriers, Austin-Healeys, Morgans, alfa Romeos, Coopers, Lotuses and of course other Porsches. New members announced were: Cliff Walzer, David Berman, Bob Cook, Tamera Hall, Bruce Seidman, Don McGowan, Dick Tufts, Noel Lara, and Don Marani. [Same question – where are they all?] And one more item of note- Dennis and Terrie Howard welcomed baby Shane Jackson on Sept 26. He was a 9-pounder!
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ELECTION NOTICE NOTICE OF ELECTION for Officers of the Chesapeake Region Porsche Club of America Per the bylaws of the Chesapeake Region, PCA the region Secretary submits this notice of election for candidates to serve on the Executive Council for the period of 1 January 2020 through 31 December 2021. Voting will be electronic, conducted through a commercial website, and the link to vote will be sent separately through a region-wide e-blast. The following candidates were identified by the Nominating Committee and the Executive Council confirmed their eligibility to hold Officer positions within the region.
Vincent Rock - President I’m running for the President position for PCA Chesapeake. I want to help the Chesapeake region by holding the president position, and provide my expertise to maintain the level of excellence that we have all come to expect from the club. I’ve been a family affiliate member of the Chesapeake region since 1999 and started auto-crossing with my father and his 993. I then became a full member in 2014 after purchasing a 964 C4 which I regularly autocross with Chesapeake and have used in the street concours at the Chesapeake Challenges. I work in public accounting in both tax and audit, and work with some national not-for-profits providing both audit and tax services. I served the Chesapeake region board from 2017 to present as the region Treasurer. I would be honored to serve the region by holding the president position.
Aaron Miller - Vice President I'm Aaron Miller and I'm celebrating my 12th year as a PCA member and my 10th as a proud member of the Chesapeake Region. I started as a member of the Longhorn Region and after a brief detour with the Potomac Region, found my home with Chesapeake. I fell in love with Porsche at an early age, purchasing my first Porsche at the tender age of 19. I've been fortunate enough to own nearly every variant of the 944 and currently maintain a 944S, 944 Turbo, 968 Cabriolet, and a rare manual transmission 958 Cayenne.
I, along with my wife Minta, have served as Chesapeake's Membership chairs since 2014 and have co-chaired three Chesapeake Challenge events. I've also served as an instructor with our Autocross program for the last five seasons. Throughout my time with the Chesapeake Region, I've endeavored to make it the finest region in our Zone and the standard other regions aspire to. 19
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ELECTION NOTICE (cont’d) I've accepted the nomination for Vice President because I know I can put the leadership and organizational skills I've honed through my military service to good use for our Region. I look forward to serving as the Chesapeake Region Vice President and continuing our fine tradition of excellence and Porsche esprit de corps!
John Jensen - Secretary Hi PCACHS members. My name is John Jensen and I am a candidate for the Secretary position on the Club’s Executive Council. I bought my Boxster S in 2005 and joined the club the next week. I started autocrossing in 2006 and continue to this day. During this period I was an active participant assisting with the autocross program and became the Club’s Safety Chair in 2014. I believe in the Club’s motto, “It’s not just the cars, it’s the people”, and have made many friendships in the club. I have been employed by the federal government for the last 33 years in technical and organizational management positions. I would be honored to serve the Chesapeake Region as Secretary.
Tom Morton - Treasurer Hi PCACHS membership, I'm Tom Morton and I am running for the treasurer position of the Chesapeake region. I am celebrating 5 years as a Porsche owner and PCA member. I have enjoyed volunteering at various activities and events since becoming a member. Kaye and I have been active since joining. We have met many members and truly enjoy the new friendships we have made. As the saying goes, It's the people, not the cars. I have been a Porsche fan since the late 60's thanks to the Wide World of Sports. I retired in 2013 from AT&T where I held the position of Sales Executive for large business clients. The first thing I did after retiring was to buy my Cayman S. I am currently working as a consultant/ technical sales specialist for AT&T on a part time basis. I am detail oriented and believe I would do a good job for our membership as the region treasurer. I volunteered from 1990 to 2012 with the Catonsville Girls Basketball organization being the volunteer chairman for 12 years over that timeframe. Kaye and I hope to be active in PCA for many more years. It would be an honor to serve you as the Chesapeake region treasurer.
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After Holiday Party Donna Brandt
THE CHESAPEAKE REGION, PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA AFTER HOLIDAY PARTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PORSCHE OF SILVER SPRING
JANUARY 11, 2020, 6:00-11:00 PM TURF VALLEY RESORT, WEDGEWOOD LOBBY AND BALLROOM 2700 TURF VALLEY ROAD, ELLICOTT CITY, MD 21042 REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON DECEMBER 1, 2019 AT 8:00 AM (EST) AT CLUBREGISTRATION.NET AND WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL DECEMBER 15, 2019 AT 11:00 PM (EST) OR UNTIL 100 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED.AFTER THAT DATE WE WILL ACCEPT ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS WHICH WILL BE PUT ON A WAIT LIST. A LIMITED NUMBER OF ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RESORT AT SPECIAL RATES USING CODE 28780H - HOTEL ROOMS AT THE RESORT ARE LIMITED AND MUST BE BOOKED BY DECEMBER 12, 2019 – IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU BOOK A ROOM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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Joan Wood presents Dr. Dulkerian, Head of the Neonatal ICU Department at Mercy Hospital, with the PCACHS donation of $6,010, following a private tour of their new 28 private room facility.
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Chesapeake Challenge Article by Minta Miller
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 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. 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.
mick Rally for a very special member. Bob Miller and Jim Earlbeck $550 - both bid but since neither was entered in the Gimmick Rally, the money was generously donated to our fundraiser for Mercy Hospital NICU. Not to be outdone Cam Ingram on behalf of Road Scholars matched the $550. And then the bidding continued which Rob Vigorito bid $500 and won Cam as his guest navigator for the Gimmick Rally.
A total of $1600 was raised Friday night!!! A This year the Chesapeake Challenge celebrat- new Chesapeake record for money raised ed its 50th Anniversary and this year we cele- from a Gimmick Rally Navigator auction. brate our history. Our Chesapeake Challenge Saturday was the main event of Concours, PicChairs, Minta Miller and Joan Wood are nic Lunch catered by Mission BBQ, Gimmick worked very hard to bring back some Blasts Rally, Tech Quiz, Cocktail hour, Awards dinner, from the Past! and presentation by Cam Ingram. Skip Conrey The Chesapeake Challenge weekend began offered us Valhalla, a private estate situated with a Friday night meet and greet with our on over 90 acres of beautiful horse farm CC50 VIP guest Cam Ingram. providing an incredible backdrop for all the Cam Ingram is an owner at Road Scholars with gorgeous Porsches in attendance. The Chesalocations on the East and West coasts. There peake Region hosted picnic lunch catered by he oversees the acquisition, selling, and resto- Mission BBQ and provided picnic blankets but ration of historically significant and collectible there is also some limited seating available in automobiles, with a focus on Porsche automo- the party barn. biles. They service clients all over the United Shortly after lunch, a Mission Impossible States and are known for having cars at the Themed Gimmick Rally left the estate and led top 1% of the market. Cam comes from a people through the beautiful countryside and family of Porsche enthusiast and his expertise ended at the Turf Valley Resort. While the in the marque is unsurpassed. Additionally, Gimmick Rally scores were being tallied, our Road Scholars is where the Porsche Family Tech Chairs offered a Tech quiz, which tested goes to get their Porsches fixed up. our Porsche knowledge…this is supposed to be a “fun” test, if there is such a thing. Good The evening was packed with appetizers, drinks, a Q&A session, and topped off with a thing the bar was open for business…because riveting auction, which Cam was graciously bid tests are always more fun when drinking and as I understand it some of the questions on as a guest navigator for Saturday’s Gim24
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would drive you to drink!! There was also a raffle benefitting Mercy NICU coinciding with the Tech Quiz cocktail hour and buffet dinner. We had some fabulous prizes such as a PCA purse, Porsche Shoes, Taste of MD basket, and Liquor Wagon. Yep you read that correctly!! A wagon full of booze!!! Thanks to some very generous members and some awesome raffle prizes, we were able to raise about $2160 for Mercy NICU. This is another Chesapeake record!! Past Chesapeake Challenge silent auctions haven’t raised this much after a full day of bidding. The raffle raised this amount in a matter of a couple of hours. The final events of the day were the awarding of the trophies and a presentation by our VIP Guest Cam Ingram. Cam spoke about true restoration of Porsches, which allowed Road Scholars to gain the acknowledgement and reputation for being highly competitive at the
very top levels of Concours D’Elegance. So much so in fact, when Porsche needs a car restored to originality, they call Cam and his family for help. Cam was such a great presenter and guest; we have to have him back soon. In a nod to the past, Sunday the autocross team put together a “gimmick” autocross or gymkhana. This was NOT a regular autocross but was a total blast. For a donation people be able to participate in this hilariously fun event. Only a handful of people showed up but we were able to raise about $420 dollars for Mercy NICU. After everything was said and done, the Chesapeake Region raised $6010.00 for Mercy Hospital NICU. This included a $1000 donation from the Chesapeake Region PCA. It was a long and fun weekend with gorgeous weather, great food, beautiful cars, and the best people in the world, Chesapeake Region Members!! Joan and I are so thrilled to know all those who attended had a great time! Until next year!!
By the way, we are looking for people to chair the next Chesapeake Challenge as well as taking location ideas. Please email Pcachs.membership@gmail.com
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Cam Ingram
Robert Vigorito won the auction at $500 for the honor of having Cam as a guest navigator for the Gimmick Rally. Jim Earlbeck and Bob Miller donated $550 (combined). Roads Scholars (Cam’s Business) matched the $550
Grand total of $1600 raised Friday night for the Mercy Hospital NICU.
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Knowlton P Long Memorial Trophy
Knowlton P Long Memorial Trophy The Knowlton P. Long Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Chesapeake Challenge participant accumulating the most points in each of the 3 signature events in the Challenge: the Concours d' Elegance, the rally, and the tech quiz. This year there were seven CC50 participants eligible for the Memorial Trophy, each having competed and finished the 3 events. To win the Memorial Trophy, a participant does not need to win any or all of the events, they just need to place well in all 3 events. This year, Dennis Howard's third, fourth, and seventh place finishes were sufficient for him to win the trophy for a second consecutive year by a significant margin over the rest of the field. Well done Dennis! The question is whether he can "three-pete" at CC51.
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CC50 Tech Quiz Chesapeake Challenge 50 Tech Quiz Jim Earlbeck and Randy Richter The development of the Chesapeake Challenge’s Tech Quiz always starts with a quiz for your Tech Chairs that develop it. Should the quiz be: ● Specific to a small number of topics within the Porsche world? ● Nut and bolt oriented, complete with part numbers? ● Corporate history driven? ● Race victory and development oriented? ● The kaleidoscope that makes up Porsche’s incredible palate of colors?
● A visual challenge of car identification? ● Pulled from a singular information source or broad based? ● Fun and simple or challenging for even the Mannys and Bobs of our Club? The Tech Co-Chairs decided shortly after the CC49 quiz that the CC50 version should be broad based to celebrate the long and rich history of the Challenge. That it should be sourced from a broad horizon of books, magazines, museums and venues; very challenging and focused mainly on the peculiar language that Porsche centric folks speak- the numbers that identify the various cars that have been created through the years. Throughout the year Randy collected questions as he traveled and read his way through Porsche’s automotive landscape. Those questions were refined and then molded into what became the CC50 Tech Quiz.
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Tech Quiz (cont’d) Here are a few examples of the questions and their answers: 1. Which of the following was not a Porsche model in 1968? a. 912 Targa b. 911 Coupe c. 911 L Coupe d. 911 E Targa 2. The Porsche Carrera GT sold from 2004 to 2006 was known project code____? a. 977 b. 978 c. 979 d. 980 3. The Porsche Macan was first available in 2014 and was type _____? a. 952 b. 97A c. 67Z d. 95B
The quiz consisted of fifty primary questions and five additional questions that could be used in case there was a tie. It was anticipated that the number correct would not make it out of the upper twenties. Apparently, the Tech Chairs did not completely factor in the Manny and Bob effect. Manny Alban rolled in with 38 of the primary 50 questions and 4 of the 5 ties breakers correct. Bob Gutjahr was hot on his heels with 35 of the primary and 4 of the tie breakers correct. The other Bob, Bob Miller, came in with 29 primary and 0 of the tie breakers. Bob Miller’s story is a good one for all of us to pay attention to. He thought that he performed very poorly on the primary questions. So, he just gave up on answering the tie breakers and went for another cocktail instead. While drinking during the quiz was encouraged as both Tech Chairs thought it just might raise the average score, we all must remember those famous words of Woody Allen that “80% of winning is just showing up.” So next time, have that other cocktail and finish the test. You never know. The winning gals were led by Roxanne Alban with 19 of the primary and 2 of the tie breakers. What is it with the Albans? What are they eating for brain food that we aren’t getting? Maybe it is from that frozen Hispanic food aisle that we always see Manny in? https://i.redd.it/s3sta3x8ug7z.jpg Rose Ann Novotnak nailed second with 14 primary and 2 tie breakers. There was a tie for third between Marsha Buss and Donna Brandt with 12 primary and 1 tie breaker.
Your Tech Co-Chairs are already working on CC51’s quiz. We are thinking about including photos, physical parts that can be passed around, allowing group efforts and maybe even an audible component. We ’d love to hear your input on what would make the quiz fun and educational. If you have some thoughts, please share them with us now as we need to decide on the topics early in order to notify our contestants what to study. Perhaps we will tell Manny and the Bobs to study the wrong stuff, but please don’t tell them that though. That way the rest of us will have a shot at winning.
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Gymkhana
Article by Greg Hartke Photos By Minta Miller and Damon Lowney
In the spring, Minta asked Brad and me to stage a mini-AX for CC50 at Turf Valley and we happily assented to take care of it for her. This event morphed into not a mini-AX, but a “gimmick” AX. Hmm. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but AX Co-chair Brad Martinez figured it out after talking to Minta and came up with something sure to be fun for the participants.
Brad’s idea was to configure a simple course that was easy to navigate and to have participants balance a ball on a foam cup placed anywhere on the exterior of the car (loosely interpreted for cabriolets) and drive the course making an effort to keep the ball in place. The kicker was that the first half of the course was to be driven normally and the second half was to be driven in reverse. I couldn’t even imagine how that was going to work, but Brad assured me it would be fine after driving all over his neighborhood about 30 or 40 times testing various ball -cup combos. Can you imagine? I’m sure he instantly achieved a reputation as eccentric (at the least) with any neighbors who might have seen these shenanigans. I hope he did it after sunset to quell the gossip. ;) When we arrived at the venue about 7:15 or so that morning, we were immediately confronted with interesting problems. First, the parking lot was sloped quite a bit more than Brad expected. I had surveyed the site in the spring and had not even noticed the slope because at the time, the event was to be a mini-AX and not a gimmick AX – the slope would have been of no real consequence for anything we would normally do, but Brad instantly recognized the problem with the gimmick he dreamed up. Not to worry! His extensive neighborhood testing (which had to wow the neighbors) provided all the background he needed to come up with a solution. We simply punch out the bottom of the cups so that the ball was much more securely held and all was well. Secondly, there were substantial portions of the lot that were off-limits to us. We certainly didn’t expect that! No big deal, though. Brad adapted the course to the available area and that actually worked out just fine. In fact, in retrospect, it was probably better that the course length was curtailed. Hey, we’d never done this before, so we had no clue what would work best! The game was that each driver was given 3 cups and 4 balls and the idea was that there were three points along the course where the driver had to stop, get out of the car, and quickly place a ball on the top of cone with time removed for each ball successfully placed. A large deduction was also granted to finishing the course (driving in reverse, mind you) with the ball still balanced on the car.
The astute among you (which didn’t include Brad and me…) will recognize that there was a loophole in the rules. The loophole was that there was really no penalty for not carrying the
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Gymkhana (cont’d) ball balanced on the cup completely around the course because the driver had sufficient balls (maybe I should have phrase that differently…) to place one at each stop point, whether the balanced ball was dropped or not. They merely had to finish with the last ball balanced on the cup to get the final (and largest) deduction. Call that a bit of a faux pas by the organizers who never thought of that, though as usual with these things, the sneaky participants (who were obviously smarter than us) were very quick to figure out that particular angle. ;) The course was set up in record time and we wound up using every cone we had, something we never do with a normal AX course. Go figure. Brad led the participants on the usual AX beginner course walk, the sight of which caused Joan Wood to opine that the parade looked like a kindergarten teacher leading the students at recess. Hmm. Never thought of it from that perspective, but I wouldn’t call the observation inaccurate. :) So off we went and the participants sure had a lot of laughs. We had 10 drivers making 3 runs each and as I mentioned, it didn’t take long for drivers to figure out how they could game the system. As I think about it, I seem to recall that Manny Alban might have been the first to figure that out. Why am I not surprised? ;) There was plenty of laughing and good camaraderie along with lots of helpful (and not so helpful) hints for the drivers. In the end, Steve Wood emerged victorious and (remember that this was charity event!) returned the prize money as a donation to Mercy Hospital NICU . Thanks so much, Steve!
Bobby Das had a very interesting time with his first run as he tried to figure out how to safely back up his GT4 with its big wing. He finally found a vantage point from which to do it, but his first run was certainly a little nerve wracking for him. Mark Hubley was the starter and supplied each driver with the needed items for each run, which led him to remark loudly when asked, “My middle name is 3 cups and 4 balls.” You can imagine the consternation that observation caused, so naturally I suggested we simply call him 3C4B thereafter. Much more distinctive than “Mark”, which is terribly mundane after all. ;) So there you have it! We had to make some adjustments on-the-fly, but It turned into a very successful and fun event and added $450 to the coffers for our charity. Thanks to all who donated and (again) to Steve Wood for returning the winnings to our charity. 3C4B deserves extra thanks for (besides acting as starter and suggesting a spiffy new nickname for himself) driving the trailer up from his farm south of Bowie for the event. Thanks, Mark! Brad called the race “too stupid fun not to drive” and while I was a little puzzled over the grammar in that statement, the sentiment was right on the money. ;) Greg Hartke CHS PCA AX Co-chair Photo courtesy of Damon Lowney
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Tracy Das trying to help her husband Babi navigate backwards thru the gymkhana since he was having trouble seeing thru the wing of his GT4. (Photo courtesy Ron Farb)
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CC50 Concours Winners Chesapeake Challenge 50 – Full Concours CLASS
ENTRANT NAME
ENTRANT CAR
PLACE
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Jim Earlbeck
1963 356 B T6
1 st in Class
Early 911/912 (1965-73)
John Ashford
1971 911S
1 st in Class
Mid 911/912 (1974-89)
Doug Ehmann
1984 911 Carrera
1 st in Class
964 (1989-94)/993 (1995-98)
Steve Wood
1991 964
1 st in Class
Donna Brandt
1998 993 C4S
2 nd in Class
Bob Miller
1991 C4 Lightweight
3 rd in Class
Steve Wood
2010 911
1 st in Class
Ron Farb
2011 911 Turbo S
2 nd in Class
991/992 (2012-Present)
Steve Graham
2018 GT3
1 st in Class
Boxster/Cayman (All Years)
Ron Gordon
2007 Cayman S
1 st in Class
914
Manny Alban
1973 914
1 st in Class
Cayenne/Macan/Panamera (All Years)
Rob Vigorito
2018 Macan GTS
1 st in Class
996 (1999-2004)/997 (20052012)
Chesapeake Challenge 50 – Street Prepared Concours CLASS
ENTRANT NAME
ENTRANT CAR
PLACE st
Early 911/912 (1965-73)
Scott Kirklighter
1970 911T
1 in Class
964 (1989-94)/993 (1995-98)
Bert Roberts III
1993 964 RS America
1 st in Class
Vince Rock
1990 Carrera 4
2 nd in Class
2008 GTS RS
1 st in Class
Scott Johnson
2010 997.2 GT3
2 nd in Class
991/992 (2012-Present)
Terrell Williams
2013 911
1 st in Class
Boxster/Cayman (All Years)
Charles Visconage
2013 Boxster S
1 st in Class
David Reed
2007 Boxster S
2 nd in Class
Richard Hawver
2006 Cayman S
3 rd in Class
924/944/968/928 (All Years)
Ken Wilmers
1987 944
1 st in Class
Cayenne/Macan/Panamera (All Years)
Shermoan Daiyaan
2017 Panamera
1 st in Class
Rob Mairs
2018 Macan GTS
2 nd in Class
Rose Ann Novotnak
2009 Cayenne
3 rd in Class
996 (1999-2004)/997 (2005-2012) Gus Rosenberg
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CC50 Concours Winners (cont’d) Chesapeake Challenge 50 – Premium Awards CLASS
ENTRANT NAME
ENTRANT CAR
Full Concours Best in Show
Steve Wood
1991 964
Street Prepared Best in Show
Shermoan Daiyaan
2017 Panamera
People’s Choice
John Ashford
1971 911S
Honorary Judge’s Award (Cam Ingram)
Jim Earlbeck
1963 356 B T6
PCA-CHS TROPHY COUNT RULES # Of Cars In A Class
# Of Trophies For Class
1-2
1 (1st Place)
3-4
2 (1st & 2 nd Place)
5-7
3 (1st, 2 nd, & 3rd Place)
8-10
4 (1st, 2 nd, 3 rd, & 4 th Place)
11-13
5 (1st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4th, & 5 th Place)
14-16, and Up
6 (1st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4th, 5 th, & 6th Place)
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First Time Concours Judge
Randy Richter
What Did I Learn as a First Time Concours Judge? Even after winning street best in show several years ago at CC47, I had no idea what to do for a concours. After being goaded by Steve Woods to enter the car, I must confess I just cleaned as best I could and hoped for the best. At the recent CC50, Tom Ehman was kind enough to invite me to part of the judging team. After a general meeting where Ron Gordon and Tom briefed us, I was assigned to judge interiors with the highly knowledgeable Porsche expert Bob Miller. Bob was amazing in knowing what to look for, and I was grateful to be paired with him. In addition to our team leader, there were four judges; an exterior judge, interior judge, engine judge and trunk judge for the full concours class.
What did I learn about concours interiors? •
Be sure you vacuum under you floor mats and carpets • A lot of folks vacuumed their seats nicely, but where the seat bolster meets the bottom of the seat, there is a tremendous opportunity for dust and dirt to lodge. Be sure you attend to this area. • A/C and defroster vents were often dusty in their deeper areas. Get a long Qtip or Girots cleaner wands • Dashes have spots where there are indents, for instance at the points where instrument hood meets the dash. These spots collect dust and dirt and were often missed. • Seat rails were not cleaned....do not miss these. • Pedals and pedal assemblies were dusty, also spend some time with with the tooth brush and rubber protector to clean the pedals. • Clean the glove box, there should be nothing it except what came with the vehicle • Clean under the dash where dust accumulates • Be sure your windows are squeaky clean, look at them in high light • The flexible rubber that protects wires running from the fender into the doors gather a whitish coating, break out the tooth brush and rubber protectant to clean them. • On the subject of rubber protectant, cars did not come really shiny rubber....use the proper • protectant to mimic how the car came from the factory. • In addition to cleaning the painted surface of the open door, be sure to clean inside the fender area where the door hinges are located. We were required to evaluate an entire interior in the five minutes allocated to each of the judges. While this is by no means a comprehensive look at concours, it should give you an idea of what interior judges are looking for. So get out there clean up your car and give concours a try.
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Mission Impossible Gimmick Rally Aniano Arao
50th Chesapeake Challenge Oct 5, 2019
The gimmick rally held during the 50th Chesapeake Challenge was the fourth my fellow co-chair Randy Moss and I had the pleasure of designing and running since 2016. All four rallies significantly differed from each other. This year, the theme was “Mission Impossible,” Randy’s idea. At the party barn of Skip Conrey’s Valhalla estate, we started the drivers’ and co-drivers’ meeting by playing the 50-second musical soundtrack of the original TV series. It was immediately followed by a recorded message describ- selfishness, cruelty, corruption, greed, lying, cheating, ing the rally participants’ mission. Here is the text of that adultery and other serious sins, such as gluttony. These disciples of God are carrying out their work out of several message, which I wrote: buildings scattered around the reservoir, not of holy water “Liberty Reservoir. For a number of years now, a huge but of simple fresh water. conspiracy has been brewing around this body of water, “We do not know how effective their efforts have been. which millions of people in Baltimore City and Baltimore We are clueless about whether their hard work has done County depend on for drinking, bathing, cooking and any good. But we need to expose them. washing their cars. “The conspirators have been carrying out their deeds in the area with impunity. The local authorities have not been able or willing to stop them. Neither have they exposed the key leaders of this syndicate, who refer to themselves as the apostles.
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to collect the names of their outposts and to identify the syndicate leaders who are presiding over these outposts, using any means at your disposal. To assist you, we will give you a route along which these buildings can be seen. “If you and your co-driver are caught, the Porsche Club of America and the rally masters will disavow any knowledge of your actions. We will even deny knowing who you are. Good luck. “This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds.”
Five seconds later, the sound of an exploding grenade shook the room and startled some of the listeners. Since the mission statement was subtle and indirect, we played the recording a second time on the party barn’s sound system.
“These apostles have been doing their best to spread the word of God and to help people live according to the tenets of their faith. They pose a serious threat to bigotry,
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And then I told everyone to get into their cars and wait to be directed to drive toward the gate by volunteer rally marshal Jim Earlbeck. The gate marked the rally’s starting line. That was where I handed out the route instructions
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CC50 Gimmick Rally (cont’d) right minus wrong. That number was 12. Only some of the 30 participating teams figured out from the beginning that the buildings we wanted them to identify were churches. Only those teams knew from the start that the so-called conspiracy was Christianity, that the ring leaders or “apostles” were the churches’ pastors or parish priests. A few other teams figured out most of what we sought in the course of the rally, while a few others remained clueless until the very end. No team came close to completing the “impossible” misand gimmick rally questionnaires to the navigators, one sion of achieving the perfect score of 88, as Randy and I team at a time. Randy, in turn, gave the drivers their had expected. But 10 teams did far better than 20 others. starting time — beginning at 1:00 PM — one car at a time, In the order they scored and finished, the TOP TEN were: generally one minute apart. 1. Marco & Anna Alban All the teams had received the general instructions the day 2. Gary & Kara Martinez before, via e-mail. They were told to read that document 3. Wes Tomlinson & Dennis Howard 4. Bert Roberts III & Bert Roberts IV before the drivers’ meeting. At the starting gate, each 5. Manny & Roxanne Alban navigator was supposed to quickly scan the questionnaire 6. Richard Hawver & Stacy Talmadge and the route instructions while the driver waited for 7. Lee & Claire Rock 8. John & Sue Jensen Randy’s go-signal. 9. Aaron Miller & Damon Lowney The first gimmick sat across the access road, directly oppo- 10. Tracy & Babi Das site the gate. It was Skip’s white 1957 Rolls-Royce Silver One key to doing well in this gimmick rally (and others) Cloud. The questionnaire eventually asked for the model year, make and model name of that car — all of which was spelled out on a car card visible through the windshield. There were 30 minor questions for which the rally participants had to find answers along the 45-mile rally route. Each answer was worth one point, right minus wrong. However, obtaining answers to the major questions was their primary mission. They were supposed to find and name the buildings or outposts of the “conspiracy leaders,” who were known as the “apostles.” And they were also supposed to identify and name those leaders. The name of each building and leader was worth two points, right minus wrong.
was to carefully read the general instructions, the route instructions and the questionnaire. For instance, the “right The most valuable answer sought was the total number of minus wrong” rule meant that guessing was highly risky targeted buildings or outposts — worth 10 points, again and potentially catastrophic to a team’s overall score. The
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CC50 Gimmick Rally (cont’d) were Christian churches. There were no synagogues, mosques or temples. The 45-mile driving distance rule allowed a 3-mile deviation in either direction, outside of which every deficit or surplus mile meant a one-point deduction. The two-hour driving time rule also allowed a 15-minute deviation in either direction, beyond which every minute short or in excess incurred a one-pint deduction. Ultimately, the winning team had a decisive lead over the next best teams. There was a tie between two teams for second place; it was awarded to the team that incurred participants who did well avoided this pitfall. mileage closest to 45 miles. The other was awarded third A second key was to pay close attention to the information place. The drivers and co-drivers of the top-three teams given during the drivers’ and co-drivers’ meeting, especial- each received trophies for their efforts. ly the subtle and indirect clues offered in the prerecorded It is worth noting that co-driver Dennis Howard finished in mission statement. The religious terms used (apostles, sins, holy water, God, etc.) pointed to Christianity as the so second place last year and in third place this year. His -called conspiracy, and to churches as the buildings or out- strong showing in the gimmick rally, the tech quiz and the concours in 2018 and 2019 earned him the Chesapeake posts that needed to be identified. Challenge’s biggest prize for two years in a row — the Why Christianity and not religion in general? The only highly coveted Lufthansa Trophy. houses of worship that could be seen from the rally route
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Grease Cap Removal—911 Carrera Richard Mied
I know what you must be thinking. Is this really an article on how to remove a simple grease cap on a Porsche 911 Carrera? That would have been my reaction if I had not encountered a problem with this. After all, I have removed grease caps on probably a dozen cars over the years with no problems. The Porsche is different. I decided it was time to do the brakes and pack the bearings on my 1989 Carrera, so the first order of business was to remove the brake rotor. Two books I consulted said to grab the Figure 2: Clamp assembly grease cap with a pair of channel locks and twist it off (Fig 1). Neither twisting nor pulling with the pliers was successful, and only served The lower one is wedged into the groove on the grease cap. The lug nut is then unscrewed to push the cap off, at least theoretically. I found the clamps did not come off together with the cap. Instead, they flexed where they were bolted together and separated, losing their grip on the cap. I was concerned that if I made them any tighter against the wheel stud, I would damage the threads. Completely frustrated with these Internet solu-
Figure 1: Grease cap
to gouge the grease cap.
Next, I looked online, where various contributors suggested using a.) A large drift punch, or B.) A claw hammer. Neither would budge the cap. Someone suggested improvising a makeshift puller with two 2 ½” muffler clamps. The idea is that by assembling the clamps as shown (Fig 2), and separating them so that the upper one touches the wheel hub and wheel stud.
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Figure 3: Part #GCP10
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Grease Cap Removal (cont’d) I returned the tool to my mechanic within an hour, and promptly got on eBay to buy my own pliers. I found them listed at prices between $29 and $41, bought one, and received it within two days. I have already loaned it to my neighbor, and he is a convert. It is currently a happy permanent resident in my toolbox, and is an example of the familiar adage about having the right tool for the job.
Figure 4: Hammer
tions, I talked to a professional mechanic. He told me that Snap-On had made a tool specifically for the job and even loaned me one! It is part # GCP10 (Fig 3). You use it by grasping the grease cap in the jaws and striking the pliers as shown, where the metal is very wide (Fig 4). After a few stout blows, you will see the cap move. Then, rotate the rotor one-fifth turn and hit the pliers in the next opening between the studs. By the time you get to the third position, the grease cap will come off (Fig 5). Total elapsed time per wheel? Less than thirty seconds.
Figure 5: Victory
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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
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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.
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PCA Jackets! If you want one of these killer jackets, please remit $80 to our Treasurer, Vincent Rock via check or PayPal. If by check, send your check to Treasurer P.O. Box 1720, Germantown, MD 20875. 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 What Are PCA License Plates: Chesapeake Region PCA coordinates the purchase of PCA Organizational License Plates issued through the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA). The PCA License Plate Program promotes the visibility and camaraderie of PCA. PCA Maryland License Plates are pre-numbered Organizational Plates, not vanity plates. PCA License Plates are available for all cars, trucks and minivans, but not for motorcycles or trailers. Cost: The one-time cost for the PCA License Plates is $35.00, which includes the $25.00 MVA fee and a $10 Chesapeake PCA fundraising fee to support the PCA License Plate Program and Chesapeake Region events. How To Apply: The only way to apply for PCA Organizational License Plates is to complete the online PCA Maryland License Web Form at https://pcachs.org/pcamaryland-license-plate/ and submit it electronically. Please click on the above link to learn the details and requirements to apply for PCA License Plates.
If you have any questions regarding the purchase of PCA Maryland Organizational License Plates, please contact us at: pcaLicensePlates@pcachs.org. Safe and Happy Motoring. 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!
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