October 2022 Member Profiles

Chesapeake Region

Member Profile: Scott & Bettina Kirklighter

James B. Beavan III

Member Names & Join Date: Scott and Bettina Kirklighter, Oct 2012 Current Cars, Previous Cars: 1970 911T (Rally look), 1971 911T Targa, 1992 318i BMW Convertible.

Have you served on any Regional or National committees: I have assisted in four Chesapeake Challenges as a judge and parking leader.

What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: I wanted to meet people with the same passion for Porsche as I have.

Bettina enjoying a nice drive in the BMW along the bay.

I just recently (last weekend) upgraded the suspensionof the 1970 911T with Tarett RSR front and rear sway bars and Elephant Racing adjustablespring plates

When it came time to buy a vehicle, what made you choose your Porsche and is this your first Porsche (if not please detail prior Porsche's): My love for Porsche started while living in Stuttgart as a child and my first opportunity to buy a 911 came in 1987. While living in Louisiana, I came across a Guards Red 1970 911T (factory color was Conda green). Bought it on sight and still own it today. With military orders overseas, I shipped the 911T in 1988 to Wurzburg Germany and started to modify to a sport purpose build. I installed a RS front bumper/ducktail, welded rear quarter flares, and replaced the 2.2T motor with a modified 2.4E case with 2.2 S pistons and S-cams. Initially had weber carburetors on the motor, but later in 2012 rebuilt the motor and 915 transmission, where I then installed a 1973 MFI-S system (013 pump is a Euro version). During the last 5 years, I modified the interior to my liking, added sport muffler, TTG lights and Cibie hood lights. Our second Porsche is a Metallic Silver 1971 911T Targa. Purchased in 2015 from the original owner with 54,000 miles, the Targa came out of an 8-year hibernation. In the first six months I replaced fuel lines, brake lines, four rotors, and tires, drained / cleaned the fuel tank and had the Targa top recovered. Keeping the car as original as possible, I rebuilt the Bosch fuel pump, four brake calipers, alternator, CDI box, and carburetors. I enjoy driving these cars year-round to PCA club events and local Cars and Coffee events.

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: Rennsport Reunion’s and our Chesapeake Challenge club event.

What is your favorite PCA memory: During a Chesapeake Challenge on Kent Island when Derrek Bell attended the event. On the morning of the car judging for Street/Concur, Derrek Bell walked around and approached me with my 1971 Targa.

He sat in the car, and I preceded to tell him how I came across buying the car. I asked him what some of

his favorite Porsches he personally owned were. He talked about 20 minutes on all the various cars (there were so many).

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Attend as many events as possible initially to meet other members.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: A 1973 911 Carrera RSR or a 1972 911 ST. I think these two cars are the most beautiful of all 911’s.

Club members on a rally in Roanoke, VA in April 2022

Anything additional you would like to share about yourself (Family/ Work/Etc): While my parents were

living abroad, I was born in Munich, Germany and returned a second time to Stuttgart from 1972- 73. Graduated from Loyola College in Baltimore MD and commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army as a Field Artillery officer. While serving 27 years, I was deployed four times and assigned twice to Germany where I met and married my wife, Bettina. Upon retiring from the Army, I was hired as a federal government civilian for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, where I remain employed for the past 12 years.

Member Names & Join Date:Scott & Brenda Johnson - June 1991Current Cars, Previous Cars:Current:

2010 Porsche 997.2 GT3 - Arctic Silver but was vinyl wrapped in Riviera Blue

Stuttgart Level of Achievement award at Poconos Parade!

2019 Macan S – Brenda’s daily and our favorite. Very luxurious and fast

Brenda’s entry at Poconos Parade. She won the Reliable Carriers Door Prize to have a car shipped to the next Porsche Parade! Way to go, BRENDA!!

2010 Jeep Rubicon - lifted, armored, rock crawling and sand cruising thing

Former:

2001 Boxster S – Triple Black. Really fun top-down Porsche

1987 911 Carrera 3.2 – Guards Red concours example. Shoulda kept that car

1988 944 – Guards Red, our introduction to all things Porsche

Other Vehicles of Note:

Member Profile: Scott & Brenda Johnson

1987 Acura Integra – Stolen and torched, used the insurance money to buy that 944

1996 Audi A4 Quattro – Growing family no-longer fit in the ’87 911. Ughhh

2004 Audi A6 2.7T Quattro - #savethemanuals2007 BMW V10 M5 – Oh the sound!

2015 BMW Twin-Turbo V8 M5, 633bhp but happily traded it to get the 2010 GT3

1998 Ducati SSSP FE (Final Edition in silver) – Cool addition to any garage

Have you served on any Regional or National committees:

None that come to mind. Raised three sons, all Eagle Scouts. Put my volunteer efforts into Scouting for over two decades.

What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America:

Coworker and multiple Porsche owner, Jimmy Vecheck, invited me to a Chesapeake Region monthly member’s meeting at Joe Theisman’s Restaurant (now the Stained Glass Pub, in Elkridge, MD). Joined on the spot. The excitement

of being able to autocross my 944 and enter it in concours car shows sounded fun, and the members I met that night were great – Manny Alban, Dennis Howard and Bob Gutjhar to name a few.

When it came time to buy a vehicle, what made you choose your Porsche and is this your first Porsche (if not please detail prior Porsche's):

In May 1991, my 1987 Acura Integra was stolen and torched. A few days later, while searching for a new car, I discovered a beautiful guards red Porsche 944 at Tischer Porsche. Dealer handed me the key and said Go drive it, see if you like it. It was everything I had imagined and more with noticeable better build quality and engineering than anything I had ever experienced. I still miss that car.

Member Profile: Scott & Brenda Johnson

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events:

Chesapeake Challenge Weekends, Crab Feasts, more recently, the monthly Club Dinners and Porsche Parade.

What is your favorite PCA memory:

Epic Road Trip in the GT3: Werks Reunion, POR- SCHEPLATZ, Sebring 12Hr, Porsche Night at Ace Café Orlando, Porsche Experience Center Atlanta, and Tail of the Dragon.

Brenda and I drove from MD to Amelia Island, FL in our GT3 to display the car on the show field at the 2019 PCA Werks Reunion. Brenda flew home at the end of the weekend while I made my way South to the PCA PORSCHEPLATZ tent and parking at the 2019 Super Sebring event. Flew my youngest son down to join me at the track and camped trackside. Spent days teaching him professional race photography skills while enjoying all the benefits of the awesome PORSCHEPLATZ. Highlight of that weekend was sharing a few spirited laps on the track, in the rain, in the GT3, with my son, right before the start of the Sebring 12Hr race. Thank you PCA and Porsche for organizing and making possible that incredible PCA-Club-Only moment!

Turned the road-trip North, attended Porsche

Night at Ace Café Orlando where I was interviewed for the CycleFever TV YouTube Channel (Brian Cheney from Porsche South Orlando wanted the Riviera Blue GT3 as a backdrop and to hear about my ongoing epic road -trip in the GT3).

Next Stop was the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta where I met with PCNA marketing folks to discuss professional photography, tested my skills in the race simulator, experienced the track in a GT3 with a Porsche driv-

er (wow, are they fast) and got a guided tour of the restoration shop by Porsche Classic and former Brumos GM, Ray Shaffer.

From there, headed for home thru Tennessee’s Tail of the Dragon with its 318 curves over 11 short miles, billed as America’s number one sports car road.

Those 3,341miles over 18 days were the start of a 9,000mile first-year in our new-to-us 997.2 GT3. Later in 2019 we made a second road-trip to FL to enter the GT3 in the concours at the Porsche Parade Boca Raton. But that’s a story for another day.

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members:

Don’t be shy. Share your passion and excitement for your new-to-you Porsche! We were all you when we first joined.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why:Porsche 959. It was the pinnacle of road going Porsches when I first joined PCA.

Anything additional you would like to share about yourself (Family/Work/Etc): Scott and Brenda are both Mechanical Engineers. Both of us enjoy painting and Scott has a professional photography business, Great- Eye Studios. Some of his race and Porsche photography can be seen on his Instagram page: @Greateye

Sunset at Super Sebring 2019

Pair of 911’s at Daytona 2018