Volume 62 Issue 11 November 2021
Chesapeake Region
Events Calendar Month
Day
Event
Meeting Venue
November
7th
Baltimore County Fall Colors Tour
Owing Mills, MD
December
TBD
Kindertime & Giving Back: Linda’s Legacy Tour
Towson, MD
January 2022
8th
After Holiday Party
Turf Valley, Ellicott City, MD
TBD
Chili Cookoff-Slot Car Event
TBD
February 2022 March
TBD
Tech Event
TBD
TBD
New Member Party
TBD
April
TBD
First Tour of 2022
TBD
TBD
First Autocross of 2022
TBD
30th
Central PA Swap Meet
Hershey or Carlisle PA
Editors Message: We are now deep into fall and the weather has gotten quite cool this week, but we still have events going on monthly throughout winter. Look for an eblast soon regarding the charity event in December and mark your calendar so you don’t miss our After Holiday Party January 8th. One event we missed out on in 2021 was the annual chili cook off and slot car competition, Terrell is working on scheduling the event at a new location with more details to come. We are also looking forward to co-hosting new member parties at our partnering dealer in 2022. Make sure you vote for the new executive board by November 15th and new/old members are welcome to join any of our committee’s. Members can run car/parts ads here for free or paid ad’s for their businesses. If anyone is interested in helping out with the Patter newsletter, wants to submit an article or has any feedback, please send an email to editor@pcachs.org Best, James B Beavan III
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Inside This Month! Club Info
Events Calendar Membership & Anniversaries Executive Council Candidates PCACHS Board Member Directory Sunshine Member Care
Features
Tour & Rally Schedule Presidents Message CC52 Rally: The Butterfly Crossing Fall Tripping
Articles
Autocross School Baltimore County Tour Announcement Across The Atlantic Autocross #3 & #4 Finale CC52: Gimmick Rally Chesapeake Challenge 52 Dan White
Mark & Dawn Miller
Member Profiles
Market
Cover photos by Aniano Arao: Pictured: Rob & Brandi Abbott in a 911 Safari, Manny Alban & Bob Gutjahr in a 964
FYI: Tech Library Name & Car Badges / PCACHS Jackets PCA Juniors PCA License Plates The Porsche Patter is the official newsletter of the Chesapeake Region of the Porsche Club of America. Contributions to the Porsche Patter should be sent by the 20th of the month preceding the month of publication in Microsoft Word format to editor@pcachs.org. Please send images high resolution. Editors: James Beavan III, Steve Groh; Contributing Photographers: Aniano Arao, Aaron Miller, Frank & Susan Tedeschi, Greg Hartke; Contributing Writers: James Beavan III, Aniano Arao, Ron Farb, Doug Ehmann, Aaron Miller, Stacy Hawver, Frank & Susan Tedeschi, Greg Hartke. Advertising: For questions about advertising rates and placement in the Porsche Patter, please contact Editors at editor@pcachs.org. Unless otherwise reserved, permission is granted to reproduce material published, provided full credit is given to the Porsche Patter and to the respective author. Subscriptions: join the Porsche Club of America — www.pca.org. The Porsche Patter is published monthly by the Chesapeake Region, PCA. Subscription is limited to members of the Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America.
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Tour & Rally Schedule 2021 Aniano Arao
PCA Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee plans to hold 15 events in 2021. The dates and events listed here are subject to change. Registration for most events will open 1 to 3 weeks before their scheduled dates. Log on to your account at www.motorsportreg.com to sign up once events are announced. (Ver. 17, 10/27/2021. Photo by Aniano Arao) April 18 (1) Catoctin Mountain Tour – 1st edition (36 cars/60 people) April 25 (2) Catoctin Mountain Tour – 2nd edition (32 cars/52 people) May 1 (3) Drive to Porsche Swap Meet in Carlisle, PA – new route (20 cars/31 people) May 23 (4) Nike Missile Base and Linganore Tour, with tour master Ron Farb (29 cars/53 people) June 6 (5) Safeway to the Bay Tour, with guest tour master Hank Lucas (32 cars/57 people) June 13 (6) Catoctin Mountain Off-Road Tour, guest tour master Jim Hemig (14 SUVs/32 people) July 11 (7) Ice Cream Tour No.1, with guest tour master Steve Graham (40 cars/77 people) Aug. 22 (8) Horse Country Tour (rain cut turnout from 43 cars/70 people to 19 cars/33 people) Aug. 15 (9) Ice Cream Tour No.2, with guest tour master Steve Graham (26 cars/50 people) Sept. 5 (10) Porsche Heritage Concours & Tour (23 cars in each/28 Porsches total/39 people) Sept. 25 (11) Flight 93 Memorial Tour in PA, with tour master Ron Farb (19 cars/32 people) Oct. 23 (12) Chesapeake Challenge Gimmick Rally (route by Ron Farb and gimmicks by Steve Graham; 20 cars/40 people) Oct. 31 (13) West Virginia Fall Colors Tour, AM and PM – from Middletown, MD (new route) Nov. 7 (14) Baltimore County Fall Colors Tour (familiar roads, but new route) December (15) “Kindertime & Giving Back – Linda’s Legacy” Driving Tour (tentative) Check details at www.pcachs.org, in Patter and on eBlast. Send your questions to tour@pcachs.org. -- Aniano Arao & Randy Moss, Co-Chairs, Tour & Rally Committee
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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
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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Membership Numbers Committee Chair Report: CHS Region Membership - October 2021 Primary Members: 998 Affiliate Members: 541
Life Members: 2 Total Members: 1541
New Members (15) Robert Alvarez
2006 911 Carrera Cab
Timothy & Kyra D’Amato
Upper Marlboro, MD Baltimore, MD
Maury A. Lerner
Highland, MD
1987 924S
Cameron N. Marlow
Monkton, MD
2002 911 Carrera Cab
Tom Neuse
Catonsville, MD
2019 911 Carrera T
Dominik Pajor
Baltimore, MD
2002 911 Carrera
Hasan Rafiq
Catonsville, MD
2015 Macan S
Dane Spealman
Sparks, MD
2018 Panamera Turbo
Tony & Xiuru XU
Olney, MD
2003 911 Carrera 4S
1975 914
Transfers In (0)
Transfers Out (1) Jeffrey R. Brister
Transfer To: Hurricane (HUR)
Test Drivers (3) Jason Clurman – Davidsonville, MD Scott Reese – Fallston, MD Doug Scheckelhoff – Laurel, MD
Full Membership Committee Reports can be found on our website: https://pcachs.org/
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Presidents Message & Member Anniversaries Vincent Rock
Greetings Chesapeake Region! Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Halloween weekend and have also recovered from all the sugar intake! October was a very busy month for the Region; we had events just about every weekend. The month started off with our double-header Autocross organized by Brad Martinez, Meilyng Burmaka, and Greg Hartke. It’s not often we have two autocross events in the same month, within a week of each other where you can stay in the autox zone. The autox on the 16th was the last event of the season. Please join me in thanking Brad, Meilyng, and Greg for all their hard work in putting together another great season. We are all looking forward to next year. If you are interested in volunteering or getting involved in the autocross committee, or if you know of a lot that we could host events, please reach out to autocross@pcachs.org or someone on the board! We also had our 52nd Chesapeake Challenge organized by Stacy Hawver at Frey’s Brewery. I would like to personally thank Stacy for all her hard work and effort in planning this year’s Challenge. This year’s Challenge was exceptionally more challenging in finding and securing an available venue that could accommodate us with all the 2020 weddings that were postponed. That coupled with an extremely condensed planning window where it was touch-and-go up until late July that we would even be able to try and host such an event made it that much more stressful, and she was able to overcome the adversity and put on a great event. Continued on page 8….
Anniversaries
5 Years Curtis & Nicole Bowcutt 35 Years Anthony & Debbie Colella Dennis & Terrie Howard Bill Kearney Denis & Daniel Jenkins Jefferson & Denise Bowcutt 20 Years 1 Year Mark & Franca Spurrier Jim Arnett 10 Years Brian Burkhart Jill Moore Christa Dahlem Richard & Jane Shoeneborn Raimee Eck Geoffrey Ellis
Rafael Feliz Karen Morrison Steven Sherrill & Marioara Hotea Greg Wilkes Ray Wulff
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Presidents Message (cont’d) Vincent Rock
Frey’s Brewery was a very picturesque location, and everyone commented on how enjoyable their drives were just to get to the venue (even before the Rally portion!). Our Concours committee and judges had their hands full in judging all the fantastic entries to both segments for judging (full concours & street-prepared). Steve Graham also put together a fantastic, and challenging Gimmick Rally, and Randy Richter’s tech quiz was equally as challenging and another yet another true Challenge quality quiz. Congratulations go to Bob Gutjahr for winning this year’s Lufthansa Award in memory of Knowlton P Long for placing first overall across all three events! Eligible participants for this award must also compete in the full concours portion and Bob brought his beautiful 1989 911 Speedster. We are all looking forward to next year’s Challenge! If you want to get involved with the planning for next year, please reach out to chesapeakechallenge@pcachs.org or someone on the board!
On Halloween we had our West Virginia Fall Colors Tour as organized by Aniano Arao and lunch at Tari’s Café. If you missed the WV Fall Colors Tour, there is also the Baltimore County Fall Colors Tour! Check out MotorsportReg to register! The elections for the 2022-2023 Executive Council are currently open through November 15th, you can cast your ballot using Survey | MotorsportReg.com or check your email for the eblast announcing the election! Lets meet the candidates! President - Ron Farb, Vice President - Steve Wood, Treasurer - Andrew Powell , Treasurer - Ken Wilmers and Secretary - Wayne Nelms We have moved to using electronic waivers for our events, and when registering for our events, a link should be sent to you to be able to access and sign on your phone or computer. Please ensure you are signing the waiver and if you have a passenger registered, that they are also signing the waiver prior to the event. As always, if you have any suggestions or ideas for any events, please do not hesitate to contact the board via email at board@pcachs.org or the respective email for the committee which can be found on our website at pcachs.org/about-us/officers/
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Autocross School Greg Hartke I apologize for not getting a column out last month. Some crises arose at the wrong time and I just didn’t have time to get the writing done, which means this column contains reports for all three of the events that have taken place since my last column. Lots to write about! The Chesapeake Introduction to Autocross is normally held in the spring as the first event of the year so that newcomers have the opportunity to come out and attend the School then have the whole season ahead of them. This year was different. AX Co-chair Brad Martinez and I decided to hold the School later in the year (September 11th) to give the pandemic a chance to calm down (which it did) enough to allow us to hold the event. As usual, I was carefully watching the weather forecast and was certainly relieved when the day turned out to be warm and dry. Phew! We would have held the event even if it were raining, of course, but dry conditions were certainly preferable. Preparations for the AX School are always interesting and this year was no different. The main challenge this year was rustling up instructors for the event. That’s always a challenge, but this year was a bit tougher. The problem was the schedule – instructors are more likely to be available in the spring than in midSeptember. Actually, I had arranged in the spring to have sufficient instructors for the September event, but plans change (quite understandably!) over such a span and some of the instructors were no longer available as September approached. With some quick last-minute work, we wound up with 14 instructors. Brad and I typically don’t do in-car instruction at the School (though we like to get in on the fun!) because we need to be available to run the event, which means there were actually only 12 instructors available to work with the students. Brad and I had decided to assign instructors differently than we had in the past with each instructor this year working the entire day with two students (instead of jumping in and out of different cars all day), one assigned to Group 1 and driving Heat 1 and a second assigned to Group 2 and driving Heat 2. (The Potomac Chapter did something similar this year and that’s where I took the inspiration for structuring our own School after working the POT School in the spring.) With only 12 instructors available (not including Brad and me, who could instruct in a pinch), we perforce had to limit the number of students to 24 instead of the planned 30. We may not have had the numbers, but we sure had the quality. This was a really great group of instructors. As it turned out, we needed 14 because two of the instructors had to stop working during the morning
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exercises when they developed motion sickness. Motion sickness??? You better believe it! No fault to the instructors because that’s always a concern for situations like this and it’s almost inevitable that one or two will be stricken. Happens every time (and yes, it happened at the POT AX School this year, too) when you have instructors constantly experiencing all those transient gees as passengers in student cars. The good news is that Brad and I were available to jump in and, what the heck… We had a good time doing so. The affected instructors were able to take over again by the time we got to the afternoon AX, which was good because that meant Brad and I could go back to keeping things on track. The day began early for Brad and me, arriving about 5:00 AM with Mark Hubley arriving shortly thereafter with the trailer full of AX supplies. Brad and Mark immediately dropped the cones out on the parking lot, then began building the exercises while I worked to put everything else together. I was fortunate because POT AXer and instructor Bob Simmons showed up about 6:00 AM to help me. Together we got everything set up and in good order, while Brad and Mark did the same with the set up for the exercises. Brad began the festivities with a Chalk Talk that started right on schedule at 8:30. After the Chalk Talk, there was a driver’s meeting, after which the students went out to drive the three exercises: Double skidpad; Combination slalom course and threshold braking; AX course section – a mini-course so that students could practice finding the proper driving line. There were 8 students at each exercise, 4 from Group 1 (who drove heat 1 in the afternoon AX) and 4 from Group 2 (who drove heat 2). In addition, there were 4 instructors: each instructor was assigned one student from Group 1 and one from Group 2, then worked with those students and those students only for the entire event. The way this worked was that the Group 1 students ran the exercise for 25 minutes with their instructors while the Group 2 students observed, then the instructors switched to the Group 2 students who also ran the exercise for 25 minutes while the Group 1 students observed. At the end of the exercise period, the students then drove with their instructors to the next exercise. Simple! Since this event is a long day for everyone, it’s important to try to keep everything on schedule as nearly as possible, not wanting to make a long day even longer. I’m happy to say we were able to do this and we
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finished the exercises just about exactly when we expected to do so. Amazing! ;) When the exercises were completed, the students took a lunch break while Brad and I assembled the course for the afternoon AX. Actually, I helped with that only briefly. Before long, Brad shooed me off to the trailer to get timing set up while he finished with the course and it didn’t take long before we were ready to go with the afternoon festivities. With 24 students (far fewer than the 65 we have at our regular AX events), the drivers were able to get 8 runs in each of the two heats in a really short time: the first heat took just about an hour and the second about 70 minutes. With a quick changeover between the heats, we were able to finish the event early (before 5:00 PM), with all the students getting plenty of seat time during the day to hone their skills. Great stuff! Tell you what… The progress by the students as the day progressed was really impressive. There’s just no way to get this kind of experience on the road – you never drive your car that close to the edge of its performance envelope in the real world! That’s the cool thing about AX. You have the opportunity to really push your car in a way that’s very safe. As I often say about AX, you’re driving the car the way it was meant to be driven and the only things you’re wearing are the brakes and tires. The students gained a lot of experience and confidence with the exercises, then took it to the full course in the afternoon and were just outstanding. I can’t thank the crew of instructors enough for their hard work. The instructors were nothing short of wonderful, putting in a very long day to help the students with hardly a respite and I was very proud of them for their unstinting contribution. We all owe them a debt of gratitude for donating their time to us for the event. The students should also be very proud of the way they enthusiastically applied themselves to the exercises and did such a great job driving in the AX. I’m sure there were some nerves when they started, but they quickly got the hang of it and gained considerable confidence in what they could do with their car. By all accounts, the 2021 AX School was a big success. Thanks to all for attending and those of us who were running the event certainly hope the students enjoyed themselves and learned a lot. Needless to say, we also hope to see our students come out and race with us in the future!
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Member Profile: Dan White James B. Beavan III Member Name: Daniel (Dan) White Car’s: 2014 Black Porsche 911 Carrera 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): I originally became interested in the Porsche Taycan because of its relative affordability. I ultimately decided that I wasn’t ready for EV yet. As a kid, I loved the 1979 Porsche 928 in Risky Business (did you hear that it was recently auctioned for $1.98 million????). I started looking at the 911 because I have always thought of it is a true work of art.
I found my 911 in Wilmington on the Porsche.com website. When I called about it thinking it was a short train ride away, I found out it was in Wilmington NC not Wilmington Delaware!!! I loved purchasing it in Wilmington as I bought it from Jim Dolan who is a Silver Star Recipient and retired NYPD Officer. We exchanged some great war stories before I drove off……
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Member Profile: White (cont’d) As a new member of PCA Chesapeake are there any particular events you are interested in participating in or would like more information on (we also take suggestions)? The Flight 93 tour was great! PCA leadership does such a great job in making a rookie Porsche owner feel welcome!! Aniano Arao was especially helpful in getting me signed up. We had a brief conversation during the Flight 93 tour about my license plate that I got for my Porsche. He asked me what the CR stands for on my license and I had no idea. Turns out it is “Combat Related”. I got it from the DMV for $25. If you are ex-military, I recommend you look into it! I figured it may be a way for the police to possibly give me a break in an otherwise police magnet car :-) Have you attended a New Member party at one of our three local sponsoring dealerships (if not that should be on your list for 2022)? Never attended but would love to!! If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: 1979 Porsche 928 from Risky Business!!!
Anything additional you would like to share about yourself: I am a proud Porsche owner and happy to be a member! My only regret is I didn’t buy one years ago! I look forward to meeting and learning more about my fellow PCA Porsche owners!!! I am a divorced, proud father of 2 boys. They are 16 and 20 and they say I brag about them way too much so I won’t……. I serve of the Board of 2 charities. Paws4Vets trains Labrador Retrievers to help Vets with PTSD. I also serve on the Friends of Navy Hockey Charity. I am a previous Board Member of The Ed Block Foundation and a 20 year President of the US Naval Academy Class of 1986. I am probably one of the few people to have been with the same employer (Merrill Lynch) for 27 years. I served in the US Navy honorably for 7 years.
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2021 Crab Feast: We’re Back!! With COVID receding in our rearview mirror, we’re back! For the 15th consecutive year (not counting last year’s canceled event), the Chesapeake Region PCA Crab Feast will be held at Kemptown Park in Monrovia, MD on Saturday, August 28th- rain or shine! Bring your Porsche and sense of humor to the Feast for a non-competitive car show where cleanliness and condition do not matter. Our tongue and cheek awards to the winners of the Region’s annual picnic are always fun and unpredictable, and will be based on your Porsche’s unique curb appeal. (Think it of as a midsummer’s version of the Bob and Manny Show without presents.) Trophies and door prizes are compliments of Porsche of Silver Spring!
As with every Crab Feast past, it is the food and venue that keeps Chesapeake Region members coming back for more. There will be tons of crab, shrimp, burgers, dogs, soft drinks and beer that the Region will provide - not to mention tables of side dishes and desserts that you will provide. Lighthouse Seafood of New Market will once again be steaming our crabs and jumbo shrimp. We’ll have two pavilions at Kemptown Park, with reserved parking, and we have been assured the lovely breezes that have graced the event in the past will be returning for the 14th repeat of this event! A large playground will keep your young Porsche enthusiasts occupied and a real, honest-to-goodness bathroom with running water will appeal to the most persnickety of crab feast clean freaks. Think fun family outing! This year’s event is again a little bit retro. Due to the lateness of the Porsche Parade this year, we’ve moved the event back to its traditional date the weekend before Labor Day. And the time is moved back as well to allow us to enjoy the cooler early evening air and breezes. We’ll start at 3:00 PM and end at 7:00 PM. Registration will open on July 28th on MSR (Motorsports Registration). You will be asked to bring a salad, dessert, or side-dish. This year’s increase in cost to $40 for adults and $15 for 13-17 year-olds is due to the very high prices of crabs in 2021. The Crab Feast is Free for children 12 and under. Look for an eblast with reminders and details on how to register! Questions? Contact Ellen Beck at ebeck944@comcast.net or Bob Gutjahr at Robert.g.Gutjahr@leidos.com See everyone at Kemptown Park on Saturday, 28 August!
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Chesapeake Region Across the Atlantic: It’s Never Just Old Stuff in a Building!
Aaron Miller
Wilkommen aus Stuttgart! This month the weather has finally started to turn to fall which means it’s time to go inside. Besides wonderful gasthauses and restaurants, Stuttgart is home to two of the world’s most impressive automotive museums, the Porsche and Mercedes Benz auto museums. Fortunately for us, both were equally impressive in completely different approaches to the automotive story. With the COVID rates falling and the vaccination rates on the rise, we were able to spend considerable time in each museum. The Porsche Museum, located at Porscheplatz 1, StuttgartZuffenhausen is the Mecca for every Porsche owner in the world. Sitting in a highly stylized building across from the factory in Zuffenhausen and the main Porsche dealer, the angular mirrored surface reflects the cars from outside at every angle. Entering the building is a bit surreal as you’re immediately confronted with Porsche’s own race cars in various states of repair or restoration at their ground-level workshop. We used vouchers from Porsche’s nowdefunct “Miles” app to get free access, but parking still cost a paltry 4 euros. Taking an escalator ride to the base floor of the museum initiates you to the history of Porsche, starting at the very beginning. In a notable change from my last visit in 2014, Porsche now has a small but critical exhibit on their history during World War II. Moving counterclockwise and up to the top of the building takes you through historically significant examples of nearly every model. In a radical departure to virtually every other auto museum in the world, almost every vehicle in the museum is still a fully driving example. Porsche routinely cycles out the cars featured in the museum, and it isn’t uncommon
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to see a car in the museum, only to later encounter it on track during a Porsche-sponsored event like the Rennsport Reunion. Naturally, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and our sole complaint was the complete lack of 944s featured in the museum at the time. By contrast, the Mercedes Benz Museum at Mercedes Strasse 100 in Stuttgart is an homage to the automobile and the indelible link between Mercedes and the last 125 years of transportation. Starting with the creation of the first internal combustion engines, motorized carts, boats, and train carts, the museum challenges you to picture a world where Mercedes Benz hasn’t led the way in innovation. The museum is absolutely massive compared to the Porsche Museum and features a sharp concrete design with a gorgeous Art Deco elevator bringing patrons to the top floor for their trip down and through the automotive ages. In between the dioramas of Mercedes’ various automotive vignettes there are historical notes which tie the vehicles to their respective eras. It’s impossible to come away with anything but a
sense that Mercedes really did invent the car and everything else after it. Unfortunately, given the size of the building and floor area, there are less cars featured than in the Porsche Museum. Equally disappointing is the realization none of the cars in the museum are designed to be removed and driven. Naturally, we thoroughly enjoyed the classic Mercedes of
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Atlantic (cont’d) the interwar years and the painfully beautiful 300SL coupe and roadster. It’s absolutely worth the 12 EUR and a half-day during a trip to Stuttgart. So now that summer is in the rearview mirror until next year, we’ll be focusing on those fall and winter events that bring out the car lover in all of us. Happy motoring! *Want to follow along on our adventure between articles? Like to see pictures of Germany? Check out our Instagram @pnkpnzr968 where we’ll be posting car-related content!*
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Member Profile: Mark & Dawn Miller
James B. Beavan III
Member Names: Mark & Dawn Miller Car’s: 2021 Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0, 2017 Porsche Macan GTS, 2006 Porsche 911 C4s Committees: None presently, but I have written multiple tech articles for our wonderful magazine (The Patter).
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 company does a lot of work on Porsche vehicles, and they have always intrigued me on a personal level. I have owned BMWs for two decades now and really enjoyed them. So, three and a half years ago I bought my first one, the 2006 911 C4S. I was hooked...lol. I then bought the Macan GTS to be my daily driver and in September 2021 took delivery of my Yellow 718 Cayman. What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: I am a BMW Club member and enjoy it, so it was a natural progression for me. I have to say, this club is far and away the most enjoyable, professional club I have ever been a part of. What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: The tours are my favorite event so far, but Chesapeake Challenge 52 was also a great experience. What is your favorite PCA memory: Probably the tour to Pennsylvania that had an overnight stay at a beautiful restored hotel. The next day we toured the Flight 93 Memorial in the rain. It is still a special memory.
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Member Profile: Miller (cont’d)
What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Get involved. Start simple and enjoy meeting new people. It is worth the effort. The tours are probably the easiest way to enjoy your Porsche and begin your journey as part of the PCA Chesapeake group. I have gone to events solo, with my wife, and with one of my children. It has become a family affair, and everyone loves it. If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: 2022 Cayman GT4RS.
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Member Profile: Miller (cont’d)
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BALTIMORE COUNTY FALL COLORS TOUR
PCA-CHS 2021 Tour & Rally Event No. 14 – Nov. 7, Sunday
(Version 1. Photo by Aniano Arao) As 2021 winds down, PCA Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee is pleased to offer its 14th driving event of the year. Twisty roads, gorgeous scenery and the fall foliage promise to provide an enjoyable experience for participants of the “Baltimore County Fall Colors Tour” on Nov. 7th. From Reisterstown, we will drive on some of the most delightful back roads in northern Baltimore County. Then we will head north and cross the Mason-Dixon Line as we enter York County, PA. A series of twists and turns will take us back across the line to Baltimore County. After providing more driving fun in Maryland’s lovely horse country, the tour will end at Hunt Valley. This tour will be another limited-capacity event. So REGISTER ASAP!
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WHEN and WHERE When: Nov. 7, 2021, Sunday, weather permitting Assembly time: 1:00 PM; drivers’ meeting 1:15; departure of first group of cars 1:30 Assembly point: The address will be sent to confirmed registrants by Nov. 6. Route: Through northern Baltimore County in Maryland and York County in Pennsylvania Finish line: Hunt Valley Towne Centre, 130 Shawan Rd., Cockeysville, MD 21030 PARTICIPATION Participants must comply with PCA, CDC, state and county guidelines for COVID prevention. By signing up for and joining any of our driving events, registrants acknowledge and assume all the risks in and full responsibility for their participation. Note that planned events are subject to change, for weather-related or other reasons. REGISTRATION ● The eBlast announcing this event will have a Web link for registration. Click it. ● Log on to your MotorsportReg account at www.MotorsportReg.com . ● Registration will open at 1 PM on Oct. 28 and close at 1 PM on Nov. 3. ● Fee $5 per adult; minors (17 and younger) free. ● Tour documents will be sent to confirmed registrants by Nov. 6 via e-mail. QUESTIONS: Send tour-related questions to Tour & Rally Committee co-chairs Aniano Arao and Randy Moss at tour@pcachs.org.
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Autocross #3 & 4 Greg Hartke We had a bit of a respite after the AX School before our next race. With all the problems finding dates for our AX events this year, I was unable to schedule another AX during September, so our next event (AX#3) was held on Saturday October 9th. Tell you what… I was nervous about this one! In the week running up to the event, the weather was looking a little sketchy with showers in the forecast, then a couple of days prior, the forecast became much more favorable. In the end, race day was cloudy and coolish, so I breathed a sigh of relief. ;) The first couple of AX races this year had simple courses that resulted in very fast times. Course complexity usually progresses as the season goes on, but with only four events this year, we jumped right into a much longer and a bit more complicated course for AX#3, which must have been interesting for those graduating from the AX School to their first full AX. With the repaving of the lot at PGS, we’re now able to use more of the lot surface so that course designs that are longer than what we used in previous years are now possible.
Brad designed the course for this race after some comments saying that while the first couple of courses were fun, they were somewhat short and fast. Result for this event: a long course. I thought the course used for AX#3 was lots of fun (and heard the same from a bunch of drivers) and enjoyed the long lap, so was entertained overhearing a couple of drivers complaining to each other about the course design. They preferred fast, minimalist courses, whereas this course mixed fast sections with technical sections. You can never please everyone. ;) Actually, the start of the course was quite interesting. Hammer it out of the start box into a full-circle skid pad, roll on the power on exit as quickly as possible and (if you picked the line properly) run flat out (or nearly so) from the skid pad, through the channels, and down to the lower part of the course. There you were braking so hard your eyeballs popped out, turning into another skidpad with a downhill, off-camber entry. You better slow properly there or you’ll eat your front tires up with understeer. Quite a fun start to a long course! Because of the long course, Brad and I opted to do 5 runs instead of our more normal 6 to keep the day from being too long. (Each run was taking about half an hour or so.) With 5 runs and 60 drivers, we finished at 2:50 – not too bad. FTD was won by Michael Tavenner with 67.788 sec, also winning Class S5. Eric Core was 2nd overall among the P-cars with 70.740 sec, winning Class S4. Scott Borden was 3rd P-car overall with 71.951
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Autocross (cont’d) sec, which put him second in S5. Damon Lowney was right behind Scott overall, winning Class I with 72.664 sec and Jim Musgrave was right behind him with 72.814 sec, for 2nd in Class I and 5th overall for the P-cars. Among the classes not mentioned so far, S1 was won by James Beavan in his 924S, S2 by Jim Althoff, and S3 by Frank Tedeschi. P1 was won by Darrell Pope and P2 by Brad Martinez, who had some mechanical difficulties (lost a nut on his throttle linkage when we were doing the course safety runs), but managed to get things back together in time to get in 3 runs. Phong Nguyen topped P3, Craig Schnelli won P4, and Roland Pinto was fastest in P5.
PCA Member Dan Ruddick was out having fun at this event and I had a chance to chat with him about the AX School (which he attended). Though a newcomer to AX, Dan is a relatively advanced driver, so I was quite interested in his perspective. He told me he really enjoyed the AX School and that the ability to repeat the exercises many times with an instructor really helped develop the proper technique. I thought this little tidbit would be interesting to anyone thinking about getting into AX in the future. Keep in mind that we expect to be holding the AX School in the spring in 2022, so be on the lookout for the opportunity to get the adrenaline flowing! With AX#3 in the books, we were flowing right into AX#4 (the final event of the season) the following Saturday, October 16th. I had no choice except to schedule events on back-to-back weekends because those were the only dates available, but I was worried about it, not knowing if we would get a good turnout. The good news is that we did indeed fill the registration for the event and we wound up with 60 drivers showing up to race that day. This one was a little dicey. I had been carefully studying the weather forecast all week because rain was expected that day, starting sometime in the afternoon. (The forecast probably caused a few no-shows, too.) We don’t stop racing for rain (though a downpour might cause a bit of a pause), but we do stop for thunderstorms for obvious safety reasons and those were very much in the forecast. I was really sweating over this one! Ideally, it would be best to have a level playing field with both heats run under dry conditions, but as always, it’s a
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bit of a crap shoot when the rain would actually arrive. I was carefully monitoring the forecast model predictions as well as the heat timing and after 3 runs in the first heat, decided to do 5 runs because it looked as if that would allow everyone to be able to drive in dry conditions. That was my best guess, so then it was just a matter of seeing how things worked in the real world. Gulp. ;) Astonishingly, I got it right. Who’d’ve thunk it? ;) Everyone was able to complete their racing in dry conditions (IIRC, we finished at 1:35) and in fact it still looked pretty nice when we ended. In fact, when we finished, I was wondering if I had made the right call – maybe we would have had time for 6 runs. By that time, it didn’t matter anymore because we did 5 runs and that was that. What was interesting was that while we were packing the trailer, some really nasty looking clouds started blowing in. As it turned out, the rain started maybe 20 minutes after we had everything packed up. Phew! Much better to put everything away dry because if it had been packed wet, we would have had to dry it all out to avoid developing mold and mildew in the trailer while it sat for the next 5 months! So the timing was just about perfect and everyone had a great time. Couldn’t ask for more! FTD was won by Michael Tavenner (47.387 sec), which also placed him 1st in Class S5. Wil Cruz was 2nd overall running in Guest Class with 48.325 sec, followed by Eric Core at 3rd overall with 49.183 sec, which was tops in S4. Damon Lowney has been working hard on his car (did you read his great article in the latest Panorama?) and really seems to have it pretty well dialed-in (and is driving very well!) because he was the 3rd P-car overall at 49.576 sec for the win in Class I. 4th overall among the P-cars was Marcus Frank at 49.910 sec, which left him 2nd in Class I behind Damon. Rounding out the top 5 overall among the P-cars was Craig Schnelli with 49.993 sec, winning Class P4. Among the classes not mentioned so far, S1 was won by Maria Abrams, S2 by Chris Zach, and S3 by Verden Ness. I hadn’t seen Verden and Chris for two years (i.e., pre-pandemic), so it was nice to see them out with us again. P1 was topped by Darrell Pope (which is no surprise – Darrell is a super driver in his very analog machine of choice!) and P3 was topped by Slava Burmaka, edging out Meilyng Burmaka by just over 0.2 sec. (Slava had put a lot of work into modification to their car last winter and he tells me there will be even more this winter!) Tom Divilio was fastest in P5. I’ve taken my camera to every AX event for the past 3 years and I don’t think I personally have ever taken a single picture. Pathetic, although I did run over the camera in my Cayman once. Pretty sharp, huh? I musty
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Autocross (cont’d) have only hit it a glancing blow because it survived. ;) I have gotten others to use the camera to take photos for me at times, but I’m normally too busy to even think about it. At AX#4, Tom Zdanowicz took some pictures using his own equipment and was kind enough to supply them to us for your enjoyment. Thanks a bunch, Tom! The highlight of the day for me came (strangely enough) before we even started racing. During setup, I popped into the trailer and found 3 containers of home-made chocolate chip cookies, one each for Brad, Meilyng, and me. These were courtesy of Lisa Gritti, thanking us for our efforts running AX and with wishes that we wouldn’t starve to death in the trailer while we were working all day. That was so nice! Thanks, Lisa! Unfortunately, Brad was absent (on travel for work), so do you think the poor guy even smelled one of Lisa’s wonderful home-made chocolate chips? Nope. Meilyng and I shamelessly split ‘em. I admit we did parcel a few out to coworkers in the trailer, though. As a connoisseur of chocolate chip cookies (and who isn’t?), I can state with authority that these were perfectly cooked, too. ;) I have good news on the personal front: my model 981 Cayman S is back in action after being down for 2 months waiting for parts for a relatively simple repair. I’ve been driving my Cooper S, which is fun and interesting to drive a momentum car again (though I would wish it had better tires), but I sure am happy to have my Cayman back, even if it did return home the week after our last event. Speaking of tires, now we all have to decide what to do about tires for the 2022 AX season. Hmm. Most serious AX competitors have been running Bridgestone RE-71R’s for a number of years (they’ve certainly been the AX tire of choice!), but Bridgestone stopped production of this model and the tires are no longer to be had. What are we going to do??? I have a couple of ideas, but I still don’t know exactly which way I’ll jump and I’m certainly not the only one wondering. That choice is going to make this off-season more interesting than it needs to be, that’s for sure. There you have it! The 2021 CHS Autocross season is complete! Brad, Meilyng, and I would certainly like to thank you for coming out to race with us and be assured that your participation is what makes it so much fun. I’m also going to have to apologize in advance: I try hard to learn names and remember as many of you as possible, but now I’m about to enter into a 5-month break where I won’t see most of you and that’s tough on an old man’s memory. Please bear with me when I see you again next season and have to cudgel my memory to put names to faces. I’m certainly not getting any younger. ;) I’ll manage, but it’ll take time! Brad, Meilyng, and I will very much be looking forward to5-13seeing you1965 in 2022. Have a greatinwinter! 2014: 356C Loaded Trailer for the Greg Hartke
Journey Home to Maryland
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CC52 Rally: The Butterfly Crossing Steve Graham
Ron Farb designed an interesting and scenic tour route in the Libertytown—Unionville region of Fredrick County. I’m certain Ron would be happy to share the 40-mile route with others who did not have the opportunity to participate in the rally, or for those who would like to revisit the route before I had the opportunity to mess with it. The rally, which had to be designed in very short order, took the form of a 16-question sign hunt with participants searching the route for signs, local architecture, and various yard art. The route was broken into 3 legs, with the instructions for the second leg issued at Libertytown Elementary School, and instructions for the third leg issued at Libertytown Park. Scoring was based on correctly answering the questions, with ties being broken by mileage accuracy (used to decide 5 th and 6th place, and for 8th through 12th place) and a poker hand. Playing cards for the poker hand were distributed at start, finish, and each of 2 check points. The first and third legs of the rally were quite straightforward. Some commented that there were missing instructions on leg 1, but they had failed to pick up on the “Right at T” general instruction written at the top of the page. To add some interest and confusion to the second leg, odd number car traversed the route in a clockwise direction and even number cars in a counterclockwise direction. The first handful of instructions used different turns and side streets in the village to even out the mileage between the odd and even routes. All of the same roads were used, and the questions were visible regardless of the direction of travel. It is duly noted that the rally participants could find “the broad side of a barn” and count to 10! This was the easiest question on the rally and in Leg 1 with 95% answering it correctly even though the only clue was the circled section of the barn. The location was on Artie Kemp Rd. The most difficult question on the rally was also on Leg 1. While most participants knew the saying, “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”, only 20% found the butterfly crossing sign at 8619 Woodville Rd. Incidentally, a bee crossing sign is on the other side of the post. Other tough questions on Leg 1 pertained to the EV8AUTO sign (25%)
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and “getting blasted” (35%). There are 2 pistons and 6 rings on the EV8 sign, and you can get blasted on Woodville Rd. Both signs are on different faces of the same building. Getting blasted at the winery or the brewery, although possible, was not the correct answer. Leg 2 and McKinstry Mill Rd. also held its fair share of challenges for rally participants. Only 20% of the participants were able to find the doll tied to the fence with the 3 rusty fuel tanks at the garage on the property. A short distance down the road was the Weber’s Nest / Eagle’s Rest sign with a 45% find rate.
The WBIG trailer was found only by 40% of the participants. It looks like it has spent a long time sitting in this lot off of South Street. The answers for Leg 3 of the rally were all found along Bessie Clemson Rd. The flower sign was the second easiest question on the rally (85%) while only 30% found the “Organic – No Spray” sign on a fence along the road. The poker hand was not needed as a tie breaker. As a group, this was a terrible collection of poker hands, the exception being Andy and Kim Powel who had the best poker hand of three 4s, Ace high. All of the clues were clearly visible from inside the car (photos all taken from driver’s seat) and there were no clues on Liberty Rd. in the town center (stated in drivers meeting). Not taking anything to chance, these facts were ignored by our rally winners Messrs. Alban and Gutjahr. While transiting from checkpoint 1 to 2, I spotted Bob, on foot, on Liberty Rd, looking for clues in all the wrong places! Manny was found, parked a half mile up the road, taking a nap in the car. It was also reported that Bob, again on foot, had an encounter with Ms. Boll at the turkey farm, where he was interrogated as to why everyone was stopping to look at her flower garden. Clearly, he had some explaining to do.
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Chesapeake Challenge 52: Concours Results Doug Ehmann & Stacy Hawver
On October 23, 2021, we held the 52nd Chesapeake Challenge at Frey’s Brewing Company – Farm Brewery & Tasting Room in the rolling farm hills of Mt. Airy in Frederick County, Maryland. It was a picturesque autumn day and the leaves were just beginning to change which made for a lovely backdrop for the Concours and Gimmick Rally. Doug Ehmann assembled just over 61 registrants for the event including 17 Full Concours/Touring entries and 18 Street Prepared entries. We had the assistance of two Gimmick Rally Masters, Ron Farb and Steve Graham, and they certainly threw in some twists and turns. Jim Earlbeck administered the Tech Quiz that was painstakingly assembled by Randy Richter. Through the help of numerous volunteers and some quick and last-minute planning, the Chesapeake Challenge came off without a hitch (minus that one hour of rain) and seemed to be enjoyed by all! All the while Chesapeake Challenge chairperson for this event, Stacy Hawver, was amazed it all came together in the end with significant help from the three event chair people as well as sideline help from Vincent Rock. Thanks to all who participated by bringing their cars to show, and those who judged the beautiful cars on the show field. The Concours had a great team of judges. Some were experienced, with many Chesapeake Challenges under their belt, and some were new, having completed the Judging School session we had in September 2021. Thanks to all: Scott Kirklighter, Chuck Marshall, Lee Rock, Bob Miller, Steve Mackellar, Ken Wilmer, Jim Earlbeck, Steve Brown, Donna Brandt, Lee Raskin, James B Beavan III, Chuck Visconage, Steve Graham, Rich Townsend, and Francesca Ehmann. Following the Concours, the Gimmick Rally commenced with all the entrants eager to show off their scavenger hunt prowess. Ron and Steve threw in a new twist this year and had the cars numbered by evens and odds and sent every other car on the course in a different direction. It took most drivers the entire rally to figure out why they kept passing all these other Porsches. Additionally, they removed the timing and mileage-as-you-go elements and gave directions such as “make the first available left” rather than giving out all the road names. It certainly was an enjoyable course with beautiful scenery and lovely fall foliage. The Gimmick Rally winners: 1st Manny Alban (Driver) and Bob Gutjahr (Navigator); 2nd Jerry Wassel (Driver) and Eli Nadel (Navigator); and 3rd Josh Fleming (Driver) and Navya Banda (Navigator). There was a brief, one-hour rain shower soon after the Gimmick Rally and while all the participants were eagerly awaiting the start of the Tech Quiz. Frey’s Brewing Company was a lovely and hospitable location for our leisurely wait where folks enjoyed the cozy offerings of the lovely Frey’s Staff including our host for the day, Kerry Frey. In the absence of the Tech Quiz author, Randy Richter, we had the pleasure of having master proctor Jim Earlbeck administer the quiz. Mr. Richter certainly outdid himself this time since no one came close to getting a perfect score. Prizes were awarded to the Top 3 male and female scorers as well as an extra special award to the person that got the least correct answers to secure themselves the “Highest Potential for Improvement at CC 53” coveted trophy. The Tech Quiz winners for the men: 1st Manny Alan, 2nd Robert Williams, and 3rd Bob Gutjahr. The Tech Quiz winners for the women: 1st Donna Brandt, 2nd Brandi Abbott, and 3rd Kim Williams. And the “Highest Potential for Improvement at CC 53” went to Brenda Johnson. Once all three events were complete, Steve Graham (in his infinite wisdom), calculated the winner of the Lufthansa Award in Memory of Knowlton P. Long which is given to the highest and best overall scorer in all three events. The Lufthansa Award was given to Mr. Bob Gutjahr for Chesapeake Challenge 52. Many thanks to the participants for having faith in us to make this event fun and exciting and those that donated countless volunteer hours to pull it all together. Until 2022, enjoy your cars and have fun with our wonderful club members. See you for #53! Concours results on the following pages:
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Concours Results (cont’d)
Doug Ehmann & Stacy Hawver
CONCOURS / TOURING YEAR
ENTRANTS
MODEL
RESULTS
Early 911 / 912 (1965 – 1973) Bob Miller
1973
911T
1
James Earlbeck
1973
911S
2
Donna Brandt
1968
911 Targa
3
Mid 911/912 (1974 – 1989) Bob Gutjarh & Ellen Beck
1989
Speedster
1
Richard Stevens
1974
911
2
996 (1999 – 2004) / 997 (2005 – 2012) Ronald Farb
2011
911 Turbo S
1
Scott & Brenda Johnson
2010
997.2 GT3
2
GT3
1
911 / 992 (2012 – present) Steve Graham
2018 Boxster / Cayman (All Years)
Lee Raskin & Steve Brown
1999
Boxster 986
1
Rich & Kris Townsend
2004
Boxster
2
Chuck Visconage
2013
Boxster
3
Jonathan Silverman & Kevin Muniz
2016
Cayman GT4
4
James Beavan III
2013
Boxster S
5
Josh Fleming & Navya Banda
2021
GTS 4.0
6
Macan Turbo
1
930
1
Cayenne / Macan / Panamera (All Years) Ali Khazaej
2015 Competition / Modified (All Years)
Robert & Kim Williams
1976 Concours “Best in Show” (Highest Total Score)
Bob Miller
1973
911T
1985
911 Safari
1985
911 Safari
Sponsor’s Choice Robert & Brandi Abbott People’s Choice Robert & Brandi Abbott
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Concours Results (cont’d) STREET PREPARED ENTRANTS
YEAR
MODEL
RESULTS
911T
1
1993
964 RS America
1
1990
964 C2
2
1996
911 Carrera
3
1997
993
4
1990
964 C4
5
996 Turbo
1
2017
911 Carrera 4S
1
2017
991.2
2
2018
911
3
2006
Cayman S
1
2021
Boxster 718
2
2012
Cayman 987.2
3
2021
Cayman GTS 4.0
4
944
1
Macan S
1
Early 911 / 912 (1965 – 1973) Scott & Veronica Kirklighter
1970 964 (1989 – 1994) / 993 (1995 – 1998) (Team 1)
Bert Roberts III Manny & Roxanne Alban Clement & Evie Hathaway Lee & Claire Rock Vincent Rock
996 (1999 – 2004) / 997 (2005 – 2012)
Chuck & Sheron Marshall
2002 911 / 992 (2012 – present)
Steve & Marsha Buss Craig & Linda Davidson Andy & Kim Powell
Boxster / Cayman (All Years) Rick & Stacy Hawver Jim & Hunter Orell Dough & Francesca Ehmann Mark & Daniel Miller
924 / 944 / 968 / 928 (All Years) Ken Wilmers
1987 Cayenne / Macan / Panamera (All Years)
Scott & Brenda Johnson
2019 Street “Best in Show” (Highest Total Score)
Bert Roberts III
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964 RS America
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Fall Tripping
Frank & Susan Tedeschi
Each year we typically try to fit in a road trip. Two years ago was New England, last year – well COVID, this year we planned a southerly route through Nashville and ending in New Orleans for Susan’s birthday – it was a big one. As things would have it we didn’t quite make it to New Orleans. We did however have an eventful trip starting in Virginia with a stop in Charlottesville visiting Jefferson’s Monticello, and Madison’s Montpelier both quite impressive. Both were part of Susan’s Bucket list and truly National Treasures. We learned quite a bit about the individuals who were dedicated, extraordinary and accomplished individuals but not without faults. Their homes/ plantations were extravagant for their day but are a far cry from what we enjoy today. We are blessed by what the men and women of that era accomplished. Before leaving the area we made a side trip to the University of Virginia, founded by Jefferson and is a UNESCO historical site. We included a visit to the very spartan dorm room of Edgar Allen Poe (now adorn with a Raven). Walking the Campus brought back a bit of nostalgia and a reminder of how young we once were.
Next on the schedule was a visit to Ashville, NC. We heard a lot about this City, its artsy shops, restaurants it didn’t disappoint. After spending a day in the City we travelled the country side visiting Grandfather Mountain, Chimney Rock, Mount Mitchel (tallest point east of the Mississippi), the Sierra Nevada Brewery and the Town of Black Mountain ( where Susan found a bongo drum to jam with the local bar band). A visit to the Biltmore was also on Susan’s bucket list and it really amazing! If it wasn’t so far away these mountain roads with switch backs would make for an excellent playground for our tours.
Mt Mitchell, Highest Point East of the Mississippi (no we didn’t climb it); Biltmore, Ashville, NC
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Sierra Nevada Brewery
Lastly we travelled another ~3 hours south to Atlanta to visit the Porsche Experience Center where we (Joe Cameron and I) had reserved time on 911S’s. A bit different than my 991. On the day of our reservation, the Center was hosting a corporate event which worked both for and against us. On the downside much of building had been emptied of display cars to host the event, so we didn’t get to see much. On the upside we had the track almost exclusive to ourselves which meant we got a lot of driving time. The track consists of a 1 mile outside circuit, a skid pad, a low friction handling circuit, a slalom area, and a ‘Kick Plate’ experience. The skid pad and the kick plate sections were wetted so getting/maintaining control was the challenge. The kick pad added a twist, when entering this area the rear wheels crossed a pad which jolted the rear end randomly to the right or left. This was a real challenge at anything but the slowest speed. The most enjoyable portion for me however was the low friction circuit which provided the opportunity for experiencing ‘oversteer’ though various ‘S’ sections of the circuit. Having the instructors in the car was really helpful! The day ended with the instructors taking ‘Hot Laps’ with Joe, me and our wives. The ladies commented that they placed a lot of TRUST in the instructors and that they more fully appreciated the capabilities of the cars and the abilities of race car drivers in general. Overall very good trip, excellent weather and great travelling partners.
Porsche Driving Experience, Atlanta
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CHESAPEAKE CHALLENGE 52: Gimmick Rally Aniano Arao
Gimmick Rally, Mt. Airy, Oct. 23, 2021 By Aniano Arao
Photos by Aniano Arao
The month of October was move-out time from our old house and move-in time to our new home. Tied up with so much to do on the domestic front, I sought the help of Ron Farb and Steve Graham in devising a Gimmick Rally for this year’s Chesapeake Challenge. They readily and kindly agreed. Ron came up with a wonderful route around Frederick County, while Steve concocted some neat and entertaining gimmicks. The result was a delightful driving and competitive experience for the 20 pairs of people who took part. As I’ve done for several years, I will name here only the top 10 teams that completed the rally. There is no point in embarrassing the others who didn’t do as well. The perfect score is zero. The winning duo came close, with a 2. 1. Manny Alban and Bob Gutjahr 2 2. Jerry Wassel and Eli Nadel 9 3. Josh Fleming and Navya Banda 14 4. Andy Powel and Kim Powel 15 (Three 4's ace high) 5. Craig Davidson and Linda Davidson 16 (Tie broken by mileage) 6. Chuck Marshall and Sheron Marshall 16 (Tie broken by mileage) 7. Bob Williams and Kim Williams 19 8. Bert Roberts III and Bert Roberts IV 23 (Tie broken by mileage) 9. Steve Buss and Marsha Buss 23 (Tie broken by mileage) 10. James Beavan III and Ken Wilmers 23 (Tie broken by mileage)
And now, some photos.
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Gimmick Rally (cont’d)
Steve Graham, my predecessor as Tour & Rally co-chair, walks past his 2018 GT3.
This charming Macan gets going as I launch it from the gate.
Guest rally masters Steve and Ron Farb preside over the drivers’ meeting after lunch.
Mark Miller’s Racing Yellow 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 gets into position.
Steve explains the ground rules and objectives of the rally during the drivers’ meeting.
James Beavan III and navigator Ken Wilmers wait for my go-signal in James’s 981 Boxster S.
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The winning duo Manny Alban and Bob Gutjahr bide their time in Manny’s ’90 Carrera.
Another colorful Porsche waits for its turn at the starting gate with Robert Williams driving his 1976 930.
Jim Orrell’s 718 Spyder 4.0 is all set to hit the back roads, with son Hunter behind the wheel.
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Josh Fleming and Navya Banda gear up for the rally in their 718 Cayman GTS 4.0.
Steve and Marsha are ready to have fun in their Lava Orange 911 4S Cabriolet.
Scott and Veronica Kirklighter represent the early 911s in a 1970 911T Targa.
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Andy and Kim Powell are all set to enjoy the lovely countryside with top-down motoring.
Doug and Francesca Ehmann decide to have a relaxed and relaxing jaunt in their Cayman.
Clement and Evie Hathaway also opt for a noncompetitive tour of the lovely countryside.
With most of the cars on the road, I go back to the show field to take a look at Vince’s 964.
Bob Gutjahr’s 1989 911 Speedster was one of several standouts on the show field.
Jim Earlbeck’s, Bob Miller’s and Donna Brandt’s classic 911s are candies for the eyes.
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CHESAPEAKE CHALLENGE 52
Aniano Arao
Frey’s Farm Brewery, Mt. Airy, Oct. 23, 2021 By Aniano Arao
Photos by Aniano Arao
PCA Chesapeake held its annual Chesapeake Challenge for the 52nd time on Oct. 23rd at Frey’s Farm Brewery in Mt. Airy. Sixty-one club members attended the event. The day started with a light breakfast and a concours presided over by Doug Ehmann. After lunch, a gimmick rally prepared by Ron Farb and Steve Graham was held. That was followed by a tech quiz created by Randy Richter and administered by Jim Earlbeck. The day ended with cocktails and an awards dinner. Here are the award winners in the STREET PREPARED category of the CC52 Concours:
Scott & Veronica Kirklighter, 1st in class, early 911
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Manny Alban, 2nd place, 964/993, Doug & Stacy
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Clement and Evie Hathaway, 3rd place, 964/993
Chuck Marshall, 1st in class, 996/997
Scott Johnson, 1st, Macan/Cayenne/Panamera
Steve and Marsha Buss, 1st in class, 991/992
Andy Powell, 3rd place, 991/992
Richard & Stacy Hawver, 1st, Boxster/Cayman
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CC52 (cont’d)
Aniano Arao Here are the award winners in the FULL CONCOURS / TOURING category of the CC52 Concours:
Hunter Orrell, 2nd place, Boxster/Cayman Bob Miller, 1st in class, early 911/912
Doug Ehmann, 3rd place, Boxster/Cayman Jim Earlbeck, 2nd place, early 911/912
Ken Wilmers, 1st in class, 924/944/968/928
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Donna Brandt, 3rd place, early 911/912
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Bob Gutjahr, 1st in class, mid 911
Ron Farb, 1st in class, 996/997
Scott Johnson, 2nd place, 996/997
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Steve Graham, 1st in class, 991/992
Lee Raskin, 1st in class, Boxster/Cayman
Rich Townsend, 2nd place, Boxster/Cayman
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Robert Williams, 1st in class, Competition/
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Brandi Abbott, 2nd place, Tech Quiz, women
TECCH QUIZ awardees
Kim Williams, 3rd place, Tech Quiz, women
Donna Brandt, 1st in class, Tech Quiz, women
Manny Alban, 1st place, Tech Quiz, men
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Robert Williams, 2nd place, Tech Quiz, men
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CC52 (cont’d)
Bob Gutjahr, 3rd place, Tech Quiz, men
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Brenda Johnson, Most Potential for Improvement
SPECIAL AWARDS
1973 Porsche 911T, “Best in Show,” the car with the highest total score, owned by Bob Miller
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CC52 (cont’d)
Aniano Arao
1973 Porsche 911T, “Best in Show,” the car with the highest total score, owned by Bob Miller
1985 “Safari” 911 Carrera, “Sponsor’s Choice” and “People’s Choice,” entered by Rob and Brandi Abbott
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CC52 (cont’d)
Aniano Arao
Bob Gutjahr gets to keep the crystal version of the Lufthansa Trophy, not the silver one.
1985 “Safari” 911 Carrera, “Sponsor’s Choice” and “People’s Choice,” entered by Rob and Brandi Abbott
Bob Gutjahr won the Lufthansa Trophy by doing and scoring well in all three major events at Chesapeake Challmge 52 – the Concours, the Gimmick Rally and the Tech Quiz. It was presented to him by PCA Chesapeake President Vincent Rock and Chesapeake Challenge Chair Stacy Hawver.
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PCA CHS Board President
Vincent Rock
Vice President
Aaron Miller
vicepresident@pcachs.org
Treasurer
Andy Powell
treasurer@pcachs.org
Secretary
John Jensen
secretary@pcachs.org
Past President
Michael Murphy
Autocross
Brad Martinez
autocross@pcachs.org
Greg Hartke
autocross@pcachs.org
Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka
autocross@pcachs.org
Newsletter: Patter
president@pcachs.org
pastpresident@pcachs.org
James B Beavan III
editor@pcachs.org
Steven Groh
editor@pcachs.org
Publicity: Facebook
James B Beavan III
Social
Donna Brandt
social@pcachs.org
Tech Session
Jim Earlbeck
tech@pcachs.org
Randy Richter
tech@pcachs.org
Aniano Arao
tour@pcachs.org
Randy Moss
tour@pcachs.org
Tour/Rally
publicity@pcachs.org
Safety Chair
John Jensen
Chief Driving Instructor
Ellen Beck
instructor@pcachs.org
Concours d’Elegance
Ron Gordon
concours@pcachs.org
Doug Ehmann
concours@pcachs.org
Donna Brandt
concours@pcachs.org
Minta Miller
challenge@pcachs.org
Stacy Hawver
challenge@pcachs.org
Chesapeake Challenge Historian
Bob Rassa
Membership
Minta & Aaron Miller
Webmaster
Jim Hemig
Insurance
Lee Rock
PCA License
Laurie & Bruce Tarsia
PCA Zone 2 Rep
Rose Ann Novotnak
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FYI
New Tech Library Online! Visit our new library at http://pcachs.org/tech-library/
Annual Advertising Rates: Personal/Classified Items—Free to PCA members Full page ad—$600 Half page ad—$450 Quarter page ad—$200 Business card—$200
Send to: editor@pcachs.org
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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. 52
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PCA Jackets!
If you want one of these killer jackets, 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 using the link provided. 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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Order your PCA Embroidered Jacket!
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PCA Jackets!
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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 ageappropriate 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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