Chesapeake Challenge 53

Chesapeake Region

Tech Quiz from CC53

By Jim Earlbeck & Randy Richter

If you missed Chesapeake Challenge, you missed a fabulous event. As always along with the other fun activities, great company, and food there is the Tech Quiz. The purpose of the Tech Quiz is to not only test your knowledge but to educate you about Porsche facts.

This year the quiz was all about four door Porsches. These are the most popular cars in the Porsche offering, so they deserve a big place in our knowledge folder. Most of the quiz questions were culled from the last year or so articles in ‘Panorama’ or ‘Excellence’ magazines. So, if you have been reading those four door articles you should be up to speed.

The quiz follows this introduction and the answers will be found on page 71.

Four Door Porsches

1. The Porsche Cayenne was Porsche’s first production SUV. It was introduced to the North American market in model year _____

A. 2002 B. 2003 C. 2004 D. 2005 2. The second Porsche SUV to enter the North American market was the Macan. US models arrived in late spring____ A. 2012 B. 2013 C. 2014 D. 2015

3. Porsche built a special model of the Porsche Cayenne for the Transsyberia Rallye. While there were quite a number of commemorative models built for street use only ___ were built for rallye use.

A. 11 B. 17 C. 22 D. 26 4. PCA publishes a newsletter for four door Porsche enthusiasts called Perfourmance News. This newsletter was the brainchild of _______ A. Vu Nguyen B. Manny Alban C. Damon Lowney D. Jim Hemig

5. The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo has a roofline that slopes down in the rear. Designers typically call this the _______

A. Flyline B. Sweepline C. Skyline D. Transline 6. Currently in 2022 the Panamera Executive version is ______ inches longer in the wheelbase and

_____inches longer overall. A. 5.4 & 6.1 B. 5.7 & 5.7 C. 5.9 & 5.9 D. 6.1 & 6.4

7. The Porsche type 542 four door design study was notable for an unconventional element. It had an engine that could be produced in an air cooled or water-cooled version. The configuration of that engine was a _______

A. V4 B. Flat 4 C. V6 D. Flat 6 E. V8

8. The 2022 Cayenne has a Turbo S E-Hybrid version. The base weight of this behemoth of a vehicle is 5675lbs. Amazingly the combination of a gas engine and hybrid electric assist propel this monster from 0-60 in a manufacturer specified time of only ____ seconds.

A. 3.6 B. 3.8 C. 4.0 D. 4.2

9. The Porsche configurator as of September 2022 shows that there are ____ variants of the Panamera

A. 20

B. 21

C. 23

D. 24

10. The Porsche Cayenne has been assembled in Bratislava Slovakia, Liepzig Germany, and __________

A. Landschut Germany

B. Ingolstadt Germany

C. Uusikaupunki Finland

D. Kulim Malaysia

11. The predominate type of electric motor used in electric vehicles is the asynchronous machine

(ASM). Porsche, however, uses a ____________ motor.

A. Permanently excited synchronous machine

B. Intermittently excited asynchronous machine

C. Transient excited synchronous machine

D. Inversely excited non-synchronous machine

12. In 2018 Porsche produced a family friendly space concept for up to six persons. This all-electric

drive technology vehicle was called the __________.

A. Leutebeweger

B. Triebkraft

C. Familien Reisender

D. Renndienst

13. In 2016 created a four door study that started life as a mid-engine sports sedan. This car was

known as the _______

A. Vision 360 Turismo

B. Tractive 806

C. Luxusauto 572

D. Hubsch Fahrzeug

14. In the late 1980’s Porsche again considered producing a sedan. They produced a V8 powered front

engine four door. The result was the Type ________

A. 960

B. 975

C. 989

D. 717

15. In 1994 Porsche designed a four door car for the Chinese market. In the end China does not allow

Porsche to manufacture it. Porsche designated the car the _____

A. Lin Shou

B. C88

C. Z92

D. Yang Win

16. In 1987 Porsche produced a design study of a four door 928. That study was labeled the _____

A. P28

B. 931

C. 928-4

D. H50

17. Porsche announced on _______ that the 911 and Boxster would be complimented by an off-road

multipurpose vehicle in the near future. That vehicle was the Cayenne.

A. April 15, 2001

B. March 29, 1997

C. October 28, 1999

D. June 3, 1998

18. Porsche got serious in the early 2000’s about producing a four sedan. It built several design studies

that would ultimately form the basis for the Panamera. The name of the concept that won out was

the _________

A. Meteor

B. Phantom

C. Ghost

D. Mirage

19. The original design and construction effort on the Cayenne had the internal code name of

________ .

A. Colorado

B. Sahara

C. Roverstone

D. Vegas

20. The March 2022 issue of Panorama reported that the Macan would debut an electric model as early

as __________.

A. Late 2022

B. Spring 2023

C. Late Summer 2023

D. Spring 2024

21. The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo achieved a Guinness World Record by executing the greatest

continuous altitude change ever executed by an EV. This distance was approximately ________

miles.

A. 2.7

B. 3.1

C. 3.4

D. 4.2

22. In July of 2004 Walter Rohrl drove a Carrera GT at the Nurburgring to a time of 7mi 28.0sec. In October

of 2022 the Porsche Taycan set a new Nurburgring record for and electric vehicle. Amazingly,

Lars Kern drove the Turbo S model to a time of __minutes and _____ seconds.

A .7min 27.463 seconds

B. 7min 31.560 seconds

C. 7min 33.350 seconds

D. 7min 34.217 seconds

23. On May 1, 2017 a Cayenne S Diesel set a Guinness World record for the heaviest aircraft pulled by a

production car. The Cayenne towed a ______ ton Air France Airbus A380 a distance of ____ meters.

A. 237 ton- 52 meters

B. 244 ton – 35 meters

C. 252 ton – 67 meters

D. 265 ton – 42 meters

24. The 2021 Macan GTS got a ____% increase in front axle stiffness and a ____% increase in rear axle

stiffness over its predecessor.

A. 7% - 12%

B. 10%- 10%

C. 12% - 10%

D. 10% - 15%

25. In the September 2021 edition of Panorama it was reported that Panamera offered a mind-boggling

____ variants to choose from.

A. 24

B. 21

C. 20

D. 17

26. The famous 2008 Cayenne S Transsyberia was internally coded by Porsche as a _____.

A. 9PA.2

B. 7TS.1

C. 9BS.3

D. 7RJ.2

27. Porsche Chief Designer Michael Mauer has said that the ___________ ultimately served as the blueprint

for the development of the Taycan.

A. E Vision

B. Andiamo

C. 99X Electric

D. Turismo Vision

28. The Porsche design team produced a 1:1 hard scale model of the Macan. It was called the Safari

Vision. This model was made is _______.

A. 2013

B. 2014

C. 2015

D. 2016

29. Porsche has said the production of the Taycan has created about _________new jobs.

A. 1200

B. 1800

C. 2000

D. 2600

30. The Porsche configurator shows ____ models of Taycans as of Sept 2022

A. 7

B. 10

C. 11

D. 12

31. The first generation (2010-2013) of the Panamera model code was 970. The second generation

(2014-2016) was model code____.

A. 969

B. 970

C. 971

D. 972

32. Volkswagen offered a V10 diesel Touareg with 553 lbft of torque. Porsche’s Cayenne Diesel S model

offered _______.

A. The same engine tuned for 605 lbft of torque

B. There was no Diesel S

C. A V8 diesel with 627 lbft of torque

D. The exact same V10 engine

33. If luggage rails were not installed as factory equipment can they be added to a Cayenne?

A. Yes

B. No

34. _____ million square feet are needed for the production of the Taycan in Zuffenhausen.

A. 1

B. 1.2

C. 1.6

D. 1.8

35. The Porsche Panamera debuted in ____?

A. 2007

B. 2008

C. 2009

D. 2010

36.

The Porsche Macan Gen I (2015-2018) was designated with the internal model number 95B. The

Gen II Macan was designated with what internal model number?

A . 95B

B. 95C

C. 97A

D. 97B

37. The Panamera Sport Turismo offers the benefit over increased luggage space over the standard

Panamera. This increase is ____ cubic ft.

A. 1.2

B. 2.7

C. 3.3

D. 3.8

38. The Ruf Dakara is based on which of the following Porsches?

A. Panamera

B. Taycan

C. Cayenne

D. Macan

39. According to the EPA the 2022 Taycan base model with battery plus had a range of _____miles

A. 200

B. 225

C. 256

D. 285

40. Currently as of September 2022 Porsche offers ____models of the Cayenne.

A. 11

B. 19

C. 21

D. 23

41. Currently the best-selling Porsche model line is the ____

A. Cayenne

B. Macan

C. Panamera

D. Taycan

42. The maximum wading depth of any current Macan model is _____ inches

A. 8.9

B. 10.2

C. 11.8

D. 12.7

43. Per Porsche the current Panamera model listed below with the fastest top speed is the ______.

A. Turbo S

B. Turbo S Sport Turismo

C. Turbo S E-Hybrid Executive

D. Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo

44. The maximum towing capacity of any 2023 model year Macan is _______ lbs.

A .3752

B. 3941

C. 4409

D. 4527

45. When equipped with a manual transmission the Cayenne used a ZF transmission. ZF is short for___.

A. Zeit Fahrt

B. Zeppelin Foundation

C. Zum Flug

D. Zeil Flach

46. In 1968 a Texas Porsche distributor by the name of William B Dick Jr. unwittingly became the progenitor

of the four door Porsche, after the factory declined his request to make him such a car. Not

being one to give up, he then sourced a custom built 911 four doors from the custom shop of _____.

A. George Barris

B. Gene Winfield

C. Troutman & Barnes

D. Neil Emory

47. The 2018 Porsche Parade at Tan-Tar-A Resort saw Porsche unveil to PCA members the _________ A. Cayenne Transsyberia B. Macan Turbo S C. Panamera Turbo GT D. Mission E

48. The Road Atlanta sedan lap record is held by a Porsche _______. The previous record holder was a

Porsche _______ A. Panamera Turbo S – Taycan Turbo S B. Panamera Cross Turismo Turbo – Panamera Turbo S C. Panamera E-Hybrid Turbo S – Taycan Turbo S D. Taycan Turbo S – Panamera Turbo S

49. Porsche raced in the Superstars International Series from 2010 through 2013. In 2013 they debuted a car that carried the _________ model badge. A. Panamera Turbo B. Panamera GT C. Panamera Turbo S D. Panamera S

In the 1960s Porsche considered building what might be today labeled as compact SUV. Project EA226 morphed into code name _______ and was finally brought to life in the 1980s.

A. Canavan B. Verrera C. Entrope D. Miscaat

Tie Breaker Questions- in the event of a tie on the first 50 questions these five questions below will be used to break the tie.

1. Porsche manufactured a vehicle with no doors. This was type ______. A. V1A B. 597 C. 604 D. 9X2

2. In 1954 Porsche was idea rich and cash poor. To help that rectify that situation Porsche undertook a design study to produce a four-door car for an American car company. That company was Studebaker and produced a four-door design called the Type _____

A. 611 B. 432 C. 530 D. 750 3. In 1991, at the behest of Porsche, ItalDesign also tried their hand at a four-door Porsche with the type ___ Panamera II Study. A. 916 B. 920 C. 927 D. 932

4. In May 2009 a limited-edition version of the Cayenne GTS was designed by the Porsche Design Studio and included a Porsche Design Chronograph Type ______?

A. P6612 B. P3971 C. P9911 D. P7021 5. The Porsche Taycan electric motors employ ______ technology to allow more copper in the stator.

This allows the motor to have a more compact form for the same power level. A. Compressor B. Square rod C. Hairpin D. Inverted coil

Chesapeake Region

Chesapeake Challenge 53 In Review

Words: Stacy Hawver, Photos: Jim Mckee

On a beautiful, yet overcast, autumn day, friends and strangers from near and far gathered at Kurtz’s Beach in Pasadena, Maryland for the 53 rd Annual Chesapeake Challenge presented by the Porsche Club of America’s Chesapeake Region. It was a brisk, dew kissed morning on the waterfront where the Patapsco River meets the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Challenge Co-Chairs Duane Orth and Stacy Hawver arrived before the crack of dawn to begin setting up for everyone’s highly anticipated arrival. Other volunteers also braved the wee morning hours including Joan and Steve Wood and Rick Hawver. Newly christened Concours Co-Chairs Paul Koenigsmark and John Wojcik arrived soon thereafter to begin welcoming the magnificent and eclectic collection of Porsches that would be shown off in Concours. This year’s Concours included both a Full Touring option as well as the first ever Werks option. The Werks class allowed the Porsche owners to write-up their own narrative about what their car means to them to try and woo the judges into giving them a high score! Arriving just in the nick of time to meet with the Rally participants, Gimmick Rally chairman Aniano Arao with his planning partner Rich Erhlich (who was not in attendance) gave the rally drivers and their navigators a new spin this year, having the participants decide on their own route to get to the six destinations. The Gimmick Rally finished in the nick of time right before the pesky rain settled in. Everyone meandered inside for some hors d’oeuvres and cocktails before knuckling down for the overtly infamous, yet often dreaded Tech Quiz that was penned by Tech Co-Chair Moose (Randy Richter) and proctored by both Tech Co-Chairs Moose and Squirrel (Jim Earlbeck). Moose and Squirrel thought that giving out the topic of the quiz this year, Four-Door Porsches, would provide just the edge everyone needed to bump up their scores. But that hint did not lead to higher scores, much to Moose’s chagrin.

Kurtz’s Beach proved to be an ideal location for this year’s challenge. With a picturesque waterfront view and ample indoor offerings, it was both a car parking dream and loungers delight as the weather was on and off all day from being a little too chilly to very comfortable then unfortunately soggy. Being Porsche owners themselves, the owners of the venue were thrilled to have us there and even brought their own Ultra Violet (purple) GT3 RS to the venue for a visit. When the first droplet of precipitation dotted the GT3’s windshield, down the road it went as the tires of that car have never seen a damp roadway. We also had a feature car at the event this year on display in the pavilion area for everyone’s viewing pleasure, Steve Groh’s 1965 Porsche 356C Slate Gray Cabriolet. Duane Orth modeled the Chesapeake Challenge 53 logo and trophies after the 356 and we thoroughly appreciate the Groh’s bringing their car to the event for everyone to ogle (even though it wasn’t white, like the challenge logo).

The Concours had 30 entrants this year, up from last year’s participation. The addition of the Werks class threw a twist into the competition this year. The results of the Conours are shown in the tables below. In addition to these winners, we had Best in Show Full Concours go to Steve Wood and his 1991 911 Turbo (964), Best in Show Werks go to Vincent Martorana and his 1997 911 C4S (993), and People’s Choice go to Steve Groh and his 1965 356C Cabriolet.

The Concours judging results:

CONCOURS / TOURING

ENTRANTS

YEAR

MODEL

COLOR

RESULTS

Early Aircooled

Bob Miller

1960

356B Super 90

Heron Grey

1

Jim Earlbeck

1973

911S

Glacier Blue

2

Mid Engine (Early)

Lee Raskin

1999

Boxster

Arctic Silver

1

Jim Althoff

2000

Boxter S

Guards Red

2

Mid Engine (Late)

Richard Townsend

2013

Boxster S

Racing Yellow

1

Dan Zadra

2016

Cayman GT4

Speed Yellow

2

Jonathan Silverman

2016

Cayman GT4

Sapphire Blue

3

Mid Years

Steve Wood

1991

911 Turbo (964)

Guards Red

1

Terrell Williams

1989

Targa (Carrera)

Guards Red

2

Manny Alban

1990

911 C2 (964)

Grand Prix White

3

Water Cooled

Robert Gutjahr

2004

996 Anniversary Edition

GT Silver Metallic

1

James Beavan III

2006

Cayenne Turbo S

Black

2

Following lunch, the Gimmick Rally drivers and navigators made way to their vehicles, directions in hand, and hoped they were able to follow along with Aniano’s seemingly super complicated directions that ended up not being complicated at all! The starting direction was given to all and each car began on the same route, but it was up to the navigators to determine the best and most efficient way to make it to the six destinations that were outlined in the directions before returning to Kurtz’s. The clues were clever and the routes were random! A good time was had by all. The Gimmick Rally winners were: 1 st Place David Dukehart (Driver) and Atena Rosak (Navigator); 2 nd Place Manny Alban (Driver) and Bob Gutjahr (Navigator); and 3 rd Place Steve Russo (Driver) and Kelly Russo (Navigator). We were delighted that the rain held off just until the end of the Gimmick Rally.

Our special trophy is the Knowlton P. Long Memorial Trophy. It is named in memory of “Pappy” Long, an early Porsche dealer in Maryland, who donated trophies to the first Chesapeake Challenge. This trophy is also referred to as the Lufthansa Award. Each year we present the award to the highest and best overall scorer in all three events, and etch that person's name on the trophy. The Award was given to Mr. Bob Gutjahr for a second year in a row!

The Werks judging results:

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Chesapeake Challenge 53 (cont’d)

Words: Stacy Hawver, Photos: Jim Mckee

WERKS

ENTRANTS

YEAR

MODEL

COLOR

RESULTS

356

Theodore Reichhart

1957

Speedster

Polyantha

1

Steven Groh

1965

356C Cabriolet

Slate Grey

2

997 / 991

John Owsley

2014

911 50 th Anniversary

Geyser Grey

1

Ronald Farb

2011

911 Turbo S

Black

2

Shermoan Daiyaan

2016

GT3 RS

Lava Orange

3

Boxster (981)

Charles Visconage

2013

Boxster

Agate Grey Me-

1

Robert deLeon

2015

Boxster GTS

GT Silver Metallic

2

Passenger

Dick Pittini

2022

Taycan CT4

Neptune Blue

1

Wayne Nelms

2015

Macan S

Dark Blue

2

Transition Era

Vincent Martorana

1997

911C4S (993)

Black

1

Nathan Heath

2001

Boxster S

Meridian Metallic

2

Rick Hawver

2006

Cayman S

Carrara White

3

Vintage Sport

Ken Wilmers

1987

944

Alpine White

1

Robert Abbott

1968

911L

White / Red

2

This year’s challenge saw a number of new faces pulling together the event as co-chairs that had never even participated in a challenge or concours themselves. Newbies Duane Orth, Paul Koenigsmark, and John Wojcik did a tremendous job in organizing a fabulous event with tremendous attention to detail. Special thanks to all of the volunteers in setup and cleanup and those that assisted with judging and grading the rally sheets and tech quizzes. Teamwork makes the dream work and the event wouldn’t be what it was without so many donating their time and efforts! Additional super special thanks to those that were there at 6 AM and stayed until after 7 PM, it was a long and tiring day, but such a wonderful time! Spread the word about this awesome annual event and we hope to see everyone again next year as well as some new faces. It’s not the cars, it’s the people and it was a pleasure to be around all these people and their wonderful cars for this amazing day-long event. Looking forward to 2023!!!

Chesapeake Region

CC53 GIMMICK RALLY

By Aniano Arao

PCA-CHS Tour & Rally 2022 Event No. 10 – Oct. 23rd

By Aniano Arao

The Chesapeake Challenge Gimmick Rally held on Oct. 23rd at Kurtz’s Beach in Anne Arundel County was theTour & Rally Committee’s 10th event this year.

Those participating in this event had 8 general objectives: (1) Follow the route, as instructed; (2) take note of certain details along the way; (3) carry out some tasks; (4) answer questions; (5) submit the completed main questionnaire at the finish line; (6) finish in exactly 120 minutes after the car’s starting time; (7) answer a second but much shorter bonus questionnaire in 30 seconds or less at the finish line; and (8) have fun doing all of the above.

Over the years, we have made it a point to make each of our rallies totally different from each other. So thisyear’s competition was another unconventional offering from us.

At the outset, I invited several people to contribute to the rally preparations. One of our guest tour masters, Hank Lucas, proposed a route. My former Tour & Rally co-chair, Randy Moss, and I road-tested it. We found Hank’s route great for a tour but not well suited for a gimmick rally, plus it covered roughly the same ground as our CC49 rally in 2018. So Randy suggested holding a rally with gimmick destinations but no designated route. It was a brilliant idea. So I immediately decided to adopt it. But I knew that it had to be kept a secret until the start of the rally.

My Tour & Rally co-chair, Rich Ehrlich, and I then visited several potential gimmick locations that he and Ihad nominated, along with several suggested by Hank. All were interesting, but most were too far, too difficultto access, too hard to depart from, or not viable within the rally’s limited timeframe.

In the end, I chose one nominated location each from Rich and Hank, and dropped all of my initial candidates. I then looked for and found four new gimmick destinations, raising the final total to six. To prepare for his photo shoot of the rally activities, Jim McKee joined me during my third and final reconnaissance drive around the county. I then put together all the gimmick questions and the tasks for each location.

The day before the Gimmick Rally, I sent the General Instructions via e-mail to the 58 participating driversand navigators in 29 Porsches. The General Instructions spelled out the rally’s ground rules.

I explained the GI’s main points at the drivers’ meeting on the day of the rally. I told everyone that the cars would launched in one-minute intervals, and that each team would be given the Route Instructions and the Main Gimmick Questionnaire one minute before getting the go-signal from me. I also informed them that upon their return to Kurtz’s Beach, I would collect some information from them at the finish line and then hand them the Bonus Questionnaire. After 30 seconds, they were supposed to submit both the Main and the Bonus Questionnaires to me.

I assured the rally participants that the instructions might sound complicated, but that the gimmicks themselveswere simple. I added that they needed to go through the rules’ complexity in order to reach the contest’ssimplicity.

My fellow Tour & Rally co-chair, Rich Ehrlich, was not able to attend the Chesapeake Challenge because of an important family event out of state. Stepping into the breach, Tech Co-Chair Jim Earlbeck kindly agreed to help me hand out the Route Instructions and the Main Questionnaire at the starting gate, to one rally team at a time.

I had forewarned all the participants during the drivers’ meeting that the Main Questionnaire would containnot only gimmick questions but gimmick instructions, as well – essentially about what pictures to take withtheir mobile phones.

The Route Instructions were not at all what everyone expected. They were told only how to get out of theneighborhood and were then given their six gimmick destinations, in random order.

The first surprise and the first gimmick of the afternoon was for them to create their own routes to those six destinations, on the fly. Their objectives were to come up with a route that took the least amount of time and covered the least number of miles to cover.

I had no idea how the participants would find the highly unconventional rally they found themselves involvedin. Upon reaching the finish line, most of them told me they had fun and enjoyed the gimmicks. The positivefeedback was very gratifying and was a bit of a surprise for me.

Rich and Kris Townsend kindly volunteered to help me score the participants’ questionnaires (see photo). Their assistance was crucial and much appreciated. Without their awesome help, I wouldn’t have been able to come up with the results in time for the presentation of the awards after dinner, which we barely had time for.

Here are the top 10 rally teams:

(1) David Dukehart and Atena Rosak (2) Manny Alban and Bob Gutjahr (3) Steve Russo and Kelly Russo (4) Ken Wilmers and Ron Farb (5) John Jensen and Sue Jensen (6) Guido Davids and Julie Davids (7) Duane Orth and Jackie Orth (8) John Owsley and Tilo Owsley (9) Zorian Shimanov and Dan Zadra (10) Rick Hawver and Stacy Hawver

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All photos by Aniano Arao,except for two by Jim McKee and

one each by Rich Chitty and James Beavan III

Daniel McNally & Angela Gruenfelder

Rich & Claudia Chitty

Bert Roberts: CC Veteran

By: Bert Roberts

Bert Roberts III has been attending Chesapeake Challenge for many years, but had the tough choice of choosing to attend a Ravens game versus CC54 this year.

To the right is Bert and his son at CC52 last year, showing off his 1993 RS America.

Below are some of the commemorative plates Bert has from prior Chesapeake Challenge events.