PCA Chesapeake Region Patter - Mar/Apr 2021 Vol 62, Issue 03/04

Volume 63 Issue 3/4 Mar/Apr 2021

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Events Calendar Month

Day

Event

Meeting Venue

April

18

Catoctin Mountain Tour 1

Kecco’s

25

Catoctin Mountain Tour 2

Kecco’s

1

Drive to Carlisle Swap Meet Tour

Kecco’s

23

Missile Silo & Winery Tour

TBD

June

5

Autocross: Test & Tune

PGCS

July

17

Autocross #1 of 4

PGCS

August

2

Autocross #2 of 4

PGCS

28

Crab Feast

Kemptown Park, MD

May

Editors Message: Welcome to another edition of the Porsche Patter. I want to thank our staff of Ridgely Mckinless, Rick Hawver and Stacy Talmadge Hawver for their contributions and assistance and wish them well. Please welcome Steve Groh to the Patter, you will learn a lot more about Steve in the next issue and he has a series of articles planned about his 356 restoration. We are also looking for one more like minded individual to join the Patter staff.

As you will see the April Patter is packed full of photos and articles as well as the schedule of events you all have been waiting patiently for since a year ago essentially. Make sure to check your CHS eblast emails for registration info. I know I’m looking forward to the autocross season to try out my 924S. We are always looking for additional members to feature in our publication as well as your stories about your Porsche experience. To date we have run 25 member profiles, which makes up just 2.5% of Chesapeake members, so please reach out to me and lets get to know each other!

Also members can run car/parts ads here for free.

Happy 60th Anniversary Chesapeake Region!

Best, James B Beavan III editor@pcachs.org 2

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Inside This Month!

Club Info

Events Calendar Membership & Anniversaries PCACHS Board Member Directory President’s Message

Features

Autocross History Channel PCA-Style Memoriam: Charles B. Gillet Catoctin Moutain Tours Drive to Porsche Swap Meet Tour & Rally Schedule

Articles

Potomac Cars & Coffee UnPimp The Auto The Exhaust Chronicles Jim Earlbeck

Randy & Janet Richter

Aaron Miller Manny & Roxanne Alban

Member Profiles

Market

Classified: 991.1 Tail Lights PSAs / FYI: Tech Library Name & Car Badges / PCACHS Jackets PCA License Plates / PCA Juniors

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 pubCover photos lication in Microsoft Word format to editor@pcachs.org. Please send images in their original dimensions Bob Gutjahr’s 356C and resolution. Editors: James Beavan III, Steve Groh; Contributing Photographers: James Beavan III, Steve Wood’s 911 Turbo Aniano Arao, Aaron Miller; Contributing Writers: Bob Rassa, Aaron Miller, James Beavan III, Aniano Aaron Miller 911 C4S Arao, Greg Hartke, Rick Hawver. Advertising: For questions about advertising rates and placement in Donna Brandt 911 Targa 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 Photos by Steve Wood taken the respective author. in Annapolis first weekend Subscriptions: join the Porsche Club of America — www.pca.org. The Porsche Patter is published monthof Spring 2021. ly by the Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America. 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 16 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.

Most routes and one event will be new. Log on to your account at www.motorsportreg.com to sign up once events are announced. (Ver. 2, 04/07/2021. Photo by Aniano Arao)

April 18 (1) Catoctin Mountain Tour – 1st edition, Reisterstown to Middletown April 25 (2) Catoctin Mountain Tour – 2nd edition, Reisterstown to Middletown May 1 (3) Drive to Porsche Swap Meet in Carlisle, PA – Reisterstown to Carlisle (new route) May 23 (4) Nike Missile Base and Linganore Tour, with guest tour master Ron Farb (new route) June (5) Maryland Horse Country Tour – 2021 Edition (new route) June (6) West Virginia Tour, AM and PM – from Middletown, MD (new route) July (7) Safeway to the Bay Tour, with guest tour master Hank Lucas – from Annapolis (new) July (8) Ice Cream Tour No.1, with guest tour master Steve Graham August (9) Prettyboy Reservoir Tour in northern Baltimore County August (10) Ice Cream Tour No.2, with guest tour master Steve Graham (new route) September (11) Allegheny Mountains Tour in PA, with guest tour master Ron Farb (new route) September (12) Catoctin Mountain Off-Road Tour, with guest tour master Jim Hemig (new event) October (13) Chesapeake Challenge 52 Gimmick Rally (new route) October (14) Baltimore County Fall Colors Tour – 1st Edition (new route) November (15) Baltimore County Fall Colors Tour – 2nd Edition (new route) December (16) “Kindertime & Giving Back – Linda’s Legacy” Driving Tour Check details on www.pcachs.org and in Patter. 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 members to participate in activities that benefit the community through fundraising or volunteering of time.

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Membership & Anniversaries Committee Chair Report: Membership - February 2021 STATISTICS Chesapeake Region Membership Primary Members: 964 Affiliate Members: 535

Life Members: 1 Total Members: 1500

New Members (14) Hunter Barber & Emily Bryden

Westminster, MD

1988 911 Carrera, Blue

Nadia Guy

Towson, MD

2013 Cayenne S, White

Joe Mayer James Moore

Arnold, MD Baltimore, MD

1999 Boxster, Silver 2015 911 GT3, White

Hugh Robinson

Baltimore, MD

2013 911 Carrera 4S

Christopher Ryan

Royal Oak, MD

2011 Cayenne Turbo, Black

David Shaeffer

Annapolis, MD

2008 911 Carrera S Cab, Arctic Silver

David Sinopoli

Baltimore, MD

2001 Boxster, Biarritz White

James Turner

Davidsonville, MD

2014 Cayman S

PCA Juniors: 74 Member Renewals: 30 Non-Renewals: 18 Transfers In: 0

New Test Drive Participants: 2

Scott Sagharian Ellicott City, MD Ricardo Zwaig

Fulton, MD

Transfers In (1)

Transfers Out (1)

Bradley R. & Christine Grant ← Shenandoah (SHN)

Earl A. Powell → Coastal Empire (CEM)

Anniversaries 35 Years Barry Price & Dorothy King 25 Years Walter A. & Pamela Connors 15 Years Art & Jenny Cuevas Larry & Pamela Olsen

10 Years Adam Mihulka 5 Years Matthew Duffy George Grisham Greg Hartke Albert Lee

1 Year John Kevin Eckert Carol Ekwall Phyllis Cramer

Full Membership Committee Reports can be found on our website: https://pcachs.org/ Please excuse us for any inconsistencies in reports as PCA HQ continues to improve our system

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Membership & Anniversaries Committee Chair Report: Membership—March 2021 STATISTICS Chesapeake Region Membership Primary Members: 971 Affiliate Members: 541

Life Members: 1 Total Members: 1513

New Members (13) John Avramidis

Severn, MD

2015 911 Turbo S Cab, Sapphire Blue Metallic

Jim & Karin Clancy

Pasadena, MD

2010 Boxster S, Dark Grey

Peter Colyn

Lothian, MD

2015 911 Carrera S Cab, Agate Gray

Hung Du

Reisterstown, MD

Sree Koneru

Owings Mills, MD

PCA Juniors: 74 Member Renewals: 30 Non-Renewals: 2021 911 Carrera S Cab, Carrera White Metallic 18 Transfers In: 0 2018 718 Cayman, Yellow

Amanda & Thomas Mason

Severna Park, MD

2021 718 Boxster, Midnight Blue

Javier Meade

Ellicott City, MD

2018 718 Cayman, Gray

George Metze

Millersville, MD

2021 911 Carrera S, Aventurine Green

Julian Pulfrey

Jacksonville, MD

2008 911 Carrera 4S, GT Silver

Jonathan Skroski

Parkton, MD

1996 911 Carrera 4S

Lucas Winter

Hanover, MD

2018 Macan, Black

Test Drivers (0) Transfers In (0)

Transfers Out (3) John Cummins → Potomac (POT) Robert Majoros → Suncoast Florida (SFL) Corrington L. Wheeler → Potomac (POT)

Anniversaries 35 Years Paul & Dana Gentile 25 Years Barbara Ann White 20 Years Daniel Karen Ball 15 Years

Albert Rubeling & Diane Stahl Gennady Soykher 10 Years John E. & Ruth Taylor 5 Years Yaroslav Burmaka & Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka Andrew & Sara Halford

1 Year Jerry Bowser Larry Cate Patrick Fava Tom & Andrew Faeth John & Helen Hoy Gary Michael Chuck Nolan Jacob O’Brien

Full Membership Committee Reports can be found on our website: https://pcachs.org/ Please excuse us for any inconsistencies in reports as PCA HQ continues to improve our system

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President’s Message & Member Support

Greetings Chesapeake Region!

I’m proud to announce that March 20, 2021 is the official 60th anniversary of our Chesapeake Region! Time flies when you’re having fun! And we are looking to get back to the fun we’ve become accustomed to.

Keep a lookout for the article from our Historian, and one of the original founding members of the Region, Bob Rassa, commemorating the history of our Region.

We are looking to start resuming activities in 2021. We will be following CDC, State and local guidelines and best recommendations. We are planning on having a full year of Autocross events, starting in June that Greg Hartke along with the Autocross committee is organizing. We will be using the lots at Bowie Baysox Stadium and Ripken Stadium this year. Keep an eye out for registration on MotorsportReg for our upcoming auto-x events!

We are also looking at having our first tech event of the year in June/July, organized by Jim Earlbeck and Randy Richter.

We also anticipate having a valuation seminar with Hagerty Insurance organized by Lee Rock. The event will be held online, and we are excited to partner with Hagerty for this event. It is sure to be very informative, and something you won’t want to miss!

I hope everyone and their loved ones are healthy and doing well, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our upcoming events. All of our events are scheduled through MotorsportReg, so keep a look out for Chesapeake Events! Please make sure to like and monitor our Facebook page Porsche Club of America - Chesapeake Region | Facebook for any updates!

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 Officers (pcachs.org) If anyone is interested in helping out with the Patter newsletter please send an email to editor@pcachs.org Best, Vincent Rock PCACHS President

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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Autocross Is Back In June!

Greg Hartke I have a bit of news to report for this edition! First, Potomac had its first AX of the year at the Summit Point Cone Pad on Saturday March 20th. The event was well attended (71 drivers), but with a long course and a late start, it made for a lo-o-o-ong day – I left home at 5:30 that morning and didn’t get back ‘til almost 8:00 PM. Ugh! Keep in mind that I’m also on the POT AX Committee, so stayed after the event to tear down, but it was still a long day even for those who left right after racing.

There were a few CHS Members there and it was good to see everyone again after a long break. David Critcher and Vu Nguyen were 1st and 2nd, respectively, in P3 and Mark Hubley was racing in a VW Golf. Mark’s 911 died last year and he threw in the towel on that machine, but acquired a 944 Turbo over the winter to continue his enjoyment of P-cars. It’s almost ready to go, but he elected to bring the Golf to this first event of the season while he finished sorting out the new car. I hadn’t seen David in quite a while, so it was great to catch up with him. He’s a great driver and came in 6th overall in his 1996 993. Fabulous driving from David, as we always expect from him. Vu was 13th and I was 16th, which was far from embarrassing in my stock 981 Cayman S, considering the cars and drivers present that day. Damon Lowney was also there and had a really good day in his 2007 Cayman in S2. How good? Good enough that he would have been 2nd in S3 and that’s pretty sporty!

I worked timing during the first heat (which only seemed interminable…) and just about froze to death during my hours in the trailer. Brrr! That’s what can happen with these shoulder-season events if you’re not out in the sun. (I can report that the spot-a-pot was a warm and cozy place, though, since it was sitting out in the sun. ;) ) Actually, I was glad to be driving late because the track warmed up by then, affording more grip to those of us lucky enough to be out there in the second heat. (Take note that David Critcher put up his times in the first heat!) It was a long, fun course and I was really driving well, so I was pretty happy with my day.

Actually, I have two major pieces of news this month. First, out of the blue I received an email from Charlene Fewer (Prince George’s Stadium (PGS) Director of Ticket Operations) who was very excited to tell me that the GM had walked into her office that morning and told her that he had received word from the County that the parking lot at PGS was to be repaved, with work beginning the following Monday (March 29th). Well, knock me over with a feather! I certainly wasn’t expecting that! I had been pestering PGS about that ever since I became AX Co-chair, but truthfully didn’t think it would get done this year at all after plans for the work were scuttled last fall due to the pandemic. Because of my incessant pestering, Charlene told me first because she knew I would be so excited. Wow, was she right! Is that great news, or what??? Charlene said the work would be done in stages, but would be complete before the Baysox’ opening day of May 11th.

The timing is auspicious because our first event of the season won’t come until June (which will be the Test & Tune) and first race not until July, well after the completion date. This means the surface will have a chance to cure before we go out and do our thing, though even so, I expect the surface to be a bit slick this year. That’s OK. That’s a very acceptable trade in order to have a nice, clean surface on which to race. I’m sure we’ll all be looking forward to that!

Now for the second major piece of news. I can finally report that I have a schedule for AX for the 2021 season. This one was exceptionally painful to put together. In order to make a schedule, I had to wait for the baseball schedules to be published and when they finally came out, I immediately jumped on them and created an AX schedule for submission to PGS in an effort to be the first to request the dates. I was pretty happy with the first schedule I established with six race dates (five at PGS and one at Ripken), plus the AX School, plus the Test & Tune. Then the fun began…

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Autocross (cont’d)

A couple of weeks after having my scheduled accepted, I received an email from Charlene telling me that they had to pull back one of the dates at PGS because the County had pulled rank on them and required the use of the parking lot for one of the weekends on which we were due to race. Arrrgh! You might think it would be easy to move to another weekend, but it’s not that simple. At that time, POT had nine AX events scheduled this year (two at PGS plus seven at Summit Point), plus their AX School, and I also have to schedule around DE events because so many of our participants drive in both. Throw in Baysox home games, weekends for the 4th of July, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Labor Day, and there aren’t a whole lot of dates left. In fact, there were none. Zilch. When that event was pulled, I was immediately in trouble.

It got worse. My scheduled date for Ripken in the fall also got pulled, so I was in all kinds of trouble trying to find dates for racing. Sheesh! Throw in all the constraints mentioned above, plus the Ironbirds’ schedule (and they’re now a fullseason team instead of short-season) and there were few dates available there, either. There was, however, one date I could use and I opted to schedule our first event of the season at Ripken Stadium.

Ta da! I finally had an acceptable schedule. It featured only five events, but that was acceptable even if it was not optimal. With a schedule in hand, I could then go to work on the budget and get everything finalized. I completed the budget last Sunday (March 28th) and was feeling good, then just as I was about to submit the budget to the Board of Directors, I received a message from Jessie Rushing, Operations Manager at Ripken, saying she needed to talk to me.

That didn’t sound good. I talked to her the next morning and discovered that Ripken Stadium will soon be turned into a mass-vaccination site by the State. Oh, no! Could my luck be any worse??? Sheesh! She told me, though, that only a portion of the lot would be used and that the remainder might be suitable for events run by CHS PCA as well as other car clubs. They’re expecting 3000 vaccinations per day, which I thought would pose problems for us, but she also told me that the site will only be operating Tuesdays through Saturdays. Although I disklike Sunday events, I felt that our only recourse was to consider racing there on a Sunday. With all the constraints, there was literally only one Sunday during the season on which it would be possible for us to stage an event, but unfortunately that date was Father’s Day and even I am not foolish enough to try to stage an event on Father’s Day. What that means is that unfortunately it looks as if there will be no event at Ripken this year.

I went through that mess so that you would understand why we’re only having four races this year, plus the Test & Tune and AX School. I tried to do better, but it was the best I could manage. As of now, this is the 2021 CHS AX schedule: Venue

Date

Day

Event

PGS

2021-06-05

Saturday

Test and Tune

PGS

2021-07-17

Saturday

AX#1

I’ll continue to try to find some way in which to add a fifth racing event, but it’s not looking promising. It’s PGS 2021-09-11 Saturday AX School been an eventful couple of months getting all this PGS 2021-10-09 Saturday AX#3 PGS 2021-10-16 Saturday AX#4 sorted out, but we’re finally on the cusp of the 2021 AX season. Stay tuned and we’ll let you know when the events go live on MSR and open registration. It won’t be too much longer!

PGS

2021-08-07

Saturday

AX#2

Stay well! I’ll be looking forward to seeing everyone soon at the races!

Greg Hartke

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Member Profile: Manny & Roxanne Alban James B. Beavan III Names: Manny and Roxanne Alban. Joined PCA September 1989 Car(s): Phoenix Red 1973 914 2.0; Gran Prix White 1990 911 Carrera 2; Seal Gray 2005 Boxster S Have you served on any Regional or National committees: Chesapeake President (2 terms), Vice President, Secretary, Patter Editor (2 years and hardest job in PCA next to National President) and Chesapeake Challenge Chair for CC24 and CC25. National-Zone 2 Rep 2000-2004; Secretary 2005-2008; Vice President 2009-2010; President 2011-2014; Past President 2015-2018; PCA Club Racing Advisory Committee 2005; 2005 Hershey Parade Co-chair; Rennsport Reunion V and VI PCA Activities Chair. I volunteered from day one as a member in 1989. Took a sabbatical at the end of 2018. I figure after two years it may be time to get back to helping PCA out again.

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): At the time it was a family owned company that had a rich racing history of defeating larger cars and companies. I fell in love with the brand when I was 14 so I knew that I had to have a Porsche someday. At 18, I saved enough money to buy a 1981 924 which was five years old at the time. I love the air cooled models. They're good 1-2 hour drive cars. The newer cars are great GT cars. They make longer drives much more tolerable.

What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: Saw an ad for the Chesapeake Challenge Concours one day so my 20 year old girlfriend (I was 23) and I went on a Saturday morning to check the cars out.

I asked someone how I could join the club and next thing I know, John Harvey, Membership Chair, came over at 10AM with a beer in one hand and a membership app in the other. He smiled and said "welcome to the club". That girlfriend eventually became my bride and we've been married since 1992.

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: Regional events, Chesapeake tours and autocrosses.

National events-Werks Reunion and Porsche Parade.

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Member Profile: Alban (cont’d)

What is your favorite PCA memory: Seeing my kids grow up at the Porsche Parade events. I think my daughter has been to 14 Parades and she's only 21. This was their summer camp and they've told how many great memories they have because of PCA. Here's my top Porsche memories, this was a tough one because I have had more than a lifetime of Porsche memories. Driving at speed, the Museum 959 in Stuttgart; a Carrera GT on a straight open road in New Mexico, and a 918 Spyder on the Autobahn Raceway outside of Chicago.

Sitting in Porsche #1 with my wife at the Museum workshop. Getting to know so many members of the Porsche family as well as designers, engineers and race car drivers. Most everyone I had read about in Porsche books when I was a teenager I got to meet or interview. Being driven around the old Solitude racetrack, at night in Grant Larson's (Porsche designer) 356 Speedster. Racing, wheel to wheel, at Rennsport Reunion II in Daytona and the Porsche 50/50 at Watkins Glen (the pre-cursor to Rennsport Reunion). For Grey's Anatomy fans, introducing McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey), several times at Porscheplatz events when he was racing Porsches. And yes, he is a very nice guy. If you would have told me when I was 18 that someday I would be in the living room of Hans Peter Porsche having coffee or that I would race at over 28 tracks, I would have thought you were nuts.

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Volunteer, it doesn't have to be a committee position. It can be as simple as helping out with registration at an event. It's a great way to meet new members and really enhances your experience. If you don't like something or would like to see change in the club, get involved.

If money were no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: The Porsche 904. A car designed

by Butzi Porsche with virtually no committee input. Arguably the most stunning Porsche ever built.

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Member Profile: Alban (cont’d)

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Member Profile: Jim Earlbeck

James B. Beavan III

Member Names & Join Date: Jim Earlbeck, aliases used- Squirrel, Rocket J Squirrel, Fast Earl the Flyin’ Squirrel; Joined PCA 2007 Car(s): ’63 356B T6 coupe, ’68 911L, ’72 Targa T, ’72 911E coupe, ’77 turbo Carrera, ’04 Carrera coupe, ’11 Boxster Spyder, ’16 Cayenne diesel, ’16 GT3RS, ’19 Targa 4 GTS. Yes, I do have a Porsche addiction problem. I did try a 12 step program only to learn that each step included buying a Porsche. I should have been suspicious when I learned it was hosted by PCA, the American Car Dealers Association and Fearless Leader.

Have you served on any Regional or National committees: I have been the Tech Co-Chair for Chesapeake for about six years. My co-chair is Randy Richter, a/k/a Moose. Tech is the best seat in the house. We get to engage with the vendors that service our community and learn their strengths and weaknesses. Probably the best part of the job is that I get to weasel- or is that squirrel- my way into people’s garages for our super popular garage crawls. Learning what people value and how they live the automotive lifestyle is fascinating.

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 addiction to cars started at an early age. I have always been interested in how things worked. One day my Dad came home to find his prized International Cub Cadet riding lawn mower engine in pieces- cylinder head here, carburetor there and things broken down to their fundamen-

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Member Profile: Earlbeck (cont’d) fundamental components. At the ripe age of 12, you could find me at the drag races with my older brother where I acted as his crew. My first car was a used ’68 SS396 Chevelle. Other muscle cars followed, but they fell out of favor with me when I purchased a ’72 DeTomaso Pantera. It was an Italian beauty with American muscle that could go around corners without scraping its door handles. A new variation of my addiction was forming. It has since been clinically labeled as PASM (Porsche Addiction Syndrome Malady).

A new car was called for once I graduated with my Mechanical Engineering degree. Porsche had just released the 924. The shape spoke to me. It was the future. And yes, the car with its almost perfect weight balance was a hoot in the turns. The anemic Audi sourced engine and the cars overall lack of build quality did not turn me off. Just the opposite. It forced me to explore other Porsche products. Next up was a theft recovery ’76 turbo Carrera, which was followed by a ’78 turbo. Now the addiction was raging. A stream of transaxle cars, including a ’78 928 with Pasha interior followed.

I moved onto other marques in search of new experiences after feeling that I had sampled all that Porsche had to offer. Ah the wisdom of youth! After decades of wandering around the automotive landscape in search of the best car I found myself buying a ’06 997 C2S. The hook went in deep!

I do not think that without all of the experimentation with the other marques that the message that Porsche was delivering would have resonated with me the way that it did. Porsche immediately became my drug of choice. Of course, I fell in love with the performance, but it was also Porsche’s ability to understand their customer, their corporate history, the racing heritage, the build quality and PCA. What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: At 24 years of age, I had no desire to join PCA when the first Porsche, the 924, entered my life. The wisdom of youth once again raised its uninformed head! I viewed PCA as being full of old sport car guys in tweed jackets driving obsolete rear engine cars. Not joining PCA was ironic for me. I liked car clubs. I helped form Mid-Atlantic Vans and Campus Cruise Vans. Yup, I was one of those guys. Actually, many muscle car guys turned to vans in the early seventies as we got disenfranchised with Detroit’s offerings of smog control hobbled performance cars with only 190HP. While living the van life I helped launch The Baltimore Pantera Club. The automotive club lifestyle was in my blood, but I could not get PCA in my mind.

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Member Profile: Earlbeck (cont’d)

James B. Beavan III

Panorama caught my eye when the ’06 997 C2S joined my party. My desire to read future issues led me to joining PCA in 2007. I was not so much a member back then, but a stalker. Attendance was rare until I discovered the Tech sessions. New friendships were made and my involvement with Chesapeake grew and grew.

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: Tech sessions are number one with me, be it on a Regional or National level. I still enjoy learning about the cars and about Porsche as a company. Treffen feeds my need for a social fix. Parade, well hell that is just a weeklong orgy of events, cars and people, love it! I do DE, but I prefer to go to Porsche’s school at Barber Motorsports Park when I want to go fast and sharpen my skills. Barber gives me a chance to drive new Porsche products the way they were meant to be driven. I try to go to school once a year. A warning is on order though- if you do go to Barber, you will probably want to buy a new Porsche. I have heard through highly regarded sources that it happens to people that have PASM. What is your favorite PCA memory: There are so many great memories to pick from. One is a bar seen from Treffen Ashville. Both my daughters, one spouse and my wife joined me at this event. After a challenging day of driving great cars through wonderful mountain roads we found ourselves in the bar area near a fireplace. A conversation broke out with another PCAer and his wife from another region. The drinks and laughs were flowing as we learned about each other. He turned out to be a real car guy that had recently retired from the Air Force. His life story was incredible. He had an undergrad in Chemical Engineering, MBA from Wharton and then a medical degree from Harvard. PCA has allowed me to meet so many fascinating people that I would have missed out on.

My favorite PCA memory was created doing a DE event at VIR in my 2013 Panamera GTS. No one had ever seen a Panamera at DE. It got a lot of comments. Mostly fun trash talk. Things like you have too many doors and you may catch me on the straights, but I’ll pull away from you in the turns. Manny Alban knew better. He asked if he could ride with me and bumped my assigned instructor. We joked about him sitting in the back seat with a WSJ and a cup of coffee as I chauffeured him around the track. Then we got down to business. As we left the NASCAR corner and approached the Left Hook he advised me to be careful of the car that was ahead of us. He stated that our closing rate teamed with the wide face and angry LED driving lights of the Panamera were going to startle the driver of the older 911. Sure enough the guy didn’t know which way to go. He hit his brakes mid turn and stayed there. He quickly signaled for us to pass as he continued to slow down. Manny had called it perfectly. We quickly left the 911 in our wake as we laughed about the incredible performance limits of this fat ass, four door Porsche.

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Show up and participate, I truly regret not joining PCA in 1978. Even more, I regret not getting involved quicker when I joined in 2007. Do not stalk, participate. What you will get back is incredible.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: There is no “one” for me. I do not think a 908/3 would bring me more joy than say a 993. Each Porsche brings something else to the party. Something new to learn and understand. More horsepower, more computers, more downforce does not always mean more fun. I am a driver. Having a 917 would be fun, but how often would I get to play with it? I love the way my ’77 turbo Carrera makes me think as I enter a corner, the way the carbs and cam work together on the ‘68L, the incredible complex nature of the Mechanical Fuel Injection (MFI) on the ’72, the Spyder’s joy of driving and the snap of the PDK on the RS. Oh, let us not forget launch control on the RS. It is mind blowing.

My current love is the forsaken 996. Mine is a ’04 with factory M030 sport suspension, sport exhaust, sport seats and aero. Its modest, by today’s standards, 320 HP combined with just 3000 pounds of steel and aluminum provides more than enough entertainment. The car feels light and toss able. It is civilized, yet it makes great sounds. I never desired owning a 996, but when I drove this one everything changed. What a great driver! I never knew. The odds are that it will be with me for a few years. Something else will pique my interest.

There will always be something new to learn and another experience to be had. That is just the nature of my addiction and I hope they never find the cure.

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Member Profile: Randy & Janet Richter Member Names: Janet Jackson Richter & Randy Richter Car:

2015 981 Boxster GTS

Committees: I am currently serving as the Regional Tech Co-Chair along with Jim Earlbeck. We have become known as Moose & Squirrel!

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 was going to buy my first Porsche in 1973 at Vasek Polak. Fortunately the 911E was short on leg room for me and I bought a Datsun 240Z instead. Why fortunately, well I met Janet at a 240Z car club and the rest as they say is history.

Our first Porsche a 2003 Boxster, was the result of Janet seeing an ad in the Annapolis newspaper for the car with only 8800 miles. The car was on the eastern shore in the middle of nowhere, and the owner was not attracting any buyers. We were smitten and bought the car on the spot.

What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: I was really ignorant about the car and wanted to know more technically. I knew about the organization from folks such as Rob Mairs, Haven Frank and Ted Goodwin.

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Member Profile: Richter (cont’d)

James B. Beavan III

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: I would say Rennsport Reunion and Werks Reunion have been my favorite national events. Locally I have enjoyed the Chesapeake Challenge, after holiday dinner party and just having a drink and dinner with other members.

What is your favorite PCA memory: Meeting people and learning their back stories. Interestingly, one of the first PCA folks to introduce themselves to me was Jim Earlbeck at a Hunt Valley Cars & Coffee. Fast forward ten years and we are the tech co-chairs!

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: This is a people club with a car problem. Get involved with something, you will find the people bright, articulate, interesting, helpful and just plain fun to be around.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: A GT1, it holds a unique place in Porsche history, is mid-engine and is a bit of a unicorn.

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Member Market Classified Ad: 911 991.1 Tail Lights I changed out the rear lights on my 2015 Targa 4S. I would like to offer my red tail light set for sale. Price $450.00 OBO. Should fit a Carrera 4, Carrera 4S models, & Targa, 2013 to 2016 - Comes with left, right, and middle (C4) reflector. Call me or leave a message at 410-530-9673, thanks Bill Rayfield.

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Member Profile: Aaron Miller James B. Beavan III Member Name & Join Date: Aaron Miller, March 2007. I joined PCA the month after I got married.

Car(s): Current: 2013 Cayenne 6-Speed manual, 1992 968 Cabriolet, 1986 944 Turbo. We looked for the Cayenne for over a year before finding it, and Panorama featured it in the June 2019 issue. Minta fell in love with the 968’s Cassis Red Metallic color, and we bought it otherwise sight unseen. I bought the 944T shortly after returning from Iraq in 2006 and it was the nicest, lowest-mile, and best-optioned 944T in Texas at the time.

Car(s): Past: 1988 944 Base, 1987 944S with an S2 engine and brakes, 1984 944.

We purchased the ‘88 from a gentleman who was getting divorced and leaving the

country, naturally we received the “fire sale” price.

The ‘87 S came to us via eBay and we drove it both ways across country. The ‘84 was my first Porsche, and first car, it looked just like the “Sixteen Candles” car.

Have you served on any Regional or National committees: Yes; currently Chesapeake Region Vice President. Past; Chesapeake Region Secretary, Chesapeake Challenge Chair, and Membership Chair. Serving on board positions with the Chesapeake Region has been immensely rewarding and I would highly recommend everyone consider volunteering to serve on a committee or as a committee chair. My first experience on a committee was co-chairing the Chesapeake Challenge with our current chair and my wife, Minta Miller.

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Member Profile: Miller (cont’d)

not please detail prior Porsche's): I bought my first Porsche nearly by accident. I grew up in Oregon and started driving in the late 90s which coincided with the release of The Fast and The Furious. I fancied myself a street racer but I didn’t have a fast car, or really any money. When driving to see my collegiate girlfriend, I would pass a chocolate brown metallic Lotus Esprit. Remembering James Bond’s incredibly cool Lotus’ I decided to inquire with the owner if he would part with it. When I finally met the owner, he told me plainly, “Listen kid, I’m not going to sell this car to you. You can’t afford to pay someone else to work on it, and it’s British so it’s going to break. Save your money for something cheaper to own.” Naturally, I pivoted to 20 year old German sports cars and the rest, as they say, is history.

What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: We had just relocated from the outskirts of Nashville, TN to San Antonio, TX. I don’t recall how I heard about the PCA, but we decided to join to be surrounded by like-minded enthusiasts.

What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: Chesapeake Region knows how to put together events! When we relocated to the Washington, D.C. area, we joined the Potomac Region. We attended the 2009 Chesapeake Challenge in Frederick, MD, and immediately transferred. The Chesapeake Challenge, Crab Feast, and After Holiday Party are our enduring favorites, but we look forward to the Autocross and Tour seasons every year too.

What is your favorite PCA memory: There are so many... But if I had to settle on just one, it would be from the 2017 Porsche Parade in Jay Peak. Chesapeake Region immediately made a name for ourselves at the Parade by placing well in the Concours and TSD Rallies, but it was the private party on Wednesday night that sealed our reputation at the National level forever. Prior to departing for Parade, Minta coordinated with Chesapeake members attending Parade to have a margarita machine and tons of margarita mix and tequila on-hand. We just needed a venue. Minta convinced the PCA Executive Director, Vu Nguyen, to let us use the PCA employee house as party site. PCA Past President Manny Alban convinced the Porsche AG members to come (turns out they love margaritas) and the rest quickly became history.

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Member Profile: Miller (cont’d) Manny deep-fried Oreos. Vu hosted and DJ’d the music, and soon people were dancing on the furniture.

There were libations and great camaraderie. Then, the resort security showed up and informed our rag-tag animal party of 100+ people that it was after midnight and the party was over. It was a memorable night, and every Parade we have attended since has had someone ask, “Where’s the party this time?”

What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Get involved; start by going to events you think you’d like, and then try something you might not have considered at first. Then, volunteer to help the events work, because it truly is all because of the volunteers we do any events at all.

If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: I’ve wanted a Riviera Blue 968 Club Sport for as long as I’ve known about the color and the Club Sport package. About a decade ago I saw a Riviera Blue 968 coupe on the I-405 in Los Angeles with a For-Sale sign in the quarter window. I called the owner and convinced him to get off the interstate at the next exit. It was a pretty car, but needed a proper refurbishment but had a price that reflected the work was complete. I passed, and then discovered it was the only Riviera Blue 968 coupe ever imported to America. By the time I called back, the car was on to its new owner and my desire to possess a Riviera Blue car was permanently cemented.

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History Channel PCA-Style

Bob Rasa

60 years ago (March 1961) found a small group of ten Maryland Porsche 356 owners and admirers looking at what happened in Washington DC just 6 years earlier, when a commercial artist named Bill Sholar, a Porsche 356B owner based in Washington DC and 11 of his Porsche-owning colleagues met at the Sholar house on February 8, 1955. The purpose was to discuss the positive and the not-so-positive aspects of driving the infrequently encountered automobile brand, with service being at the top of the list of “not-so-positive”. Following that meeting, several Porsche owners in the DC area occasionally got together that spring and summer to share knowledge about the unique cars they drove. Eventually, they decided to start a club, and a brief paragraph in the August 1955 issue of Sports Car Illustrated informed readers that a Porsche club was being formed in the United States. The club was to be the Porsche Club of America, and the 12 owners held their first business meeting on September 13, 1955 at Blackie’s House of Beef in Washington, D.C. The club was unofficially known as the “gripe group” and Bill Sholar was elected its first President at that meeting. The Maryland group understood that the now 6-year-old Porsche Club of America or PCA was accepting petitions from groups outside of the DC area to form local Regions, and they decided to have a go at it.

So on February 22, 1961 the 10 Porsche owners submitted a petition to then-PCA National President Charlie Beidler (unfortunately misspelling his name!) to form a Region of PCA in the Baltimore area, to be called the Chesapeake Region. The 10 owners were Bob Fusselbaugh, Art Bartholomee, Fred Touchton, Kitty Bartholomee, Charles Corniche, Spencer Gulick, Knowlton Long, Heinz Werner Bade, John Garner, and Harold Hiscox. The officers identified were Bob Fusselbaugh, President; Art Bartholomee, Vice-President; Lucy Dawson, Secretary; and Fed Touchton, Treasurer. And the Charter was officially granted on March 20, 1961.

Knowlton Long, known as Pappy, was owner of Stuttgart Imports in Towson, at 30 E. Susquehanna Ave (where the Towson Library is now). His shop was a one-car-service bay, one-car-showroom Porsche dealer with a very loyal following. Art Bartholomee was his chief mechanic. Lucy Dawson wasn’t a Porsche owner herself; she was the wife of Bob Dawson, a very active member of the Chesapeake Sports Car Club, the largest sports car club in the area. Bob drove a Saab 92 and was an autocross and rally enthusiast. The only Porsche dealer in the area was Knowlton Long’s Stuttgart Import; 40 West Porsche, owned by Charles Gillet, did not open until 1966, and Charles “Cuppy” Fenwick’s Towson Valley Motors, initially a VW dealer, didn’t take on Porsche until a few years later. [See last month’s PATTER for Cuppy Fenwick’s obituary and remembrance].

Back in the early 60’s PCA membership was small- about 1,700 members US-wide when our Charter was granted. PCA-CHS was the 30th Region Charter granted, although obviously each Region had a very small number of members.

The Region started off more of a social club, meeting more to talk about their unique cars and the unique issues associated with a low-volume sports car marque; holding any sort of competitive event didn’t cross their minds although some members did attend the annual Porsche Parade, first held in 1956 in Gaithersburg, MD. The Region remained more of a social/discussion club until 1967, when some new young members went to a Region meeting at the Deutsches Haus Restaurant on Cathedral St at Mt. Royal Ave,

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History Channel PCA-Style (cont’d) pretty much where the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall stands today. They met in the basement and the several bare bulbs were barely enough to chase the darkness away so you could see the attending members.

The new young members, who were also members of the Chesapeake Sports Car Club (CSCC), were your author, brothers Steve and Frank Shap, John Ames, and Don Riggs, and we were all looking forward to some Porsche engagement. The new 911 and 912 had been around for just 2 years and we were anxious to meet fellow Porsche enthusiasts for some exciting fun!

Imagine our disappointment when the main entertainment of the evening was a monologue by President Larry Ewald, a British-born architect and exceptional gentleman, describing his recent Saturday outing from his St. Paul Street residence with his 356B coupe. He described in detail getting it out of his garage and turning north on St. Paul Street and - - -well, the rest isn’t important but it was pretty much a turn-by-turn description until his return to the garage later that afternoon. In slow, deliberate language. Clear and quite precise.

The newcomers had a subsequent meeting at the home of Stan and Bernice Bailey, fellow Porsche owners and landlords of Don Riggs, who owned a cherry 1955 black Speedster. At this meeting they decided that the PCA Region wasn’t very exciting, and how could we make it so? They thought, well maybe a change of officers was in order to bring new ideas into play. So at the next Region meeting, Steve Shap made a motion to elect new officers – your author as President, Steve Shap as Vice-President, Frank Shap as Treasurer, and Don Riggs as editor of a new newsletter, Porsche PATTER. The motion, surprisingly, passed unanimously. The first action of the new executives was to start planning some events, and making monthly meetings more attractive. We heard after the meeting that the current officers simply did not have the vision nor the expertise to start doing events and other Porsche activities.

There were already 6 or 7 sports car clubs in the Baltimore area; besides CSCC there was the Volvo Marque Club (VMC), Corvette Club of Baltimore (CCB), Mustang Club, Maryland Automobile Sports Enthusiasts (MASE), and Motor Sports Club of America (MSCA). They all put on events such as autocrosses and rallies, and had formed the Baltimore Area Sports Car Council (BASCC) that coordinated events to try to avoid conflicts and space the various events around. The BASCC also sponsored a Team Trophy Rally series for points for both the individuals and their car club, with a banquet at year end to celebrate the winners. Rallying – time-speed-distance or TSD - was quite large in the Baltimore-Washington area at the time, and Autocrossing wasn’t as popular but gaining.

The new President got PCA-CHS to join the BASCC and a year later, your author became the BASCC chair. At that time, I introduced the Team Trophy Autocross series, with a coordinated event series just like Team Trophy Rallying, and this took off. Autocrossers, Inc was formed and they became the 8th member of BASCC. PCA-CHS started to put on events such as autocrosses and rallies. Steve Shap and I were rally partners using my dad’s 66 Mustang and became rally master class competitors; we put on rallies, all TSD, and autocrosses.

We used sites such as Towson Plaza (their lot on the SE corner where Cheesecake Factory and other stores now sit), Eudowood Plaza, the Kart-um Downs Go-Kart Track, and later Hunt Valley Mall’s north lot,

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Bob Rasa

where Regal Theatres sits today. We held Autocrosses on Sundays where Maryland’s Blue Laws kept shopping centers and other stores closed. When Blue Laws ended on July 5, 1987, we all had to look for new Autocross venues.

PCA-CHS had very few members at the start but grew slowly, with more and more members who could put on rallies and autocrosses.

Getting back to making monthly meetings more attractive, the first thing the new President did was move the meetings from the dank and dark Deutsches Haus basement to the Holiday Inn on Cromwell Bridge Rd at Loch Raven and the Beltway, now a Holiday Inn Express. Next, I found a racing series of films (16 mm) done

by Shell Corp and started renting those, using a Bell & Howell 16mm projector that my dad happened to own (I still have it!). At the first meeting at the Holiday Inn, we had maybe 20 members attending; we showed the 1st film in the series. At the next meeting, we had about 40 attendees; we showed the 2nd film. At the 3rd meeting we had over 60 members and guests – pretty much the entire Region! And that continued throughout the 6th and last film in the series.

In late 1967 I read about a PCA event called the West Coast Weekend, a multi-Region, multi-event weekend of Porsche activity over 2-1/2 days, and I thought, that would be fun! So I proposed that we do one in Chesapeake Region, and the vote was unanimous to proceed. So Denny Kline and I co-chaired that first event in 1968, on August 2-3-4, and we had 76 attendees in 41 cars from 8 regions. We had 11 cars in the Concours d’Elegance, 20 in the rally, and 34 in the autocross. Income was $1,244.97 and expenses were $1,245.22, for a $0.25 loss until one of the chairs donated a quarter making the event a break-even! Entry fees were $4.00 each for the Concours, rally and autocross or $10 for all 3. Saturday dinner cost $4.25 Top round steak OR crab cake), Sunday victory lunch cost $3,00, and hotel rooms were $15 total for 2 people. In addition to the chairs, I did registration, Steve Shap did the autocross at Eudowood Plaza, Frank Shap did the TSD rally, Ab Tiedemann de the Concours at Goucher College, Stan Bailey did trophies, and Don Riggs did promotions – all familiar names, right? And we had a special guest from Porsche of America Corporation, Joe Wiedemann, the head of training, who did a tech session Friday evening right after the free cocktail party (drinks extra, light hors-d’ouerves donated by Region members). And we had a special guest from PCA National as well, Ashley Carroll, then PCA National Treasurer, whom I got to meet at the PCA Board of Directors meetings I attended in 1967. The event continues today, although as a greatly reduced 1-day event and primarily for CHS members, but still remains the longest running continuous event in all of PCA. Oh yes- the name. We had a naming contest, and Earl Harter, of Central Penn Region a bit up north who started attending PCA-CHS meetings and events, suggested Chesapeake Challenge and out of about 6 entries, that name won.

To the best of my knowledge, the last remaining Charter member, Heinz Werner Bade, passed away almost 3 years ago. Heinz Werner operated Timo Motors at 2020 York Road in Lutherville, where the Smythe Jewelers building stands today. Heinz Werner did the major engine and transmission work for the Region’s star racer, Bruce Jennings, aka “King Carrera” who was featured in an issue of Porsche PANORAMA in the late 60’s.

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History Channel PCA-Style (cont’d) I recall watching Heinz Werner “cc-ing” one of Bruce’s engines – this is a process for precisely measuring the cylinder head volume to make sure that were all exactly the same and the term “cc-ing” stands for measuring in cubic centime, the measurement used. I actually have the actual distributor machine that Heinz Werner used to calibrate the distributor timing on Bruce’s Carrera engines, which I purchased from his estate.

Heinz Werner was a perfectionist and a super mechanic, and Bruce was an outstanding race car driver. He was regarded as one of the most talented endurance racers from the golden age of amateur sports-car racing, the mid-1950s through the 1960s, and won over 300 trophies during his 35-year career -- 216 wins and 104 second-place finishes.

He raced against such legends as A. J. Foyt, Stirling Moss, Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Phil Hill, Walt Hansgen and Roger Penske and on such famous tracks as Sebring, Watkins Glen, Les Mans and Daytona.

Today PCA-CHS is extremely healthy and vibrant, with many hundreds of members who are active and engaged. We have an active autocross series (well, until Covid sort of put that on hiatus), an active tour series, new member parties, a gimmick rally on occasion and we even did a Time-Speed-Distance rally in 2019.

For those interested, the complete list of PCA-CHS Presidents is: Year

President

1961

Bob Fusselbaugh

1962

Art Bartholomee

1963

Ab Tiedemann

1964

F. Cort Clifford

1965

Jack Garner

1966

Jack Garner

1967

Larry Ewald / Bob Rassa

1968

Bob Rassa

1969

Bob Rassa

1970

Dennis Kline

1971

Al Gunzelman

1972

Tom Mannion

1973

Tom Mannion

1974

Bob Schmitt

1975

Bob Schmitt

1976

Dave Ford

1977

Ted Goodwin

1978

Ted Goodwin Martin Goldsmith / Moose Spencer

1979

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Bob Rassa John Thomas Maryellen Bianconi Bob Schmitt Steve Shap Ted Goodwin Sonny Koutsoutis Bob Schmitt Bob Gutjahr Bob Gutjahr / Dennis Howard Dennis Howard Dennis Howard Bob Schmitt Manny Alban Manny Alban Bob Gutjahr / Dennis Howard Paul Gilbreath Paul Gilbreath Bob Gutjahr Gene Fierro Gene Fierro Laurie Tarsia Laurie Tarsia Dennis Howard Bill Hokemeyer Bill Hokemeyer Tim Costa Tim Costa Andrew Toth Andrew Toth Don Malson Don Malson David Dukeheart David Dukeheart Gary Martinez Gary Martinez Claude Taylor Claude Taylor Michael Murphy Michael Murphy Vincent Rock Vincent Rock

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Chesapeake Region

Memoriam: Charles B. Gillet

Bob Rasa

In Memoriam: Charles B. Gillet.;1923-2021 Charles Berkeley Gillet passed away on April 1 at the age of 97. He would have been 98 on Sept 15.

Born in Baltimore in 1923, Charles resided in the Worthington Valley area. He graduated from Yale University where he was on the swim and tennis teams. Looking for a business opportunity, he started 40 West Volkswagen in 1961 on the advice of his good friend, Charles “Cuppy” Fenwick, owner of Towson Valley Motors who coincidentally passed away in December (see obituary in the February PATTER). That business grew as Volkswagens became exceptionally popular, and in 1966 Charles added Porsche to the car dealership, eventually also adding Mazda as well as Audi and Bricklin. Charles also had a penthouse condominium on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu and spent winters there, eventually buying a Nissan dealership in the Waipahu area.

Charles resided in Charles Village for many years, eventually moving to Brightwood after his eventual retirement from all car dealerships. He sold 40 West several decades ago and eventually also sold Nissan of Waipahu along with his Hawaiian penthouse condominium when the travel back and forth became just a bit too much. Charles enjoyed collecting classic cars and had about eight 30-s classics, including a Cadillac V16, Pierce Arrow, several Packards, several Rolls Royces, and a Bentley. His first classic, while he still owned 40 West, was a Gurney Nutting Rolls Royce that he bought in the late 80’s from England. The car looked pretty good to me but Charles wanted it freshened so he could enter it in car shows. When he started winning he purchased more cars and entered the top Concurs d’Elegance shows across the country, becoming a consistent winner of 1st-place awards. Charles was a friend to PCA and offered discounts to our members, and donated trophies and door prizes for the Chesapeake Challenge.

Charles was a true gentleman, polite to a fault, smart as a whip and a true friend. He will be sorely missed.

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Potomac Cars & Coffee James B Beavan III We are very fortunate to live in a region with many cars & coffee gatherings. Perhaps for this reason I had never attended the Potomac C&C at 10220 River Road, Potomac, MD. Also, it’s a bit further out of our region than some of the other local meets. A friend of mine who just joined PCA had never attended any C&C and heard about Potomac from a customer of his. So we decided to venture there on Sunday the 21st, the 2nd day of spring, which was a sunny but slightly chilly morning.

We ended up leaving in time to arrive by 8:15AM, well before the listed 9AM start, this was a smart move as we got great parking spots.

On the way over we spotted a few other cars heading that direction (older VW/Infiniti/Honda) and my friend was worried he would be disappointed, I assured him these weren’t locals and the Potomac guys

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would show in force. Well, I don’t think either of us expected the large display of Italian and British exotic super cars that we witnessed. To say we saw around 50 Lamborghini/McLaren/Ferrari’s is no joke, there were more of these than Mustang/Corvette/ Camaro/Charger combined and interestingly not a single C8 or modern NSX to be found, but at least a few GT-R’s were there as well as those representing the Mercedes Car Club with their AMG models. There was also a sizable contingent of off-road truck guys with the Ford Raptor club showing off what a $100K+ pickup looks like.

By 9AM the main parking lot was nearly full and cars started pouring into the lot across the street both front and back of that shopping center, which as an active retail center meant event cars were mixed with grocery shoppers cars. The crowd of people and

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cars was quite large with 150 or so cars throughout. The best vantage point was to stand near the main entrance and watch the cars as they drove in as many couldn’t find parking and would drive off or to the lot across the street. There was one police car/officer on site for safety purposes.

There was a good Porsche presence at the event almost exclusively of the 911 variety. I was the only Boxster and I spotted one Cayman and a Cayenne. There were 3 or 4 992 generation 911’s including 2 of the Turbo S variety, one of which was a beautiful cabriolet with garnet red interior. A 992 911 CS parked

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beside us showing off Porsche’s new Gentian Blue color. I think this color like Midnight Blue/ Blue Metallic previously will end up as the preferred color for those ordering a real color, in other words it will likely be the 5th or 6th most popular color among Porsche buyers. One of my favorite colors on a Porsche is Yellow and fortunately there was a 993 Turbo and 997 Turbo present to represent this standout color. The light blue late 1960’s 911E was a beautiful sight and one of the very few historical cars at Potomac C&C. If you’ve never been to Potomac C&C, now you know what you have been missing.

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Catoctin Mountain Spring Tours

Aniano Arao

CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN SPRING TOUR PCA-CHS 2021 Tour & Rally Event No. 1 & 2 – April 18 & 25, Sunday

As it did in August 2018, our Catoctin Mountain Tour this year will take us on an 80-mile drive through some of the most enjoyable back roads in Carroll and Frederick counties. Both editions of this tour will take place in the afternoon. With the COVID-19 pandemic still not behind us, lunch at a restaurant will not be part of the program. Other tours in the future may involve an outdoor lunch or picnic, but this year’s warm-up tour will not. (Photo by Aniano Arao) GATHERING PLACE Where: Kecco's Neapolitan Woodfire Kitchen parking lot, 114 Westminster Pike, Reisterstown, MD When: 1:00 PM, April 18 and April 25, Sunday Drivers’ meeting: 1:15 PM Departure: 1:30 PM Pit stop: 2:30 to 3:00 PM, Burger King, 427 N. Church St., Thurmont, MD 21788 ETA at finish line: 4:00 PM, Safeway, 815 E. Main St, Middletown, MD 21769 REGISTRATION ● Sign up at www.motorsportreg.com from 1 PM April 12 through 1 PM April 16, Eastern time, for the April 18 tour; and from 1 PM April 19 through 1 PM April 23, Eastern time, for the April 25 tour. ● Registration fee $5 per person. No fee for minors. We need every participant’s name. ● Route instructions and other information will be sent to registrants via e-mail.

QUESTIONS: Please send questions to the Tour & Rally Committee at tour@pcachs.org.

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Drive to Porsche Swap Meet Aniano Arao

DRIVE TO PORSCHE SWAP MEET IN CARLISLE PCA-CHS 2021 Tour & Rally Event No. 3 – May 1, Saturday

Join more than 6,000 fellow Porsche owners and enthusiasts in Carlisle at the largest Porsche-only swap meet in the world. Nearly 650 vendors will be there, along with about 1,000 Porsches. Some of the cars will be for sale. A People’s Choice Concours will be conducted. This annual swap meet was formerly held in Hershey, PA. (Photo above: Courtesy of CPA-PCA.) WHERE, WHEN, WHAT Destination: Carlisle Fairgrounds parking lot, 1000 Bryn Mawr Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 Assemble at: Kecco’s Neapolitan Woodfire Kitchen, 114 Westminster Pike, Reisterstown, MD 21136 When: On Saturday, May 1, start gathering at 7:00 AM. Come earlier if you plan to have breakfast.

Drivers’ meeting: 7:15 AM. Departure: 7:30 AM Breakfast: Takeout at nearby Dunkin, 48 Main St, Reisterstown, MD 21136. It opens at 5 AM. Restrooms: Nearby Weis Markets, 10 Village Center Rd, Reisterstown, MD 21136. It opens at 7 AM. Swap Meet ETA: 9:00 AM, Carlisle Fairgrounds parking lot, 1000 Bryn Mawr Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 44th ANNUAL PORSCHE-ONLY SWAP MEET • Saturday, May 1 • Swap Meet will be open to public 7:30 AM to 3 PM • Admission: Free • Parking: $25 per car (Porsche-only area available) • Parking spaces on grass; paved roads to spaces • Event to be held rain, shine, snow • Nearly 650 vendors • Around 1,000 Porsches/More than 6,000 Porsche fans from all over the world

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Drive to Porsche Swap Meet (cont’d) Aniano Arao

• On-site food and beverages • Peoples' Choice Concours • Purchase, trade, barter—everything Porsche • No pets or animals • No scooter, Mopeds, trail bikes, drones.

Swap Meet Organizer: Central Pennsylvania Region PCA. Visit the CPA-PCA’s Web site for additional information or to register as a concours entrant or vendor: http://cpa-pca.org/swap/2021/index.html

DRIVING TOUR REGISTRATION ● Sign up for the PCA-CHS tour at www.motorsportreg.com from April 20 through April 28. ● Registration fee $5 per person. No fee for minors. We need every participant’s name. ● We also need to know the number of cars that will join the caravan. ● Driving instructions, other details and updates will be sent to registrants via e-mail.

QUESTIONS Send breakfast- and caravan-related questions to tour@pcachs.org. Subject field: “Swap Meet.”

(Second and third photos by Aniano Arao)

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The Lighter Side Rick Hawver Source https://porschecarreracup.us/

Porsche Carrera Cup is one of the preeminent one-make racing series in the world. Due in no small part to the emphasis placed squarely on the driver’s skill. Every single car competing in Porsche Carrera Cup is identical. Same make.

Same model. Same generation. With no technical advantage between cars, driver talent and team are what claim the podium.

This year, the battle will take place behind the wheel of the latest generation 911 GT3 Cup Car. With 16 races over the course of a season, at racetracks spanning the United States and Canada.

Whether you’re watching or racing, one weekend of Porsche Carrera Cup and you’ll be fully addicted. Check it out https://porschecarreracup.us/

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We are 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization (EIN: 85-2409722) Volunteers and Sponsors requested, contact info@lindabenfoundation.org

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Full Concours Category

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Unpimp The Auto

Aaron Miller

Fans may remember the highly popular Volkswagen ad campaign of the early aughts featuring a very Euro looking VW technician facing off against clueless owners of heavily (and tastelessly) modified Japanese cars which culminated with the catchphrase, “Un-pimp zee auto, say what?” The owner invariably responded with, “What??” And the car was immediately destroyed in an ingenious way before the pitch for a new Volkswagen took over. (Editor: I couldn’t remember the commercial, so here it is https://www.youtube.com/ watch? v=e1MNEqCr748 ) There was a time when I would salivate over potential modifications to our Porsches, and scheme about how to make it better, faster, stronger, or more potent. Now? I can say a bit of maturity has seeped in, coupled with the experience of living with aftermarket modifications which may make something better, but they likely made two things worse.

In a recent Patter article, I detailed our search and subsequent purchase of a beautiful, completely stock, 2003 996 C4S. And while I had (and still have) zero desire to modify the car, the sole area requiring immediate attention was the stereo.

I’m sure the purists will decree a 911 doesn’t need a stereo, and just roll on the right pedal if you want a symphony, but then I’m sure they also discount the need to take an important phone call, or wanted to listen to something besides the two CDs in the glove box. After a few weeks of ownership, we collectively agreed we needed Bluetooth functionality, and we wanted navigation.

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Unpimp The Auto (cont’d) Fortunately, Porsche also recognized the deficiency and recently released an update to their highly popular Porsche Classic Communication Module (PCCM), in the form of the double-DIN sized PCCM+. Featuring a large touchscreen, Apple/Android CarPlay, and navigation information supplied by TomTom, the PCCM+ also has a unique capability making it highly desirable to the owners of 2002-2005 996 and 986 models; PCCM+ is plug-and-play with the fiber optic MOST audio system installed in the car. Prior to the PCCM+, owners were forced into three options: keep the original stereo, buy an expensive digital to analog converter to match their new stereo, or replace the stereo and all of the radio wiring in the car. To further advertise this new option, Porsche partnered with the popular Instagram 996 owner @996roadtrip (seriously, check him out) to highlight the radio’s capabilities and show off just how good it looks in a 996.

I contacted one of our region’s sponsoring dealerships to place my order. Besides the radio itself, Porsche specifies a number of ancillary parts to convert from the base single-DIN radio to the double-DIN ala PCM 1.0. The cost of the additional parts tacked on about $100, but it made the entire installation a straightforward affair. To be clear though, Porsche does not supply any instructions in the box, and includes a bright yellow label to “Schedule installation with your local Porsche Classic Partner or Authorized Porsche dealership.”

It’s not a difficult job, but it is involved and required about two hours from start to finish. A seasoned pro could have everything done in under an hour. Fortunately, the Porsche After-Sales brochure detailing the installation instructions is readily available from multiple sources online, making the job easily within the reach of most DIY enthusiasts.

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Unpimp The Auto (cont’d)

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The Exhaust Chronicles

Rick Hawver

When you decide to alter the exhaust of any vehicle, the choice becomes very personal, and the possibilities are nearly endless. There are many factors to consider besides decibel levels. The power and torque alteration through the RPM range is very important depending on how the vehicle is to be used. There is nothing more captivating to me than a Porsche Cup Car, and the Dundon Motorsports “Crack Pipe” system takes that to another level in my opinion.

As I started down the path of replacing the exhaust on my 2006 987.1 Cayman S, the choices were endless.

There are so many proven systems out there, and while it would have been much easier to purchase an available system, I decided to build my own and go full custom. Using the Dundon 911 Crack Pipe system as inspiration, I started looking into components and settling down on a design. The Dundon system features no mufflers, instead it has coned sections that increase in diameter, then a reverse cone that decreases the diameter before it exits into the conventional dual tip design. The design and layout of the Cayman are very different than a 911, there were many things to consider. What diameter to choose? How will it be supported under the car? What size tip will fit through the rear bumper? I have been an auto mechanic my entire life, even owning my own performance shop previously, and I am also a certified GTAW welder via Earlbeck Gases & Technologies. Given my experience and love for all that this project would be, I was very excited to do the research and make it my own.

I sourced cone sections from Cone Engineering, and stainless piping and fabrication supplies from JDM Tubes and Stainless Brothers. I used my experience from prior exhaust projects to make sure I achieved the look I wanted without sacrificing the velocity and killing the low end torque. I decided on 2.5” for all the main sections, which fed into a cone that went up to 5”, then reduced to 4” and exited the car through a custom merged 4” tip that I designed to give it my own twist. I had hoped the merging of the 2 sides would help pull the gases from the large cone sections and calm the tone as it exited and also keep the velocity up.

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The Exhaust Chronicles (cont’d) I started with the merged tip section from two 4” diameter pipes, the look was like nothing I had seen in the past and I was at the point of no return. From there I fabricated the coned chambers and formed what I call the rear section of the exhaust. I purchased some thick stainless flanges to mate to the headers and started building the pipes to connect to the rear section. I made sure to tuck the piping away from all suspension and body components, wiring and shields, but keeping the piping as straight and free of hard bends, if possible. After staring at the underneath for what seemed like hours and making multiple cardboard pieces, I came up with a mount design that would attach to the transmission like the factory system including rubber isolators for vibration and stress. Then it was time to remove the entire system so it could all be back-purged and welded. I made a chill block with a large chunk of aluminum to keep the heat out of the flanges and try to hold distortion to a bare minimum. After each section was welded and cooled, I had to verify fit to make sure all pieces were still in the same locations and slid together as intended. The new system was 29.6 pounds lighter over the factory pieces and mounts.

Finally, the moment had come for the first start up, the sound was shocking as I heard the car come to life in the garage. It shook the house and made our puppy run for cover and hide. I could not believe how loud the little 3.4 Flat 6 was initially, but could not wait to take it for a drive. As I pulled out of the driveway and increased the throttle I was smiling like a child on Christmas morning, the sound was intoxicating, raw and the increase in power was very noticeable. I had achieved a muscle car sound at idle that I did not expect, and a cup car sound as it went through the RPM range, but it was extremely loud. The power came on very quicky and pulled like a gorilla above 4000 RPM. However, I could barely hear the radio, myself think, or let alone have a conversation with a passenger. I decided I would have to modify the system to add mufflers but would drive it a little in the meantime. I got a lot of comments about how good the car sounded, and many looks as you hear it coming miles away, it’s a sound that you don’t expect from a Porsche. Instead of cutting up the system, I decided to make a new rear section so they could be swapped out if I wanted, there is too much work and pride in what I’m calling Version 1 to cut it up. So back to the drawing board, new design coming soon….

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Racing News

Ridgely Mckinless Race Calendar - Revised for cancellations due to COVID-19 April 2-4: Brand Hatch (Carrera Cup GB) April 10-11: Rome E-Prix (Fornula E) April 16-18: Donington Park (Carrera Cup GB) April 24-25: Valencia E-Prix (Formula E) April 26-27: Spa Francorchamps (FIA WEC Prologue) May 1: Total 6-hours of Spa Francorchamps (FIA WEC) May 8: Monaco E-Prix (Formula E) May 14-16: Oulton Park (Carrera Cup GB) May 14-16: Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio (IMSA/GT3 Cup) May 22: Marrakesh E-Prix (Formula E) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 1 4 5 6 7 8 April 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 32 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 May 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 Porsche Carrera Cup IMSA/WeatherTech Porsche GT3 Cup FIAWEC Formula E Multiple Races

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Article Links: Verstappen explains inability to re-attack Hamilton in Bahrain F1 GP Hamilton wins Formula One Bahrain GP: talking points Formula E makes Rome and Valencia double-header events Plato back on the Porsche Carrera Cup GB grid for 2021 Porsche to make Le Mans 24 Hours return in 2023

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PCA CHS Board President

Vincent Rock

Vice President

Aaron Miller

Treasurer

Open

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 vicepresident@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

Community Service

Open

Concours d’Elegance

Ron Gordon

concours@pcachs.org

Doug Ehmann

concours@pcachs.org

Donna Brandt

concours@pcachs.org

Minta Miller

challenge@pcachs.org

Joan Wood

challenge@pcachs.org

Historian

Bob Rassa

historian@pcachs.org

Membership

Minta & Aaron Miller

Webmaster

Jim Hemig

Insurance

Lee Rock

PCA License

Laurie & Bruce Tarsia

PCA Zone 2 Rep

Rose Ann Novotnak

Chesapeake Challenge

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safetychair@pcachs.org instructor@pcachs.org communityservice@pcachs.org

membership@pcachs.org webmaster@pcachs.org insurance@pcachs.org pcalicenseplates@pcachs.org zonerep@pcachs.org

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FYI

New Tech Library Online!

Visit our new library at http://pcachs.org/tech-library/

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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 by check or Pay- Pal. 54

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PCA Jackets!

If you want one of these killer jackets, please remit $80 to our Treasurer, Vincent Rock via check or PayPal. If by check, send your check to Treasurer P.O. Box 1720, Germantown, MD 20875. If by PayPal, send it to: treasurer@pcachs.org from the PayPal.com website.

In addition to your payment, complete the online order form at www.pcachs.org and indicate: a.) Color, b.) Style (male or female), and c.) Size from the Sizing Chart on the following pages.

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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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