Chesapeake Region
Events Calendar Month
Day
Event
Meeting Venue
August
6th
Social Breakfast: Eggcellence
Annapolis, MD
13th
Tour: Ice Cream Tour #2 with Steve Graham
Baltimore, MD
14th
Autocross #5
PGS, Bowie, MD
16th
Social Dinner: Bushel and a Peck
Clarksville, MD
20th
Tech Event: Chavis Performance Engineering
Hydes, MD
27th
Crab Feast
Monrovia, MD
28th
Tour: Bavarian Inn with Ron Farb
Ellicott City, MD
3rd
Social Breakfast: Eggcellence
Annapolis, MD
3rd
Social Breakfast: The Tillery Restaurant
Owings Mills, MD
17th
Autocross #6
PGS, Bowie, MD
20th
Social Dinner: Fratelli’s Italian & Seafood
Hampstead, MD
24th
Tour: Drive to the Bay with Hank Lucas
TBD, MD
1st
Bay Bridge Marina Cars & Coffee
Stevensville, MD
1st
Social Lunch: Bridges Restaurant
Grasonville, MD
1st
Chestertown Car Show
Chesterown, MD
23rd
Chesapeake Challenge 53 @ Kurtz’s Beach
Pasadena, MD
Sept
October
Editors Message: A bit back to basics this month as we not only bring back articles by Aaron and Pedro, but we have 3 member profiles in this issue. Interestingly the Comerford family transferred from Chesapeake to Potomac a few months ago due to our regions lack of Track Days. It would certainly be interesting to see Chesapeake host a HPDE, but as Ron Farb points out, that would require someone volunteering to setup and run the event. I’m sure Chesapeake could sell out a HPDE event if the opportunity presented itself as we have enough members already that are interested in such an event. In the meantime our current calendar is quite full of events to keep us busy through Fall 2022. Best, James B Beavan III For the latest events and news follow us on:
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Inside This Month! Club Info
Events Calendar Membership & Anniversaries PCACHS Board Member Directory Sunshine Member Care Presidents Message
Features
Tour & Rally Schedule Autocross: In Review Tech: Maxjax Lift Install Across The Atlantic: Don’t Call It A Comeback Belted by Pedro Bonilla
Articles/ Events
Socials in Review Bavarian Inn Tour Announcement: Aug 28th Dinner Social: Bushel and a Peck Announcement: Aug 16th Ice Cream Tour #2 Tour Announcement: Aug 13th Breakfast Social: Eggcellence: Sept 3rd Breakfast: The Tillery: Sept 3rd Chesapeake Challenge 53 Announcement: Oct 23rd Crab Feast Announcement: Aug 27th Eastern Shore Announcement: Oct 1st Rouj Chalabi
Michael & Tara Buck
Ken Comerford & Family
Member Profiles
Market
Front Cover photo by Jim McKee.
FYI: Tech Library Name & Car Badges / PCACHS Jackets PCA Juniors PCA License Plates The Porsche Patter is the official newsletter of the Chesapeake Region of the Porsche Club of America. Contributions to the Porsche Patter should be sent by the 25th of the month preceding the month of publication in Microsoft Word format to editor@pcachs.org. Please send images high resolution. Editor/ Publisher: James B Beavan III; Contributing Photographers: Aniano Arao, James B Beavan III, Jim McKee, Ron Farb, Dan Zadra, David M. Kaley; Contributing Writers: James B Beavan III, Aniano Arao, Ron Farb, Greg Hartke, Aaron Miller, Dan Zadra, Pedro Bonilla. Advertising: For questions about advertising rates and placement in the Porsche Patter, please contact Editors at editor@pcachs.org. Unless otherwise reserved, permission is granted to reproduce material published, provided full credit is given to the Porsche Patter and to the respective author. Subscriptions: join the Porsche Club of America — www.pca.org. The Porsche Patter is published monthly by the Chesapeake Region, PCA. Subscription is limited to members of the Chesapeake Region, Porsche Club of America.
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PCA CHS Board president@pcachs.org
President
Ron Farb
Vice President
Steve Wood
vicepresident@pcachs.org
Treasurer
Andy Powell
treasurer@pcachs.org
Secretary
Wayne Nelms
Executive Vice President
Michael Murphy
secretary@pcachs.org executivevicepresident@pcachs.org
Autocross
Brad Martinez
autocross@pcachs.org
Greg Hartke
autocross@pcachs.org
Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka
autocross@pcachs.org
Newsletter: Patter
James B Beavan III
editor@pcachs.org
Publicity: Facebook/Instagram
James B Beavan III
publicity@pcachs.org
Social
Marsha Buss
social@pcachs.org
Steve Buss
social@pcachs.org
Tech Session
Tour/Rally
Jim Earlbeck
tech@pcachs.org
Randy Richter
tech@pcachs.org
Aniano Arao
tour@pcachs.org
Rich Erlich
tour@pcachs.org
Safety Chair
John Jensen
Chief Driving Instructor
Ellen Beck
instructor@pcachs.org
Concours d’Elegance
John Wojcik
concours@pcachs.org
Paul Koenigsmark
concours@pcachs.org
Chesapeake Challenge
safetychair@pcachs.org
Stacy Hawver
chesapeakechallenge@pcachs.org
Duane Orth
chesapeakechallenge@pcachs.org
Community Service
Dan White
communityservice@pcachs.org
Historian
Bob Rassa
historian@pcachs.org
Membership
Ken Wilmers
Webmaster
Henry Becker
Insurance
Eric Saletel
PCA License
Laurie & Bruce Tarsia
4 Zone 2 Rep PCA
Phil Grandfield
membership@pcachs.org
webmaster@pcachs.org insurance@pcachs.org pcalicenseplates@pcachs.org zonerep@pcachs.org
Chesapeake Region
Tour & Rally Schedule 2022 Aniano Arao
PCA Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee has 14 events on its 2022 calendar. The dates and events listed here are subject to change. Registration for most events will open 2 to 3 weeks before their scheduled dates. Log on to your www.motorsportreg.com account to sign up for an event once it has been opened for registration. April 10 April 30 May 15 June 5 July 10 July 24 Aug. 13 Aug. 28 Sept. 24 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Dec. 4
(1) Eastern Shore Tour, Suicide Bridge - guest tour master Tom Divilio, 72 people, 39 cars (2) Drive to Porsche Swap Meet in Carlisle, PA – tour master Aniano Arao, 18 in 12 cars (3) Delmarva Tour, NEW event, tour master Aniano Arao, rain date, 19 people, 11 cars (4) Nike Missile Base/Linganore Tour, guest tour master Ron Farb, 55 people, 30 cars (5) Ice Cream Tour and Food Drive, guest tour master Steve Graham, 70 people, 35 cars (6) Allegheny Mountain Tour, tour master Rich Ehrlich, 52 people, 33 cars (7) Ice Cream Tour No. 2, to Rocky Point Creamery, by guest tour master Steve Graham (8) Bavarian Inn Tour, NEW event by guest tour master Ron Farb (9) Drive to the Bay Tour, NEW version by guest tour master Hank Lucas (10) Off-Road Tour, NEW route by guest tour master Jim Hemig (11) Chesapeake Challenge Gimmick Rally, NEW route by rally master Aniano Arao (12) West Virginia Fall Colors Tour, repeat event by tour master Aniano Arao (13) Catoctin Mountain Fall Colors Tour, NEW version by tour master Aniano Arao (14) “Kindertime & Linda’s Legacy” Tour, NEW route by tour master Aniano Arao
Check Patter, www.pcachs.org, www.motorsportreg.com and the events’ eBlasts for details and updates. Send
questions to tour@pcachs.org. -- Aniano Arao & Rich Ehrlich Co-Chairs, Tour & Rally Committee
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Membership Numbers
Ken Wilmers
Committee Chair Report: CHS Region Membership - July 2022 Primary Members: 1053 Affiliate Members: 548
Life Members: 2 Total Members: 1603
New Members (16) Michael and Angela Alexander Tyree Back Remo Casasco and Nathan Dunahoo
Severn, MD Halethorpe, MD Annapolis, MD
2017 911 Carrera S 2011 Cayman 2014 Cayenne GTS
Robert Greene Charles Johnson
Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD
2008 911 Carrera 4 2014 911 Turbo S Cab
David Kravets
Annapolis, MD
2022 718 Spyder
Mike Pak Louis Phillips Kyle and Diana Pike
Ellicott City, MD Catonsville, MD Baltimore, MD
2022 911 Carrera S 2015 Cayman 2019 Macan
Ray Rachuba
Woodbine, MD
1958 356 1961 356 1973 911 Carrera RS
Oliver Robinson
Columbia, MD
1977 911 Turbo Carrera 1999 Boxster
Matthew Rossi
Lutherville, MD
1986 944 Turbo
Joshua Rzeszut Zorian Shimanov Doug Sibley
Linthicum Heights, MD Leonardtown, MD Columbia, MD
Josh Young
Annapolis, MD
2004 911 Carrera 2000 Boxster S 2000 911 Carrera 2022 911 Carrera
Transfers Out (3) Joseph Anisko
Transfer To: Riesentoter (RTR)
Raymond Santiagord
Transfer To: Gold Coast (GCT)
Mike Shelter
Transfer T0: Hurricane (HUR)
Transfers In (3) Michael Justis
Transfer From: Hurricane (HUR)
Zorian Shimanov
Transfer From: Potomac (POT)
Christopher Voigt
Transfer From: Potomac (POT)
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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Member Anniversaries Ken Wilmers
ANNIVERSARIES 55 Years Robert Rassa 25 Years Steven and Robert Kubisen 20 Years Robert and Janice Gordon 15 Years John and Laura Doran Chuck and Sharon Marshall John and Cindy Byrne 10 Years David and Eliza Peters 5 Years David and Georganna Culpepper Adam and Mary Carballo Don Abrams Lynn McCreary Christian Polyak Michael Fultz 1 Year Stephen Polyak Brendan Bybee Matt and Kristen Vickery Nishan Topjian Kenneth Lake Jennifer Bracken Mark Hochstein
Ozer Culhagil JoAnne Geiger Carl Scholz Michael Justis Richard Malozi Poppy Diamante Jonathan Richter
Gwyneth and Bruce Hardesty Morris Weiss
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Presidents Message Ron Farb
Hey Chesapeake Region PCA I went to 7 Chesapeake events in July and they all were great! Seriously, there was one or two events every single week and every one of them was perfect. Our volunteer Board members and Event Leads in Chesapeake do a fantastic job and I can’t thank them enough. You should as well and consider becoming a volunteer yourself. Here are just a few of my observations from some of those events in no particular order: Every event had new members at it! I’m so glad that our new members are jumping right in and enjoying all that Chesapeake has to offer. I loved how many Chesapeake Board members showed up at the New Member Party (in addition to the new members) Saturday morning. It really shows the commitment our Board members have in making the new folks feel comfortable. As I was standing there doing cone duty in what felt like a monsoon at the autocross, I marveled at how well all the cars on the course were doing. At times the rain was just pouring down and there were rivers and yet the cars were still flying thru the course basically at full speed and not losing control. Just shows you how good cars and tires are these days. Our Social breakfasts and dinners remain hugely popular. There were over 30 people at the dinner at Blackwall Barn & Lodge and I know everyone had a good time.
The 2 tours were just FANTASTIC! The Ice Cream tour had great roads and then delicious ice cream. It was followed up by the Alleghany Mountain tour that has arguably the best driving road in the area in PA-26. Lots of big smiles on both days. Not only was the Ice Cream tour a big driving success, it was a big charity success as well. Everyone brought food and items to support Sarah’s House. I estimate we provided over $1000 in donations to them so THANK YOU to all who participated. Hopefully we can do more with them in the future. Really cool at the Tech event to see how a seemingly out-of-the way garage like RPR Automotive has established their reputation for tuning throughout the region. I’m not sure if it was clear or not but I was trying to push the theme of volunteering in this and my last President’s column. EVERYONE in Chesapeake is a volunteer including the Board members and the Event leads. I imagine some of the positions or events only require a few hours a month while others require multiple hours a week. The point is, we always need volunteers to step up and continue to make Chesapeake successful and I would ask you all to consider doing so at some point as your time allows. If you’re still with me at this point – I think volunteering is the key reason why being in PCA is so amazing. The 13,436 volunteer hours that went into Porsche Parade just says it all. The folks who get involved and are willing to spend some time giving back make the organization better for every-
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Presidents (cont’d)/Augustoberfest Announce Ron Farb
one. If you are a new member, then a normal volunteer progression might be assisting with an event, then leading a small event, leading a big event, becoming a Board member, becoming a Chesapeake Officer, and finally leading a National PCA event. A few specific examples would be: Help out at an event like the folks who checked people in and directed staging at the Johns Hopkins Toy Drive.
Plan and lead a drive for the Tour Committee (i.e become a Guest Tour Master) Take charge and run a big event like the Toy Drive, After Holiday Party, Chesapeake Challenge, Crab Feast, or something new. When you’re ready to go into volunteer overdrive, you volunteer to put together a National PCA event vs a Chesapeake event. Ron Gordon chairing Porsche Parade and Bob and Ellen’s Boardwalk Reunion are both fantastic examples of Chesapeake members volunteering to run massive PCA events! From the folks working staging at the Toy Drive to Ron leading the Parade effort, we are all volunteers and are what make PCA great. Please step up and join us. Ron
Augustoberfest/ Potomac Region PCA this year’s 25th Anni-
Gathering of the Faithfull will have an onsite car show at versary Augustoberfest event.
The Augustoberfest is one of the largest German festivals around, with German bands, dancing, food, beer and craftspeople. The annual festival pays tribute to the area's rich German heritage and supports scholarships for exchange students to Hagerstown's Sister City— Wesel, Germany. This exciting event is run by the nonprofit organization, the Augustoberfest Charitable Foundation. Date:
Sunday, August 21, 2022 from 11AM-5PM.
Time:
Gates open at 9:30 am
Location: Washington County Agricultural Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713 Registration is now open: CLICK HERE
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Sunshine Member Support
Sunshine 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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Socials In Review Marsha & Steve Buss
On July 2nd we had our monthly Breakfast Social at Eggcellence in Annapolis. 15 people attended and had a delicious breakfast along with lively conversation. On July 19th we had a Social Dinner at Blackwall Barn & Lodge in Gambrills, Anne Arundel County. The event was very popular with 38 people attending. The food was delicious, and a fun time was had by all. The Social Committee has planned a breakfast on August 6th at Eggcellence in Annapolis beginning at 8am. We have 14 people already registered for this event. The August Social Dinner on the 16th will be at the Bushel and A Peck Kitchen & Bar in Clarksville, Howard County. The registration opened on July 20th and closes on Monday, August 8th. We have space for 40 people – about 12 spots are still open. Don’t forget you need to register on MotorsportReg.com. If after you have registered, you decide to not attend, please go back into MotorsportReg.com and cancel your reservation. As these events have been selling out, this will allow members on the waitlist to be confirmed. The September Breakfast Social will be at Eggcellence on September 3rd at 8am. The September Dinner Social will be on September 20th at Fratelli’s Italian & Seafood restaurant in Hampstead, Carroll County. We have been kindly invited by PCA Chesapeake member, Chuck Goldsborough, to enjoy some “Porsche Fluid Dynamics” at Ralph’s Porsche located nearby. We’ll move to Fratelli’s for dinner at 7pm. Upcoming events –
Chestertown PCACHS car show Guinness Open Gate Brewery – Octoberfest Do you have restaurant recommendations or interesting ideas for Socials? Send us an email social@pcachs.org. We’d love to hear from you! Steve & Marsha
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Chesapeake Challenge 53: October 23rd Stacey Talmadge
Save the Date 10232022
Kurtz’s Beach 2070 Kurtz Avenue Pasadena, Maryland
Registration Details
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Crab Feast: August 27th
Ellen Beck
Join us for the Region’s Traditional Crab Feast at Kemptown Park on August 27th. For the 16th consecutive year, the Chesapeake Region Crab Feast will be held at Kemptown Park in Monrovia, MD on Saturday, August 27th- rain or shine! Bring your appetite and your Porsche for a wonderful, relaxing outing with friends and family. There will be tons of crab, shrimp, burgers, dogs and drinks that the Region will provide not to mention tables of side dishes and desserts that you will provide. Lighthouse Seafood of New Market will once again be steaming our crabs and jumbo shrimp. We’ll have two pavilions at Kemptown Park, with reserved parking, and we have been assured the lovely breezes that have graced the event in the past will be returning for the 16th repeat of this event! A large playground will keep your young Porsche enthusiasts occupied and a real, honest-to-goodness bathroom with running water will appeal to the most persnickety of crab feast clean freaks. One of the fun traditions of the Crab Feast is our non-competitive car show where cleanliness and condition have never mattered for cars to receive the attention of the judges. It’s all tongue and cheek- the awards are always fun and unpredictable, and will be based on your Porsche’s unique curb appeal. This year’s event is once again scheduled on its traditional date the weekend before Labor Day. And the time is moved back as well to allow us to enjoy the cooler early evening air and breezes. We’ll start at 3:00 PM and end at 7:00 PM. Registration opens August 1st and closes on August 20th. Registration is $45 for adults, $20 for teens, and as always, the Crab Feast is free for children 12 and under. Please be sure to specify what salad, dessert, or side dish you will bring to the event. Dust off your Crabby Name Badge from prior events, or let us know if you need a new one! Look for an eblast with the registration link, reminders, and details. For crabby questions J, email Ellen at ebeck944@comcast.net See everyone at Kemptown Park on Saturday, 27 August! Ellen Beck
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Autocross In Review Words: Greg Hartke
Open mouth, insert foot. That’s my reaction to last month’s Autocross column in which I mentioned that CHS had been blessed with 5 events with good weather this year while Potomac had 2 out of 4 contested in the rain. So, what happened? CHS AX#4 at Prince George’s Stadium on July 9th was a drench fest! Talk about a comeuppance! Sheesh. Someone took a picture of me as I wandered around taking care of business; I looked like a drowned rat. That seems somehow appropriate. ;)
I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Let’s start from the beginning… I’m always keeping a careful eye on the forecast before a race and a week prior, the weather forecast was not threatening at all. I was also pleased to see that the registration filled earlier than usual, and we had a substantial waitlist. (We cap the registration at 65 because we feel we can give the best experience to participants with that as the maximum number.) Around mid-week, though, the forecast suddenly went to pot, and I resigned myself to a wet event that Saturday. And not just a wet one, a very wet one. The forecast was calling for something like an inch and a half of rain out of that system starting overnight (with accompanying flood warnings), so I knew we were in for it. We race in the rain??? Sure! Rain may throw a damper on other PCA events, but AX soldiers on. The only thing that stops us is lightning – that’s a significant safety item, so if there’s lightning in the area, we halt operations ‘til it passes. I was actually contacted the day before the race by PGS management asking if we were going to be racing Saturday; they thought we’d cancel because of the heavy rain forecast for the day. Nope! The show must go on and go on it did. Truth to tell, the driving was gangs of fun, though I’m not going to say all the other work of setting up, etc. was any fun under those conditions. Still, it was certainly worth it. Hey, look on the bright side. The driving rain cleaned the undercarriage of our cars. ;) This one was challenging right from the get-go. AX Co-chair Brad Martinez had developed a course design that I really liked, then when I sent it off to Registrar Meilyng Wigney-Burmaka to be included with the information to participants, I started having second thoughts. Was it suitable for the conditions? Hmm. It wasn’t long before Meilyng emailed me, asking if I really wanted to use that course for the predicted conditions, which jogged me to an immediate decision to save that design for a dry day (hopefully AX#5) and use another course design. I went through the designs I had from Brad and Meilyng and picked a very simple and straightforward (yet interesting) design that Meilyng had come up with months previously. I asked Meilyng for a minor tweak to the design and with that, we were set. To make matters complicated, Brad couldn’t make AX#4 due to work commitments and that was a serious problem because he always builds the course in the morning. What to do? Fortunately, John Cho has been helping Brad build the courses on event day, so I asked John to take over as lead course builder for this one. He thankfully accepted my request (phew! Thanks a bunch, John!), though I’ll bet he spent a sleepless night worrying about it because he’d never been in that particular role before. In addition, Pinto Soin usually helps me set up everything else while Brad and John build the course, but this time I asked Pinto to help John instead of helping me – it’s very helpful to have two people working on the course. Pinto (who is ever-
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Autocross (cont’d) helpful!) was happy to do so, of course, so we were all set. Even better, Meilyng showed up early (tough with a young family!) and also worked with John and Pinto, so we were in good shape with the course. There was one other problem. We had a plastic protector for the timing board in case of rain, but early in the year, it had essentially fallen apart. (The plastic turned brittle with age and probably UV exposure, so it cracked up and became useless.) I was aware of this and was hoping for a year of dry events so I wouldn’t have to do anything about it, but ‘twas not to be. The simplest solution was to buy a clear plastic drop cloth, which I took to the event, then cut and taped it to form a rain cover for the timing board as part of my morning set up. I’m not going to say it was a thing of beauty, but it did work. The timing board worked fine until the very end of the event, so I’ll consider that little piece of improvisation to have been a success.
Since I was expecting heavy rain in the morning when I was going to leave, I packed the car the night before. Marilyn was out of town, so I had to take everything in my Cayman S, which was decidedly limiting. In addition to my usual gear including the needed computers, I had to take two 40-ct cases of water (fortunately the forecast high temp for the day was only 72 F, so we didn’t need a lot more water beyond what was already in the trailer) as well as a cooler with two 16 lb. bags of ice. I managed to fit it all in my car and there was even (some) room left for me. I got up Saturday and of course it was raining as forecast. The rain got worse as I went south (which I expected) and was heavy when I got to PGS. John and Pinto showed up very quickly, as did Mark Hubley, hauling the AX trailer with all the necessary gear. They dropped the cones on the lot and John and Pinto quickly got started building the course, with Meilyng showing up almost immediately to help. Meanwhile, I got everything set up at the trailer. It was kind of breezy that morning, which made creating the cover for the timing board
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Autocross (cont’d) Words: Greg Hartke out of the light plastic drop cloth a bit of a challenge, but I managed. Once the course was done, John and I went out for the safety runs to test the course and see what needed to be modified. It turned out that we barely tweaked the course from the initial build. Nice job! I also decided I really liked the course design for the conditions. When I was doing the test runs, it was bloody well pouring and there were rivers running down the parking lot, which certainly made driving at speed interesting. The course design looks quite simple and it was, but now picture yourself trying to drive it really fast. In the rain. In the heavy rain. Truthfully, it was a lot of fun. This course was dead nuts perfect for the conditions and had some interesting challenges for the extant conditions. We only had a couple of spins, too. I’m also happy to report that no one wiped out the timing gear at the finish and I was a little concerned about that possibility – it’s easy to get a little too exuberant coming out of that final sweeper (which tightened up at the end) and lose the rear end. Mine was swinging when I drove it, but I kept it under control and I’m sure that’s what a lot of us were doing. The relatively simple course made for fast times and because there were a fair number of cancellations and no-shows due to the conditions, we only had 54 drivers (29 Porsches, 25 guests), which in concert with the fast times meant that we could do 7 runs instead of our more usual 6. The first car went off at 9:39, the first heat finished at 11:55, and we finished racing at 1:55. Not too bad! The rain calmed down during the first heat and became much lighter, though it got very heavy again about 2/3 of the way through the second heat. The times for the last couple of runs of the second heat were something like 2 seconds slower than earlier because of the downpour, which meant we couldn’t improve our times as we normally would in the back end of the heat. For that reason, heat 1 drivers had the advantage, but that’s the luck of the draw. I can remember driving through rivers on the last 2 runs of the second heat (with similar conditions to when I did the safety runs early in the day), which was fairly entertaining with the car sliding out, though not particularly fast. ;) You think we were dedicated (or maybe just stupid) to be out there racing in a downpour? Hey, we even had some Taste of Autocross participants out there as well as several newcomers to AX. Now that’s dedication! Or obsession. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. ;) In fact, one of the spins that day came when a ToA participant told Dave that she hadn’t been scared all day, so he tried to push it a bit. I reckon maybe he pushed just a touch too much given the tires and conditions. ;) Dave is arguably the best CHS driver of us all, so I wasn’t too worried about him doing anything dumb. As I’ve said before, if you don’t spin the car occasionally, you’re not trying hard enough and that’s an easy mistake to make in the rain when the conditions are changing from run-to-run. Among the Porsches, Michael T. was 1st overall and 1st in Class S5 with 40.227 sec. Second overall and 1st in Class S4 was Mark H. with 41.444 sec. Third overall and 2nd in Class S5 was Howard L. at 41.790 sec. Fourth overall and 1st in Class I was Damon L. at 42.103 sec. Fifth overall and 2nd in Class S4 was Kevin K. with 42.224 sec. As usual, the CHS participants were magnificent in helping with the tear down. When we were done racing,
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Autocross (cont’d) Words: Greg Hartke everyone pitched in to collect the gear so we could store it in the trailer as quickly as possible. I’ve been finding that it takes only 30 to 35 minutes to get cleaned up with everyone helping, and so it was at this event. We were packed and ready to go grab a late lunch at 2:30. I thought ahead and brought a dry shirt to change into when I got to the restaurant, which certainly made me feel much more civilized. Then again, my hair was a mess from the rain, and I didn’t have a comb. Oh, the shame of it all! ;)
Lisa Gritti was back and again brought us AX cookies. Wow! She’s spoiling us! Lisa brought cookies for Meilyng, Brad, and me, but Brad wasn’t there, so Meilyng and I magnanimously accepted his share of the bounty. Thanks again, Lisa! Actually, after enjoying several cookies during the event, I told Meilyng to take the rest for her kids, but somehow, she didn’t seem to think they were going to get that far. I wonder why? ;) AX#4 wasn’t the wettest AX I’ve experienced, but it was up there. Certainly, it was the wettest since I’ve been involved in running these events. Good experience for me, though. (Talk about putting lipstick on a pig…) I asked Mark Hubley to open the trailer doors during the day for the next couple of days so that everything would have a chance to dry out – the electronics (timing sensors and other timing equipment) worried me a bit, but they should be fine with the dry time. If I lived closer to Mark, I’d check it all out before our next race, but since I live something like 60 miles away, that’s probably not in the cards. I may think about it, though. Might be good insurance. We have a bit of a break ‘til AX#5, scheduled for Sunday August 14th at PGS. (Note that it’s on a Sunday, not a Saturday!) Hard to believe that we’ve been through 6 events for the year (Test & Tune, AX School, and 4 races) and only have 3 more to go. The season seems to be flying by! I’ll be looking forward to seeing you soon at the races! Greg Hartke CHS AX Co-chair
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Social Dinner: Bushel and a Peck: Aug 16th The Bushel and A Peck Kitchen & Bar menu celebrates what grows, swims, and grazes in the Chesapeake watershed. Please mark your calendars for Tuesday night, August 16th at 6:00pm at the Bushel and A Peck Kitchen & Bar located in Clarksville. We will have a PCA selected menu including your choice of appetizers, entrees, and sandwiches with an intense focus on local ingredients. You can view the full dinner menu here. All participants must register for the dinner on www.MotorsportReg.com by August 8th.
Seating is limited to 40 people (you will be placed on the waitlist if the limit is met but may be contacted should anyone cancel and there is availability). There is no registration fee for this event. WHEN and WHERE End of social: 8:00pm
When: August 16, 2022, Tuesday
Meeting time: 6:00pm
Meeting Point: Bushel and A Peck Kitchen & Bar, 12250 Clarksville Pike,
Clarksville, 410-531-1868 Cost: Members are responsible for their own dinner. Registration is free and required for planning purposes. PARTICIPATION Participants must comply with PCA, CDC, state and county guidelines for COVID prevention. By signing up for and joining any of our social events, registrants acknowledge and assume all the risks in and full responsibility for their participation. While we are striving to make this event safe, with your Participation in and Registration for this social event, you recognize and acknowledge the hazards of COVID-19, and you assume the risk of illness or death arising from a COVID-19 infection at this event. If you feel sick during the week prior and/ or the day of the event or if there is any chance you may have COVID-19 or be contagious, PLEASE do not attend the event. REGISTRATION The eBlast announcing this event will have a weblink for registration. Click it. Log onto your Motorsportreg account or create one at www.MotorsportReg.com Registration will open at 12:00pm on Wednesday, July 20th and close at midnight on Monday, August 8th There is no fee for this event. QUESTIONS
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Member Profile: Rouj Chalabi James B. Beavan III
Member Names & Join Date: Rouj Chalabi, Joined March 31 2022 Current Cars, Previous Cars: Current Cars are 2016 Subaru Legacy Limited and 2016 Porsche Boxster Have you served on any Regional or National committees: No What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: Develop my love and admiration for Porsche. To learn about Porsche and how to take good care of my car, learn to track the car, experience how to drive the car as this is my first midengine car. Understand the history and prestige of Porsche. 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): This is my first Porsche, what made me bought it was kind of unusual. I got into an accident with my Subaru Legacy and someone hit my car on area around my gas tank on the back right side and caused issues for me ever since. Passenger window won’t work properly, will go up and down then get stuck. Took it to so many places to get it fixed and it didn’t work, my gas tank wouldn’t open anymore, and I would have to use
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Chalabi (cont’d) a card to slide it in the side of the gas tank cover so it would slightly open it then I can open it with my latch button. It was frustrating to do this every time I went to get gas and I went to different locations to look for cars to replace it. I always loved Porsches since I was a kid, but I never could afford it. I went to many CarMax locations to test drive cars but didn’t really fall in love with any. One day I saw a BMW M3 in Dulles VA CarMax and I went there to drive this car but when I drove it, I didn’t feel any connection at all. It was fast and so but not engaging, I then gave the car back and saw the Boxster in a corner far away on the lot and fell in love right away. I absolutely loved it and drove it; the guy initially gave me a hard time saying he didn’t think I could afford it and wanted to check my credit first because I drove so many cars but haven’t purchased one. I let him run my credit then drove the car and absolutely loved it, it was so much fun to drive, it was fast, engaging, handled well and I loved everything about it. After a few mins of driving at a stop light I saw I wasn’t in sport mode, and it was this fast already so I then put it in sport mode and wow it was so much faster, so I quickly drove it back to CarMax and bought it. Guy was shocked I like it so much and I was going to buy it right then. I kept the Subaru because after I bought the Porsche everything started to work again with no issue after 2 years of constant issues. Must have been jealous I bought the Porsche hahaha. I left my Subaru there overnight and
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Chalabi (cont’d) James B. Beavan III
took the Porsche home. I’m super grateful for finding it and super grateful for it, it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: N/A because I haven’t gone to many yet. What is your favorite PCA memory: First one but not my last!
Garage Kriechen! It was one hell of an experience, I absolutely loved it! We saw the garage, we saw his restored cars, it was such a beautiful and useful experience to have. I learned so much about different Porsches, I learned so much about how he restored it, the time it took him and the investment it takes to get a Porsche back up and running. I met so many people and enjoyed talking to them, learning things from the other PCA members. Truly an amazing experience! What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Join ASAP if you haven’t, well worth it! You learn a lot and will have a community to depend on if needed for things. I’m happy to just join and looking forward to more years of learning and developing. AutoCross is my next thing to do but I would recommend trying it once you can and get the experience of racing. Try to join as many events as you can, you’ll always learn something. If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: I choose two, I couldn’t help it!
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Chalabi (cont’d) If money was no object, I would like to own a 911 turbo S or a 918 Spyder. I would love the 911 turbo s because it can be my daily car and my weekend car, it’s the best of both worlds! It would be a blast to drive but can be tame at the same time. It’s truly a wonderful combination, I would like it to be a convertible, it will truly be amazing. Fast with the top down, the handling, luxury, prestige is all there. My dream car and the car I aspire to get in the future. The 918 because it’s a legendary car, an icon, a rare super car that is still good to this day. Well built, great engineer, successor to the Carrera Gt I believe. It looks stunning, unique, and amazing. It will be a collector’s car for many if it isn’t yet and many will look back at how amazing of a car it was and for how early it was on the market with the quality and speed it offered. Anything additional you would like to share about yourself (Family/Work/Etc): I love Anime, Movies, Music, Videogames, Tv Shows, Computers and Sports. I enjoy watching shows, movies, anime or play games in my free time. I use these to relax after long days at work or to unwind at the end of the day. I love building computers, and anything to do with computers. I work on networks, security, Linux, mac or windows. Anything I can learn with computers I will try my best to learn. I now have a new hobby and that’s my Porsche, I will use it to increase my skills in fixing my car, learning to work on cars with it and my Subaru. I’m always willing to learn new things, always get super engaged in things I like and give it my 100% every time I do get involved in something I’m interested in. I lived in Canada and the spend my life in the states Canada.
United States, mostly but few young years in
I love to travel, I’ve went Germany, Iraq, turkey, and France.
to the Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada,
Another interesting fact the Boxster, I would drive night I was driving by my past a few places and stopped at was the Porheadquarters and I didn’t was very funny and won’t signed up for PCA.
about me is once I got it everywhere and one old home, and I drove stopped. The place I sche club of America even know about it, it ever forget it then I
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Bavarian Inn Tour PCA-CHS 2022 Tour & Rally Event No. 8 – Aug. 28, Sunday
PCA Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee is pleased to offer as its eighth event of the year PCA Chesapeake President Ron Farb’s all-new Bavarian Inn Tour. The route will consist of a series of enjoyable back roads from Ellicott City to the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, WV, where we will have an elegant lunch. There will be a 15-minute pit stop along the way, at the Royal Farms in Urbana, MD. This event is limited to 60 people. So REGISTER for this one ASAP! (Photo courtesy of the Bavarian Inn. v01) WHEN and WHERE When: Aug. 28, 2022, Sunday, weather permitting Assembly time 9:15 AM; drivers’ meeting 9:30; departure of first group of cars 9:45 Assembly point: The Ellicott City address will be sent to confirmed registrants by Aug. 27. Destination: Bavarian Inn, 164 Shepherd Grade Rd, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Lunch: 12:00 to 2:00 PM This tour ends when we reach the parking lot of the Bavarian Inn.
LUNCH Lunch will cost $32 per person, including tax and gratuity. It will be made up of one entrée, a dessert, soda, tea and coffee. There will be a cash bar.
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Bavarian Inn Tour Those wishing to eat lunch at the Bavarian Inn must pick their entrée and pay when they register in MotorsportReg. Here are the choices: • Chicken Picatta – Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast with Lemon Garlic Brown Butter, finished with Capers and Fresh Parsley, served with Steamed Vegetables and Whipped Potato • Bavarian Inn Crab Cake -- One Bavarian Inn Lump Cake, Kaese Spaetzle, Asparagus Hollandaise • Grilled Bratwurst with Sauerkraut & Whipped Potatoes • Vegetarian Platter REGISTRATION ● Click the registration link in the tour’s eBlast announcement. ● Or log on at www.motorsportreg.com . ● Sign up between 1 PM Aug. 5th and 11:59 AM Aug. 18th, EDT. ● $5 registration fee for each adult. Maximum $10 per car. No fee for minors (17 and younger). ● This event is open to all PCA members, but priority will go to Chesapeake members until Aug. 14th. ● Drivers must be licensed adults. ● Those who cancel must do so before the close of registration if they want to get food-order and/or registration-fee refunds. ● Tour documents will be sent to confirmed registrants by Aug. 27th via e-mail. ● QUESTIONS: Send tour-related questions to the Tour & Rally Committee at tour@pcachs.org. THINGS TO DO AFTER LUNCH
After lunch, tour participants will be on their own. Ron suggests that we walk through the small town of Shepherdstown. Additionally, he STRONGLY encourages everyone to visit the Antietam National Cemetery at 320 E Main St, Sharpsburg, MD. It will be on our way home and is only about 4 miles from the Bavarian Inn. The cemetery will be on the right. Parking is allowed on both sides of the street. Note that there is a small parking lot just after the cemetery entrance, on the left side, in case all spaces along the street are taken.
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Across The Atlantic: Don’t Call It A Comeback Words: Aaron Miller, Photos: David M. Kaley
Wilkommen aus Stuttgart! You’ll remember from my article late last year that the Solitudering, the former Formula 1 track near Stuttgart, remains a popular destination for Gearheads in the area. On a warm weekend in July, it becomes the Mecca of period race cars and motorcycles for the Solitude Revival. Sponsored by Porsche, the event mixes car culture, the track, and something between performance and parade laps into weekend celebrating racing. Those Porsche fans familiar with the Rennsport Reunion series wouldn’t recognize the Solitude Revival; the entire vibe is distinctly German, and the focus is on the culture and camaraderie. The “racing” groups form up for 20-minute sessions on the old 11-mile circuit, leaving them enough time for two or three laps at a brisk but far from competition pace. Everything from classic two stroke motorcycles with sidecars (and properly adorned in head-to-toe vintage leather for the rider and the “monkey” on the sidecar) to a 917/30 and Ferrari 512M. A handful of loud, massive, and intimidating pre-war race cars were fan favorites, as well as the vintage racers from the 60s-70s. As the sole “big” sponsor for the event, Porsche brought out factory drivers like Walter Rohrl, Timo Bernard, and Marc Lieb and notable cars like the 718 RSK, 2.7 Carrera RS, and 996 GT3 RS. Fans clamored for autographs and photos while the Porsche hospitality tent ensured every fan, young and old, could wave their own Porsche flag from the barriers. Naturally, there were mini Biergartens in
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Across The Atlantic (cont’d) each corner of the paddock with sausages on the grill and cold beer consumed en-masse. The mix of food, unburned hydrocarbons, and plentiful sunshine with temperatures in the 80s put smiles on everyone’s faces. While it’s not Goodwood Festival of Speed, the chance to enjoy a historic racetrack with thousands of your closest gear head friends in the shadow of Stuttgart isn’t an experience to be overlooked. If you find yourself with $40 and a free Saturday in mid-July, it’s time and money well spent. *Want to follow along on our adventure between articles? Like to see pictures of Germany? Check out our Instagram @pnkpnzr968 where we’ll be posting car-related content!*
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Across The Atlantic(cont’d) Words: Aaron Miller, Photos: David M. Kaley
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Social Breakfast: Eggcellence: September 3rd
Come out and join your fellow PCAers for a morning of fun in Annapolis. We’ll meet Saturday morning, September 3rd, at 8am in Annapolis. Eggcellence Brunchery features comfort food for breakfast including waffles, pancakes, build your own omelettes, benedicts and more. Check out their menu here. All participants must register for the breakfast on www.MotorsportReg.com by August 31st. Seating is limited to 30 people. There is no registration fee for this event. WHEN and WHERE When: September 3, 2022, Saturday
Meeting time: 8:00am
Meeting point: Eggcellence Brunchery restaurant, Gateway Shopping Plaza, 2625 Housley Road, Annapolis 410-573-9503 End of social: 9:30am PARTICIPATION Participants must comply with PCA, CDC, state and county guidelines for COVID prevention. By signing up for and joining any of our social events, registrants acknowledge and assume all the risks in and full responsibility for their participation. Note that planned events are subject to change, for weather-related or other reasons. While we are striving to make this event safe, with your Participation in and Registration for this social event, you recognize and acknowledge the hazards of COVID-19, and you assume the risk of illness or death arising from a COVID-19 infection at this event. If you feel sick during the week prior and/or the day of the event or if there is any chance you may have COVID-19 or be contagious, PLEASE do not attend the event.
REGISTRATION The eBlast announcing this event will have a weblink for registration. Click it. Log onto your Motorsportreg account at www.MotorsportReg.com Registration will open at 12:00pm on August 10th and close at midnight on August 31st. There is no fee for this event. QUESTIONS Send social related questions to the Social Committee at social@pcachs.org.
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Social Breakfast: The Tillery: September 3rd Come out and join your fellow PCAers for a morning of fun in Owings Mills. We’ll meet Saturday morning, September 3rd, at 8am. The Tillery is an upscale American food restaurant where traditional fare meets culinary innovation. Check out their menu here. All participants must register for the breakfast on www.MotorsportReg.com by August 31st. Seating is limited to 20 people. There is no registration fee for this event. WHEN and WHERE
When: September 3, 2022, Saturday Meeting time: 8:00am
Meeting point: The Tillery Restaurant & Bar, Metro Centre, 10101 Grand Central Avenue, Owings Mills 443-940-8810 End of social: 9:30am PARTICIPATION Participants must comply with PCA, CDC, state and county guidelines for COVID prevention. By signing up for and joining any of our social events, registrants acknowledge and assume all the risks in and full responsibility for their participation. Note that planned events are subject to change, for weather-related or other reasons. While we are striving to make this event safe, with your Participation in and Registration for this social event, you recognize and acknowledge the hazards of COVID-19, and you assume the risk of illness or death arising from a COVID-19 infection at this event. If you feel sick during the week prior and/or the day of the event or if there is any chance you may have COVID-19 or be contagious, PLEASE do not attend the event.
REGISTRATION The eBlast announcing this event will have a weblink for registration. Click it. Log onto your Motorsportreg account at www.MotorsportReg.com Registration will open at 12:00pm on August 10th and close at midnight on August 31st. There is no fee for this event.
QUESTIONS Send social related questions to the Social Committee at social@pcachs.org.
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Member Profile: Michael & Tara Buck James B. Beavan III
Member Names & Join Date: Michael & Tara Buck. I joined in 1999 and added Tara in 2005 or so when we started dating. Current Cars, Previous Cars: Current: 1988 944 Turbo, 2011 911 Coupe Past: 1989 944
Have you served on any Regional or National committees: No, but have been part of national HPDE Instructor program since 2007 What encouraged you to join the Porsche Club of America: Always liked Porsches, but I saw PCA as an avenue to enjoy my car(s) as Porsche intended, at speed on a racetrack 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 father was casually into sports cars when I was growing up, nothing too serious. He bought his first Porsche, a 1986.5 928S, when I was in 8th grade. He joined PCA, but never did much. We did make one trip to watch an auto-x in a parking lot that is now M&T bank stadium, and I was hooked.
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Buck (cont’d)
When I got older, I wanted to get a Porsche and do that! Started with a basic 944 and drove that for a few years until the right deal on a Turbo came along. In February 2001 I got my 944 Turbo and still have it. Drove it my last year of college as a streetcar and then took it to the track after graduation. My father played around with various 968’s and other 944 Turbos, but I stuck with my trusty 1988 and built it for club racing and have had lots of fun and made great memories.
At the 2008 Potomac Club Race, Porsche Tysons Corner had a bunch of then new 997.2 models available to test drive. I could never afford one at the time, but the experience I had in a white base model coupe just stuck with me. I knew it was the one to get and I finally made it a reality in 2020. In the midst of emerging COVID, I found an absolutely unicorn spec 6-speed coupe in Aqua blue and had to have it. Been a blast ever since. Puts a smile on my face just looking at it. What are your favorite Regional &/or National events: Club races, the crazy machinery that shows up to the track all over the country is amazing. What is your favorite PCA memory: Too many. People that came into my life as some of my first driving instructors are now my friends. It is like a family. There is a page in our wedding album of “PCA people”
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Buck (cont’d)
James B. Beavan III
What advice about PCA or Chesapeake would you give to new members: Get out and do something with your car. Don’t keep them locked in garage. But also, be good ambassador for the Porsche brand. If money was no object, what Porsche would you love to own and why: A Carrera GT. Ultimate Porsche to me. I would drive it everywhere. Anything additional you would like to share about yourself (Family/Work/Etc): I got lucky when I met my wife. She and her family are even more into cars and racing than I am. So even as we have gotten older and life crazier, we are still able enjoy car culture. When I bought the 911, I fully intended to sell my 944, but my wife would not let me.
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Ice Cream Tour #2: August 13th
PCA-CHS 2022 Tour & Rally Event No. 7 – Aug. 13, Saturday
PCA Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee is pleased to offer as its seventh event of the year another ice cream tour from former co-chair Steve Graham. This tour’s destination is Rocky Point Creamery in Tuscarora, one of the 10 stops in Maryland’s Ice Cream Trail. To bring us there, Steve will take us on a 45mile drive through some wonderful backroads in Frederick County. And coming from Steve, its new route will be a surefire delight. Note that Steve’s ice cream tours usually sell out quickly. So REGISTER for this one ASAP! This event’s capacity is limited. (v03) WHEN and WHERE When: Aug. 13, 2022, Saturday, weather permitting Assembly time 12:30 PM; drivers’ meeting 12:45; departure of first group 1:00 Assembly point: The Frederick area address will be sent to confirmed registrants by Aug. 12. Destination: Rocky Point Creamery, 4323A Tuscarora Rd, MD, www.rockypointcreamery.com REGISTRATION ● Click the registration link in the tour’s eBlast announcement. ● Or log on at www.motorsportreg.com and sign up from 1 PM July 31 through 1 PM Aug. 10, EDT. ● $5 registration fee for each adult. Maximum $10 per car. No fee for minors (17 and younger). ● This event is open to all PCA members. Drivers must be licensed adults. ● Tour documents will be sent to confirmed registrants by Aug. 12 via e-mail. ● QUESTIONS: Send tour-related questions to the Tour & Rally Committee at tour@pcachs.org.
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Maxjax Lift Install
Dan Zadra
I have always been able and wanted to work on my own vehicles. I stared with the quick jacks that get the vehicles off the ground around 2ft. After owning them for 4 years I was getting tired of moving them every time when I needed to use them. They weighted around 70lbs each. And moving them is not an easy feat. I have always had my eye on the MaxJax 2-post lift for home garages but not until recently have I been in a position to be able to get one. I had my eye on it since Dannmar produced the lift. Now Bendpak bought them out and now produce the lift. Bendpak is a major vehicle lift mfg and brought a lot of safety upgrades and redesigns to the lift to make it more like a commercial lift you would find in an automotive shop. I decided to start the process of looking into seeing if this lift was feasible for my garage.
I live in a 4-story townhouse with a 18x19 foot garage. I have just about 9ft ceilings. I bought the townhouse brand new before it was built. I was able to talk to the building foreman and saw how they were pouring the concrete. They put small rebar in the garage floor had to pour the slab 5in thick and they were using 4000 psi concrete. So, I had a lift in the back of my mind when I bought the house 6 years ago for just incase in the future. I did a bunch of homework on the lift to make sure it was feasible before buying the lift and coming up with an issue. I did not want to cut the floor and pour deeper footers. I drilled test holes in my concrete and confirmed that it was indeed right around 5 in thick. The lift requires a minimum of 4 ¼ thick and 3000 psi concrete. Once I figured out that I was good with my floor, I reached out to local PCA member Steve Wood. He was gracious enough to left me see his garage with the lift installed with a lower ceiling. He showed me his MaxJax lift with his Porsche on it and showed me the range of lift operation. After seeing it in operation, I was sold and moved forward with placing the order.
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Maxjax (cont’d)
Dan Zadra
Once the order was placed, I had some set-up work to do. I had to figure out the correct position the lift needed to be in to still maintain full garage usability. It took me around ½ a day to find the sweet spot of where the columns needed to be front to back position. The next major measurement was the width between the columns. The nominal range that the lift can function is 105-135 inches. At first, I planned for
around 110-115 inches using tape on the floor to mock it up and see how it would look. I had settled on 115 until I got the lift to visually see how it would look before drilling the holes. I got the lift and set them into the marks I had marked out on the ground at 115 inches from end to end. Once visually seeing it, I knew I needed to go further back. After trial and seeing how it looked/fit, I settled on 127 inches. I was going to go 125 but with my overhead storage I had near the lift I was able to get 2 extra inches without having to move the overhead rack. With 127 inches this gave me 96 inches of clearance from post to post. This was plenty of room to not make things super tight to get around and into and out of the car. Once I had the distance marked it was time to mark and drill the holes. Drilling the holes requires a 7/8 concrete bit. The manual tells you to drill though the hole in the lift into the floor. That is just not possible, the bit gets
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Maxjax (cont’d)
Dan Zadra
stuck in the metal due to the way concrete bits are made. So, I marked the center of each of the 5 holes requires for each post and drilled them that way. Then it was time to install the anchors. The anchor installation did not go as planned and how easy as it was made out to be. I cleaned the holes as described and put the anchors in. I had issues getting them to bite into the concrete when you tighten them to get the wedge to put the lock into the concrete. Instead, it would not grab and just pulled the anchor to high and not flush with the hole. I was only able to get 5 of the required 10 to lock in correctly, 3 on one column and 2 on the other. I had to get the epoxy anchor kit and use those for the 5 that would not lock in. I had to pound in the bad anchors into the ground below. Trying to pull them out would damage the concrete. Once they were pounded down into the ground below 7 in from the floor of the concrete. The epoxy anchors were 1 ½ inches longer than the wedge anchors. I got the 5 epoxy anchors set into the holes and let them sit for 24 hours before trying to install the columns. I installed all the hold down bolts and torqued them to the spec and let it sit over night to make sure no anchors moved or pulled out. I had no issues with the anchors. I moved along to getting the hydraulics installed. The lift comes with lines and a cart to install the pump. I do not like the lines or the pump on the cart, I prefer clean installs without having to do extra steps. I found a spot on my wall to install the pump. I ran 20-amp service over to the pump with a dedicated breaker from my electrical panel. I used the bracket that came with the cart to install the pump and mounted it to the wall with some brackets from Home Depot. Once all points were mounted, I planned my line route out with some string. I took the string to a local hydraulic line shop to make the lines for me. The lines were costly at $550.00 but it makes for a cleaner installation. I routed the lines from the pump to the lift columns. I put fluid into the reservoir and bleed out the lift. I ran the lift for the first time, and everything worked correctly.
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Maxjax (cont’d)
Dan Zadra
It was time to test the lift and make sure everything was ok. I decided to use my VW Jetta just in case. I set the lift and put it off the ground. I put a level on the column to watch the bend on the columns as it went up. I left it about 2 ft off the ground for a bit to make sure nothing happened. I raised it all the way up and set it on the locks. I was able to take the lift all the way up without hitting the ceiling. I checked the level again and found the column flexed about 1/32 of an inch max on the level. I let it sit for around 4 hours to monitor. I found no additional movement. I took the car off the lift removed the bolts for the posts and inspected all the anchors. I found no movement in them or cracking of the concrete. I put the posts back down and bolted them down again. All the bolts torqued correctly. If I need to move the one column its super easy to do so. The lift arms come off easy and the hydraulic line is quick disconnect as well. The lift comes with handles built in to move them easy. Also, while you have the lift column not bolted down the lift comes with bolts to go into the anchor holes, so you do not get dirt or debris in them.
Overall, this is a great lift for the money if you are limited for ceiling height. I have roughly $4K into the full install. That includes everything I had to buy to do the install and the lift kit itself. I used the lift for 8 hours with my car on it and did major work to my Jetta. I now have the confidence to be under the lift and to put the Porsche on it without any concerns.
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Member Profile: The Comerfords James B. Beavan III
A Family Affair-
Photo: etechphoto.com
The story starts like so many other Porsche dreams- Buy your first Porsche…. Well, my addiction started when I bought my 2017 Cayman and decided I wanted to do an HPDE day. Like many newbies I needed to learn the ins and outs of registration, car preparation for the event and then showing up and driving. It seemed like such a daunting task that I would soon learn was the root cause of my newfound lifestyle. I was a lucky man as my first event August 8th, 2021, was the Colonial Cup Challenge at Summit Point. It was designed to get beginner drivers on the track and my wife Jen decided to come with me and we shared the car. Well to say we were hooked was an understatement. After a wonderful day we were driving home and talking about how cool it all was and we decided we wanted to do more events. To my surprise Jen made the comment that she needed her own car! Well, no good husband would not listen to his wife and a week later I had a car carrier arrive at our home with our second Porsche a 2015 Porsche Cayman GTS.
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Comerfords (cont’d)
Well, the Fall was filled with lots of Track events and our two boys Kyle and Will decided they wanted in. Humm now faced with the question of what a good Dad would do…. So, we started getting them involved and renting Miata’s so they could join in the fun. Now they too have gotten the bug and are fully engaged in this newfound addiction. We got 10 track days in that fall, and it led to the decision to fuel the now newfound love of driving.
Photo: etechphoto.com
Over the winter we made some decisions to continue working on the “Fleet”. Now, my wife, kids and I found that new BFF- Sloan Palitti from SSI Performance. We started down that slippery slope and started to upgrade and build a new car with Sloan. Can’t say enough great things about him and the support he has given us. Kids decided they wanted to do more and soon there was a new 1999 SM Miata to join us at the events in the spring. As march rolled around, we were ready- Our first event was snowed out. Arrg But… Then…. Getting involved with the PCA Potomac Group: I started this saying it is a family affair and so far we have been able to get everyone involved and
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Comerfords (cont’d) James B. Beavan III
Photo: etechphoto.com
have been to VIR-Watkins’s Glen and Summit events with the club- We all have enjoyed getting to know everyone and cant wait to continue being a part of what feels like a big family of people that love driving fast! We look forward to getting to know everyone. Please come over in the Paddock to meet the Comerford’s and say hello. Jackson and Chesapeake our dogs may be around too. We are thrilled to be part of this group and we are learning more at every event! Thanks to all for making this fun. Ken, Jen, Kyle and Will
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Comerfords (cont’d) James B. Beavan III
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Save the Date: Eastern Shore All Day Events SAVE THE DATE! - Oct 1st C&C, Social Lunch, and Chestertown Car Show
https://pcachs.org/events/list/page/2/ SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, October 1st, PCA Chesapeake Region members will have the opportunity to enjoy a Trifecta on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The three separate events include a Cars & Coffee in the morning, followed by a lunch at the Kent Narrows, and the afternoon/evening Car Show in the quaint town of Chestertown MD. See below for the agenda on the day. Registrations are only required for our PCA CHS Lunch, and if you decide you would like to enter your Porsche into judging during the Chestertown Car Show (judging by their organizers). The rest of the day is for you to decide how much or how little you would like to participate. The BIG reason you will want to attend all the way to the car show, is to see the eight (8) cars that will be displayed in the center Fountain Park by our own Chesapeake members. Each car will be nestled in its own grassy slice, under the nice shady tree canopy surrounding the Fountain. Ferrari did it last year, so this is the year of the Porsche. We will see everything from long hood 911’s, 356’s (including a Speedster), 911’s, 914, and GT cars. We are even asking the organizers if we can do a “Sound Check” just prior to the start of judging (start, idle & rev), so people can actually hear our cars running. PCA CHS Members can choose what they wish to attend. There is no cost to participate in the day.
9 – 10:30am - Morning C&C at the Bay Bridge parking lot in front of Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen {where Hemingway’s used to be} 11 – 12:30pm - Lunch at The Bridges Restaurant, Kent Narrows. Participants will pay for their own lunch. 2pm – Chestertown Car Show. PCA members can enter their cars for judging (note that this is NOT a Porsche sponsored Judging event) if they so choose, or simply attend & walk main street. Judging by the Chestertown Judging team starts at 3pm, so have your car there before 2pm. Regi link below… https://www.chestertowncarshow.com/about-the-car-show
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Updating and got belted!
Pedro Bonilla
During the last year and a half (through most of the Pandemic) I’ve finally been restoring my 1998 Boxster. She’s 24 years old now and with 300,000 miles on the clock it was due time. I had done a lot of the “invisible” work already: Performance upgrades such as fully modified air intake, equal length headers, Pedro Sport Exhaust, ECU tuning, larger brakes, adjustable suspension and droplinks among others but now was it was time for the eye-candy! I decided to restore it to my vision of what I would have wanted the car to be from the factory. That meant some exterior mods (adding side skirts), removing all the dings and full-body paint, but keeping the same Glacier White color. A new convertible top was also now a must. I never liked the small glass rear window, so I kept the original top with the big, clear plastic window, and finally a new carbon-fibre hood with a monochrome Porsche Crest to point the way!
Then it was time for the interior. Here I decided to create a unique Wolfsburg edition 986. I searched hi and low for the specific material I had in mind and finally found it. The interior was originally full graphite gray leather. I decided that to better integrate the fabric inserts she needed a two-tone leather restoration so black and gray it is.
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belted! (cont’d) Finally for the “pièce de résistance” I wanted deviating color seatbelts! Obviously, with the interior changes, orange was the obligatory color.
Because I am a Club Racing Scrutineer, we are trained to look at every racecar’s seatbelts before every race while doing the mandatory safety checks. In a racecar, seatbelts cannot be more than 5 years old and they cannot show any signs of abrasion, stretching, or any other type of damage. If they do, the racecar owner must replace them by the next race or they can’t go on track until they do. It’s that important. Trying to correlate that to my car, my OEM seatbelts were 24 years old and because it’s a convertible, they’ve been subjected to many hours of direct UV light and probably rolled and retracted close to 15,000 times! (I figure, to be conservative, twice a day times 20 years). So the decision to replace was a sound one. Since I’m a one-man-band and a DIY’er, I figured that I would find out the length of each side of the seatbelts, go online and order the 2 inch webbing material from the many resellers, pick the perfect orange tone and replace it myself since I have a sewing machine and some strong thread material. Piece of cake ….. well, not so fast. It turns out that the vast majority of the 2” webbing material sold online (and offline as well) is not intended to be used for seatbelts, but rather as strapping and or towing material. Some of them, many from China may even have “DOT Approved” stamped on them. Anyone not knowing the whole story could think it’s legit, but DOT regulates tire manufacturing, not seatbelts. Seatbelts are regulated by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
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belted! (cont’d)
Pedro Bonilla Standards (FMVSS) which are issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA and can be very, very complex and very difficult to comply with. Because of those regulations there are just a handful of legitimate seatbelt-webbing manufacturers worldwide. Those regulations require, among others: G-Force testing, Tilt Lock testing, Webbing Abrasion testing, Salt Spray testing, Tensile test at 10,000 lb., Tensile test at 5,000 lb. as well as Retractor Cycling test. To be approved, seatbelts must comply with: • FMVSS Safety Standard #209 which specifies requirements for seatbelt assemblies. The requirements apply to straps, webbing or similar material, as well as to all necessary buckles and other fasteners and all hardware designed for installing the assembly in a motor vehicle and to the installation, usage, and maintenance instructions of the assembly. • FMVSS Safety Standard #302 which specifies burn resistance requirements for materials used in the occupant compartments of motor vehicles. Its purpose is to reduce death and injuries to motor vehicle occupants caused by vehicle fires, especially those originating in the interior of the vehicle from sources such as matches or cigarettes. • Society of Automotive Engineers - SAE #J386 which establishes the minimum performance requirements for pelvic restraint systems necessary to restrain an operator or passenger with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) in the event of a machine rollover.
The FMVSS also regulates the type of thread material used to finish the belt at the anchor points as well as the type of sewing machine used and the pattern of the stitching to finish the belt. It also requires that the manufacturer and the date of manufacturing be sewn in into a tag at the bottom of the belt.
By the way, the OEM supplier to Porsche for seatbelts is the Berger Group which was founded in 1968 in Alfdorf, Germany by Johan Berger and now has factories in Belgium, Spain, Germany and China. They are also the OEM supplier to: Audi, Volkswagen, Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Mini, Ford, Jaguar, Volvo, Opel, Skoda and Hyundai among others.
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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 Jackets!
If you want one of these killer jackets, go to www.pcachs.org and use the "GOODIE STORE" menu from the main page. Click the button and complete the order form page, and make your payment using the link provided. Complete the online order form at Goodie Store (pcachs.org) and indicate: a.) Color, BLACK Only, White no longer available 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 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 mem-
ber. ✓ 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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FYI
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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. 55
