PCA Gold Coast – Member Profiles Mark Johnson, staff writer We continue this month with our member feature by presenting two PCA Gold Coast members. Get to know these wonderful Porsche owners! This month we feature Jay Weigle and Ruben Fuentes. Jay Weigle, his wife Haley, and daughter Millie James (MJ) live in Dania Beach, FL. Jay is a long-term member of PCA and has been involved with multiple events within our club over the years. His current Porsche is a 2010 Boxster S, which is in bone stock condition. The Boxster is the fifth Porsche he has owned, having acquired the S about five years ago. Leading into the current Boxster, Jay has also owned two 944 NAs, and 2 “hot” 944 Turbos. All told, Jay has been driving and enjoying PCars since 1993 when he acquired the first 994 at the seasoned age of 14, a full two months before he turned 15! He has jockeyed a Porsche around almost every year since. Having a cabriolet, the Boxster S in silver, makes it fun and easy to use the vehicle on date nights and weekends. Jay also enjoys driving this machine in High Performance Driver Education (HDPE) events to improve his skills and confidence. The game plan is to participate in future Porsche Rallies, PCA travel events, and perhaps a Porsche Parade or Werks Reunion. He and the family are also considering the next 48 Hours of Porsche for early 2022, and a Rennsport event or several others. Options are open as we all move back to a bit more normalcy in life. Porsches and Pancakes have returned so you may also visit with Jay at the Flashback Diner (Davie location) at a future first Saturday of the month.
When not driving the Boxster, Jay is employed by the US Health Group in health insurance sales. He has been with the company for four years joining US Health after selling his insurance agency in Augusta, GA. He was born Augusta and has lived throughout the southeast. He has generally always returned to his birth city and the home of the Masters Golf Tournament. Even after graduating from Clemson University with a major in Marketing, and a minor in Economics, Augusta called him back. Jay eventually made the move to Florida in 2017. One of Jay’s memorable Porsche-related experiences was a visit to the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta. The trip was taken in 2017 and during the experience he drove the 718 S. “It was a blast,” says Jay. While at the PEC, he also participated in driving the Porsche 919 Hybrid in the simulator room. He selected Road Atlanta as the course and the Porsche 919 Hybrid, a LMP1 class racecar, as the vehicle. With Jay’s HDPE skill and experience he placed 11th out of a few thousand people. That is quite an accomplishment given the challenge of sim racing! The other highly significant Porscherelated event for the Weigles occurred nearly five years ago, and it was an absolute game-changer for both Haley and Jay. On November 5, 2016, they celebrated their engagement with a photo shoot on the track at Road Atlanta! They made a request to the folks at Road Atlanta to hold a photo event at the track to celebrate their betrothal. The Atlanta track team was impressed. It was a highly unique opportunity as they were the only couple to ever ask for such an accommodation. Needless to say, Haley and Jay were shocked and thrilled when the Road Atlanta management team said yes! Haley said “YES” as well! Jay is no stranger to Road Atlanta, as he has been attending the Petite Le Mans racing at the track since its inception in 1998.
Jay Weigle and his daughter, young Ms. MJ in their 2010 Boxster S
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Haley & Jay at Road Atlanta for their engagement, as great a place for a very important question. Jay specifically remembers when Don Panoz bought and created the American Le Mans Series and moved it to both Road ATL and Sebring. While he may have missed a couple, he has been to most every Petite weekend since the start of the event. During his wild collegiate days, Jay and some buddies were at the track and noted some “over-served” fans driving a golf cart on the track. Not to be outdone, they dared a friend to strip naked and take his moped on the track, and do a lap . . . HE DID! The friend, upon returning to great applause and laughter, discovered that his clothes were missing. Great times, probably never to be repeated. Jay and Haley have been married four years. They recently added to the family with daughter MJ, who is eight months old. In this respect, there is a significant need for a Porsche with rear seats! The 2-seat Boxster doesn’t quite have the family capacity they currently need. Hence, as Jay suggests: “If someone has a hot modern 911 for sale, I’m interested! I’m looking for a ‘sporting’ build out, and a SKITTLES color if possible.” Jay also noted that car prices are borderline crazy:yep – agreed. Apparently, the young Ms. MJ Weigle is already a fan of Porsche, with an appreciation for the style, performance and especially the lateral G’s! The passenger seat of a Boxster S can do that to a person. As for a favorite Porsche model, Jay goes with the Carrera GT! The GT has the Porsche reliability and capability but with a screaming mid-engine V10! “What a Car!”
