THE BOARD PRESIDENT Dave Stephens ......................
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Bill Bohn .......................... SECRETARY Howard Levin ....................... TREASURER Stana Cooper ....................... ACTIVITIES Jan Winthrop .................. days TECHNICAL Dave Kozak ......................... MEMBERSHIP days (714) Carola Anderson .......... eves (714) PUBLICITY/EDITORS Ann Wang ...................... days 12222 Montana Ave., L.A. 90049 Susan Clark ................... days CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Sam Wang ...................... (714) MEMBERS AT LARGE Jack DiRosario ....................... Jose Ochoa ......................... Sara Pennington .................... Pete Zimermann .................... ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE Burt Misevic .................. (805)
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I UP ’N COMINI Saturday, December 1 PCA-LA Grand Prix event in Gardena (see next page for details and directions to the track).
Sunday, December 9 PCA-LA Christmas Party at the Harris’ Any questions, call Sara at 822-5475.
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PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA, LOS ANGELES RFGION, INC. ANNOUNCES TI~EASCOTGRANDPRIXCH~T~,ENGE Saturday, December 1 9:00-11:00 AM 18240 South Vermont Ave. Gardena, Calif. (Take the Harbor Freeway to 190th Street, go west to Vermont, and turn north to 18240). We’ve had some good fun at other Grand Prix tracks this year. This is our last chance to find out how fast we are. Food and drinks will be available. FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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n es. . . This month is strictly for fun. We’ll get December off to a good start on Saturday the 1st with a low-key event at the Ascot Grand Prix in Gardena. Call Bill Bohn if you have any questions .......... Sara Pennington is hard at work organizing a really terrific Christmas party for all of us on the 9th. Hope you got your reservations in on time. We’ve gathered some areat doorprizes; the food promises to be really speclal, and Sara has planned some surprise entertainment for the afternoon. See you there.. Dave Kozak reports a decent response by voters for the 1980 PCA-LA board. The votes have been counted and the results will be announced at the Xmas Party. After all the complaining about having "another" dinner meeting at the Lobster House, our November get-together turned out to be very entertaining. The guest speaker was Joe Millikan, candidate for NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors. In the "good oi’ boy" tradition of Richard Petty, who gave Joe his start, Joe regaled us with stories of his early days helping out at the Petty’s, saving money for his first car, and some of his experiences on the NASCAR circuit. We all liked him so much, we really rooted for him at the Times races at Ontario on Sunday, but Joe lost Rookie of the Year to Dale Earnhardt. You can expect big things from Joe in the future though ............ As a final note l’d like to wish my best to our new Porscherama editor, Ben Adauto. It hasn’t always been easy, but I hope Ben has as much fun doing it as I did. Thanks to all the people who helped out and who wrote articles and gathered info for the paper. Don’t go away, Ben’ll need you too. Ann
Tech Talk
I’m not quite sure what,prompted me to write this article, It was probably the fact that attendance at our high speed events has been on a slight downward trend of late, but also it is evident that some of you that the sport could be right for are missing one hell of a good time by not coming out. I’m not sure if the flyers that PCA sends out are too complicated, or if rules aren’t clear, or if too much emphasis has been put on the racing aspect (which we don’t do). The following article will hopefully clear up some of the unknowns and put "time trialing" into proper perspective -- a simple, moderately expensive, high excitement weekend that you and a friend (spouse) can do together.
A time trial is not a race. It is a controlled event where you can surpass 55 miles per hour without a black and white magically appearing in your rear view mirror. A time trial has, theoretically, the single purpose of making you a better driver, but people who have done it have also gotten the side benefits of meeting new people, getting a chance to drive on race tracks monitored by emergency track workers with an ambulance in attendance, and seeing places you would otherwise never have gone to. A hypothetical time trial will be held in the near future. The first time you hear about the event will probably be in the "Up’n Coming" section of our Porscherama newsletter. The second time you read about it will (hopefully) be about 3 or 4 weeks before the actual event takes place. This time it will be a full-page ad, either in your newsletter or mailed as a flyer. The bottom part of the page is devoted to a simple registration form requiring name, car model, engine type, etc. You have plenty o~ time to send this in, even if you have to call your mechanic to find out how big your engine ~rrently is. A clarification is necessary here. Each one of the Zone 8 time trials is run by a different region within the zone. Zone 8 is comprised of the following regions: Golden Empire (Bakersfield area), Central Coast (north of Ventura), Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Diego, Arizona, Southern Arizona, Las Vegas, Orange Coast, San Gabriel Valley, and Los Angeles. All of the above regions are affiliated with PCA. Not all of them are interested in,
or equipped to run, a high speed time trial; so in 1979 we had a total of five. Las Vegas held one at their "Speedrome", and San Diego used Holtville, a Sports Car Club of America course in the El Centro area, for event number two. Willows Springs is a fantastic track (biassed comment) located near Lancaster and was the site of event number three, organized by Riverside region. The fourth event was held at the one and only Ontario Motor Speedway, and due to the high cost of weekend rent (over $3500) the burden of organization was split between Orange Coast Region and POC. POC stands for "Porsche Owners’ Club" a locally based club, very enthusiastic and active. The last event of this year was held at Riverside International Raceway, and Los Angeles Region sponsored it, with financial assistance from Bob Smith Porsche Audi in Hollywood. Now back to our hypothetical time trial. You have filled out and mailed your pre-registration form. Now you have to make sure your car is ready for the next step: Technical Inspection. Absolutely nothing to worry about, if your car is in good condition. Your shocks are checked, your brake lights are checked; your fire extinguisher(~)is checked; the general condition of your tires, your battery hold down(~), seatbelts(~)and anchor points, wheel bearing condition, cleanliness of engine and transmission, and throttle linkage smoothness are all looked at very carefully. If you have any doubts about the condition of your car, pre-tech is for you. Pre-tech is held on an evening at least a week prior to the event. It is designed to give you time to make necessary repairs, and to make the event itself go quicker and smoother on Saturday morning. Less time in the tech line means more time on the track for everyone concerned. After your car has passed tech inspection, you will be assigned to a particular practice group. PCA normally uses four groups: yellow (novice), green (experienced drivers in four cylinder cars, and some slower six cylinder cars on street tires), blue (experienced drivers in six cylinder cars on street or race tires, and fast four cylinder cars on race tires), and red (very experienced drivers in very fast cars). You will be given a color dot, either atregistration or tech, to place on your car. The paper dot has an adhesive backing and
should be stuck to your left headlight, or on 914s, on the left front turn signal lens. Before practice begins, a drivers meeting is called. This meeting is mandatory for all entrants. Its purpose is to inform all drivers what is going to take place on that particular weekend-- such as the running order for pr~ticegroups, tips on track conditions, etc. Also corner worker flags will be reviewed. These flags, and your understanding of them, are extremely important to the health and well being of all the people involved with the event. After the drivers meeting, a spectral meeting for novices is held. This is just a more detailed session covering basically the same items as the main meeting, including extra emphasis on the different flags and their meaning. The availability of driving instructors in also discussed. Instructors are always .available on request and should be considered mandatory for your first practice session. The culmination of the weekend usually begins about one o’clock Sunday afternoon: timed runs. This is when you find out how much you learned during the weekend. You are on the racetrack all by yourself. No more need to constantly watch your mirrors or have an instructor with you. Just total concentration for the job at hand; that is, to complete two laps safel~ as fast as you want to try. Your resultant lap times are recorded separately and posted on a board so you can see how you stack up against other cars similar to yours. To make it more interesting, trophies are awarded to class winners. Your first couple of time trials will be somewhat confusing, but after the procedures become second nature, you can really start to enjoy yourself. Driving fast under controlled conditions is very exciting, ~nd the repetition of different types of corners opens up a whole new area of understanding and respect that you will gain for your car. This about the only safe way you can find out for yourself just how good your Porsche really is. Respectfully submitted, Pete Zimmermann
Footnotes to Pete’s article: I Every car without exception is required to have a securely mounted I0 b.c. rated fire extinguisher. These are available at numerous outlets for between $12 and $20, and you should have one in your Porsche anyway. The extinguisher bracket has to be mounted permanently somewhere in the passenger cab of the car, preferably within eqsy reach of the driver. The bracket in my 914/6 is bolted to the floor in the left forward corner of the passenger side footwell. If you can’t bring yourself to drill holes in your new Turbo, or your old 356, there is a good place to put an extinguisher anyway. Below and forward of the rear seats, on a vertical bulkhead, you will find a luggage strap bracket. Remove that bracket (two Phillips head machine screws), and bolt your extinguisher bracket, using the original screws, in its place. Presto, ten minute work, no new holes in the car, and a permanently mounted extinguisher in a ready to use, easy to reach place. 2 Any factory installed hold down in good condition, or an improvement on that unit, is accepted. 3 Seatbelts: A touchy subject. More on this as soon as the rules for 1980 competition are on paper. If there are any questions concerning time trialing, there are lots of people you can call for help, including me at (213) 991-3909, Jan Winthrop 670-1976, Jack DiRosario 326-5435, or Sam Wang (714) 892-3431.
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