Porsche Club of America
Los Angeles Region
Dawn Patrol
My First Autocross
At 6:30 in the morning on March 10 this year, the “Dawn Patrol” set out for a spirited morning drive to the Waypoint Cafe at the Camarillo Airport. Group photos document the “dawn” portion of the event title. Art Yuter Photos.
By Jason Zammit I have always wanted to do more than just have my Porsche look "good" and redlining it on the road is not an option. The problem is after you start spending hundreds of hours of working on its presentation you start to become selective when you drive it, and where you drive it to. When I first got my 996 I drove it in the rain, to the grocery store even to Home Depot more than once. I still parked it away from every other car to avoid door dings and the such. When a friend invited me to watch him racing his Porsche a couple of years ago I knew that it was what I wanted to do as well but asides from it getting dirty and chewing threw some rubber and brakes I was worried about other damage and more importantly that my vehicle was prepared for the day. I enjoy working on the mechanics of my car and perform all my own work (so far). I created a checklist and started completing each task one by one. Most of the work was due to be completed but at the conclusion of the work I knew I had to go and drive it on a track or in our case a parking lot with lots of cones around it. After I saw my friend at Little Willow Springs racing his GT3 RS I thought that an Autocross would be too tame
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and not enough of a rush for me…… boy I was wrong!! We arrived at Fontana Speedway after 6:30am as invited guests of BMW CCA. We signed in and progressed to the “tech inspection” area. I was curious as to how much “inspection” there would be. It was quick and painless and the hours of preparation for this was well worth it as I knew exactly how prepared my car was down to the millimeter of depth on my brake pads and tread on my tires, milliliters in my brake reservoir, and tenths of PSI in my tires. After “tech” we met with some of our fellow drivers and we were assigned color groups and each group was then assigned duties and scheduling to help with the running of the day. Four color groups that had been assigned one group would start practice laps, one group would rest and two groups would be stationed on the course helping to right cones that had been knocked over and warn drivers of hazards on the course. First-timers, like me, had the privilege of having seasoned instructors with us to drive our vehicle for the first lap and then to direct and educate us for several more laps. There was a break in our day for GoKarting on the course, which was also fun and gave some of us the opportunity to re-affirm Continued on Page 2.
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INSIDE Dawn Patrol . . . . . . . . . . 1 First Autocross . . . . . . . . 1 First Concours . . . . . . . . .1 New Members . . . . . . . . . 6 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . 7 LA & Zone 8 Events . . . . 2
My First Concours By Colleen Stein For me, it all started with a club run to Smartwax in Inglewood. As we entered the building, the aroma of detailing products hung in the air. We were lead to a large workshop, where specific methods of detailing would be demonstrated. One of the club members offered up his Porsche as a subject. It was an older model, pre 996. The paint was scratched, dirty, and had lost its original shine, and depth. Paul, and Greg of Smartwax were our instructors, and they then began the work on the paint with Porter-Cable power buffers, and compounds. Right before our eyes, the paint was transformed to the vibrant original Carrara white. This was amazing to see. I wondered if I could achieve the same results on my 2001 996. They asked for volunteers to try the Porter-Cables. The machine felt powerful, yet was easy to control. I purchased the compounds, Porter-Cable, Continued on Page 6.
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the course (somebody must have known I needed it!). We stopped for lunch and then continued with our practice laps whilst each color group alternated between practicing and assisting with course duties. I had about 7 laps of practice and a couple of laps in the go-kart. Now time for real thing, there were
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time trials, one lap at time with a stop after each lap. I took the first lap easy trying to be smooth and steady and then I built it up with more speed on the second lap and by the time the third lap came around I was fast and loose …… with the PSM (Porsche Stability Management) lights going crazy on my dashboard like a pinball machine when I Continued on Page 6.
Drive & Eat Ojai
The Autocross group at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana.
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First Autocross (cont.) started to get the car a little sideways …… Note to self, might have to turn that off PSM in the future. While I can’t tell you my top speed (as I was too busy concentrating) I now can tell you that it was white-knuckled fury in 70 second bursts. My hands were shaking after my time trial from the shear adrenalin. My times did not set the world on fire and any aspirations to be a professional driver have been suitably quelled, yet my desire to do it again has only been ignited. Awesome Bob had the best times from the Porsche Club and everybody got better times than me for their first laps in the time trial. I improved greatly on my second lap and by my third lap
my time was competitive. The motto for the day from BMW CCA was "Be safe, Have fun, and learn something." Check… Check and Check. The day was a success and I cannot wait until next time. Congratulations to Corey for the best Porsche time of the day at 61.984 seconds. Special thanks to our friends at BMW CCA, Octavio Arreaza, autocross co-chair, Randall Harris, Vice President, Acharya, autocross co-chair, for inviting us out and showing us the ropes and getting us involved. Also thanks go to the instructors from BMW CCA and our own PCA instructors Randy Blaesi and Robert (Awesome Bob) Vincent.
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First Concours (cont.) and whatever else I needed to complete the restoration. While driving home, the first thought of entering our concours slipped quietly into my consciousness. Our Concours d’ Elegance at Greystone Park was coming up in June, so I had a couple of months to prepare. I started with the paint restoration. One square foot at a time, the paint began to respond. With the help of the Porter-Cable, and compounds I manipulated the surface of the paint. It pulled up a depth and clarity that had remained dormant for many years. I realized that Porsche paint is exceptional, and no matter what the age, it will respond when lovingly coaxed. I was hooked. It was too late to turn back now. Some days, it seemed as if it were an unending project, and I felt that I was in over my head. Other days it flowed, and became a Zen like experience. The more the work progressed, the more there was to
uncover. Each day there were new challenges, and surprises. My nights were filled with dreams of possible places that may have been overlooked. During the difficult days, I would retreat back into my house, with thoughts of quit-
ting. My arms ached, my head ached, and wax seemed to permeate my very being. There was not one inch of my 996 with which I was not intimately acquainted. One morning I was sitting on the floor of my garage, wearing my goggles, mask, earplugs, and gloves working with my Porter-Cable, when the UPS guy came up with a delivery. He was shocked to see a woman working on her car in this fashion. “Yes, I’m doing it all myself,” I told him. When you want something done right, you do it yourself. He wished me good luck and walked away shaking his head. My hope here is to encourage you to give concours preparation and participation a try with your own Porsche. Detailing is a creative process. There is a sense of satisfaction that comes from excavating the beauty of paint that has been buried over the years under layers of debris. It’s a little like digging for buried treasure. Detailing is a metaphor for
life. It’s in the journey that we find our passion, our love, our strengths, and ultimately who we are. Oh, and winning a few trophies along the way isn’t bad either.
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DATED MATERIAL May
2013 - May - June
9 ( Thur.)................................LAR Board Meeting call 310-478-7728 to verify 19 (Sun.) ............................................Drive & Eat Ojai 25 (Sat.).........................................Breakfast Club 26 (Sun.) ..............................................Autocross AAA Speedway (BMW CCA event)
June 6 ( Thur.)................................LAR Board Meeting call 310-478-7728 to verify 22 (Sat.).........................................Breakfast Club 23 (Sun)...............................LA Zone 8 Concours Greystone Park, Beverly Hills
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