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Nethercutt Collection Story and Photos By Bob Gordon On Saturday February 3rd, 50 members in 24 Porsches gathered at Taft High School and set out on our trip to the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar. It was a beautiful day as we took a
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Three Days And 726 Miles A Totally Smooth Run From Dyson Racing SEBRING, FL January 24. Dyson Racing tested the first of their two new Porsche RS Spyders at the three day official American Le Mans Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway January 22 24. “The car ran perfectly right out of the box,” said Chris Dyson. “The fundamentals of the car
The 1937 Talbot Lago at the Nethercutt.
rather straightforward route to the Nethercutt, travelling along the 101 to the 405 and exiting at Roxford in Sylmar. Any route is fun when you’re in a line comprised of 24 Porsches. Once off the freeway, it was a short hop to Bledsoe Street and into the Nethercutt parking lot.
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The #16 ALMS LMP-2 Dyson Porsche RS Spyder.
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PCA-LA REGION PRESIDENT ......................................................David Altemus 310-478-7727, fax 310-479-5181 1537 Pontius Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 VICE PRESIDENT ..................................................Bob Gordon 818-888-7224, fax 818-615-0624 SECRETARY .........................................................Roger Ignon rignon@edgesystem.net TREASURER ........................................................Jan Altemus 310-478-7727, fax 310-479-5181 MEMBERSHIP ...............................................Joe Shubitowski joseph.shubitowski@gmail.com ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR ..........................................Bob Gordon 818-888-7224, fax 818-615-0624 ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE Dick Shipman.....................................310-474-8194 Roger Ignon .........................rignon@edgesystem.net WEB MASTER............................................................Eric Mai ericmai@msn.com ADVERTISING MGR. ...........................................Bruce Pollock fax 818-760-4704, bpollock@pobox.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR .......................................Bruce Pollock fax 818-760-4704, bpollock@pobox.com
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Time Trial - San Diego Reg.
23 (Sat.) ..................................................Breakfast Club
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Nethercutt (cont.) The Nethercutt is always a popular event and this one was no different. For many of our attendees, this was their first visit to the Nethercutt. I heard many favorable comments in the group during and after the tour, some people called friends on their cell phones right afterwards describing the excitement of what they’d just seen. The photos that you see with this story are just a small sampling of the vast array of beautifully restored and maintained cars on display inside the Nethercutt Collection Museums. The grounds and buildings are as exquisitely prepared as the cars. And the environment where the collections reside is as exciting and enjoyable as the cars themselves. All in all it was another wonderful day in Southern California.
2. 1. A 1934 Packard. A beautiful representation of a bygone era. Makes you want to throw on a scarf, put the top down and go motoring. 2. A view of the Grand Hall, which is a wonder in itself. But it has all these great cars in it too! 3. External routing of exhaust gas was once a very popular and stylish thing to do. Didn’t get the year and make of this car, but it like all the others is magnificent. 4. This is a beautiful example from Renault — the reigning F1 Grand Prix Constructors Champion. 5. The Grand Hall from above. 6. Our group assembled and ready for the run to Sylmar.
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Dyson Racing (cont.) for other teams and to be a part of it is a dream come true. This is my eighth year in a row doing Sebring and it is one of the events I look forward to, this year even more so with the competition from Penske and Acura. I know the Dyson Racing guys will put together a very competitive effort.” ”We welcome Andy to our team. He has tested with us twice including back in November of 2003,” noted Dyson. “We have watched his progress as he has put together an impressive record in sportscars.” Lally is the 2006 Grand-Am Rolex Series GT champion. He won Grand-Am championships in 2004 and 2001 and is the only three-time Rolex champion. When not claiming a championship the last seven years, he was runner-up four times. The team set the fastest time of the test on the last session of the third day. “I really appreciate the job that Porsche has done to develop the RS Spyder,” stated Andy Wallace. “It is a driver‚s car. The dynamics of the car takes precedence over everything so when you drive the car it is under your every command. Normally to me, a car has a front and a back, and you are conscious of what the front is doing and what the back is doing and you try to balance yourself between the two. This car has a middle. It is like the whole car is connected. It is a great feeling for a driver and inspiring for the team to go into the first race of the year with a car like this.” “There is going to be a tremendous fight this year between Porsche, Acura, Intersport, and Mazda,” said Dyson. “You look at the depth of the competition and it will be as solid a prototype field as this series has ever seen. It will be an even, hard-fought battle and that has everyone energized for the year.”
The #16 ALMS LMP-2 Dyson Porsche RS Spyder. Testing at Sebring.
These cars as well as the Penske RS Spyders and the Acura, Intersport and Mazda teams will all be contesting the ALMS LMP-2 Championship at Long Beach April 13-15 in conjunction with the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. There will be tape delayed TV coverage on SPEED April 15 at 8:00pm Pacific time.
The #16 ALMS LMP-2 Dyson Porsche RS Spyder. Testing at Sebring.
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