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June 2022 / Issue 22-6

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Note from the Editor: June was a busy month for the POC running two events...the first event at the Streets and the second in Utah. Kudos go out to Steve Town for writing two articles and also to Luis Vivar who traveled great distances to provide us with great photos.

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Also in this issue don’t miss reading about Steve Eisler’s Streets experience, Martin Schacht’s “Marty’s World” and, Don Kravig once again takes us back in time, through our Rearview Mirror, to the early days when the POC began cranking out professional champions.

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In This Issue: Utah............................................................... 6 The Streets................................................... 34 Marty’s World................................................ 50 Rearview Mirror............................................ 58 Back at the Streets....................................... 60 New From Porsche....................................... 64 Online Store....................................... 66 SIM Update................................................... 68 Porschefieds................................................. 74 2022 Race Schedule..................................... 75 Upcoming Events.......................................... 76

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Contributing Writers

Luis Vivar Don Matz Martin Schacht Don Kravig

POC Board of Directors John Momeyer Scott Craig Nathan Johnson Joe Wiederholt Dwain Dement Eben Benabe Steve Town

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Utah

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by Steve Town Welcome to the Great Salt Lake weekend Utah Motorsports Campus June 10-12. Given the proximity of the track to the lake, it’s almost surprising to not feel the salt in the air! For almost all of the POC drivers it’s a long trip, but the track and facility is well worth it. When Larry H. Miller (Car dealer and Utah Jazz owner) built Miller Motorsports Park, now Utah Motorsports Campus (UMC) in 2006, it was a one-of-a-kind project. Costing nearly $100,000,000, the track(s) and facilities were some of the best and biggest in the western USA, if not the country, and it has been a special event for POC to be able to offer our racers. Given the distance and cost to run at UMC, we decided to only run the Red and Orange race groups, and not offer the event to TT or PDS. It fell on these two race groups to take the POC to UMC and put on some good racing, while sharing the weekend with the PCA and its club race event. The Orange and Red groups ran together all weekend, trading off sessions with the PCA club racing groups. Starting things off on a busy Friday, with the morning session running the Outer Loop (3.048 miles, 15 corners) and the afternoon session running the Full Course

(4.486 miles, 23 corners). We were all racing the Full Course on Saturday and the Outer Loop on Sunday, so the Friday practice sessions on both tracks were critical to effective racing on the weekend. A unique feature of UMC is the front straight, one of the longest in the country at over ¾ of a mile, tests a drivers right foot! With that front straight and many high speed, flowing corners, a lap of either the Full Course or Outer Loop is fast, flowing, and fun. What was also fun about Friday was the presence of a Karting national level race event. The event was well attended and the sound of rev’ing karts was buzzing all weekend. After running the Full Course again in practice Saturday morning, the races started earlier than normal, before noon. In GT1, a tight race cranked up between Al Tiley, Mike Monsalve, and Loren Beggs. Al won, with Mike 2 seconds back and Loren another 1 second back. That’s tight GT1 racing! Eric Olberz won GT2 going away, Darrel Troester in 2nd place. Ana Predescu won GT3, with Greg Gelson grabbing his first GT3 podium. Congrats Greg! And Steve Town in 3rd. Chet Kolley won his first GT4 race. Congrats Chet. In the BSR race 1 on Saturday, home track driver Bryan Van Noy, now living in Park City, won a good race from Dallas Carroll in 2nd, and Rob Walker in 3rd. Scott Matz won GT5 over Don Kravig. In Race 2, for the Orange racers, Bryan Van Noy won again, feeling the good vibes from, in his words, running at least once a month at UMC. Rob Walker and John Momeyer raced tightly for 2nd, with Rob taking it and John in 3rd. Congrats to the Orange podium. In GT5, the order again went Scott Matz and Don Kravig. Scott is Don Matz’s son and makes the “commute” from the Northeast to run with Dad and the POC. Congrats Scott, keep cranking up those frequent flyer miles and keep coming west to race. The Saturday festivities were hosted by both Air Power Motorsports and Trophy Motorsports. Thanks to both of you for some incredible food and drink! Btw, Todd Trimble makes a phenomenal Old Fashioned! Thanks Todd. 10

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On Sunday, the field ran the Outer Loop, the fast and furious 3 miles. In GT1, the podium read the same as Saturday, with Al Tiley, Mike Monsalve and Loren Beggs running 1, 2, 3. Eric Olberz won GT2 again, with Darrell Troester running pretty close to Eric, but couldn’t quite get close enough. David Lockwood rounded out the podium in GT2. In GT3, Steve Town and Greg Gelson were 1,2, missing Ana Presdescu, out with an engine issue. Chet Kolley won GT4 for the 2nd in race a row. Congrats to all of you! In the 3rd Orange race of the weekend, the podium changed up a bit, as Dallas Carroll grabbed a big win, in a tight race with Rob Walker, 2nd, and Bryan Van Noy in 3rd. These racers and the BSR field ran the Outer Loop with great lap times and as they say, kept those momentum cars rolling. Congrats to the BSR podium. It was also good to see Scott Craig back on track in a sprint race, albeit in John Momeyer’s car, but nice to see Scott back and hopefully in his repaired car soon. Scott Matz and Don Kravig kept the pattern going with another 1,2 in GT5. Congrats to both of you for making the trip and running 3 strong GT5 races. Speaking of Greg Gelson. Greg ran well all weekend, but what we really want to know is how long it took you to drive to your place in Idaho after the Sunday race, in a 720 hp Ram TRX “racing” truck. It sounded like a GT1 car! The good thing is the 85 mph speed limit on much of I15 heading north from SLC, and in my experience, you’d better be in the slow lane if you’re driving 85. We also had Todd Harris join the event, up from SoCal, and running in the PCA HPDE sessions both days. Todd ran his Cayman street car all weekend and mentioned that he wanted to experience UMC. Well done Todd for making the trip for HPDE.

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As a final thought, it seems that at every POC event weekend there are examples of racers helping racers, motorsports shops assisting customers of other shops, and everyone helping out each other with parts and equipment (reference the front cover of this issue). I’ve had this experience a few times over the years, and this weekend was no exception with me needing parts, help, and just general input from what seemed the whole paddock. Thanks to Steve and Nick at Vision, Vali Predescu and his crew, Todd Trimble at Trophy Motorsports, and Air Power Motorsports at the track, I was able to keep running with 2 separate suspension-part debacles and rebuilds. So many of us have experienced help in this manner over the years, but it’s a special thing to see again first hand. The POC runs on fierce but friendly competition, and with genuine paddock camaraderie. It is what makes our club special and our weekends memorable. Thanks to all of you for making the trek to UT and for another memorable weekend. We’re off to Sonoma next, so bring your corkscrews and toast some good racing at a truly historic track. All my best / Steve Town

Scott Matz received special support from some local friends who showed up to the track with custom “Mad Matz” t-shirts

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the Streets by Steve Town For many years I’ve felt that Willow Springs’ Streets of Willow track offers the best combination of challenges for a driver, especially for learning and training. Coming back to Streets for our semi-annual PDS/Time Trial event only enhanced this feeling, and the recent track resurfacing and minor improvements only heightened this further. We’re so fortunate to have relatively easy access and availability to a track that tests so many skill elements in such a short lap. And over a couple of days you can run both clockwise and counter-clockwise into high speed turns, elevation changes, off camber slow turns, steeply banked bowls, high speed downhill braking into a slow 90 degree corner, a “skid pad” turn, blind entries, neck braking turn angles, high speed uphill into a nearly impossible to see apex…… and on it goes. The short story, if you haven’t used Streets to test and train almost every skill needed to drive any track well, then you’re missing out on a wonderful opportunity in our SoCal backyard. At this June’s Streets PDS and TT event, we had a good core of drivers turn out which included a wide array of Porsches and other non-P cars. One change we had this time was fewer drivers than we normally see from our Orange and Red groups turned out. A couple reasons were: other events running that weekend such as a Laguna Seca PCA Club race, and our own Utah Motorsports race the following weekend. One other change for this event was that we applied our current race weekend format of two point-by run groups. Our more experienced PDS drivers moved into the Blue TT point-by run group, and the new or newer PDS drivers into the Yellow run group. This provided our longer term PDS runners a good way to UP their driving skills and aim, hopefully, to open-passing TT. The good news however with fewer drivers this weekend was more track space, which at Streets helps immeasurably. Passing at the Streets is always a challenge, and as many of you know, passing after the bowl on a CW lap can be eye opening! The PDS run group, by the end of the weekend, had its best collective running results. Except for that one moment on Saturday morning... ahhhh, the dreaded full-course black flag! For new and older drivers alike it’s often tough to learn a new track. One needs to feel the cars’ tendencies, develop an awareness of what-where-when, and then become further 36

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the Streets aware of all the corner workers and their flag scenarios. This time, the black flag instruction tripped up more than a few drivers, but all was safe and orderly in finally getting everyone into the pits, albeit a lap late. Ultimately, it’s all part of the new track experience for PDS drivers and building that challenging on-track split second knowledge base. It’s always fun to see the types of cars that arrive on Saturday morning. Of particular note, Alan Soto brought his new 992 GT3 out. Needless to say, the car garnered a lot of attention. It’s an amazing machine. One other “PDS” (race car) machine to mention belonged to Brett Gaviglio’s brother “Ricky” Bobby Lee Litchfield running Brett’s 1986 911 race car. Bobby, a pilot, translated that skill set and really got the measure of the track and car by Sunday. Well done Bobby, that’s not an easy car to run hard on a track! Of particular note on track were two other PDS results. First, Brian Trayner came out Sunday and promptly set an overall CCW track record in Stock 7, with a 1:32.687. Congrats Brian and keep those times coming. Second, Ian Beer, Thomas Beer’s son, on his second track weekend ever ran impressively. What is it about being under 21 and driving Dad’s Porsche on a race track? Ian, in the first few on-track hours in his life set a CW car class overall track record. He ran Thomas’s 911 to a Stock 3 class time of 1:25.075 Oh, by the way, Ian, make sure to thank Dad. But keep working on him for track car of your own! For the rest of our PDS drivers, thanks for making the warm (hot) summer Streets run… James Hovark, Abdul Chamas, Dave Bent, Seth Shaner and Alan Watts. A special thanks to our volunteer PDS instructors...especially for showing up for a non-race weekend! The club could develop newer drivers without so many experienced drivers volunteering to spend their weekend helping instruct PDS and point-by TT drivers with improving their experience on and off track. Thank you: Eben Benade Brian Cooner Brett Gaviglio Vivek Hazari

Steve Town Joe Wiederholt Mick Yanoschak Jim Salzer

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Lets start the Time Trial group summary with Eben “Francesco” Benade (TT Director). You may ask why Francesco? Eben had to leave the track at 2:00 Saturday to fly to Italy on a family vacation. I think there are three things to consider with this. First. Life is good. Second, well done Eben coming up to Streets, before an international flight. Third, and most importantly, many more thanks to Norma Benade! It was great to see Ron Palmer running, and getting many months (ok, a year or more) of frustration of engine issues behind him. Brian Cooner ran his Mod 4 Cayman to 1:25.65, just off his CW (new track) record in Mod 4 of 1:25.27, set in January. Way to run Brian. Jeremy Barnath, driving Sunday only, rocked a CCW lap of 1:18.355 in his GT4 car, setting an overall CCW track record. That’s the way to come out for a day and knock out a lap Jeremy. On Saturday, Alan Watts, Adam Abrahms, John Momeyer all led the way in BSR TT. While on Sunday, Alan, Adam, and Mick Yanoschak all ran 1:28’s, nose to tail. It was great to see Bob Gartland running faster and faster with each event, hitting 1:20.034 in GT3. Way to go Bob! Steve Eisler ran his GT4 (basically a GT5 car:) well, and helped out through the weekend with various off-track needs, as did Pam Suslin, Mich Yanoschak, and Brian Cooner. Thanks to each of you. Most importantly, I’d like to mention the numerous other volunteer’s assisting in making the Streets weekend successful. Without track preparation, for both safety and running quality, the weekend wouldn’t happen. The 6:00 am (or earlier) track prep and cones’ set up is crucial for our weekends, and at many of our tracks, that’s the work of POC Chief Driving Instructor, Dwain Dement. Thanks Dwain! POC President and Competition Committee Director John Momeyer set the distance traveled record coming up, as usual, from Phoenix. Thanks John. Joe Wiederholt, Motorsports Director came up from San Diego, made sure the proceedings went well, and also instructed. Thanks Joe. Overall, this event provided many of our drivers with a great experience through lots of track time and skill-building hours. See you all at the next one in 2023! Steve

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How Did I get Here? Finding My Way Back to Car Contentment and Inner Peace (Part 1 of 2)

It’s early AM and the local skunk population has stunk up the air, so I am up and at it. What better time to tell my Porsche ownership story? For those of you choosing to read this piece, the Porsche “hook” has been set; there is no going back. Your friends and family may suspect you are an addict: I know I am. You are an enthusiast and will probably continue down the Porsche ownership path, until such time as can’t see down the road from the driver’s seat, or get in the driver’s seat for that matter. It is likely you have had a number of Porsche cars, and you’re not done yet! Somewhere along the way you got interested in Porsche high performance driving which may have included a few trips to the track annually, perhaps ten or more trips for the deeply committed. If you were really lucky, you got involved in POC Time Trials, and if really, really fortunate, you matriculated up the driving ladder and were involved in POC wheel to wheel racing, the apex my Porsche experience. As a result of these sets of circumstances, nearly all of us have many stories surrounding our histories of Porsche car ownership and performance driving, and can readily recount your Porsche purchase history, recalling in uncanny detail the technical minutiae of the cars, as well as any and all modifications performed. You have your favorite Porsche dedicated shops, and love your Porsche techs, maybe even bringing them a little treat from time to time, bagels, pizza? And in our respective histories, we all have all had that one favorite Porsche car, the one that got away. I have had seven Porsche cars over the years, all have been good, some have been better, and one was the best of the best. For the luckiest amongst us, our present car is the best Porsche car you have ever owned. I am in this “Club,” finally!

My other quite selfish reason for writing this article, it’s the shear joy I get reflecting on the experiences of past Porsche ownership, good and the bad. Fortunately, the former events far exceed the later. In addition, I always relish the opportunity to do some basic research, in an attempt to match my recollection of various model details to their technical realities. My first exposure to the world of Porsche was a 73 911 T, Sepia Brown, sun roof delete with Factory air conditioning. It was somewhat unremarkable, kept it for a year or so. I changed jobs and was issued a company car. I didn’t have the space for two cars, so it eventually was sold. Some years later, having the need to spend a little excess cash that had come my way, I bought a 1974 911, the nadir of my Porsche ownership history. I got the car on the cheap as it was plagued with what appeared to be, minor rust blemishes needing to be fixed, and craving a repaint…. having been painted some god awful bright orange color. In retrospect I should never have bought a 1974 911, lacking a “S” in the deck logo. These cars were very ordinary, their best feature may have been the simplicity of their emissions device, compared to later models, especially the 1975 through 1977 model years. According to a report in Hagerty, “Ever-tightening emission control laws played havoc with engine longevity from 1975 until 1977.” Fortunately, I had heard of the onerous reputation these 75 - 77 models and stayed clear of them. This 1974 car had minimal options, roll up windows, and lacked air conditioning. I was up for the challenge and had the car taken down to bare metal at my local body shop, repainted it in Porsche Talbot Yellow, refinished the Fuchs wheels and added new upholstery. Fortunately the mechanicals needing minimal attention. After having the restored car home for a few months, an event occurred portending doom on the horizon for this car. My irreverent Basenji dog had snagged the car keys off the dining room table, and buried them in a shallow “grave” we were to discovered weeks later. Fortunately there was a “secret” button in the car’s glove compartment allowing me to employ my second set of keys to enter the car and disable the alarm. This incident was followed up with a depressing discovery, a small rust patch had started to emerge at the bottom of the driver’s door, an ominous sign. The body shop must have overlooked this part of the car in the restoration fiasco. When confronted, they claimed theyhad done their job 100%, and of course no renumeration was offered. It was only a matter of time before a companion rust eruption was to emerge. This car had to go, and the sooner the better. The hunt was on. So off I went to the local Porsche dealer, Alan Johnson Porsche of San Diego, to see what they had to offer. Photos: Martin Schacht 52

In addition to the standard Porsche 1990 fare one would have expected to see, there were two limited edition cars that caught my attention, the first being a limited edition 1988 Carrera Club Sport, and the second, a1980 Weissach Coupe, Platinum Metallic in color. 1988, only sold for one year, kess than 50 sold in the US, having distinctive Club Sport graphics, a front splitter and whale tail from the Turbo model of that year, wider wheels than the standard 1987 911, and stiffer shocks for sportier handling. It weighed approximately 155 fewer Lbs. than the 1988 Carrera. To achieve this weight loss, the car was sold with minimal ceature comforts to speak of, including a significant reduction in sound insulation material. All of these changes resulted in a very distinctive car, approximating the look of a Turbo, within the scope of a narrow body. In essence it was track ready. As fate would have it, one of my San Diego neighbors Stephen M., was also car shopping at the same time I was and he snapped the car up. And as I did he joined the POC and took that gem to the track, keeping this car for many years. The second car I was looking at was a 1980 Weissach Coupe. As we see in the Stuttcars Buying Guide, “The ‘Weissach’ edition was a standard SC with special paint…only 468 units were made with half painted Metallic Black, the other half in Platinum Metallic The interiors were wrapped in Doric Grey leather with burgundy piping. Additional body and mechanical specs included a flexible lip on the front air dam, whale tail rear spoiler, Bilstein shocks and platinum paint highlighted Fuchs wheels.” . I loved that car at first sight, we went for a test ride, with the car being even better than expected and took it home. Driving that car was smile inducing and I found multiple excuses to put mileage on that air conditioned classic. Gradually, over the years, the car morphed into a track friendly street car in a mild state of tune, constrained by running in a POC Stock Class, where performance enhancing modifications were somewhat limited. We conducted ourselves well until the money ran out. I sort of went broke in the process of having shed wife #1 a few years earlier, and eventually sold the car; I couldn’t afford to drive it on the street, much less the track. As a result, I went without a Porsche car for about five years.

Vicki, my second and the best wife ever, bless the gods for bringing her into my life, continues to put up with my Porsche car obsession to this very day. Toward the end of my self-imposed 1990’s Porsche banishment, Vicki reminded me that without a Porsche car, I was a somewhat miserable soul. She then followed up with an obvious cure, directing me to simply go out and get another one, music to my ears. So in December 1999, with the chill of Y2K in the air (Year 2000 for you Millennials.), and Vicki’s support and encouragement, I was once again, off to the San Diego area Porsche dealers for some Porsche shopping. To my surprise, Porsche of San Diego had a low mileage 1997 993 Carrera Coupe, the 993 being the last of the air cooled 911 cars, in Grand Prix White, and having upgraded 993 Turbo red brake calipers and aftermarket sport mufflers. Wanting to keep the car somewhat drivable for the street, should the urge present itself, I retained the air conditioning, the headliner and other upholstery panels in the car. I did however, swap out the stock Sport Seats for aftermarket race seats, eventually adding Euro GT3 seats, the most awesome seats ever. As seen above, in its final development state, this car was no “grocery getter.” Fast forward to 2016, some 17 years later, 993 cars were appreciating, getting expensive, so I became increasingly reluctant to expose the car to potential damage or mayhem at the track. The 993 engine remained stock during my ownership, with never any need to dig into the engine’s innards. In summary, it ran extremely well, dyno’d @ 260 HP to the rear wheels, and had great leak down numbers of under 5%. How long could this last I asked myself, considering that had I continued to Time Trial the car, stressing its internal and external components? Sooner or later, I would be on the hook for a complete engine rebuild. The time to sell the car, and getting good money for it, was at hand. Mileage was at 90,000, a somewhat acceptable number in the marketplace. The car was prepared for its sale, and in the process, taken back to its original stock specifications. I planned to sell the car for hopefully, somewhere in the mid “Fifties ($),” and diverting the prospective 993 engine rebuild reserve fund toward the purchase of the next car. Brent Smith again sold this car for me, getting me good money for it. After some research, I opted to focus in on a 2003 - 2005 911 Carrera GT3 car, possessing impressive features from Factory, nearly built to Factory race car specs. Photos: Martin Schacht 54

After a few POC Time Trial events, I realized that in my hands, this particular car was not the greatest street/track car for me. And noting, with cars of this vintage, Track Nannies as we know them today, had yet to appear on Porsche cars. Sidebar: About halfway through my 2 year GT3 ownership, visiting relatives in New York, while taking a stroll in Manhattan, I came upon a somewhat rare 997.2 Carrara White GTS coupe equipped with every conceivable option, including full aero, a X51 Powerkit and as I recall, Centerlock wheels. My first reaction…I was simply wowed, amazed. I hadn’t seen or heard of a 997.2 GTS car, and hoped to acquire one someday. Porsche markets GTS cars as a package, to include the most popular options, such as Sport Suspension, Sport Exhaust, Limited Slip Differential, Sport PASM, etc. When ordering a GTS model from Porsche, you pay for these options at a discounted rate. Were a buyer to add these options after the fact, post purchase, the cost would be higher. About a year later, a nearly identical car popped up for sale in San Luis Obispo, CA. I asked Brent Smith, car expert extraordinaire, to go to the dealership and check out the car for me. He reported that this car was pristine, and a praiseworthy example of a 997.2 GTS. It was priced right for what it was, but about $15,000 more than what I could expect from the sale of my 2004 GTS. I dithered, losing the opportunity to acquire the car. Going forward, I regretted not buying that 991.1 GTS, but at the time, I just couldn’t drum up the inertia to pull it off. I continued to fantasize about that car, regretting that I had failed to seize the moment, and in the process, it seems I had created a vacuum in my soul that could only be filled with a 911 GTS car. I vowed to myself, that should I encounter another 911 based GTS car for sale, this would not happen again. Could I keep this pledge to myself? I thought I could placate my GTS obsession with a Cayman 981 GTS, but it was not a 911 and my ceaseless fixation was to persist until ……… To be continued 55

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George Fullmer article from 1966 POC Newsletter

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As many of you remember, I commented last year that Anders Hainer won all the BSR races at Utah with the POC, and then competed in the PCA races and won those as well. This year was something of a repeat with POC competitors pretty much running off from PCA and dominating the races. It was like Groundhog Day…different every time but the same result. Utah is a splendid track and for those of you who missed it, put it on your bucket list for when the POC returns.

1959 POC Newsletter

Going back in time, in 1959, the races at Pomona featured dozens of POC members, including Dan Gurney and George Follmer. Other notables were Carroll Shelby, Ken Miles and Bobby Unser. Our November 1964 POC Newsletter 1964 Newsletter issue featured an explanation of the name change from 901 to 911, due to the conflict with Peugeot. This letter was authored by Phil Taylor, the GM of Porsche Car Distributors, North America. That same issue featured a recap of the Riverside Grand Prix which at that time was a 3 hour semi endurance race. This race included Bruce McLaren, Jim Clark, Roger Pensky, Parnelli Jones as well as POC members Alan Johnson, Scooter Patrick, Bob Kirby, Dan Gurney and George Follmer.

George Follmer at that time was driving a Lotus 23b Porsche and was just beginning to turn heads around the country. Before we move on to more discussion of George Follmer I should note that the club treasury had about a thousand dollars at that time in ‘64 and we had members from as far as Mexico City competing with us. The POC also had a Northern CA region whose members (I believe) eventually formed the Golden Gate region of the PCA.

1964 Porsche Owners Club Race Team

George Follmer, as some of you may recall, went on from the POC to compete in Formula One at Indianapolis, and was the 1972 CanAm Champion in the Porsche 917-10. I found an interesting article about him in the 1966 issue of the POC Newsletter which is shown on the opposite page. It’s interesting to note that the POC fielded a racing team at virtually every sports car event in the ‘60s and in future issues I will cover that in more detail.

In closing, over the last few weeks I have been able to spend some time with Riley Giacomazzi and his father Micky, doing some work on Riley’s BSR. As those who watched him drive beginning with his ButtonWillow Clinic and all the way through the Willlow Springs races will note, this young man is immensely talented. In the course of our working together I was able to share some of the stories of our POC racing heroes such as George Follmer. Based on his work ethic and attention to detail, as well as his huge talent, it will not surprise me to see him join our pantheon of greats. Until next time, see you on the track (and in the rearview mirror)! 59

Willow Springs

Always Interesting... to say the least!

By Steve Eisler

I’ve been going to Willow Springs International Raceway for ten years and have learned that every trip to Rosemond will result in an interesting weekend! Interesting, because there are several different track layouts. The historic Willow Springs Raceway, Big Willow...a 9 turn 2.5-mile road course that is billed as “The Fastest Track in the West.” It has substantial elevation changes, high speed corners, and a front straight where some cars can reach 160 mph. Horse Thief Mile is a 1-mile, 11 turn road course with an even greater elevation change. It is a haven for drifters, and you can see their tire smoke as they drift through the wide sweeping turns. I have done a car control event there with cheap, high-treadwear tires on the rear to practice pitching the rear end out and catching the slide to proceed through the turn. The Balcony Autocross and Skid Pad is above the grandstand at turn 4 of Big Willow, (the Budweiser Balcony) and is a flat 400 ft by 350 ft skid pad area with several paved turn configurations coming into and out of the skid pad. It is used by drifters and car control clinics and is great for getting a higher speed entry into the skid pad area, having ample room to slide (or spin) the car and recover onto the exit turn. There also is a 0.625-mile Kart Track, a ¼ mile oval track with walls, and Walt James Stadium, a 3/8-mile, high banked dirt oval. The POC June 4 and 5 event was held at the Streets of Willow (simply referred to as the Streets) which packs 14 turns into it’s 1.6-mile length. This weekend would be particularly interesting since we ran the track clockwise (it’s normal configuration) on Saturday and counterclockwise (which most of us had not done before) on Sunday. Streets of Willow also has a 400 by 350-foot skid pad which adds to the count of interesting track configurations available at Willow Springs. 60

Photo: Luis Vivar

In addition to the varied track configurations, the weather at Willow Springs is always interesting. I have been there in January and February when the nighttime temperatures reached the low 20’s. I was not using anti-freeze so I jacked up the rear end, removed a rear tire and used my kerosene heater over night to keep the engine block warm! I have also been there in May and June when the temperature was over 100 degrees. And, then there is the wind. I had a very heavy water-proof parka (similar to the parkas the Green Bay Packers throw over their shoulders in the winter) disappear on a windy day at the Streets. In our last event at Big Willow, I walked my wife across the paddock to the restrooms so she would not be blown over by the 35 mph gusts. The June event was even more interesting because of the low car count. With no Cup races scheduled, there were just 3 run groups. The PDS group had 13 cars registered with 9 of them recording times. Top times on Saturday were Allan Soto, Modified 3, 1:23.18; Bobby Litchfield, GT3, 1:23.83; and Ian Beer, Stock 3, 1:25.07. Going counter clockwise on Sunday, Allan Soto again had the fastest time of 1:24.84, followed by Boxster Spec drivers James Hovark – 1:30.01 and Alan Watts – 1:30.15. The Time Trial Open Passing group also had 13 entries, and there were 9 entries in the Point-by-Passing group. Top 3 finishers in the combined TT groups on Saturday were all GT3 class drivers: Eben Benade with a 1:18.64, Bob Garland – 1:20.03, and Ron Palmer – 1:21.27. Sunday’s leaders were Jeremy Bernath, GT4 – 1:18.35; Nathan Apelbaum, Modified 2 – 1:24.25; and Amir Akhavi, Modified 3 – 1:25.44. This was just my fourth POC event. Like the first three, I was totally impressed with the professional manner that the events are run. I appreciated the new shirts that the club leaders wore with their names embroidered on the front so that ‘newbies’ could easily spot and identify them and I especially enjoyed the low car count. I’m sure the club put this one on with a net loss. In the end, Willow Springs did not disappoint. It turned out to be, as always, a more-than-interesting event. Even the weather was great! 61

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Porsche News

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A 670 HP GTP Hypercar That Will Race At Daytona And Le Mans

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Porsche finally took the wraps off of its upcoming endurance racer at Goodwood today. Run by Porsche Penske Motorsport, the 963’s lineage can be traced back to some of the greatest racecars of all time.

Motorsport presents... Based on a Multimatic chassis and using spec hybrid componentry, the Porsche Penske 963 is powered by a twin-turbo, 4.6-liter V8 engine that was borrowed from the 918 Spyder. Together with the electrical assistance, the powertrain is good for 670 hp (500 kW/680 PS). “After 7,889 test kilometers during the first half of 2022, we’re on a very good path but there is still work to be done before the start of next season,” said Thomas Laudenbach, VP of motorsport. “I’m positive that we’ll be well-positioned when it comes to technology and we’ve also created the relevant team structures to set us up for wins in the thrilling competition between many manufacturers and different concepts.”

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