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Editorial

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B l a c k T i e a t To w e r H o u s e

Porsche News

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S u p a l o c Ta rg a A d e l a i d e f e a t u re

P r e s i d e n t ’s R e p o r t , C o m m i t t e e

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Ta rg a A d e l a i d e D i n n e r

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D i n i n g a n d W i n i n g a t t h e C re m o r n e

AGM repor t

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B a ro s s a r u n

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Foggy Dew run

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C o l l i n g ro v e H i l l C l i m b 9 / 9 / 1 2

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First Day at Mallala

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Drivers’ championship points table

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Motorkhana Mallala 12/8/12

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B u i k M o t o r w o r k s f e a t u re

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Motorkhana Survey August 2012

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Rennsport for Australia

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Winton Festival of Speed

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H o n o u r ro l l

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Va l e A d a m P l a t e

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2013 Calendar

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editor’s report Greetings to all members, and other avid readers of the Porsche Report. I trust that you will all find plenty of interest in this issue, my second effort as editor. Thank you to all who have contributed articles and photographs for this edition. It would have been a little sparse, but for your excellent efforts.

taken up by others, and coordinate the horde of willing helpers who are about to descend upon me. Alternatively, if someone can see themselves as the new Editor-in-Chief, I am very willing to take a step back, and continue to contribute in whatever role, as best I can. After all, we still need plenty of people to submit photos, points of view, articles, etc, to make our magazine, your magazine, better and more relevant, be it social, competition, or Porsche news. Members have a variety of methods of expression of their excitement in enjoying the best marque in the world, all of which need to be reflected in this magazine.

I must say that this is a most enjoyable and rewarding job, albeit just a tad time consuming. I am sure I would enjoy it even more if I had the time (and the skills) to also do the artwork and layout, which I would think would be the artistic and creative, fun side of the job. If anyone wants to volunteer to take on that role, there is an opportunity to show off your skills. In addition, I could really use some help in collating some of the material for each edition.

I have been a member of this wonderful club for over twenty years now, and I love it. I’m even somewhat passionate about it. I am sure there is a lot of energy and passion amongst all our members; I see it at every event. That’s the nature of Porsche enthusiasts. As we all do, I love my Porsches, and I am proud to be a member, and to contribute to this great club and its long history. That’s why I stepped in to keep our magazine going through this period, between when our previous fantastic editorial team led by Dave and Barb Gilbert finally got burnt out, and the ascent of our new editorial team.

For example, if anyone would like to take on a role such as Social Editor, it would be great! That would involve ensuring that all the fun of our social events is reported, and that the great photos that our members take at the time can be collated in hi-res form, suitable for printing in the magazine. And, of course, if you were a bit of a shutter bug yourself, you would inevitably become a pretty regular contributor also. Think of the power you could wield in deciding who gets into the enviable social pages of such a prestigious publication! Of course, you can’t just include your own friends all the time; unless of course everyone is your friend! If you could be that person, just drop me a line (email). Maybe you’d like to be in charge of reporting competition events, or managing the advertising? No problem. Do I have an opportunity for you! Editing the magazine is really a job for a small sub-committee. I am happy to stay on and help, and continue any roles not

It is true that it was not long after I bought my first Porsche that I got divorced. That wasn’t the Porsche’s fault. Now, I have been very happily re-married for over twenty years (coincidence?), and I am looking forward to not getting divorced again. But my wife knows I have a Porsche mistress that I can’t give up. It’s a tricky balancing act! So, here’s the thing: could someone (or some-two, or some–three?) please help me spend a little less time indulging my passion for this club, by joining me in producing this wonderful magazine? (It’s OK on the issue of the cars themselves; I’m happy to keep on doing the driving myself.) Best contact method: email roger.paterson@sportsmed.com.au Roger Paterson, Editor

“Porsche Report” is the official magazine of The Porsche Club of South Australia (ABN 36 370 887 701) Publisher: The Porsche Club of South Australia PO Box 2209, Kent Town, SA 5071 web site: www.pcsa.asn.au email: douglas.m@internode.on.net Editor & Advertising: Roger Paterson mobile: 0414 993 930 email: roger.paterson@sportsmed.com.au Artwork & Printing Composite Colour 4/347 Bay Road, Cheltenham 3192 Ph: 03 9555 6665 email: info@compositecolour.com.au www.compositecolour.com.au

Subscriptions: Porsche Report is only available to financial members of the Porsche Club of South Australia. Not for individual sale. Contributions: Contributions, with quality photographs, are invited. Digital photographs should be 300 dpi jpeg or tiff files. They should be sent to roger.paterson@sportsmed.com.au Disclaimer: Advertisers should be aware of the laws prohibiting misleading and deceptive conduct. No liability is assumed by the publisher for any losses which any person may sustain as a result of any misleading or deceptive advertisement or article published in this magazine. Copyright: © 2012 by The Porsche Club of South Australia All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, stored in any electronic format or transmitted in any form by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Special note: It is the policy of the Porsche Club of South Australia not to publish its membership list to any person or corporation. Its membership list is not for sale or distribution. Any unauthorised use of its membership list or of the material in this magazine may result in prosecution. Send your mail to: Porsche Club SA P.O.Box 2209 KENT TOWN SA 5071 www.pcsa.asn.au PORSCHE Report OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE PORSCHE CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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Carrera C4S Coupe the star of the Porsche stand Porsche presents the new Carrera 4 at the AIMS Porsche Cars Australia is presenting the all-new Carrera 4S Coupe at the Australian International Motor Show (AIMS), more than three months ahead of its official on-sale date. Porsche’s star car – a wide body 4S Coupe in Agate Grey with stunning full-leather Carrera red interior – was rushed down the line at Porsche’s Zuffenhausen production centre and flown immediately half way around the world for top billing on the Porsche stand. The new Porsche 911 Carrera 4 blends the excellent performance and efficiency of the new generation of the 911 Carrera with the dynamic benefits of the latest version of the active all-wheel drive system PTM (Porsche Traction Management). The typical Porsche all-wheel drive with rear-focused layout in this latest 911 version guarantees maximum vehicle dynamics on a wide variety of road surfaces and in all weather conditions. The new all-wheel drive 911 is available in four variants – as the 911 Carrera 4 and 911 Carrera 4S in both Coupé and Cabriolet body styles. They sport the same traits as the rearwheel drive versions: their lightweight body design, suspension, engines and gearboxes are identical; the only exception being modifications related to the all-wheel drive. Despite a higher level of engine and driving performance, all four models consume significantly less fuel than the models they replace – up to 16 per cent, in fact. Additionally, the new 911 Carrera 4 is up to 65 kg lighter. The most distinct identifying feature of the 911 with all-wheel drive is still the wide rear body: compared to the two-wheel drive 911 Carrera models, the extended rear wheel arches combine to produce a body that is 44 mm wider at the rear, and the rear tyres are also 10 mm wider. The traditional red light band that connects the two tail lights has also taken on a new look. Porsche Intelligent Performance: high levels of driving performance, low fuel consumption The C4 models have a 7-speed manual gearbox as standard with the Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) gearbox available as an option. The 911 Carrera 4 Coupé with 257 kW sprints from zero to 100 km/h in as little as 4.5 seconds (Cabriolet: 4.7 secs) and has a top speed of up to 285 km/h (Cabriolet: 282 km/h). Fuel consumption with PDK is 8.6 L/100 kms (CO2 203 g/ km) for the Coupé and 8.7 L/100 kms (CO2 205 g/km) for the Cabriolet. The Coupé and Cabriolet of the 911 Carrera 4S each have a 3.8-litre rearmounted boxer engine producing 294 kW; 6

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enabling acceleration to 100 km/h in 4.1 secs (Cabriolet: 4.3 secs) and a top speed of 299 km/h (Cabriolet: 296 km/h). Fuel consumption with PDK is 9.1 L/100 kms (CO2 215 g/km) for the Coupé and 9.2 L/100 kms (CO2 217 g/km) for the Cabriolet. New: all-wheel drive indicator, Porsche Active Safe, sliding glass sunroof, extended Sport Chrono pack In the new 911 Carrera 4, a new menu in the instrument cluster informs the driver how the PTM all-wheel drive is currently distributing engine power. Additionally, with the debut of the 911 Carrera all-wheel drive models Porsche is introducing optional Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) to the range, which controls distance to traffic ahead and vehicle speed. When ordered with PDK, the ACC system adds the safety function Porsche Active Safe (PAS), which helps to prevent front-end collisions. In addition, Porsche offers a new sliding glass sunroof as an option for the 911 Carrera Coupé. Driving 911 cars with a manual gearbox and Sport Chrono pack can now be even sportier: In Sport Plus mode, the system automatically double-declutches (blips the engine) during downshifts.

The new all-wheel drive models replace a very successful previous generation, of which a total of about 24,000 units were sold since 2008. This represents a 34 per cent share of total sales of second generation 997 models. This previous generation launched with one of the greatest development steps in powertrain technology that the 911 with all-wheel drive ever made: new were the engines with direct petrol injection, Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) gearbox and electronically controlled Porsche Traction Management (PTM). In July 2011, Porsche crowned the all-wheel drive model series with the 911 Carrera 4 GTS, whose 3.8-litre engine was boosted to 300 kW. Pricing 911 Carrera 4 Coupe

$255,400

911 Carrera 4S Coupe $289,400 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet $280,900 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet $315,000 All pricing is for 7-speed manual gearbox. PDK is a $5,950 option. Prices do not include statutory or dealer charges.

president’s report The AGM was held in September and I have had the pleasure of being re-elected President for the next twelve months. A big thank you to Marc and Dale at ‘Porsche Centre’ Adelaide for allowing us to hold the AGM in their magnificent showroom. There was little movement in the committee; Kym Obst handed over the busy social director’s position to two new committee members, Joy O’Connor and Ray Pryor. Welcome aboard. Kym stays on as VP. After the AGM, it was presentation of the club awards. Congratulations to Roger Paterson for winning the Drivers’ Championship and the “David Wallace Memorial Trophy”. Vicky Rooke presented the “Mike Rooke Memorial Trophy” to Ross Almond, who accepted the honour on behalf of the new Sprint Champion, Marty Ewer, who was unable to attend and sent his apologies. San Macmahon presented the inaugural “Geoff Paul Memorial Trophy” for the Club person of the year to Joy O’Connor, who accepted on behalf of Ray Pryor, who was unable to attend due to illness. This year the new “Supaloc Targa Adelaide” was launched. We were invited to have a club display on the Wednesday evening, which was well organized by Bob Weekes, and also to have a tour group on the Saturday and Sunday. I

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had the pleasure navigating with Geoff Crowe as tour leader. Unfortunately the Saturday was a very sobering day after the tragic loss of our member Adam Plate on the Friday. Our sincere condolences go to Adam’s family and friends.

Norm Goodall President 0429 696 644 paradale@activ8.net..au

The numbers of competitors at sprints is still disappointing and after conducting a survey, there should be at least twenty Porsches at every sprint! At every sprint there is a competition class, untimed class and a driver training class. Therefore you don’t have to “drive hard” to compete but you can drive at your own pace and enjoy your car on the track!

Kym Obst Vice President and 0438 800 961 kym.obst@internode.on.net

Roger Paterson Secretary, Magazine, Advertising,Motorkhana Director 0414 993 930

Roger Paterson has taken on the role of chasing, editing and collating articles and photos for the magazine before it is sent the Melbourne for formatting and publishing. The reason for this is that no one has volunteered to be Magazine editor. The layout and formatting now cost extra. However, we do have to have a club magazine.

roger.paterson@sportsmed.com.au

Ray Conley Treasurer and Membership 0419 668 800 rconley@internode.on.net Ray Pryor and Joy O’Connor Social Secretaries. Ray 0409 948 889 raycom@senet.com.au Joy 0408 856 486 joyoconnor@adam.com.au

I know I say this in every report, like most clubs we always need help to run events, both social and competition. If you could only help out at one event a year it would be a big help. Remember this is your club and what you get out of it is what you put into it.

Doug McPherson Website 0419 704 247 douglas.m@internode.on.net

It’s that time of year again where I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year. Norm Goodall, President

Sharon Curyer General committee 0417 866 452 sharon.curyer@bigpond.com

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS!

We hope you enjoy being a member of the PCSA and look forward to seeing you at one of our events soon.

David Wiffen Sprint Director 0488 756 888 davidwiffen@yahoo.co.uk

Inside the back cover is a draft calendar for 2013. Check the website for updates. Here is some information you might find handy: Cut-off dates, racing, rules, CAMS requirements and other information is found on our website: www.pcsa.asn.au

Geoff Crowe Competition Results 0418 895 660 beema53@bigpond.com

If you wish to register your car as an historic vehicle, it needs to be at least 30 years old and in near-original condition. For additional information, please contact Peter Brunnthaler or Peter Kowalenko. Contact details below committee

ABOVE: Jonathon Borelli and Jodie Borelli used Gary Dann’s 911 997 Carrera S for their w This black and white was one of the photographer’s pictures. Photographer: “Photos at yo BELOW: Rob Black is spotted by Peter Mayer (see reflection) during the ASP Rally.

Vic Moore CAMS Representative vicmoore@hotmail.com

New members July – September 2012 Name Byron Drechsler Ray Clements Salvatore Piantadosi Semba Andrew Michael Paay Philip Slusarski John Winchester Ryan Reynolds Don Costelloe Connie Hibbard Dave Harland Paul Jelfs Greg Foord Jan Krenc Julian Hiles Sasha Kotlar Danny Scinto

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Model 997 Cayman 911 996 944 993 Turbo 924 Boxster 911 Gt3 Cup 911T 911 Boxster 944S2 911 911Sc Targa 911 997 Turbo

Colour Black White Red/Black Black White

Year 2007 2012 1980/1996 1998 1984

Green Silver White Red Grey Silver Red Blue Silver Silver Black

1978 1998 2004 1977 1968 1998 1989 1977 1979 1987 2007

Peter Brunnthaler Historic Register/ Licencing 0410 614 911 ulx110@chariot.net.au

Peter Kowalenko Historic Register/ Licencing 0429 390 911 hhelen1@optusnet.com.au

Reports: Roger Paterson, Secretary & Ray Conley, Treasurer

Porsche Club SA AGM

7th Sept 2012

Inaugural Geoff Paul Memorial trophy presented to Joy O Connor on behalf of Ray Pryor by San McMahon A successful social function was combined with the AGM at the Porsche Centre Adelaide again this year. We are very grateful to Marc Cheney and his team for their hospitality, as the venue is perfect for this function. The formalities were dealt with efficiently, allowing everyone to enjoy the ambience, the displayed cars, and the congenial company, together with quality food (care of Platters) and drinks. Amongst the formalities was the presentation of the President’s report, which is partly repeated and partly embellished on page 5. On the same page we see the newly elected committee, which has the same members as last year but for the addition of Joy O’Connor and Ray Pryor as the new joint Social secretaries. We welcome their freshness and enthusiasm to the committee. Ray Conley presented a well-considered and well received Treasurers Report, which is reproduced here: “The Club remains in a strong financial position with funds on hand at around $88,000. The second half of the financial year carried more challenges with regard to costs which are reflected in our Net Surplus being lower than the year before. 8

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The newly named Mike Rooke Memorial Trophy for the Sprint Championship

It should be noted that, again, as was the case last year, only two Club magazines were published instead of the normal four magazines of previous years. This had the effect financially of keeping Magazine costs to similar levels as last year, together with falling Advertising Income while we met our obligations to our Advertisers. Bank Interest received increased significantly due to increased funds ($20K) being put into Term Deposits in May 2011 plus the receipt of interest payments at the start of the financial year which were from Term Deposits lodged in the previous year. Term Deposit interest rates averaged 5.7% which compared satisfactorily with the previous year averaging approximately 6.0%. AGM Expenses increased significantly due to the social aspect of the AGM being strengthened by the club providing higher quality food, beverages & service, free to attendees, as you will again experience tonight. Depreciation expenses have increased due to the number of Dorian lap timers kept by the Club for hire added to the depreciation of other equipment purchased by the Club this year (Laptop, printer & CB radios) which was purchased to replace old equipment written off last year. Postage, Printing & Stationary expenses this year fell back to a more normal level. (It was reported to the Meeting last year the increased expenses were due to the purchase of Club stickers & extra pre-printed stamped envelopes.) It will be noted that Motorsport incurred a cost to the Club this year. This was due to falling numbers participating in events over the last 12 months & a significant rise in costs from the beginning of 2012. It should be noted that, in the past, motorsport has generated a surplus on events, in some cases quite a significant surplus. It should also be noted that Associate membership is nearly exclusively motivated by motorsport participation and therefore, even though these membership fees appear on the Statement under Membership Income, it would be fair to say they could be attributed to Motorsport instead. (i.e. Motorsport has provided a revenue stream over many years) The Sprint financial situation was noted by the Committee at the start of 2012 and an investigation has been undertaken as to the cause, seeking a possible remedy. The survey, sent out to members, forms part of that investigation, with the aim to return Motorsport to a financial neutral position.

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Conviviality Finally the Committee has been concerned as to the high level of funds held by the Club. It took a decision last year to return some of these funds to the members by way of increasing the number of social events subsidized by the Club (especially the AGM). Some events will be heavily subsidised with only a nominal charge being made to cover cancellation costs. The Black Tie Night held recently is an example of this new policy. Therefore next year it can be expected that Social Activities expenses will again increase substantially.â&#x20AC;?

The President presents his Report, flanked by the Executive

The President presentats the Driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Championship Trophies to Roger Paterson

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Vicky Rooke presents the Mike Rooke Memorial Trophy for the Sprint championship to Ross Almond on behalf of Marty Ewer

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Story & Photos: Carl Glaab

Club Run to Barossa Valley 19th August 2012 Carl

My family was very excited on this overcast Sunday morning as it was the very first time we had all crammed ourselves into the 911. My three year old little girl was beaming from ear to ear! Upon arrival at the Feathers Hotel we were surprised to learn that Kym Obst and Darren Boswell, who had organised the run, were both unwell. Ray Pryor stepped up to the plate and took charge of the run. Road maps were distributed and after some friendly chit chat, about a dozen or so cars headed off. As often happens on club runs, it wasn’t too long before we ended up separating into two groups. My group (the tortoises) somehow managed to take a wrong turn and ended up in the heart of Birdwood. With the help of an in-car GPS we were again on our way hoping to meet up with the first group (the hares). Light rain greeted us at Williamstown but it soon cleared up and turned into a lovely sunny afternoon. The Jacob’s Creek Visitor Centre, a fabulous venue, was abuzz with ‘foodies’ attending the Barossa Fine Food Festival. 10

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As a group, we gathered around two large tables and delighted in the food and wine on offer. My children received a free football and had a great time playing footy on the beautiful green grass with Lee Fulton and me. Once again, an event enjoyed by all who attended! Welcome!!

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Story: John Balson Photos: Photos Maria Obst and Simon Barrrow

Foggy Dew Run

8th July 2012

It was at 7.45am on a fine, windless, comparatively warmish morning, when 30 Porsches and 2 Fezzas pulled out onto Greenhill Road from the Feathers Hotel. It was a serious bit of steering to the top of the range, which just happened to be the first ¾ of Special Stage 9 for me in the upcoming Supaloc Targa Adelaide, increasing the local knowledge factor. Next, we were on to some great little back roads around Summertown /Piccadilly/Stirling which put us on a heading for Aldgate, Echunga and Macclesfield; the road between the latter 2

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towns making up SS26 in the above mentioned tarmac rally. Macclesfield was the regroup for waterworks, photos and a chin wag. Onward then towards Meadows, (dodging a wayward roadside cow) Paris Creek and on into Strathalbyn. Time to change direction again and back to Stirling via the Angas Valley scenic drive, the Crafers overpass (hope everybody noted the new fixed speed camera there on the expressway on-ramp).

From the TV towers it was down past Cleland, back onto Greenhill Road and back where we started at ‘The Place next Door’ for breakfast and coffee. All-in-all a fine brisk drive and a good catch-up over an ample breakfast. Thanks go to Lee Fulton and Kym Obst for putting the day together.

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Story: Roger Paterson Photos: Roger Paterson and Justin Wagener (35Prime)

Mallala Supersprint 22nd July 2012

Somehow the person nominated to produce this article has missed out on the enjoyment of self-expression, and seeing his words in print. Poor bugger. He probably did the article and sent it in, only to have it misplaced by the addlebrained editor. Had the article been received, I am sure that it would have made mention of the little recognised fact that Marty Ewer excelled himself during practice and cracked a sub-1:15 lap. (Doesn’t count for handicapping though.) This obviously threw him off his game, because for the first time in ages, he didn’t average faster than me in the competition laps. Thanks Marty! Mind you, his consistency in the first two 14

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sessions was breath-takingly tight: 0.02 sec, and 0.11sec over each 3 lap session! By the way, congratulations on winning the 2011-12 Sprint Championship Marty. Well done! The phantom article writer would also have noted that Tim O’Daly turned up in a 997 Cup car. As Amelia said; “Apparently he’s always wanted one. Who knew?” Small problem. No owner’s manual. Tim takes new toy out for hot practice laps. Must be fuel starvation: car goes great to 50kph, then says “Enough!” What the? Tim seeks opinions/solutions from all and sundry. Expertise and experience in driving 997 Cup cars was found sadly lacking in the paddock. Where’s Buik when you need him? Multiple manipulations of car controls results in

laps of paddock at maximum 50kph. Decision made: day called off. Car heading for trailer with more gratuitous advice being offered. Someone says “Why has a Cup car got cruise control?” Car goes on trailer. Later reported that cruise control is for pit-lane speed limit of 50kph. Come back Tim! Car will go fast next time. The success story of the day was Rob Harrison who did a PB (again) and won the day. This guy seems to be, a) enjoying his driving, b) getting a lot faster in a hurry, c) challenging for driver of the year. Better keep an eye on him. Is anyone making a book on the Drivers’ Championship?

Steve Thiele is no slouch either, finishing 3rd. It was close. There was only 0.25 sec between the top four finishers. Kym Obst deserves an honourable mention for his own PB. Getting the Boxster sorted. 5th for the day. And a special mention to Keith Wong. It was great to see Keith out again after an absence doing more important driving duties around the country (in a Ferrari?!), and great to see the old Bicycle Express car back. Keith hasn’t lost his competitive edge, and was apparently testing the limits of his brakes. Hope the tyres were due for replacing anyway! He still came 6th on the day. One issue was the pleasing attendance of Gerald Miller in his replica old Plymouth. It’s always good to see our members turn up in something completely different. Turns out we are not meant to run open wheelers. But this kind of car is not what those regs were written for. Fortunately, Gerald was allowed to run. Oversight? Overall, another great day at Mallala, helped by perfect weather.

Scrutineers “Thanks Team!”

Whoa Wong 35 Prime Rob focussing on another PB

John Papez Doug McPherson Geoff Crowe and Kym Obst 15

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Geoff Crowe and David Wiffen lovin the job Thanks guys

Tims new toy

who knows how to make a cup car go faster than 50kph?

Watching from the mound

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Gerald Millers Replica Plymouth

Story: David Wiffen . Photos: Bob Taylor

First Day at Mallala, in Review

Jim Ben and car

Although this magazine has had many pictures and articles of more experienced track entrants over the years of Sprints, we felt that a newcomer’s day should be highlighted. We thought Ben and Jim Pierson were two such people after their day at the July Sprint. We wanted to know how they felt and what could have made their first day better. I first broached the subject of an article with Jim Pierson at the Club’s Black Tie evening. It was clear that Jim was still pleased about his day at Mallala, so all I needed was his son, Ben, to agree to participate in an interview and photograph session as well. Happily, he did. Bob Taylor had taken some action shots at the Sprint, and agreed to do one of his ‘photo shoots’ in the Adelaide Hills. We chose the day with some trepidation as we needed good weather for those-extra close-ups of their 997. When the four of us gathered at Jim’s home some time later, the weather, by some miracle, was improving by the hour. We relaxed and shared some “petrol-head” stories, as well as Jim and Ben telling us a little about their family properties as 4th and 5th generation almond growers in Virginia. Bob Taylor found some great locations for his photos. I acted as photographer’s assistant, as we chatted about the car, and after the photo shoot, the four of us drove back into town for an elegant lunch. It was a pleasant day for everyone. The photographs taken both ‘on’ and ‘off’ the track say it all. I then asked them to talk about the Supersprint experience. It was clear that Ben, with his love of his Ducati, would take to the track with 17

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enthusiasm. Jim did also, no less so, having been to Mallala as a spectator many years before. Both of them felt that the best ‘confidence builder‘ was at the start of the day, with the Driver Training. Norm Goodall, and Kym Obst had taken them out in their cars for a number of laps, showing them the corners and the correct racing lines. They felt this went a long way to calming any initial ‘’butterflies in the stomach’’ before their solo time on the track. Ben added that he would have liked a professional alongside him during the day, so perhaps this is another option for us to consider. (John Bowe driving school occasionally run an event at Mallala, and we trialled multiple driver training sessions during the day at the September Supersprint. We can plan more of this to meet demand. Ed.) They felt their 997’s performance helped them bring out the best of their driving, and were well aware of Mallala’s reputation to test the brakes and tyres. The excitement of the sound of the engine at full bore on the Mallala straights

should live with them for a long time! There was some disagreement when Ben said he would have preferred a manual gearbox, but Jim acknowledged that with a need for a vehicle to be used throughout the year in Adelaide and interstate, the Tiptronic was good for him. Both acknowledged that they felt tired at the end of the day, yet were exhilarated by their time on the track. With the guidance of the club’s website, they’d had the fire extinguisher fitted, the blue triangle and Porsche towing eye in place, and were well prepared to pass Scrutineering. Jim and Ben were keen to suggest that other members give a day at Mallala a go. Their advice was for any potential participant to read the guidance notes on the website and let the Sprint Secretary know that they would welcome some Driver training. All the other requirements are clearly stated on the website. They added that in order to enjoy the full experience, it is great to know your times by renting a Dorian lap timer, and see how you have improved.

Story & Photos: Ray Pryor Photos: Bob Weekes and Roger Paterson

Mallala Motorkhana

As usual, from the start Roger Paterson set the pace and left the rest of the field trying to catch up. By the 7th pattern, Roger was ahead by 10 seconds of the group headed by Andrew Burgess (Spyder), Ray Pryor (Spyder) and Bob Weekes (Cayman R). Going in to the last pattern, 1.5 seconds separated this group. However, Ray Pryor had a brain fade going in to the garage and nudged the exit cone slightly, by about three quarters of a car length, resulting in a cheer from the crowd. This allowed Bob Weekes to secure third spot. Rob Harrison put in some good times and will be a contender for top positions once he has the patterns sorted out.

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Tim and Amelia were obviously enjoying the day in their GT3 with Tim the eventual winner of that duo. Mark Coupe, Doug McPherson and David Wiffen made up the balance of the eleven Porsches entered and going by the smiles on their faces had an enjoyable day. We were joined by nine other makes of cars, mainly Subaruâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Some of these guys are super competitive but Roger still held the day with a Subaru placed second overall. Thanks to Roger for organizing the event and to Lorraine Weekes for recording the timing. The results can be checked out on the website.

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Doug McPherson, Rob Harrison, Tim O’Daly, Andrew Burgess and Bob Weekes are all smiles

Above: Lunch in the cosy container: Lorraine Weekes (timekeeper), Amelia Eime, Bob Weekes, Ray Pryor, Andrew Burgess, Doug McPherson, Tim O’Daly” Captions for cars are, from left to right; ‘Andrew Burgess’, ‘Tim O’Daly’, ‘Doug McPherson’, ‘Ray Pryor’, ‘Rob Harrison

Motorkhana Survey August 2012 We are following up on all the suggestions below as far as we can to increase the enjoyment factor of our motorkhanas as much as possible. Thanks to all respondents for their positive and constructive comments and suggestions. RP. How could we improve Porsche club motorkhanas? Have more patterns over the whole area. Demonstration/lesson of handbrake turns. Just adding a meter or two to the patterns makes them so much more fun to drive Keep a score running on the day. Make it a challenge on the day. Inspire some competition even if it’s your only time. Some cheap awards, comical as well Spread the patterns out to use available space Maybe post up the ‘times so far’ throughout the day or even just at the lunch break so we can see how we are going. Times being announced and/or displayed after each competitor. Call out the time, so others can hear. Longer faster patterns Overall a well-run event so suggestions for improvement are few and minor. 1: Put up on display patterns planned for the day so we don’t have to rely on word of mouth to know what is coming up next. 2. It would be nice to know the results before we leave for the day. What is the one thing you really liked about this event? Casual social interaction of Porsche club members, yet the ‘rush’ of competing against the clock. With the number of cars entered, it gave more time between runs. Getting out in the car and trying my hand at something different The longer patterns

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Well organised, runs like clockwork. Everything. The level playing field, no handicap system. Low cost, high fun content. What do you think would make your friends want to come and join us? Mallala involvement without the pressure Have a rookie class Free time for practice, either at the start or end of the day. Untimed with randomly placed cones Social lunch invite We may be already doing this but I believe if we extend the reach of who we invite more would come. Do you have any suggestions or further comments? Emphasise on the small scale of the event, plus an invite to members to come and try. To have a black-board to put times on so mates can see the time needed to beat another car or mate, so as to add a bit more competition on the day This is the easiest competitive event and yet we fail to attract many members. Maybe not something that the Porsche club can do anything about, but it would be good if the Skid Pan had an undercover area for spectators. Someone also asked me if there was a practice / free time session where they could just practice hand-brake turns without any pressure. Many people still feel intimidated by the competitive side of things. Coffee making facility? Good atmosphere.

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Winton Festival of Speed

10th - 12th August 2012

Norm Goodall Six members of the Porsche Club of South Australia travelled to the Winton Raceway in Victoria on the weekend of August 10-12th to participate in the Winton Festival of Speed, which had been organized by the Victorian Historic Racing Register. All historic racing cars were invited to this event, along with Porsche clubs in Australia, who had been invited to compete to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Porsche clubs worldwide. Although some Porsche drivers, including our own Tom Klaveniek, competed in the “open” events, the majority of drivers, 25 in all, competed in the Regularity section. NSW was represented by 10 cars, 9 came from Victoria, 6 from SA and one from Queensland.

supplied and fitted race numbers, ensured that we were at the right place at the right time, kept us supplied with bottled water and nibbles, and in a word, saw to all those administrative details that made our weekend stress-free. The weather, although it was winter, was a pleasant, sunny 17 degrees each day; so much so that the odd case of sunburn was reported. However the nights were a chilly -2 degrees, and each morning ice had to be scraped off the windscreens before setting off for Winton in the beautiful, atmospheric, light fog. Cows in the fog standing near frozen dams, and vineyards and gum trees shrouded in mist, were a photographer’s dream.

Porsche Cars Australia were very warm hosts to all drivers, and arranged very comfortable accommodation for us at Milawa, BBQ lunches each day, and also a very sociable Saturday evening function with dinner and wines. On “race days”, apart from the BBQ lunches, they

The track environment was picturesque, with good amenities providing a view of the whole track, flanked by the mountains to the east. The racing was keenly contested and the historic cars seemed to be going as fast as ever. The track itself was a delight to drive – tight technical corners, fast corners, two straights even a small hill.

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We drove in two regularity events for 10-15 minutes each day, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. At about noon each day there was a Porsche Demonstration when about 40 Porsches drove 5-6 laps in Indian file slowly around the circuit. To see this parade stirs the heart and brings a lump to the throat, and one is even more convinced that the world is divided into two groups – Porsche cars and all the rest. All the SA drivers drove well and Norm Goodall was the standout driver again with pole position after the timed practice laps. A very social weekend was enjoyed by everyone and if you are thinking of attending next year for 2-3 days of not too serious driving (we didn’t remove our spare wheels) but lots of fun, then talk to one of this year’s attendees. We’ll be pleased to have you join us.

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2012 Winton Festival of Speed. Porsche Regularity - Event 1 Pos Car Driver Vehicle 7 65 Norm Goodall Porsche 911SC 11 678 Ian Neville Porsche 911SC 13 73 Ray Bessell Porsche 996 14 9 Graeme Schultz Porsche993 17 356 Tom Klaveniek Porsche356SC 25 13 Phillip Levi Porsche 996

Nom.Time Points 1:47.0000 32 2:00.0000 26 2:01.0000 19 2:02.0000 18 2:04.0000 6 2:19.0000 0

Laps 1:50.3144/06 2:07.5684/15 2:06.9759/11 2:10.8143/17 2:15.0750/22 2:15.2817/35

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1:51.9817/09 2:04.7050/09 1:58.9769/20 2:05.0767/06 2:09.8596/11 2:08.9400/**

Porsche Regularity - Event 2 5 65 Norm Goodall Porsche 911SC 9 356 Tom Klaveniek Porsche356SC 10 9 Graeme Schultz Porsche993 20 678 Ian Neville Porsche 911SC 24 73 Ray Bessell Porsche 996 27 13 Phillip Levi Porsche 996

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1:51.0293/08 2:06.3961/04 2:02.4156/00 2:03.1879/06 1:56.9716/40 2:05.0411/**

Porsche Regularity - Event 3 1 65 Norm Goodall Porsche 911SC 6 678 Ian Neville Porsche 911SC 7 73 Ray Bessell Porsche 996 10 9 Graeme Schultz Porsche993 16 356 Tom Klaveniek Porsche356SC 18 13 Phillip Levi Porsche 996

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Rumour has it that our eminent President was declared the overall winner over the three rounds. Congratulations Norm. I am guessing that Phillip Levi was much more interested in going fast, than matching his nominated time! Tom Klaveniek, on the other hand, must have had car 23

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trouble; or else, was he just rather optimistic about the ability of his historic 356? Couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be getting rusty could he? Ian Neville must have had to push to match his nominated time, by the look of the evidence! Graham Schultz, man of mystery, was definitely there according

to the time-keepers, but kept such a low profile that there is no photographic evidence of his existence. Do we have an eye-witness? Special thanks to Ray Bessell, our intrepid reporter. Ed. Photos courtesy autopics.com.au

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Vale Adam Plate (pron: Plah-ta)

24th August 2012

Adam at Mt Alma in the familiar red Targa Adam, husband of Lynnie and father of Alice, Tilly and Ruby, died tragically on Friday 24th August 2012. He was competing in the Coromandel stage of the Supaloc Targa Adelaide, when his Evo VII slid off the road into a large tree, impacting the driver’s side door. He was killed instantly. Fortunately his navigator, Patrick Chan, survived with only minor injuries. Adam was happiest when he was behind the wheel, and especially so when he was competing in a motorsport event. His wife Lynnie related how he had transferred three lots of funds out of their joint account to pay for his new Evo, hoping she wouldn’t notice. She did! Adam’s daughters also noted their inheritance dwindle, as Adam expanded his fleet to include a red Porsche Targa, a Belvedere Fiat, a Peugeot 604 and a 404 ute, a BMW R69S motorbike, a backhoe, a tipper, a prime-mover, plus a couple of forklifts for good measure! But his family understood his passion for all things mechanical, and the joy he garnered from it.

The Plate family would like to thank the motorsport community for offering Adam support, and the opportunity to do what he loved doing more than anything in the world. We miss him dearly. Lynnie was most insistent that the event should continue, and conveyed that she and her daughters wanted everyone to enjoy the rest of the event, because that’s the way Adam would have wanted it.

Adam had a ‘larger than life’, ‘can-do’ personality, and thus he was greatly involved in, and much loved by, his community in Oodnadatta. Adam will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

In the lead up to the accident, Adam was elated after driving around in front of 24,000 spectators at the Wayville showgrounds night stage on the Wednesday. That excitement transferred to an exhilarating Day 1 where he was placed third in his class. (It was later reported that Adam asked an official if he really needed a navigator!) Adam and the new Targa car 25

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Black Tie Evening with a Difference: Tower House 19th February 2012

New Social Secretariat Joy OConnor and Ray Pryor The promise of an “evening with a difference” is somewhat of an understatement compared with what awaited us as we approached the grand Tower House, Beaumont, on Saturday evening, 28th July. This magnificent home of Jane and John Sheahan, their son Oliver and daughter Phoebe (in absentia), tucked away on “The Common”, Beaumont, welcomed us with its warmth and grandeur. Kym Obst was there in black tie and white scarf to greet us, while Jane and John mingled unobtrusively amongst a rapidly growing crowd and Oliver took photos. The reception area was overlooked by a huge portrait of a past resident, who seemed to add her approving eye to the efforts we’d made to 26

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be formal, including the occasional hand-tied neckwear and some gorgeous “frocks”! A fire burning in the grate warmed us as the noise of enthusiastic Porsche Club members competed with the superb entertainment provided by Warwick Ambrose on the grand piano. He played Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Mozart with great skill, yet we only realised the extent of his talents once people dispersed to adjoining rooms and took their loud voices with them. The music seemed to follow us and was greatly appreciated. Every room was warmed by a comforting fire in the grate, quiet music and surrounded by art works of significance. From the moment we stepped into Tower House, we were attended by charming waiters with outstandingly delicious offerings. Several choices of quality beverage were accompanied by amazing canapés and finger foods. This continued throughout the evening so that we never had a chance to feel anything but gastronomically satisfied. Joy is to be congratulated for the part she played in ensuring the menu matched the participants. The generosity of Jane and John, to offer their magnificent home for this fabulous event, is just amazing. We wallowed in an eclectic collection of antique furniture, pondered over the showcases of Jane’s beautiful porcelain pieces and browsed the broad spectrum of artworks that John has gathered over the past few decades. I was particularly taken by two portraits painted by Lyall Trindall and on seeking further information from John, was treated to a tour of his collection. This was, indeed, the highlight of my evening.

The billiard room offered a chance for the more sporting members to either wield a billiard cue or check the footy scores in the sumptuous presence of yet more fantastic art. The enormous Balinese painting on the southern wall provided an activity in itself - finding the intricate detail amongst a comprehensive Indonesian composition - an activity akin to “Where’s Wally”! Wally aside, what an evening we had! Congratulations and thanks to Kym and his team for hitting the spot in providing what the members wanted and enjoyed. As we emerged from Tower House, well after the witching hour, the deep throated sound of Porsche engines flagged the end of a perfect and most elegant evening. Many thanks to the team: Jane and John Sheahan, Maria and Kym Obst, Joy O’Connor and Ray Pryor.

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Supaloc Targa Adelaide 2012

Targa Adelaide 2012: Results Summary This is an overview article of this year’s Targa. A number of members have contributed their own stories of how they fared in the event. Although there may be some repetition in general terms, I trust readers will enjoy their personal insights. A big thankyou to all who have contributed, to make the coverage of this event a major feature of this edition of Porsche Report. The 2012 Targa Adelaide was run and won in mostly wet conditions this year. The event was moved from September to August, presumably to space out the various events run by Octagon. It would have been nice if next year they could have moved it back to a date with less chance of inclement weather. Unfortunately, the date has been set for 21st – 25th August, so we’ll probably need webbed feet again. Despite the weather, most drivers were careful and still managed to finish, although not necessarily with all panel work in its original condition. In the super-competitive “Modern” category (for those with the big bucks), there were several big names that featured as DNF. 28

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As always, Porsches featured heavily, not only in the competition sections, but also with a group from the club running in the tour section on the Saturday and Sunday. The club also put on a display on the Wednesday night at the Showgrounds, during the night Prologue stage, in which the tour group also participated. That evening was a huge spectator success, with a massive crowd turning out, despite the patchy weather. Congratulations to those responsible for the fantastic lead-up publicity for the event, which included a special insert in the Advertiser showcasing the entrants and the special stages. Looking at the final results we see that Peter Mayer picked up his pace as he grew in confidence in his GT3 RS, and finished 11th in Modern with his navigator Patricia Melzer. (We won’t mention that a VW Caddy van with a ladder on its roof finished ahead of him. That Caddy could really fly!) Two other Porsches from interstate finished 8th and 9th, but were not really in the hunt for podium positions in the wet conditions, in which all the cars ahead of them were highly developed 4WD fire-breathers.

Early Modern featured four Porsches, the best performed being the Perinis from NSW in their ”bing” sponsored 12 year old GT3. One very sad DNF was our own Adam Plate in his first outing in an Evo 7. The Classic section was divided into Early and Late Classic for the purposes of running a handicap competition, while both classes were combined for the outright Classic competition. The outright competition was keenly fought throughout the four days of the event with some competitors running steadily, and others having some serious ups and downs (mostly downs). One quotable quote was from a husband and wife team who started out brilliantly, only to have a series of minor incidents which dropped them down the rankings. “We were lying in bed last night talking about f…ing; as in, what went f…ing wrong?” The Outright Classic competition could have been won by any of at least 8 teams, but in the end, it was an outstanding second day’s performance by Craig Haysman and Neil

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Branum in a TR7, in which they were “dancing on the edge”. Their win spoiled the Porsche party for the runner up teams of Nick Streckheisen and Mike Dale, and myself and Paul Whatnell. The gun Porsche from the West, driven by Tolley Challis, which had just recently won Targa West, struggled in the unfamiliar conditions, and mangled its tail in a close encounter with the local flora on the last stage of day two. Fortunately, Kevin Weeks, of Supaloc sponsor fame, wasn’t running his 1974 911RS, and was able to patch up Tolley’s red car very nicely with some black bits. Down the order a bit, but having no less fun, were Ian Neville and Andrew Challen in 23rd, and Andrew Box and Kelvin Warner in 33rd, out of 49 starters, after some minor issues, which he tells us all about in his article. Not so happy was John Balson, who gives his own report on the event. The Late Classic handicapping was good for Nick’s nicely balanced Porsche 944, which won this competition. Congratulations to Nick and Mike; a consistently well driven 29

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and well deserved victory in trying and variable conditions. Nick tells us all about it in his article. Handicapping was also good for two of the Mazda RX7’s, remarkably similar looking to the 944 and also well balanced, which finished 2nd and 3rd, leaving yours truly a distant 4th, and the V8 TR7 outright winner another 4 seconds further back in 5th. Finally, but by no means least, Rob Black put on an outstanding display of driving in his under-powered 1971 911S, to initially lead the Early Classic competition, only to have to relinquish his advantage as the weather dried a little, allowing the 1965 Shelby Mustang to get its power down, and blast away to a win. Egged on by his very enthusiastic professional navigator, Vivek Ponnusamy, Rob finished 2nd in Early Classic, holding off a tight group of challengers, with 3 cars within 28 seconds close behind him. He also finished 16th outright in the Classic competition. Well done Rob! He has also contributed an article.

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Story: Nick Streckiesen

Targa Adelaide 2012: Classic Hello my name is Nick Streckiesen. I had navigator Mike Dale assisting me in the late classic class of Targa Adelaide, in a 1985 Porsche 944 turbo, category LMS. (limited modifications!! (My punctuation; only ‘cos he beat me. Ed.)). Despite some late preparation, due to a decision three weeks earlier to run the event, we made it to the prologue night stage at Wayville Show grounds. The weather looked daunting as rain was forecast. The prologue ran in semi dry conditions with what proved to be an awesome test in front of twenty-four thousand spectators. We caught two cars and finished right behind another during our two laps of tight and slippery brick paving swapping to asphalt and we finished a respectable 15th outright. Day One, first stage. The heavens opened up with a massive down-pour of rain. Wipers and demister were on and working flat out, vision was minimal. This was a huge test for driver, navigator and machine. We had a combination of wet and semi-wet stages throughout the day. Gumeracha being our best stage as we had the second fastest time. We finished 5th outright in the late classic on day one. Being happy with that, there were nevertheless a couple of Porsche 911’s, a Triumph V8, and an RX7 Mazda turbo to chase the next three days.

mine. The stage was mainly dry and we finished 2nd outright for classic. It turned out to be an emotional stage as we lost a fellow competitor and team-mate, due to an unfortunate accident. My deepest thoughts go to Adam Plate’s wife and children. Although I only knew him for a short time, he had touched my heart with enthusiasm, and as a character, he was larger than life! The dry weather had proved to help as we moved up the classic leader board to third, with the last stage of the day being our best. That was Stirling, and we gained fastest outright time on that stage. We now had competitors chasing us down for podium positions, making for an exciting rally. Day Three. First stage Eagle on the Hill was cancelled. Upper Sturt was the next stage; a most enjoyable stage with the fast open sections of the main road. It then turned into a tight twisting goat track, 1½ lanes wide into the Sturt Valley. We also won this stage. Carey Gully, also a new stage to the event, was great! We finished the day second outright and had opened a handy lead on fellow SA competitor, Roger Paterson, in his 1974 Porsche 911 RS.

Day Four. Three stages to go. Gorge Road was Day Two started wet for the morning stages and the first stage of the day, with long cambered dried out for the afternoon stages. This suited and off cambered corners. We were running up us. The cars in front were running softer tyres, to the top, over lots of crests, close to guard and if the track dried out, their tyres could rails and walls of cut stone. It is a road to treat turn to marshmallows if they pushed too hard. with respect! We held a top five time. Basket Coromandel stage has always been a favorite of Range was the second stage of the day and has These Provisional Classifications are now Final

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always been a great stage. We had the thrill of overtaking a modern Subaru STI and putting in the second fastest time. This sealed our second position on the podium, with just one stage to go. Would it be a trifecta podium finish for SA? Euchunga was the final stage for the day. We had held second place outright from Craig Haysman in his V8 Triumph TR8, with Roger Paterson finishing third by a narrow margin from fourth. To sum up, the finish was in Gouger Street. Fantastic conclusion to the event. I had won the Heritage competition taking first place, with a champagne spray podium finish. We also finished 2nd in the late classic competition and finished 10th outright. This was a most rewarding experience. I would like to thank all fellow competitors, Targa Adelaide organisers Octagon, the volunteers, my navigator Mike Dale, and our service crew who performed an amazing job. We all experienced the highs, and the lows with tragic passing of Adam.

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Haysman - Branum Streckeisen - Dale Paterson - Whatnell Faux - Mihajlovic Todd - Tighe Power - Baker Cardinaels - Condon Challis - Flood Brentzell - Heimsohn South - Forrest Woodward - Gibson Yates - McBrien Lomman - Bainbridge Caudo - Limb Standen - Coles Black - Ponnusamy Sutton - Burton Fisher - Ainsworth Paix - Donner Pfingst - Loth Hanbury - Kempt Reynolds - Reynolds Neville - Challen Priddle - Priddle Bryson - Milich O'Halloran - Winter Mac Donald - Ellis Luthi - Luthi Waldron - Gregory Williams - Bryant Powell - Powell Rowe - Rowe Box - Warner Keating - O'Reilly Knappstein - Knappstein Dean - Reed Mathwin - Deleur Wheaton - Endersbee van Wegen - van Wegen Williams - Williams Gosse - Bennett Bott - Foster Goodwin - Brookhouse Williams - Bush Haig - Drinkwater Cariss - Barnett Raymond - Mathwin-Raym Balson - Hawkes

1981 Truimph TR7 V8 1985 Porsche 944 Turbo 1974 Porsche 911 RS 1985 Mazda RX7 1971 Ford Capri Perana 1979 Mazda RX7 1972 Datsun 240Z 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 1965 Shelby GT350 1977 Holden Torana 1969 Holden Monaro GTS 1973 BMW 2002 1972 Datsun 240Z 1980 HDT Commodore 1974 FIAT 124 Sport CC 1971 Porsche 911 S 1990 Mazda RX7 1979 Triumph TR7 V8 1980 Ford Escort RS2000 1971 Datsun 1600 H510 SSS 1974 BMW 2002tii 1981 Holden Commodore 1978 Porsche 911 SC 1963 Ford Zephyr 1964 Hillman IMP Rallye 1985 Mazda RX7 1971 Lotus Elan+2 S 1971 Alpine Renault A110 1955 FIAT Abarth 750 1969 Triumph Mk I PI Saloon 1974 Ferrari 308 GT4 Dino 1959 Austin Healey 3000 1985 Porsche 944 Turbo 1975 Alfa Spider Spider 1969 Datsun 240Z 1973 Ford Escort 1973 MG B GT 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV2000 1968 BMW 2002 Ti 1982 BMW Alpina B6 1969 Ford Falcon GTHO 1985 Jaguar XJS TWR Sport 1969 Datsun 240Z 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 1974 Datsun 260Z 1973 Ford Escort 1979 Rover SD 1 1983 Porsche 911 Turbo

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Total Time 34:11 35:26 35:54 36:01 36:42 38:27 39:17 39:53 40:07 42:56 43:04 43:37 43:58 44:31 45:22 45:35 46:12 50:29 51:22 51:52 52:07 52:58 53:06 54:40 55:39 56:50 57:32 58:32 58:54 59:54 01:00:32 01:04:39 01:05:14 01:08:06 01:08:46 01:09:00 01:32:56 01:33:23 01:37:54 01:47:39 02:17:11 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF

O/All Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF

O/All Margin 00:00 01:15 01:43 01:50 02:31 04:16 05:06 05:42 05:56 08:45 08:53 09:26 09:47 10:20 11:11 11:24 12:01 16:18 17:11 17:41 17:56 18:47 18:55 20:29 21:28 22:39 23:21 24:21 24:43 25:43 26:21 30:28 31:03 33:55 34:35 34:49 58:45 59:12 01:03:43 01:13:28 01:43:00

Andrew Box Day 3

Barry Faux in the 944 look-alike Mazda

John Balson Day 2

Nickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 944 Turbo Cup car at Norwood

Pavilion 1

Peter Mayer and Patricia Melzer at Prologue

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Nick Streckeisen Day 3

Regularity winners Goodall and Palich

Rogers 911RS in Norwood

Tolley Challis Day 2

Peter Mayer Day 3

Ian Neville Day 3

Tolley Challis Day 4

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Story: Andrew Box

Driver/Member: Andrew Box Co-driver/Navigator: Kevin Warner Car: Porsche 944 Turbo

Targa Adelaide 2012: Classic Targa/Octagon took over this event in 2011 and it was a big improvement over the old organisation. We wondered how much better it might be with 12 months to plan. There were a lot of new stages, most of them quite technical and on narrow, winding B & C roads. There were no stages down south with Fleurieau Council digging their heels in, banning all Rallying in their jurisdiction. There was also the introduction of a night stage for the Prologue – held within Wayville Showgrounds. Targa told us they had presold 2,000 tickets and were expecting a good crowd for the Prologue. As a lot of you know, there was more like 24,000, and they got caught out managing the crowd, and the additional drivers who paid a modest fee to drive the Prologue. After some quick adjustments by Targa we got our turn at two laps on the night stage. It was really quite exciting to drive through the enthusiastic crowd. The surface varied from corner to corner and there were some very tight turns; hard to see all of the corner when wearing HANS – have a guess and point the car in the right direction – all good, clean fun.

last stage of the day was the fantastically long and varied Castambul. It starts at the top of the Gorge, then goes up the Corkscrew and finishes at the bottom of Paracombe. Unfortunately for us it started to rain as we approached the start line and then hailed. A short distance into the stage I adjusted my line to avoid a huge puddle on the apex, caught the white centerline and gently spun – tapping the wall with the right hand rear quarter and pushing the tyre off the rim. We put out the OK boards and watched the rest of the field deal with the treacherous, slippery conditions. It was a stage full of carnage. Day Two. In the pit garage there were lots of cars with dings, lots of race tape holding bits on and some with wet paint still drying after overnight repairs. Some were missing completely, including Weeks in his Lambo, Sims in his Skyline and about 10 others. Our repaired rim arrived in time to go onto the car just prior to our scheduled book out time. We had a better day today – still slippery, damp conditions and some good times (for us).

the new tricky stages and the roads were still wet in places and the sun was hard to find. Confidence was growing. Day Four. A shorter day today due to finish in Gouger Street about 2pm. The sun was out and all the remaining competitors were finally smiling. It was great to have dry roads and we were 9th fastest in class in today’s results. Due to our incomplete stage at the end of Day One our overall results were poor – 19th in class. We had a great time and the Targa people put on a well organised show. Some of the lunch stops were too short and a bit cramped. We assume due to the rain they were not allowed to use the oval at the lunch stops – so we were confined to the car parks. The innovation of the night stage was a resounding success for the public, the competitors and especially (I suspect) for the Targa bank balance. The time of year concerned us and we were justified, as the weather was crap. Full credit to the front runners to win such a testing event.

Unfortunately we heard late in the afternoon of Day One was cold and wet. We headed out an incident on Coromandel. Fellow member and North to the first stage and conditions were competitor Adam Plate had run off the road and These Provisional Classifications are nowwas Final drying. The base time was set quite low and I was tragically killed. His co-driver OK. All think the whole field cleaned the stage. Stages of the field had a quiet moment in the garage 2 & 3 we popped off the main inlet hose from that afternoon to remember a great and unique the airflow meter to the turbo. The car ran OK individual. Shannons on light throttle and we nursed it to each finish. After the second time, we did the hose clamp Day Three. Some fresh dings to some of the up so tight I though it might snap – but it held field evident in the garage this morning. After for the rest of the event. We started to get our incident free day yesterday, we were looking some dryer roads and got a bit quicker. The to improve some times. Today had several of

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Shannons Late Classic Handicap Veh No 613 607 625 511 682 512 541 529 538 572 557 620 648 680 602 678 638 596 634 653 651 502 546 624 645 562 583 679 693 34

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Streckeisen - Dale Faux - Mihajlovic Power - Baker Paterson - Whatnell Haysman - Branum Yates - McBrien Cardinaels - Condon Standen - Coles Hanbury - Kempt Challis - Flood Lomman - Bainbridge Sutton - Burton South - Forrest Paix - Donner Caudo - Limb Neville - Challen Fisher - Ainsworth Powell - Powell O'Halloran - Winter Reynolds - Reynolds Box - Warner Dean - Reed Mathwin - Deleur Williams - Williams Bott - Foster Haig - Drinkwater Cariss - Barnett Raymond - Mathwin-Raym Balson - Hawkes

1985 Porsche 944 Turbo 1985 Mazda RX7 1979 Mazda RX7 1974 Porsche 911 RS 1981 Truimph TR7 V8 1973 BMW 2002 1972 Datsun 240Z 1974 FIAT 124 Sport CC 1974 BMW 2002tii 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 1972 Datsun 240Z 1990 Mazda RX7 1977 Holden Torana 1980 Ford Escort RS2000 1980 HDT Commodore 1978 Porsche 911 SC 1979 Triumph TR7 V8 1974 Ferrari 308 GT4 Dino 1985 Mazda RX7 1981 Holden Commodore 1985 Porsche 944 Turbo 1973 Ford Escort 1973 MG B GT 1982 BMW Alpina B6 1985 Jaguar XJS TWR Sport 1974 Datsun 260Z 1973 Ford Escort 1979 Rover SD 1 1983 Porsche 911 Turbo

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Listed By Classification Total Time 28:39 29:14 29:38 31:03 31:07 33:16 34:26 35:01 35:53 36:19 39:07 39:25 40:21 41:27 41:56 46:13 47:25 47:52 50:03 50:23 56:31 01:03:11 01:28:03 01:45:47 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF

O/All Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF

O/All Margin 00:00 00:35 00:59 02:24 02:28 04:37 05:47 06:22 07:14 07:40 10:28 10:46 11:42 12:48 13:17 17:34 18:46 19:13 21:24 21:44 27:52 34:32 59:24 01:17:08

Story: John Balson

Targa Adelaide 2012: Classic From my perspective preparation for Targa Adelaide starts when last year’s finishes. Most weekends I go for a drive in the fabulous Adelaide Hills, and taking in one of the many stages is part of getting to and fro. The true prep starts when the stage notes are released a few months in advance of the event. I enjoy doing my own pace notes so partner Kerry and I hit the road. I drive and tape record, and she writes the grading of corners, notes of obstructions or perceived dangers, relevant to doing the same road in the event. I use the old (some say outdated) WRC corner grading of 1-6; 1 being a kink and 6 being a 90º corner. (What’s a hairpin? Ed.) My theory is: really how much information do you need and can you absorb at speed? Kiss principle applies (Keep It Simple Stupid). Each to his own. We then transfer the hand notes onto a word document, using symbology for road conditions, and the check it using my tape recorded version. The final test is to go out with the notes and check them against the road. Close to the event, I get onto my PS2 with a WRC ‘game’ and practice eye, ear, hand, foot coordination on some of their Tarmac Rallies. My navigator (Damien Hawkes) lives in Canberra, so obviously he is not handy for weekend jaunts, but he comes over 4 or 5 days in advance of the event and we drive every stage. He makes coloured hand notes on the side of our printed version of the Pace Notes as he sees fit.

The crew clothing and helmets are examined for FIA approval numbers and condition. After scrutineering we lose the car to ‘parc ferme’ so there can be not ‘tweaking’ to the inspected vehicle. This happens to be, as is Race Control, at the Goyder Pavilion at Wayville Showground. Octagon, the event organizers, run a Prologue as a seeding event for starting order positions for the subsequent days of the rally. It really does not count for much in the Rally itself, but as a PR event it is a winner. It brings the rally people and cars to the public. This year was a ripper around the confines of Wayville Showground. Never did I ever think I would be ripping up all the little alleys and pavilions in the showground. On the night, with all the lights and spectators, it was a totally different scenario to the 5 or 6 times I walked the stage, pace noting and memorising its nuances. Day one proper of the event (August 23) turned out to be a doozy. Gale force winds, driving rain and at least two hail storms. Stages that day started at Medlow, which was to get everyone in the groove. It was not too technical but turned out to be a high speed blast. Upper Hermitage next, which is always fun but on this day was extra tricky with strong cross winds and flying tree branches! Anstey Hill, Chain of Ponds, and then to lunch, at Gumeracha oval; not actually on,These due toProvisional the rain. Results are now Final

time around. Straight back to the Porsche Centre where the boys got the front back to a satisfactory state with speed tape. Day 2 turned out to be a shocker weatherwise as well. We kicked off with Montacute which I really love. Unfortunately my old nemesis (gearbox problem) reared its ugly head half way through Montacute. I did more than half of it stuck in 3rd gear, but, because of my intimate knowledge of the road, managed to catch and pass the competitor in front. Successfully got the car to the beginning of Mt. Lofty stage (still in 3rd gear). Once again did all the stage in 3rd; including the hill start! (Gingerly easing off the start using the engine’s great torque). Did nothing spectacular here but held our position. During the next refuel the gear box came good and we got through Piccadilly, Ironbank, and Coromandel, to lunch at Clarendon. After lunch we were having intermittent selection problems but got through Chapel Hill, Green Hills and Stirling before taking it back to the boys at the Porsche Centre. Draining the gearbox oil was not a pretty sight, there were bearing bits, broken teeth and plenty of non ferrous metal suspended in the oil. This of course put us out of the event as we don’t have a spare gearbox. As I am used to saying now, ‘there is always next year’. As we speak the car is in cosmetic hospital; the gearbox, we are going to rebuild in a whole different way; AND … there is always next year.

Next was GumerachaClassifications stage, followed by Provisional Kersbrook, Checker Hill, and then the longest

My car is prepared for the event by Ben, Fraser, Daniel and the boys at the Porsche Centre Adelaide. To pass scrutineering it must meet all road registration requirements plus extra safety inspections of the 5 point harnesses, roll cage (and padding) compliance, fire extinguisher validity, first aid kit contents etc.

stage of the whole event Castambul. It starts at Chain of Ponds on Gorge Road, down to Castambul, up the corkscrew and then down Montacute Road to the ‘burbs. We had a couple of small traction problem on this stage; one which saw us brushing the Armco. It was superficial body damage but knocked our

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White - White Quinn - Tillett Rullo - Iseppi Burnard - Margach Leemhuis - Fitzsimons Smith - Smith Arentz - Burrey Hewitt - Hewitt Leith - Taylor Ryan - Sierp Mayer - Melzer Rundle - Fisher Glenney - Webb Benton - Lovick Scona - Holwell Selley - McKendrick Purdey - Reeves Weeks - Feaver Sims - Sims

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Cat/ Class 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo 9SSD 2011 Nissan GTR 9SSD 2012 Nissan GT-R 9SSD 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 9LMSB 2008 Nissan GT-R 9SSD 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 9LMSB 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 9LMSB 2005 Porsche 911 Turbo S 9SSD 2003 Porsche 911 GT3 9SSC 2005 Volkswagen Caddy 9MSD 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 9SSC 2003 Mitsubishi Evolution VIII 9LMSB 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 9LMSC 2012 Ford FPV GT 9MSD 2004 Subaru WRX STI 9LMSB 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 9MSB 2009 Nissan GT-R 9SSD 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo Superlegger 9SSD 2009 Nissan GT-R Spec-V 9SSD

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Total Veh Time No 22:24 898 22:49 717 25:54 794 31:31 790 34:14 835 34:20 882 35:18 776 38:36 896 41:48 703 43:03 779 44:06 704 54:52 814 56:58 899 DNF 747 DNF 807 DNF 827 DNF DNF DNF

O/All O/All Crew Pos Margin 1 Possingham -00:00 Scott 2 00:25 Kaplan - Kaplan 3 - Tillett03:30 Lukasz 4 09:07 Booker - Edmondson 5 Perini - Perini11:50 Nott6- Nott 11:56 7 - Matthews 12:54 Berger 8 16:12 Holland - Holland 9 19:24 Wannop - Walker 10 perrin - bowen20:39 11 - Neagle 21:42 Harris 12 32:28 Alexander - Andrew 13 34:34 Welling - Catford DNF McAuley - Etienne DNF- Chan Plate DNF Cooper - McWhinney DNF DNF DNF

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Nick Streckeisen Day 3 b

McAuley Day 3

Deluca Day 4

Ian Neville in Prologue

Coopers 996 GT3 in Norwood

Perinis in Prologue

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Hewitts Day 3

Leith Day 3

Tour Car 27 in Prologue

Perinis Day 3

Slade in Prologue

Tour Car 29 in Prologue

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Story: Rob Black

Targa Adelaide 2012: Early Classic. Rob Black Day 3

I can remember writing an article for the Porsche magazine after my first Rally in Classic Adelaide about 10 years ago, and I started by saying “Circuit racing is for pussy cats and Tarmac Rallying is much more thrilling”. Well since then I have lost 5 mates in rally cars, and with losing Adam this year, it can be much more dangerous than circuit racing. And I have had 2 big “offs” in that time myself, fortunately without injury. So while the adrenalin rush is still there, it’s with a lot more respect of what can happen when things go wrong that I came into the event. But Targa Adelaide this year was well organized from where we saw it, and it flowed quite nicely (along with the water on the first day). The Prologue night stage at the showgrounds was amazing, and with 24,000 people showing up, they got the venue right. Day One was wet all day and looking at the results during the day, I could see the big horse power V8’s were not getting away from me in my 1971 Porsche 911S. The lightness of the car, and the Porsche ability in the wet, meant that we were the leading car in Early Classic by the end of the day. The last stage, Castambul, was 18kms long and was fabulous. We managed to pull out 28 seconds on the Shelby Mustang with 550 HP!

Really an intermittent day with some stages dry, some intermediate and some wet. We held on to second place by the skin of our teeth, with about 6 cars with more HP, and others with better handicaps, looming over us about 6- 30 seconds behind. That’s the danger time as you think about what you can do to stay ahead of the pack and take chances.... Having been there and done that, I was determined to drive within myself and finish the Event .

Would I do it again at my age? Yes I would, but with the realization that the young blokes are better drivers, more risk takers, and have cars that are a lot less valuable, so with that reality check, YES! I would do it again, knowing my best results are probably behind me. AND, Early Classic cars are fast enough for me. But when the starter says GO on a closed road in the Adelaide Hills, it’s just too much fun not to be a competitor....

Day Four was dry and a frantic pace. Gorge These Provisional Classifications are now Final It was starting to dry on Day Two and the big Road etc, which are great stages, but fast. The V8’s could get their power down and so we Mustang got away from us all, but we hung were back to the field, but were consistently in in there for second place, beating a lot more the top 5 cars on each stage. powerful cars than ours. Day Three was drier again, and included some fast stages which suited the high horsepower Looking over the results stage by stage, it was cars. I remember being on the rev limiter in top our consistency that got us second place. We in the Nairne stage. Probably 230kph in a 40 only won two stages, both in the wet, but we year old car! Lucky we did not have any really were consistent while others were inconsistent. slow corners which required heavy braking...

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Shannons Early Classic Handicap

Shannons Early Classic Handicap Veh No 365 485 301 411 449 210 408 355 412 478 451 211 496 457 472 428 469 407 499 38

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Vehicle

Brentzell - Heimsohn Black - Ponnusamy Bryson - Milich Todd - Tighe Woodward - Gibson Waldron - Gregory Pfingst - Loth Priddle - Priddle Luthi - Luthi Mac Donald - Ellis Williams - Bryant Rowe - Rowe Keating - O'Reilly Knappstein - Knappstein Wheaton - Endersbee van Wegen - van Wegen Gosse - Bennett Goodwin - Brookhouse Williams - Bush

1965 Shelby GT350 1971 Porsche 911 S 1964 Hillman IMP Rallye 1971 Ford Capri Perana 1969 Holden Monaro GTS 1955 FIAT Abarth 750 1971 Datsun 1600 H510 SSS 1963 Ford Zephyr 1971 Alpine Renault A110 1971 Lotus Elan+2 S 1969 Triumph Mk I PI Saloon 1959 Austin Healey 3000 1975 Alfa Spider Spider 1969 Datsun 240Z 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV2000 1968 BMW 2002 Ti 1969 Ford Falcon GTHO 1969 Datsun 240Z 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

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Listed By Classification

Veh Crew No 898 Possingham Total O/All O/All- Scott 717 Kaplan Kaplan Time Pos Margin 794 Lukasz Tillett 31:21 1 00:00 790 Booker Edmondson 35:14 2 03:53 35:23 835 3 Perini - Perini 04:02 35:32 882 4 Nott - Nott 04:11 Matthews 35:42 776 5 Berger -04:21 896 Holland Holland 37:19 6 05:58 703 Wannop Walker 40:55 7 09:34 779 perrin bowen 42:14 8 10:53 46:06 704 9 Harris - Neagle 14:45 - Andrew 46:35 814 10Alexander 15:14 899 Welling Catford 50:18 11 18:57 - Etienne 55:41 747 12McAuley24:20 807 Plate Chan 57:09 13 25:48 McWhinney 01:04:30 827 14Cooper -33:09 01:22:48 01:30:29 02:12:49 DNF DNF

15 16 17 DNF DNF

51:27 59:08 01:41:28

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199 198 199 199 200 199 199 200 198 198 198 200 199 198 200 199

Story: Kristian Downing

Targa Adelaide 2012: Regularity Competition. The Event 22 -26 August this year saw Octagon’s second staging of the Targa Adelaide, replacing the event previously run by Silverstone Events, and known as “The Classic Adelaide”. This year saw the introduction of modern cars. With 28 competitive stages over four days, plus the Wednesday night prologue stage held at the Wayville Showgrounds, there was plenty of time and distance to immerse yourself in the event, get comfortable in your car and get into the groove of driving some of Adelaide’s best sealed roads. Having competed in the Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally for the past two years, co-driver Clayton Webber and I tackled the “Regularity” category of this event for the first time. This category requires competitors to nominate an average speed (80 or 90 kmph), which determines their target time for all stages. Results are based on a points system whereby competitors are penalised for deviation from their chosen average speed. Averaging 90 kmph might sound easy, but on some stages no-one could achieve it. Penalties are given for exceeding 130 kmph and for dropping below 30 kmph, so strategy and tactics also come into play. The aim is to allow people to participate in motorsport without car modifications such as roll-cages and to enhance the safety of the event. The Roads The exact roads for the stages are on the web, so I won’t describe them here. Suffice to say they are some of the best; the most beautiful and relaxing, the most technical and challenging, the most familiar and undiscovered roads within 100 km of Adelaide. With distances between 3 and 18 km, some stages are a short sprint, some are a gentle meander, and others are a gruelling marathon. The Wayville Showgrounds prologue was fantastic. A tight, narrow circuit at night surrounded by 25,000 fans was an amazing way to start the event. My favourite stage was “Norton Summit”; up New Norton Summit Road and down the Old. The roads were so familiar yet when closed to the public, allowing both lanes to come into play and the limit lifted from 60 to 130 kmph, it was altogether a different experience. Belting past the Scenic Hotel at the ‘Summit’ intersection packed with race fans was different and exhilarating, and shot an extra dose of adrenaline into the system.

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The Car “Heidi” my 1995, 993 Carrera 4 was our shared quarters for those five days in August. Not just a pretty car, but in this event you really get to unleash and enjoy the phenomenal machines that Dr Porsche has delivered to the world for 60 years now. (Nearly 40 years of 911’s). Six of the 16 Regularity entrants were Porsches. ‘Nuff said. As an older car, the 993s can be a bit heavy and uninspiring around town, but on these amazing open (and closed!) roads they come alive. The C4 was handy in the wet too and we got comfortable being occasionally “a little out of shape”. I fell in love with Heidi all over again, and my smiling muscles ached for days.

Kristian and Co-Driver Clayton “The Edge” Webber

If you are reading this Magazine I don’t need to describe the excitement of enjoying your machine, especially near its limits, but that wonderful metallic scream of a rearward aircooled flat six is intoxicating. It’s speaking to me … what’s that? … harder? … faster? OK! The Verdict? Just do it. At around $3k the entry fee is not cheap. However on a $/day or cost/excitement measure, it beats anything else I have done or can imagine. In my view it makes proper motorsport accessible and relatively inexpensive. For a serious Porschephile and motorsport fan it has everything; being part of a major SA event, enjoying Adelaide’s best roads, competition, camaraderie and an awful lot of fun. 21-25 August 2013. See you there.

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Car Crew

Vehicle

108 Goodall / Palich

Porsche Cayman

Points

109 Davis / Best

HSV W427

366

103 Lowe / Elley

Porsche 911 Turbo

608

308

121 Farkas / Farkas

BMW M3

693

125 Zytveld / Zytveld

FPV GT

827

118 Downing / Webber

Porsche 911 Carrera 4

936

126 Settle / Lehmann

MITSUBISHI Evolution VIII

961

128 Anderson / Roberts

Morris Mini Cooper S

1140

129 Waldock / Kirby

Subaru WRX STI

1218

105 Frith / Norton

Porsche Boxster S

1545

186 Gilbert / Angel

Toyota 86

1596

106 Read / Read

Subaru SVX

2151

177 Davison / Poole

Holden 48‐215 (FX)

2810

120 Deluca / Lumbers

Porsche 911 Targa

2888

123 Amos / Amos

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

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122 Giesbrecht / Keatley

Toyota Supra SZ

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101 Slade / Allen

Porsche 911 Targa

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Dining and Wining at the Cremorne 21st September 2012 Cremorne Hotel at Unley was chosen for our October Club Dinner. Ray and I had previously dined at the Hotel on a Friday evening checking out the menu, decor and car parking. The menu was extensive and the meals tasty and

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very enjoyable. Twenty one members attended the evening, all complimenting the food. Being a football quarter-final night, it did bring with it a little extra noise and cheering from the bar area, which we had not planned. That,

along with the fact that we were not allocated the quiet corner we originally chose, was a little disappointing for us, trying to get it all right on our first night as Social “planners”.

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Story: Jim Pierson Photos: Wynston Ide, Bob Weekes and Kristian Downing

Targa Adelaide 2012 Impressions of a non-Porsche personality

Wednesday We arrived early at the Goyder Pavilion to be greeted by wall to wall exotica. We were then directed to the scrutineering area. This was not at all well-organised or sign-posted. We were advised that we needed our documentation first. The problem with that was they were not ready for us. In the end they did the scrutineering and safety check anyway and the car now sported it’s little yellow sticker. Next trick was to find a parking spot inside… To say the pavilion was full was an understatement, crowded as it was with competition, touring and exhibition cars. With all these exotic and classic motors it was a little boy heaven!!! With all this happening, we ventured up to the mezzanine floor to present the documentation, listen to the drivers briefing (& the Pep Talk…) and be told to hurry up and wait. Eventually we got to the important part – the stickers for the cars presented to us by El Presidente. Dressing up (the cars!) 42

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The next couple of hours were spent applying competition numbers and sponsors logos with everyone helping everyone else. The blind leading the blind so to speak. There were a few experienced (and clever) people who knew a few tricks about applying this stuff, but my vote goes to the judicious use of a credit card. The Porsche Club was represented in an exhibition of non-competition exotic and classic cars. The Porsches were organised by Bob Weekes and many thanks go to the owners who presented their cars in a pristine condition. The Prologue We got lost (!) on the way to the start. A wrong turn into a traffic jam caused a bit of angst. We finally made it to the Leader Street entrance after waiting for traffic to move, and a train which interrupted proceedings. Then we were lined up behind two other Porsches where a young lady checked our wristbands, our windows were wound up, and we were ready to go. The two laps were driven in a “spirited”

fashion by all the drivers in our group. It was that good I forgot to look at the speedo… We were surprised by the size of the crowd with the next day’s news quoting 24,000. The organisers would have to be happy with that. Friday The Parade was closed between Portrush Road and the Town Hall. We parked in amongst some Porsches and other cars. There was quite a line-up. We enjoyed a group dinner at The Bath Hotel. A good feed with great company, after which followed a stroll up the Parade to look at the cars and wonder (?) at the street entertainment. Saturday The Tour We rocked up bright (?) and early (about 7:30am) ready for a 7:45 briefing only to be advised the Drivers’ briefing was upstairs at 7:40!! We assembled to hear all that we needed to know. The President, Norm Goodall, then briefed us on the day’s proceedings,

Rally HQ - Goyder Pavillion

Dressing up the cars

Porsche display

Bob Weekes display winning Cayman R

Geoff’s 996 turbo

Immaculate 356

Kym and Brian’s 944

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emphasising that we keep within posted speed limits at all times. We departed Wayville at 8:00am with the Porsche cars following the MG Car Club (an obvious ploy to slow down the Porsche drivers) and proceeded up the Freeway to Eagle on the Hill, our lead car being driven by Geoff Crowe with Norm Goodall as navigator. The hills were shrouded in fog as we entered the first Targa stage. Several times we had to wait for road closures to be effected. A sneaky gravel transport section caused consternation among our members who were concerned that their pride and joy may wear some stone chips! Through the Targa stages we drove in a spirited fashion, while able to utilise the full width of the closed road sections. We eventually arrived at Callington Oval where we were provided with a drive through lunch box. After a brief stop we had to move on to make way for the competition cars. We travelled back to Adelaide via several special stages and completed the

Targa sections by driving up the closed new Norton Summit Rd and down the (closed) Old Norton Summit Rd. We then transported back to Wayville. Sunday We gathered in King William Street and then drove into Gouger Street which was closed for the afternoon. Slowly in line astern, we rolled up to the finish line to be greeted by the man with the mike and be presented with our commemorative pins. The cars were then parked tail in on the northern side of the street and became the objects of interest by other car owners and the general public. There were a few nervous owners as spectators draped themselves over some of the cars while being photographed. The Upshot Overall it was an interesting week. A great and unique event (at least for me) shared with friendly people who obviously love and respect

their cars. They all turned up spotless (and so did the cars) on Sunday after being out in the rain (and on that notorious gravel). It was good to see the camaraderie and enthusiasm of a group with a common interest. The Sunday event gave members an opportunity to socialise in a relaxed atmosphere. (The Porsche Club entrants in the Targa Tour were: Geoff Crowe and Norm Goodall (Tour Leader), Sandy Nagy and Connie Hibbard, Kym Wallace and Brian Austin, Ray Pryor and Joy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Brett Sunstrom and Guy Atkinson, Darren Boswell and Helen Trenery, Natham Jones and Alexander Wells, Derek Blacker, Alison Wylie, Jon vanLeuven, and of course, Jim and Wynston Pierson. Apologies to those co-drivers not identified, and to those whose cars arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matched to names. Ed.)

Tour finish Jon van Leuven

Regularity finish Kristian Downing

Tour finish Kym and Brian

Alison Wylie is happy

Tour finish medal presentation

Tour finish Sandy and Connie

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Ed.)

Story: Bob Weekes

Intercontinental Targa Adelaide Night Stage At very short notice the club received a request to provide a display of Porsche cars. Up to 10 cars could be in the display. It was thought that if we could have a car from all model ranges it would be nice. So the word went out to various club members, resulting in nine beautifully prepared and displayed Porsche cars.

We would like to thank the following members for providing their cars for the display. Geoff Crowe: White Cayenne. Carl Glaab: 1983 911 SC. Lee Fulton: Black 993. Norm Goodall: 911 SC racer. Bob Weekes: Green Cayman R. Doug McPherson: Diamond Blue 964. Russell Barnes: 996 Silver Cabrio.

Kym Obst: Black Boxster S. Richard Hayden: White 944 Cabriolet. As a result of all this hard work the club was awarded best Porsche display. (And congratulations to Bob for getting it organised, and for winning the award for best individual display. Ed)

Kristian Downing in Prologue Phot: Matt Talbot (ozsportphotos.com)

Sandor and Connie in the 964RS

Tour finish Darren and Helen

Tour finish medal presentation

Ray and Joy in the Boxster Spyder

Ruf 930

Waiting waiting waiting

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Story: Steve Thiele Photos: Roger Paterson

Mallala Supersprint

23rd September 2012

Interesting line up - too bad the Ford GT didnt enter in time and had to go home

Congratulations to Marty Ewer for wining the Sprint championship 2011-12 I had forgotten that the last competitor to sign in also is given the task of writing the magazine article for the day’s sprint. Arrived at a reasonable 9.15 am as usual, to find Sharon Curyer with a big grin and a demand for the magazine article! It’s very difficult to say no to Sharon as many would know. The day’s weather was extremely windy, and the more experienced competitors said that lap times were likely to be a little slower than normal. And so it proved for some, but not for others. (Watch out for those guys when the weather makes for fast times! Ed) There were also a few small spots of rain seen by some, but nothing really. At the drivers briefing Norm presented the trophies from Porsche Germany for the 2012 sprint championship, which were meant to have been presented at the AGM but had been held up in Quarantine. Congratulations to Randall Bonner (3rd), Norm Goodall (2nd) and Marty Ewer (winner). Turnout on the day was a disappointing 23 cars, which meant there were only 3 groups. On the positive side, this meant that a fourth untimed sprint of 6 laps would be available for those who were interested at the end of the day’s competition. The numbers were soon reduced by 1 as Kier Wilson’s Nissan GTR was back on the trailer and heading for home at the end of the first timed practice session. This left 15 Porsches and 7 other cars - thanks to those guys for turning up for a day’s fun! 46

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My group (group 2) displayed some interesting driving styles. At one stage in morning practice there were yellow flags waving at the southern hairpin, so Ray Pryor and I had to back off so we could admire Doug McPherson who had spun there and was slowly rolling backwards towards the kink. In Sprint 1 there were more yellow flags at turn 3, this time for Ray who had experienced a brake lock-up in his new toy (944 Turbo) and had taken to the grass to slow down! As the next guy on track, I thought those tell-tale black tracks were fresh. No damage to the car, but Ray had a lot of vibration for the rest of the day on “square tyres”. Speaking of vibrating tyres, Rob Harrison the eventual winner on the day was to be found after first practice with his car on a jack, looking for the cause of his front-end vibration under heavy braking. Nothing seemed amiss, so the car was put back together, some air added to the tyres, and he then went out to set a PB and win the day! Rob, you need to check the tyre pressures before hand, flat tyres are not so good. Other highlights for the day? Ryan Reynolds on his first club sprint found that his Boxster had a little too much engine oil, which eventually smoked its way out in spectacular fashion on track. No harm done, as Ryan was runner up to Rob at the end of competition. Well done, Ryan. First time on track at a Porsche Club sprint I believe.

Another day’s highlight for me was some laps with Roger Paterson in his GT3 in a driver training period. I was unprepared for the way Roger treated the kerbs & ripple strips particularly through the esses. Must try those lines myself at the next sprint! Speaking of the kerb in the esses, somebody in group 1 managed to cut the kerb so severely in the first session after lunch that those of us in group 2 came around on our formation lap to find a large amount of gravel across the track. I had wondered how that could happen, but after driver training with Roger, I figured it out! Not that Roger was necessarily the culprit of course; it could have been all or any of group one I suppose. (Must have been a 4WD! Ed.) Due to the low numbers, competition and extra laps were pretty much over by about 2 pm. Lucky that I was still there, as apparently it’s the tradition to take some of the young flaggies around the track at the end of the day as a thank you to them. I really enjoyed seeing the smile on “my” flaggie’s face at the end - a thrill for him, fun for me. Definitely looking forward to the next meeting on November 4. Hopefully there will be more numbers. There’s not much point having a fast car if you don’t ever drive it accordingly, and Mallala is one of the few places in SA to explore the car’s ability; and it’s great fun to boot. Hope to see you there.

As a runner in group 2, I didn’t actually see any of the other groups on track, so apologies to those guys for omissions here. I did hear that Jason Palmer had an entertaining spin in his black RSR, but that’s about it. Good to see that four entrants set new handicap times - congratulations to Rob Harrison, Randall Bonner, Ryan Reynolds and Rob Ephgrave. The consistency of the front runners was also good to see, with 5 competitors averaging within less than a second of their handicap time over the 9 laps. Congratulations to Randall Bonner who was third in the Sprint championship 2011-12

Story: Adam Trimmer With a cool day forecast and the rain staying away, it was another “great weather day” at Mallala. With fairly strong winds, times may have been slightly slower than normal however several people still managed to set themselves new handicaps. Only 22 cars turned out for the day with the usual “Rex set” noticeably absent. The day ran smoothly with several people opting for some driver training with experienced drivers. Perhaps something we all should do to hone our skills. Thank you to those members who took the time to help. Ray Pryor debuted his new 944 Turbo, leaving the Boxster in the shed. Maybe having a roof over his head unsettled him! I’m sure he’ll get the gremlins sorted out for the next event. There were several clouds of dust from some race track ballet. I won’t mention any names here for fear of retribution! Rob Ephgrave set himself a new handicap in his SC along with all of the place getters for the day. Third was Ryan Reynolds in his silver Boxster. Second was Randall Bonner in his ex Reudiger 944 Turbo, and the winner of the day was Robert Harrison in his 911 Carrera. Robert set himself a new handicap of 1.24.74. Well done! There was a nice mix of other makes that participated including a rare Mustang Super Snake, a Lotus Exige, Nissan 200SX, an XR8 ute and a smattering of Evo/WRX’s. The exciting R35 GTR was unfortunately on the trailer early. Thank you to all of those who volunteered to help for the day. Without you there would be no event and we are most grateful. Any member who is hiding their car under a

Cold beer after hot laps

cover at home or has dreamt about driving on a race track please enter the next event. Porsches were meant to go fast! These events are extremely well run and all safety measures are taken. With driver training available with experienced members it is a great event in which to have an introduction into motorsport. See you at the next event! (Many thanks both Adam and Steve for both contributing articles, each giving a different slant on the day. The organisers made sure we got at least one article this time! Ed.)

Rob Harrison takes Martys pet Jack for a walk

Rob checks his brakes - they never worked THAT well before

The future

Jason refuels at correct location

PCSA SUPERSPRINT Super Sprint Round ROUND 3 2

23-Sep-12 Mallala

Results Conditions:

Place CarNum Driver 1 58 Robert Harrison 2 54 Randall Bonner 3 29 Ryan Reynolds 4 84 Steve Thiele 5 80 Rob Ephgrave 6 14 Daryl Curyer 7 65 Goodall Norm 8 3 Ewer Marty 9 39 Doug McPherson 10 2 Paterson Roger 11 6 Jason Palmer 12 25 Greg Foord 13 11 Sandy Nagy 14 50 Jim Pierson 15 77 Ray Pryor

Fine/Cool

Car Carerra 89 944 T 98 Boxter 996 Cab 911 SC 996 C4S 911 SC 997 GT3 964 C2 997 GT 3 993 RSR 944 S2 77 930 996 944 T

Lap1 1.2580 1.2550 1.2942 1.2625 1.3001 1.2387 1.2362 1.1748 1.2847 1.1727 1.3775 1.3540 1.3706 1.2967 1.3635

Lap2 1.2569 1.2515 1.2840 1.2560 1.3029 1.2328 1.2398 1.1689 1.2725 1.1757 1.1925 1.3862 1.3372 1.3213 1.3213

Lap3 1.2474 1.2576 1.3371 1.2560 1.2988 1.2363 1.2323 1.1659 1.2784 1.1840 1.1819 1.3741 1.3452 1.3548 1.3431

Lap4 1.2666 1.2679 1.2839 1.2627 1.3031 1.2302 1.2510 1.1755 1.2911 1.1769 1.1857 1.4216 1.3668 1.3575 4.3311

Lap5 1.2740 1.2600 1.2886 1.2652 1.2932 1.2396 1.2467 1.1731 1.2834 1.1744 1.1821 1.4127 1.3436 1.3514 0.0000

Subaru STI WRX Exige Nissan 200SX XR8 Ute Mustang EVO 2012

1.2428 dns 1.2515 1.2023 1.3145 1.2468 1.1932

1.2306 dns 1.2617 1.1894 1.3248 1.2560 1.1967

1.2232 dns 1.2573 1.1823 1.3440 1.2647 1.2007

1.2223 1.2645 1.2416 1.2046 1.3044 1.2492 1.1937

1.2285 1.2714 1.2379 1.1909 1.3016 1.2479 1.1899

Lap6 Lap7 Lap8 1.2707 1.2644 1.2580 1.2614 1.2521 1.2514 1.3219 1.2816 1.2860 1.2646 1.2645 1.2628 1.2918 1.3196 1.2996 1.2451 1.2283 1.2286 1.2418 1.2383 1.2420 1.1720 1.1683 1.1799 1.2735 1.2841 1.2706 1.1737 1.1753 1.1736 1.1890 1.1827 1.1816 nt 1.3645 1.3503 1.3212 1.3169 1.3122 1.3234 1.3209 1.3463 0.0000 1.3707 1.3616 RED=New Handicap

Lap9 Average Handicap Difference Points 1.2561 1.2613 1.2577 0.0036 100 1.2514 1.2565 1.2519 0.0046 88 1.2870 1.2960 1.2900 0.0060 76 1.2593 1.2615 1.2550 0.0065 67 1.2854 1.2994 1.2900 0.0094 58 1.2335 1.2348 1.2199 0.0149 50 1.2428 1.2412 1.2238 0.0174 43 1.1714 1.1722 1.1532 0.0190 36 1.2660 1.2783 1.2550 0.0233 30 1.1859 1.1769 1.1530 0.0239 25 1.1806 1.2060 1.1500 0.0560 20 1.3443 1.3760 1.3000 0.0760 15 1.3335 1.3386 1.2500 0.0886 11 1.3448 1.3352 1.2450 0.0902 7 1.3498 0.0000 1.2850 2.0000 0

OTHER MARQUES 22 87 85 95 31 36 62

Alan Driver Sam Jongelis Juris Kuznecovs Leigh Williams Rick Powell Richard Clarke Adam Trimmer

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1.2262 1.2775 1.2420 1.1858 2.1774 1.5625 1.1967

1.2198 1.3206 1.2392 1.1893 1.3185 1.2455 1.1951

1.2216 1.2837 1.2388 1.1836 1.3277 1.2458 1.1932

1.2276 1.2548 1.2477 1.1872 1.3309 1.2584 1.1911

1.2270 1.2788 1.2464 1.1906 1.4160 1.2863 1.1945

Story: Ray Pryor, David Gilbert Photos: David Gilbert

Club Run to Collingrove 60th Anniversary Celebrations 30th September 2012

Hence, we were gazing at the clouds thinking, this is not good. Fortunately, the clouds didn’t open up for the entire day and we were blessed with overcast but rain-free weather. For the members who decided to help Collingrove celebrate its 60th year, we had an enjoyable run through Lobethal, Mt Torrens, Mt Pleasant, Springton, and Eden Valley to the Hill Climb Circuit. Ken Roscrow in his Vintage Bentley As we approached the Feathers car park, our eyes were looking upwards. It appeared that about 15 cars had turned up for the run to Collingrove and the weather wasn’t looking good. On this occasion, the Porsche Club had been asked by the Collingrove Hill Climb group at the Sporting Car Club to assist in their celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Hill Climbs at Collingrove by providing some display cars with the possibility of a run or two up the hill. Included in the group were two 356’s (thanks Tom).

There is a 1km stretch of dirt road leading into the hillclimb area before arriving, so there were a couple of members who opted out of the final section to preserve their duco. When we arrived, each car was asked to part with $10 for entry. This was perhaps a tad cheeky, given the invitation from the Sporting Car Club SA to display our cars. The organizers had put aside an area for us to park our cars overlooking the first stretch of track. We then found that an ex-Clipsal 500 hut had been converted in to an indoor viewing area, with an attached deck, over-looking the start line. We immediately took over a corner of the room for the Porsche members. Just to make the lunch even better, at the other end of the room a wine tasting was taking place.

We enjoyed watching the cars at the start of their climb up the hill including Rob Black in his beautiful McLaren and our President, Norm Goodall competing in his silver 911SC. I think the highlight for most members was the run up the hill behind a very eager pace car. There were three runs in all, which for most made the entry fee seem good value. There were a few rules that applied to the demonstration laps. One of the rules is that it was a “demonstration lap”. Apparently this means one shouldn’t light up the rear wheels of one’s Boxster at the start line... The spectators loved it though, so go Michele! In all, I think the Porsche Club members very much enjoyed helping the Sporting Car Club celebrate their Collingrove Hill Climb 60th Anniversary.

RobBlacks McLaren 48

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Oldies but goodies

Norm Godall

Congratulatons Norm and O 2010-2011

Hillclimb

Rob up top

Viewing platform and Clipsal hut

David Benda

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Story: Rob Harrison

Collingrove Hillclimb #1 9th Sept 2012 Sunday dawned one of those perfect spring days; clear, calm and sunny; perfect for a dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun at Collingrove. My hopefully trusty â&#x20AC;&#x2122;89 Carrera was ready for blasting up the hill with track tyres fitted, some new brake pads and just enough fuel so as not to weigh the car down. What could go wrong? Apart from the Port River Bridge being closed for repairs, missing the turn off to Nuriootpa, and the road being blocked by a flock of sheep, not much. For those who have not tried it yet, the hill climb is a lot of fun. It requires similar preparation as for Mallala and is run by the Sporting Car Club memberswho do a great job. You get about seven runs up the hill, with only the best run counting, and the day finishes about 3.00 to

Not knowing what our new handicaps were we tried as hard as we could with Roger carving his way up the hill with surgical precision to record the fastest time of 35.57. Relying on wisdom, skill and cunning, (and a beautifully prepared car) Norm was only 0.25 behind. Flailing away in third spot with a 36.63 and a personal best, was yours truly, desperately trying to be smooth whilst trying to keep the right foot firmly planted.

4.00pm. On a nice day it is a beautiful spot with always an interesting variety of cars competing, usually around 80. Friendly and helpful advice is readily available to newcomers. As is normal of late, the trio of Roger Paterson in his GT3, Norm Goodall in his modified 911 SC and myself in my daily driver were competing. The track is a great horsepower leveler as it is so tight and most Porsches only get to use first and second gear! Learning the course may be a life time job with blind crests and rapidly changing cambers to stimulate the adrenal glands.

In the fullness of time the handicapper declared that I was the winner with Norm second and Roger third. Thanks Geoff! To any of you thinking of having a go, please contact one of us for any advice required. The more the merrier.

Collingrove Hill Climb Results 09-Sep-12 Position Driver 1 Robert Harrison Norm Goodall 2 3 Roger Paterson

Car/Class 911- 3001-6000 - S 911- under 3000 - M 911- 3001-6000 - M

Number 666 65 72

Best Time 36.63 35.82 35.57

Handicap 35.88 34.47 34.06

% 102.09 103.91 104.43

PCSA Drivers Championship 2012-2013

POS.

100

402

100

329

171

Robert Harrison

911 3.2

Roger Paterson

997 GT3

Norm Goodall

911 SC

Steve Thiele

996 Cab

Ryan Reynolds

98 Boxster

Marty Ewer

997 GT3

Doug McPherson

964

Andrew Burgess

Boxster

Randal Bonner

944 T

Ray Pryor

944 Turbo

Bob Weekes

Cayman R

Jason Palmer

993 RSR

Kym Obst

Boxster S

Rob Ephgrave

911 SC

Keith Wong

73 911

Phil Kellet

911

Daryl Curyer

996 4S

Richard Daw

Boxster

Tim O'Daly

GT3

Tim Schulz

914/6 GT

Phil Jaquillard

996 GT3

Amelia Eime

996 GT3

Ray Bessell

996

Mark Coupe

928

Greg Foord

944 S2

Andrew Semba

98 996

Sandy Nagy

930

Graham Schulz

96 993

Jim Pierson

996

David Wiffen

964 Cab

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23Sep Sp #2

1 100

9Sep HC #1

4Nov Sp #3

Type ENTRANT

12Aug MK # 1

21Oct MK #2

22Jul Sp # 1

Month

67 76 30

TOTAL

126 106

88 0

146 50

36 10

88 20

68 62

55 22

29 50

51 50 42

38 36 31

17 16

16 15

15 13

11 10

7 5

Porsche announces

Rennsport for Australia Porsche festival with more than 300 cars

Porsche announces Rennsport for Australia

Press Information

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship Marketing director Kevin Nicholls. The largest gathering of Porsches ever at one Porsche festival withinaugumore thanas 300 cars 08, 2012 PCA Noof16/12 well as Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia November “With over 60 years Porsche history in race venue in Australia will occur at the presented by Pirelli. Australia we have a large customer and fan ral Porsche Rennsport Australia Motor Racing The largest gathering of Porsches ever at In all, there will be seven different regarding base toregular drawnews from. The cars, the people, the Festival to be held on the weekend of May 25 In all, there will be seven different categoriesPCA of will provide one race venue in Australia will occur at categories of Porsche racing including Porsche Rennsport as more details are tales ... the opportunity to be Porsche proud for and 26 next year at the Sydney Motorsport Park Porsche racing including Regularity and Sprints inaugural Porsche Rennsport Regularity and Sprints for Porsche Club confirmed. A special email address will an entiretoweekend and share a love of the brand (Eastern Creek). Australia Motor Racing Festival to be for Porsche cars. Club cars. also be established handle enquiries. historic Porsches aswell wellasas fabe on offer toofall.” held on the weekend of May 25 and 26Local and Localrare and rare historic Porsches as The literalwill English translation the next year at SydneyRennsport Motorsport Park mous famous cars from PorscheMuseumGerman ‘renn is ‘racingregular sport’, with racing racing cars from thethe Porsche in PCA sport’ will provide news regarding Spurred by the success of previous (Easternas Creek). Museum in Germany will as be on display as the famous RS letters adoring theas engine Porsche Rennsport more details are festivals in North America well as its own Germany will be on display well as performwell as performing demonstration laps. lid of some of Porsche’sAmost track-email address will also be confirmed. special army of Porsche owner enthusiasts in Australia, ing demonstration laps. Spurred by the success of previous Instructors from the Porsche Sports focused road cars. Instructors from the Porsche Sports Driving established to handle enquiries. Porsche Cars Australia (PCA) has decided to Rennsport festivals in North America as Driving School will perform on the will perform on the skidpan The literal English translation of the German create a special event allown Porsche wellfor as its army offans. Porsche owner Schoolskidpan and the Cayenne’s off-roadand the CayFor Further Information is ‘racing Racing and road going Porsches of all types enne’s off-roadwillprowess will be demonstrated enthusiasts in Australia, Porsche Cars prowess be demonstrated on a 4x4 Paul Ellis:‘renn Publicsport’ Relations Managersport’, with the famous RS0926 letters adoring and vintage will share in a weekend glorious track. Australia (PCA) has of decided to create a on a 4x4 track. Ph: 03 9473 or 04 88 66 70the 87 engine lid of some of special event forand all Porsche fans. A show’n’shine for Porsche Clubcars cars and Porsche’s most track-focused road cars. racing at the recently renovated renamed A show’n’shine for Porsche Club and a paul.ellis@porsche.com.au Racing roadthan going300 Porsches of all strongaline-up strong line-up new road going of newof road going Porsches will Eastern Creek circuit, withand more and vintage will share in a weekend be partcelebrating of the festivalall things For Further Information also bePorsches part ofwill thealso festival Porsches expected types to participate. of glorious racing at the recently celebrating all things Porsche. Paul Ellis: Public Relations Manager The event will be promoted as a festival of racPorsche. renovated and renamed Eastern Creek Ph: 03 9473 0926 or 04 88 66 70 87 ing with as much to circuit, see and experience away with more than 300 Porsches “Porsche Rennsport Australia is shaping “Porsche Australia up as paul.ellis@porsche.com.au from the track as onexpected it. to participate. up asRennsport the must-attend event is forshaping all event for all Porsche The headline racing The actevent will be double header willabe promoted as a festivalthe must-attend Porsche enthusiasts in 2013,” says enthuracingwith withrounds as muchof to the see and Carssays Australia Marketing director of Porsche GT3 Cupofcars siasts Porsche in 2013,” Porsche Cars Australia experience away from the track as on it. The headline racing act will be a double header of Porsche GT3 Cup cars with rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship as well as Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia presented by Pirelli.

Kevin Nicholls. “With over 60 years of Porsche history in Australia we have a large customer and fan base to draw from. The cars, the people, the tales ... the opportunity to be Porsche proud for an entire weekend and share a love of the brand will be on offer to all.”

106 - 108 Richmond Road, Keswick SA 5035 Phone: (08) 8297 1300 Email: info@buikmotorworks.com 51

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Story: David Wiffen Photos: Bob Taylor

The Porsche World of Mark Buik

Norm Goodall

The inner service bays are full of Porsches and the parking spaces outside in Holland Street are occupied as well. Head high stacks of serious track tyres stand in the entrance. It’s a Monday afternoon in Holland Street. All is calm.

I was a few minutes early, although Bob Taylor was there already, setting up his cameras and tripod out in the garage, planning his photos.

So, luckily, I had time to look at the display on the wall in the reception area. There were photos of cars on the track, many with a few wheels off the tarmac. Some were of club members in full flow, Geoff Crowe’s, Greg Keene’s and Roger Paterson’s track cars, showing them under dramatic racing conditions. All were signed, thanking Buik Motorworks. The ‘’Preparation is everything’’ comment that

You can’t miss the new sign

The old front workshop

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was scrawled on one of the photos caught my eye. I quickly checked my small Olympus recorder. Mark talked about his early racing days, work on Porsches and then preparing race cars for the track. Like many, he started on the track with go-karts, before moving on to sports cars. Of course, he’s been with the Porsche Club of

the old back workshop

Big Al

Mark the manager South Australia for years and continues to be a member. Twenty years ago, he moved into Holland Street with expert engine builder Alan Samuels, behind where the Optus building in King William Street was subsequently built. Since then, with his “gang of four”, Buik Motorworks has become the experienced team that we know today. I noticed a number of serious vehicles hiding in the back of the dark recesses of Buik Motorworks. Bob Taylor was already exploring the further reaches of the garage for more photos. As we talked, Craig would pop his head round the door, to confer with Mark on a technical detail. Elsewhere, as always, Alan was rebuilding an engine, and kindly allowing Bob to grab a few photos. Stewart and Chris teased Mark unmercifully, as the camera came in for his ‘close up’. The repartee and the conversations between them reflected a shared confidence in each other’s capability. Certainly this relaxed mood permeated the garage, and belies the expertise that is there in Holland Street. He casually mentioned the 906 Carrera 6, owned by Nick and Jennie Brittain, that was brought in for some work some time ago. Although sadly it was not there on the day of our visit! Only 50 were built; a rare car indeed – a 1966 street legal racing Porsche design that competed at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Mark has continued his support and involvement with the Porsche Club. For many years he has been, and still is, a regular at Mallala and other tracks. He’s obviously proud that many of the Porsches out on the track have been prepared

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Alan is quietly renowned as a top engine builder by his team. Regular readers of Porsche Report will recall the photos of the yellow ’Cup Car’ on the track. The tough conditions of Australian tracks are well known to them, too. As he says, “The Porsche is designed to do well on the track. It’s the driver that explores his or her capability and from there, builds up the knowledge and the confidence to perform”. Buik Motorworks is an independent Porsche garage and needs to keep its clients happy. The stacks of slick tyres outside the office door hint at where many of the cars would be heading next weekend – the track!!!! Mark admits he’s not out at Mallala as much as he would like. His two young sons are involved now in go-karting, so he needs to be out there

Chateau ad June 1993 supporting them. This is a good sign - the next generation is being prepared for the track! So, if you want to get your ‘’pride and joy’’ to be given that special care, drop in to Holland Street. They will be happy to help you. Cheers from the Team— Mark Buik, Stewart Martin, Alan Samuels, Craig Datsun, and Chris Churchman. Stop Press! Buik’s has moved to new premises at 106-108 Richmond Road, Keswick! SA 5035. Phone: (08) 8297 1300 Email: info@buikmotorworks.com Web: www.buikmotorworks.com (See the new ad on page 49. Compare that with two ads that appeared in the same edition of the Porsche Report in June 1993. Ed.)

Pristine new workshop

Alan’s stock in trade

Mark’s team supports the Porsches in the Touring Car Masters series

Racing machines filled the old back workshop

PCSA Roll of Honour Past Presidents 1974/75 1975/76 1976/77 1977/78 1978/79 1979/80 1980/81 1981/82 1982/83 1983/84 1984/85 1985/86 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

D. Christison D. Christison D. Christison P. Dennis B. Clements1 B. Clements T. Klaveniek T. Lynas T. Lynas T. Lynas T. Lynas J. Nicholls B. Lynas P. Rosenzweig T. John T. John T. John T. John T. John D. Eckert D. Eckert P. Dixon P. Dixon P. Dixon P. Dixon P. Kowalenko P. Kowalenko P. Brunnthaler P. Brunnthaler M. Rooke J. Palmer J. Palmer S. Elshaw S. Elshaw A. Sparks A.Sparks N.Goodall N.Goodall

Motorkhana Champion 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

M. Ewer M. Ewer D. Gilbert P. Kowalenko R. Paterson D.Gilbert M. Almond R. Paterson

Hillclimb Champion

Lady Competitor of the Year

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1998 to 2004 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11

J. Palmer J. Palmer J. Palmer & M. Ewer A. Sparks & M. Ewer G. Keene A. Plate N. Goodall & O. Sheahan R. Paterson

Sprint Champion 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

J. Palmer M. Rooke J. Palmer P. Jaquillard O. Sheahan A. Eime N. Goodall M. Ewer

Club Driving Champion 1985/86 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

T. Lynas T. Lynas D. Wallis T. John R. Catford T. Gentile T. John R. Catford T. Matthews R. Paterson R. Geue P. Dixon D. Gilbert M. Ewer M. Ewer M. Ewer D. Gilbert M. Ewer M. Ewer J. Palmer M. Ewer M. Ewer A. Sparks G. Keene R.Paterson N. Goodall R. Paterson

S. Gentile P. Klaveniek J. Nicholls L. Scammell L. Scammell L. Scammell A. Sparks Not awarded M. Ruediger M. Ruediger A. Sparks A. Sparks A. Eime A. Eime A. Eime

Club Person of the Year 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

2010/11 2011/12

T. Nicholls K. Herbst T. John T. John D. Wallbridge L. McDonnell L. Scammell L. Scammell P. Dixon B. Smith P. Kowalenko H. Kowalenko D. Callow J-A. Brunnthaler M. Rooke K. Somerville C. Johnston G. Cook N. Goodall R. Ruediger J. Sheahan R. Weekes A. Seaman H. Kowalenko B. Gare K. Obst R. Pryor

Honorary Life Members

Trevor John 54

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Wayne Obst

Stuart Elshaw

David Gilbert

Draft Porsche Club SA Calendar 2013 Date 20th January 2nd February 8th February 17th February th

24 February 10th March 24th March 29th March-1st April (Easter) 6th - 7th April 21st April 25th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 26th May 2nd June 21st - 23rd June

Event Club Run Show & Shine Prep Club Dinner Supersprint 4 Show & Shine Supersprint 5 Motorkhana 3 Porsche Regularity Mt Alma Mile

Location to Goolwa TBA (check website) British hotel Mallala TBA (check website) Mallala Mallala

Other Events of Potential Interest (non-clashing) Points

Collingrove Eastern Creek Mallala

Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally

Adelaide Hills & Sthn Vales

yes yes

yes

20th October 1st November

3rd November 8th November 24th November

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yes

Supersprint 2 Mallala yes Hillclimb 2 Collingrove yes Climb to the Eagle Glen Osmond Supersprint 3 Legends of the Lakes Hillclimb Motorkhana 2

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16th February

SA Circuit Racing Champs

Twilight Mallala

Clipsal 500

Parklands

Grand Prix National Historic Races Historic Hillclimb Shannon's Nationals OzGymkhana Marque Sports 6 hr Regularity SA Circuit Racing Champs VWC Bitumen Khanacross Winter Cup 2

Melbourne

28th Feb- 3rd March 14th - 17th March 30th - 31st March (Easter) 1st April (Easter) 19th - 21st April 4th May 5th May 18th May

23rd June

End of Porsche Club Drivers' Championship year. 7th July Supersprint 1 Mallala yes 14th July Hillclimb 1 Collingrove yes

Targa Adelaide Motorkhana 1

Location

15th June

Lots more Social events to come!!

21st - 25th August 2nd September 29th September

Event

yes

Bathurst Mt Alma

Hillclimb 3 Porsche Rennsport Supersprint 6

Date

Mallala Mt Gambier Mallala

Winter Cup 3 SA Circuit Racing Champs VWC Bitumen Khanacross 8th September Winter Cup 4 21st - 22nd Sept SA Hillclimb Championships 22nd Sept OzGymkhana 4th August 17th - 18th August 18th August

Mallala Collingrove Mallala Tailem Bend Mallala Twilight Mallala Tailem Bend Collingrove Collingrove Mallala Tailem Bend Collingrove Collingrove Tailem Bend

2nd November

SA Circuit Racing Champs

Twilight Mallala

7th - 8th Dec

OzGymkhana

Tailem Bend

yes

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