PORSCHE t r o p e R OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE PORSCHE CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Volume 37 Number 1, January - June 2012
Turning the camera on
B o b Ta y l o r Plus
Va l e M i k e R o o k e Car prep day Show and Shine Up Close and Personal: Norm Goodall
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Mt Barker run
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E d i t o r ’s re p o r t
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Mt Alma
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Club Calendar
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Porsche in TCM
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Porsche News
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A d e l a i d e H i l l s Ta r m a c R a l l y
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P re s i d e n t s re p o r t
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Yo u r C o m m i t t e e
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Up Close and Personal: Norm Goodall
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Porsche News
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Mallala June
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Va l e M i k e R o o k e
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Members’ Survey
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C a r p re p d a y
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Tu r n i n g t h e C a m e r a o n B o b Ta y l o r
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Show and Shine
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S p r i n t re p o r t , c h a m p i o n s h i p p o i n t s
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British hotel photos
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C o m p e t i t i o n re p o r t s
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S u s s e x & B ro a d w a y p u b dinners
M o t o r k h a n a a n d H i l l c l i m b championship points
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Motorkhana February
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Drivers championship points
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M o t o r k h a n a M a rc h
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H o n o u r ro l l
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Mallala February
2 1 . R e s u l t s : M a l l a l a M a rc h ; H i l l c l i m b April
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editor’s report First and foremost, I want to congratulate David and Barb for their fantastic dedication and enormous amount of work over many years in producing the Porsche Report. They, and their team of helpers, have always published a very high quality product, which we have all enjoyed. They have always set a very high standard, and continued to strive to improve the quality even more. We are all proud of our club magazine, and they can take great pride in the magnitude and quality of their achievement. THANKYOU! So it is with very big shoes to fill that I step into the role of caretaker editor, until our next editor steps up. I am hoping for an announcement soon!
“Porsche Report” is the official magazine of The Porsche Club of South Australia (ABN 36 370 887 701)
In the meantime, we must keep the ball rolling, and I thank all those who have contributed to this issue. We hope you like the fresh new appearance of Porsche Report, and look forward to your feedback. If you come across an item of interest on Porsches as you troll the internet, please send it on to me. If you have a view on any of the club’s activities, or just some hot gossip, please write a letter to the editor; ie email me. If you participate in a Porsche event somewhere else, please send me some photos, and a few words about your experience. If you have an idea for any new content, please let me know. As well as being a diary of our events just passed, the magazine can be your club forum. The more who put in, the better it will be. Best contact method: email roger.paterson@sportsmed.com.au Roger Paterson, Editor
Calendar September to December 2012
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 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.
September
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AGM at the Porsche Centre, Glen Osmond Rd
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Club Dinner. Check website/emails for venue
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Hillclimb #1 for 2012-13. Collingrove
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Mallala Supersprint #3 for 2012-13
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Mallala Supersprint #2 for 2012-13
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Club Dinner. Check website/emails for venue
9th -11th Legends of the Lake Hillclimb. Mt Gambier
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(Not for Porsche club points)
Special note:
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13th -14th SA Hillclimb Championships. Collingrove
Check website/emails for details/venue
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Motorkhana #2 for 2012-13. Mallala skidpan
27th -28th Lost Weekend Southern Vales and Victor Harbour Club run and lunch each day. Check website/emails for details Contact: Kym Obst.
December 2nd
Family Christmas Party
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.
Check website/emails for details/venue
Send your mail to:
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Officials Day. Mallala.
Volunteers sought to provide rides and say thanks to all our fantastic volunteer officials. Contact David Wiffen.
PORSCHE Re p or t OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE PORSCHE CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Volume 37 Number 1, October 2012
Turning the camera on
B o b Ta y l o r Plus
Va l e M i k e R o o k e Car prep day Show and Shine Up Close and Personal: Norm Gooall
www.pcsa.asn.au
Cover Photography: Bob Taylor
(Not for Porsche club points)
Club Run and lunch
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Porsche news
The new Porsche Boxster generation Lighter, more muscular, more distinctive and more fuel efficient Never before in the history of the Porsche Boxster has a generational change been so comprehensive. The open-top two-seater has a completely new lightweight body and a completely revamped chassis. The reduced weight combined with longer wheelbase, wider track, larger wheels and new electro-mechanical power steering take the mid-engined roadster’s classleading dynamics to an even higher level. The new Boxster also boasts superior performance and up to 15 per cent greater fuel efficiency with less than eight litres of fuel per 100 kilometres. Also stunning is the way the new Boxster looks: new body design with shorter overhangs, a more forward windscreen, distinctive silhouette and expressive edges. Occupants are enclosed by the completely redesigned, fully electric roof which now dispenses with a convertible top compartment lid. The interior offers more space and reflects the new Porsche design language with raked centre console originating from the Carrera GT. The new sports car generation makes its debut in the classic Porsche pairing of Boxster and Boxster S. Both models are powered by flat-six engines with direct petrol injection, the efficiency of which is further enhanced by electrical system recuperation, thermal management and start/stop function. The base model’s new engine delivers 195 kW from a 2.7 litre displacement – up seven kilowatts over its predecessor despite a reduction in capacity.The 3.4 litre Boxster S now delivers 232 kW – up four kilowatts. Both models feature a manual six-speed gearbox as standard with the seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) available as an option. Both sports cars
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achieve their best fuel consumption and acceleration performance with the PDK. The Porsche Boxster’s fuel consumption with PDK is 7.7 L/100 kms and 8.0 L/100 kms for the Boxster S. With gear changes without interruption to the power flow, the Boxster sprints from zero to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds, the Boxster S in 5.0 seconds. To enhance driving dynamics even further, Porsche offers the Sport Chrono Package as an
optional extra, featuring dynamic transmission mounts for the first time. Also new on the roadster is Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with mechanical rear axle differential lock. The new Boxster generation goes on sale in Europe in mid April, with sales in Australia beginning a few months later. Local pricing will be announced close to then.
president’s report The first six months of this year has been as busy as ever with well-organized runs and social events. It’s great to see club members putting up their hands to organize an event as it takes some of the pressure off our hard working Social director Kym. In February I went to the PCA Melbourne for the Club Presidents’ meeting. Pamela Ward organized a very informative meeting with a presentation from Claudia Schaffner, Porsche Community Management, Germany. The competition side of the Club has been down this year. Our major expense is the Super sprints and unfortunately the costs of track hire, ambulance and fire support have all increased. The committee have organized a survey of members so that next year we can cater to member’s requirements. If you would still like to give your feedback, please get in touch with any of the committee members, and let us know your particular interests, thoughts and suggestions. Meanwhile, the survey results are summarised on page 34. On Saturday June 2012, Mike Rooke tragically lost his life in an accident at Mallala Motorsport Park while he was living his dream. I was talking to Mike on the Wednesday before, when he asked me how long was I going to keep competing? “Until I stop having fun!” was
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my answer to which he replied, “Agreed.” Mike had been a great supporter of the Club over the years, he served on the committee, including as President, and he was Club Person of the year 2001/02 and Sprint Champion 2005/06. He’ll be sadly missed by all.
Norm Goodall President 0429 696 644 paradale@activ8.net..au
Kym Obst Vice President and Social Events 0438 800 961 kym.obst@internode.on.net
As a mark of respect and acknowledgement and in honour of Mike, the committee has decided that the Sprint Championship will henceforth be known as the “Mike Rooke Memorial Sprint Championship.”
Roger Paterson Secretary, Magazine, Advertising,Motorkhana Director 0414 993 930
While driving your favourite car on a club run please remember that a group of expensive cars draws attention, therefore I would encourage you all to drive to the highest standards of the road rules and do not attract attention to yourself or the club by inappropriate behaviour on the road, especially flaunting the rules regarding the speed limit and parking.
roger.paterson@sportsmed.com.au
Ray Conley Treasurer and Membership 0419 668 800 rconley@internode.on.net
It’s that time of the year again – the AGM. Remember this is your club and what you put into it is what you get out of it! Please think about standing for the committee and contributing for a short year in a great club atmosphere.
Doug McPherson Website 0419 704 247 douglas.m@internode.on.net
Drive safely while enjoying the world’s greatest marque. Sharon Curyer General committee 0417 866 452 sharon.curyer@bigpond.com
Norm Goodall, President
David Wiffen Sprint Director 0488 756 888 davidwiffen@yahoo.co.uk
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. Here is some information you might find handy:
Geoff Crowe Competition Results 0418 895 660 beema53@bigpond.com
On page 3 there is a calendar of events for the remainder of the year. Cut-off dates, racing, rules, CAMS requirements and other information is found on our website: www.pcsa.asn.au
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
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
BELOW: Rob Black is spotted by Peter Mayer (see reflection) during the ASP Rally.
Vic Moore CAMS Representative vicmoore@hotmail.com
New members 1st January to 30th June 2012 NAME
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Arthur Tsitsinaris Randolph Bowen Thomas Burns Arun Thangarajan Pas Quartuccio Des Manuel Graeme Schultz Bruce Mcleay Joe Caltabiano Elliot Eden Raymond Martin
996 Carrera 4S 944 911 964 Carrera 991S 911 Sc Cab 996 C 4 993 911SC 930 911 928
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Peter Brunnthaler Historic Register/ Licencing 0410 614 911 ulx110@chariot.net.au
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Peter Kowalenko Historic Register/ Licencing 0429 390 911 hhelen1@optusnet.com.au
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Sporty SUV on sale in Australiain 2014
Porsche news
Name for new Porsche SUV is Macan Porsche’s new sports car in the SUV segment has been given the name Macan. The name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics – core characteristics of the new off-road car. “The Macan combines all sports car characteristics with the benefits of a SUV and is a genuine Porsche”, said Bernhard Maier, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG. “The name of a new Porsche has to fit with the brand, sound good in very many languages and dialects and evoke positive associations.” As the fifth Porsche model line, the Macan is a central plank of Strategy 2018, by which the sports car manufacturer wishes to expand its model portfolio. Porsche intends the Macan to emulate the success of the Cayenne.
The new SUV will start coming off the production lines in Leipzig in 2013 with sales in Australia to commence in 2014. To that end, the site in this city in Saxony is being expanded into a fully-fledged production plant including body assembly line and paint shop – with 500 million euro of investment one of the biggest building projects in Porsche’s corporate history. In the medium-term, the sports car manufacturer will
be creating more than 1,000 new jobs there. Car names at Porsche have a concrete connection with the corresponding model and its characteristics: the name Boxster describes the combination of boxer engine and roadster, Cayenne stands for sharpness, the Cayman is snappy and agile and a Panamera is more than a Gran Tourismo, capable also of winning the Carrera Panamericana long-distance race.
Singer Vehicle Design To Unveil ‘Optimized’ 964-Era Porsche 911 Among Porschephiles, there’s a lot of excitement over the arrival of the all-new 991— the 2012 Porsche 911. But a few affluent customers who could easily put one of those new 911 models in their garage might instead be opting for something even more special: a Porsche 911, reconceived by Singer Vehicle Design. Rob Dickinson started Singer in 2009, as a company focused around restoring and optimizing classic sports cars; and the one classic sports car that Singer chose to focus on, at least at first, is what Dickinson calls “a labor of love”—the air-cooled Porsche 911. The company presented the first vehicle to its owner last September, and since then it’s built three more—with its fourth vehicle set to make its debut coinciding with the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. According to Dickinson, the company’s founder and creative director—and also an accomplished designer—seeing the early 1970s racing-influenced models as a child left “an indelible impression,” and it’s a shape he wanted to revisit. Dickinson says that what Singer provides is a modernized interpretation that “attests to the powerful statement and presence the original cars had.” With these cars, he wanted to leave that be, and in a light-handed way bring the personality out even further. They’re restored, and then optimized, with restraint. To clarify, these are restorations, and then some. To start, all Porsche 911 models restored by Singer start with a donor car that keeps its original odo reading and original VIN and model year. Just as in a classic-car restoration, all parts are stripped off, down 8
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to the body shell, but here’s where Singer’s approach is a bit different—as well as different compared to resto-mod shops. The chassis gets additional welding, and there’s additional front and rear strut bracing and gusseting. Windshield wipers are moved to the central position, as in the 993, and new carbon-fiber bodywork is attached to the fenders, hood, bumper, roof, and rear deck. Doors remain metal to meet up with the structure and provide side-impact protection, and a fuel safety cell replaces the gas tank. And in a feature borrowed from the 1972 production car and other racing Porsches, there’s an external oil filler. Suspension upgrades include Bilstein adjustable dampers and a completely retuned suspension with new aluminum rear trailing arms, plus new bushings, connectors, and sway bars. And it uses the complete Brembo braking system from the 1993 models, with additional cooling. The 17-inch wheel design is in the style of the 1960s-era Fuchs wheels. The side mirrors are a newly developed power-remote design building
on the ‘racing’ mirrors of the 1960s, and headlights have been upgraded with modern units but an original look. The Singer look thus far “harks back and evokes the road-racing period of the early 1970s,” commented Dickinson, but he admits that those first cars and their bright colors and racing influences are definitely one niche. This next car about to be shown—the fourth made from the company—will apply some of the same aesthetics and technical improvements to a more modern 1990-1994-era Porsche 964. “It’s based on the (1990-94) 964, and this will be very much a gentleman’s car for the road,” said Dickinson. After all, expectations can vary widely regarding how such a car would get driven and used. Dickinson puts Singer’s prospective customers into three groups: those who have everything; those purely Porsche obsessed; and the “aspirational Porsche fanatic who’s willing to sell the family jewels.”
Porsche news
918 prototypes commence trials Development of the Porsche super sports car enters next phase Porsche has taken the driving trials of the 918 Spyder a step further with completion of initial prototypes. The super sports car will go into production at the end of September 2013 with the first customers receiving their vehicles before 2013 is out. “What we are doing with the 918 Spyder is redefining driving fun, efficiency and performance,” says Wolfgang Hatz, Member of the Executive Board Research and Development of Porsche AG. The prototypes, their camouflage harking back to historical Porsche 917 racing cars, signal the final touches to the 918 Spyder. The focus is on the interplay between the highly sophisticated individual drive components. The combination of combustion engine and two independent electric motors – one on the front axle and one in the drive line, acting on the rear wheels – poses completely new demands on the development of the operating strategies. “They are therefore a critical component in this vehicle into which we have put all of our expertise and capacity for innovation,” says Hatz. These operating strategies and the development of the software to go with them are one of Porsche’s core competencies. Both of them have a major influence on the extreme driving fun to be had with the 918 Spyder and they make possible a unique combination of minimal fuel consumption and maximum performance. The initial results of the driving trials are in line with the high expectations placed on the 918 Spyder. The super sports car is designed as a plug-in hybrid vehicle combining a highperformance combustion engine with cuttingedge electric motors for extraordinary performance: on the one hand, the dynamics of a racing machine boasting more than
566 kW (770 hp), on the other hand, fuel consumption in the region of three litres per 100 kilometres. Moreover, Porsche is breaking yet more new ground with this pioneering car with spectacular solutions such as full carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) monocoque with unit carrier, fully adaptive aerodynamics, adaptive rear-axle steering and the
upward-venting “top pipes” exhaust system. In the process, the 918 Spyder is offering a glimpse of what Porsche Intelligent Performance may be capable of in future.
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Eulogy: Graeme Cook Photos: David Gilbert, Graeme Cook, and others
Vale Mike Rooke Living the dream
Hi – for those who don’t know me, my name is Graeme Cook.
Mike was proud of his achievements and shared his feelings of success with others. Last Saturday morning I received a call from him after qualifying. He had just set a new lap record for his class, he was so happy. It appeared he had reached another milestone.
and he was a great story teller. He was probably one of the most political incorrect people that I’ve ever met. His jokes and stories about our black brothers were legendary, and few would venture to go where Mike went, but he thought nothing of it.
At one stage a few years ago Mike and I were together on the road travelling to race tracks across the country about every three weeks and it was during these trips that Mike and I really got to know each other well.
During the time I spent with Mike we didn’t just play with and talk about cars. Mike’s other passion was his family. He talked about you guys non-stop. Vicki, Jet, Bree and Elle .... he loved you all dearly and was thinking of you all wherever he went... Through my close relationship with Mike and his wonderful desire to talk openly I knew more about your ups and downs, on and off relationships, careers, etc. than I did about my own kids. One of the many proud moments in his life in recent times was the progress of Bree to become “Constable Rooke” a cop that he could truly call his own.
Mike became a legend at the track for his desire to help everyone. lf someone needed help Mike would be there to throw his energy into getting things done - nothing was too much trouble for Mike. He was such a giving person and this was a characteristic of Mike that I loved so much, and I know in saying this I am joined by all who knew him. Everybody was Mike’s friend and everyone knew that they could rely on him.
I only knew Mike for around 8 years, and when compared to others here today, that would seem a relatively short period of time, but I’ve got to say, over that time we packed in a hell of a lot together.
Mike will never be forgotten.
Vicki asked me to speak about Mike and his passion for cars, which I will, but please forgive me if I digress occasionally to talk about Mike, the guy that I loved. I first met Mike through the Porsche club when he was participating in sprint meetings at Mallala in his old orange 911 Porsche. Over time, Mike became more and more involved with the operations of the Porsche club, and eventually he took on the role of President. As President, he put in a year of hard work and implemented many changes which put the club in a position to grow and go forward into the future. It was during this period that Mike and I became friends. We both had a passion for all things to do with cars, especially Porsches. This was the beginning of a journey for both of us together on to the race track. In those early days at the track, Mike had a 944 Porsche that he would run in a very competitive series. Mike was a quick driver and could hold his own with anyone – but he always wanted to go faster, and had to wait some years to go fully fledged racing in a competitive car. That car was the Honda number 33. He had his ups and downs with it over the past few seasons running in improved production – engines, gear boxes, drive shafts, brakes, and off track learning experiences. You name it – he broke it! But at the end of the day, on and off the track, he mastered it.
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Vicki - without your support for Mike to chase his dream of cars and racing, many people in this room today, plus many, many more around the country who couldn’t be here today, would not have had the opportunity to meet, let alone get to know and enjoy the company of one of the best blokes in the world.
For me personally, he was my best mate - we were like brothers. I could rely on Mike like no other. We travelled the country on the race circuit for years having an absolute ball. Vicki, thanks so, so much for sharing him with me. Mike and his friendships crossed all age groups
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Story: Jim Pierson Photos: Warren Edwards
Car Prep Day at Splash Carwash
5th February 2012
On Sunday 5th of February, Kym Obst organised for PCSA Members to meet at Splash Carwash on 395 Glen Osmond Rd, Glen Osmond from 9am-12 Midday, where Tim Allison and his staff gave a very informative presentation on how to care for our cars. Preparation of the car for cleaning, polishing, detailing and nano protection. Tim gave a very informed view on equipment used for this procedure. That is the use of orbital buffs and multi-speed angle polishing machines together with the various pads & buffs to use on this equipment. He also advised on how to polish our cars and what polish and cleaning products should be used. PCSA Member Adrian Creedon was kind enough to allow Tim to use his red Porsche Cayman as the car on which Tim & his staff demonstrated cleaning & polishing techniques, and as a result Adrian’s Car was finished in a pristine condition. Many thanks to Tim & his Staff for providing their time, venue and coffee for the morning. PCSA Member Bob Weekes also provided important tips on car care and how to prepare a car for the upcoming show & shine event on 12th of February. I want to acknowledge Bob Weekes for his time & effort in conveying his knowledge & his experience to our members for Car Care & Presentation of our Vehicles.
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Story: Dennis Brodie Photos: Warren Edwards, Maria Obst, Tony Kuiper
SHOW AND SHINE
12th February 2012
The weather was perfect for our annual show and shine held on Sunday 12th February at Middlebrook Winery and Restaurant. Those able to join in the run from the Feathers Hotel enjoyed the sight of 28 Porsche cars winding through the Adelaide Hills. Our run coincided with the all British day, which meant the planned route carefully laid out by Kym Obst had to be altered so as not to be held up by some older cars heading up Greenhill Road. So leaving the car park, went out of Adelaide via the Freeway rejoining our planned route at Stirling. Many cars waiting for us all to pass through roundabouts could not believe their eyes at this endless stream of Porsches going past in front of them, with all models represented except for 968, 928, Cayenne and Panamera. We traveled through Mylor and were joined by two more Porsches and later on the way to Echunga we passed an expectant Gendarme in an 80kph zone, but he was disappointed with us. We all obeyed said sign post. No customers today for him. Some more excellent scenery on the way to Mclaren Flat and when we all arrived, we were greeted with some paperwork and directed to positions around Middlebrook's grassed area for judging of Best in Category, plus a people’s choice car. Around 12.30 food was on everyon’e mind, so most headed for the restaurant, with the Porsche Club menu prepared by the chef giving three choices for main course and several deserts. With four tables of eight booked there were still more tables required, but I think everyone was catered for. With pleasant 14
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surroundings and company we had a great afternoon. The judges (Kym Somerville & Peter Murch) did a great job with some high standard cars on show, including a Concours 1958 356, which has won national titles, it was hard to pick the best I imagine, but eventually winners on the day were declared and prizes awarded. Well done Bob Weeks and and Kym Obst for a well organized day and others to numerous to mention that helped out on the day.
AWARDS Best in Show Carl Glaab 911 SC 1983 Air cooled & Early Water 1st in Class . Darren Boswell 944 S2 Cab 1989 2nd in Class. Lee Fulton 993 1995 Late Water 1st in Class Jim Pierson 997 Carrera S 2005 2nd in Class Russell Barnes 996 Carrera Cab 2000 People’s Choice John Balson 911 SC 1978 Special Award for the Oldest car entered Mark Poole Porsche 356 1958
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Photos: Maria Obst
British Hotel pub dinner
20th January 2012
42 attended a brilliant night.
n & Ray Bob, Joh reedon Adrian C
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Bob & Michell e
John a nd Kate w art Elsha ohns Stu J l ie n a D
Kirsten
Jane S an Lor rain
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Andy & Margie, Sharon & Ron
Sam & Libby Kirsten Pryia &
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Story: Kym Obst
Tower Hotel Friday May 25th 2012
Around 20 brave souls came out on a very, very wintery Adelaide night to the Tower Hotel. Many people cancelled at the last minute because of colds/flus etc., unfortunate but it’s that time of the year! The Tower food was great as usual with many having their “famed” schnitzels.
It was good to come together to have a chat and catch up on some gossip or even start some!
Story: Kym Obst Photos: Maria Obst
Broadway Hotel June 29th 2012
Congratulatons Norm and Oliver!
Hillclimb Final Results
33 people enjoyed the Club Dinner and the end to the financial year that was. The chatter was lively ....... Bob and Loraine Weekes talking about their recent Victorian tour with the PCV. They also discussed their upcoming American adventure and how they have become members of the Porsche Club of America. Nathan & Anna travelled up from Hindmarsh Island to attend.
It was good to catch up with everyone with everyone enjoying themselves. A large group stayed on till well after 11:00pm when the two attached photos were taken. The food was good and plentiful as was the conversation. People moved around and mixed very well. It was great to be able to talk to most if not all members.
ABOVE: Jonathon Borelli and Jodie Borelli used Gary Dann’s 911 997 Carrera S for their wedding pictures in Rymill Park Adelaide. This black and white was one of the photographer’s pictures. Photographer: “Photos at your place by Raegan”. BELOW: Rob Black is spotted by Peter Mayer (see reflection) during the ASP Rally.
Michelle & Bob flank Kym, Daniel and Pryia.
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Ray Pryor, Bob & Loraine Weekes, and Russell & Anne Barnes
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Mallala Motorkhana 2nd Feb 2012
The February event came around way to quickly after the holiday season, but nevertheless attracted a big group from the WRX club, as well as a reasonable number of Porsches. The day began with very wet tarmac, although the rain was passing as we got started. It certainly made for some slower runs and interesting lines early in the day. Those who tried their handbrake turns found that they were very easy to do, but tended to seriously over-cook them! Many found themselves facing backwards.
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and giving it a try. We hope to see them back, along with more who would like to have a bit of fun in their Porsche without having to invest in a helmet or fire extinguisher, or any other extra equipment. The tight slow patterns are certainly a fun challenge in car control.
The tarmac dried out; the sun shone, and the day got better and better. The final results saw the GT3 snaffle first amongst the Porsches, with the Boxster Spyder doing very well also. It was great see to some new competitors coming out
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After much feedback from members, the complexity of the patterns of recent events was reduced, with only two long patterns included. The first two patterns followed the timehonoured selection of patterns for Porsche club competition.
35.08
34.06
11 Andrew Burgess
39.23
15 Norm
Goodall
34.97
22 Phillip
Kellet
34.76
25 Roger
Paterson
32.2
WD HC
MANOUEVRING 1
ATOM 2
10 WD
5 HC
MANOUEVRING 2
LONG CORRIDOR 2
HOPSCOTCH LONG 1
HOPSCOTCH LONG 2
TOTAL
group
Overall
37.52
59.82
55.01
328.29
2
4
10 38.34 WD 43.84 5 43.51 HC 41.91 10 41.91 WD 37.16 34.98
57.99
56.18
335.66
3
7
62.62
61.94
354.27
4
10
63.78
60.23
362.1
5
12
49.33
48.2
290.18
1
1
LONG CORRIDOR 1
32.71
30.19
38.9
34.06
32.01
29.51
38.34
35.57
33.98
32.84
34.76
32.83
31.92
30.96
28.78
28.57
WRONG DIRECTION 10 sec PENALTY over other time HIT CONE 5 sec PENALTY per cone to max 10 seconds FASTEST TIME OF DAY SLOWEST TIME without passenger
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Story & Photos: Roger Paterson
Mallala Motorkhana 25th March 2012
With just a few days to go before the event, it became apparent that the WRX club had not included this event on their competition calendar, and none of their members would be attending. A call to the Porsche faithful was rewarded with a great group getting together and saving the day. In the circumstances, the patterns for the day were by popular consensus amongst the group. And with a smaller group, we were able to ad lib the timetable a bit, and included a session of hand-brake turn practice. This was well received, and certainly, if one is to obtain fast times on some of the tighter patterns, it is a critically useful skill to have. And it is so much fun to slide the car’s arse out and find that you are suddenly pointing ex-
PORSCHE CLUB SA DRIVER Car Ray Pryor Boxster Spyder Roger Paterson 997 GT3 Amelia Eime Boxster Jim Pearson 997 Andrew Burgess Boxster Spider David Wiffen 964 Cabrio Tim O'Daly Boxster Bob Weekes Cayman R Doug McPherson 964 C2
actly where you want to go, 180 degrees different from where you came from only a moment before. So it was a bit distressing when the GT3’s handbrake failed on the day. A hand-brake turn is not essential to being able to enjoy driving round the cones however, as the YouTube videos of the day showed. (Links are on the club website under Gallery.) Bob Weekes and Ray Pryor tussled all day, and it was very tight for second spot with Bob edging Ray out by less than 1 second in 250! Thanks to all who attended and shared in such an enjoyable day.
MOTORKHANA 25/3/12
Maneuvering
Twister
Cloverleaf
Long Corridor
TOTAL
Position
28.25
27.78
30.48
30.82
27.7
27.18
38.87
39.21
250.29
3
27.91
27.46
30.63
29.55
25.24
26.39
36.45
36.02
239.65
1
29.76
29.2
32.62 HC 27.62
33.4
26.98
26.22
40.83
40.47
259.48
4
DNS
DNF
WD 34.34 28.76
28.58
34.8
34.62
30.26
30.1
34.39
30.84
28.25
31.44
30.35
47.43 47.43 WD 29.87 WD 33.02 35.9 36.71
26.4
25.87
37.03
37.59
279.09
6
33.07
28.93
49.38
47.97
301.38
8
33.72
29.35
26.86
43.25
43.25
271.18
5
30.94
32.17
25.79
26.14
37.56
37.73
249.42
2
37.43
35.89
27.85
28.15
59.34 WD 48.33
49.34
299.79
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Story: Bob Weekes
Superspint Mallala
19th February 2012 On waking I could hear rain on the roof thinking this is not good for sprinting, but the same for all. But making my way to Mallala it became dry and pretty much stayed that way for the day. Arriving just before 8.30 I was somewhat surprised at the number people all ready there, with David setting up for signing in, and cars lining up for scrutineering. Now, it came up with bit of a surprise that fire extinguishers had to be less than 3 years old or tested and tagged. This gave a few problems for some, but to the rescue came drivers from other disciplines of motorsport that have to carry two who helped out. Many thanks to those drivers for saving the day. Thanks also to the scrutineers, who thoughtfully brought some for sale, for those who were caught out. During practice I noticed we had not one but rwo Holden R8 Maloo ute’s; one black and one red, the black one belonging to Richard Clarke. On talking with Richard I asked which is the fastest, and back came “red is”. Wow! Now after doing some research this is answer why.
Colour is based on the light reflecting off an object so let’s run with that. Light travels at a constant speed in vacuum... 3 x 108 m/s... But in media like air, glass, different wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum travel at different speeds. Refractive Index n is inversely proportional to wavelength of light. But refractive index = Speed of light in Vaccum/ Speed of light in medium. Hence, speed of light in media is directly proportional to wavelength... Since wavelength increases from Violet to Red, Red travels the fastest. Violet travels the slowest... Sorry Ray but the spyder with red seats and white paint is the wrong way around, we all need Red cars. From the Porsche group I was sorry to see Vic Moore retire with a failed clutch, and Tim O’Daly looking a bit knackered after changing over with Amelia many times during the day. Not sure if it’s his nocturnal activities or he’s just getting old.
PCSA Super UPERSPRINT Sprint Round ROUND 3 4 19 FEB 2012 Mallala
Car 944 turbo 997 GT3 Carerra 89 944 GT3 911 SC 997 GT 3 Cayman S 944 Turbo 964 C2 Boxster 2.7 996 GT 3 Cayman R 964 RS Spyder 996 964 RS 86 911
Thanks must go to all the flags marshals and CAMS personnel and also to club members, David Wiffen, Sprint secretary and his ever helpful wife. Also Norm Goodall for placing the fire extinguishers and sweeping brooms at the marshal points and collecting them after most of us would have long gone. And on this day we had the help of Russell Barnes controlling the pre sprint line up area. We also had an overseas visitor from the United States of America, Michael Bero, who just happened to be here in Australia on a student exchange course. His father is the president of California Center Coast Region PCA. Michael pulled the short straw and took on running the pit exit gate.
Results Conditions:
Place CarNum Driver 1 54 Randall Bonner 2 3 Ewer Marty 3 58 Robert Harrison 4 28 Matthew Johnson 5 55 O'Daly Tim 6 65 Goodall Norm 7 2 Paterson Roger 8 45 Peter Mayer 9 78 McKendrick Hamish 10 39 McPherson Doug 11 7 Wright Chris 12 53 Eime Amelia 13 9 Bob Weekes 14 42 Peter Perrin 15 77 Ray Pryor 16 71 Ray Bessell 17 43 Randolph Bowen 18 27 Vic Moore
Congratulations must go to Randall Bonner and Marty Ewer for achieving the best average against handicap. And for the rest of us we must try harder.
Lap1 1.2612 1.1692 1.2997 1.3262 1.2067 1.2454 1.1757 1.2408 1.2682 1.2941 1.2812 1.2122 1.2604 1.2711 1.2709 1.3095 1.3462 1.2926
Lap2 1.2537 1.1712 1.2966 1.3282 1.2031 1.2469 1.1767 1.2370 1.2652 1.2939 1.2883 1.2157 1.2521 1.2459 1.2703 1.3020 1.3453 1.2937
Fine/ Warm Lap3 Lap4 1.2526 1.2519 1.1666 1.1765 1.3049 1.3045 1.3249 1.3346 1.2093 1.2212 1.2440 1.2491 1.1796 1.1803 1.2407 1.2454 1.2615 1.2605 1.2846 1.2753 1.2912 1.2939 1.2126 1.2585 1.2578 1.2478 1.2743 1.2246 1.2676 1.2657 1.3552 1.3132 1.3337 1.3150 1.5296 dnf
Lap5 1.2545 1.1701 1.3026 1.3260 1.2150 1.2530 1.1745 1.2508 1.2570 1.2773 1.2917 1.2304 1.2453 1.2208 1.2629 1.2960 1.3172
Lap6 1.2521 1.1649 1.3039 1.3374 1.2048 1.2504 1.1767 1.2509 1.2587 1.2760 1.2885 1.2214 1.2388 1.2314 1.2476 1.3063 1.3177
Lap7 1.2550 1.1705 1.2951 1.3284 1.2132 1.2497 1.1722 1.2419 1.2576 1.2821 1.2911 1.2179 1.2546 1.2414 1.2591 1.3070 1.3434
Lap8 1.2534 1.1675 1.2895 1.3343 1.2100 1.2480 1.1799 1.2432 1.2466 1.2797 1.2927 1.2120 1.2548 1.2265 1.2584 1.2830 1.3382
Lap9 1.2581 1.1670 1.2859 1.3310 1.2114 1.2483 1.1775 1.2407 1.2677 1.2727 1.2959 1.2083 1.2768 1.2371 1.2672 1.2968 1.3392
Average Handicap Difference Points 1.2547 1.2560 -0.0013 100 1.1693 1.1544 0.0149 89 1.2981 1.2800 0.0181 80 1.3301 1.3100 0.0201 71 1.2105 1.1900 0.0205 64 1.2483 1.2246 0.0237 57 1.1770 1.1530 0.0240 50 1.2435 1.2187 0.0248 44 1.2603 1.2349 0.0254 38 1.2817 1.2550 0.0267 33 1.2905 1.2613 0.0292 29 1.2210 1.1884 0.0326 24 1.2543 1.2200 0.0343 20 1.2415 1.2000 0.0415 16 1.2633 1.2200 0.0433 13 1.3077 1.2350 0.0727 9 1.3329 1.2000 0.1329 6 1.3720 1.2559 0.1161 0
RED=New Handicap OTHER MARQUES 29 Martin Donnon 22 Driver Alan 35 Graham Davidson 95 Matthew Leathley 50 Stewart Furze 20 Daniel Wallis 45 Wilson Keir 85 Juris Kuznecovs 4 Adam Rosewarne 52 Lachlan Farmer 8 Steve Mason 75 Damien Hirst
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STI Subaru STI STI Evo RS Maloo Nissan 180 GTR R35 Exige S WRX STI WRX STI Corolla STI V5
REPORT
1.1730 1.2509 1.1770 1.1824 1.2356 1.2613 1.1156 1.2570 1.3276 1.2664 1.3981 1.2043
1.4025 1.2236 1.1780 1.1836 1.2411 1.2754 1.1286 1.2619 1.3510 1.2716 1.4055 1.2044
dnf 1.2693 1.5197 1.1946 1.3483 1.3701 1.1612 1.2601 1.3529 1.2937 1.4184 1.4758
1.2279 1.1812 1.1899 1.2333 1.2379 1.1454 1.2634 1.2398 1.2668 1.3999 1.2061
1.2338 1.1824 1.2736 1.2972 1.2364 1.1313 1.2634 1.2567 1.2575 1.3921 1.1986
1.2617 1.2368 1.1885 1.1840 1.1790 1.1763 1.2342 1.2384 1.4382 1.2378 1.1371 dnf 1.2610 1.2615 1.2441 1.2205 1.2596 dnf 1.3971 1.3907 1.1986 1.2049
1.2309 1.1953 1.1747 1.2370 1.2419
1.4072 1.1926 1.1721 1.3072 1.4754
1.2647 1.2568 1.2282 1.2294 1.4163 1.4267 1.2040 1.2431
1.1730 1.3291 1.1848 1.1773 1.2714 1.3684 1.1156 1.2569 1.2785 1.2664 1.4124 1.2237
PCSA Super UPERSPRINT Sprint Round ROUND 3 5
18 MAR 2012 Mallala
Results Conditions:
Place CarNum Driver 1 3 Ewer Marty 2 58 Robert Harrison 3 65 Goodall Norm 4 55 O'Daly Tim 5 38 Geoff Crowe 6 7 Wright Chris 7 2 Paterson Roger 8 53 Eime Amelia 9 77 Ray Pryor 10 71 Ray Bessell
Fine/ Warm
Car 997 GT3 Carerra 89 911 SC GT3 911 Carerra Boxster 2.7 997 GT 3 996 GT 3 Spyder 996
Lap1 1.1638 1.2970 1.2367 1.2197 1.2570 1.2824 1.1773 1.2105 1.2749 1.3056
Lap2 1.1672 1.2922 1.2364 1.2186 1.2565 1.2848 1.1795 1.2186 1.2735 1.3067
Lap3 1.1656 1.2948 1.2462 1.2156 1.2490 1.2846 1.1820 1.2401 1.2872 1.3022
Lap4 1.1709 1.2933 1.2461 1.2240 1.2571 1.2916 1.1860 1.2314 1.2792 1.3037
Lap5 1.1692 1.2979 1.2549 1.2124 1.2494 1.2879 1.1810 1.2230 1.2877 1.3027
Lap6 Lap7 Lap8 1.1682 1.1702 1.1663 1.2954 1.3017 1.2877 1.2488 1.2557 1.2484 1.2038 1.2106 1.2169 1.2439 1.2596 1.2429 1.2898 1.2861 1.2915 1.1834 1.1804 1.1779 1.2255 1.2120 1.2142 1.2743 1.2810 1.2820 1.2939 1.3017 1.2865 RED=New Handicap
Lap9 Average Handicap Difference Points 1.1726 1.1682 1.1544 0.0138 100 1.2867 1.2941 1.2800 0.0141 82 1.2484 1.2468 1.2246 0.0222 67 1.2144 1.2151 1.1900 0.0251 54 1.2522 1.2520 1.2258 0.0262 43 1.2944 1.2881 1.2613 0.0268 33 1.1772 1.1805 1.1530 0.0275 25 1.2136 1.2210 1.1884 0.0326 18 1.2633 1.2820 1.2200 0.0620 11 1.2887 1.2991 1.2350 0.0641 5
Subaru STI Maloo Nissan 180 Exige S WRX STI WRX STI EVO 6 EVO 7 STI EVO 2012 WRX 2002 Holden XU1 EVO 9 Commodore STI V5
1.2356 1.2214 1.2387 1.2351 1.2388 1.2523 1.1587 1.2397 1.2144 1.2278 1.2512 1.3138 1.1730 1.2452 1.2027
1.2293 1.2391 1.2391 1.2342 1.2218 1.2246 1.1445 1.2432 1.2073 1.2208 1.2457 1.3059 1.1679 1.2388 1.2537
1.2363 1.2909 1.2412 1.2334 1.2405 1.2319 1.5514 1.2427 1.3672 1.2279 1.2392 1.3059 1.1709 1.2332 1.3122
1.2344 1.2395 1.2284 1.2460 1.2095 1.2294 1.1408 2.2584 1.2549 1.2255 1.2535
1.2445 1.2240 1.2300 1.2347 1.2406 1.2335 1.1629 dnf 1.2008 1.2212 1.2339
1.2401 1.2294 1.2739 1.2261 1.2473 1.2365 1.2516 1.2415 1.2458 1.2214 1.2336 1.2162 1.1724 dnf
1.2302 1.2357 1.2303 1.2340 1.2367 1.2245
1.2251 1.2256 1.2316 1.2334 1.2741 1.2237
1.4351 1.2302 1.2378
1.2935 1.2178 1.2404
1.4136 1.2197 1.2373
dnf 1.2372 1.2402
1.1878 1.2341 1.2057
1.1770 1.2296 1.2093
nt 1.1816 1.2348 1.2356 1.2059 nt
1.1680 1.2332 nt
1.2627 1.2378 nt
OTHER MARQUES 22 50 20 85 4 13 59 60 61 62 63 66 67 68 75
Driver Alan Stewart Furze Daniel Wallis Juris Kuznecovs Adam Rosewarne Chris Slee Art Niedzwiecki Leon Buitenhuis Michael Prout Adam Trimmer Chris Schapel Jason Perrrin Michael Willis Michael O'Donnell Damien Hirst
22-Apr12
Collingrove Hill Climb Results Position 1 2 3
Driver Roger Paterson Norm Goodall Robert Harrison
Car 997 GT3 911 under 3 Ltr 3001-6000
Number 72 65 167
Best Time 35.20 36.18 37.23
1.2339 1.2418 1.2359 1.2382 1.2366 1.2300 dnf dnf dnf 1.2253 1.2421 dnf 1.1861 1.2358 dnf
Event # 3 for 2011-12 Handicap 34.09 34.47 34.09
Percentage 103.25 104.96 109.21
Points 75 38 15
January - June 2012
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Story: Ron Wishart. Photos: Maria Obst
Club Run to Mount Barker
1st April 2012
The car park kept filling up and there were more cars than initially expected. A call to the destination to advise of the extras was made to ensure they could manage with the larger group with an affirmative response. Ray then called everyone together to quickly go through the route to be taken and how to reduce the possibility of losing a car or two. It is the first time I have followed this rule where you keep an eye on the cars ahead as well as those behind you. The day began with early warm sunshine giving the promise of an interesting drive. The shuffling of cars to get the SC out of its resting place done, Sharon and I headed through the suburbs to the meeting point at the Feathers Hotel on our first Sunday run with in the PCSA. We must have been heading in the right direction for the meeting point, as once we got onto Greenhill Road we found we sighted another Porsche, then another. The car park of the hotel was starting to fill up with German machinery by the time I found a park. Kym Obst welcomed Sharon and me and gave us the honour of writing the story for the day’s outing. Mixing with the members when new to the club is slow but rewarding. Peter Young was very helpful with tips on travelling through Germany since we will be going there in September. We also caught up with another couple new to the club, Andrew and Marg, who we had met at the British Hotel evening dinner back in January. David and Andrew were admiring the new paint job on Dave’s car; it really did look good. 24
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It is great to live in a city where you don’t have to drive tens of kilometres before you find interesting roads. Upon leaving the car park we headed for the hills and in a kilometre or so we were into the twisting roads of the Adelaide hills. The road is narrow to begin with which keeps the speed down, so much so that the snaking line of Porsches came to stop before reaching the top of the hill. We were too far back to see what was the cause of the stoppage. Resuming on the way saw the line of cars travel
down and then up through Crafers and then over the freeway. The next section of road was narrow, winding, up, down, and around, at speeds not much greater than 60kph (I think that was the speed limit anyway). Even at these speeds the blind corners produced wide eyed responses from unsuspecting oncoming drivers, especially one young lady in a Mazda 121 bubble car. The scenery along the top of the hills to Clarendon was lost in the concentration on the road and keeping sight of the cars in front and behind. The stop at Clarendon was a good break for driver and passenger. A stroll along the footpath in the main street of Clarendon to look at local shops and houses helped stretch the legs. Passing one Porsche we noticed a unique passenger, a little white dog, prompting the phrase “how much is the doggy in the window”. I was later informed that “Josh” is a well travelled Porsche passenger. Ame was heard to comment that due to the number of
black cars sighted on this run he thought a run just for the black cars would be an interesting event. We might have to keep him to his word on this subject. Time to head out again and the road to Mount Barker township was a bit quicker. It was all very interesting not having been on any of these roads before and the mix of straights, curves and speed limits was enjoyable. The destination of Mount Barker was reached easily by lunchtime. The destination venue was the Wallis Cinema complex. What a spectacular building for a cinema complex with its surrounding gardens and the building itself. The management allowed the club to park around the perimeter of the lawn in front of the restaurant of the complex. This made for some eye-appealing photos.
Goodall, Alex and Anne Innocenti, Andrew and Marg, was friendly and relaxing. We didn’t stay to take in a movie and left after dinner, but the cars, the route, the venue and lunch made for a great Sunday drive.
A certain Kym Somerville who lived nearby and did not come on the run, but was out walking his dog, turned up to chat with everyone. He is very knowledgeable about Porsche history and differences between models, quite anal was his terminology, and let me know that my car was not original for a ‘79 model, because the side indicators in the front guards were not originally fitted. What a let down, but he was conciliatory in mentioning that the car was in good condition. Lunch menu was varied and in keeping with the décor of this excellent theatre complex, with the feel of the early 1900’s, but modern at the same time. Table talk with Norm and Cate
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Story: Roger Paterson Photos: Chris Harvey (Brass Munky Media); Phil Williams; Bob Taylor; Roger Paterson
Mt Alma Mile 11st April 2012
Rob takes off It was a beautiful weekend in the Southern Vales for this year’s Mt Alma Hill Climb; the event that is routinely over-subscribed within hours of entries opening each year. Sixteen drivers identified their car club as being the Porsche Club of SA. Among them were six driving Porsches. The overall results are listed below for our club members. The final place was allocated on total cumulative time for 5 runs up the rather challenging hill, rather than on the competitor’s fastest run of the weekend. In Class results, Jeff Sabel and Kai Pottharst came 3rd and 4th in Marque Sports 20003000cc, while Jason Palmer and Adam Plate came 1st and 2nd in Marque Sports over 3000cc. Roger Paterson came 2nd in Road Registered under 4000cc, marginally behind an evil Nissan 180SX. The consolation for him was
taking the fastest run of the weekend of any road registered car. (Why is a Porsche GT3 is not allowed to be called a Marque Sports car, I hear you ask? If you find out, please inform the editor.)
easy”) Newton came 2nd amongst the very competitive Standard 4WD Saloon cars; his off track close encounter with a fence occurring just after the finish line. Keir’s car crashed and burned at the same spot during the shootout.
In other classes, Rob Black drove his sweet little 911S to 4th in Tarmac Rally 2WD, and Nick Streckheisen won the Tarmac Rally 4WD class, against some spirited opposition, including Tristan Catford, (son of Robbie, one of the legends of our club from past years). Hamish McKendrick came 7th in that class.
Overall, it was a most enjoyable weekend for all who attended. It is a great opportunity to participate in a very well organised event, and test car and driver on a longer and very challenging hill climb, which comes around just once a year. Thanks to the land-owners and the Southern Districts Car Club, and all the volunteers for making it all possible.
Keir Wilson, who regularly joins us at our sprint days at Mallala, and whose company Willall also co-sponsored the event, (together with Sebastian Lip’s Pilatus) came 2nd in Modified 4WD Saloons, and Julian (“I’m just taking it
Club members’ results are summarised below. Shoot-out results are on the website. www. mountalmamile.com
Driver
Car
Class
Fastest Time
Wilson Keir Newton Julian Streckeisen Nick Davidson Graham Donnon Martin Paterson Roger Palmer Jason Debiasi Adam Mckendrick Hamish Sabel Jeffrey Black Rob Pottharst Kai Plate Adam Weddle Christopher Leathley Gavin Weeks Kevin
Nissan GTR Nissan GTR Mitsubishi Evo8 RS Subaru Sti Type RA Subaru Sti Porche 997 GT3 Porsche 993RSR VW Beetle Mitsubishi Evo 9 Porsche 916 Porsche 911S Porsche 911 Porsche 911 Lotus Exige Mitsibishi Evo 10 Lamborghini
Modified 4WD Saloon Standard 4WD Saloon Tarmac Rally 4WD Modified 4WD Saloon Modified 4WD Saloon Road Registered Under 4000cc Marque Sports 3000-6000cc Improved Prod.N 2000-3000cc Tarmac Rally 4WD Marque Sports 2000-3000cc Tarmac Rally 2WD Marque Sport 2000-3000cc Marque Sports 3000-6000cc Road Registered Up To 2000cc Modified 4WD Saloon Tarmac Rally 4WD
00:44.489 03:45.529 00:44.562 03:46.173 00:04.530 03:50.614 00:46.260 03:53.807 00:46.067 03:53.969 00:48.279 04:08.812 00:50.019 04:12.880 00:49.555 04:14.599 00:49.903 04:15.066 00:50.992 04:20.562 00:53.413 04:37.612 00:54.923 04:37.773 00:55.261 04:39.923 00:49.426 00:46.145 00:42.599
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Total Time
Place 5 6 10 12 13 36 43 45 46 53 67 68 73 DNF DNF DNF
The Hill
Rob Black
Kai near the top
Adam on the start
Roger gets off the line
Kai Pottharst
Kai at bottom
Jason Palmer
January - June 2012
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Story: By Greg Keene (KRO Australia)
Porsche Racing in Touring Car Masters (TCM)
History TCM is for cars that raced in the Australian Touring Car Championship in the 60’s and 70’s and evolved from Historic Group N racing through to Biante Historic Touring Cars; the series emerging as the Touring Car Masters for its inaugural season in 2007 and has rapidly grown to become one of Australia’s premier racing categories, and one of the most popular and spectacular V8 Supercar support classes. TCM pioneered a new class of racing by introducing innovative technical regulations aiming to improve safety and reliability, cut running costs and provide an exciting and entertaining race package while maintaining the visual appeal of its period race cars. This has been a winning formula, with its mix of classic hero cars and modern improvements, such as disc brakes, dry-sumped engines and radial tyres, producing intense, dynamic racing right from the outset.
Class B: for all vehicles with an engine capacity up to 5100cc Season 2011 saw the toughest title challenge yet with each class go down to the wire, the final round crowning the latest champions in John Bowe (Class C - Ford Mustang), Gary O’Brien (Class B - Holden HQ GTS) and Amanda Sparks (Class A - Porsche 911).
The Team This year our TCM team drivers are Amanda Sparks, Ross & son Michael Almond and myself all driving 3 near identical 1973 911 RS Porsches immaculately prepared by long time team manager Stuart Martin from BUIK MOTORWORKS. Stuart and Andrew Smyth drive the transporter which can take 4 cars and all our gear. At the track they are supported by Mark Buik.
Showcasing a selection of immaculately prepared touring cars of the pre-1976 era, TCM boasts some of the sport’s most iconic muscle cars from Falcon GT’s, BOSS Mustangs, Chevrolet Camaros, Chrysler Chargers and Holden Monaros to the giant-toppling Holden Toranas and nimble Porsche 911 RS’s. The series features such former V8 Supercar greats as seven-time Bathurst winner and four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jim Richards; two-time Bathurst winner and former Australian Touring Car Champion, John Bowe; two-time Australian Touring Car and V8 Supercar Champion, Glenn Seton; four-time Australian Truck Racing Champion, South Australian Bob Middleton; Australian motor sport royalty in Andrew Miedecke, and across the years has seen guest drives from well-known racing stars including Charlie O’Brien, Phil Brock Kim Jane and the late Jason Richards. The series is a performance-based category and in 2012 has two divisions: Class A: for all vehicles with an engine capacity over 5101cc
The streets of Surfers Paradise The Touring Car Masters Board of Directors is Chris Stillwell (Chairman), Gavin Bullas, Tony Hunter and Drew Marget. All 4 founders have extensive motorsport experience, are very successful businessmen and TCM is a “labor of love” to them. Along with category manager Rowen Harman (also very experienced in motorsport) we are lucky to have a well run and well structured race series. KRO Australia - Porsche Racing Many club members will know our team as we have been racing (Porsche Cup, Nations Cup, Carrera Cup, GT3 Challenge), rallying (Targa, Classic Adelaide, Duttons National, Grand Prix) and Porsche Club eventing since 1994 with a few podiums, wins and championships along the way. We also currently race a West single seat open cockpit sportscar in the Sports Racer Series; when time permits
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The truck (pictured with Ross and Michael and 4 GT3’s on board!) is a masterpiece for loading and unloading. Our series in 2012 involves 5 rounds supporting the V8 Supercars, 2 Shannons National Series and 1 Muscle Car Masters. We drive at all tracks in all 7 states/territory in Australia except we have not yet been to Townsville. Favorite for me Bathurst of course, except the new extension at Eastern Creek (now called Sydney Motorsport Park) is awesome. The Racing Racing is racing!! No matter what series it’s always tough trying to be at the front. Generally TCM has good experienced drivers so it’s not ram bash (like V8 utes) or a few rich kids (who think they will be in F1 next year) spoiling it for the rest. TCM racing is hard, fast (we do 1min 15sec at Mallala) and fun.
advisory panel) which constantly monitors car performances to maintain performance parity and properly apply success based rev reduction and weight penalties to maintain close racing. Another interesting feature of our racing is that race 2 is a reverse grid of the top 10 from race 1. Although we can’t win a race we can finish 9th or 10th occasionally which puts us on the front row for race 2. This happened to Amanda and me in Darwin last year where we were 1 and 2 on the grid, and again at Clipsal for me this year (on pole!).
Ross and Michael with the truck Street circuits are different and challenging. Passing is difficult but generally there are a lot The South Australian Panzer Division of slow second gear corners which suits the Porsche. Clipsal in particular is very Porsche Our 3 Porsches plus John Nelson and Rory friendly as is the Gold Coast track. I like them O’Neill in similar vehicles (maintained by because you have to drive at 10 tenths where Mark Poole Motorsport) make up the whole 5 it’s safe and 9.5 tenths where a slight mistake Porsches in TCM. Generally we are midfield but wouldThe put South you into the wall. Panzer Division wepoints) have a for lot the of fun racingchampionship each other and the 7 Australian A class after Then of course there are other drivers who other classand B cars. rounds 21 races. Quite remarkable for can do that for you as Amanda found out this Our 3an Porsches plus John Nelsonupand year when out of control all locked carRory The 2011 Championship O’Neill in similar vehicles (maintained hubby combination. Race 1, turn punted her rudely into the wall on turn 5 at by The South Australian Panzer Division points)afor thewife A class championship after1 7 Poole Motorsport) make the at year Homebush sawthe melast getround a tap (Sydney in the tail ClipsalMark causing extensive damage andup ruining Last going into rounds and 21 races. Quite remarkable for her weekend pictureinon right). Not even whole 5(see Porsches TCM. Generally weanare Telstra and a500) cut tyre (didn’t even make it to turn at Homebush 1 point separated Our 3 Porsches plus John Nelson apology. But that’s fortunately a rare event in midfield but we have aand lot ofRory fun racing 2), so Amanda steamed away keeping Amanda (1000 points) and me (999 points)out for and racing isthe usually clean and fun. a hubby eachthe other and(maintained other class B cars. O’Neill inTCM similar vehicles by trouble to easily winafter the championship Race 1, turnand 1 theofAwife classcombination. championship 7 rounds Our Porsches annoy the crap out of the bigger the end. A very well adeserved result as it 21inraces. Quite remarkable for ain hubby & wife Mark Poole Motorsport) make up the at Homebush saw me get tap the tail 6 litre V8’s in class A as our cars only weigh combination. Race turn3rd1make at Homebush saw season of racing wastyre actually only1,even her The 2011 Championship whole 5 Porsches in TCM. Generally we are and a cut (didn’t it to turn all up 1090kg and the Mustangs, Camaros, meand getmy a tap tailvery and proud a cut tyre (didn’t I am of her and 20thin!!the Monaros and GTHO 1600 kg. 2), soeven midfield but we have a lotFalcons of funweigh racing Amanda away keeping out make itsteamed to used turn 2), so Amanda steamed have gotten to the ribbing I get Last year going into the last round (Sydney So and we corner, brakeclass and get the power down of trouble each other the other B cars. to easily win the championship away keeping out of trouble to easily win constantly about being beaten by my the wife. Telstra at Homebush point But on (especially off500) the start line) much1 better. championship in well theboth end. A the veryfront well deserved in the end. A very deserved result as When we were on row of it the straights 650hp easily passes 350hp sadly! separated Amanda (1000 points) and I (999 result as it was actually rd only her 3rd season of the grid in Darwin last year the season of racing was actually only her 3 big difference and advantage for us is The 2011Another Championship racing and I am very proud of her and th my 20th!! commentator (after pointing out we were in the wet. The big heavy V8 cars which have and my !! I used am very herconstantly and have20 gotten to theproud ribbingof I get the same size wheels and only slightly wider haveabout husband/wife) said on live national TV being beaten by my wife. When we gotten used to the ribbing I get were Last yeartyres going into roundbeast (Sydney than us the are alast complete in the wet. “These can’trow work out whoinis Darwin on top”last ha both onabout the2 front the grid beingofbeaten by my wife. In contrast the Porsche is brilliant as evident byconstantly Telstra 500) at Homebush 1 point hathe ha.commentator (after pointing out we year When we were both on the front row of 4th place(1000 in qualifying in wet, conditions separatedmyAmanda points) andwet I (999 were husband/wife) said on live national TV at Sandown last year. Didn’t last long in the drythe grid last year “These 2Darwin can’t work who is on 3top” Atin Barbagallo lastout year inthe race we ha ha race the next day!! ha.
Coming together Summary After 20 years of racing I am very pleased to be in Touring Car Masters with a great bunch of racers and especially with my darling wife Amanda. Our 8 year old daughter Lili sometimes cheers for me but usually for Mum. Summary Thanks to all the members of the Porsche Club of SA20 who haveofsupported and followed us and After years racing I am very pleased in particular to those members who got me to be in Touring Car Masters with a great Summary started all those years ago and helped give me bunch of racers and especially a real love of Porsche racing. with my
darling wife Amanda. Our 8 year old After 20 Lili years of racing I amforvery pleased daughter sometimes cheers me but usually Mum. Thanks to all thewith a great to be inforTouring Car Masters members the Porsche Club of SA who bunch ofofracers and especially with my have supported and followed and inold darling wife Amanda. Ourus 8 year particular to those members who got me daughter Lili sometimes cheers for me but started all those years ago and helped give usually Thanks to all the me a realfor loveMum. of Porsche racing.
members of the Porsche Club of SA who have supported and followed us and in particular to those members who got me started all those years ago give Keene on and polehelped at Clipsal me a real love of Porsche racing.
commentator (after outapart we were crossed the line pointing 0.03 seconds after a
race long battle where masteredTV the art husband/wife) said on live Inational Generally the TCM people are very friendly, At Barbagallo last year in race 3 we crossed the of2 blocking (her!). Wewho reckon that’s some helpful and fun to be with. Our cars are easy to“These can’t work out is on top” ha line 0.03 seconds apart after a race long battle sort of record. maintain at the track as Porsches always are: ha ha. where I mastered the art of blocking (her!). We unless we have CONTACT. When Amanda and reckon that’s some sort of record. I rub panels they are called “love taps”!!! The Sponsors series is well managed and the directors involve At Barbagallo last year in race 3 we the teams and licence holders in decision crossed the line 0.03 seconds apart after a Laucke Flour, Adelaide Blackburn Terraces KRO Australia – Porsche Racing is sponsored by SPORTSMED.SA, Copyworld, Riviera Marine, making. I am a class rep to the TAP (technical
race long battle where I mastered the art of blocking (her!). We reckon that’s some sort of record.
Sponsors KRO Australia – Porsche Racing is sponsored by SPORTSMED.SA, Copyworld, Riviera Marine, Laucke Flour, Adelaide Blackburn Terraces
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Tarmac Rally Story: Ian Neville Photos: Bob Taylor; Phil Williams
After crashing into the Armco on Clarendon Stage AHTR in 2010 and procrastinating on rebuilding my Porsche, it was nice to get behind the wheel again after 2 years of no competition. It was a surprise and a last minute entry for 2012, as I decided on biting the bullet to repair the 911 after spectating in Hobart at the Wrest Point Targa event in January. During dinner, and after Targa community mates had all asked where the “black Porsche” was, I said to Leonie, “I have decided to rebuild the black car.” Her comment was, “You can’t walk away from competing yet, can you? Go ahead and get it out of your system” So that led to a frantic $45,000.00 rebuild. I had a discussion with Mark Poole and wanted the car ready for August for the Supaloc Classic Targa. He agreed he could have car ready in time. Cheekily I said “well can you try and have it 30
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ready in May? And I will enter AHTR.” “No problems“ Mark replied, so I kept him to his promise. The car was finished at 3:00 pm Wednesday of scrutineering and driven to Aldom Trailers at Regency Park for checking at 6:00 pm. Cut it very fine. The roll cage failed full welding on an “A” pillar, so back to workshop Thursday morning. We presented at Mallala on Friday morning for re-checking. Final sign off was at 10:00 am. Finally got a start. Prologue in the afternoon was followed by two runs around the circuit counting for points. This was followed by 3 stages and then a transport section back to Serafino Winery. We approached the event with philosophy of it being a learning experience for both me and the car. I was rusty with my driving skill, and the car was completely different. During the
rebuild I took advantage of the opportunity to add substantial roll bar protection work as per new CAMS regs. This now makes it very difficult to enter and exit cabin. With the seats on slides and a removable steering wheel I manage a “Yoga” position and extricate myself. “Not getting any more agile now I am 60.” The weather for the three days was cool and very little rain. The roads had grip in parts and were still wet in others, because of the shadows cast by the trees. I found the stages sometimes technical which required caution, and sometimes fast flowing. On Carackalinga we experienced the car floating at 190 kph. Diagnosed as lift from the front bash plate and too much weight reduction in the front of the car, upsetting aerodynamics. Problem is now solved with an air diffuser for more down force and carrying a full load of fuel.
Ian Neville and Ian Crook. Car 17 “Rothmans Rally Replica” 1978 SC 3.0
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We backed off the front shockers 1½ turns and played with tyre pressures, finally achieving the turn in under braking I was after. The car came together on Sunday. Paris Creek stage we did 3 times, after Macclesfield stage was cancelled. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC !!!! Corners were eights and nines and fast flowing left into right into left etc. Fifth gear and no more left in the throttle. It is when I recall this moment in writing this article it makes me appreciate how lucky we are to drive such beautiful Porsche classics on closed roads. It really is a privilege that I hope continues. Thanks to Mark Poole from Mark Poole Motorsports and all the guys, John, Dave, Drew and Andrew. You gave me a Porsche that was safe and a delight to drive.
Thanks to the Southern Districts Car Club for organising the event and to all the sponsors. It went off despite some testing pre event issues. On behalf of all the competitors and Porsche Club members, a big thank you. (PS. Four Porsches competed. In addition, Kristian Downing and Clayton Webber joined the Thoroughbred Touring category for the event, as did Geoff Crowe and Vic Moore for the Saturday. The competitors in order of the overall elapsed time for the event were Glyn Crimp and Frank Brookhouse (above) in a 924 GTS club sport, Andrew Box and Kevin Warner in a 944 Turbo, the ubiquitous Rob Black and Naomi Tillet in a 911S, and Ian Neville and Ian Crook. Ed.)
Andrew Box and Kevin Warner
Glyn Crimp and Frank Brookhouse in a 924 GTS clubsport
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Up Close and Personal with
Norm Goodall Ed. G’Day Norm. Tell us a bit about where you’ve come from. I was born in Salisbury SA on the 13th May 1944 and grew up on a dairy farm opposite Parafield Aerodrome. To me eduction was just required as the minimum means to achieve a goal, a pilot’s licence My first ‘job’ was when I was thirteen and a half at the Royal Aero Club of SA, on weekends and school holidays as the “tarmac boy” to earn money to learn to fly at sixteen. So you were pretty keen? On my sixteenth birthday I obtained both my drivers licence, so I could legally ride my Jawa 250 motorbike on the road and my Student Pilot’s Licence. On the 20th May I did my first solo flight after at the minimum of 8 hours instruction in the DHC-1 Chipmunk. At that time I was the youngest person to fly solo in Australia. I joined the RAAF in June 1962 to undergo pilot training initially flying the Winjeel at Point Cook and then the Vampire at Pearce WA. So when did your passion for motorsport start? While at Pearce I entered my first competitive event, the “Neptune Pathfinder Rally” in a Ford Anglia. My navigator and I started 110th in a field of 134. At the end we won our class and came 6th outright! After graduating as the “Most Proficient Pilot” on course in October 1963 I was posted to Williamtown NSW to undergo fighter pilot training on the Avon Sabre. I was posted to my first Squadron on my twentieth birthday. Next highlight was a deployment to RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia in September 1962 to bolster the number of pilots in 77 Squadron during confrontation with Indonesia. In mid 1965 I under went a conversion course to fly the Mirage III. Let’s get back to your motorsport. During this time I purchased a Ford Cortina GT500. Not only was it the family hack but also my club car which I ran at Warwick Farm and Mallala. I had my first win at Mallala in June 1966 in the handicap race beating Clem Smith in his Valiant. Then during 1967 to 1969 I flew Mirages in Butterworth (and became the first RAAF pilot to log 1000 hours in that aircraft). Motor sport was very big in Penang and the RAAF Motor Club was part of the organizing group for the Penang Grand Prix. I ran my Alfa Giulia Super in motorkhanas on grass, which was great fun. It cost about 50 cents to have the car cleaned, including underneath, after the event! On return to Australia I flew Mirages at Williamtown before I underwent a helicopter conversion in 1970 prior going to Vietnam as the Flight Commander of the Gunships. During my twelve months tour I flew 963 hours, over 2000 sorties, fired 1.300.000+ rounds of mini gun 7.62 rounds and 4100 2.75inch rockets. I was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for action against the enemy.
Most impressive! You’ve certainly led an exciting life! In 1972 I was back at Williamtown flying Mirages again and resumed an active part in motor sport. I purchased the Cicada Ford Sports car, built by the late Doug Trengrove here in South Australia. The first event I competed in was the opening meeting at Adelaide International Raceway in January 1972. I also competed several times at Oran Park. Later in the year I undertook a flying instructors course at East Sale, Victoria before moving to Pearce WA. I spent two years instructing on the Macchi aircraft, as well as doing low-level aerobatic displays for a graduation course. Motor sport was only at Wanneroo (Barbargello) and I had great fun in the Cicada. In 1974 Doug Trengrove started to build a clubman sports car for me, but this opportunity was not to come to fruition as I was posted to the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. The next couple of years were spent on the “cocktail circuit” in the diplomatic corps. The only motor sport was trying to survive Bangkok traffic! The 5.4 kms from home to the Embassy took; 50 minutes walking; normally 35 minutes by car; record, 1hour 55 minutes by car! Again, on return to Australia I went back to Williamtown to fly Mirages, this time as the Executive Officer of No 77 Squadron. The next three years I spent restoring a 1977 MG B. In 1979 I went back to Butterworth and enjoyed time as Officer in Charge of the RAAF Butterworth Motor Club during this tour. I organised a stock car speedway track on the base and the club was enthusiastically involved with the Penang Grand Prix. Back to Australia in 1982 to Glenbrook NSW, and this time while I was closer to the racing tracks, I took up sailing! In 1983 I was appointed Commanding Officer of No1 Recruit Training Unit at RAAF base Edinburgh SA. That was certainly a very interesting man management position. You certainly got around a bit. When did you end up leaving the Air Force? I retired from my military career after having enjoyed a great 23 years, in 1985. The next twelve months were interesting: got divorced; nobody wanted a fighter pilot in civilian jobs. I had to admit that I was a helicopter pilot and went on to fly for Lloyd Helicopters in the media, rescue, and oil search roles. Then Cate and I were married, our daughter Emma arrived, and the old dream of sailing around the world surfaced again. This saw us purchase a ‘Duncanson 37’ hull and deck, and kept pouring money into it until it eventually floated. On the 11th March 1998 we sailed out of Adelaide heading West to the Kimberlys. Emma was three and a half, and apart from a knock down 120 nautical miles South of Esperance, it was an uneventful passage. We spent the next three years sailing around while based in the Northern Territory.
I flew intermittently all over Australia and the Philippines. And you sailed around the world? Yes, in May 1994 I retired from flying and in the July we headed west and after passing through the Suez Canal, the Atlantic ocean, the Carribean (54 lobsters in 6 weeks), the Panama canal, and the Pacific Ocean we made Australian landfall at Bundaberg. We arrived back in Adelaide exactly 8 years to the day after we had sailed away - on the 11th March 1998. We had travelled 37000 nautical miles and visited 37 countries. We sold our yacht “Mirage V” in 1999 and I bought my first Porsche, the 911 SC Targa. Is that when you started competing in Porsches? Less than twelve months after a young guy bought our yacht, he had a heart attack and died at age 42. Then another long-standing yachtie friend also sailed into the sunset at too early an age. I realised time was short, so I bought another 911SC and the old racing bug kicked back in. Why not have a bit of fun - competition!! As they say, the rest is history. That was twelve years ago. How much longer will I or can I keep this up until I stop enjoying the greatest car in the world!? Is there a Porsche driving highlight? Porsche Camp 4 in Finland on ice. High speed driving in slow motion. What would be your dream Porsche? A 911 SC with a supercharged 993 engine, 585bhp. As you get older one needs more horsepower to over come the lack of ability!
NOTE TO THOSE PLANNING TO ATTEND SIT DOWN MEALS AT SOCIAL EVENTS REQUIRING PRIOR BOOKING Please do not embarrass yourself by attending at the last minute, without a booking, or even checking with the organiser, and having to be turned away for lack of a seat. It is rude, and not fair to those who have booked to be squashed into a smaller space, or worse, to find that an interloper has occupied their booked seat. Ed.
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Story: Norm Goodall Photos: Roger Paterson; 35Prime
Mallala Super Sprint 10 June 2012
Dummy grid Arriving at Mallala at 0745hrs to a fine but frosty day, there was already a queue waiting for the gates to open. Once David arrived with the keys it didn’t take long to have the track set up and the paper work underway. There were “sheep stations” riding on the results. I needed a good win, as I was running a very close second in both the Drivers Championship and the Sprint championship. The pressure was on! At the Drivers briefing there was a minute’s silence for Mike Rooke who was tragically killed in a race at the track the week before. After lunch I had the honour of leading not only the competing cars, but also members who had driven out to Mallala to do a lap of honour for Mike.
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Due to the low numbers of entrants there were only three groups, so in the morning there were three timed practise runs. The three sprint rounds went off without any problems. Due to the fact I did not know that I would be doing the report I can’t embarrass anyone for their indiscretions! Now to the winners, in first place was Robert Harrison, second Doug McPherson and third Marty Ewer. Congratulations to all. Three drivers broke their PB’s, Robert Harrison, Marty Ewer and Norm Goodall. Thank you to all the officials and volunteers for making another successful event. Congratulations to Roger Paterson on winning the Drivers Championship and to Marty Ewer for winning the Sprint Championship.
Ray Geoff and Vic
UPERSPRINT ROUND PCSA Super Sprint Round 3 6
10 June 2012 Mallala
Results Conditions:
Place CarNum Driver 58 Robert Harrison 1 39 Doug McPherson 2 3 Ewer Marty 3 2 Paterson Roger 4 84 Steve Thiele 5 65 Goodall Norm 6 32 Phil Jaquillard 7 6 Jason Palmer 8 28 Matthew Johnson 9 9 Bob Weekes 10
Fine/Cool
Car Carerra 89 964 C2 997 GT3 997 GT 3 993 911 SC GT3 993 RSR 944 Cayman R
Lap1 1.2918 1.2708 1.1688 1.1616 1.2673 1.2480 1.1963 1.1706 1.3389 1.2422
Lap2 1.2846 1.2654 1.1651 1.1781 1.2640 1.2415 1.1965 1.1703 1.3462 1.2451
Lap3 1.2755 1.2629 1.1651 1.1608 1.2712 1.2452 1.1880 1.1663 1.3456 1.2387
Lap4 1.2716 1.2639 1.1628 1.1583 1.2679 1.2385 1.1905 1.1704 1.3203 1.2469
Lap5 1.2676 1.2570 1.1633 1.1551 1.2660 1.2317 1.1929 1.1671 1.3160 1.2440
Lap6 Lap7 Lap8 1.2691 1.2768 1.2734 1.2577 1.2585 1.2605 1.1616 1.1610 1.1573 1.1581 1.1560 1.1574 1.2651 1.2634 1.2626 1.2366 1.2345 1.2238 1.1879 1.1957 1.1937 1.1683 1.1652 1.1602 1.3175 1.3290 1.3250 1.2448 1.2473 1.2597 RED=New Handicap
Subaru STI Maloo R32 GTR WRX STI EVO X EVO 7 EVO 6 Lotus Exige STI EVO 2012 WRX WRX EVO 7 Commodore GTR
1.2191 1.2200 1.1360 DNS 1.1968 1.2367 DNS 1.2028 1.2174 1.1981 1.3523 DNS nt 1.2225 1.1667
1.2083 1.2173 1.3270
1.2190 1.2973 1.1319
1.2219 1.2160 1.2163 1.2142 1.2137 1.2803 1.3965 nt nt
1.1873 1.2311
1.2614 1.2187
1.1930 nt
1.1980 1.1979 1.1968 1.2143
1.3465 1.1941 1.1917 1.5374
1.1995 dnf 1.2081 dnf
nt 1.2182 1.1579
nt 1.2153 1.1466
1.3236 1.3362 1.1396
Lap9 Average Handicap Difference Points 100 1.2711 1.2757 1.2800 -0.0043 1.2551 1.2613 1.2550 0.0063 82 1.1532 1.1620 1.1544 0.0076 67 1.1646 1.1611 1.1530 54 0.0081 43 1.2716 1.2666 1.2550 0.0116 1.2277 1.2364 1.2246 0.0118 33 25 1.1975 1.1932 1.1801 0.0131 1.1564 1.1661 1.1500 18 0.0161 1.3304 1.3299 1.3100 11 0.0199 1.2609 1.2477 1.2200 0.0277 5
OTHER MARQUES 22 50 69 29 95 74 66 21 61 62 70 42 76 68 17
Driver Alan Stewart Furze Andrew Bartlett Martin Donnon Mat Leathley Marc Plate Art Niedzwiecki Chris Weddle Michael Prout Adam Trimmer Garry Dodd Matt Knighton Gerard Miller Michael O'Donnell Kier Wilson
1.2147 dnf 1.1382
1.2179
1.2147
1.1295
1.2014
1.1797 nt
1.1731 dnf nt 1.2316
1.2124
1.2249
1.1930
1.3505 dnf
1.1887
1.1916
1.1936
1.1945
1.2376
1.3083 1.2104 1.1354
1.3138 dnf 1.2071 1.2127 1.1379 dnf
1.2107
1.2099
1.2164 1.2405 1.2086 #DIV/0! 1.1986 1.2259 #DIV/0! 1.2484 1.2031 1.2001 1.3680 #DIV/0! 1.3152 1.2270 1.1474
Jason Palmer in his genuine 993 RSR, originally imported by Geoff Morgan for Porsche Cup racing. Photo: 35Prime
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Members’ Survey Summary Thank you to all members who took the time to respond to the surveys put out by your committee in June and July. This will certainly help guide the direction of the club going forward, as the committee continues to strive to provide for the increasing interest in social activities including club runs, as well as maintaining an appropriate level of competition opportunity. Social The social side of the club has certainly come to the fore, and will be further encouraged and subsidised financially. The pub dinners are known to be very popular, but the most popular social activity seems to be the club runs, with 23 rating this as a high priority for them, plus another 20 as a medium priority. But we are first and foremost a Porsche car club, so it no surprise to find that even though only 22 say that using their Porsche as their daily driver is high or medium priority, 48 and 44 respectively rate driving in the hills, and driving flat out, as high and medium priorities. Sprints While 30 rate competing at Mallala sprints a priority, 47 would like to do it for fun, so clearly we need to address how to make it more fun for those who don’t want to be too serious. Maybe we could look at making a social outing out of lunch time at a Mallala sprint day, with an emphasis on “Come and Try”, perhaps combined with a club run for those who don’t want to take to the track. One of the issues, however, is how many events would be the ideal number, as only very few are keen to attend 5 or 6 sprints in a year. On the other hand, more dates means less likelihood of missing out due to clashing priorities, for those who do wish to come out about 3 times a year. We will also try harder to avoid clashing with long weekends and Bathurst. Hillclimbs and Motorkhanas Competing in Hillclimbs is of interest for 15-20, but 35 would be interested in a run just for fun. The handicapping system has been a cause of concern, and the committee has now changed
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it to give everyone more chance. Motorkhana is less popular, with only 14 interested in competing, and 20 interested in having a go for fun. Maybe the patterns need to be more to everyone’s liking? We’d certainly like to see more people at these events, which are also a great opportunity for a social get together, and a bit of good hearted banter about some drivers’ exploits, as well as being impressed with the expertise of others. Race tracks and rallies What was unexpected was the high degree of interest in experiencing other race tracks (23 high, and 15 medium), and participating in tarmac rallies (15 high, 17 medium). There were also 7 very keen on circuit racing, and another 13 with a medium interest. The Data Porsche enjoyment survey 77 full members responded; 3 did not own a Porsche currently; results for the 74 who do: Please rate the following list of activities according to the priority for you as to how you like to enjoy the ownership of your Porsche: (H = high, M = medium, L = low/occasional, X = not at all) Daily driver: 17H, 5M, 27L, 20X Drive in the hills: 34H, 14M, 18L, 3X Club runs: 23H, 20M, 20L, 8X Pub dinners with club members: 10H, 17M, 29L, 15X Driving flat out in a safe environment: 31H, 23M, 11L, 4X Experiencing different race tracks: 23H, 15M, 19L, 14X Mallala sprints for fun: 31H, 16M, 19L, 7X Mallala sprints for club competition: 18H, 12M, 21L, 21X Motorkhanas for fun: 4H, 16M, 31L, 19X Motorkhanas for club competition: 5H, 9M, 29L, 27X Hillclimbs for fun: 15H, 20M, 19L, 16X Hillclimbs for club competition: 10H, 10M, 21L, 29X Tarmac rallies: 15H, 17M, 13L, 25X Circuit racing: 7H, 13M, 17L, 34X
Competition survey: 47 responded (including 8 associates). 10 said no to motorsport. The data is for the 37 who said yes: Sprints. Do you intend to enter a sprint in the next 12 months? 36 yes If YES how many? 8 said all 6; the rest said an average of 3. Which group(s) would you like to enter? Driver training: 6 Untimed: 8 Timed (competition): 29 Would you like to be an official, or help out in any other way? 6 Motorkhana Do you intend to enter a motorkhana in the next 12 months? 15 yes If yes how many? Av 2; Only 3 would do all 3 Hillclimbs Do you intend to enter a Collingrove hillclimb in the next 12 months? 14 yes (plus 4 associates) If yes how many? Av: 2. Only 3 would do all 3 Different handicapping? 5 yes More feedback welcome! The committee is always interested in feedback from members with regard to likes and dislikes, so any gripes or requests would be welcomed, either by communicating with any committee member, or as a letter to the editor to stimulate discussion through the magazine.
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Turning the camera on
BOB TAYLOR
Story: David Wiffen INTRODUCTION While many of us look at Bob Taylor’s photographs in awe in this magazine and other Auto journals, many of us realise that his style had a unique ‘feel‘. His pictures are successful, because they bring in an unusual colour balance and sharpness to the images of the cars at the track. So we felt it was time that we returned the compliment, and put a Porsche Report ‘camera’ on this familiar figure behind the lens. FIRST CAMERAS and EARLY DAYS Bob’s passion for photography came at an early age. It began at the age of seven with an old Kodak foldaway camera with questionable bellows. He had to fill the holes in the old bellows with dark boot polish! Then he acquired a humble Practica with no light meter. No doubt there have been others, but now we see him with big 400mm lens and a couple of D3 Nikons - in Porsche terms, a good quality 911 - in his hands! As he said when interviewed for this article, he has kept Mr Kodak in business over the years using his film. Now the modern photographer has more control, and can take his pictures to the final stage in this digital age. Gone are the days of working in the orange glow of the dark room and smelling of developing chemicals to get the final picture. Bob cut his teeth on Aviation photography, but soon moved on to cars, bikes and boats. Looking through some of his many folios, we can see the talent that captures the best pictures of ‘’men and machines’’. He makes the image leap from the page. (Have a look at his website to see some of his latest --www. freewebs.com/bobtee – voted as being within the top 5% of their web sites worldwide!) Bob Taylor Quote –“Anyone can point a camera, press the trigger and get a result .From the outset ,you truly need a plan and an idea of what you are trying to achieve. I call it a vision, a plan for the ‘picture’ ”. A DAY AT THE TRACK Bob starts his day early, signing in with the drivers at the Validation Office .He is finding out who is there, and what special vehicles are in the pits. If someone wants to have a special photograph, he likes to know at the beginning of the day. Maybe it’s an Adelaide Clipsal event, Classic Adelaide, Historic Races at Winton or Phillip Island, a Porsche Cup day, A Sprint day at Mallala, or a day of power boat racing or mountain bike racing, but he still has to find in the right location.
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Bob Taylor Quote – “I like going to the shows at night, and photographing all the colour and action, and then at the other end of the scale experiencing all the high octane noise that is special to Drag Racing! “ He tells of the success of going to one 3 day Drag Event, and spending the first day, sans camera, just walking round the pit area getting to know people, without pointing the lens at them. In that way he can get his subjects to relax, when he does not have his cameras at the ready. It paid off in the pictures he produced the next day. He says he can see when some drivers shut their eyes as they are coming round a Mallala bend, and the low sun catches them by surprise. (I say the ‘’look of surprise’’ is due to the effect of Bob’s long lens looking at them, and that makes them blink!) After he has got home, and had a shower to remove the track dust, he is then back on his computer looking at ways to get a better image with even tighter cropping, and deleting those that do not meet his standards . At the end of the day, he may have taken several thousand images which he has edited down to a select few, that have his distinct ‘’signature’’. When he has done all that, had a relaxing beer, then he might let you have a look. BOB’S SELECTION OF PICTURES Bob Taylor Quote – “For those who aspire to be great, first of all you have to do great things in the eyes of your witnesses, because ultimately they will judge you by what you achieve, not by what you perceive you have achieved.” So, after that quote, the article would not be complete without a selection of Bob’s pictures. We have let him make the final choices!
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Story: David Wiffen
SUPERSPRINTS 2012
The Supersprint is a highlight of the Club for many of our members. After every event it is not uncommon to hear drivers tell us how much they’ve enjoyed the day. They appreciate the opportunity to drive their cars safely at speed around the Mallala track. However, as many members of the Porsche Club are aware, the Supersprints’ numbers have been declining over the past year. Although the regulars remain loyal, the club is dependent on attracting members from outside groups such as Subaru, Mitsubishi and more recently the Corvette Club, as well as individual participants. The 22 July sprint entry was 40, which although more than the June meet, it still was not enough to cover the overall costs. Of these,
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20 entrants were Porsche drivers. As much as we welcome our non-Porsche driving associate members, it would be preferable to see a larger proportion of Porsche drivers at an event. The numbers seem to be particularly low over the last six months. To some extent, it can be explained by such things as competing major sporting car events, inclement weather and long weekends. This situation is not peculiar to our club as many other car clubs are experiencing this lowering of numbers. The reasons for this situation are manifold, however, but we believe the GFC is probably the main cause. This aside, it has been encouraging to see that we are still able to find volunteers who help with
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the running of each sprint. We have willing flag officials, starters and form-up personnel, some of whom have been commandeered at the last minute! Officials from CAMS often compliment us on their contribution towards the success of the day. The committee and other interested members have discussed the numbers at length. Two surveys have been conducted with the membership to find out the reasons and we want to take into account our members’ wishes. These will be studied closely, before any changes, if any, are made to the club plans for Supersprints at Mallala in 2013.
Championship
Sprint Championship 2011-2012 Congratulations Marty! Place 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
Driver Ewer Marty Goodall Norm Bonner Randall Harrison Robert McPherson Douglas O'Daly Tim Paterson Roger Jaquillard Phil Nick Strekiessen Johnson Mat Wright Chris Eime Amelia Mckendrick Hamish Thiele Steve Mayer Peter Bruce Pollard (vic) Obst Kym Pryor Ray Jason Palmer Curyer Daryl Crowe Geoff Weekes Bob Alan Robson Bessell Ray Tim Schulz Andrew Hutchison (vic) Peter Perrin Jim Dounis Randolph Bowen Wallace Kym Pazios Christos Moore Vic
Car 997 GT3 911SC 944T 911 3.2 964 996 GT3 997 GT3 996 GT3 944 turbo cup 944 Boxster 2.7 996 GT3 944 turbo 996 Cab Cayman S 944 S2 Boxster S Spyder 993 RSR 996 C4 911 3.4 Cayman R GT3 Cup 996 916 GT 944 S2 964 RS 84 carerra 964 RS 944 997 4S 911 3.2
SS 1 64 100 80 38 13 0 71 89 20 24 29 57 50 6 44
33 9
SS 2 65 75 12 47 40
SS 3 89 48 100
87 100 8 56 33 27
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71 29 24 38
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SS6 67 33
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33 18
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SS 4 89 57 100 80 33 64 50
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Total 474 380 280 274 255 213 199 174 171 169 168 149 108 106 73 57 50 50 46 44 43 42 33 33 21 16 16 6 6 4 3 0
Drivers’ Championship: highest points over all rounds less 1 round (of lowest points) of each discipline. The dropped round for first and second is shown in red. Zero points in black indicates attendance, but DNF.
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Story: Geoff Crowe, Competition Results Secretary
Competition Events for 2012/13
10 June 2012 The committee has spent considerable time in reviewing and considering changes to its three competition events for this year. We recognise some members just wish to enjoy the track time while others are serious and wish to have their improvement measured. We want to cater for all. Below is a brief summary of the changes: Hill Climbs. The 3 competition events for PCSA are conducted by the Sporting Car Club and run under the auspices of CAMS at Collingrove. Last year we introduced and tested a new handicapping system to ensure a fair and equitable outcome for all. The system works, however we recognised that more classes of vehicles need to be catered for. This year we have 14 classes with benchmark times to compete against so every car and every driver will have a chance of winning, although it will
take some practice!. Collingrove is technical, challenging and will improve driver skills and car setup knowledge. More importantly it’s a lot of fun! Motorkhana. We have not made any changes to the scoring system. We know from experience that the winners are usually the most practiced and experienced. An ‘old ‘ 911 can often beat the newest Porsche. We will be running a good mixture of patterns requiring a variety of skills. Supersprints. No changes to the scoring system. All cars have a ‘base’ handicap time, usually based on power/weight. Once a handicap is broken, the new PB (Sub Handicap) becomes the competitors new handicap time. It’s great to see members work away
at reducing their lap times and beating their handicaps. Again, there is no substitute for practice and experience. Changes -Future Super sprints will be offering two practice runs and the first competition round before lunch. Following lunch we will have a further two competition rounds followed by a non-competitive round of 6 laps. (Time permitting). This will give those who wish to have more track time an opportunity for more practice or testing. Please note all 3 events are available to spectators free of charge. Why not come and have a look, bring a picnic lunch, bottle of your favorite beverage and enjoy the social side of competition from trackside.
PCSA Motorkhana Championship 2012 Motorkhana Championship 2011-2012 Congratulations Roger Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Driver Roger Paterson Ray Pryor Bob Weekes Andrew Burgess Amelia Eime Tim O'Daly Norm Goodall Doug McPherson Phill Kellett Dave Wiffen Mark Webster Daryl Curyer Chris Fryer
Car 997 GT 3 Spyder Cayman R Spyder Boxter Boxter 911 SC 964 C2 85 Carerra 964 Cab Boxter 996 4S 911
Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Total Points 100 100 100 300 71 67 60 198 78 78 43 23 66 45 45 33 33 25 25 14 14 11 11 DNF 0 7 7 DNF 0 0 DNF 0 0 DNF 0 0
PCSA Hillclimb Championship 2012 Hillclimb Championship 2012 Congratulations Roger Position 1 2 3 4 5 44
Driver Paterson Roger Goodall Norm Marc Plate Robert Harrison Mayer Peter
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Drivers’ Championship 2011-2012 Congratulations Roger Position
ENTRANT 1 Roger Paterson 2 Norm Goodall 3 Marty Ewer 4 Robert Harrison 5 Randal Bonner 6 Doug McPherson 7 Ray Pryor 8 Tim O'Daly 9 Amelia Eime 10 Phil Jaquillard 11 Nick Strekiessen 12 Matthew Johnson 13 Chris Wright 14 Bob Weekes 15 Hamish McKendrick 16 Steve Thiele 17 Peter Mayer 18 Andrew Burgess 19 Marc Plate 20 Bruce Pollard (vic) 21 Kym Obst 22 Jason Palmer 23 Daryl Curyer 24 Geoff Crowe 25 Alan Robson 26 Ray Bessell 27 Tim Schulz 28 Andrew Hutchison 29 Peter Perrin 30 Phil Kellett 31 David Wiffen 32 Jim Dounis 33 Randolph Bowen 34 Kym Wallace 35 Christos Pazios 36 Vic Moore 37 Mark Webster 38 Chris Fryer
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HC 1 SP 1 MK 1 HC 2 SP 2 SP 3 MK 2 SP 4 SP 5 MK 3 HC 3 SP 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL 75 0 100 0 0 70 100 50 25 0 75 54 38 100 0 100 75 48 25 57 67 0 0 0 64 65 89 89 100 67 11 12 80 82 15 100 80 100 100 38 47 55 33 14 82 71 26 67 13 11 60 13 40 42 64 54 33 56 31 24 45 20 87 62 25 71 100 8 79 71 11 89 17 29 33 17 20 78 5 24 33 13 38 27 36 43 29 25 44 43 23 15 43 57 50 6 22 18 44 0 43 33 9 10 9 5 21 16 16 11 0 7 6 6 4 3 0 0 0
997 GT 3 911 SC 997 GT3 911 3.2 944 T 964 Spyder 996 GT 3 996 GT 3 996 GT 3 944 t cup 944 Boxster 05 Cayman R 944 Turbo 996 Cab Cayman S Spyder 911 SC 944 S2 Boxster S 993 RSR 996 4S 88 911 GT3 Cup 996 916 GT 944 S2 Vic 964 RS 85 Carerra 964 Cab 84 Carerra 964 RS 944 997 4S 911 3.2 Boxter 911
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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
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
Lady Competitor of the Year
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
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
Sprint Champion 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
J. Palmer M. Rooke J. Palmer P. Jaquillard O. Sheahan A. Eime N. Goodall
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
Motorkhana Champion 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Hillclimb Champion
M. Ewer M. Ewer D. Gilbert P. Kowalenko R. Paterson D.Gilbert M. Almond
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
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
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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
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Stuart Elshaw
David Gilbert
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