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contents 3.

Club Calendar

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Haunted Hills

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Horizontally Opposed

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M y Tw o D a y s w i t h S i r J a c k

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Competition Editorial

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Club Night - 21st June 2011

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P re s i d e n t ’s M e s s a g e

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Make Mine Rare

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Club Committee 2010/11

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H u n t e r Va l l e y a n d N S W S o u t h C o a s t To u r

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P o r s c h e re t u r n s t o L e M a n s i n 2 0 1 4

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Winton Sprints

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Social Corner

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Deca Autokhana

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F ro m R a c e C o n t ro l

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Autumn Run to Bellarine Estate

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Tre a s u re r ’s R e p o r t

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Tu r b o R e g i s t e r

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Boxster/Cayman Register

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Roll of Honour

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New Members

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Competitors Survey

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911 GT3 RS 4.0

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Plus Boxster Shootout Porsche Regularity C l u b N i g h t - 1 9 t h A p r i l 2 0 1 1 Footsteps in the Ash

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CALENDAR FOR 2011 EVENTS July

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COMP - Winton Sprints

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Torque Tube Register Run

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996/7 + Turbo Registers Overnight Run

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AGM & Club Night

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Mid 911 Register Overnight Run

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SOCIAL - Federation Square Display (TBC)

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COMP - President’s Day at Sandown

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996/7 & Turbo Register Overnight Run

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Boxster & Cayman Register Run

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Driver Training Phillip Island

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COMP - Phillip Island

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Club Night

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COMP - Calder

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Mid 911 Register Run (TBC)

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SOCIAL - Go Kart Challenge (TBC)

Annual Dinner Dance

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Thought your car was spotless? Will Darvall and I visit Craig Rayner’s Collection in “What’s in your Garage” which includes a GT3 RS which has never been washed or seen a drop of rain!

On the Social front we have a great story on the Hunter Valley Tour which was a fabulous success. Watch out for next year’s tour as these events are always booked out for good reason.

There is no Competition report for Calder after a wash out but no such weather for the Annual Winton / DECA weekend which was held under blue skies this year. A great double event as always with a new improved format for DECA made the event an overwhelming success.

Together with our Club Nights, Autumn Run and some great looking graphs from our Treasurer and Competition Director this isue offers something for everyone.

If you have any comments, suggestions or would like to contribute to the magazine please email me at editor@pcv.com.au.

A big thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue.

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Competition Editorial Well we are really in the grip of a cold Melbourne winter now, but somehow, so far we’ve managed to get very lucky and have some rare clear and dry days for our competition events. (With the exception of Calder which we had to cancel as that track is completely un-drivable with any form of moisture on it.)

The best example of this was the superb weather we had for our Winton/DECA long weekend, it just couldn’t have been any better.

Personally I thought that this year’s traditional double header was the best I’ve been to in my 5 years in the club, not just because of the weather but because of the addition’s and changes the club made to our annual DECA Motorkhana. I must admit I ‘borrowed’ the new layout idea’s from another club after being continually harassed by Jamie Lovett and Dean Taylor to check out the way this other club runs their DECA days, and after attending one I was a confirmed believer! I’m pretty sure I speak on behalf of all competitors when I say it was the best DECA we’ve ever had. For those of you who usually give DECA a miss because you think it’s boring, trust me, come next year and you won’t be disappointed!

We also had our first Haunted Hills Hill Climb event this year in May and we were once again very lucky and grateful to have no rain all day.

Personally I love Haunted Hills, no other track can give you such a huge adrenalin rush in such a short time, and being such a tight and twisty track, I find it a great car equaliser, where you don’t necessarily go faster just because you have more BHP. It was a great day

at Haunted Hills with many class and outright lap records being absolutely smashed. This was due to a number of reason’s (new soft tyres, ambient weather conditions) but mainly because we’re just becoming more and more familiar and comfortable with the track layouts every time we compete there. It does beg the question, just how fast can we go???

I just want to take this opportunity to thank Cameron Goodyear who was kind enough to let me share his 911SC for the Winton/ DECA weekend. I had broken the crank in my engine while practising at Calder a couple of weeks before (yes, ouch!). It was nice to re-unite with my old car and it ended up being a great weekend, so thanks Cam. I hope you enjoy the articles written by your fellow club members; Haunted Hills by Cam Goodyear, Winton by Manny Mezzasalma and DECA by our Vice President, Peter Harrison.

We’ve got some great events coming up with Phillip Island in July, the Phillip Island 6 hour on the first weekend of August (which there are more than 5 Porsche teams) and the very next weekend at Phillip Island again for a PCV driver training day on the Saturday and a PCV Sprint day on the Sunday. I highly recommend attending the driver training day for anybody who has always wanted to try driving on a track, people who are maybe interested in getting into motorsport or those who already compete and just want to find those extra seconds or tenths to help with their results and get the edge on their opponents!

See you at Phillip Island, Regards,

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president’s message

club committee 2010/11 Keith Ryding President

Peter Harrison Vice president

Since the last magazine Jolanda and I have travelled to Europe to celebrate thirty years of marriage. Our trip started in England then moved to Trieste, Italy and finally Slovenia. Every celebration necessitates the giving of presents. I gave Jolanda a lovely set of pearl earrings and a matching watch. She gave me a 1987 3.2 Carrera.

We picked up the car in Surrey and drove it around the United Kingdom for ten days before dropping it off at Southampton. By the time you read this the car will be in Australia. Believe me, there is no better way to see Europe than in your own car and if that car is a 911 the grin factor reaches ten.

Whilst in Trieste the Porsche Club of Vienna arrived for the weekend and set up a display of their cars in the city square. What a sight! I spoke to a few of the members and like all Porsche owners they were totally enamoured with the marque. The cars were as immaculate as the day they came off the assembly line and the owners were very happy to talk about their cars and their Club. The PCV (Vienna) have 130 members and regularly drive into other countries picking the best drives along the way. (Alf Carrigan are you taking notes?)

In London the 911 is a very common car. The 911 stands out as the product of choice and is seen in all variations. The silver 3.2 drew admiration from many of the owners of the later models because these air cooled cars are ‘a classic’.

Even the car inspector at Southampton told me how much he admired the classic 911’s.

Michael O’Brien Treasurer & Social Director

Jolanda Brezovec in Trieste My experience in Europe has led to several conclusions. These are:

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• In the last magazine I wrote of the friendliness of the people within our club I have now discovered that this is an international phenomena.

• A Porsche whether it is a classic or a more recent car is there to be enjoyed, treasure it and share your passion for your car with others. They will do the same with you.

• Porsche pride of ownership or admiration of the marque is universal.

• There are many great drives out there for us to explore. Do it!

Read the articles from competition, registers and social in this magazine. Enjoy your car, participate in as many club events as possible and let the enjoyment flow. I have it on good advice that this type of enjoyment will extend your life.

Andrew Bonwick Competition Director

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Graham Lachlan Driver Training

Keith Felix Rieniets Deputy Social Director

Wayne StBaker Registers Director

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Porsche returns to Le Mans in 2014 Development programme confirmed for LMP1 sports prototype Porsche returns to Le Mans with a worksrun LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for 2014.

With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. The most recent win was in 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1.

“Motorsport was always an essential part of the Porsche brand,” says Matthias Müller, President of the Executive Board at Porsche AG. “So for us it was only a matter of time before we returned as a factory to the top league of racing. Porsche’s successes in Le Mans are unrivalled. We want to follow up on this with the 17th outright victory.”

With the RS Spyder sports prototype that was run with great success from 2006 to 2008 by the factory-backed Penske Racing team in the USA and to 2010 by several customer teams worldwide, Porsche has set the benchmark recently in the LMP2 category.

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Recently, with the 911 GT3 R Hybrid, we adopted a completely new drive technology for racing purposes and achieved a considerable reduction in consumption.”

Hartmut Kristen, Head of Porsche Motorsport, is already prepared for one of the most challenging development programmes in the company’s history. “We’re looking forward to the task of developing new technologies and to continue on with the success of the Porsche RS Spyder. After the conclusion of our works-supported sports prototype programme in the American Le Mans Series we have kept up with the latest technological advances. Now we will begin with detailed research in order to evaluate the various concept alternatives for our new car. These obviously depend on how the regulations for the year 2014 look in detail. In principle, these regulations are interesting for us because the integration of our hybrid technology in the vehicle concept is one possible option.”

Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood claimed the first overall victory for Porsche in 1970 with the legendary 917 short-tail. The 16th

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by Laurent Aiello, Stéphane Ortelli and Allan McNish in 1998 with the 911 GT1. In the years 2008 and 2009, the Porsche RS Spyder sports prototype won the title in the LMP2 category.

The Le Mans winning car from 1987 is currently on display in Australia to help celebrate 60 Years of Porsche down under.

Above: Porsche’s recent international sports car programme was with the RS Spyder Below: The first Le Mans winning Porsche, the 917 short tail

social corner By the time this edition arrives in your mail boxes, there will be only 19 weeks to our Premier Event for 2011. Yes, our Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation Night is fast approaching, so make sure that you reserve Saturday 3rd December for what will be an action packed dinner to remember as we return to the Sofitel’s Grand Ballroom, celebrating also 60 years of Porsche in Australia.

Whilst the year is more than half completed, and we have just enjoyed a fabulous combined Social and Competition weekend at Phillip Island, there are still opportunities for everyone to join one of the many social functions before the end of the year.

Watch out for the Go-Kart Challenge in September, our Spring Run on the 2nd October to Brandy Creek, Federation Square Show n’Shine on 31st October, and our Last Run in November. Not to mention all of the events organised by the Register Captains as well! Ensure you check our events web page to confirm events and dates.

Make sure you come along and join in the Social Competition which is now in its sixth year. Don’t forget you get additional social competition points for attending Club Nights as well – just fill in the Red Book. The competition is still wide open for fabulous prizes!

Social Competition: Come along to Social Events and Club Nights and earn points to win!

Whenever you may have the opportunity to support our Social Competition Hunter Sponsors, please do so and you will be rewarded with excellent service and great value for money. Nillumbik Cellars provide the wines we enjoy at our Club Nights, Porsche Cars Australia provide our Club’s Venue, and Traction Tyres provide members with road and track tyres, and suspension services all with a discount of up to 5%.

First Prize – again sponsored by Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre: Yokohama tyres of the winner’s choice (subject to availability), from Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre, including fitting and balancing, to the value of $1,500 (prize to be claimed by 1 March 2013).

Second Prize – again sponsored by Porsche Cars Australia (PCA): Items of the winner’s choice from the PCA Selection Department to the value of $400.

Third Prize – again sponsored by Nillumbik Cellars: Wine of the winner’s choice from Nillumbik Cellars to the value of $200.

The competition will be open to all PCV members who are financial for the 2011 calendar year, but will exclude Committee and Social SubCommittee members holding office during the 2011 calendar year. Please refer to our web site for the full Social Competition Rules.

Club Nights: Our second club night of the year saw over 140 members and guests enjoy the hospitality at our home venue, Porsche Centre Melbourne. We were in awe of Juris Briedis’ inspiring presentation on “The Ultimate Drive” and his experiences on the tours he took to the Nurburgring in 2008, and the F1 experience in 2010. Anthony Moss then gave us a run down on the tours he is running for 2011.

For our third club night we returned once again to the epicentre of Porsche ownership and the hospitality of Porsche Centre Brighton for our “Winter Warmer” whiskey tasting.

Almost 130 members and guests enjoyed a very different presentation from Mark Nicholson of Lark Distillery in Tasmania, as well as sampling single malt and liqueur whiskey’s throughout the night. We ran our finger food format, this year providing an adequate supply of chairs for those who preferred to enjoy their whiskey “relaxing”! I received a number of compliments on the red wine that was served throughout the night by Carly and Lisa. For those wondering the wine comes from one of our sponsors Nillumbik Cellars, and was a clean skin 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Yarra Valley.

Valley Tour group photo Our Runs: It’s hard to believe it was over so quickly, but the Hunter Valley run will be remembered as one of our most successful ventures yet. With 37 cars and 75 people away for 8 nights, covering over 110,000 kilometres one minor accident could be expected. Linley and Helen Baxter’s car was hit whilst stationary, Helen was standing at the passenger door with the door open, when their car was hit from behind. The rear quarter panel was damaged; Helen felt the car brush her back as the passenger door was hit bending it back onto the front fender. Helen had fallen, but was not hurt.

Linley was in the car at the time. Gratefully the car and the Baxter’s were able to complete the tour. The tour had many highlights, but dinner and a private tour in Parliament House perhaps the most memorable. Although many of the ladies enjoyed driving the Bathurst track! Alf & I have received many emails of thanks and congratulations, for which we are very appreciative. The success of this tour however was due to the camaraderie of all our participants, and their determination to enjoy all that this club has to offer. For Alf and I it was a privilege to have been involved in the preparation of the run. Stay tuned as Alf prepares a “mini-

tour” in the Murray Valley next April. I’m already looking forward to assisting!

This year’s Autumn Run was to Bellarine Estate Restaurant on the Bellarine Peninsula, organised

by Neil Drew and David Turner. This run was well attended by 80 members. The lunch was excellent, and the drive was superb. Our morning tea stop at the CFA was John Bakers CFA home, and we were treated to hot pikelets, as well as the usual good fair. The CFA just keeps raising the bar, our morning teas always a treat!

Our Winter Run was an experiment with Social groups joining our competitors at the Phillip Island Competition event on 3rd July. The feed back that we have received has been very positive. We had 19 for the social run on Saturday, 24 for the dinner Saturday night; a further 31 came down on the Sunday run.

The lunch at Phillip Island catered for almost 200! Complementary lunches for provided for Officials and Marshals. The run succeeded in bringing a vast number together. The organisation was quite difficult and could not have been possible without the efforts of Carly who produced spreadsheet after spreadsheet, will many late changes.

Andrew Bonwick’s efforts in obtaining approval from Phillip Island and CAMS were fantastic. The event would not have happened at all without Andrew’s negotiating skill and perseverance.

It was excellent to be able to use the corporate facilities during the day, and I received many compliments on the lunch. We plan to develop this event further on an annual basis, perhaps making use of the warmer months of the year.

Annual Dinner Dance: Saturday 3rd December 2011. Our Annual Dinner last year had a fantastic attendance of 286. Can we beat this number and perhaps even set a record this year? The Sofitel’s Grand Ballroom with a capacity of 600 proved to be a perfect venue for us. We will be returning to the Sofitel again this year, our theme will be based around “60 years of Porsche in Australia”. A traditional Diamond Anniversary, come and join the fun – you never know what you may win! Please make a note of this date now. By popular demand the entertainment for the evening will be provided by our favourites Cheek to Cheek. Watch this space for details of a revamped “after party”!

Scott’s always welcome!

As Social Director I am keen to enlist your advice, suggestions and ideas as to the direction that the Social Committee may take.

Please phone me on 0411 831303 or email me at social@pcv.com.au or Felix at deputysocial@ pcv.com.au with your feedback and suggestions.

I look forward to meeting and greeting you at a forthcoming social event in the near future.

Michael O’Brien, Social Director

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Broadford was a blast, with lots of members getting enthusiastic about a twisty hilly complex little circuit.

The weather was very good to us and enabled us to get in multiple runs on a different circuit morning and afternoon. The track is both technically complex and reasonably close to Melbourne. We will try and book an event into next years calendar, which takes a little jiggling as the Motorcycle clubs and promoters get first call. The first thought was to use the weekend of the MOTOGP (surely no one will want to schedule a motorcycle track day that weekend?) except there is a tussle going on about the date of the 2012 MotoGP at Phillip Island, so we will just have to wait and see.

events where we struggle to get marshal coverage. The low temperatures in the morning helped the engine performance, and with the newer generation of soft tyres several track records were broken. The C class record held by Mark Chrzranowski had stood since 2006, as well as an M2 record from 2002 held by Theo Mihelakos both fell, congratulations to Aaron Ireland (C class) and Dean Taylor (M2).

For DECA, we borrowed (!) a running arrangement used by the Skyline Club who hold lots of events at DECA. The middle traffic section was laid out for a 300m dash which was new for us. The skid pan and the road track was laid out as normal, with each participant running three skid pan sessions and three road / traffic dash sessions in the morning. In the afternoon the skid pan was split with a pair of identical side by side tracks laid.

Competitors could choose who to compete

coaching provided by experienced club members, and 14th will be both a normal competition day and an opportunity for those who attended the driver training to join a club competition day.

We are fortunate to have Jeff Thomas and Michael Chapman planning the Sandown 6 Hour event for next year. The Competition Committee are able to focus on the regular season of events and the club benefits from an association with a very rapidly building and interesting event. In addition, Jeff has been able to swing access to Sandown for a sprint event in March, so we are enjoying the best of all worlds- a quality, profitable, regularity and a sprint day!

President’s Day will return to Sandown, after our forced trial of the event at Calder last year. Sandown seems to suit our passengers and drivers more for that type of event, and we have taken

Juris Briedis in his 993 at Winton

Calder in late May was disappointing with rain setting in very early in the day. Calder uses a particular compound to aid grip for the drags they run at the facility, and the drags and the cars share the main straight.

When the compound gets wet, to even a very small extent, it becomes very slippery and the track is unusable. We therefore lost a complete day of competition. We try to schedule Calder days in the drier months of the year, but even that is a lottery. In the medium term Calder is being redeveloped, one aspect of which is the separation of the drag strip and the circuit main straight.

We await construction with anticipation.

Haunted Hills is getting very competitive, with members starting to get to know (and having lots of practice on) the circuit.

The day was marred by two offs in the least forgiving part of the circuit.

The Winton DECA pair on the Queen’s Birthday went off without a hitch. Winton was cool and dry with the track in excellent condition. For the first time we were using the full Track SA LED lighting system which replicates the yellow and red warning flags used traditionally by the flag marshals.

The system allows for a reduced marshal team which is a help with the long weekend

against, and some very enthusiastic head to head runs were observed (Harry Philippou and Nick Karnaros – skid pan in the next Olympics guys?). This will be a regular feature of our future DECA activities.

Phillip Island in July was a cornucopia of competition activity. The morning was dominated by a light rain. Well, it feels light when you are upstairs inside the tower. A graph of times, comparing competitors times by lap as a percentage of their best times shows all competitors times being 5-19% slower in the morning laps, but consistently improving lap by lap to an average 4% slower than their best time.

After the rain cleared at lunchtime the wind and activity dried out the track and the best laps were in the last ¼ of the competitor’s laps. Simon Dunn certainly thought so, with quick laps topped off by a spin at the entrance to the main straight. Wonderfully precise execution of what looked like about 390 degrees, without going onto the grass or into a wall. Pity about the tyres.

Planning is also underway for the combined driver training and competition weekend on 13 and 14th August. 13 August will be the driver training day with

advantage of the earlier scheduling of President’s Day to run another sprint day at Calder on 6 November. Celestial bookings have been made for dry weather.

We continue to have good enrolment in Entrée events, an initiative which has been running for several years. Members bring a wide variety of cars, and the aim is to enjoy a day at a racetrack environment within the safety confines of the way we run events. Some members come for one or two meetings, some regularly turn up to particular tracks, and some have moved from Entrée to the competition classes. New entrants are always welcome, although numbers are limited to enable us to match the coaches with the entrée driver effectively and keep a track session devoted to entrée drivers. Either of Phillip Island on 14 August or Haunted Hills on 11 September would be a great introduction to entrée – what about it?

Enjoy your events.

Andrew Bonwick Competition Director

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treasurer’s report This is my first year as Treasurer, and as we have just completed the financial year I thought it appropriate that I provide my first Treasurer’s Report. You can expect future reports annually or sooner if communication warrants it. Having taken the reigns from previous “Rogers” I have to say that the financial administration of the club has been in wonderful hands, and I assure the club that the very fine history of financial stewardship will be maintained.

Whilst our results are yet to be audited, I can say that our result for 2011 will be a profit in the order of $30,000, with our Equity growing to about $305,000. This is now the fifth year of consecutive positive results and the committee has approved a budgeted profit of $8,000 for the coming year. To give people an idea of the size of this business, our “turnover” in 2011 exceeded $600,000. Carly does a wonderful job maintaining this business on a part-time basis, and deserves a great deal of credit for all of the administration she does.

What happens to the surplus?

As the year progresses and the financial results of the club become clear, the committee returns a substantial part of this surplus by contributing to the costs of the Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation night. The remaining funds are placed in a term deposit earning income, which enables our membership fees to be lower.

How are Membership Fees Determined?

Each year a comprehensive budget is prepared with detail from Competition, Social, Registers, and the Administration sections of the club.

The cost structure of the club, (events providing income covering their own expenses, and membership fees covering the other operations of the club), and the budget process is used in determining our membership subscriptions.

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2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Budget 2012

How Does the Club Operate Financially?

Firstly the club is a “Not for Profit Organisation” which essentially means that the club is not able to distribute “profits” to its members.

It must behave in a financially responsible manner, and of course comply with all statutory regulations. The club receives its revenue from membership fees, running events, and interest on cash invested. The costs of the club comprise many fixed and variable expenses, the characteristics of which are taken into account when determining the Annual Budget for the financial year.

How are “Events” managed?

The number and size of events vary significantly across the competition, social and register sections of our club. They all have one thing in common. Each event is expected to recover all of their own costs.

This is simple when all costs are variable, for example a cost of a lunch on a social run will vary by the number of people attending, but is more difficult to determine the entry fee for a competition event where the track hire, a fixed cost, will be the same whether 10 or 100 attend. It is for this reason that competition events will produce a surplus when the event is attended by more people than needed to “break-even”, and social and register events in fact “break-even” as all their costs are variable.

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Faciltiy costs (track hire) are the largest single item.

Track hire

2% 8%

4%

8%

Paramedical Support Safety & Recovery

2%

Radio Hire Catering - Marshals

6%

60%

10%

External Timing Permits Other

Paramedical and safety are part of the risk management system required by the permitting authorities (CAMS and AASA) and are provided by independent external suppliers.

Annual Profit Results 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 (10.0) (20.0) (30.0) (40.0) (50.0)

Phillip Island is the premuim venue, well liked by competitors, with an excellent track surface and good quality well maintained facilties. Sandown is of similar standard but very difficult to obtain bookings due to the loading on the track for the horse racing, driver training and other motorsport activities.

Winton is a good track, but a little distant from Melbourne. The motorkana/hillclimb facilities have lower operating and capital costs and so are less expensive than the circuit tacks.

Haunted Hills is very popular, again due to the good track surface and layout, with Broadford either equal to or very nearly so.

The pie chart shows where our income (member subscriptions and joining fees) is spent. Next year’s budget is aiming for a surplus of 6.9% of income. This level of surplus is historically low, but in keeping with our not for profit status, and our desire to provide excellent value to our members for their subscriptions.

Two of the most significant “take aways” from our membership are our fantastic club nights, and the four issues of the best club magazine in the country, its quality and value unsurpassed!

All members enjoy this premier magazine, and the Committee is focussed on its low net cost to members, and maintaining and improving its quality, interest and readability, and I encourage as many members as possible to attend our club nights. All are catered for including drinks, not to mention fantastic venues including our opening year barbeque at various locations, Porsche Centre Brighton, and of course our home venue of Porsche Centre Melbourne where we provide a virtual “silver service”.

Competition Budget: Taken together, the dozen or so competition events during a year cost about $150,000 to produce. Most of the costs are fixed, and comprise the facility and infrastructure costs.

The following chart shows the relative costs of facility hire across our most usual venues.

Marshal catering costs are the costs of lunches for our volunteer staff, which will increase slightly in 2012 as we will be providing a small cost reimbursement for marshals assisting with some of the more distant tracks. This is still very much more cost effective than using the outsourced flag marshal organizations, and also provides a wider variety or activities for our members and supporters to enjoy the motorsport aspects of the club.

Using external organizations to provide just flag marshals, not all the command activities, would add about 15-18% to the cost of running our competition activities and potentially remove our training ground for future command level officials.

96% of the above costs are fixed (or sunk), once the event has been booked.

While each event the costs are important, it is also important to look at the revenues.

The number of attendees is a critical variable to cost recovery for competition events.

The following graph shows the number of competition attendees at all events in recent years.

Annual Competitor Attendance 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600

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2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Given that most of the event costs are fixed, the variation in attendances between

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the years prompted the very successful introduction of Entrée class by an earlier club Committee. Overall, the proportion of competition revenue coming from the A-C Class and the Weight to Power (MM1 & M2) cars has remained strong, and steps have been taken to improve the mix of cars competing in D class to try and restore its popularity.

Michael O’Brien., Treasurer

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Club Night 19th April 2011

This was the first Club night for the year at Porsche Centre Melbourne and it had plenty to keep everyone interested and entertained – as well as well fed!!

No one in attendance would disagree. At this point I must say a big thank you to committee member, Stephen Wood, who kindly donated the great Easter Hamper. Congratulations to the lucky winner. $385 was raised and donated to the CFA. Thanks Stephen.

After we had enjoyed our dinner, had a few quiet relaxing drinks and emptied our pockets for the raffle we sat back and listened to 3 people who experienced what every person in the room would dream of – touring the Nurburgring and experiencing Formula 1 as close as it gets.

About 135 people were lucky enough to enjoy this evening and we hope to see even more at our next Club Night which will be something a bit different and is being held at Porsche Centre Brighton.

A large number of members who attended had just returned from the wonderful trip to the Hunter Valley so they were busy passing on stories and reliving great events such as dining at Parliament House.

After enjoying the usual spread of hearty food we all endured the powerful salesmanship of Will Darvall assisting selling ticket to the Easter Raffle. I think Will may have missed his greatest calling in life – SELLING!!

The final speaker was Anthony Moss who runs the tours. He filled us in on how he became the lucky person who has these great experiences on an ongoing basis and whetted our appetites with opportunities in 2011 for such tours.

Juris Briedis has experienced both these tours and had an informative photo slide show and talk including facts and personal experiences that made us wish we were there.

Michael Lentini also attended the 2010 F1 tour so he was able to enlighten us on further stories and his impressions of this great tour.

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Competitors Survey We recently ran an online survey to seek feedback from competition entrants. Given the demands on people’s time, and the number of online surveys that say “This will only take 10 minutes” and you are still clicking buttons on a 15 part multiple choice question 20 minutes later, it was kept short. We were very pleased to get an initial response rate of over 30%.

The responses to the mutiple choice questions were generally very positive.

Midweek practice sessions will be something to investigate. The competition committee is thinking about a 12 or 24 hour event, and this will be important data as to its attractiveness.

There was a free text component that requested feedback on what went well at competition events.

At sprint days the comments included: The chart suggests there is some room for improvement in the catering side. Catering is tied to the track in all circuits in Victoria, with the catering organisation specified in the Track Contract. This is more of a constraint on some tracks than others, and competitors will have observed that we sometimes use supplementary catering which we organise ourselves.

Advice from other drivers & track time is the best part...

Being on the track and talking to others Very well run events, often in poor weather by a very dedicated and skilled team of volunteers.

Long runs @ Winton / Phillip Island / Sandown At the non-sprint events comments included: New format at DECA and the addition of Broadford Decca and Broadford both interesting tracks Again, advice and tips from the experienced guys.

There was also provision for input on what we could do better.

Sprint events: Sessions based on time rather than laps I have a slight beef with briefings being longer than they need to be Scrutineering compliance of competitors was poor so took a long time.

They need to assist by being fully ready with no gear in the car, have helmet unpacked etc.

Flag colours could be explained more fully.

On “track time for the price” at non-sprint events the track time is less than it is for circuits, mainly because only one or two vehicles can be on the circuit at once. Still, alternative ways of looking at the circuit can help, such as the use of the middle track at DECA to add an additional event over the recent long weekend. Obviously room for improvement.

Catering comes up again, and we have more room to move here. Supplier selection is critical – Broadford recently seemed to have really been on the money!

To skip to the end, we asked for feedback on interest on a series of alternatives for additional events.

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can we do something better with the results? can we get the class results “live”?

Avoid Calder!

Healthier catering (salads?)

At the non-sprint events: Need clearer rules for events like DECA, there cannot be any grey areas, the rules have to be black and white, and the timing system needs to be improved

No idea how to do it, but the amount of track time for these days is much different to sprint days. Makes these events seem less ‘valuable’.

Some competitors also commented on the way the race line organisation could be improved.

A couple of preliminary comments. We have seen how a simple change can increase the track time at DECA, and we will try to be similarly lateral at the other venues to improve the amount of track time per event.

The driver’s briefing is important from a safety perspective, and ensuring that the required information is imparted efficiently and effectively is a focus, but we will look at the way it is run. Most of the data in the briefing is targeted at the newer drivers, but some of the more experienced drivers learn something every now and again.

Removing cars that have come off during a session is time consuming.

While we think we do it as efficiently as we can, I am open to a discussion on how it works if anyone is either curious or has a process suggestion. The

main constraint is clearing the lead up to and the section of track where the vehicle is beached, before the recovery vehicle can be dispatched. If the dispatch is a safety and ambulance event, the dispatch is done under red flag & white flag for speed of response.

Timed runs – rather than lap counts – have been discussed at the Competition Committee in the past, and it will be looked at afresh.

There were other more specific comment that will be looked at over the next couple of months.

Would all those who provided input please accept my personal thanks for your efforts.

Enjoy your events.

Andrew Bonwick, Competition Director

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Limited to 600 vehicles, the 911 GT3 RS 4.0 brings together in a road car all the attributes that have made the Porsche 911 GT3 flat-six cylinder engined cars a serial winner on the race track. The new model crystallises motorsport technology at its innermost core, with the boxer engine’s crankshaft lifted straight from the 911 GT3 RSR racing car and the forged pistons’ connecting rods fashioned from titanium.

The four-litre displacement sports engine, the biggest 911 model line engine ever, is also the most powerful naturally aspirated engine from Porsche: Maximum power is now 368 kW (500 hp) at 8,250 rpm – 92 kW (125 hp) per litre.

Maximum torque is 460 Nm at 5,750 rpm.

The two-seater’s ready-for-road weight is a mere 1,360 kilograms with a full tank of fuel.

This limited-edition 911 is painted white to emphasise its dynamic stance and link to 911 racing cars. Trademark characteristics are the wide track, low ride height, large rear wing with side plates, twin central tailpipes and aerodynamically optimised body.

The precision aerodynamic engineering of this model is underlined with lateral front air deflection vanes, called “flics”, which make their debut on a production Porsche.

The flics increase downforce on the front axle and together with the steeply inclined rear wing combine to create positive downforce of 190 kg at top speed.

Local deliveries of the 911 GT3 RS 4.0 commence towards the end of 2011, with Australia to be allocated less than 10 of the restricted worldwide production.

Porsche’s ultimate naturally aspirated 911 road car will be priced at $409,100.

The 911 GT3 RS 4.0 offers truly impressive performance with a lap time of 7m 27s for the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Available exclusively with a six-speed sports manual gearbox, the GT3 RS 4.0 also sprints to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds; its racing-inspired gearing taking it to 200 km/h in under 12 seconds.

The 911 GT3 RS 4.0’s outstanding driving dynamics are the result of meticulously aligned details. In addition to using the suspension components typically encountered in motor racing, weight reduction is also of supreme importance – evidenced by light weight components such as bucket seats, bonnet and front guards made of carbon fibre, plastic rear windows and weight-optimised carpets.

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Starting with a canary yellow Triumph Herald with a GT Falcon spoiler and quad 2” exhausts, “Collector” Craig Rayner has progressed to more sophisticated machines, including many exotic Porsches.

Born into a family of car nuts, Craig spent most of his childhood on the farm at Bright. His father owned a 300 SL Gullwing (now the Devine car) and met Fangio at Sandown in September 1978 at the LCCA’s Golden Anniversary AGP, when Fangio demonstrated the 1954 monoposto W196.

As an apprentice spray painter, Craig’s first car was that infamous Herald, followed by a MkVII Jag, a MkIV I.5 (yes, the rare 1.5 four; there are 2.5 and 3.5 sixes), then, at 18, he plonked down $1000 deposit, with $7000 to pay, for a Phase 3 GTHO! He grew up on Fords and was a big Bathurst fan. There were

cars and Porsches. There are also sales brochures, posters, metal signs, a Chesty Bond pin ball machine, a billiard table, a bar (of course) and a little office in his garage, soon to be extended! He welcomes the family into his domain and Clare has to ring him to come inside the house. During development of some shops in Maldon, he ran Rennsport motoring collectables there for 18 months.

12 months ago he opened Full Throttle Garage with an associate, which does detailing, concours preparation, minor repairs, sources major repairs and restoration, sells automobilia, models and memorabilia, offers buying and

“The 2007 immaculate GT3 RS has 3100ks, has never been washed, has never seen rain, or even a bad weather forecast! “ lots more Falcons, including other GT’s and an XF 351, which he and Jeff Bobik built up from a new shell, when Ford dropped the V8.

Finishing his apprenticeship and newly married, he moved to Tamworth and sold Fords for 2 years, before moving back to Melbourne. He then worked for Oswald Sealy for 3 years, developing display products and using his talents for imitation paint finishes, which had been honed while decorating hotrods.

In 1986, he started Creative Colour, which makes mannequins and fit outs for stores and many types of events. His long time friend Jeff became a business partner in 1988 and now owns the business, after Craig’s “retirement” in 2006.

In 2005 he married Clare, who’s his “best mate”, and they have a Brady Bunch of 4 children, from 21 to 14. Along the way, he has always been a collector and has accumulated about 350 car models, the majority being 1:18 and the rest being 1:43, of Fords, Bathurst

selling advice, and leases cars (including Ferraris) for corporate and special occasions.

It helps to keep him off the streets and give him tinkering time. Craig loves a project, ever since he restored a horse drawn carriage at 15!

The Porsches.

Craig’s epiphany began in 1994, when he bought his first Porsche, an ’86 944 Turbo, and joined PCV. From there he moved to a red 968 CS, the first of 5 CS’s, which included the pretty Riviera Blue CS, subsequently owned by Ron W. He still owns the ex-Fitzgerald 968 RS Turbo clone in recreated Falken livery, which started life as a white CS M030 and has a considerable competition history, mainly in Peter’s hands. There were only 4 factory RS Turbos, all LHD. During Craig and Jeff’s ill fated 2006 Tas Targa in a red 968, they famously finished upside down in a bog and smilingly posed for a memorable pic.

A 993 RS Touring was owned for 10 years and there was a MY2000 Carrera cab.

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The 924 Carrera GT was an English car, sourced from Sydney, and is one of 7 black cars of 75 in RHD. The 2004 996 Carrera Cup car was given to him by his good friend Jeff, after he had wrung its neck and moved on to the ex-Jim Richards 997 Cup car. It is in the assembly phase of a total restoration, which Craig loves doing. He is manager and pit crew for Jeff in GT3 Challenge.

The 2007 immaculate GT3 RS has 3100 ks, has never been washed, has never seen rain, or even a bad weather forecast! It was previously owned by the fastidious George Kallifidas of North Williamstown Motor Body Works, who does all of Craig’s panels and paint. He waited for a week for fine weather to pick it up, on a trailer of course.

A similarly immaculate ’88 3.2 Turbo bodied Carrera looks brand new, with lustrous paint, and still gets the most attention on the road, as the everyman’s typical Porsche.

A 6.3 CLS AMG is Craig’s daily driver, along with the 3.2, and he loves them both, for different reasons. The 6.3 “does everything you could want”.

Part of Craig’s extensive model collection

Garage bathroom plastered with motoring stickers

Some of Craig’s Porsche Poster collection

Tidy daily driver - AMG CLS 63

Craig has competed only in PCV sprints , sharing a red 968 CS with Jeff, apart from the memorable 2006 Targa one off. He may run the restored Cup car in Entrée!

Either way, he’s having fun, with a lot more to come!

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Craig and Jeff after rolling at Targa Tas wearing that “happy to be alive” smile.

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Circa 70’s Craig sporting “Solo Man” Mo with ‘Mad Max” XB Falcon clone

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Well this was PCV’s first outing to this track for this year; Mother Nature was kind and set the stage for a great day of competition. The unique undulating track layout with blind hill crests offers a challenging day for even the seasoned competitor. Whilst it sometimes feels a lap is over in the blink of an eye (for some!) driver’s skill and car control is seriously put to test if you want to end the day on your class podium. Spectator viewing of most of the circuit is one of the best on the PCV calendar; with the timing display adding an extra ingredient to the competitive rivalry.

With a field of 60 classed competitors plus entrée classed drivers as normal the day commenced and ran like clock-work. The two track layouts of the 1.4km circuit offered a seriously fun but sometimes scary challenge.

The track condition was near perfect except for a gardener who forgot a grass catcher when mowing the edges of the track leaving some residual grass near some apexes. Luckily it only took a few cars in the first session for this to clear allowing for confident driving.

The morning session was the clock-wise track, except for a couple of unfortunate excursions there were lots of highlights. The main highlight

being the intense competition in MM1, Bob Hawker was quickest setting a new lap record of 54.01 just edging out Matt Stoupas. Bob’s lap was the fast lap in this track configuration we have seen, his blistering track record was faster than any other driver in any class at a PCV event. Awesome job Bob, I have learnt a lot watching Bob’s YouTube track videos, hopefully you got this lap on video and can upload it for us all to admire. Other class lap records also tumbled in the morning session with Dean Taylor (M2), Peter Harrison (B) and Aaron Island (C) all muscling their cars around the track in record time setting new benchmarks.

Well done guys!!

The afternoon session was the figure 8 configuration. Some say through the middle of the track you can just keep the throttle flat in our little SCs, maybe for me personally that will come with experience and confidence or maybe it is just a matter of growing one key part of the anatomy!

Consistent with the morning’s performance further lap records were achieved. Again Bob Hawker in MM1 lead the way, his new lap record of 59.64 is the fastest lap recorded at a PCV Haunted Hills event in this configuration. Other new lap records were achieved by Peter Fitzgerald (Open), Dean Taylor (M2) and Aaron Island (C) whose absolutely sizzling lap record of 1.01.90 is faster than the lap record for A and B class. Well done Aaron (once again!) and other new lap record holders.

My question is how fast can our Porsches go at this circuit? I guess time will tell.

Now to the class results: Class A: Rick Moscati took out 1st place from David Trewern, with Manny Mezzasalma in 3rd place.

Class B: Peter Harrison won 1st place, with Marcus Lethlean in 2nd followed by new comer Bill Savastas who just took 3rd from Ron Widdison by 0.01.

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Sunday, 1st May 2011

Sunday, 1st May 2011

Clockwise Track Fastest A 1 150 MOSCATI Rick 58.22 * 57.32 57.75 75.73 57.32 A 2 27 TREWERN David 61.69 61.27 * 58.10 58.44 58.1 A 3 10 MEZZASALMA Manny 59.96 59.51 58.96 * 58.24 58.24 A 4 46 MOULD Geoff 68.58 65.34 63.79 * 62.58 62.58 A 94 SALERNO Domenic 74.11 69.26 67.84 * 67.14 67.14 A 5 82 TRELOAR Phil * 58.35 58.35 A 6 69 YOUNG Bruce 63.61 73.92 * 62.07 62.07 Class C: Aaron Ireland drove consistently quick Lastly, once again thanks to all the volunteers who through-out the day to take 1st place from Simon helped with scrutineering, marshalling and general 1 in 21 3rd HARRISON Peter organisation 58.99of the 59.4 56.91 Dunn 2nd with Peter BMatheson place just day. If* 56.91 it wasn’t 58.09 for you we 2 14 LETHLEAN Marcuscouldn’t enjoy 61.59 our much 59.82 loved * 59.48 0.13 behind Simon. B hobby. 60.42 59.48 B 3 31 SEVASTAS Bill 64.17 61.72 * 61.39 63.08 61.39 Class D: John Swan took 1st place convincingly B 4 44 WIDDISON Ron 68.02 63.66 61.96 * 61.83 61.83 from David Morgan 2nd and Garry Voges in 3rd B 5 142 HENDREY Drew 74.34 70.66 * 68.09 68.97 68.09 place.

Class Open: In a small field, Peter Fitzgerald C 1 79 IRELAND Aaron finished in 1st place, with Rex Broadbent 2nd and C 2 93 DUNN Simon Gavin James in 3rd place.

C 3 74 MATHERSON Peter Class MM1: Bob Hawker took 1st place (in C 4 out 75 MODICA Peter overall record time), with Matt Stoupas 2nd and C 5 19 GOODYEAR Cameron Michael Herrod in 3rd place.

C 6 18 CHRZANOWSKI Mark Class M2: Dean Taylor place (in Grant C took7 out 50 1st STEPHENSON record class time), with 2ndMichael and C Ben 8Faggetter 43 O'BRIEN Nick Karnaros a close 3rd.

C 9 57 MICHAILIDIS John

2164.28 HARRISON * 63.99 Peter 63.99 1466.19 LETHLEAN * 65.23 Marcus 65.23 3169.37 SEVASTAS * 68.90 Bill 68.9 4469.77 WIDDISON * 68.47 Ron68.47 142 * 75.52 HENDREY Drew75.52

120.9 58.99 124.71 61.59 130.29 64.17 130.3 68.02 143.61 74.34

59.4 59.82 61.72 63.66 70.66

* 56.73 * 58.01 58.41 61.87 * 59.86 61.35 * 62.14 * 64.02 * 64.35 * 64.88 * 66.70

56.73 58.01 58.37 59.96 59.86 59.61 62.14 64.02 64.35 64.88 66.7

C C C C C C C C C C C

62.521 64.372 64.43 67.864 67.465 67.836 69.587 73.748 72.359 73.4210 76.111

7962.31 IRELAND * 61.90 Aaron61.9 93 * 63.51 DUNN Simon 64.49 63.51 7463.75 MATHERSON * 63.28 Peter 63.28 7565.79 MODICA* 65.35 Peter 65.35 19 * 65.76 GOODYEAR 65.83Cameron 65.76 18 * 67.15 CHRZANOWSKI 67.52 67.15 Mark 5068.81 STEPHENSON * 68.49 68.49 Grant 4372.64 O'BRIEN* 71.65 Michael 71.65 5771.68 MICHAILIDIS * 71.44John 71.44 78 * 71.26 WITT Peter 71.59 71.26 64 73.1 SWAN Barry * 72.05 72.05

118.63 57.3 121.52 61.15 121.65 59.03 125.31 62.47 125.62 64.01 126.76 63.43 130.63 64.35 135.67 69.47 135.79 72.77 136.14 69.16 138.75 72.77

56.8 59.1 * 58.37 60.52 61.22 60.97 62.75 67.05 67.29 66.09 69.71

65.86 64.7 66.86 75 74.91

62.48 64.52 66.16 68.96 * 68.87

* 60.93 * 63.63 64.92 * 68.34 70.39

61.42 64.66 * 64.28 68.59 70.54

60.93 63.63 64.28 68.34 68.87

D D D D D

68.111 72.572 73.343 76.844 * 75.445

1267.44 SWAN John * 67.17 67.17 99 * 70.80 MORGAN71.29 David70.8 42 * 70.59 VOGES Garry 71.35 70.59 8376.05 STEPHEN * 75.47 Brent75.47 8576.53 TRELOAR76.34 Melanie 75.44

128.1 65.86 134.43 64.7 134.87 66.86 143.81 75 144.31 74.91

62.48 64.52 66.16 68.96 * 68.87

TAYLOR Dean FAGGETTER Benjamin KARNAROS Nick MULLER Greg FITT Bryan HARRISON Spencer CLAIR Mark LIPMAN Andrew

57.74 58.51 59.13 60.2 64.16 68.02 65.46 67.07

* 54.96 55.86 57.06 57.28 61.67 62.86 62.31 64.76

55.55 55.71 * 55.83 * 56.75 61.5 62.51 62.51 65.14

55.19 * 55.65 55.94 57.34 * 60.07 * 61.63 * 62.01 * 64.25

54.96 55.65 55.83 56.75 60.07 61.63 62.01 64.25

M2 61.441 M2 62.032 M2* 61.653 M2 63.214 M2 69.285 M2 67.32 M2 72.456 M2 7

20 * 60.90 TAYLOR 61.02 Dean 60.9 6* 61.52 FAGGETTER 62.12Benjamin 61.52 2562.33 KARNAROS 62.18 Nick 61.65 33 * 62.72 MULLER Greg 63.3 62.72 5 68.24 FITT Bryan * 66.98 66.98 3268.48 HARRISON * 67.15 Spencer 67.15 12369.83 CLAIR Mark * 69.48 69.48 16 LIPMAN Andrew

115.86 57.74 117.17 58.51 117.48 59.13 119.47 60.2 127.05 64.16 128.78 68.02 131.49 65.46 DNF 67.07

* 54.96 55.86 57.06 57.28 61.67 62.86 62.31 64.76

HAWKER Bob STOUPAS Matthew HERROD Michael TAYLOR Ross MCLAUGHLAN Steven HIGGON Gary BURCHARTZ Sven BOUGADAKIS Stan GORMAN Graham CAROLAN Tony MASON Chris

55.34 56.19 58.32 59.16 61.85 58.89

54.68 * 54.39 56.61 57.99 57.21 60.07 59.88 60.41 61.41 65.48

* 54.01 55.45 * 55.93 56.84 * 56.87 * 58.59 * 58.07 * 58.87 * 59.80 * 60.51 * 63.48

54.01 54.39 55.93 56.78 56.87 58.59 58.07 58.87 59.8 60.51 63.48

MM160.291 MM160.592 MM162.813 MM162.884 MM163.265 MM164.916 MM166.857 MM167.088 MM167.599 MM169.2210 MM173.5711

1 60.52 HAWKER * 59.64 Bob 59.64 11 * 60.49 STOUPAS 69.61 Matthew 60.49 122 * 62.01 HERROD62.84 Michael 62.01 6063.69 TAYLOR* 62.60 Ross 62.6 2263.19 MCLAUGHLAN * 62.91 62.91 Steven 39 * 63.92 HIGGON64.42 Gary 63.92 90 * 65.51 BURCHARTZ Sven 65.51 45 * 65.61 BOUGADAKIS 65.73 Stan 65.61 111 * 65.33 GORMAN Graham 65.33 4067.73 CAROLAN * 65.16 Tony65.16 12170.16 MASON* Chris 68.89 68.89

113.65 55.34 114.88 56.19 117.94 58.32 119.38 59.16 119.78 61.85 122.51 58.89 123.58 124.48 62.56 125.13 65.41 125.67 65.68 132.37 68.76

54.68 * 54.39 56.61 57.99 57.21

62.56 65.41 65.68 68.76

54.49 55.01 56.43 * 56.78 57.88 60.23 59.36 59.39 60.15 61.51 64.46

FITZGERALD Peter BROADBENT Rex JAMES Gavin OLAYOS Bill

58.1 58.12 63.24 64.98

55.95 56.77 60.9 * 63.06

55.35 56.61 * 59.49 68.39

* 55.01 * 55.59 60.37 63.17

55.01 55.59 59.49 63.06

OPEN62.851 OPEN 79.7 OPEN70.712 OPEN70.793

92 * 61.35 FITZGERALD 61.65Peter 61.35 57762.87 BROADBENT * 61.84Rex 61.84 12868.04 JAMES *Gavin 67.42 67.42 54 * 69.23 OLAYOS70.28 Bill 69.23

116.36 58.1 117.43 58.12 126.91 63.24 132.29 64.98

55.95 56.77 60.9 * 63.06

125 FITZGERALD Christian

63.73

59.93

* 59.92

124.47 63.73

59.93

M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2 M2

1 2 3 4 5

OTHER

64.951 67.842 70.23 70.834 76.315

56.75 58.81 65.3 * 59.96 59.98 * 59.61 63.57 64.05 65.19 65.62 68.09

4 83 STEPHEN Brent 5 85 TRELOAR Melanie

OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

B B B B B

56.8 59.1 * 58.37 60.52 61.22 60.97 62.75 67.05 67.29 66.09 69.71

D D

20 6 25 33 5 32 6 123 7 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Clockwise Combined Track 120.26 58.22 * 57.32 121.95 61.69 61.27 123.61 59.96 59.51 134.28 68.58 65.34 141.49 74.11 69.26 DNF * 58.35 DNF 63.61 73.92

57.3 61.15 59.03 62.47 64.01 63.43 64.35 69.47 72.77 69.16 72.77

C was 10 undoubtedly 78 WITT PeterBob The “Star of the Day” Hawker, winning outright with his SWAN 2 new C 11 64 Barrylap records and combined aggregate time of 113.65.

Bob now holds the fast official lap time of any D 1 12 SWAN John PCV member for both track configurations. Huge D 2 99 MORGAN David effort! Congratulations!!

D 3 42 VOGES Garry

MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1 MM1

Figure 8 Track Fastest A 64.441 150 * 62.94 MOSCATI Rick 62.94 A 65.372 2764.14 TREWERN * 63.85 David 63.85 A * 65.373 1079.89 MEZZASALMA 65.6 65.37 Manny A 72.384 46 * 71.70 MOULD Geoff 71.7 A 77.32 94 * 74.35 SALERNO 74.58 Domenic 74.35 A 5 82 TRELOAR Phil A 6 69 YOUNG Bruce

1 11 122 60 22 39 90 45 111 40 121

1 92 577 2 128 3 54

63.21 59.92

OTHER 66.22 12565.96 FITZGERALD * 64.55Christian 64.55

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story: Graeme Ankers

My Two Days with Sir Jack immaculately presented, and Felipe Massa, who seemed very serious. More autographs followed as we left the pits, and then we headed back up to the dining room. Upon entering, Sir Jack boasted that he had taken the stairs. I froze, and Lady Brabham replied: “Don’t worry, Graeme, when he wants to do something, he does it.” I thought, yes: ’59, ’60 and ’66!

Saturday It was without hesitation that I accepted the privilege of being Sir Jack and Lady Brabham’s personal guide on Saturday and Sunday at the Melbourne QANTAS Grand Prix.

On Friday afternoon I was taken to the Grand Prix Corporation Offices and fitted with a red and grey shirt and matching jacket which I was told I could keep, as well as gate passes of various shapes and colours, including an unrestricted pass which gave me access to all areas.

On Saturday, Sir Jack and Lady Brabham arrived and were placed in my care for the day. We did have an itinerary, but this could be overruled if either one of the V.I.P. couple so desired. Our first stop was a media engagement in one of the Corporation’s lounges, which was attended by both Sir Jack and his wife. This was followed by a videotaped one-on-one chat between Sir Jack and Alan Jones in the QANTAS Lounge. Both of these interviews were quite extensive, and by this time I was watching the clock. I gave Lady Brabham an anxious look, and she asked Sir Jack to wind it up.

Next stop: the long walk to the service elevator that took us to the dining room. On stepping out we were swamped by fans and autographhunters. Sir Jack would have signed them all day if we had let him – he doesn’t like to disappoint – but I had to interrupt as we were overdue for lunch. Half-way through lunch, Geoff called and asked us down to the Red Bull pits. Lady Brabham was in deep conversation with Tony and Diana Gaze, so he and I left together with a caution from Lady Brabham: “Don’t use the stairs, Jack.” Once outside, he said: “It’s too far back to the elevator; let’s use the stairs.” “My job’s on the line!” I exclaimed. “I’ll cover for you,” he replied with a smile, so we used the stairs.

Upon entering the final security gate (and there are plenty of them), we were greeted by Mark Webber, looking extremely fit and fresh. He then introduced us to Sebastian Vettel, who looked so young - those whiskers look more like fluff!

Everybody queued to have their photo taken with Sir Jack, including Michael Schumacher, who was 30

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Some other friends arrived at their table, and we were on schedule, so I said I would be back in half an hour. I returned to Pit Lane where I met an Austrian Supervisor from the Red Bull team.

He explained to me that he travels for the entire season. He showed me tyres, engines and thousands of Euros worth of parts, as well as 30 mechanics and 40 other personnel. – And they reckon horse racing is the sport of kings!

This gentleman bought me my second lunch for the day, at the Red Bull team’s own restaurant, politely informed me that my German was lousy, we exchanged names and addresses and parted.

It was then back to work. I returned to the restaurant, where Lady Brabham informed me that Sir Jack and Tony Gaze were discussing their medication, and instructed me to pull him away if I could. We were now due at the Autograph Stand in front of the V8’s. A short drive in the golf buggy and we were right on time. There was a huge crowd waiting with T-shirts, caps and posters to be signed. One chap had even brought his car bonnet, which was duly autographed! Fortunately Lady Brabham came with us and sat at the desk with some pre-signed posters. This helped reduce the waiting time, but as before, some fans were always going to miss out.

Our next and last stop was the Historic Paddock,where I usually work. Naturally I was keen to tell my friends of my excitement at meeting the past and present champions of Formula One, along with numerous dignitaries and celebrities. The V.I.P. couple and I arrived in the buggy to cheers from the crowd and the loud but dulcet tones of Don Kinsey on the mike. Don warmly welcomed Sir Jack and reminded fans of his magnificent driving achievements. Once again, trying to leave was awkward, as Sir Jack will sign autographs forever! I took he and Lady Brabham back to the QANTAS Lounge, where a car was waiting to take a very tired Sir Jack back to his hotel. – And we still had Sunday to go…

Sunday, Grand Prix day, and a fairly light schedule for the Brabhams.

After lunch, Lady Brabham stayed in the restaurant talking to some old friends, so Sir Jack and I went to the autograph stand near the V-8s. There we met Allan Moffat, who was signing Grand Prix posters. The young lady on the microphone declared: “Here we have that great Ford driver from the past, Allan Moffat, and of course, three-times World Champion Sir Jack Bradman…” (We’ll be generous and put it down to nerves…)

Next stop: Turn 15 for a parade lap with Sir Jack and Alan Jones. The Triumph Owners’ Club were privileged to have their machines chosen as the marque to escort these two champions.

The lead car, which carried Sir Jack, was a TR4A Convertible, bright red and returned to concourse condition. The driver opened the door for Sir Jack, who promptly stood in the car and then sat down on the last piece of panel in front of the boot lid. The owner looked at me in amazement; it was obvious Sir Jack was going to sit on the car and not in it.

The two QANTAS girls, in their gold, designer outfits, introduced themselves, and Lisa, Sir Jack’s appointed assistant for the parade, jumped in – or should I say on – the car, straightened Sir Jack’s tie, buttoned his jacket, put her arm around him and said laughingly: “He won’t fall off. Let’s go!” The owner nervously promised no jerky gear changes and then disappeared onto the track with Alan Jones following.

After the parade lap I took Sir Jack back to the restaurant, picked up Lady Brabham and did a quick golf buggy trip around the Historic Paddock. We were greeted by cheers and applause. Once again Sir Jack wanted to stop and sign autographs, but their car was waiting at the QANTAS Lounge to whisk them off to the airport. We bid our farewells with smiles and handshakes. (Their flight would probably have returned them to Queensland in time to watch the Grand Prix on television.)

Sir Jack Brabham OBE, AO turned 85 on 2nd April, 2011. I certainly hope – as do all motorsport enthusiasts – to see Sir Jack and Lady Brabham at many more Australian Grands Prix, especially in Melbourne.

Special thanks to Brenda and Grant Campbell, and also to Richard Williams, for a memorable weekend.

I spent the morning with my friends in the Historic Paddock until midday, when Sir Jack and Lady Brabham duly arrived and were to go straight through the QANTAS Lounge to the restaurant above Pit Lane. There was an enormous crowd at the barrier in front of the Lounge entrance chanting “Sir Jack!” As usual, he stopped to sign autographs. After dragging him away, you guessed it: straight up those precipitous stairs.

Lady Brabham smiled at me, shook her head and said: “It’s his neck; you can’t argue.”

Graeme Ankers at the GP

story: Jolanda Brezovec photos: Felix Rieniets

Club Night

Winter Warmer – Lark Distillery and Porsche Centre Brighton

21st June 2011 again flourish after a 150 year drought on the Apple Isle. Their whiskies have won international awards which are not surprising due to the clean Tasmanian waters, the malted barley still produced by Cascade Breweries, the peat bog found in central Tasmania and not to forget the Lark’s passion.

Sometimes things just work, that was the case at our recent club night, with beautiful Tasmanian Single Malt Whiskey and a cold winter’s night at Porsche Centre Brighton. The Melbourne weather did not deter club members joining us at the beautiful, warm and inviting showrooms of Porsche Centre Brighton. The idea came to me during a spring day in Tasmanian when I met the boys form Lark Distillery- this winter warmer was perfect.

Mark from Lark Distillery in Hobart flew over to Melbourne through a thin vale of volcanic ash with his three tasting whiskies, single malt, a single barrel and whisky liquor. His talk coversed all aspects of single malt whiskies to the story of Bill and Lynn Lark. They single handedly got the liquor laws changed to allow distilleries to once

It was also interesting to hear that Bill and Lynn Lark are now helping other Whiskies tragics to learn the art of distilling whiskey. The one thing that I got out of it is that you need to have patience as the first batch takes seven years and that’s if it’s in a small barrel. As an investment advisor and director of Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) I was also interested to hear how diligent Victorians hold these barrels in their super funds. This is certainly lateral thinking – allowing the distiller to make his whiskey in Victoria (actually at Essendon Airport I heard) and getting us to earn a bit of interest on the side whilst nurturing the barrels in our SMSF. Of course the barrels can be purchased at the end of the seven year period by the SMSF- an interesting pension payment.

name. The Essendon distillery is still looking for a name and their first batch will be ready for drinking in 2012- any ideas? Let’s see locationEssendon, bird-Magpie or his surname which was Italian. They don’t work for me. If you do have an idea give him a ring.

I would like to thank Porsche Centre Brighton for allowing us to drink the whiskies amongst their beautiful cars, Mark and Chris for making the trip from Tasmania and Keith for making me go to the whisky tasking in Hobart (twice) Post script: The Volcanic Ash got thicker after our Club Night and Mark had a lovely extended holiday in Melbourne as well. Winners all round!

I also found out that all whiskies have a naming convention- they are named after the location, a bird or the surname of the distiller (usually a Scottish name). Lark hit the jackpot with their

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Welcome to “Make Mine Rare”. In this our first editon we feature Rex Broadbent’s beautiful and rare 993 GT2

History The GT2 was Porsche’s customer race car for the 1995 racing season and thereafter. Named in recognition of the class it was built to contest, these evocative machines were pitched against the likes of Chrysler’s Viper, the Venturi 400 GTR and Callaway’s Corvette. To be homologated, 25 road-going examples had to be built, from which any racing variant had to be closely derived.

Porsche’s experience with the 964 Turbo S LM (raced by the factory between 1993 and ‘94) served as a useful inauguration for the GT2. It consequently went on to dominate in much the same way as its illustrious forebears.

Based on RS underpinnings, the rear drive-only GT2 featured adjustable suspension with solid bushes, variable stabilisers and adjustable antiroll bars all round. There were also new front axle kinematics, a stiffer rear subframe and link bearings for more precise wheel control, particularly at the rear. Ventilated and perforated 322mm discs got four-piston aluminium calipers.

Mechanically, the GT2 featured a 3.6-litre engine based on that of the production Turbo, however, those units fitted into these homologation specials were tuned to produce 430bhp. They were designated Typ M64/60R and displacement remained unchanged at 3600cc along with compression at 8.0:1. Where the 60R motor was a bit special lay in its re-mapped engine management and increased turbo boost, the

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latter having been upped from 0.8 to 0.9bar. The result was an extra 22bhp over the production Turbo, this being developed at an identical 5750rpm. Weighing in an amazing 200kg lighter than the Turbo, all GT2’s used a reinforced Typ G50/32 six-speed gearbox and unsurprisingly posted the best performance figures for any 993.

Top speed was a monumental 184mph, 0-60 taking a meagre 3.7 seconds.

Visually the GT2 was a stunning looking automobile, its dropped ride height lending an aggressive stance that was enhanced by the wild aero devices and massive wheelarch extensions.

At the front was a wraparound chin spoiler, air being fed into a supplementary nose-mounted oil cooler. Much of the bodywork was reinforced, the pop-riveted fender flares having been manufactured from lightweight fibreglass. Deep body-coloured sills ran between the wheels, the new front spoiler being joined by a radical bi-plane rear deck wing that featured integral engine cooling pods located on either side.

The cockpit was stripped in much the same way as Porsche’s normally aspirated 3.8-litre Carrera RS, the GT2 having its rear seats junked along with nearly all the electrical equipment and even the airbag. Leather-covered bucket seats were standard. Customers could go a stage further and specify the optional Club Sport pack that included a fully integrated roll cage, race-spec Recaro bucket seats with six-point seat harnesses, a battery cut out switch and a fire extinguisher.

Those who wanted to go in the other direction could have their cars equipped with a stereo, leather sports seats from the Turbo 4, driver and

passenger airbags, air-conditioning and even electric windows. Production began in March 1995 after the GT2 made its debut at the Geneva Salon. 57 road cars were built (seven of which were right-hand drive) in addition to 110 racers.

That wasn’t quite the end of the story though as in April 1998, Porsche introduced an Evolution version that was available by special request.

Introduced to homologate a more extreme racing variant, 21 road-going Evolution’s were eventually manufactured, all of which featured high output 3.6-litre engines producing 450bhp at 6000rpm.

The extra 20 horses knocked a tenth off the 0-60 sprint (now 3.6 seconds), top speed rising to 187mph.

Fast Facts •Configuration: flat 6; air-cooled; twin-turbocharged •Displacement: 3,600 cc (220 cu in); 2 valves per cylinder •Bore × stroke: 100 mm × 76.4 mm •Maximum power: 335.7 kW (450 hp) @ 6000 rpm •Specific power: 93.25 kW/litre (2.05 hp/cu in) •Maximum torque: 585.7 Nm (432 lb ft) @ 3500 rpm •Specific torque: 162.7 Nm/litre (1.96 lb ft/cu in) •Transmission: 6-speed manual •Length: 4,245 mm (167.1 in) •Width: 1,855 mm (73.0 in) •Height: 1,270 mm (50.0 in) •Wheelbase: 2,272 mm (89.4 in) •Front track: 1,475 mm (58.1 in) •Rear track: 1,550 mm (61.0 in) •Curb weight: 1,295 kg (2,855 lb) •Power-to-weight ratio: 3.86 kW/kg •Top Speed: 295 km/h (184 mph), limited by gearing •0-60 mph: 3.7 s •0-100 mph: 8.4 s •1/4 mile: 11.9 s @ 117 mph (188 km/h)

993 GT2 at Winton in June

at the knees and all of my rationale evaporated!

Our conversation immediately progressed from “when can you find one for me please?” to “how does the importation system work?”. There was also the question of how many body parts I would need to sacrifice! It was wishful thinking of course; only 7 were made in right-hand-drive and all were in the hands of appreciative enthusiasts.

Rex with his rare 993 GT2

What the owner thinks To me the 993 GT2 is the ultimate incarnation of what many regard as the last of the “real” Porsches; the hand-finished, immortal and sadly missed air-cooled cars! This landmark model is savagely fast, nimble, responsive and with impressive racing credentials and a sinister presence; what more could a man want...!

My first glimpse of the car came when close friend and club legend Don Tryhorn imported it from Hong Kong as the “jewel in the crown” for his incredible collection of mouth-watering Porsches. It was love at first sight! I went weak

This particular car had its pre-delivery service done at the London Porsche dealer, AFN, before being shipped to it sole previous owner in Hong Kong. This gentleman obviously treated it with meticulous care. It was still in absolutely superb condition, which was of course the catalyst for Don to purchase it; he had an eye for quality.

It’s a great pity that something that I admired so much only became mine with the tragedy of Don’s death. Yet, the opportunity of returning the car to pristine Factory condition has been enormously rewarding; it has been a labour of love and a gratifying way of maintaining a connection with Don. I think of him fondly every time I drive it. I really miss you mate...

I concede to be merely the custodian of this significant vehicle for future generations of Porsche fans to enthuse over, just like I do. I cannot contemplate ever parting with Don’s car.

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Our Grand Tour for 2011 was perhaps our most ambitious to date. From Saturday 9th April through to Sunday 17th April 75 members travelled to Canberra, Bathurst and the Hunter Valley, returned via Bowral and the South Coast of NSW, each covering around 3,600 kilometres, with many members starting “mini tours” earlier to extend this amazing tour.

On behalf of Alf and myself, we sincerely thank all those members who attended for their co-operation and amazingly positive approach which jelled so perfectly, ensuring that this tour was simply as successful as it could possibly be. We were all determined to have a good time, and in the end we had a fantastic time. It was a privilege to have coordinated such a tour, and we are already looking forward to the next one.

It’s impossible to thank everybody, but Alf Carrigan and Will Darvall are standouts. They ensured we were entertained, and kept us wondering what may happen next. Thanks also to the many contributors to this article, and to our photographers Julie Mason, Karen Stephenson, Russell Sturzaker and Neville Sampson.

These tours are one of the highlights available to members of our club. If you haven’t managed to join one in the past, make sure you watch for future extended tours and come along; you will not be disappointed.

Melbourne to Canberra: Tony & Chris Carolan On arrival in Canberra on a beautiful autumn day, she showed off her finest autumn colours in the sun, but the best view of all was the group of Porsches arriving through the streets of Canberra in unison on Saturday afternoon.

dinner held in the Mural Room. The guided tour gave us some historical information about the different paintings and informative insight on the whole parliamentary procedure.

of the Lake. Many club members went to view these cars and ran into Terry and Janice Ward.

Sunday was our first official group day, where we were all to meet at Black Mountain car park at 11.30 am. However, there was a small group who decided to visit the famous Kingston Markets beforehand, feeling there would be plenty of time to achieve the market and designated meeting time. But unbeknown to the market goers, Canberra held its biggest Marathon on that day on the market side of town. Trying to manoeuvre their way around all the barricaded streets led these drivers up many garden paths, until they reached the Australian University and ended up going around in circles there too. It took so long to find their way out of the academic maze that they were almost awarded a degree for their time and effort. Luckily, through modern communication aids, Michael O’Brien was able to organize a rescue vehicle to shepherd the group to the Lake George Winery, and luckily they made that safely after passing a red Commodore driver driving up the wrong side of the highway nearly causing a head-on accident.

It was great to meet the Canberra Porsche Club members at the winery and it was also an opportunity for Bruce and Aranka to catch up with members they knew from when they were members and Aranka was President of the Club. It was also a time when Sandra and Chris O’Brien were able to meet up with family.

Julie took a group photo of the Melbourne tour group, who were dressed in regulation (prison like) uniforms.

On the Saturday, many people enjoyed the wealth of cultural establishments Canberra has to offer such as the National Museum of Australia, where the “True history of the Irish in Australia” was on show, the National Gallery of Australia’s exhibit of “Ballets Russes the art of costume”, the War Memorial, where a special tribute to the Rats of Tobruk was being held that weekend, to the Rolls Royce Club of Australia displaying their cars on the Concourse upside

There were a couple of casualties on this first day; Gay Carrigan walked into the furniture at the Irish Exhibition and battered her shin, and there was a possible case of husband bashing when Graeme turned up with black eyes and a swollen nose. There was a report that St. Basil de Porsche (bear) was a little light fingered after visiting the mini bar in Peter and Clair’s room and he was seen with Muriel’s missing umbrella (especially designed to fit in her new GT3).

My final comment is; I wish to declare markets as the 8th deadly sin.

Canberra to Bathurst: John Kirby My allotted task as scribe, approached with trepidation, please believe me, was suddenly made easy by my wide eyed arrival in Bathurst.

Call it “The Mountain” or “Leadfoot Vahalla”, what a place. Never mind the location, superb as it is while being set among rural homes and working farm land, the Bathurst Track Motor Museum alone brought back a rush of earlier Australian motor racing memories. As for keeping it down to below 60kmh while doing the lap (you all did of course, didn’t you?), it wasn’t as hard as I thought. While creeping along and drinking it all in, we were passed by a car and caravan. Pauline hid her face while muttering about me being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment via a part of the Porsche, which would have been impossible anyway.

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One of our fair ladies, so I am reliably informed and in fact I confirmed by sneaky interrogation (do all PCV journalists de jour sink so low?) executed a magnificent lap of the mountain exercising all six gears of their red 911. Now this fair damsel of the track achieved this and did not exceed the mandatory 60kph; well done. We are passing a petition around to the Bathurst racing board to up the minimum speed to at least 160kph for the good of all.

I hope all members enjoyed this stop only half as much as me; it will probably be the highlight for yours truly. I used to haunt the Vic tracks in the sixties but never got this far north; viva saloon car racing in particular.

Golden Highway where we turned left, thinking we had to go through Dunadoo! Being very quickly upbraided by ‘the navigator’, we were soon going in the right direction. Proceeding on to Merriwa it was readily evident that NSW Labour spent very little money on rural road maintenance, which is a pity, for what was potentially a very attractive drive. Upon arrival in Merriwa, it was soon apparent that many had taken the recommended GPS route, as there must have been well over thirty cars there and nobody had overtaken us on the way! After a simple but excellent lunch at the Merriwa bakery we set off again, soon passing Graeme and Muriel Aberline in their ‘new’ GT3 surprisingly quickly. (See note 2) We eventually found our bumpy way to the Peppers Resort, near Pokolbin, although the last 30 kms had been fantastic! This was to be our stopover for the next 3 nights. Upon arrival at this very attractive Resort, there were quite a few Porsches already there, with some of their occupants already in residence and well established at the bar.

The drive up from Canberra was pleasant and interesting; I would love to do it slowly sometime for a lingering look, with camera at the ready. This part of NSW is iconic across the spectrum. Now just who was it who forgot to fuel up in Canberra and RAN OUT OF FUEL. Oh dear me, names will be suppressed. A great trip so far and I would do it again anytime.

Bathurst to the Hunter Valley: Trevor Leavesley After arriving early on the third day of our Tour and having a great time driving the famous Bathurst Racetrack, we were in no mood to leave early, but as we had to cover well over 400 kms to get to the Hunter Valley, an early start it was to be. Rising early and after a very pleasant breakfast at the excellent Citigate Motel, we were somewhat delayed by a very slow computer billing system. Standing in a slow queue of no more than 5 people, we were further dismayed by a member of our Tour ‘stealing’ one of the desk clerks away, causing the queue to increase to nearly 30.

Nevertheless we eventually were able to take the opportunity to drive around the track twice more, with the girls doing the driving. Magic!

After moving into our comfortable accommodation, we took a walk around the property and facilities, which were beautiful and full of great potential. We then joined the others at the bar for a pre-dinner drink. Dinner was to be a casual BBQ outside on the Terrace, but because of the early chill this was to be moved into the Restaurant indoors. Prior to dinner we all attended a wine tasting put on by First Creek Wines, which was very enjoyable. Subsequently dinner was taken, but unfortunately the food from the BBQ was a little ‘tired’ and not the best, particularly for the latecomers to dinner. Whilst it was possibly caused by the delay when moving indoors, there were also insufficient amounts of some items, which was not good for a supposed Five Star resort.

With Paula still driving, we were in the first few cars leaving Bathurst. Whilst initially the roads to Ilford and then Mudgee were under repair and rough, they evened out to provide a great driving experience. We found Mudgee to be much larger than imagined and whilst busy, it was pleasantly attractive. It was also much colder than expected and we were wondering why the girls disappeared into Target, but they soon re-emerged with Paula wearing warm socks of the spotty variety.

Switching drivers and finding our way out of town, every turn we took there were Porsches in all directions. We passed Alf and Tony stopped on the roadside and they appeared to be in earnest phone conversation. (See note 1). The signposts were a little confusing, but we followed Michael’s route religiously, except when we reached the turn onto the 40

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Note 1. Evidently the cause of the earnest phone call to Alf, was that whilst Linley and Helen Baxter had been getting into their Cayman, after a stop for refreshments, a woman in another vehicle “attempted to angle park” on Helen’s side of the Cayman. In doing so, she was going far too quickly and hit the left

rear of the Cayman, which fortunately pushed her car sufficiently left to miss Helen, who was still standing between the open door and the left side of her Cayman. The woman’s car then hit the Cayman door, end on and continued on into a garden! It is ironic that the woman’s immediate action was to get her insurance policy out of her handbag. It is also amazing, but not surprising to Porsche owners, that whilst there was obviously much significant and expensive damage to the Baxter’s Cayman, they were able to ‘shut and seal’ the damaged door one more time, to allow them to continue the Tour. Well done Helen and Linley.

First Day In The Hunter Valley: Josie Pearson It’s over breakfast, in the brilliant sunshine, on our first morning at Peppers Guest House, that we learn that dark clouds have descended over the Dennis/Donnellan household. It appears that Kris left the bar area, the previous night, in the wee hours, to enjoy a cancer stick outdoors, when she finds herself locked out and left for dead in the pitch dark. She attempts to find a way out, but it’s only after 90 minutes in the freezing cold, that she is rescued by a Peppers staff member. Much finger pointing is directed at the other late night revellers in her party, and Michael of course.

Whilst a group goes out at 7.00am for a morning walk to enjoy the sublime scenery, it’s the later group, who leave at 10.00am, that find going up and back the Broke Road directionally challenging. Your correspondent finds a group of ladies, huddled on a signless corner, map upside down, discussing how to get back to Peppers. One was heard exclaiming “Someone must be blamed!!”

Luckily all return safely by 2.00pm for Winery Tours by mini-bus. We divide into 4 groups to visit an assortment of beverage purveyors. After a hectic few days, Gay Carrigan has decided to rest this afternoon, so your correspondent was shocked to hear, on the bus, Alf saying of Chris Carolan “I’m looking in her bag, not her knickers” to which Ken Ramsay replies ”Alf would be lucky to know the difference!!!” Despite such group disharmony, a good afternoon is had by all, enjoying the 25 degree temperatures and, naturally, the “Nectar of the Gods.”

On returning, there’s just enough time to get prepared for our second Formal Dinner of the Tour. During the trip, there seems to be a few members who have problems with Hotel doors and Room keys, and tonight is no exception.

It’s alleged that Ken Ramsay decided to leave the room whilst Carlene was enjoying a shower.

Taking his Medicare card instead of the room key, it’s not surprising that access is denied on his return to the room. We hear that there was a terrible commotion in the corridor as

Ken attempted to bang down the door, whilst Carlene, deafened by the running water, is oblivious to the unfolding situation outside.

Spruced up in our finery, with the ladies looking magnificent in their evening attire, we depart again by mini-bus for our Formal Dinner at Hope Estate Winery, enjoying canapés and dinner in the impressively candle-lit Great Cask Hall. After a delicious dinner and copious glasses of excellent Hope Estate wines, we are further entertained by the awarding of some Special Prizes.

The Good Sport Award went to Bruce Young, for washing Greg and Robin Humphries’ Boxster, after stupidly betting that St Kilda would win the footy against Essendon.

Helen Baxter won the Luckiest Lady Award after a near fatal encounter with a geriatric driver.

Second Day in The Hunter Valley: Russell & Vicki Sturzaker Morning and afternoon were free to relax and enjoy the facilities of the Hunter Valley.

Sandi Osborne received a mini bottle of wine and a Virgin Hills cap for getting locked out of her Hotel room with only a towel to save her dignity.

Day Six already, and today we had a free day to spend as we wish in the magnificent surrounds of Peppers Resort and the Hunter Valley. So after yet another sumptuous breakfast in the Sanctuary Restaurant, tour participants headed off in various directions, with quite a few of us heading for the Hunter Valley Gardens.

Sandra O’Brien and Kris Donnellan won Lucky Door prizes of plush toy wombats.

But the highlight of the night was Michael O’Brien receiving a gift boxed Porsche pen, donated by Karen Oscar of The Pen Place, for his dedication and hard work in putting together such a successful and enjoyable Tour.

Hunter Valley Gardens The Hunter Valley Gardens are situated right in the heart of the Hunter Valley on Broke Road, opened on 10 October 2003 by the then Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable Bob Carr. The gardens were

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created by Mr Bill Roche and his wife Imelda, who have created a number of gardens and open spaces throughout Australia, many of which have won awards, so on their retirement they thought the time had arrived to create a garden that would outlast them for many generations to come, one that would bring joy and excitement into all those who visited.

Soon it was time for lunch at one of the many cafes available within the gardens and it was while having lunch that we bumped into another group from the tour, and caught up with the story of our esteemed Tour and Social Director Michael O’Brien, who, while playing tennis, had very unceremoniously “hit the dirt”, injuring his knee. Not to worry though, as earlier he had bagged a Cellar Door Prize at Aqua Golf while Carlene Ramsay had picked up a free Dinner Vouched for her Basket in One, also at Aqua Golf.

of the kitchen crying “Manuel, Manuel, where is Manuel”, an action that simply brought the house down and one that he then repeated on each night of his stay. David went on to tell us that John Cleese passed the comment to him one afternoon, while sitting under a huge oak tree writing his book, that in all the many places he had stayed in the world, he thought Peppers Resort was as good as any, if not the best.

Peppers Creek Village

The Convent

Visiting the gardens was truly an experience and exploring the 10 stunning feature gardens set on just over 60 acres was truly amazing. Taking some four years to construct by a dedicated team of over 40 landscape gardeners, architects and engineers, the gardens really were magnificent. While some may feel that it has the elements of a Disneyland style theme park, a closer look reveals that they are in fact, an inspirational landmark that will reveal the joys of gardening to coming generations.

Along with others, we spent some three hours walking most of the eight kilometers of pathways, taking in all ten of the differently themed gardens. There was even a large covered stage area where a Dinosaur show was being performed in front of some 100 or so delighted and enthusiastic children. For those not wishing to walk all the way there were also Guided Train Tours that ran every 45 minutes. From the lavish display of more than 8,000 roses in the Rose Garden, to the formal hedges, classic fountains, and array of annuals of the Border Garden, this was truly a magical experience, with a combination of the sounds of water and birds, together with the multitude of fragrances and colours.

Next to Peppers in Pokolbin is Peppers Creek Village and here we again met up with others from the tour, while exploring this beautiful provincial sandstone village. It is renowned for its food and wine, exclusive shops, including antiques, jewellery, gifts and apparel, stunning function facilities and unique accommodation.

After leaving the gardens we drove to “The Convent” on Halls Road, where the TV series Farmer wants a Wife is filmed, and took some photos around this magnificent 1800’s property.

Peppers Resort It was now around 3pm, so we headed back to Peppers Resort, where we spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the resort and adjacent surrounds. Peppers Resort was a perfect location for the major stay on our tour.

There are 48 deluxe accommodation rooms and suites to choose from, each tastefully furnished in Peppers’ distinctive boutique style.

There is also an exclusive self contained four bedroom cottage situated only a short stroll from the main resort. At Peppers you can also pamper yourself at the onsite endota spa, relax by the pool, or have a game of tennis or golf.

Some interesting facts: Construction of the Gardens began in 1999 and was completed in 2003 by a dedicated team of over 40 landscape gardeners, architects and engineers.

The site was originally horsepaddocks and vineyards.

More than 900,000 cubic metres of soil and clay was moved across the site to shape and form the Gardens and an additional 300,000 cubic metres of quality top soil was added.

The Gardens include some 6,000 trees, 600,000 shrubs and 1,000,000 ground covers, with 100km of underground irrigation piping.

The 8km of walking paths are covered with relate, a local crushed sandstone product.

The Gardens encompass 16 hectares or the equivalent of 32 football fields of grass.

More than 500,000 annuals are planted each year – 150,000 in summer and 350,000 in winter.

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It was while we were strolling around the grounds that Vicki and came across Dave Roberts, the maintenance man for the resort. Dave has been at the resort for some years now and so we asked him how many celebrities had stayed at the resort, and who he remembered the most. He answered us with names from a who’s who of screen stardom, and related the following story.

John Cleese came out recently for some solitude while penning his latest book, and on visiting the restaurant for dinner on his first night found everyone staring and generally looking to see what he was doing. So the following night, and with no notice to the staff on duty, he walked into the restaurant for dinner, but instead of taking his seat at a table, proceeded into the kitchen. Moments later he appeared from the swinging doors

Dinner tonight was in the Tallawanta Room at the Resort, where everyone partook of yet another fabulous evening on “The Grand Tour”.

Next day we left Peppers to drive to Bowral, the birthplace of “The Don”, for lunch and a tour of the Bradman Museum, before driving onto Ulladulla for our next overnight stop.

Hunter Valley to Ulladulla: Neville Sampson After two days of relaxation without scheduled drives, the planned five hour drive to Ulladulla was raising anticipation levels. Tony Carolan clearly recognized that a number of our party were showing symptoms of octane withdrawal and arranged an alternative morning route down the (now famous) Putty Road. The prospect of the five hour journey being increased to seven hours brought a broad grin to a number of our drivers. However, it must be said that that a mandatory 7.30 am start and the prospect of two hours of special bends at speed had some of the passengers endeavouring to make other arrangements for their morning transport!

Many of the enthusiastic drivers left before 7.30; Jane, Anderson, Kirby, Drew, Fairley, Randle, Leavesley, St Baker, Del Gallo and Carolan. Tony had warned them at dinner the night before to expect a significant police presence on the Putty Road. Although some expressed their concern, to your correspondent this just seemed a very intelligent allocation of limited police resources.

As it turned out the journey along the Putty Road took hardly any extra time, with sensational driving experiences along the sweeping curves and some tighter areas.

Those who enjoyed the Putty Road arrived at Bowral for lunch very early, while the rest of us left later, and enjoyed a morning of motorway driving, with just a little taste of Sydney traffic around the Pennant Hills area.

We all enjoyed a break in Bowral at the Bradman Oval, with a guided tour of the impressive Bradman Museum and the International Cricket Hall of Fame. Sir Donald Bradman was born at Cootamundra in 1908, but moved to Bowral in

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anniversary. No doubt Phyl was surprised that Neil was taking her out for their anniversary dinner to the Milton Ulladulla Ex Servos Club!

1911. His first cricket matches were played at the oval at Bowral which now bears his name, but of course he had fine tuned his hand-eye coordination at home, hitting a golf ball with a cricket stump against a corrugated iron water tank. The museum had a wealth of Bradman memorabilia and in separate groups we enjoyed a guided tour, followed by a light lunch.

After lunch Tony and Chris Carolan left us to spend time in Sydney.

From Bowral we headed a short distance to Fitzroy Falls. We entered Morton National Park, and walked along the boardwalk to the spectacular 82 metre waterfall.

Several lookouts allowed us to enjoy a short walk and to look down upon the falls and the Kangaroo Valley below.

We had been warned at the briefing prior to the tour that the accommodation and meal at Ulladulla might not be a highlight. Actually, the accommodation was fine and the meal was very well appreciated. A seafood entree was followed by a served smorgasbord, and excellent desserts. A number of us proceeded after dinner to the dance floor, in response to the long list of musical hits served up by the resident live band, but we eventually found our way to the courtesy bus. Some of us had difficulty when the bus driver asked if we needed the northbound bus or the southbound bus, and for some the name of their motel was elusive, but these challenges just underline what a great evening was had by all.

Final Day: Ulladulla to Merimbula: Lindsay St Baker As we were too numerous, we had been divided the day before into 3 groups, with our group staying at the Harbour Royal Motel.

In the morning, everyone was talking about the great evening we had the previous night. We were asking each other what had so far been the highlight of our trip and the consensus was that it was the atmosphere of friendship that had been enjoyed between us all.

After a frugal breakfast (we had got used to the gourmet fares of the previous days), we left the pretty coastal village of Ulladulla. Unfortunately the rain was still falling, even though the sun was trying very hard to pierce through the clouds on the horizon, but the colourful fishing boats bobbing in the picturesque little harbor and a sea eagle gliding overhead looking for prey was a wonderful sight.

Unfortunately the stop at the falls did not go well for Ken Ramsay. Ken and his wife Carlene walked to the first and highest lookout with Michael and Christine O’Brien. One section of the floor of the lookout is of metal grating to enable one to see the water landing over 80 meters below. At the time the Ramsays and the O’Briens arrived at the lookout a young couple also arrived. As the young couple proceeded over the grating the young lady’s flimsy summer dress blew up to her waist, in a Marilyn Monroe type of display. Unfortunately she had forgotten to don her underwear that morning. At that critical moment Ken, who had been admiring the waterfall, proclaimed “What a magnificent view”, which earned him an immediate slap from Carlene! Poor Ken was (we accept unreservedly) totally innocent and quite confused as to why his comment had produced such a vigorous response.

As we reached Lake Tabourie, the sun started shining and we then arrived in Batemans Bay, where we had decided to stop for a good cup of coffee. It is at that point that Wayne and I had to return to Ulladulla, for a reason that will be explained later on. It was fun to wave to all our friends who were certainly puzzled as to why we were going in the opposite direction.

From Fitzroy Falls we drove a fabulous road down to Nowra. The mountain bends were appreciated by all, marred only slightly by delays at roadworks.

Returning to Batemans Bay, we then took Beach Road on the way to Casey’s Beach.

The coast was amazing; there was a new panorama beyond each turn of the road, with sandy beaches, inland peaks and waves crashing onto the rocks, sending huge sprays of water into the sky.

At Nowra our road journey changed again. The heavens opened, and we also found 5.00 pm traffic on a Friday to be extremely heavy. The traffic cleared after a few kilometers, but the heavy rain continued until we arrived at Ulladulla and located our lodgings for the night. Neil and Phyl Drew were celebrating their 44th wedding 44

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We had caught up to the group as we arrived in Bermagui, where nearly everyone seemed to be enjoying fish and chips on the wharf. We learned that some of them had taken a detour to Tilba where they found some lovely craft shops as well as cheese. Yannick and Graeme Anderson had decided to stop at a market at the entrance of the town and lunched on local oysters, which were delicious and fresh and inexpensive.

After lunch, we made our way to Merimbula through the Brananga and Mimosa Rocks National Parks. Once again, the drivers were treated with some great roads.

This time, we were broken into two groups, with our group staying at Robyn’s nest. Some of us had a self-contained little house, others were in the guest house. We heard that June Oldham was holding audience in her palatial bedroom, which we unfortunately missed, but those who were there were in awe.

In the evening, we waited for a bus, that did not come, to pick us up (as we left the next day, still no one had heard of the fate of the driver, whose bus had been parked on the wharf since the previous night), so used large taxis or Kerry Hines’ and Neil Drew’s Cayennes to reach the Merimbula Aquarium, where we were having dinner.

The aquarium was very interesting, showing sea creatures from all over Australia.

One of the most fascinating animals was a cuttlefish, a creature that looked like something out of “Star Wars”, changing its colour depending on what was in front of it.

The meal was of a very high standard, with great seafood, as you would expect in such a restaurant, but the best part of the evening was the presentations.

Alf Carrigan had been given a red netball skirt the night before with a request to wear it the next evening. Gay and Robin Humphries had a great idea. They made him wear his grey suit with the red skirt around the neck with a chain necklace (loaned by Julia), from which he hung his beloved Carlton Emblem. Ray Baty lent him his ring and Alf made everyone address him as Monsignor Carrigan. He really looked the part; it was just disappointing he could

The George Bass Drive was equally beautiful; there was such an abundance of bird life in Wallaga Lake, with black swans, ducks, egrets and cranes.

who was by then wearing the skirt around his waist) to Christine O’Brien, who had walked the Mt Panorama Circuit braving the cold and rain.

Then it was time to present the D…Head and Dimwits Awards (I had thought all along it was the Dumb and Dumber Awards).

not have performed a miracle and brought us a bus and a driver earlier that evening.

Alf started the presentation talking about how great the Tour had been and thanking Michael O’Brien again for doing such a great job. Michael asked everyone to sign his Tour book that he planned to keep as a souvenir, but the most entertaining part of the evening was when Will Darvall got up to present the prizes.

For those who don’t know, Will could have been a comedian, as he is able to deliver the most outrageous story and keep his deadpan expression. He can look so serious.

So what followed was extremely funny, with loud laughter coming out of every corner the room, as he teased some unnamed guests about leaving the ExServos Club very late the previous night.

Will was also the judge of the competition running during the trip. The participants had to find errors in the Trip Book, with the one finding the most errors given a prize on the last night.

While some of the most obvious errors had been missed, Will had come up with 3 finalists, with Bruce and Aranka Young being the winners.

A new award was added to the presentation, the Determination Award. It was presented by “Charlene McCarrigan”, a supposedly well respected Netball Presenter, (actually, it was Alf,

I won the 1st award, for the reason that, not only that morning had I left my handbag in the motel room and we had to return to Ulladulla to get it (about 100 km return), but, to the disguised smiles of the group of men sitting nearby, I had also left my handbag on a chair the day before while visiting the wonderful Hunter Valley Gardens. They could not wait to see the look on my face coming out of the shop, realizing that I had been walking for half an hour without my bag.

The 2nd award was won by Roger Randle for leaving Canberra on the first morning of the trip without having filled up his car. It became very clear to him, after quite a few kilometres, that there are no service stations along the main roads out of the Capital. After a long detour, himself and the two cars accompanying him had to return to the centre of town to get petrol.

The 3rd award was given to Russell Sturzaker for making Vicki do a U-turn in Canberra against her wish and landing her a fine of $201.

An unexpected award (a toy phone) was given to Alf by Wayne. The night before the official start of the Tour, Alf was getting very frustrated

by Gay looking in her bag for a ringing mobile phone, which was in Alf’s pocket all along.

had specially marked in the book and that he thought would be useful to Will and Barbara.

Once again there was a lot of laughter.

Then a surprise guest made an appearance, it was Sir Basil of Boxster (Clair Cromie’s little bear) who had a tale to tell Alf. He had seen Jim Askew’s car rolling down the road without a driver, Alf could not believe his ears, but he was right; Jim had left his car on the Bathurst mountain without applying his hand brake, which gave him the top D…Head and Dimwits Award.

We also celebrated Ray Baty’s birthday by giving a memorable rendition of “Happy Birthday”.

The night went too quickly and it was now time to return to our accommodation. Michael and Alf gave the instructions for the next day and wished everyone goodnight.

It had sincerely been an extremely enjoyable night and I’m sure I speak for everyone in saying that we all were a little sad that the trip was nearing an end, as we were heading home the next day. We had such a good time.

At this time, Steve Baulch took the microphone telling us that a certain Police Constable had asked him to make an enquiry regarding a red Porsche that had committed a certain transgression. As the Policeman was not sure who was the culprit, Steve called for all the red Porsche drivers and partners to stand up in front so that he could use a process of elimination with the information that had been given to him. It was not too difficult; the offending car was Will & Barbara’s Cayman. He had everyone in stitches.

While they were still at the front, Jim Askew thanked them and presented them with a book entitled “What to do about everything”. Alf, or should I say Monsignor Carrigan (he had returned to his priestly vestment), was asked

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story: Manny Mezzasalma photos: Ron Widdison

WINTONSPRINTS

Sunday 12th June 2011

Bob Hawker 2nd in MM1 class

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Porsche Club of Victoria Winton Sunday, 12 June 2011 Driver

Class Outright Class Position Position Points

Outright Points

Car

Result

Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

90.145

1

1

25

25

Brian Power

996 Cup Car

93.980

2

4

20

13

James Moodie

996 GT3 R

94.042

3

5

16

11

Rex Broadbent

993 GT2

95.889

Peter Vanderzee

911 RSR 3.6

96.559

Paul McLaughlan

GT3 996 3.6

98.026

4

20

13

Greg Humphries

GT3 3.6

100.596

5

30

11

Tim Williams

997 GT3 3.6

100.666

6

31

10

Tony Moodie

996 GT3 R

100.693

7

32

9

Bill Olayos

996 Turbo

101.383

8

35

8

Tony Hughes

930 3.0 Turbo

102.986

9

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7

David McConnell

997 GT3 3.8

105.047

10

50

6

Class: OPEN

Class: M2 Dean Taylor

964 C2 RS 3.6

94.438

1

7

25

9

Nick Karnaros

993 3.6

94.757

2

8

20

8

Jamie Lovett

964 RS

94.771

3

9

16

7

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

95.243

4

10

13

6

Greg Muller

964 RS 3.6

96.890

5

16

Manny Mezzasalma

993 3.6

97.817

6

19

Howard Burton

993 3.6

99.555

7

25

Malcolm Batten

964 C2

102.270

8

38

Rick Moscati

996 3.6

96.370

1

14

Phil Treloar

996 3.6

96.500

2

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weekend started quite briskly as I woke to a -3 degree day. The sun was up and not a cloud in 10 9the sky. The Saturday was a BMW sprint day but 8around 12 of us die hard PCV competitors had hijacked the day for practice. For those who have attended BMW days before, would have realized 2 25 this was 1 one of the better organized days.

20

David Trewern

997 Carrera 3.6

97.725

3

18

16

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

99.784

4

26

13

Steven Chapman

996

102.982

5

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Justin Davis

Boxster S 3.4

Geoff Mould

997 3.6 Carrera

Philippe Chabbert

996 Cab 3.4

Class: A

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Sunday, 19 June 2011 Aaron Ireland

911 SC

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

As expected the young Turks (Aaron, Dean and Jamie Lovett) were fast out of the blocks in 11 early practice. Times in the 34s were common 103.076 6 43 10 and made me feel rather slow at low 37s. While 103.614 7 45 9 the BMW’s showed pace as well not too many 107.306 8 55 8 were in these times. By the afternoon I began to struggle on my tyres as they were well worn 98.487 1 24 25 and while taking young Jessie from Weltmeister 100.392 2 28 20 out for some quick hot laps we came unstuck in 101.984 3 37 16 turn 3 and ended up in the kitty litter with some 103.499 4 44 13 positive camber on the front wheel. This put an 104.435 5 48 11 end to my day with great expectations of what 105.778 Class6 Outright 53 10 Class Outright wasPoints going to be a great day. Matt Stoupas was Points 115.183 7 Position 57 9 Result Position showing some great pace and kindly showed me thePage proper lines for a rear engine car. This was 1 of 2 96.075 1 12 4 25 rather strange as I have to re learn this track 98.216 2 21 20 from scratch.

100.285 3 27

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

100.502

4

29

13

Peter Matherson

911 SC 3.0

100.805

5

33

11

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

102.272

6

39

10

Barry Swan

968 Sport

103.690

7

46

9

John Michailidis

911 3.0 SC

103.728

8

47

8

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

104.841

9

49

7

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

105.458

10

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John Swan

944 S2 3.0

101.494

1

36

16

Garry Voges

944 S2

102.929

2

40

13

Brent Stephen

944 S2 3.0

106.689

3

54

11

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

111.634

4

56

10

Andrew Hutchison

944 S2

113.408

Class: B Peter Harrison

964 C2 3.6

Marcus Lethlean

964 3.6

Drew Hendrey

911 Carrera 3.2

Ron Widdison

911 Club Sport 3.2

Bill Sevastas

964

Dennis Bath

928S 4.7

Driver Mark Behan

Car 911 Carrera

Class: C

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Dean Koutsoumidis

997 GT3 RS

Spencer Harrison

911 3.0 Carrera

100.989

97.195

Christian Fitzgerald

BMW 135

103.896

Class: MM1

Sunday morning came round after sampling some great wines at a good friend’s winery, Ciccone Wines, the night before. If you find yourself in the King Valley drop in and sample the food and wine it is one of the better ones in the area. Try the Reserve Shiraz, it’s a great wine. I 20 25was rather surprised how well I felt considering 16 remember getting home that night, but 20I did not 16that’s10another story!

Matthew Stoupas

GT3 996 3.6

92.735

1

2

Bob Hawker

996 GT3 3.6

93.163

2

3

Steven McLaughlan

GT3 Mk1 3.6

94.414

3

6

Michael Herrod

993 RSCS

95.878

4

11

13

Harry Philippou

997 Carrera S 3.8

96.281

5

13

11It

Ross Taylor

996 GT3 3.6

97.096

6

17

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

98.289

7

22

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

98.292

8

23

Robert Dyer

911 SC 3.2

101.205

9

34

Chris Mason

GT3 CS 3.6

105.155

10

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Open class was easily won by Peter ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald in his awesome 997 GT3 with a 1.30.14, second place went to Brian Power in his 996 Cup Car with a 1.33.98 and James Moodie finished third in the awesome 996 GT3R with a 1.34.04.

Matt showed some great pace all day and finished with a 1.32.73 and claimed the MM1 win from Bob Hawker on a 1.33.16. Steve McLaughlan came in third with a 1.34.41. All guys drove well and are having a really good battle. It is great to see competition this close.

Class: D

Class: OTHER

My savior was Stan Bougadakis who lent me his Hankook tyres which were brand new. Thanks Stan you are a life saver and I owe you big time. In fact speaking of Stan what a great improvement he had as he was finding it difficult getting under the 1.40s on Saturday , but with some intense driver training from Matt Stoupas and Aaron Ireland in the afternoon, by Sunday Stan had found 3 seconds and was well into the 1.37s. It shows that with some good driver training you can really improve greatly.

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was3crisp again with temperatures starting the 10day at -3 again. I arrived at the track and realized 9that I did not have tyres for the day as they were 8completely shot from the day before and some 7confusion led me to have no tyres for the day.

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In M2 the competition was hot between Nick Karnaros, Jamie Lovett and Dean Taylor. All three were within tenths of each other and the battle was good to watch. In the end Dean took the

honors with a great time which broke the M2 lap record with a 1.34.44, Nick with a 1.34.76 and Jamie on a 1.34.77!!!

Doesn’t get much closer than that folks!

Rick Moscati and Phil Treloar also were battling and it’s always so close between these two, Rick just pipped Phil to win A class with a 1.36.37 and Phil on a 1.36.50. David Trewern came in third with a 1.37.73 The absence of Simon Baxter from most PCV events this year has left Peter Harrison totally in charge of B Class and today was no exception as Peter won easily with a 1.38.49. Marcus Lethlean came in second with a 1.40.39 and Rookie; Drew Hendry coming a great 3rd place with a 1.41.98.

It was the battle of the 944S2’s in D class and John Swan took the honors with a 1.41.49, Garry Voges came in second with a 1.42.93 and Brent Stephen came in third with a 1.46.69.

But the day went to Aaron Ireland who in C class pushed out an amazing 1.36.07 in a (borrowed) 911SC 3.0. Aaron had recently broken the crank in the engine of his own 911SC while practicing at

Calder, but thanks to the generosity of Cameron Goodyear, Aaron was re-united with his old 911SC and obviously felt right at home in it!!!

This broke the lap record for C class by 1.7 seconds and I suspect that it will take some time for this to be broken. Well done Aaron.

Mark Chrznowski was also very fast coming second with a 1.38.22 and Rookie; Simon Dunn coming third with a 1.40.28.

It was a perfect day at Winton with bright sunshine, not a cloud in the sky (rare for June!) and not a breath of wind. If only every track day could be like this! Unfortunately I had to miss

DECA as I had prior commitments but I hear from all accounts that it was the best DECA event ever, so I’ll definitely be booking in for next year!

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Barry Swan in his 968 Club Sport trails Justin Davis in his Boxster Spyder

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story: Peter Harrison photos: Ron Widdison & Tristan Decarro

DECAAUTOKHANA Monday 13th June 2011

Ah, it was the smell of burning clutches and not the usual tyre smoke that was wafting through the crisp air of Shepparton and offending the nostrils at the June DECA event. This event was certainly different, in a very good way, to that which we had become accustomed and the bonus of dry weather also added to the day.

Normally at DECA we are dished up a morning consisting of a skid pan course at the front of the vast property and a fast road track over the back of the facility. We usually finish with a couple of runs over a single, challenging skid pan course in the afternoon.

This year we had two major innovations borrowed from the Skyline club by our peripatetic committee member Aaron Ireland and his mates.

The first was the addition of a middle road track in the morning so the competitors were moving between three simultaneously operating courses, keeping them very busy with little waiting around between runs. The shorter middle road course featured a blind hump in the fastest section over which the quickest cars were getting a bit of air. It may have contributed to Matt Stoupas breaking the drive train of his shared GT3.

The second innovation was with the afternoon skid pan runs. This year two identical courses were laid out side by side and competitors faced off against each other in pairs. Besides providing more action for the spectators, it also offered the drivers the added element of personal competition and also twice as many runs in the time available.

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The skid pan courses were a conventional Autokhana style; lots of precision was demanded but there was zero risk of crash damage. In contrast, the preservation of clutches and gearboxes this year was an entirely different matter. The afternoon course required reversing out of two different garages and included a stop-go gate. In total there were six stationary starts for each run, hence the clutch odour! The drivers briefing this year had the unusual inclusion of a careful explanation of how not to destroy your gearbox in the heat of competition when selecting reverse if you were driving certain earlier model 911’s.

though it theoretically had a higher percentage than usual for DECA of fast track sections with the addition of the middle road track, the outright winner for the day was Aaron Ireland in his C Class car, with Mark Chrzanowski a very creditable Outright 5th in his identical model vehicle. Analysing the detailed results, Aaron and second placed Bob Hawker were almost a dead heat except that Bob incurred a 5 second penalty in the first run of the afternoon skid pan shootout. It would seem that the small gains of the more powerful vehicle on the road tracks were recovered by the less powerful but much more agile car on the skid pan.

The new format was a great success going by the immensely positive feedback from all on the day and at subsequent events. The only glitch was our timing equipment, which failed to live up to expectations and meant the timing officials were flat out all day with manual operation of the equipment.

Of the rest, Harry Philippou did a great job coming in 3rd so I do believe that on this occasion his driving performance actually outshone his voice. Allan Hines, who seems to bring his bright red twin turbo rocket only to the DECA event, did a great job with 4th overall. I suspect the gallery got as much thrill listening to that car fire up its turbos on the skid pan as Allan did in driving it.

A Thank You . . .

On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank the volunteer band of officials and marshals, ably led by Robin Humphries and John Baker. Without their amazing contribution of driving all the way up there and donating to the club a sizable portion of their long weekends, to say nothing of then putting up with the odd tantrum from a stroppy driver, this event would not be possible.

Results Outright Normally, winning Outright is the domain of the high powered Open Class cars and possibly the occasional, cheeky MM1 Class machine.

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1 2 3 4 5

Aaron Ireland 911 SC 3.0 Bob Hawker 996 GT33.6 Harry Philippou 997 Allan Hines 997 Turbo 3.6 Mark Chrzanowski 911

323.04 326.74 333.44 336.69 339.81

OPEN Class Allan Hines vehicle came in first in his class followed some way back by Peter Fitzgerald.

Peter managed to get lost on the skid pan on his final run of the day and up till that point they were running neck and neck. Kerry, Allan’s other half and sharing the same car finished 3rd in the class. Even though a little slower than Allan at this stage, Kerry still managed to make the twin turbos sing just the same. The writer overheard Kerry

comment to another competitor that no matter how hard she tried Allan was still faster than her and she found it infuriating. It’s good to see healthy competition in the family.

1 Allan Hines 336.69 2 Peter Fitzgerald 353.82 3 Kerry Hines 360.62 MM1 Class Bob Hawker was a clear winner in MM1 from Harry Phillippou and Steven McLaughlan.

Each of them managed to rack up one 5 second penalty throughout the day’s competition so their relative results fairly show their comparative speed. Matt Stoupas was right in the running up until his GT3 broke before the last run of the day.

1 Bob Hawker 2 Harry Philippou 3 Steven McLaughlan

326.74 333.44 345.64

M2 Class Nick Karnaros won his class by a good 5 seconds as he seems to be now finding the right mix of aggression and caution with the Autokhana events. Second was James Sanderson who snuck past Ben Faggetter when Ben copped a 5 second penalty in his final run.

1 Nick Karnaros 2 James Sanderson 3 Benjamin Faggetter

343.17 348.34 349.95

A Class With less than 5 seconds separating 1st from 3rd place, A Class was extremely close.

Ultimately, Phil Treloar prevailed by virtue of his clean runs for the day in contrast to

Porsche Club of Victoria DECA Monday, 13 June 2011 Driver

Car

Class Outright Class Result Position Position Points

Outright Points

Class: OPEN

Rick Moscati in 2nd place with 10 seconds of penalties and Justin Davis in 3rd place with one 5 second penalty. Phil and Rick are close in the overall year to date standings too.

1 Phil Treloar 2 Rick Moscati 3 Justin Davis

343.83 349.85 352.45

B Class Good to see some new names featuring in the results for B Class with Ron Widdison managing to collect a win in between his photographic duties. Marcus Lethlean secured 2nd place as he continues to quickly gain speed with experience and Drew Hendrey in 3rd place brings another fresh name to the podium.

1 Ron Widdison 356.71 2 Marcus Lethlean 367.54 3 Drew Hendrey 382.65 C Class It is interesting to note that the venerable 911 SC, which is way outgunned by the new machinery managed to secure Outright 1st, 5th, 8th and 10th for its first four class placegetters. That was notwithstanding the fact that those cars were the subject of the careful lecture at the driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; briefing on how to select reverse gear and still have a functioning gearbox. Aaron Ireland and Mark Chrzanowski were followed by Pete Matherson and Simon Dunn respectively for their class places.

1 Aaron Ireland 2 Mark Chrzanowski 3 Peter Matherson

323.04 339.81 344.64

D Class The places were filled by, in order, Mark Homer, John Swan and Garry Voges who each managed a clean set of runs for the day. I note that their class, which has traditionally been full of 944 S2s now has the addition of a Boxster and an early model 911 SC, the latter made possible by a rule change for this year.

One of the highlights of the afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertainment for the spectators was to watch the performance of Melanie Treloar in her Boxster 2.5 matched against the hugely powerful and high-tech 911 Turbo with its PDK gearbox. For most of the run when things went smoothly, it was almost like the tortoise and the hare. The Turbo was much faster in the forward direction but had major problems with both of the garages as the PDK gearbox decided to take its own sweet time to go into reverse and then again back into first.

Each such change of direction the Boxster would catch up and get its nose in front.

1 Mark Homer 2 John Swan 3 Garry Voges

360.33 364.64 372.56

Allan Hines

997 Turbo 3.6

336.690

1

4

20

Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

353.820

2

17

16

13

Kerry Hines

997 Turbo 3.6

360.620

3

20

13

Tim Williams

997 GT3 3.6

374.290

4

28

11

Bill Olayos

996 Turbo

383.870

5

32

10

Nick Karnaros

993 3.6

343.170

1

6

20

10

James Sanderson

964 3.6

348.340

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

349.950

2

13

16

3

Dean Taylor

964 C2 RS 3.6

352.610

3

16

13

Jeremy Taylor

964 C2 RS 3.6

371.790

4

26

11

Howard Burton

993 3.6

391.780

5

36

10

Phil Treloar

996 3.6

343.830

1

7

20

9

Rick Moscati

996 3.6

349.850

2

12

16

4

Justin Davis

Boxster S 3.4

352.450

3

15

13

1

Geoff Mould

997 3.6 Carrera

370.600

4

25

11

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

379.430

5

30

10

Ron Widdison

911 Club Sport 3.2

356.710

1

18

20

Marcus Lethlean

964 3.6

367.540

2

23

16

Drew Hendrey

911 Carrera 3.2

382.650

3

31

13

Peter Harrison

964 C2 3.6

385.330

4

34

11

Bill Sevastas

964

410.090

5

41

10

Class: M2

Class: A

Class: B

Class: C

In Closing

Aaron Ireland

911 SC 3.0

323.040

1

1

25

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DECA was a huge success this year going by the overwhelming driver feedback and while the officials were frantically overcoming the refusal of the electronic timing equipment to behave, the competitors revelled in the variety of the new format.

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

339.810

2

5

20

11

Peter Matherson

911 SC 3.0

344.640

3

8

16

8

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

346.370

4

10

13

6

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

363.990

5

21

11

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

374.370

6

29

10

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

395.160

7

38

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Again, thanks to all of you who gave up your time and assisted with the running of the event.

Barry Swan

968 Sport

406.640

8

40

8

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

462.760

9

43

7

Mark Homer

944 S2 3.0

360.330

1

19

20

John Swan

944 S2 3.0

Driver Garry Voges

944 S2 Car

364.640 Class2 Outright 22 16 Class Points 372.560 3 Position 27 13 Result Position

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

383.880

4

33

11

Stephen Wood

911 3.0 SC

394.620

5

37

10

Stewart Lachlan

Audi S3

361.370

Graham Lachlan

Audi S3

380.120

Greg Holloway

Cayman S

383.770

Bob Hawker

996 GT3 3.6

326.740

1

2

25

20

Harry Philippou

997 Carrera S 3.8

333.440

2

3

20

16

Steven McLaughlan

GT3 Mk1 3.6

345.640

3

9

16

7

Michael Herrod

993 RSCS

348.120

4

11

13

5

Matthew Stoupas

GT3 996 3.6

352.010

5

14

11

2

Gary Higgon

GT3 3.6

368.400

6

24

10

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

388.860

7

35

9

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

396.680

8

39

8

Ross Taylor

996 GT3 3.6

441.760

9

42

7

Class: D

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Class: OTHER

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Autumn Run to Bellarine Estate story: Trevor Leavesley photos: Felix Rieniets

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After returning two weeks previously from the Club’s very enjoyable Hunter Valley Trip, the ‘Fat Bottomed girl’, our white 997, had been carefully cleaned, had her windscreen repaired and put away. Hence we were now impatient and ready for today’s Autumn Run, in the sunny weather that was forecast for the day.

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7.00am start, heavy cloud! By the time we were loaded up, fuelled and on the road, it was pouring down!!! Nevertheless we continued on, our objective the planned meeting place at the Mobile Service station, just off the Western Ring Road. Much to our pleasant surprise, when we reached the City, the rain disappeared, the clouds were clearing and we were ready to roll, on what appeared was going to be a beautiful Autumn day. smooth’, were not in the same category!

Once we were on the Glenmore Road, it became a great run, particularly the section near Durdidwarrah, where we traversed a narrow bridge, then a very winding road up the short, but very steep and gravelly hill, then over the top. It was a really great driving experience and much appreciated by all.

Upon arrival it was a very pleasant surprise to see so many cars already in attendance.

Evidently, approximately 40 cars were expected, including those of 10 new members!

The event was organized for the Club by Neil and Phyl Drew, together with David and Jennie Turner. After a quick coffee, receipt of detailed instructions and a short dissertation by Neil on the day’s proceedings, we were away.

Following a short run up the M8, we turned off the main road at Rockbank, to start a great run, through virtually deserted countryside.

Our esteemed organizers had advised in the instructions that the roads on many places would be very bumpy, but if you had been on the recent Hunter Valley run, you would have already realized that there are many types of bumps and these, whilst not ‘race-track

At this stage, we found we were on our own and it always amazes me how within a short distance a group of nearly 40 cars can ‘disappear’, even though we were all on the right road. Well, I think we were! The road then became a series of ascending and descending sweepers, until we eventually wended our way to the CFA depot in Anakie.

We were greeted upon arrival by our old friend and very active club member, John Baker, who also has much involvement with the Anakie CFA. After an excellent morning tea and some chit-chat about the morning’s run, our Social Director, Michael O’Brien, addressed the gathering, sincerely thanking the Anakie CFA members and presenting them with a cheque on the Club’s behalf.

roads, through Maude, Russell’s Bridge over the Moorabool River, Sutherlands Creek and Lownd’s Bridge, eventually arriving in the NW suburbs of Geelong. The route instructions eventually took us through central Geelong and we were soon on the road to Portarlington, which is to be found on the north coast of the Bellarine Peninsula. The traffic here was much busier and we began seeing Porsches everywhere, as we all came together for what was virtually a group arrival at the Bellarine Estate Winery, our final destination.

We were greeted by the Owner and shown to a tasting room, where we were soon sampling the Estate’s fine products. After due time in the tasting room, decisions were made on our personal wine preferences and we were shown through to the private room provided for us, to partake of what turned out to be an excellent three course lunch.

Michael had a selection of the new members present, mainly the ladies of course, to draw for prizes of wine from our hosts, which were much appreciated by the lucky winners.

It was with some regret, when it became time to leave. I noticed we weren’t the only ones in the tasting room again, buying more of Bellarine’s excellent wines to take home. On behalf of all the members, I would like to thank Neil, Phyl, David & Jennie for organizing a really good run and of course Bellarine Estate for their fine food and wine.

Feeling well replenished, we set off in ‘dribs and drabs’ on the next section of the run. Again, they proved to be very interesting driver’s

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story & photo: David Mallison, Turbo Register Captain

Turbo Register Update Turbo Register On Sunday the 4th of April we ran a joint 996/997 & Turbo register run from Melbourne through the Western district country side to finish for a magnificent lunch at the Pettavel Winery. The day started with a meet and greet with Coffee at McDonalds, 12 cars including 4 of Stuttgart’s finest Turbo’s, Peter Shaw’s silver 996, Peter McRae’s newly acquired black 996 S and new members Andrew and Sally Simson’s magnificent Ice Green 930 (with the matching year plate) as well an my own Silver 996. Unfortunately Rohan Little’s GT2 was in the workshop for repairs but he did join us for lunch in his “spare” , a 74 yellow 2.7 Carrera (not exactly a hardship backup car!!) and as such qualified to be included in the Turbo photo below.

The 187km Route expertly put together by our 996/997 Co-captain hosts Geoff Mould and David Lovatt (thanks guys) saw us depart along the Western Ring Road and heading behind Werribee towards Bacchus Marsh then cutting across on some challenging country roads to Meredith, onto Inverleigh and then Winchelsea before making our way into Pettavel at Waurn Ponds . Unfortunately due to a navigation errors (and yours truly was the navigator) we were at the back of the field playing catch-up but I was informed the group moved along at a brisk pace, so much so we were very early for our pre dinner wine tasting.

Once again we are very grateful to Geoff and David and the other 996/997 members allowing us to share their register run.

Our next planned outing is a joint Sunday Morning blast with GT3 & RS register (start at 7am and return pre lunchtime) on Sunday the 8th of May (yes its Mother’s day but what a great gift) as well as some further runs with the 996/997 register later on in the year, so please keep an eye out for those reminders.

The five Turbo pilots with the door of Andrew’s “spare” car off to the side.

story: David Mallison, Turbo Register Captain

Early Morning Blast Combined GT3/RS & Turbo Registers Fifteen Brave Drivers faced a 7am start outside the Porsche Centre Melbourne, brave not because of treacherous conditions, or difficult driving challenges but because it was Mother’s Day. The thought of running into a deficit of “Brownie points” may explain the low representation of Turbo’s , luckily I had topped my account up with a trip to Tiffany’s on Friday. I was joined on the run by Tony Stephens in his immaculate black 993, Tony has participated in the GT3/RS blasts before and after this experience I know why.

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route took us over 100km’s of some of the best roads imaginable finishing up at the top of Mount Donna Buang. We then descended to the Beechworth Bakery at around 9am for a Caffeine refuel, at which time I sadly had to had to return to Melbourne ( my account was not that much in surplus) via a more direct route rather than the 40km wind-down cruise to Kinglake then back to Melbourne.

Thanks again to Aaron on allowing us to share his memorable run and I look forward to further outings with the very enthusiastic group of Porsche die-hards.

Please keep an eye out for our next event the combined 996/997 & Turbo register drive on Sunday the 5th of June to Archie’s on the Creek.

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story: Ken and Harriet Anson photos: Angelo Monteleone & Wayne St Baker

Winter Run to Avenel Boxster/Cayman Register

Overcast, windy, cold and colder at Whitehorse Council Parking, Nunawading, the meeting place for our Boxster/Cayman run, but who cares when eleven Boxsters, three Caymans, two 944s, two 911s, one 997, and one Cayenne all arrive more or less at the appointed time, and all in pristine shape.

The run was organised by Wayne and Lindsay St. Baker, with simple and easy to follow navigation notes giving odometer readings, street names, and just in case you got lost, a Melways Map reference was also included. Mark and Sylvia Behan did a test run about a month before, so all bases were covered. Well done to all involved.

Wayne and Lindsay had a short briefing at the meeting point and welcomed new members Michael De Silva, Pedram Ghovonlou and his friend, Michael Robertson. So that we did not get confused, Sylvia reminded us that the bakery where we were having morning tea was actually about 5k west of Kinglake, and not in Kinglake itself. And then twenty cars were away.

The first leg of about 90k took us on some damp, winding and foggy roads with many twists and turns, quite slippery in places, and giving us an interesting and exciting run up through Park Orchards, North Warrandyte, Kangaroo Ground, and then a magnificent view of the township of Yarra Glen nestling in the valley on the right, that is, if you had time to look at it while negotiating the steep descent into the town. We then got onto the Melba Highway, west through Kinglake and then to the Flying Tarts Bakery (there has to be a lot of jokes in that name) at West Kinglake, most of us arriving at about the same time. Parking was at or close to the bakery and adequate for our cars.

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Bitterly cold of course but we were treated very well with one young lady taking our name and coffee order as we walked to our reserved tables which were in an enclosed veranda with overhead heating units. Upon being seated, a selection of freshly baked small cakes, including vanilla, caramel, and chocolate slices, and small tartlets appeared at each table, with the promise of more to come. The coffees followed shortly afterward.

How quick and good was that service.

After the break, it was time for the next 100k, so we departed Kinglake West and headed towards Flowerdale. Thankfully, the regeneration of the Kinglake National Forest after the horrendous fires of a couple of years ago is progressing fairly well, the tall straight tree trunks are still black, but are sprouting an abundance of new growth and leaves.

The weather was now improving, and with a 100k speed limit, a good smooth bitumen surface, nice sweeping corners with plenty of visibility, it was time to let the cars off the leash a little. Flowerdale and then Yea were soon left behind. I am sure everyone really enjoyed this section of the run.

We then went through Trawool, bringing back pleasant memories of the 2010 Last Run, and then to Seymour.

Getting through Seymour may have proved a little difficult for some navigators, but I think we all managed without getting lost. An easy 15 k run up the Seymour/Avenel road, and we were at Plunketts Fowles Winery Naturally, a little wine tasting was in order, and then we proceeded to the restaurant area where our three long tables had views of the car park full of Porsches, and the nearby ranges. I noticed the menu had a photograph of an early 356 on the front

page, together with, simply, Porsche Club Lunch, Sunday 19 June. A nice touch.

Next, a very tasty entrĂŠe of antipasti, (locally smoked ham, red wine mushrooms, arancini, crumbed cauliflower, etc.) and charcuterie (smoked pork sausages with fennel, salami, and pork and pistachio terrine, etc.) was placed before us.

This was followed by the main course of either Atlantic Salmon, Eye fillet steak, or Avenel pork and fennel sausages, served with appropriate vegetables. All members appeared to enjoy the quality of the food, and also the good wines.

As a bonus, the winery had made us honorary members for the day, entitling us to a 20% discount per case. From my position in the restaurant, I could see some members had taken advantage of the offer, as I did notice the odd case being carefully placed into some cars.

For the sweet tooths, and most of us fall into that category, dessert of sauced chocolate fudge cake, Pannacotta with strawberries, or a cheese platter were served according to your desire. Coffee was to follow.

In the normal tradition of the Club, Wayne spoke a few words and then invited the three new members to draw lucky names from an envelope. The prizes, Plunkett Fowles Wines naturally, were a Stone Dwellers 2010 Savignon Blanc, and a Stone Dwellers 2007 Shiraz .

The lucky winners were Jaap and Anne de Wit, Peter Hemphill and Lucy Zhang, and Mark and Sylvia Behan. Congratulations to all of you.

At about three thirty, members started to leave for their drive home. Some took the opportunity to explore some of the local antique shops. Everyone that I spoke to felt the run was well organised, the venues for both morning tea and lunch were good, and were looking forward to the next one.

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ROLL Life Members Alan Hamilton John King Noela Semmens Adrian Evans Greg Cook Barbara Darvall William Darvall Hall of Fame Graham Stockley Bruce Harris Michael Browning Jim Richards Peter Fitzgerald Matthew Stoupas Rex Broadbent Past Presidents 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Michael Stillwell Michael Stillwell Roger James Ken Foo Kerry Reynolds John Benson John Benson Graeme Redman Graeme Redman John King John King John King John King Michael Browning Graham Stockley Graham Stockley Graham Stockley Graham Stockley John King Adrian Evans Adrian Evans Cris Camamile Cris Camamile Paul Stuart Paul Stuart Greg Cook Greg Cook Noela Semmens Ian Knight Ian Knight Michael Chapman Michael Chapman Jeff Thomas Jeff Thomas Ian Jenkins Ian Jenkins Tony Jones Memorial Award

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Russell Sturzaker Russell Sturzaker Graham Stockley Paul Mauger Dennis Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe Ric Hallgren Tony Jones Memorial Award (Rookie of the Year)

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Dennis Bath Ed Aitken Don Watson Cliff Geis Matthew Harris David Casey

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HONOUR

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Allan Barbour Wayne Camamile Ian Begley Richard Eldridge Mark Connolly Callum McClue Stuart Jackson Matthew Stoupas Lyle Potgieter David Lawson Jon Trende

Benjamin Faggeter Jeffery Bobik & Cameron Cox Hung Do Matthew Kirwan-Hamilton Simon Baxter David Trewern Bob Hawker Aaron Ireland Nick Karnaros & John Swan

Club Champions

1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Bruce Harris Bruce Harris Kevin Jarman Bruce Harris Bruce Harris Graham Stockley Stephen White Graham Stockley Bruce Harris Ric Hallgren Peter White Dennis O'Keefe Ed Aitken Ken Price Rex Broadbent Danny Loypur Bruce Harris Ojars Balodis Ed Aitken Richard Eldridge Matthew Harris Paul Stuart Bruce Young Michael Herrod Sven Burchartz Theo Mihelakos Theo Mihelakos Theo Mihelakos & Ian Jenkins Sven Burchartz & Mark Chrzanowski Matthew Stoupas Mark Chrzanowski Simon Baxter & Mark Chrzanowski Mark Chrzanowski & Matthew Stoupas Matthew Stoupas Matthew Stoupas & Andrew Barlow Bob Hawker

Outright Award, Inc Don Tryhorn Memorial Award from 2008

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Bruce Harris Don Tryhorn Graham Stockley Graham Stockley Graham Stockley Graham Stockley Rex Broadbent Graham Stockley Paul Sadler Danny Loypur Peter White Graeme Hitchell

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Danny Loypur Danny Loypur Matthew Stoupas John Woodward Greg Muller Greg Muller Theo Mihelakos

Greg Muller Jon Trende Lyle Potgieter Don Tryhorn Stewart Lachlan Stewart Lachlan Matthew Stoupas Stewart Lachlan Ladies Championship

1984 Ann Tyson 1985 Ann Tyson 1986 Ann Tyson 1987 Ann Tyson 1988 Ann Tyson 1989 Brenda Moore 1990 Jill Willis Suzy Versluys 1991 1992 Ava Balodis 1993 Ava Balodis 1994 Delyce England 1995 Aranka Figge 1996 Aranka Figge 1997 Aranka Figge 1998 Aranka Young 1999 April Houghton 2000 April Houghton 2001 Jill Willis 2002 Aranka Young 2003 Aranka Young 2004 Aranka Young Aranka Young 2005 2006 Aranka Young 2007 Aranka Young

Club Member of the Year

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Ian Nadenbousch Max Errington Graeme Andrews Dianna Foo Daryl Louey Barbara Clearihan Graham Stockley (No award) (No award) Egidia Woodhouse Paul Mauger Bev Madin Elspeth Froude Raymond Poon Alex Robertson Beth Harris Selwyn Hall & Ray Poon George Cairns Danny Jonas Tim Wadsworth Jeff Thomas (No award) Duane Rodgers Marnie Gorman James Caldow Annie Mould & Alf Carrigan Janet Conheady & William Darvall John Baker Peter Witt Felix Rieniets Peter Cromie & Clair Cromie

New Members

Name Jim Algefski Anthony & Belinda Bayer John & Nicholas Bowe Geoffrey Braybrook & Monica Prysten Diamanti & Mikey Diamantaras Kosta, Adele & Gabriella Drakopoulos Malcolm Farr & Christine Knapp Lindsay Ferguson & Pat East Scott & Jill-Maria Ferrier Bob & Ann Finnis Vas Filips & Nicole Wilson Dieter Freystatzky James Gallagher

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2003 996 Coupe Black 1996 993 Dark Blue & 1982 928 Gold 1990 944 S2 Cab Grey 2000 Boxster Ocean Blue 2007 997 GT3 White 2006 997 C4S Grey & Cayenne 2011 GT3 Meteor 1979 911 SC White 1985 928 S2 Ruby Red 1980 Targa SC Metallic Maroon 1979 930 Silver 1987 911 Carrera White 2005 997 Carrera Silver & 1987 944 Red

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Devinder Garewal & Gemma Collins 2006 Boxster Yellow Pedram Ghovonlou 2002 Boxster Black Rodney, Peter & Penelope Gordon & Christine Tursky Gordon 2006 997 Atlas Grey Stephen, Tania, Jayden & Brenton Grove 2010 GT3 Black & 2006 GT3 White Michael & Sally-Anne Hains 2010 997 Turbo Meteor Grey Gerry Katiforis & Jacey Koumoris 2008 997 4S Black Lyndon Kennedy 1972 911T Brown Jonathan Klestadt 994 968 Cab Red James Mason 2008 997 Silver John McGregor 1999 996 Blue Patrick & Lisa Miceli 2011 GT3 RS Black

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Vehicle

David McConnell 2010 GT3 White Simon Murray 1999 Boxster Blue Chris Nicodimou 2007 997 4S Black Peter & Gabby Paranthoiene 1978 911 White Geoff, Helen & Drew Quinton 1990 944 S2 Black Christopher & Leanne Roberts 1987 911 Carrera Black Stephen Ruzeu 1968 914 Roadster Red Tony Sammut 1979 911 Moss Green Carla Sarmento & David Nicolas 2004 996 Carrera Midnight Blue Christopher & Angela Scott 1982 911 SC Silver Bruno & Anne Segafredo 1997 Boxster Guards Red Geoff Thuring 2005 996 Black| Harvey, Michelle & Alex Van Driel 1980 911 Silver David Wang & Yu-Chun Lin 1996 993 C2 Black & 2000 Boxster Black Edward & Kerrie Wardle 2004 996 Black Darryl Wootton 1973 911 Carrera RS White

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