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Contents

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

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Autumn Run

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Club Calendar

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Porsche news

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M u r r a y Va l l e y G r a n d To u r

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Horizontally Opposed

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W h a t ’s i n y o u r g a r a g e ?

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M i d We e k R u n t o I n v e r l o c h Modern 911 Register

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P re s i d e n t ’s M e s s a g e

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Club Committee 2012/13

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Sandown Sprints

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Mid 911 Register

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G T 3 / R S & Tu r b o R e g i s t e r s

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Roll of Honour

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N e w M e m b e r s

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Club Night PCM

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P ro f i l e : D a n n y S t u t t e rd

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Social Corner

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P ro f i l e : M a n n y M e z z a s a l m a

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Porsche Rennsport Porsche Regularity Footsteps in the Ash

Phillip Island Sprints

What’s in your Garage?

Ballarat Run

Monterey 2009

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Garry K Blackman

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aPorschApart Dismantlers

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Harrison’s RRR

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Porsche Centre Brighton

Auto Art

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Hartech Automotive Services

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Porsche Centre Melbourne

Blackman & Sons Motor Trimming

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Home Touch Systems

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Southern Cross Lubes & Mobil

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Cairns Services

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John Bowe Driving

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Stuckey Tyre Service

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Cascone Auto Sport

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Lumleys Insurance

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The Formula Company

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Charlie Battisti & Co

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Marque Prestige

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Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre

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Douglas Valley Breakers

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Nevco Engineering

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V&A Spiteri

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Paint & Custom

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horizontally opposed “For five decades the 911 has been the heart of the Porsche brand.

Few other cars in the world can look back on such a long tradition and such continuity as the Porsche 911. “

P.S. You may have heard that Nine Plus in Richmond have recently closed their doors. We welcome two new advertisers who can service your Porsche in Melbourne.

Cascone Auto Sport in Moorabin (page 33) and Cairns Serivices in Hallam. (Page 28) As always a big thank you to all who contributed to this issue.

On page 34 Nicholas Bowe reports on the first Porsche Rennsport in Australia. By all accounts a very successful event. Let s hope they host it at Phillip Island next time!

“Porsche Parade” is the official magazine of The Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. (ACN 005 727 0942)

Editor & Advertising: Ron Widdison mobile: 0418 359 450 email: editor@pcv.com.au Phillip Island Sprints

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Contributions: Contributions, with quality photographs, are invited. Digital photographs should be 300 dpi jpeg or tiff files. They should be sent to editor@pcv.com.au.

Social goes from strength to strength with near record numbers on the Winter run and Murray Valley Tour. Congratulations to the Social Committee on two successful, well run events.

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Social Editor: Felix Rieniets Motorsport Editor: Marcus Lethlean

The Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. PO Box 911, Kew, Victoria 3101 Plus Boxster Shootout web site: www.pcv.com.au Porsche Regularity email: pcv@pcv.com.au Footsteps in the Ash

Thanks to Bob Jane our Competition reports are a little light on this issue, but we have a cracker on Sandown with many records falling on the day. Winton / DECA will be featured in the Spring issue.

Combined with our Club Night and Register reports I hope you find a nice warm spot to curl up and enjoy our winter mag.

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Editor inRex Chief:Broadbent’s Ron Widdison 911S under the microscope

Publisher:

On page 12 we have an eight page special on the rise and rise of the 911, entertaining reading even for all you front engine drivers!

For this installment of WIYG Will and I head out to the Dandenongs to document Sven’s stunning collection of 911s, from a 356 right up to a 991.

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REGISTER - 911 Turbo & Boxster/Cayman Run

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AGM & Club Night

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REGISTER - Torque Tube Yarra Valley Run

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Spring Run

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SOCIAL - Winter Run

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REGISTER - Mid 911 Register Run and Lunch (TBC)

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Club Night

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REGISTER - 911 Turbo Run

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REGISTER - Modern 911 Run

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REGISTER - 993 Run (TBC)

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REGISTER - Boxster & Cayman Run

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Annual Dinner Dance

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REGISTER - GT3/RS/RSR End of Year Feast

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SOCIAL - Ladies Go Karts and Brunch

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REGISTER - Mid 911 Run (TBC)

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The Last Run (TBC)

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president’s message Welcome to the winter edition of our club magazine! I hope its content manages to warm you a little.

New Club Constitution At our club night at Porsche Centre Brighton on 18th June we included a very special event. The club convened a special general meeting, following the requisite notice to members, to vote on a special resolution on the adoption of a new set of club rules. The vote was unanimous in favour of adopting the new rules.

We took on this exercise as a response to the publication by the Department of Justice of a new set of model rules under a new Act. As we communicated to members, had we not developed the new set of rules, later this year we would have been in the position of having to abide by the new Act wherever our rules were inconsistent with the Act. A small group of members, at the request of your committee, developed our new rules by taking the new model rules as per the new Act and then amending them only where necessary to meet the specific requirements of our club as depicted in our current rules. In that way we aimed to keep as close as reasonably possible to both the new Act and our previous club rules.

In the day to day operation of your club you are unlikely to notice anything materially different, which was the committee’s objective.

We have now submitted our new rules as voted by our members to Consumer Affairs for ratification and we are awaiting the response. They will be posted on our web site in place of the current rules once approved.

I would particularly like to thank Neville Sampson, Will Darvall, Andrew Bonwick, Michael O’Brien and Ian Percy for their substantial contributions to this work and to several other members who provided valuable commentary.

Club Systems This is not normally a riveting topic of conversation but I would like to briefly touch on the club’s IT systems.

SOCIAL SUB-COMMITTEE

Social Director Julia Anderson Rowan Burnett Leon Christodulaki Janet Conheady Will Darvall Alvaro Del Gallo Maria Del Gallo Neil Drew Trevor Leavesley Adrian Nelson Michael O’Brien Carly Pasco Wayne St Baker

Felix Rieniets: social@pcv.com.au

For quite a while now members have been personally managing their own membership information in their club profile. This has enabled our members to keep their records up to date, including such things as their current vehicles, address, phone numbers or email details. The system used for this and for handling members’ event bookings is Wild Apricot. While it sometimes takes a couple of tries to get accustomed to the system, most members have found it to be easy to use and very efficient after that initial effort.

We have just taken the next step along this path with annual membership renewals being handled through Wild Apricot for the first time and have been very happy with the general response. We will keep polishing things to make the system as easy to use as possible.

Tony Carolan: competition@pcv.com.au Robin Humphries: marshals@pcv.com.au

Peter Harrison President

Michael O’Brien Treasurer & Vice President treasurer@pcv.com.au vp@pcv.com.au

NevilleSampson Secretary secretary@pcv.com.au

Ron Widdison Porsche Parade Editor editor@pcv.com.au

Committee Changes Due to pressing work commitments Manny Mezzasalma has reluctantly had to step down from general committee. The club had been benefitting from Manny’s broad expertise and his specific experience in a leadership role in a previous car club. However, Manny is remaining a member of the Competition Committee, so we still get to benefit from his contribution in that regard.

Felix Rieniets Social Director social@pcv.com.au

Wayne St Baker Registers Director registers@pcv.com.au

Final Word It may be winter but things are hotting up in the competition ranks. After an autumn lull in competition activity due to difficulty in booking tracks, we are certainly making up for it now as I count six events in the three coldest months. If competition isn’t your thing, I also note there are eight Register runs and four Social events in the same period. There is plenty to take your mind off things if your footy team is doing depressingly badly, as is mine.

Leon Christodulaki Advertising advertising@pcv.com.au

Tony Carolan Competition Director competition@pcv.com.au

I look forward to catching up with you at one of these.

Peter Harrison, President

Michael O’Brien Grant Stephenson Phil Treloar Barry Swan Peter Witt

REGISTER CAPTAINS

COMPETITION SUB-COMMITTEE

Competition Director Marshal Co-ordinator Andrew Bonwick Juris Briedis Will Darvall Peter Harrison Nick Karnaros Rick Moscati Manny Mezzasalma

Many of you would be aware of the gradual change in the way that you have been interacting with your club for everyday transactions.

Most contact with our members is now electronic, either via email or the club’s web site. Andrew Bonwick has been the driving force behind this gradual transformation.

Register Director Mid 911 (1974-93)

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Wayne St Baker: registers@pcv.com.au Peter Cromie & Graeme Anderson: mid911@pcv.com.au Felix Rieniets & Leon Christodulaki 993@pcv.com.au Geoffrey Mould & Brett Stevens: 996997@pcv.com.au David Mallinson & Rowan Burnett: 911turbo@pcv.com.au Greg Humphries: gt3rs@pcv.com.au Lindsay St Baker & Mark Behan boxster@pcv.com.au Tony & Angelo Monteleone torquetube@pcv.com.au

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CLUB NIGHT PCM Porsche Centre Melbourne Tuesday 16th April, 2013

It was a cool Tuesday night in April when the club faithful gathered at Porsche Centre Melbourne for the regular Club Night get together amongst members. Members dined on the hot roast carvery selection that seems to be a winner amongst members, in addition to the refreshments on offer amongst the best cars in the world.

Our Social Director, Felix Rieniets, brought us up to date on numerous forthcoming social events that were being arranged by the Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Social Committee, of which there are numerous for all to enjoy and get involved in.

Peter Harrison, our Club President, provided all the members with additional updates on club matters and emphasised the work done by the various different committee members in running the competition and social events for the club.

Long-time club member Will Darvall spoke briefly on the upcoming Social Run bringing to the attention of all members his newly found lunch spot, being the beautiful Eynesbury Homestead, just outside of Melbourne, as the venue for the forthcoming Autumn Run on 19th May. Our retiring Competition Director, Andrew Bonwick, brought everyone up to date on the competition side of the club, and highlighted some of the difficulties facing the club in getting access to tracks at various times.

Particular attention was given to the role of all the volunteer marshals in the club that ensure all events run smoothly for the drivers.

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Our special guest was Alex Webster from Porsche Cars Australia, who gave club members a unique insight into the world of Rennsport, (Race Sport) and how big this event is for Porsche worldwide. He outlined the features of the upcoming inaugural Australian Rennsport event, being heldat Sydney Motor Sport Park (formerly Eastern

Creek) on 25th to 26th May. On offer was a variety of competition events, displays including cars from the Porsche Museum as well as fine dining for the Porsche faithful.

Once again, a great night was had by all, enjoying good food, renewing friendships and talking about the greatest car ever built.

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Hi everyone, welcome to another Social Corner.

For those of you about to get your tax returns ready, I hope reading my words are slightly more entertaining in updating you with what your Social Committee have been up to.

special car. We are hoping to announce the event shortly, so look out for the information.

We are very excited to be able to amass an amazing array of cars to show this models 5 decades of evolution.

April Club Night: Our Rennsport themed club night saw us back at Porsche Centre Melbourne.

Thanks to Porsche Cars Australia the very well informed Alex Webster treated our attendees to an engaging history of Rennsport and enticing preview of what laid ahead at the Australian event. Thanks go to Michael Browning who prepared some of Alex’s historic information but unfortunately couldn’t present on the evening.

Tasmania Tour 2014: Michael Bailey is currently looking into the possibility of returning to the home state of Mary, the Crown Princess of Denmark with another Tasmanian Tour.

Murray Valley Tour: From all accounts of what I’ve heard, this was a fabulous tour. I hope you enjoy the article in this edition and I offer a sincere thank you to Michael O’Brien and Alf Carrigan for their extensive and meticulous work in conducting this 8 night event.

Autumn Run: Will Darvall organised a perfect Social Run to the Eynesbury Historic Residence and Golf Club. Those of you like myself who had never heard of Eynesbury should visit this new suburb, it’s quite picturesque and the social run attendees were quite surprised by this hidden gem. Will’s attention to detail and choice of fabulous roads ensured a very harmonious event, Will of course thinking of everything has a chat to his friend upstairs to ensure the weather was onside. 112 people attended on the day making this our 2nd most populated run.

Club Night Registering via the Kiosk Please continue to register for club nights using our new kiosk. To date this has assisted with catering requirements and enables us to effectively manage PCV funds. Whilst you’re on there take a look at the club merchandise that’s for sale.

Forthcoming events: The calendar continues to be quite full up until the end of the year so make sure you read the event notifications sent by Carly and check the website regularly.

June Club Night: This event will be held at Porsche Centre Brighton, and is themed as a Winter Warmer. Our Sponsors Nillumbik Cellars have teed up a presentation and tastings of whiskey, rum and cognac. Porsche Centre Brighton will talk about and have their Cup Car on display that was in the thick of the Rennsport action.

Annual Dinner: Plans are progressing, the theme will be announced shortly as the Social Committee continue to work on the night’s events.

50th Anniversary of the 911: Planning continues to mark the 50th anniversary by PCV of this very

Participant of the Year Award: Is back again this year and we are once more extremely grateful to be supported once more by our sponsor.

First Prize - Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre Award: Yokohama tyres of the winner’s choice to the value of $2,000.

Second Prize – Porsche Cars Australia Award: Items of the winner’s choice from the PCA Selection Department to the value of $400.

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

Thanks again to our sponsors and please keep them in mind when shopping for such products.

Social Committee: Our current Social Committee is made up of Adrian Nelson, Avaro Del Gallo, Maria Del Gallo, Carly Pasco, Janet Conheady, Julia Anderson, Leon Christodulaki, Neil Drew, Trevor Leavesley, Wayne St Baker, Peter Harrison and I’m pleased to announce the return of Michael O’Brien and Will Darvall. With thanks also to the contributions of Alf Carrigan, Michael Bailey & Don Ballingall. This team is very passionate about providing PCV with premier events and work very hard to ensure you have a good selection of quality events to attend and make the most of your Porsche and interaction with fellow enthusiasts.

With thanks: Acknowledgement and thanks to Pamela and all at Porsche Cars Australia, to Thomas and his staff at Porsche Centre Melbourne and to Steve and his staff at Porsche Centre Brighton for their support and assistance with events and club nights. Once more to our other sponsors in Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre and Nillumbik Cellars. Considering how active PCV is as a club I’d like to make a special note of thanks to Carly and Lisa for their efficient and thorough work throughout the year.

Thank you again for supporting our club and events, I look forward to seeing you throughout 2013.

Regards,

Murray Valley Tour

Felix Rieniets, Social Director

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CLUB NIGHT PCB Porsche Centre Brighton Tuesday 18th June, 2013

PCV Strikes Gold at Porsche Centre Brighton Beautiful autumn gold colours were on show at Porsche Centre Brighton which hosted PCV’s annual trip across the river for a cold June Club Night. For a change the colours were not from Stuttgart’s sales catalogue, but were instead displayed in the form of glinting bottles from Ireland, Scotland, France and the Caribbean.

Ever thoughtful, your Social Committee realised that the prospect of a Club Night where the highlight of the evening was to be a vote to adopt the new Club Rules was unlikely to break any attendance records. Happily, a call to our loyal sponsor Nillumbik Cellars resulted in John Raphael from Island 2 Island and Jason Smith from Nillumbik arriving with the aforementioned bottles and hundreds of tasting glasses.

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Perhaps this explains why meals and pre-dinner drinks were quickly dealt with, introductory comments from Social Committee Director Felix Rieniets and Club President Peter Harrison were over in a flash, and even the process of explaining and adopting the new Club Rules occurred at track speed.

With most PCV members gently caressing a tasting glass or three, the evening drew to a convivial close with Patrick Tomljanovic – the Porsche Centre Brighton Sales Manager – giving a brief talk about PC Brighton’s Cup Car which was in the centre of the showroom resplendent in its race livery.

After a brief pause for other club announcements and a quick tidy up, John launched in to a fascinating talk on the many subtleties of producing exclusive and rare spirits aimed at the premium end of the market. Writer’s Tears Pot Still whiskey from Ireland, Glendronach Single Malt from Scotland, Hine Cognac from France and Angostura Premium Rum from Trinidad – the names and stories behind them formed a fascinating prelude to the tastings.

The icing on the flat 6 cake was when Patrick treated us to an auditory experience by starting up Brighton’s Cup Car and letting us hear up close and personal how this fine piece of machinery sung as he played us a selection of revs.

The Social Committee wishes to thank Porsche Centre Brighton for their hospitality, Island 2 Island and Nillumbik Cellars for the opportunity to taste some outstanding winter warmers.

Members can contact Nillumbik Cellars on 9438 1249 to order any of these outstanding spirits.

from race control

After a very lean start to the year we finally managed to put together a reasonable string of events from early June. Our previous event was Haunted Hills back in March, so by the time Sandown came around on 8 June there was a lot of competitors very eager to get back on the track.

The Saturday Sandown sprint was coupled with a driver training and untimed practice day on the preceding Friday. The driver training saw a number of Club members getting their first taste of driving on a race track at speed. The experience will certainly enhance their skills and will hopefully lead to some of them becoming regular competition participants. The training was run by the John Bowe organisation with their professional driver instructors being supported by a number of the Club’s experienced competition drivers.

With the benefit of untimed practice on Friday the sprint on Saturday produced some great results with track records being set in 5 of the 8 competition classes.

This result was probably contributed to by the resurfacing that had been done at Sandown earlier in the year. The resurfacing was only done in isolated areas, but it certainly smoothed out a few bumps and added to exit traction on certain corners – particularly turn 4.

During the lunch break at the Sandown sprint we also tried a new option – Track Experience. This gave non-competition members the opportunity to have 3 hot laps in a competition car with an experienced driver. We are going to trial this again at Winton in late July and it may become a standard part of future sprint days.

The Winton/DECA weekend was our next big event where we were lucky to enjoy the most delightful northern Victoria mid winter weather. Many folk travelled up to Benalla on the Friday and got together that night for some pre event socialising. The sprint event on Saturday was a mix of long track in the morning and short track in the afternoon. Although the short track wasn’t favoured by some competitors, many liked the difference and we had a new lap record set in every one of the 8 classes. The last time we used t he short track was only 10 months ago, so it shows how people are continually working on improving both their driving and their cars.

We headed over to Shepparton that afternoon and a great time was had by all that evening as our PCV group took over Bohjass restaurant to share the experiences of the day and contemplate tomorrow.

Sunday dawned as another beautiful day and we headed out to DECA for an autokhana day. Tight track sections mixed with skid pan exercises really tested skills and in the afternoon we finished off with headto-head runs on the skid pan with 2 cars launching off together on the same course configuration. Really very exciting stuff.

While we were going through our lean autumn period there was some relief as quite a number of PCV members headed off to the Eastern Creek Raceway just west of Sydney to either be a spectator or run in the Porsche Rennsport weekend.

Eastern Creek proved to be a very good but challenging track with blind brows and a very fast turn 1. Although not a PCV event, our honour was upheld amongst all the other Porsche Clubs with Phil Treloar winning one of the four regularity groups, even though it was his first time at the circuit. Rennsport really was a Porsche mecca with a fantastic range of cars, both old and new. The PCV website currently shows some of these vehicles displayed on the Eastern Creek front straight.

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To finish off the season, we have another Winton event late July, Haunted Hills in August, Phillip Island in September and President’s Day at Sandown in early November.

We still haven’t given up on finding an additional event somewhere between late September and mid October, but the options are becoming limited. We will get in touch with you as soon as anything materialises.

Safe and fast travelling (on the track). .

Tony Carolan , Competition Director

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Great Racing, Great Cars, Great Porsche Spirit Thumbs Up for inaugural Porsche Rennsport Australia Festival

Porsche fans in Australia have given the country’s inaugural Rennsport Festival a resounding vote of approval.

Porsches old and new, from road and track, local and abroad together with famous faces and enthusiasts of the German marque filled Sydney Motorsport Park on the May 25-26 weekend in a celebration of all things Porsche.

The superb on-track action from twin onehour Porsche Carrera Cup Australia enduros and triple header Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge presented by Pirelli races was complemented with a showcase of stunning and priceless Porsches both on display and on track.

In all, more than 240 Porsches took to the circuit in the weekend’s 37 track events with another 120 immaculately presented in the Porschestrasse display, Concours d’Elegance and Show’n’Shine. Together with privately owned vehicles driven to Rennsport the total number of Porsches at Sydney Motorsport Park was estimated at more than 500, with a crowd of approximately 4,000 over the two days.

Japanese Sportscar Championship of the mid ‘80s, the Le Mans class-winning 996 RSR from 2002 and the ex-Alan Hamilton 1968 911 TR – the car that, as Alan Hamilton relayed on the weekend, “came within 10 yards” of winning the 1969 Australian Touring Car Championship.

A Porsche new car showroom display, Porsche Kids Driving School, Porsche Panamera NSW Police Car and skidpan and 4WD offroad activities with the Porsche Sports Driving School ensured there was never a dull moment for Porsche aficionados.

“The feedback from Porsche competitors, Porsche car club members and the general public to the inaugural Rennsport Ferstival in Australia has been overwhelmingly positive,” says Porsche Cars Australian Managing Director, Michael Winkler.

“You measure the success of special events such as this not only by what happens on track but by the number of smiles and feeling of camaraderie in the garages.”

The milestone event was celebrated on the Saturday evening with a gala dinner for 220 special guests, acknowledging past and present Porsche legends in Australia including: Porsche distributor Alan Hamilton, tarmac racing Porsche king Jim Richards, the most successful Carrera Cup racer in the world Craig Baird, and director of Porsche’s Historic Racing Department Klaus Bischof.

“People are already asking me when the next Rennsport will be,” says Winkler. “The honest answer is ‘I don’t know right now’ but we are certain to have another, even bigger and better judging by the success of our first attempt.”

In Carrera Cup action it was Elite Class driver Max Twigg and V8 enduro specialist Luke Youlden that took round three honours while up-and-comer Richard Muscat took a clean sweep of victories in the GT3 Cup Challenge presented by Pirelli.

Historic race cars drawing special attention on and off the circuit were the 1981 Le Manswinning Porsche 936, 2005/6 American Le Mans Series LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder, the ex-Vern Schuppan Porsche 956C from the WINTER 2013

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what’s in your garage?

Sven, Celia, Seth and Luca

From a ’61 Outlaw 356 to a late 991 Carrera S, Sven Burchartz’s carefully chosen collection showcases most of the production car history of Porsche.

In ’97 Sven decided he’d better get into a Porsche, so bought a good straight ’85 White Carrera 3.2 as a daily driver and joined PCV. Within 6 weeks it was being prepared for his first venture into motorsport, running stock in Group B! Eventually, the car was upgraded to run in M2, then M1. By the end of its competitive life in ‘05, it sported a 3.4 engine, with 964 RS fuel injection and Motec and it and Sven flew. Not many G Series cars have been seen on the grid in Group 1!

From ’05- ’07 he raced a 996 GT3, which had been built to race and was then further upgraded by Sven to ’04 Cup Car specs. This was run in the Australian GT Championship, in which was embedded the Porsche Drivers Challenge (ex Porsche Cup).

He won the ’06 Endurance Series, of 3x 1 hour races and then won the ’07 PDC. From ’08- ’10 he ran in the GT3 Cup Challenge, which he started with Jon Trende, supported

by PCA, following cessation of Carrera Cup. He won in in’08, came second in ’09, came third in ’10, so left while the music was still playing!

Since ’12, he has been running in Historic Group Sc, for production Sports Cars from ’70-’77. This is a very popular group for 2.7 and 3 litre Carreras and many PCV members enjoy the close racing. Sven bought the ex- Rex

Broadbent LHD ’75 Peru Red 2.7 Carrera and rapidly graduated to the pointy end of Sc. The motors can be enlarged by 1.5 mm in the bore (which brings this one to 2.8), with free cams, compression ratio, rods and pistons.

Sven’s car’s latest dyno figure is 317 HP. Suspension mods are free, within the same construction, ie. torsion bars and hydraulic shockers. Brakes can only be upgraded with pad and fluid change. Gear ratios are free, R rubber is mandated and some lightening is allowed, such as by using plexiglass windows.

Sven has been a long term Cairns customer.

Ron and I visited Sven, wife Celia and boys, Seth, 7 and Luca, 4, at their delightful expansive retreat in the Dandenongs. Seth was performing endless reps of perfect 180 “handbrake turns” with his radio controlled Z4 on the veranda! Watch out for him in the ARC or WRC in the future!

Sven’s cars were brought out from the garage stackers, and even Celia, who claims to not be a petrol head, thought they looked great on display.

The black ’61 356 T5 B Outlaw has a 912 motor with cams, Webers, Sebring exhaust and 5” Chromies and sits low and mean.

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LHD ’75 Peru Red 2.7 Carrera

The ’73 Beige- Grey 2.4 E came from America and remains LHD. It has the 85 litre plastic tank (a bugger for ground clearace), sunroof and leather. It has had full body-off restoration, with powder coated suspension and shows 107 k’s.

This may be the most desirable early bumper car, with mechanical fuel injection and 165 tractable horse power, rather than the snorting cammy 190 horse power S. The White ’74 2.7 Carrera is basically the big bumper evolution of the above F series 2.7 RS, with the same 210 HP mechanically injected ’73 Beige- Grey 2.4 E motor. It shows 58k’s and runs the stock 15x 6’s and 7’s. Less than 20 were sold in Oz. Very desirable, without the RS price tag!

Not seen is the similar model race car, which was away having some fuel injection therapy.

The 993 RSCS was ex Perry Spiridis and Phil Verwoert, has been fully restored and shows 48k’s. 10 cars were brought in by PCA for the ’95-’99 GT Production series, were registered, fitted with roll cages and then sold to customers.

Sven ran it only a few times on the track, although it was recently driven in the Regularity at Rennsport by a friend.

Then there is the latest 991 Carrera S, with 400 HP, 7 speed PDK and all the modern bells and whistles, unimaginable back in ’61!

There is also an M50d X5 Beemer, a sequential triple turbo (!) 3 litre tow car, with serious grunt.

A great collection, but hey, why no 964, 996 or 997?

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Red 993 RSCS

Black ’61 356 T5 B Outlaw

White 991 Carrera S

White ’74 2.7 Carrera

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50 Years of the Porsche 911 – Tradition: Future

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or five decades the 911 has been the heart of the Porsche brand.

Few other cars in the world can look back on such a long tradition and such continuity as the Porsche 911.

Like no other car, the 911 reconciles apparent contradictions such as sportiness and everyday practicality, tradition and innovation, exclusivity and social acceptance, design and functionality. It is no wonder that each generation has written its own personal success story.

And to celebrate, Porsche is sending a special 911 on a world tour that will include Australia and its iconic landmarks.

Ferry Porsche best described its unique qualities: “The 911 is the only car you could drive on an African safari or at Le Mans, to the theatre or through New York City traffic.”

The 911 has been inspiring car enthusiasts the world over since its debut as the model 901 at the Frankfurt IAA International Automotive Show in September 1963. Today it is considered the quintessential sports car, the benchmark for all others. The 911 is also the central point of reference for all other Porsche series. From the Cayenne to the Panamera, every Porsche is the most sporting car in its segment, and each one carries a piece of the 911 philosophy.

Over 820,000 Porsche 911s have been sold (including more than 9,500 in Australia), making it the most successful sports car in the world. For each of its seven generations the engineers in Zuffenhausen and Weissach have reinvented it, time and time again demonstrating to the world the innovative power of the Porsche brand.

In addition to its classic yet unique lines, the Porsche 911 has always been distinguished by its advanced technology. Many of the ideas and technologies that made their debut in the Porsche 911 were conceived on the race track. The 911 was committed to the performance principle from the start, and motor racing is its most important test lab. From the very beginning it has been at home on circuits all over the world, earning a reputation as a versatile and dependable winner. Indeed, a good two thirds of Porsche’s 30,000 race victories to date are notched up by the 911.

Porsche to celebrate the anniversary For Porsche, the 50th anniversary of this iconic sports car is the central theme of 2013. There will be a wide variety of anniversary events, starting with the “Retro Classics” automobile show in Stuttgart.

From March 7-10 the Porsche Museum will ring in the anniversary year with four special exhibits: an early-model 911 Turbo Coupé, a 911 Cabriolet study from 1981, a 1997 street version 911 GT1 and the pre-series Type 754 T7. This chassis by Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was a milestone on the way to the 911 design.

Porsche is also sending an authentic 1967 model 911 on a world tour. Over the course of the year, this vintage 911 will travel to five continents where it will be shown in places including Pebble Beach CA, Shanghai, Goodwood UK, Paris and Australia. As an ambassador for the Porsche brand, this vintage 911 will be in attendance at many international fairs, historical rallies and motor sport events. Fans can follow the car’s progress at porsche.com/follow-911.

The Porsche Museum is celebrating “50 years of the Porsche 911” from June 04 through to September 29 with a special exhibition featuring the history and development of the 911. The museum’s own publishing house, Edition Porsche-Museum, will publish an anniversary book titled “911x911.”

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1963: The original 911

The birth of an icon As the successor to the Porsche 356, the 911 conquered the hearts of sports car fans right from the start. The very first 911 began life as the Type 901 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963. The name was changed for its market launch in 1964. The air-cooled, flat-6 engine delivered 130 hp – enough for a genuine 210 kilometres per hour.

Drivers preferring to go a little less fast could from the following year order the four-cylinder Porsche 912. In 1966, Porsche launched the 911 S. Producing 160 hp, it was the first 911 to sport Fuchs forged alloy wheels. The 911 Targa came onto the market at the end of 1966

and with its striking stainless steel roll bar became the world’s first super-safe convertible. From the following year, the 911 was available with ‘Sportomatic’, a semi-automatic, four-speed transmission. And with the 911 T, E and S models Porsche became the first German carmaker to fulfil the American Environmental Protection Agency’s strict anti-pollution exhaust requirements. With engine capacity increases to 2.2 litres (in 1969) and 2.4 litres (in 1971) the Porsche 911 became ever more powerful. To this day still the dream car to beat all others: the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 from 1972. Engine power of 210 hp and just 1,000 kilograms in weight. Its characteristic ‘ducktail’ was the first rear spoiler fitted as standard to a production car anywhere in the world.

1973: G series

1988: Type 964

The next generation

Many experts were already prophesying the end of an era, when in 1988 Porsche then unveiled the 911 Carrera 4 (Type 964). After 15 years of production, the 911 was given an 85% upgrade, enabling Porsche to offer a modern, future-proof vehicle. The air-cooled, flat 3.6-litre engine now delivered 250 hp. The main external differences between the 964 and the previous model were the aerodynamic polyurethane bumpers and the electrically powered extendable rear spoiler. In engineering terms, however, there was hardly anything left to compare. The designers’ aim was that the car should impress not just through its sporty performance, but through its comfortable drive as well. Drivers had the pleasure of ABS, Tiptronic automatic transmission, power steering and airbags.

This 911 also used a totally new kind of chassis with alloy wishbones and coil springs rather than the time-honoured torsion-bar suspension.

In practically revolutionary fashion the new 911 was for the first time offered, as the Carrera 4, with all-wheel drive from the outset. The rear-wheel drive Carrera 2 was not launched until six months later.

In addition to the coupé, convertible and Targa models, from 1990 customers were also able to order the 964 Turbo. Initially supplied with the tried and trusted flat 3.3-litre engine, the Turbo was given a 3.6-litre engine delivering 360 hp in 1992. The 911 Carrera RS, 911 Turbo S and 911 Carrera 2 Speedster rate as sought-after collector’s cars.

Ten years after the car made its premiere, the Porsche engineers gave the 911 a comprehensive makeover. Known as the ‘G-model’, the new generation 911 was built from 1973 to 1989 – a longer period than any other. A particular feature of this evergreen was the striking bellowsstyle bumpers – an innovation created in order to comply with the latest US crash test requirements. Three-point safety belts fitted as standard and seats with integrated headrests also provided increased occupant safety. A further milestone in the car’s history came in 1974, when Porsche brought out the first 911 Turbo with a three-litre engine, 260 hp and a striking rear spoiler. With its unique combination of luxury and performance the ‘Turbo’ became a synonym for the Porsche brand. In 1977 came the next performance level: the 911 Turbo 3.3 was given a charge air cooler and at 300 hp was the highest performance car of its class. On the naturally aspirated side the 911 Carrera replaced the SC in 1983 and, having an engine capacity of 3.2 litres and 231 hp, became a much-loved collector’s piece. Lovers of fresh air were able to buy this 911 as a convertible from 1982. In launching the 911 Carrera Speedster in 1989, Porsche was building on a legend.

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1993: Type 993

1997: Type 996

The last air-cooled 911

The hydropower plant

This 911, internally known as the 993, remains to this day many Porsche drivers’ great love. That is partly due to its strikingly beautiful lines. The integrated bumpers underline the harmonious overall impression. The front section is flatter than on the previous models, made possible by the switch from round to poly-ellipsoid headlights.

The 993 was also regarded as particularly well developed and reliable - and as agile too, for it was the first 911 to be given a redesigned aluminium chassis. For the first time the turbo version was equipped with a twin-turbo engine, which in 1995 ranked as the world’s lowest emission production car engine. Another innovation of the all-wheel drive turbo version was the hollow-spoke alloy wheels, used here in car manufacturing for the first time. For fans of really fast sports cars Porsche offered the 911 GT2. Meanwhile a new feature of the 911 Targa was the electric sunroof that slid back behind the rear window.

However, the most important reason for dedicated Porsche enthusiasts’ ongoing appreciation of the 993 to this day is that this version, built from 1993 to 1998, was the last 911 with an air-cooled engine.

This was the great step-change in the history of the 911: the Type 996, which rolled off the production line from 1997 until 2005, was a totally new kind of 911 – while not sacrificing the classic version’s character. As a completely redeveloped car, this generation was for the first time powered by a flat water-cooled engine. Thanks to fourvalve technology it produced 300 hp and was regarded as pioneering in its emission levels, noise and fuel consumption. The design gave a new interpretation to the classic lines of the 911 and featured an outstandingly low cw-value of 0.3. The contours of the 996 were also a result of the concept of using the same parts as the successful Boxster model. The most striking design feature was the front headlights with integrated indicators – at first controversial, then often copied by other manufacturers. Inside the car the driver was in a totally new interior.

In addition to the typically sporty qualities, drive comfort now also played a greater role. With numerous new variants Porsche launched an unprecedented product offensive with the 996. One highpoint of the model range was, as of 1999, the 911 GT3, which carried on the tradition of the Carrera RS. In autumn 2000 came an extremely sporty model, the 911 GT2, which was fitted as standard with ceramic brakes.

2004: Type 997

2011: Type 991

The maturity factor

By July 2004 the time had come: with the 911 Carrera and 911 Carrera S models, Porsche launched a further 911 generation, which internally was called the 997 range. Its oval, clear glass front headlights with additional lights in the front-end section again reflect the traditional 911 design. However, the 997 impressed not only in its design - its performance was impressive too: the Carrera’s flat 3.6-litre engine produced 325 hp, while the newly developed 3.8-litre engine of the Carrera S delivered no less than 355 hp. Also extensively reworked was the running gear, which on the Carrera S was supplied as standard with Porsche Active Suspension Management. In 2006, Porsche brought out a 911 Turbo, which was the first production car with a petrol engine to have a turbocharger with variable turbine geometry. After the model upgrade in autumn 2008, the 997 became more efficient still thanks to direct petrol injection and a direct shift gearbox. Never before on a 911 had the individuality of the driver been taken into account to such an extent. Carrera, Targa, convertible, rear end and all-wheel drive, turbo, GTS, special editions and road versions of the GT racing cars – in the end the 911 family comprised 24 different models.

Internally known as the 991, this sports car embodies the greatest engineering leap in the history of the 911. For generations the benchmark in its class, this 911 generation sets the bar another notch higher in terms both of performance and efficiency. A completely new chassis with modified wheelbase, greater track width and beefier tyres, plus an ergonomically optimised interior produce an even sportier and more comfortable driving sensation. In engineering terms this 911 is all about Porsche Intelligent Performance: even lower fuel consumption and even more power - created, for instance, by reducing the engine size to 3.4 litres on the base Carrera model (yet still delivering 5 hp more than the 997/II) and using a hybrid construction method (steel/ aluminium), which leads to a considerable reduction in weight. Also new: Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control and the manual 7-speed transmission. There has been great praise for the design of the 991 as well. With its low, stretched silhouette, its bristling surfaces and precisely shaped details, the Porsche 911 Carrera - in the seventh generation as before - continues to be unmistakably a 911 and is thus once more setting new standards in automotive design.

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911 2,0 Coupé 96 (130) 10/1964 - 7/1967

1963

1965

1966

1967

1968

911 R 154 (210) 11/1967 - 3/1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

911 S 2,4 Targa 140 (190) 8/1971 - 7/1973

911 S 2,2 Targa 132 (180) 8/1969 - 7/1971

911 S 2,0 Targa 125 (170) 8/1968 - 7/1969

911 S 2,0 Targa 118 (160) 1/1967 - 7/1968

911 T 2,4 Targa 96 (130) 8/1971 - 7/1973 911 E 2,4 Targa 121 (165) 8/1971 - 7/1973

911 E 2,2 Targa 114 (155) 8/1969 - 7/1971

911 S 2,4 Coupé 140 (190) 8/1971 - 7/1973

911 E 2,4 Coupé 121 (165) 8/1971 - 7/1973

911 T 2,2 Targa 92 (125) 8/1969 - 7/1971

911 S 2,2 Coupé 132 (180) 8/1969 - 7/1971

911 S 2,0 Coupé 125 (170) 8/1968 - 7/1969

911 E 2,0 Targa 103 (140) 8/1968 - 7/1969

911 E 2,2 Coupé 114 (155) 8/1969 - 7/1971

911 E 2,0 Coupé 103 (140) 8/1968 - 7/1969

911 T 2,0 Targa 81 (110) 8/1967 - 7/1969

911 L 2,0 Coupé 96 (130) 8/1967 - 7/1968

911 T 2,4 Coupé 96 (130) 8/1971 - 7/1973

911 2,0 Targa 911 L 2,0 Targa 96 (130) 96 (130) 1/1967 - 7/1967 8/1967 - 7/1968

911 S 2,0 Coupé 118 (160) 8/1966 - 7/1968

911 T 2,2 Coupé 92 (125) 8/1969 - 7/1971

1974

911 Carrera RS 3,0 169 (230) 10/1973 - 12/1974

1973

911 Carrera RS 2,7 154 (210) 10/1972 - 7/1973

911 Carrera 2,7 Targa 154 (210) 9/1973 - 7/1975

911 S 2,7 Targa 129 (175) 9/1973 - 7/1975

911 2,7 Targa 110 (150) 9/1973 - 7/1975

911 Carrera 2,7 Coupé 154 (210) 9/1973 - 7/1975

911 S 2,7 Coupé 129 (175) 9/1973 - 7/1975

911 2,7 Coupé 110 (150) 9/1973 - 7/1975

1975

911 Turbo 3,0 191 (260) 3/1975 - 7/1977

1976

911 Carrera 3,0 Targa 147 (200) 8/1975 - 7/1977

911 2,7 Targa 121 (165) 8/1975 - 7/1977

911 Carrera 3,0 Coupé 147 (200) 8/1975 - 7/1977

911 2,7 Coupé 121 (165) 8/1975 - 7/1977

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kW (hp) The times show delivery time from the factory in months The bar shows delivery time in quarters

901 96 (130) 9/1963

911 T 2,0 Coupé 81 (110) 8/1967 - 7/1969

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1978

911 Turbo 3,3 Coupé 221 (300) 10/1977 - 7/1989

911 SC 3,0 Targa 132 (180) 8/1977 - 7/1979

911 SC 3,0 Coupé 132 (180) 8/1977 - 7/1979

1979

1981

911 SC 3,0 Targa 150 (204) 8/1980 - 7/1983

911 SC 3,0 Coupé 150 (204) 8/1980 - 7/1983

1980

911 SC 3,0 Targa 138 (188) 8/1979 - 7/1980

911 SC 3,0 Coupé 138 (188) 8/1979 - 7/1980

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1983

1984

1985

911 Carrera 3,2 Cabrio Turbolook 170 (231) 8/1984 - 7/1989

911 Carrera 3,2 Targa Turbolook 170 (231) 8/1984 - 7/1989

911 SC/RS 184 (250) 1/1984 - 4/1984

911 SC 3,0 Cabrio 911 Carrera 3,2 Cabrio 150 (204) 170 (231) 1/1983 - 7/1983 8/1983 - 7/1989

911 Carrera 3,2 Targa 170 (231) 8/1983 - 7/1989

911 Carrera 3,2 Coupé Turbolook 170 (231) 8/1983 - 7/1989

911 Carrera 3,2 Coupé 170 (231) 8/1983 - 7/1989

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911 Turbo 3,3 Cabrio 221 (300) 2/1987 - 7/1989

911 Turbo 3,3 Targa 221 (300) 2/1987 - 7/1989

1988

911 Carrera 3,2 Clubsport 170 (231) 9/1987 - 7/1989

1989

1990

911 Carrera 3,2 Speedster 911 Carrera 3,2 Speedster Turbolook 170 (231) 1/1989 - 7/1989

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Cabrio 184 (250) 10/1989 - 11/1993

911 Carrera 2 3,6 Cabrio 184 (250) 10/1989 - 11/1993

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Targa 184 (250) 10/1989 - 7/1993

911 Carrera 2 3,6 Targa 184 (250) 10/1989 - 7/1993

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé 184 (250) 1/1989 - 11/1993

911 Carrera 2 3,6 Coupé 184 (250) 10/1989 - 9/1993

1991

911 Turbo 3,3 235 (320) 1/1991 - 9/1992

1992

911 Turbo S 3,3 280 (381) 5/1992 - 5/1993

1993

911 Turbo 3,6 265 (360) 2/1993 - 2/1994

911 RS America 182 (247) 8/1992 - 11/1993

911 Carrera RS 3,8 221 (300) 6/1992 - 3/1994

911 Carrera RS 3,6 191 (260) 11/1991 - 12/1992

911 Carrera 2 3,6 Speedster 184 (250) 10/1992 - 10/1993

911 Carrera 3,6 Cabrio 210 (285) 8/1995 - 12/1997

911 Targa 3,6 210 (285) 11/1995 - 4/1998

911 Carrera 4S 3,6 210 (285) 11/1995 - 4/1998

1994

1995

911 GT2 316 (430) 4/1995 - 7/1997

911 Turbo 3,6 300 (408) 4/1995 - 4/1998

1996

911 Carrera RS 3,8 911 Carrera RS 3,8 Clubsport 221 (300) 5/1995 - 7/1996

911 Carrera 4 3,4 Coupé 221 (300) 10/1998 - 7/2001

911 Turbo S 3,6 331 (450) 11/1997 - 4/1998

1998

911 GT1 400 (544) 5/1998 - 12/1998

1999

911 GT3 265 (360) 4/1999 - 12/2000

911 Carrera 4 3,4 Cabrio 221 (300) 10/1998/ - 7/2001

911 Carrera 3,4 Cabrio 221 (300) 4/1998 - 7/2001

911 Carrera 3,4 Coupé 221 (300) 10/1997 - 7/2001

911 GT2 331 (450) 8/1997 - 4/1998

1997

911 Carrera S 3,6 210 (285) 9/1996 - 12/1997

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Cabrio 911 Carrera 4 3,6 Cabrio 200 (272) 210 (285) 9/1994 - 7/1995 8/1995 - 12/1997

911 Carrera 3,6 Cabrio 200 (272) 4/1994 - 7/1995

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé “30 Years of 911” 911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé Turbolook 184 (250) 2/1993 - 10/1993

911 Carrera 2 3,6 Cabrio Turbolook 184 (250) 10/1991 - 7/1993

911 Carrera 3,6 Coupé 210 (285) 8/1995 - 9/1997

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé 911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé 200 (272) 210 (285) 9/1994 - 7/1995 8/1995 - 12/1997

911 Carrera 3,6 Coupé 200 (272) 10/1993 - 7/1995

2000

2001

911 GT2 340 (461) 1/2001 - 7/2003

911 Turbo 3,6 Coupé 309 (420) 5/2000 - 11/2004

2002

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Cabrio 235 (320) 8/2001 - 7/2004

911 Carrera 3,6 Cabrio 235 (320) 8/2001 - 9/2004

911 Targa 3,6 235 (320) 12/2001 - 2/2005

911 Carrera 4S 3,6 Coupé 235 (320) 12/2001 - 2/2005

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé 235 (320) 8/2001 - 7/2004

911 Carrera 3,6 Coupé 235 (320) 8/2001 - 6/2004

2003

2005

911 Turbo S 3,6 Cabrio 331 (450) 7/2004 - 7/2005

911 Carrera 4S 3,8 Coupé 294 (400) 11/2012 -

911 Carrera 4 3,4 Coupé 257 (350) 11/2012 -

2006

911 Turbo 3,6 Coupé 353 (480) 4/2006 - 9/2009

2007

2008

911 GT2 390 (530) 11/2007 - 3/2009

911 Turbo 3,6 Cabrio 353 (480) 7/2007 - 9/2009

911 GT3 RS 305 (415) 10/2006 - 2/2008

911 GT3 305 (415) 7/2006 - 2/2008

2009

2010

2012

911 GT3 RS 4,0 368 (500) 7/2011 - 1/2012

2011

911 GT2 RS 456 (620) 9/2010 - 12/2010

911 Turbo S 3,8 Cabrio 390 (530) 4/2010 - 10/2012

911 Turbo 3,8 Cabrio 368 (500) 10/2009 - 10/2012

911 Turbo S 3,8 Coupé 390 (530) 4/2010 - 10/2012

911 Turbo 3,8 Coupé 368 (500) 10/2009 - 10/2012

911 GT3 RS 331 (450) 1/2010 - 3/2011

911 GT3 320 (435) 5/2009 - 12/2010

911 Carrera 4 GTS 3,8 Cabrio 300 (408) 911 Speedster 7/2011 - 7/2012 300 (408) 12/2010 - 6/2011

2013

911 Carrera 4 3,4 Cabrio 257 (350) 12/2012 911 Carrera 4S 3,8 Cabrio 294 (400) 12/2012 -

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Cabrio 254 (345) 10/2008 - 6/2012 911 Carrera 4S 3,8 Cabrio 283 (385) 10/2008 - 6/2012 911 Carrera 4S 3,8 Cabrio 261 (355) 10/2005 - 6/2008

911 Carrera GTS 3,8 Cabrio 300 (408) 11/2010 - 11/2011

911 Carrera S 3,8 Cabrio 294 (400) 3/2012 -

911 Carrera 3,4 Cabrio 257 (350) 3/2012 -

911 Carrera 4 GTS 3,8 Coupé 300 (408) 7/2011 - 7/2012

911 Carrera GTS 3,8 Coupé 300 (408) 11/2010 - 11/2011

911 Carrera S 3,8 Coupé 294 (400) 12/2011 -

911 Carrera 3,4 Coupé 257 (350) 12/2011 -

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Cabrio 239 (325) 10/2005 - 6/2008

911 Carrera 3,6 Cabrio 254 (345) 7/2008 - 12/2011

911 Targa 4S 3,8 283 (385) 10/2008 - 4/2012

911 Carrera S 3,8 Cabrio 283 (385) 7/2008 - 12/2011

911 Targa 4 3,6 254 (345) 10/2008 - 4/2012

911 Targa 4S 3,8 261 (355) 10/2006 - 6/2008

911 Carrera 4S 3,8 Coupé 283 (385) 10/2008 - 6/2012

911 Carrera 4S 3,8 Coupé 261 (355) 10/2005 - 6/2008

911 Targa 4 3,6 239 (325) 10/2006 - 6/2008

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé 254 (345) 10/2008 - 6/2012

911 Carrera 4 3,6 Coupé 239 (325) 10/2005 - 6/2008

911 Carrera S 3,8 Cabrio 261 (355) 4/2005 - 6/2008

911 Turbo S 3,6 Coupé 331 (450) 7/2004 - 7/2005

2004

911 GT2 355 (483) 8/2003 - 2/2005

911 Turbo 3,6 Cabrio 309 (420) 9/2003 - 7/2005

911 GT3 RS 280 (381) 9/2003 - 7/2004

911 GT3 280 (381) 4/2003 - 11/2004

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Saturday June 8th, was a long awaited return to a very popular track and sprint event. It has been some 15 months since the last sprint event at Sandown. It was a welcome start to the day at a cool 5 degrees, sunshine and no rain in sight.

record time of 1:18:9093, Brett Helmers in a GT3 was second with 1:21:7270, Nick Karnaros in a 911 3.2 Carrera third with 1:23:5838, Nathan Agnew in 996C4 was fourth with 1:24:1791 and Andrew Goulsbra in 944 2.5 Turbo finished fifth with a time of 1:24:1825.

The introduction of self - scrutineering enabled some formalities to be dealt with quickly and in a more relaxed manner. Prior rain in Melbourne saw some sections of the track affected by water. Those fortunate enough to have practised on the Friday were well equipped to handle the conditions.

M2 CLASS

The option of having garage space offered by the club was taken up by by a large contingent of competitors. After all formalities were completed track time commenced around 9:45am.

M1 Bob Hawker. 996GT3 3.6.

1:18:909

M2 Ben Faggetter. 9933.6.

1:21:264

GT Theo Mihelakos. 996GT3.

1:20:225

A

Phil Treloar. 996 3.6.

1:21:812

C.

Aaron Ireland.

1:25:100

911sc3.0.

Everything began smoothly, however some were unfortunate enough to be pinged for being over 75 db noise level. The stewards were then confronted with the job of chasing the black flagged cars. Sixteen in all were caught for excessive noise. It was almost unprecedented for the Club to have so many violations. The Club paused the meeting and discussed it with the track manager, who also noted that it was unusual. A second meter was used to check the first, and the afternoon had less violations.

As track conditions quickly improved to near perfection, track records began to tumble.

Five track records were set on the day.

A CLASS

OPEN CLASS Open class was closely contested with 12 competitors on the day. The first 5 positions saw times below 1:20:500. The first 7 positions were less than 0.5 sec apart. Matt Stoupas in his 996 finished first with 1:18:2550, Greg Muller in 996 Turbo was a close second, being 0:37 sec behind Matt with 1:18:6310, SallyAnne Hains in a 997 Turbo 3.8 was third with 1:18:7076, Stephen Bradford GT3 997RS was fourth with 1:20:3212 and David McConnell 997GT3 3.8 was fifth with 1:20:4662.

With 6 competitors in this class we saw Bob Hawker in his 996 GT3 finish first with a new lap

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GT CLASS The GT Class saw an increase in competitors to 6. Theo Mihelakos 996GT3 finished first with a new lap record of 1:20:2254. Stan Bougadakis 997 Carrera S 3.8, second in 1:21:6919, Peter Harrison 996 GT3 MK 2, third in 1:22:8184, Simon Zettl GT3 996,fourth in 1:24:7666 and David Doolan was fifth in 1:24:8512.

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Class M2 had 7 competitors. Ben Faggetter in his 993 3.6 was untroubled all day and finished first with a new lap record of 1:21:2641. We then had the two father and son teams competing for the next four positions. Josh Fitt in the 993 Carrera finished second in 1:23:0723, Bryan Fitt was third in 1:24:2113, Howard Burton fourth in his 993 3.6 1:25:1068 and Matt Burton finished fifth with a time of 1:25:4554.

With a field of 10, the top 3 positions were closely contested throughout the day. Phil Treloar 996 3.6 finished first with a new lap record of 1:21:8120. Graham Williams 997 Series 2 finished second in 1:22:5742, Manny Mezzasalma 993 3.6, third in 1:22:7482 and James Mason 997 was fourth with 1:26:2711.

B CLASS B Class had a field of 9 with the top 5 positions approximately 2 sec apart and the top 3 positions 0.8 sec apart. Rick Moscati 964cc finished first in 1:24:8991, Tom Marks 964, second in 1:25:0940, Daniel Reynolds 911 Carrera, third in 1:25:7279, Mark Smundin 911 Carrera, fourth in 1:26:4318 and Marcus Lethlean was fifth in 1:21:9552.

C CLASS C CLASS also had a field of 9. The first two positions were only 0:35 second apart. Aaron Ireland 911SC3.0 finished first again with a new lap record of 1:25:0996. Simon Dunn 911SC3.0, bettered his time and finished a close second in 1:25:4528. After Simon posted his quickest time and was edging closer to Aaron, a spectacular lose at Dandenong corner saw him kiss the guard rail and finish up in the tyre wall.

Mark Chrzanowski 911SC3.0 finished third in 1:26:7274, Ian Van Driel 911SC3.0, was fourth in1:27:9505, after just edging Grant Stephenson 911 SC3.0 into fifth place in 1:27:9796.

D CLASS

Porsche Club of Victoria Sandown Sprint Saturday, 8 June 2013 Driver

Outright Points

Matt Stoupas

996

78.255

1

1

25

25

greg muller

996 Turbo

78.631

2

2

20

20

Sally-Anne4 Hains

997 Tubo 3.8

78.708

3

3

16

16

Stephen Bradford

997 GT3 RS

80.321

4

6

13

10

David McConnell

997 GT3 3.8

80.466

5

7

11

9

Malcolm Henley

997 GT3 CS 3.8

81.067

6

8

10

8

Rick Mensa

GT3

81.177

7

9

9

7

Andrew Gott

911 Turbo

81.788

8

13

8

3

Tim Williams

997 GT3 3.6

82.062

9

15

7

1

Gary Higgon

996

83.149

10

20

6

Greg Humphries

GT3 3.6

83.691

11

22

5

Tony (Anthony) Hughes

930 3.0 Turbo

85.983

12

35

4

Bob Hawker

996 GT3

78.909

1

4

25

13

Brett Helmers

GT3

81.727

2

12

20

4

Nick Karnaros

997 C4S 3.8

83.584

3

21

16

Nathan Agnew

996 C4

84.179

4

23

13

Andrew Goulsbra

944 2.5 Turbo S (951

84.183

5

24

11

Tony Robertson

993 3.8 RSCS

86.568

6

40

10

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

81.264

1

10

25

Joshua Fitt

993 Carrera

83.072

2

19

20

Bryan Fitt

993 Carrera

84.211

3

25

16

Howard Burton

993 3.6

85.107

4

31

13

Matt Burton

993 3.6

85.455

5

33

11

Michael Lentini

911 RSR (rep)

86.338

6

38

10

Denis Lambrou-Fernando

911 Lightweight

89.500

7

54

9

Theo Mihelakos

996 GT3

80.225

1

5

25

11

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

81.692

2

11

20

5

Peter Harrison

996 GT3 Mk2

82.818

3

18

16

Simon Zettl

GT3 996

84.767

4

26

13

David Doolan

996 GT3 CS 3.6

84.851

5

27

11

Richard Batchelor

997 Carrera S 3.8

86.103

6

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Class: M2

In OTHER CLASS we had 3 members. Nicholas Foster GT3 finished with a very quick time of 1:19:9732. David McMillan 911Carrera had a time of 1:25:7039 and Tony Corolan 964C2RS clocked a time of 1:26:7536.

Class Points

Class: OPEN

Class: M1

OTHER CLASS

Outright Position

Result

D CLASS only had a field of 4, but nonetheless the first two positions were closely contested. Gary Voges 944S2 finished first in 1:28:6132. Melanie Treloar in a Boxster was second in 1:29:7183 and Philip Cox 911SC3.0 finished third in 1:32:4626.

ENTREE CLASS had a field of 9 and report having a most enjoyable day.

Class Position

Car

6

Class: GT

Class: A Phil Treloar

Driver Graham Williams

996 3.6

Car 997 Series 2

81.812 82.574 Result

Class1 Position 2

14 Outright Position 16

25 Class Points 20

Manny Mezzasalma

993 3.6

82.748

3

17

16

James Mason

997

86.271

4

37

13

996 3.4

87.279

5

43

11

Michael McLaurie

996 Carrera 4S

87.334

6

44

10

Frank Deak

Boxster S

87.618

7

45

9

Geoff Mould

997 3.6 Carrera

87.784

8

46

8

Rob Whyte

997 3.6

88.184

9

49

7

Michael Dennis

930 3.3 Turbo

95.062

10

61

6

Rick Moscati

964 C2

84.899

1

28

25

Tom Marks

964

85.094

2

29

20

Daniel Reynolds

911 Carrera

85.728

3

34

16

Mark Smundin

911 Carrera 3.2

86.432

4

39

13

Marcus Lethlean

964 C2 3.6

86.955

5

42

11

Richard Thompson

911

88.715

6

52

10

Brent Howard

968 CS

89.523

7

56

9

Mark Behan

911 Carrera

93.450

8

60

8

Alvaro Del Gallo

911 Carrera

103.366

9

63

7

Aaron Ireland

911 SC 3.0

85.100

1

30

25

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

85.453

2

32

20

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

86.725

3

41

16

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

87.951

4

47

13

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

87.980

5

48

11

Pete Matherson

911 SC 3.0

88.572

6

50

10

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

88.757

7

53

9

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

89.507

8

55

8

PETER MODICA

911 3.0 SC

90.925

9

58

7

Garry Voges

944 S2

88.613

1

51

20

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

89.718

2

57

16

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

92.463

3

59

13

Garry Saber

944 S2

96.688

4

62

11

Nicholas Foster

GT3

79.973

David McMillan

911 Carrera

85.704

Tony Carolan

964 C2 RS 3.6

86.754

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Danny Stutterd How I found myself racing a Porsche in the 944 Challenge Series I was introduced to the Porsche Club Victoria via a couple of existing members that I new socially.

From there I was lucky enough to be invited to a Porsche day at Sandown race track.

I encourage anyone looking to start racing in a series to come and have a look at the Porsche 944 Challenge.

With a huge variety of Porsches running around it was a great spectacle for a novice race goer.

It seemed very well ran and in the right spirit.

It’s close, fun and sometimes willing, but very additive.

After that day I started to explore the different options to get my fix of car racing I searched for over 6 mths and after attending numerous race meeting I was introduced to Mr 944 himself, Dennis O’Keefe, at a round of the 944 Challenge Series.

Dennis who owns Aporschapart and is one of the founders of the 944 Challenge Series was kind enough to take the time to explain the series and what would be needed to join.

Before making a decision to purchase a car, I decided to lease a 944 for a race round at Sandown.

The car was owned by Jocaro Motors and made available to me with full track support.

I was thrown in the deep end and was happy just to run around the rear of the field, staying out of trouble, and finding my legs.

As much as the Cam’s OLT helps with race procedures etc it was a nerve racking experience.

With 3 races and a qualifying session for the weekend I ended up walking away Sunday night totally hoocked and a Porsche 944 to be delivered the next day.

Impulsive yes, regrets no.

I could not believe how good these car were to drive.

The times the 944s are doing around these tracks are truly remarkable for their age, testament to the Porsche brand.

It has great appeal to those who want to race without the hefty price tag attached, it also appeals to me as it is a one make series and driver skill makes the majority of the gains.

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Each race I have moved up the field and as this has happened there are races within the race no matter where you are.

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Manny Mezzasalma Baptism of fire in a Red 993 What a baptism of fire. Twelve months ago I had a great idea of building a race car specifically to race door to door as I was sick of fixing my yellow 993 after several competitors felt that it was ok to use my car as a safety barrier if their brakes were insufficient.

We arrived at Bathurst Easter Friday and set up in the garages in pit lane. We only had 20 minutes practice then two qualifying sessions, one for Phil and one for me.

With the help of Ben Faggetter from Weltmeister we began planning the build. I did say to him at the time that I wanted to do a lot of the work on the car myself as I enjoy working on cars in general. That was a mistake as I have now realised how over engineered these wonderful vehicles are and how difficult Dr Porsche made it. We decided to build a B class car to race in the endurance races in Production Sports Cars. This meant we had to build a light weight car with around 330 horsepower.

We qualified well and started the two 10 lap races from pole position (in our class which is class C) and we both won our races with much delight.

We packed up and went back to the hotel and someone pored a massive amount of red wine down my throat and I am not sure who.

The next day we prepared for the one hour race where we have a compulsory pit stop to change drivers. I started the race and had a terrible start and ended last. I hustled along and eventually moved back to the front only to be slowed down by the pace car after a 997 cup car hit the wall at high speed at the top of the mountain. Not having radios we could not communicate and by the time I was called in Phil came out last in the field. Phil was like a man on a mission. Within 4 laps he had climbed back to first and took the chequered flag.

Ben convinced me that the KW team in Germany would be the best people to build the suspension for the 993. He gave them the target weight, horsepower and the tracks we were going to race on and off they went and began building the suspension. In the meantime I found a shell and began to put the bare minimum into the car to save weight. Ben had found some carbon fibre doors, bonnet and light weight guards. This made a significant difference to the overall weight. We had the roll cage designed and installed with much deliberation but in the end it came out well.

We sent the car off to Nardi panels Body Tech to be sprayed in and out and wow! What a job, the car’s paint work was better than a new car and I hesitated for one moment in whether we would use it as a race car but soon got over it as we were dying to drive it. It was at this time that I spoke to my good friend Phil Treloar and asked him if he was interested in running the series on endurance races with me . He looked at me and said you must be joking, of course I would as he also was itching to get back into competitive motor sport. We decided that we needed to spend our Fridays and weekends preparing the car for its heart transplant and new legs being developed by KW. We finally finished the car and sent it to Weltmeister to have the suspension put in and a standard 993 3.6l engine and gearbox sourced out oh the USA. A few weeks later it was ready and it looked a treat. Phil and I took it to Winton for testing and lasted two laps before the power steering pump lost its oil and back home we went. I went overseas and Phil went back to Winton and the car went well for its second test. Ben fine tuned the car and we were off to our first race meeting.

I should say the Production Sports car series is a series which normally has 5 rounds at these tracks, Bathurst (yes I said Bathurst) Wakefield Park, Queensland Raceway and Phillip Island. The Wakefield Park round was a double round hence the 5 rounds.

With great delight we collected our trophy and went back and unfortunately the same person had found his way back into Phil’s room and poured even more red wine down my throat without me knowing.

Bathurst was a magnificent experience and I highly recommend everyone driving it in anger at least once in your life, it is one of the world’s best tracks.

With only a few weeks to prepare we made very few changes except we had lost our number two driver to a golf trip in China and had to recruit Ben Faggetter to fill in.

We set off on the Friday after Anzac Day and arrived in Goulburn in the afternoon and went to Wakefield Park to set up. If you have been to Wakefield Park you will know that there are no signs and it takes a bit of luck to find it. We found it and set up again in the garages in pit lane and went off to bed as we were exhausted.

The next day we realised that we would need to complete the two qualifying sessions, the two ten lap races and the one hour enduro all on the same day and then repeat it on the Sunday.

Let me tell you we were busy in fact I don’t think we ever sat down for a rest until we went home. We both qualified well I started from third position while Ben qualified on pole. We both won our respective races and prepared for the one hour. I started and was able to catch them all and by turn one I was leading our class. Ben changed over and he took the chequered flag in first place. We collected our first trophy with much delight and developed a strategy for the following day as we were worried about our

tyres as they had already done a fair amount of work.

The next day I qualified better and put the car back on pole in our class. Ben also did the same with a great qualifying session. We both won our races and had the car on pole for our race. I started the race and led for most of the race. Ben jumped into the car and went off only to find he had been black flagged for speeding in pit lane. (We disputed this but the Cams Stewart’s said bad luck).

Ben came in under duress and again they said he had sped in pit lane and handed us a 60 second penalty putting us last. At this point Ben drove like a demon and in the 30 minutes he was on the track he overtook our competitors and came across the finish line not knowing, in fact none of us knew if we had won. We had to front the stewards and had a discussion on the penalty but they did not budge. We were dejected as we had thought we lost only to be handed the trophy for winning while climbing down the stairs. We went back to the pits and looked up on Nat Soft the results and we had won, once penalty applied, by .07 of a second. What a great weekend. I would like to thank Ben for his hard work in building the best car I have ever raced and for his work in the race car, he did a fantastic job.

I cannot go without saying thanks to Phil for his drive at Bathurst as he also did a fantastic job and also his help with building the car.

So far it’s three from three so I will keep every one posted but I haven’t had this much fun in a car ever!!

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After the success of the previous North America Porsche Rennsport Festival’s I wasn’t surprised that it was announced coming to Australia in 2013, especially due to Australia’s love of all things motorsport. This event would be the first event outside of Victoria that I have photographed so I was interested in making the most of it. I also spoke to a few mates in the club, Jesse Bryan and Aaron Ireland about catching up at the event, which was sure to produce a few laughs.

As a true male I left my packing till Friday morning, 5am is an unfamiliar world to a twenty something uni student. The darkness on the drive out to Tullamarine only added to the anticipation of the trip, funnily enough my girlfriend Paige pointed to a bright red GT3 on the back of a trailer with its Rennsport Numbers on, ‘Berry Right’ read the number plate. An hour or so later Paige and I were rumbling down the runway on our way to Sydney. As a training commercial pilot, take-off never gets old.

After having Friday to tour Sydney, Saturday morning we made the 45minute drive west out of Sydney’s CBD where we were staying to Eastern Creek Raceway. Upon arrival I could hear that distinctive flat six Porsche racecar sound coming from behind the fence, how exciting. Once inside the drool fest began, Porsches from all eras, front engine, mid engine, rear engine, new spec, old spec pushing hard around the sweeping lines of Eastern Creek. Porsche Australia had really outdone themselves in the organization, however at the heart of the events success was its ability draw

such a sheer diversity of people and cars to the event. At some point during the two days I remember thinking, “I could travel to maybe a hundred different FIA championship rounds, club and private tracks days and never see this variety of different Porsches.”

One of the big highlights was the Porsche driving school, all it took was a quick sign of the waiver form and you could drive the brand new 991 Carrera 4S and new Cayman S around the skid pan. I liked to think of myself as a ‘mature young man.’ However sitting low in

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that beautifully cut leather seat with the silky smooth aluminum paddles, a raspy exhaust note for hearing pleasure and 400 ponies beneath the right foot; Well safe to say I was reduced to my former 6 year old child self playing with matchbox cars on the carpet making engine sounds with my mouth. In a thick German accent the instructor said, “Okay, you’re now cleared to go.” I enjoyed the next 30 seconds very much and it’s a brief moment of joy I will probably never forget.

Other great highlights from the weekend were watching the Le Mans cars, 2008 RS Spyder (No. 6) and the 1981 936 (No. 11) hammer down the main straight in to the late afternoon sun. Also I had the pleasure of meeting a number of guys from the 944 cup series, after watching their in car race footage I think a few 911 drivers need to up their game through the corners, ok maybe I’m biased as I am a previous 944 S2 owner. If the event ever comes out to Australia again and you’re a true lover of Porsche’s and motorsport I highly recommend you go, it’s a brilliant time and one for the boys, family and couples trips.

Thanks to my girlfriend Paige for being a great camera assistant across the weekend, and yes we met the Berry Right Red GT3 owner. Catch you all next time at the track!

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Autumn Run I told you so! The promo on the website said: “Join us on a beautiful sunny late Autumn morning for a jolly drive across the plains to the North….”. Well, after a week of s*******e weather, the day dawned and remained sunny, still and perfect. However, those that drove to the meeting point from the Peninsula left home in torrential rain! 113 keen members entered, the last one turning up on the day, luckily securing a drop-out spot. It was the second biggest run in PCV history, after the first Trawool run in May ’07, for which 121 entered.

After a briefing and welcome to new members, at which in-car harmony was assured, or money back, almost 60 cars left the BP/ McDonalds service centre, travelled West on the Western Freeway for a few clicks, then headed North, rapidly leaving suburbia behind. We travelled along the Eastern side of the Lerderderg State Park to Gisborne, thence to Riddell’s Creek, Romsey and Lancefield, then up the picturesque Burke and Wills Track to Mia Mia, altogether 107 k’s, for the usual delicious CFA morning tea. Mia Mia is significant as the home of John Duigan, who built and flew Australia’s first plane in 1910. After welcome late Autumn rain, the countryside was looking delightfully refreshed.

The cars were parked in lines on the firm grassy oval in the warm sun, while the copious, sumptuous morning tea was served outside the old pavilion, not far from the almost completed new CFA building. The usual fun, food and fellowship were enjoyed and Peter Harrison handed over a cheque for $840 to the CFA Captain. It is always inspiring to see the commitment of country people to about 1300 branches of the CFA. After morning tea, we headed South, through Redesdale, Tylden and Trentham, through the Wombat State Forest to Blackwood and Greendale, then on to Ballan and Fiskville.

Turning East, we dived down and around the breathtaking descent at the Northern end of the Brisbane Ranges, before travelling East across open plains through Exford, to our lunch destination, the most unexpected, delightful, historic, bluestone Eynesbury Homestead.

There we had a 2 course buffet carvery meal in a private, roomy, clear wall marquee, set amongst the gum trees. The distance after morning tea was 145 k’s, which allowed all the cakes to settle, ready for a late lunch.

During lunch, the usual fun was had, with the 9 new members drawing prizes and lots of well fed and watered tongues wagging. A certain sheriff, who drove a winged Toyota creation, was brandishing a poster, purporting to show that said creation was better than a Cayman. She was naturally ejected from the gathering. Since Eynesbury was not far from our starting point, the run home was easy.

The whole run offered easy navigation and driving, with a minimum of possible confusion, and stayed away from civilization as far as possible, to enable enjoyment of the wonderfully varied countryside. I think that one could endlessly drive around Victoria, and never run out of finding more places to delight!

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Murray Valley Grand Tour April 2013

Story: Adrian Nelson Photos: Felix Rieniets

Spring Run Spring Run is Pure Gold 14th October 2012

Our Grand Tour for 2013 was another ambitious event. From Saturday 6th April through to Sunday 14th April, 50 members travelled along the Murray Valley from the Victorian High Country to Murray Bridge, staying at Albury, Rutherglen, Echuca, Swan Hill and Mildura. Many also extended their tour right to the mouth of the Murray at Goolwa. The tour covered around 2,625 kilometres, with the extended tour in eleven days.

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. It was a privilege to have assisted Alf in coordinating such a tour, and we are already looking forward to the next one, Tassie in 2014!

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,

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and to our photographers Peter and Clair Cromie, Alvaro and Maria Del Gallo, Tony Carolan, Linley Baxter and Neville Sampson.

Saturday 6th April. Journalist – Russell Sturzaker Saturday 6th April dawned fine and sunny, and at around 9.00am, twenty five of Germany’s finest started arriving at the Croydon Hotel, the meeting point for the commencement of the Murray Valley Grand Tour. The excitement and anticipation in the air was electric, we were all about to set off on another of PCV’s legendary tours. This tour over nine days, or eleven days if you took the additional two day option, saw us embarking on a 3,000km drive which was to follow the Murray River from its humble beginnings in the high country of Corryong, right through to its mouth where it meets the sea at Goolwa in South Australia. The PCV Tours have now certainly reached legendary status, and once again we were in the competent hands of “Tour Meister” Alf Carrigan and Michael O’Brien.

After greeting all our fellow participants Alf called everyone together for the first of our daily briefings and welcomed us all to what was to be one of our best tours ever. As tradition would have it, Alf had with him his trusty hooter, used to command the attention of the sometimes unruly throng. Only on this occasion he was to be upstaged when John Kirby quoted (with a twist) a familiar phrase from a well-known movie by saying “That’s not a Horn, this is what you call a Horn” presenting Alf with a large brass antique car horn, which was

to be used frequently over the days to come when Alf needed to gain everyone’s attention.

Very soon it was 10.00am and time to head off on Day One of our tour, travelling from the Croydon Hotel in Melbourne to the Ibis Styles Lake Hume Resort on the outskirts of Albury.

Our first leg saw us head up the Maroondah and Melba Highways via Yea to our first stop in Mansfield, where most stopped for brunch, or a coffee and cake at Dean and Gillian Belle’s Mansfield Produce Store. After this it was back to our cars and onto the road, and what a section of road it was, first used by Russell Sturzaker on the Gourmet Spring Run to “LindenWarrah” in August 2009, we were to once again experience this wonderful stretch of road that extends over the Strathbogie Ranges from Mansfield to Whitfield via Tolmie and Powers Lookout. If you haven’t yet driven this road, do yourself a favour and make sure that you experience this superb stretch of bitumen before you die! Because with the sun out, the sky clear, and the roof down, so we could hear every glorious note coming from the

sports exhaust on the Boxster’s 2.7ltr engine, this stretch of road is truly Porsche Heaven.

On reaching Whitfield our route instructions took us onto the snow road through Milawa, and Tarrawingee, and then onto the BeechworthWangaratta Road to Beechworth where we all stopped to have a look around town and investigate the shops. From here we set off again following the Yackandandah Road to Yackandandah, where we most of us stopped for afternoon tea, and from there it was only a short leg via the Kiewa Highway onto Hume Weir, arriving at around 4.30pm at our first night accommodation stop, at the Ibis styles Albury Lake Hume Resort .

Most participants had arrived by around 5.00pm which gave us time to have a look over our Heritage Cottage accommodation and also to take a walk around the resort.

The Ibis Styles Albury Lake Hume Resort is unique and tranquil, superbly located on the shores of Lake Hume with views of the lake, gardens and surrounding mountains, the Ibis Styles Albury Lake Hume Resort features hotel style rooms, cottages and apartments, plus excellent conference facilities, a restaurant, bars and swimming pool.

Dinner was at 6.45 pm in the Ibis’s function room where we all sat down to a truly sumptuous gourmet buffet, and indulged ourselves while mixing with our fellow tour participants, discussing our experiences, and the success of day one, and the completion of the first 360kms of our tour.

Sunday 7th April. Journalists – Clair and Peter Cromie After a good night’s sleep at the Lake Hume Resort a bright morning greeted us all as we gathered for breakfast whilst chatting about what the day could have in store for us, (famous last words….)

As usual Peter Johnson was one of the first up and about washing his ‘girl’, (and no…

Jenny managed a shower all by herself). As we all know Alf is nothing if not a chivalrous chap, much needed were his manners when Muriel toppled over straight on to her DD’s, after much dusting off and damage repaired

to the driveway Muriel noted that at no time was she remotely close to hurting her nose.

Although we were heading toward Corryong in the High Country I believe John Kirby was letting the mountain air take control of his senses when he declared in his loud blokey voice “Pauline, I’d like to mount you on a pedestal” Oh dear, I shudder to think the reasons behind such a comment, (thanks Barb for that piece of gossip, it’ll be our secret….)

During morning tea it came to my ears that Ray and Sue just missed a deer, nothing unusual so far but the fact that Peter Johnson said this made me verrry sceptical, apparently Peter is capable of telling true stories, but here is Ray’s version just in case:

After a briefing by Michael and Alf, we were off, those with soft tops made the best of them, ie, (VJS and CAB9I1). We were to travel around the Toowong Shire Loop on our way to Rutherglen for a 2 day stopover. We sped through fantastic countryside with wide open roads and green fields onto a pit stop at the marker for the site of Old Tallangatta, a very interesting story of a town that was moved in 1956 due to flooding from the Hume Reservoir.

On our way again toward Corryong for some morning tea, we stopped for a walk around town and to admire the sculpture of the Man from Snowy River outside the new Visitors Centre.

It appears we may have a name dropping, high falluting toff in our midst, as we made our way to the bakery for elevenses, one of our bunch was lovingly admiring the flower adorning the froth atop her coffee, not being able to help herself, she remarked “When I was at Buckingham Palace, I had a crown embellished on myyy coffee”, well, laa dee daa, the rest of the group fell about laughing uncontrollably and my source tells me (thanks Wayne!!), that composure was not easily found for quite some time. All said though, wherever she travels she’ll always be our ‘Lady Gay’ (Oh crap….that makes Alf a Lord…….there goes the neighbourhood).

“A potentially devastating incident occurred approx 35km west of Corryong. The leading driver noticed a deer on the left hand side of the road. The immediate reaction was that bambi was a farmed critter. However, approx 20mt away from said bambi it suddenly upped to take a closer look at my nice shiny red motor, severe braking followed which resulted in the deer leaping over the road and across a ditch in an effort to return to the fold to announce to the rest of the herd that my car was nicer than all the others that had gone whizzing past. All others braked accordingly resulting in no damage to all involved.”

I have Rays’ hand written account to prove this story’s authenticity………..

Continuing through the Loop toward Albury we somehow mucked up on one particular turn near Walwa resulting in us heading for Holbrook ???? Great roads and company – yes, lost – maybe, occupants of 5 Porsches in the middle of nowhere yakking on the side of the road – priceless. Finally Michael O’Brien leads us back to civilisation and onward to Rutherglen.

Arriving at Tuileries in Rutherglen for our 2 night stay we were split in to two accommodation venues, although the day had been full with lots of driving I don’t think anyone minded the detour as the roads were exceptional, later that night we found out a lot of other people messed up as well.

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As usual most of the men washed the bug graveyard off their faithful machines, many thanks to Neville for providing a hose nozzle that actually worked! Some of the ladies chose to go shopping and others rested or splashed about in the pool, naturally Peter and I opened some wine and had a few visitors before getting spruced up for the evenings’ dinner at Tuileries restaurant. A fantastic three course dinner was had by all with stories stretched and true being told. What a top day we had, bring on the rest of the tour !!!!!

Monday 8th April. Journalists – Alvaro and Maria Del Gallo It was a nice fresh sunny morning as the usual suspects gathered at The Quest Motor Inn for our daily walking tour lead aptly by Ray Baty. We set off promptly at 7.15am on our scenic tour. It was great to see Muriel had recovered from her ‘airbag’ incident and showed no sign of injury as she jogged out in front!

It was noted that Roger Randle received a few curious looks as he was carrying an empty plastic bag in hand. As there were no dogs coming along for the walk, questions were being asked among the group. Roger quickly explained the bag was for his newspaper, which raised more questions! Apparently he purchases his daily newspaper during the walk and the plastic bag is to protect it from the elements…believe what you want!

As the morning was free to do as we pleased some of us decided to drive to Corowa and explore the birth place of Australian Federation.

Others chose to walk to the local shops in Rutherglen and sample their famous Kangaroo pies. A lot of the male Porsche enthusiasts waited awhile in a long cue to wash their cars. It was suggested that some may be suffering from OCD as a special attachment for the hose was purchased for this purpose!

At 1pm our bus picked us up for our tour this afternoon which included Pfeiffer’s Winery, The Corowa Whisky and Chocolate Factory and our final destination was Campbell’s Winery.

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long neck Tortoises but the sign also said there were Platypus and large fish but we only saw large carp eating all the food that was being thrown in for the tortoises!

Next stop was the Corowa Whisky and Chocolate Factory although there was not a drop of whisky in sight! This used to be an old flour mill but had been abandoned since 1970. In September 2009 the renovations began with big plans to have a pilot distillery running with a whisky bar During our exquisite meal a formal presentation was made to Neil Drew for his 70th Birthday.

He was presented with a birthday card full of good wishes and signed by all of us along with a special gift of ‘Anti Aging’ cream. Although I guess this was nothing new for Neil who has probably been using this all along as part of his daily skincare regime!

Our bus returned us to Tuileries Motel for a good rest before our drive to Echuca the next day. not too far away stocking local and imported whiskies. Today they use Belgian chocolate to make their chocolates, which we all had an opportunity to sample and purchase – some more that others!

Campbell’s Winery was our last stop for the afternoon. We had a tour of this family winery famous for its Bobbie Burns Shiraz and award winning muscats and topaques.

Dinner tonight was going to be special treat, a chance to dress up a little. Although a comment from Neville referring to Will’s all red outfit was overheard, ‘I thought it was formal tonight not circus!’ Nevertheless we boarded our bus to All Saints Estate Winery. All Saints is a stunning castle with landscaped gardens and 130 year old Elm trees lining the entrance. It is one of Australia’s original wineries established in 1864 with the castle being built in the 1880’s. We were given a tour by Nicholas Brown who along with his 2 sisters forms a 4th generation wine family which owns and runs All Saints and St Leonard’s Vineyards. His other claim to fame was that he was recently on the reality TV show ‘Farmer Wants a Wife’. Although he didn’t find love on the show, we were pleased to know that he was recently married without the help of a TV show!

Tuesday 9th April. Journalist – Steve Baulch The day started with grey skies and short bursts of rain but this soon cleared to a very warm day as we headed towards Finley and Deniliquin.

However there was a brief bright moment – a dutiful lady, who shall remain anonymous, decided to place her brekky tray outside her door for collection, dressed in flashy underwear only! She was spotted by numerous people. Their number plate implies envy, but a new one now applies – flirt! Lesson here!

On the drive via Lake Mulwala we saw the devastation that the cyclone left behind. Massive gum trees had been ripped apart, and buildings shredded. It was just amazing to see.

Word had gotten out, and we were met in Deniliquin by reporter Pauline who was doing a story on our visit, for the “Pastoral Times” – we’re up there with the famous Deni ute Muster.

We were met by local club member Jacqui Ellis.

Past member Ian Ennor also called in.

We arrived in Echuca, and quickly headed off for our arvo of activities, including a cruise on the Murray aboard the Paddle steamer “Pevensey”, followed by a tour of the dock area and the Holden Museum. Echuca was full of people, an

member of the group mesmerized (deep sleep).

She awoke to the flash of Alvaro’s camera and immediately fell through the bottom of the chair & got wedged between the armrests. Luckily 3 gentlemen were on hand to extract her to safety.

A mid afternoon arrival at Swan Hill resort saw some head to the Pioneer Village & others to admire the décor at Bill Brownless’ Pub.

area doing very well through tourism – they’re spending $14 million upgrading the dock area.

Alf and Dr Will organized tickets for the activities, head count – 2 tickets still not claimed! Barb was pushed to the front by a sheepish Will to claim the tickets. The evening was free. I’m not sure what was happening at one end of the motel – I fully expected to see people sleeping in their Porsches – what a noisy bunch! The truth has been revealed. Names have been changed to protect the guilty. Lord Alfred was cavorting with have “husseys” when his spouse arrived and declared, the Porsches are mine and the new number plate will be “WASHIS”. Of course much literary licence has been taken in the creation of this story, and in fact the guilty may indeed be innocent of such misadventures. As reporters we can only report what we are told, and as such take absolutely NO Responsibility for anything reported in this story. - Saint Stephen Wednesday 10th April. Journalist – Peter Johnson (neither poetic, accurate nor honest)

6pm and we took a short walk to the Pioneer Village, a beautiful setting for a very well cooked roast!! The meal preparation, kitchen staff, bar staff & waitresses were all courtesy of a wonderful group of volunteers headed by Roger Randle’s grandmother & her dear friend & president of the Alzheimer’s Support Group, Pat. Pat’s group delivered the meals in a very timely manner. All 50 meals to the one table.

After dinner, Will stood to inform the group that tomorrow we would enter the 43rd meridian, home of the P.K.O.E.S.A. Possibly the most influential Porsh Klub in Astraya. The President, Secretary, Treasurer of the P.K.O.E.S.A. warmly welcomed the group before giving a short talk on behalf of the Vic Road Safety Group. First, gratefully acknowledging the large donation made by Michael & Kris Dennis, then espousing the benefits of personal airbags which had saved the life of one of the group in a walking incident earlier in the week.

The evening also saw the launch of a must read new book and soon to be best seller, ‘The

Day 5 arrived and it was a very frosty, icy, chilly, eerily quiet morning. But that was only in Alf & Gay’s room. After Alf had been photographed the previous evening with 3 loose women his mother had warned him about all those years ago. For the rest of the touring party it was yet another beautiful sunrise.

The O’Brien walking party headed off at 6am and Ray’s Ramblers at 7am.

In room dining for breakfast, then pack the cars for a short 200km run to Swan Hill. It’s always interesting to see how everyone goes about packing a Porsche. A huge framed Lions Premiership Print amazingly fitted in Garriga’s 993 and 4 kids fitted in Neville & Jeanette’s cabrio. The smiles on the kids’ faces after returning from their joy ride was worth seeing.

Memoirs of Muriel’. A book based on truth and accurate actual fact. The ‘Memoirs of Muriel’ can be found exclusively in the comedy section of all Borders stores.

Lunch stop was Kerang where the local bakery made their weekly budget in an hour and a sale sign above the door at the Kerang Emporium created a riot as tourists invaded the shop.

Once the shop was cleared it was on to a very interesting stop at Lake Boga and the home of the Catalina museum. The Catalina and other memorabilia was on display. Part of the attraction was an informative video which had one female

Thursday 11th April. Journalist – Ray Baty

Finally a train ride around the village for a Sound & Light show was the perfect preparation for a good night’s sleep and dreams of tomorrow.

The day started as fine and cool with a maximum temperature of 30 degrees forecast. The Porsche Walkers were out in force to maximize the embarrassment of those still in bed.

After a fine breakfast the South East Austraya contingent were true to their cause and diligently collected their tolls as promised at the Motor Inn exit as we departed. Any items offered including money seemed to be acceptable.

The Anderson’s red 964 seemed to be the only dissenter and deservedly had its wheel clamped at the destination. It was also noted that two of their contingent namely Aberline and Johnson were still playing mini golf when the others had departed. Of course they were operating on SEA time as they do.

A very interesting day followed with a relatively short 220km being scheduled. Many stopped at Robinvale for their morning coffee fix.

The location of the conveniences was soon discovered and on their stroll there were surprised to see the Rural Life Museum. This had plenty of vintage agricultural machinery and implements on display and was manned by a couple of Steptoe type characters so the $2 entry fee was well worthwhile.

The observant co drivers will have noted en route the sign requesting care due to the endangered Mallee fowl for the next 30km and also the Australian Bat Willow Plantation, of interest to cricketers. The anticipated 134 degree east signpost was passed 30km beyond Robinvale.

Australia’s first rice farm was developed here too naturally with the help of the irrigation system.

The huge fruit orchards we passed are owned by persons with names such as Mammone, Demaio and Menegazzo, surely part of the post war European migration scheme. With plenty of pumpkin, broccoli, olive oil, almonds and grapes grown this is surely a most productive area.

Your scribe received a lesson on updraught principles from aeronautical engineer Carolan.

This explained how cabriolet pilot Sampson lost his cap when a large semi passed him. There is a photo taken by keen snapper Michael O’Brien of Neville looking both embarrassed and relieved with the cap back in its rightful place returning to his car. Tour Meister Carrigan’s recommendation to visit en route the Trentham Estate Winery was well founded. A superb location situated on the banks of the Murray. Wine and restaurant sales were doing brisk business and the manicured gardens complete with moored luxury houseboats and the paddle steamer Rothbury from Mildura completing the idyllic picture.

After a short 30km drive we all reached Mildura and after checking in and resting at the Chaffey Motor Inn we were ready for the 6.00pm coach pickup for the dinner cruise on the P.V.Mundoo.

A great night was had by all as we cruised past some of Mildura’s more prestigious real estate.

Plenty of food and drinks were provided, and entertainment, not by the promised Bush Band, but a soloist of a certain age who understood our demographic perfectly. As the night wore on many of the ladies, with complete disregard for their menfolk, gathered in a circle and bopped (I think that’s the word) to the music enthusiastically for the intrigued onlookers. They are wonderful movers these Porsche girls! What women do in the bathroom is always a mystery to menfolk but one lady who resides south of Geelong lost an earring in an unmentionable place. Much to her relief this was retrieved for her by no less than the ship captain – what great service!!

At about 10.30pm we all staggered back to the coach and hence to the Motor Inn to conclude a most interesting day. Some members were even caught asleep on the coach – it was such a smooth ride I suppose??

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Friday 12th April. Journalists – Tony and Chris Carolan During the trip on the Paddle Steamer “Mundoo” the previous evening the “Porschettes” were BootScooting and Surf dancing (Muriel Aberline was spotted breast stroking), to “Grease Lightening”, “Hotel California”, “Be Happy”, “Surfing USA” and “Achy Breakie Heart”, the lyrics were vague but the choruses were deafening. Surprisingly 26 dedicated walkers surfaced after this evening of fun to take up Ray Baty’s morning marathon around Mildura.

Eight of the trip’s group spent the day at the world heritage listed Mongo National Park.

The local paper got wind that the Porsche Club was in town and turned up at the Chaffey International Motel for a photo shoot and article for the local paper. Vicki Sturzaker was asked to pose in her 2006 Red Boxster with her top removed (roof of the car that is).

There was much rumbling and gossip about “Basil Bear’s” shenanigans after he raided the mini bar the previous evening.

Many of the group ventured out to Wentworth in NSW to see where the Murray River and Darling River meet, and also visited the gaol there. Alf Carrigan was found in the “stocks” at the gaol, we assume that was his punishment for being miss- quoted in the local paper.

Others visited the Botanic Gardens, Orange Town and the Sand Hills, which they found very quiet and tranquil, after which they did the Chaffey trail walk where Christine O’Brien unfortunately got locked in one of the heritages homes, however her super fit husband rescued her.

Others stopped off at the Art Deco Mildura boutique Brewery for a quick refreshing ale and were rewarded with the unexpected pleasure of meeting the famous restaurateur “Stefano” who joined the group for a chat and a photo opportunity.

The day finished for the entire group with a wonderful culinary degustation meal at “Stefano’s’” famous restaurant in Mildura. There were such delights as Wild Darling Yabbie and Caviar, Tortellini of Smoked Sheep’s Cheese, Murray Cod, Lyrup Kangaroo and much, much, more – yum.

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Saturday 13th April. Journalist – Neville Sampson After two excellent days in Mildura we enjoyed a breakfast of frittata with goat’s cheese and olives, and then hit the road early for a drive of 337 km to Murray Bridge.

For most of the route the mighty Murray River is close by, but not within view.

We found the Sturt Highway to carry significant traffic, with many caravans impeding the natural progress of our group.

Peter Johnson reports that Graeme Aberline sought to overtake a Toyota Hi Lux ute in an overtaking lane along this section of the highway, but apparently could do no more than pull alongside the Hi Lux, without actually being able to pull away. Peter Johnson was held up by both vehicles, and as one might expect explained his dissatisfaction when we stopped for lunch.

We arrived at the Adelaide Road Motor Lodge at Murray Bridge ready for a swim, whilst some car cleaning was a relaxing activity for many of the group.

The last night for the whole group was held at the Riverscape Café at Murray Bridge.

Roger Holding was so delighted by the result of his encounter with the friendly South Australian Police officer he generously donated wine to the value of $390 for our whole group to enjoy at dinner.

Alf relishes these special dinners, and takes great delight in wrapping up these tours by making special awards to outstanding tour members. Awards for this tour (by Alf and others) were made to:

At Yamba we all queued up for a fruit inspection, and then proceeded to Renmark to enjoy a break in the Riverland again with the attraction of the Murray in the background. As we approached Renmark the grain crops gave way to extensive plantings of citrus and grape vines. We learned that the Chaffey Brothers brought irrigation to Renmark, as they had done in Mildura.

Peter & Peta Garriga: The Endurance award Ray Baty: The Walker award Muriel Aberline: Air bag award John Kirby: Biggest Loser award Sir Basil: Award of Connie as a partner Alf Carrigan: Lord Alfred award Michael O’Brien: Google maps award Graeme Anderson: Fish’s arse award Graeme Aberline: Footrot Flats award Gay Carrigan: The Princess award Alf Carrigan: Absolute Honey award Michael O’Brien: Richard Cranium award

Other diversions from the Sturt Highway were to the towns of Barmera, Waikerie and Mannum.

The awards were quite extensive, and as one can see not entirely sensible, but a lot of fun.

Graeme and Yannick Anderson report that they watched a rowing regatta in progress at Mannum.

They were capped off by Ray Baty recounting the true story of “Alf’s Marital Antics on the Murray”.

Ray’s description was not accurate, as they were not “marital” antics, but “extramarital” antics with some who were described by Ray as “loose women”. As Alf says “What happens on the Tour stays on the Tour!”

Driving towards Mannum there are some significant straight sections of road. Roger Holding reports that he had been enjoying a brisk drive without another vehicle in sight when a vehicle appeared in the distance driving towards him, and pretty quickly flashing some unattractive coloured lights. Roger found the police officer to be a very decent chap, and after some discussion Roger was shown a radar reading of 124 km/hr, and was told that in South Australia this equates to three demerit points and $390. However, the officer let Roger off with a warning as he described Roger as a polite chap, and told Roger that he should regard this as a friendly welcome with the compliments of the Police force of South Australia.

Sunday 14th April. Journalist – Will Darvall Today 14 cars left for home, to work/ earn money/ spend money/ go on other holidays.

Anecdotally, I believe they all made it.

11 cars left for Robe, 7 of them going via Goolwa and the Murray Mouth and the other 4 going direct.

The Goolwa group headed west on the M1 for about 20 k’s before turning off and heading South to the picture perfect picturesque pocket town of Strathalbyn, on the Angas River. Driving further South, those cars met up in the pretty Murray port of Goolwa, which boasts water craft of all sorts, a rejuvenated historic pier, a historic tourist railway to Victor Harbour and all sorts of facilities for visitors, as well as being the gateway to Hindmarsh Island. Significant residential and marine developments on the Island have occurred since the bridge was built, replacing a ferry (remember the secret women’s business saga?). After looking around Goolwa, we visited the amazing one kilometre long barrage, South East of town, which helps control the water level in Lake Alexandrina, (along with four other barrages, one of them almost four k’s long, between Lake Alexandrina and the Coorong). We then drove 15 k’s on Hindmarsh Island to the Murray mouth viewing site, to see the remnants of this massive Murray Darling river system meander over the beach to the sea. This is a very significant site in Australia, which most people haven’t seen.

The Murray mouth and the Coorong, together with the lower lakes, are part of a geographical oddity (check your maps!), with the Murray mouth at the N-W end of the 100k Coorong being the only entrance for salt water, therefore needing to be kept open in the dry years. In the natural no- barrage state, fresh water also flows in from Lake Alexandrina.

After suitable ooh’s and aah’s and many photos, this band of 22 bodies (and few souls) travelled back to Strathalbyn. Some stayed a while to sample the sights, coffee and cake, but we all eventually headed East to the tiny town of Wellington and the old ferry across the Murray, the only crossing below Murray Bridge. Nobody scraped their bottom on the ferry and we all turned South along the B1, through Meningie, the quaint little villages of Salt Creek (where Jennie Turner heard “you can only look at pelicans for so long”), Policeman’s Point and Chinamans Wells on the Coorong, Kingston SE (there are two of them) and Robe.

Our accommodation in the sensationally picturesque town and harbour of Robe was “adequate”, under the strict control of a retired management consultant. We met up with those who had driven direct, later all walking up the street to Sails Restaurant, where we had the largest platters of seafood for two that we had ever seen! Nobody had dessert!

It was a delightful full day, with a structure and a purpose, as on all the other days. So much to do and so much to see and learn, made this whole trip incredibly interesting.

Tuesday 16th April. Journalist – Russell Sturzaker There is an old saying that “All good things must come to an end” well we have reached Tuesday 16th April, and day eleven, the final day of our tour, (or at least it was for those of us who had taken the two day extension, having said our farewells to some who had to return to Melbourne from Murray Bridge on the completion of day nine on Sunday.)

Having enjoyed a magnificent dinner in the award winning Barn Steakhouse last night, we all arose to a crisp and slightly foggy morning and made our way to the Oak Tree Room at the Barn, for a magnificent breakfast, following which we all said our good byes and left in groups of three or four cars to hit the road for the final 500kms of our Tour. Our final day saw us leave Mt Gambier, and make our way to the Princes Highway, after a 100km we turned onto the Henty Highway to Hamilton, and from Hamilton we travelled via Dunkeld (at the foot of the Grampians) through to Skipton and Ballarat, and then onto the Western Highway and home to Melbourne, completing in our case 2,969 kms while on the Tour.

On behalf of all the tour participants our thanks go to our Tour Meister – Alf Carrigan and Michael O’Brien for putting together possibly our best tour so far. A tour that has no doubt left most people wondering what an earth could be organised to even equal this let alone top this for our next tour.

To all the participants also must go a big thank you for helping to make the tour the success it was, and for being part of what was truly a great experience, while at the same time contributing to the friendship, fellowship and camaraderie that is the Porsche Club of Victoria.

There is a beginning and an end to everything good and bad, in life. We regret the good things coming to an end, because they are enjoyable, and you never know when the next time will be, unless you have control over it.

Well you do have control over it, so start planning now, and make sure you don’t miss the next PCV Tour, we won’t be!

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Mid Week Run to Inverloch Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Rockbank BP servo/McDonalds was the meeting and starting point and everyone was very punctual for the starting time of ten o’clock. Ken and Harriet Anson had prepared this run for the Mid Week “volunteers” and I have to say this was their first run that they had organised for the Club. We look forward to many more from them, as their preparation and choice of roads was outstanding. 17 people in 10 cars attended.

Three members, at the last minute, could not attend, but as the Mid Week run is much less formal than the Club or Register runs it is not a problem for this group.

After a briefing and the handing out of some more than excellent route notes, Ken set off for the “hills”. The course followed the well known Griggs Road toward Glenmore. Turning south to Balliang, Anakie, Steiglitz and looping back to Glenmore Road finally backtracking to Rockbank, then to Galli Winery for lunch (189 kms). The group of cars seemed to be comfortable staying together through the hills and gullies. The run was a well chosen route with a mixture of open sub roads and some well designed twists and turns which Porsche cars are obviously bred for.

Galli Winery for lunch was a very attractive building north of Rockbank and the dining room was a very impressive setting. After an enforced lunch of a little wine and food, the group drifted off for their homewood journeys.

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Rolling Hills to Warburton Modern 911 Register Sunday 16th June 2013

Entree at Oscars Oscars On The Yarra is owned by PCV members Michael and Belinda Loccisano, and some of you may know that Michael is also a Carrera Cup elite class driver, in his white number #10 Hallmarc car, with a sister car the red #9 car of business partner Marc Cini.

Lunch at Oscars Rain? Who said it was going to rain? Once again the weather gods smiled down on the Modern 911 Register as we met in bright sunshine in Springvale for a very civilised 10:00am start to the run. Almost everyone had washed their cars, so the efforts were worth it, with only the wet roads putting a slight haze on the shiny 997s, 996s, Boxsters and Cayman, and a Golf GTI. Cheryl Randle had her foot in a moon boot and it was easier for her to hop in and out of the GTI than the Porsche. At the briefing, Roger recommended that we maintain a respectful distance behind the GTI on the run just in case the DSG gearbox decided to shut down.

A first for the register was the inaugural appearance of Neil Drew’s brand new 991 coupe, a gleaming silver 4S no less, only delivered on Friday night at PCM. This is the first 991 we have had on a run, so Neil was given the honour of leading the group out of the McDonald’s carpark onto Wellington Road to start the run.

This no doubt came as a shock to Thomas Heberling from PCM, who was cycling past, and called Neil to see if his eyes were playing tricks… the new 991 out on wet roads, surely not! It must be said that most of the 911 cabriolets and Boxsters were open top as we headed off, with Frank Deak and Gloria a notable exception !

Our route took us down the end of Wellington Road to Emerald and Cockatoo, winding southwards down to Pakenham and Nar Nar Goon, then following what was the old road west through the small towns of Tynong, Garfield, Bunyip and on to Longwarry for an optional toilet stop, depending on how many and how large the coffees were at McDonalds.

At this point it was interesting to see how simple instructions like “turn left” can be interpreted so differently by co-drivers. Some drivers actually turned left, while others turned right, and one even turned right followed by an immediate u-turn in the intersection! I think the Longwarry locals wondered how modern Porsche drivers ever get anywhere. Thank goodness for GPS sat nav.

Resident chef Mark served up a wonderful 3 course meal, starting with his interpretation of a “ravioli” floating in delicious Tom Yum soup, followed by alternate serves of chicken or beef main course, and ending with a dessert of either mint chocolate mousse or crème brulee infused with lemongrass, demonstrating the influences of his time in Bangkok as a head chef. There were no complaints about the generous serves or delicious flavours in the food. We were well looked after by manager Carl and his team.

Group at Gallery From Longwarry we turned north (i.e. left) to cross the Princes Highway onto a lightly used road named Jackson’s Track towards Labertouche, through Jindivick and on to Neerim South for a coffee stop at the Serigraph Gallery, which has an interesting collection of arts and crafts from local artists and artisans.

Unfortunately, at this point our good luck with the weather ran out, and the heavens opened up as we headed further north on the glorious C425 through Gentle Annie, Powelltown, Gladysdale and Yarra Junction. The good news was that the bad weather and wet roads meant there was very little traffic and no motorcycles which often zip up and down this road.

Arriving at Oscars On The Yarra just before Warburton with just over 169kms on the trip meter, for those of us who didn’t make any wrong turns, the cars lined both sides of the driveway for a spectacular photo shoot that may one day make it into the resort’s brochure. Some of the staff even came out for photos with the 13 stillshiny Porsches.

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The lucky seat prize was once again won by a register co-captain, this time it was Brett, to resounding cries of “Rigged!” from around the table, who dutifully handed the prize over to the nearest couple. This turned out to be Greg and Lynne Myers who had travelled down all the way from Mansfield for the run in their white 1979 SC, which has been “retrofitted” to be a 1972 911R look-alike, but complete with SC mod cons like air conditioning. Not exactly a modern 911 but everyone is always welcome on the runs.

Hopefully their very early morning start and long drive was made even more enjoyable by the bottle of wine.

A few people lingered over coffee and tea enjoying the views of the Yarra River just outside the restaurant, while others headed off back towards Melbourne, or Mansfield, some via the direct highway route, while others took another look at the winding C roads back to the edge of the city. Judging by the comments over lunch, a thoroughly enjoyable day was had by all. We plan to return to this venue in the summer months to enjoy lunch on the deck overlooking the river, stay tuned for details.

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Overnight Run to Rusty Springs Mid 911 Register 21 -23 June 2013

heating for the fourteen rooms of Brewery Lane.

The boiler itself deserves a mention. It is over one hundred years old, and it was found by Bob lying in a nearby paddock. He didn’t want to see a piece of history lost or sold for scrap and he knew he had a use for it, so made a small offer which was quickly accepted by the owner, and, I suspect, more quickly paid for by Bob. Cleaned up and painted, it now supplies warmth and comfort in its second life.

For this run organisers, Jenny and Peter Johnson and Muriel and Graeme Aberline booked an extraordinary bed and breakfast venue, Rusty Springs, in the small township of Avenel, about 130 k north of Melbourne.

Rusty Springs was conceived by Bob and Judi McGrath and constructed by them using old and recycled materials, and consists of a number of buildings such as Frog Cottage, The Barn, and Brewery Lane, which was to be our accommodation for the weekend. Rusty Springs also houses their large collection of Australiana and memorabilia, and Bob’s cars, mostly Jaguars, including a rather pristine bright red 1946 Mark IV sedan.

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So on Friday evening Brewery Lane saw the individual arrival of twenty two members in five mid 911s, five other Porsches including a couple of GT3s , and an Aston Martin, with two members to arrive later that night in another mid 911. After unpacking, a few drinks in the central

common area around the boiler seemed like a good idea.

Avenel appears to be a quiet country town, but it has a very rich history. Before dinner Bob discussed many aspects of the town, its development, and its flourishing pastoral holdings and commercial establishments in the early years.

Bob also spoke of Ned Kelly, and his father “Red” who settled there about 1864 after spending some years as a guest of the Tasmanian Government, and Arthur Bayley, the recognised discoverer of gold in W.A., both of whom are buried in the Avenel Cemetery.

After a very nice BBQ dinner prepared by Judi, and a few convivial drinks, sleep came easily.

Saturday morning dawned cold and clear, the cars covered with a thick layer of frost. This scribe, a city slicker, had parked his SC under a tree, and in addition to the layer of frost, the car was covered by the droppings of at least ten thousand birds. Thanks, Peter, and others, for your help in cleaning it.

After breakfast, we had a short drive down to the cemetery and a casual walk around to find the graves of “Red” Kelly and Arthur Bayley. That accomplished, most of us walked the couple of k’s to view the historic six arched Avenel Bridge which spans Hughes Creek and also to view the Royal Mail Hotel, the owners of which presented Ned Kelly with a green sash as a recognition of his bravery in saving their seven year old son from drowning in Hughes Creek. The hotel is now a private residence, and can only be viewed from a distance. Some avoided the walk by taking the soft option and driving.

We then walked back to the cars for our day run which was to view the Goulburn Weir, lunch at Nagambie, and then a tour of the Tahbilk Winery.

Being only a distance of 20 k or so away, we didn’t consider that maps were necessary, and we knew where we were going, and we all had a GPS. How could anything possibly go wrong?

Well, some of us saw unusual roads around Nagambie, others became remarkably proficient in executing three point turns. Some didn’t get to see the Goulburn Weir at all, but naturally we all managed to find the lunch venue overlooking the Nagambie Lakes.

After lunch we proceeded to the renowned Tahbilk Winery for some wine tasting and a very interesting tour by an equally interesting and knowledgeable guide. The tasting must have met approval, as I did notice the odd case or two being put into cars.

Tahbilk was established in 1860, and some of the original vines are still in production today. A wine press first used in 1862 was in use until 1968, providing over 100 years of useful service. The construction and history of this winery is most interesting.

The tour completed, it was time for a nice quick drive back to Brewery Lane for a drink before dinner, and the murder mystery event. In the common room, Bob, ever the raconteur, told us

about his and Judi’s adventures travelling Route 66 across America from Chicago to Los Angeles as they cruised in what he describes as “23 cwt. of bad taste”, a huge left hand drive two door 1979 Cadillac, and their positive interaction with the locals from the south.

He then advised us that we were required to be back out in the common room “booted and spurred” at 7pm for the murder mystery show.

The game had basic rules, but the storyline was flexible, so the characters were allowed to adlib as much as desired. The setting was that a lady had been murdered, and there were a number of suspects. The show was to be broken into rounds so Judi’s home cooked dinner could be served.

Around seven the characters emerged dressed in the theme of the room that they were occupying. There was a lot of laughter and hilarity at this time. Doctors, bankers, barbers, firemen, prisoners, bakers, butchers, lawyers, an ironmonger, an undertaker, a Mayor and his wife, a priest and his wife, and a lady of the night and her protective male friend were all appropriately dressed. Some of the costumes were outstanding, check the website photos.

Each person had been assigned a character and a profile, and while all were good, some adopted that character and profile outstandingly well. The dapper Mr. Barber, the impressive ironmonger, the dark brooding measuring undertaker, the well endowed Patricia from Patricia’s Palace of Phylical Pleasures, Patricia’s protective male friend, and the Priest with a big Z on the back of his wide brimmed black hat are some of the many outfits that come to mind.

Bob, the host, kept the show running something like a Geoffrey Robertson’s hypothetical show.

His dialogue was followed by questions to a character, sometimes with a possible double meaning and always innuendo. Adlibbing, and manipulation of the truth, most of it not repeatable here, took on a role larger than life,

bringing with it many twists and turns. Bob later commented that there were so many permutations in the evidence it was the most difficult murder mystery that he had ever hosted.

After dessert, the host weighed up the evidence and identified the murderer, but not everyone agreed with his decision, so she shall remain nameless to protect her reputation.

So the show was over. It was enjoyed by everyone. A few drinks for us, and then to bed. I feel others may have kicked on a little longer.

After breakfast, Muriel thanked Bob and Judi for the weekend. Bob responded with a wide grin that we were the best Porsche Club of Victoria that he had ever hosted. This raised smiles as we were also the first.

Before heading home we visited Gadds store.

Gadds is an institution in this area, and has been operating for about 140 years. It is filled everything you can image, including antiques, collectables, furniture, clothing, and lovely knitwear manufactured from fine Merino wool and possum fur mix. Purchases were made, and then it was time to go.

Thanks and congratulations to the good folk of Warrnambool, especially Muriel and Jenny, for putting together this excellent weekend thoroughly enjoyed by all.

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Story: Rowan Burnett & Greg Humphries Photos: Rowan Burnett

Sunday Morning Experience GT3/RS & Turbo Registers 25th May 2013

On the 26th May, the inaugural combined Turbo & GT3 Register Morning Experience run to Gisborne was held.

The day started in pleasant but overcast conditions at PCM in Collingwood, with most of the registered 19 members in attendance.

Interestingly however we had some 28 drivers and navigators heading off for morning tea at a venue that had been booked for 16! Some frantic phone calls quickly secured us the additional space. Phew!

The planned route had us leaving via suburban roads through Fitzroy, heading north/west via Bell Street to Pascoe Vale Road then on to Somerton Road in Roxburgh Park towards some open space past Greenvale Reservoir and beyond.

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wait. It was sadly not for us. David Mallinson, the Turbo Register Captain flew in from a business trip in Europe at 6AM on the day, sourced a driver and gallantly joined the run. Unfortunately after 30 minutes his day was done when the rear tyre decided to part company (gently) from the rim. A flat-top ride was then in his future.

Fortunately there was little or no traffic on the route that kept us on very scenic roads with generally good surfaces through undulating country heading up and over Mt Macedon to Gisborne. One highlight was passing through the delightfully named Darraweit Guim, a pretty little village with a gorgeous historic bluestone schoolhouse.

As it was late autumn, the trees and gardens of the properties in Mt Macedon looked inviting and even at this early hour, Open Garden folks were starting to queue up.

After a rewarding and challenging drive, we arrived at the Jolly Miller Bakery in Gisborne, were very well looked after with a range of coffees, pastries and cakes to satisfy the now hungry drivers and passengers. The noise level seemed to indicate the morning had ended well.

A big thank you to all the drivers for signing up for what turned out to be pleasant weather, super roads and great company. We hope to see you all at another GT3/RS or Turbo Register Run very soon.

And also thanks to David and Rowan for inviting the GT3 Register along for the day and the gesture will certainly be reciprocated later in the year.

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Combined Boxster/Cayman and Turbo Registers Sunday 5th of May

When Wayne and Lindsay suggested the Boxster & Cayman register host the Turbo’s for their May run and we would reciprocate on our run on the 21st of July, my first thought was great idea but could they keep up.

colours at every turn of the road, a real treat.

After this thoroughly enjoyable leg we finished up at the delightful Fergusson Winery for a complimentary wine tasting before a wonderful gourmet lunch.

Well those thoughts were short lived as two weeks prior when my car was being serviced, I was given a 987 Boxster S as a loan car for a day and I was completely blown away on how exciting these mid engine Porsches are. My fear then was if we were up in the hills how could we keep up with them, as it turned out it was a pretty even balance.

Our stable of Porsches received plenty of attention from other patrons with plenty of photos taken by both participants and onlookers as Captain Wayne positioned the group across the front of the winery.

We set off from McDonalds on the corner of Wellington and Springvale Roads with 19 cars, including 9 Boxsters, 3 Caymans, 2 996s from the Modern Register and 5 Turbos. From my perspective the two stand out cars in the group were the ex-Jim Richards 993 Turbo S owned by Graham Milford-Cottam and Fred Solazzo’s 981 Boxster Spyder (both pictured). The 993 Turbo S is already a classic and I am sure in years to come so will be the Spyder.

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