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Rex Broadbent’s 911S under the microscope 13.

Market Update

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C l a s s i c O u t b a c k Tr i a l

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Club Calendar

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W h a t ’s i n Yo u r G a r a g e ?

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Life for an ex-PCV member

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Horizontally Opposed

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PI Sprints 27th July

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Mid 911 Register Run

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P re s i d e n t ’s M e s s a g e

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Sandown Sprints 24th August

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Boxster / Cayman Register Run

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Club Committee 2013/14

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PI Sprints 14th September

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Tu r b o & M o d e r n 9 1 1 R e g i s t e r s

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Annual Dinner Dance

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Sandown Regularity

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M i d We e k R u n

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Social Corner

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Spring Run

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Roll of Honour

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

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The main Australian based source is Carsales.

As I’ve been closely following the declining values of 997’s and the rising values of 993’s I began to notice the lack of colour choices in the modern market. Here’s some specs I noted from the website a few weeks ago from the oldest 1955 356 to the youngest 2014 Cayenne ranging from the most expensive $510k 2014 911 Turbo S to the cheapest $3695 1981 924.

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

Looks like there is a lot of Black Auto Carrera’s getting about! Of the 104 available 997’s advertised there were:

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Black - 40 Silver - 28 Grey - 17 Over 80% of the cars sold were in these basic colours. What happened to RED, YELLOW and GREEN between 1998 and 2012! Bring back the 80’s when the Guards Red 930 was the weapon of choice of the YUPPIES! I think the best value car out there at the moment is the 996 Turbo. Amazing performance with that bullet proof GT1 motor Why are they so undervalued? Is it the lights / interior? The 996 will always be the odd man out in the styling history of the 911, maybe that’s what makes the punters nervous. If you can get your head around that there are some bargains out there.

Onto official business The last quarter has been a busy one for the Club. In this issue we cover four Competition events, one Club Night, four Register events and the Spring Run. Will and I visit Henry Arundel for this installment of “What’s in Your Garage”. Ex Porsche Parade editor Richard Batchelor has penned a great article on the Weekend Warrior racers in the club and tracked down an ex-pat PCV member now living in the UK - both excellent reads.

As always, a big thank you to all who contributed to this issue.

Ron Widdison, Editor

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The sun is back and the chill is out of the air! At least it is today as I write this report. I’m particularly happy about this because I’ll be out in it later today when I head down to Phillip Island racetrack for tomorrow’s PCV event. The forecast for tomorrow is more of the same, so it will be a great last competition event of the year. Alas, there is then a good three month break before we are into it again.

While on the subject of club activities I note that there are 14 of the 57 in this year’s calendar still remaining, so there is plenty of opportunity for everyone to participate in at least one outing with fellow members before the holiday season. Some of the more notable are: the AGM and Club Night on 21 October at which you all get to vote in a new committee and then enjoy the usual club night format; Presidents Day on Sunday 2nd November (hosted by your next President, as I stand down after my two year stint); and the Annual Dinner and Presentation Night on 6 December.

The big occasion for next year will be the event celebrating the 40th anniversary of our club. This should be a spectacular affair for us all and I’m sure will be attended by many of those of our current members who were part of that very first gathering of Porsche-O-Philes back in the ‘70s. The club started out as a collection of people with the common purpose of organising competition events and has morphed far beyond that today. Even so, competition is still at the core of our club, nowadays we enjoy a host of additional activities facilitated by our Social and Registers committees.

On the competition scene we are grappling with an issue that has been simmering in the background for some time but has recently moved to centre stage. That issue is noise at the racetrack venues, or more specifically, too much of it. Winton and Calder have relatively light restrictions due their distance from built up areas, but Sandown has become more challenging and Phillip Island is now a major concern.

The actual noise limits haven’t changed in a while, but Phillip Island has now introduced a much more stringent noise measurement regime. A couple of months ago we had what amounted to a doubleevent weekend at The Island hosted by WRX on the Saturday and PCV on the Sunday. On both days a

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Michael Bailey Leon Christodulaki Andrew Bonwick Maria Del Gallo Lisa Gillespie Adrian Nelson Carly Pasco Monika Matlik

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significant proportion of cars were pinged for noise violations and most of them sent home based on the “twice and you’re out” rule. Several of the offending cars had unmodified exhausts and therefore must clearly meet regulations for normal road use.

Luckily, for our final event of this year at Phillip Island we managed to secure a higher noise limit day, but there are not many of them available per year as they are severely rationed, and they cost significantly more. We are currently investigating what we can do to work with the track operator, the local council and the EPA to come up with a viable longer term solution.

On a different topic, we are still concerned at some of the driving behaviour of a small number of our members when on our Social or Registers runs. I have raised this issue before but we are still receiving occasional reports from our own members of other members driving too aggressively, exceeding speed limits and failing to properly observe road markings. We have spoken to most of the offenders where we were pretty certain of our facts, but the issue is still of concern. I ask you please to be responsible when participating in our events on public roads and keep yourself and everyone else safe. If the “need for speed” is too much to control, then join our competition group and let off some steam in a safer environment. You can do this easily via our Entrée group and if you really enjoy it then you can progress into full competition.

Next weekend is our Spring Run to Gembrook. This will take in some great countryside, enjoyable roads and a fine destination at the Forest Edge restaurant.

I’m really looking forward to enjoying the car on that day at a much more leisurely pace than tomorrow.

That’s all for now, so until next time – happy motoring!

Peter Harrison, President

REGISTER CAPTAINS Register Director Wayne St Baker: registers@pcv.com.au Mid 911 (1974-93) Ken Anson & Graeme Anderson: mid911@pcv.com.au 993 Peter Cromie & Leon Christodulaki 993@pcv.com.au Modern 911 Geoffrey Mould & Brett Stevens: 996997@pcv.com.au 911 Turbos Brent Howard & Rowan Burnett: 911turbo@pcv.com.au GT3, RS & RSR Greg Humphries: gt3rs@pcv.com.au Boxster & Cayman Lindsay St Baker & Mark Behan boxster@pcv.com.au Torque Tube Angelo Monteleone & Ivan Romanic (924, 928, 944, 968) torquetube@pcv.com.au

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social corner Spring is in the air which means Christmas is fast approaching and those of us with removable roofs can take in the sensations delivered through open roof driving before being fooled by the Melbourne weather and scrambling for the button to hurriedly put the roof back in place.

As you read this report, we’ll have completed our final Club Night for the year and will be about to embark on our final Social Run before putting up the Christmas tree and hanging the stockings above the fireplace ready for Santa.

Langham Melbourne Hotel Acknowledge this year’s Competition Winners and join your fellow club members in our most significant event for 2014, our Annual Presentation Dinner. We return to the elegant Clarendon Ballroom at the luxurious Langham Melbourne Hotel, Southbank.

Also returning is the successful format of light entertainment in the earlier part of the evening, with a retro dance party later in the night, along with the quiet lounge area adjacent to the ballroom.

I’m sad to announce the retiring from the Social Committee of Adrian Nelson. Those of you who are familiar with Adrian will know him as one who has been an integral part of our club. Adrian is always willing to assist where possible, be it behind the bar or creating wonderful runs with some of the best public roads I’ve driven on. I sincerely thank Adrian for his efforts on behalf of the Social Committee and Club for his many contributions.

On a positive note Andrew Bonwick has also joined the Social Committee and will be bringing with him a wealth of ideas that will benefit the club and has started planning on next year’s major event being PCV’s 40th anniversary.

I look forward to being able to communicate the activities around this major and very exciting milestone.

August Club Night – Porsche Centre Melbourne: Titled “An Introduction to Two New Members of the Porsche Family” Carly Pasco was able to secure via Pamela Ward of Porsche Cars Australia two new unique presentation opportunities.

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Our MCs for the night will be PCV’s own “Witty Will” Darvall and Garry “Hawaiian Shirt” Voges who’ll keep us on track and ensure our presentations are given the serious attention they deserve.

One of Australia’s leading entertainers Ben Murphy will perform his internationally recognised ‘On My Own” interactive comedic magic show.

Melbourne’s best cover party band, “The Party Animals”, will play retro dance party hits from the 70’s and 80’s.

Dress: Black Tie Tickets $110.00 per person Includes pre-dinner drinks, 3 course meal & entertainment.

Please note: Following pre-dinner drinks, a cash bar will be in operation so that each attendee is only paying for the drinks they want.

EARLY BOOKINGS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED! See the website www.pcv.com.au for more details and online bookings.

Enquiries: Carly Pasco – administrator@pcv.com.au or 9817 6911.

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PCV were introduced to Sam Curtis, the new Managing Director of Porsche Cars Australia. This opportunity was a unique insight into the future of our marque. Sam introduced himself to PCV members over a brief Q & A session hosted by Andrew Bonwick with additional questions from the audience that covered Sam’s background and future plans for Porsche in Australia.

In addition PCV were privileged to the preview of the Panamera E-Hybrid before it embarked on its national tour. Porsche Cars Australia specialist Matthias Prilipp provided an insight into the technology and performance of this remarkable parallel plug-in hybrid vehicle that promises sporty performance with the utmost efficiency.

A visitor to Australian shores is Gerardo Nieto from Mexico who is currently here as an exchange student.

Gerardo’s father is a member of the Porsche Club of Mexico and Gerardo contacted PCV to see if he could attend one of our club events. PCV invited him to our August Club Night and I couldn’t help but introduce him to our attendees. Gerardo proved to be a most entertaining guest and the account of his father’s extensive Porsche collection made many of our avid listeners salivate. That is one garage Will Darvall and Ron Widdison would love to write up.

Spring Run – Gembrook – September 2014: Andrew Bonwick produced a fantastic Spring event through the Dandenong’s, with 107 members taking in some magnificent pieces of road to exercise our German machinery. The morning tea bar has been well and truly raised. PCV attendees arriving at the Macclesfield CFA were greeted by a Porsche labelled Spring morning tea spread, complete with daffodils and a welcoming glass of bubbly. We were once again spoilt for choice with the

selection of food on offer. PCV made two donations, one to the CFA and a second donation organised by some of the members to the Large Animals Rescue project.

The 2nd leg of the journey took a further selection of great choice of roads taking in towns such as Wallan Valley, Healesville and Launching Place via the Donna Buang spur before arriving at the Forest Edge Restaurant in Gembrook with stunning views over the valley below for a very tasty two course lunch. Porsche Cars Australia also had one of the Macan’s out of the showroom and joining our run. Thanks to Andrew for this perfect welcome to Spring.

Forthcoming social events: AGM & October Club Night – Porsche Centre Melbourne: As I mentioned earlier, this event will have be ran as you read this (even if you’re not reading this) and we believe we a little something for everybody on offer following the formalities of our 2014 Annual General Meeting.

Through Grant Stephenson, PCV are delighted to have Boris Struk the founder & Executive Director of Muscular Dystrophy Australia (MDA) speak with us regarding his own personal connection to why he set up this wonderful organisation. The commitment & effort Boris has put into raising awareness and funds to combat this condition are truly astounding and include such feats as trekking the mountains of Nepal. Boris will share this story that resulted in him being nominated for three prestigious awards in 2015, for Australian of the Year, Australia’s Local Hero and recently Muscular Dystrophy Australia (MDA) was proud to announce that Boris has been chosen as a finalist in the Victorian Senior Australian of the Year Award.

If you weren’t able to make the night, look out for the Club Night article, I’m sure it will be a brilliant read.

I was also pleased to hear that one of our Club members Vickie Morris was interested in sharing her talents and an insight to the industry in which she forged a career. Vickie is a professional make-up artist and hair stylist whom has worked on many film and television projects. Vickie promises to take us on a journey into the life of a media make-up artist & share what goes on behind the Scenes whilst providing a public demonstration and engaging in a Q & A session.

To top the night off, the talents of local artist and self confessed “petrol head” Robyn Riley came to PCV’s attention through one of our club members that shared with me a photograph of one of her works. You could be excused for thinking it was indeed a photograph but looking closer you discover the photograph is actually a drawing of the dash of a 356 owned by one of the Dutton’s family. I have snapped up this opportunity to share this piece of art with PCV and learn more of Robyn’s talent and the inspiration behind the work of which will have been on display.

Last Run – November 2014: Michael Bailey and Neil Drew have been out and scouring the countryside looking for a suitable venue for our final social drive for 2014. After finding some enticing Porsche friendly roads for us our luncheon destination is Rubens @ Hepburn.

This event has a limited space of 80 participants and will be a relaxed event to ease you into the Christmas and festive season.

Show ‘n’ Shine – October 26th: PCV have again teamed up with Motorclassica for this year’s PCV Show ‘n’ Shine

event that saw our 40 car limit book out quite early. PCV were given the primary picnic spot due to our numbers and continued support of this event. An early start of 7am was made easier with welcome coffee on offer and the magnificent selection of motoring history on display both inside and outside of the stunning Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.

I’d like to thank Meguiar’s car products for their support of PCV through Michael Bailey for this event.

Annual Dinner 2014 – December 6th: The event has been launched and will again see us back at last year’s location of The Langham Hotel based on the feedback from last years event. Michael O’Brien, Carly and Lisa continue to work very hard on the event to ensure everything runs as efficiently as possible for this major event and the format will follow that of the successful format from last year.

Michael has worked very hard with the venue to get us the best value for money. As a result tickets for this year’s event are significantly lower compared to last year. To assist with delivering value for money, it was decided change the way drinks were allocated and will this year include welcome drinks with the remainder of the evening being to each persons own account.

Participant of the Year Award: Competition in this event continues to be strong, we are extremely grateful to be supported again this year by our sponsors.

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 Andrew Bonwick, Avaro Del Gallo, Maria Del Gallo, Carly Pasco, Lisa Gillespie, Janet Conheady, Julia Anderson, Leon Christodulaki, Neil Drew, Wayne St Baker, Peter Harrison, Michael Bailey, Rowen Burnett & Monika Matlik. With thanks also to the contributions of 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.

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.

With thanks: Acknowledgement and thanks to Pamela and all at Porsche Cars Australia, the staff at Porsche Centre Melbourne and to Michael and his staff at Porsche Centre Brighton for their continued support and assistance with events & club nights.

Once more to our other sponsors in Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre and Nillumbik Cellars. As always in this very active club special mention thanks goes out 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 throughout the remainder of 2014.

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from race control The competition year has now drawn to a close and now everyone is looking forward to President’s Day so that they can share their passion with their family and friends before taking a break and starting their preparation for the 2015 season.

This year we had a total of 11 events and many of our competitors showed their enthusiasm by competing in all 11. Nevertheless on a total entry basis, numbers still showed a slight decline from 2013 and were well below what we were used to seeing 5 or more years ago. We offset this decline to a degree by running joint events at Sandown and Winton with the WRX Club and will continue this approach next year. We also invited other clubs to join us on occasions and had some limited success with the Ferrari Club.

2014 saw the first application of our new point scoring system, where your points are based on how close you go to a benchmark reference time rather than just your place within a Class. This produced some very close competition and seemed to be regarded as a success by the majority.

It certainly had the effect of having people really go for their times and we consequently saw an unprecedented number of lap records broken. Ben Faggetter had a terrific season. He broke the M2 lap record at Phillip Island and then subsequently lowered this record twice more later in the season. In fact he broke a lap record at every event where it was possible to do so.

Through the year we progressively saw more of the latest offerings from Porsche being entered in sprint events. One new noteworthy example was the 991GT3 entered by Andrew Matlock. Even in stock showroom standard and with street tyres, this proved to be an awesome vehicle.

This habit of Porsche in continuing to produce more powerful, lighter and more dynamically advanced vehicles is giving the Competition Committee some problems with how to Class these vehicles, without making them run in Open class in competition with full blown race cars. A proposal to add new classes to accommodate these new, higher powered cars has been developed and will be implemented from the start of next season. We are hoping that this will encourage a range of new entrants.

higher limit days available at the Island but these are very hard to secure.

Our regularity event still proved a real challenge to attract competitors this year.

In the end we reduced it from a 2 day 6 Hour event to one day and 4 Hours. Next year we still plan to run a regularity, but planned as a one day, 4 Hour event from the start and run in early May, which we believe will be a far more attractive time away from mid Winter and school holidays.

Safe travelling.

Tony Carolan, Competition Director

Noise limits at Sandown and especially Phillip Island have been a major concern this year. Although these limits haven’t changed in the past 5 years, they are being applied far more diligently and in the worst case we had more than half the field pinged at Phillip Island in July. It is clear that even some road legal vehicles will not meet the noise limits being imposed by the circuits. We are gathering evidence and expert input on this issue, but it will take some time to resolve.

There are some

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treasurer’s report Highlights: 2014 was another financially successful year for our club. Our financial outcomes have continued to achieve our objective of producing a break even result. With this objective we preserve our reserves, and balance our total income, including membership fees, to our total expenses. The most difficult portfolio to manage is competition, and it is due to significant and innovative efforts from Tony Carolan especially in combining some of our events with other clubs, that our gross competition results continue profitably overall. This year’s competition gross profit of $4,286, was slightly lower to the $4,596 last year, but was an excellent achievement even though competition receipts were down by ($35,774).

During the year we undertook a taxation review of the club’s operations and tax returns. This resulted in identifying tax deductions in relation to superannuation payments which had not been previously claimed. Amended returns were lodged for the previous three years, and the club has received refunds amounting to $2,932 in relation to those years.

Importantly as part of this tax review of operations, and following advice of our tax agent, the committee has determined that for the 2014-15 tax year, the club qualifies as a Sporting Club, and will be claiming exemption from income tax. This qualification will be assessed annually by the committee, and may change if the character of the club alters significantly.

On the systems front during the year we upgraded our accounting software MYOB, to MYOB online. This provides benefits to us as we can now have multiple users of this system each accessing “live” data, making it much easier for Carly and I working together. Anybody receiving payments from the club will have noticed these are now made directly into bank accounts, largely replacing our need for cheques.

The payments are system generated and then independently authorised by two signatories remotely and online. As well as vastly improved efficiency, this system will provide significant savings in postage.

Last Year’s Financial Results: For the twelve months to June 30, 2014 the club has reported a small financial profit of $3,109, and holds members’ funds (our net assets), of $289,327 as at the end of the financial year. This compares to a small loss of ($2,666) for the same period last year, with members’ funds of $286,218.

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To put this into perspective our profit $3,109 resulted from total income of almost $478,000 and total expenses of over $475,000.

Of our member’s funds of $289,327; 91% is held as cash on deposit; 9% in fixed assets; 9% in stock and debtors; offset by 6% in creditors and unearned income; and 3% in provisions.

PCV is a Non-profit incorporated association: There are two important features of our club’s status as a non-profit incorporated association: 1.Contributions and receipts from members for the services provided by the Club are excluded from the assessable income of the Club, and 2.We are prohibited from making distributions of surpluses to members.

The committee takes these requirements into account when decisions are made about the fees we charge for subscriptions, and our events. Essentially any income we receive, we receive on the trust that we will spend on services provided to our members.

We do not collect revenue that builds reserves without reason, reserves cannot be returned to members.

Sufficient reserves are required to ensure that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Club will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

How we manage your money: Subscription Income:

the Annual Dinner, and other shortfalls that may arise from running events.

Net Competition Surplus or Loss: (fixed and variable costs) Competition events are budgeted to cover all the costs of running a particular event. Competition Overheads (e.g.

Van Costs, Compliance Testing, and Trophies), may be covered by the full years result, or may become a shortfall to be covered by accumulated reserves or any surplus subscription Revenue.

All other events, Social, Registers, Multiclub Hour Relay, are events that are managed to breakeven on their own accord.

We operate to a detailed budget, and financially report to the committee on a monthly basis. It is our objective to achieve as close as possible to a neutral financial result, with a preference for small profits.

Total Membership: As at the end of June 2014 we had 1415 members, partners and children, a small net decrease of 13 on the previous year.

Our annual renewal percentage continues at 86%, where it has averaged for the past nine years. Our primary membership, however increased by 18 to 842 and this has increased by 138 since 2006.

Please have a look through our Annual Accounts on the clubs website; these include our statutory requirements, but also comparative results for the previous four years, as well as the 2015 Budget. As always if there is anything that concerns you about the finances of the club, please do not hesitate to contact me or anybody on the committee and we will happily answer any query you may have.

Our subscription income enables us to operate our club; this income covers the Administration Costs, Club Night Costs, and the Net Cost of Porsche Parade. Any excess subscription income is applied to

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Market Update - 1983-1985 911 Carrera Close to 400 Carreras were delivered to Australia in Coupes, Targas and Convertibles.

August 1983 was the first 3.2 Carrera with 231BHP at 5900RPM. Torque 284NM at 4800RPM, 0-100 5.6 Seconds with a top speed of 245KMH. The 3.2 Carrera came with a 5 Speed 915 Gearbox that was fitted with an oil pump for cooling.

In 1984 the first Turbo look Carrera was released, this was a big hit with the Porsche buyers but a very expensive option at Approximately 30K on a standard Carrera in Australia.

The Turbo look option was identical in shape to the Turbo itself and included Turbo brakes and suspension however had an extra 50KG on the standard model.

In 1985 the radio aerial was deleted from the front guard to be installed in the windscreen glass. The 1985 Carrera was fitted with a leather horizontal 4 spoke steering wheel.

The only other change to the interior was a brake pad wear indicator on the instrument panel.

The recessed Fog lights were a distinguishing feature of the 3.2 Carrera and in 1985 it was the first offered with electronically adjusted seats with new switches for height and recline adjustment. The seat buckles thus became fixed to the seats instead of the floor.

The Carrera had bigger and thicker brakes than for instance the 911 SC. Standard wheels were 15” by 6’s and 7’s, the Turbo look model had perforated discs and 917 type calipers.

Wheels on this model were 7 x 15 front and 9x 15 rear and ride height was dropped from 4.2” To 3.7”. Like the SC the Carrera had the option of Front and Rear Spoilers. A lot of customers preferred them without however this attitude varies over the years. The spoiler is effective at speeds over 100Kms in steadying the car and is desirable to have available for resale purposes. (fitted or unfitted)

The Standard 1984 Carrera new was 75K Plus, on todays market they range from $45K to high 50’s for a mint, showroom condition car Australian delivered. This model remains very collectible throughout the world partly due to it being the last leaded fuel option Porsche.

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what’s in your garage?

Story: Will Darvall Photos: Ron Widdison

Henry at home in his Garage

You can tell if a person is serious about car preparation by the condition of the paint and other items under the guards.

I bought a car once, sight unseen, confident that the car would be as described, because I could see the gleaming paint under the front guard. (Well, it was only a $4000 Anglia 105E).

Henry Arundel’s car preparation is definitely serious, with meticulous attention to detail in all areas. Yes, you could eat (and perhaps cook) off those oil lines, shown in Ron’s pic.

You will remember when I last wrote about Henry, in the Holler For a Marshal segment 5 years ago. No? Well, he grew up in the AlburyWodonga region, where the family had dairy farms in the Kiewa valley. He joined the bank there, moving to Melbourne and overseas for many years. He became involved in GM and Ford finance in Albury-Wodonga, subsequently moving to Melbourne in the mid- 80’s. For the last 15 years he has been running his own finance broking business with associates.

Curvaceous hips on the Turbo bodied 3.2

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He has been a car nut since birth, starting with Holdens, including an XU-1, moving to more MG’s than he cares to remember, becoming a keen MG Club member and crewing at Bathurst. He has driven in a 24 hour regularity at Winton and run his favourite MGB GT in a Grand Prix Rally. Putting away childish things, he bought a Guards Red 1980 3 litre SC in 2003 and joined PCV. He and the car became well known at PCV events, with Henry becoming a keen marshal for many years and team manager for Weissach Sport at several 6 hour races. Subsequently, he had a 944 S2.

Henry and his charming partner Gillian have lived in East Malvern for 10 years, with his 2 and her 3 adult children so far producing 5 grand children. They enjoy travel and each other. Henry has always enjoyed exercise and keeping fit, although he is now “a fair weather bike rider”. His daily driver is a VW Up! (1 litre, 3 cyl, 5 speed manual), having had an R 32 and a Scirocco, after beemers in the past. Gillian is happy with her Golf.

The current Porsche stable The vibrant Ascot Green ‘76 Carrera 3 litre is certainly the visual standout. It was sold by John Newell in Sydney and lived all its previous life in NSW, before Henry bought it in Eden. The motor (essentially the 930, without the turbo), with K-jetronic, develops 200 HP, down from the 210 of the mechanically injected 2.7 in the ‘73 RS and the ‘74-5 Carrera. The car sits low and purposeful on optional 7 and 8 x 15’s, with 205/50 and 225/50 tyres. Surprisingly, this gives a much smaller overall diameter than the standard 187/70 and 215/60’s, plus a smaller front diameter. Usually, Porsche has fitted a higher profile front tyre to compensate for the narrower section, until the Boxster and Cayman. This car shows 184 K’s and looks elegant with Cork trim. Amazingly, only 2564 coupes and 1123 Targas were made in ‘76-7, with 487 RHD coupes in ‘76. Compare that with 58,000 of the subsequent SC’s and 76,500 of the 3.2 Carreras! Amazingly, some 911 models slip under the radar and this is

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surely one of them, perhaps because of the reduced power and the mystique of the 2.7 Carrera motor. Henry reports that it is delightful to drive, with willing torque. Performance figures were almost identical to the previous Carreras. Several run in the very competitive Group Sc Historics, against ‘74-5 Carreras.

The very cool Slate Grey ‘89 Turbo bodied Carrera M491 is the last iteration of the G series, with Turbo brakes, suspension, 7’s and 9’s, the 3.2 217 HP motor and “everything but the turbo”. It was delivered in WA, came to Vic, went to Sydney, back to WA and then to Henry. It shows 128K’s, presumably not counting those trips! It won the Mid 911 Class in 2011 and the Master Class at the 2013 PCV Show’n’Shine at Motorclassica. This is another rare vehicle, with few being sold in Oz. The ‘07 987 Cayman S, in Arctic Silver with Stone Grey trim, has done only 34K’s and is a recent acquisition. It has the Sports exhaust, but runs standard 8 and 9 x18’s, with 235/40 fronts and 265/40 rears. Obviously, the ABS program must allow for the different diameters.

The 217kW (295HP) 3.4 motor is willing and responsive, with the mid-engined chassis nicely balanced, without the feel of a swinging 911 tail. However, we own a similar car and the rear can easily step out, readily retrieved by all the useful nannies on board. Why are Caymans not more popular, particularly compared to Boxsters and built on the same platform? They look great (the rear 3/4 view is stunning),

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It’s always a delight to see a beautiful clean car or 3. Henry believes that cleanliness is next to Porsches!

Dear reader(s), if you think you have an interesting garage, not necessarily stuffed with cars, which you would like to share with other members, then contact me or Ron. Oh, and we wouldn’t mind some feedback, either good or bad.

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Original Cayman S wheels

Mint 3.2 engine bay

Assistant photographer cheeky Jack Widdison takes Henry’s junior Boxster for a spin

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Sunday, 27th July

Phillip Island

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Story: Mark Haig Member – Porsche Club South Australia Photos: Ron Widdison, Mark Clair

After a great Easter taking part in the Regularity event at Bathurst earlier this year, the next venue on my bucket list was to experience the track on Phillip Island.

The opportunity to come over for the Victorian Porsche Club Winter Sprint was too good to pass up, so on Friday July 25th my wife Margo and I set off for the eleven hour drive from Adelaide.

We arrived at the Silverwater Resort at San Remo late on Friday afternoon, the resort came highly recommended by other Adelaide Porsche members and we were very pleased at the high standard of rooms and service. I was driving my recently purchased Black 1992 Porsche 968 in standard trim with “R’ Spec tyres.

Saturday, practice day on Phillip Island dawned cold, wet and misty. All of us South Aussies were warmly welcomed by Victorian Porsche Club members and we found everyone to be very friendly and helpful.

After the very smooth and quick process of documentation and scrutineering, it was time to hit the track and get down to business.

Unfortunately the black flag came out for me during the first session, with over 75 decibels of noise registered. Not to be defeated we raced to Mitre 10 in Cowes, bought some steel wool, galv. mesh and a bolt, raced back to the track , drilled a hole into the exhaust and with some very creative engineering managed to “muffle” the noise.

Several other cars were also black flagged for noise, innovative fixes were coke cans stuffed up exhausts and steel wool wrapped in chicken wire. My steel wool was in great demand and became as valuable and precious as “unobtainium”!

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I took the 968 back on the track after only missing the second session, and managed to complete the remaining practice runs for the day although in very wet conditions.

Sunday morning we awoke to much better weather, the track was moist for the first session but dried out for the remainder of the day. My brand new Toyo 888 tyres were loose in the wet conditions of Saturday practice, but were rubbered in and perfect for Sunday.

It was a fantastic day; I took full advantage of the potential of the track and the long flowing corners. I have to commend the professionalism and the experience of the other drivers, the calibre and presentation of cars was excellent and I felt humbled in my 968.

At the end of the day I posted a 2m-5sec lap so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot room for improvement!

My thanks to everyone for their friendship and comradery, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really looking forward to coming back for The Presidents Run at Sandown in November, another track on my bucket list!

Porsche Club of Victoria Phillip Island Sprint Sunday, 27 July 2014 PI RESULTS Driver

Car

Result

Class Position

Outright Position

Class Points

Outright Points

Class: OPEN Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

100.567

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1

73

73

Rick Mensa

GT3

103.279

2

2

62

62

Christian Fitzgerald

997 GT3

105.291

3

4

55

55

Andrew Matlock

GT3 991

107.572

4

8

47

47

Aaron Lee

997 GT3

111.609

5

17

34

34

Bob Hawker

996 GT3

103.728

1

3

100

60

Rohan Little

911 Carrera 2.7

112.331

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

113.538

2

25

59

29

Mark Whyman

996 GT3

113.818

3

30

58

28

Nathan Agnew

996 C4

121.077

4

40

36

14

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

105.630

1

5

102

53

Matt Burton

993 3.6

108.951

2

10

87

42

Howard Burton

993 3.6

109.178

3

12

86

41

David James

911 Carrera

118.859

4

36

50

18

Peter Harrison

996 GT3 Mk2

107.005

1

6

100

48

Aaron Ireland

GT3

107.103

2

7

100

48

Simon Zettl

GT3 996

112.255

3

20

77

33

Graham Williams

997 3.6

109.169

1

11

93

41

David Trewern

997 Carrera 3.6

110.642

2

15

87

37

Michael McLaurie

996 Carrera 4S

112.366

3

21

80

32

Frank Deak

Boxster S

113.392

4

24

76

30

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

113.672

5

27

74

29

Phil Kotsanis

996

113.791

6

29

74

29

Ian Jenkins

996 3.6

114.517

7

31

71

27

Peter Vasta

996

119.968

8

39

52

16

Nick Karnaros

911 3.2 Carrera

108.783

1

9

106

43

Michael Herrod

Boxster S

109.353

2

13

103

41

Rick Moscati

964 C2

110.586

3

14

97

37

Brent Howard

968 CS

111.472

4

16

93

35

Bill Sevastas

964 C2

111.787

5

19

92

34

Richard Thompson

911 Carrera

112.622

6

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Class: M1

Class: M2

Class: GT

Class: A

Class: B

Class: C

Driver

Ian van Driel Simon Dunn

Car

Result

Class Position 1 2

Outright Position 23 26

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Class Points

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911 SC 3.0 911 SC 3.0

113.233 113.585

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911 SC 3.0

117.022

3

34

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Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

117.422

4

35

73

20

Pete Matherson

911 SC 3.0

128.359

5

43

39

5

John Swan

944 S2 3.0

111.640

1

18

105

34

Garry Voges

944 S2

113.762

2

28

95

29

Barry Swan

944 S2 3.0

115.533

3

32

88

24

Tim Rout

944 2.5

116.894

4

33

82

21

Garry Saber

944 S2

119.603

5

37

72

16

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

119.638

6

38

72

16

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

121.350

7

41

66

13

Rodney Gordon

944 S2

125.958

8

42

51

7

Adrian Kinderis

997 GT3 RS

107.806

Andrew Barlow

GT3

117.837

Marc Kovacic

911 GT3

118.777

Andrew Box

944 T

124.371

Amelia Eime

GT3

124.514

Mark Haig

968

125.809

Tim O'Daly

GT3

146.727

90 88

30 29 21

Class: D

Class: OTHER

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Sandown

Sunday, 24 August

Sandown Sprints Story: Peter Fitzgerald Photos: Ron Widdison The Winter’s end club day at Sandown greeted the 51 competitors with a wet track. It had actually stopped raining but the surface was too wet to declare it dry. Therefore those of us on slicks sat out the first run of the day and let the rest dry out the track (thanks folks !). We also had a large contingent of 14 entered for Entree class which bodes well for future interest. Christian & I were nominated to assist 2 of these participants and if their reaction to the day is anything to go by then our numbers should swell in future events.

It didn’t take too long until the track was declared dry and this allowed us to join the second session. Sally Anne Hains was back in her 997.2TT after repairs and few more mods after her mishap at Winton previously. She was adopting the sensible approach of easing herself back into the car and although not eclipsing her previous best time in the car, she did beat her best time in her first run back in the car last week at the same track. She had a spare set of new slicks available but we decided to save them for the last club round at Phillip Island in September.

Despite the early rain when the track dried it would appear that it was quite fast with no less than 8 competitors beating the previous lap record. Ben Faggetter must surely be running out of tricks in his M2 class car as without exception all year he keeps equalling or breaking the class lap record. This new points system certainly has worked in his favour and my money is on him winning the club championship this year, although he still has Rick Moscati breathing down his neck, so he can’t afford a slip up at Phillip Island or Rick will be ready to pounce.

As the classes go, Open had a noticeable absentee in Rick Mensa, who was up north driving in a charity bash.

Rick hasn’t dropped any rounds so his absence won’t hurt him. That is unless he decides to not do Phillip Island due to the noise issues down there. Rick has been one of the competitors to suffer at the hands of the “Noise Nazis” and won’t be going back to the Island unless the issues can be resolved.

Whilst on the subject of noise, it was good to see that this problem was absent at Sandown, which was a great relief to the organisers and competitors alike. It also should assist with the club putting it’s case to P/I management.

Anyhow I was talking about Open, wasn’t I? Andrew Matlock brought along his new 991 GT3 as well as Greg Muller in his 996TT. These guys and Sally Anne made up the rest of Open class for the weekend. Christian and I ran on old slicks in the early piece and I was able to clock a 1m15.79, which is just off our record, and Christian managed a 1m17.3 and was being conscious of not binning it after his accident here last event. We went to new slicks later in the day and I banged in a 1m14.9 new lap record which was pleasing.

Christian went on to record a 1m16.3 just .4 off his best and Sally improved to a 1m18 flat followed by Greg Muller, also on slicks with a creditable 1m18.7 in his 996TT, also closely followed by Andrew’s 991 Gt3 (still on R tyres I think?) also with a 1m18.7.

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M1 was again dominated by Bob Hawker who was just off his lap record with Stan Bougadakis not far behind him with Tony Carolan coming home in 3rd for the day.

M2, the domain of the aforementioned Ben Faggetter had 4 entries with Ben again lowering his class lap record to a 1m20.5. he was followed home by Bryan Fitt, David James and Denis Fernando.

GT Class – Peter Harrison’s domination of the GT class is now under threat from Aaron Ireland who has shifted to a 996.2 GT3. Aaron again set a new lap record for the class leading home Peter and our Simon Zettl. They were the only 3 starters in GT for the day.

A Class – This class, although having many participants for the year, has not enjoyed consistent participants with only really 3 regulars doing all the rounds plus Michael McLaurie who has attended most. The fight for class honours is fiercely contested by last year’s champion, Phil Treloar and our Graham Williams. Phil’s a Wiley old fox setting a new lap record on his first dry track run, and then mysteriously not getting within a second of it the rest of the day. Hmm Puzzling!! Graham again did a PB, but it was not good enough to knock Phil off. Michael McLaurie came home in 3rd just ahead of Frank. There was only a tenth in it. With only 4 points after dropped round adjustments and Graham in the lead, this class championship will go down to the wire at Phillip Island.

B Class – Arguably and controversially the most hotly contested class championship from my point of view was won again by Nick Karnaros. This class has been contested

by Nick, Rick Moscati and Mike Herrod. With Mike running an extra 50kgs of ballast all year, he has struggled to match the pace of the other two although being close on several occasions. All three competitors broke the existing lap record on the weekend with only .5 sec splitting the three of them. Rick has dominated most of the year and holds a reasonable points buffer over Nick going into the last event but he can’t afford to falter nor let Nick get too far ahead in the last round. Another big improver in this class is our Brent Howard who has been setting PBs all year since joining us. Although not a threat to the top three this year, Brent has moved into 4th in the championship and is looking to continue on his drive up the ranks.

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C Class – Although Michael O’Brien is showing at the top of class points with dropped rounds he is actually lying in 4th with Simon Dunn leading the class and standout performer, again winning the class on the weekend, and also setting a new class record. Pete Matheson came home in 2nd followed by Ian Van Driel. Going to Phillip Island it’s hard to see anyone beating Simon and Pete Matheson has a reasonably comfortable points gap to Cameron in 3rd just ahead of Michael O’Brien. Ian Van Driel could have been more in the picture if it wasn’t for his apparent dislike for Hillclimbs.

D Class – This strongly contested class suffered from reliability problems for 2 of it’s strongest competitors, Melanie Treloar and John Swan.

Mel suffered engine issues and John’s 944S2 sprung an oil leak which spread itself all over the circuit. Christian said to say thanks John as he spun on his oil in turn 1. With these two scoring poorly for the event this left the honours to the amiable Garry Voges, Garry as you know, is the epitome of bad taste in clothing or should I say LOUD taste in clothing . Garry won the day from our Rodney Gordon and Richard Batchelor. This is Rodney’s best finish in a club event and another PB since joining us.

All and all a great day was spent by most, with no noise issues and the rain staying away most of the day, I consider this one of the best events we’ve had all year.

Hopefully the final round in the club sprint calendar at Phillip Island won’t be marred by the “Noise Nazis” and we can get to enjoy some good battles for final championship placings.

I hope to see you all there..... Fitzy

Porsche Club of Victoria Sandown Sunday, 24 August 2014RESULTS SANDOWN

Outright Position

Class Points

Outright Points

1

1

104

104

2

2

94

94

78.026

3

3

84

84

996 Turbo

78.708

4

4

80

80

Andrew Matlock

GT3 991

78.747

5

5

80

80

Malcolm Henley

997 GT3 CS 3.8

82.123

6

13

62

62

James Papas

997 GT3

89.858

7

40

30

30

Bob Hawker

996 GT3

79.054

1

6

98

78

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

79.877

2

8

93

73

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

82.404

3

14

78

60

Nathan Agnew

996 C4

85.862

4

25

61

45

Tony Robertson

993 3.8 RSCS

88.822

5

36

48

34

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

80.561

1

9

100

70

Bryan Fitt

993 Carrera

84.983

2

21

75

48

David James

911 Carrera

89.342

3

38

54

32

Denis Lambrou-Fernando

911 Lightweight

89.773

4

39

52

30

Aaron Ireland

GT3

79.605

1

7

104

75

Peter Harrison

996 GT3 Mk2

81.493

2

11

92

65

Simon Zettl

GT3 996

84.365

3

18

76

51

Phil Treloar

996 3.6

80.833

1

10

104

68

Graham Williams

997 3.6

81.636

2

12

99

64

Michael McLaurie

996 Carrera 4S

84.811

3

19

81

49

Frank Deak

Boxster S

84.974

4

20

80

48

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

85.901

5

26

75

45

Peter Vasta

996

86.725

6

29

71

41

John McGregor

996 3.4

88.230

7

34

64

36

Darren Jones

993

88.256

8

35

63

36

Nick Karnaros

911 3.2 Carrera

83.520

1

15

103

55

Rick Moscati

964 C2

83.800

2

16

101

54

Michael Herrod

Boxster S

84.006

3

17

100

53

Brent Howard

968 CS

85.530

4

23

91

Daniel Reynolds

911 Carrera

86.166

Driver

Car

Result

Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

74.927

Christian Fitzgerald

997 GT3

76.336

Sally Anne Hains

997 Turbo 3.8

Greg Muller

Class Position

Class: OPEN

Class: M1

Class: M2

Class: GT

Class: A

Class: B

Class 5 Position 6

27 Outright Position 28

88 Class Points 86

46 43 Outright Points 42

Driver BILL SEVASTAS

964 C2 Car

86.415 Result

Brent Stephen

968 CS 3.0

90.529

7

42

66

Cameron Bath

928 S

91.321

8

44

62

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

85.011

1

22

101

48

Pete Matherson

911 SC 3.0

85.656

2

24

97

46

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

86.804

3

30

90

41

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

87.261

4

31

88

39

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

87.746

5

32

85

37

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

87.855

6

33

85

37

Pierre Lutgens

911 Carrera

94.254

7

48

55

18

Jim Adamson

911 Carrera

94.988

8

49

52

16

Garry Voges

944 S2

89.018

1

37

92

33

Rodney Gordon

944 S2

90.378

2

41

84

28

Richard Batchelor

944 S2

91.260

3

43

80

26

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

91.462

4

45

79

25

Barry Swan

944 S2 3.0

92.301

5

46

75

23

Garry Saber

944 S2

92.469

6

47

74

22

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

95.859

7

50

59

14

John Swan

944 S2 3.0

103.596

8

51

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Phillip Island

Sunday 14th September

P h illip Isla n d s p r in t s

Story: Peter Matherson Photos: Peter Vasta

The 2014 season has seen declining numbers taking part on competition days and whatever the reason it certainly cannot be attributed to the quality of tracks or the manner in which the events are planned, organised and run by the members of our great club. Phillip Island was no exception.

The track and its facilities were at their finest, the weather was absolutely superb, food and drinks of various varieties were available from the moment we arrived and of course all competitors were in positive spirits keen to take advantage of all of the above.

Behind the laughter and relaxed discussions in the pits early by competitors you could sense the tension as it was reasonable to assume the calculators copped a hiding during the week with all of us well aware of how many points they were in front or behind and the scenarios that might take place in order to maybe claim a trophy at the ball in December. While some classes, mine included were sealed for first place but plenty of second and third places still hung in the balance with competitors still setting themselves goals to finish as high in their class as possible. For me, the new points system seems extremely fair and will reward those who are consistent, taking part in all events bar the two you can drop will be a must.

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The combination of fast track conditions and motivated drivers saw lap records tumbling in most classes with a lot of personal best times also being recorded.

Open class saw Peter Fitzgerald take out first with Christian Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal best time securing second from Rick Mensa who also improved on his best effort.

Just when you think Bob Hawker canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any quicker he surprises us with yet another M1 lap record to take first place. Stan Bougadakis improved both his time and his tan sunning himself over lunch to grab second place from Tony Carolan.

The M2 record was also amended due to the adrenalin fueled effort of Ben Faggetter after a near death experience at turn 12. Bryan Fitt finished in second place to Denis LambrouFernando in third.

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Gt class for me will be a great competitive class to watch out for in the seasons ahead. The only issue for competitors in this class will be Aaron Ireland. His lap record time set now at 104.98 will require committed driving from all contenders. Peter Harrison was second in front of Andrew Barlow returning to take third.

Well what to say about Phil Treloar. A 106.52 saw the A class lap record and his personal best time smashed by over 1.5 seconds. Graham Williams and Michael McLaurie also improved on their best taking second and third.

B class saw a lap record of 108.39 achieved by Nick Karnaros again setting a new lap record.

Michael Herrod had an outstanding day taking second with Brent Howard rounding out third.

C class has traditionally been a closely competed class and with second and third not totally confirmed everyone was pushing hard. I managed to take first place with a personal best time from Simon Dunn who was driving extremely hard but might have been better off piloting a cayenne rather than his SC as he spent half the day off road and the other half removing the mud. Grant Stephenson was back to his best, taking third from Ian Van driel, beating Ian’s PB time by a 2 tenth’s margin. Good to see ya back where you belong ‘old boy’. Cam Goodyear and Michael O’Brien also posted great times.

I can’t wait for next year!!

D class was taken out by John Swan with another personal best time. Barry Swan pinched second from Garry Voges by only a 10th. Rodney Gordon also deserved a mention shredding 5 seconds of

his previous best taking fourth while Mel Treloar, usually a front runner in this class had more car trouble impeding her efforts on the day.

All competitors contributed to making Phillip Island a hugely successful day, but the ‘play of the day’ for me must go to Nick Karnaros. Not only did he bring new shoes for the occasion and give us some Greek sunbathing eye candy he also managed a 1 minute 48.39 in a thirty year old 3.2 carrera. An amazing effort in anyone’s book.

I would like to thank Tony Carolan, the competition committee volunteers and in particular the marshals for yet another thoroughly enjoyable year.

See you all at the Ball!!

Porsche Club of Victoria Phillip Island Sprint Sunday, 14 September 2014 RESULTS Driver

Class Position

Car

Result

Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

96.457

1

Christian Fitzgerald

997 GT3

98.416

2

Rick Mensa

GT3

101.814

3

Manny Mezzasalma

993

103.828

4

Andrew Matlock

GT3 991

105.068

5

Dennis Bath

GT3 Cup Car

106.577

6

Aaron Lee

997 GT3

108.166

7

Sally Anne Hains

997 Turbo 3.8

108.320

8

James Mason

GT3 CS 3.6

110.204

9

Brett Mason

GT3 CS 3.6

117.252

10

Bob Hawker

996 GT3

103.372

1

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

105.641

2

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

108.951

3

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

105.391

1

Bryan Fitt

993 Carrera

107.837

2

Denis Lambrou-Fernando

911 Lightweight

116.980

3

Aaron Ireland

GT3

104.983

1

Peter Harrison

996 GT3 Mk2

105.994

2

Andrew Barlow

GT3

108.139

3

Simon Zettl

GT3 996

109.800

4

Phil Treloar

996 3.6

106.526

1

Graham Williams

997 3.6

108.620

2

Michael McLaurie

996 Carrera 4S

109.813

3

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

111.167

4

Ian Jenkins

996 3.6

113.272

5

Peter Vasta

996

113.519

6

Darren Jones

993

113.778

7

Frank Deak

Boxster S

114.140

8

John McGregor

996 3.4

117.089

9

Nick Karnaros

911 3.2 Carrera

108.396

1

Michael Herrod

Boxster S

109.937

Brent Howard

968 CS

110.696

Driver Bill Sevastas

964 C2 Car

111.257 Result

Brent Stephen

968 CS 3.0

115.494

5

Tom Herrod

Boxster S

116.727

6

Cameron Bath

928 S

120.306

7

Pete Matherson

911 SC 3.0

111.771

1

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

112.686

2

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

113.053

3

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

113.259

4

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

115.606

5

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

116.082

6

Pierre Lutgens

911 Carrera

126.157

7

John Swan

944 S2 3.0

111.772

1

Barry Swan

944 S2 3.0

113.701

2

Garry Voges

944 S2

113.863

3

Rodney Gordon

944 S2

115.809

4

Tim Rout

944 2.5

117.410

5

Garry Saber

944 S2

118.436

6

Richard Batchelor

944 S2

118.506

7

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

118.930

8

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

126.782

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Class: OPEN

Class: M1

Class: M2

Class: GT

Class: A

Class: B

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Class 3 Position 4

Class: C

Class: D

Class: OTHER

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Michael Vati

GT3 Cup

Rob Smith

Ferrari 458 Challenge

99.274

Wade Smith

Ferrari 458 Challenge

103.628

John Zourkas

997 Turbo

113.892

Jeff Thomas

Datsun 260Z

116.334

CARLO ATTARD

996

119.410

PARADE

98.910

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Sunday, 6th July Story: Phil Treloar Photos: Ron Widdison

sandown regularity

I have been given the honourable task of writing a report on the Sandown 4 hr, not because I’m a literary master, or in fact can even string two words together but rather because as our Race Director Tony Carolan said, “You won – you can write the article.

Let that be a lesson to you”.

Sunday Morning 7.30am Driving up the Princess Highway to Sandown posed several questions on the morning of the 4 hr relay.

How was the weather going to affect us?

Did we have the right tyres for the event?

Are our support team willing to stand out in the weather for the entire day?

And one statement – Keep the car on the black stuff, this is not a race, it’s a regularity.

Given that I’d driven this event a number of times in the past, I had a fair idea of the times I would be likely to set as my benchmark target, but again, it was raining, the forecast was for intermittent showers and remarkably, the sky was clearing.

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Once at the track, all the talk amongst competitors and pit crews alike, was of how to deal with the wet. We have seen very little of wet tracks for some years, so it really was something relatively new to most of us.

I was sharing a car with Manny Mezzasalma, since mine was still in dry dock following an incident at Winton a few weeks earlier. The very first thing we did was put it up on stands and discuss extensively which tyres to use. Wet, dry, we really want intermediates but they don’t exist in our limited range of equipment. Just before practice started the heavens opened up and our decision became clear – wets, at least that was an easy decision.

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With everyone out enjoying the thrill of driving in the wet, we understandably returned some very slow times, which of course left many wondering what times to post for the competition.

Remarkably, in our allotted garage of 3 experienced teams, 1 team chose full wet times, 1 team chose full dry times and the 3rd, chose times in between, (which I found fascinating). So much for anyone having any idea of what they were doing!

From the end of practice to the start of the race the Gods were good to us and everything seemed to be drying out, until just before the start – down came the rain again. So much for choosing dry times, my team all chose 1:28 as our target time.

Out we all went for the start of the event, those having wet times with beaming smiles and those of us with dry times wondering how we could change our times (to no avail). Manny Mezzasalma was our first driver. It was wonderful to watch him drive the wheels off the car only to return, at best, 1:32’s for the first session. We were really struggling, but as the first half hour went by, the track dried considerably. Manny came in just in time to allow our next drivers Ben Faggetter, and then Bob Hawker to go out on to a track that allowed them to consistently hit their target times.

That changed the smile on those who had nominated wet times, - until it rained again. Talk about changing emotions. This was really the cycle of the day, some rain, some dry, more rain and eventually just a wet section around Dandenong corner and the esses. Full dry elsewhere.

times that we generally could not drive fast enough to achieve and in so doing, had very few penalties. Not the most inspiring win, but hey, it gave me the opportunity to write this article.

Porsche Club of Victoria Sandown 4 HR Regularity Sunday, 6 July 2014 SANDOWN RESULTS

In the individual club competition, we were very pleased to see two of our team members, Bob Hawker and Ben Faggetter take out first and second, followed by our esteemed President, Peter Harrison in third.

As a footnote, this has been the most fun driving I’ve done at Porsche Club Victoria for some time. The dynamics of wet, intermediate and dry intermixed with half wet and half dry was fantastic. With so many variables, all the drivers really needed to think about this event and the way to drive it.

A great event very well organised by Grant Stephenson and Jeff Thomas – Thanks to you and all those who assisted.

1st Place - Weltmeister 1 Ben Faggetter Porsche 993 Bob Hawker Porsche GT3 Manny Mezzasalma Porsche 993 Phil Treloar Porsche 993 2nd Place – Porsche Specialists Rick Moscati Porsche 964 Grant Stephenson Porsche 3.0 SC Mark Chrzanowski Porsche 3.0 SC Peter Harrison Porsche GT3 3rd Place – Raceline Racing Andrew Cutropia Datsun 1200 Mark Wakeman Holden Commodore Tim Newman Holden Commodore Kevin McCluskey Triumph TR7

Driver

Class Position

Outright Position

Class Points

Outright Points

Car

Result

Aaron Lee

997 GT3

12.313

1

9

91

91

Andrew Gott

GT3

29.903

2

21

78

78

Bob Hawker

996 GT3

27.356

1

20

80

80

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

34.832

2

23

76

76

993 3.6

8.008

1

3

98

98

996 GT3 Mk2

8.182

1

4

97

97

Graham Williams

997 3.6

6.813

1

1

100

100

Phil Treloar

993 3.6

7.817

2

2

99

99

Frank Deak

Boxster S

10.991

3

8

92

92

Michael McLaurie

996 Carrera 4S

14.806

4

13

87

87

Peter Vasta

996

25.849

5

18

82

82

Manny Mezzasalma

993 3.6

38.887

6

26

73

73

Rick Moscati

964 C2

8.653

1

5

95

95

Jon Lawson

911 Carrera

9.346

2

6

94

94

Michael Herrod

Boxster S

10.151

3

7

93

93

Brent Stephen

968 CS 3.0

26.048

4

19

81

81

Brent Howard

968 CS

36.982

5

24

75

75

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

20.789

1

15

85

85

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

23.886

2

16

84

84

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

31.011

3

22

77

77

Barry Swan

944 S2 3.0

12.850

1

10

90

90

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

13.783

2

11

89

89

Garry Saber

944 S2

14.097

3

12

88

88

Richard Batchelor

944 S2

20.253

4

14

86

86

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

24.170

5

17

83

83

Garry Voges

944 S2

38.844

6

25

74

74

8.394

0

0

0

0

29.889

0

0

0

0

Class: OPEN

Class: M1

Class: M2

Benjamin Faggetter Class: GT

Peter Harrison Class: A

Class: B

Class: C

Class: D

Class: OTHER Sally-Anne Hains

BMW CSL

James Papas

997 GT3

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With all 4 of our Weltmeister team nominating dry times, we really clinched a win by default. We, through luck, not good management predicted

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Spring Run Dandenong Ranges Sunday 21st September

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Spring Run

The Hungry Jacks at Hallam was the starting point for one of the larger season runs held by the social committee for some time. 107 people in 57 cars were booked for a mystery drive in the Dandenongs.

The introductory briefing welcomed 5 new members before the departure, which took members up through Belgrave and onto the Mt Dandenong Tourist Road.

The procession wound through some of the region’s tight and twisty roads, fern-lined with swathes of dappled shade, interspersed with spring blossoms of introduced and native species between the congested little villages that are a feature of the area. We crossed paths with other runs, including the enjoyable and quirky Cuckoo Last Run from 2012.

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many of Melbourne’s cycling clubs, which my son informed me of late on Saturday.

“I’ll keep my eye out for you” I said, to the riposte “Dad, there will be thousands of bikes”. Of course, coincidence being the first cousin of prediction, we waved at each other on the way into Sassafras.

Front and centre during the run, and certainly at the CFA, was a bright and shiny new Macan.

Ian Murray from Porsche Centre Melbourne brought the car for us to closely review and he would have enjoyed the handling and comfort of the newest car in the fleet on some classic touring roads – especially if he hadn’t got lost!

The bikes did congest the narrow little roads, which while slowing the progression somewhat had the advantage of keeping the stream of vehicles together, resulting in a significant benefit to the locals being a vision of long streams of the best cars ever made.

To say the CFA outdid themselves at Macclesfield is to sell them short. We have had many morning teas at the community brigades in the last decade or so, but the quality of the home baked produce, the presentation, hospitality (and bubbles) were outstanding.

Even the logistics of trying to fit nearly 60 prized possessions into a very small space was handled with aplomb and dexterity.

Once at the end of the tourist road at Montrose, we swung over Mt Evelyn and down the back of the district, moving from twisty little ridge roads to the strawberry and fruit fields of Monbulk and then a tight run along the valleys to Emerald and morning tea at Macclesfield CFA.

Peter Harrison presented a donation from the Club for the Brigade, and some members donated funds for the large animal rescue

equipment project. The Captain spoke about this important aspect of the unit’s callouts given a high number of horse and cattle rescues over the last number of years, particularly as they have more horses than people in that region. These operations require expensive specialist equipment (including an interesting collection of lacy and spotty ladies bras), knowledge and training which the brigade is building up for use when rescuing large animals such as horses, cattle, camels, alpacas, etc.

After being dragged away from morning tea, the convoy ran up the sweeping roads of the Wallan valley to Healesville including a terrific climb up the Donna Buang spur. Unfortunately, a 3k section of unsealed tree-fern and mountain ash lined road which had been dry on the initial drive and test was in some patches muddy and required greater care, ultimately joining the bitumen again for a brisk run though Don

Valley and Launching Place before connecting to the Launching Place Gembrook Road for our lunch destination at Forrest Edge restaurant.

After arrival, members had their first refreshments already waiting and a chat in the sunshine on the forecourt looking out over the Gembrook Hills, before sitting down for a good but slow lunch. The new members’ partners assisted in the prize draw for chocolates (from the factory we drove past in Montrose) and local Yarra Valley wine, as well as demonstrating excellent knowledge of the capabilities of their shared chariots under persistent questioning.

Thanks to Steph and Michael for their help with the run design and testing, and Felix for the photos.

Feedback comments: “Enjoyed the day very much, excellent organisation.”

“Fantastic day for my first PCV event. Still smiling. Thank you.”

“I feel maybe we should be making a bigger donation to the CFA, the effort made by them was outstanding! Perhaps we could pass a hat around for anyone wanting to make a bigger donation or I for one would be more than happy to pay a higher entrance fee and see a bigger donation to CFA. But all in all, a great run!”

“Maybe first prize should have been a car wash voucher ha ha.”

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He added a second in 1968.

He quickly outgrew his native Sweden and set his sights on top-flight international competition, winning the 1969 Monte-Carlo Rally driving a Porsche 911, and again in 1970. In the mid-1970s, he took part in the European Championship for Rallycross Drivers, privately entering a Porsche Carrera RSR. By then, Waldegard was driving a works Lancia in the WRC, establishing a bitter rivalry with teammate Sandro Munari aboard the Alitalialiveried Stratos.

Two years later Waldegard beat Hannu Mikkola to the WRC title, driving a works Escort on European rounds and – due to Ford not competing in Africa – a Mercedes-Benz 450SLC on the Safari and Ivory Coast rallies. It went down to the wire in the Ivory Coast, with Mikkola taking the laurels. However, second place was enough for Waldegard – he won the World Championship by a single point.

Safari Classic at the age of 68, fittingly in a Porsche 911.

Rallying was in his blood, and one of his last outings was at the wheel of a Toyota Twincam Turbo at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The ‘80s were mostly spent at the wheel of Toyota Celicas, first a 2000GT in 1982, then TCTs in later years, before changing to a GT-Four ST165. His top-flight career came to an end in 1992 after he crashed on the Safari Rally, breaking his arm.

Even in retirement Waldegard would never be too far from a car. In 2008 the seasoned campaigner drove in the Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally to commemorate the Scottish star, who died in 2007. He later took victory in the East African

Following a controversial team-orders incident at San Remo, he then decided to move to Ford before the end of the season. With just the RAC Rally remaining on the calendar Lancia cancelled his entry, prompting Waldegard to take the wheel of his RS1800 earlier than expected: he won ahead of Munari.

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He got on well with the Escort in the following season, too, winning three of the world’s most challenging rallies: the East African Safari, RAC and Acropolis rallies. He would become known as an African rally specialist, and spent a great deal of time in Kenya, where he was adored.

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weekend warriors Nick Hockaday

Story: & Photos: Richard Batchelor

Weekend Warriors

During the bleak month of July Richard Batchelor talked to eight participants at the PCV Sandown 4 Hours and the Phillip Island Sprints, including two competitors who had travelled all the way from Adelaide to support our events. Here’s what they had to say:-

Our chat with Nick at Phillip Island unearthed some fascinating information which should really be the subject of a longer article. But first, it was his immaculate red 3.0RS clone which attracted our attention.

“I only bought the car in March this year from the ex-president of the Porsche Club Queensland.

It started life as a 1977 911 2.7 but was later fitted with a factory wide body slope nose kit.

It was imported from Hong Kong in 2002 and in due course a 1989 3.2 Carrera engine was installed to match its looks. This is actually my first competitive event and something I have wanted to do since I was a kid. However my interest in motor sport is long standing and I have worked in Formula 1 with the Minardi and Jaguar teams as a chef. I prepared food for the teams at grand prix events around the globe plus European testing - not that Minardi could afford to do much testing as Paul Stoddart (the Aussie who owned Minardi at that time) reckoned it cost him $1 million to do a test, which he considered a waste of money!”

Nick then went to work for the Ford-owned Jaguar F1 team, which had plenty of money for testing and was sponsored by the major global bank HSBC. Nick described the hours working in F1 as “very long and unsociable, as the catering team was the first to arrive and always the last to leave.” The former Jaguar team is now known as Red Bull Racing, winner of the last four F1 titles.

It is still based in the UK, despite its Austrian ownership, and still employs a number of old

Melanie Treloar Melanie is of course the daughter of Phil Treloar, one of the Club’s most enthusiastic hotshoes, and she shows every sign of following in Dad’s wheel tracks. With her early Boxster 2.5 she is competing in the hotly-contested Class D among a flock of testosterone charged males in 944S2s and is showing steady improvement.

Jaguar hands. Minardi is also owned by Red Bull and competes as the Toro Rosso team.

Nick now works for a food manufacturer in a new product development role and also runs a catering business on the side. He enjoys much more amenable working conditions and has even found time to get married.

Asked about his best driving experience, Nick said that after he had to leave the UK when his work permit expired, “I based myself in Berlin and had a wonderful time driving on the autobahns and country roads to places like Hockenheim and the Nurburgring.”

Nick revealed his daily driver is a Mazda CX9. He also has a 2003 Boxster S 3.2.

track day car, during the week she enjoys the greater practicality of her Mini Cooper S. At Phillip Island Melanie lapped in a quick 2:01.35, despite the wintry conditions.

“My dad has always been into cars and motor sport and I have been competing for about three years. My first time on the track with the Boxster was at Broadford. The car is in standard specs apart from a limited slip diff and the usual safety features. Dad has been a fantastic coach and my times are improving. I also found it very instructive recently when Bob Hawker analysed data from my Race Logic computer against Dad’s data when he drove my car.”

“My best driving experience has been the recent Winton round when I felt I was really coming to grips with the car and was able to handle plenty of sideways stuff, even though I realise it is not always the quickest way round a corner!

Probably my worst experience was at the Six Hours where I managed to overheat the engine.”

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It is clear all eight interviewees love their Porsches as track day weapons but I was surprised none use a Porsche as a daily driver, even though several own at least two of Stuttgart’s finest. Presumably that is why Porsche has released the outstanding new Macan to fill this gap.

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Michael McLaurie

Shane Rodoreda

I first met commercial pilot Michael when we were team members at the Sandown 4 Hours, where it was clear that he and his black 996 C4S were very well suited to the wet track conditions. We caught up again at Phillip Island.

A very original looking mid-seventies 911 with a lovely patina caught our eye at Phillip Island and proud owner Shane Rodoreda was happy to talk about the car and himself.

“It’s a 1975 911 four speed Sportomatic with its original engine and I have owned it for ten years. The previous owner was PCV member Kim Boyden. The engine is fitted with 911S pistons and advanced cam timing so it has a bit more power than a standard 2.7. I have fitted a front strut brace, new suspension bushes, installed new rear axle struts, new wheel bearings and road legal semi slick low profile tyres on 6 and 7in rims.”

“My motor sport experience consists of two previous Phillip Island sprints, a few hill climbs at Haunted Hills and a sprint at Broadford, which was probably the best driving experience I have ever had. My worst driving experience was my very scary first timed lap at Phillip Island, in a slow 2 minutes and 30 seconds, although I am now lapping the track more confidently at around 2:07 thanks to the great support and tips from the mentors we have in Entrée Class.

I can’t thank them enough for their advice and guidance, and the time they sacrifice to offer as much help and information as they can. It’s very much appreciated but it must be scary for them being a passenger!”

“It’s a 2004 model year car and is strictly in road spec apart from the front camber which has been adjusted to the maximum available negative setting of about 1.2 degrees. All my track experience, covering about three years, has been in this car.”

Shane is married with two kids and a stepdaughter, and has two grandchildren. He has spent the last 40 years working in the IT area, ten of which were in TV and radio and 30 years in newspapers as part of the News Corp. group.

His everyday car is a Mitsubishi Pajero and he

spends his spare time rebuilding a 1977 Porsche Targa. This will be equipped with a 3.0L engine, 5 speed gearbox, LSD and carburettors, so that Shane and his son Stephen can have a car each on track days rather than sharing the Sportomatic. Sounds like some great times ahead!

“I really enjoy the car but it pales against the fantastic experience of having driven a Formula 3000 car around the Yas Marina F1 track in Abu Dhabi. We had a day’s instruction and tuition at Ferrari World the day before, then did our nine laps in the F3000 at Yas Marina. We had to keep station behind an instructor and were warned that our engines would be switched off from the pits if we dared pass him! The car was pretty twitchy to drive, had loads of power and was very sensitive to putting the power down – in fact I managed to spin it twice. It was also great value at 500 Aussie dollars for the nine laps, plus another $100 for a video.”

“My scariest moment in motor sport was at Sandown when following a mate in another 996.

I got a little off-line entering the esses on the back straight, which of course is a very quick

Marc Kovacic

Amelia Eime

Marc and his son Sam were part of the strong contingent from Adelaide at Phillip Island and these dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts were happy to talk about their car.

Amelia and her black 2004 GT3 were among the very welcome guests from Adelaide at Phillip Island.

“I have driven the GT3 only in sprints and tarmac rallies up till now, including Easter Bathurst, Phillip Island, Symmons Plains and Mallala. My daughter Jenna and I have also taken it on the Porsche Targa Tassie Tour and Sam and I have done the Porsche Targa Adelaide road rally.”

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Michael has been working as a pilot since 1982 and is employed by Jetstar, like his pilot colleague and PCV member Mark Homer. When not flying big jets Michael drives a six speed manual VW Golf SSI, which he rates as a great car.

“My husband Tim actually bought the GT3 for himself but later acquired a 996 Cup Car and I was given the GT3 as a sort of hand-me-down (some hand-me-down!). We have done lots of sprints at Mallala near Adelaide, the Rennsport at Eastern Creek, plus Phillip Island, Winton and Sandown. I have also competed in the PCNSW regularity at Bathurst in the GT3 on three occasions.”

“Underneath that orange vinyl wrap is a silver 997 GT3 which I bought in September, 2007, intending to keep it for a year. Seven years later I still own it – I guess I am addicted to the car and motor sport! I had no previous motor sport experience when I bought the car but my interest in the sport had developed from watching the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, which was held there 11 times starting in 1985.”

“My best driving experience was in Targa Adelaide, when we recorded a perfect score of 00.00 in the Willunga stage. Unfortunately the following day I cocked up my braking and the GT3 flew off the road, did a complete barrel roll and ended upside down in a creek. The tops of our helmets were in the water and had it been a bit deeper we might have been in more trouble. Luckily these cars are very strong and the damage could be fixed, but it was a sobering experience”.

part of the track, and nearly managed to put the car into the wall.”

At Phillip Island Michael finished an excellent third out of eight starters in A Class in a time of 1:52.37.

Ma rc mentioned that he is fortunate to own several nice cars including a rare BMW M3 CSL but his daily driver is an SS Holden ute which he uses in his glazing business.

The GT3 certainly looked the part at Phillip Island and Marc worked his way down to a time of 1:58.77 to take third place in the Other Cars class.

“I have always had some exposure to motor sport via my father who was into go-karts, which I got to drive sometimes. When the AGP was held in Adelaide I was unable to attend as it clashed with Uni exams but I later started competing in a Boxster, followed by a Boxster S. However Tim was always fascinated by Jaguars and it was only when I suggested it was time to start a family that he relented and switched his attention to Porsches, and he hasn’t looked back!”

According to Amelia, “my all-time best day in a car was in Canada taking part in the Porsche Driving Experience. I was allotted a Carrera 4S cabriolet and had a fantastic day drifting on ice.”

Amelia, who works in advertising with Tim, mentioned that her daily driver is an Aston Martin DB7.

Unlike Tim, whose 996 Cup Car was sin-binned by the noise police, Amelia enjoyed her laps of the island and managed a 2:05.5, with improved times likely once she gets to know the daunting circuit better.

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I only service cars for my friends...

Garry Voges Garry is one of the club’s most enthusiastic competitors with many wins in Class D in his rapid 944S2, even though these days he is facing hot competition from John Swan in a similar car, with John’s dad Barry also keeping him on his toes.

It doesn’t always start that way, but that’s how it ends up. We both own Porsches, we have shared values and interests. They’re skilled and committed to their careers, same here.

When I started as an apprentice at Hamiltons over 15 years ago, it was bred into the Service Team to always go the extra mile, always strive for excellence. I call it the “Hamiltons Touch”, and it’s part of my DNA. My friends deal directly with me, I do the work, I answer their questions, I sort problems. They get the Hamiltons Touch without the price.

“I bought the car from Ian Jenkins, who won a club championship in it in 2002. The car has been extremely reliable during my nine years of ownership and, apart from regular maintenance, the only work needed has been three clutches and a couple of synchros, caused by some very ordinary driving! Spencer Harrison at Harrison’s RRR can take a lot of the credit for the car’s reliability.” Of the Porsches Garry has owned, including four 911s, a Boxster and a 993, he says the 944S2 has been the most fun.

… and I’m always looking for new friends.

Garry said his son Leigh originally convinced him to get involved in motor sport and he first started competing in 1998 at age 46 in the Boxster (“I am a late bloomer!”), followed by a 911 which he jointly purchased with former club president Mike Chapman.

near the Austin Hospital. I watched my mirror in horror as a huge Kenworth truck came up behind me. He simply kept going and my car was badly damaged.”

Garry’s best motor sport experience was at the Festival of Sporting Cars at Bathurst in 2010.

“What a track - It was technically meant to be a regularity event, and all we did was regularly go faster!” His worst experience in a car was in his first Porsche, a 1975 911 Targa. “In 1982 it was my pride and joy but I stalled it on a steep hill

Garry has been happily married for 38 years to Robyn and has one adult son, Leigh. He is now semi-retired but still owns a business in Sydney which manufactures labels, necessitating regular business trips there. When not in his 944S2, Garry drives a Commodore SSV Redline 6 litre V8.

OOPS – We spoke too soon! This article was written after Phillip Island in July.

At the next club comp at Sandown, Garry’s car cracked a cylinder head and damaged various other engine parts. This was the first major work ever carried out on the engine, to which Garry lamented, “. . . a bit disappointing, seeing that the car has only done 288,000 km’s and is only ever driven on a Sunday!” However, he was back at PI three weeks later, where he placed 3rd in Class D, to give him another Class Championship for the year.

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James Papas James and I teamed up with Michael O’Brien (team captain) and Michael McLaurie at the Sandown 4 Hours, giving me the opportunity to discuss James’ cars and experience in motor sport.

“My first Porsche, which I still own, is a very original 911SC which I imported from Japan. It is a pleasure to drive and is very responsive. I use this car mainly on weekends but for track days I am using my 997GT3. The latter is standard apart from a GT3RS clutch and flywheel, and today’s relay is actually its first competitive event. I also owned a 993 C2 but have now sold this car.”

James has an extensive background in motor sport, starting 18 years ago with a self-prepared 1964 Mini Cooper. “I won my first ever club sprint first time out with this car and continued competing with it in sprints and relays until 2001. In 2004 I purchased a Mitsubishi Mirage RS Cup car to compete in the Victorian Improved Production championship and managed to win the late model class D championship in 2006”.

James has also been a crew member for Greg Keene in Porsche Cup, Nations Cup, Carrera Cup and Touring Car Masters.

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James, with his brother and father, operate the Rhodes commercial and residential construction companies, the group also undertaking property maintenance, housing developments and modular buildings for mining camps. James’ wife Christine is director and owner of a singing school.

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On public roads, driving the scenic roads of Switzerland, Germany and Greece was wonderful, but I have also done many long, boring trips to race tracks around Australia.”

James finds his Mitsubishi Delica 4x4 perfect for visiting work sites and he also owns a Mercedes ML320 CDI.

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We found out about Sam’s background including his early love of RX7s and career path from accountant to various roles with Mercedes Benz and BMW, before landing this dream role heading Porsche in Australia. He said it didn’t take him long to realise that Porsche owners are the most passionate of all car owners. While his instructions are to grow the brand in Australia (targeting 2,800 vehicle sales next year), it is certainly not to come at an expense of customer service, or the fact that Porsche is a Sports Car Co first & foremost. Towards the end of his presentation when asked if he had enjoyed any out-of-office Porsche experiences yet, Sam told us he’d driven the 918 Spyder (the world’s new must have supercar) in Leipzig which was amazing, making all in attendance very envious indeed!

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Thank you to the PCV Social Committee for organising another wonderful Club Night and to Porsche Cars Australia and Porsche Centre Melbourne for their continuing support.

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Classic Outback Trial – Adventuring Porsche Style rigours. Many service crews worked into the night, we went and had a meal and a beer.

I trust only Porsche owners will read this as I may be accused of bias – never - I hear you say!!

We finished 16th out of thirty-eight starters. We should have finished eleventh, but for my underestimation of the amount of fuel the car used at warp speed through the sand dunes. I was short by about thirty-five litres and that cost us an hour of competitive time. This did not detract from our enjoyment of the rally. We didn’t enter to win, but to enjoy the adventure and to use up some adrenalin, all seven days of it.

The car speaks for itself; with a bit of a clean, a set of alloy lower control arms, it could go again.

We were constantly impressed with its stability, handling and braking, not to mention safety, all at very fast speeds for the conditions. Other cars performed equally as well, some faster, but I doubt if as reliably and with such ease. It was a pleasure to drive and one of the best rallies I have competed in. It was very satisfying to prove a point and finish in such style in a car not your average run of the mill rally machine of choice.

Who in their right mind would want to drive a Porsche for two thousand five hundred kilometres in outback Australia all on unmade gravel roads?

We all know Porsches are designed for driving along iconic roads such as the Great Ocean Road, the Nurburgring, Phillip Island, Targa Tasmania and other great tarmac roads - not rough, gravel packed, stony or sandy ones!

Wrong! Porsche cars can handle anything we throw at them, as quite a few 911’s can testify to; witness Dakar, African Safari’s, Peking to Paris and other marathon rallies. However, to the best of my knowledge, not too many 944’s have been given the “dirt” treatment. When we started to build the car I “Googled” for information on what I should do and could not find any reference to another off-road rally 944. So we proceeded with the build and made it up as we went along.

The process began with sourcing a non-running 1983 car with an OK body (we had it running within about an hour), we proceeded to strip and fit a roll cage, re-build the engine, with 10.5;1 compression, a flowed head, slightly larger throttle body, custom made exhaust and eventually, the piece-de-resistance, suspension from Murray Coote (MCA). We raised the car about 75mm and fitted a full length under-tray.

I had been driving, racing and rallying various 968’s and 944’s for some time so we had a workshop full of extra parts which made it easy and an obvious choice to build a dirt car from the bits.

The development took some time and I ran the car in a few local dirt rallies over about two years as we slowly sorted out various issues including overheating due to the enclosed under-tray and as I mentioned, suspension issues. All along working up for the big one in the form of the Classic Outback Trial. I had competed in this event three times previously in a Peugeot 504, so I knew what to expect and I was confident the 56

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Porsche could handle the conditions.

The rally runs for seven days over two thousand five hundred kilometres, of which about nine hundred kilometres are competitive. The competitive stages are all on closed roads (read tracks), through state forests and private property. The longest stage was ninety-five kilometres through an outback station. The rally starts in Parkes, Central NSW and proceeds west with overnight stops in Condobolin, Cobar, Ivanhoe, Broken Hill and finishes with two nights in Renmark SA. The tracks are basically the private access roads for the owners of these huge properties. Some are maintained, others are not, as a result surface conditions vary greatly, from tree lined forest tracks, to mud holes, to sand dunes, to fast flowing, to just fast along a ten kilometre fence line, to the sixty kilometre final blast down the Border Track, normally an iconic 4wd track, at speeds I will not mention. See below.

The 944 performed superbly. The only issue we had was the front lower control arm bushes, which could not handle the pounding over the rough conditions. We had opted for the early steel arms, which we reinforced, but we did not take into account the inadequate bushes, probably left over from the Volkswagen Golf of the time, in later models Porsche changed to far more robust alloy type with much larger bushes (I’ve ordered a set). This did not slow us up in anyway, but it was the only maintenance that we performed, other than replacing 200ml of engine oil, cleaning the windscreen, checking under the car, patting it’s bum and putting it to bed; a typical Porsche and not a bad effort for a thirty year old one being driven like we stole it, over roads, I am sure it hopes never to see again. When most other cars about us were being continually rebuilt by replacing engines, gearboxes, diffs, struts, you name it, as they succumbed to the

Rally details The rally started on Friday with registration and scutineering in beautiful Parkes in Central NSW. Parkes is famous for being named in honour of Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) who was regarded as the Father of the Australian Federation. Also the famous telescope featured in the movie “The Dish” and which, more importantly, received messages from the moon on the first landing back in 1969. It is now better known for its Elvis Presley festival.

The fun stuff was set off by a prologue on Saturday over eleven kms of rough winding tracks, just enough to prepare us for what was to come. Briefing and a Civic Reception followed and we got set for our first full day on Sunday.

After an early start and after a tasty egg and bacon roll and coffee, supplied by Frontier Services staff, the rally’s principal charity, we headed off to Condobolin, driving through 112 kms of competitive stages and 164 transport.

This really got the adrenalin flowing and our coordinating skills tested as it required some quick calling of lots of route chart directions and careful driving to stay out of the greenery on the narrow forest tracks. The lunch stop was at Ootha alongside some interesting outback artwork in the form of “Utes in the Paddock”, A collection of various people’s ideas of what to do with the iconic Aussie ute in their afterlife..

Monday dawned and we eagerly tackled the next stage to Cobar, again after being fed and coffee’d by Frontier Services; 225 kms competitive and 216 transport, a long day. We were getting used to the car and our teamwork improving hourly. Our dedicated service crew met us at all the right places with, a windscreen clean, fuel and more coffee. At some of these breaks, I decided that I needed the rest more than the car. The car was asking for more and we were loving it.

At about this stage of the rally, we became ignorant of the day and the time, other than start time and book-in time, then there was dawn and dusk and the kilometres rushed by; 209 kms competitive and 260 transport to Ivanhoe.

Ivanhoe, sounds like it’s out of a romantic historical novel, but that must have been long ago. No romance left here, the pub was shut and for sale, would you believe. No worries we had adequate supplies. We camped out here and had the dubious pleasure of listening to male night-time noises, from every direction, and tent zips, and old blokes like me wandering off for a midnight toilet stop. I will leave all of this to your imagination.

The camping out was fun, but we certainly slept well the next night in Broken Hill after 175 competitive and 277 transport. We were now passing through some of the immense outback properties; one million acres and enough tracks to drive around for a month. Go for a Sunday drive here and you would drive all day on the same property. Some were fast flowing tracks, almost like outback highways. The Porsche gobbled them up, we saw 170kph once or twice and regularly into fourth at 135 and over. One had to be careful, however, as there were plenty of surprises as in the form of along one fence line then doubling back on the other side, dry sandy creek crossings, trees, kangaroos (which we saw, but avoided), gates - all open for us, crests, sand dunes, gutters, wash-aways, I could go on, but you get the message.

We spent two nights in Broken Hill, alongside the largest man made slag heap in Australia (?) and the most and largest pubs I’ve seen in one town. The hotels are huge and are interspersed with some beautiful buildings. The town oozes prosperity, but this is now an illusion. You can buy a miners cottage here for under $60,000 and one with three bedrooms and a pool for $200,000. We drove 15 competitive kms and 17 transport to Silverton for lunch, which we had in the Silverton Pub, very Australian outback style and well worth a visit. We lunched on beer and hamburgers and had the rest of the day off.

The next two nights we spent in Renmark, over the border in South Australia, a beautiful Murray River town. The stages to here were fast apart from the sand dunes some of which caught us by surprise by not having a back to them, we buried the nose on landing over one or two, but no damage, the Porsche just took it all in its stride, until it ran out petrol, my miscalculation. We pushed so hard through the sand, with the very effective torque that it used a lot of fuel.

No matter, we enjoyed spectating and watching the passing parade, that is after I finished stamping around and swearing (not for long).

Competitive kilometres this day were 140 and 290 transport. The transport roads were very corrugated and rough. The car was fitted with Dunlop rally tyres which have very stiff Kevlar reinforced sidewalls, which do nothing for ones teeth fillings on this type of road. Much better on a sandy bush track. The Porsche, as normal, shrugged all this off and still refused to rattle or squeak or slow down.

The final day was short with two stages on the Border Track; the first 30kms of a very windy section through tight bush, followed by a 160kph cruise on a rutted and rough single track. The second stage was 30kms also with fast straight sections joining sandy dunes with sudden dropoffs and sharp corners on the descents. We blitzed this with 160 being the norm when we could. The Fat Lady Sings, was a blast through a sometimes sandy orange grove to a fantastic finish at Angoves Winery in Renmark.

What! It’s all over? No more adrenalin pumping fun??? There were lots of comments such as, “ with another lay-day we could do it all over again”. Alas not till next time.

Presentation Dinner was the normal anti-climax, but a chance to say goodbyes and to share a few experiences and tell a few lies.

Wow! What a car! What a rally! Bring on the next one!

The full rally details are available on www. classicoutbacktrial.com.au.

If you need more information on the rally and what you need to do to enter your Porsche in the next one to be run out of Alice Springs in 2016, send me an email.

Brian Canny Bcanny@netconnect.com.au “Run by an ex Porsche Club Committee member, past Porsche owner and Porsche Cup and Rally Legend, Phil Bernadou and his merry band of helpers”

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Life for an ex-PCV member in the UK

By Michael de Crespigny (desperately seeking club racing thrills in the UK and the Continent).

Michael hassling a Ferrari F50 at Spa’s famous Eau Rouge corner I recently stumbled across a Porsche Parade article by Richard Batchelor about two of his early Porsche race cars (Summer 2012-13 issue). He referred to selling a RSR replica to a guy who moved to the UK in the late 1990s and not hearing any more about it. I’m the guy who moved to the UK and I still have the car which I’ve driven with great joy over here.

This November I will have lived in the UK for 16 years since leaving Melbourne but I’ve now owned the RSR replica for over 18 years and it’s still going strong. The car, which was originally built

by Jim Hardman of PCA around a new SC body shell, has always been faster than me, so whilst I’ve occasionally been attracted to an upgrade, I’ve never followed through. It still draws huge amounts of attention, its fast and a fabulous rich yellow colour, and attracts editor attention when selecting cars to promote Porsche Club GB track days.

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from limited track time, there is also quite a lot of on-track contact by those with more money and less attachment to their cars, than I had.

So, I’ve focussed on track days including an annual trip to Spa in Belgium. Held on weekdays rather than weekends, track days offer as much track time in a day as I can handle. Tracks are generally empty for the last two to three hours of the day and I typically do 300k in a day.

Most UK track day clubs are extremely safety conscious and don’t allow passing under brakes or through corners, so whilst you can get lots of track time it is not like racing. However, one club, RMA, has more liberal rules – allowing passing anywhere and anyway you like a long as you don’t upset the cornering line or safety of the car being passed. I now focus on RMA days and most drivers are very sensible and I’ve not seen an incident between two cars, although hitting walls is not unusual, just as I recall in PCV sprints. Some clubs also offer attractive fringe benefits – Porsche Club GB events at Silverstone usually include a fabulous lunch at the Porsche Experience Centre at the circuit and RMA have interesting manufacturers offering track drives of their cars – I drove a McLaren 650S at Brands Hatch this year and Audi have R8 V10’s and RS4’s at Silverstone this month.

Of the circuits, Donington Park north of London, is my UK favourite - a lovely undulating track

not unlike Phillip Island, except for the lack of sea, oh, and sun, but with some challenging corners (Craner curves particularly). I really like Goodwood for the atmosphere - it is also the fastest circuit in the UK as they’ve not put in safety features to slow cars down so there is not much run-off. Spa Francorchamps, where they hold the F1 Belgian GP, is the best track I’ve ever driven and I’ve been there for two days in each for the last four years. My car has metal bushings and rose jointed suspension so whilst I can tolerate driving to the Southern UK circuits, Spa is way too far so the guys who maintain it trailer it over and look after me, changing tyres as often as Spa’s weather changes – it’s a great, albeit expensive, luxury but really “makes” my annual Spa pilgrimage. I’ve not done the Nurburgring (yet) - all UK insurance policies (including track day cover) exclude this track – its length and variety of traffic, from tourist buses to bikes to supercars, makes it riskier than I fancy. I am just back from the Porsche Club GB factory tour which included time on the Grossglockner pass in Austria. What a fantastic road – 33k, 36 hairpins, about 4,500 vertical feet on each side from bottom to top and all for EUR34 for the day and no police. I did four end to end runs over three hours and was exhausted. Other UK circuits I’ve enjoyed include Silverstone (very fast, flat, and wide but with some boring corners – Luffield and the Arena complex), Brands Hatch (the GP circuit is lovely and fast but with no run-off),

Oulton Park (tight and winding – England’s 2.7 mile “Nurburgring”) and Castle Combe (at only a bit over a mile it’s a bit short and too rough for my car).

I like but, with PDK, find it is not as engaging as the 996T. On the Grossglockner pass though I realised how much PDK added to the fun and my speed compared to a manual gearbox.

Comparing track days with the PCV sprint series I find the following: Virtually all track days here are on weekdays due to the weekend demand for race meetings – even Spa. The cost difference is dramatic - £400-500 (A$700-900) for the day, plus tanks of fuel at UK prices (A$2.40 per litre) although track day insurance is generally available as part of normal comprehensive insurance – mine includes five days cover and I can buy additional days at a fair rate – so far I’ve not needed to claim! And there is the fabled British weather – I’ve done more (nervous) wet running here than in Melbourne, although I don’t like it much. Against this, I recall renting Phillip Island one Saturday in 1998 with some other PCV members to prepare for a Sprint on the Sunday – costing less than A$200 for both days (I know prices have increased!). But, I do miss Phillip Island and the sprints.

Driving in the UK is much more relaxed than I recall in Victoria - the UK police are generally not tax collectors, the speed camera regime, due to the motoring lobby, is mainly focussed on safety and it’s very easy to spot where cameras are placed, so high speed cruising on the motorways has been my norm and I’ve not had a ticket in 16 years.

Other attractions here include the Goodwood Revival which I never miss - it’s like being transported back in time and I always go in period dress to enhance the experience. I joined the Goodwood Road Racing Club and that provides Revival paddock passes, other track days and events including an annual members race meeting that this March had the largest gathering of pre-war Bugattis ever - there were 29 in a special series of races - and many other historic cars and people. The quality Lord March (of Goodwood fame) imbues in these events is unique and worth making a trip to attend.

UK track days are becoming ever more in demand - the industry has rapidly developed, encouraged by even faster GT3s and Ferrari 458 Speciales, and no new tracks are being built. I was at Silverstone in August with 100 other cars on a day which cost £500 (A$900). But, I did 300k and the number of cars thinned dramatically after lunch. I also see some pretty interesting cars - I shared garage space with a new 458 Speciale. The musician Jay Kay was there with his new LaFerrari and there were many new 991 GT3s (but too many Radicals).

My RSR replica is still great. There was a time when I was amongst the quickest on track days - as quick as a 997 GT3 or RS - but well driven 991 GT3s leave me behind. I usually run slicks

and together with its light weight (1,050 kg) I still really enjoy (dry) track days. I manage 8 - 10 days a year including a couple at Spa and I never go home early. The same company has looked after my car since I arrived – Matt at Weltmeister referred me to Steve Winter at Jaz Porsche in Wembley after selecting them for his UK based brother - and they’ve been great. I upgraded to 17” BBS three piece wheels some time ago to get a better range of tyres (although those are now drying up). I’ve had one minor and, this year, one major gearbox rebuild, replaced the exhaust and maintained the paintwork, but otherwise the car is much as it was. The turbocharged engine, which was originally built by Fikret Bagatir about 20 years ago, has been fantastic! I get leak down and pressures checked each year and they are strong so I’ve not had to do anything to it.

The car has now done 50,000k and still gives me massive adrenalin rushes, great joy and happiness.

I do miss the competitive nature of the PCV Sprints, so I don’t get the same feeling of achievement, but I drive some fantastic tracks, get more track time and thrills, albeit at greater cost. Like most things, there are trade-offs but I’m happily committed here ‘till “stumps”.

Michael at Goodwood, April 2014

I do love the life in London – and after balancing up all the pros and cons, decided in 2004 to stay here. We have a large bright flat 150m from Buckingham Palace with lots of windows, so when the sun is out it is very bright. I have secure parking and have indulged myself in Porsche road cars that I probably could not have afforded in Australia – why is an Australian 991 Turbo S 70% more (after exchange conversion) than the UK model? After a 996 C4 that I collected at the factory shortly after my arrival, which I did not like much, I bought a 996 Turbo in Speed Yellow (my favourite colour!) which I loved. Given our home location, we walk nearly everywhere, and I ran up only 30,000 miles over the ten years until I could no longer extend the factory warranty.

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Run to Hidden Valley Mid 911 Register Sunday 31st August 2014 manufactured but we were still privy to wonderful hospitality. The friendly efficient staff provided each table with a delectable selection of sweet treats. Our table demolished the moist tangy orange poppy seed cake, inhaled the superbly iced walnut slice and hoovered the rich perfectly topped rhubarb crumble (my favourite – I may have had 2 pieces). The fire was alit which gave PCV’s private room that country homely feel even if it did up the temperature of an unusually warm morning.

After catching up with a few of my established PCV members and meeting some new clubbers we finished our tea/ coffee/ thirst quenchers and departed the Brewery within the hour.

At this point I would like to thank my more knowledgeable club members Michael, Karl and Doukas for easing my concerns about my stagnant oil gauge. Paranoid or precautious ….I’ll let you decide. ’90 964 cabriolet) leaving the driveway.

The exodus from the CBD nearly ended in Melton due to an indecisive highway manoeuvre from my lead car but we quickly rectified it to stay on course.

“Beauty is in the eye of the Porsche Holder….”

And there is nothing more beautiful to witness that a group of exquisite Porsches driving through countryside Victoria on a superb Spring Sunday (ok it wasn’t technically Spring but I was told to embellish this article). It’s been 25 years in the making but I have finally achieved a lifelong dream. My first Register Run with Porsche Club Victoria.

The day would begin (like any well organised PCV event) with precision timing:0815 – My long time friend and virgin Porsche passenger Jen arrived at my humble abode.

0820 – Fellow obsessed Club Member Doukas and his gorgeous partner Shadyah arrived at same in his Blue ’85 928S 0830 – Departed abode. We would rendezvous with the Lodders later. They would be easy to recognise in the ’88 red 911 Carrera Cabrio.

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Kick off on August 31st for the Mid 911 Register Run to Hidden Valley Golf Course was at Rockbank BP Service Station. Utilising a Melways, my local knowledge and overriding a certain 928S driver’s GPS which had taken us on a reconnaissance of a few Western Highway M80 service stations - we arrived! What a grand sight as I pulled into the carpark. The morning sun illuminated the colourful grid of German engineering marvels. Michael and Christine’s racey Red ’81 911SC, Ken and Harriet’s stunning silver version, Moshos and Penny’s 80’ 911 green machine, the Cromie’s crisp white 993 just to name a few.

Macca’s became the distribution point for the Ansons’ informative Run Notes and coffee vendor of choice (no option really) of club members.

After a concise welcome and some housekeeping we exited the Servo. Just to let everyone know Dietfried was a participant I sounded his alarm accidently.

The first leg of the day saw a few drivers test the course. I saw the left hand panels and rear bumpers of many vehicles as they passed me. KANE IT lived up to its name. Rod and Rada followed us in their ’85 Red 911 until I almost caused a rear-ender. I had to slow to let 2 disrespectful , reckless oncoming BMW 4WDrivers pass. What is with those Bavarians?!

Needless to say that was enough for the Rod to finally overtake. My navigator was taking a trip down memory lane- Jen informed me she grew up in the area. This added a nice layer to the journey albeit distracting Jen from her duty at times.

Collectively we decoded the run notes ie RBT??

The visual helped.

After 45 km and passing through Gisborne (thanks for the speed alerts in the notes) we conquered Mt Macedon.

My phone had rung a couple of times by now. I don’t have Bluetooth nor do I think I want it in my 4WD sanctuary. Additionally I was receiving vast amounts of local knowledge from my co-driver to be bothered with stopping to answer. Later Doukas would disclose he was the mystery caller wondering where Dietfried was. At 60km Jen and I entered Woodend fashionably delayed. Unlike a few people I was wary of parking on the gravel or under a tree. Call me neurotic but I would be devastated if I exited from morning tea only to find a bird turd on my cabriolet.

Holgate Brewery, a welcoming two storey red brick building home to magnificent beverages, displays it machinery for patrons. As it was a Sunday there wasn’t any amber gold being

So Jen and I take to the road in my beautiful 964 once again. It was a cruel act of Ken and Harriet’s to make two vastly experienced oenologists ignore the Trentham turn off. Our destination had better be worthwhile. Points of Interest were stated on the run notes. The fascinating Coliban Reservoir showed it’s amazing flora bed ; I had never seen the run off area of a dam green with plants. I was enjoying the twists and turns of our route and mixing it up with putting Dietfried through his paces down the straighter stretches of asphalt. So much so I had to brake hard not to miss the Kyneton turn off. A few more kilometres and before my mouth could even exclaim what my eyes saw, the green ‘87 911 in front of us had skilfully avoided a collision with one very brave or very stupid kangaroo. I could think of worse ways to go than being hit by a Porsche though (too fanatical?).

Quite apt that only 20km further revealed a quaint hillside cemetery. Old Macedon House, a 55 room deluxe hotel built in 1889, greeted us on our entry to Lancefield. As we travelled along her old school bus route Jen told me about being evacuated from her childhood neighbourhood during the bushfires, being separated from her Dad and siblings overnight not knowing their whereabouts. No mobile phones back then.

She highlighted the inspiring regrowth of the landscape following the recent Romsey fires interspersing with stories of her school mate that tried to wag school but ended up getting lost in the scrub for a few hours.

The BMWs continued to cause disruption to fellow clubbers’ Sunday Run. Garry Saber magnificently manoeuvred his red Cayman to avoid T-boning a BMW’s last minute decision to do a right turn.

180km goes by very quickly when being driven by a plethora of Porsches. Jen and I arrive at the stately Hidden Valley Golf and Country Club greeted by a scene almost straight out of my favourite movie Caddyshack. I couldn’t neglect the photo opportunities. Following a few selfies we made our way into the elegant Hidden Valley Restaurant dedicated to PCV. The group eagerly swapped anecdotes of the day so far while partaking in pre-lunch whistle- whetters. Adelaide Hills Pinos Gris and Barossa Shiraz were a couple of notable inclusions of the very extensive wine list. We sat down to beautifully laid tables to enjoy a delicious 2 course lunch. Enthusiastic Club members’ tastebuds were tantalised with alternate Mains of battered Barrumundi fillets served with golden crispy chips or Chicken Breast wrapped in Pancetta with mozzarella cheese, roasted capsicum and spinach. Both sizeable and scrumptious. I dined on the latter and was in palate heaven. Little did I know this was to be the precursor to one sensational dessert.

The Run Raffle broke up the dining and provided some unexpected entertainment. As a new member I was informed I would be drawing the wine raffle. Unfortunately to their disappointment and mine I did not draw anyone from my table.

I did make some new friends though….Ray Baty (who brought his ’89 911 red Speedster) took home his wife and a bottle of 2009 Blue Pyrenees. Yannick Anderson who had been in the luxurious comfort of a ’90 Red 964 C4 all day took home a fine drop too. Garry Saber was rewarded for his earlier driving prowess. Tony

Stevenson’s name was “pulled from the hat” and our resident Photographer Neville Sampson an ’88 white 911 owner received incentive for his next PCV shoot. An impromptu faux photo shoot with each winner was a fraction narcissistic but good fun nevertheless.

With “Formalities” over dessert started appearing. I was torn. Sticky date pudding and Cheesecake are two of my all time favourites.

Seriously, I was worried I had made the ultimate sacrifice by offering to swap the Sticky date with Jen if I received it as she disliked cheesecake.

Well…..my selflessness paid off. I was treated to THE MOST AMAZING CHEESECAKE I have had in a very, very long time.

Porsche by Porsche, Run Participants departed the Country Club for ‘destination home’. It was obvious the day had been a wonderful success as clubbers weren’t in a hurry to leave. An easy drive south into Melbourne was a perfect end to a perfect day.

I thoroughly enjoyed the drive, the picturesque scenery, the quality hospitality and above all interacting with my fellow club members. Thanks to all involved that made my inaugural run such a special, memorable day. Lifetime Dream – CHECK!

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Story: Rowan Burnett, Brent Howard and Brett Stevens Photos: Brett Stevens and Mark Clair

Run to Hepburn Springs

Mt Macedon Blast

Boxster / Cayman Register

Turbo & Modern 911 Registers

Sunday 17th August

Sunday 13th July 2014

August 17th dawned bright and sunny... it really did! True it didn’t stay that way for long and the morning quickly developed a very overcast “I’m seriously thinking of raining” demeanour but the rain never actually came to fruition; well almost over the top of Mt Macedon... but I get ahead of myself.

This was our third register run for the year and as it was mid-winter also our coldest run. With that in mind we determined that the venue for lunch needed a fire, had to be not too far away, had good Porsche friendly roads and boasted excellent food. We managed to find such a place - Rubens @ Hepburn.

At this time of year no-one wants to get up on a Sunday at the crack of dawn, well I certainly didn’t, so we decided to replicate our start from last year where we all met at the agreed rendezvous (a little later than normal) and have our morning tea there. Then it was a single run through to lunch.

So, as it was popular the first time, we again met at Mona’s Cafe in the Avenue of Honour on the edge of Bacchus Marsh. We were treated to tea and coffee but also Mona’s homemade Cheese Cake and / or Rhubarb and Apple Pie - with lashing of cream if you wanted to. So at ten o’clock people began to arrive. We had 31 people booked for the run in 16 cars, eleven of which were Boxsters or Caymans. The rest were a representative smattering of 911, 944, 964 and Michael’s blue super bug. A nice turnout of cars for the day.

Suitably sated food wise, we headed out towards Bacchus Marsh for our run to lunch. For this trip we had arranged a little quiz. No free bottles of wine on this run, you wanted a bottle you had to earn it. There were 15 questions with the answers spread out over the entire route (mind you the first four were all within Bacchus Marsh... just to get people geared up!). What 62

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sort of questions you ask? Well an example might be... question 5. “What famous L.A. landmark is on a hill to your right?” Next time you’re on the Bacchus Marsh - Gisborne Road (locally known as “The Razorback”) you too might see that a farmer has erected, just like in L.A., nine letters spelling out HOLLYWOOD. Love to know the story behind that bit of local colour.

As alluded to earlier, as we skirted the summit of Mt. Macedon, the clouds had given up trying to rain and had simply come down to ground level covering everything in a soaking mist. Now I was being brave and had my roof down (love it with the seat heaters on and the heating going full blast) so was a bit worried that I’d have to give up and pull over. True the water was dripping from the overhanging trees but it never actually rained, so managed to keep going and let the slip stream keep us dry. By the time we reached Hepburn Springs the sun had broken through and I saw several other cars lower their roofs to enjoy the mid-winter sun.

I’m told everyone had a good time and enjoyed not only the quiz, but the magical scenery as we passed landmarks such as Hanging Rock and Mt

Macedon, not to mention the great roads that gave us all a chance to remember why we bought a Porsche. Lunch was also a success I was told, with an entree alternating soup / bruschetta, followed by mains of steak (eye fillet with garlic butter or pepper sauce) or Dijon chicken (grilled breast topped with white wine and Dijon mustard sauce with melted Camembert cheese and crispy bacon).

Of course the interest quickly turned to the quiz results. We had six bottles of local wine and as luck would have it we had six clear winners. Four cars managed a perfect score of 15/15 being Lois & Garry Saber, Alex Harmati with Annie Bushnell, Ken & Harriet Anson and Ann & Brent Howard. The last two bottles were snapped up

by Frank Deak with Gloria Tocigl and Paul Tanner with Lorraine Rutherford both scoring 14/15.

I would take this opportunity to thank my wife Sylvia for all her work on the run, but especially for her design and oversight of the quiz. Also a big thank you to Lindsay & Wayne St. Baker who checked the run and contributed to making sure no-one got lost. A final thank you to all those who attended and I look forward to seeing you on our next outing.

reassemble into 2 larger groups before heading out past the airport and onto some proper Porsche roads through Bulla, Clarkefield, Romsey and Woodend towards Mt Macedon. Several cars took a slight detour to Hanging Rock, dutifully playing “follow the leader” who was obviously not reading the directions and map!

The ever popular Early Morning Turbo Run yet again proved a big hit with many of the Club faithful. A great roll up of 35 members and guests turned out on a very chilly, but beautifully clear winter’s morning for our run to picturesque Mt Macedon. Partnering with the Modern 911 Register, we all met at Porsche Centre Melbourne to receive our briefing, maps and an update on the road conditions and the Top of the Range restaurant, our final destination for a late breakfast. Mark Clair launched his camera drone and took some excellent overhead photos of the cars lined up outside PCM.

café. Some hardier members braved the cold to walk to the “cross” monument for views of the distant city, then everyone headed back towards Melbourne for a well deserved Sunday afternoon nap.

Eventually we all made it to the top of Mt Macedon where we enjoyed coffee, cakes and some even a light lunch in the Top of the Range café, overlooking the western side of the Macedon Regional Park. Somewhat disappointingly there was no snow from the previous day’s Antarctic blast, just reports of a couple of patches of black ice around Woodend, and some frost along the final ascent to Mt Macedon car park.

After a wide-angle group photo, Mark again launched the drone for some high altitude photos of the group and the Top of the Range

Joining the Turbos and Modern 911’s was a trio of Caymans and a lone Cayenne due to an errant horn on Robin and Greg’s turbo – many of us would have removed the fuse, but they decided to bring one of their spare Porsches along instead.

Leaving in convoy from PCM, with Captain Slow Rowan ably leading the way, we headed along Victoria Street through the city and made our way out onto the Tullamarine Freeway, where we could give our cars a bit of leg stretching. The city traffic lights managed to break the convoy into 3 or 4 smaller groups, and we managed to ISSUE 3, 2014

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Run to Inverleigh Mid Week Runs 6th August 2014

‘Ganymede’, the ‘Greek deity responsible for sprinkling the earth with heaven’s rain, and ‘Boreas’, the North wind, took a holiday after several days of rain and high winds. We were treated to a pleasant day with dry roads, ideal Porsche and other marques motoring weather.

We gathered at Rockbank service station with eleven Porsche, three Aston Martins driven by Wayne St Baker, Roger Holding and friend Keith and one Toyota coupe, before departing for Ballan for morning tea at The Mill House Cafe.

Neil Drew gave out instructions for the run and I was informed that I would be the scribe!! Hadn’t banked on that, but since I was with Neil in his 991, in sport mode, it seemed like a small price to pay.

Morning tea at Ballan was excellent with home baked muffins and cake. Also at Ballan we were joined by Cameron Thompson in his Ferrari 308 as we headed off to the much-loved hat shop at Gordon.

The roads then took us through Buninyong, Mount Mercer, Shelford and onto lunch at the Red Door Cafe at Inverleigh. The roads were clear and dry, with some great corners, and someone said to me, “I’ve never seen Neil enjoy himself so much”.

I think everyone enjoyed this part of the drive immensely as it gave you the chance to drive your car beyond the confines of city traffic.

Red Door provided a healthy lunch with yours truly having the rare experience of a vegetarian panni without wine!! My god, I must be ill.

‘Dionysus’ will be turning in his grave.

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Life Members

1991 Allan Barbour 1997 Danny Loypur 1992 Wayne Camamile 1998 Matthew Stoupas 1993 Ian Begley 1999 John Woodward 1994 Richard Eldridge 2000 Greg Muller 1995 Mark Connolly 2001 Greg Muller 1996 Callum McClue 2002 Theo Mihelakos

1997 Stuart Jackson 2003 Greg Muller 1998 Matthew Stoupas 2004 Jon Trende 1999 Lyle Potgieter 2005 Lyle Potgieter 2000 David Lawson 2006 Don Tryhorn 2001 Jon Trende 2007 Stewart Lachlan Hall of Fame 2002 Benjamin Faggeter

2008 Stewart Lachlan 2003 Jeffery Bobik & Cameron Cox 2009 Matthew Stoupas Graham Stockley 2004 Hung Do 2010 Stewart Lachlan Bruce Harris 2005 Matthew Kirwan-Hamilton 2011 Peter Fitzgerald Michael Browning 2006 Simon Baxter 2012 Peter Fitzgerald Jim Richards 2007 David Trewern 2013 Bob Hawker Peter Fitzgerald 2008 Bob Hawker Matthew Stoupas Ladies Championship 2009

Aaron Ireland Rex Broadbent 2010 Nick Karnaros & John Swan Mark Chrzanowski 1984 Ann Tyson 2011 Simon Dunn 1985 Ann Tyson 2012 Stan Bougadakis & Melanie Treloar Presidents 1986 Ann Tyson 2013 Brett Helmers 1987 Ann Tyson 1975 Michael Stillwell

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Club Champions 1976 Michael Stillwell 1989 Brenda Moore 1977 Roger James 1976 Bruce Harris 1990 Jill Willis 1978 Ken Foo 1977 Bruce Harris 1991 Suzy Versluys 1979 Kerry Reynolds 1978 Kevin Jarman 1992

Ava Balodis 1980 John Benson 1979 Bruce Harris 1993 Ava Balodis 1981 John Benson 1980 Bruce Harris 1994 Delyce England 1982 Graeme Redman 1981 Graham Stockley 1995 Aranka Figge 1983 Graeme Redman Stephen White 1996 Aranka Figge 1984 John King 1982 Graham Stockley 1997 Aranka Figge 1985 John King 1983 Bruce Harris 1998 Aranka Young 1986 John King 1984 Ric Hallgren 1999 April Houghton 1987 John King 1985 Peter White 2000 April Houghton 1988 Michael Browning 2001 Jill Willis 1986 Dennis O'Keefe 1989 Graham Stockley Aranka Young 1987 Ed Aitken 2002 1990 Graham Stockley Aranka Young 1988 Ken Price 2003 1991 Graham Stockley 2004 Aranka Young 1989 Rex Broadbent 1992 Graham Stockley 2005

Aranka Young 1990 Danny Loypur 1993 John King 2006 Aranka Young 1991 Bruce Harris 1994 Adrian Evans 2007 Aranka Young 1992 Ojars Balodis 1995 Adrian Evans 1993 Ed Aitken 1996 Cris Camamile

Club Member of the Year 1994 Richard Eldridge 1997 Cris Camamile 1995 Matthew Harris 1998 Paul Stuart 1980 Ian Nadenbousch 1996 Paul Stuart 1999 Paul Stuart 1981 Max Errington Bruce Young 2000 Greg Cook 1997 1982 Graeme Andrews 1998 Michael Herrod 2001 Greg Cook 1983 Dianna Foo 1999 Sven Burchartz 2002 Noela Semmens 1984 Daryl Louey 2000 Theo Mihelakos 2003 Ian Knight 1985 Barbara Clearihan 2001 Theo Mihelakos 2004 Ian Knight 1986 Graham Stockley 2002 Theo Mihelakos & Ian Jenkins 2005 Michael Chapman 1987 (No award) 2003 Sven Burchartz & Mark Chrzanowski 2006 Michael Chapman 1988 (No award) 2004 Matthew Stoupas 2007 Jeff Thomas 1989 Egidia Woodhouse 2005 Mark Chrzanowski 2008 Jeff Thomas 1990 Paul Mauger 2006 Simon Baxter & Mark Chrzanowski 2009 Ian Jenkins 1991 Bev Madin 2007 Mark Chrzanowski & Matthew Stoupas 2010 Ian Jenkins 1992 Elspeth Froude 2008 Matthew Stoupas 2011 Keith Ryding 1993 Raymond Poon 2009 Matthew Stoupas & Andrew Barlow 2012 Will Darvall 1994 Alex Robertson 2010 Bob Hawker 2013 Peter Harrison 1995 Beth Harris 2011 Aaron Ireland 2014 Peter Harrison 1996 Selwyn Hall & Ray Poon 2012 Aaron Ireland

1997 George Cairns 2013 Rick Moscati 1998 Danny Jonas

Tony Jones Memorial Award 1999 Tim Wadsworth 2000 Jeff Thomas

Outright Award, Inc Don Tryhorn 1979 Russell Sturzaker 2001 (No award)

Memorial Award from 2008 1980 Russell Sturzaker 2002 Duane Rodgers 1981 Graham Stockley 1984 Bruce Harris 2003 Marnie Gorman 1982 Paul Mauger 1985 Don Tryhorn

2004 James Caldow 1983 Dennis O’Keefe 1986 Graham Stockley 2005 Annie Mould & Alf Carrigan 1984 Ric Hallgren 1987 Graham Stockley 2006 Janet Conheady & William Darvall 1988 Graham Stockley 2007 John Baker

Tony Jones Memorial Award 1989 Graham Stockley 2008 Peter Witt

(Rookie of the Year) 1990 Rex Broadbent 2009 Felix Rieniets 1991 Graham Stockley 1985 Dennis Bath 2010 Peter Cromie & Clair Cromie Paul Sadler 1986 Ed Aitken 1992 2011 Robin Humphries 1993 Danny Loypur 1987 Don Watson 2012 Grant Stephenson 1994 Peter White 2013 1988 Cliff Geis Michael Bailey 1995 Graeme Hitchell 1989 Matthew Harris 1996 Danny Loypur 1990 David Casey Alan Hamilton John King Noela Semmens Adrian Evans Greg Cook Barbara Darvall William Darvall Michael Chapman

New Members

We welcome the following members who have joined the P.C.V. since our last issue.

It was a great day with ‘Ganymede’ then deciding it was time to go back to work as we all departed back home. Many thanks to Neil Drew for organising the event - a great day!

Name Vehicle

Greg Bardsley 2010 997 GT3 Black Russell & Anne Barnes 1999 996 Cabriolet Silver Peter Becker 1983 911 SC Coupe White Paul & Kathy Bennett 2010 Cayman Meteor Grey Rohan Brock 1981 911S C White Tim Brown 2000 Boxster Silver, 2006 997 Carrera Black John Burns & Tania Farrell 1989 911 Targa White Shaun Carroll 2009 997 Grey Robert & Louise Christie 2014 991& 2013 Cayenne Grey Jeff Devers 1996 996 C2 Cab Red Joseph Ensabella 2007 997 GT3 Black & 2014 Panamera GTS Ken, Allison & Natalie Eve 1987 911 3.2 Carrera Cab White Brian Finn 2006 997 GT3 Cup White John Gdanski 1985 911 Targa White Ian Geekie & Sy Yalan 1974 911 S White Bill Hartmann 2006 996 Carrera Yellow Peter & Ros Hurle 2005 997 Carrera S Black Geoff & Maryann Janssen 1980 911 SC White Betty & Arthur Kabissios 1987 911 Carrera Cabr White

Christos & Dean Katsivelis Andrew & Nadia Lockwood Michael Lyons Bob & Gail Morgan Cony Nicolau Natalie & Mark Nicolau Toby, Amanda, Jasmine & Sophie Primrose Andrew Richmond Grant Rule Peter Savage Joe Scarfo & Anne Neamontis Guy Simpson & Grainne Kearns Michael Smallwood Adam Stanley Michael Tyrrell Martin & Sandi Vella Bonavita Mark Whyman Nick Yannopoulos Nick & Tracie Yates John Zourkas

1979 911 S Yellow 1974 911 Yellow 2002 996 Carrera Dark Blue 2009 Cayenne S Grey & 2000 Boxster S Silver 2003 Cayenne Turbo Silver 2005 Cayenne S Silver 1971 911 S & 1969 911E Light Ivory 2014 Macan Turbo Grey 2005 Cayman S Yellow 2011 997 S Turbo Black 2007 997 Turbo Black 2014 Macan S White 1984 994 Guards Red 2006 997 C4S Silver 1989 944 Linen & 1991 Turbo 1989 944 Cab Black 2000 996 GT3 White 2014 997 S Black 2002 Boxster Black 2006 997 Turbo Silver

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