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contents 1.

Club Calendar

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Sandown Sprints

Horizontally Opposed

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Summer Run

P re s i d e n t ’s M e s s a g e

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Sandown 6 Hour

Club Committee 2011/12

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S a n d o w n D r i v e r Tr a i n i n g

Social Corner

50.

A W e l l - K e p t S e c re t

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

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Confessions of a Porsche Heart

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Summer Escapade to East G i p p sPlus land

Club Night

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Porsche news

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Phillip Island Classic

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I n t o t h e Ty re B a r r i e r a t 2 0 0 k ’s

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W h a t ’s I n Yo u r G a r a g e ?

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Boxster Shootout 58. Luncheon at “Zonzo Cucina” Porsche Regularity Footsteps in the Ash 59. Te c h n i c a l N i g h t 60.

Roll of Honour

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New Members

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horizontally opposed The competiton year kicked off with a blistering three track events in five weeks. Starting with Phillip Island Sprints (our favourite track) (p26) followed by the Sandown Six Hour Regularity (p44) and finally a return to Sandown for some more sprints (p36). On page 14 I take a trip down to Phillip Island again, this time to photograph the Phillip Island Classic. A great weekend of vintage racing well patronised by Porsche owners. Thanks to Michael Browning once again for his report on this great event. For this instalment of “What’s in Your Garage” Will and I head to Port Melbourne to visit the Kees Van Ek collection. What some people have tucked away will amaze you!

In “Make Mine Rare” (p30) we feature Bob Hawker’s “Purple Pig.” A little dirty after just finishing the Sandown 6 hour she is one of Stuttgart’s finest rare beasts. The social arm of the club got off to a fiery start with the first event of the year being held at the Melbourne Fire Museum (p10). A great night was had by all, especially for the kids.

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Rex Broadbent’s 911S Editor in Chief: Ron Widdison under the microscope Social Editor: Felix Rieniets

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

On page 40 Clair Cromie reports on the Summer run to the Mornington Peninsula with thanks to Felix for the photographs including our featured cover photo.

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This year is shaping up to be another exciting one in the club. So check out the calendar below and the website pcv.com.au for updates.

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calendar for 2012

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

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AGM & Club Night

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October

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November

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SOCIAL - Mid Year Dinner

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REGISTERS - 996/7 & Turbo Run

COMP - President’s Day

REGISTERS - 993 Run

REGISTERS - Mid 911 Lunch

REGISTERS - Torque Tube Run

December 1

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SOCIAL - The Last Run (TBC)

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Will Darvell President Peter Harrison president@pcv.com.au President

Peter Harrison Vice President vp@pcv.com.au

Welcome to the first edition of the World’s Best Porsche club magazine for 2012. You will find the usual engrossing collection of stories about people, cars, competition events, social and registers events, and other highlights, such as the trip to Capetown by Peter Harrison, my wife Barbara and me, for the spectacular launch of the new 991 series 911. PCV continues to be one of the biggest, certainly the friendliest, and most successful Porsche Clubs in the world. The Club was honoured when Barb and I were invited to sit at Dr. Wolfgang Porsche’s table for dinner on the last night in Capetown. Other Club representatives were from the PC of America, which has 105,000 members; from the PC of Great Britain, which has 14,000 members; and from the 356 Registry of America, which has 8,600 members! So PCV’s membership of 1200 must rank amongst the largest Clubs. It is interesting to note that the 356 Registry started in 1974, separate from the PC of America, which had been founded in 1955, during the early years of the 356 and 10 years before the 911. So, almost 10 years after the last of the 356’s was produced and the PCA was becoming increasingly 911-ized, the Registry recognised that a different club, with a different emphasis and demographic, was required to nurture the 356’s. Similarly, in 1986, the Australian Porsche 356 Register was formed, to nurture the dwindling numbers of 356’s in the PCV, which now had increasing numbers of 911’s, 924’s, 944’s and 928’s. In about 2003, the Australian 901 Register formed, for similar reasons, to protect the ’65’73 steel bumper, or small bumper cars, which by then were at least 30 years old. Considering that the 356’s in Australia are now between 47 SOCIAL SUB-COMMITTEE Social Director Deputy Social Director Julia Anderson Leon Christodulaki Janet Conheady Will Darvall Neil Drew Trevor Leavesley Adrian Nelson Carly Pasco Wayne St Baker

2012 is the 60th Anniversary of the formation of the first Porsche Club in 1952. By June 2011 there were 286 Official Porsche Clubs worldwide, with 640 chapters or branches, in 75 countries, with 180,000 members! Some Australian Clubs were amongst the earliest, with PCNSW, number 30, formed in 1963; PCQ, 47, 1974; PCV, 52, 1975; PCCanberra, 53, 1975; PCWA, 86, 1983; AP 356 Reg, 109, 1986; PCSA, 198, 2002; PCTas, 201, 2002. There will be an exhibition and festivities at the Porsche Museum from 26 May-26 August, with submissions invited from each Porsche Club, to describe and display the history of that Club. Further details are available from the Porsche Club News on our website. Because of distance, there will be modest submissions from the Oz Clubs, mainly descriptive. Enough of all the mind-numbing numbers! By the time you read this our packed PCV program for 2012 will be well under way. Enjoy what you can and keep up to date with events through the website and Carly’s informative weekly Members Update.

Michael O’Brien Treasurer & Social Director treasurer@pcv.com.au social@pcv.com.au

NevilleSampson Secretary secretary@pcv.com.au

Andrew Bonwick Competition Director competition@pcv.com.au

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

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

Felix Rieniets Deputy Social Director deputysocial@pcv.com.au

Will Darvall, President REGISTER CAPTAINS Register Director

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911 Turbos

David Mallinson: 911turbo@pcv.com.au

GT3, RS & RSR

Aaron Silluzio: gt3rs@pcv.com.au

Andrew Bonwick: competition@pcv.com.au

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Tony & Angelo Monteleone torquetube@pcv.com.au (924, 928, 944, 968)

Michael O’Brien: social@pcv.com.au Felix Rieniets: deputysocial@pcv.com.au

COMPETITION SUB-COMMITTEE Competition Director Juris Briedis Will Darvall Peter Harrison Robin Humphries Aaron Ireland Stewart Lachlan Rick Moscati Michael O’Brien Grant Stephenson Matt Stoupas Barry Swan Peter Witt

and 60 years old and the early 911’s are between 39 and 47 years old, the presence of different clubs makes perfect sense. Happy co-existence of these clubs for mutual benefit and enjoyment of cars and people is important. After all, we all love Porsches and we are Porsche Clubs! The PCV recently decide to waive the joining fee for the Register members who would like to join, to encourage cross membership. PCV would love to see the older cars adorning its events!

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I hope you enjoy my first Social Corner for 2012. Our year is already off to a fabulously successful and family friendly start with our opening Club BBQ at the Melbourne Fire Museum, and many other events already completed. Please be aware of the balance of our Social agenda for 2012, and diarise now so you do not miss your favourite event. Ensure you check our events web page for future events and dates. This year’s format continues to improve and is even larger than last year comprising five club nights – including the AGM, five major Social Runs, a “mini-tour” to Warrnambool and The Grampians, our Show and Shine in conjunction with Motor Classica at the Exhibition Buildings, the Go-Kart Challenge, a Family Day, and of course our Annual Dinner Dance. This year we are also having a mid-year “Retro-style” Dinner Dance. This will be a less formal party night to be held at Bobby McGee’s - Rydges Melbourne on the 7th July. Make sure you don’t miss this event; we have some extra special entertainment to ensure a fabulous night! Planning for 2012 is well underway, however any input you would like to have especially in relation to the Annual Dinner will be most welcome. Please email Michael or Felix with ideas. Social Committee: If you are unaware of just who is on the Social Committee, our members are: Adrian Nelson, Carly Pasco, Felix Rieniets, Janet Conheady, Julia Anderson, Leon Christodulaki, Neil Drew, Trevor Leavesley, Will Darvall and yours truly. A great cross section of membership indeed! Without doubt the continued success of our Social agenda depends upon the injection of new people with new ideas and enthusiasm. If you believe you would like to contribute on a busy working committee, I would be pleased to welcome you aboard. Club Participant of the Year: This year the Social Competition has evolved to become the Club Participant of the Year Award. Whenever you may have the opportunity to support our Club Sponsors, please do so and you will be rewarded with excellent service and great value for money. Nillumbik Cellars provide the wines we enjoy at our Club Nights, Porsche Cars Australia provide our Club’s Venue, and Traction Tyres provide members with road and track tyres, and suspension services all with a discount of up to 5%. First Prize – sponsored by Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre: Yokohama tyres of the winner’s choice (subject to availability), from Traction Tyre & Suspension Centre, including fitting and balancing, to the value of $2,000 (prize to be claimed by 1 March 2014). Second Prize – again sponsored by Porsche Cars Australia (PCA): Items of the winner’s choice from the PCA Selection Department to the value of $400.

Third Prize – sponsored by Nillumbik Cellars: Wine of the winner’s choice from Nillumbik Cellars to the value of $200. This new prize will be available to all PCV members and is to encourage members’ participation in all PCV events. Members will be awarded points for participating in a wide cross section of club events including, Social, Competition, Marshalling & Volunteering, Registers, and of course the Annual Dinner Dance. Please refer to our web site for the full rules. Club Nights: Our year began with a “Family Friendly Theme” at our opening Club Night and Barbeque at Melbourne Fire Museum. Now well established our normal fair includes a superb BBQ, wines including sparkling, beer and soft drinks. We cater for the responsible serving of alcohol by supplying light beer and limited wine together with plenty of soft drinks. This event was attended by over 130 members and guests, many of whom also enjoyed the opportunity of the guided tours of the museum provided by very enthusiastic MFB Staff. The weather could not have been better, a warm clear and dry February evening providing the perfect conditions for our outside BBQ. Our Runs: This year’s Summer Run was held on 12th February 2012, and organised by Trevor Leavesley and Graeme Anderson. Numbers were down with 42 attendees, but all those that attended from the Social Committee commented that this was a great event. The drive was great, the Mt Martha CFA excellent and the Flinders Golf Club did well with lunch. Only two of the PCV group took up the afternoon golf option, but it was still a good idea and something we should work on to offer members more. Mini Warrnambool Tour: We’re away! 15 cars and 30 people have embarked on our mini tour for 2012 The run includes four nights in Warrnambool, at the Lady Bay Resort, with plenty of time for shopping and walking as well as organised drives to the Grampians and along the Great Ocean Road. By the time you are reading this edition of Porsche Parade, we will be taking early bookings for another premier tour in 2013. The Murray Valley Tour is being organised by Alf Carrigan, and will be run in early April, but due to various accommodation restrictions this run will be limited to 25 cars. Make sure you get your name in early.

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Mid Year Dinner: Saturday 7th July 2012. This year we are holding for the first time a “Mid Year Dinner” which is being organised by Felix Rieniets and Janet Conheady. It will be held at Rydges, Melbourne, in their Bobby McGee’s venue. The live entertainment will be a surprise, and the night will have a “retro” theme. Annual Dinner Dance: Saturday 1st December 2012. Our Annual Dinner attendance of 223 was well down on our previous year at 286, but nonetheless an excellent evening was enjoyed by all. This year we will be holding our night of nights at the RACV Club in Bourke Street Melbourne. Please make a note of this date now. By popular demand the entertainment for the evening will be provided by our favourites Cheek to Cheek. Watch this space for details of a revamped “after party”! As Social Director I am keen to enlist your advice, suggestions and ideas as to the direction that Social Committee may take. Please phone me on 0411 831303 or email me at social@pcv.com. au or Felix at deputysocial@pcv.com.au with your feedback and suggestions. I look forward to meeting and greeting you at a forthcoming social event in the near future.

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Welcome to the start of the 2012 season. Our first meeting was the very popular Phillip Island Sprint, held on 5 February. It included a 9 car contingent from South Australia. The morning started well, clear and hot. A noticeable lack of adhesion was either due to dust on the track or to the very high track temperatures. In addition, the very high northerly winds created unstable conditions for a number of cars, and most drivers were reporting times significantly off their best. A hot Phillip Island track is very tough on tyres, and the performance improvement we saw with last year’s new crop of tyres was not reflected in the times as drivers were either conservative with their tyre selection or limited in the lap count they could get from their rubber. The day was remarkable for the number of times we needed the flat top that had brought Colin Anderson’s car. There were 4 occasions on the day where we could not have recovered an off the track vehicle with just a trailer. This included two damaged cars at the hayshed, where the wind was particularly unsettling high speed cars as they turned into the start of the hayshed corner with a strong wind moving the car across the corner and (perhaps unexpectedly) tightening the line. These, plus a broken front suspension on a 944 at the start of the main straight and a front wheel flat tyre at Lukey called out the flat top, causing major delays. We were very grateful that Colin generously offered the use of the truck, and no doubt it added some interest to the day for the driver, but the logistics of finding the driver, getting the truck onto the circuit and then doing the recovery just took slabs of time from the day. Very disappointing. A really notable feature of the day was the torrential rain that came down after about 2.30 or 3pm. The rain convinced a significant proportion of the drivers to call it quits, except of course for a fair number of the entrée drivers, many of whom were experiencing the thrill of Phillip Island for the first time. The run of the day goes to the two South Australian drivers. After the last entree group, they were the only two cars on pit lane, and they went out in pouring rain and deepening gloom. Two cars, on their own, processing around the circuit, having a ball. Normally we would have closed up shop and brought the marshals in, but these guys had come 1000 km for their day, and we were glad

to let them enjoy it. It was interesting watching from the control tower, seeing the two cars, lights on, in and out of rain squalls. It reminded me of watching several Monte Carlo 24 hours in the rain at night, with the classic Porsche shape emerging from behind the headlights out of turn 12 over the hill and down the main straight. Those of who drove, spectated or assisted with the PCV Regularity held 12 months ago at Sandown will remember a similar, rain drenched cold day. Melbourne, as usual, turned on the complete opposite for this year’s event, again held in the last weekend of February. The two days Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th were 37 deg C and 34 deg C respectively. The flaggies, provided by the Victorian Flag Marshalling Team, were in sweltering conditions, with one being brought into the medical centre with heat prostration. I am sure many of the drivers regretted removing the air conditioning in some of the cars, tho, thinking about our drivers and the ineffectiveness of the Porsche aircon (especially in the SC), maybe not. The practice day on the Saturday was so hot that it was actually curtailed an hour early. We had 23 teams, including representation from Holden (including a pristine 6 cylinder Red XU1 Torana that sounded just great), Ford, Triumph, Alfa and Jaguar. The Sunday 6 hour session was notable for a complete absence of offs and only one mechanical issue - an Alfa having its oil filter loosen in a spectacular ball of smoke at the start finish line within the first 3 or 5 laps. The general consensus was that a safety car and oil clean up within the first 10 minutes was not a good start, but that was the sum total of unplanned interruptions to the whole day. The day was won by Gary Higgon (Porsche GT3 Mk2), Tony Carolan (Porsche GT3 Mk2), Josh Fitt (Nissan R34 GTR) and Bryan Fitt (Porsche 993) with 56.57% win factor, from a Triumph team 56.51% and a group of Commodores at 54.02%. The results had been very close all day and the Porsche Team just kept their noses in front to the end. The club would like to thank Jeff Thomas and Michael Chapman for their sterling efforts bringing the event to fruition, and note the very complementary feedback we received on the way the day head been run from the external flag marshals and the competitors. We all look forward to next year.

The Calendar has a good number of events in the next few months. In response to the competitors survey feedback from last year, we have included a weekday practice and driver training event on 9 March. Run in conjunction with John Bowe it builds on the event we ran at Phillip Island last August, with the class room material being delivered at PCM on the Thursday evening. This minimises the time not on the track on the day, and was well received. The Monday of the labour day weekend immediately follows with our first competition sprint event at Sandown in a couple of years. The Calder sprint – dry weather has been guaranteed – follows on 1 April and then a hill climb at Haunted Hills. Broadford has been confirmed for October, after about 3 moves of the date, hopefully it is firm now. We will try a few different catering options during the year, although we are a little constrained by less revenue due to the slight drop in attendances observed since mid 2011. The options will hopefully be both cheap and cheerful. The Sandown sprint will use a gourmet sausage vendor and I hope to be able to sneak the Argentinian BBQ and the mobile wood fired pizza into an event. They were promised for President’s Day, but then we couldn’t get permission from Sandown to move away from their contracted caterers. We continue to have good enrolment in Entrée events, an initiative which has been running for several years. Members bring a wide variety of cars, and the aim is to enjoy a day at a racetrack environment within the safety confines of the way we run events. Some members come for one or two meetings, some regularly turn up to particular tracks, and some have moved from Entrée to the competition classes. New entrants are always welcome, although numbers are limited to enable us to match the coaches with the entrée driver effectively and keep a track session devoted to entrée drivers. Give it a go! Enjoy your events. Andrew Bonwick, Competition Director

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Club Night

Melbourne Fire Museum story: Felix Rieniets photos: Felix Rieniets & Adrian Nelson PCV was treated to the full service and hospitality of the Fire Museum staff in President Mike McCumisky , John, the other John and one not named John but Grahame, who greeted the arriving PCV members dressed in traditional fire uniforms complete with brass helmets. The wearing of such clothing is to be commended on a warm February evening and shows the dedication of the museum staff and they certainly left us greater educated in Melbourne’s fire fighting history.

The control room The first Club Night for 2012 gave members a chance to catch up and discuss whether Santa rewarded good little boys and girls with presents wrapped in splendid paper & bows or whether Christmas morning was met with stockings filled with coal, it also gave our members the opportunity to share their activities over the holiday period after a couple of PCV free months.

Being a family oriented event it was great to see the young PCV members of the future running around the museum temporarily fulfilling dreams of being fire fighters as the kids were given full access to climb aboard the immaculately restored fire engines or don some of the hats and coats.

Like any organisation ran by passionate enthusiasts, the Melbourne Fire Museum is an outstanding testimony and homage showing how a critical service was operated over bygone eras. The technology may have changed but not the mission nor the urgency to respond.

Most kids dream To ensure that our members didn’t endure a dry throat, the makeshift bar was manned diligently by Michael O’Brien and Janet Conheady, who gave her partner and barman extraordinaire Don a run for his money due to him sadly falling ill on the evening. The new dynamic bar duo also gave our other historic BBQ barman Adrian Nelson an opportunity to roam free with the camera and give yours truly some right competition in shared photo responsibilities as my priorities were on my first delivery as the evening’s Social Committee MC announcing forthcoming PCV social events for 2012.

Caroline with Presidents Will & Mike With hungry appetites satisfied and parched mouths soothed, the formalities began as President of the World & PCV Will Darvall welcomed all members, introduced new members and shared his recent findings of Porsche Clubs around the globe. For those who missed this very interesting information you’ll get the chance to hear it later in the year as Will shares his 991 launch experience.

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Andrew Bonwick’s review of PCV activities on the track in what seemed to be a revised format, showed what a full and exciting calendar was ahead for those wanting to legally get the speedo into some magic numbers. Just in case there is a weekend free in your social calendar Wayne StBaker’s presentation of very committed and organised club register activities showed that it if you love Porsches you can certainly make the most of your free time amongst like-minded people.

For our opening Club Night, PCV were welcomed by the Melbourne Fire Museum as hosts for our annual BBQ evening in the once named Fitzroy City Fire Station. The station was established in 1889 and chosen due to its hilltop location that aided in the spotting of fires and the speedy attendance of the horse drawn fire units by having a downhill approach to the surrounding area. You couldn’t help but be hit with a feeling of nostalgia as you entered the engine room filled with a collection of meticulously restored fire engines where originally it housed literal horsepower. The area to the rear of the engine room and below the control room is the old stables. In the event of a fire the horses would be lined up in the engine room and riding gear lowered from a beam above and fitted to the row of horses.

Dennis Patent Turbine Fire Engine

Roger admires the CFA tribute. Our final and excellent presentation of information was from Mike McCumisky of the Fire Museum who gave us a brief but concise overview of the museum’s history explaining it’s origins and sharing with us of how a committed team saved the site from urban development and had it heritage listed and in the hands of the dedicated committee. After Mike’s presentation the PCV members were free to roam the museum and enjoy the wealth of information shared by the museum staff as we had access to all of the historic rooms tastily filled with irreplaceable memorabilia, the stand out room would probably be the control room that is still filled with the original clockwork machinery that took the alerts for help until the station was relocated. If you missed this event I’m sure many of the PCV members would agree with me in urging you to check out this fabulous museum, if seeing fire engines being restored is more your thing this can also be achieved by visiting the Newport workshop. PCV is off to a flying 2012.

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Sporty SUV on sale in Australiain 2014

Porsche news

Name for new Porsche SUV is Macan Porsche’s new sports car in the SUV segment has been given the name Macan. The name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics – core characteristics of the new off-road car. “The Macan combines all sports car characteristics with the benefits of a SUV and is a genuine Porsche”, said Bernhard Maier, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG. “The name of a new Porsche has to fit with the brand, sound good in very many languages and dialects and evoke positive associations.” As the fifth Porsche model line, the Macan is a central plank of Strategy 2018, by which the sports car manufacturer wishes to expand its model portfolio. Porsche intends the Macan to emulate the success of the Cayenne.

The new SUV will start coming off the production lines in Leipzig in 2013 with sales in Australia to commence in 2014. To that end, the site in this city in Saxony is being expanded into a fully-fledged production plant including body assembly line and paint shop – with 500 million euro of investment one of the biggest building projects in Porsche’s corporate history. In the medium-term, the sports car manufacturer will

be creating more than 1,000 new jobs there. Car names at Porsche have a concrete connection with the corresponding model and its characteristics: the name Boxster describes the combination of boxer engine and roadster, Cayenne stands for sharpness, the Cayman is snappy and agile and a Panamera is more than a Gran Tourismo, capable also of winning the Carrera Panamericana long-distance race.

Singer Vehicle Design To Unveil ‘Optimized’ 964-Era Porsche 911 Among Porschephiles, there’s a lot of excitement over the arrival of the all-new 991— the 2012 Porsche 911. But a few affluent customers who could easily put one of those new 911 models in their garage might instead be opting for something even more special: a Porsche 911, reconceived by Singer Vehicle Design. Rob Dickinson started Singer in 2009, as a company focused around restoring and optimizing classic sports cars; and the one classic sports car that Singer chose to focus on, at least at first, is what Dickinson calls “a labor of love”—the air-cooled Porsche 911. The company presented the first vehicle to its owner last September, and since then it’s built three more—with its fourth vehicle set to make its debut coinciding with the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. According to Dickinson, the company’s founder and creative director—and also an accomplished designer—seeing the early 1970s racing-influenced models as a child left “an indelible impression,” and it’s a shape he wanted to revisit. Dickinson says that what Singer provides is a modernized interpretation that “attests to the powerful statement and presence the original cars had.” With these cars, he wanted to leave that be, and in a light-handed way bring the personality out even further. They’re restored, and then optimized, with restraint. To clarify, these are restorations, and then some. To start, all Porsche 911 models restored by Singer start with a donor car that keeps its original odo reading and original VIN and model year. Just as in a classic-car restoration, all parts are stripped off, down 14

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to the body shell, but here’s where Singer’s approach is a bit different—as well as different compared to resto-mod shops. The chassis gets additional welding, and there’s additional front and rear strut bracing and gusseting. Windshield wipers are moved to the central position, as in the 993, and new carbon-fiber bodywork is attached to the fenders, hood, bumper, roof, and rear deck. Doors remain metal to meet up with the structure and provide side-impact protection, and a fuel safety cell replaces the gas tank. And in a feature borrowed from the 1972 production car and other racing Porsches, there’s an external oil filler. Suspension upgrades include Bilstein adjustable dampers and a completely retuned suspension with new aluminum rear trailing arms, plus new bushings, connectors, and sway bars. And it uses the complete Brembo braking system from the 1993 models, with additional cooling. The 17-inch wheel design is in the style of the 1960s-era Fuchs wheels. The side mirrors are a newly developed power-remote design building

on the ‘racing’ mirrors of the 1960s, and headlights have been upgraded with modern units but an original look. The Singer look thus far “harks back and evokes the road-racing period of the early 1970s,” commented Dickinson, but he admits that those first cars and their bright colors and racing influences are definitely one niche. This next car about to be shown—the fourth made from the company—will apply some of the same aesthetics and technical improvements to a more modern 1990-1994-era Porsche 964. “It’s based on the (1990-94) 964, and this will be very much a gentleman’s car for the road,” said Dickinson. After all, expectations can vary widely regarding how such a car would get driven and used. Dickinson puts Singer’s prospective customers into three groups: those who have everything; those purely Porsche obsessed; and the “aspirational Porsche fanatic who’s willing to sell the family jewels.”

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The new Porsche Boxster generation Lighter, more muscular, more distinctive and more fuel efficient Never before in the history of the Porsche Boxster has a generational change been so comprehensive. The open-top two-seater has a completely new lightweight body and a completely revamped chassis. The reduced weight combined with longer wheelbase, wider track, larger wheels and new electro-mechanical power steering take the mid-engined roadster’s classleading dynamics to an even higher level. The new Boxster also boasts superior performance and up to 15 per cent greater fuel efficiency with less than eight litres of fuel per 100 kilometres. Also stunning is the way the new Boxster looks: new body design with shorter overhangs, a more forward windscreen, distinctive silhouette and expressive edges. Occupants are enclosed by the completely redesigned, fully electric roof which now dispenses with a convertible top compartment lid. The interior offers more space and reflects the new Porsche design language with raked centre console originating from the Carrera GT. The new sports car generation makes its debut in the classic Porsche pairing of Boxster and Boxster S. Both models are powered by flat-six engines with direct petrol injection, the efficiency of which is further enhanced by electrical system recuperation, thermal management and start/stop function. The base model’s new engine delivers 195 kW from a 2.7 litre displacement – up seven kilowatts over its predecessor despite a reduction in capacity.The 3.4 litre Boxster S now delivers 232 kW – up four kilowatts. Both models feature a manual six-speed gearbox as standard with the seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) available as an option. Both sports cars

achieve their best fuel consumption and acceleration performance with the PDK. The Porsche Boxster’s fuel consumption with PDK is 7.7 L/100 kms and 8.0 L/100 kms for the Boxster S. With gear changes without interruption to the power flow, the Boxster sprints from zero to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds, the Boxster S in 5.0 seconds. To enhance driving dynamics even further, Porsche offers the Sport Chrono Package as an

optional extra, featuring dynamic transmission mounts for the first time. Also new on the roadster is Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with mechanical rear axle differential lock. The new Boxster generation goes on sale in Europe in mid April, with sales in Australia beginning a few months later. Local pricing will be announced close to then.

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Phillip Island

CLASSIC Story: Michael Browning Photos: Ron Widdison & John Lemm

Michael Browning (white Carrera 3.0) squeezes past Rohan Little under brakes

John Bowe shows who’s boss as he battles with a Mustang in Mark Johnson’s 911ST 16

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Bryan Curnick ran his 2.0-litre 911E in the Sa & Sb races.

Alex Webster gave the V8s a hard time in Sa & Sb in his rapid 2.0-litre 911S.

Less than 30 metres into the opening Group Sc production sports car race at this year’s Phillip Island Classic, the concept of driving to the circuit, racing and driving home with a smile and a trophy looked decidedly shaky.

Darwin’s Cam Arnott in his 911ST he ran in Group N events..

Overcome by an inappropriate surge of talent, Ross Jackson from third place on the grid tried to pour more than 600HP of 5.7 litre Ford V8 mumbo through puny 225/5015 rear tyres similar to those worn by my 210HP 1977 Carrera 3.0, starting two rows behind.

Robert Russell from NSW in his beautiful 1973 Carrera RS 2.7.

CV’s Tony Rogers in his ‘72 2.4E he ran in regularity events. AUTUMN 2012

Michael O’Brien’s SC in the VIP tent

Withers had his Porsche punched and patched back to shape

Geoff Morgan takes pole postionin his Birch Green Carrera

Spencer Harrison was one of the 911 front runners all weekend in his Carrera 3.0.

Past PCV President Jeff Thomas attends to the brakes on his 260Z

As the rubber smoked and melted, Ross selected second gear, the limited slip diff hooked in and the Pantera fishtailed sharp left across my bows, struck the front mudguard of the faster-starting Carrera 2.7 of PCNSW race regular David Withers and headed back for me to complete a perfect Porsche cushion shot.

By that stage I had retreated on the progressive grid to eighth place, having been shunted back by the potent 5.7-litre Corvette Sting Ray of Melbourne’s Paul Sabine and the PCV’s Spencer Harrison, whose similar and well-driven Carrera 3.0 is surely a lot wider than mine (or so it seems).

as it spun sideways on its own oil entering the main straight, sending the 911 into the gravel trap and into its aerobatic display.

I have no idea how I dodged him, but the first thing that crossed my mind afterwards was ‘anywhere I finish after this a bonus!’ Lucky for me, but despite the prophetic 9-11 March meeting date, it turned out to be a bad weekend for a number of other Porsches.

Luckily I got the jump on them both at the start, only to see a horror movie play out on my rear vision mirror as I headed past the pits on the first lap. A red car was cartwheeling through the gravel trap behind me and other cars were going in all directions. By the time the red flag appeared and we all stopped just short of the debris on the next lap, three other PCNSW competitors were out – the most seriously being Targa and Group Sc regular Bryan Taylor, who had been clipped by Sabine’s Sting Ray

Although his Australian-delivered Carrera 2.7 was destroyed and he was air-lifted to hospital, his personal damage was limited to a badly bruised little toe.

While Withers had his Porsche punched and patched back to shape for the following race 2 on Saturday, Sunday’s third of four six-lappers started very badly. Or to be correct, it effectively didn’t start at all.

The Carrera 3.0 of Sydney’s Nick Taylor with the ill-fated Carrera 2.7 of his father Bryan in the background. 18 PORSCHE PARADE

Alex Webster’s 911S (above and right) and Spencer Harrison’s Carrera 3.0 were both prominent runners over the weekend.

It was then I realised that, but for my good start, I would have been just where Bryan was on that first lap. Two ‘out of gaol’ cards!

Race-prepared Porsches are tough! They were also plentiful at Phillip Island over that 9-11 weekend, with 29 911s amongst the record 550-plus entrants.

PCV display on the walk of fame

The Carrera 2.7 of the PCNSW’s David Withers.

The largest Porsche group was in the Group Sc Production Sports Car races for vehicles built up to the end of 1977, which accounting for 14 of the huge 48-car entry and other than myself included PCV members Spencer Harrison (Carrera 3.0) and Rohan Little (Carrera 2.7).

I took fifth, 0.28 seconds behind. But I did get the satisfaction of second-fastest Porsche lap time in Sc at 1min.54.1sec behind Geoff Morgan’s qualifying 1min.49.07sec – nothing that 60-odd horsepower, about 50kg less weight and a lot more talent couldn’t fix!

Sven Burchartz in his new race-prepared ex-Rex Broadbent Carrera 2.7 was scheduled to take the fight up to Sydney’s Geoff Morgan in his similar Carrera 2.7, but it seems some vital engine bits didn’t arrive in time. Other PCV members competing included former President Jeff Thomas in his increasingly rapid Datsun 260Z, Hung Do in his 1979 Alfetta GTV and Perry Spiridis in his very potent Pantera GTS.

In the hotly contested Group Sa and Sb races for Production Sports cars built up to 1970, the PCV’s Alex Webster was a star performer in his beautifully turned out 1967 911S.

Perry and Geoff Morgan currently ‘own’ Group Sc racing and take turns at greeting the chequered flag, racing very closely, but never touching. Come on Sven, get you act together and join them! Back in the pack, the PCV Porsches stuck together and Rohan, Spencer and I swapped places all meeting, with Rohan in his left-hooker ’74 Carrera 2.7 finishing on top, fourth outright in the final race on the progressive grid, while

Sydney’s Jim Catts and his son James raced matching Carrera 3.0s.

Qualifying fifth in a very competitive field that included Shelby Mustangs, a Corvette Sting Ray and a V8-engined TVR Tuscan, Alex never finished lower than sixth and finished the last race fifth on the progressive grid with four V8s producing around triple the little 2.0-litre Porsche’s power ahead of him. John Bowe was the other great Porsche performer to watch, driving Mark Johnson’s 2.3-litre 1970 model 911ST in the Over 3.0-litre Group N Historic Touring Car races, while Mark ran it in its proper place in the under 3.0-Litre events.

Geoff Morgan battles with Perry Spiridis’ Pantera in his Birch Green 911

Like Alex, JB also punched well above his weight and never finished out of the top 10 in a category that boasted five V8 Camaros, two Ford Galaxies, 11 Mustangs, and 18 Torana XU-1s, achieving his best result of fifth in Race 2 behind a brace of Camaros and Mustangs along with a best lap time of a searing 1min 51.84 Unfortunately he was punted off in Race 3 –thankfully with just a dented door a victim of another car’s accident on spilt oil. Porsches and PCV members were also on the track for the Classic’s Regularity events, with the 12 911s running including Tony Rogers in his ’72 2.4E. Meanwhile the Club was also well-represented trackside in the Shannons Walk, with a total of around 30 members’ cars parked in a prime spot opposite the pits over the weekend. What red-blooded Porsche owner could resist the lure of the ‘Island over a 9-11 weekend?

The Harrisons RRR marquee was ‘home’ at Phillip Island to up to 10 racing 911s. AUTUMN 2012

Into the Tyre Barrier at 200k’s: The Launch of the New 911 at Capetown story & photos: Will Darvall

Well, perhaps not quite 200, but read on! On the 6th of December my wife Barbara and I arrived in Capetown after a long flight and settled into a delightful small hotel, Atlantic Affair, situated 4 k’s South of the city and 2 blocks from the Atlantic Ocean beach. Capetown is on the South West coast about 70 k’s North of the Cape of Good Hope. The next day we were joined by Wayne (356 Register Pres for life) and Di Hevey and Pamela Ward from PCA. We had a couple of delightful days together being tourists and soaking up the local sights and atmosphere. Driving down to the Cape on a

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day with deteriorating weather, which became very windy and wet by the time we got there, powerfully illustrated that the old mariners would have needed a lot of good hope to sail in uncharted waters across the Atlantic and around the Cape! We had a delightful visit to the beautiful Stellenbosch botanical gardens, which slope down from the base of the imposing Table Mountain, around which the city is built and which can be seen from anywhere. Everything was much cheaper than expected, so that indulgences on meals and shopping were very easy on the pocket. There is a very large and attractive commercial redevelopment of the docklands, which draws huge numbers of people to all sorts of shops and restaurants, while yachts and boats of all sizes glide in and out. Early one morning Barb and I took the first, almost empty cable car, on the very steep 1k ride up to the flat summit of Table Mountain. The views over Capetown and surrounds, down the coast and out to sea, were breathtaking. After 3 days we moved to the Westin Hotel in the city for the 3 day Porsche extravaganza, meeting up with Peter Harrison, who came later. We were the 8th and last rotation, comprising

about 150 Porsche Club Presidents with partners or associates from around the world, following 7 rotations of dealers over the previous 21 days, with each group consisting of up to 300 people! The Porsche branding throughout the hotel was extraordinary, with darkwood flooring laid throughout the whole reception area, a shop and boutique, a prefabricated large meals pavilion, Porsche Design furniture, Porsche Identity logos on the walls and the room keys, and a large dedicated conference room.

On the first evening we all got together for drinks and then were bussed to a hangar at a military airport. After more drinks and nibbles, we were ushered through large doors to a sloping auditorium in another section of the hanger. There we were given the full marketing pitch for the new 991, by Matthias Muller, Porsche CEO, and Bernhard Maier, Sales and Marketing member of the Board, with videos flashing on the walls around us. Eventually, the large hangar doors opened and the auditorium seating glided silently out into the gathering dusk of the airfield. With that, 3 fighter jets flew low overhead, closely followed on the ground by a spectactular high speed ballet performed by well drilled drivers in 20 new cars. After about 10 minutes of oohs and aahs and dropped jaws, the frantic ballet finished and we were all invited down to inspect the cars. Following that, we had a superb buffet dinner in the hangar. On day 2 our group was led outside, after a briefing, to 3 lines of cars, about 60 in total, in either dark metallic blue or dark metallic brown, with each pair invited to grab a car to drive in convoy to the Cape! All cars were LHD with PDK and after 2 seconds familiarization, we set off in groups of 7, following a lead car. We drove to the Cape, mainly on the winding coast road, giving us a good idea of the cars’ behaviour and driveability. There were several photo opportunities and chance for a good look around the Cape and lighthouse, the weather being kinder than on our first trip. On the way back, there was an elegant lunch in a superb winery restaurant, before finishing the drive to the hotel. Then followed a technical session about the design, construction and technical features of the new 991. Briefly, the design and technical changes incorporate a 10 mm longer wheelbase; a wider front track; 20” wheels with 245/35 and 295/35 tyres; 7 speed manual or PDK transmission with Drive, Sport or Sport Plus modes; PDCC

(Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control), which is an active levelling suspension; Torque Vectoring, which provides power to the outside rear wheel to help prevent oversteer: free wheeling on over run in Drive mode; a stop start function; seamless up and down gear changes with rev matching; a 7,600 redline on a 9,000 rev tacho, which the transmision uses under hard acceleration; and electro-mechanical steering. Construction utilises more aluminium and aluminium- steel composites, lowering the weight by 150 kg, before the addition of 105 kg of new goodies, for an overall weight loss of 45kg from the 997. That night another superb dinner was held in a large outdoor pavilion at the Dutch colonial Groote Schuur Presidential mansion, where we were treated to several uplifting, but sometimes saddening stories of South African life, past and present.

On day 3, we had the early morning off to further explore the spectacular Prince Albert and Queen Victoria docks area, before setting off by bus to an ostrich farm for lunch, where an original Paris- Dakar 959 museum car was on display. Barbequed springbok, antelope, ostrich, beef and lamb were offered, during another sumptuous meal. Afterwards, we headed to the Killarney racetrack, where we again were met by mouth watering rows of cars, all waiting to have their necks wrung. As before, we set off in groups of 7, following a pace car, in our case a 997 Turbo, with increasing speed and sequential use of Drive, Sport and Sport Plus modes. The track is basically a small horseshoe inside a larger horseshoe, with some sweeping to tight corners and useful straights. We saw 200 ks, but could have gone a little faster if allowed. However, we got a good feel of the incredible stability, neither understeering or oversteering, and the amazingly flat cornering, all on road tyres. Gear changes are incredibly fast and seamless (the fly wheel must be the size of a 20c piece!), with perfect rev matching, and in Sport Plus (read full race!) mode utilizing the lowest gear available up to redline. As a comparison, in Drive with light throttle, up shifts take place at 1800 revs, in a delightfully docile shopping car.

After that, we moved to the adjoining Kart track, for our final competitive run in many teams of 2. I was going great guns, reliving my skills of 45 years ago, when I overcooked it and slammed into the tyres at very high speed (well, 10 k’s), painfully breaking a left rib on the hard plastic bucket. I kept competing, with lots of gritting of teeth and braced abs! That last night we had another dinner, and PCV was honoured when Barb and I were seated at Wolfgang Porsche’s table, as representatives of one of the larger clubs. The other Club reps at the table were from the PC of America, with 139 Clubs and 105,000 members; from the PC of GB, with 63 Clubs and 14,000 members; and the 356 Registry, with 28 Clubs and 8,600 members! After an elaborate floor show, the unveiling of the 991 Cabriolet, lots of photographs and speeches and a subsequent disco, we all went back to the hotel at different times in different states. Most people checked out next day, but Barb and I stayed on, for a day of relaxation and sight seeing, in preparation for the gruelling flight home. During that day, lots of dismantling of the Porsche presence was taking place, with all the materials and all the cars (perhaps 150) being packed for return to Germany. What are the memories? A great experience, the incredible cost, the amazingly efficient presentation, the elaborate branding, the Porsche enthusiasm, the sensational Sport Plus transmission, the flat cornering with PDCC, beautiful Capetown and the very harmonious atmosphere which seemed to prevail everywhere. We never saw a hint of conflict or hostility, although there are obvious pockets of great social disadvantage. But the opening night blast at the airport was the greatest!

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story: Will Darvall photos: Ron Widdison

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what’s in your garage?

What was your defining Porsche moment, when the arrow struck? For Kees Van Ek, it was when he saw from a bus a white ’74 Police Targa, with fluoro orange graphics on bonnet and sides and blue light sticking up from the end of the windscreen, driven by a policeman wearing an orange helmet and a white leather jacket! He had just returned to Holland as a 20 year old , after migrating to Oz with his parents as a 9 year old. He spent 4 years back in Holland, then returned to Oz, starting as a brickie’s labourer on the bottom rung of the construction ladder. That led to bricklaying, building, commercial building and ultimately management of his own Civil Engineering contracting company. Work and life continued, leading to the current blended family of 1 wife,

followed by many Falcons. He is a recent member of PCV, having moved from Tasmania in November, after owning an apartment in Docklands and living there part time for 5 years. A 16 year old grandson cleans the cars every week and he has been well taught! His Porsche desire didn’t come to fruition until 14 years ago, when he bought his first Porsche, an ’87 Venetian Blue Targa (of course), which

“Not so long ago, Kees went to the auctions to buy his wife a Pagoda roof 280SL and came home with the C6 Corvette instead, as you do!” 5 children and 6 grandchilren. He still has a sales brochure of all those ‘74 Porsche models, including the fascinating first Turbo, listing a 0-100 time of 5.5; and the 2.7 Carrera, with the same 210 HP mechanical fuel injected motor as the ’72-3 Carrera RS, in the new ‘impact bumper’ model. His first car was a ’56 Kombi,

he has improved with Turbo brakes, some minor engine mods and SC cams. He still loves driving it, once everything is warmed up and it starts humming along. It shows 158,000 on the clock and has the perfect wear patina for a well used car in very good condition.

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The Solid Black ’98 993 Turbo S with Cashmere Beige trim and 35,000 k’s was built in Jan ’98, the Australian compliance plate was fitted in March and it was sold in Brisbane in May. “But Jerry Seinfeld had the last one in ’97” you’re all saying. Aha, but there was a batch of RHD cars done after the last LHD’s. The old style turbo doesn’t hit until 4,5, but you have to hold on when it does and be ready to change up, because it’s redlined at 6,6. It’s one of 11 brought into Oz, with perhaps only 8 remaining. The immaculate Basalt Black metallic 997 GT2 Touring shows only 10,000 k’s and is used for long runs, but is challenging to drive, being harsher and noisier than the Turbo. Kees likes to do low profile rallying and at one stage owned the ex-Jim Richards 993 red Turbo, with which Jim won 3 Targas and Peter Fitzgerald won 1, and then the white 997 Turbo, which Jim ran at Mt. Buller once. These led to the Series 1 2000 996 GT3 (not shown), which is used purely for rallying by Kees and 2 of his sons. He feels that others’ expectations of him are not as high as when he owned Jim’s old cars! He has run in several Dutton’s rallies and a couple of Rally Tas.

Not so long ago, Kees went to the auctions to buy his wife a Pagoda roof 280SL and came home with the C6 Corvette instead, as you do! It has a 6.2 LS3 motor with 327Kw and is actually smaller than the GT2. (There is no doubt that Corvettes have always provided the greatest bang for your buck amongst the world’s top sports cars). The brand new Cayenne Turbo (not shown) replaces a Series 1 Turbo. If he could only have one car, Kees would have the Cayenne! All these cars live in an air conditioned carpeted downstairs section of a converted warehouse in Docklands, with luxurious viewing couches, memorabilia, several trophies (including a tool award for running off the track on a warm up lap) and a hoist, while Kees, his wife and daughter run the business from upstairs. How good is that? The moment in ’74, when the arrow struck, prompting the visit to the dealer for the brochure, started the dream, which has been fulfilled in Kees’ garage 38 years later.

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The first Porsche Club of Victoria Sprint event for 2012 at the world class, fantastically quick Phillip Island Circuit. It has been 119 days since our last competitive meeting as a club at the track…everyone was more than a little excited. It was good to be back at the track. Unfortunately several competitors did not have their cars ready or were still chasing gremlins. It is always great to share the day with a good turn out from our sister club from South Australia. You always have to keep an eye on those that are not regulars, they may sneak up and snatch a few points you had ear marked for yourself. The weather proved to be a little strange and it was warm, humid, and very windy with a lot of rain in the afternoon. The conditions would be best described as “difficult”. There was a new class, GT Class aimed to encourage those with unmodified road cars to bring them out on the track. The winner of this class would find their name a the lap record holder at Phillip Island (at least until July).

CLASS: M2

CLASS: B

Nick Karnaros showed that he had not lost his touch over Christmas taking out the class with a 1:48.09. Ben Faggetter trailed him by a second and half, 1:49.59. Josh Fitt closed out the podium with a 1:51.11.

Simon Baxter also showed that he still was the one to catch in his Boxster S with a 1:52.66. Glenn Cook took second place with a 1:53.08. Spencer Harrison finished of the places with a lap of 1:55.07

CLASS: GT

CLASS: C

With a massive contingent of 17 Peter Fitzgerald lead the pack by nearly 2 seconds with a 1:40.88. Stewart Lachlan took second with 1:42.60. Tony Jennings was third with 1:44.17. These three also took out the top three places outright

The new class has started out a little weak with only two competitors. There are whispers that this class may become a lot more competitive over the next few outings. Geoff Humphrey won the class and set the only new lap record of 1:54.34 of the day. Chris Mason was second with 1:59.67.

Aaron Ireland showed why he was the Club Champion in 2011. In a borrowed car he took the win in this very competitive class, the top six times were all within 2.8 seconds. The 1:53.19 showed that Grant’s car could handle the pace. Michael Browing dug deep with a 1:53.87, followed by Simon Dunn with a 1:54.12.

CLASS:M1

CLASS: A

CLASS: D

Matt Stoupas, being the fourth fastest outright took the class win with a 1:46.09. Under a second ahead of Steven McLaughlan 1:46.91, trailed by Matt Turnbull with a 1:48.36.

Phil Treloar reminded us why he was the 2012 class winner taking the win 1:51.13 but only by the slimiest margin. Aranka Young trailed by only .36 second with 1:51.49 beating her husband by just half a second. Bruce Young’s 1:52.01 was enough to secure third.

Garry Voges won the class by over eight seconds with a 1:57.69. Tim Rout took out second with a 2:06.34 and kept smiling after a suspension failure going through turn 12 (yes, the scary corner coming on the main straight). Melanie Treloar’s 2:06.39 left her thinking “if only” second would have been mine.

CLASS: OPEN

ENTRÉE CLASS had a mammoth nineteen entries that decided that the super quick and technical Phillip Island track was a good place to get assistance from a more seasoned driver. A great idea to get the advice before you find out you needed some advice. Thanks to everyone that makes the day possible, those that organise the event, those that marshal, the mechanics, safety and first aid. Also thanks to everyone that is involved in the PCV that makes it such a special and exciting club. On the way home and over the next several weeks every competitor would have reflected more than once about those who were unfortunate enough to damage their cars. Your heart really groans for them. It is a sobering thought.

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Porsche Club of Victoria Phillip Island Sunday, 5 February 2012 Driver

Car

Class Position

Result

Class: Open Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

100.884

Stewart Lachlan

GT3 996 3.9

102.602

Tony Jennings

996 GT3 Cup car

104.171

Gary Higgon

993 GT2 3.6

108.196

Michael Vati

993 Super Cup

108.761

Harry Philippou

997 Carrera S 3.8

109.407

Matt Peck

997 GT3

109.518

Greg Muller

996 Turbo

110.550

Peter Vanderzee

911 RSR 3.6

113.363

Tim Williams

997 GT3 3.6

113.398

Tony Hughes

930 3.0 Turbo

113.817

Nils Musaeus

944 2.5

114.009

David McConnell

997 GT3 3.8

114.988

Sally Anne Hains

997 Turbo 3.8

115.058

Malcolm Henley

997 GT3 CS 3.8

115.536

Carlo Attard

996

115.694

Campbell Walker

997 GT3 Cup 3.6

116.765

Matthew Stoupas

996 GT3

106.093

Steven McLaughlan

GT3 Mk1 3.6

106.911

Matt Turnbull

GT3 CS 3.6

108.359

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

112.023

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

112.079

Michael Herrod

993 RSCS

112.173

Bob Hawker

996 GT3 3.6 MKI

113.862

Nathan Agnew

996 C4

118.637

Andrew Goulsbra

944 2.5 Turbo S (951

119.102

Nick Karnaros

993 3.6

108.092

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

109.590

Josh Fitt

993 Carrera

111.112

Howard Burton

993 3.6

113.444

Bryan Fitt

993 Carrera

113.463

Malcolm Batten

964 C2

115.189

Matt Burton

993 3.6

116.489

Andrew Lipman

911 SC 3.6

118.709

Tom Walstab

911L

119.903

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Class: M2

Class: GT

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Driver

Car

Geoff Humphrey

996 GT3

114.336

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GT3 CS 3.6

119.665

Phil Treloar

996 3.6

111.130

Aranka Young

Boxster Spyder 3.4

111.489

Bruce Young

Boxster Spyder 3.4

112.005

David Trewern

997 Carrera 3.6

112.982

Ian Jenkins

996 3.6

114.979

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

116.860

James Mason

997

118.266

Rob Whyte

997 3.6

119.920

Steven Chapman

996

122.353

Philippe Chabbert

996 Cab 3.4

126.591

Michael Dennis

930 3.3 Turbo

129.554

Domenic Salerno

Boxster S 3400

129.665

Simon Baxter

Boxster S

112.664

Glenn Cook

968 CS 3.0

113.083

Spencer Harrison

911 3.0 Carrera

115.068

Peter Harrison

964 C2 3.6

116.143

Marcus Lethlean

964 C2 3.6

118.038

Rick Moscati

964 C2

118.425

Bill Sevastas

964 C2

118.760

Mark Smundin

911 Carrera 3.2

119.908

Ray Graham

944 Turbo

120.821

Colin Anderson

944 Turbo

128.668

Mark Behan

911 Carrera

130.498

Aaron Ireland

911 3.0 SC

113.190

Michael Browning

911 3.0 Carrera

113.868

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

114.122

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

114.294

Bob Bishop

911 3.0 SC

115.798

Pete Matherson

911 SC 3.0

115.982

John Michailidis

911 3.0 SC

118.343

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

118.917

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

119.305

Barry Swan

968 Sport

123.932

Garry Voges

944 S2

117.689

Tim Rout

944 2.5

126.341

Melanie Treloar

Driver Graeme Aberline

Boxster

Car 911 3.0 Carrera

126.386

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

Result 128.500 131.681

BMW 135

114.434

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Class: A

Class: B

Class: C

Class: D

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Class: Other

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Welcome to “Make Mine Rare”. I usually premice this report wit the description “Beautiful and Rare.” I photographed Bob Hawker’s 964 hot off the finish of the Sandown 6 hour. Desperateley needing a wash beautiful she aint, rare she is! In 1992, Porsche produced a super-lightweight, rear-wheel-drive only version of the 964 dubbed Carrera RS for the European market. It was based on Porsche’s 911 “Carrera Cup” race car and harkened back to the 2.7 and 3.0 RS and RSR models. It featured a revised version of the standard engine, titled M64/03 internally, with an increased power output of 260 bhp (194 kW; 264 PS) and lightweight flywheel coupled to the G50/10 transmission with closer ratios, asymmetrical Limited Slip Differential and steel syncromesh. A track-oriented suspension system with 40 mm (1.6 in) lower ride height, stiffer springs, shocks and adjustable stabilizer bars without power steering (RHD UK cars did have power steering). A stripped-out interior devoid of power windows or seats, rear seats, air conditioning, cruise control, sound deadening or a stereo system (optionally fitted) and new racingbucket front seats were part of the package. The trunk hood was made of aluminum, the chassis was seam welded and sound deadening was deleted. Wheels were made of magnesium and the glass was thinner in the doors and rear window. The Carrera RS is approximately 345 pounds (155 kg) lighter than the US version Carrera 2 model. Also available were a heavier Touring variant (with sound deadening, power seats (optional), undercarriage protection and power windows) and an N/GT racing variant with

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a stripped, blank metal interior and a roll cage. They also came with optional lights on the visors. A later ultra-limited production version, the Carrera RS 3.8 featuring the Turbo body and a 300 bhp (224 kW; 304 PS) 3.8 litre version of the M64 motor was sold briefly in Europe. Engine Engine Design: Air and oil cooled, horizontallyopposed, dry-sump lubrication, rear-mounted Engine Displacement: 3605 cc (220 cu in) Cylinders: Six, light alloy head Bore and Stroke: 3.94 x 3.01 in (100.0 x 76.5 mm) Compression ratio: 11.3 : 1 Fuel/Ignition: Electronic fuel injection, DME controller, twin-spark with knock regulation Crankshaft: Forged, 8 main bearings, enclosed in light alloy case Valve Train: Overhead cam, one per bank, double chain drive Power: 191 kW/260 hp (SAE net) @ 6100 rpm Torque: 312 N·m/230 ft·lbf @ 4800 rpm engine The Carrera RS was not sold in the USA because Porsche Cars North America felt the car’s aggressive tuning was not suited to the American market. In 1992, 45 USA-legal cars that were very similar to the Carrera RS were imported to the USA for a proposed “Porsche Carrera Cup” racing series. This Carrera Cup series was to function as a support race for the American CART racing series just as European Carrera Cup has supported Formula One.

These 45 cars were identical to a Carrera RS other than having airbags (with required electric windows), alarm system, American lighting, American bumpers, aluminum wheels, and standard seats. The cars otherwise had the lightweight seam welded chassis, lightweight interior trim, aluminum hood, lightweight door glass, suspension, brakes, G50/10 transmission and M64/03 engine etc. of the Carrera RS. These cars were approximately 200 pounds (90 kg) lighter than a normal USA Carrera 2 model. The plan was for Andial, the then equivalent of what is now Porsche Motorsport USA, to convert these cars to full racing specification, however, due to lack of sponsor support for the Carrera Cup series, it was canceled before it began. The 45 cars imported to the USA for this series were then sold, quietly without any advertising so as not to compete with the new RS America, through normal dealer channels. These cars were supplied with a dash plaque which indicated that they were the “Carrera Cup USA Edition”.

964 RS at speed in the Sandown 6 hour

What the owner thinks What year, make and model is your car? Porsche 1992 964RS How and when did you get it? I purchased the RS from Don Tryhorn (Fortunately for me, prior to his untimely death.) What attracted you to it? I was looking for a special car and the RS was exactly what I was looking for. What’s special about it? Very rare car in right hand drive, being one of 72 in RHD ever built. How original is it? Almost still original. The only changes are: Rear wing & drivers race seat. All the running gear is original and never touched. What have you done to it since? Nothing changed from original, other than the points in 5 above. What trips or driving experiences have you had with it? Tasmania on a PCV weekend, travelling over Bass

Straight on the Spirit Of Tasmania, then driving from Devonport to Hobart for Baskerville Track day, then back to Launceston for another great day on the Symmons Plains track. Winning Rookie of the Year 2008, Won M2 2008, 2009 and have track records still held at Calder 2008, Sandown 2009 How often do you drive it? I drive the RS each year in the 6 hour event only. Once per year normally. What’s it like to drive and own? It’s a great car to drive, very raw, but gives great feedback to the driver at all times, on all tracks. Being lightweight, it is fabulous on the twisting circuits or motorkhanas and then on the faster tracks it is pure fun. What do other people think of it? The Purple Pig: It is appreciated by most car enthusiasts, of course the colour does bring some attention to it and quite a lot of discussion questioning my sexuality, as you could imagine. I like to call it purple, but am reminded of it’s “pink” look quite a lot, particularly from my little Greek mate. Cheeky as always.

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Sandown in March was PCV’s Best Sprint Day for a long while - a capacity field of eager competitors, fine weather, excellent track conditions, and the Track Records tumbled, one after the other.

knowledge and experience of each track, so he often puts in fast times. Matt has managed to keep ahead of Steven McLaughlan who is regularly putting in fast times in his GT3.

Class B was won again by Simon Baxter who continues to prove the Boxster magic still works on 911’s, although Bill Sevastas, Peter Harrison and Rick Moscati all tried hard in their 964’s.

Class M2 was won by Nick Karnaros, in the ex Matt Stoupas car, followed closely by Ben Faggetter and then the father & son team of Bryan Fitt and Josh Fitt.

Simon Dunn won Class C in a tight battle with Aaron Ireland finishing in second place , closely followed by Pete Matherson in third place, and Mark Chrzanowski in fourth. At this event there was only half a second between the top 4 places, so it’s looking like Class C will be the interesting Class to watch this year, with plenty of healthy competition from a field of worthy contenders.

Track Records were set in M1 (Matt Stoupas), GT (Geoff Humphrey) & Class A (Bruce Young). Congratulations to each of these worthy achievers. Not only Track Records, but a few Personal Best times were also recorded by many competitors, thanks to the great day and some fine driving. Sandown is always well attended, appealing to competitors as a technical and rewarding track with good driver facilities. Sandown is a Melbourne track, so it doesn’t have the lengthy drive associated with tracks like Phillip Island or Winton, and with elevated spectator facilities above pit row, we’re always assured of a good gallery made up of family and friends who’ve come and watch their close personal heroes racing around the track. The day started early with the scrutineering team doing a great job, getting through the large field in record time, thanks to those who assisted with scrutineering. Andrew Bonwick delivered the drivers’ briefing in his usual comprehensive and professional manner, supported by updates from Michael O’Brien on social matters and Peter Harrison welcoming new members. A track condition review by Robin Humphries followed and then it wasn’t long before we were heading off onto our timed laps. Open Class was the biggest class of the day, with several groups of combatants locked in fierce battle. The pointy end saw Matt Turnbull tussle throughout the day with Peter Fitzgerald and Tony Jennings, all producing times below 1.20 with Matt producing a remarkable 1.18.456 just edging out Peter Fitzgerald. Greg Muller bought his black turbo home ahead of Gary Higgon who put up a fiery challenge – although we understand Gary’s car was at its most fiery later in the Car Park.

Sally-Anne Hains running in Group 3 provided a spectacular performance by overtaking 3 or 4 competitors each time she speared down the main straight – awesome power, great to watch. Sally-Anne finished the day as the fastest lady, followed closely by Aranka Young in Class A, and then Melanie Treloar in Class D. Good to see the ladies having a go, and giving the boys a run for their money, the top girls finishing 11th & 18th outright in a field of 78 competitors. Class M1 saw Matt Stoupas set a new Track Record of 1:20.214. Matt is always a competitive performer with a well prepared vehicle and good 40

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GT Class is a new class and Geoff Humphrey won the first class outing at Sandown thereby setting the initial Track Record for GT Class. Geoff is a great competitor, and we’re sure he’ll be eager to defend the crown next time we meet at Sandown.

In Class A, Bruce Young surprised his competitors and himself, by smashing the previous Class A Track Record set by past president Ian Jenkins, and which had stood for 4 years. Bruce was surprised, because the car had a hefty fuel load and traction control was left ON – not what you’d expect for a fast time. Aranka Young put in her personal best time at Sandown of 1.24.4, about a second behind Phil Treloar. Class A with 11 competitors was the second largest class at Sandown.

Class D was topped by Melanie Treloar in her well prepared Boxster. The boys in Class D had better watch out as Melanie continues to improve. There was only a second difference between 1st and 3rd places, so I’m sure the boys will come back fighting next event.

Porsche Club of Victoria Sandown Sprint Monday, 12 March 2012 Driver

Class Position

Car

Result

Matt Turnbull

GT3 Cup

78.456

Peter Fitzgerald

997 GT3

78.826

Tony Jennings

996 GT3 Cup car

79.409

Greg Muller

996 Turbo

80.595

Gary Higgon

993 GT2 3.6

80.714

Matt Peck

997 GT3

82.427

David McConnell

997 GT3 3.8

82.630

Sally Anne Hains

997 Turbo 3.8

82.738

Peter Vanderzee

911 RSR 3.6

84.615

Malcolm Henley

997 GT3 CS 3.8

84.694

Tim Williams

997 GT3 3.6

85.107

Bill Olayos

996 Turbo

87.238

Tony Hughes

930 3.0 Turbo

89.347

Matthew Stoupas

996 GT3

80.214

Steven McLaughlan

GT3 Mk1 3.6

81.032

Bob Hawker

996 GT3 3.6 MKI

82.019

Tony Carolan

GT3 3.6

83.045

Stan Bougadakis

997 Carrera S 3.8

83.357

Nathan Agnew

996 C4

85.985

Andrew Goulsbra

944 2.5 Turbo S (951

86.462

James Calvert-Jones

911 T 2.8

90.377

Nick Karnaros

993 3.6

83.132

Benjamin Faggetter

993 3.6

83.434

Josh Fitt

993 Carrera

84.901

Bryan Fitt

993 Carrera

85.814

Stuart Drummond

968

89.334

Michael Lentini

911 RSR (rep)

89.444

Andrew Lipman

911 SC 3.6

89.577

Rex Deighton-Smith

944 Turbo

90.052

Geoff Humphrey

996 GT3

85.111

Chris Mason

GT3 CS 3.6

87.134

Philippe Chabbert

996 GT3 3.6

88.798

Bruce Young

Boxster Spyder 3.4

83.073

Phil Treloar Driver

996 3.6 Car

83.325 Result

Aranka Young

Boxster Spyder 3.4

84.408

David Trewern

997 Carrera 3.6

84.443

Ian Jenkins

996 3.6

84.904

James Mason

997

86.632

Juris Briedis

993 3.6

86.912

Steven Chapman

996

87.897

John McGregor

996 3.4

88.985

Rob Whyte

997 3.6

90.113

Michael Dennis

930 3.3 Turbo

95.081

Simon Baxter

Boxster S

85.533

Bill Sevastas

964 C2

86.163

Peter Harrison

964 C2 3.6

86.340

Rick Moscati

964 C2

86.965

Mark Smundin

911 Carrera 3.2

88.413

Linley Baxter

Boxster S

88.978

Drew Hendrey

911 Carrera 3.2

89.865

Mark Behan

911 Carrera

93.773

Simon Dunn

911 SC 3.0

86.591

Aaron Ireland

911 SC 3.0

86.903

Pete Matherson

911 SC 3.0

87.027

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

87.090

John Michailidis

911 3.0 SC

88.336

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

89.167

Michael O'Brien

911 SC 3.0

89.778

Ian van Driel

911 SC 3.0

90.651

Peter Modica

911 3.0 SC

96.234

Melanie Treloar

Boxster

93.718

David Morgan

944 S2 Cab

94.016

Bruce Pollard

944 3.0 S2

94.784

Tim Rout

944 2.5

95.716

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

96.056

Andrew Triantafyllos

997 GT3

81.800

Christian Fitzgerald

BMW 135

89.573

Class: OPEN

Class: M1

Class: M2

Class: GT

Class: A

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Class 2 Position

Class: B

Class: C

Class: D

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story: Clair Cromie

photos: Felix Rieniets

Summer Run…. (It’s like no other run) Sunday 12 February 2012

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A bright sunny morning greeted us all as we gathered at our old stomping ground at Hungry Jack’s in Hallam in anticipation of the days’ events. We were a total of 23 cars and had 2 extra participants for the day in the form of Janet & Don’s ‘children’, BB the social climbing little black poodle and Eddie the chill out cat who arrived in his very own cat pram. They both took all the pats and disbelieving stares in their stride. After warm greetings all round, Will, Trevor & Felix called the rowdy bunch together for our regulation ‘welcome’ & the normal hands up for any new members. John Orchard put up his hand and introduced himself and pointed to his car which was a really old red thing, I’m sure there must have been something special about it as all the men were drawn to it like moths to a flame….. hopefully someone more mechanically minded than yours truly can fill in the blanks about said vehicle. 44

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Upon leaving we were to follow major roads on our way to nicer ones, it appears that the Westernport Shire has a fascination with roundabouts. Our travels to the Mt Martha CFA for morning tea was like a game of I spy as we noticed a silver 356, Triumphs and at least 4 MG’S, all out to enjoy the great outdoors along the roads near Balnarring & Merricks. We did encounter some drizzle near Dromana much to Peters’ upset, although it was sunny 5 min later thus putting his heart rate back to a normal rythym. Arriving at the CFA we were treated to a spread of sandwiches, cakes, scones and all manner of sweet things. This would not be possible without the generous and well organised ladies and gents of this CFA, who, by the way are celebrating the 60th year of service by this brigade, what wonderful contributors to the safety of the people of the peninsula they are, congratulations to you

all on your celebrations and ………………… THANKYOU !! Once well and truly fed and watered we headed out along the esplanade which had brilliant views of the bay, even better sights were on offer as we made our way up the Arthurs’ Seat Road. At the top of the Seat we encountered some irritating tourists trying to find their winery turnoffs, once rid of these pests we enjoyed a spirited trot along the Boneo Rd with long sweeping bends and comments from your scribe to Peter “look at the lovely ocean and scenic views” which was promptly met with “not now dear, I’m a bit busy” hmmmm in car harmony alive and well, perhaps not.

Our Prez enlightened us on the birth of Porsche Clubs worldwide, which had everyone enthralled, he also chatted about his trip to South Africa, but the only thing I can remember is he and the good lady Barb sharing a table with Wolfgang Porsche, so please pick their brains for other goss. Many thanks to our ‘Peninsula Pals’ Trevor & Paula and also Graeme & Yannick on yet another example of how to enjoy what’s on our doorstep with good friends, fun, food and fuel. Hopefully by the time this goes to print Paula will officially be Mrs Leavesley………YIPPEE, HOORAY, WOO HOO !!!!!!! Big congratulations to you both. PS: They say “I DO” on March 17th.

Never being one to state the obvious, Trevor was spot on when advising us to take care at Limestone Rd near the Boneo School as I’m sure some locals “cleared their throats” at us as we approached with our ‘chutes out just in time to take the turn, never mind the brakes seem to work sufficiently well. We made our way to Flinders Golf Club and most of the men descended upon the bar returning to their tables with red, white and fizzy creations. The menu was wide and interesting with a choice of 2 courses from 3, all very yummy by all accounts. Our organisers had some wonderful prizes on hand, one of which Peter and I were fortunate to receive, along with Dennis Bath and Neil Plunkett, Will & Felix gave a brief talk on upcoming events for the year to come, all seems very interesting and busy. AUTUMN 2012

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25th and 26th February 2012

Sandown

6 Hour

Regularity

story: Michael O’Brien photos: Ron Widdison

First Place: Tony Carolan from “The Colonel’s Men”

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This event, now our third in succession continues to grow in sophistication and professionalism. We returned to Sandown, a favourite track for many of us for what has become a permanent addition to our racing agenda. This year’s event continued with the 6 hour format, but also included a practice day on the Saturday, making it a full weekend of racing. Unlike last year the weather was extremely hot with a dry track. The event was set to be very competitive, and the anxiety of the team’s palpable. It really must be time for this event to become part of our competition campaign. Over the two days the event ran perfectly, a real tribute to the organisation of Jeff Thomas and Michael Chapman. These and all of our competition events would not be possible without the “behind the scenes” work of our Competition Director Andrew Bonwick, the competition committee, and of course the volunteer work provided by all of the Marshals and Officials lead by Robin Humphries.

The Team Manages and time keepers are also unsung heroes, I can attest to the difficulty of manual time keeping for 6 hours! Congratulations to everyone involved. The event is one of nominating a time that each driver believes they can do regularly. Strategy becomes important, do you choose your personal best time, and hope you can repeat this for your entire session, or perhaps a slower time for more relaxed driving also taking into account the likely traffic, track and weather conditions. Does your team have four or six members? How many sessions will each team member do? How long will each session be? With “team to car”

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communications being limited to only hand held boards displayed from the pit wall, which could not display numbers during either the practice sessions or the regularity session and no other type of communication, telemetry, telecommunication, GPS or personal timing devices allowed, the role of team time keeper and manager was hectic as well as strategic. Pit lane driver changes also added to the excitement in ensuring that these changes were minimised, as well as completed in the least possible amount of time, thus ensuring higher overall track time. For the first time we invited non-marque cars into the event, and arguably the results could not have been more politically correct! First Place: “The Colonel’s Men” of Gary Higgon, Tony Carolan, and Bryan Fitt in Porsches, with Josh Fitt in a Nissan. Factor Percentage 56.5762 Second Place: “Team Triumph” of Aaron Stewart, Phil Nicholson, Ed Ferguson, Shirley St

John-Cox, and Rob Splatt in Triumphs. Factor Percentage 56.5116 Third Place: “Autocure Motorsport A” of Ray Seymour, Adam Caddeo, Mark Kakouri, Michael Budge, and Cameron Chivers in Holdens. Factor Percentage 54.0254 It was great to see other non-marque entries including the “Winton Warriers” of Trevor Lee, Andrew Turpie, Steven Lee, and Stephen McKimmie in Fords, coming in in seventh position. Team “HSCCV Allsorts” of Bruce Lethborg, Ron Klein, Andrew Starr, Vlad Kowal and Philip Slater driving a variety of marques, coming in in tenth position.

Team “Scuderia Mauceri” of Jeremy Edwards, Sebastiano Mauceri, John Floyd, Graeme Ricardo, and Maurice Gonella in Alfa Romeos, coming in in eleventh position. Team “Donaldson Motors” of Allan Kerr, Joe Gagola, John Moss, Matt Dent, Matthew Norris, and Bruce Lamont driving a variety of marques, coming in in twelveth position. Team “Autocure Motorsport B of Darren Van Wyk, Wayne Paola, Steve Jones, and Peter Stewart in Holdens, coming in in fifthteenth position. Team “Propshaft” of Mike Trathen, Mark Wakeman, James Cicero and Kevin McCluskey driving a variety of marques, coming in in seventeenth position. Team “ICC-1” of Braeden McCaig, Doug Smith, Ian Cowley, Tony DiBartolo and Rob Romanin driving a variety of marques, coming in in eighteenth position. Team “Pirtek” of Robert Sinclair, Ian Sinclair, Michael Crosbie, David Thompson, Phil

Pearmain and Trevor Mackrell driving Jaguars, coming in in twentieth position. Reliability proved to be the downfall of last year’s winning team our “Porsche Specialists” of Grant Stephenson, Mark Chrzanowski, Aaron Ireland and Peter Harrison only completing 17 of their 480 potential goal laps and a factor percentage of 3.5417. As always all those who enjoyed this fantastic event in what ever capacity are all winners, it was a great day, well organised, well catered, albeit like the weather a little dry, held on a great track in probably the best location in Melbourne. Congratulations to all, and we can’t wait for another six hour regularity event in the 2013 schedule, and hopefully the competition campaign at that.

Sandown Driver Training 9th March 2012 story: Alvaro Del Gallo

Our Club has been successfully running the Entree Class events for the past few years giving novice drivers the opportunity to gain knowledge from experienced drivers and get used to the track environment. It is important for each class to be at the same reasonable level, maintaining a consistent and safe flow of traffic during the track sessions. In March at Sandown our club organized a driver training day which dedicated the track to ‘one on one’ tuition and repetitive lap trials. Dean Sammut and team from John Bowe Driver Training together with a selection of sprint drivers were at the track to assist drivers throughout the day. Dean conducted a classroom session at PCM with information

on track format, timing charts and safety hints. I have attended a few Entree class events in the past but found I was getting overwhelmed with technical information distracting my performance on the track. What I needed was to practice more. This event gave me the opportunity to consolidate all this information and improve lap after lap. I noticed after a series of consecutive laps I connected each sector and began to continue an effortless flow. I knew I was getting drawn into the realm of racing. I have been told that ‘I am moving to the dark side!’ I respect the potential of my vehicle and more so, my own ability and limitations. It takes time to master gear

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Craig Baird leaves the pits in the Ferrari which took the final podium place. Visiting the Bathurst 1000 has been on my to-do list for a number of years, but as each year passes I keep putting it off. The ArmorAll Bathurst 12 Hours looked like a good alternative to the renowned October event, being contested by examples of the world’s best sports cars and also attracting many of Australia’s best drivers and a number of overseas aces. Accommodation in Bathurst was easy to arrange and I was there on 26 February for the 2012 edition – it proved to be a cracker. Twenty five cars lined up for the 6.15 am start. There were some great high speed battles for the lead, before the rain started falling mid-morning. The leaders comprised two factory supported Audi R8s, a couple of Mercedes SLS AMG gullwings, two very rapid and almost painfully loud Ferrari 458s and a Lamborghini LP600. During the frenetic opening laps the Dane Allan Simonsen in the leading Ferrari 458 chopped two seconds off Jamie Whincup’s outright lap record from last October, recording a 2.06.33, a time which was not threatened for the rest of the day due to onset of rain. Unfortunately this car later retired from the race, reportedly with ECU issues. However the other Ferrari 458, with Carrera Cup star Craig Baird leading the team, upheld the honour of Maranello with a fine third place. There were 24 lead changes with six different leaders but the two Audi R8s would have led the most number of laps. The treacherous conditions caused numerous “offs” and there were nine safety car periods. The number one Audi R8 had an international driving team consisting of Christopher Mies, Darryl O’Young and Christer Joens . They were first to take the chequered flag after a superb driving display on Australia’s most daunting track, made all the more challenging by the rain and, at times, fog! The only blemish on their performance was one visit to the gravel trap. The other Audi also enjoyed many laps in the lead, with Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff demonstrating years of Bathurst experience. Unfortunately the car’s third driver, the experienced former Porsche pilot Mark Eddy, had a bad day, enduring a couple of spins, a penalty pit stop and finally a heavy crash at Skyline. It was just as well an Audi won as the company had a huge corporate presence and I heard a fair bit of German being spoken as I watched the 52

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race for a while near some Audi executives. Towards the end of the race spectators in the stand opposite the pits were even issued with Audi flags! Occupying second place for much of the day, and finally crossing the line 73 seconds behind the winning Audi, was the spectacular Mercedes SLS AMG driven by Dutch ace Jeroen Bleekemolen, American Brett Curtis and Aussies Tim Slade and Peter Hackett. The Dutchman in particular was brilliant in the wet but a drying track during the final hour enabled the leading Audi to ease away. The other SLS AMG disappeared from the race after heavy contact with the wall, a fate shared with the very fast Lamborghini LP600 which

The Il Bello Rosso Ferrari 458 dropped out before half distance, but not before Allan Simonsen had smashed the outright lap record and shattered a few eardrums!

looked good early in the race driven by well-known Porsche pilots Roger Lago, David Russell and Wayne Park. Three Porsche GT3 Cup cars started the race and while they were outgunned for outright speed, they circulated like clockwork and were still there at the end, occupying outright fourth, fifth and eighth places, the leading car of Nathan Tinkler, Steve Richards and Steve Johnson also winning Class B. It would have been great to see a Porsche RSR battling for outright honours – perhaps next year? Other makes represented were Nissan (a GT-R finished 6th), BMW, Mazda, HSV, Ford, Mini, Subaru, Lotus and Seat. The winning car completed 270 laps and was followed across the line by a further 17 cars, out of the original 25 starters Sadly the crowds were sparse and Monday’s papers carried no reports on the race. Spectators were allowed to occupy parts of the superb corporate structure opposite the start line. The cafeteria provided a good viewing spot during the heavier showers, as one could watch the event live on the balcony or via TV, although music rather than the race broadcast was being piped through the speakers. When I asked a waitress if she could let the paying customers hear the TV commentary she checked with her boss and came back to say they would only turn it on for the final 30 minutes! I spent the last hour back on the grass watching the Canadian O’Young in the remaining Audi driving hard to hold off Bleekemolen in the Merc, with the glorious sounding Ferrari two laps down in third place. O’Young and Mies were also part of last year’s winning Audi team. During the day I caught up with PCV member Mark Tierney, whose Race Fuels company was providing Elf racing fuel for the event (this stuff costs $7.50 a litre!). Mark’s team was kept very busy and on the following Tuesday they were heading to Adelaide to supply fuel at the Clipsal V8 Supercars round.

The O’Donnell, Niall, McLennan 997 GT3 Cup car finished fifth, 26 laps adrift of the winning Audi.

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Confessions (and regrets) of a Porsche Heart Long-time PCV member and former President Michael Browning reflects on 30 years of Porsche ownership. Now where was I? 1982. After squeaking out of a bad 356 Speedster without losing money (Porsche Regret #1) I bought my second Porsche, a 1975 Australia-delivered Birch Green 911 Carrera 2.7, from Porsche guru John Gregory, who installed a fresh 2.8 litre engine as part of the deal.

with a 3.0-litre SC engine running K-Jetronic injection. The trip over the border to deliver it was my last chance to really enjoy the car. Legend had it that the car’s first owner used to rev it out in 5th gear on trips to Echuca, so I thought the stretch between Bordertown and Keith would be even better. But at 9.30pm at night, the Carrera’s lights were barely up to 130km/h, let alone more than double that. The road was clear for kilometres ahead; I lined up the dotted line and went for it. The rev counter was reading over 7000rpm in top and the speedo was showing 270km/h-plus and steady when fear overcame bravado. I felt satisfied that I’d got enough and had lived to tell the tale!

It wasn’t so much power that the extra 119cc brought to the party, but torque. In a side-byside drag test against the late Don Tryhorn’s stock Carrera 2.7 Targa, the 2.8 would leap away to an immediate two car’s length advantage and then hold it. Combined with the engine’s exciting character change over 5,000rpm it was an exciting car to drive and I should never have sold it. (Porsche regret #2.)

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Getting back from Adelaide in my third Porsche – my re-engined 2.4E ‘trade-in’ – was equally exciting in a very different sort of way. But before I get to that I need to mention Porsche Regret #3. As I mentioned, the exchange for my Carrera 2.8 was the 2.4E plus $21,000 in cash. I had both and was about to leave Adelaide on the trip home when I was offered a slightly rusty and dog-eared genuine Carrera 2.7 RS for $21,000. At that stage in the mid-1980s the price of RS models had not taken off and I really needed the cash more than another Porsche to sell back in Melbourne, so I turned it down. Don Tryhorn bought the car instead, fixed the rust, rolled it at a PCV Calder Sprint meeting, repaired it again and when I last heard it was for sale as part of his estate for close to $300,000. . . . But back to the trip home with the 2.4E . . . It was pissing rain when I left Adelaide that evening and as the night wore on the wipers began to get slower and the headlights dimmer. Finally in the middle of the desert in South Australia the car ran out of power and stopped. Now if you were in a broken down Guards Red Porsche 911 sticking out like a sore thumb in the middle of nowhere on the Western Highway around midnight in pouring rain with $21,000 in notes in your briefcase would you (a) hitchhike to the nearest service station with the money?

(b) hitchhike but leave the money locked in the car?, or (c) stay put until dawn when you could see your potential assassin? Bear in mind that this was in the days before mobile phones. After some thought, I chose (c). It was the right call, because by dawn the rain had stopped and without wipers or lights draining power, the car started and ran perfectly. A faulty earth, it transpired. Fortunately I sold the car back to its original creator, Ken Foo, once I got it home to Melbourne, so the sale of the Carrera 2.8 eventually netted me about $46,000. Today the car is the one to beat in Group Sc Historic Racing in the very capable hands of Geoff Morgan and is still in the same immaculate condition – although even faster – than when I owned it. I doubt whether Geoff would part with it for much less than $200,000 and I’m sure it owes him a lot more. Another reason for selling the Birch Green 911 had been to fulfil an ambition to create my own ‘dream’ 911 (Porsche Regret #4). The idea was to build a car around the look of a wide-bodied Carrera RS 3.0, but with a similar 2.8 litre John Gregory engine to that fitted to my previous Carrera 2.8. The first problem was I chose the wrong starting point. Melbourne society caterer Peter Rowland had bought a 1970 911 2.2E and given it to Porsche repair specialist Charlie Battisti for a quote to repaint. It was riddled with rust and Charlie’s quote to fix it scared Peter so much he decided to sell it as it was. I bought it for $9,500, sold off the unwanted bits and spent (or was that wasted?) another $75,000 on it to create a beautiful red, fat-bodied RS 3.0 clone with a full-leather

looks and arranged another Porsche swap in my second ‘home’, South Australia. This time it was in exchange for a 1985 Guards Red Carrera 3.2 that had covered just 62,000km and I swapped my car plus $15,000 for it. Good deal. We initially met in Bordertown to look each other’s cars over, then swapped keys on a second meeting in Adelaide.

Recaro interior, a monstrous Group 4 whaletale I bought from Alan Hamilton and wide, 16-inch Harry Witham Fuchs-replica wheels.

accustomed to driving 911s that I was unaccustomed to the much finer touch needed to extract the most out of the perfectlybalanced front-engined, rear transaxle 968.

But it never went as fast as the old Birch Green 2.8, took a long time to finish and with the money it consumed never really won any hearts at home. It was also too good and too well equipped and finished to take part in the new Porsche Cup racing series that had just started, so it had to go. But I did get a couple of good trips out of it, the most memorable being to a Victoria versus South Australia Club meeting in 1988 (I think) to Warrnambool when our three early-teenage kids all occupied the back seat. A lap belt and a cushion covered the ‘middle’ seat, but it was not popular! Its replacement took a couple of years to get through Homeland Security (my wife Wendy), but she was won over by the comparatively paltry $32,000 I paid for the tatty metallic Emerald Green 1975 model 911 2.7S.

It was a good car and I put another 40,000 or so km onto its tally by the time I sold it via Duttons to, you guessed it, another South Australian! The reason for its sale this time was my historic first step into a new Porsche. Well, almost new. I had been doing some work for Porsche Cars Australia for a while and was attracted to the new 968 Club Sport model, so I suggested a deal in exchange for my discounted services. They had a white CS press car with the full M030 upgraded suspension and brake sports package, but unusually it had the four-seater touring spec interior. It had done 21,000km but was like new and after swapping the ‘comfort’ front seats for a pair of proper 968 CS shellstyle buckets, it was mine. It was a wonderful car, but in a way it was too good for me. By this stage I was so

I spun it on VHT and into the Armco coming onto the main straight on my first sprint outing at Calder, where I previously had done hundreds of laps in all forms of 911s in all weathers. Then after it was repaired I crashed it again at Calder two years later. This time it had to go and it was sold at Fowles Auctions to a northern-suburbs backyarder, who repaired it and re-sold it with just 42,000km on the odometer without buying any new body parts. These guys from Eastern Turkey are clever! I really regret what I did to that car and feel guilty every time Jim Richards raves on about what a great car the 968 is and how it is still one of his favourite Porsches. Sadly, it was just not for me. Porsche Regret #5. But don’t despair of me and my broken Porsche heart, for my Porsche story picks up from here as we enter the new Millennium. There is just one more regret – there’s not enough room in this issue to tell you the rest, so it will have to wait for the next Porsche Parade . . .

The car belonged to fashion photographer and former (fellow) Rallycross competitor Maurice Rinaldi and he was unusually keen to sell. It was only hours after the deal was done that I read in the paper why. An injunction was about to be placed on all his assets by his former model girl friend! ‘IBH 911’ was the one that got away. . . It leaked a little oil but it was a great car. John Gregory did a club-spec suspension job on it and it handled superbly, so well in fact that I took out my PCV Class Championship the year after I bought it. But I was getting some jibes about its dog-eared appearance and so I turned to one of my then-clients, Dulux, for some TLC. They had just introduced a new two-pack water-based paint to their Autocolor range and they decided to use my 911 as a promotional vehicle, which meant a back to metal full repaint at their expense. At the same time I put in a new Recaro interior and it looked really smart, but I soon found out that new paint doesn’t make you go faster – the reverse in fact, as you are now worried about scratches and stone chips. So I decided to capitalise on its new

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Summer Escapade to East Gippsland Boxster/Cayman & Torque Tube Registers S19th February 2012

As the heading of “Summer Escapade to the Hills of East Gippsland” conjured up images of a leisurely Sunday drive, it was obvious that, once the formalities and map layout was dissected, this was not going to be that sort of a drive. Because of the popularity of the run, 23 cars between Boxster/Cayman and Torque Tube registers and more on the waiting list, it was decided to divide the attendees in three groups to make the run more pleasant and to give Nick’s café more time to serve the morning tea. After Will welcomed everyone and introduced Mark and Colleen McKnight as prospective members to the Club, Lindsay gave the usual warnings and some details of how the day should unfold. Everyone got in to their car and under the skillful management by Will, the cars started to exit the McDonald’s car park, it looked more like a President’s track day starting grid than a register run! With roofs down on all of the Boxsters, the morning run took the cars and drivers into the hills and to the winding, sometimes very narrow,

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paths of the Poowong/Drouin Mountain Basin, where the picturesque hills and valleys were glowing with the morning sun. Not that driver or navigator could spend too much time window gazing, as the twisty roads were very challenging and fast. Best of all, the traffic was almost completely nil allowing us clear air to enjoy the drive. Morning Tea stop at Nick’s Bakery in Drouin was lovely, with the Devonshire Tea for all and a chance to regroup, get some photos and talk strategies for the arrival at Djinta Djinta winery at Kardela. It was also a pleasant surprise to see Alison Belot amongst us and hear that she had returned from Singapore for good and, luckily, had not sold her Boxster. With all Porsches away, we left Drouin for another delightful drive towards Neerim then heading South to Kurumburra. The road conditions were perfect for experiencing what the cars were built for, long sweeping roads and challenging corners which by the end of our journey had certainly built up a great appetite for lunch at the winery. Upon arrive at the winery, the U shaped car park allowed for a great line up of the Porsches with

the opportunity for some great photos. Eleonor, the owner and her lovely staff looked after our crew with complimentary drinks, platters of cheeses and nuts from the local area, and a tasting of their award winning wines. Lunch was booked at the “de Vine” Restaurant upstairs overlooking the vineyards with a great view of the car park filled only with Porsches. The food was absolutely delicious with 4 different mains and 3 desserts to choose from. A standing ovation was given for the chef at the end of lunch for a stellar performance. Would you believe that by himself he managed to serve soufflés to the many who chose it for dessert? With Lindsay and Will entertaining us with trivia questions and a door prize competition, a box set of wines were won by Glen Smith and Ian Flynn great effort. This capped off a great afternoon had by all that attended. A special thanks to Wayne, Lindsay and the organizers for planning, mapping out and putting together such a memorable day of driving and we hope that Colleen and Mark will join our great Club.

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Luncheon at “Zonzo Cucina” Torque Tube Register Sunday 4th December 2011

The day started at the Brunetti Café Carlton, and the Zonzo attendees were very pleased to enjoy a great café style breakfast before starting the Torque Tube Christmas run to the Train Trak Winey. 9am at Brunetti’s is always busy with bike riders stopping for their usual latte after a bike ride, families having breakfast with kids, the tourists trying the vast array of cakes and then there was “us” – the Porsche enthusiasts who came to start the Torque Tube Christmas run to Train Trak winey. We were easily recognisable, a Porsche design cap here, a Porsche design jacket there and of course the PCV name tag hanging around our necks. There were 22 entrants who attended the run with 12 cars being 944s, 968, 928s, Boxster, Cayman and a 997 to round it off. Our President, Will Darvall made a surprise visit and speech to see us off, which was fantastic considering he had attended the Annual Dinner Dance the night before – well done Will and thanks.

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The route had two stages, the first through the back of Christmas Hills in Eltham, is both windy and steep in sections with lots of ups and downs – it feels like a grown up’s roller coaster ride. This is great for the drivers, but I was starting to wonder if the poor passengers were going to feel like lunch afterwards. Luckily there was a bit of highway driving into Healesville to allow you to recover. The second stage of the route saw us drive towards Healesville, Toolangi and Chum Creek Road. The road has lots of twists and turns and great bush scenery. A real driver’s road. But first, there was trouble…I radioed my pit crew to advise them I was coming in to pit stop, (well actually, I telephoned my co-captain to advise that I needed to go to the toilet) apparently there was too much pressure in the oil sump and we needed to pit and re-adjust the flow! Embarrassingly for me, all the other cars decided to take my lead and pull over to wait for me. On arrival at Train Trak winery, we were treated to a nice array of wines to taste, with the 2007

Pinot Chardonnay Sparkling being my favourite. Lunch started with a superb antipasto, the best I have seen for a while, and then a great line up of wood fired pizzas till we could eat no more. The scenery overlooking the rolling hills of the winery vines and Yarra Valley in the background was superb. Being Christmas, the restaurant was full of end of year parties, which added to the fun for the afternoon, as we joined in the festivities with some of other tables to discuss the finer aspects of driving a Porsche, but I suspect the hairdressers were not that interested. A thank you to all those that attended and I hope to see you on our next run in 2012.

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Technical Night Turbo & 996/997 Registers Wednesday 7th March 2012 On Wednesday evening the 7th of March, the 996/997 & Turbo Registers organized a Technical night at the premises of Nine Plus in Richmond. This was a new format for a register event and open to all PCV members. The evening was over a couple of hours and consisted of a cover charge of $10 per person for the wine and cheese/nibbles (or soft drinks/ beer). The evening was attended by over 40 people, of which most were club members but also some members brought along guests who were either interested in either becoming Porsche owners or had a Porsche and were keen to see what the PCV was all about. The Team at Nine Plus, as well as making all their technicians available, brought along Russell Stuckey from Stuckey Tyre Service for expert advice on tyres and Rob Raymer from RSR Garage to provide buying/selling advice for those budding Porsche owners or those looking to upgrade. The evening was very informal with various examples of cars scattered around including

underneath viewing on hoists as well as engines being rebuilt in the engine shop. The cars on display carried a range of performance modifications which all drew considerable attention and allowed for a lot of Q&A in both groups and one on one with the Nine Plus staff. Based on the emails flowing in post the event and the buzz in the room during the night we know

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

David Casey Allan Barbour Wayne Camamile Ian Begley Richard Eldridge Mark Connolly Callum McClue Stuart Jackson Matthew Stoupas Lyle Potgieter David Lawson Jon Trende Benjamin Faggeter Jeffery Bobik & Cameron Cox Hung Do Matthew Kirwan-Hamilton Simon Baxter David Trewern Bob Hawker Aaron Ireland Nick Karnaros & John Swan Simon Dunn

Club Champions

1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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

Outright Award, Inc Don Tryhorn Memorial Award from 2008

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

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

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Danny Loypur Danny Loypur Matthew Stoupas John Woodward Greg Muller Greg Muller Theo Mihelakos Greg Muller Jon Trende Lyle Potgieter Don Tryhorn Stewart Lachlan Stewart Lachlan Matthew Stoupas Stewart Lachlan Peter Fitzgerald Ladies Championship

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

Ann Tyson Ann Tyson Ann Tyson Ann Tyson Ann Tyson Brenda Moore Jill Willis Suzy Versluys Ava Balodis Ava Balodis Delyce England Aranka Figge Aranka Figge Aranka Figge Aranka Young April Houghton April Houghton Jill Willis Aranka Young Aranka Young Aranka Young Aranka Young Aranka Young Aranka Young

Club Member of the Year

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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

New Members

We welcome the following members who have joined the P.C.V. since our last issue. Name Ivan Barbic Geoff, Kahe, Harrison & Annabel Bentley Jonathan Chamberlain Howard & Jennifer Chandler George Christopoulos Gary & Nola Comb Matthew & Janene Coutts, Jack & Sam Anders Chris, Emma & Geena Davies, Sandra Hatzl Tristian De Carro Daniel Dyer Hugh & Catherine Ellis Campbell, Jodie, Eliza & Alexandra Ewart Brett Fowler Benjamin & Catherine Gartland 1 Roy & Helen Gulbenkian Wayne Kenafacke John Koinakis

PORSCHE

Vehicle 1986 911 Carrera 3.2 White 2006 997 S 3.8 Black 1986 944 2.5 Guards Red, 1966 912 1.6 Polo Red 1990 944 T 2.5 Red 1990 911 3.6 Red 1962 356B 1.7 Black, 1961 356B 1.6 Ivory 1964 356 1.6 Email Blue 1989 911 3.2 Blue, 2004 Cayenne 4.5 Black Associate 1990 944 Turbo 2.5 Red 2007 997 Carrera S 3.8 Silver 1989 930 3.3 Silver 2000 Boxster S 3.2 Nippis Blue, 2001 Boxster 2.7 Black 997 911 2.7 Minerva Blue 1996 993 3.6 Iris Blue 2006 Boxster 2.7 Silver 1986 Carrera 3.2 Blue, 1982 RS Replica 3.6 Orange

PARADE

Name Edaward Lachowicz Andrew Menzies Delian & Lori Mills Steven & Ethan Nikolovski Ashwin & Ravi Rajan Shane & Justine Reading Anthony & Elizabeth Reid Alex Shelton Tony Stevenson Eric Tan Ilir Thagi Kees & Pamela Van Ek Jared & Melissa Waters Lyndon & Lisa Watson Scott West Andrew, Dagmar, Max & Christian Yeaman Sandro Zimmari

Vehicle 1974 911 S 2.7 Lime Green 2009 GT3 1981 924 T 2.0 Red 2011 Boxster Spyder 3.4 White 1970 911 T 3.2 White 1981 911 Carrera 3.2 Black 2011 997 Turbo S 3.8 White 2000 Boxster S 3.2 Black 1986 911 Carrera 3.2 White 2011 Boxster Spyder 3.4 White 2006 Cayman S 3.4 Artic Silver 2008 997 GT2, 2000 996 GT3, 1998 993 Turbo S, 1987 911 1988 944 2.5 Black, 1989 964 3.6 Black 2006 Cayman 3.4 Black, 1985 944 2.5 White, 1972 911 E 2.7 1956 356 Speedster White, 1984 944 2.5 Platinum 1973 911 3.0 Yellow 2000 Boxster 2.7 Silver

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