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W h a t ’s I n Yo u r G a r a g e
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Tu r b o R e g i s t e r R u n
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Club Calendar
D o u b l e Tro u b l e
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Early Morning Run
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Club Committee 2015/16
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Boxster & Cayman Modern 911 Register Run
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Social Corner
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Mid 911 Register Run
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F ro m R a c e C o n t ro l
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Tr e a s u r e r s R e p o r t
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August Club Night at PCD
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June Club Night at PCB
Winter Run
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Phillip Island Sprints
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New Members
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RSR Porsches & Coffee
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M i d We e k R u n
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Winton Sprints
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Roll of Honour
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8th September 2016 International buyers cash in on weak pound at the RM Sotheby’s London sale. A weak Pound and a strong, modernfocused lineup led to some mind-boggling results at the RM Sotheby’s London auction, highlighted by the World-Record £1.85m price paid for a 1995 Porsche 911 GT2. And that wasn’t the only modern classic to obliterate pre-sale expectations…
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“Everyone should paint their cars Riviera Blue,” quipped Peter Wallman after his co-auctioneer Maarten ten Holder brought down his hammer on the GT2, which was eventually bought by a European buyer after an intense battle with a bidder in the room. We’re often reminded ‘it only takes two guys’ to produce an eyebrow-raising battle – but the several telephone bidders only dropped out of the running at £1.45m, still well beyond pre-sale projections of £750,000850,000. The GT2 was last in a sequence of special 1990s Porsche 911s to surge well beyond their high estimates, which also included a £717,800 1993 Carrera RS 3.8. (estimate £400,000-500,000), a £403,200 1995 Carrera RS Clubsport (£220,000-260,000) and a £974,400 1993 Turbo S Lightweight (£210,000-250,000). Even a relatively common 1998 Turbo S brought £313,600 against a pre-sale estimate of £200,000-240,000. I photographed a PCV member’s Riviera Blue 993 GT2 a few years ago for the magazine; he must be grinning from ear to ear. In this spring edition of Porsche Parade Competition have a full grid of stories covering Sandown, Winton and Phillip Island Sprints. Social steps up to with stories on the Winter Run, Ladies Luncheon, PCD and PCB Club Night and we have no less than seven Register Run Reports! Happy spring reading and as always a big thank you to all who contributed to this issue. Ron Widdison, Editor
SOCIAL SUB-COMMITTEE
Social Director Alex Harmati: social@pcv.com.au Ken Anson Felix Rieniets Andrew Bonwick Lisa Gillespie Alvaro Del Gallo Monika Matlik Neil Drew Carly Pasco Vickie Morris
COMPETITION SUB-COMMITTEE
Competition Director Tony Carolan: competition@pcv.com.au Marshal Co-ordinator Competition Secretary
Mark Behan: marshals@pcv.com.au Simon Dunn
Juris Briedis Will Darvall Nick Karnaros Brent Howard Grant Stephenson
Andrew Bonwick Peter Harrison Peter Witt Michael O’Brien Barry Swan
REGISTER CAPTAINS Register Director Ken Anson: pcvregisters@pcv.com.au Mid 911 (1974-93) Ken Anson & Graeme Anderson: mid911@pcv.com.au 993 Roger Vella & Leon Christodulaki 993@pcv.com.au Modern 911 Kon Gogos modern911@pcv.com.au 911 Turbos James Borg & Rowan Burnett: 911turbo@pcv.com.au GT3, RS & RSR Greg Humphries: gt3rs@pcv.com.au Boxster & Cayman Lindsay St Baker & Mark Behan boxster@pcv.com.au Torque Tube Angelo Monteleone & Ivan Romanic (924, 928, 944, 968) torquetube@pcv.com.au
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president’s message Welcome to the Spring edition of the best car club magazine in Australia, and my last contribution as President. Since our last magazine, we have run track events at Winton, Phillip Island and Sandown, Club Nights at the dealerships at Brighton and Doncaster, the Ladies Luncheon and nine Social and Register runs. The 2016 calendar has seen a quality and quantity of events that continues a grand tradition as typified by the richness of those last 3 months. Articles appear elsewhere in the magazine, and I recommend you browse through them to either recall a great day or think about enjoying a future event. Your Club is ably served by the Social, Register and Competition sub committees, and the General Committee of the Club. I would like to thank and congratulate them on the 2016 calendar, the planning and execution required to maintain the standard of the events that our members demand. Our events are a mix of traditional and new activities. At the Club night at Doncaster, we had an address by a Past President, Michael Chapman of his (private) viewpoint of the issues in the CFA, from his perspective as a long serving (and decorated) Captain of Arthurs Creek brigade. The Club has been and continues to be a long standing contributor to the CFA. Our major runs enjoy the morning teas served by local CFA brigades, and our Membership Number auction over the last 12 months donated half of the proceeds of the auctions to CFA’s we visited in 2016. Michael’s talk was therefore a unique insight into an important issue, though not a car theme. The AGM will be heavily car themed! At Phillip Island a week or so ago Tony Carolan and Ian Knight organised a “Targa” group of highly experienced past members. This was the first of hopefully an annual event. After running in a normal sprint format in the morning, the afternoon saw a handicapped release to an extended afternoon session. The result was a very interesting variation on a traditional sprint. This brought a group of members (and their cars) back to our track day, to the enjoyment of all participants. I encourage the committees to continue to try new things within our current, highly successful programme. I have however two disappointing innovations to relate. In the last 6 months a number of members have been planning to use our expertise running our 4 hour at Sandown to deliver a 24 hour Regularity in late 2017. This would have been an iconic event, aimed at Club level motorsport, and the discussions were notable for people around and outside this Club expressing excitement (and credit) that PCV would organise such an event. In many cases very experienced motorsport people were volunteering to assist us. Unfortunately none of the Victorian Racetracks can get permission from their planning bodies to run motorsport during the night. Even Winton, who’s neighbours are mostly cuddly Australian mammals, are not permitted to run past 9pm, and consider it unlikely that the 2 years of effort required to run a request for a variation of their Council Permit would be successful. Bitterly disappointing.
club committee 2015/16 Andrew Bonwick President president@pcv.com.au
Equally disappointing is a new CAMS policy on passengers in cars at motorsport. The expressed intent of the policy is to mandate a minimum standard of activities for passenger rides at speed. The Policy is a one size fits all approach, that in our view does not recognise many of the specific controls that PCV has in place that have led to our long and successful passenger ride program. The mechanism seems to assume a lack of expertise on the track and then guides how the event should run. PCV has very high requirements for our passenger events, and very substantial cultural and compliance processes to enforce that. The effect of the policy is to make President’s Day unviable, prohibits marshal laps at lunch time and in my view prevents the Entrée activity. We requested authorisation of our process, but it was rejected, despite a CAMS director, at the August State Council in public saying that PCV runs a very high standard of event. The Club has commissioned a risk specialist known to CAMS, with very high credentials, to develop with us a process that is acceptable to CAMS, maintains the current high level of safety culture and compliance at the club, and allows for passengers to enjoy an experience that is core to our being as a club. Your Club is well served by a broad spectrum of volunteers. I meet many many people in our club who come to events, as participants, marshals, organisers and spectators. The sub committees – Social, Register and Competition enjoy the participation of enthusiastic members who give their time and capability to bring you a wide range of enjoyable events. I went to the 993 Register run to Toobarac last week and was reminded of the stress the organisers face. It was Roger’s first event, and was well organised and great fun to drive, with a nice lunch & conversation at the end. Roger’s nervousness that members would enjoy the event was palpable, and I would like to thank him for taking the risk to put his hand up and help the Club. Other volunteers will remember that nervousness, without which our events would not be of the standard they are. I would like to thank the General Committee for its support in the last two years, Ken for his leadership of the Registers, Tony the Comp system and Alex for the zing he has brought to the Social events. I have been proud to represent the Club in a number of forums and humbled to have been part of the long history of a club founded on an interest in the marque and sustained by great people. If you haven’t yet attended a club event, you may be wondering what in the cornucopia of club events you should try first. There is no correct answer to that, except – try something. Whatever takes your fancy we are looking forward to you participating in your club, enjoying the company of other members, and the noise and excitement of the best sports marque in the world. Andrew Bonwick, President
Tony Carolan Vice President & Competition Director vp@pcv.com.au
Michael O’Brien Treasurer treasurer@pcv.com.au
NevilleSampson Secretary secretary@pcv.com.au
Ron Widdison Porsche Parade Editor editor@pcv.com.au
Alex Harmati Social Director deputysocial@pcv.com.au
Ken Anson Registers Director registers@pcv.com.au
Felix Rieniets Deputy Social Director committeememberfr@ pcv.com.au
Garry Saber Committee cps@pcv.com.au
Ian Knight Committee committeememberlc@ pcv.com.au
David Mallinson Committee committeememberlc@pcv. com.au
Mark Horton Andrews Committee committeememberlc@pcv. com.au
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from race control As many of you have probably heard by now, we have been having a real struggle with the new CAMS Motor Sport Passenger Ride Activity (MSPRA) policy that was introduced mid year. Clearly the policy was introduced in the interests of passenger safety, but in trying to come up with a universal policy across a lot of different aspects of motor sport, applying it across all clubs which have different approaches and different levels of sophistication in their operating procedures, they have applied so many constraints that it would prohibit us from giving our volunteer marshals a few hot laps during competition lunch breaks and it would also make our end of season President’s Day unviable. Through marshals hot laps, introducing and mentoring new competitors through Entree class and our signature President’s Day event, PCV has run a large number of passenger activities at race tracks for many, many years, all without any personnel injuries. The constraints imposed in the MSPRA policy on track density, overtaking and number of laps allowed would either change the character of or in some cases stop us from offering this opportunity to our members. To help us address this MSPRA issue, we have hired the services of a safety and risk management specialist who has a lot of motor sport experience (including working for the Grand Prix Corporation) and is well respected
by CAMS. With his support we are undertaking a comprehensive risk assessment of all the risks that we believe are of concern to CAMS as well as ourselves and will then develop some enhancements to our operating procedures. Our objective is to get a CAMS permit to enable us to still run President’s Day in our traditional way. I will keep you posted as this develops. The 2016 season is now drawing to a close having finished 9 of our 10 competitive events. 99 of our members have entered events in our competition, with almost an equal number of non point scoring entrants through Entree class (when we could run it up to July), members of other Porsche clubs (particularly PCSA), experienced PCV members who just wanted the thrill of track driving without entering the competition and guest entrants from other car clubs. Since my last report we have held very successful events at Sandown , Winton and Phillip Island. In all of these we were blessed with good weather and good entry lists. We also got our second run on the new Winton surface which has settled in and produced some great times. Winton was a shared event with the WRX club and this certainly helped from a financial perspective. In general competition has more than broken even this year and made a reasonable contribution to covering its share of the club’s fixed and administration expenses. This has required a slight increase in entry fees, but this is against constant increases in track hire costs.
who no longer compete in our regular competition but have gone off to do tarmac rallies. We called them the Targa group and structured their sessions to encourage a little more competition between the members of the group. It was great to see so many old faces back and they all seemed to have a great time. Throughout the year the level of competition between our members just seems to continually increase with lap records being broken in most classes at every event. with one event to go the likely champions are starting to stand out with Nick Karnaros looking good to take out both the Club and Outright championship, but B Class looks like it could go right down to the wire between Billy Sevastas and Daniel Reynolds. I’m sure there will be lots of people looking forward to the championship presentations at the Annual Dinner Dance on 3 December. The calendar for 2017 is now shaping up well and we will hopefully have a draft out to members well before year end. Safe travelling and only speed on the track. Tony Carolan, Competition Director
At our last event at Phillip Island we introduced something new by inviting a group of club members
social corner Welcome again to the Social Corner. Hard to believe daylight savings is upon us, time to wind the clocks, and enjoy that extra evening hour of light, or for those early morning persons (me) back to darkness we go… For those who attended the German Car Festival many thanks for your participation, with an expectation of 100 cars, the organisers were overwhelmed with numbers doubling to over 200 cars. It was great to see so many Porsches join in the ranks, making this a truly outstanding event highlighting all brands German, looking forward to next year’s event, and hopefully more Porsches in attendance. With our upcoming Spring Run, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind our members that with the heavy and consistent wet winter, our great driving roads have not quite kept their composure, and are now challenging drivers to maintain a safe field of vision of both driving and ‘avoiding’…I certainly played ‘dodge the pot hole’ on a recent weekend escape to the Daylesford region. I think they now may rename the region to ‘Cayenne Country’.
In regards to the Social Committee, none of our events could be brought to the Club without a passionate and enthusiastic group of Club volunteers, and each member plays an important role to ensure we organise and execute events as best as we possibly can. Our current Social Committee team consists of Ken Anson, Neil Drew, Alvaro Del Gallo, Monika Matlik, Vickie Morris, Felix Rieniets and strongly supported by Lisa Gillespie and Carly Pasco. Please feel free to introduce yourself to a Social Committee member or myself, and if you have any thoughts or queries we’d be glad to take on, and we always welcome hearing from anyone that’s interested in coming ‘on board’ to help create and celebrate the Club, even in a part time role.
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treasurers report on the previous twelve months to June 2015. This result was achieved with significant increases in membership income, improving competition results, including sponsorship, and the success of the 40th Anniversary Events. Members’ funds (our net assets), have increased to $327,769 as at the end of the financial year. Financial Stability! Our 2015/16 Annual Report has been audited, and tabled at our AGM held on 18th October. The Annual Report, which includes comparative results from the previous four years and our 2017 Budget, is available on our website. The audit review was unqualified. Highlights: The Financial year 2016, included our 40th Anniversary, and its associated costs and benefits. We celebrated in style, and as well produced a magnificent 40th Anniversary publication. This book, together with the optimised advertising revenue, and a keen selling price, set to just recover production costs, helped enable the club to generate a financially successful year, which also exceeded our budget expectations. It is very pleasing that our financial stability continues to match the growing needs of this expanding club. Total membership continues to increase, and we have been able to meet the demands of this increase in membership with significant improvements to our complementary club night events. Our customer service remains exceptional. The substantial subsidy to our Gala event the Dinner also increased. The clubs financial strategy of targeting a break even result whilst preserving our reserves through balancing our total income, including membership fees, to our total expenses, has continued to achieve the desired outcome. Competition events provided a net profit of $727; Register runs a net profit of $3,304; and Social Runs a small loss of ($1,167). This year’s competition profit maintains the improvement achieved over the last couple of years. Membership income covers our administration costs, club night expenses, and event subsidies as needed. Our Financial Results: The Net Profit for the twelve months to June 2016 of $24,919 exceeded our budget by $12,919. It was also an increase of $11,395
These results compare to a profit of $13,524 for the same period last year, with members’ funds of $302,850. To put this into some perspective our profit $24,919 resulted from total income of almost $634,000 and total expenses of $609,000. PCV is a Non-profit incorporated association: There are two important features of our club’s status as a non-profit incorporated association: 1. Contributions and receipts from members for the services provided by the Club are excluded from the assessable income of the Club, and 2. We are prohibited from making distributions of surpluses to members. The committee takes these requirements into account when decisions are made about the fees we charge for subscriptions, and our events. Essentially any income we receive, we receive on the trust that we will spend on services provided to our members. We do not collect revenue that builds reserves without reason, reserves cannot be returned to members. Sufficient reserves are required to ensure that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Club will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. This is how we manage your money: Subscription Income: Our subscription income enables us to operate our club; this income covers the Administration Costs, Club Night Costs, and the Net Cost of Porsche Parade. Any excess subscription income is applied to the Annual Dinner, and other shortfalls that may arise from running events. Net Competition Surplus or Loss: (fixed and variable costs) Competition events are budgeted to cover all the costs of running a particular event. Competition
Overheads (e.g. Van Costs, Compliance Testing, and Trophies), may be covered by the full years result, or may become a shortfall to be covered by accumulated reserves or any surplus subscription revenue. All other events, Social, Registers, Multi-club Hour Relay, are events that are managed to breakeven on their own accord. We operate to a detailed budget, and report to the general committee on a monthly basis. It is our objective to achieve as close as possible to a neutral financial result, with a preference for small profits. Total Membership: As at the end of June 2016 we had 1,586 members, partners and children, a net increase of 116 on the previous year. Our annual renewal percentage has increased by 2% and is running at 88%, above our long term average of 87%. Our primary membership has increased by 93 to 988 and this has increased by 284 since 2006. Changing Roles: At this year’s AGM I will be handing over the role of Treasurer to David Mallinson. David’s very extensive career includes numerous roles as CFO, Non-Executive Director, Director, and is currently Interim CEO Devondale-Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Co. Limited. David has also previously worked for ANZ and Cadbury Schweppes. I have enjoyed immensely my role as Treasurer and have received wonderful support from all of the committees in this club. I would like to thank all of the past and present committee members who through their support have made my role so enjoyable. I have no doubt that David will also enjoy the same level of support from our committees and club members. The club is extremely fortunate that our finances which have been built up from many years of very careful management from past committees will continue to be managed with the guidance provided by David, and our new committee. It is also appropriate that I acknowledge the tremendous work that Carly Pasco does in maintaining our accounts. The club is so very fortunate to have such a capable Administrator. Carly, together with assistance from Lisa, set our club apart from all others in providing exceptional customer service to everyone, both internally, externally, and to all our members. My role as Treasurer has been made both enjoyable and satisfying due to Carly’s efforts. Please have a look through our Annual Accounts on the clubs website; these include our statutory requirements, but also comparative results for the previous four years, as well as the 2017 Budget. As always if there is anything that concerns you about the finances of the club, please do not hesitate to contact me or anybody on the committee and we will happily answer any query you may have. Regards, Michael O’Brien Treasurer ISSUE 3, 2016
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Club Night at Porsche Doncaster 23rd August 2016
Almost 12 months since our last Club Night at Porsche Centre Doncaster, and a year in operation. Members and guests arrived and appreciated the fine selection of vehicles on display, both new and used, some new were the last ones available for sale, and Porsche Doncaster was keen to ensure if any member were interested, then a deal that night was awaiting. After a refreshing drink, it was time for conversations before the night formally kicked off. Firstly, announcing the ‘all important’ finger food had arrived, and based on member survey we increased the hot food selection, resting the traditional sandwich for another time. Next on the agenda was the opportunity to introduce and welcome new members to the Club, then onto updates from the Registers, Social and from Competition a guest spot for one of our shy,
retiring ‘never in the spot light’ members Theo Mihelakos, who we encouraged to speak to the group about Competition results. He noted that insome classes there are so few competitors that wining is very achievable…due to the absence of competitors, finishing that Competition would welcome anyone interested in participating. For a first time speaker Theo certainly showed that he had potential to broaden his skills and confidence in the public arena.| Then we moved onto our first guest presenter Dimitri Egonidis, New Cars Sales Manager, at PCD. In a question and answer forum, Dimitri gave us an insight into the first year of Doncaster highlighting the local demographics impacting the sales of the Macan and Cayenne, then onto the allocation process of limited release models, such as the 911R, with Australia lucky enough to ‘punch above its weight’ in the limited global allocation, and finishing with his own favourite Porsches, and what was in his collection, noting a non Porsche classic by the name of Beryl. Next presenter has very close links with the Club and the CFA, he championed this association as we regularly visit country fire brigades for morning tea on our 4-5 Social runs each year. The club is proud of this association and in return offers a significant donation in return for each particular brigade’s hospitality. It was approximately 10 years ago that this association began thanks to our guest speaker and past PCV President Michael Chapman.
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Michael spoke in detail of the background, the running, funding and structure of the CFA, he passionately shared with us some of the challenges of recent time, giving members first hand knowledge, rather than filtered through the media. We thanked Michael for his presentation and provided him with a cheque to Arthurs Creek CFA from the auction of the ‘Porsche Significant’ membership numbers. As the night drew to a close, some members continued the passionate discussion around the CFA, others continued on all things Porsche, some provided encouraging words to Theo for his brave efforts with the microphone, some took a last look at the limited editions, and many on their way home pictured a brand new limited edition Porsche in their garage. With thanks to the hospitality of Porsche Centre Doncaster, and those who assisted for another successful PCV Club Night.
Gala Dinner Dance & Presentation Night Saturday 3rd December 2016
The Mayfair Ballroom at The Grand Hyatt, 123 Collins Street, Melbourne.
PCV Members and their guests are invited to join us at our premier event of the year, a gala dinner, dance and presentation evening. The Social Committee is working hard to deliver a renewed event featuring: NEW VENUE - We move to the 5 star Grand Hyatt at the Paris end of Collins Street. The Mayfair Ball Room will impress with its classy modern fit out including LED coloured walls and a first class audio visual setup.
MORE MUSIC & BIGGER DANCE FLOOR – We welcome Groove Star, a premier corporate cover band who’ll provide for all music tastes. The early bracket will feature Michael Buble songs by Glenn (who fronts the Australian Michael Buble Show), before stepping it up with dance tune classics of the last four decades and current hits – bring your dancing shoes! MORE FUN – A photo booth with props for all to strike a pose then print complimentary take-home pics. CONDENSED PRESENTATIONS – While our high achievers will still receive the attention they deserve, other items will be kept to minimum. Track competition winners will be announced and presented their prizes after another successful year of club motorsport. Our valuable volunteers will be acknowledged – we hope to get many of you in the AV display so look out for that! DATE: Saturday 3 December 2016 TIME: 7:00pm—12:00am COST: $140.00 per person—ALL INCLUSIVE. Includes welcome drinks, 3 Course Meal, Red/White Wine, Beer, Soft drinks, Tea and/or Coffee LOCATION: Mayfair Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hotel. 123 Collins Street, Melbourne DRESS CODE: Black Tie for the men - Cocktail or Formal Dress for the ladies BOOKINGS: Enquiries to Carly on administrator@pcv.com.au or phone 9817 6911 BOOKINGS CLOSE: Tuesday 15th November 2016 (unless booked out earlier) CANCELLATION POLICY: No refund after bookings close unless your booking can be replaced. Worth 4 POINTS in the 2016 PCV PARTICIPATION AWARD Sponsored by Traction Tyre and Suspension Centre, Porsche Cars Australia & Nillumbik Cellars. Please contact Andrew @ Traction on 9764 2811, PCM Selection Boutique on 9473 0917 & Daniel @ Nillumbik on 9438 1249. Don’t forget to mention your membership of the Porsche Club Victoria
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Club Night at Porsche Brighton 5th July 2016
A chilly winter’s evening didn’t deter around 150 members from attending our “June” Club Night on 5th July at Porsche Centre Brighton. The usual mid to end of June date turned into July due to dealer commitments such as the new Boxster training and launch, plus the National Porsche Open Day requiring PCB’s full attention. Members enjoyed a beverage or two, along with a finger-food dinner, of which impressed our visitors from PCNSW, where juice and biscuits are about all the catering offered at their nights. After the introduction of new members and club news the final membership number auction was held, with 4 successful bidders claiming numbers 904, 962, 991 and 997. Congratulations to Ken Anson, Darren Tag, George Kenyeres and Norman Smith for their support of PCV and the CFA. Then we moved onto the guest presenters, starting with James Bergmuller, Chairman of the PM Group (formerly Preston Motors) which runs
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Porsche Centres Brighton and Doncaster. James spoke about his love of the automotive industry and in particular the enjoyment and challenges that come with Carrera Cup motor sport. Next presenter was Richard Maloney from Engage & Grow, who came recommended by a member with the idea that he could give a special insight into positive mind matters for our competition drivers as well as in normal life. He certainly had a positive impact on some as expressed in our feedback survey.
Lastly we heard from Richard Catchlove, salesperson at PCB (who graciously stepped in for the ill Jake Parsons) and spoke about the fabulous new Boxster 718. Richard went into detail about the advantages of the 4 cylinder engine and even started one up in the showroom to demonstrate its different but terrific sound. With thanks to the hospitality of Porsche Centre Brighton and organisation of the Social Committee another successful PCV Club Night was enjoyed.
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Story: Will Darvall Photos: Ron Widdison
’73 Camaro Z 28 clone
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’81 series 2 Lancia Montecarlo Spyder & 2 litre ’78 Fiat Spider
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what’s in your garage? When will the worldwide fascination with air cooled Porsches stabilise? Carlo Cimino is probably not complaining, as he has 5 of the above, some Italians and a bit of American muscle. Interestingly, Carlo’s 4 Italian grandparents all migrated independently to Oz after the First World War and married here, one grandfather starting Perfect Cheese and the other becoming a shoemaker. His father became a clothing manufacturer, an occupation which Carlo has ultimately followed, after studying fashion design and a Commerce degree and working for many years as an accountant. This third generation Italian Australian boy developed his interest in cars from an uncle, who loved and restored vintage cars. He fell in love with a Lime Green Porsche at about 10 and still has the bad replica Porsche badge from that time on his key ring, saved for the day he would get his Porsche! His first car was a ’71 2 litre Alfa Berlina, followed by an Alfa 105 series, which he helped restore, a series 1 Lancia Montecarlo, then a series 2 and an Alfa GTV, until the Porsche dream was realised in 2002, with a 3 litre ’81 Targa. The current collection The undoubted stars are the 964 collection, once unpopular, although a great improvement on the G series. They were designed by Benjamin Dimson (I don’t remember him either), with twin spark M 64 3.6 motors, power steering, rear coils, ABS, 4WD or 2WD, smoother body lines, optional Tiptronic and later airbags. 62,000 were made from ’89-’93. The navy ’91 C2 has the standard motor, with 191 kW or 260 hp, a navy interior and shows 131 k. The black on black ’92 3.3 Turbo (the only 964 without the M64) has the M30 motor, further developed from the G Series, with 235 kW or 315 hp and sprints to 100 in 4.4 seconds. 3660 were produced. It is in the queue for body restoration, with 113 k on the clock.
’86 3.2 Targa
’78 3.0 Targa
The gem of the collection is an iridescent blue ’93 3.6 turbo (first produced in ’92), with 265 kW or 355 hp, a blue interior and only showing 88 k. The time of 4.0 seconds to 100 was very fast 23 years ago! Carlo admits his apprehension when driving this car, having once swapped ends in it. Only 1437 were produced. The Turbos had 2WD, even though 4WD standard models were the first made. Perhaps the logic was to satisfy the seat-ofthe-pants purists. When the 993 Turbo went to 4WD, the GT2 similarly remained 2WD. These cars were all photographed in the accommodating absent Chinese neighbour’s driveway, as Carlo’s home awaits renos. Not at home were 2 G series cars; an immaculate black ’86 3.2 Targa, originally from England, and a white ’78 3.0 Targa, which was also English, but came here via NZ.
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To satisfy the Italian heritage and have endless character building challenges, Carlo has 2 Italians; a pretty ’81 series 2 Lancia Montecarlo Spyder, with a folding targa style roof, and a 2 litre ’78 Fiat Spider (different spelling). The Fiat was designed by Pininfarina and produced by Fiat from ’66- ‘80 and then until ’85 by Pininfarina, going through many iterations along the way. 200,000 were produced, to thus become one of the most iconic sports cars of all time. Pity about the long “safety” bumpers from the mid 70’s. After attending an American car show, Carlo decided to add a bit of USA muscle to the collection with a handsome ’73 Camaro Z 28 clone, also somewhat iconic. It’s “very loud and completely uncivilized”, while his daily driver is a BMW X3. Carlo’s collection of cars are not garage queens, and he gets his hands dirty with restoration projects. He obviously loves to think and talk about and carefully plan for his cars and projects, in typical enthusiastic hand waving Italian style. There will always be interesting developments!
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Double Trouble story & photos: Ron Widdison 16th August 2016
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Two Brothers, two brand spanking GT4’s, does it get any better? I recently accompanied brothers and PCV members Ray and Paul Graham to Porsche Centre Melbourne to pick up their identical Cayman GT4’s. (sorry, the only difference is Ray’s car has the optional 18 way seats. Also both cars have now been clear plastic wrapped, Ray’s 100% and Paul’s 70%.) 24
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Ray has had his GT4 for two months now, here’s his thoughts. So far as our opinions on the GT4 we are both on the same page in that it is an amazing car to drive, the overall performance is outstanding to say the least, the brilliant manual transmission is just as good as it gets, the handling and braking is way beyond our expectations and the exhaust note is just music to our ears.
The GT4 is a car that almost instantly becomes a part of you when you drive it you just feel so in tune with it and without doubt the GT4 is the best Porsche model I have ever driven! It is a truly unique and very special Porsche in just so many ways. “I JUST LOVE IT”.
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Fast Facts:
This is the first time Porsche has introduced a GT sports car based on the Cayman which shares many of its components with the 911 GT3. A lap time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds on the North Loop of the Nürburgring positions the Cayman GT4 as the new benchmark at the top of its market segment. It also makes a clear statement that Porsche will continue producing exciting two-door sports cars in the future –
sports cars that are developed at the Motorsport department in Weissach. The engine, chassis, brakes and aerodynamic design of the Cayman GT4 are configured for maximum driving dynamics; yet the top model still retains the versatility and everyday utility that is typical of the two-seat Porsche coupe.
The Cayman GT4 is powered by a 3.8-litre flatsix engine with 283 kW (385 hp), derived from the 911 Carrera S. Power is transmitted by a six-speed manual gearbox only incorporating dynamic gearbox mounts. Porsche’s new twodoor super star accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 4.4 seconds and has a top speed of 295 km/h.
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Story: Neil & Phyl Drew Photos: Felix Rieniets
Winter Run to the Macedon Ranges Sunday 5th June 2016
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The day started out with a typical winter prediction. It was accurate. 70% chance of showers and as predicted that was the case, however it did not stop 136 stoic Porsche Club members assembling at Rockbank for the route briefing. Due to the large number of participants, it was hard to hear the actual instructions by the Run Captain, Michael Bailey, but the notes were of such a very high standard, that it made up for the lack of oral instructions. New members were introduced by President Andrew and made very welcome to the club. The group headed off at 9:45 for the first leg of the route to the CFA fire station at Bullengarook. I thought when Phyl was giving me the route instructions that we seemed to be lost or doing some â&#x20AC;&#x153;circle workâ&#x20AC;?. Well, that was exactly right. Twice we circled on the route, but I have to admit we went on some lovely roads to get to the fire station. The PCV association with the CFA stations has been a feature of the runs for some years now. As if 136 Porsche Club members were not enough for morning tea, a CFA training exercise pulled in with about 30 trucks and a lot of personnel. However, the brigade members catered for all
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our club members very well (not scones, jam & cream) and enough was left over for all the CFA trainees. President Andrew, presented the CFA Captain Phil Challis, with a substantial cheque as a donation for hosting the morning tea and he expressed that the donation will help assist the brigade with buying equipment etc. Although the Bullengarook CFA is only a small one, it has over 46 active volunteer members from the area and it is great to see such enthusiasm despite the recent political turmoil. The second stage of the route took us through some beautiful rural areas and on roads many of us would never have known existed or ever used. The route even passed through Gisborne for the third time (I told you we went around in circles). Then off to Riddles Creek and some beautiful rural areas on more roads many of us would never have known existed. The Burke and Wills track, plus the great run to the top of Mt Eliza road, being two examples of surface sections that allowed us to drive and enjoy our vehicles safely. Thanks to Ken and Harriet Anson for going ahead very early in the run to check on a short section that was extremely muddy due to rain and road works that could have
caused a very confusing last minute detour. It proved to be reasonably passable. Thanks Ken. As scheduled, we arrived at the Macedon Ranges Hotel and Spa centre in various groupings according to the particular accuracy of the individual navigators. There was some rumours that some drivers had to take a short cut using their GPS? Saved by a GPS eh! And the route notes were excellent too. Welcome drinks greeted members on arrival to the dining room prior to arranging themselves to the table settings. Lunch was served by way of a buffet, which was quite efficient considering the large number of members and including some members with special dietary requirements. Once again, new members were included in an official luncheon welcome, as well as a raffle for some wine bottles. The afternoon concluded about 3:15 and instructions were included as to the easiest way to get back to Melbourne. Due to the large volume of chatter and noise in the dining room, one would have to say this was another successful Porsche Club Social Run
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Sunday 10th July 2016
Sandown Sprints Story: Tom Goulopoulos Photos: Ron Widdison
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Porsche Club of Victoria Sandown Sprint Sunday, 10 July 2016
RESULTS
Driver
Car
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Nick Karnaros
997 Cup Car
73.186
Joseph Ensabella
997 GT3 Cup
76.353
Sally Anne Hains
997 Turbo 3.8
77.981
Andrew Hall
996 Cup Car
78.437
Greg Humphries
996 GT3
87.172
Graham Williams
991 GT3 Cup Car
75.556
Stan Bougadakis
997 GT3 Cup Car
75.722
Rick Mensa
997 GT3 Cup
76.101
andrew gott
997 GT3 Cup Car
78.673
996 GT3
79.094
Ben Faggetter
993 3.6
82.414
Michael Herrod
993 RSR
83.491
Ray Wood
911 3.2 Carrera
99.921
Dale John Swan
911 3.2 Carrera
101.292
Class: OPEN
Class: CUP
Class: M1 Bob Hawker Class: M2
Class: GT1 Kees Van Ek
991 GT3
78.771
Mark Telfer
Cayman GT4
81.515
Greg Bardsley
997 GT3
82.756
Peter Harrison
996 GT3 Mk2
81.589
Tom Goulopoulos
996 GT3
84.353
George Kenyeres
991 Targa GTS
91.549
Phil Treloar
996 3.6
81.234
Jamie Lovett
Boxster S
81.899
Andrew Goulsbra
997
83.462
Darren Jones
993
86.235
Juris Briedis
993 3.6
86.358
Michael McLaurie
996 Carrera 4S
86.383
Josef Smith
Cayman S
88.625
Andrew Smith
996
89.151
Warwick Phillips
Cayman S
90.180
Driver Michael Dennis
930 3.3 Turbo Car
96.446 Result
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Brent Howard
968 CS
85.741
Bill Sevastas
964 C2
85.924
Richard Thompson
911 Carrera
87.148
David James
Boxster S
88.818
Martin Higgs
968 CS
91.843
Carlo Fasolino
Cayman
94.898
Simon Dunn
911 SC 3.0
Michael O'Brien
911 SC 3.0
Mark Chrzanowski
Class: GT2
Class: GT3
Class: A
Class: B
The weather forecast for Sunday was rather dire with showers for most of the day however the weather Gods were with the rain holding off Class kindOutright Class Outright until 3.00PM opportunity to get a Points all the Position Position giving Points number of quick laps. 1 all missed 1 103 smiling face as he 112 Carolan’s We Tony 2 away 5 in sunny 91 Europe,83enjoying Le Mans was 3 6 81 Classic which clashed with73our event. I wonder 7 71 to be at wintry if 4Tony would have 78 preferred Sandown 5 28enjoying 32 37our event?
The track was reasonable overall with a few wet 1 2 88 88 areas. The beginning of the day saw standing 2 3 87 87 water being reported between turn 1 and 2, and 3 4 84 4 ,11 and 12. Turn 84 care to be exercised at turn 4 was particularly 8 69 69 treacherous 11 with dust, water and possibly some residue oil from the previous days meeting, as95Andy Hall67discovered with a 1 10 little off. 1 first15session 89 51Group 1 was brought The of the day 46 Cup car was caught to2 a halt18as Andy 83 Gott in his 3 by the 47 damp 19 4 4 and had an out patch at turn 4 48 with the 3 resulted in damage altercation 16 wall. This to the front and rear of the car. Fortunately the damage was not too extensive and Andy was able 1 9 69 85 to compete for the rest of the day. It was quite amazing to see how together the car looked. 1 12what some 76 gaffer55tape will achieve. Amazing 2
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As the track was not particularly fast only Kees Van Ek managed to break his previous record in 1 13 55 86 GT1 class. However one notable record which I 2 19 43 71 believe was broken was our youngest prospective 3 40 19 40 PCV member. This must go to young Magnus (son of Mark Telfer). This was Magnus’s first PCV attendance 1 11 at the98tender age 56 of 7 weeks to the day. felt Mark 53 would have Magnus 2 Proud 14 Mum 94 into 3 carting 17 as soon 46 85 as possible. Overall a fairly smooth running day on the track 5 25 35 69 with the fastest time of the day set by Nick 6 26 35 69 Karnaros in Open class with a very quick time 31 27 59 of7 1:13.1856. Joseph Ensabella came in second 8 34 26 56 followed by Sally Anne Hains.
36 23 52 Class Class9 Outright Outright Points Position Position Points 10 class 46had Bob 9 30Hawker M1 with a 1:19.09 and M2
class went to Ben Faggetter from Michael Herrod Page 1 of 2 second and Ray Wood third. 1 21 37 87
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911 3.0 SC
88.427
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81
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Grant Stephenson
911 3.0 SC
88.835
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Jim Adamson
911 Carrera
91.228
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Tim Rout
911
91.256
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John Swan
944 S2 3.0
86.262
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Rodney Gordon
944 S2
89.629
2
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78
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Garry Voges
944 S2
91.324
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Philip Cox
911 3.0 SC
91.915
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67
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Garry Saber
944 S2
92.806
5
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Bill Toohey
944 S2
94.202
6
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Harry Phillips
944
102.064
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Class: C
Class: D
Class: OTHER Steven Koutsbis
997 Carrera S
85.665
Theo Mihelakos
Boxster GTS
87.885
Tony Hughes
930 3.0 Turbo
89.001
Darryl Wootton
MGF Cup
Michael Ban
Sunbeam Alpine
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In Class B Brent Howard had a narrow victory from Bill Sevastas by the 0.18 of a second and Richard Thompson. Brent has purchased Aaron Ireland’s GT3 and we look forward to seeing this car back into competition. There may be an opportunity for someone to obtain Brent’’s well sorted 968 CS as Brent is selling this car. Class C saw Simon Dunn with a 1:25.69 lead the way from Michael O’Brien second and Mark Chrzanowski third. Another track record was set in Class D with John Swan’s time of 1:26.26, 3.36 seconds ahead of Rodney Gordon and Garry Voges. We are starting to see some of the newer models compete with very creditable times. Kees Van Ek in his 991 GT3 took out GT1 class at 1:18.7771, Mark Telfer in his Cayman GT4 in GT2 with a 1.21.51 ahead of Greg Barsdsley. GT3 Class was taken out by Peter Harrison with Tom Goulopoulos second followed by George Kenyeres. Tom managed to spin at turn one and had a small encounter with the Armco. In Cup car class Graham Williams ran his 991 Cup to take the honours with a 1:15.55 from Stan Bougadakis by a slim 0.16 second margin. A special mention needs to be made of our tireless organizers, marshals and officials at all levels. They lend their support come rain, hail or shine, to make our track days the success they are. It is on days like today their dedication is really appreciated and they deserve a special thank you from us all.
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As part of the intent to share great company, well planned seating allocation ensured each guest had the opportunity to mingle with extra chairs available at each table. The lunch at the Brighton Savoy was an alternative serve, chicken and veal schnitzel, with the size of the Schnitzel providing entertaining conversation amongst the ladies… ‘bigger than Texas’. In being asked to write this article, I thought it was best I start by disclosing that Felix and I did attend the Ladies Luncheon, but only in the line of duty, one as the ‘MC’ and the other as ‘official photographer’, and ‘conditions applied’ in our attendance, which included a 2pm exit, for the ladies to then… Location, The Brighton Savoy, Seaview Room, certainly lived up to its name, with full view of the Bay, and on entrance each guest received a welcome drink and the opportunity to soak in the view before being seated. We started off the event with a warm welcome to all, and hoping today’s event is the start of a great tradition for the women of the Club and their guests to celebrate and share great company. And that the intent was to ensure everyone had the opportunity to get to know each other, creating new friendships and reconnecting with familiar faces. 38
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Our guest speaker Kerryn Gamble took us on a journey through her childhood, focusing on the competitive nature with her brother, and the positive outcomes it created through her life. And then she shared some key learnings to stimulate and inspire our passions and beyond. Next onto the all important raffle, first prize being a very exclusive make up session with our very own PCV member and Makeup Artist to the Stars, Vickie Morris, with all very excited on who would be the winner. The lucky name was drawn by one of the guests who in the session with Kerryn expressed her desire to do more public speaking and performance, so without hesitation she was now on centre stage for the raffle draw. Lucky the name drawn for First Prize didn’t start with the names Alex or Felix, and went to another very happy guest.
With a very supportive contribution from Porsche Centre Melbourne the raffle continued, where almost all left the day with prizes and smiles for all things Porsche. As 2pm arrived, it was time for my departure, and for anyone wanting to know what happened there after, I’m sure one of the guests may share that, or there’s always next year… A very special thank you to all those involved in making the day a great event, and an extra special thank you to Monika Matlik for leading the organisation, our guest speaker Kerryn Gamble, and Vickie Morris for donating First Prize, and Porsche Centre Melbourne.
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Sunday 18th September 2016
Phillip Island Story: Michael O’Brien Photos: Ron Widdison
A day that had everything; a wet track, rain, sunshine, freezing conditions, a dry track, lots of PBs, Targa entries, interstate competitors, great sportsmanship, first time competitors, older returning competitors, a new Club Outright and Class Champion, Parc Ferme, a very young Swan, and of course our fantastic Marshals, including a new and very enthusiastic Lois, and Officials. None of our competition events could be run as effectively as we run them without the dedication of our Marshals, or the work of the Competition Committee, especially Tony Carolan our Competition Director. All competitors seriously owe a great debt of gratitude to this group of people, and so on behalf of the competitors and our club we thank you! On completion of this event we have a new Club Champion, winning his Class, and is Outright Champion as well. Congratulations Nick Karnaros let the accolades begin! Ian Knight was responsible for creating a separate “race group” to recognise the 25th Anniversary of Targa Tasmania. PCV members have done very well in the actual Targa Tasmania event – Peter Fitzgerald, Rex Broadbent, Paul Stuart (who competed on Sunday) and Jim Richards as well as Matt Close are all winners in various categories. Our event included a Targa competitor’s sprint which was run under handicapped rules over eight laps. Les Smith, the owner of the Targa Tasmania event, was our winner! Les was in Car 65 (Black Clio Cup Car), and offered some advice to all competitors in Targa Class that “Targa is an Invitation only event” and running me (Les) off the road, was a possible entry hazard.” There was also some suggestion of “sandbagging in the morning sessions to get a good handicap”. Les himself advised me that he “hasn’t spent three years
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running Targa and listening to many competitors, teams, officials etc. complaining about cheating, handicapping etc., without taking it on board/ on mind himself!” Les’ daughter, Brittany (CFO of Targa) was also entered in an Audi Q3 RS, in only her second track adventure Les also advised to the other Targa competitors that – “tangling with her, may be an entry hazard for future Targa events”. All jokes aside “Gracious bunch of some serious long term Targa competitors and the fun side is the first they show. How motorsport should be.” – Les Smith. Now Les, one of our Marshals Gordon, noticed the Renault Clio was a bit of a dark horse, got off first with a generous start time and seemed only to increase the gap to second place through the 8 laps. Is this the “sandbagging” you refer to? This segment of the day brought several members back to the track. Paul Stuart hadn’t been to a Porsche Club Sprint day for many years, but dusted off his 911 2.7RS replica, and had a great day but as Greg Cook noted, “Doing the Cethana stage at Targa Tasmania is way more fun and completely exhausting, 38 k’s of sheer exhilaration!” The Targa guys all said that they loved the day. We hope they come back in greater numbers next year.
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The weather provided some challenges for many, and novel solutions for some. Our South Aussie came up with his own design to stop water entering his cup car as the windows are plastic with vents (see photo). If you would like your car modified contact Tim’s Mods.
Class GT2 - Won by Andrew Richmond with 74 class points. Class GT3 - Won by Peter Harrison with 90 class points, and a winning margin of 2.776 seconds to Tony Carolan second and Brent Howard, with a new PB and many more to come, third. Class A - Won by Phil Treloar with 100 class points, and a winning margin of 2.947 seconds to DJ Loypur second and Michael McLaurie third.
Competition Results: Class Points are achieved by obtaining a lap time measured against a bench mark time. If you get more than 100 points, the bench mark time has been smashed, and less than 100 points – we’ve got work to do! Open Class – Need I say more, won by Nick Karnaros. Congratulations. A measure of Nick’s ability is seen with him achieving 102 class points, and a winning margin of 2.436 seconds to Michael Vati in second and Andrew Hall third. Cup Class – Won by Rick Mensa with 94 class points, and a winning margin of 2,292 seconds to Stan Bougadakis in second and Graham Williams third. Class M2 - Won by Ben Faggetter with 98 class points and a winning margin of 2.439 seconds to Michael Herrod. Class GT1 - Won by Stefan Wojciechowski with 80 class points, and a winning margin of 2.301 seconds to Kees Van Ek. 44
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Class B - Won by Daniel Reynolds with 86 class points, and a winning margin of just 0.045 seconds, to Bill Sevastas second and David James third. Class C - Won by Grant Stephenson with 80 class points with a winning margin of just 0.185 seconds to Mark Chrzanowski second and Michael O’Brien third. Class D - Won by John Swan with 98 class points, and a winning margin of 4.024 seconds to Rodney Gordon second and Garry Saber, with a PB, in third. Class Other – Won by Matt Close with a margin of 6.714 seconds to Martin Farkas second and Brad Winter third. Matt Close who was there only for the morning sessions was the outright winner of Targa Tas this year in a 991 GT3. In the afternoon he had to leave as he is a ship pilot and he had to bring a massive vessel in through the heads. He didn’t think that damaging a ship because he was tired from driving race cars would go down well. Theo, after spinning off in his warm-up lap takes out the regularity award for achieving identical times in his GT3 Cup Car and his hairdresser’s Boxster GTS!
Personal Best times are for everybody, and many were achieved at Phillip Island. Ken Eve achieved serious improvement. In his sixth sprint event for the year and only second in competition class, Ken concentrates on “trying to keep out of the way of the faster guys and as the time sheets show I’m the Slowest PCV member (again), but on this occasion out doing the Subaru SVX by quite a fair margin!! Ken bettered his lap time by 8.055 seconds by the end of the day. We had lots of new members that we hadn’t seen previously. Some like Richard Catchlove (his Sports Sedan 2001-3000cc lap record of 1.39.8 set in 2002 still stands), Ian Geekie and Andrew Whiteside who have thousands of kilometres of racing experience. Here’s hoping they continue in our competition. Everything for Ian Geekie was a PB, as it was his first PCV sprint event, his first time driving his newly acquired 996 GT3, and his first time driving at Philip Island. It was Brent Howard’s first outing in his new GT3 Mk II ex Aaron Ireland car. Brent has some way to go before he starts to challenge Aaron’s track records....! However a respectable time given the conditions, Brent also snuck in for a third place in the class. It also didn’t go unnoticed that Garry Saber produced his PB time with a 1:56.009. Garry produces his best times when he is racing somebody else. This day Garry was chasing Pommy Jo who is driving Garry’s old 2006 Red Cayman S. Congratulations Garry – you also beat me! Danny Loypur has recently renewed his membership after a 20 year absence – interrupted by family commitments. However in his previous Porsche Club life wasn’t too bad behind the
Grant Stephenson
wheel, multiple Outright Championships and Club Champion, Go Kart wins, Grand Prix Rally Winner, Porsche Cup win, Indy Car Rally Winner, and Targa Tassie Class wins. Danny, clearly a generous and devoted parent purchased Jim Richard’s 981 Cayman S Targa Car. No doubt so he could bond with his 21 year old son, and teach him about driving, enabling his son to take his mind off the stressful life of being a professional golfer. Great plan Danny! Their first meeting together was January 2016 Phillip Island, since it was DJ’s first time at the track, Danny provided instructions about how fast and dangerous the track can be, take this apex here this corner here etc etc. DJ actually listens to the instructions. He starts off first session doing 2:06 with Danny a 1.57. Danny said “good boy just take it easy and you will get progressively quicker with more experience.” “Next session he does 1.56, 1.54, 1.53 and I improved to 1.55. Next session he gets to 1.51.01 and I can’t improve on 1.55.5 that is 4.5 seconds quicker”. The student becomes the instructor! Dany explains “The next day the phone didn’t stop ringing from very old club members , like Bruce Harris, saying things like, did you mix up the Dorians with DJ or was it wet when I went out bla bla bla. Bruce - your son used to beat you albeit by only 0.4 seconds. This weekend at Phillip Island my son and I came out again and I really focused to save further embarrassment. When I improved and was leading him with a 1.52.9, I thought I got him. Then DJ goes out in the last session with slight drizzle and does a 1.49.4!” Danny, you are not the first in the club to realise – the younger generation just shows no respect! Especially when the car is their dad’s. Good luck catching him.
The good sportsmanship award must go to Grant Stephenson – or perhaps Mark Chrzanowski. With four-time Club Champion Mark Chrzanowski’s SC undergoing major engine surgery, his friend and fellow Class C competitor, Grant Stephenson, kindly offered to share his SC with Mark for the event. Now it is not normally good form to beat the car’s owner, let alone a mate, under this arrangement, but Mark’s natural enthusiasm saw him unintentionally post a quick time early in the day. Mark was therefore much relieved when Grant proved up to the challenge, eventually running out Class C winner (and ensuring the health of their relationship). It was understood, there were no team orders from ‘Jester Racing’ either! Now it’s also confirmed Michael Dennis does drive quickly enough to require brakes! A confused Michael Dennis was seen meticulously checking out his 930s wheels, tyres and suspension, after frantically returning to the pits half way into his second session. While nothing seemed amiss, Michael remarked to one of his fellow competitors that the whole front end felt like it was shaking apart every time he hit the ‘whoa’ pedal. Thinking his day was over, he was relieved to be informed by Ben Faggetter that his new front brake pads had not bedded in properly during the wet conditions. Race Control enjoyed the day also – in the warm comfort of the control tower. Mark Horton Andrews looked down from Race Control to the dummy grid to see Gordon, Caroline and Barb doing some form of ‘Morris Dancing’ on the spot to try and keep warm! Also, because of the cold, wind and rain, the garages roller doors were unusually shut, meaning that when a Competition Group was called the garages doors would spring up, the Garage would come to life, and the cars would emerge as if from out of a cocoon!
Our expert race commentator Theo also provided some entertainment. Theo spun at Honda, and ended up backward almost against the tyre wall just behind the marshals station, and became bogged. It was good to see Theo back after an absence in the early part of this season. Pity he spun off in his Cup car on a warm up lap, but several of his friends gave him some advice on why we had a “warm up” lap. During the day the Club selected a number of cars for dynamometer check. The cars were isolated (Parc Ferme for the technocrats) and then all drove off in convoy at the end of the day. The dyno checks the power output of the car and is used to confirm that the car is at specification. Unfortunately the dyno at Porsche Centre Melbourne, which the Club had used for many years, was demolished during the recent renovations, and Subaru now provides the independent dyno service. It is noted that the Club had a program of checking the calibration of this machine, and over the last 12 months 4 or 5 cars with known prior dyno results have been run at Subaru and some of those results checked at the dyno dynamics facility as well. We are now confident that the results obtained at Subaru for our cars are accurate. Our competition events are run so very well, with enormous amounts of voluntary work provided by Tony Carolan and Andrew Bonwick, together with our Marshals, Officials and helpers on the day. These events would not be possible without them – so thank you on behalf of us all!
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Porsche Club of Victoria Phillip Island Sprint Sunday, 18 September 2016
RESULTS Driver
Car
Result
Class Position
Class: OPEN Nick Karnaros
997 Cup Car
94.681
1
Michael Vati
997 GT3 Cup
97.417
2
Andrew Hall
996 Cup Car
100.027
3
Joseph Ensabella
997 GT3 Cup
101.928
4
Sally Anne Hains
997 Turbo 3.8
110.057
5
David Mallinson
996 3.6 Turbo
117.730
6
Rick Mensa
997 GT3 Cup
95.912
1
Stan Bougadakis
997 GT3 Cup Car
98.204
2
Graham Williams
991 GT3 Cup Car
98.537
3
Class: CUP
Class: M2 Ben Faggetter
993 3.6
105.823
1
Michael Herrod
993 RSR
108.262
2
Stefan Wojciechowski
991 GT3
106.543
1
Kees Van Ek
991 GT3
108.844
2
Cayman GT4
108.776
1
Peter Harrison
996 GT3 Mk2
106.553
1
Tony Carolan
996 GT3
109.329
2
Brent Howard
996 GT3
111.400
3
Tom Goulopoulos
996 GT3
114.785
4
Phil Treloar
996 3.6
106.486
1
DJ Loypur
981 Cayman S
109.433
2
Michael McLaurie
996 Carrera 4S
110.556
3
Danny Loypur
981 Cayman S
112.953
4
Frank Deak
Cayman GTS
113.418
5
Andrew Goulsbra
997
113.596
6
Guy Lavoipierre
Cayman S
114.544
7
Josef Smith
Cayman S
115.106
8
Juris Briedis
993 3.6
115.610
9
Darren Jones
993
116.739
10
Andrew Smith
996
116.992
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Warwick Phillips
Cayman S
119.045
Jamie Lovett
Boxster S
126.541
Michael Dennis Driver
Car
930 3.3 Turbo
131.388
Daniel Reynolds
911 Carrera
111.513
1
Bill Sevastas
964 C2
111.558
2
David James
Boxster S
113.979
3
Martin Higgs
968 CS
121.473
4
Grant Stephenson
911 3.0 SC
115.546
1
Mark Chrzanowski
911 3.0 SC
115.731
2
Michael O'Brien
911 SC 3.0
116.041
3
John Swan
944 S2 3.0
110.572
1
Rodney Gordon
944 S2
114.596
2
Garry Saber
944 S2
116.009
3
Garry Voges
944 S2
116.839
4
Melanie Treloar
Boxster
117.926
5
Philip Cox
911 3.0 SC
119.670
6
Harry phillips
944
126.962
7
Matt Close
991 GT3
103.838
Martin Farkas
BMW E46 M3
110.552
Brad Winter
944
111.028
Joseph Mezzatesta
991 GT3
111.045
Theo Mihelakos
997 GT3 Cup Car
111.159
Theo Mihelakos
Boxster GTS
111.159
Matt Curyer
964
111.437
Brent Rose
944
111.611
Steven Koutsbis
997 Carrera S
111.805
Richard Thompson
911 Carrera
112.111
Tim Wolfe
968 CS
112.443
Mark Clair
911 RS
113.409
marc kovacic
911 GT3
113.935
Ian Geekie
996 GT3 Club Sport
114.083
Paul Stuart
911 Carrera RS
114.388
Amelia Eime
GT3
115.251
Tim O'Daly
GT3
115.252
Jason Stables
Renault Clio Cup
115.403
Les Smith
Renault Clio Cup Car
115.907
Jeremy Fredersdorff
Toyota GT86
116.506
Joseph Haddad
VW Golf GTI
117.248
Campbell Walker
991 GT3 RS
118.889
Daryl Curyer
964
119.166
Greg Cook
RS Carrera 2.8
120.122
Class: GT1
Class: GT2 Andrew Richmond Class: GT3
Class: A
Result
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Class 14 Position
Tuesday,B4 October 2016 Class:
Class: C
Class: D
Class: OTHER
Ian Knight Driver
Boxster GTS Car
122.242 Result
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Richard Catchlove
Cayman
122.274
Mark Haig
968
123.925
Darryl Wootton
MGF Cup
124.770
Troy Hungerford
997 Carrera
127.090
Andrew Whiteside
Renault Alpine A310
127.708
Brittany Smith
Audi RS Q3
129.003
Richard Johnson
Boxster 981
130.267
Ken Eve
911 Carrera Cab
134.405
Anthony Parle
Subaru SVX
151.465
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Phillip Island TARGA GROUP Story: Ian Knight Photos: Ron Widdison 2016 represented a major milestone for Targa Tasmania with the running of the 25th annual event, an enviable record for any event, let alone one that closes down sections of the public roads and allows drivers to reach whatever speed they feel capable of driving at……and some beyond their capability. At times some of these closures block the only connecting roads between towns, entrants are really blessed with the hospitality of the Tasmanian community along with an enormous crew of volunteers, many also Tasmanians. Given the special nature of this years’ event and the history of the PCV members competing in the event I thought it would be good to create a profile for those competitors and for the suite of Targa events amongst the current competition members, at the same time bringing back a number of past sprint competitors to the fold.
Porsche friend, was of course Peter Brock who we lost to Targa West 10 years ago. Bitumen rallies are certainly events that must be respected and you must compete with your mind in the right place. Phillip Island was chosen for the event as it was not in conflict with any bitumen rallies, unfortunately we were a bit late in confirming the event with a number of members who would have entered being away or had their cars in rebuild state.
Whilst Targa events and bitumen rallying bring with it lots of challenges, and heaps of adrenalin, they also bring risks. Regrettably, we have lost a number of members to such events, including: Gary Tierney, Andrew Carra, Paul Flintoff and John Mansell. Also, whilst not a PCV member, but a
The relationship of PCV with Targa dates back to the first event in 1992 when inspired by Sicily’s Targa Florio John Large created the event. Over the years it has grown to become Australia’s – and one of the world’s – premier tarmac rallies. 200 competitors gathered for the first event. Roll cages and helmets were optional, for competitors in the first event, scary! The entrants included PCV member Geoff Taylor, (over the years a frequent member of the champagne spray but not on the top blocks), Greg Cook, Michael Herrod, Ian Begley (who won the Thoroughbred Class that year in a 356 Spyder and also Classic Handicap in
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Greg Cook
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1994). In fact Geoff is the only one to compete in all 25 Targa events, with Greg Cook competing in all but one, not that it bothers him MUCH! The club’s history has seen many members on the dais, including Hall of Fame members Jim Richards with 8 wins and Peter Fitzgerald, who has won both TT Modern, with fellow member Mike Mansour (993 Turbo), and also TT Classic (356) with Michael Peterson. Rex Broadbent, another PCV Hall of Fame member, is also a multiple winner of TT Classic with 3 wins along with Paul Stuart with two wins with fellow PCV member Mark Connolly. After many years of challenging the lead drivers Matt Close won the 2016 event in a 2015 GT3 after a spectacular drive. Whilst certainly not taking anything away from the great navigation of Cameron Reeves, I am sure that both Matt and his lovely wife Casey would have loved to have achieved this together as they had competed together for many of the earlier rallies in a 968 Clubsport and a 911 Turbo, as well as a short stint peddling an Audi TTRS. Regrettably for Casey this has been one of the prices of motherhood.
Michael Herrod
Other longstanding TT competitors include Paul Stuart (15 TT), Mike Herrod (13 TT), Mark Cummings with Chris Alp, Gavin James (another frequenter to the podium but unluckily missed out on the top spot), Tony Robertson; Stuart Macauley; David Cooper; Michael Browning, Gary Tierney (dec.) Mark Tierney; Wayne Hevey, Andrew Farmer, Lee Harper; 944 Simon; Duane Rodgers, Carol Fizgerald, Bill Seward, Max Warwick, Georgia Warwick, Rusty French, Winston Kim, Stuart Webster, Peter Eames, Simon Froud, Kerry Reynolds, Bob Watson, Paul Blackie, Jeff & Nerida Beable, Jeff Bobik; Craig Rayner; and myself with 10 Targas Tasmania, to mention but a few. Many of the above PCV competitors, whilst not winning outright, have been successful with Class and Category wins, and of course the treasured Targa Plates for completing every stage within the Targa Time. Many of the above have also been competitors in other Targa Events including Targa Wrest Point and Targa High Country both of which offer a good opportunity to test your skills over a shorter, less time consuming and cheeper event. Some have chosen to only compete in these less rigorous events enjoying the same challenge but over
reduced days and therefore less time away from home, such as Kees van Eck who put in the second fastest time of the day at Phillip Island just behind Matt Close. Our Phillip Island event also had PCV members Les Smith and his daughter, Brittany, competing, both PCV members and in Les’s case he is also co-owner of Targa with Brittany handling all the financial aspects of the business. Notwithstanding they were not driving one of his Porsches, it was great to see them supporting this event and enjoying much bantering with Targa competitors. The idea of the day was to run sprint sessions in the morning to set the “handicap” for the afternoon 8 lap sprint. As this was not a race we were only able to place a maximum “handicap” of one lap of the slowest cars, so the faster 991’s had an advantage over the rest of the field…… well in theory anyway! Two Trophies were awarded, one for fasted time which went to Matt Close (991 GT3) which I must say was fully expected, and one for the first across the line. Well that is another story.
Les came along in his Renault rather than one of his stable of Porsches, and was therefore very much an unknown quantity. As the start order and “handicaps” were set based on the mornings timed sessions, allowing for known discrepancies (right Cookie you were slower in the morning than my standard Boxster GTS on street tyres, yea sure!), what we didn’t realise was that Les might have been taking it a bit easy in the morning and therefore had a somewhat favourable “handicap” resulting in being the first off the starting line with maximum “handicap”. What resulted was a sound win for Les with nobody being able to catch him, that Renault can really move. He graciously still accepted his trophy at the end with much ribbing from the rest of the crew, to which he pointed out that Targa is an invitational event….. so we had better not be too unkind or we may not be invited. The event has received great positive feedback from the Targa competitors and also from other PCV members, so the intention is to run this as an annual event (within an event), so look out for the Competition listing in 2017.
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RSR Porsches & Coffee by the Bay 21st August was a cold and threatening winters morning but that didn’t stop 90+ Porsche lovers attending RSR Garage’s “Porsches by the Bay” coffee and cars event.
Well noted was Craig Rayner’s latest love a 964 RS in brilliant Guards red and 993 Coupes were well represented including a white 993 2S fitted with Fuchs wheels.
represented the colors shining brightly against the grey winter sky. All wrapped up by about 9.30 am the rain luckily held off and attendees dispersed to enjoy the rest of their Sunday.
An excellent cross section of all Porsche models were in attendance including a rare 911 ’74 Carrera Coupe previously unseen at Club events.
2 x 3LT Carreras were popular amongst the crowd who were there for a free coffee as well as the viewing and camaraderie of like minded Porsche lovers, one driver all the way from Albury for the day. All colors of the rainbow were
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14th August 2016
Winton Sprints Story: Jamie Lovett Photos: Ron Widdison
Tony Carolan
Sunday 14th August provided absolute perfect weather for SMASHING lap records, a cool 12C with sunny conditions allowed good horsepower and just enough track temp to generate effective tyre adhesion. It was also Christian Fitzgerald’s birthday, happy birthday Christian. We had a whopping 97 entrants shared between PCV and WRX which was another fantastic turn out.
So let’s talk lap records;
A recent trend is for entrants to arrive the night before and share a meal at the Great Northern Hotel which is a nice way to start the event.
The day was run without fault and very few interruptions. The only stop I am aware of was the red SC who went into the mud at turn 3. Bets were on assuming it was Simon Dunn, however against instinctive thoughts, it turned out to be none other than our esteemed treasurer Michael
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Open Cup M1 M2 GT1 A
Nick Karnaros Manny Mezzasalma Bob Hawker Ben Faggetter Stefan Wojciechowski Phil Treloar
O’Brien. Whilst looking across the paddock, Simon’s car was on the trailer, so need to find out what went wrong there anyway. Cup Car Class looks to be a great success which has now taken over group 1, spare myself in a Boxster S, Phil in a 996, and Ben’s 993. The lap times all classes are achieving is mind blowing when only looking back a few years. It begs the question have we all improved as drivers, is it tyre development or are we now pushed that close to the limit to win there is literally nothing left. Judging by the winning margins across the board I am going with the latter. There were some seriously close results, well done to all drivers.
I would like to make a special mention to my father Greg Lovett who finally got his act together and joined us as a competitor. It was just awesome to see his genuine article 993 GT2 out in action, I must admit I was a very distracted driver as we were both in group 1. The car just looks stunning especially after being wrapped in its 1995 livery. I hope to see it out again in the near future. As a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;club racerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Winton by far has to be the best track, it awards technical driving, car control, and more than anything, patience. It provides the opportunity to push yourself
and car to the maximum limit in a safer environment than the high speed corners of say Philip Island. That being said Philip Island is the premier circuit of the country and unbeatable when you get it right. In closing I am really pleased we were able to visit Winton twice this year and would be in favour of repeating this again next year, that is 1 round with the combination of long and short track and a 2nd round of just the long track. I also think having them in close succession worked well as drivers had good familiarisation which may have also contributed to so many
lap records falling. Winton have added a skid pan to the inside arc of the sweeper, maybe a track/motokhana day could be proposed Wink wink organisers. A big thank you to all the marshals, timing, and PCV committee another job well done! See you all at PI.
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Porsche Club of Victoria Winton with WRX Sunday, 14 August 2016
RESULTS Driver
Car
Result
Class Posit
Class: OPEN Nick Karnaros
997 Cup Car
83.267
Joseph Ensabella
997 GT3 Cup
86.105
Andrew Hall
996 Cup Car
88.401
David Mallinson
996 3.6 Turbo
98.807
Tim Wolfe
997 GT3
99.323
Manny Mezzasalma
997 Cup Car
84.299
Rick Mensa
997 GT3 Cup
84.331
Graham Williams
991 GT3 Cup Car
85.806
Stan Bougadakis
997 GT3 Cup Car
86.098
Tom Marks
996 GT3 Cup
86.389
996 GT3
89.988
Ben Faggetter
993 3.6
91.729
Michael Herrod
993 RSR
93.959
Stefan Wojciechowski
991 GT3
93.156
Kees Van Ek
991 GT3
94.623
997 GT3
98.509
Peter Harrison
996 GT3 Mk2
92.944
Tony Carolan
996 GT3
95.079
Tom Goulopoulos
996 GT3
103.365
Class: CUP
Class: M1 Bob Hawker Class: M2
Class: GT1
Class: GT2 Greg Bardsley Class: GT3
Class: A Phil Treloar
996 3.6
92.966
Jamie Lovett
Boxster S
93.518
Andrew Goulsbra
997
97.011
Darren Jones
993
97.489
Michael McLaurie
996 Carrera 4S
98.421
Frank Deak
Cayman GTS
Josef Smith
Cayman S
100.332
andrew smith
996
101.413
Warwick Phillips
Cayman S
104.256
Ron Widdison
993
109.203
Car
Result
Class: B
Driver
98.895
Brent Howard
968 CS
97.063
Daniel Reynolds
911 Carrera
97.485
Richard Thompson
911 Carrera
97.869
Bill Sevastas
964 C2
David James
Boxster S
100.978
Carlo Fasolino
Cayman
106.355
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
98.005
Class: C Simon Dunn
911 SC 3.0
Michael O'Brien
911 SC 3.0
Tim Rout
911
97.996 99.180 102.268
Class: D Rodney Gordon
944 S2
Melanie Treloar
Boxster
100.535
99.934
Garry Voges
944 S2
101.621
Philip Cox
911 3.0 SC
101.676
Garry Saber
944 S2
102.387
Bill Toohey
944 S2
104.278
Simon Wilson
944 3.0
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Class: OTHER Greg Lovett
993 GT2
87.714
Cameron Waters
944 Turbo track car
90.586
Craig Lindsell
Mini Cooper S R53
96.407
Michael Holland
996 Turbo
99.017
Jeremy Fredersdorff
Toyota GT86
99.940
Adrian Kinderis
McLaren 570S
Joseph Haddad
VW Golf GTI
103.423
Ken Eve
911 Carrera Cab
111.641
99.947
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What Happens in Vegas… September 2016
convinced Tracey to join me for some hot laps and she drove a Ferrari F430 Scuderia and a 997 Turbo S at Exotics Racing Las Vegas. It’s a purpose built track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I did my laps in the 997 Turbo S and thoroughly enjoyed getting used to the car and then building on my laps. But 10 laps goes quickly and after completing the drive I promised myself I’d come back to the track this year. With a little Googling I discovered another Las Vegas driving experience with a mix of Exotics plus race cars. I was at first surprised to find with some training and a fair amount of cash, you could drive various GT Race Cars. These are the GT cars raced in various GT series globally. I have an annual business trip to Las Vegas for a trade show in September. It’s become a tradition to do some track time in Super Cars before or after the trade show. Two years ago it was a mix of Porsches (Cayman R, 991 S and 997 Turbo S), Ferrari F430, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Lamborghini Gallardo and Mercedes SLS. Yep an Epic line up of cars. And after spending a significant amount of US dollars I left thinking how I loved driving the cars hard and fast on the track but also wished I’d spent more time in the 997 Turbo S to really get my laps better in this monster 911. Last year my wife Tracey came to the USA for what she has made a bi annual event. I 56
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Ferrari F430 GT or 458 GT, Lamborghini Gallardo GT or Porsche 911 GT. Being a Porsche man it was a no brainer. I started the booking process a few days before flying to Vegas. The plan was to Drive a 991 GT3 followed by the 911 GT Race car. 5 laps in each car. I ended up booking an additional 3 laps in a Cayman GTS followed by 5 laps in the GT3 and 7 laps in the race car. This is not an infomercial but for all the curious readers check out www.dreamracing.com Fast forward a week and I’m in Vegas and have convinced a colleague from the UK to join me
and he booked 10 laps in a Audi R8 V10 Plus. We have a quiet (Vegas Quiet) night so we are ready for our 11:00 booking at Dream Racing. Dan and I drive out in the hire car to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Our excitement builds as we drive under the Nascar track into the centre parking lot of Dream Racing. A few pics of the cars lined up outside the entrance and we enter the building and sign the waivers. The session starts in the Media room, the same room used for all the Nascar events at the track. The view from the window is of the start finish line of the oval track and we see a Nascar lapping. The sound was EPIC!!!! Briefing
over and we head for simulators where we have an instructor coaching us through the track we will soon be driving. I must say my video game skills leave a lot to be desired and the feel of the controls is a far cry from a real car. Next it’s down to the track. I get my racing suit and shoes on and head to the waiting area by the track. The dry heat of the Vegas desert is intense in the shade however we are drawn to the concrete barrier by the straight to watch some others drive the circuit. “Brett, you’re up” My instructor takes me to a black Cayman GTS for my first 3 laps. Helmet on and into the car. An assistant plugs the intercom into my helmet and makes sure I’m seated correctly. This is all pretty familiar with a standard seatbelt, PDK paddles sport plus button, sport suspension button and air con to cool the cabin. I cruise down pit lane and onto the track. 3 laps happen very quickly however I’m learning lines and being assisted by my instructor, each lap is better than the previous one. 991 GT3 time. We walk from the Cayman to a white GT3 while I take in some tips on braking points and corner lines. I’m feeling more comfortable with the track and again I’m assisted with getting my intercom plugged in and seating position correct. Start Up on the GT3 has my heart racing. After all this is a GT3 and I get to drive it as hard and fast as I can on track. The GT3 feels fast. Much faster than the Cayman overall more serious in corners and acceleration. As I hit the straight on lap 1, with my right foot planted I’m smiling at the sheer acceleration from the final corner onto the main straight. Very quickly it’s time to brake and boy does this car slow down for the first corner. My left foot is planted hard on the foot rest to brace myself in this hard deceleration.
Turn in and then a long right hander, left right and so on. I’m hitting apexes more and overall getting a better feel for the car and the tack however 5 laps of serious driving and even more serious concentration fly by. It’s time to pull into the pits and park the GT3. Now things get Serious. I quiz the instructor as we walk towards the 911 GT. Is this the real deal? Yes he replies. As in I could buy this and race it? Yes it’s a factory built race car. And he continues. This has a sequential gear box. Not PDK. It’s a race box with a clutch, but you only need the clutch to take off or if you spin. We don’t want to spin in gear. I don’t want to spin!!!! He continues “ This car is more powerful and more responsive than the road car it’s a lot lighter and has more power and a track set up. And slicks, so we will have a lot more grip. I open the door and immediately notice how light the carbon door feels compared to the road car door I opened minutes earlier. I contort myself through the roll cage and into the seat. I’m helped to buckle up and adjust my seating position. My adrenal glands are working overtime. I’m about to drive a real racing Porsche. Fuel pump on and I reach my left index finger to press the start button. The sound is just amazing. It fills the cabin and is truly loud and mechanical sounding. We sit to let the engine warm up and I’m briefed on taking off. Give the car some revs and slowly release the clutch. STALL. I cant remember when I last stalled my road cars (yes they are manuals). Clutch in and again I start her up and again stall. More revs and slower on the clutch. And we are off in put lane and I’m shifting into second but sort of bunny hopping and bouncing around. I’m told this is pretty normal in the race car.
Out of Pit lane and into the first right hand corner. My senses are overwhelmed by the noise, the heat of the cabin and the directness of steering and throttle. As I continue to accelerate into 3rd gear the sounds and sensations continue to build and I’m into the back part of the track. 3rd into 4th gear then braking and downshifting for the double right and onto the main straight. The gear changes are sharp and my right foot is flat to the floor as I accelerate very very rapidly down the straight and soon I was braking and down shifting for the 3rd gear left hander. The brake pedal was very firm and needs a strong push to slow the car from around 200kmh to around 90kmh. Lap 2 and on the final corner I’m asked to stay left so a car can pass. This might seem depressing to be passed but this isn’t racing and the car that goes by is a Maclaren 650S with around 200hp more than the Porsche and 4wd. The following few laps I follow the Maclaren before it pulls off into the pits. Soon my 7 Laps are completed and I cruise into the pits, park, switch off and I’m assisted out of the Car. My mate Dan is waiting for me and as our eyes meet our enormous grins grow larger. WOW THAT WAS AMAAAZZZZIIIIINNNNGGGG. Me too the Audi………. Audi I say, come on I just drove a 911 GT race car mate. “I know” Dan says. He had been standing on the main straight and taken a few clips of me down changing at the end of the straight. This was a truly amazing driving experience which we have both vowed to do again next year.
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Run to the Flinders Hotel Story: James Borg Photos: James Borg & Rowan Burnett Sunday 28th August 2016
An early Sunday start of 8.30am for a 9am departure wasn’t a deterrent for the 40 PCV members, with many arriving well before 8.30am and all accounted for and checked-in prior to the announcements. The car park was resplendent with 7 Turbos made up of 997s, a 996, and several ‘widowmaker’ 930s looking as sporty as ever. Looking even sportier was Kevin & Shanrah’s 930 (Ruf Spec update) which someone joked ‘you could sell tickets just to hear the noise this thing makes when it starts’. New members Dennis and Helena have registered their 997(II) Turbo with a nod to Porsches engineering excellence (NOSUMP). The balance of 18 cars was an impressive array of the Porsche marque. Adrian’s Sapphire Blue Boxster Spyder continues to draw a crowd, but was being rivalled by the oohs & ahhhs coming from the vicinity of Paul Hand’s Cayman GT4 and John & Sheryl’s red Boxster GTS. There was a decent spread of 911s: Jonathon’s Targa, Ken & Harriets Targa, 2 x Cabriolets (yes, Dietfried was there) Tim’s Cabriolet S and Greg’s 4S, with Jenni’s Macan S rounding out the breadth of the marque. As for the ring-ins, Charles opted 58
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to bring his (Turbo) Golf R, leaving his normally aspirated Boxster garaged. Owen and Pam brought along a beauty which also sports the ‘prancing horse’ badge, a Ferrari 308. We wished Rowan Burnett a belated Happy Birthday, time was called to zero the odometers, and with run-notes in hand, we headed-off on the trek to the Tooradin Bakery. The first instruction on the notes was a right turn after 28km – and you could just imagine all navigators and drivers being lulled into a false sense of security ….thinking how easy the day was going to be…. 2km later a cavalcade of cars cruised straight past the roundabout in Emerald where they were meant to turn right. Ken and Harriet recounted how they were paying attention and saw the column in-front of them cruise off in the wrong direction whilst they took the correct turn and ended up at the front of the pack. All quickly rectified though, and a respectable convoy of Porsches made their way through Upper Beaconsfield, Officer, Cardinia and Clyde. One announcement that should have been made at the start was that Margaret had planned this
drive specifically to avoid dirt-roads. The Clyde Rd junction brought several unstuck with an overconfident navigator advising a left turn too early. Even though it was her first run with the club, Helena correctly advised Dennis to go straight….Dennis must have thought all those cars can’t be wrong….there goes David & Jill Hosking in their pristine 930, that beautiful Aston Martin….went left early, and yep – were greeted by a 2km stretch of Clyde’s finest unsealed road. When is a short-cut not a short-cut : when it’s a dirt road! The full complement of drivers arrived safely at the Tooradin Bakery albeit some cars were a little dustier than others. Once parked, cakes and drinks were ordered and groups gathered to chat and tour the carpark. Tas and Marlene were checked-in for the second half of the journey. We lingered for 30mins or so, then on to the second leg. Now with odometers zeroed and navigators rattled into attention the second leg saw good groups of members forming convoys occasionally broken up by the local traffic.
As we were well onto the Mornington Peninsula now, we toured along some good open roads around Hastings, then onto the rural setting of Red Hill and an upward climb of Arthurs Seat Rd. A quick right at the top of Arthurs Seat then the fantastic drive along Boneo Rd past Cape Shank and onto the Flinders Hotel. This was a highlight of the drive. The road quality is excellent with sweeping bends and views of the ocean beyond the fields. The group arrived in a timely fashion, with some just early enough to watch the cars cruise into the car park. Three Turbos were corralled onto a grass verge and a group photo hastily arranged prior to all making their way to the Hotel dining room.
We welcomed our new members John & Sheryl, Paul Hand and Dennis and Helena, all of whom we’re sure we’ll see on many more club runs. Lunch consisted of a choice of either: Eye-Fillet, local Snapper or Risotto and all were beautifully presented. Desserts were simply picture-book quality. Chocolate Fondant, a Lemon Tart or Pistachio Semifredo were the selections available and made the perfect end to the meal. As this was a Turbo Register run, a Turbo had to be selected for one of the prizes. Nathan, one of the staff at the Flinders Hotel, was commissioned to scour the car-parks out front and back, find the Turbos amongst the others and decide which one he would want to take home (if he could). As it turns out, Nathan
decided that Tony Stephens’ 997 was the Turbo he most preferred. As I understand it, Tony didn’t let Nathan take his car home, but Tony did take home some locally brewed beer and a bottle of Mornington Pinot Noir as a prize. Then it was down to a lucky draw for a bottle of Shiraz. Paul Hand (one of our new members) had to leave for Melbourne prior to the raffle being drawn but informed me that Astrid would pass on his prize should he win. Wouldn’t you know it, he won! Astrid was delighted to collect the prize on Paul’s behalf. A fabulous way to spend a sunny Sunday. Thanks to all whom attended and Carly & Lisa for their assistance.
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Lunch Run to Kyneton Story: Greg Humphries Photos: Julie Mason Sunday 26th June 2016
Linley Baxter for actually bringing a GT3 to the GT3/RS/RSR Register event, comprising 44% of the entry list. Must almost be some kind of record for the Register! If only the Captain could get his act together and produce his.
Register captains and organisers do go to some lengths to ensure that their runs go off as smoothly as possible. Various contingencies are planned for, in the hope that everyone will enjoy the day however, the one thing the organiser can do little about, is the weather. The days leading up to our run to Kyneton were borderline abysmal, and the forecast for Sunday was just as miserable. Oh well, I did my best good weather dance. Lo and behold, the day dawned relatively clear and stayed that way throughout the day. It must be said that it was cold, like bitterly cold, with drivers and passengers almost needing to be bribed to get out of their cars for a photo op at Wallan! We lost a couple of cars before the start, maybe victims of the forecast but some 16 hardy souls in 9 cars departed Croydon. Congratulations to Rowan Thomson, Steve Porter, Chris Mason and 60
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Our route took us through Yarra Glen, Christmas Hills and across the northern plains towards Wallan for a comfort stop and photo opportunity. There were some challenging navigation components in this first section but drivers and navigators coped superbly. There was also a pretty simple right turn onto a national freeway on-ramp that seem to tax a couple of the brightest in-car minds (not sure why you would turn south to go north but…). The highlight of the drive for me is the bridge across the Campaspe River just short of Redesdale. A beautiful old stone & steel structure, the likes of which you can be sure will never be made again. One tricky ‘non-turn’ in the main street of Kyneton caught out a couple of cars but generally all arrived on time at our luncheon destination, the Albion Hotel. I was expecting us to be seated downstairs in the hotel dining room, but instead we had a private room upstairs with our own dedicated serving staff. After some initial wrangling of the heater, we were comfortably seated and the noise level increased as the conversation fired up, assisted I suspect, by some local wines and other assorted
beverages. Our meal started with some dips, followed by hearty mains and tasty desserts. I took note of the state of the plates as they were returned to the kitchen and I was thinking of asking for a refund on the washing up as most were very, very clean indeed! After helping ourselves to tea and coffee the group began to scatter, some to the bespoke and eclectic stores in Kyneton, others to nearby locales and the rest taking to easy freeway run back to the city. Many thanks to Dennis & Margaret, Ken & Harriet, Linley & Helen, Chris & Julie, Steve, Leigh & Dianne, Tony and Rowan & Nella for joining Robin and I in making the day a success.
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Run to Holgate Brewery Story & Photos: Angelo & Tony Monteleone Sunday 14th August 2016
The start location at LORBEK Motors was an early one, but in true “Cars and Coffee” theme, David Lorbek was there to greet us with an open showroom on a Sunday morning and a very classy Porsche Martini livery Gruppo coffee machine in the front breakout area. Of course his showroom is always impressive and we wasted no time in admiring all the fabulous machinery on display. David Lorbek was the consummate host, and I thank him dearly for his hospitality and enthusiasm for all things Classic cars. With a quick briefing and a coffee to go, we departed Lorbek’s heading towards our 1st stop at Eynesbury estate. This once pastoral sheep farming estate is now a world class golf course and function centre / café catering for many things in their original bluestone house and outer buildings. There was a fantastic famers market for all to enjoy with beautiful cheeses, breads, pastries and olives oil from local growers. The venue was hosting a wedding expo as it turned out, and I think the atmosphere got too much for couple Tony and Doukas with a hasty one knee proposal – we were all thrilled when Doukas said YES.
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Luckily Tony dodged that bullet when we found the vows were only a pledge to marry their cars, rather than wedding vows! From there it was onward and upward towards Woodend with a quick trip through Bacchus Marsh. The road lent itself to some very long straights and undulating twists that soon got the heart racing to keep up with the bunch. Once back on the highway, we found ourselves stuck behind a truck moving a massive house on the back, which cast such a wide berth, that half the team missed the exit to Blackwood. Not to worry, the lead team and I stopped at the Blackwood pub a few Km’s up the road to wait for the rest of the group to circle back and catch up. Even the local publicans / Bikies came out to cheer on the crew as they slammed down the acceleration out of the roundabout and into the hills of Blackwood. I think it was more to get away from the bikies then to show off – but maybe not! With everyone arriving for lunch at Holgate brewery, there was time for a quick debrief over entree.
There were a few lessons learnt from the run that I wanted to share with the audience, Lesson 1 - Avoid Houses, especially when they are on the back of trucks. Lesson 2 - When in doubt, accelerate out - as was seen by Tony Federico’s wobbly overtake out of Blackwood, and Lesson 3 - Kane-it by name Kane-it by nature as he wins the award for fastest launch away from the Blackwood pub. After a round of beer-pong trivia it was time to say good bye to a great bunch of friends and the promise of a catch up on the 6th NOV for the next instalment of the Torque Tube register.
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Story: Garry Voges Photos: Garry Saber & Leigh Voges Sunday 11th September 2016
a variety of colours – yellow, white, red, purple, grey, black, silver, all set against a backdrop of nature’s greens and browns.
Thirty people met at 6.30am at McDonalds Mulgrave where a caffeine fix was the first order of the day. The 24 Porsches that gathered were made up of various 911s, 3 Boxsters, 6 Caymans, a 928, a 944 and a Macan. Following a brief driver meeting by our “guiding light” Garry Saber, highlighting safety and legal driving, we were promptly away at 6.45am. The chosen route covered approx. 184 kms over an estimated 2 ½ hours. Garry assured us the roads he had chosen had plenty of twists and turns with some good spots to “blow the cobwebs out” - of the cars and drivers - and he was right! Although a little damp in spots, these open roads with minimal traffic (even the locals don’t get up this early!) were made for our marque and everyone gave their cars a good run. The scenery was great and the early morning fog with the sun shining through the tree canopies added to the view. Being at the rear of the group gave us a chance to view our convoy of varying Porsche models up and down the hills in 64
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As I’m sure everyone did, Vickie had a smile as big as Luna Park as she gave her black 964 “Dietfried” plenty of pedal. The look on Simon Dunn’s face said it all as he punted along in his white GT3, his new “company car”. Almost everybody followed the route instructions – although we did wonder why we saw Josef (POMEJO) Smith in his red Cayman joining the T intersection from another angle, as well as the Macan of David Simmons entering Warragul from a different direction!! On our arrival in Warragul, we checked out the monthly “Gippsland Sporting and Classic Car Registers Breakfast Club” display in the Woolies carpark, which included a display of convertible MGs, Triumphs, Healeys, a TVR, a Fiat, a pristine red E type Jag and a brilliant blue Morris Minor with a Corolla motor! Others on show included a Vauxhall Velox, FB and EH Holdens, Ferarri,
Mercedes, original Mini bricks plus a red VW Beetle with white wall tyres – enough to make Michael Bailey’s eyes water! After wandering around checking out the display cars and chatting with the locals, it was time to head back home. Being my first go at one of these runs, I suggest a few things to remember, including when the leader says “Let’s Go”, don’t sit around or you’ll be left well behind! Also, use the toilet before the start so as to avoid a midrun stop – we got caught beyond a huge logging truck for 15kms at 40kph!!! Thanks to Garry Saber for organizing the run - all in all, an enjoyable half day out – a great way to meet PCV members and to enjoy our Porsches as they are meant to be.
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Run to Tooborac Story: Shaun Malzard Photos: Lindsay St Baker & Kane Wilson Sunday 24th July 2016
“.... the weather forecast for this weekend is looking bleak, with high winds, rain and the possibility of hail’ ….”, These were the words that I remember hearing a week out from our Boxster / Cayman / Modern 911 run to the famous Tooborac Hotel. ‘High winds’ I could live with … hey I’ve felt high winds! Like at Sandown, when one of the Cup Cars went past so fast it created a Wind-Vortex, that was so strong that Tasmania was pulled 3cm closer to The Mainland! However, the thought of rain, not to mention the possibility of hail was enough to get my left eye twitching. Luckily though, as the weekend drew closer the forecast became less formidable; and with it my Hail Anxiety dropped, and so to “my donations to The Swear Jar”. In fact, on the morning of our Run; remarkably, the weather Gods had blessed us with sunshine and happiness! Well; like any Boxster driver when faced with the prospect ‘driving and sunshine’, I reached out to remove my roof. Sadly, my finger was quickly slapped away by my loving wife, (and navigator). She explained that “on behalf of ALL navigators everywhere’ that “it was much too cold to even THINK about taking the roof down” and that she; DIDN’T CARE how sunny it is, or how good the heater is … the roof stays on.” I could feel my ‘eye twitch’ returning. 66
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We arrived at our meetup point at Ringwood Shopping Centre Car Park; and after the obligatory McDonald’s Coffee (from across the road), and quick catch up, we went outside for our briefing. BRRrRrrrrr – geezz it was chilly!! Who on earth would be crazy enough to want to have the roof off on a day like this!??! *ahem* … Ken Anson set the stage, and introduced our new Boxster / Cayman Chief Kane Wilson, who went through the days plan. Special acknowledgment at this stage to Lindsay St. Baker who has been one of the two Boxster/Cayman Register
Captains for eight years and who has done a fantastic job. The briefing done, early morning customers at Ringwood Shopping Centre were then treated to the impressive sight (and sounds) of almost 30 of our cars snaking their way out of the car park. 1ST STOP a bakery in Kinglake West (just over an hour away, thru the wonderful leafy back roads of Warrandyte , Healesville, up into Yea, and Kingslake. My trip was made a little extra special, since I got to admire the shapely backside of Jake and Jade Gedye beautiful new red GTS for most of the trip. MMmMmmmmm shapely currrrves.
When we arrived at The Flying Tart Bakery, things were already in full swing from the earlier arrival of The Triumph Club, it was nice of them to pop the kettle on for us How very English! Granted The Flying Tart did feel a little ‘snug ‘and at times chaotic (so much so that the male author of this story inadvertently found himself in the LADIES bathroom at one point - ahem - but that’s another story) Nevertheless the food, drinks, and hospitality were lovely. Our morning tea done .... we climbed back in our cars … next stop The Tooborac Hotel, a pub made famous for its Ghost, its Beer, and its Chicken and Leek pies! For those wondering, not only was the Boxster roof still on at this point, but even more annoying was that now the wipers were too! DAMN YOU RAIN!!! Anyway … there was LOTS of beautiful countryside, fun twistys … and even a lonely looking speed camera (that I can safely report that we all drove past doing no more than 80kmph). I found myself simply enjoying the moment, driving in the middle of ‘The Pack’ (where I enjoy being) … no pressure … when suddenly my Navigator says ‘take a right here, and then a sharp left!’! I do what I’m told, but the others all missed the turn … Mrs Navigator is on point with her directions … but OH NO, we now find ourselves with THE LEAD!! I glance in my mirrors, and see the other cars quickly closing the gap like a swarm of angry bees!!! Yikes! … needless to say … like a thoughtful driver (Big Baby) I pull over …. ZooMM!! …. ZZOOMM!! … OOoM!!! … OOMm!! zzzzZZZzzzzzzzOOmmmm ZoooMmm – half a dozen beautiful cars fly past, and I am happily back in the middle of the pack.
This time, following the sleek lines of Nigel and Rosemary Watson’s Black Cabriolet 3.8 Carrera S… and Wow, what a car! Inner voice ‘maybe you could ask them to think about taking the roof off…?...’ ***wiper blades*** ‘flip, flop’ ‘flip, flop’(pause) … Ohh yes, that’s right …DAMN YOU RAIN!!!! ***shakes his fist*** It’s not long after that we arrive at the famous Tooborac Hotel. The open fire is warm and inviting, as are the staff who all ensure that we are well looked after. Our 2 course meal is delicious (is there anything better that a hot sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce for desert in the middle of winter … or for that matter , at any time!?! We are introduced to new members, including the four members of the Gedye family, Jake, Jade, John and Sheryl, (who drive matching GTS Boxsters) and Eddie Attard and Paul Bai in a stylish Cayman S.
After dessert Kane drew the raffle, bottles of wine and a gift pack of locally brewed beer going to Kon Gogos, Rob Rogers, Ken Marriott, and to my surprise *coff*, myself! By any measure - It was a wonderful day. And on a personal level it allowed me to I discovered some more of regional Victoria that I had never seen. Best of all I got to enjoy it with a great bunch of likeminded people, many of whom I now consider friends … And all, from behind the wheel of the most remarkable sports car ever produced. Wir gehören alle zur Familie von Porsche
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Run to the Yarra Valley Story: Mark Dempsey Photos: Neville Sampson Sunday 7th August 2016
It was some months ago now on a previous club run when Ken Anson mentioned he needed someone to organize a Mid 911 register run planned for August. Since I happened to own a mid 911, perhaps he suggested it was time to take on organizing my first run. How hard could it be? So I readily agreed. Fortunately, once reality set in and the panic started, I was also lucky enough to find myself partnered with Club Social Director, Alex Harmati, a much more experienced hand, so perhaps we could pull this off! The weather forecast for Sunday 7th August looked good, the run had sold out and forty eager members and guests arrived at the designated meeting place, a Café in Templestowe. Time for a morning coffee, a quick briefing and we set off at 10.00am sharp to head for the Yarra Valley. A great range of cars took part including a large number of mid 911s. The route cleared the city quickly, however on such a nice winters day we were not the only people with the idea to head to the Yarra Valley, so we encountered some traffic as we headed out through Melbourne’s north and on to Yarra Glen. After that, once through Coldstream, we moved to some quieter secondary roads where drivers could relax and enjoy the scenery.
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This run was always designed to be an extended drive and it was almost 100km and close to an hour and a half later when we arrived at the morning tea location in Gembrook. The town of Gembrook is lovely and one end of the famous Puffing Billy railway line, however forty Porsche Club members arriving in quick succession put the planned stop of Spencer’s Store under a lot of pressure, luckily several other nearby Cafes were able to help out. Just before midday the group once again hit the road, this time there was a lot less traffic for much of the route along some of the best roads in the Yarra Valley, with some very enjoyable and spirited driving over the next hour or so before arriving at Soumah Winery near Healesville. The setting at Soumah is beautiful with lovely views across the Yarra Valley, while lunch was
delayed a little longer than we might have hoped at least there was an informative and enjoyable tasting of Soumah’s wonderful range of wines to fill in the time. We drank some great wine and enjoyed a wonderful lunch, a few bottles of Soumah’s best were given away as prizes and all of this in great company. Looking back the experience of planning and organizing my first run was pretty satisfying. It also gives a great appreciation of the amount of work many in the club put in to make the standard of events we are used to so high. As I have already said I was very lucky to be able to share the workload and receive some guidance from Alex Harmati. Also thanks to everyone that attended, I can’t imagine spending the day with a nicer group of people.
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964 Targa
Annviersary, 2016 Macan S
Adrian & Qu Lamande, Mae-Lin Han 1997 Boxster
Anton Assaad & Megan Marshall
1984 928 S
Jim & Jamie Larue, Marie Rosine
2014 Cayman
Robert & Annabelle Bontschek
2005 997 S
Bill & Tom Martin
2003 996 C4S
Glen Cantwell
Past Porsche owner
Simon & Natalie McLean
2006 997 Carrera S
Ian & Elsa Chiron
1990 944 S2
Stuart & Judy McMurtrie
2016 981 Boxster
David Curtis
1960 356B
Braith Morrow & Claire Broughton
1990 944 S2
Chris De Silva
1976 911 & 996
Con & Lynette Mouzouris
1979 930 Turbo &
2016 997 Carrera S
Rajesh & Anju Dhotre
2016 Cayenne
Nick, Snezana & Shantel Orlovic
1987 911 Carrera Cab
Paul Dowie
2016 Cayman GT4
Leigh Parsons
1974 911 RSR
Lisa Dwyer
1987 911
Marcus Prato
1986 928 S
Mark Eldridge
2007 997
Sajjad Rahman
2002 996
Tony & Elisa Federico
1978 964 RSR Replica
Thomas Som & Jessica Chea
1997 993
Razvan Florea
2014 991
David & Brenda Simmons
2016 Macan
Jeremy Fredersdorff
Past Porsche owner
Rudi Sims
1978 911 SC Cab
David & Patricia Syer
1972 911 Targa
Chris Gartlan
Past Porsche owner
Robert & Susie Volkanovski
2009 997
John Gedye
2016 Boxster GTS
Mike Watson
2009 997
Joseph Haddad
Past Porsche owner
Andrew Whiteside
2013 991
2016 GT4 & 1983 911
Brad Winter
1989 944
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Run to “Western Plains and Cat Country” Story & Photos: Neil Drew & Garry Saber Wednesday 29th June 2016
The Western Plains and some Cat Country. Not quite into Cat country but we did get close to Geelong. The hardy group of 26 met at Rockbank BP and all arrived on time and were ready for departure at 10:00am. Somehow, after a previous week of near artic temperatures and wild weather the sun was shining and it was a mild sunny winter’s day. Neil indicated to the group that a “guy” in a Cayenne in comfort mode suspension did a pre-run the previous week to check the roads condition and reported that there were no bumps or potholes in the road surfaces! As if a starting gun had been fired, all the cars took off on the first leg of the run. Greigs Road, Nerowie Road to Glenmore on to Ballan Village for a well-deserved morning coffee etc. at the Mill Cottage Cafe. After the cakes and coffee were consumed the next leg of the run was started, taking us through the township of Gordon to Buninyong. We were warned in the briefing that there could be some bumpy sections and it was so true, however there were better roads to come with a lovely sweeping road to Mt Mercer and then the famous straight section to Shelford. A little diversion from Shelford to near Inverleigh via the Leigh Valley and then back to Teesdale before turning for the township of Bannockburn. The chosen lunch venue was the recently opened Bannockburn Station Cafe situated in the century old bluestone building of the former railway station. We were cordially invited to our reserved tables and I would have to say that everyone would have or should have had a wonderful lunch served by Fiona and Ruby. As usual there was a lot of noise and chatter by the enthusiastic Porsche drivers describing their run through the twisty sections or telling all about their lack of navigation skills when travelling solo! After lunch participants then made their way back to the Geelong by-pass for the return trip to Melbourne. Another nice drive in the country with friends. ISSUE 3, 2016
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