The Bahn Stormer Volume XXIV Issue II -- March 2019
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The Bahn Stormer Volume XXIV Issue II -- March 2019 Photo by Stewart Free Member Frank Burger’s Beck Porsche 904 replica at the Fall Color Tour Photo by Al Utter The Official Publication of the Rally Sport Region - Porsche Club of America The Bahn Stormer Contents For Information or submissions Contact Mike O’Rear [email protected] The Official Page ......................................................3 (Please put Bahn Stormer in the subject line) On the Grid ..............................................................5 Deadline: Normally by the end of the third Calendar of Events ...................................................7 week-end of the month. Membership Page ....................................................9 944 Chronicles .......................................................13 Material from the The Bahn Stormer may be reprinted Ramblings from A Life With Cars ............................15 (except for ads) provided proper credit is given to the The Die Was Cast ...................................................16 author and the source. Around the Zone ....................................................21 Time With Tim .......................................................23 For Commercial Ads Contact Mike O’Rear Classifieds ..............................................................24 [email protected] From the Back Seat ................................................27 Advertising Rates (Per Year) Full Page: $650 Quarter Page: $225 PORSCHE®, The Porsche Crest®, Half Page: $375 Business Card: $100 CARRERA®, and TARGA® are trademarks of Porsche AG Copy is the responsibility of the advertiser. Advertisers ARESCO, Inc ............................................................. 14 AutoMark Collision Center ........................................ 8 Automotive Techniques ............................................ 4 BMW Motorcycles of Southeast Michigan .............. 10 Clem’s Garage for Storage ....................................... 25 Clear Auto Bra ......................................................... 14 Copyrite Printing ....................................................... 2 Finn’s J M & J Insurance .......................................... 10 Four 20 IT ................................................................ 27 Fred Lavery Porsche ................................................ 26 Editor’s Note: These are the folks who print our newsletter. JKD3 Consulting .......................................................... 2 Munk’s .................................................................... 20 Porsche of Ann Arbor .............................................. 12 Porsche of Farmington Hills .................................... 28 Rennstatt Racing (of ArborMotion) ......................... 11 Vintage Munk’s ....................................................... 19 Westgate Insurance ................................................ 19 www.sellyoursportscar.net ..................................... 21 Check out the latest news on our website rsp.pca.org Check out other PCA events at the Zone 4 website -- zone4.pca.org 2 The Official Page 2019 Rally Sport Region Officers President Tech Chairperson Events Chairpersons Tim Pott* Tim Pott* Matt, Dru & Zach Huber 734-548-5378 734-548-5378 810-225-8372 Ann Arbor 48104 Ann Arbor 48104 Brighton 48114 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Immediate Past President Track Registrar Der Cranky Webmeister Rick Mammel Tom Krueger Emmanuel Garcia 248-442-9008 313-570-2223 248-635-7655 Novi 48375 Shelby Twp. 48315 South Lyon, 48178 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Track Chairperson Other Board Members Peter Grant* Christian Maloof* Jeremy Goddard* 734-604-1622 734 646-2746 248-770-1654 Ann Arbor 48104 Ann Arbor 48104 Rochester Hills 48306 [email protected] cmmaloof @gmailcom [email protected] Advertising Chairperson Insurance Chairperson Kevin Kral* Burghard Linn* Jim Dowty* 630-795-9924 810-227-1223 734-717-1060 Auburn Hills 48326 Brighton 48116 Ann Arbor 48108 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dan Kantrow* Membership Chairperson Archivist / Historian 734-395-6603 Glenn Trapp Glenn Trapp Ann Arbor 48105 810-227-7854 810-227-7854 [email protected] Brighton 48114 Brighton 48114 [email protected] [email protected] William Rogers* 248-974-2455 Treasurer Bahn Stormer Editor South Lyon 48178 Burghard Linn* Mike O’Rear* [email protected] 810-227-1223 734-214-9993 Brighton 48116 Ann Arbor 48103 [email protected] [email protected] Zone 4 Rep Lori Schutz Secretary Social Media Coordinator Southeast Michigan Region Mary Ann Kantrow* Valerie Roedenbeck Maloof [email protected] 734-347-8544 312-342-8222 Ann Arbor 48105 Ann Arbor 48104 [email protected] [email protected] * Denotes Board Member 3 4 On the Grid By RSR President Tim Pott Scofflaws! not into pushing this petty crime but had to investigate in order to placate our unhappy truck operator. We politely Not all road adventures occur in suggested that she, our dutiful officer, could perhaps discuss automobiles, and I’m sure that I’m not our crime with the concerned citizen and reason with him. the only club member who occasions We’d swear on our biker boy honor to obey all traffic laws to ride one of our human propelled two from here on out. As the officer walked back to discuss wheel, road going vehicles commonly this with the truck guy, we quickly huddled to discuss our known as a bicycle. I spent a number of strategy should he not capitulate. Surely we didn’t want years with two other fifty-something friends doing regular such a stupid infraction on our driving records, there had to rides from Ann Arbor to Saline every Saturday and Sunday be a way out. We didn’t have much time, so we settled on morning. This was by no means an arduous workout, the only logical course of action; we’d lie and not give our we pedaled pretty leisurely and the ultimate goal was as true identities. After all, being all properly spandexed up in much for coffee as it was exercise. But to our credit, we our bike riding regalia, we didn’t have our driver’s licenses did persevere through some severe weather conditions; our with us anyway. minimum temperature was 20 F and we drove even if there After giving some random identities and addresses to was snow on the ground. One particularly mild winter we the apparently novice policewoman we made one more actually were able to ride all but two weekends which were plea for reason. At one point my ex-trooper buddy, in a sort either too cold or snowy. We had become familiar with the of fatherly gesture, put his arm around the police officer owner of the shop as well as locals who routinely showed and explained, “You know, I was a State Trooper for about up for their coffee at the same time on the weekends. We six years, and when something like this came up we would eventually were honored by the shop owner and fellow just sort of call it ‘bullshit’ and forget about it”. Sympathetic patrons with the title of “Biker Boys”. to our cause but driven by her sense of duty and the fact We left early enough to miss the heavy traffic and our that our concerned citizen was adamant and sticking to his route took us along some nice roads both in town as well guns, she just couldn’t let this drop. So off we rode, giggling as in the country. We avoided the city as much as possible about how we had put one over on the law, and wondering but when we couldn’t we developed a habit of bending how it might be received when she realized the names and the rules we felt should only apply to motorized vehicles. addresses we had provided were bogus. No doubt there In short, we rode carefully through red lights. We even would be a big laugh at our rookie cop in the police shop. justified this action, positing that surely there must be Roll the clock forward a couple of weeks and we were some clause in the laws allowing for bikes to ignore lights sitting sipping our coffee in front of the coffee shop. Up as long as we were safe, prudent and not obstructing other pulls a very familiar Saline police car and out steps our vehicles, etc. One of our three had actually spent a few very familiar officer. “You guys gave me fake names and years as a Michigan State Trooper, so we felt doubly justified addresses!” She pronounced as she walked briskly crossing in our unconventional methods. the street. Trying to be remorseful, respectful and not One fine morning, on our way out of Saline we were giggle too much we confessed that yes, we had. We had taking our usual shortcut through the high school parking been caught, and now were going to have to give up our lot and we noticed a large pickup truck following us a true identities. “What’s going to happen now?” our ex- short distance behind. At first we didn’t think much of it trooper spokesman asked her after she wrote it all down. but eventually thought it odd that he hadn’t passed us and “I don’t know” she responded, “I’ll find out after I get this therefore must be following us. Shortly after this brilliant information corrected in the original report. You’ll be revelation we were joined by a Saline police cruiser with its contacted.” We never were contacted, but our reputation lights on. Oh no, we were being pulled over on our bikes! at the coffee shop had been elevated considerably. We As we stopped, so did the truck. The cruiser had to pull were now officially “outlaw” biker boys who had beaten the around him and when it stopped