April 2012 www.pcaucr.org EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kye Wankum ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION Kye Wankum [email protected] April 2012 News ASSOCIATE EDITOR Braidan Tire Open House 10 Emily Atkins Annual Braidan Tire Charity Track Day 10 [email protected] Zone 1 Concours & Rally 30 32 ASSOCIATE EDITOR 911 Launch – Eshel Zweig Garth Stiebel UCR Open House – Paul Ip 34 [email protected] UCR Rally Series – Sajjad Butt 36 UCR Wants You! 36 UCR TECHNICAL EDITOR Targa Muskoka 37 George O’Neill Save The Date; Yorkville Exotic Car Show 40 [email protected] 2012 UCR Concours d’Elegance 41 2012 Porsche Parade 41 UCR PHOTO EDITOR 2012 Autocross Season Is On! 44 Eshel Zweig at [email protected] Zone 1 Clash At The Glen 45 UCR CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER Zone 1 48-Hours Of Watkins Glen 45 Michael A. Coates Departments CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS President’s Message - Mario Marrello 4 Graham Jardine UCR Calendar of Events 5 Ken Jensen UCR Socials - Isabel Starck 6 Ronan McGrath New Members - Angie & Mark Herring 7 Andreas Trauttmansdorff Membership Anniversaries - Angie & Mark Herring 7 Eshel Zweig Editor’s Ramblings - Kye Wankum 8 PUBLISHER The Way We Were - UCR Historical - John Adam 9 Richard Shepard at [email protected] UCR Driver Education 10 Letters to the Editors 11 ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATION UCR Fun Runs - David Forbes 43 AND BILLING The Mart 48 Sheri and Neil Whitlock Board Meeting Minutes from February 7, 2012 - Isabel Starck 51 905-509-9692 or Email: [email protected] Who’s Who In Upper Canada 53 Advertiser Index 54 AD & COPY DEADLINE 30 Days prior to publication date; e.g. June 1st for the July issue of Provinz; July 1st for the August issue of Provinz. Features Please send submissions to Kye Wankum at Changing The Air Filter In a 911 & Interesting Facts – George O’Neil 12 [email protected] In conversation With Ron Fellows - Kye Wankum 14 Rudy Bartling To Be Inducted To The Hall Of Fame - Emily Atkins 16 ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES Just Another Road Trip By... Air. - Chris Peitchinis 18 Please contact Richard Shepard 2012 PCA/UCR Ski Day - Phil Downe 24 at 416-559-2960 or Email: [email protected] New Porsche Models (And A Few Others) At The Toronto Auto Show 26 DESIGN & LAYOUT Doohamel Studios Columns Objects Of Desire - Emily Atkins 39 PRINTING Track Talk - Dave Osborne 46 Harmony Printing Limited, Toronto, Ontario Peripheral Vision - John Adam 50 Don Gain, Sr. at [email protected] Track & Technical CONTACT UCR Regional Tech Centres 49 Angie or Mark Herring at (905) 854-3332 You may visit UCR on the web @ http://www.pcaucr.org To change your address, enjoy no-hassle renewal and ensure your uninterrupted subscription to Panorama and Provinz, sim- ply phone Angie or Mark Herring at (905) 854-3332 or email at: [email protected] Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement Number: 40042299 Porsche Provinz (ISSN-0835-2151) is published monthly by the Porsche Club of America Upper Canada Region Inc. (“UCR”). Copying for other than per- sonal use, or of contents not owned by UCR, without the permission of UCR or the other copyright owner, is expressly prohibited. The ideas, opinions and suggestions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of UCR. Photography and illustrations are used by permission of the artist(s) and Cover photo: The all new Porsche 991 photographed by Eshel Zweig, UCR Photo Editor. are protected by copyright. The acceptance and display of advertising in this Thanks go to Pfaff Porsche for making the car available for photography. publication does not constitute any endorsement of the advertiser by UCR. 2012 Calendar of Events PRESIDENT'S Please check future issues of Provinz, as details for some events are yet to be confirmed. As always, for last minute updates on all events, please visit the UCR website at www.pcaucr.org JANUARY 15-17 Fri-Sun Zone 1 - 48 Hours 23 Sat Summer Rally MESSAGE (see Fun Run Calendar on page 37) n March 8-11, I attended this year’s Zone Motorsports Park (CTMP). I see a lot of great things 10 Tues UCR Social Meeting at Mimico Cruising Club 1 Spring President’s Meeting in Latham NY. happening at CTMP and I’m looking forward to a JULY OThis event takes place twice a year, in the great future of racing there. 6-8 Fri-Sun PCA Club Race at Mosport, spring and in the fall, and allows the region Presi- FEBRUARY hosted by UCR dents in Zone 1 to get together and discuss Zone As a bonus, we also got to hear about Ron’s experi- 10-12 Fri-Sun Canadian Motorsports Expo (CME) at 7 Saturday Bear Manor Fun Run and Exotic Car 1 events as well as common issues and concerns. ence with NASCAR and at the 24-Hours of Le Mans. International Centre, Toronto Show in Grimsby 14 Tues UCR Social Meeting at Mimico 10 Tues UCR Social Meeting (visit pcaucr.org for details) Cruising Club PCA is recognized as the largest single marque club. DE season has begun. On April 14 and April 28, the 8-14 Sun-Sat PCA Parade in Salt Lake City, Utah 25-26 Sat-Sun Zone 1 – Tech Tactics in Easton, PA What is impressive is that it is independent; most Introductory Driving School (IDS) events will be held 14-15 Fri-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport Mario Marrello other Porsche clubs around the world are associ- at CTMP (i.e. Mosport). Last I heard, these events UCR President ated with Porsche. As part of PCA, you are entitled were full. The first full DE is the Spring Fling Event MARCH AUGUST to attend any event in any other region, increasing on May 12 and 13. 1 Thurs UCR Ski Day – Osler Bluff Ski Club 12 Sun UCR Autocross, Toronto Star Facility, the value of your membership. UCR is part of Zone (Collingwood) Woodbridge 1, which has 18 regions. Once again Braidan Tire and Michelin are sponsor- 13 Tues UCR Social Meeting at ing a charity event for “Wheels for Humanity” at Mo- 14 Tues UCR Social Meeting Mimico Cruising Club (visit pcaucr.org for details) Zone 1 also hosts a number of events. There is a sport. They have invited all Signed Off (white, black APRIL 18-19 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Calabogie Rally and Concours on May 19th and 20th hosted and red) UCR drivers to join them on Monday, April by the North East Region. The Concours will be held 30th. The donation this year is $78. 10 Tues UCR Social Meeting in Auora SEPTEMBER on Saturday, May 19 at the Larz Anderson Auto Mu- (see page 6 for details) 14 Sat Introductory Driving School at Mosport seum in Brookline MA, and the Rally will be held on Details for our Open House have been finalized and 8-9 Sat-Sun Targa Muskoka (see article within) 28 Sat Introductory Driving School at Mosport Sunday, May 20 at Bose Corporation Headquarters event chair, Paul Ip is working hard to put on a great 11 Tues UCR Social Meeting in Framingham, MA. event. Several vendors have been invited to show (visit pcaucr.org for details) 16 Sun UCR Autocross, Toronto Star Facility, their products or talk to you about their services, MAY Woodbridge The Clash at the Glen is the Zone 1 Club Race and including our Goodie Store. The event chairs will be 5 Sat Muskoka Spring Fun Run 22-23 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport (see Fun Run Calendar on page 37) will be held June 1 to 3rd at Watkins Glen. If you’ve available to discuss their events. We are also looking 29 Sat Muskoka Fall Fun Run never been to Watkins Glen to watch a race, this is forward to Porsche Cars Canada bringing a 991 for 6 Sunday UCR Open House at Markham Fair (see Fun Run Calendar on page 37) a great opportunity to see a number of models from everyone to view. The event this year will be at the Grounds, Markham 8 Tues UCR Social Meeting our favourite marque racing on this historical track. Markham Fair Grounds, in building 4. This location (visit pcaucr.org for details) OCTOBER gives us a huge building with 8,800 sq. ft. of unob- 12-13 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport 6 Sat Fall Rally (see Fun Run Calendar on page 37) On June 15-17 there will be the 48-Hours of Wat- structed interior space. 19 Sat Collingwood Area Fun Run 9 Tues UCR Social Meeting kins Glen, although this year, it’s really 72 hours, as (see Fun Run Calendar on page 37) 19-20 Sat-Sun Zone 1 - Rally and Concours (visit pcaucr.org for details) Friday will be opened up as a traditional DE day, al- Oh yes, the first Autocross is set for June 24. Regis- 13-14 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mospor lowing more track time. Check out the Zone 1 page tration will be on the web and the cost is the same as 21 Sun UCR Autocross, Toronto Star Facility, on the web for more details and registration. http:// last year. Look for more details in this issue of Provinz JUNE Woodbridge zone1.pca.org and the UCR website for up to date information. 1-3 Fri-Sun Zone 1 - Clash at The Glen 3 Sunday UCR Concours (Details to be finalized) NOVEMBER Our March social had great attendance; in fact I be- Keep well and stay safe, 9-10 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport lieve we were at capacity.