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September 2020 The Circuit September 2020 GRAND PRIX REGION & 24 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS 28 Thu Thanksgiving CONTENTS 29 Sun F1 Abudhabi ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR President Advertising Chair - OPEN POSITION unknown SDR DE/TT Buttonwillow (tenative) Connie Somers 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar (949) 439-9266 CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver [email protected] (562) 430-3010 3 Masthead page: Table of Contents NOTE: December [email protected] Please note. Most of the calendar events listed are 11-18 Fri Chanukah Board of Directors & Chairs Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett either cancelled or on hold. Please verify before attempting 12 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill [email protected] (909) 518-0415 4 From the President's Desk (Connie Somers) to participate with any of them 12 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Vice President Skip Carter 5 Editorial License 12 Sat GPX Holiday Party, Circuit Editor- Skip Carter LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB (619) 992-9927 [email protected] (619) 992-9927 Social Media Links September [email protected] 5-7 F-Sun PCA Club Race Road America 25 Fri Christmas 6 PCA Club Racing flyer Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi 6 Sun F1 Italy 26 Sat Kwanzaa (first day) 7 GPX Event Protocols as of 9/1/2020 31 Thu New Year's Eve [email protected] (626) 869-7471 7 Mon Labor Day Secretary 8 Dick Douglass and Jeff Gamble 9 12 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Alan Johnson Concours - Linda Cobarrubias 10 In Every Era There is Only One Genius 12 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast (562) 305-8002 [email protected] (310) 990-0993 13 Sun GPX Concours at Lakewood Country Club [email protected] 13 PCA Members Make a Difference flyer 16-19 W-Sat PCA Treffen, The Greenbrier, Who has any idea what our Consiglieri - Marty Goldsmith 14 2012 Grand Prix Region Photo Collage [email protected] (562) 494-6350 19 Sat GPX Angeles Crest Tour 16 2013 Grand Prix Region Photo Collage 19 Sat CCCR Zone 8 Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 2021 Calender may look like! Treasurer Linda Cobarrubias GPX Store Chair - Alicia Weaver 18 On the Cover White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia [email protected] (562) 726-5200 18-20 F-Sun PCA Club Race Summit Point Motorsports Park (310) 990-0993 West Coast Series flyer MS993@ 19 Sat Rosh Hashana Insurance - Ron Shanon 19 2013 Escape to L.A. cobarrubiasbookkeeping..com 19-20S-Sun 24 Hours of Le Mans [email protected] (310) 375-9840 20 2013 Escape to L.A. Photo Collage 19-20 S-Sun PCA Club Race High Plains Raceway 22 Book Reviews for Porschephiles: 19-20 S-Sun SDR DE/TT Willow Springs Membership - Patty Reilly Member at Large [email protected] (714) 402-2405 Porsche Water Cooled Turbos 1979-2019 20 Sun F1 Singapore Charlie Carchedi 26-27 F-Sun PCA Club Race Thunderhill Raceway (626) 869-7471 Performance Driving Events - Skip Carter 24 GPX Kids 27 Sun F1 Russia [email protected] [email protected] (619) 992-9927 GPX Name Badge Order Form 28 Mon Yom Kippur GPX Open Chair Positions Registration - Suesan Way Carter [email protected] (619) 992-4287 26 The Motor Racing Art of October Member at Large 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Hector Cademartori Jimmie Mitchell Safety - Nick Perdikaris 10 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill (310) 539-2568 [email protected] (310) 901-8154 27 Days of Thunder (1966-1874) 10 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast [email protected] 28 September Membership Report 10-11 S-Sun GGR PCA Club Race w/NASA, Sonoma Raceway Social Events- 30 Classified Ads 11 Sun F1 Japan Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro 11 Sun GPX DE Instructor Training Member at Large [email protected] (626) 705-8686 32 Cone Zone Calendar 12 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX Eric Peterson [email protected] (323) 633-7915 On the Cover 12 Mon Columbus Day (562) 533-0573 Social Media - John Kunkle 33 Index of Advertiser 16 Fri CCCR DE, Willow Springs thepetersons_crib@ [email protected] (562) 552-0960 Breakfast Club Meeting Notice 17 Sat GPX Tour Ventura to Paso Robles msn.com and Sensorio Sponsorship - Suesan Way Carter Commercial Advertising Rates 17-18 S-Sun PCA Club Race Motorsport Ranch Past President [email protected] (619) 992-4287 17-18 S-Sun SDR DE/TT, Chuckwalla Jeff Peck 24-25 S-Sun PCA Club Race Sonoma Raceway (310) 345-8081 Tech Inspection - OPEN POSITION INFORMATION TBD F-Sun PCA Club Race Daytona International Speedway [email protected] GPX GrandPrixRegion.com Technical Adviser - Michael Dolphin Zone8.org 25 Sun F1 United States [email protected] (213) 248-4743 Zone 8 31 Sat Halloween PCA National PCA.org ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE Tours - Alan Johnson PCNA US.Porsche.com/national November [email protected] (562) 305-8002 Porsche AG Porsche.com TBD GPX Tour to Ventra to Frasier Park Jeff Peck GPX Landing Page on MotorsportReg: 1 Sun Daylight Savings Ends (310) 345-8081 Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell [email protected] (310) 539-2568 http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com 1 Sun F1 Mexico City [email protected] 3 Tue Election Day 7 Sat CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the 11 Wed Veterans Day PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and 14 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit 14 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full 15 Sun F1 Brazil credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. 20 Fri L.A. Auto Show PCA Clubs Preview 20-29 L.A. Auto Show ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 6400, Columbia, MD 21-22 S-Sun TENATIVE DATE Tech Tactics West 21045 or [email protected] or 410.381.0911 ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes. 2 3 The Circuit September 2020 Skip Carter From The President's Desk was excited to be part of two fantastic events this past cou- precedented fires raging As part of our photo collage series that Charlie Carchedi ple of weeks: the GPX Ducky Grand Prix and the Lyon’s out of control. Things have has been doing for several months now, we've got three more Air Museum Gathering. changed so much in the double pages, double page layouts from 2012 and 2013. In I ell, if you look at our calendar on page 2, you The Ducky Grand Prix was fabulous! THANK YOU every- last few days. We have been 2013 Grand Prix and San Gabriel Valley regions produced an Connie Somers will notice something that we haven't seen for one for your amazing generosity in making the GPX Ducky cooped up for a while, we incredible event called Escape to Los Angeles. At that time awhile... GPX events coming up!!! So far, it looks Grand Prix a huge success! It was an idea I hatched to engage get to enjoy the last couple W there were two national events a year being put on by regions like we are going to actually pull this off. Registration has our members virtually, while we were under State restrictions. of weekends, even a holiday, around North America. Shortly after this event PCA decided been open for a few weeks and we've got a good turnout so Some thought our goal of $5,000 was optimistic. Not only and now we can’t even breath with the all the smoke and ash to make them nationally managed events called Treffens. far. did we reach that goal, we exceeded it! GPX will be presenting in the air. Your life can change in a minute. Think of all those We did an excellent job and are very proud of this ac- President Somers created a GPX Meeting Protocol Com- Children’s Dental Health Clinic a check for about $7,000! So people who were stranded last weekend, surrounded by fire complishment. Suesan Way Carter was the GPX chair with mittee a few months ago, and we were able to present our set blessed and thankful to have everyone get involved and give and then miraculously rescued in multiple dramatic airlifts in Robert Friedman from SGVR. So, the third double page that of protocol at the monthly Zoom board meeting last Satur- back to our local community. It was so fun to get messages and extremely dangerous conditions. Always remember to reach Charlie put together is from photos of that event. day. There was much discussion but, after the dust settled, pictures from our members regarding their PTS ducks! A huge out to those you care about! We have had some craziness, but There was also a fabulous Tour Binder assembled for the they were approved by the board. Thank YOU to EVERYONE who raced & made a donation! now its time to concentrate on happiness! event. If anyone would like a PDF copy, just let me know. This one page document is presented in this issue of And a special shout out to all the VOLUNTEERS who gave I hope you all get to spend time with your loved ones: 2 Charlie put a lot of hours putting those collages together.