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12 Sat GPX Angeles Crest Hwy Tour to Wrightwood GPX Board of Directors & Chairs 18-20 F-Sun PCA Drivers Ed / Club Race (entry level event) Contents Grand Prix Region & Advertising Miller Motorsports Park, Intermountain Region 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar Daniel Rozenblatt (310) 714-2175 President [email protected] Zone 8 Club Calendar 19 Sat CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 3 Table of Contents - Board of Directors & Chairs 25-27 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Summit Point Suesan Way Carter 4 GPX 34th Annual Concours ad — May 17 Chief Driving Instructor May 2015 25-27 F-Sun Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca (619) 992-4287 Dave Hockett (7909 518-0415 1-3 F-Sun SAR Welcome Party, Golf, Banquet, Concours & 26 Sat SAR Autocross, Central Arizona College 5 GPX Back Yard BBQ ad — July 11 [email protected] [email protected] Driving Tour 26 Sat RR Region Time Line, Arrowhead 6 Wright of Way — President's Column Circuit Distribution 2 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Grill, Seal Beach 30-3 T-Sun Porsche Escape - Rapid City, SD (Mt Rushmore) Albert Franco (310) 379-8987 7 Editorial License 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast [email protected] 2-3 S-Sun SDR DE/TT, Streets of Willow October 2015 On the Cover: The Boxster (sort of) Brothers Vice President Jeff Peck Circuit Production Editor 8-9 F-Sat PCA Club Race, Montecello Motor Club 8 Festival of Speed — Version XIV Bob Fulton (714) 330-7907 3 Sat Breakfast Club — (310) 345-8081 9 Sun AZ Autocross, Bondurant [email protected] Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 14 Friends of Steve McQueen Car Show - Jun 5-6 [email protected] 8-10 F-Sun PCA Club Race, COTA 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Concours PCA Club Racing West Coast Series ad 10 Sun Mother's Day 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Hallet Linda Cobarrubias (310) 990-0993 [email protected] 15 Fri CCCR region DE, Buttonwillow 4 Sun GPX PCA DE Instructor Training, WSIR 16 Santa Monica Mountains Tour to Paradise Cove 16-17 S-Sun GGR PCA Club Race, Buttonwillow 5 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX 17 Children's Dental Health Clinic Presentation Secretary Flagging Team 17 Sun SDR Autocross, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego 12 Mon Columbus Day Bob & Karen Lewis (562) 756-8520 18 April Breakfast Club Meeting Marty Goldsmith [email protected] 17 Sun GPX Region Zone 8 Concours 18 Sun SBR Region Zone 8 Concours, Santa Barbara (562) 494-6350 20 — An Exciting New Form of Racing 23 Sat GPX NIGHT Tour to Mt WIlson Observatory 23-25 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Daytona [email protected] Fundraising 25 Mon Memorial Day 24-25 S-Sun SDR Region DE/TT, Chuckwalla Chuck Weaver (562) 430-3010 22 Power & Torque [email protected] 29-31 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Watkins Glen 31 Sat Halloween 24 's Stanley Cup Expereience 30-31 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Motorsport Park Hastings Goodie Store 26 Book Review for Porschephiles: Ludmila Osipova (424) 279-0069 November 2015 Treasurer [email protected] June 2015 7 Sat Breakfast Club — Porsche 356: The Story of the Flat-Four Porsches Linda Cobarrubias 5-7 F-Sun GGR PCA Club Race, Laguna Seca Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 28 May Membership Report & Anniversaries (310) 990-0993 Insurance Ron Shanon (310) 375-9840 6 Sat Breakfast Club — 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 30 Insurance Corner [email protected] [email protected] Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 15 Sun GPX Tehachapi Loop Tour 6 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 11 Wed Veteran's Day 31 GPX Breakfast Club Meeting Ad Performance Driving Events Skip Carter (619) 992-9927 14 Sun OCR Zone 8 Concours, Orange County 13 Sat CCCR Region DE, Buttonwillow Index to Advertisers [email protected] 20 Sat SDR Autocross, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego 14 Sun SBR Zone 8 Autocross, Camarillo Airport Member at Large 20 Sat CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 14-15 S-Sun SDR Region DE/TT, Buttonwillow Dave Hockett Registration Colleen Stein (661) 714-3030 21 Sun Father's Day 14-15 S-Sun SAR Drivers Ed, INDE, Arizona (909) 518-0415 [email protected] 21-27 60th Porsche Parade, French Lick, IN 21 Sat Tech Tactics West, Ontario [email protected] 27 Sat SBR Gimmick Rally, Santa Barbara 26 Thu Thanksgiving Safety Nick Perdikaris (310) 901-8154 [email protected] July 2015 December 2015 Member at Large Silent Auction 4 Sat Breakfast Club —CANCELLED 5 Sat Breakfast Club — Arturo Chaparro (323) 633-7915 4 Sat 4th of July Bob & Karen Lewis [email protected] 11 Sat GPX Summar BBQ (562) 756-8520 Grand Prix Region events are in Bold Social 12 Sun LAR Region Zone 8 Concours, [email protected] # indicates a GPX addition or change Susan Moard (626) 705-8686 10-12 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Putnam Park [email protected] 25-26 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Brainerd Web sites Abbreviations Member at Large Social Media GPX GrandPrixRegion.com Dimitri Shanin (202) 285-2153 August 2015 AZ — Arizona Region of the Porsche Club of America Zone 8 Zone8.org Skip Carter [email protected] CCC — California Central Coast Region (619) 992-9927 1 Sat Breakfast Club — PCA National Pca.org CAI — California Inland Region [email protected] Tech Inspection Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach PCNA us.Porsche.com/national Dan Hockett (909) 921-5596 GER — Golden Empire Region [email protected] 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Porsche AG Porsche.com 1 Sat CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport GGR — Golden Gate Region Zone 8 Representative Technical Adviser 7-9 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park GPX — Grand Prix Region EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official Michael Dolphin (213) 248-4743 [email protected] 8-9 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Gingerman LAR — Los Angeles Region publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the 16-17 S-Sun PCA Club Race, High Plains Raceway LVR — Las Vegas Region PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing Tom Brown Timing 14 Fri Werks Reunion, Monterey, CA OCR — Orange Coast Region in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and are not (760) 505-3286 Darren & Jennifer Cole (661) 209-9498 [email protected] 16 Sun Pebble Beach Concours RR — Riverside Region necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. [email protected] The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted 21-23 F-Sun PCA Club Race, NJMP SAR — Southern Arizona Region Tours for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is SBR — Santa Barbara Region Marty Goldsmith (562) 494-6350 September 2015 granted providing full credit is given to the authors and THE [email protected] SDR — San Diego Region CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. Jeff Peck (310) 345-8081 5 Sat Breakfast Club — SGV — San Gabriel Valley Region [email protected] Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach ALMS — American Le Mans Series ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX membership Webmaster 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast DE — PCA Drivers Education track event chair and PCA (PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA 22150 Jimmie Mitchell (310) 539-2568 5-6 F-Sat GGR Region DE / PCA Club Race, Thunderhill [email protected] F1 — Formula 1 or [email protected] ) of any address, email, phone or 4-7 Th-Mon PCA Club Race, Road America membership status changes. printing by Print Solutions Provider, Santa Ana, CA Aide-de-camp 7 Mon Labor Day PCA — Porsche Club of America Norma Dawson

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o n Back Yard Summer BBQ P L o ia The Gillam home ng rn Beach, Califo Ladera Heights May 17, 2015 Sunday (detail information at PCAGPX.MotorsportReg) Lakewood Country Club Registration: $65.00 Judged Classes includes 1 Buffet Lunch (deduct $15.00 for no lunch) July 11, Saturday Display Only Registration: $45.00 including lunch (deduct $15.00 for no lunch) 12:00 noon until it ends (lunch served 1pm - no host bar) Additional lunches - $20.00 (1 included in $65.00 Judged / $45.00 Display - you can buy extras) $10.00 per person (donation to Children's Dental Health Clinic)

Lakewood Country Club 3101 Carson Street, Lakewood, CA 90712

Schedule: 7:00 Car placement RSVP before July 4 9:00 First Timers meeting (so we can plan for enough food) 10:00 Judges meeting 10:30 Judging starts Registration at PCAGPX.MotorsportReg.com 2:00 Awards Ceremony

Sponsored by Music Great BBQ Home Theatre Race movies

For full Concours rules: www.Zone8.org Poolside Activities Soda - Water provided FOR REGISTRATION GO TO Bring your own alcohol (if desired) http://pcagpx.motorsportreg.com for online registration Credit Card, E-check or check payment OK For information, contact Suesan Way 619-992.4287 or [email protected] For information, sponsorship, and other, contact Concours Chair

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Write of Way, by Suesan Way Skip Carter

Canadian Geese well. Anyway, those were the biggest concerns. Those and others are being looked at, and expect an even bigger and better event in 2016. The 2015 edition of the California Festival of Speed was The other new thing you will see at our Concours is new, Things are just busy and busy. That's not a complain — Just quite the event. With almost 6000 people coming out over never seen before merchandise in our Goodie Store. There an observation! If you looked around Southern California, That's it for now. If we haven't seen you at one of our events the weekend, and a plethora of activities, it really was the will also be a few vendors to show us their interesting wares. it would be hard to find a region that does better than our recently, please find something you'd like to do and come on greatest Porsche event in the Southwest. Grand Prix Region in producing fun and interesting events. out. We'd love to see you. If you are not actually entering a car in the Concours, come It was an event that offered something for everyone, with out and be a part of it all anyway. Come and see all of the Take a look at the calendar. Are you interested in a nice Sat- fabulous racing, an amazing vendor’s row that included some cars placed on the lawn and pick your favorite winners. urday drive? How about a night trip to Mt. Wilson Observa- extremely popular LA food trucks, if the lines were indicative tory to look through that telescope? Our annual Concours Sleazy Dog Construction of anything. Porsche Cars North America and Pirelli sent out As always, out monthly breakfast meetings at the Glory Days is just two weeks away, and we've involved in Performance four new Porsche models for visitors to try out at our mini- Beachside Grill are continuing to be a lot of fun. We meet Driving events on a regular basis. We also have a Summer autocross site. There was a lovely Zone 8 Concours and the the first Saturday of each month (except for this July, which BBQ that is free to region members and their guests. most beautiful Porsche Corrals. will be on the 4th). AND, if you have an idea of something you'd like to see us Many of our Grand Prix Region members were at the Festival On July 11th we are having a GPX Summer Club party at do, or a place to visit, or a tour we haven't done lately, just let all weekend helping as volunteers, which was fabulous. There the home of one our members, Barbara Gillam. It starts at us know and we'll see what we can do. were all kinds of jobs to be had, including working on the noon and goes until it ends. Registration will be on Motors- grid, access control, assisting with the organization of the portreg.com, opening on June 1st. As we did last year, there In this issue of the Circuit you'll find a couple of articles on gorgeous Porsche corrals, working on the autocross course will be no charge for the great catered BBQ. We just ask you recently concluded events, and ads for several more coming On the Cover... and in the credential building or in the goodie store or one to bring your beverages. So come and hang around pool side up. We also have a very limited of openings for a tour of the Steven Krupnick caught Dan Hockett (421 Boxster) and of the many other volunteer opportunities. It really takes a with your Porsche friends for a great day. See the event flyer Singer Vehicle Design facility coming up. The tough part is Dave Hockett (129 Cayman S) crossing the finish line to- small army of club members to make an event like this come in this edition of the Circuit. figuring out a fair way to make those slots available to our gether at the California festival of Speed last month. together. Thanks to everyone who pitched in and fueled the members. Expect to see more about this one. 2015 Festival of Speed. As always if you have comments or questions please contact Dave is our GPX Chief Driving Instructor, and Dan is in charge of Tech Inspection. Dave has been looking for a me at [email protected]. We're finishing up the Festival accounting and analyzing replacement of his Boxster track car, and found this '09 Up next for Grand Prix are a couple of very exciting things feedback. It certainly was an exciting weekend and we've got- Cayman just in time for Festival. going on — like our beautiful Concours d’Elegance at the ten a bunch of helpful comments from volunteers and other Lakewood Country Club on May 17th and our night view- attendees. There were two things that we should have done We anticipate that some day the Boxster Brothers will have morphed into the Cayman Brothers. ing at the Mt. Wilson telescope on May 23rd. better with, and we certainly will have changes to improve next year. One, there were not enough food trucks, especially Concours d' Elegance is a French term denoting a gather- on Friday. Believe it or not, we had 15 food trucks come to May 2015 ing together of automobiles in competition for judging of credentials Saturday, but most of them followed the fine to their respective merits in terms of coach work design, finish the drags that were going on at the same time. The drags had and appointments. In the Porsche Club of America we are too many trucks, and we had long lines. Oops. Better coordi- concerned with only one marque, Porsche. Porsche is defined nation next year. as an automobile manufactured by Porsche AG, and powered by an engine manufactured by Porsche, with some noted The other problem was our Saturday Track Tours. We had exceptions. a very large turnout and failed to recognize that we needed to change our game plan on the spot. There has been a lot This year Grand Prix Region is excited to have The Auto of conversation about it, and we've got a plan that should Gallery back as our Concours sponsor. We are hoping they eliminate this from happening again. After all, we've been will bring a couple of exciting display cars like they did last to the Porsche 50th Anniversary event at Laguna Seca and year, and rumor has it that they will have some cars in the Rennsport at Daytona, and at each of these events they had competition again. many more times the number of cars we had, and it worked

6 7 California Festival of Speed — Version XIV by Skip Carter photos by Jimmie Mitchell, Steven Krupnick, Greg Phillips & Ted Lighthizer May 17-19, 2002 was a very exciting three day weekend for a team of folks from the San Diego Region. Not only were we producing our first ever PCA Club Race, but it was the first time that a car club had ever put on an event at the new California Speedway in Fon- tana, California.

PCASD was a large, very active, and very well managed region, and had been since its inception in 1957. By the way, SDR was the 8th PCA chartered region, and the charter was presented by the last surviving founding member, Jack Case, who did a lot of similar assignments for PCA founder, Bill Sholar.

I joined PCA in time for the 1992 San Diego Parade, became autocross cochair with Vince and Cecelia Knauf the following year, editor for a dozen years, president in 1996 and held a few other positions. Producing a PCA Club Race was something I had often thought about, but it was the arrival of Ron Mistak that set the wheels in motion. Ron had partici- pated in the first ever PCA Club Race at Second Creek, Colorado in June 1992, and he was eager to build a program in Southern California.

Ron's concept was not just a race, but a festival. So, in 2000 a core team of about ten people quickly formed, and the concept for the California Festival of Speed materialized. To say that the next two years was a lot of work would be an understatement. My primary job was Registrar, so I immediately sought out the best PCA Club Racing Registrars I could find. I soon had forms, budgets, schedules, time lines and all sorts of info from Caro- linas, Intermountain, Oregon, Lone Star, Maverick, Sebring, Zone 1, Chicago and Con- necticut Valley regions. We drove to Oregon and Intermountain region races to help and see firsthand how the processes worked. This year's Vendor Row had plenty to see... And plenty to eat. Lines at the food trucks were sometimes too long. We will do better next year with more trucks. Jerry Beauchane was the event manager, Prescott Kelly was race announcer, Chris Huck did a fabulous job with sponsors (actually, everyone did a fabulous job), Bruce Henderson The display cars this year featured GT cars. The Leyton House 962 probably does not fit in that did a Tech Talk, Kevin Buckler and Steve Beddor brought cars. Alan Friedman was Chief category, but it sure was nice to see. Steward, Harry and Nancy Hall took care of Scruitneering and Timing, Vince Knauf ran the DE, Cecelia Knauf was in charge of graphics, and many, many more. Too many to list.

Fontana was a quick two hour drive from San Diego, and we made many trips and had many meetings during those two years of preparation. We were so excited to have access to this world class facility. The first time on the oval (any banked track for me) was exciting. The track manager was showing us the track and, in a Chevy Suburban full of our team, I followed in my F-150. We quickly got to the 104 mph limiter and proceeded across start / finish. I certainly felt a little queasy heading into Nascar 1 at 104 mph (remember, I'd never driven anything on a banked oval before). The only thing I knew was that, if that Suburban could do it, so could my F-150. Yikes!

The first year was a fabulous success. Teams and drivers came from Wisconsin, Texas, Or- egon, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and more. Vendor Row was packed. The foot traffic was tremendous... And we made money!

Wind the clock forward 13 years. I'm back in a track car, 26 track days in the last 18 months, and I'm signed up for my Rookie Club Race at this year's California Festival of Speed. I've often been told that event managers have a tendency to be distracted while on the track, and that on track incidents are not uncommon amongst them. I can't tell you how many times I heard that my number one job this weekend was to run a clean event. Prescott Kelly came in from Photos from first California Connecticut to MC the weekend Festival of Speed in 2002

Ron Mistak brought the old Wayne Baker "914"

Jack Case

Skip Carter

There were plenty of photo ops for drivers and visitors

Bruce Anderson got an exhilarating ride from Chris Benbow OK, it's not that I didn't know that, but hearing it (literally) 8 or 10 times in the Vince Knauf & Ron Mistak preceding few weeks got my attention and, to tell you the truth, made me a little nervous. I've not always been cautious or paid a lot of attention to details (ask me why I don't fly airplanes), so I went into the event wanting to have fun, but not wanting to do anything stupid. As it turned out, I did get a little out there a couple of times, but fortune was with me (and some very good experienced driv- ers who knew what that "X" meant on the back of the 944.

Anyway, I had a blast and can't wait for my next Club Racing opportunity. As far as the Festival itself, the only year that could come close to the quality of this year's was that inaugural race in 2002. Vendor Row was buzzing. Crowds From Abarths to 962s were tremendous, the PCNA sponsored Autocross on Saturday had long lines. We certainly appreciate the four Porsche models delivered (along with a healthy stack of Pirelli tires) for visitors to test drive. Jerry Bumpus and his PCASD instruc- And then there was that chicane that moved with the vibration of the cars tors did a great job. They continued Sunday instructing visitors driving their own Porsches. The concours had a nice showing, including Herb Wysard's street "917".

The Lunch Wagons were a treat. Trying to decide between a fabulous A very large contingent of 356s lead out the lunch time Track Tours looking sausage sandwich, a lobster roll, Asian hamburger and more was difficult. We've already figured out that we need more trucks on Satur- day.

The Club Racers and Time Trials ran a good, clean event. The weather was perfect. Kelly Moss Pirelli Seriously, what more could you ask for? Vision Oh yeah... A Ferris wheel. Racers Group Werks II Tillack Kumho Cecelia Knauf & Bonnie Rickard in Credentials Hergesheimer Automotion 911 Design ...and lots more Cecelia Knauf

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14 15 The Circuit May 2015 Santa Monica Mountains Tour Children's Dental Health narrative-Bob Fulton photos-Jimmie Mitchell to Paradise Cove Grand Prix Region, based in Long Beach, chose the Chil- from school to school. Dr. Anderson soon contacted the Saturday March 21, 8:00 AM, 35 Porsche enthusiasts driv- The Beach Cafe at Paradise Cove was expecting us with dren's Dental Health Clinic - a deserving local institution Tichenor-Orthopedic Board for support and the Clinic ing 24 cars gathered by the Getty Villa in Malibu. The reserved parking ready. We all enjoyed individual selec- - as the charity that would receive funds collected at events was then opened in an 8x10 foot room in the Community morning was cool and a bit overcast, but the anticipation tions for an early lunch, or brunch. After eating and sharing throughout 2014. In February, National Children's Dental Hospital. In 1936, the Junior League of Long Beach helped of another enjoyable tour with the Grand Prix Region was Porsche stories (analogous to fisherman's tales) some took Health Month, Grand Prix Region presented a check for relocate the Clinic from the Community Hospital to a Long shared by all. Tour planner and leader, Jeff Peck, got every- time to check out the beautiful beach and surrounding $12,000 to the clinic. Beach Unified School District bungalow, where school-based one to sign waivers and held the traditional driver's meeting. scenery. Others left to head home or spend more time in the dental care and oral health education was provided, with Then we were off West on PCH in two groups to enjoy some canyons. All left understanding it's not just about the cars, "CDHC provides services ranging from dental hygiene to support from the Junior League and Harbor Dental Society. of the finest twisty canyon roads Southern California has to it's the people (and maybe the food). complex surgical procedures for children of all ages who In 1970, the Clinic moved into leased space on the campus offer. might not otherwise receive dental care" says Marty Gold- of the Miller Children’s Hospital at Long Beach Memorial Thanks to Shawn Rogers and Matt Stella for their inputs smith. The clinic was founded in 1932 by Dr. Robert Ander- Medical Center, joining other independent non-profit chil- used as inspiration for this article. son, who operated it out of a mobile trailer. It turns out that dren’s health providers under the vision of Loraine Hunting- Anderson's grandson, Charles Weaver, is a stalwart member ton Miller of treating the “whole child.” of Grand Prix Region. narrative - Bob Fulton Today, the Children’s Dental Health photos - Alan Michel, Bruce Jephcott, Jeff Peck, Matt Stella "The traditional silent auction, held at our holiday party, is a Clinic (CDHC) is an independent com- major contributor of charitable funds, but many of the GPX munity-based 501(c)(3) organization driving tours and special facility visits ask the participants to serving more than 10,000 underserved toss in a little" says Goldsmith. "It all adds up. While mem- children through 33,000 visits annually, bers are always welcome to visit the clinic, prior visitors warn and is the only all-inclusive safety-net, them in advance to bring two things: a handkerchief and a non-profit dental home in the Greater checkbook. It can be an emotional experience." Long Beach and South Bay communi- ties. The clinic has Background on the clinic: satellite clinics in During the dire economic times of the 1930s, a dental Bellflower, Avalon surveyor with Long Beach Schools, Dr. Robert Anderson, (Catalina Island) reported an increasing prevalence of dental disease in our and a Mobile One of the great things about Porsche community’s school children. He was moved to provide Dental Clinic. ownership is how the cars can be enjoyed at even accessible dental care to needy children; and in 1932, this a moderate pace - one appropriate for a Saturday on a dream became a reality when Dr. Anderson secured a trailer, public highway. The build quality and engineering thought- converted it into a small dental clinic, and made his way fulness are always present to enjoy. Executive Director/ Dental Director The scenery was great, the roads entertaining, and no one Dr. John Blake got lost! Jeff is a very thorough planner. He even had Cal- trans display our route information on their portable mes- sage signs. Check out the oval-shaped photo where the sign reads "TAKE KANAN RD TO PCH." Nice touch - how does he do it? Board of Director's President Dr. Carmen Costillo

Dr. Carmen Costillo, Marty and Brita Goldsmaith, Development Director Dr John Blake, Chuck Weaver, Jimmie Mitchell Barbara Lieberman-Jones

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AprilThe Circuit Breakfast Club May 2015

We successfully did it again! The process is Arrive Admire the cars Say hello to someone you don't know narrative - Bob Fulton Eat breakfast photos - Jimmie Mitchell Hang out with your friends Skip Carter Will Sanchez-Linda Reeves- Learn Important stuff from the speakers Glenn Nichols-Tommie Johnson- Suesan Way Carter Kari Ward-Vincent Parker Win A door prize (optional) Door Prizes Adjourn to the parking lot. It's an enjoyable morning. We do it almost every month. You should be there next time!

Jorge Moreno's '99 996 50-50 Raffle winner Mark Nery Brita Goldsmith with Johnny Tsai-Suesan Way Carter Granddaughter & friend

Johnny Tsai's '14 991 Michele Armstrong's Bruce Talamon- Michael Dolphin New Macan S Bruce Brown-Rick Hartman- Roger Lubec

Linda Reeve's New 991 Breakfast At Glory Days Jonathan Arena Mark Nery's '06 997 Circle Porsche

Tom Brown Zone 8 Rep Bruce Talamon's Greg White-Catie Parker-Bruce Caukin- '97 Carrera S Art Day-Steve Firsheim

Marty Goldsmith Jeff Peck (Singing?) Bob Fulton & Susan Moard Bruce Brown-Connie Somers 356 Owners Were Well Represented 18 at Check-In 19 TheFormula Circuit E - An Exciting New Form of Racing! May 2015 narrative - Melvin Dea photos - Melvin Dea & Bob Fulton Jean-Eric Vergne finished second, which was particularly satisfying considering that he crashed his car The inaugural year of the FIA Formula E championship cars, as the battery does not last long enough to complete the with serious damage during a practice came to the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit for the 6th of race, and charging during the race is prohibited. This car- session earlier in the day, a testament 11 races in the season on Saturday April 4, 2015. Forty years changing pit stop has a minimum time period. to the Andretti team. of gas powered racing at the Circuit, including Formula 1, came in third, and after this race he is Indy car, Formula 5000, the North American Touring Car We gathered at Rock Bottom Brewery for libations, lots of the overall championship leader with championship, and now all electric Formula E racing! The Porsche talk, of course, and some FIA E talk. We were all 75 points. Piquet trails with 74 points. PCA Grand Prix region was there to take in the action! novices here in that regard, so we shared what little infor- Although Porsche was not directly involved in any team at mation we had and tried to make controversy of the rules. It was an exciting race in true spec style the race, certainly Porsche is leading the world in plug-in Is FanBoost fair? Why should the most popular drivers get with identical cars. Next year will be hybrid electric powertrains with the Panamera S E-Hybrid, more power? Why do they change cars? There certainly completely different, with an electric the Cayenne S E-Hybrid, the 997 GT3 R Hybrid, and the could be battery change or charge development as part of the vehicle technology arms race planned. venerable 918 and 919. technology development. Should there be a pit stop mini- mum time period? We couldn’t agree on any right answers. You can hear the high pitched whine of the electric The FIA sanctioned Formula E is the world’s first fully elec- motor, and you know it is the motor because you can tric racing series. Ten teams, each with 2 drivers, have been hear the frequency changing during the downshifts competing around the world showcasing tight wheel-to- for the hairpin corner. There was some tire noise, but wheel racing sans tailpipe emissions. Thus far, no driver has not as much as expected for an advanced street tire. won more than one race. All teams use nearly identical cars, the Spark- SRT_01E. The monocoque chassis is built Sebastien Buemi earned pole position, but Nelson by Spark Racing Technology and is constructed of carbon Piquet, Jr., qualifying 4th, immediately took the lead fiber and aluminum to be lightweight and comply with FIA position and kept it throughout the race. crash testing. The powertrain and electronics are provided had contact damage during the very first chicane and by McLaren, with batteries by Williams producing 200 kW had to jump into his second car, forcing him to crawl (equivalent to 270 bhp for you petrol heads). A Hewland his way through the 39 lap race to conserve battery. 5-speed sequential paddle shift gearbox is employed, and a The only American, Scott Speed (is that his real bespoke treaded Michelin tire is used in all races, dry or wet. name?), crashed out of the race in lap 4. There is manually controlled regenerative braking. dive bombed into the hairpin turn and we witnessed him T-bone and take him out of the race. For what it’s worth, there was a lot of contact for a 45 minute race! Hopefully, Long Beach will continue to host this race, but 180 cities worldwide have expressed interest in hosting a race Don Dagert, Bob Hechtman, Melvin Dea, next year. If so, expect great racing action! Paul Aguilera, Omar & Emma Menchavez

Perusing the driver and team owner list reads like an F1 hall of fame. Certainly there were some well known names in the drivers list: Senna, Piquet, and Prost, to name a few. But The Car these are the sons and nephew of the ones you may be think- As is true of modern gasoline-powered F1 racing, contrived ing of. The Andretti family owns a team. Jay Penske owns a limitations are part of the competition. Maximum power team. Leonardo DiCaprio owns a team! during the race is limited to 150 kW, although FanBoost allows 5 seconds of 180 kW. Three drivers earn FanBoost Our group found the last remaining seats with a good view Nelson Piquet, Jr. through a popularity contest voted on by the general public of turn 6 and 7 (turn 10 and 11 of the F1 circuit, as turns between the qualifying rounds and the ePrix. , 1-5 were removed for the FIA E race, perhaps due to battery Nelson Piquet, Jr., driving for China Racing, took the running well in 3rd place at lap 32, was forced to pit stop limitations and lower top speed). Electricity filled the air! A podium. Although he won the popularity contest, he never due to excessive energy usage over 150 kW and fell to 14th BMW i8 served as pace car, and an i3 served as a medic car. even used FanBoost. Apparently, he didn’t need it! Thirty place. Teams are allowed to adjust the power usage, and this five years ago, Nelson Piquet, Sr. won his first ever Formula team adjusted it a little too close to the maximum allowable. As the race began, the first thing you notice is the lack of 1 race at Long Beach, and today his son completely domi- Total energy is limited to 28 kwh. Each driver utilizes two sound. There is noise, though. It’s just not ridiculously loud. nated the race. The Circuit

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James Watt originally defined this in the 19th century as Answer: TORQUE = 350 x 5252 ÷ 7400 = 248 lb-ft. Power & Torque 550 ft-lbs per second (note that 550 X 60 = 33,000) as by Roger Gilmore he was trying to compare the output of his early steam 2. How much TORQUE is required to produce 350 reprinted from September 2014 Zeitschrift, Sonnenschein Region engine to the typical workhorses of that era. In the HP at 6000 RPM? example above, the power that you produced by push- ESSENTIAL CONCEPT: Torque is measured; Poweer is calculated ing your car (8250 foot-pounds-per-minute) equals ¼ Answer: TORQUE = 350 x 5252 ÷ 6000 = 306 lb-ft. With apologies for the necessary but brief return to high school physics & geometry  horsepower (8,250 ÷ 33,000). (This is more than the max torque of the engine, so it cannot produce that much power at that engine speed.) First, answer this: "Do you want your engine to make Note that if the crank-arm in the sketch were twice as more horesepower or more torque?" These are not long (i.e. the handle was located 24" from the center of 3. If the max torque of 287 lb-ft is produced at 5000 mutually exclusive terms, which people sometimes don’t the shaft), the same 100-pound force applied to the RPM how much HP is developed? seem to understand, so let’s explore this in more depth. handle would produce 200 lb-ft of torque (100 pounds times 2 feet). Answer: HP = 287 x 5000 ÷ 5252 = 273 HP. Power is defined as the rate of doingwork , or work per unit time. POWER (including horsepower) is the measure of The point to be taken from these numbers is that a Consider these facts: how much work can be done in a specified time. First given amount of horsepower can be made from an infi- 1. Power (the rate of doing work) is dependent on though, let’s discuss the concept of work. Suppose you nite number of combinations of torque and RPM. torque and RPM. ran out of gas on some back road and it’s a wee bit to 2. Torque and RPM are the measured quantities of the next gas station. With no other options, you decide OK, all that’s fine, but how does pushing a car relate to Note that at 5252 RPM, torque and HP are equal. At engine output. to get out and start pushing. You’ve been dutiful with a rotating engine? Consider the following change to the any RPM below 5252, the value of torque is greater 3. Power is calculated from torque and RPM by the regular attendance at your local gym, so you’re able to handle-and-crank-arm sketch. The handle is still 12" than the value of HP; above 5252 RPM, the value of following equation: exert a horizontal force of 100 pounds on the back of from the center of the shaft, but now, instead of being torque is less than the value of HP. Thus, if you look at HP = Torque x RPM ÷ 5252* the car, as in the photo above. The car doesn’t budge. In fixed to the wall, the shaft now goes through the wall a dyno chart for an engine, the torque and HP curves defiance, you continue to push for two full minutes and (supported by frictionless bearings) and is attached to will ALWAYS cross at 5252 RPM. This is true for ANY Engines (and motors) produce power by employing a still the car doesn’t move. You’re tired, and cursing a bit, a generator behind the wall. We now apply a constant engine that produces a rotational output. rotating shaft, which can exert a given amount of but you have done NO WORK. Still panting from all force of 100 pounds to the handle so that the force is torque on a load at a given RPM. The amount of your effort, you wonder, “No work! How is that pos- always perpendicular to both the handle and the crank- NOTE: The above material formulated with grateful torque the engine can exert usually varies with RPM. sible?” It is because work is defined as a force operating arm, thus causing the crank to rotate. assistance and permission from EPI, Inc. Visit their through a distance. The car didn’t move, so although website at http://www.epi-eng.com TORQUE is defined as a force around a given point, there was force, there was no motion and thus no work. If that constant 100 lb. tangential force applied to applied at a radius from that point. Note that the unit the 12" handle (100 lb-ft of torque) causes the shaft Here is a dyno chart example of a GT2 RS (with an im- of torque is one pound-foot (often misstated), while the Now you get smart and release the parking brake, and, to rotate at 2000 RPM, then the power the shaft is pressively flat torque curve!). Note that in both graphs unit of worl is one foot-pound. having recovered from your previous 2-minute exercise transmitting to the generator behind the wall is 38 HP, the Power and Torque curves cross at 5252 RPM. in futility, you again push the car with the same con- calculated as follows: Referring to Figure 1, assume that the handle is attached stant 100-pound force. This time the car moves, and Recall that HP = Torque x RPM ÷ 5252 to the crank-arm so that it is parallel to the supported you push it for another two minutes. It travels 165 feet shaft and is located at a radius during those two minutes of effort. In that case, you Thus: 100 lb-ft of torque (100 lb. x 1 foot) times 2000 figure 1 of 12" from the center of the will have produced 16,500 foot-pounds of work (100 RPM divided by 5252 is 38 HP. shaft. In this example, consid- pounds of force x 165 feet of distance = 16,500 (foot- er the shaft to be fixed to the pounds). Looked at in another way, you would have Let’s look at some current real examples. The 2014 base wall. Let the arrow represent produced 8250 foot-pounds per minute of power 911 (991) produces 350 HP at 7400 RPM and max a 100 lb. force, applied in a (165 feet x 100 pounds ÷ 2 minutes). torque is 287 lb-ft: direction perpendicular to both the handle and the In the same way that one-ton is a large amount of 1. How much TORQUE is required to produce crank-arm, as shown. Because weight, one horsepower is a large amount of power. The 350 HP at 7400 RPM? the shaft is fixed to the wall, the shaft does not turn, but definition of one horsepower is 33,000 foot-pounds per there is a torque of 100 pounds-feet (100 pounds times minute. Rearrange the above equation: 1 foot) applied to the shaft. TORQUE = HP x 5252 ÷ RPM 22 23 The Circuit May 2015 Ontario Reign's Stanley Cup Experience by Dan Hockett

My wife and I have season tickets for the Ontario Reign's, a professional hockey team associated with the primarily, and the Winnipeg Jets secondarily. Well, the Kings won Lord Stanley's Cup in 2014, and this is what happened to us.

Our club seats allows us to use The Club, a nice place to eat. A Reign employee we know from way back when he played as a kid with our son Josh (and who always goes out of his way to take care of us) is involved with special events. My wife, Dana, asked when the Stanley Cup was going to come to the arena, and suggested that he could bring the cup into the club so season ticket holders could spend some time with it before the public viewing. He let us know when the cup was coming, and that it would be in The Club 90 minutes prior to going on public display.

We arrived at 4:00 and were surprised at how few people must have gotten the notice. We took our pictures and I talked with the cup keeper for a bit, then we went to order dinner and noticed that there was still almost no one in line, so we went back again. As we were standing in line one of the King's girls asked if I wouldn›t mind posing with them in my Reign jersey and another guy with a Kings jersey. They were going to use it in an official King's tweet. Well, I agreed to help ;). We ended up getting more pictures with Dana and I, my friend Mike and I and the friend that I used to coach kids hockey with (including the Kings girls).

At 5:00 they took the cup out to display in the back of the arena. The line to see it stretched the length of the arena and halfway back again. We had really lucked out. All in all in all it was a pretty unbelievable experience.

Next, I'll have to tell you about actually meeting Wayne Gretzky in his restaurant on a recent trip to Canada.

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Book Reviews for Porschephiles Bruce Herrington by Bruce Herrington, Orange Coast Region TCsGarage Parts & Accessories PORSCHE 356: The Story of the Flat-Four Porsches www.tcsgarage.com by David G. Styles, published by The Crowood Press, UK Free Shipping on orders over $75*

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