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Guy's Garage Rennsport Renunion 2015 Parkfield Rally and Brunch October/November/December2015 Coastalaire Porsche Club of America - California Central Coast Region Event Coordinator Conta New Column: Guy’s Garage Rennsport Renunion 2015 Parkfield Rally and Brunch New Members BBQ u experienceCalifornia Central Coastu commitment Porsche Club Of Americau integrity August 2009 4 Service: Minor and Major 4 Race / Track Day Prep 4 Re-Sale and Factory-Style Service 4 Special Project Cars Consignments With 4 Brakes 4 Parts and Accessories an Ever-Changing 4 Electrical Gremlins 4 Spark Plugs to the Special Inventory 4 Engine and Transmission Set of Wheels You’ve Been 4 All Cars Inspected by Overhauls Dreaming About Our Shop Stop by for a visit at 1144 HIGUERA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO 93401 Service ~ 545-9323 Parts ~ 540-3300 Sales ~ 545-9323 www.sgsmotorsports.com SGS MOTORSPORTS State-of-the-Art Frame & Laser Measuring Equipment Expert & Custom Color Matching Collision Repair Lifetime Warranty on All Repairs FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 805-544-7979 Serving San Luis Obispo County Since 1982 3453 Empresa Dr. A Full Service Body Shop Where San Luis Obispo, CA Quality is Never Sacrificed We Specialize in Insurance Claims www.vintageab.com Porsche Santa Barbara is a major CCCR sponsor, including Local Pick-up & Delivery our autcross in Santa Maria and our DE events on May 15 and November 13 at the Buttonwillow Raceway near Bakersfield. 2 The Coastalaire October/November/December 2015 2 The Coastalaire October/November/December 2015 3 CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST REGION Board of Directors PORSCHE Coastalaire CLUB OF AMERICA In this issue Prez’s Corner Departments Chuck Jennings - President This will be my last Prez’s Corner. In three years, Oct/Nov/Dec 2015 4......... Club and Coastalaire Information 5.......... Board of Directors 805-459-7416 much has happened, and some things have changed. 5.......... Prez’s Corner [email protected] Most significantly, our financial health has gone from 6.......... Calendar of Events a struggling minimal balance to an estimated year- COVER PHOTO 14 ....... Driver’s Corner Andy Winterbottom - Vice-President 23....... Advertiser Index-Rates end balance of approximatley $30,000 with a $5000 847-219-2964 reserve. This is mostly attributable to two changes: [email protected] Club Events reduced printing costs of Coastalaire and a substantial 7 ........ Annual Holiday Party increase in income from autocross and DE events. 12-13.. New Members BBQ Ken Finney - Treasurer When we reduced the number of print issues of 15 ...... Parkfield Rally/Brunch RS Spyder at 805-542-9671 Coastalaire, there was some concern that we might Rennsport [email protected] have a decline in member particiaption. Remarkably, Columns Photo by 10-11... Guy’s Garage (New!) event participation and membership have increased Art Trinidade 14 ....... Driver’s Corner Sanja Brewer - Secretary well beyond our expectations. Membership is over 570, and we had a record 150 in attendance at the 805-541-9245 Feature Stories [email protected] New Members BBQ. Our financial health also al- 16-17 ... Jerry’s Dream 911 lowed us to increase our charitable contributions to 18-19.... The Story of “Mad Dog” Part 2 Hospice and Camp Hapitok. With Art Trinidade as 20 ........ Piinedorado Car Show Contributors Chuck Stevenson - Activities Director associate editor, we hope to increase the number of Jerry Alexander PCA and Zone 8 News 805-459-9493 issues of Coastalaire in 2016. Tom Dobyn 22 ...... Porsche Tech Tactics 2015 [email protected] Guy Ober 23 ...... Zone 8 Staff and Officers In January, Gary Thies and Joe Korpiel will be leav- Art Trinidade Joe Korpiel - Membership Director ing the Board of Directors. I want to give them special recognition for their stellar contrbutions to the 805-927-1244 fuctioning of the Board over the past three years. Two [email protected] Editor Member Services great fellows, Gary and Joe have been generously Classified Ads CCCR / PCA Mailing Address : Chuck Jennings and consistently helpful and dependable. And I want Classified ads are posted in the CCCR California Central Coast Region of [email protected] Gary Thies - Safety Director PCA website at http://ccc.pca.org/. Submit Porsche Club of America (CCCR/PCA) to thank a very supportive, cooperative, and reliable your text and photo (if required) by email 278 Via San Blas Associate Editor 805-489-4535 2015 Board of Directors. We have been a great team. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-6976 to: Chuck Jennings at concourschuck@ [email protected] Thanks to everyone for a wonderful three years. Art Trinidade gmail.com.. The editor reserves the right [email protected] to edit the ad if it is over 40 words. The ad is Free To Members. Tom Dobyns - Autocross Events Board Meetings Staff Photography CCCR Name Badge California Central Coast Member Name Badges. Your Beautiful 5-color CCCR Cost 805-458-8461 Chuck Jennings for standard badge with pin, swivel clip or magnet closure: $15.00, First Name, Last [email protected] CCCR members are welcome to attend the Board Meetings. Time Name, optional 2nd line, for example, your club office within the club, your Porsche may be made available for non-board members to have input during Webmaster model. To order: Print (or type) your First Name and Last Name the way you want it to these meetings. Due to limited time and space, please call Chuck appear on your name badge and send, together with a check for amount as determined Jon Milledge - CDI/DE Events Jennings prior to the meeting you wish to attend. 459-7416 Chuck Jennings above to: Location Date and Time [email protected] 805-704-8785 Dave Mills, 1191 Vista del Lago, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 San Luis Obispo First Wednesday of the month [email protected] Country Club at 6:30 PM The Coastalaire is available to all CCCR members Questions? Call Dave at 805-547-1191, or email [email protected] on the website at http//ccc.pca.org/. 255 Country Club Dr. San Luis Obispo Coastalaire is the official monthly publication of the Porsche Club of America, California Central Coast Region. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent Warren White – Driving Events the official position of the California Central Coast Region of the Porsche Club of America, its of- Minutes of all Board of Directors meetings ficers or members. Permission is granted to charter regions to reprint if appropriate credit is given 805-709-8455 to the author and Coastalaire, with the exception of copyrighted material. Any material appearing [email protected] are available for review on our website at in the Coastalaire is that of the author, and does not constitute an opinion of the Porsche Club of America, the California Central Coast Region, its Board or Appointees, the Coastalaire Editors, ccc.pca.org. or its staff. The Editorial Staff reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. The deadline for submission of articles is the 5th of the month preceding the month of publication. The Coastalaire October/November/December 2015 4 The Coastalaire October/November/December 2015 5 Events Calendar Please Join Us for an Evening of Holiday Music, Food, and Cheer! 2015 Date Event Coordinator Contact 6:00 pm 11-13-2015 DE @ Buttonwillow Jon Milledge motorsportsreg.com Sunday December 6, 2015 11-14-2015 Brunch @ Loading Chute Andrew Winterbottoom 805-481-1973 San Luis Obispo Country Club 12-6-2015 Annual Holiday Party Sanja Brewer 805-541-6036 Great Music 12-12-2015 Breakfast @ Carla’s MB Chuck Jennings 805-459-7416 Great Food Raffle Prizes Menu 2016 Mixed Baby Greens The 2016 actitivies calendar is in the planning stage. cucumber, tomato, carrot, radish, & croutons choice of dressing The following is a working draft of the CCCR calendar for the first three months of 2016. Look for updates via email and the first issue of Coastalaire for 2016. and New York Steak Diane Oven Roasted Vegetable Polenta Date Event Coordinator Contact thick cut, served Halibut Stack or with creamy Yukon or served with with fresh roasted 1-9-2016 Breakfast @ Carla’s MB Chuck Jennings 805-459-7416 Gold whipped potatoes citrus rice market vegetables 1-16-2016 Tour TBA Chuck Stevenson 805-459-9493 market vegetables market vegetables and 1-23-2016 Teststrecke XV Autocross Tom Dobyns 805-458-8461 Cognac mushroom Dill Chardonnay vin blasamicals reduction sauce blanc 2-14-2016 Valentines Breakfast @ Far Western Tavern, Orcutt and Chuck Jennings 805-459-7416 2-27-2016 Pozo Tour/Brunch Chuck Stevenson 805-459-9493 Chocolate Fondant Cake All Entres $30 3-6-2016 Breakfast @ Loading Chute Andy Winterbottom 805-481-1973 3-12-2016 Autocross Academy Tom Dobyns 805-458-8461 No Host Bar 3-13-2016 Teststrecke XVI Autocross Tom Dobyns 805-458-8461 You may bring your own wine for a corkage fee of $10 billed directly by the Counry Club that evening. Please checks payable to CCCR/PCA Mail checks to Sanja Brewer 1270 Peach Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Checks must be received no later than November 20 Breakfast at Carla’s Country Kitchen in Morro Bay, 9:00 AM, January 9. The Coastalaire October/November/December 2015 6 The Coastalaire October/November/December 2015 7 2015 Rennsport Reunion, Mazda Speedway, Laguna Seca by Art Trinidade The exquisite and delicate looking but remarkably Mark Donohue’s brutal 1973 917/30 Chas- Chuck Hoops durable 1953 Porsche 550 Coupe that began as a sis 003 raced successfully around the world. So suc- Alisson Edwards roadster and won the Nurburgring 1000K, then cessfully, it was outlawed by Le Mans. came second in class at Le Mans in 1953, finishing Chuck Stevenson Art Trinidade The stunning 1966 Carrera 6 210 bhp, Type 901/20 You didn’t have to be a Porschephile to be at Renns- The guys (and gals) were going hard, with paint 1,991 cc SOHC air-cooled opposed six-cylinder en- port Reunion V at Laguna Seca on a glorious weekend trading, spins and shunts.
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