NOR’WESTERTHE NOR’WESTER VOL. 10, NO.2 The newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region March/April 2010 Porsche Club of America

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President’s Message Technology on the Road Track & Racing Info Event Articles Event Calendar Volume 10, No. 2 March/April 2010

Volume 10, No. 2 2 March/April 2010 In This Issue ADVERTISERS

Board Members & Chairs 4 Advantage Nissan—LoJack 12 From the President & Editor 5 Big O Tires—Mike Maring 9 Board Meeting Minutes 6 Cascadia International—Jon Wyman 2 Technology on the Road 8 Jeff's Detail—Jeff Smith 22 Racing & Track Info 9 Keller Williams Realty—Steven Dadabo 13 Winter Skills 11 MAXRPM—Alex Raphael 3 Tech Session 12 Mike Newlon 15 Movie Night 14 Pacific Printing 18 Car Show Schedule 15 Park Shore Real Estate—June Moore 16 Social Pages 16 Robert M. Bernardo & Associates 4 The Olympian 17 Roger Jobs Porsche 24 Goodie Store 19 Sequim Real Estate—Kurt Schneider 6 New Members & Auto Platz 20 Silpada Designs-Wendy Arnhols 10 Calendar of Events……… 21

Nor’Wester Newsletter Nor’Wester is the official newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Region of the Porsche Club of America and is published bimonthly. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily constitute opinions of the Porsche Club of America, Olympic Peninsula Region, the Board of Directors or the Nor’Wester Editor. Articles and photographs by OPR mem- bers are encouraged and should be submitted to the Nor’Wester Editor, Gloria Mellon ( [email protected] ) no later than the 15 th of the month prior to publication. Classifieds (50 words or less) are free for OPR & PCA members, must be Porsche related and typically run for two months. Please send submissions to The Nor’Wester Editor. $15 for non-PCA members. Commercial Advertising is accepted at the following rates for 2010, paid in advance. Checks should be made payable to “OPR-PCA” and given to Bob Becken or mailed to P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383-3572. Ads may be submitted electronically (jpg, gif, tif, pdf) to [email protected] . If your add is larger than 10MB in size, then it will need to be submitted in printed format or mailed on CD-ROM. We are always looking to expand our Advertisers – please spread the word to any business owners that you think may be interested. Contact Bob Olbrych [email protected] If you use an advertiser’s services, please be sure to let them know you saw their ad in our newsletter .

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On the cover: The Irish can’t compete with the “Luck of the Germans”. Bradley Sherman’s Boxster & Keith Mellon’s C4S Rain Forest Green.

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2010 Board of Directors Committee Chairs

President: John James Membership: Gloria Mellon [email protected] [email protected] ______Social/Event: Maryann Elwell Vice President: Brian Forde [email protected]

[email protected] Webmaster: Bill Elwell [email protected] ______Newsletter: Gloria Mellon Secretary: Dan Kalinski [email protected] [email protected] Advertising: Bob Olbrych [email protected] ______Treasurer: Robert Becken Goodie Store: Jon Wyman [email protected] [email protected] Technical: Randy Baisden [email protected]

Past President: Maryann Elwell Speed Events : Jeff Smith [email protected] [email protected] ______Member at Large: Keith Mellon Get Your Personalized [email protected] OPR-PCA Nametag with an OPR pin on it! ______If you would like to order an PCA Zone 6 Rep: Dave Cooley Olympic Peninsula Region name [email protected] tag, the cost is $15 each. Just provide your check made out to “OPR-PCA” along with your name and Porsche model to Brian Forde’s attention at Olympic Peninsula Region Porsche Club, P.O. Box 3572, Silverdale, WA 98383.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT: John James

Check your Porsche's tire pressures, check the oil, make sure your license tabs are current and fasten your seat belts, because your Olympic Peninsula Region Porsche Club has a full slate of activities for you in 2010. Our social chair and Past President, Maryann Elwell held a planning meeting on January 6th for all members to give their input on our Club's activities for this year. The meeting was well attended and you can anticipate a full slate of activities every month from now till December! If you like to tour, go to car shows, have dinner at new restaurants, participate in speed events such as autocross and track days, you have joined the right organiz ation. I know this date is a ways off, but mark your calendar's in bold print for the weekend of September 9th through 12th. You can find the ad on page14. A major Zone 6 event in conjunction with the Canada West Region is taking place in Sun Peaks, British Columbia. This event is titled Escape 2010 and detailed information may be found at www.pcaescape2010.com . This event is for all PCA members, but the main focus is to bring the fifteen Zone 6 Regions together for a weekend of great food, tech sessions, car shows, tours, and making new friends. Your club’s tour leader for the drive up, Brian Forde, is working to coordinate our run up as a group tour making sure to pass through some beautiful scenery and along winding roads from the Olympic Peninsula to Sun Peaks. I have volun- teered OPR to help put on the car shows, but there are many other ways you can help out. Contact our Social Chair, Maryann at [email protected] to volunteer. In late January, I represented our Region at the annual Zone 6 President's meeting held in Portland. Run by our Zone 6 Rep, Dave Cooley, it was a very informative session with topics ranging from membership fees, newsletters, raising funds, charity events, keeping our by-laws updated, to planning the Escape 2010in September. I had an opportunity to meet the other region Presidents and learn what they are doing to grow their regions from a membership perspective, making sure the treasuries are kept solvent. Nice folks and true Porsche fanatics! Our last board/member meeting on February 10th was one of the best attended monthly meetings I have seen in my time with OPR. Great ideas were shared and I encourage all members or prospective members to attend the March 10th meeting at the Bremerton Airport Diner. Arrive around 6:00PM if you want to enjoy some of the best fish and chips on the Olympic Peninsula. Meeting starts at 7:00PM. John James, President

FROM THE EDITOR: Gloria Mellon

The past month has been really nice for getting the cars out of the garage. Driving is the name of the game. There are many exciting events coming up very soon, which will contribute to that need to drive. Even though we can’t drive our Porsches everyday, the clear days make it totally incredible for being outside driving our cars. That being said, we all enjoy our cars, I believe far more than the average person. It would be awesome if I could get some members to share your experiences. You know that you love being in that car! In most cases, something interesting happens when you drive it. It doesn’t matter whether you are on the road or at the track. I know I’ve been heading down the highway and someone will seem to be racing towards me to get a look at the car and the only finger that goes up is the thumb! Seriously, I have been having problems getting enough articles from the membership in order to fill the newsletter. This magazine has become a pretty good place for information to be shared. I want this to be a place that you can feel comfortable about bragging rights. Please share a story with the membership and we all like hearing about adventures around the Olympic Peninsula and the cars we drive. Please if you can share an experience you’ve had or how it was to buy that new (or new to you) Porsche, we want to hear about it! As I mentioned earlier, there are many fun events coming up. I would appreciate the efforts of anyone stepping up to plate and volunteering to write an article or submit pictures for the next newsletter. I want to personally thank everyone that has contributed to this month’s magazine. Remember, articles and pictures are welcome!

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OLYMPIC PENINSULA REGION—PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA Board Meeting Minutes— January 13, 2010

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by President John James at the Airport Diner, Bremerton Airport. Minutes of the November Board Meeting were approved as written. Board Members Present: President John James, Vice President Brian Forde, Treasurer Bob Becken, Secretary Dan Kalinski and Member at Large, Keith Mellon. Members Present : Maryann/Bill Elwell, Brooks Hanford, Gloria Mellon, Brett Burroughs, Debbie Raphael, Randy Baisden.

BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR REPORTS President : It was suggested that when our members of the club find new potential members or new advertisers, at club functions or any other such activity, they be forwarded to the perspective individual responsible for said activity/responsibility. Mr. James has indicated he will attend the PCA Regional meeting to discuss numerous issues. He will report the outcome of this meeting at the next scheduled OPRPCA business meeting. Vice President : Mr. Forde had no report at this time. Secretary: No report at this time. Treasurer: Mr. Becken reported the club is financially fit. The carry forward balance was $2,953.09. The ending balance is $3,303.94 with available monies the same. Copies of his report were distributed to members present. Member at Large : Mr. Mellon had no report at this time. Membership: Chair Gloria Mellon reported a total of 246 members. Newsletter Editor : Ms. Mellon will be working on the very next edition. She requests that everyone get their copy/photos to her as soon as possible so she can get it to the printer to avoid any undue stress. Also, if there are any tech sessions a member would like to write about or any interesting activities members would like to share with our group involving the activity/restoration/performance enhancements to the Porsche Marque, please be sure to get this information into our Editor ASAP. Further, if you need parts, an additional Porsche to add to your collection, or if you are selling the like, someone out there has a need for these parts or cars. Please be sure to get this information into our Editor ASAP. Social/Events: Ms. Elwell, our Social/Events Chair, provided everyone with an expanded calendar of activities through April, 2010. Calendar includes activities sponsored by OPR, PNWR and other Zone 6 events. Calendars are e-mailed to members and are also available on our website. Website : Mr. Elwell is continuing to maintain the website until Douglas Duncan is trained to take it. This issue remains the same. Advertising: No new news other than to be sure if you have a lead on a prospective advertiser, please contact Mr. Olbrych. Technical/Speed : Mr. Baisden had no new news at this time. Jeff Smith not present to give Speed report. OLD BUSINESS : Elections : Brett Burroughs has overseen elections for 2010. New board members are: Brian Forde, Vice President. Dan Kalinski, Secretary. Keith Mellon as our Member at Large. Holiday Party : This was a great success and all that attended had a wonderful time. Barbara Hanford did a great job of planning and facilitating this event. The silent auctions were successful as well thanks to Debbie Raphael and let’s not forget the best of all, the friendship shared by our members along with the fun we all had at the “gift” exchange. Next year’s event will be even better. DUES and Continued Membership: A vote of the membership is required to approve a proposed change in the Bylaws to allow OPR to collect regional dues. On October 14th, the Board unanimously voted to approve the amendment with addition of ARTICLE VII DUES. “a. The members of the Board of Directors shall have the authority to impose annual dues to Active Members to maintain a sound financial standing for the region. b. Two-thirds of the Board of Directors must approve said annual dues before it is charged to Active Members.” A motion to accept the Bylaws change (copies available) was unanimously approved by the members in attendance. Following further discussion, the Board moved and unanimously approved annual due of $20 per Active Member to begin January 2010. Dues will include subscription to newsletter. There will not be a separate fee to receive the newsletter. Everyone who pays dues will receive a copy. NEW BUSINESS: Club Dues for OPRPCA: Dan Kalinski suggested when a member wants to pay dues to the club, they be allowed to pay for multiple years in advance. However, at this time, the club has no infrastructure to al- low for such payments. Mr. James, President, OPRPCA, suggested he will discuss this issue and others at the Regional Meet- ing and give a report back to the club at the next scheduled business meeting. Holiday Party 2010: Ms. Debbie Raphael has been selected to re- view locations for this year’s party. At present, she will investigate the Little Creek Casino in Shelton. If she is able, her report will be given at the next scheduled meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm. Dan Kalinski, Secretary.

NEXT BUSINESS MEETING IS ON FEB 10 AT AIRPORT DINER, 8830 HWY 3. MEETING STARTS AT 7PM, COME EARLY TO ORDER DINNER. Volume 10, No. 2 6 March/April 2010

OLYMPIC PENINSULA REGION—PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA Board Meeting Minutes— February 10, 2010

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by President John James at the Airport Diner, Bremerton Airport. Minutes of the January Board Meeting were approved with the following changes: Little Rock Casino to Little Creek Casino and add attendance of Alex Raphael & Sandy Baisden. Board Members Present: President John James, Vice President Brian Forde, Treasurer Bob Becken, Secretary Dan Kalinski and Member at Large, Keith Mellon, Members Present : Maryann/Bill Elwell, Brett Burroughs, Debbie/Alex Raphael, Randy/Sandy Baisden, Susie,James, Dick Brown, Stephen Dadabo, Jack Clampett, Jeff Smith, Warren/Grace Stone, Kip Sparber.

BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR REPORTS President : Mr. James gave a brief report on the Zone 6 meeting he attended on January 26, 2010. All regions reported save for Alaska. The main topic was about the Parade. Also, when there is a major function like this in the eastern half of the states, there should be an event on the west coast. The gathering in Kamloops may be an event where our club can caravan to the location and we may be able to help out with the judging there as well. If there are any “ incidences” that occur during a scheduled OPRPCA outing, our Vice President is to be responsible for reporting said incident and associated paperwork. As events are held in our region, Zone 6 needs to have this event reported to them for posting on the web site. Money making events are always encouraged and Mr. James related our experience with the Silent Auction which was well received by the Zone 6 group. Collection of dues was discussed and it turns out that most regions simply do not send out the published news letters to those that have not paid. The Porsche Logo is a trademarked item and is not to be used on newsletters without permission of the Porsche Corporation. Oregon has about 800 members and our region is the newest group in the PCA. Vice President : Mr. Forde has reported that he has about 10 OPR Name Badges on hand. These are $15 each and as these are depleted, new badges will cost more like $20. Secretary: No new report at this time. Treasurer: Mr. Becken reported the club continues to be financially fit. The ending balance is now $3,986.91 with available monies the same. To date, there are 43 membership renewals. Copies of his report were distributed to members present. Member at Large : Mr. Mellon had no report at this time. Membership: Chair Gloria Mellon (not present) but reported by Mr. Mellon, a total of 246 members. Newsletter Editor : Ms. Mellon (not present, first time in over 5 years!!) will be working on the very next edition of the news letter. She requests that everyone get their copy/photos to her as soon as possible so she can get it to the printer and avoid any undue stress. Please be sure to get this information into our Editor ASAP. Social/Events: Ms. Elwell provided everyone with an expanded calendar of activities through the end of this year. Calendar includes activities sponsored by OPR, PNWR and other Zone 6 events. Calendars are e-mailed to members and are also available on our website. Website : Mr. Elwell will maintain the website. Advertising: If you have a lead on a prospective advertiser, please contact Mr. Olbrych. Technical/Speed : Mr. Baisden had no new technical news at this time. Mr. Smith’s Speed Report was full of events and happenings. A complete listing of these events will be sent with a web link to Mr. Elwell for inclusion in our web page. OLD BUSINESS : Club Dues for OPR: Dan Kalinski suggested when a member wants to pay dues to the club, they be allowed to pay for multiple years in advance. However, at this time, the club has no infrastructure to allow for such payments. Mr. James, President, OPR, suggested he will discuss this issue and others at the Regional Meeting and give a report back to the club at the next scheduled business meeting. Holiday Party 2010: Ms. Debbie Raphael has been selected to review locations for this year’s party. At present, she will investigate the Little Creek Casino in Shelton. NEW BUSINESS: Club Dues Rebate for Members Advertising in the Newsletter: Mr. James, President, suggested that a rebate be given to the members that have an advertisement in the news letter. Mr. Becken did not know where this rebate would come from. More on this at the next meeting. The car show at Grey Wolf Casino, to be held on Father’s Day, will need to have more signage so that people at the casino will know there is a car show going on. Suggested that a banner be displayed at the main entrance along with a club member’s car to help show attendance and perhaps have members posted there to guide people to the show. On the advertising front, Larsen Motors will be advertising in our news letter. The Big O Tire Store had a great tech session and the dinner following was enjoyed by all. Holiday Party 2010: Ms. Debbie Raphael reported on the function rooms offered by the Little Creek Casino. She felt the facilities there were perfect for our next holiday gathering. They offered to reserve 20 rooms and a host of options for food and how it would be presented. The club would need to reserve the function room by June for $500. Mr. Becken motioned to reserve the facilities now and this motion was carried. December 11 th , 2010 is the date for our holiday party.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:54pm. Dan Kalinski, Secretary.

NEXT BUSINESS MEETING IS ON MARCH 10 AT AIRPORT DINER, 8830 HWY 3. MEETING STARTS AT 7PM, COME EARLY TO ORDER DINNER.

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TECHNOLOGY ON THE ROAD By Bill Elwell

Our topic this issue is another one requested by a both of these is that forged parts are more expensive than reader. I really wanted to talk about the software we all cast parts. have in our cars these days. It's an appropriate topic given Believe it or not, that was the easy part of this subject. the troubles Toyota is going through right now. But I can't You see, while we see advertisements for cast or forged figure out how to write it. I tried it once, but reading it wheels all the time, the reality is that aftermarket wheels was like sitting down to watch The English Patient after are rarely a completely forged or cast product. They are taking a couple sleeping pills. It would put a crack addict more often a combination of various processes in order to to sleep. Luckily someone asked me to discuss the differ- get the benefits of both. ence between cast and forged wheels. What a great idea! Steel wheels are the products that started the aftermar- Why didn't I think of it? ket wheel business. Steel rims and centers are formed Let's start with a little theories about what is casting separately, then pressed and welded together. You can and what is forging. Then we can talk about the various make ok looking chrome or painted steel wheels in various types of aftermarket wheels and the manufacturing proc- size and backspace options easily. Finish and styling op- esses used to make them. tions are limited though, so these wheels tend not to be We've all heard the term "cast" before. We run across very attractive. Also they are very heavy, and somewhat cast metal products all the time including jewelry flexible when under load. (investment or lost wax cast), Matchbox or Hot Wheels Steel/Aluminum composite wheels date back a long cars (usually die cast), cast iron fry pans, engine blocks, way as well. In this process a steel rim is mated to a cast pistons, wheels and much, much more. Simply put, cast- aluminum hub. The advantage here is that the cast alumi- ing consists of pouring or injecting molten metal into a num hub offers a lot of flexibility in styling and design. mold in the shape of the final product. Think about ice in These wheels are lighter than steel wheels and they're an ice cube tray or Jell-O in a Jell-O mold. more attractive. But they're still fairly heavy and flexible Casting can be classified by either the type of mold or under load. by the process used to fill the mold. Casting molds can be One-piece cast alloy wheels are actually very good made of all sorts of material including sand, ceramic mate- products and it's a shame that some folks consider them rials, plaster, various metals, and even a mixture of cow second rate products simply because they're cast. They're dung and clay. You can fill a casting mold by simply pour- lighter and stronger than steel products. They dissipate ing the molten metal into the mold or you can use a vac- brake heat well, there are lots of styling choices and they uum to draw the metal into the mold. look great. OK, you're right, they aren't as strong as a These are very general descriptions, but you can see forged wheel and you can't get custom/low volume sizes. that there are numerous casting processes and each has its So unless you need a very common size wheel, one-piece own characteristics. Generally speaking, casting is good cast products aren't for you. for producing large complex components in high volume. One piece forged wheels are the strongest and lightest It's fairly easy to setup manufacturing for a cast product wheels on the market. They can be up to 40% stronger and therefore it's easy and inexpensive to produce lots of than a similar cast wheel. But, these wheels aren't cheap variations of a product (e.g. wheels in various sizes). The and their size options are very limited. flip side is that cast parts tend to be heavier than forged Two or three piece forged wheels offer the strength parts and generally speaking the cast part won't be as and light weight of forged products with the size option strong as a similar forged part. flexibility of steel wheels. An added bonus is that if you Now, let's cover forging. Forging is a process where damage one of these wheels some manufacturers can pull metal is formed under great pressure into the desired the wheel apart and replace the damaged part. Like their shape. Think about working clay your hands and you'll one piece brothers, these wheels aren't cheap. start to get the picture. The key here is that you don't melt There you have it. Debating wheels isn't as simple as the metal to forge it. The process produces a metal prod- cast vs. forged. Hey, forged wheels are great. They're uct that is stronger than it would be if it were cast. In the very strong and in a bar room debate, it sounds better when case of aluminum, forged aluminum is about 300 times you have forged wheels. But for street driving, cast stronger than cast aluminum. So the big advantages to wheels are plenty strong enough. So is it worth the extra forging is strength and light weight. Forging, however, is money to win bragging rights with your car buddies? Who an expensive process to setup, which limits options for cre- knows? Maybe. ating lots of variations of a part. Generally forging is a That's it for this issue. Thanks for reading, and you slower manufacturing process than casting. The result of can write me at [email protected] . Volume 10, No. 2 8 March/April 2010

TRACK & RACING INFO by Jeff Smith

Finally, we are breaking out of the ‘silly season’. As somewhat unique mental skills involved in autocross, described in my last article the silly season in our area is such as pre-walking and analyzing a course, memorizing the winter months when almost all racing and track a course, making a driving plan for the course, finding driving events cease and many enthusiasts and racers go your way through all those darn cones at speed and such. through a sort of withdrawal process until the season Course design and practices are also set up to efficiently starts up again in spring. Well, of course there are those teach car control skills and driving approaches used to truly sick and addicted individuals that advocate strongly quickly navigate the tight and challenging layouts. that the racing season starts January 1 and ends Starting with a school helps alleviate some of the December 31 st ! But here in our latitude and climate common frustrations of beginning auto-crossing and fast realistically most outdoor track events start back up in forwards you to having more fun and going faster earnest, early spring. sooner. A couple of OPR members had some success last year The usual local speed or racing activities are all on their road to racing. Bill Bonsell was awarded the happening again this year and upcoming events will be SCCA Northwest Region Track Trials Driver of the listed in the newsletter as before. Year and yours truly was awarded the SCCA Northwest SCCA has expanded their local Time Trials. This year Region Novice Race Driver of the year. they will have four combined Performance Driving January was pretty quiet, with a Porsche Club Winter Experience/Club Trials/Track Trials events held at Driving Skills course at Bremerton. Things picked up Bremerton. Look into these if you want to step up in February. Local clubs had an autocross School, two from auto-crossing to timed competition on full sized autocross practices and two Street Survival classes, all at road race track. It’s a good mid-way point experience Bremerton. Two out of the three Slush Series autocross between autocross and full on wheel to wheel competitions were held in Shelton (Sanderson Field). road racing. See more about our local SCCA at The final Slush Series #3 event will be March 7th, also www.nwr-scca.org and go to the Time Trials area to in Shelton. Regular competition and track events start learn more about time trialing. up in March. Finally, our local Northwest 944 Cup racing series Just a couple plugs for the local (Bremerton) Autocross continues to grow. Inaugural year 2008 started with five schools and Street Survival Classes. Granted the Street racers. Last year grew to eight. And this year we will Survival Classes are NOT speed events and focus on have eleven, with a few more showing interest. 944 Cup improving safety for Teens. But they are such a great is a road racing series dedicated to basically the Porsche opportunity especially for new teen drivers or adults that 944. We will have nine races this year at five different want to improve there skills and techniques for safer tracks – Seattle (PRI), Portland (PIR), Bremerton driving on public roads. I instruct at these classes and (BMP), Spokane (SRP), and Grass Valley, Or (ORP). personally see how very inexperienced teen drivers show See more at the national web site, www.44cup.com . Our dramatically improved car control skills, better local ‘offical’ web site is being incorporated into the understanding of vehicle dynamics, and heightened national site so our local content and results are appreciation for safe driving strategies. I think they end unavailable at this time. However, one of our local the day significantly safer drivers. Another key point – the teens have a great time. And they are not bored but are kept involved, challenged and having fun. Please, if you have a teen driver at least check this out for them! It literally can save their life. Find more about this at www.streetsurvival.org . And if you ever wanted to try autocross, the local club schools are, in my opinion, one of the best ways to get started. You get a great value for your time and money. A very full day with in-car instruction (experienced drivers ride with you and you ride with them) with a lot of practice on courses designed to help acquire the Volume 10, No. 2 9 March/April 2010

Continued from previous page… racers, Mark Lacombe, maintains a good little blog with Local Upcoming Events for March/April and Early results, write-ups, photos and in-car videos of our races, May see http://northwest944cup.blogspot.com/ .

Mar 13 – Autocross #1, PNWR PCA, Bremerton YOU KNOW YOU'RE A RACER WHEN:

-You bought a racecar before buying a house. Mar 13 – Driver Skills, PNWR PCA, Bremerton -You bought a racecar before furniture for the house.

-You are looking for a tow vehicle and you still have not Mar 14 – Autocross #1, BSCC, Bremerton bought furniture.

-The requirements you give your real estate agent are (in Mar 17 – Driver Skills, PNWR PCA, Bremerton order of importance):

1. 8 car climate controlled garage with an attached Mar 27 – Time Trials, SCCA, Bremerton shop.

2. Outside parking for 6 cars, motor home, crew cab Apr 17 – Autocross #2, PNWR PCA, Bremerton dually, and 28ft enclosed trailer. 3. 3 phase 220V outlets in the garage. Apr 18 – Autocross #2, BSCC, Bremerton 4. A grease pit.

5. Deaf neighbors. Apr 17-18 – 944 Cup, Portland 6. Across the street from a paint and body shop.

7. Some sort of house with a working toilet and May 2 – Time Trials, SCCA, Bremerton shower on the property somewhere or hookups for the motor home.

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WINTER DRIVERS — SKILLS DAY BY

Brian Forde

On January 9 th at Bremerton Motorsports Park, 2. Skid Pad - A large section of slippery asphalt. Teach there was a driver skills day to learn high performance how to control spins and slides. driving. This event is held about once a month right in 3. Braking and Accident Avoidance - Practice threshold our own back yard regardless of the weather. It rained and ABS braking and emergency lane changes. the night before, but not at all during the day and the sun 4. Oval – Simple oval with a few kinks to let drivers came out in the afternoon so even though the course was develop driving skills. wet, we did not get wet. I was hoping for snow. 5. Autocross – Area where cones were set to simulate an Those OPR members who have not yet attended autocross event. Practice for driving through an such an event (like me) have missed out on an autocross coarse using skills from other exercises. opportunity to drive your car up to and beyond your limits. That may seem scary, but note that I said ‘your ’ This is how MY timeline went for the day : limits, not your car’s limits. That is what this school is 7:30 am – I signed in and staged my car for a all about -- learning proper driving technique and simple tech inspection. The inspection was to insure that expanding your own understanding, what the car is all of the participants had safe cars and had cleared out capable of, if driven properly. These newly learned loose items which may create an unsafe situation during skills can translate to better and safer street driving as well. the exercises. Also helmets were required and each was inspected to meet current standards. If you did not have I was impressed by the number and quality of a helmet, rentals were available to those who were in cars that turned out for this event. There were dozens of need. Porsches (several of which were Porsche GT3’s), a 8:30 am - Driver’s meeting inside the heated dozen or more BMWs, a few Audis, a Lotus Elise, a Mustang GT and even a Volvo. One participant’s main building. During this session the terminology was introduced and we learned about the exercises we would husband came out to support his wife who was learning be treated to and the skills we would be developing. how to drive their Porsche GT3 and brought his Carrera 9:15 am – I got to do the autocross course first, GT. He demonstrated its potential and let the V-10 howl which had its good points and bad. We were introduced during our lunch break. If you have not seen this car in person, it is surreal, part F-1, part super hero, all race to the course and learned the format of reading the cones as they were set out. Once I had an idea where I was car. going, it was easy to navigate the course. This was very Both men and women attended the event with fun because we each had our instructor and they allowed more than half of the fifty five drivers participating for us to drive as hard as we wished. During the time we the first time. A handful were seasoned veterans of such days who were tuning up for the upcoming autocross waited our next turn we were debriefed and then the instructor moved on to another car. When we had our season but, without a doubt, nobody cared how much next run I got a new instructor and the procedure was driving experience anyone had. repeated. There were twenty seven instructors available on 10:30 am - Went to slalom and kick butt! This is site through the Northwest region BMW Car Club and the PNWR branch of the Porsche Club of America. This simple weaving through cones at speed and learning how to balance the car. meant that as we were put through the paces of each 11:30 am – Went to skid pad and learned that I exercise, there was one on one time with an instructor to have a few bad habits in steering control to work on. give immediate feedback to help understand how to I did learn to steer using only the throttle. At one point improve with each pass. How cool is that? We were put into five groups and the day was the instructor held the wheel and using only the gas pedal I learned the effect it had when on a very, very broken down into five exercises: slick surface. Everyone spins out here or you are not 1. Slalom –A straight line of widely spaced cones. This doing this right. was to teach looking ahead, smooth control and weight 12:30 pm – Lunch was served by the Killer Bs. transfer. Very good pulled pork sandwiches.

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1:15 pm – Went to braking and accident avoidance. This exercise is broken into two sections. One is acceleration to around fifty miles per hour and performing an emergency stop within a given area called a “box”. Then you proceed to the next stage accelerating again to fifty miles per hour, but this time you have to perform an emergency stop while avoiding cones. Before we began, one of the volunteers asked if anyone had a car without anti-lock brakes. I was the only car in our group without ABS and now I know why he wanted to know. I killed cones. I killed them while sliding through the box. I killed cones while avoiding cones. I learned a lot about my capabilities in controlling my car under emergency situations. Everyone learned a lot about their car’s stopping abilities. 2:00 pm – Went to the oval track to use my newly acquired high performance driving skills and guess what, I spun out once and I killed more cones. I even got one cone to smoke. As my instructor said, “At least you are using what you learned and pushing yourself. You just need to practice, practice, practice.” At the end of the day everyone seemed to have had a great time and at the least learned something about their cars and themselves. I will be attending again in the future and encourage all of our club members to take the time to attend an event such as this. It is easy to sign up and not very expensive to Big—O attend. For information, go to our website and check out the Pacific Northwest link under the Neighboring Tech Session Regions. There you will find AT THE TRACK and Driver’s Skills. See you there. in Bremerton

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Martin & Teri Peterson

There was a big group that came out to attend the Big-O tech session. Mike Maring, Store Manager, closed the store up at 4PM and started the tech session for our club at 4:30. He was very informative about the manufacturing and abilities of tires. He gave us an historical accounting of the making of tires. He went into quite a bit of detail on the recycling of used tires and the impact it has on the environment. He addressed some very complex questions from this very knowledgeable crowd without missing a beat. Steve Dadabo asked about run-flats. This is for the cars without spare tires where you have an inner tube, of sorts, which will inflate in the event of a flat. Mike explained that they are expensive, heavy and usually need to be replaced by the time you can get to a repair shop. Did you know that if your car is parked in the garage next to electrical appliances, they will wear down faster than the other side? Also, if you leave your car parked too long in one spot, generally for most of us, in the garage, the tire will create a flat spot. It is the reason for the thumping sound you might hear when you first get the car on the road. Typically, it will re-round itself and the thumping sound goes away after a few miles. Mike also spoke about the tire coatings that we apply to make our tires look shiny...some of them contain silicone, which can be harmful to the rubber. He mentioned in reference to tires that have low miles, that they should be replaced after 7 or 8 years no matter how low the miles on them because they deteriorate and dry out from lack of use. Some of the first time tech session attendees included John Keller, Todd & Barb Haga, Dave & Gail Ferguson, Jeffrey Chappell, Steve Dadabo and Sheila Allen. There were 8 P-cars in the parking lot. Big-O looked very good from Kitsap Way! After the tech session, the group of us went a few blocks down to the Los Cazadores Mexican Restaurant. We have been to it many times and it has become the favorite Mexican Restaurant for many of us in the Bremerton area. Maryann Elwell had an enormous Shrimp Cocktail, Keith Mellon had the Pork Shanks, Gloria Mellon had her old favorite, the Burrito Plate, Brian Forde had Carne Asada and Jeff Smith had a Super Burrito. Then we had the raffle which is handled by Maryann, our social chair. The raffle was dominated by Jeffrey Chappell our newest member of the OPR. He managed to get his region dues and nametag paid for from the 50/50 raffle. The winnings totaled $36. He even had $1 to spare. There were also a few of the coffee travel mugs given away as well. Our tech sessions, while being informative always turn out to be more of a typical social function. If you plan on attending tech sessions in the future, you will appreciate the camaraderie of our region members and the enjoyment of being together as a group! And don’t forget, there is always raffle money involved too!

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Movie night at the Bonsell’s By Brian Forde

I would like to thank Debbie and Bill Bonsell for graciously hosting their 5th annual movie night which was held February 20th. Members in attendance were Dave and Adrianne Loser, Maryann and Bill Elwell, Joe Clearman, Gloria Mellon, Brett Burroughs, Jeff Smith and Dawn & Duane Schindler from PNWR. I was the dip and chip guy, but everybody had something to add to the potluck, which was wonderful and I especially liked the Maryann’s Chicken Skewers, Brett’s Chicken Wings and Adrianne’s Lasagna. The raffle for coffee cups went to Debbie Bonsell and Bill Elwell again, who in turn gave his to Bill Bonsell. The 50/50 raffle winner was Debbie Bonsell, so they really cleaned house. The movie we watched was ‘Bullet’ staring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bissett. This is the movie that set the tone for what a car chase should be and if you watched it closely you would notice that there were an awful lot of green Volkswagen bugs running around San Francisco. If you have not had a chance to see the movie, it is very good and is based on the book ’Mute Witness’ which chronicles the character Police Lt. Frank Bullet and his unraveling of a case of murder and politics. At the end of the movie Bill asked, “How many hubcaps came off of the black 1968 Dodge Charger?” You would have had to watch carefully, but if you count each time you saw a hubcap come off, the answer is five. The prize for the right answer, which was a double DVD of the movie “Bullet”, went to Dawn. For those who don’t know, Bill Bonsell is stepping up his participation in the Miata Spec racing series and will be both SCCA and Conference series races. The races will be held in British Columbia, Oregon and throughout Washington. This is a huge commitment of time and expense and the next time you see Bill wish him luck. I hope everyone in attendance had as good of a time as I did and I hope that those members who are new additions will come out this year and join us in the fun. See you down the road.

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CAR SHOWS 2010

Here is the tentative list of Car Shows for this year. If you would like to attend any of them or all of them, please contact Brian Forde at [email protected] or call (360) 692-2018. There will be reminders along the way so feel free to respond at the time you see them. They are a lot of fun be- cause everyone that comes loves cars. You can’t beat that!

May 8, Saturday Spring Fling Aberdeen Eagles May 22, Saturday Uptown Gig Harbor Susan B Komen Cancer Awareness May 29 Saturday, Kitsap Car Cruise Downtown Bremerton June 6 Sunday, Forest Festival Shelton June 19 Saturday Push Rods Riverside Run Hoquiam June 26 Saturday Rakers Summer Cruise, Port Townsend June 27 Sunday Classic & Antique Car Show Shelton July 4, Sunday Historics Porsche Corral Pacific Raceway Kent July 4 Sunday Bainbridge Island Car Show July 17 Saturday Elks Car Show Bremerton July 25 Sunday Porsches on the Pier Port Angeles July 31 Saturday Cruise the Narrows Gig Harbor August 8 Sunday The Cruz 2010 in Port Orchard August 21 Saturday Elks Cars show Aberdeen September 4 Saturday Fly –In & Car Show Bremerton Sep 25 Saturday Brownsville Appreciation Days Bremerton

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Note from the Social/Event Chair – Maryann Elwell

Unfortunately some people who donated to the silent auction at the Holiday Party were inadvertently left out of my last article. I apologize and would like to thank the following people for their generous donations: Sandy & Randy Baisden, Diana & Brett Burroughs and Terri & Martin Peterson. I would also like to thank Mike Maring of Big O Tires for a great tech session he had for us and to Gloria Mellon for putting it altogether. Also thanks to Bill and Debbie Bonsell for opening up their clubhouse for our 5 th Annual Movie night. What a great time everyone had and some really good food too. As we enter into Spring the weather should be improving, so those of us who don’t like to take our Porsche’s out in the rain will be able to drive them more and more. In addition to our monthly Membership/Board meetings the 2 nd Wednesday of the month, we have quite a variety of other events coming up to get everyone involved. On Saturday March 6 th , our 7 th Annual Chili Cook-off will take place at the Elwell’s in Gig Harbor, see page 19 for details. If you want to compete for a trophy, then bring your best Chili; otherwise just come by and enjoy tasting and being a judge. On Sunday, March 21 st Randy Baisden and Bill Elwell have a fun new ‘Go for the Gold’ Gimmick Rally planned and our first tour of the year is being planned by Brett Burroughs for Saturday, April 24 th . If bringing joy to kids floats your boat, then I recommend that you bring your Porsche out to the Silverdale Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby on April 10 th . In May, we will be participating in the Bremerton Armed Forces Day Parade in Bremerton on Saturday May 15th, so sign up and support our local military members and their families. Then on Sunday, May 16 th , you won’t want to miss our tour down to Olympia ending at new members’ Rick and Linda Black’s house for a catered BBQ lunch by Ramblin' Jacks BBQ with Pulled Pork, Beef Brisket, and all the fixin’s. If you plan to attend the PCA Parade 2010 in St. Charles, IL note that registration opens on 3/9, where all applications completed through 3/11 will be considered entered at the same time and have equal priority for acceptance. More details for these and other events can be found on our calendar page in the newsletter or on our website at www.opr-pca.org . It is now official, our President, John James, has signed up our region to assist in judging the Show & Shine event at PCA Escape 2010 in Canada. That means we need you to volunteer to help out and attend this fun-filled event. It will take place at the lovely Sun Peaks Resort in British Columbia, Canada on September 9-12, 2010 with the Show & Shine on Saturday from 8A – 5P. If you have ever attended one of the Whistler Weekends put on by Canada West PCA, then you know how much fun these events are. If you plan to attend, please notify me at (253) 853-4003 or e-mail: [email protected] , so we can coordinate our drive up with everyone. For more

information and to book your hotel room at the PCA HOW TO EARN POINTS # POINTS EARNED discounted rate (starting at $99/night + tax), see the official Attend an OPR Event 1 website at http://www.pcaescape2010.com . Note: if you Drive Your Porsche 1 have a AAA membership, check those rates for your desired Drive > 50 Miles To Event 1 room type on the hotel’s website first to see if the AAA rate Write A Newsletter/Website Article 1 is better than the PCA rate: http://www.deltahotels.com/en/ Your Photo Used f or Newsletter/Website 1 hotels/british-columbia/delta-sun-peaks-resort/ . Getting Advertiser (including yourself) 1 Did you know that you can earn points by chairing and Getting New Member to Join 3 attending OPR events, writing articles and submitting photos Chair Social/Tech Session Event 3 for the newsletter/website, getting a new member to join, Chair Tour/Rally Event 5 and getting a new advertiser for the newsletter? See the Co-Chair an Event 2 chart to the right for details on what you need to do and how many points you earn for each event. The initial standings for the 2010 Member Participation Awards are as follows: The top three woman are: Barb Hanford (1 st ), Adrianne Loser (2 nd ) and Debbie Raphael (3 rd ). The top three men are: Bill Elwell (1 st ), Jeff Smith (2 nd ), and Dave Loser (3 rd ). The top board/chair member is Maryann Elwell. Don’t forget, Bill Elwell has a challenge for the men (non-board/ chair members) – if you can beat him this year, he will treat you to a free dinner. If you like a challenge, the year is just beginning, so let’s see how many events you can make in 2010. If you would like to host a club event, please contact me via phone: (253) 853-4003 or e-mail: [email protected] .

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BREE SCHAAF OLYMPIAN

For Bremerton’s Olympic Bobsledder, Fifth Is Just Fine By Chuck Stark Posted February 24, 2010 at 3 p.m. , updated February 24, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

WHISTLER, British Columbia — Competing in the Olympics was a dream, not a guarantee, when Bremerton’s Bree Schaaf started the bobsled season. She ended it with a remarkable fifth-place finish under the lights on Wednesday night at the 2010 Winter Games, keeping her sled upright to beat some of the world’s best drivers — many of whom couldn’t figure out the harrowing, twisting corners toward the end of the Whistler Sliding Center track. On a day when home-ice advantage was parlayed into gold and silver medals for the Canadians — drivers and Helen Upperton — Schaaf more than held her own in the sport’s biggest race. With three sleds still awaiting their final run, Schaaf and her brakeman Emily Azevedo had their USA-3 sled sitting in second place after hanging on for a “terrifying” 53.40-second run on their last ride. They started the day tied for sixth with USA-1, piloted by Shauna Rohbock. Rohbock, the 2002 Olympic champ, never figured the track out this week and came in one-hundredths of a second back of Schaaf, who was in the leader’s box at the time. Next came a scary crash on the bottom of the track by ’s , one of the pre-Games favorites. Martin’s brakeman Romy Logsch was ejected from the bobsled and what transpired was an unreal scene as she slid about a quarter of a mile on her back, floating down the white ice like a runaway log in a raging river. Fortunately, Logsch and Martini, trapped in the bobsled, both walked way. Schaaf was subdued and thrilled at the same time by the time she got around to talking to the media. “I don’t know why,” she said. “I’m feeling unreasonably emotional right now. It’s hard to watch Martini, who’s had a phenomenal season, lose a medal chance like that. “But this whole thing has been a dream. It’s something I’ll never forget. All the way leading up to this. Getting to have that hope, and that dream in your mind of ending up on the podium. It’s been pretty unreal; now it just keeps you fired up and you want to keep going. You can’t help but enjoy this.” It’s been a season of survival for Schaaf, who faced pressure every week as she tried to get USA-3 qualified for the Olympics. Only two nations qualified three sleds — Germany and the United States. The 29-year-old Olympic High grad felt happy to survive four runs the past two days. She’d spent most of the previous night “visualizing and planning on cleaning up my act. “I knew if I could clean things up we could go a helluva lot faster. We didn’t go as fast I thought on the very first run (a 53.56 blast that started with Schaaf’s hand slipping off the bar at the start) and then the second run was just ... lucky. We were just hanging on for dear life, but, hey, we hung on tight enough just to finish fifth.” Schaaf was thrilled for teammates Erin Pac and Alana Meyers, who won silver in USA-2. Pac and the Canadians were the last three sleds of a race in which Great Britain’s Nicole Minichello also took a nasty spill and there were at least a half dozen other near-crashes. “I was just kind of hoping everybody made it down. I don’t want to sound like a mom,” Schaaf said. “I just want to see everyone competing at their best and have a good shot.” Schaaf was peppered with a lot of questions about the track, asked about its safety and if Olympic organizers should tame future courses. “It’s a difficult track to master, but it doesn’t mean it’s not fun,” she said. “This is I think the funnest track in the world. It’s such a great combination of high speed and treachery.” All of the hairy runs, she said, are merely a reflection of a lack of experience on the track. “It’s something that people with 150 runs are going to be able to handle a lot better than people who are trying to come here and are trying to make things happen in six training runs,” Schaaf said, alluding to the Canadian’s advantage. “It’s rough.” Other than the two Canucks, Pac was the only driver to really beat what Schaaf called “the beast,” earlier in the week. Humphries was clearly in a league of her own. She beat the track record (53.01) she set the previous day on the first run of the night — throwing down a Ussain Bolt-like 52.85. She capped the night with a modest, for her, 53.23. Her overall time (3:32.28) was .85 better than Upperton and 1.12 seconds ahead of Pac. of Germany, who came close to flipping, was fourth (1.53 back) and Schaaf was fifth (1.77 back). “The total experience has been pretty emotional and one of the toughest parts is keeping your emotions under wraps here,” Schaaf said. “It’s overwhelming support; people coming out of the woodworks and everyone is so excited for you. It’s turned into a slight challenge to contain those emotions and we finished fifth at the ahead of a driver (Rohbock) I admire the most in the world. It’s a pretty incredible experience.” The Olympic experience, however, isn’t over. She plans to soak up as much of the Games as she can over the final four days. “We’re going to go watch women’s hockey tomorrow,” she said. “We’re gonna paint our teeth black.” Kitsap Sun sports editor Chuck Stark, photographer Larry Steagall and reporter/videographer Derek Sheppard are in Whistler to cover Schaaf. For more on Bree Schaaf and the Games, visit our Kitsap at the Olympics blog . Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/feb/24/bree-sliding-medal-tonight/#ixzz0gZ20qv3p Volume 10, No. 2 17 March/April 2010

Chili Cook offs from the past. All of the photos are from 2009 except for the one above. It’s from 2004. Maryann Elwell, Brett Burroughs and members that we miss very much, Gene and Gail Shores.

Catalogs available from the Goodie Store Coordinator. Contact JON WYMAN a t [email protected]

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Olympic Peninsula Region Porsche Club Goodie Store Price List Description Catalog # Price Each Size Nike Golf Dri-Fit Classic Sport Shirt (Polo Style) 267020 $35.00 XS-XL Rib Knit Body and Collar, 3-button placket $36.00 XXL Colors: Midnight Nave, Vivid Green, White, Varsity Red, Skyline Blue $38.00 XXXL-XXXXL Port Authority Silk Touch Crewneck T-Shirt K550 $11.00 XS-XL 65/35 cotton/poly blend, hemmed sleeves $12.00 XXL Colors: Royal Blue, White Black, Cool Grey, Red, Navy $14.00 XXXL $15.00 XXXXL $16.00 XXXXXL $17.00 XXXXXXL Ping Collection Micro Pique Long Sleeve Mock Neck P317 $35.00 XS-XL 60/40 cotton/wicking poly, Welt collar and cuffs with spandex $36.00 XXL Colors: Black, White, True Navy. $38.00 XXXL $39.00 XXXXL Sport-Tek Ladies Racerback Gym Tank Top L204 $11.00 XS-XL 95% cotton/5% spandex, Colors: White or Black with colored trim $12.00 XXL Trim Colors: Red, Royal Blue, Black, Navy, White $14.00 Plus 1X Sport-Tek Ladies Ringer T-Shirt L202 $11.00 XS-XL 95% cotton/5% spandex, Colors: White with colored trim $12.00 XXL Trim Colors: Red, Royal Blue, Black, Navy, White $14.00 Plus 1X $15.00 Plus 2X Gildan Ultra Cotton Tank Top 2200 $5.50 S-XL 100% Cotton, Banded neck and arms; Colors: Black, Navy, Red, Royal $6.50 XXL Port Authority Flatback Rib Quarter Zip Pullover F220 $27.50 XS-XL 85/15 cotton/poly flatback rib, Brass metal zipper with leather pull $28.50 XXL Colors: True Red, Harbor Blue, Black, Ivory, Navy $30.50 XXXL $31.50 XXXXL Ladies Flatback Rib Full Zip Jacket L221 $32.00 XS-XL Princess Cut for feminine fit $33.00 XXL Colors: True Red, Harbor Blue, Black $35.00 Plus 1X $36.00 Plus 2X Port Authority Wool and Leather Letterman Jacket J783 $150.00 XS-XL 24 ounce Melton wool body; Genuine leather sleeves; Knit collar and cuffs $155.00 XXL Diamond quilted nylon lining; Snap front closure; Interior chest pocket $160.00 XXXL Slash pockets with leather trim. Color: Black $165.00 XXXXL Port Authority MRX Jacket J765 $46.00 XS-XL Two-tone; 78/22 nylon/cotton oxford shell $47.00 XXL Nylon taffeta lining; Lower slash pockets $49.00 XXXL Colors: Pacific Blue/Grey, Black/Grey, Brown/Stone, Orange/Grey $50.00 XXXXL Woman's Port Authority Tiger Mountain Fleece Jacket L200 $46.00 XS-XL Microfleece; Weatherproof laminate insert; Princess Cut for feminine fit $47.00 XXL Front zipper pockets; Lycra trimmed cuffs and hem $19.00 Plus 1X Colors: Navy, Red, Black, Midnight Heather, Moss $50.00 Plus 2X Men's Port Authority Tiger Mountain Fleece Jacket F200 $46.00 XS-XL Microfleece; Weatherproof laminate insert; $47.00 XXL Front zipper pockets; Lycra trimmed cuffs and hem $19.00 XXXL Colors: Navy, Red, Black $50.00 XXXXL Men's Port Authority R-Tek Fleece Vest JP79 $24.50 XS-XL 13 ounce R-Tek fleece; Twill Taping inside the neck $25.50 XXL Lycra-trimmed armholes and waistband; Zippered pockets $27.50 Plus 1X Colors: Red, Midnight Heather, Royal Blue, Dark Green, Black $29.00 Plus 2X Men's Port Authority R-Tek Fleece Vest LP79 $24.50 XS-XL 13 ounce R-Tek fleece; Twill Taping inside the neck $25.50 XXL Lycra-trimmed armholes and waistband; Zippered pockets $27.50 XXXL Colors: Light Pink, Midnight Heather, Royal Blue, Raspberry, Gray Heather $29.00 XXXXL StormTech Mock Neck Tee MPX-1 $26.50 XS-XL Combed 100% cotton interlock; Lightweight relaxed fit; Solid body. $29.50 XXL Colors: Oxford Black, Oxford Navy, Oxford Tan, Slate Brown $29.50 XXXL Men's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Rainshell XMR-1 $60.50 XS-XL Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood; $65.00 XXL-XXXXL Colors: Black, Navy, Red, Reverse Blue Woman's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Rainshell XMR-1W $60.50 XS-XL Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood; $65.00 XXL Colors: Black, Navy, Red, Reverse Blue Men's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Vest XMV-1 $47.00 XS-XL Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood; $50.00 XXL-XXXXL Colors: Black, Navy, Red, Reverse Blue Woman's StormTech Fleet Micro Ripstop Vest XMV-1W $47.00 XS-XL Water resistant nylon shell; packs/sips into self pocket; concealed hood; $50.00 XXL Colors: Black, Navy, Red, Reverse Blue Men's Cirrus H2Xtreme Bonded Shell BX-2 $90.00 XS-XL 2-ply bonded microfiber shell; adjustable cuffs; zipper pull; draw cord hem $99.00 XXL-XXXXL Colors: Coal, Harvest Pumpkin, Sport Red, Cool Blue, Kiwi, Black, Navy Women's Cirrus H2Xtreme Bonded Shell BX-2W $90.00 XS-XL 2-ply bonded microfiber shell; adjustable cuffs; zipper pull; draw cord hem $99.00 XXL Colors: Coal, Harvest Pumpkin, Birch, Sport Red, Cool Blue, Kiwi, Black, Navy $99.00 XXL Unstructured Chino Headwear 1445 $5.50 One Size Low profile; Chino twill; Adjustable buckle w/ tuck-away strap; Colors: Black, Navy, Khaki, Stone, Hunter, Royal, Col. Blue, TX Orange, Cardinal, Gold, Olive Unstructured Chino Sandwich Bill Headwear 1445A $5.60 One Size Low profile; Chino twill; Adjustable buckle w/ tuck-away strap; Contrasting under visor and sweatband; Colors: Black, Navy, White, Stone, Hunter, Royal, Col. Blue, Texas Orange, Cardinal, Gold, Olive Unstructured Waterproof Nylon Headwear 1490 $5.50 One Size Low profile; Treated Nylon, Velcro closure; Solid Colors: Black, Navy, Stone Volume 10, No. 2 19 March/April 2010

Welcome New OPR-PCA Members!

Craig & Linda Silver — Gig Harbor 2005 Black Turbo 996 Steve Coretti & Nancy Jelinek — Gig Harbor 2003 Porsche Steve Pazan — Port Angeles 2000 Silver Boxster

Auto Platz (Classifieds)

FOR SALE: V ERY RARE!!! 1997 Porsche 911 C4S, Speed Yellow w /Black Leather , 60,700 miles 6 spd trans, RSR Muffler, Motor Speed Sound, 3M Clear Bra, RoW (Rest of World) M030 suspension, Cylinder head reworked including improved valve guides and valves, Clutch replaced at 45K mi w ith Champion Motors modified dual mass clutch, Michelin Pilot Sprt Rib (replaced at 59K mi), BBS GT-RS Black Diamond 18” w heels: Front 18x8, Rears 18x11. Complete records, $44,000 . Call Bob (360) 297-3379 or email at [email protected].

FOR SALE: 2004 Cayenne S Prosecco Metallic —Champagne colored. All the normal great Cayenne S stuff, plus Navigation, driver’s pow er seat memory, TMPS, a $3200 special order leather interior, 19” alloys, sunroof, remote CD changer, satellite radio, and transferrable extended service contract good until 85,000 or 11/2011. With 76,000 miles, according to Kelly Blue Book (w ithout consideration for the all leather interior) $28,570 retail. Asking only $20,000 OBO, know ing it’s a great Porsche headed to another PCA member’s home. Call Kurt Schneider (360) 808-2200 or [email protected]

FOR SALE: 1997 Zenith Blue Metallic/grey int. 993 coupe 65,000 miles, 9/10 int. 9/10 ext., stock vario-ram engine, low ered with 19” chrome w heels, euro RS kit, turbo S fog lamps, litronic headlamps, beautiful car, runs great, never abused. Alex R. knows this car inside and out. $30,000 contact: Doug Wornell (253) 405-7367 or llenrow @ comcast.net

FOR SALE: 1999 Boxster, Black on Black ; Only 28k miles; loaded w ith options; 5-speed; alw ays garaged and cherished. $17,950. Call (360) 830-4621 or email [email protected] for inquiries and photos.

FOR SALE: Fikse FM10 18x11 finished, polished aluminum clear coat. Lightest, strongest w heels made for street or track. Were on my narrow bodied 1997-911 C2. One has stress fracture that may not allow it to be repaired and both have light curb rash hence the incredibly low price for the pair $150. Call Bob ( 360) 297-3379 or email [email protected] FOR SALE: Space-Saver spare tire and jack from 1983 Porsche 944. -- $75.00 924/944 JH Benecke Roof panel storage bag w ith zipper front. -- $25.00 Aftermarket muffler for early 1980s 911. -- $250.00 Call Brian (360) 692-2018 or email [email protected]. Wanted: Non stock 1980 924 w heels 15x6 or 16x6 w ith 5x130 lug pattern. Contact John at [email protected]

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Other Zone 6 PCA Region and Car Events 2010:

3/6 – 9A-12 PNWR Concours Restoration Clinic at Risinger Residence. See www.pnwr.org for details. RSVP by 3/3 to Dennis Rood at [email protected] or (425) 823-5944. 3/13 – 10A – 2P SCCA Annual Tech at Fordahl Motorsports, 2040 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA. $20/car. 3/13 – 8A PNWR Autocross #1/Driver Skills at Bremerton Motorsports Park. Register for Autocross at http://www.AutocrossScoreKeeper.com/Register/ pnwrpca or Drivers Skills at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com . See www.pnwr.org for details. 3/27 – SCCA Event - Performance Driving Experience, Club Trials & Time Trials at Bremerton Raceway. More info go to http://www.pca.org/Activities/ TreffenTour.aspx . 4/17 – 8A PNWR Autocross #2/Driver Skills at Bremerton Motorsports Park. Register for Autocross at http://www.AutocrossScoreKeeper.com/Register/ pnwrpca or Drivers Skills at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com . See www.pnwr.org for details. 4/21 – 7P-9P – PNWR Drivers Education (DE) Ground School at Mercer Island Community Center (8236 SE 24th Street ) for first time drivers. See www.pnwr.org for details. 4/27-5/1 – Porsche Spring Treffen Tour. Nürburgring Nordschleife add-on/stand alone options available. 4/29 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day held at Pacific Raceway in Kent. Pre-registration is required and starts 3/11 online at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com . 4/30-5/9 – Porsche Spring Treffen Tour. Includes Stuttgart, Salzburg, Gmünd and Autobahn/Mountains Plus (everything) or Budget (May 4-9 just Stuttgart, Bavaria and Autobahn/Mountains) options available. For more information go to http://www.pca.org/Activities/TreffenTour.aspx . 5/2 – SCCA Event - Performance Driving Experience, Club Trials & Time Trials at Bremerton Raceway. 5/22 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day held at Pacific Raceway in Kent. Pre-registration is required and starts 4/3 online at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com . 5/28-30 – Vancouver Island Region Black Rock Charity Weekend. $75/person fee plus cost of room at Black Rock Oceanfront Resort Hotel in Ucluelet, B.C. Benefits local Volunteer Fire Dept. Includes: Friday night reception/bon fire, Sat. Show & Shine, BBQ lunch, Banquet dinner, door prizes, and Sun. farewell brunch. Registration required to Carolyn Hoare at [email protected] . For room reservations contact Danielle Stothers, [email protected] or toll free (877) 762-5011. Need valid US passport or acceptable travel identity documents to travel to and from Canada. 5/28-30 – SCCA/J Tom Masterson Memorial Races at Pacific Raceways in Kent. 5/29 – 8A PNWR Autocross #3/Driver Skills at Bremerton Motorsports Park. Register for Autocross at http://www.AutocrossScoreKeeper.com/Register/ pnwrpca or Drivers Skills at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com . See www.pnwr.org for details. 6/6-14 – Porsche 24-Hours of Le Mans Tour . Includes France, Normandy Beaches, and Château near track. More info go to http://www.pca.org/Activities/ TreffenTour.aspx . 6/10 – 7A-5P – PNWR Driver Education Day held at Pacific Raceway in Kent. Pre-registration required 4/22 online at www.pcapnwr.motorsportreg.com . 6/11-13 – Porsche Rose Cup Race at Portland International Raceway (PIR). 6/11-21 – Porsche FUN! Alpine 4-Country Rally . Start in Stuttgart to Austria and Autobahn/Mountains. For more information go to http://www.pca.org/ Activities/TreffenTour.aspx . Volume 10, No. 2 21 March/April 2010

2010 Olympic Peninsula Region Calendar

March 2010 6th – 2:00P – 7th Annual Chili Cookoff at the Elwell’s in Gig Harbor. Must RSVP to Maryann Elwell at [email protected] or (253) 853-4003 by 2/26/10. Please let me know if you will be bringing Chili - though it's not necessary, since we do have plenty of folks who are competing in the cook-off. There will be trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as voted on by those in attendance. 9th – Porsche Parade 2010 Registration Open . To be held in St. Charles, Illinois July 3 rd – 9 th . For details go to their website at http://parade2010.pca.org/ . 10 th – 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting at the Airport Diner located at 8830 Highway 3 SW (Bremerton National Airport). 21 st – 10A – 1P – Gimmick Rally - Go for the GO LD!!! – Randy Baisden and Bill Elwell have put together a rally that, we guarantee, is different than any you've ever driven in before. You'll need a car, a navigator (a person no GPS), and a camera (or cell phone with a camera). A paper map of Kitsap county might be handy (use of electronic navigation is not allowed). We can't tell you anymore than that. It's a surprise! The driving portion of the day will be no more than 2 hours. Meet us at the Gig Harbor McDonalds (off Olympic Drive) at 9:30A. We will meet for lunch, scoring, and awards after the drive. If you're going to be there, please RSVP by 3/17/10 for lunch arrangements. RSVP to Bill Elwell at [email protected] or (253) 853-4003.

April 2010 10 th – 10A – Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby at the Silverdale Lutheran Church on Ridgetop in Silverdale. Please RSVP to Gloria Mellon by 4/1/10 to (360) 405-0211 or via e-mail [email protected] . 14 th – 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting at the Airport Diner located at 8830 Highway 3 SW (Bremerton National Airport). 15 th – May/June Nor’Wester Deadline - Newsletter articles, photos and ads due. Please e-mail to Gloria Mellon at [email protected] . 24 th – 10A – Spring Tour . Starting at Barnes & Nobel at the Kitsap Mall in Silverdale. Brett Burroughs is planning an exhilarating driving tour ending at the Pizza Factory for lunch at 23730 NE State Route 3 in Belfair around noon. RSVP to Brett by 4/14/10 at [email protected] or (360) 697-6309 for tour and lunch reservation.

May 2010 12 th – 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting at the Airport Diner located at 8830 Highway 3 SW (Bremerton National Airport). 15 th – 8A – Armed Forces Day Parade in Bremerton with lunch to follow at Outback Steakhouse on Wheaton Way. More details will be provided on where and when to meet, once we know our place in line. Please RSVP for Parade and lunch to Maryann Elwell at [email protected] or 253) 853-4003 by 4/30/10. 16 th – 10A Tour to Olympia with Ramblin' Jacks BBQ lunch of Pulled Pork and Beef Brisket and hosted by Rick & Linda Black at their house in the Olympia area. They will supply BBQ lunch, sides and water/soft drinks. BYOB for anything else. Please RSVP to Rick [email protected] by 5/1/10 for planning food. 22 nd – 7A – Uptown Car Show at Uptown Shopping Center in Gig Harbor. Proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for Breast Cancer. Very Important...This year our Porsches will be the featured cars on display in the court yard up front, so we’d like to get as many participants as possible. RSVP to John James by 5/10/10 at [email protected] or (253) 265-2500.

June 2010 9th – 6:30P/7:00P – Dinner/Member & Board Meeting . 12 th – 9A – LeMay Car Museum Tour – John James . 15 th – July/August Nor’Wester Deadline to Gloria Mellon at [email protected] . 20 th – 8A – Great Wolf Charity Show & Shine – Bob Becken. 27 th – 7A – Shelton Car Show – John James .

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