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Table of Contents 25 Car Number Assignments . . . and How to Request a Change Departments 30 Winter Driver Blues 4 2020 Nord Stern Officers and Committee Chairs 34 My Right Seat Coach . . . 5 So, Just What Do We Do In Nord Stern??! 37 I Don’t Know If It’s Cloudy or Bright 6 The Prez Sez . . . Upcoming Events 7 From the Editor . . . 8 2020 Calendar . . .Get Around with Nord Stern 9 Car Biz Board . . . One Stop Shopping! 11 2020 Spring Membership Socials 10 PCA’s Zone 10 Directory 22 First Fling Driver Training and Driver Ed 26 Where We Were . . . 60 Years! 36 Porsche Parade 2020: Palm Springs! 29 Book Reviews for Porschephiles 38 Classifieds Features 12 The Garage Project: Part 3 13 ClubTalk and Club Updates! 14 February Business Meeting Minutes . . . 16 In the Mirror: Old Log Theater 19 Florida and the Rolex 24 . . .
24 Current Car Number Assignments 2020 Cover: From this year’s 24 Hrs @ Rolex, photo by Kim Crumb
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Nord Stern March 2020 3 How to Join PCA and then 2020 Nord Stern Officers Nord Stern Region PCA and Committee Chairs 1. First, JOIN Porsche Club of America (PCA). Please visit www.pca.org for membership instructions.
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So, Just What Do We Do In Nord Stern??! Charles Barr II Woodbury, MN A brief synopsis of activities and events offered by your club, Nord Stern, and/or PCA or, just enough info to pique your interest??!! White 2019 911 Carrera S Cabriolet Autocross: A low-speed driving event, teaching one how to maneuver one’s car around a set Brent Gale course of pylons on a closed circuit. Instruction is available, drivers compete against the clock. No Minneapolis, MN modifications to one’s car are necessary. Some safety equipment needed (helmet). Kevin Gilboe ClubTalk: E-mail listserv for member (Nord Stern) subscribers focusing on car issues and Woodbury, MN discussions as well as a place to ask questions, get recommendations and comments. Also for last Silver 2019 911 Carrera 4S minute breaking news on upcoming events and activities. Subscribe at http://listserv.nordstern.org/ Kevin Hackler mailman/listinfo/clubtalk, or any account edits, updates. Edina, MN Concours: A setting where Porsches are displayed for general viewing and/or inspection Black 1997 911 Carrera competition. Experienced judges evaluate the various models based upon cleanliness, overall David Maples condition and authenticity. Note: Nord Stern conducts an ‘All Porsche Show’ at which cars are Minneapolis, MN ‘shown’ but not judged. White 1990 944 S2 Driver Training: A driving course designed to teach and enhance high speed driving skill and Michael Margitan technique on an actual race course. Training includes classroom sessions, on-track ‘exercises’ plus Rochester, MN supervised lapping sessions. A Pre-Requisite for Driver Ed participation and NOT to be confused Jan Mattson and Susan Wingert with Driver Education events. Driver Training includes both Novice and Intermediate level North Oaks, MN options. Check with DT Chair for additional options. Meteor Grey Metallic 2008 Driver Education: High speed driving event on a closed-course racetrack (Brainerd, Blackhawk 911 Carrera S Farms, Road America, for example) where drivers are grouped according to prior lap times. Prior Walter Raduenz and Wendi Antoun Driver Training participation is required. Performance enhancements are frequently made (but not Minnetonka, MN required!). Red 1989 911 Carrera Parade Laps: Sometimes held during lunch at Driver Training/Driver Ed events at closed-course Joe Soucherey racetracks, this controlled environment with a pace car provides participants an opportunity to take St Paul, MN street cars on the track at highway speeds so that they can see what the course is like. Minors are permitted in state approved restraints and with a signed parental release.
PCA Club Racing: Wheel-to-wheel competition between drivers who hold PCA club racing licenses. There is a race class for every model Porsche. Safety modifications to your vehicle required.
Rally: An event wherein a driver and co-driver complete a predetermined route along open roads following a specific set of navigational instructions. Can be a TDS (time-distance-speed) or a ‘fun’ rally.
Social: Organized gatherings of club members, affiliates and family member to meet, eat and drink beverages!
Tech Session: Casual educational session that span a wide range of topics, from general maintenance, through Concours prep, performance enhancements and general car/mechanical knowledge!
Nord Stern March 2020 5 Volunteers stood trackside to run out and reset cones The Prez Sez . . . if they were knocked over. Drivers with the fastest lap times in each class earned points. At the end of the by Chip Smith, year, those with the most points in each class earned a pewter plate commemorating their achievement. Oh, the Good ‘Ol Days The line of cars waiting to make their run was long If you didn’t attend our winter party, you missed out on an awesome and it was clearly going to take some time to get them video produced by Roger Johnson showing our club history at all through. As I was standing near the line, one of Brainerd Raceway. Wow, what a stroll back in time. Watching timed the chase car drivers asked if I wanted to ride along. I runs from the early days brings back memories from when I first didn’t need to be asked twice and, before he could put joined the club. his window up, I was buckled into the passenger seat In 1989, my buddy, John Ballard, had a mint ’78 928 and I had a ‘79 of his ’89 Anniversary Edition Carrera. 911 SC I’d owned for a couple years. John worked for Big Wheel/ The 911 we were to follow finally got the start signal Rossi import auto parts stores and heard about an upcoming Porsche and launched from the starting line. We followed at a Club event at BIR. I had never heard of PCA, or Nord Stern, but we safe distance but had to move pretty quickly to keep decided to drive up and check it out. up. When the 911 entered the first chicane, its rear Pulling into the BIR paddock, we saw an assortment of most every end came around and it did a partial spin, fortunately, Porsche model and a few miscellaneous other cars, probably 100 in without hitting anything. The driver quickly regrouped total. I had been to BIR previously to watch drag racing but I’d never and continued his run. Our three laps went by in a seen road course driving in person. We strolled thorough the paddock blink of an eye but I was amazed at how fast we could admiring the hardware and watched cars negotiate the last turn onto accelerate, brake and negotiate the turns, and we the front straight. In the afternoon, cars lined up at an opening in the weren’t even the car being timed. I’d owned and driven fence near turn 10. One of the participants explained that they were some very fast muscle cars but this was something else waiting to make their “Timed Run” which was apparently a big deal. entirely. And that’s where the slippery slide began. I In a timed tun, each car takes one warm-up lap followed by 2 timed decided then and there that I absolutely had to run my laps before exiting the track. A “chase” car followed each timed 911 in these events. car in the event of an incident. Only a couple cars would run their In 1990, I joined PCA and Nord Stern and signed up timed laps on the track at the same time, each for drivers training which, at that time, was conducted spaced far enough apart to prevent any need in the Canterbury Downs parking lot. I ran in a number for passing. Cones were set up for a chicane of Autocrosses before moving on to BIR where I ran on the front straight and another between turns
1 and 2 in an attempt to keep speeds down. Continued on page 33
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6 Nord Stern March 2020 now is melting, the days are lengthing and perhaps we can begin to think winter truly is losing it’s From the Editor . . . grip? I’d say we all would be happy to see the by Christie Boeder, 1973 911, Signal Orange Sbackside of this particular annual season. As much as we love to ski, drink hot chocolate on a cold, dark evening, or bask by the light of a roaring fireplace, the early racing that included some of the great race drivers of then and prospect of long, hot, sunny days is absolutely more frankly, now! The link can be found on our club’s website. Check it than appealing to probably each and every one of us! out, if you haven’t already! Next month’s newsletter will include a few photos from the evening along with a recap of the bit of business The least of which means time to get out our and presentations. P-vehicles and hit the pavement. Whether that be on the track aiming at those apexes or out on a long and This issue features some of the info needed for the first track event windy road heading to who knows where on a tour of the year, First Fling. The Tech inspection form, a list of currently with an indeterminate destination. Perhaps a view, assigned car numbers, how to request a different number, etc. Also perhaps a restaurant with one’s fellow travelers! The there is an interesting exchange of info from a new to the track owner prospects are numerous and all very, very appealing. interested in what he should or shouldn’t do with his daily driver so he can safely participate and enjoy learning how to drive on the So I trust members are watching the Nord Stern track at speed! Lots to consider as to what to change and what not to calendars (website and newsletter) and planning on depending on the car and it’s place in your garage! checking out the various events that are on tap for our club. There are tech sessions, the yearly Membership There’s also a fun report from Kim Crumb who attended the Rolex meetings when it feels like we all have finally surfaced 24 in Florida which is an event that I’d bet is on a lot of bucket lists! from another long, dark, cold winter into the lightness He has included a number of pictures and they are in color in this and optimism of a sweet-smelling spring day. Or the issue as it’s definitey a ‘colorful event’ as the cover photo on this upcoming novice and advanced driver training options issue certainly can attest. at Brainerd International Raceway. And the list goes Hope there’s something in our Nord Stern calendaring that fits on. your interests and inspires you to participate (and of course as any We just had a fabulous Holiday Dinner at the lovely volunteer organization, there’s always plenty of room for more LaFayette Country Club on February 22nd. Past inspired folks to help out - JUST ASK any of us!). President Roger Johnson put together quite the video Cheers, and hope to see you at an upcoming event! presentation celebrating the 50 plus years of Nord Stern action on track at Brainerd. He has shared the link to the presentation for those unable to attend the dinner and it’s been well-received. Some interesting, fun, vintage footage of the track being built and the BURSCH TRAVEL SPECIALIZING IN WORLDWIDE LUXURY TRAVEL
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MARCH 2020 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Meeting 10 Nord Stern Business Mtg 18 Nord Stern Driver Training Location: Lifetime Fitness in Eden Prairie BIR, clubregistration.net 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Meeting 19-20 Nord Stern Driver Education 29 Open House @ The Toy Box! BIR, clubregistration.net 11 a.m - 3 p.m. 16-19 PCA Fall Treffen Location: 59 9th Ave NE, Minneapolis, Minnesota Location: The Greenbrier First Settlers Potomac and Shenandoah Regions 25-27 Nord Stern’s Annual Fall Color Tour APRIL 2020 Pier B, Duluth, MN 4 Nord Stern Tech Session OCTOBER 2020 Midwest Clear Bra and Dent Werks PDR 11 Sunday: The Bark & Beer Tour Time: 11 - 1 p.m. Lunch provided! (aka The SE MN Fall Color Tour) 11 Nord Stern Membership Social Location: Departing at 10:00AM from Essex Park in Location: AutoEdge NW Rochester, Details TBA 14 Nord Stern Business Mtg ** Location: Lifetime Fitness in Eden Prairie 13 Nord Stern Business Mtg 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Meeting Location: Lifetime Fitness in Eden Prairie 18 Nord Stern Membership Social 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Meeting Location: Imola Motorsports, Details TBA NOVEMBER 2020 19 Nord Stern Membership Social 10 Nord Stern Business Mtg Time: Noon Location: Lifetime Fitness in Eden Prairie Location : Werkstatt, Rochester with Evan from Med City 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Meeting Detail will be giving a tech session on detailing, PPF, DECEMBER 2020 ceramic coating and more. Lunch will be served. 8 Nord Stern Business Mtg 24 Nord Stern Driver Training Location: Lifetime Fitness in Eden Prairie Brainerd International Raceway, clubregistration.net 6:30 p.m. Social, 7 p.m. Meeting 25-26 Nord Stern Driver Education Brainerd International Raceway, clubregistration.net • Car Events of Interest • 29-May 2 NOT organized by Nord Stern, or PCA PCA Spring Treffen Location: The Broadmoor, Alpine Mountain Region “THIRD THURSDAYS” OF EACH MONTH 9 Annual Auto Fair! @ Porsche St. Paul Informal ‘Post-Work’ Social, 5:30 p.m. at Please note the event this year is on Saturday Grizzly’s (Look for the Porsche Flag) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 220 Carlson Pkwy N Plymouth, MN 55447 (763) 476-1011 JUNE 2020 http://grizzlysgrill.com/locations/plymouth-mn/menus/ 8-9 Nord Stern DE @ Road America Elkhart Lake, WI “Cheese Fling!” • MN CARS AND COFFEE • 28 All Porsche Show May 2, June 6, July 4, August 1, Sept 5, Oct 3 Roseville Central Park, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. • OCTAINE AND CAFFEINE • (See Ad) Featuring 914 and 914-6 models 1970 through 1976 2nd Saturday of the month, April - Oct JULY 2020 • CARS AND CAVES • LAST Saturday of the Month 24-26 Nord Stern Loonacy Club Race & DE A monthly car show and garage open house held at the Brainerd International Raceway Chanhassen Autoplex from 8 a.m. - Noon SEPTEMBER 2020 **Please note: Nord Stern sponsored events are officially designed ‘Nord Stern’ and/or PCA (Porsche Club of America) activities. All other events of potential interest to club members 7 Rochester Annual Labor Day BBQ may be added, upon request and dependent on space availibility, to the calendar as a Location: Brian and Gina O’Neill’s Home courtesy to the organizer, or organizing entity at the discretion of the editor. 8 Nord Stern Business Mtg Location: Lifetime Fitness in Eden Prairie
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So, What DO we do as Nord Stern members? Learn What we DO, When we DO it, How we DO it and How you can DO it, too. Learn about our: Driving Schools, All Porsche Show, Day trips/tours, Social/Dinner Events, North Shore Fall Color Tour, Low Speed Autocrosses, High Speed Track Driving, National Club Racing Program, Charitable events! These Socials are your chance to find out more about Nord Stern’s upcoming activities and meet other club members! New members please contact Ed Vazquez, Membership Chair at [email protected] on page 25 Nord Stern March 2020 11 All Nord Sterners Welcome: new, old, young, or just curious, Join Us! They told me the process could take up to two days. Turns out the crew showed up at noon and was finished The Garage Project: Part 3 by four. It’s not possible to walk on the floor for by RL Turner, Maverick Region of PCA twenty-four hours or park a car on it for forty-eight hours. We cranked up the fans to help accelerate the drying process, but the one thing that we had not he garage redo was gaining steam. We had removed a massive anticipated. The smell!
amount of junk, gave it a nice new coat (or two) of paint and OK I may be dating myself a bit, but remember learned that Wagner Power Sprayers are a bit tricky. Painting huffing? Stupid teenage boys (yes, it was mostly boys), Tdone, it was time to turn to the floor. And after considering the took model airplane glue, squeezed it in a bag and then options, Epoxy was the only real choice. breathed it in and out of the sack. They’d get high as I’d put some garage Epoxy paint in my race trailer a while back. It kites on this stuff. Until the glue companies changed wasn’t hard. I mean the chips were a bit iffy depending on how you the formula. Anyway, that was what we felt like for dispersed them by randomly throwing them across the trailer floor. several days after the Epoxy paint was put down as it There were sections with a massive amount of clumped together takes up to thirty days for the paint to cure and during chips and other sections with almost none. This didn’t seem to be that time, we got the Epoxy smell. We were all getting much of an issue until I pulled into the trailer with very hot race tires a buzz. Without the paper bag. It’s better now, but our and the thicker chip clumps worked themselves loose and up into the fans got a work-out for almost a month.
suspension components. Hmmm, need to find a better way to Epoxy a Remember my three car-wrenching ingredients? whole garage floor, not just a sixteen-foot race trailer. As I mentioned, I had the tools. Torque is variable I hit YouTube and other home project sites to learn about DIY Epoxy depending on who is hanging around my house and projects. I learned you must prep the garage floor. Which means just how much weight they possess. Yes, I’m talking about sweeping it and maybe giving it a power wash is not enough. Turns you Hobby Boy. Which bring us to Light. Or rather out, that doesn’t really prep the floor. It might look clean, but in an the lack thereof. I jettisoned the old terrible fluorescent older garage like ours there were stains from decades of use that lighting in place of new LED fixtures. As bad as I am needed to be removed. around paint, I’m a genius with things like lighting
There are two options. (1) Acid-etching. Muriatic acid goes on the fixtures. I put in a new LED fixture at the top of the floor and is scrubbed off. I add Muriatic acid to my pool all the time; stairs in less than fifteen minutes. In the garage itself I it’s not fun to work with. I imagined the risk of working with that traded in old nasty with new badness – a six tube LED acid over a large area like a garage. Remember the part about me array. That took about an hour since it was physically not being the best painter in the world? I shuddered large, and I had to do some fancy engineering with the at the thought of me wearing a lot of that acid. (2) wires. But when I hit the switch it was as if a star had Diamond-etching. The best bet. Except you need exploded right inside my garage. Yes, there was light! access to a diamond etcher, which I didn’t. Each of Which probably now means I need more tools and these processes opens the pores in the concrete so it torque to compensate. will accept the Epoxy paint. When it came right down The last component of my garage redo had to be to it, I had to call in the pros. cabinets. Once again, the lovely Mrs. Turner and I
I called six companies and received bids. They went spent hours researching online. We discovered that from a low of $1,600 from a guy that worked out of you can spend almost as much on custom cabinets the back of his truck to over $3,400 from a company that brought as you can on a really nice Porsche. Maybe more. glossy marketing materials and samples of the finished surface. I Remember my $3K budget? Custom cabinets just didn’t see much of a difference in the overall results expect for the didn’t figure into that range at all. I called a couple of warranty coverage. So, I called one of the more expensive companies custom cabinet companies and they were nice but my and asked if they would price match. Turns out they’d match the budget eliminated them immediately. Nope we needed price of the guy working out the back of his truck at $1600. I added a nice, but cheap. I know, you shouldn’t say cheap, it bit more bling and got an upgrade on the chip coverage. Total out the “devalues” the product. Then again, who cares about door: $1700. Continued on page 23 12 Nord Stern March 2020 Nord Stern Members, Family. Friends are Cordially Invited! ClubTalk and Club Updates! Sunday, March 29 courtesy Clutalk Listserv
Being my Targa won’t be my long term track focused car but will be used for 3-4 DE events this year, I am only focusing on improve braking which I would expect should be in the limits to most people that are doing several track events a year.
Swap stock brake pads for set of Pagid Yellow RS29 brake pads properly bedded in before the event
Swap stock brake fluid over to Castrol SRF Racing fluid
Please join us for the annual Replace stock brake lines for Spiegler SS brake lines to firm pedal Open house/fund raiser At the Toy Box I was thinking that we could compile a list, and maybe funny stories around DE prep mishaps, and put it up on the website as a way to A unique opportunity to see one of the finest private quell some of the fear for members that may not be sure if they vintage Porsche collections in the world should participate in DE or not.
Also included on display are world class distinctive – Cheers, Andy Barker wooden boats We hold our schools during cooler times of the year partly to Entry by donation to: The Blues Team Special Olympics minimize the negative effects heat can have on street brake pads and Minnesota Section 11 tires primarily. Sunday March 29 11 am - 3 pm You are on the right track with the brake pad upgrade. For those that happen to have a heavy, high horsepower car, it is somewhat likely 59 9th Ave NE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413 the stock brake-pad compounds will get over heated and they can Driver’s Training! “glaze over” and fade if you become a very spirited track driver. SRF brake fluid is probably the absolute best race fluid, but there are many fter the great history of BIR and Nord Stern at others that would be plenty adequate (ATE, Motul, etc.) and that the (Feb 22) holiday party this last weekend, I should be much less expensive. Not sure you really need to do SS am getting that much more excited about the brake lines. Aupcoming First Fling up at BIR in April. As a newbie to DE, I wanted to reach out to the more seasoned The tires will get really worked over on the outer 30-40% without members to see if they had a check list for their prep suspension upgrades(firmer platform and negative camber), but for a DE weekend that would be beneficial to novices. you’re unlikely to “chunk out” the compound in late April or the Fall.
Like all of us, I have done my fair share of googling to However, If you do RA this summer, that track is much harder on get the ins and outs, but like everything on the internet, brakes and you’ll be very happy you upgraded fluid and pads. Pagid there are tons of sketchy opinions masked as “expert” Yellows are an excellent “endurance” pad that requires very little in the way of bedding in. After hearing a horror story from one of the club members at the party on his blow out in the middle of – Keith Erickson Wisconsin on the way to RA for the Cheese fling last Swap stock brake pads for set of Pagid Yellow RS29 brake pads year, I am wondering if bringing an extra set of tires, properly bedded in before the event - Yes, fairly easy change, first or at least one of each corner should be something that thing I did. Be careful with other "sport" pads, they can be worse should be added to the “should bring” list like fluids than Porsche stock pads and then your go off straight in RA turn 5 and tools. These are the types of things that keep me (personal experience) up at night as a newbie to insure I am prepared but Swap stock brake fluid over to Castrol SRF Racing fluid - Not really don’t go overboard. needed for BIR for but a very good idea for Road America or you
Continued on page 18 Nord Stern March 2020 13 the tentative 2020 schedule Nord Stern February Business • Sent the date of the novice school to Christie and will give her registration info and a small article Meeting Minutes . . . to publish in the newsletter and send in an eblast.
Board of Directors – Roger Johnson, Lara Dant, Ryan McGee The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by VP John Velure. • No Report President – Chip Smith Charity – Mark Kriesch • Absent • Via email, no updates at this time Vice President – John Velure Club Race – Dave Sorenson • Welcome members Karen Carson, Mary Driscoll, Melanie and Tim Clifford • Via email, Dave reports our application has been sent to the club race committee at PCA for • January minutes were approved on voice vote approval. Treasurer – Jeff Bluhm/Todd Smith • Will be advertised on clubrace.com and in Pano. • Via email, all is well • They will get together and fill out the paper Secretary – Betsey Porter application. • no report Driver Education – John Blackburn Advertising – Mollie Nygaard • Via email, John relates that eventmasters have • Mollie has organized the advertiser listings and contact been lined up for the three BIR events. information. • Dave A will probably be the RA event master, as • Sent emails and called past due 2019 advertisers per usual
• Sent paper invoices to those who have not responded • Will discuss with Dave adding some assistance • Several have sent in 2019 and 2020 payments, thanks to those John would like to have. continuing their sponsorships Driver’s Training – Jim Bahner
• Jeff and Mollie will coordinate payments and expectations and • No report they CC Christie so she knows what ads to remove from the Historic Archivist – Kim Fritze newsletter • No report All Porsche Show – Phil Saari and Hal Voges Insurance – Dan Perinovic • Via email, Phil and Hal confirm the date is June 28, 2020 and the • Some of our earliest events are all set to go location of Roseville Central Park, same as in years past. Membership – Nathan Reader and Betsey Porter • The featured car is the 914 and the 914-6: it’s the 50th anniversary of the model • As of 2-10-2020 we have 905 PCA members, with 524 co-members. • Carousel (Porsche St. Paul) is bringing 5-6 cars for • As of end of January, we have 635 Nord Stern display. members
• Will have a pre-show • Will be sending out another PCA eblast asking event for 914 members to renew their memberships/Nord STern owners dues, currently approx. 240 still need to renew for 2020. Autocross – Andy Golfis • We will continue offering six month NS memberships to PCA test drive members. • Andy got
14 Nord Stern March 2020 • Betsey will edit and re-order the tri-fold passed hors d’oerves, food stations, Track Relations – Jim Bahner
brochure cash bar. Will ask Jeff to send a deposit. • Via email, everything is on track, lol
• We updated the bylaws to change the Social Media – Betsey Porter Webmaster – Dave Anderson and Christie lifetime membership to 25 years. • All is well, still lots of engagement on Boeder Newsletter – Christie Boeder two platforms, Twitter is hard. • Holiday party 2/22/20 flyer is online, • Via email, Christie reports the March Shop and Tech Relations – Roger Johnson posted on Instagram and FaceBook
issue is in progress, items due Feb 18 for • 992 session set up with Porsche of St • Updated bylaws have been added to publication Paul website
• Content for the newsletter, stories, • Hoping Porsche of Mpls will follow suit Old business photos, etc, is always welcome and any • JDC Miller Motorsports is working on • None member can contribute at any time. finding a date for us New Business Registrar – Dave Anderson • Midwest Clear Bra contacted Betsey on There being no new business, meeting was • Holiday Party, Current stats: FB Messenger, gave them Roger’s email adjourned at 7:20 p.m. 37 registered, 72 attendees address to contact directly Due Feb 13 by noon Respectfully submitted, Touring, Rallies and Drives – Ron Johnson Betsey Porter, Secretary • First Fling • Fall Color Tour – no report, dates etc set 10 registered for Driver Ed and Ad is running in the newsletter 9 registered for Driver Training • Vino in the Valley – no report as yet Safety – Chuck Porter
• Via email, Chuck has no update on the corner worker contract yet.
• Jim is finalizing the BIR contracts, which will include the ambulance.
Social – Toni LaRose
• Located a projector for the party, will need a screen, cords and a table
• Need two volunteers to help set up the table decorations one hour ahead of time.
• New Events: Porsches and Pints at Boom Island Brewery in Excelsior, Thursday, June 11 • $20 for a flight and glass to keep
• El Burrito Mercado food truck
• Working on a cigar and bourbon tasting for August
• Have a contact with Cirrus for a possible tour during the Fall Color Tour
• Fall Party Saturday, November 7, 2020, @ Create Catering and Design Studio
• Northeast Mpls, $70-ish, informal
Nord Stern March 2020 15 lunch. In the Mirror: Old Log Theater Choices were braised boneless short rib, seared pork Courtesy Northern Star, MN MB Club chop, dill roasted tilapia or angel hair pasta. For those of you that are already working on your his was the 23rd consecutive year that the Old Log Theater calendars for 2020, we have scheduled Sunday, event has been on our annual calendar. November 8th for the next Old Log Theater get- TIn recent years, MNMB has held this event in collaboration together. with Nord Stern Region of PCA. In 2020 we’re also considering Special thanks go to Maureen Kuam and Kaitlin expanding to include the other German car clubs in our area (your Dahlquist at Old Log Theatre Group Sales for talking Nord Stern editor says, for sure!). the reservations and meal selections for everyone that This year’s presentation was A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and attended this fantastic event! Murder, a musical comedy ran all the way through Feb 15, 2020. Editor’s note: I know that those who attended this year The group photo was taken in front of the grand Old Log Theater from Nord Stern were unanimous in their enjoyment fireplace, just prior to us entering the dining room for a delicious of both lunch and the play! The outing will be on our calendar for 2020!
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Nord Stern March 2020 17 Club Talk . . . who pulled together the Holiday Party at a As we turn the page on this somewhat mild continued from page 13 great venue – the Lafayette Club in Wayzata. but way to long winter, we are looking could be pumping the brakes in the corners Get ready for a year full of events – Toni has forward to an upcoming event to get our (personal experience). If you do use SRF, you pulled together some incredible opportunities blood pumping – the 992 Tech & Open need to change it out every year though. at great venues. House @ Porsche of St. Paul. The event is
Replace stock brake lines for Spiegler SS For those who missed last night, Roger put next Saturday, February 29th at 9:00 AM brake lines to firm pedal - Don't think you together a great video recapping our 51 year to 12:00 AM. This is an upfront and close have to do this for DE, but others can weigh anniversary at BIR. The video include old review of the new 992. I would like to see a in. film content from the building of the track minimum of 100 club members attend this event – the more we have show up the more Other stuff: to the progress of Porsche driving events at BIR. It was incredible to see the number likely that Porsche of Minneapolis and St. As Keith mentioned, your tires will wear a of historic Porsche race cars and drivers Paul will put on more of these events. See lot on the shoulders. Consider a "street/track" that have turned laps at BIR. The history you all at Porsche of St. Paul next weekend. suspension alignment to get more negative is definitely incredible. After watching the Thanks again for all those who pulled camber to make your tires last longer. You video, it makes you realize how fortunate we together the Holiday Party and those who can always change it back later if you don't are to have a such an incredible track venue attended. It was a fun kick-off to an exciting track the car. If you wear out (cord) your within 3 hours from Minneapolis/St. Paul. year. street tire's outside shoulder at the track, you Again, Roger did an awesome job recapping will have to buy Hoosiers from Paul and then – John Velure, 2020 Vice President the history of BIR and how it’s so interwoven there is no going back (personal experience). Nord Sterners, I need to give another within our club. If you have summer tires like Pilot Super shoutout to a couple of significant Chip recognized some of the major Sports or Pilot Sport 4, they will be great for contributors to the club - Bob Fleming and contributors that make our club run. the track. If you are running all-season tires, Bruce Boeder were the co chairs of the first you might want a set of track-only tires with Jeff Bluhm: who has been the treasurer for BIR club race. Bruce was chair of the second something like the two above. Would advise 15+ years race followed by several others - Garfield not going to race compound tires until you Christie Boeder: as editor of the Nordstern Clark, Jim Holton, etc with Roger taking the have mastered your car. monthly newsletter has kept us informed for reins in 2000. Having the track tires on a different set of as many years as I can remember – John Velure, 2020 Vice President rims is very handy. You can likely find a used Ed Vazquez: who has lead membership Again, when you see these members please set, they are going to get dirty anyway. and managed dealer relations. He has done thank them for their past and present Make sure you have some numbers the track an incredible job not only maintaining commitment to the club! Yes, Roger & all workers can see (check with the organizers of membership, but increasing it over the last who made it happen thru out the years, Thank DT as we have in the recent past provided an several years you What a great tribute this video is. Nord initial set of numbers!). Roger Johnson: who has been a 2 term Stern has been such a big part of my life. I cant thank you all enough for your relentless Bring tools for whatever you will do at track: president and led the club race event until he dedication in making this such a terrific tire pressures, change wheels?, change brake handed off the torch a couple of year ago Porsche club! pads? Lots of people to help you how to do Dave Anderson: who has been the Swiss the basics. See you at the track, Army Knife of the club. Dave has developed – Jerry Greene – Steve Kemp and lead the Website and Club Talk, managed One person who hasn’t been named but has event registration, and timing and scoring for quietly worked largely behind the scene to And the Holiday Party is a WRAP~ race events, and has held other positions in make the annual Brainerd Club Race run Last night we had a great time at the annual the club as well as VP, President, on on the is the event chair for this year and the last Holiday Party. It was fun to see old friends, Board of Directors. several years, Dave Sorensen. Thanks Dave! meet new members, share stories of the past, Next time you see anyone of these members – Bruce A. Boeder and talk about all the great events coming at an event – please thank them for their this spring and summer. contributions to the club – without them we I want to send a special thanks to Toni Larose would not have the opportunities and events. 18 Nord Stern March 2020 t’s January, time for my annual trek to Florida for fun-in-the-sun, my winter break for more than three decades! Once upon a time, back in the ’90s, Florida and the Rolex 24 . . . Ithis included the Nord Stern VARMINT sprint kart by Kim Crumb, Nord Stern training-and-race series. What can you say when we The wheels covering those massive Porsche Surface Coated brakes had great instructors like Calvin Fish? Good times! and the ten-piston front calipers? Cleverly designed for best airflow, This year my (see photo below, left). It’s closer to driving like a regular car than first stop is? some might expect and can deliver stunning acceleration over-and- Champion over, with repeat braking capability to match. Very Porsche. The Porsche. front trunk area is They have kind of 911-like, one of the don’t estimate it from first Taycan the size of the hood. Turbos (photo 2020 as Peak I.C.E.? left). It’s Back to Daytona. so good; it made me think, could we be near “peak Nord Stern members internal combustion engine automobile?” Once nearly Paul and Teresa Cole unthinkable 500-750 hp street cars, with full warranties fly-in for the rest of and meeting stringent emissions and safety standards, the week. Next stop? are currently available from many marques, just as you The “Hollywood” can “smell” the technology and marketplace gains of park at DisneyWorld. the electric car. Who doesn’t want to Last year there was another indicator? There was be at the controls of another trend: electric/ hybrid car sales overtaking the Millenium Falcon? those of manual transmission cars. A possible sign? STAR WARS is a The Taycan is a tour-de-force engineering statement classic allegory of the from Porsche, and I’m thinking of that humorous human struggle of line from the movie Spaceballs, “ludicrous speed.” good vs. evil, a story The Taycan Turbo has acceleration that can’t help that is as old as mankind. When The Falcon but impress. At over 5,000 pounds, I still think it’s a hyperdrives-in with the Good “Guys,” it’s a little heavy to be a sportscar in terms of having the cultural symbol of the fight for freedom and ultimate in justice . . . the Bag Guys and Evil Empire are track cornering in trouble! Who wouldn’t want to be a part of . . . But it wears that? In the same park, there was the Lightning its weight McQueen “Driving School” from the CARS well, with movies and TWILIGHT ZONE TV, too. It was the batteries only about 60 degrees, but we tended to see very low in this as kind of warm, it was near zero when I the chassis, left MSP! giving it an Continued on page 20 advanageous center-of- gravity. Example of the clever details of the Porsche engineering?
Nord Stern March 2020 19 Rolex . . . Mustang compete and TCR where the Turbo a Lowenbrau 944 too, driven by Jennifer continued from page 19 4-cylinder front-wheel-drive “Touring” cars Malacarne, the Manager of the Porsche Next? The Rolex 24. Thursday is qualifying compete, think: Audi RS-3, Hyundai Veloster Experience Center in L.A. (photos bottom for that big race. When the dust clears, the “N” and Honda Civic Type R. Four hours left) Tom Seabolt is there, and Todd Holbert, #9 “plaid” Porsche GT3-R wins the GTD later, it’s Mercedes AMG GT’s 1-2-3 in GS Al’s son. Paul has a great time talking to pole, and the two # 911/912 RSR’s do a 1-2 and it’s the Audi RS-3 doing a 1-2-3 in TCR. them. (photos below) And? Inspired by the in the GTLM, using a mid-rear configuration. (photo below of JDC Miller Audi RS-3) We There is a lot of talk about the Corvette C8.R get a good night’s sleep to be ready for the and its change to be mid-engine too. The Rolex 24. 911 RSR has been extensively revised. This recent update was introduced for the start of the global WEC season last September. So there are four races on this new car already, and Porsche also did a 40 Hour (!) test at Sebring in November, too. The new RSR seemed to be much louder, why? The exhausts now come out the sides, not the rear, tending to “megaphone” the sound towards the spectators. I’d bet that change gives more room for some clever downforce- We’re there plenty early on Saturday. Teresa inducing underbody aerodynamics in the has won a Hot Lap ride around Daytona rear. The Daytona Prototype “International” in a BMW M5 Competition. Start the day Class? The Mazda DPi #77 wins the pole with a thrilling 617 hp adrenaline rush! for that top-dog class. The next day there There is the Heritage Display with so many is a big announcement about an agreement historic racing Porsche’s. My choice? The for the “convergence” of sportscar rules and Lowenbrau #14 Porsche 962. Who’s driving CARS movie, there is a Paul Newman tribute classifications on a global scale. Sounds like it for the exhibition laps? Derek Bell! This car: a “Doc Hudson” Hornet. Looks pretty a lot of details have yet to be worked out. car won the Daytona 24 Hours back-to-back wild for an H.H. and when they start it up for Still, I figure if the Big Players such as IMSA in both 1986 and 1987, when the title sponsor the 24-minute lap session . . . It sounds more and the ACO are trying to work things out, made it the “SunBank 24.” Actually there’s most often that is a Good Sign.
We go for a nice rib meal. Then the “lazy river” at the Ocean Walk resort beckons. Call us anticipatory; we end the day with splits of champagne, the nectar of victory circle!
Friday is the big support race: the Michelin Pilot Challenge. Fifty cars in two classes: GS for the GT-4 cars where 6 and 8 cylinder cars like a current NASCAR race car. such as the Cayman, BMW M4 and Shelby Stopping at the Porsche GTLM garage, there is an impeccable nature to the work environment. (photos right) Later, we walk the starting grid. Yes, you can get quite close to the cars, and there is quite bit of pomp- and-circumstance. After having just done a number of team meet-and-greets, nearly every one of them had mentioned that you “need a bit of luck” to win this race, that a
20 Nord Stern March 2020 too? The #9 Pfaff Motorsports 911 in GTD the optimum line, somebody’s gotta give. suffers some kind of serious malfunction Or it will come to tears. Porsche Parking while leading, and goes to the garage, falling is right there, too, and a tent with seating, from any contention (photo below). Then and a schedule complete with multiple tech the GTD class turns into the battle of the sessions. There are two big screens: one running the live race feed and the other with the complete lap chart. It’s getting dark, and the racecars screaming by with their many lights ablaze only adds to the amazing spectacle.
V-10’s: between Lamborghini Huracan and the Audi R8. The DPi battle goes back and forth between Cadillac, Mazda, and Acura. There is a 2nd prototype class: LMP2, that’s totally a spec class, I admit that makes me less interested. The pole-sitting car? Ben Keating is an owner and driver. Perhaps you
know the story of his team winning LeMans I go to sleep in the wee hours of the morning GT-AM last year in a Ford GT, and then later listening to the engines . . . on the TV at the being disqualified? Imagine the heartbreak few breaks have to go your way. One of the condo. Sunday, it’s back for the final hours. after spending something like seven figures musical selections cleverly captures that, Unlike some years, nobody has a big lead in and subsequently having victory snatched it’s from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana: “O any class at the 20-hour mark. This will be away well after the checkered flag? Now in Fortuna.” Yes, titled for the Roman God of an all-out battle; likely nobody is going to be 2020, he’s entered two cars at the Rolex 24: Luck and Fate, and these teams are all hoping able to play “conservative” and earn the win an LMP2 and an AMG-Mercedes in GTD . . . for those to favor them! The weather is this year. The #10 Cadillac takes the DPi lead double or nothing! fantastic, unlike last year’s monsoon. and even overcomes a pit lane penalty to stay PCA does have one of the best infield in front. The #24 BMW M8 has slowly run- We’re at another German Car Company for viewing spots, on the kink that’s part of the down the two 911 RSR’s and depending on hospitality, how about some jumbo shrimp infield road-course portion of the 3.56 mile pitstops; the C8.R sometimes is in a top-three and your choice of refreshments for a noon track. Two class position. GTLM is going to be a cliff- snack? We settle in to watch the start of cars will hanger to the last lap. the race from seating that’s in a special sometimes section elevated above the hot pits. The race We’re watching the final hours from above try to run begins with the awesome thunder of 38 cars the hot pits. I can’t resist leaning backwards side-by-side coming to the green at full throttle. This is in my chair to feel the warm Florida sun coming off the an experience that e-racing hasn’t matched. on my face. A smidge of a face tan to take “International The pace is torrid; the competitors seem to home, and nature’s way to Vitamin D! Horseshoe” have not gotten-the-memo that this is an How does it finish? With the #10 Cadillac turn, but as endurance race, not a sprint. Later the 911 DPi of Wayne Taylor Racing Winning the they approach RSR’s do a planned brake change under a Overall and Class, a repeat of last year. The The Kink, it’s yellow flag, saving time-on-track, but this #5 JDC-Miller Cadillac . . . from right here a squeeze play still puts the BMW M8 into the class lead, in Minnesota . . . takes 3rd in DPi. The #81 . . . there’s they will still have to make their same brake Oreca wins LMP2, with the Keating car in only room change . . . later. Will they get a yellow flag, for one on Continued on page 33 Nord Stern March 2020 21 NORDSTERN.ORG
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24 Nord Stern March 2020 he 2020 DE track season is fast approaching and it’s time, once again, to open the car number Car Number Assignments . . . registration period. Car numbers are used at our and How to Request a Change TBrainerd (BIR) and Road America track events to help with identification. As long as you participate in at least one track event within a moving 3-year period of time your assigned number will be yours to use. Requirements for maintaining a car number assignment
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Nord Stern March 2020 25 Porsche and Harley Davidson entered into a joint Where We Were . . . 60 Years! venture according to a report on the Internet. Porsche’s considerable skills in engine emission compliance was curated by Ron Faust, 1980 Weissach 911 SC, 50th Anniversary 911, cited as one reason.
A contributor from Niagara Region described an November 1997 oil pressure switch on the top of the engine near the he cover featured Marcus Gustafson at Road America. The car transmission. It would turn on the oil pressure warning behind him looks like it just deployed its parachute. That track light on the dash if it failed. Although he described Tis tough on brakes. how the engine had to be partially lowered to reach The rear cover shows the late Joel Pfister’s familiar Ole Yeller. Both it, one of our friendly technicians in Minneapolis was photos are by a professional from the Wisconsin area, Edmund able to put a hand on the one in my ’80 SC without Lacis. spending three hours disconnecting engine mounts, tubes, and wires. Luckily vintage 911’s came with a Phil Hill was slated to speak at the winter party that year. His bio calibrated oil pressure gauge and an oil volume gauge says he was the first American to win the Grand Prix World Driving on the dash, so you could watch those and drive to a Championship in Formula 1. He also won Le Mans three times, the pro to get the fix. Argentine 1000 km and Grand Prix’s of Italy and and Belgium. The Californian had the distinction of having won the first and last races The new 996 had just been just been introduced at of his career. the Frankfurt Auto Show. Walter Roehrl praised the stability it gained from the extended wheelbase and Two pages gave results of a Canterbury autocross, all nine timed road behavior. Hans Stuck pointed out the similarity runs. The short track events were fun because you knew you weren’t of the front suspension parts to those of the GT1 race going to wreck your car if you made a mistake, but BIR always vehicle. seemed like more fun to me, the risk adding to the excitement. The Marketplatz lists: A contributor from the Orange Coast wrote that you should check the tire code on “new” tires to make sure they haven’t been sitting around • 1987 924S in black/tan with 81,000 miles for in a warehouse too long. Ozone related cracking could hurt their $9,500 performance or even safety. • 1975 914-2.0 with 85,000 miles for $4,500
• 1977 911S Coupe in gray/black from the West Coast. Rebuilt engine and “flawless Fuchs” for $11,700
• 1983 911SC whale tail Euro Edition with 130,000 miles for $14,000
• 1978 911 GT3 race car with the “best of everything”, offered by Bobby Piper.
• 1986 944 in red, offered by Luis Fraguada, Sr., for $6,199
• 1984 carrera Coupe in black/camel with 68,000 miles offered for $24,000
• 1973 T club racer with all the goodies Johnson Autosport could put in it. Two races and two class wins, offered by John Waterbury for $60,000
26 Front cover of the October 1997 Nord Stern Nord Stern March 2020 Editor’s note: For those of us with a certain number of years in Nord Stern at track evemts in Brainerd these lists of timed runs are quite nostalgic! We anxiously awaited the printouts to see how we’d done. Had we improved?! I’ll resist saying it was the ‘good old days!’ Or maybe I won’t!
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28 Nord Stern March 2020 o not be misled by the title, this is not a book just for restoration people – every 356 Book Reviews for Porschephiles enthusiast, owner or not, should have a copy of by Bruce Herrington, Orange Coast Region The 356 Porsche: Dthis book. Easy to read, profusely illustrated, extremely comprehensive, it can provide the enthusiast with A Restorer’s Guide to Authenticity IV by Dr. B. Johnson, published December 2019 by Beeman Jorgensen, Indianapolis, IN vicarious ownership of a 356. By reading this book, an owner will develop a newly intense rapport with his 356. A paper back for convenient perusal in the point sentences. It is detailed down to cross-sections of different garage, it is virtually coffee table size and its colorful windshield seals. After reading about the nitty gritty of differences illustrations will make great conversation starters at in components by different body manufacturers of cars labeled the any cocktail party. same model and year, the complexities of 356s are made almost Brett Johnson produced the first Authenticity Guide overwhelmingly clear. There are many pages illustrating differences in 1987. Since then he has been acknowledged as the in badging, rear grill construction, even changes in door lock wall authority on what is and is not proper for a particular thickness, of which very few people, even 356 owners, are aware. year, model, and even serial number of a Porsche It has been alleged that because they were made by hand, every one 356. Fixation on what is authentic is a nitch affliction, of the early 356s is different. While that is not exactly true, it can be becoming more common because it has become a said that because of ongoing development of detail components like driver of market prices for these cars. Fixation on what knobs, handles, reflectors, lenses, bumper trim, etc., there may be a is authentic is an immense challenge because Porsche dozen different identifiable versions of the 356B! The outstanding was developing components for its cars, continuously Spotter’s Guide appendix lists many of these running changes to 356 and did not let any old parts go to waste when new configuration. parts became available. Perhaps even more problematic THE 356 PORSCHE A Restorer’s Guide to Authenticity IV will is the fact that cars were not always produced in serial tell you more than you ever wanted to know about 356s. Some number order. Once Brett got on the slippery slope of facts, like the identification of the five different types of horns will being the oracle, he was able to collect an immense not be meaningful to many, even current owners. But this reviewer amount of detailed information, but was always under is confident that everyone interested in 356s, or even Porsches pressure to provide more and more precise detail. The generally, will experience several WOW! or Ah Ha! moments result is his on-going series of authenticity guides, of when reading which this is the latest, and with color illustrations, far this book. and away the best. Definitely There are eight chapters, generally ranging from a a book for description of the overall exterior look of the models all 356 (PreA to C), then through interior characteristics enthusiasts; to engine and suspension detail. There are five no 356 owner appendices of data: (color configurations, year-model should be configurations, deliveries by country, etc.). The without it.
Spotter’s Guide provides an outstanding summary Soft bound, of features unique to the various year-models. There with 238, also is a very detailed index – windshield wipers are 8-1/2 x 11 inch discussed on pages 73-74, 100-101, 130! pages, most Many of the points of the text are illustrated with of which have photo-graphs and/or copies of drawings from factory multiple color parts books and service manuals. It is a book easy to pictures and understand, as well as easy to read, with terse to-the- B&W.
Nord Stern March 2020 29 • Check out the 2020 Autocross Driver Training and Race Schedule on the next page and plan your Winter Driver Blues summer schedule around them. by Andy Golfis You can register for any and all events listed by going to www.motorsportreg.com.
n days like this when the high temperature for the day is 1 So start thinking ‘spring time’ and the living is easy. degree above zero you have lots of time to think about more The options many and the choices all quite fun! After enjoyable things like driving your Porsche which brings to all, it is a Porsche and it’s meant to be driven. Omind an extensive list of things to contemplate. I should: • Check my battery tender or charge those batteries that are sitting on the work bench in the basement waiting for spring.
• Calculate with Climate Change how much sooner Spring will be this year.
• Order those new tires for that early spring installation.
• Check the date on my helmet to make sure that it is not older than 15 years.
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WWW.FPTUNED.COM For those of us with a certain number of years in Nord Stern participating in track events at 612.374.2604 [email protected] Brainerd, we used to be involved in an intense rivalry of timed runs and car classifications. As the list above, and on the pages with the ‘Where We Were’ column, show it’s quite the list of active members 305 Thomas Ave. N. Minneapolis then and those still very active with track fun. The times are listed in total seconds per lap and reminds us of a time before hotlaps, timing loops and all that jazz. A fun reminder of the eagerly awaited timing sheets!
30 Nord Stern March 2020 DRAFT DRAFT TWIN CITIES & AREA EVENTS/AUTOCROSS CALENDAR 2020 DATE EVENT SPONSOR LOCATION ------March 29th EARLY PRACTICE EVENT MAC DCTC
April 18th (Sat) NOVICE DRIVER'S CLASSROOM MAC DUNWOODY COLLEGE April 19th NOVICE DRIVER'S SCHOOL #1 MAC DCTC April 25th (Sat) MOWOG #1 MAC Canterbury Park April 26th @ MOWOG #2 MAC Canterbury Park May 16-17 TEST & TUNE & LOL AUTOX #1 SCCA WINONA May 16th (Sat) MOWOG #3 MAC DCTC May 30 (Sat) NOVICE DRIVER'S CLASSROOM MAC DUNWOODY COLLEGE May 31 NOVICE DRIVER'S SCHOOL #2 MAC DCTC June 6-7 PRACTICE & MOWOG 4 MAC BIR June 14th @ LOL AUTOX #2 SCCA WINONA June 21st MOWOG #5 MAC DCTC June 28th @ AUTOCROSS CVSCC CVTC, EAU CLAIRE, WI
July 12th @ SUPERSUNDAY AUTOCROSS I COM DCTC July 18-19 PRACTICE & MOWOG #6 MAC DCTC JULY 18-19 LOL AUTOX #3 & LOL AUTOX #4 SCCA WINONA Aug 2nd @ MOWOG #7 MAC DCTC Aug 16th LOL AUTOX #5 SCCA WINONA
SEP 12-13 PRACTICE & MOWOG #8 MAC BIR Sept 20th @ SUPERSUNDAY AUTOCROSS II COM DCTC Sep 27th LOL OKTOBERFEST AUTOX #6 SCCA WEST SALEM
Oct 3rd (Sat) MOWOG #9 MAC DCTC Oct 4th @ MOWOG #10 MAC DCTC
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SCCA TRACK NIGHT IN AMERICA @ DCTC: SCCA Performance Driving Experience @ DCTC: PCA DRIVER EDUCATION at BIR: APR 24-26 SCHOOL & LAPPING, JUL 24-26 LAPPING, SEP 18-20, SCHOOL & LAPPING SCM PRACTICE DAYS/LAPPING at BIR: JUNE 22nd & SEPTEMBER 14TH SCM CAR SHOWS - SCCA RACING EVENTS @ BIR: MAY 23-24 REGIONAL ROAD RACE; JULY 11-12 REGIONAL ROAD RACE TCRC: Check out their Facebook site (listed below) for dates & times of Ralleys COM = CORVETTES OF MINNESOTA--www.corvettesofmn.com--CONTACT: WALLY MAHLUM 952-431-0630 CVSCC = CHIPPEWA VALLEY SPORTS CAR CLUB--www.cvscc.org--CONTACT: STEVE JOHNSON 715-836-0145 MAC = MINNESOTA AUTOSPORTS CLUB--www.mnautox.com--CONTACT: RYAN THOMPSON 763-229-0939 PCA = PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA, NORD STERN REGION--www.nordstern.org--CONTACT: BOB KOSKY 952-938-6887 SCCA (LOL)= SPORTS CAR CLUB of AMERICA, LAND O LAKES REGION--www.scca-lol.org--CONTACT: AARON JONGBLOEDT 612-554-7105 SCM = SUBURBAN CORVETTES of MN--www.suburbancorvettesofminnesota.com--CONTACT: SCOTT HEGSTRAND 612-619-8615 TCRC = TWIN CITIES RALLY CLUB--facebook.com/twincityrallyclub--CONTACT: BEN WEDGE 989-464-6961
BIR = BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, BRAINERD, MN CANTERBURY PARK = CANTERBURY PARK HORSE RACING TRACK, SHAKOPEE, MN CVTC = CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE, EAU CLAIRE, WI DCTC = DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE, ROSEMOUNT, MN WEST SALEM = LaCROSSE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY, WEST SALEM, WI WINONA = SOUTHEAST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, WINONA, MN DUNWOODY=DUNWOODY TECH COLLEGE, MINNEAPOLIS MN
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32 Nord Stern March 2020 Rolex 24 . . . 833 laps, that’s nearly 3,000 miles in only 24 Prez Sez . . . continued from page 20 Hours! continued from page 6 2nd place. The #24 BMW M8 wins GTLM many timed runs. My car underwent an As the season-opening race, there is always with the #912 & 911 RSR’s finishing 2nd endless list of modifications in pursuit of some news to be sniffed-out, especially if and 3rd on the same lap, only seconds back. faster lap times and I earned a few pewter you quietly ask a few questions. What would Lamborghini wins GTD for the third year in plates but the real fun began when we I look for in April? A new Michelin Cup tire a row, this time with #48 Paul Miller team. eliminated the chicanes and ran the track aimed at the track and autocross market. There is a new race record distance set of open as it was designed. And boy did that They can’t change the “N” Spec tires, of trigger controversy. Several members were course, but many other sizes will be updated. upset with the change, predicting certain A real competition for great track tires is a carnage in turns 1 and 2. A few even resigned good thing in my world . . . I say the more from the club in protest. Personally, I fast choices we have, the merrier! thought the chicanes and volunteers standing We head straight from the Daytona to MCO trackside to pick cones were more dangerous. and turn-in the X3. Anticipation, there is the I couldn’t wait to try the open track. let down of going back to our mid-winter, In the following years, our members Delta will take us home to Minnesota in an successfully learned to navigate the 3.1 miles A321. This is a “race flight!” Oh? At the of BIR unimpeded and the endless carnage gate, there are lots of people from JDC Miller never materialized. I started instructing in our team, plus a few of us Nord Stern members, driving schools which were now conducted too. I plot-and-plan for the 2020 Porsche exclusively at BIR. In 1993, PCA Club Parade in Palm Springs. Registration is now Racing was introduced and by 1997, it was open; I’m #194, see you there? I also start more than I could resist. I started racing thinking about next year’s Daytona trip, and my 911SC and ventured to different tracks having all this fun again, in the ’21 sun! around the country. In 2003, I sold my SC to buy a 1990 Carrera 2, already built for racing by a fellow club member. I still have the Carrera and run it in club races and DE THE ORIGINAL as our family schedule permits. By 2005, PRIVATE GARAGE CONDO participation in timed runs was declining and ANNOUNCING 2020 PRESALES ON the club eventually ceased doing them. Club BUILDINGS 5 AND 7 OF 12 racing, however, has grown bigger than ever.
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de la Montaña III) for which they had worked so hard My Right Seat Coach . . . prepping the car and doing all of the route calculations, etc. by Pedro Bonilla, Gold Coast PCA I got in the car with him as we headed down to the starting point of the race. He was explaining to me y Dad had been a successful Gentleman Racer in his how the tandem Heuer stopwatches and the Alpina younger days and that’s why I’m passionate about racing hand-cranked calculator that were bolted on the dash as well. I remember riding with him to some of his races. worked. All the info was just going over my head. MBack then you drove your car to and from the track! Shortly after 8:00 AM we took the green flag and off With his help, I got into karting at a very young age and Dad and I we were! had a lot of fun tinkering with what was then a new fad. We modified Within the first 5 kilometers I had managed to get us and greatly improved the brakes, the lost. My Dad stopped the car and got out. He paced for clutch, the engine and tweaked it after a few seconds and commanded: “Move over, you’re every race with what we had just learned. driving!” Just before every race we would have a strategic meeting and after the race a All I could say was “Yes Sir!” With his total control of debriefing, going over my best and worst the navigation we quickly got back on-track and on- moments of the race. time without having lost any points.
I got to be pretty good at it, eventually winning two consecutive It was a tough 2-day event crossing the high sierras National Championships in the DR. Dad, as an engineer, studied the of the Dominican Republic where we were living at intricacies of 2 cycle expansion chambers and got so immersed in it the time. Dad was the copilot now, so he had his time/ that he designed and hand-made a different one for my kart for each distance/speed calculations, but he was also coaching/ track! But as good as that was, the times I spent together with my instructing me as well. The first day we finished a Dad in a car, or better yet, in a racecar were the best. respective fifth overall but still close to 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in penalty points. Before going to bed I He taught me how to drive a stick by remember that he sat down with me for over an hour age 10. I couldn’t reach the pedals, so and we had a debrief just as in our karting days. The he built wooden extensions for me. next morning we took the green with much more Every time there was a chance, he would confidence and finished the day 2nd overall giving us let me take the wheel and I was quite the 3rd place of the event due to the combined results experienced by age 12. We would go of both days. drive in abandoned dirt roads where he taught me to drift the car into the turns At the awards ceremony we were called to the podium mainly using the handbrake since our and just before the 3rd place trophy was handed to ride was a very underpowered DKW 3=6 with a 2-cycle, 3 cylinder us there was a commotion, and everything stopped. engine probably making 50 HP. We got off the podium and about 30 minutes later the Chief Steward announced that there had been a I was awed by, and still remember looking at, the speedo in his car disqualification and it was car number 7 driven by which had a max speed indication of 300 KPH. His car of choice at Pedro Bonilla and co-piloted by Pedro Bonilla Jr. It that time was a 1958 Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster. He had traded was further explained that the fourth-place car had in his 1954 300 SL Gullwing for the Roadster because the latter was protested. The protest was declared valid. They pointed lighter. out that according to the rules, any Rally pilot was One Saturday morning (it must have been 5:00 AM) he came into required to have valid driver’s license and at the time my room, woke me up and told me to quickly pack for three days I was about to turn 15 so I didn’t even have a learner’s and that I was coming with him. I later learned that the previous permit. The third place points and trophy were being evening his best friend and pilot of their dedicated rally car (a 1965 stripped from us. But then, something incredible Alfa Romeo Giulia ti) had been admitted to the emergency room and happened. Most of the other 192 participants (there had could not participate in the 2-day Rally of the Mountain III (Rally been 100 cars) got up and started chanting our names.
34 Nord Stern March 2020 Many were upset at the now official 3rd place finishers telling them 3-cylinder engine probably making 50 HP. that “the kid” had beat them all and that they shouldn’t be sore losers. So why do I drive Porsches when my Dad was such an MB In the end the organizers held the awards ceremony again and gave aficionado? us the 3rd place trophies but gave the points to the 4th place finishers. Well, in 1960 he was at Sebring to watch how the mighty (privateer) That Rally has been one of the most memorable events of my life. #81 Mercedes SL 300s was going to dominate the race. Instead it and I was mostly into dirt bikes after that and then with college and later every other car in the field got beat by a car half their weight and half raising a young family most of my 4-wheel racing came to a halt their engine size: the little Porsche 718 RS60. for a while, although I had managed to keep a Porsche in my garage My Dad sold his Black-on-Red 1958 MB 300SL Roadster right at the continually since my college days. track and ordered a Porsche 550. Since then it was always Porsches When Mondays were literally too painful due to the off-roading at the track! on the weekends, I gave up the bikes and started Autocrossing and DE’ing my ’98 Boxster. That felt much better!
My Dad passed away 15 years ago but I still feel him sitting and instructing me from the right seat (even when there is no right seat) and I can swear than in more than one occasion he has physically intervened to save my behind when I’ve done something stupid at the track.
My Dad had been a successful Gentleman Racer in his younger days and that’s why I’m passionate about racing as well. I remember riding with him to some of his races. Back then you drove your car to and from the track!
I was awed by, and still remember looking at, the speedo in his car which had a max speed indication of 300 KPH. His car of choice at that time was a 1958 Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster. He had traded Above: MB sole entry at 1960 12 Hours of Sebring in his 1954 300 SL Gullwing for the Roadster because the latter was lighter. That’s my Dad on the left, in late 1959 practicing at Sebring.
With his help, I got into karting at a very young age and Dad and I had a lot of fun tinkering with what was then a new fad. We modified and greatly improved the brakes, the clutch, the engine and tweaked it after every race with what we had just learned. Just before every race we would have a strategic meeting and after the race a debriefing, going over my best and worst moments of the race.
I got to be pretty good at it, eventually winning two consecutive National Championships in the DR. Dad, as an engineer, studied the intricacies of 2 cycle expansion chambers and got so immersed in it that he designed and hand-made a different one for my kart for each track!
But as good as that was, the times I spent together with my Dad in a car, or better yet, in a racecar were the best. 51 years after the day he sold this car, I had the chance to make this He taught me how to drive a stick by age 10. I couldn’t reach the tandem photo to honor him in my own way. I tried to find the same pedals, so he built wooden extensions for me. Every time there was a spot and “parked” next to him. chance, he would let me take the wheel and I was quite experienced Everything turned out reversed by chance: The colors of the cars, our by age 12. We would go drive in abandoned dirt roads where he clothing and the fact that I could have been his father. taught me to drift the car into the turns mainly using the handbrake He was 32 in the photo while I was 59. Gracias, Papá I miss you since our ride was a very underpowered DKW 3=6 with a 2-cycle, every day! Nord Stern March 2020 35 nurburgring,inc. restoration of fine vintage Porsche automobiles
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36 Nord Stern March 2020 r is it gray, as in the gray market. I thought that whole market segment had been painted black, I Don’t Know If It’s Cloudy or Bright years ago. Oh sure, I remember the raft of 911s by Danielle Badler, courtesy PCA Editors Othat were entering the country in the ‘80s. I prided myself with being able to identify these infidels by network, it was reported, was losing some $300 million in sales per their rear bumpers. Remember? On the gray market year. cars, the area between the bumper spacers was much wider than on the US market cars. Mercedes, Ilan says, responded by spearheading passage of the “25- Year Rule.” The way it works is that any car that was made more So you could imagine my surprise when I got to recently than 25 years ago must meet U.S. safety standards and crash talking with my friend Ilan Brown, who filled me in test requirements. OEM dealers supported the move wholeheartedly, on the rays of sunshine that still radiate down on those in the interest of safety for consumers, they said. But a major rare individuals who want to virtually eliminate the motivation was to keep dealers solvent. chance of seeing themselves coming the other way, when they’re behind the wheel. You couldn’t say the same thing about gray-market dealers. Following passage of the rule, in 1990, the market shrank to some I owe it all to the beauty of dog ownership. What? 300 cars, mostly Ferraris. No, really. My usual canine route leads me a few blocks from my humble abode, past a line of store Then came the “Show and Display” rule, limiting usage to 2,500 front/offices. And there’s one storefront sign that kept miles/year or fewer. That one I remember. Especially for the 959 that piquing my interest for months. It says “Cult Cars.” Bill Gates allegedly imported … but couldn’t drive. But it’s the 25- Year Rule in which Ilan plays. Finally, one fine summer day, Mr. Cult Cars, Ilan, was sitting in his doorway with his Rottweiler, Omen, and And, so? Even with the virtual elimination of performance the both of us, my dog Lily and me, couldn’t help but differences between the U.S. and the rest of the world, a lot of stop and say hello. interesting cars never made it over. Some never left Europe. Until now. Ilan says he currently has two cars for sale. An Escort RS Turns out Ilan’s “day” business is residential real Cosworth and an Audi RS2. Do you remember the Cosworth? estate. He’s been at it for 12 years. But his passion, if No? Neither did I. A quick search led me to the immortal words you can call it that, is importing “cult” cars that are 25 “homologation special version” of the Escort, meaning it’s a street years old or older. version of the Euro rally car. “I’ve been through the scammers, the tire kickers, the And the Audi? The car that cemented the manufacturer’s reputation Craig’s List surfers. I don’t do it that way,” Ilan says. for building performance automobiles. This was the first-ever RS So what do you do? “My website and Cars and Coffee, Avant (Audi-speak for wagon) and it was jointly developed by Audi mainly. I bring my cars, and schedule test drives. For and Porsche. “It’s got the Porsche crest on the center caps. 993 side $50, which will be applied to a sale.” mirrors. The Porsche logo on the intake manifold. A 2.2 liter 20V Does this work? “I sold a BMW 850i last fall. An inline 5. Mine has a K24 turbo. Makes about 450 hp.” The stock Eagle Talon recently. An X5M,” Ilan says. version had 311 hp.
But I thought the gray market went the way of the Hmmm. How’d you find them? Ilan says the search is part of the fun. Dodo Bird, as the manufacturers minimized or A trip to Europe that he can write off. Dealing with dealers who you eliminated the difference in performance between U.S. know are wondering just who this crazy American really is. and “rest of world” cars. “Not so,” Ilan states. Yes, Ilan found both cars about 20 miles from each other. In Belgium. He during the ‘80s it was madness. The dollar was 50% lined up a shipping broker to handle all the importation paperwork. higher than the Deutschmark. And the market took off. But, before shipment, came an important step, inspection. “They were Some 1,500 gray market cars were imported into the what they appeared to be,” Ilan says. Which, because of stringent U.S. in 1980. That figure ballooned to 60,000 cars in rules for service and maintenance in most European countries, is ’85. common. “I wouldn’t buy a car sight unseen,” he notes. But that same figure translated into a huge dent for OEM importers and dealers. The Mercedes dealer
Continued on page 38 Nord Stern March 2020 37 Cloudy or Bright . . . continued from page 37 Classifieds Although the report on the Audi came back in Dutch. Ilan had to find a translator. And why two cars? “Two fit in a typical container for shipping.”
Members of the region are welcome to place ads of a non-commercial na- “I’m trying to establish the brand, and build credibility,” says Ilan. ture at no charge for two months. $10 for non-members. Submissions must Customers go on his website, and see he’s the real thing. “I don’t be received by the 15th of the month prior to publication date: editor@ nordstern.org. have consignment cars right now, but that’s where I’d like to head,” Wanted Porsche Cayman he states. “No warehousing. Just finding, brokering interesting cars.” I’m searching for a well-cared for Cayman or CS (2006 – 2012). Does the business work in reverse? “Not as well,” says Ilan. “Our Prefer a manual trans but am open to PDK on the 987.2 cars. duty is two and a half percent. The other way, it’s a 20+ % duty.” Please call David at 952-451-6550. David Maples, david.maples@ intercross.com So, I had an idea. One day, on my canine route, I brought over back Porsche 991 20” Carrera “S” style Wheel set issues of the British car magazine Octane and the pub Sports Car OEM Front 8.5 X 20 991.862.161.04 offset 51. Market. “Knock yourself out,” I said. “Between these two mags, you OEM Rear 11 X 20. 991.362.166.05 offset 52 can find just about anything ever made that has wheels.” Excellent condition, includes TPMS SENSORS and CENTER CAP Ilan grabbed them. “Thank you!” he said. I chuckled. I knew what he Michelin Alpin snow tires, aprox 1,500 miles was going to do for the next few hours. Front 245/35R 20 and Rear 295/30R 20. $2,975, Buyer pays shipping/ Garage 3 . . . offers/ rims only a possibility. Should fit all OEM wide body 911’s. continued from page 12 Marcus Gustafson, 612-867-6177 or marcus.m.gustafson@gmail. com. that if you find a product that’s not only cheap, but well made! FOR SALE Searching online we found a brand called NewAge. These are Set of four winter rims and tires, used only one season. Pirelli Scorpio imported from China but the price, reviews and free shipping was size 255/55 R18. Were $1.500, now on sale for $1,250 or best offer. all the impetus we needed to order a set. Oh, and a sizable discount Owner moved south. Please contact George at 651.402.5654. from Costco. They arrived about a week after we ordered them and they came packaged on a tall pallet. The weight was 779 pounds, so 1988 Porsche 924S in Stone Grey Manual transmission, 128,000 miles $4,250 o.b.o. Nice opportunity based on weight, height and the fact that our driveway is very steep for a cheap daily driver or race car candidate located in St. Paul. The I felt confident that nobody would steal them. They come “nested” body is in good shape, this was originally a Florida car and spent meaning that smaller cabinets are packed inside the bigger ones. much of its life in Arizona. It was repainted in the original color The packaging was amazing. NewAge does a great job at protecting at one point, so the paint generally looks good, but there are a few blemishes as you’d expect. Mechanically, the car runs and drives the contents. Stout cardboard edges encase the cardboard sleeves so well and is generally in good shape, with a few known issues noted. there is little chance that even if the pallet is dinged, the cabinets are safe. It took almost a day to unpackage them and stage them in the garage. Once again, I was impressed at the quality of the materials. Even the bolts used for mounting are Grade 8 bolts (meaning they are high quality). We decided to hang the cabinets the next day. It was easy. It took me and the lovely Mrs. Turner about four hours to get everything hung and staged. It was pretty straight forward.
We stood back and admired our new garage. The budget when all was said and done was closer to $4700. Not bad considering I started off with a basket case and ended up with a REALLY nice garage/ man cave. We decided to add a flat screen TV and fridge so it’s been transformed into a place I can hang out in, admire my Porsches, watch YouTube videos on how to fix my Porsches and drink cold malted beverages. All in all, not a bad adventure – inhaled paint mist, a few scrapes and really nasty air respirators later I think we have a place our Porsches can call home. And on that exhaust note, see you next time. 38 Nord Stern March 2020 Nord Stern March 2020 39 NORD STERN P.C.A. c/o Christie Boeder PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE 11919 Hilloway Rd. W. PAID Minnetonka, MN 55305 DOCUMATION
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