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June 2017

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Fred Zacharias, Editor The Bent Pylon is a publication of the Ohio OVR MEETINGS Valley Region, Porsche Club of America, Monthly Board Meeting / Member Social 2nd Tuesday of the Month published at 6380 Blackheath Circle, Ma- Firehouse Grill/Blue Ash son, OH 45040 and printed by American Printing. Permission to reprint any material Annual Meeting/Dinner published is granted providing full credit December, 2017 Date/Location TBA is given to Bent Pylon and the author and providing there is no copyright involved. SOCIAL Metalkraft Coachwerks Open House Saturday, September 23 41st Annual The Bent Pylon accepts articles sub- mitted for publication. All articles TECH SESSIONS DSG Bull Session and ads must be received by the 10th Rescheduled for of the month prior to publication. CONCOURS/SHOWS Drei Statten Gruppe Bull Session Sunday, June 18 (Revised) Sunday, June 18, 2017 Mart ads and articles can be emailed to the editor at: [email protected] or by Ault Park Concours Lone Oak Pavillion mail to: 6380 Blackheath Circle, Mason, Sunday, June 11 OH 45040. Sharon Woods P2O Granville (Ohio) Saturday, July 29 All Welcome Bent Pylon 2017 Advertising Rates Red Brick Reunion, Oxford (Ohio) Information: Eighth Page $250/Year Saturday, August 12 Peter Boettcher Quarter Page $600/Year Dayton Concours [email protected] Half Page $875/Year Sunday, September 17 Full Page $1250/Year All Ads Must Be Pre-paid! VW/Porsche Reunion POV AD Sunday, September 24 For Ad Specifications contact: [email protected] Rallye Milford - RPM (Revised) Saturday, September 30 Services offered in the Bent Pylon do not Rain date Sunday October 1 necessarily imply endorsement or approval TOURS by the Bent Pylon or the Ohio Valley Re- Rallye Milford Tour (Revised) Cars gion, Porsche Club of America. Advertis- Friday, September 29 ing rates are paid in support of the Ohio Valley Region, Porsche Club of America. OVR AUTOCROSS (Revised) Ads will appear in as timely a manner Saturday, August 26 and possible. The Bent Pylon cannot guar- OVR DRIVER’S ED antee services performed by any adver- June 9-11 / Mid Ohio tiser. Members experiencing difficulty or July 7-9 / Putnam Park* unsatisfactory service should contact the October 6-8 / Mid Ohio Coffee advertiser directly and, failing to receive * Advanced Groups only adequate response, should contact the lo- OVR RACE 9:00 - 11:00 am cal Better Business Bureau, notifying the July 8-9 Putnam Park advertiser of such action. Caveat Emptor. 1st and 3rd Sunday OVR CARS and COFFEE Of Each Month 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Cover Photo 1st/3rd Sunday of the month Until October Reflections, 1988 930 S Coupe - Tim Hortons RT 48, Mainville, Ohio Fred Zacharias Tim Hortons Rt 48, Mainville, Ohio OVRPCA.org No Registration Needed facebook.com/ovrpca Information instagram.com/ovrpca All event registration: www.ClubRegistration.net Jeff Clark [email protected]

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Chief Instructors Rally/Tours SpOkin Have you taken a memorable trip in OVR Board of Directors Dale Timmester Jeff Clark 513.858.3099 513.238.3492 your Porsche? Met some interesting [email protected] [email protected] Word car people? Attended a pro race in a President Dennis Okin, President Dennis Okin Gary Nichols illustration, Roger Warrick foreign country? Have an interesting 513.300.5076 Safety 513.378.4010 restoration project? We would [email protected] [email protected] Tim Flora 765.418.4769 love for you to share your unique [email protected] Vice President Club Race ay was another great month for OVR. Porsche experiences with your fellow Bill Altvater Rich Rosenberg members. The Bent Pylon is the 937.371.9382 513.530.9090 Social Media The May 6th autocross event, held at [email protected] [email protected] Jack Schultz M voice of our Club and we want your [email protected] Kentucky Speedway, had a huge turnout. Over voice to be a part of it. Write it down Secretary Bill Altvater Andrew Lautz 937.371.9382 Technical 40 cars, the largest number ever, enjoyed the and be sure to include pictures and [email protected] 859.802.9546 Rich Rosenberg captions. Even if you dont think you [email protected] 513.530.9090 day. Don’t forget to register for our next auto- Concours [email protected] can write, send it in and well see that Treasurer John Meyer cross event, Saturday, August 26th. it looks and sounds good. We would 513.835.8071 Webmaster Herb Beck love to hear from you. Articles can 513.398.5078 [email protected] Karah-Lyn Crihfield [email protected] 937.733.8351 be sent to Fred Zacharias at: zach2@ Historians [email protected] Our annual Wine Tasting on May The OVR Cars and Coffee event, held zoomtown.com. Dick Weiss OVR Committee Chairs 513.232.0485 Drivers’ Education 12th had the largest attendance at Tim Hortons in Maineville the first [email protected] Spring Event ever. Over 107 members and and third Sunday of every month, is This month I want to thank three Past President Brent Fgaan Thomas Crihfield 937.533.3767 guests showed up at the Little Red a simple way to get out, mingle and individuals who will be helping us Grant Karnes 812.369.2260 [email protected] [email protected] Schoolhouse to enjoy a wonderful see some great cars. No registration out at the upcoming DE at Mid- Members at Large Fall Event selection of wines. A special thanks is necessary. Ohio. Normally instructors at DE Membership Mike Valentine Dennis & Susan Okin to Grant Karnes for putting on the Events have the opportunity to drive [email protected] Steve Schultz 513.300.5076 513.317.6128 [email protected] event and also to Sabrina Johnson for Upcoming Events their cars as well as instruct students. Rick Gilhart [email protected] feeding the group. June 11th – Ault Park Concours This year, however, we were in need 513.225.6564 Porsche Club of America [email protected] Newsletter June 13th – Monthly Social and of a few more instructors and John Fred & Ruth Zacharias The Rabbit Hash tour scheduled Board Meeting Haas, Michael Nordloh and Fred Autocross [email protected] National Executive Director June 18th – Cars and Coffee Vu Nguyen for May 28th sold out quickly. The Dunlea were willing to instruct while Bill Kief June 18th – Drei Statten Bull Session [email protected] Public Relations P.O. Box 6400 number of cars that could participate not driving. Thanks guys for helping Columbia, MD 21045 July 2nd Position Open in this event was limited based on the – Cars and Coffee us out. Jeff Renner 410.381.0911 [email protected] July 7th – 9th – Club Race and [email protected] location. I know that Jeff Clark our Advanced Driver Education Zone 4 Representative tour chair, is working on additional I hope to see everyone at our Michael Soriano tours that will be announced shortly. The OVR web page has the latest upcoming events. Enjoy the weather 2135 Old Mill Road Toledo, OH 43615 Stay tuned for more details. information on all our events. and your cars. 419.843.2070 Dennis [email protected]

Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America 6 BentPylon BentPylon 7 IBoard Minutes May 2017 OVR Name Badges Andrew Lautz, Secretary Ohio Valley Region Attending officers: Committee Chair Reports: finding slimmer margins than in in Indian Hill. He mentioned NEW magnetic OVR Name Badges are now available Dennis Okin, President, years past. that Kevin Hart, a premier for $10. (They won’t damage your clothing!) The 1.5” Andrew Lautz, Secretary. Advertising – open sommelier personally selected x 3.5” aluminum badge may be ordered from: Kathie There is talk of holding our first the wines for our enjoyment 2017 AUTOCROSS Attending committee chairs: Autocross – Jeff Renner DE at the National Corvette and that he would be there to Hunter, 1409 Woodridge Drive, Hamilton, OH 45013. Jeff Clark, Rally/Tour; Thomas reported that the event was Museum (NCM) Track perhaps walk us through each wine. Enclose a check for $10 (includes shipping) payable to Crihfield, Driver Education; a great success. We had in partnership with another Grant thought this would be OVR/PCA along with your return address and email. Schedule Karah-Lyn Crihfield; Brent 43 drivers signed up with 30 region like Central Indiana. If the best wine tasting event yet. Fagan, Historian; Grant Karnes, actually participating. This we go forward with this event, Thanks Grant for your ongoing Past President; Jeff Renner, was a good turn out with we will need a volunteer to chair active role volunteering for the Autocross; Rich Rosenberg, about 2/3rds of the drivers in the event. September dates club. OR ...YOU CAN GET YOURS FREE Club Race; Steve Schultz, Porsches. As usual, all brands were discussed as a possibility. just by attending a monthly Board Meeting / Social or a Membership; Jack Schultz, are welcome. Public Relations – Open New Member Social! Social Media; Mike Valentine, Historians – Brent Fagan, with Members-at-Large; & Jerry We started by 10:30 and were great appreciation for the kind Rally / Tour – Jeff Clark Wolf, Past Chief Instructor & finished by 3:00 PM with generosity of Porsche Of the mentioned that on the 1st and First Line will be in bold text for your first name/nick- Founding Member; one 15-minute break. Five Village, well represented by 3rd Sundays of each month name; Second line for your last name. The Third Line drive-through garages were Bruce Harnish and Valarie Cobb we will have tours. 20 cars Attending members and provided. We made good use handed out a very well received showed up at the last tour. The is optional for something you may want to share such Saturday, May 6 visitors: Valarie Cobb, Alan of the facilities. Everyone was poster from 2003 “Celebrating upcoming Rabbit Hash tour just as “Member since ____”, your car and model, home- Saturday, August 26 Coleman, Greg Curson, Bruce safe with no incidents. It turned Forty Fast Years,” with three filled up. Please register early if town or just leave it blank. Harnish, Scott Lambert, Matt out well. 911s starting out with the then you want to join us. Check the Kentucky Speedway McKean, Van Nianouris, Susan contemporary 996, followed OVRPCA website for details of 4760 Sparta Pike Okin, Ed Sauer, Bruce Smith, Our next event is in August but by a 996 “G” car and 1 other upcoming tours. Sparta, KY 41086 Josh Snyder, Frooz and Mark there is also talk of adding an vintage 911 the exact model Information: Thielking, Kumar Viswalingam, October event. Dennis added about which there was great Safety – Tim Flora: No report Bill Kief & Tony Watkins, that this event is a good feeder speculation. All who attended 513.910.9594 for our Driver Education events. the board meeting will enhance Technical – Rich Rosenberg: [email protected] Meeting called to order: 7:00 our walls with this great poster. No report PM by Dennis Okin – Welcome Dennis Okin mentioned that he Thanks very much Porsche Of all! had received several e-mails the Village, Bruce, and Val! Social Media – Jack Schultz Registration: from attendees appreciating reported that we now have 200 www.ClubRegistration.net Last month’s board meeting the event. Thanks, Jeff Next month, if you come to Instagram followers. We are minutes: Accepted on a motion Renner and Bill Kief for putting the board meeting you will get getting inquiries on our cars by Mike Valentine, seconded together such a nice event. to have a look at a Porsche and coffee events. We are up by Grant Karnes. [Why thanks We also sincerely appreciate product introduction flyer to 100 Facebook followers. fellows!] the Kentucky Speedway from 1963. Attend for details. Jack invited content for his management and staff for their Though no guarantee, there publication. First time attendees introduced great cooperation. just might also be more cool and welcomed: Matt McKeen posters. Web Site – Kara-Lyn Crihfield: Using ClubRegistration.net has his 1st Porsche, a 1999 C2 Chief Instructors – via Dennis The web site has been free of silver coupe with a mere 90K Okin, we could use 3 or 4 more Members-at-large – No report. the pesky hacks lately. hio Valley Region uses the Profile: This is where you enter your General Search: Type in a keyword miles on it. He mentioned that instructors. ClubRegistration.net website personal information, If you do not or words. (Not the most accurate way Membership – Steve Schultz Old Business: None he will be at the Rabbit Hash to register all people for all plan on registering for any driver edu- to search.) road rally event. Welcome, Club Race – Rich Rosenberg reported that we added 11 new O cation or autocross events you do not Matt! invited us to Putnam on July 7, members this past month. New Business: None types of events, so you will definitely need to complete the information un- Category: If you search by catego- 8, & 9. We will also be holding a want to have an account on this site. President’s report: Dennis non-instructed Driver Education Newsletter – Fred Zacharias Meeting Adjourned: at 7:50 der Experience. Required fields are ry you can filter to a specific Type of Once you create an account, you will indicated by a red asterisk after the Event or Select All and all OVR up- Okin reported that for a mere $3 event the same weekend on was heading off to Ireland PM on a motion by Mike use it to register for autocross, driver million any present that evening Friday, Saturday and Sunday. the following day with family. Valentine and seconded by field. When you have completed this coming events will be displayed. education, rallies, tours and social section, click Update. could obtain a Bugatti Chiron Reminder: Putnam has been In absentia via Dennis we Grant Karnes. events. For social events you can reg- with 1500 HP, 0 to 60 in under freshly repaved so the grip is discussed the mail times taking Date: If you know the date, this is the 2.5 seconds advertised in the great and the tire wear much 2-3 weeks. We agreed to Respectfully submitted by ister yourself as well as guests. For Vehicles: Enter the year, make, mod- easiest search method. Wall Street Journal. There were lower than in years past. evaluate the cost of 1st class Andrew Lautz, Secretary. all other events additional registrants el and color of your car as shown by no takers at the board meeting postage vs. 3rd class. We only will need to have their own account. It the required indicators. Click Save. After you have found your event, se- so we were left with the idea Concours – John Meyer – print 4 of the 12 annual Bent should not take more than 5 minutes The system will take you to a page to lect Register on the right side and fol- that maybe he was planning to taking applications for this Pylons so the cost might not to set up an account. buy it for Susan. Speculation position. be prohibitive. We welcome enter another car. If you do not want low the registration steps for the event. to enter another car you are finished. This seems like a lot of work but should was whispered about that this articles about cars, when you • CREATE AN ACCOUNT could be Susan’s new DE ride. Driver Education – Thomas have taken your Porsche to only take you a few minutes. If you At the top of the screen click on Re- • FIND AN EVENT have difficulty, contact dennisokin@ Crihfield: Our next event is at interesting places, people you sources. Vice President: No report. Mid-Ohio from June 9-11. We have met in the club etc. Rich Once you have an account you can fuse.net or 513-300-5076. For detailed have 165 drivers paid with Rosenberg complimented then register for an event. On the main instructions with screenshots please Treasurer: Herb Beck reported about 13 pending. Reminder: Dennis on a great article in the Scroll down to Resources and Links Club Registration Page, enter your see the blog entry for October 23, vicariously through Dennis that, The rate goes up by $50, 30 last Bent Pylon. Thanks to all and click on Club Registration. username and password and click 2016 on our website. “we are in good shape.” days before the event. especially Fred for your work Login. on this great asset to the club! On clubregistration.net click on Create Secretary: [Andrew Lautz was We have 38 in the B run group, Past President – Grant Karnes Account. too busy typing to make his 25 in D and 30 in the C group. was very enthusiastic about Dashboard: The top of the page has own report. However, if this As Mid-Ohio track rental rates the 100+ folks who had signed an option “Search for Events.” There Create Account: Complete the infor- are three ways to find an event: report is in the June Bent Pylon, rise OVR/PCA has kept our up for the Wine Tasting event mation and click Create. all is well. Thank you.] rates unchanged. We are at the Little Red Schoolhouse Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America 8 BentPylon BentPylon 9 Around the Zone Michael Soriano 2017 Zone 4 Representative Greetings PCA Zone 4 Members,

Driver ith summer upon us, there are many events available throughout Zone 4 The fun and good times are definitely in full swing throughout all of the regions within to entertain you each and every weekend regardless of what types of events the Zone. I have already visited many of the regions and have attended over 12 events, Wyou enjoy. There have been several detailing and tech sessions held to get us spending time on the track and at social gatherings interacting with a number of PCA Education ready for the driving season. Quite a few regions began their autocross seasons hosting members. As I visit each region I am always reminded that for me the PCA motto is schools designed to teach and develop the basic skills necessary to participate in an so true, It’s not just the cars, it’s the people! Programs autocross. By attending these schools and mastering the basic skills, it helps to encour- age the students to participate in future autocross events by giving them confidence. There are a number of wonderful events taking place this year throughout the zone. There have been a number of DEs held, as well as several driving tours. And, there Please continue to check the master calendar, which is posted on the events page of are always dinner drives and social gatherings, which provide plenty of opportunities the Zone 4 Website, http://zone4.pca.org, as well as your local region’s website and to get together. newsletter for the latest details on the many events close to you that are being planned.

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, I joined several hundred members from Central Also, consider attending other regions’ events, such as: Indiana, Mid Ohio, and Ohio Valley Regions, to spend the day touring the Taj Ma • June 3 - ARPCA’s Autocross School and afternoon Autocross at PittRace Garaj in Dayton, OH. The Taj houses a World Class collection of Porsches including • June 3 - Central Indiana Region’s CruZionsville Charity Car Show Gary Nichols - photo, Jack Schultz legendary classics and one of a kind vehicles. It is certainly one of the most unique • June 10 - Eastern Buckeye Region members Bridges Tour in Geneva and entertaining car themed venues ever created. The event included drives from each • June 10 - Western Michigan Region’s Tech Session at Euro Autowerks of the regions to the venue as well as a tech quiz with the winning region taking home • June 11 - MORPCA’s Autocross at Circleville Speedway OVR HPDE SEASON a trophy. • June 11 - Maumee Valley Region Brunch after Cars and Coffee • June 11 - Join Ohio Valley Region members at the Ault Park Concours D’Elegance Continues at Putnam Park Over the past few years, there has been a steady increase of people interested in partici- • June 11 - Northern Ohio Region’s Drive and Wine Event to The Wine Mill pating in Driver’s Education events. So much so that regions are forced to restrict the • June 14 - Michiana Region’s Monthly Meeting at Dandino’s Supper Club - Goshen hile Mid-Ohio looms two weeks from A minimum of having run ten DE events is number of attendees due to a lack of instructors for these new students. As a result, • June 15-18 - Rally Sport Region’s DE at Grattan Raceway now, plans are in full swing for round required . Experience at Putnam Park is highly many regions have held DE Instructor Training Schools. I joined Central Indiana • June 24 - Southeast Michigan Region’s Progressive Dinner Wtwo of three Driver Education events encouraged, but not required. DE groups will be Region for the weekend as they hosted the most recent school at Putnam Park. Scott • June 24 - Motor-Stadt Region’s IROC 1 Autocross at Spartan Speedway hosted by Ohio Valley Region. Our second generically divided into two group, high horse- Mann a member of the National DE Instructor training team spent an entire day event will be held in conjunction with OVR’s power and low horsepower, much the same as teaching prospective instructors and leading in car exercises. At the end of the day, I look forward to having the opportunity of meeting each and every one of you at Club Race, at Putnam Park in Meridian, Indiana. we do for Friday lapping days at Mid-Ohio. We 30 new instructors were available to assist the region with their HPDE that weekend. events throughout the upcoming year. Please feel free to contact me at MSoriano. This is a three day, non-instructed DE running will limit the run group size so that all will have I also recently attended MORPCA’s Club Race and fully instructed HPDE at the Mid- [email protected]. July 7 through July 9. lots of open track without a bundle of traffic in Ohio Sports Car Course. During the 3 days, they ran 4 Sprint races and a combined each session. Enduro as well as practice runs and a fun race on the first day. The HPDE included a Thanks, Throughout the weekend, there will be four run lapping day and 2 days of instruction, which made for a very full weekend. The region Michael groups; two race and two DE. Drivers can ex- Running this event in tandem with a club race held a reception on Friday night and an awards banquet was held after Saturday’s excit- pect a minimum of four run sessions on Friday adds to the atmosphere of the usual DE. There ing races due to Mid-Ohio’s notoriously unpredictable weather. Sunday morning was and Saturday, as well as sessions on Sunday as will be a number of semi-tractor trailers there the 90 minute combined Enduro race. the racers head to their final sprint and enduro supporting drivers, as well as on site tire sup- races. Final schedule is pending as of this date. port. This is a nice opportunity to bring along It’s been a number of years since the track the family and get a front row seat watching has been repaved. Paving was completed this racers run practice and fun races on Saturday, spring as the old pavement was milled and new followed Sunday by the official races. There asphalt laid down. Reports from those who are always a wide variety of race prepared have driven the new pavement indicate that it is Porsches. 40+ Years OVR/PCA Member very smooth and easy on tire wear. The track will be secure day and night through- Putnam Park amenities have grown significantly out the event weekend. For those wishing to since opening in 1991, with paved paddock do so, trailer drop off will be on Thursday. A roads and a first rate set of garages, as well brief drivers meeting will be held each morning, as “The Club” building. OVR has travelled to with on-site registration Friday morning. Further Putnam many times over the years, and we are details will follow when entrants sign up on line. pleased to be back once more, especially on We hope you will come out and join us for a lot brand new pavement. of seat time on a new track surface. Registration is open at: www.clubregistration. As this is a non-instructed event, qualifications net. Anyone having any questions should con- for drivers are they must be a “solo” driver. tact Gary Nichols at [email protected].

Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America 10 BentPylon BentPylon 11 MEMBERSHIP UPDATE Steve Schultz, OVR Membership Ohio Valley Region/PCA 20 Years - Joined June, 1997 John Hueber Loveland, OH Have You Met . . . Membership Totals RZ Jerry Lasita Union, KY As of May 1, 2017 Tom Tomlinson Praddy Mangat Cincinnati, OH joined OVR in 2016. Primary Members: 857 He first became Associate Members: 512 10 Years - Joined June, 2007 aware of Porsches as TOTAL Membership: 1369 Ronald Mrozek Lebanon, OH a teenager growing Gerard Piccioni Walton, KY up in upstate New

New Members: 11 York. He became Transfer-In Members: - 5 Years - Joined Juine, 2012 friends with some David Brueggen Cincinnati, OH car guys who worked with his father. They John Jasany Wyoming, OH were either drag racers or solo/road race Welcome Our New Members Dennis Rahe Mason, OH fans. He went to his first SCCA road race at Lime Rock around 1968 and was John Smith Springboro, OH Jim Caruso - Cincinnati, OH impressed with the fact that Porsches 2016 911 Carrera GTS (Grey) handled well and were pretty quick in a Brannon Churchwell - Oakwood, OH TO CHANGE YOUR REGISTRATION IN- straight line compared to other makes that 2012 911 Turbo S Cabriolet (White) FORMATION: PCA members may update raced that weekend. Bob Finley, Jr. - Independence, KY their contact or registration information on-line at www.pca.org. PCA will process “My first “good” car was a 67 Camaro, 2016 Cayman GT4 the change and will update the national followed by a 68 Camaro that was a drag Ryan Frew - Ft. Wright, KY database. That database is used by PCA race car. In 1970 I bought my first really 2014 Boxster S (Black) National and by the Local Region to send good car, a 67 Corvette roadster, 327 cu Jeffrey W. Hart - Waynesville, OH informative emails announcing local, in 350 hp, 4 speed car. That was a great 1985 911 Carrera regional, national and international events. car and I kept it until 1983”. At the time Jim Hendricks - Cincinnati, OH Updating contact or registration informa- he really appreciated Porsches but didn’t 2008 Boxster S (Gray) tion may also be accomplished by calling think he could justify the cost and deal with Mason Majeski - Cincinnati, OH the PCA National Office at 410-381-0911, the probable maintenance cost . 1986 911 Carrera or by mailing changes to; PCA National Headquarters, P.O. Box 6400, Columbia, Four or five years ago he started looking Jim McGoff - Cincinnati, OH MD 21045. If you have any questions feel for the “right” 911 SC. It didn’t have to 1989 911 Carrera (COGNAC) free to contact the Ohio Valley Region be a show car, but a well cared for driver. Matthew McKean - Morrow, OH Membership Chairman, Steve Schultz, at He was willing to do a few modifications, 1999 911 Carrera (Silver) [email protected]. but was looking for something unique. He Jeffrey Smith - Cincinnati, OH is the third owner of his 1980 SC. The 2004 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet (blue) original owner of the Ruf Yellow Bird had Scott York - Celina, OH TO LOG ON TO PCA.ORG: Your initial some modifications made: BBS and Ruf 2007 911 Turbo PCA log-in ID is: your first initial, last Speedline wheels, ’91 3.3L turbo engine, name, and the last 4-digits of your mem- 964 nose and tail among others. The car June 2017 Anniversaries: bership number, i.e. Sonny Jurgensen currently has about 100K on the chassis member number 196400009 would log in and 50K on the driveline. as: SJurgensen0009. 25 Years or More Tom’s dream Porsche would be a 935 K3 Patrick Garvey 6/1/73 or perhaps a third generation Cayman John Meyer 6/1/75 GTS. He likes the looks and thinks it would Richard Steppel 6/1/80 be a fun car to drive. His participation in Hamilton McGregor 6/1/84 OVR activities includes Rallys/Tours and John Meyer 6/1/88 Technical sessions. He is considering George Nielsen 6/1/89 trying Autocross in the future. Chuck Mueggenberg 6/1/90 Rick Koehler 6/1/91 Scott Vaaler 6/1/92

Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America BentPylon BentPylon 12 13 I This over the top event had everythng from ... I’ve sat around the kitchen table at I had heard early on that this event Don Gambles house many times was getting huge, rumors floated that with Jay and Don Shaw. Without fail, registration anticipated 500-600 cars there’s always great food (thanks but after a couple of days 1300 had Lisa), and excellent conversations signed up and had to be winnowed always revolving around Porsche. back due to space. We arrived at the Our kids come up, as do our wives, Port of Los Angeles, around 6:30am. and work creeps in occasionally, It was overcast and drizzly, not what then “where we going?” We had was expected for LA in May. Cars just returned from the Rolex 24 at were already streaming in as were Speedsters ... to racecars. Daytona and discussions spectators. Breakfast was about Luftgekuhlt started. chorizo, egg, and potato 2017 Daytona was fantastic, This event burritos off a food truck.The a little chilly but the is over burrito was to die for. to Patrick Dempsey ... Luftgekuhlt racing, the track and the hospitality of Porsche at the top ... This event is an over the these races is something top, no-holds-barred to behold. Porsche really takes care celebration of the air cooled of Porsche people. Porsche. Magnus Walker showed up with a few cars, Jeff Zwart, Bruce Once we got back from Daytona we Canepa, Renee Brinkerhoff with her had to find a way to get to California 356 Panamericana race car, we also for Patrick Longs celebration of Air got to meet Patrick Longs’ dad. We Cooled Porsches. At 35, Patrick talked with Guy Newmark whose Long is the only American driving blue 1964 Porsche 356C coupe has A very nice 1966 906. Nicely restored Cabriolet. Bruce Canpea’s 959. for Porsche; I believe he is the only covered over a million miles. He got American to have that distinction. the car as a graduation gift from He started driving very early and his dad. Patrick Dempsey showed began racing karts at 8. Considered up and happily took selfies with his a prodigy, he speaks several adoring throngs. languages.

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fter narrowly losing to Kremer in 1979, Dick Barbour of that season, just a few weeks prior, the main character, JR Ewing had came back in 1980 in an attempt to rectify the prior been shot. We figured we would all wear cowboy hats to get everyone year. We took time out from leading in the IMSA excited, but all we got was the question – who shot JR? Of course, we championship in America to run three European races, didn’t know any more than anyone else, but we got a lot of attention. mostly for sponsor SACHS, the Nürburgring 1000km, Le Mans and the . We stayed at a small hotel in the town of Malicorne some distance from A the track. It was fairly nice, a typical small French town, but quite far from Le Mans in 1980 was in kind of a the circuit. Early in the week, a truck came from Kremer’s in Germany with transition. The K3 had all the spare parts and bodywork for the new car. The truck driver was won the prior year. Kremer built on the amazed that some of the team spoke some German, so he joined us for success and sold quite a few customer some nightcaps at the small bar. Note to self: don’t try to drink cognac LeMans, 1980 cars, and kits to update older cars. with a German truck driver, it can be dangerous. The next day I was a little Dick Barbour had bought a brand- worse for wear! new car to start the season, and was running for the IMSA championship Chassis 000 00023 gets a check out PRACTICE on the Autoban by Erwin Kremer ... So close, yet so far ... with John Fitzpatrick as lead driver. Practice went well, and all the cars and drivers qualified. , being The Porsche factory had stopped the 936 program, as these cars were used to Australian Touring cars was in for a surprise, as he was not used to getting very long in the tooth, and not really competitive any more, instead the power of a 935, nor had he ever seen the Le Mans circuit before. But he they focused on the 924 Turbo cars. , a Le Mans local, had got around okay, and qualified without problem. Fitzpatrick actually put our built his own car which was a prototype powered by a Ford #70 car on pole with the fastest lap. We were feeling good, then the ACO Engine. The 3-litre Cosworth was a great engine, but had to be de-tuned shenanigans started on the Friday, the off day. The ACO, on that Friday, quite a bit to run for 24 hours. With no 936s running, decided to change the way the pole was determined, and this was after entered his 908-80. This was actually 936-004, but for political reasons everyone had already run on Wednesday and Thursday. They decided that it was known as the 908-80. There was the normal complement of other it would now be an average of the drivers’ times which would set the pole, Porsche 935s, BBLM and two-litre sports cars as well as several not the fastest lap time. Dick Barbour or had not pushed other prototypes from Dome, Alain De Cadenet and a few others. too hard because they knew Fitz would set the time. And once the second- place Rondeau dropped their slowest driver, their average moved them to Dick Barbour entered three cars; chassis pole and dropped us to the outside of the front row. We cursed the French 000 00023 was brand new. It had just in our tent, but smiled and went on with things, as there was nothing we been picked up at Kremer’s in early June, could do about it. The 936 only qualified fourth. and it had not yet turned a wheel in a race. Dick would drive this car (#70) with THE RACE team leader John Fitzpatrick and Brian Redman and sponsored by SACHS. The Technical inspection at LeMans was quite a public affair. Chassis 000 00023 second-place car from the 1979 race, 009 00030, had been converted to K3 specification with a Kremer kit. It was #71 and would be driven by , , and Allan Moffat and was sponsored by Apple Computer (yes that Apple Computer). A third car was entered for Bob Kirby, Siggi Brun, and Mike Sherwin. This was #72 and was chassis 930 890 0024, our old 935-78. It was not a K3, and was running still in its factory configuration. Chassis 000 00009, our K3 from the start of the IMSA season, had just come from the Nürburgring 1000km where it won group 5 class, and finished second overall behind the Joest 908 turbo. It sat in the The thre Barbour cars sit in the pits awaiting the race start - LeMans 1980 paddock as a spare parts car. Jerry Woods gave all nine drivers the mechanic’s briefing, explaining the We again set up in the paddock the weekend prior to the race. Technical tool kit, what was in it, what might go wrong and some basic repairs, like inspections were completed without issue, as we once again had our local fuel pump belt and such. Dick Barbour then gave his briefing saying that Words | Martin Raffauf ‘fixer,’ Jean-Pierre Avice, to take care of things. June of 1980 was the time we were going to push hard and we were here to win. So, we knew what Photos | PORSCHE, Martin Raffauf, Jerry Woods, Bruce Anderson, Sharon Trethan of the famous Television show in the USA called Dallas. In the final episode was ahead of us. Before the start, it began to rain, so this was going to

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be treacherous right from the get with the infamous ticking engine noise which meant that we had lost a go. As we stood on the grid with cylinder. Redman did not really want to continue, but Dick, Jerry Woods umbrellas, Fitz had a chat with and Bob Garretson were insistent. We still had the chance to win the IMSA (the driver of the class. To continue, one basically had to disable the bad cylinder and run on Porsche Hot Wheels & Matchbox Cars 2001 Boxster S Three previous owners. 1995 Porsche GT2 This 993 twin turbo car Assortment of New on-card and loose Current owner purchased in October 2009 was raced by Martin Snow. IMSA Champi- pole sitting Rondeau), and said five cylinders. With the help of Herr Wilrett from Porsche, Jerry shut off the Porsche cars for sale. Over 100 available. at 66,098 miles. Black exterior/interior on ‘95 ‘96’ and ‘97. World Challenge win- conditions were bad and he was not fuel and spark to the bad cylinder, and we carried on. We knew we could All are 1:64 scale and the loose cars are in with 74,809 miles as of 8/11/16. 60,000 ner in ‘98. Engine rebuilt by Bob Holcome going to race into the first corner. still win the IMSA class, as the next nearest car (John Paul) was many laps like-new condition, having been displayed mile service check in April 2014. 8711 to 776 HP at 17lbs, 623 HP at 10 lbs boost. The Rondeau was a prototype down. By then Fitz had gotten somewhat ill, so Brian Redman and Dick only. Models include 911, GT2, GT3, miles on the Continental Extreme Con- 6 speed trans rebuilt by Copans.. In 2011 it running a de-tuned 3-litre Cosworth Barbour had to finish the last three hours with the five-cylinder engine. RSR, GT1, 356, 928, 944, Boxster and Pa- tacts purchased in 2009. Always garaged was first in Class at the SVRA race at Wat- namera. Pricing will depend on how many and never tracked while in my possession. kins Glen. Custom fuel cell, intercooler, Ford, so did not have the power Brian wasn’t too happy about it, but being the professional he was, he did you buy. In Mason so you can pick up lo- Asking $15,500 OBO. Contact Herb Beck turbos, and roll cage. All carbon fiber body The weather was atrocious at times. of a 935, but of course was lighter it, and did it well Here the # 70 starts another lap. cally and avoid shipping costs. Send an [email protected] (9/16) panels and roof. Liveried as it ran in the and handled better. As they came email and I’ll send you pics of everything 24hrs of Daytona. Less than 10hrs since around for the start, Fitz turned up the boost and accelerated past the so you can pick and choose what you’d 1988 951 Track Car Owned since 2007. engine and trans rebuild. Too many cus- Rondeau taking the lead into the first corner. Fitz told us later, he had no like. Contact Doug Edelbach: edelbachs@ Car could be returned to street. Rollbar, tom items to list. Partially built and totally gmail.com (9/16) quick release steering wheel, Koni sport maintained by Wright Motorsports. $205K interest in driving behind Henri in the spray, he would rather see where he shocks, 19mm front and 30mm rear sway OBO Greg Frese 513-658-9160 or Freseg@ was going, and duly came by after the first lap with a nice lead. It is always Porsche 991 C4S Winter Tire and Wheels bars, Corbeau harness, MOMO racing aol.com (3/17) a sight at Le Mans, the main grandstand full, everyone straining to see who 20” Factory 295/35/20 rears and 235/35/20 seat, Fabspeed exhaust and much more. is coming to the Ford Chicane first on that opening lap. fronts. New Michelin Pilot Sport Alpin tires Repainted Stone Grey in 2011. Ask- 2005 ATC Stacker 34ft Goose-neck The # 71 Barbour Porsche 935 driven by Garretson, Rahal and Moffat retired after in February 2016 purchased by me at Tire ing $14,500 OBO. Contact Herb Beck Trailer Like new. All aluminum construc- 134 laps. The #70 car driven by Barbour, Fitzpatrick and Redman soldiered on to Rack with warranty. New Price $5700. [email protected] (9/16) tion with three 7K axles. All LED lighting. For some reason, Mike Sherwin was allowed to start the third car instead finish 5th overall and win the IMSA class. Priced to sell at $4500. These really trans- Always stored inside in climate controlled of his two more experienced team mates. I’m not sure why, maybe they form the 991 when it gets cold and they are 2 Continental Tires Porsche OEM, garage. 11’ 7’’ tall. Total car storage at figured he should drive in the rain while it was still light. In any case, it was We ended up fifth overall and first in IMSA class. If it had been a 12- hour terrific snow tires as well. Tires like new, 55/55/18, all season, less than 1,000 miles 98’’ high and 14’7” long. Seven (includes a bad decision, as he crashed heavily on the Mulsanne before the first fuel race, we would have won. But at least we finished and did win the IMSA wheels in excellent condition. Will deliver usage. Will fit Porsche Cayenne, VW spare) new tires, brakes, and 2 deep cycle stop. The car was too damaged to return to the pits, so was out almost class once again (for the third time in a row). Jean Rondeau had won Le within reasonable distance to be negoti- Touareg or Audi Q7. Pair was $500 new. batteries. Newly serviced Generator, AC ated. Contact Erik Koik, [email protected] Asking $150. Contact Gabriel Venzin 513- and heat pump, all powered by propane before it started. We had to use a fork lift and floor jacks on Sunday to get Mans in his own car, beating the Joest 908 (936). or 937-244-8200 (9/16) 332-7256 (2/17) or batteries. Hydraulic trailer and in-trailer it back into the truck, so the damage was severe. car lift. Electric wench for pulling cars into Most of the team went home to the USA. A few of us proceeded directly Aluminum Tire Rack for Trailex Trailers Complete set (4) Pirelli Sottozero Win- the trailer. Self contained gas grill and many The other two cars ran well for a while. After about nine hours, the #71 to Kremer’s workshops in Cologne to prepare the back-up car for the Custom made, well constructed aluminum ter Performance Tires (2) 295/30 R 19 other extras. $50K OBO. 513-658-9160 or came in with an engine issue and was retired. Jerry had to build the engine Norisring the next week. tire rack made for 6’6”wide Trailex Trailers. rear tires mounted on 11J x 19 H2 5 spoke [email protected] (3/17) Comes with mounting bolts. (Trailex’s tire Porsche rims; (2) 235/35 R 19 front tires with old head studs, as the factory did not have any new ones available. rack sells for $616) Asking $440. Bell- mounted on 8J x 19 H2 5 spoke Porsche Jackpoint Jack Stands Like new, used That of course, is what broke. So, we were then down to one car, but it was brook, OH. Contact John McKean john- rims. Originally on 2006 997 Carrera 4S. less than 5 times due to purchase of a lift. running strongly fighting for the lead on and off with the Joest 908 (936), [email protected] (9/16) Asking $1200. Contact [email protected] $250. Call or text Brian at: 513-594-3407 and the Rondeaus. In fact, at the 12-hour mark, we were in the overall lead, (2/17) but at that point, the car started to have a slight misfire. All three of Kremer’s 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S Basalt Black with PDK. Purchased at Porsche of the Vil- 2006 Porsche 997 GT3 Factory Cup Car cars were out by this time, so they came down and were working with us lage and CPO until March 2017. 51,000 Raced in PCA and DE’s from 2007 to 2015. to try and figure out Editor’s note: miles. $78,000. Contact Richard Jackson 15 starts/11 podiums. Engine refreshed by what was causing A special Thank You to both Marty Raffauf and Glen Smale for their [email protected] (8/16) Porsche North America 2016 at 110 hrs, permission to reprint the above article. This article originally appeared this misfire. We ( $35K ). 6 speed sequential gearbox w/ on the Porsche Road and Race website (www.porscheroadandrace. Porsche 912E Parts Used original factory blipper – saves a lot of wear and tear on kept taking parts off com). Also thank you to the following for the use of their photography: 912E muffler. Removed from my E years trans. Trans rebuilt with Porsche and KMP their cars at each Martin Raffauf, Jerry Woods, the late Bruce Anderson, Sharon Trethan and PORSCHE. ago. Very Good condition. Asking $650. parts ($23K). JRZ adjustable shocks. Up- stop and trying Used 912E distributor. Make offer. Con- graded suspension parts to 997 series 2. to fix ours. Spark If you are not familar with the Porsche Road and Race web site, tact Tony Scheuer [email protected] or cell New rotors/pads, 2016. Two DE hours as a plugs, fuel lines, I encourage you to visit it.The site contains just about everything 513-404-0903 (2/17) shake down. New paint/livery by Dan Por- PORSCHE, including some great historic racing articles. fuel pumps were all ter. Refurbished stock header and muffler Porsche Collectibles Collection of die- comes with the car. Available-New Pro Fab changed. As this Jerry Woods disables the bad cylinder on the #70 on cast Porsches, mostly 1/18th scale and ultra (expensive) high-end header, polished went on, we fell from Sunday morning. collectible Porsche hardbound books for straight pipe, stainless steel exhaust ($7K). the lead group as sale. Also a large collection of Ferrari die- Maintained by Wright Motorsports from nothing seemed to help. The bad weather seemed to follow us as well cast models in 1/8th, 1/12th and 1/18th 2007. $175K OBO. Greg Frese, 513-658- as it continued to rain on and off. Everything was wet and dirty, all the scale, hardbound Ferrari books and peri- 9160 or [email protected] (3/17) odicals. Contact Tony Scheuer tony@fuse. mechanics were soaked. With about three hours to go, Redman pitted, net or cell 513-404-0903 (2/17) Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America Steve Schultz Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America 1375 Soaring Heights Drive Dayton OH 45440

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