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THE May 2019 CircuitA publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America The Circuit May 2019 GRAND PRIX REGION & 6 Fri Diablo Region DE, Thunderhill GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS 7-8 S-Sun PCA (GGR) Club Race/DE, Thunderhill 3 mile CONTENTS ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR 14 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill President Advertising Chair - Stefan Koch 14 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Jeff Peck [email protected] (818) 601-1701 20-22 F-Sun PCA Club Race High Plains (310) 345-8081 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar May 22 Sun F1 Singapore [email protected] CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver 3 Masthead page: Table of Contents 5 Sun GPX Concours at Lakewood Country Club 29 Sun F1 Russia [email protected] (562) 430-3010 Board of Directors & Chairs 5 Sun Cinco de Mayo 30 Mon Rosh Hashana Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett 4 From The President's Desk 11 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Vice President [email protected] (909) 518-0415 5 Editorial License 11 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast October Ellsworth "Doc" Pryor (818) 402-6264 11 Sat Luftgekuhlt — Luft 6 Los Angeles 9 Wed Yom Kippur Circuit Editor- Skip Carter Social Media Links [email protected] 12 Sun Mother's Day 12 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill [email protected] (619) 992-9927 6 GPX May 18 Tour flyer 12 Sun F1 Spain 12 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast La Canada to Ft Tejon State Park 15-18 W-Sat Treffen High Desert, Sunriver Resort, Bend, Ore 13 Sun F1 Japan Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi Secretary [email protected] (626) 869-7471 7 GPX June 22 Tour flyer 17-19 F-Sun PCA Club Race Mid Ohio 12-13 S-Sun SDR DE/TT Chuckwalla Marty Goldsmith 18 Sat GPX Tour La Canada to Fort Tejon State Park Wrightwood the Wrong Way 14 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX (562) 494-6350 Circuit Distribution - Albert Franco 18-19 S-Sun PCA (GGR) Club Race/DE, Buttonwillow 14 Mon Columbus Day [email protected] [email protected] (310) 379-8987 8 GPX Tour July 27-28 flyer 26 Sun F1 Monaco 18-20 F-Sun GGR DE LAGUNA SECA (3 days) 92db La Canada to Kernville River Rafting 27 Mon Memorial Day 27 Sun F1 Mexico Concours - Linda Cobarrubias 10 Treffen Santa Barbara Report 31-2 F-Sun PCA Club Race Watkins Glen 25-27 F-Sun PCA Club Race Daytona [email protected] (310) 990-0993 Treasurer 31 Fri Diablo Region DE, Laguna Seca 26-27 S-Sun PCA (GGR) Club Race, Sonoma Raceway (w/NASA) 11 PCA Club Racing West Coast Series flyer Linda Cobarrubias GPX Store Chair - Alicia Weaver 31 Thu Halloween June (310) 990-0993 [email protected] (562) 726-5200 14 Califonria Festival of Speed Report 1-2 S-Sun PCA Club Race Hastings [email protected] 18 Day Away from Work Report 8 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill November GPX Store Advisor - Ludmila Osipova 22 April Breakfast Meeting Report 8 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 2-3 S-Sun SDR DE/TT Buttonwillow [email protected] (424) 279-0069 9 Sun F1 Canada 3 Sun F1 USA Member at Large 24 Book Review: The Point of it All 15-16 S-Sun 24 Hours of Le Mans 9 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Alan Johnson Insurance - Ron Shanon 26 May Anniversaries & New Members [email protected] (310) 375-9840 16 Sun Father's Day 9 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast (562) 305-8002 27 Poppy Field's Tour Report 9-10 S-Sun PCA Club Race Motorsport Ranch AlanTheInspector@ 21-23 F-Sun PCA Club Race ViR Membership - Patty Reilly 28 Classifieds 22 Sat GPX Tour Wrightwood the wrong way with 11 Mon Veterans Day verizon.net [email protected] (714) 402-2405 29 GPX Tour July 13 stop at a Fire Lookout Tower -- 17 Sun F1 Brazil 23 Sun F1 France 25 Mon Diablo Region DE, Laguna Seca Performance Driving Events - Skip Carter Mt Wilson Telescope Night Viewing Member at Large 30 Sun F1 Austria 28 Thu Thanksgiving [email protected] (619) 992-9927 Jimmie Mitchell 30 On the Cover (310) 539-2568 Registration - Colleen Stein Cone Zone Calendar December July [email protected] [email protected] (661) 714-3030 27 Index of Advertiser 1 Sun F1 Abu Dhabi 4 Thu Independence Day 14 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Breakfast Club Meeting Notice 13 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Safety - Nick Perdikaris [email protected] (310) 901-8154 13 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 14 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Member at Large Commercial Advertising Rates 23 Mon Chanukah (first day) Skip Carter 13 Sat GPX Mt Wilson Observatory night viewing Social Events- 14 Sun F1 Great Britain 25 Wed Christmas (619) 992-9927 31 Tue New Year's Eve Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro 18-21 Th-Sun PCA (GGR) Club Race/DE LAGUNA SECA 103db [email protected] [email protected] (626) 705-8686 21-27 Sun-Sat 64th Porsche Parade, Bota Raton, Fla [email protected] (323) 633-7915 INFORMATION 27 Sat GPX Tour La Canada to Kernville River Rafting GPX GrandPrixRegion.com Past President Social Media - John Kunkle 27-28 S-Sun PCA Club Race Brainerd Zone 8 Zone8.org 28 Sun F1 Germany Suesan Carter [email protected] (562) 552-0960 (619) 992-4287 PCA National PCA.org Tech Inspection - Dan Hockett [email protected] US.Porsche.com/national August [email protected] (909) 921-5596 PCNA 4 Sun F1 Hungary Porsche AG Porsche.com 2-4 F-Sun PCA Club Race Mosport Technical Adviser - Michael Dolphin ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE [email protected] (213) 248-4743 GPX Landing Page on MotorsportReg: 10 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com 10 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast David Witteried Tours - Alan Johnson 10 Sat GPX Summer BBQ (760) 373-1413 [email protected] (562) 305-8002 15-18 F-Sun Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion [email protected] 16-18 F-Sun PCA Club Race NJMP Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell 18 Sun Pebble Beach Concours [email protected] (310) 539-2568 21-22 S-Sun SDR DE/TT Big Willow EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the 31-2 F-Sun PCA Club Race Road America PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full September credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. 1 Sun F1 Belgium 2 Mon Labor Day ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 6400, Columbia, MD 8 Sun F1 Italy 21045 or [email protected] or 410.381.0911 ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes. 2 3 The Circuit May 2019 From The President's Desk Skip Carter 2017 Zone 8 Region of the Year April was a very quiet month for me club wise. It was nice to have some down time to complete some of the many spring-cleaning projects that I have on my list that never seem to get done. But the highlight of the month was the parking lot with many varied years and models of Porsche As this goes out we are about a week away from our annual about people parking their Porsches in heated garages for the new date for our Breakfast Club which I’ll cover a little later cars. Our Cone Zone was filled with 4 door models, which Concours d'Elegance, which has been held at the Lakewood winter. What's wrong with driving them in weather? If I had in this column. was terrific to see. We also sold quite a few breakfasts for our Country Club for the last several years. The Lakewood is a to drive in snow and ice, give me a 4-wheel drive Porsche any gracious hosts, Glory Days Beachside Grill. Supporting our nice venue that we've enjoyed. It's not too big, not too fancy day, and not just a Cayenne. Events on our Calendar hosts is very important for us, since they provide great food (kinda like us), it's been around for a long time and we've I’d like to mention some of the great events coming up. and a great club house for us. It has to be worth it to them to been treated really well there. Porsche Parade —Boca Raton Alan Johnson, our amazing Tours chair, comes up with the host us, so thank you to all the members who buy breakfast Before my time in GPX I heard about other locations Something unusual at Parade this July... And something best tours. Look for them on page 2, and the ads in this is- and help support our club house. around the Long Beach area that we had used, so having to I've never seen before. Weatherwise, July in Boca Raton is, sue. Coming up in mid-May is the La Cañada to Fort Tejon come up with a new location periodically is not unexpected. well, probably as bad as it gets. But this is the first time that State Park over some of the most fun back roads on the back The May Cone Zone features all 911s through 1989 When I first got involved with GPX about 15 years ago we've been told that when it comes to tours this year, it is side of the San Gabriel’s.