TOBACCO ROADS June 2008 Parade Charlotte 2008 Calendar For more information and event listings, go to: http://www.carolinas-pca.com Jun 7 Carolinas Region Autocross Series—Event 2 Hosted by the Hickory Area and Sponsored by Porsche of Hickory. See registration information on page 20. Jun 7 Car Show at Foreign Cars Europa, Greensboro, NC. For more information see the Triad Area Report on page 8. Jun 7 Triangle Area helping with American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure. See Triangle Area Report on page 10 for more information. Jun 21 Porsche Design Trunk Show at Vision Plus, Greenville. See page 18 for information. Jun 28 - Jul 3 Porsche Parade—Charlotte See Parade Update on page 15. Jul 4-5 Drivers Ed at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Charlotte Information on page 22. Jul 12 Triangle Area’s Trip to Chateau Morrisette Blues Festival. Jul 19 Carolinas Region Pool Party, Spartanburg, SC. See page 17 for information. Aug 2 Triad Area Swap Meet at Speedwerks, Thomasville, NC Aug 15-17 Triangle Area’s trip to Tail of the Dragon III. See Triangle Area Report on page 10 for information. Sept 7 AutoFair at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Sept 13 Bookmark’s Shine & Show. See Triad Area Report on page 8 Sept 14-19 Carolina Trophy. For information, go to www.carolinatrophy.com or call 704 351-2087 and ask for Paul. Sept 19-21 Winston Salem Concours d’Elegance. Email [email protected] or [email protected] Oct TBD October Fest hosted by Doc’s GRRRage, Lexington SC Oct 11 Annual Oktoberfest Sponsored by Foreign Cars Europa, Greensboro, NC Oct 4-5 Drivers Ed at Carolina Motorsports Park. Oct 6-7 Triangle Area’s Beach Run Oct 17-19 Euro Auto Festival, Greer, SC Oct 25-26 Fall Tour hosted by Metrolina Area Oct 31 - Nov 2 Carolinas Region Club Race at Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC Nov 15 FALLOUT, GMP’s Fall Show, Charlotte, NC. Nov 21-23 Drivers Ed at VIR, Alton, VA Dec 2 Triad Area’s Christmas Party at Foreign Cars Europa, Greensboro, NC Dec 13 Carolinas Region Holiday Party at the Marriot Hotel in Columbia SC. Hosted by the Sun Fun Area. Note: Events in bold type earn points toward the Carolinas Region Enthusiast of the Year Award. June 2008 — Page 3 Carolinas Region Board of Directors Bob Saville, President Gene Kendrick, Vice President Jack Christine, Secretary 704.394.5422 162 Ivy Street 704-987-1527 [email protected] Spartanburg, SC 29302 PO Box 2179 Cell phone 864 444 1635 Davidson, NC 28036-2179 Home phone 864 582 4619 [email protected] [email protected] Bryson Kiser, Treasurer PO Box 9148 Walter Stone Marty Barrett, Chief Instructor Hickory, NC 28603 Autocross Chairman Safety Chairman 828.327.6868 [email protected] 910 295-1955 [email protected] [email protected] Steve Hauptmann John Alpaugh Bill Williams Club Race Co-Chair Club Race Co-Chair Corner Worker Chairman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 803 896-9827 (day) Day (803)-736-3950 Brian Powell Sadie Kilcrease Carol Vargo Newton Driving Events Chairman Goodie Store Chairman Region Historian 704 814-9996 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 336 476-3120 704 236 6374 10109 Deer Spring Ln. Charlotte, NC 28210 Nadine Saville Dale Hewitt Membership Chairman and Newsletter Editor Harvey Yancey Drivers Ed Registrar [email protected] 2008 Parade Chairman 704.394.5422 336 286-8330 704.442.8386 [email protected] [email protected] Paul D. Lueskow Website Manager [email protected] 864 979-2169 (cell) Delmar Kiser Mike Masterson Douglas McKee Hickory Area Director Metrolina Area Mountain Area Director [email protected] Co-Director [email protected] 828 428-2934 [email protected] 828 255-3666 803-548-2242 Rock Webb Jerry Kilcrease Martin Salas Sun Fun Area Director Triad Area Director Triangle Area Director 803 530-2864 [email protected] 919 697-5992 [email protected] 336 476-3120 [email protected] Jim Horner Upstate SC Area Director 864 320 3341 [email protected] John Nelson Charles Ruppert 356 Technical Advisor 911 Technical Advisor [email protected] 336 297-9595 [email protected] John Forbes Chuck Zachman 914 and 914-6 Technical Advisor Jay Dorfer Past President and 400 Brevard Dr Technical Advisor Technical Advisor 928 Stanley, NC 28164 924/944/968 [email protected] 704-351-3304 [email protected] [email protected] AREA Meetings: Hickory Area Tobacco Roads is the official publication of Second Tuesday each month at 6:30 PM (May 13) the Carolinas Region, Porsche Club of Amer- At Porsche of Hickory, 1712 8th St Dr SE, Hickory NC, 28602 ica Contact Area Director Delmar Kiser 828-428-2934 or email [email protected] Editor Dale Hewitt 138 Air Harbor Rd Greensboro, NC 27455 Metrolina 336.286-8330 3rd Thursday at 7:00 PM [email protected] The Waldhorn Restaurant, 12101 Lancaster Highway, Pineville, NC (Lancaster Hwy.= Hwy. 521(aka South Blvd.) south of Hwy. 51). The ideas, opinions, and suggestions ex- Phone 704-540-7047. pressed in Tobacco Roads are those of the Contact Mike Masterson, Area Director at 803 548-2242 or authors and no authentication is implied [email protected] by the editors or publishers. Tobacco Roads has not authenticated the claims and guarantees as offered in this publication. Mountain The first Saturday each month at 11:00 AM Deal Porsche, 621 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC Contact Douglas McKee, Area Director at 828 255-3666 or email [email protected] Sun Fun—(Date Change) Going Back to Third Tuesday Each Month (June 17 ) Bower Grill (used to be Foxfire Grill) CHANGE OF ADDRESS Harbison, SC on Bower PKY Contact Rock Webb, Area Director Tobacco Roads is mailed using the PCA Na- 803 530-2864 or [email protected] tional address list. To change your address, you must contact: PCA National Office Upstate South Carolina P.O. Box 1347 3rd Tuesday Each Month—at 6:30 PM Springfield, VA 22151-0347 The Italian Market and Grill Phone 703 321-2111 Contact Jim Horner, Area Director 864 320 3341 or [email protected] https://www.pca.org/members/ address_change_real.html You will need your member number. Triad Area 3rd Tuesday each month at 7:00 PM Big Shotz Tavern, 1480 River Ridge Road, Clemmons, NC Contact Jerry Kilcrease, Area Director at 336-476-3120 or [email protected] Triangle Second Thursday of the month 6:30 PM at Blinco's Restaurant, 6711 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh, NC 27612 Contact Triangle Area Director Martin Salas 919 697-5992 Home or email [email protected] Around the Region– Bob Saville As you read this, Parade is less than one month away. Wow, less than a month! It’s been a long and eventful trip to get to this point, but here we are, ready or not. Harvey and the entire Parade committee have done an amazing job of jug- gling events, vendors, politics, and just the plain enormity of this whole thing. They all deserve a big thank you! Re- gardless of how things turn out, good or bad, I can honestly say I am proud of the effort put forward from the members of the Carolinas Region. To that end….we need more help. There is a wealth of knowledge here in the Region that we desperately need to use. With Parade, we will be playing host to nearly 2,000 guests and we want to put our best foot forward. Even if you’re not attending Parade (and why aren’t you??), we could still use your help with things. Who better to keep things running smoothly than the good old hospitality of the Carolinas Region? Six and a half years ago, when Nadine and I moved from New Jersey, we didn’t know what to expect from the people and the Porsche Club. We were immediately embraced and have loved every minute of our lives in Charlotte. I’m hop- ing we can bring a little bit of that to the many people visiting Charlotte and the Carolinas for the first time. If you can spare some time, please help us make Parade 2008 the best ever. Check out www.paradecharlotte.org, select an area of interest, and contact the chair person directly. Know your way around Charlotte? How about helping with the Conci- erge? Like to work on cars? How about the Tech committee? Or do you just want to meet people? Check-in, the Goodie Store, Hospitality, etc are all good ways to meet and greet everyone coming in. Anything you can do, no matter how small, can make a big impact. I have been asked by our Goodie Store Chair, Sadie Kilcrease to remind everyone that the Carolinas Region Goodie Store will be set up in the Hospitality Room during Parade, NOT in the general Parade Goodie Store. There are many reasons for this, but one of the best reasons is that now Sadie and her staff will be able to give you much better per- sonal service than if all our stuff were lumped into the general Goodie Store. So, stop by, say hello, and I’m sure she’d love for you to buy some great Carolinas Region stuff! If you haven’t signed up yet, there is probably still some space in the Drivers Ed at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on July 4-5. No, we are not just driving around the oval NASCAR style, we actually do right turns on the infield, while still utilizing much of the banked part of the track.