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July 12Noreaster Color.Indd ZONE 1 CONCOURS & RALLY - THE REPORT! Cars and Coffee in Chestnut Hill The Announcement Porschefest 2012!! LY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 JULY theast Region Porsche Club of America Northeast Region Porsche Club of America Northeast Region Porsche Club of America Northeast Region Porsche Club of Amer Who we are.... What we do.... 15 NCR Annual Car Show 16 Cars and Coffee @ Eyespot 18 Auto Cross #3 26 20 Porsches and Polo 21 Watkins Glen! 22 Porschefest 2012 25 NER Escape to the Finger Lakes 26 three for three plus one 28 28 Auto Cross - the Lunch Report 30 The Tale of the Dragons Tail 33 Nominating Committee Formed 34 Porsche: An Enduring Racing Legacy 34 10 Anniversaries 6 On the Edge 16 Calendar 7 On the Loud Pedal Cover Photo Courtesy of 45 Marketplace 9 Four Speeds & Drum Brakes Richard Viard 46 New Members 10 Minutes Of The Board 46 Board of Directors 11 Under the Radar and Committee Chairs 12 The Long and Winding Road 13 Around the Cones 14 Don’t Lift The NOR’EASTER (ISSN-0199-4425) is published credit is given the NOR’EASTER and the author. No equivalent. All advertising inquiries and all monthly for an annual fee of $15.00 by the Porsche material may be reproduced if the NOR’EASTER advertising copy should be submitted to: Susana Club of America, Northeast Region at PO Box 409, was given the right to publish another Weber, POBox 409, W. Boxford, MA 01885, Phone West Boxford, MA 01885. Periodicals postage paid publications material. 978-352-6601(business hours please). All checks at West Boxford, MA and at additional mailing They reserve all rights to that material. payable to NER/PCA offi ces. Editor Adrianne Ross Advertising Rates Postmaster: Send address changes to: Graphic Designer Susana Weber Full page - $104/issue The NOR’EASTER Copy Editor John Koenig Inside front & back cover, full pg. - $144/issue PO Box 409 Advertising Mgr. Susana Weber Back cover, 2/3 pg, - $114/issue West Boxford, MA 01885 Advertising - Advertising is inserted on a prepaid Half page - $83/issue Writing and opinions expressed by the con- All communications should be directed to the basis. Discounts are off ered for three months (5%), One third page - $68/issue tributors in The NOR’EASTER do not necessarily editor. Permission is granted to reproduce any six months (10%), and one year (15%). Copy Quarter page - $52/issue represent those of the Porsche Club of America, material publishedherein, provided the full should be supplied photo ready or Business card - $37/issue or any of their subsidiaries, or regions. On the Edge Adrianne Ross ell darling Porschephiles, I’m fi nally ready to then I popped myself into my fi rst racecar and Wrelate my adventures through the LeMons headed confi dently to tech. Jay Lamm the owner/ race. Amy and Tom told you their stories, now it’s operator/ringmaster of the LeMons series was time for mine. there to do the job. As much as I love my Porsche and the marque He looked at the car with an appraising eye. in general, Porsche was not what I got to race in “Well it’s all good,” he said to Bruce, “except your this event. I recall only one Porsche, a 944 tomato; cage bracing bar is bent, so there’s pretty much you know the kind I mean. It blew through two no way you’re getting onto my racetrack.” engines — I’m not sure what that speaks to. I will I think the best word I can fi nd for my reaction tell you the team worked the overnight shift to was — gobsmacked. Failed? We failed tech? How get the job done… and I know, because I was could that be? Professionals had built our cage. there! (More on that later.) I got out and looked and Jay was right, the cage My team drove an ‘88 BMW ix. Let me fi rst say, wasn’t to spec. I know all-wheel drive on a racetrack is not ideal. Bruce and I put our heads together. Others But if it rained, well bub, we were going to kick came and put their heads in. The car would have some serious bootay! Of course it never rained. to go back to Hudson — more than an hour away Why should it rain in May? — to be fi xed, but it had to be teched by 5:00 pm Our beast was beautiful in all of its hand-paint- today! Young Uncle Nate raised a tentative hand, ed glory. We were racing to raise a little money “Ummm, we’re welders.” for the kids, and get a little experience racing, but Heads spun in Nate’s direction. “What?” mostly to hang out in the silliest paddock ever “Yeah,” he perked up, “we can fi x it for you if we conceived, eat ‘til we exploded, hang out with can fi nd an arc welder.” All heads simultaneously spun as one in “Well it’s all good,” he said to Bruce, “except the opposite direction across the garage to the guy on the fl oor, under his car, arc your cage bracing bar is bent, so there’s pretty welding a piece of fender onto his Jetta. much no way you’re getting onto my race track.” continued on page 44 friends, give everyone a little crap, and have a In This Issue... good time. We sure weren’t there to win — gods no! orschefest is announced with our very Our $500 beauty took six weeks to complete. Pspecial guest Vic Elford. We’re really excited She got a custom cage, a race seat, harnesses, to present him. Vic is a world class racing hero, window net, some fresh tires, and a once through make sure you come to hear him talk. Our rac- the engine. We documented, painted, stickered, ing legends series is unparalleled, and gets rave and were ready to go. reviews for every one we’ve presented. The team was made up of our charitable board, We have some great autocross pictures, check those who didn’t often get to race. Our special em out, along with our detailed lunch report. guests were the Verrill family: the family of a child The report on the Zone 1 event comes from we’ve been helping recently, Dylan. Dylan has our good friends at NNJR. They, along with Eric autism, and his family needed some help, so we Dow took some great shots. installed some equipment to keep him active. His Our Tale of the Tail has some amazing twists grandmother, grandfather, great-grandfather and and turns. It’s an epic tale of an epic adventure Uncle Nate were invited to spend the weekend that a bunch of our memebers attended. with us, and we were psyched to have them. Didn’t get any letters this month, but I en- The track opened at 7:00 am on Friday morning, courage y’all to send me pictures, and letters and Bruce and I showed up about fi ve hours after and stories. We have a few in the works, but that to unload, get it through tech, unpack, have always love to hear from you. a bar-b-que, and just chill. No need to rush… Next month we’ll talk about our Canadian trip, right? and hopefully explore one member’s unique We unloaded the car, unpacked the garage, and Porsche collection. page 6 NOREASTER On the Loud Pedal Christopher Mongeon lank, Empty, Clear, Vacant. These are just a get things done and not be distracted by his bril- Bfew words to describe my brain as I contem- liance. This meant that except for ducking out to plate this month’s column. Not that this column go to my kid’s school, I stayed very busy; too busy wasn’t thought about for some time, it’s just that to wander off in my mind and write a column. sometimes the best-laid plans… So, to forewarn Reason it did not work out that way number you, there will be no logic, rhyme or reason, or three: Father’s Day. No complaints here. I had underlying theme, and certainly no common de- a great Father’s Day weekend. The family and I nominator to the rest of what you read. What can took off Saturday to do a tour of a local brewery. be said is that there has been so much going on The tour itself was nothing extraordinary, but that I have not concentrated on one thing long the samples were really good, the boys were enough to consider myself competent to write better behaved than the rest of our group and, about it. You can think of me as one of the little just like a ride at Disney, you can’t get outside soccer players I coach that have but two speeds, without going through the store. So, after doing full throttle and stop. When I walk in the door at my part to support a small, local business the night I make sure to stay on my feet until I know little carnivores and I went to the butcher to take everything is done, because once I hit that couch, home something for dinner. Before I knew it, the I stop and there is no coming back. Anyway, the day was gone. Sunday did not disappoint either. offi ce was short one boss for the last couple of I woke to my monsters jumping into the bed weeks and I ignorantly thought that these two anxiously waving their handmade Father’s Day weeks were a golden opportunity for me to play cards at me and asking how I want my coff ee.
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