The Bahn Stormer Volume XVI, Issue 3 -- April 2011
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The Bahn Stormer Volume XVI, Issue 3 -- April 2011 More about this car on page 17 Photo by Tom Fielitz The Official Publication of the Rally Sport Region - Porsche Club of America The Bahn Stormer For Information on, or submissions to, Contents The Bahn Stormer contact Mike O’Rear at The Official Page .......................................................3 [email protected] or 734-214-9993 A Few Quarts Low.......................................... ...........4 (Please put Bahn Stormer in the subject line) Calendar of Events........................................... .........5 Deadline: Normally by the end of the third Membership Page........................................... .........9 week-end of the month. Evolution of the Porsche 356 - Part 4 .....................10 RSR Racing Team ....................................................12 For Commercial Ads Contact Jim Christopher at Ramblings From a Life With Cars........................ ....16 [email protected] RSR Holiday Party ...................................................19 In the Zone .............................................................21 Advertising Rates (Per Year) Board Meeting Minutes .........................................23 Full Page: $650 Quarter Page: $225 Classifieds ...............................................................25 Half Page: $375 Business Card: $100 Final Lap .................................................................27 Material for the The Bahn Stormer may be reprinted (except for ads) provided proper credit is given to the author and the source. Copy is the responsibility of the Advertisers’ Index advertiser. ARESCO, Inc ........................................................................ 20 AutoMark Collision Center ................................................. 26 PORSCHE®, The Porsche Crest®, CARRERA®, Carlyle/Mediterrano ........................................................... 18 and TARGA® are trademarks of Porsche AG Clear Auto Bra ...................................................................... 4 Fred Lavery Porsche ........................................................... 22 Gilson Motor Sports ........................................................... 24 Grand Sport LLC .................................................................... 8 Howard Cooper .............................................................14-15 Munk’s Motors ................................................................... 20 Porsche of Farmington Hills ................................................ 28 Rennstatt, Inc........................................................................ 6 V&W Motors ........................................................................ 2 Watermark Builders .............................................................. 6 Check out the latest news on our website rsp.pca.org Check out other PCA events at the Zone 4 website -- zone4.pca.org 2 The Official Page 2011 Rally Sport Region Officers President Tech Chairperson Events Committee Jim Christopher * Jim Dunham Chairpersons: Norah & David Cooper: 248-627-8655 734-451-1288 [email protected] Ortonville 48462 Plymouth 48170 Liz Christopher: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jeff Corbin: Immediate Past President Track Registrar [email protected] Patrick Jeski Tom Krueger Sue Sarin: 734-878-2747 313-570-2223 [email protected] Pinckney 48169 Sterling Heights 48313 Arnie Spieker: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Track Chairperson Other Board Members Rick Mammel * Christian Maloof * Ken Knight * 248-442-9008 734-424-0818 734-214-9575 Novi 48375 Dexter 48130 Ann Arbor 48198 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Goody Store Chairperson Safety Chairperson David Cooper * Jim Christopher * John Melvin 734-207-1599 248-627-8655 734-665-8912 Canton 48187 Ortonville 48462 Ann Arbor 48103 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jim Dowty * Advertising Chairperson Archivist / Historian 734-878-1300 Jim Christopher * Glenn Trapp Pinckney 48169 248-627-8655 810-227-7854 [email protected] Ortonville 48462 Brighton 48114 [email protected] [email protected] Jack Dunlap * 810-231-2872 Membership Chairperson Bahn Stormer Editor Hamburg 48139 Glenn Trapp Mike O’Rear [email protected] 810-227-7854 734-214-9993 Brighton 48114 Ann Arbor 48103 David Finch * [email protected] [email protected] 734-665-2215 Ann Arbor 48103 Treasurer Der Cranky Webmeister [email protected] Burghard Linn Emmanuel Garcia 810-227-1223 248-635-7655 Brighton 48116 South Lyon 48178 Zone 4 Rep [email protected] [email protected] Ron Carr (704) 967-6027 Secretary Crack Legal Team & Insurance Northern Ohio Region Mary Ann Kantrow Michael Kimber * [email protected] 734-998-1403 248-538-7711 Ann Arbor 48105 Bloomfield, MI 38301 [email protected] [email protected] * Denotes Board Member 3 ship. Feel free to give them a call at (734) 259-0021 or A Few Quarts Low visit them on the web at: www.norockchips.com. By Jim Christopher, RSR President BTW, please support all of our advertisers. They’re good people providing good service and helping to & Former Gentleman Farmer support our Club! Former Gentleman Farmer The Voices You know, I was prepared to provide the second install- Finally! The season is ment of the GT3 - Case 5088 comparison. Unfortu- upon us! The Voices nately, my friends in Case’s engineering department called to me and I was haven’t been cooperating…making the installment helpless to refuse. I’ve incomplete. I’ll regroup and work around the impedi- already had a couple ment – of course. This will be after I send a message hours of seat time in Case indicating that my audience has the same demo- the 911. The car still graphics that Ferrari would covet for direct advertising. provides a sublime You see, Fiat owns Case/IH and, of course, Ferrari…. experience, especially so when you’ve driven In the Zone a Ford Focus or Ex- Michael Kimber represented the Club at the annual plorer for the last four President’s meeting on March 19th. The meeting is months. A few days ago comprised of Board Members and Presidents from the our “country” road cleared of ice leading the way to dry pave- entire Zone 4 region – we look forward to his report in ment. Windows down, sunroof back, heater on maximum next month’s issue of the Bahn Stormer. – it was a deeply moving experience. The experience was Jim so worth the wait; so much so that I even ignored the racket emanating from the Hells’ Yuppies peddling along the road in front of me. Consistent with the notion that the season is here, I make the yearly pitch for folks to step forward and help to host an event. We have a number of very good ideas to provide truly enjoyable times while enjoying our Porsches – in fact, some of the ideas are really great – we just need a few folks to help out. Support Our Advertisers! I am happy to present another new advertiser to the Bahn Stormer joining Automark Collision for 2011. Clear Auto Bra (also known as Paint Protection Plus, LLC) has been installing paint protection film, as its sole business since 2002. Per- haps the best way to visualize their expertise --- PPP installs a thin, clear plastic film on the front and/or leading edges of your vehicle – like side view mirrors – to prevent damage to your paint caused by small rocks, sand, salt and bugs. Once installed it is virtually invisible. They are certified installers of 3M Scotchguard Paint Protection and computer cut each ap- plication in house. PPP has performed two flawless installations for me in the last few years – I highly recommend their product and workman- 4 RSR Calendar of Events April 16 (Sat.): Rally Sport, Southeast Michigan, and August 2 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 PM at Motor-Stadt regions’ Annual Swap Meet at Porsche Karl’s Cabin in Plymouth of Farmington Hills (see ad on page 7) August 23 (Tues.): RSR Drivers’ Education -- Waterford May 3 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 PM at Hills Carlyle’s in Ann Arbor September 13 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 May 24 (Tues.): RSR Drivers’ Education -- Waterford PM at Carlyle’s in Ann Arbor Hills September 27 (Tues.): RSR Drivers’ Education -- Water- June 7 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 PM at ford Hills Karl’s Cabin in Plymouth October 4 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 PM June 11 (Sat.): A Drive in the Country -- Hosted by Mike at Karl’s Cabin in Plymouth & Kathy O’Rear November 1 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 June 25-26 (Sat.-Sun.): RSR Drivers’ Education -- Grat- PM at Carlyle’s in Ann Arbor tan Raceway December 6 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 July 12 (Tues.): RSR Board/Club Meeting -- 7:00 PM at PM at Karl’s Cabin in Plymouth Carlyle’s in Ann Arbor July 26 (Tues.): RSR Drivers’ Education -- Waterford Hills Surrounding Area Events April 15 -16 (Fri.-Sat.): Ohio Valley Region Drivers’ Educa- June 18 (Sat.): Western Michigan Region’s Spring-Up tion at Mid-Ohio to Traverse (City). For details go to http://wmi.pca.org/ default.htm April 30 - May 1 (Sat.-Sun.): Northern Ohio Region Drivers’ Education at Mid-Ohio June 25-26 (Sat.-Sun.): Porsche will be the featured marque at the Vintage Grand Prix Mid-Ohio. For details May 13-15 (Fri.-Sun.): Allegheny Region Drivers’ Education go to http://www.midohio.com/ at Watkins Glen July 23: (Sat.): Allegheny Region 50th Anniversary Cel- May 13-15 (Fri.-Sun.): Mid-Ohio Region Drivers’ Education ebration at