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Der Gasser 5@HSE MARCH 1997 Riesentoter Region • Porsche Club of America HIGH PERFORMANCE coed0^ r-s BOSCH flUAICERSTATE AT HOLBERTS IT'S WHATYOU EXPECTAND WHATWE DELIVER. EXCITING AUTCMCBILES AT THE BEST PRICES BACKED BY EXPERIENCED SERVICE. PARTS. AND AFTER-MARKET DEPARTMENTS. IF IT'S THE PERFORMANCE EDGEYCUWANT. WE'LL SUPPLY YCU THE EDGE THAT MADE THE HCLBERTTEAM IMSA & LEMANS CHAMPION AGAIN IN 1987. SO WHETHER IT'S ON THETRACK OR ON THE ROAD ... OR SLIGHTLY OFF THE ROAD COME TO HOLBERTS AND EXPERIENCE HIGH PERFORMANCE. riOEBtt (215) 343-1600 (215) 343-2890 nWTWTK President's Message ] My life isa shambles. My whole world has been turned upside down. I haven't slept in days. Have you driven a Boxster yet? No? Well don't. I did, and now I'm really in a mess. Since that fateful day, I've been trying tofigure out how I can go on living without one. It's not easy. As a 914/6 lover, this car, this Boxster thing reminds me ofwhat the 914/6 could have been had Porsche/VW continued to build the original car. Asa 911 lover, the Boxster drives home it's Porsche pedigree. This is Help Needed 100% Porsche. Tobesure,thereare vastdifferences between the 914/6and the Boxster-overall length and wheel base, not the Nazareth Speedway least ofthese, with theBoxster appearing quite a bitlarger than CART/Indy Car - April 25,26 & 27 the petite /6. And although it is easy to trace the Boxster's NASCAR/Busch Series - May 17 & 18 lineage back tothe current 911, the Boxster looks like nothing else on the road. Indeed, for all of it's modem-ness, this car NASCAR/Supertnick Series - June 28& 29 harks allthe way teick tothe Spyders and RSKs ofthe 50s. All racing enthusiasts are invited to help out at these Ifyou were one ofthe fortunate 212(!) RiesentOters to attend the races at Nazareth Speedway. As anyone who helped New Members' Night at Holbert's Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen out last year can attest, these are the BEST "seats" in on February 26*^, you witnessed a superb presentation on the the house. You won't get any closer to the action Boxster by our good friend and Holbert's Sales Manager, Vince withoutactuallygettingin the cars. Evans. With virtually every auto magazine inthis country doing a cover article on thecar over thelast few months, I will take a page from 'The Book that Vince Wrote," and spare you the For info call John Chatley technical details oftheBoxster. Rather, allow meto simply list (610) 696-7125 (evenings) my reactions. 1) This is unmistakably a Porsche. 2) Designed from the get-go as aroadster, the car isstructurally rigid. 3) The NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!! engine has that wonderful 911 sound. 4) The Boxster is state of the art modem. 5) It embodies tradition and current-day combined. 6)Itsimply makes mefeel GOOD todrive it. In the market for a new car? Don't put yourself through the Lifejackets for the Track! agony I have hadtoendure. Buy a Boxster. This exclusively designed bar, made RiesentOter's up-coming meeting on Wednesday, March 26, DAW T specially for all 911/C2/C4 models, 7:30 PM @The Bent Elbow Tavern in Ft.Washington will be IDULimthe1 requiresinteriorNOupholsteryCUTTINGororbody.drillingTheof the return of Round Table Tech. Do you have a te^nical bar hugs the door pillars and roofline. question regarding your Pwsche? Maybe some sage advice you Again, No AlterationsI $55^ have garnered over the years ofworking on your Porsche that AUTHORIZED DEALER PA-NJ-NY you would like to share with others? Or maybe you would like to OHGINAl leam more about thefunctions of POTSche Club. Come, join us. Cage $799 Sitwith usat one (ot more) oftheRound Tables. Each will be CAGES AND BARS ARE BACK! Bar $399 headed byan expert of the particular Porsche model you own. Oneofthetables willbeall about Clubfunctions. Maybe you are a relatively new member and would like to get more complete details on what membership in RiesentOter Region, Porsche Corbeau Dealer, 5 & 6 Point Harnesses Club of America is all about. This is the forum you may be We Can Supply Custom Sizes & Many Colors looking for. Any Brand Seat! Also, Custom \Mndow Nets Driving a Porsche is a privilege! Share with others as we enjoy a DOUGHERTY the privilege. \~ T AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES Best regards, WEST CHESTER, PA (610) 692 - 6039 John Heckman COVER PHOTO -1997 911 Turbo (Photo courtesy Pfflsche Cars North America ©1996) Down The Pike [MARCH 1997 TRACK EVENTS 26 Club Meeting, Bent Elbow Tavern, Fort Washington, PA 7:30, Topic: Round Table Tech APRIL APRIL 12-13 Road Atlanta (Club Race, Host - Peachstate) 25-26 Lime Rock (Club Race, Host - Conn. Valley IS Autocross School MAY 27 Autocross 30 Club Meeting, Arnold's Go Cart Karts Center, Oaks, PA 3-4 Pocono (Driver's Ed, Host - RTR) 17-18 7:30 Mid-Ohio (Club Race, Host - Mid-Ohio) JUNE MAY 13-14 Texas World Speedway (Club Race, in conjunc 18 Spring Rally and Social (detailsforthcoming) tion with the Porsche Parade) 25 Autocross 20-22 Watkins Glen (Driver's Ed - RTR) 28 Club Meeting, Vision Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, 21-22 Brainerd (Club Race, Host - Nord Stem) Reading, PA, 7:30 27-28 Sununit Point (Club Race, Host - Potomac) JULY ifUNE 5-6 Stapleton (Club Race, Host - Rocky Mountain) IS Autocross 12-13 Gingerman (Club Race, in Michigan) 26 Club Meeting, 7:30 \AUGUST fULY 2-3 Portland (Club Race, Host - Oregon) 2-3 Mosport (Club Race, Host - NNJ/Upper Canada) 6 Autocross 15 Pocono (Driver's Ed, Host - RTR) 30 Club Meeting, CJ Tires, 7:30 16-17 Pocono (Club Race, Host - RTR) AUGUST 30-31 Road America (Club Race, Host - Chicago) 10 Autocross SEPTEMBER 27 Club Meeting, Don Rosen Porsche, Conshohocken, PA 6-7 Jefferson Circuit (Driver's Ed, Host - RTR) 7:30, Topic: Race Cars at Rosen's 6-7 Las Vegas (Club Race, New 2.5 mile FIA Road Course & Tri-Oval) SEPTEMBER 13-14 Willow Springs (Club Race, Host - Los Angeles) 21 Autocross 27-28 Indianapolis Raceway Park (Club Race) 24 Club Meeting, Speed Zone, Bethlehem, PA 7:30 OCTOBER 4-5 Heartland Park (Club Race, Host - Great Plains) OCTOBER 10-11 Sununit Point (Driver's Ed, Host - RTR) 19 Fall Rally and Social (detailsforthcoming) TEA Memphis (Club Race) 29 Club Meeting, Bent Elbow Tavern, Fort Washington, PA DECEMBER 7:30 Topic: Action and Tech Quiz 6-7 Sear's Point (Club Race, Host - Golden Gate) DECEMBER TEA Roebling Road (Club Race) 13 Holiday Banquet, Doylestown Country Club 149 Old LcHicQSter Road Sales Devon. PA Sofvice (610) 964-0477 Repairs Parts i^JOonuO^lbraith MOTORING. INC. PORSCHE and other hi^h-perfonnance Importe Club Meeting Info SILVERSTONE™ SPARK PLUGS & HOTWIRES™ IGNITION WIRE SETS March 2-5% More Horsepower Round Table Tech at the Bent Elbe Tavern - 582 Bethlehem Silverstone™ sparkplugs $7.95 Pike, Ft.Washington, PA. (Attheintersection ofRoute 73and Hotwires™ - 4cly $175.60 6cly $263.40 Bethlehem Pike) Telephone (215) 646-2228 for directions. Brake Rotors OB - firont Great sandwiches and light bar fare will be available. Our 911 '69-'83, 944 •83-'86 $35 each SOCIAL SMOOZ starts at 7:30, with the meeting getting 911 •84-'89 $68.62 underway at 8:00. Have you everwondered whata connecting 914 $42.40 rod connects or how you can get morehorsepower out of your Brake Rotors OB - rear 2.7 litre? This meetingis for youor your mechanic. 911 *69-'83 $68.35 944 '83-'86 $70.40 April 911 '84-'89 $68.92 Arnold's Go Cart Karts Center - Let's Have Some Fun On A 914 $42.40 Track With Arnold's Cars!!!!! 422 Business Center, V-2200 LUBRO MOLY Circle Drive,Oaks, PA is the site of our April Happening. This Ventil Sauber for clean valves $4.00/can is located just west ofKing ofPrussia at theOaks exitoff422. Jectron - cleansfuelinjection systems $5.50/can Call (610) 666-0600 for directions. (Don't call me - I can Motor Oil Saver - rejuvenates barely find Warrington). Special thanks tomember Ken Nubile gaskets andseals $6.50/can for the suggestion. In addition to clean, electric powered ATB Super Blue racing brake fluid $10.95/liter go-carts, you will enjoy thecutting-edge video arcade andgreat B-Z Bleed and Auto-Fill - the one person food in the fifties style of a "drive-in" restaurant. Our meeting brakebleeding system $39.50 will start at 7:30 with the first carts out at 8:15. Members and SWBPCO Gear Lube $34.50/gal. a guest areinvited. (Children must be12years oldand4 feet 4 MBGUIARS inches to drive). If youhave not driven there before, you may Final Inspection or Car Wash, want to go befOTe our meeting to check it out and to see the Shampoo &Conditioner $18.50/gal. mandatory video. Rebuilt water pumps 928 $115.00 May 944 $100.00 Vision Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen in Reading, PA welcomes Maintenance Kits - oil, air, fuel filters and plugs us with a wonderful "Welcome to Our World" Meeting. As you 911 $64.00 mayknow, Riesentdter member Craig Rosenfeld recently pur 944 $39.00 chased this dealership and has extended a very special invita 944 Turbo motor mounts $117.00 tion to us. More details to follow, including the meeting topic 911 Expandable return tubes, solidmachine and full address. No excuses from Reading area members not aluminum with Viton seals $24.00 to attend! 911 valve cover gaskets - latestyle kit $15.02 911 Mahleoil filter withdrain plug gaskets $7.80 964Oilpump, new $598.00 Brake rotors gasslotted from $90.00 Repco & Pagid brake pads.