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House Automotive Sponsors Grand Prix Region's Day Away from Work Driver's Education the Circuit April 2021 April 2021 A publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America House Automotive sponsors Grand Prix Region's Day Away from Work Driver's Education The Circuit April 2021 GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS GRAND PRIX REGION & If you have suggestions about other events that CONTENTS you think our members would be interested in Advertising Chair - OPEN POSITION President seeing on our calendar, please let me know ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR Suesan Way Carter Autocross Timing - Ian Anderson 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar (619) 992-4287 [email protected] (760) 382-3412 3 Masthead page: Table of Contents April [email protected] Chief Driving Instructor/Safety Nick Perdikaris Board of Directors & Chairs 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Thunderhill 11-17 Porsche Parade, French Lick, Indiana [email protected] (310) 901-8154 3-4 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Chuckwalla 16-17 S-Sun Weathertech Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Vice President 4 PCA Tech Tactics flyer 18 Sun 356 Club Concours at Lakeview Park, Silverado Eric Peterson Circuit Editor- Skip Carter 9-11 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road Atlanta 5 Line Extending to the End of the Line 10 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) 18 Sun WEC 6 Hours of Monza, (562) 533-0573 [email protected] (619) 992-9927 10 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 18 Sun F1 Silverstone (UK) thepetersons_crib@ 6 Le Mans COVID Precautions 24-25 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Brainerd msn.com Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi 11 Sun F1 China [email protected] (626) 869-7471 8 GPX Apr 17 Tour to Wrightwood 12 Mon Ramadan begins 30-1 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Canadian Tire Motorpark (the wrong way) Secretary 17 Sat GPX Tour. Wrightwood the Wrong Way from Children's Dental Cliinic Liason - Patty Reilly 9 GPX Tour: Ventura to Solvang Redlands around Big Bear Lake August Alan Johnson [email protected] (714) 402-2405 to Jalama Beach Registration open: msreg.com/wrongwaywrightwood 1 Sun F1 Hungary (562) 305-8002 17-18 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Heartland 6-8 F-Sun Weathertech Sportscar Weekend Road America [email protected] Concours - OPEN POSITION 10 High Voltage: Porsche Electric Motors 23-24 F-Sat PCA Club Race, Lime Rock 7 Sat Monterey Pre-Reunion Consiglieri - Marty Goldsmith 13 West Coast Series flyer 25 Sun F1 TBC 12-15 Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Laguna Seca [email protected] (562) 494-6350 14 Book Reviews for Porschephiles: 13 Fri Werks Reunion, Monterey werksreunion.com Treasurer Porsche 356: The Essential Buyer's Guide May 13-15 F-Sun PCA Club Race, New Jersey Motorsport Park Hank Landsberg Drivers Education/Autocross - Skip Carter 1 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 13-15 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Mid-Ohio (562) 493-3589 [email protected] (619) 992-9927 16 GPX Kids 4 Sun Easter 14 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) [email protected] GPX Name Badge Order Form GPX Store Chair - OPEN POSITION 5-9 PCA Treffen, Scottsdale 14 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting GPX Open Chair Positions 8 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) 15 Sun Pebble Beach Concours 20-22 F-Sun Weathertech GT Challenge at VIR Insurance - Ron Shanon 18 March Membership Report 8 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting Director at Large [email protected] (310) 375-9840 9 Sun F1 Spain 28-29 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Sonoma Skip Carter 20 Classified Ads 12 Wed Eid al-Fitr begins 29 Sun F1 A=Belgium (619) 992-9927 Membership - Patty Reilly 24 Index fo Advertisers 13-16 Th-Sun 356 Club North-South Meet, Cambria [email protected] [email protected] (714) 402-2405 Cone Zone Calendar 14-16 F-Sun PCA Club Race, NOLA September 14-16 F-Sun Weathertech Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio 4-6 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road America Registration - Suesan Way Carter Breakfast Club Monthly Meeting Schedule [email protected] (619) 992-4287 15 Sat GPX Tour Ventura to Solvang ends Jalama Beach 5 Sun F1 Netherlands Director at Large On the Cover 6 Mon Labor Day Jimmie Mitchell 16 Sun Shavuot begins Social Events- Commercial Advertising Rates 22-23 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Buttonwillow 10-12 F-Sun Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca (310) 539-2568 Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro 23 Sun F1 Monaco 11 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) [email protected] [email protected] (626) 705-8686 WE ARE PLANNING OUR 11 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting [email protected] (323) 633-7915 30 Sun GPX/LAR Joint DE at Streets of Willow SECOND COVID BREAKFAST 29-30 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Hastings 12 Sun F1 Italy ON MAY 8 31 Mon Memorial Day 17-19 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Summit Point Director at Large Social Media - Preeth Kumar 18-19 S-Sun PCA Club Race, High Plains Vinita Khilnani [email protected] (201) 925-4876 18-19 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Willow Springs (626) 222-5228 Our April "first breakfast after COVID June Sponsorship - Suesan Carter & Jim Worsham was a great success 4-5 S-Sun Weathertech Detroit Grand Prix 24-26 Weathertech Long Beach Grand Prix [email protected] [email protected] (619) 992-4287 4-6 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Watkins Glen 25-26 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Thunderhill [email protected] (562) 433-3662 5-6 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Willow Springs 26 Sun SoCal All Porsche Swap & Car Show 6 Sun F1 Azerbaijan Phoenix Club, Anaheim Past President Tech Sessions/Advisor - Michael Dolphin 26 Sun F1 Russia Skip Carter [email protected] (213) 248-4743 12 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) INFORMATION 12 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 26 WEC 6 Hours of Fuji (619) 992-9927 Tech Inspection - Rick Mortimer GPX GrandPrixRegion.com 12-13 S-Sun WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans, [email protected] [email protected] (714) 267-2845 Zone 8 Zone8.org 12-13 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Utah Motorsport Campus October PCA.org 13 Sun F1 Canada 3 Sun F1 Singapore Tours - Alan Johnson PCA National 18-20 F-Sun PCA Club Race, VIR 3-7 Fall Treffen, American Club, Kohler, WI ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE [email protected] (562) 305-8002 PCNA US.Porsche.com/national 19 Sat GPX Tour - Azusa to Mt Baldy 6-9 F-Sun Weathertech Petit Le Mans Road Atlanta Porsche AG Porsche.com CHANGED FROM PALM SPRINGS 9 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) Jeff Peck Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell GPX Landing Page on MotorsportReg: [email protected] (310) 539-2568 27-27 F-Sun Weathertech Six Hours of the Glen 9 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting (310) 345-8081 http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com 27 Sun F1 France 9-10 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Sonoma [email protected] 10 Sun F1 Japan July 11 Mon GPX Day Away from Work EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the 2-4 F-Sun Weathertech Mosport Sportscar Grand Prix 15-17 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Eagles Canyon PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Sonoma 16-17 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Chuckwalla are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit 4 Sun F1 Austria all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full 5 Mon Independence Day GPX Tour Information and registration credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. 10 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) PCAGPX.MotorsportsReg.com ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 6400, Columbia, MD 10 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 21045 or [email protected] or 410.381.0911 ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes. 2 3 The Circuit April 2021 Line Extending to the End of the Line Well, I got to thinking. I can help! As a certifiable baby boomer, by Danielle Badler moving inexorably into the last high speed bends of my life, I think I can provide some line-extending ideas for the inevitable got the COVID vaccine in early January. The rec rooms of The Embassies. These are unsolicited. But, well, funny thing is, I had just qualified. I was far so what. Here goes. I and away the youngest there. The waiting room A line of Porsche video simulator games. With a manual at the clinic was populated by a parking lot of 6-speed shifter (please!) with foot pedals set up for heel/toe wheelchairs and walkers. Adult children were taking shifting, natch) and an adjustable steering wheel. And linked up every socially distanced chair, showing their sound track, supplied by sound partner KEF. parents where to sign their vaccine consent forms. Think of it. What better way to maintain full-body manual Was it just a tad disconcerting, to feel like I was dexterity than trying to beat the pre-loaded fastest-ever lap of visiting my 92-year old mother at her retirement the Nurburgring by Stefan Bellof in a 956 And, for a nominal home? And then realizing that the service was also additional fee, you get the blood pressure-reducing medication for… Me? You bet. of your choice. No need for earplugs. You know why. Crank it Then I got a press release from Porsche (as a up. Nobody will know.
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