November 2011 the Open Road
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MID–OHIO REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA November 2011 The Open Road 2011 Autocross Finale 2 November 2011 Region Porsche Club of America Support Our Advertisers Contents Acceleration ................................................. BC The Friction Circle.............................................................5 Auto Assets ................................................. IFC The Board................................................................................6 Autobahn Extremist .......................................25 Byers Imports...................................................4 The Editor’s Garage....................................................................7 C.A. Gossard & Co. .......................................31 Summer Vacation Series: Porsche Adventure(s)......................8 Custom Cabs & Trailers .................................29 EPR Automotive ............................................28 Holiday Party............................................................................10 Flat Out Apparel ............................................24 Trickle Charged Saturday.........................................................11 Hillmann Homes ............................................28 Into the Wood ................................................31 Cover Story...............................................................................12 Kraftwerks......................................................24 In the Zone................................................................................14 Market Mortage Co., LTD..............................31 Mid-Ohio School ...........................................27 Board Minutes..........................................................................15 Richter Financial Group & Motorsports.. .....27 Indy Cars and Mullets...............................................................16 Rock’s Trailer Sales .......................................23 Saribalas Clinic..............................................31 Meet the Candidates.................................................................18 Stoddard .........................................................34 Detailing Clinic........................................................................20 tc kline racing .................................................26 Truechoice / Southard Motorsports ...............23 New Cajun Production Facility................................................21 TruePerformance ............................................29 Porsche 911 - The Reluctant Race Car.......................................22 MOR Marketplace...................................................................30 ADVERTISING RATES November Anniversaries........................................................32 Annual rates. Membership Update................................................................33 (First insertion requires prepayment) Body of Newsletter: Call for Elections....................................................................IBC Full Page (8 x 10)............. ...................................$450 Calendar of Events.................................................................IBC Half Page (8 x 5)........................................ .........$300 Quarter Page (4 x 5) ...........................................$175 Business Cards (2 x 3) ..........................................$90 Front Inside & Back Cover (1/2 page).............$400 Front Inside Cover (full page) ..........................$550 MOR Web site: http://www.morpca.org Deadline for copy is the 10th of the National PCA Web site: http://www.pca.org month for the next month’s issue. Goodie Store: http://www.companycasuals.com/midohioporscheclub Material from may be reprinted (except for ads) provided proper credit is given to the author and the source. Copy is the responsibility of the advertiser Cover Story on Page 12 and must be correctly sized to fit ad space. Cover Photo by Ed Petry 3 4 November 2011 The Friction Circle by John Brandt, President Sometimes I think that it would be really neat to live in the snacks and drinks and had garage tours led by the Grand south where we could go to the track and have our car hobby Am / NASCAR people. They arranged for us to meet Hurley turned on “high” all year round, but then again there is Haywood at Brumos, along with their drivers Leh Keen certainly a lot to be said for the seasonal nature of living here and Andrew Davis (who later went out and won the race in Ohio. Like with sports and many of their pursuits, there (from last) and the Championship. Later that day we were is a preseason, an opening day, and after a time of regular afforded a garage tour with the Action Express team and activity, there’s some clear finishing point. Now, with the one David Donohue...David is a super nice guy and popped my exception of autocross, we’re not in the business of declaring son Willy into the DP car and explained every control in a yearly champion, We do all this purely for pleasure and the cockpit! That same weekend we watched our own Jet consider our driving season mostly as a way to get out and Hawthorn absolutely dominate the field in the SCCA spec spend time with friends, and obviously, to give our fierce Miata races. Speaking of winners, did you know that club little cars some opportunity to thrill (scare?) us a bit. When mate Scott Good won a National Championship in his 944 we get to the off-season, there’s time to give ourselves and racer? Congratulations, Scott! the machines some rest, and to fix and improve, and think of new ideas and naturally, to spend more relaxed time with I digress. It was a lot of time at the racetrack this year, and fellow Porsche people - who are themselves noted for great my 911 and I can both stand a bit of “restoration”. By mid- ideas and know-how. February I’ll be getting antsy and my dear wife Erin will be happy for some time away from me. So, I’m ready for the Somehow I managed to do ten track events this year, Off-Season and those Southern climates can wait! I will look which for me is a record, and it doesn’t include a bunch of forward to seeing you at social functions, Tech events and on weekends I spent with my family going to the big races as ski slopes, and will keep working with the superbly talented a fan. Most recently, MORPCA hosted a hospitality tent MORPCA crew to make sure that our great program keeps at the Grand-Am race that was great. We had a tent with happening, and there is always a reason to get together. 5 The Board Elected Officers PRESIDENT * VICE PRESIDENT * TREASURER * SECRETARY * John Brandt Michael Stoner Kevin Hennessy Betsy MacDonell 3042 Crescent Drive 4200 Dublin Rd. 716 Curve Rd. 320 Medick Way Columbus, OH 43204 Columbus, OH 43221 Delaware, OH 43015 Worthington, Ohio 43085 (614) 275-1744 (614) 777-8751 (740) 369-1595 (614) 885-8413 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Standing Committees NEWSLETTER EDITOR * MEMBERSHIP * ACTIVITIES * DRIVING EVENTS * Bill Slone Trina Allison Gerhard Hillmann Frank Todaro 690 Tami Sue Ct. 4171 Bidle Ct. 121 S. State Street 7325 Macbeth Drive Westerville, OH 43082 Dublin, OH 43016 Westerville, OH 43081 Dublin, OH 43016 (614) 890-6388 (614) 507-2016 (614) 206-1833 (614) 620-9288 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] TECHNICAL * CHARITY * WEBMEISTER * PAST PRESIDENT * Doug Harris Jet Hawthorne Brian Peterson David Hayden 1107 Rosehill Road 332 Highgate 4249 Edgehill Dr. 7392 Preston Rd NE Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 Worthington, OH 43085 Columbus, Ohio 43220 Newark, OH 43055 (614) 419-0666 (614) 309-9645 (614) 354-9020 (740) 745-2034 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Appointed Chairpersons SAFETY MORPCA CHIEF MORPCA WEB SITE: CLUB RACE INSTRUCTOR Ed Davis Jeff West 3242 Walkerview Dr 3327 Chestnut Hills Road Hilliard, OH 43026 Newark, OH 43055 http://www.morpca.org OPEN (614) 921-8820 (740) 745-2136 Volunteer Needed! [email protected] [email protected] DEALER LIAISON RALLY/ TOURING CONCOURS HISTORIAN Brian Peterson Jay and Karen Koehler Ted Zombek 4249 Edgehill Dr. 15403 Matville Road OPEN P.O. Box 1329 Columbus, Ohio 43220 Orient, OH 43146 Volunteer Needed! Dublin, OH 43017 (614) 354-9020 (614) 266-5086 (614) 899–0904 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] IRAC REPRESENTATIVE ZONE 4 REPRESENTATIVE GOODIE STORE AUTOCROSS Mark Onosko Ron Carr Karen Koehler Jeff Dupler 4330 Reed Street 7000 Green Mill Road 15403 Matville Road 777 Green Cook Road Columbus, OH 43220 Johnstown, OH 43031 Orient, OH 43146 Sunbury, OH 43074-9761 (614) 459-6732 (740) 967–6027 (614) 266-5086 (740) 965-9321 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] P2O Ron Thomas 5776 Summerwood Xing Galena, OH 43021 (614) 205-7942 [email protected] Use of these addresses for commercial purposes or for * Indicates voting positions developing a mailing list is strictly prohibited – MORPCA 6 November 2011 The Editor’s Garage November is election month, not only locally and nationally, Published Monthly by the but also for the MORPCA board. In the center section of Mid–Ohio Region, Porsche this issue is a background of our candidates and a voting Club of America ballot to be mailed. For your vote to be counted it must be postmarked by November 26th. Just as important as the elected officers are the volunteers for the various Standing Editor Committees and Appointed Chairpersons.