September, 2011
RundschauRundschauThe Official PublicaTiOn Of The allegheny RegiOn Pca
Rundschau In thIS ISSue Official publication of Allegheny Region of the Porsche Club of America September 2011
Editor Nancy Lowe PvGP 417 Tierra Place Pittsburgh, PA 15237 A Word to the Wise and Guys...... 5 412-635-7881 [email protected] Bossa Nova ...... 9
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Postmaster: Send address changes to: Mark Seech & Suzy Snyder On the COver ARPCA Membership Chairmen 119 Larchwood Drive Everything about this year’s PVGP was quite Turtle Creek, PA 15145 wonderful, including the Bossa Nova event pictured on our cover. See nearly every page Copyright 2011 in this issue for more PVGP coverage. Photo Allegheny Region PCA www.arpca.com by Earl Seiler. Rundschau 1 reGiOn FrOm the driver’s seat manaGement Ken Jeremiah, President From “what a disaster”: to “an amazing Finally, our supplies began to enter the recovery”. As many of you know, our larg- park and, again, no frantic yelling or instruc- Officers est event of the year – which became our tions -- our great team just started setting President Secretary largest event ever -- officially began with up tables, filling ice chests with drinks and Ken Jeremiah Terri Mattock racing at BeaveRun. Thanks to the efforts ice. One of our members, Missy Hoffman 724-935-5559 724-244-3653 of Steve Scholze, we had twenty-seven (who maybe weighs 100 pounds), was car- carrera2s@consolidated. [email protected] Porsches competing. rying ice and drinks at a frantic pace and net still taking care of her two little girls (5 and Treasurer On the Thursday before Schenley Park, we 3) – amazing. VP Abbi Rabeneck had a Porsche display at the Haufbrauhaus George Patterson 724-457-2755 on the hottest day of the year. Someone Our registration area was established and 412-741-0316 [email protected] stated that it was 107 in the parking area. with little confusion began to hand out our georgebpatterson@com- The idea and direction for this came from packets. Again, I have to emphasis that cast.net Paul Pigman and he, with the assistance our people were outstanding – few com- of Marty Smith, put this together. On the plaints and a lot of patience – both with our way there, I didn’t have a clue of how many registration volunteers and those register- Committees people would show up at a weekday venue ing. Our registration team was unflappable with unfriendly weather. To our surprise, we with the likes of Judi Seiler, Suzy Snyder, Advertising Paint/Bodywork Sandy Zeilinski, Darlene Bartow, Helen George B. Patterson Mark Miller had over 80 Porsches in attendance. 412-741-0316 724-586-2963 Collins, and the Rabeneck ladies (Abbi and GeorgeBPatterson [email protected] Rachael). @comcast.net PVGP In the meantime, Jim and Suzanne Carlin Chief Instructor Mark Hanson were busy setting up the Goodie Store tent Bruce Graham 412-487-4225 with their products. At the end of the week- 412-894-0025 [email protected] end, Suzanne sold almost $6,000 worth of spoon951 apparel. @zoominternet.net Safety Tech Joe Serbin Communications 412-996-6224 Earl Seiler JPS.Audi 412-823-4959 @hotmail.com [email protected] Social Coordinator Concours Louise Jeremiah Brian Strohmeier 724-935-5559 412-877-4951 ljeremiah993@consoli- Photos by John Luff. bstrohmeier@comcast. dated.net net Then the weekend began and the 2011 Touring 50th Anniversary and PVGP Marque of the Dealer Relations (open) Year began and here’s where the disaster George Patterson began. As we’re entering the parking area 412-741-0316 Track with our caravan of Porsches and sup- georgebpatterson Dale Rabeneck port vehicles, a large thunder storm arose @comcast.net 412-877-4361 (c) which prevented cars from entering the golf dale.rabeneck@ course. Even though we and other volun- Goodie Store comcast.net teers were at the park from 7:30 am on, Jim & Suzanne Carlin 724-834-8234 Webmaster there was nothing we could do to begin set- HJCarlin72@alumni. Alex Ross ting up our venue. There were cars parked nd.edu ARoss911s@ everywhere on the streets, parking lots, etc. comcast.net The rain finally stopped and our Porsches IRAC/Autocross (and everyone else) were allowed on the (open) Zone 4 Rep course. Now the problem was that all of our Ron Carr volunteers, who were to set things up, were Membership zone4rep@embarqmail. still on the streets trying to get themselves Suzy Snyder com and our supplies onto the course. 412-824-2032 740-967-6027 [email protected] Now comes the great part. Immediately, Earl Seiler and his team stepped up and Newsletter began parking our cars. Not only that; they Nancy Lowe were parking them by type – with the large 412-635-7881 contingent of 356s in one group and the NancyALowe@verizon. concours cars in another group. Initially, the net front engine Porsches were in yet another group and the rear engine cars in the larg- est group. We had to stop this, because the PVGP people were yelling at us that we didn’t have time to group the cars. We were still able to group the 356s and concour cars in specific areas. 2 SePTembeR 2011 In the meantime Scot Mores was setting up our Anniversary line. very appropriate since, by the efforts of Jolene Cicci, we had over These Porsches were to represent every year of our club’s exis- 80 356s for our event. tence (from 1961 to 2011). Scot had found every year (except 1966). The cars were arranged off site and then made their grand Brian Strohmeier then gave out our concours awards with the assis- entrance into the park to form a line around the other parked tance of Davis Kowalyk and Alison Hoffman. Please see Brian’s Porsches – great show. article for details of our concour winners. Richard Sementa won the concours “Best of Show” award and the “People’s Choice” award Our caterer was diligently working on our lunch. We were about a went to John Plavan. half an hour late, but that was credible since many of their supplies and workers didn’t manage to get into the park until late. Again, Our talented Vice President, George Patterson, then took over for even though we had lengthy lines of hungry people, the mood was our raffle. We had a number of exceptional gifts provided by various still positive. We again set a record and served over 1100 lunches. individuals and sponsors. Our final raffle item was the home theater provided by Randy Evans, owner of Goosebumps. This fantastic One thing you have to realize – all this occurred in 95 plus tempera- prize was won by Wade Miller. tures with overwhelming humidity. Sunday, fortunately, was somewhat cooler and less traumatic. After lunch, we had a special presentation by Tony Tuminello Again, we had a great turn out. For the weekend, we had a total of remembering Ted Dixon and his contributions not only to our club 502 Porsches – counting those on Saturday and the Sunday only but to reconstruction of Porsche after the war. Porsches. We had Porsches from twelve states and Canada – from as far away as Florida, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Colorado. We then had a presentation from Porsche Club of America. Our Our PCA National Treasurer stated that our event might have had Zone Representative, Ron Carr, and PCA’s National Treasurer, more Porsches than any other event that has been conducted by a Tom Gorsuch, presented us with our 50th Anniversary letters and single region. plaques. The Event Director for Porsche Cars North America stated that she We also had a very nice presentation from Keith Innes from the “couldn’t have put on a better show” and this is what she does for a Northern Ohio region. He gave us a check in the shape of a 356 – living – high praise.
Our volunteers worked extremely hard to pull off this event with such tremendous success. Most of them never quit working – near the end there was Sandy Zeilenski selling posters for a five dollar donation.
Even though this was our premier event for this season; we still have a number of activities left – two DEs at BeaveRun and Mid-Ohio, our annual convoy/brunch at Nemacolin, and our 50th Anniversary “prom”. We will also have our first Speed and Sushi get together this month (kind of like our Wine and Shine but with a dif- ferent slant).
I believe this is the longest article I’ve ever written during my tenure -- but there was a lot to talk about and much praise to give our vol- unteers for our achievements.
Please contact me with your comments, ideas and suggestions.
Rundschau 3 view FrOm the riGht Louise Jeremiah Conversation interuptus.That was the overwhelming feeling at the There were some people who hadn’t been with us on Saturday, end of Saturday at the Vintage Grand Prix.So many cars!So many so their packets were waiting for them, but the majority of the cars people!There just didn’t seem to be an end to either.People and just entered Schenley and parked.They were all set with lunch cars just kept coming and coming until the entire golf course was wrist bands, etc. and could enjoy the camaraderie with their fellow covered with the beautiful sight of a sea of Porsches.I don’t think Porschephiles and the stellar racing. this sight will ever be duplicated in Pittsburgh. I want to give extra thanks to the ladies who manned the registra- The day started out with a sprinkle that turned into a deluge. tion tables.In alphabetical order – Darlene Bartos, Helen Collins, Disaster!As my sister-in-law and I drove to the Grand Prix on Mary-Lou Downer, Abbi and Rachel Rabeneck, Judi Seiler, Suzy Saturday, the closer we got to Schenley Park, the darker the skies Snyder, and Sandy Zelinski.You ladies rock!You made the weekend got and finally the rain came.Lisa didn’t seem too concerned until a real happening and a PorscheP VmemoryGP that will be talked about I pointed out that we would not be allowed on the golf course in for years to come.I look forward to next year and conversation the rain. Since Lisa and her husband Michael had come in from completus!Home Theatre Raffle Southern California on Friday and aren’t usually inconvenienced with rain when they are driving their pristine 356, she didn’t under- stand why I was so upset.Now what!I had all 400 packets in my beautiful Sewickley Car Store Cayenne loaner.What to do.Well, the options became nonexistent once we arrived at the park entrance and were shuttled down the hill past our entrance to the park and into a parking lot holding area.Here we sat --- and sat--- until the - serious car stereo & Home tHeatre - powers that be deemed it was okay to release countless cars back onto Forbes Avenue and up the hill into the entrance to the park.I tried my best to make my case to a “police officer” about how I should be allowed 200 yards back up the road to our Porsche entrance.He was having none of it!So, I headed along with every- one else up the deadly hill to the Schenley Park entrance.
While we were idling along, we were aware of what a spectacle all these special cars made for the property owners on Forbes.Folks were lining the curb with lawn chairs and their morning coffee and one guy had perched himself on his balcony with his morning beer.I • 55” flat panel tv guess these people had the best seats in the house. 110 Jones Dr., McMurray, PA 15317 • Speakers: left, center, right, surrounds, subwoofer I have to give multi-tasking kudos to John Ross, who was a couple • Yamaha audio/video724 941-3326 receiver of cars ahead of us heading up the hill.Each time the line would stop, John would jump out of his beautiful GT3 and wipe down a • Blu-ray DVD player panel.By the time we got on the golf course, the Ross Porsche was • Universal color touch screen remote concourse ready! • Complete installation, programming, calibration We finally got on the course and many hands made light work of • System value: $14,000 the heavy registration packet boxes.We were set up and open for business in a flash!Good thing because the cars started coming. They just kept coming for what seemed to be hours.Now this is exactly what we had hoped for BUT you have to understand how$50/ticket (only 500 tickets will be sold) overwhelming it was.We were as organized as possible, but there were still glitches and I had set myself up as the “glitch fixer” since I was more aware of some of the special cases that are always a Drawing: Sun, July 24, 2011 part of this event. Porsche tent at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Once we got everyone informed about the 4 different ways people Winner need not be present to win had registered – thru the PVGP for the Marque of the Year, thru the PVGP for the International Cars, thru our ARPCA registration site, Proceeds to PVGP Autism Society and thru various registration forms in the Rundschau– things moved along a bit better.For as many people as we had registered, there were a small percentage of problems – 99% of which were handled Request tickets: [email protected] easily.As trouble shooter, I was being asked questions whenever (your ticket numbers will be emailed to you upon receipt of payment) there was a problem, thus my inability to finish a conversation. There were so many friends that I hadn’t seen for quite a while but, Name:______each time I saw someone and got thru the hugs and kisses, I was off looking into a problem.So, to all those that I didn’t get to finish a Email:______conversation, please except my apologies.Next year, I intend to be Phone:______a spectator and hope to have lots and lots of time to talk! Number of tickets (@$50.00):______Then it came time to feed the hungry crowds.Michael from Tambellini’s had more trucks and grills and people than ever before and they were all needed.He served over 1,100 people on Checks payable to: ARPCA (must be rec’d by 7/20/11) Saturday!Four lines were set up to get the people fed and out of the Mail to: Goosebumps sun.Quite a feast and quite a fete! 110 Jones Drive Sunday is always an easier day and this year was no exception. McMurray, PA 15317 4 SePTembeR 2011 the twisty Bits Nancy Lowe, Editor
If you didn’t attend any of the PVGP / ARPCA 50th Anniversary speeds as long as humanly possible. The one bright spot on the Celebration events, you really, really blew it! It was totally amazing route home was a bit of tunnel matched to a bit of accelerator – every single bit of it. This issue includes some great stories, com- use.
Porsches kept arrivingat the site on Saturday. I have never seen so Suzanne Carlin much acreage at a PVGP totally covered by Porsches -- itseemed I would like to thank all our members for shopping at the Goodie that the rows of Porsches went on and on forever. The Anniversary Store. I don’t have the final figures, but we set a new record in Display (which included Old Yeller) was amazing. sales! The “Volunteer Shirt” was the biggest hit, and those were only given to the “slaves” who worked incredibly hard over the PCNA was there with an impressive display of cars. The staff all past year, and the two days of the event. I received quite a few seemed to be amazed at what ARPCA had done. They could not special orders for the Volunteer shirt, and am happy to order have been more complimentary about anything and everything that more. Mark Hanson and all of our over-worked volunteers (see Ken’s articles for more info) had done. How totally cool! They had a lot of If you would like to order the white, shirt with the grey and black traffic and they were very generous about dispensing much needed swoops with the 50th logo, please call or email me as soon as bottled water. possible. The manufacturer has had a price increase so the cost of that shirt is now $43. It would make a great gift, or would look One tent away, Suzanne Carlin was perpetually busy at the Goodie Store selling marvelous items to eager buyers (check out her article pretty handsome at Nemacolin! in this issue). She had record sales – well beyond expectations. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to give us a spec- So, Saturday was hot. No. Strike that. Despite my urge to fib to tacular PVGP. Emily Pickering of MORPCA that the weather was “mild,”Saturday Suzanne Carlin 724-834-8234 or [email protected] was brutal. Neither Douglas nor I were looking forward to driving our Sixes,obviously without air conditioning, back to my house. We had no choice aboutair flow (it’s referred to as “260 air condition- ing” as in two windows down at 60 mph), so I selected a route that would get us quickly onto theParkway and keep us at highway Rundschau 5 FrOm the FaCtOry Porsche, Stuttgart 200th Race In The Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Actor Richy Mueller Is A Guest Of Porsche At The Porsche Mobil1 Supercup has reason to celebrate: On 24 The Nuerburgring July, the 200th race of the world’s fastest international one-make Most television viewers know him as chief of police Thorsten series took off at the Nürburgring. The series has run as support Lannert in ‘Tatort’, Germany’s most popular detective drama to the Formula 1 races since 1993. Some interesting facts and fig- series. That he sometimes chases criminals in a Porsche is no ures of a success story: coincidence: Richy Mueller, 55, loves fast cars. The passionate motorsport fan has previously raced cars and bikes himself. At the The first race was run on 25 April 1993 as support to the San 200th race of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, the popular and ver- Marino Grand Prix in Imola. Victory went to UweAlzen, who was satile actor was a guest of Porsche. eventually beaten in the fight for the title by AltfridHeger. Mr Mueller, what experience made you a motorsport fan? The closest title decision came in 1997. Patrick Huisman and “I grew up in Mannheim, that’s close to the Hockenheimring, and I Oliver Mathai both had 128 points to their credit. The title went to always watched motorbike races. It was incredibly fascinating. But Huisman who had won three races, whilst Mathai triumphed just I never even considered giving it a go myself. once. But still, you gave it a try. Two records were set by Wolf Henzler, the champion of the 2004 “Eventually, about 20 years ago, I remembered my old motorbike season: His nine wins and ten fastest race laps are unrivalled. enthusiasm and started to race – at an age when others were He posted pole position eight times, matching JoergBergmeister’s retiring. I quickly noticed though that it was much too dangerous record from the 2001 season. for me as an actor. The risk of falling off and breaking bones was simply too high.” The most successful VIP driver was Mika Häkkinen. The eventual two-time Formula 1 World Champion won the Supercup races in But your passion for racing didn’t diminish totally. Monaco and Budapest in 1993. “I wanted to continue racing, but not with the motorbike. So I approached Zakspeed at the Nuerburgring and attended a The most victories were claimed by Patrick Huisman. To date, the couple of courses for race drivers. That was fun. I got my interna- Dutchman has won 24 races – the first in 1996 at the Hockenheim tional C-license and raced cars, including drives in the Porsche round, the most recent in 2007 at Spa. In 18 races he started from Supercup. My last Supercup race was in 2003 in Hockenheim. I pole-position – more than any other driver. finished 17th, which wasn’t at all bad for someone who only drives every couple of years.” The most titles were also secured by Patrick Huisman. From 1997 to 2000 he was crowned champion four times straight. Two cham- Would you dare to do it today? pionships have been clinched by Richard Westbrook (2006, 2007) “It still appeals to me, even though much has changed over the and JeroenBleekemolen (2008, 2009). years. Everything has become so much more professional, the As the sole drivers, Dutchman JeroenBleekemolen (2009/13 races) and Frenchman Emmanuel Collard (1996/9) climbed the podium at every race of a season. They both took five wins.
The most successful Supercup countries are Germany and the Netherlands, each with six championship titles. Next comes France with three outright wins.
The youngest overall winner was René Rast who was 23 years old when he secured the title in 2010. The oldest was Frenchman Jean-Pierre Malcher: He was 45 when he took home the champi- onship in 1995.
The most Supercup races were held in Monaco. The Principality hosted the series 19 times, followed by Budapest and Silverstone (18 each) as well as Hockenheim (17). All in all, the Supercup has been contested on 19 race tracks around the world.
Porsche is now a real race car and it’s not so easy to handle at the limit. But then again it wasn’t easy back then to race against the likes of Patrick Huisman. It was a fantastic experience.”
What interests you the most these days – Formula 1? “Less so. I actually find the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup or the GP2 more interesting because the drivers play a much more impor- tant role. In Formula 1, they largely depend on the technology. TimoGlock is a good example, he’s driving with the back-markers with inferior material. If he had a good car he’d probably be up front.” Photos courtesy of Porsche. 6 SePTembeR 2011 Have you ever played the role of a race driver? 2011, the company recruited well over 100 new engineers. Over “No, I’d be reluctant to do that. It’s always a little embarrass- 100 new employees will also be appointed by the end of 2011 ing. Earlier there were good race driver films, for instance with in order to support the around 3,400 staff currently working in Steve McQueen or Paul Newman, but that’s a long time ago. Weissach. Afterwards there was only trash. A while ago there was a film with Till Schweiger and Sylvester Stallone, they were driving Formula The new offices and the design studio will probably be ready for cars wheel-to-wheel at racing speed, wearing helmets and for occupation in summer 2013. The wind tunnel will be completed in the entire time they were yelling at each other. That’s impossible, the first six months of 2014. totally unrealistic rubbish.”
Are there any exceptions? Porsche Auctions LiqueurelleFor Good Cause “Sure, the documentary film about AyrtonSenna that is currently The innovative Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid didn’t just wow the playing in cinemas. It’s a film that I personally found very mov- fans at the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race – German rock musician ing. If you want to know how it really is to be a race driver, what and painter UdoLindenberg was so fascinated by the hybrid motivates them and what they think, go and watch this film. Then Porsche that he captured the orange and white fuel consumption you’ll know.” miracle as a liqueurelle on canvas. The picture, painted with dif- ferent sorts of liquor and entitled “Porsche Panic Power” was put What project are you working on at the moment? up for auction on Ebay at 8 p.m. on August 4 over a ten day peri- “I’m shooting a comedy with depth. I play a pianist. It’s an adap- od with proceeds going to the UdoLindenberg Foundation, which tation of the non-fiction book “AnleitungzumUnglücklichsein”. is involved with social projects to help children in Africa. Interesting material. It’s about a woman who attracts disaster. And it’s about people who make their own lives difficult. They become UdoLindenberg, who unveiled the 65 by 85 centimeterliqueurelle distrustful after three days of happiness, thinking it can’t be pos- (~ 25.6 x 33.5 inches) at the Porsche press conference at the sible that I’m happy for so long.” Nürburgring 24 Hour Race, is a keen Porsche driver. “I blew my first big pay check to buy my first Porsche 911 in Hamburg back And when can we next watch you chasing criminals? in 1973. For me Porsche personifies passion in its most beautiful “My next ‘Tatort’ is on 9th October.” form and I am glad that Porsche is also right up there on environ- mental matters with its hybrid cars”, the artist said. Turning Of The First Sod In Weissach With the symbolic turning of the first sod, Porsche AG heralded Porsche Sets New Record InChina the start of the extension of its Research and Development Center With July deliveries of 10,722 vehicles worldwide, Porsche AG in Weissach (Baden-Württemberg). The site is being enlarged came close to matching the very good result of 11,169 units in the through the addition of a highly modern design studio, a high- same month last year. A total of 71,381 new vehicles were deliv- tech wind tunnel and an electronics integration center. Porsche is ered between January and July 2011, 28.6 per cent more than in investing around 150 million euro in this respect. Matthias Müller, the same period of 2010. Chairman of the Board of Management, welcomed Ursula Kreutel, Mayor of Weissach, Thomas Fritsch, Mayor of Mönsheim, Roland Porsche turned in record figures in the Chinese market in July: Bernhard, Chief Executive of the Böblingen District, and Karl Deliveries of 2,484 vehicles represent almost a fivefold increase Röckinger, Chief Executive of the Enz District, at the sod-turning compared with the same month last year and also the best ceremony. monthly result in China ever. In total the sports car manufacturer delivered 14,751 vehicles in the current financial year in Porsche’s The new wind tunnel will enable the Stuttgart-based sports car second largest market. This marks a 72.6 per cent increase com- manufacturer to cope with technological challenges in vehicle pared with the period January to July 2010. The Cayenne espe- development in future. “Good aerodynamics make a major contri- cially is in strong demand in Asia. bution towards low fuel consumption and high performance – both of which are important aspects in implementing Porsche Intelligent Performance”, said Wolfgang Hatz, Board member in charge of Research and Development of Porsche AG. The new electronics integration center will combine segments which were previously teutOnia mannerChOr spread over several buildings. “Our objective is also to continue developing electric and hybrid technology. We are creating the Larry Collins ideal conditions for attaining this objective with our new electron- The TeutoniaMannerchor will be the site of our Sock Hop on ics integration center”, added Hatz. November 12th. It isa private membership club and one of the top German cultural clubs in America. The Club was founded in In addition to the extension of the site, Porsche is starting a wide- 1854by German speaking immigrantsfor the purpose of maintain- ranging human resources campaign. In the first six months of ing German cultural traditions, fostering choral singing, and enjoy- ing good fellowship. The name Teutonia Mannerchortranslates into Germanic Men’s Choir. (The Teutons were the original Tribes of Germany and Mannerchor means men’s choir.)
In 1888, after selling 300 “Building Shares” for $25.00 each, the present Hall now located at 857 Phineas Street, North Side was completed. Referred to as the “Club House” by the membership, the building was built in authentic German “Split Brick” construc- tion. George Ott was the Architect and the Hall is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The Club continues to grow and is very active. There are currently 2,400 members.
When you visit TeutoniaMannerchor, it is like taking a trip back in time. You will enjoy the atmosphere and love the authentic cuisine and beverages. Rundschau 7 8 SePTembeR 2011 BOssa nOva Earl Seiler
Busted? OnCe in a LiFetime Michael Schindel To say that this year’s PVGP was special would be like saying that a Porsche is just another car. This year’s PVGP was my ‘once in a lifetime’ event. We all know that Porsche was the Marque of the year for 2011, and we all know that 2011 was the BIG 50th ARPCA Anniversary in Schenley Park. These two events alone would rank high on just about any ARPCAer’s list of lifetime events. But the 2011 PVGP was more for me.For the first time, I had a chance to actu- ally race my 1974 911 in Schenley Park. The Porsche Challenge was every owner’s dream.
However, every racing father’s dream is to race side-by-side with his son. The 2011 PVGP offered me that opportunity. My son, Colby, and I raced at both venues, BeaveRun and Schenley Park. Colby drove his 1975 BMW 2002. At BeaveRun, we were assigned to Photos courtesy of the author. the same run group, the BeaveRunLeMans. We were out horse-powered, but not out classed. Colby did great. I ran respectable times, con- sidering I was racing in a car that was driven to and from both races. The lap times didn’t mat- ter. For me, the 2011 PVGP will always be that ‘once in a lifetime’ dream realized.
The 2011 races were over the top. The loca- tions were World Class. The PVGP crew did a fantastic job. Thanks to all involved!
Rundschau 9 10 SePTembeR 2011 PvGP KiCK-OFF raLLy Denny Nill I have been working the Kick-Off Rally event since 2004, route pre-checks, check point crew and the past several years working with the scoring team and posting the results at the Rally end point. ARPCA and Porsche were very well represented at the 2011 PVGP Kick-Off Rally. There were quite a number of Porsche entries with four Porsches finishing in the top 6 positions of the 94 competing teams. The top 4 Driver/Navigator Porsche Teams had the following finishes:
Aaron Hmel and Justin Sickles - 1st Porsche, 2nd overall.
John Laslo and Dwayne Fielder - 2nd Porsche, 4th overall.
Russ “Whipping Boy” Rose and George Patterson - 3rd Porsche, 5th overall, and 1st in the Celebrity category.
Paul and Sharon Miller - 4th Porsche, 6th overall.
This was a very good showing for the Marque and the Club. Hope all of those who competed in 2011 will be back for 2012! Photos by the author.
Rundschau 11 CaLendar OF events
Date Time Event Location Contact
09/16- Grand Am/ Porsche Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ron Carr 09/18 Car Corral Lexington, OH [email protected] 09/23- Drivers Education Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Dale Rabeneck 09/25 Lexington, OH [email protected] 412-877-4361 09/30- NORPCA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course www.clubregistration.net 10/02 Drivers Education Lexington, OH 10/01 Fall Rally Sewickley Car Store Frank Bunecicky 526 Ohio River Blvd. [email protected] Sewickley, PA 15143 10/09 9:00 am NORPCA Autocross Lakeland Community College Doug Bradley 7700 Clocktower Dr. 440-428-7043 Willoughby, OH 44094 [email protected]
10/11 7:30 pm Business Meeting Sewickley Car Store Ken Jeremiah 526 Ohio River Blvd. 724-935-5559 Sewickley, PA 15143 [email protected] 10/13 Mid US Ramble 12 Eureka Springs, AK PCA 914 Special Interest Group 10/16 www.914musr.com 10/16 Nemacolin Brunch Chateau Lafayette at Nemacolin Sandy Zielinski Woodlands Resort 412-487-3536 (h) 1001 LaFayette Drive 412-952-4994 (c) Farmington, PA 15437 [email protected] 10/29 7:00 pm OVR 50th Porsche of the Village www.clubregistration.net Anniversary Cincinnati, OH Celebration 11/08 7:30 pm Business Meeting Sewickley Car Store Ken Jeremiah 526 Ohio River Blvd. 724-935-5559 Sewickley, PA 15143 [email protected] 11/12 6:30 pm Sock Hop Teutonia Mannerchor Suzanne Carlin 857 Phineas Street 724-834-8234 Pittsburgh, PA 15212 [email protected]
* Business Meeting dates and locations are subject to change. Contact Ken Jeremiah for latest information.
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Rundschau 12 Welcome New Members! Happy Anniversary! The following people have recently joined our region. We look These Allegheny region members are celebrating their forward to meeting each of them at a future event. membership anniversaries for September 2011.
Shawn Anderson Patrick K. Kelly 50 Years 12 Years Moon Twp, PA 15108 Coraopolis, PA 15108 Dr. John A. Leppert Paul V. Murray 1985 Carrera 2004 996 TT W. Scott Morse 37 Years Guy T. Pedicone Don & Carol Bashline Stephen H. and Margarete Lon Sippy Eugene M. Williams Allison Park, PA 15101 Kranz 2006 Cayman Pittsburgh, PA 15222 29 Years 11 Years 2012 Cayman Ronald J. Mozick Louis K. Hauber Thomas J. McManus Robert Boring 26 Years Washington, PA 15301 Ken T. McCracken Howard H. Weigold 10 Years 2003 911 Latrobe, PA 15650 John E. Greenlief 2008 Boxster 25 Years William S. Shaw Colette Carnahan Martin T. Durkin, Jr. Monroeville, PA 15145 William and Bettye-Lynn 9 Years 2000 Boxster Pollard 24 Years Scott R. Francis Pittsburgh, PA 15217 James E. Gregory John Gatto Ross C. Drnjevich 2004 911 4S Dr. Thomas J. Lewis, Jr. Greensburg, PA 15601 22 Years Matthew C. Little 2003 GT2 David M. Prushnok Bruce H. Graham H. James McKnight Indiana, PA 15701 Dennis J. Vernon Joseph M. Halfhill 2011 911 19 Years Wexford, PA 15090 Peter T. Peterson 8 Years 2011 Cayman Sandeep B. and Shaifali Mark N. Altman Sharma 17 Years Daniel H. Gearhart Stephen J. Hrabak Pittsburgh, PA 15213 7 Years Edward J. Ponczak John A. Mills, III Coraopolis, PA 15108 William Perlinger 2002 Boxster 16 Years Richard J. Sitler John M. Burnheimer Richard T. Martin 6 Years Anthony M. Miranda David W. McFayden Robyn McMillan 15 Years Douglas W. Walrod Primary memBers 555 Sam A. Liberto William A. Sante, II 5 Years Robert Christner aFFiLiate memBers 447 14 Years Larry Gleason Larry R. Alberta tOtaL memBers 1,032 Eric D. Fullerton 8 Members With Less Than 5 John A. Luff Years Kathryn S. Swanson
13 SePTembeR 2011 Rundschau 14 SaSaKKee andand SpeedSpeed 20112011 Bring your Porsche and join your fellow There is display parking in front of the deck/restaurant for 30+ cars ARPCA members for a fun- and sun-filled and we will have the deck to ourselves until 4pm. Robokyo offers a afternoon of sake, sushi, and hibachi on the full bar along with their signature appetizers, rolls, and entrées. brand new outside deck at
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2011 PvGP COnCOurs Brian Strohmeier, Concours Chairman With ARPCA celebrating its 50th Anniversary and Porsche being Class II: Early 911 (1965-1983, all models), 912 (all years and featured as the 2011 PVGP “Marque of the Year”, this year’s models), and 914 (all years and models) PVGP Concours event had the highest number of participants 1st- Nick Burkit, 1974 911 IROC RSR coupe ever with over 70 cars registered for the “wash & shine” detailing 2nd- Walt Wier, 1967 911 coupe competition in six different classes. That figure is about double the 3rd- Lori Bishop Andrews, 1969 912 Coupe typical number of PVGP Concours participants in recent years! As such, this year’s competition was the closest in memory with Class III: Mid 911 (1984-1998, all models) the final top-three order of finish in most classes being decided by 1st–John Jay Herock, 1987 911 Coupe only one or two votes among the competitors. 2nd - Ray Pujol, 1997 911 Coupe 3rd - Terry and Irene Orr, 1995 911 Coupe The top-three finishers in each class were awarded an engraved trophy commemorating APCA’s 50thAnniversary and the Marque Class IV: Late 911 (1999-2011, all models) and Panamera (all of the Year designation.In addition, starting for the first time this years and models) year, a special “Best of Show” award was given to the car that 1st - Scott Isher, 2006 911 convertible received the highest number of 1st place votes among all of the 2nd - Thomas Kasper, 2001 911 coupe cars entered in the competition, regardless of the class and/or 3rd - Shawn Pecor, 2011 GT3 RS model of Porsche. The final results for the six classes and the “Best of Show” award are listed below. Class V: 924, 944, 968, and 928 (all years and models) 1st- Robert Wallace, 1983 944 coupe 2nd- Bill Gergely, 1992 968 convertible PVGP Concours Final Results 3rd- Paul Murray, 1989 944 Turbo S “Best of Show” Award Class VI: Boxster and Cayman (all years and models) Richard Sementa, 2007 Cayman S 1st- Larry Duran, 2006 Cayman S 2nd - Frank Bunecidy, 2006 Boxster Class I: 356 (all years and models) 3rd- Glenn Hunsiker, 2002 Boxster S 1st- Richard and Shirley Gobbo, 1959 356 coupe 2nd- Larry Abel, 1955 356 convertible 3rd- Walt Wier, 1962 356B convertible
15 SePTembeR 2011 thanK yOu! thanK yOu! thanK yOu! Ken Jeremiah, President I know I wrote a lot about our fantastic achievement with putting Porsches to make an unbelievable display. on an unbelievable Porsche event and thanked many of those who contributed in making it a success.However, I can’t let this issue I want to thank Paul Nickoloff for his printing efforts. The materials of our newsletter go out without mentioning a number of other that he supplied were not only superb, but extremely timely. He people who “stepped up” with their efforts. I’ll try not to repeat those also was able to get his suppliers to provide free materials and then already mentioned – even though they deserve as much praise as gave us a check for the cost of these materials. they can get. Rod Hoffman did some amazing layouts for our promotional materi- als. I’ll begin by thanking our many sponsors. The Sewickley Car Store was instrumental in providing support. They went out of their way to Iron Jack Purvis traveled to the eastern part of the state and attend- obtain Porsche Cars North America to not only give us a sizeable ed another region’s business meeting to encourage them to attend donation, but to have some of their management attend our event. our event. SCS also allowed us to use their facility for our numerous meetings. With PCNA’s support, we also received donations in money and John Luff wrote a dynamite new article and sent it to various region presence from Auto Palace. newspapers.
Randy Evans not only supplied the home theater for our raffle, but John Schrenker found motels that gave our out-of-state guests a obtained substantial donations from Giant Eagle (don’t tell anyone) bargain and then created a caravan to the club. He also provided a and Auto Estates, Inc. Terri Mattock was in the forefront and did a welcome package and Darlene Bartos’ provided welcome cookies. great job selling raffle tickets to increase our donation bank. Mark Hansen had the challenging job of chairing our event. He set And then there’s George Patterson with the crazy idea to sell 50th up all of our meetings and scheduled people to assist us. He also Anniversary watches at $275 apiece. Not only that, we had to buy joined me to liaise with PVGP, which started off to a somewhat a minimum of 100 watches and pay for them up front. I objected “rocky” beginning but worked itself out. – to do this would place a large crimp in our treasury and would mean that twenty per cent of our membership would have to buy PVGP did provide some support, but 95% was done by our club. the watches. I was overruled by our members, so we bought the We traveled to Cincinnati; Cleveland; Stoddard’s; Ontario, CA; watches and then George sold them – amazing! Toledo; Rochester, NY; and the Mid-Ohio race track telling our story and encouraging people to come – obviously it worked. Jolene Cicci – who I can’t remember ever attending a business meeting – decided that our event would be a great venue for a 356 There were obviously others who provided assistance. We believe gathering. She was outstanding, not only getting over 80 356s to there were at least forty members at the park who kept things orga- attend (many from out of state), but also contacting people that she nized. knew (and several that she didn’t know) to bring rare Porsches. Not all these efforts were successful, because – let’s say politi- My final thank you is to my bride Louise. She created all of the reg- cal issues, but she was instrumental in getting the word out to the istration packets, which took days to do. Every packet must include Porsche world about our event. all the materials, number of meal bracelets, home theater raffle tick- ets, etc. – a huge task. She accomplishes all this while trying to put Earl Seiler, along with Bud Osbourne, Jack Purvis, and others, up with me and encouraging me to get things done. spent long, hot humid hours marking the golf course so we could park by style of Porsche. Unfortunately, most of his efforts were Thanks again everyone – you did a superb job. washed away by the rain. We still managed to neatly park all of the
356 mini hOLiday at PvGP Jolene Cicci Call it fate or whatever, but back in December of last year, I ran into Bud Osbourne and his wife Cindy at a shopping center in Bridgeville. I couldn’t get Ken Jeremiah’s request in the Rundschau for a PVGP coordinator out of my head, but you see, I’ll admit it ... Yes, I’m a workaholic. With that being said, I knew that particular task was out of the question. So I’ll go back a few years when Ken asked for my help in getting some more 356s at the PVGP. Food for thought for the anniversary celebration: 50 356s was my goal, a nice gathering place, a scenic drive, you get the picture. Now here are Bud and Cindy and I’ll throw this at them and see what they think. The answer was yes, and the rest is now history.
356Burgh, founded by Paul Apostalou and Bud Osbourne, jumped on board and things really got rolling -- hundreds of emails to 356 enthusiasts, posts on Talk forums (PVGP has nearly 3000 hits), Facebook (whoever would have thought), flyers and posters made and distributed from the California Swap Meets to Stoddards in Cleveland, Matt Little sending out pics to 356 magazines and web- sites, and the help and support of the 356Registry sent our mes- sage worldwide. We secured a host hotel at the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe, made dinner reservations at the historic Century Inn Rundschau 16 Tuesday at the Waterfront brought out a nice display as well as the 356 racer cars at the Bossa Nova on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, the downtown Parade and Car Shows were a big hit with the 356 crowd. On Wednesday evening, Paul Apostalou hosted a dinner for the 356 guests and 356Burgh at a lovely Italian eatery in Upper Saint Clair called Cucina Bella. Thank you Paul from the gang!
Thursday was a 356 invasion of the Hoffbrauhaus in the Southside. Many brave souls traveled in non-air-conditioned cars to a fantastic event. Thanks Paul for the invitation.
Friday was the social and touring day for the 356 group. It all started at Southpointe where the Observer-Reporter did a photo shoot to promote the Porsche event at the PVGP. Next, off to Confluence and Fallingwater in record temperatures. Along the way, a car had a tire blowout and thanks to Duane Smith, Brandon, and the ser- vice department at Sewickley Car Store, everything turned out fine. There was lunch at Rivers Edge B&B, house tour of the spectacular Fallingwater, a cool down dip at Ohiopyle and off to eat dinner at the Century Inn with over 50 356 enthusiasts, including the group from the D.C. area.
in Scenery Hill, group tour slated at Fallingwater, and was delighted to see Paul’s Hoffbrauhaus event added to fill our void on Thursday. Suzanne at our Goodie Store offered to make 356 apparel.
Agenda set and ready to go and then something really special happened. The 356 Registry and the PVGP noticed that 356 reg- istrations were coming in at a steady pace and embraced the group. Jerry Longstreth and Bob Speer got the okay for a 356 tent trackside. The 356 Registry and the trustees donated monies for the tent and other activities including a picnic at our host hotel, Adam Wright donated “goodie bags”, and Restoration Design from Canada became a sponsor, as well as Sarris Candies, CoCo Mats, and Swissvax. Sewickley Car Store donated a lovely gift to the 356 person who drove the farthest. Thank you KC. The Porsche race team got on board and thanks to Rocky Farrar, the drivers and cor- ner workers were slated to join us for lunch, probably a first for the PVGP. Vic Rivera offered to bring his Janis Joplin clone to the event after the real deal fell through because of an unfortunate accident transporting the vehicle from the Grammy Museum to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Now fast forward to the PVGP events. Saturday at BeaveRun, the two PVGP ambassadors, Anita and Brandon, were photographed in Tony Tumminello’s Convertible D for use in the 356 Registry Magazine and the Panorama.
We had a few 356s represented on Walnut Street on Monday: Terrence Orr’s twin grille roadster, Tony Tumminello’s Convertible D, and Duncan Neilson’s very rare matching numbers Carrera 2000GS with a 4-cam factory engine. 17 SePTembeR 2011 ol’ tent under a shade tree, flashing cameras... what else can be said! Another first on Saturday whereas the Porsche race car driv- ers and the corner workers, Lenny Santora family (thanks Michelle Santora for the 356Registry cakes), got to join us for lunch. Dr. Bill Swartz thanked everyone and said that he could hear the roars of the crowd when they approached the turn by our tent. And that was awesome! After the day at Schenley, everyone headed back to Southpointe for a picnic style dinner and German beer, compliments of the 356 Registry. All leftover food was donated to the local police department who provided security for our 356s at the hotel free of charge.
Next morning was Sunday and a more laid back affair. The 356ers had an outstanding turnout at the park and in the Parade Lap. It would be hard to argue that Vic Rivera’s Janis Joplin clone and Duncan’s 4-cam stole the show. The races were fantastic and the 356 group made us all proud. Just a reminder of how fortunate we are to have this venue in our beloved Pittsburgh, all in the name of charity.
There are so many people to thank, so at the risk of forgetting any- one, I wish to thank everyone for all your support.
Our next 356 invasion was Schenley Park on Saturday. It looked In closing, we have to remember the biggest winners of the event as if mother nature would cancel our event for Saturday and all are the two PVGP charities: the Autism Society and The Allegheny the hard work and effort would be for naught. However, after a rain Valley School. delay, we were permitted to enter the golf course. Rows and rows of 356s -- a beautiful sight in the Burgh. Our out of town guests were Let’s do it again next year! awestruck! Concours, great food, great friends, vintage racing, big
FrOm sPeCtatOr tO driver Randy Evans, #51 A few months ago as I was working on my registration for the BeaveRun Historic Races, I happened to talk to Mike Connelly who suggested that I do the Schenley Park races as well…whoa!I’ve been a spectator for ten years now and always thought that it would be fun.I’m certainly “vin- tage” enough, but the ol’ 911 is only thirty years old.Turns out that with Porsche being the marque, they are allowing some slightly newer cars up to 3 liters, so sign me up!
As a spectator “on the hill”, my posi- tion at the Ross campground at the top of Panther Hollow (turn 13), was about all I’ve ever seen of the track.I log onto the PVGP website and under the driver’s section find a turn-by-turn, detailed description of the Schenley Race Circuit complete with photos.I also find some in-car video on YouTube.Twenty turns including three 180s, stone walls, curbs, sewer drains, traffic light and telephone poles, concrete barriers, lots of hay bales, a four ton granite monument (that by the way has been hit three times over the years), and for the most part, well paved and crowned city streets…getting a Photo by Dale Rabeneck. little apprehensive now. The week begins with the Black Tie and Tailpipes after working in the morning and getting the racecar up to the Beav for tech inspec- We still have some time, so I call my old friend John Bechtol(who’s tion and registration.Except for T’s lost bracelet, a fun time is had been doing this for many years) and ask for a little mentoring.He by all…a fine place, the Longue Vue Club.With thousands of laps at gladly agrees and we meet one Sunday morning for a dozen “laps” BeaveRun and having done the Historic Races six times now, the in the air conditioned comfort of his Audi at legal speeds.I stay for weekend goes well with respectable finishes of 8th place out of 33 another dozen or so in the Mini and it’s starting to make sense. in Group 2 and 10th out of 25 in the Porsche group with some crazy fast cars the likes of Jay, Joe, and Kenny.Perfect weather and a Rundschau 18 personal best qualifying time make for a great weekend. crown of the road rather than anything resembling a “normal” driving line.I’ve finally figured out which gear to be in and I’m hanging with Work on Monday ran a little late, so no chance of getting to the the mid-pack group in the 2 minute 30 second range.Near the end of Waterfront in rush hour.Walnut Street on Tuesday was fun in spite the day, I decide to bag the final session and take a golf cart (and a of a little rain, Bossa Nova on Wednesday was a hit as always, cold one) over to the golf course…quite an impressive crowd! and Thursday’s Hofbrauhaus gathering was a rousing success.A few hours at work on Friday morning and it’s off to Schenley Park!I After thirty more laps in my head, Sunday morning begins with two get lucky and find a paddock spot next to the Bechtol compound, more practice sessions followed by the marque race…respectable get unloaded, teched, registered, and ready for the driver’s meet- time and finished 11th out of 22.Someone hit the chicane hay bale, ing. It’s 97 and humid, so we’re all hoping for cooler weather for the so the session was black-flagged during lap six.After the race, Peter weekend.I suppose all the activities as well as working every day from Connecticut (with a 1958 356) and I found each other to just helped me to keep from worrying too much about the races.E. Paul shake hands and say job well done… watch the video (www.arpca. addresses the group to emphasize the exhibition aspect of the race com) and you’ll see why.At the end of the day, I had an absolute ball vs. the “red mist”…good advice indeed.My steering wheel also has a and I’m already looking forward to next year. sticker that reminds me every time I get in… “don’t hit s**t.”We end the day with the obligatory first-time driver, 2.3 mile track walk…still Thanks to all who helped me make it through:erri and Paul with the hot, a few showers, and the hills are certainly steeper on foot.We’re raffle; Brock, Justin,and Casey with the home theater; theBechtols told that the earth below the Panther Hollow Bridge is 190 feet for all their support; my ice-water circulating “Cool Shirt” Christmas down, so mental note that turn five is not the place for a mistake. present from my kids; Joe at Matthews Bronze; John at Giant Eagle; and Matt at Auto Estates.Thanks to Audrey Kate, my first grandchild, Saturday morning, I take advantage of practice sessions in both for waiting to be born until after the race weekend. The only thing group five and group seven, followed by qualifying races in both missing for the entire weekend was a cool-down lap with the “thank groups.A cloudburst or two later, during the fourth session, I’ve you” wave to the fans… consider this a big wave and thank you to gotten a feel of the “line” which is more about late apexes and the all! in the ZOne Ron Carr, Zone 4 Representative It was great to see several of you at this year’s 56th annual Porsche Like to see clean cars? Join the Northern Ohio Region at the Parade in Savannah! There were 51 registered members from German Car Show in Olmstead Falls, OH, on September 11th. See Zone 4 and just under 100 Zone 4 members in attendance. Yes, their website for details. it was hot! But the events were great and the Porsche fellowship was irreplaceable. Next year, the Parade will be in Salt Lake City Another great car show can be found at the GE Park in Cincinnati on July 8th through the 14th. Somewhat cooler and dryer, we hope. on September 25th from 10:00am until 3:00pm. Join the Ohio Meanwhile, back in the Zone, the fall season has some great local Valley Region at the 20th Annual VW Porsche Reunion Car Show events to help you enjoy your car and the company of your fellow and Swap Meet. See the OVR website for directions and details. PCA members. Always check your region’s website and newsletter for the latest details on events close to you, and check the Zone Saturday, September 24th, Southeast Michigan Region will be 4 Website for other regions’ events. Some additional events orga- hosting a Driver’s Education Day at Waterford Hills Race Track in nized by our several regions for your fall driving pleasure include: Michigan. The event is open to all -- see the website for details.
The Allegheny Region will host a Driver’s Education Event at the If you are within driving range of the Western Michigan Region, Mid-Ohio Race Track on Saturday and Sunday, Sep 24th and 25th. consider the following dates and events: There will be a lapping day for experienced drivers on Friday, Sept September 3rd: IROC III Autocross, hosted by WMR, Ionia 23th. Fairgrounds. Contact Duane Weed. September 3rd: Tech Session - Euro Autowerks, Rockford, On Saturday, October 8th, the Maumee Valley Region will sponsor MI - Hosts: Dan and Ren Phillips. a Dyno Clinic at PureTuning. See their Website for details. September 10th-11th: Grand Prix of Grattan DE - Grattan Raceway, Grattan, MI. Mid-Ohio Region is hosting an Autocross at the Columbus Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 11th. See the MORPCA website And, of course, for a great drive out west, there is the Porsche for details. Escape on September 15th to the 18th in Flagstaff, AZ. A few spots are still available -- check the PCA.org website for a link to the reg- Northern Ohio is hosting a DE at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in istration page. Lexington, OH, on September 30th through October 2nd. Friday the 30th is an Instructor/Advanced Student only Lapping Day. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at zon- [email protected]. Hope to see you at an event soon! Northern Ohio Region is also hosting an Autocross at the Lakeland Community College on Sunday, October 9th. See the NORPCA website for details.
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Allegheny Region PCA C/O Suzy Snyder 119 Larchwood Drive Turtle Creek, PA 15145