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THE CITRUS SPIEL T H E O F F I C I A L N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E F L O R I D A C I T R U S R E G I O N P.C.A. CHARTERED IN 1974 Published Monthly Over 500 Members VOLUME 35 NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 2009 UPCOMING Great Turnout At Wine Tasting Event Sep 9 th (Wed) – Monthly Meeting @ Dealer, 7pm Sep 12 th (Sat) – Garage Day (see pg 2) Sep 26 th (Sat) – Auto- Cross at Tavares Facil. Oct 9-11 (F-Sun) Octoberfast PCA Club Race @ Daytona Intnl Speedway – organized By Citrus & Crown Regions-see pg 5 F Y I Most Members by Location (zip): Orlando 149 Winter Park 46 Longwood 46 Windermere/ 27 Windermere, July 25 th – a group of 25 or so RSVP’d Winter Garden Oviedo 23 for our Wine Tasting Social at Tim’s Wine Market but like most of our events, plans are made at the last minute Winter Spgs 18 and close to 50 attended! Proprietors Craig and Kathy Lopus provided loads of hospitality and some very good wines. Kathy poured the first sampling as you entered Our 35 th Anniversary and then Paul, store wine expert, took over at the wine Dinner will be bar with Craig catering to the audience. Jennifer Barrows combined with the provided delicious warm and cold snacks to supplement Holiday Dinner on the tastings. Sunday Dec. 6 th . Stay tuned for The Racer’s Group (TRG) owner Kevin Buckler provided a details on this bottle of his California Adobe Road Cabernet (2005) which special event and was raffled off. A large number of door prizes were also mark the date on given away. Attendees included Mark and Norma Peebles , your calendars. Greg and Jennifer Barrows , David Elliot , John and Sandy Vick , Cort and Heather Voorhees , John and Jan Reker , Andrew and Shelly Sullivan , Russ and Ronda Alcorn, Bob and Laurie Gosselin, Eric and Please Use Our Diane Mashburn, Kevin and Kristin Abel, Ron and Advertiser’s Kathy Folden, John and Lisa Miller, Chuck Hennings and many others. Services - Apologies for misspellings! See/read more on page 4 Photos by Kevin Abel and Chuck Hennings See Inside Florida Citrus Region website http://flc.pca.org/ ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM Thanks to Jennifer Barrows for organizing Officers the successful Wine Tasting event (pg 1). President Vice President Attendance was about 50 and all enjoyed Chuck Hennings Howard Osterhouse 407-909-0507 [email protected] the social, food and drink aspects of the [email protected] evening. Thanks also to Kevin Abel who Secretary/ Treasurer did his usual job of taking great photos. Insurance Coordinator Arden Griffith David Edwards [email protected] If you’ve got some minor work to perform [email protected] on your Porsche, do it at the Garage Day event at Kerry Flankey’s on September 12 (see below), one of his annual Directors/Committee Chairs outings for the Club. Membership/Email Chair Newsletter Chair/Editor Bill Davis Chuck Hennings October is a very busy month with both Octoberfast at 407-365-8428 407-909-0507 Daytona and the fall DE at Roebling planned. [email protected] [email protected] Bert Del Villano is handling the coordination of Octoberfast Past President/PCA Race Chair Safety Chair for our Club with Allen Shirley , the President of the Crown Jeff Phillips Kevin Duffy [email protected] [email protected] Region. Thanks to Bert as the event is a major undertaking Driver’s Ed Coordinator/Chair Autocross Chair and will include a DE for Instructor level individuals and an Dave Borinski Bert Del Villano Autocross. Genie Evers is working the volunteer side and 407-563-1329 407-909-0636 Richard Hook is the Registrar. Be sure to attend. [email protected] t [email protected] With all the activity in October, we’ve decided to combine the Anniversary and Holiday dinners on December 6 th at the downtown Marriott. We’re planning on a special evening Dir. Of Instructor Training Technical Chair with something interesting for all. Finally, the Challenge Rally, Ron Zitza Sid Collins 407-294-0024 407-297-7733 our event to support the Russell Home for severely disabled [email protected] [email protected] children, is scheduled for November 15 th . Please put that date on your calendars and see you there!. Chief Driving Instructor Webmaster Chuck Tom King Brian Remington 407-876-6675 407-235-7372 Monthly Ad Rates : -½ Page with name & [email protected] [email protected] phone # on bottom of each Historian Dealer Liaison Page $150 Chuck Hennings (acting) Jim Lynch - Bus Card $20 [email protected] 407-262-0800 - ¼ Page $45 Porsche of Orlando - ½ Page $85 - Personal Ad/Classified Zone Representative -Full Page $150 (Car/Parts/Lit) Free to Jennifer Barrows Members [email protected] WELCOME TO OUR Bill Davis Garage Day 2009 NEW MEMBERS Membership Saturday September 12 th Chairman (Total Members End of July – 496) At this event, it’s a good way to turn a wrench and not get into too much trouble. Your fellow Club members will make sure you Harry Cary Maitland 2006 911 S are doing things right with plenty of free advice and tips. Items on your to-do list could include oil changes, changing brake fluid, Todd Faden Tangerine 1992 968 tightening CV bolts, etc. You could even wash and wax your favorite ride. The property has plenty of trees and borders the Christopher Mccown Orlando 2007 Boxster S West Oaks Trail and we have several bikes for use or bring your own. We also raise horses here. A simple lunch/drinks will be John Werry Ocala 1976 911 S provided. Directions are easy using Mapquest or your favorite Member contact information is very important if you want to map/direction service. The ranch is located down a short dirt continue receiving the "Panorama", the "Citrus Spiel" or any drive. It is hard packed and will be smoothed out prior to the emails about upcoming region events. This contact event. Please call if you have any questions. information is maintained on the member database at PCA. There are three ways to update this information. The Flankey’s You can call PCA at 703-321-2111; or on the web at 8098 Gilliam Road www.pca.org <http://www.pca.org/>; or by sending the Apopka, FL 32703 information to Bill at [email protected] . 407-886-3347 ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM VOLUME 35 NUMBER 9 PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 2009 FLORIDA CITRUS REGION SEPTEMBER 2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 Monthly Club Meetings- 1st Monday of Each Month @ Porsche of Orlando (except Sept. – Wed 9/9) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Labor Day Monthly Mtg Garage Day @ Dealership See page 2 7pm 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 AX @ Tavares See page 5 27 28 29 30 Car of the Month: 356 – 1948-65 Coupe/Convert. 1.1 – 2.0L Designer-Erwin wikipedia Komenda Bold Type = FL Citrus Events 2009 Escape to the Birthplace of Aviation October 1-4, 2009 5 Monthly Mtg @ Dealership Ohio Valley Region invites you to this year’s 9-11 Octoberfast PCA Club Race, Escape in Dayton, Ohio. DE and AX @ Daytona “Join us for Country Road Tours, Scenic Covered Bridge 17, 18 Roebling Road DE tours, the Aviation Trail Interpretive Centers and private behind the Scenes Tours at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Opportunities for car viewing and dining are combined at 2 Monthly Mtg @ Dealership White Allen Porsche, the Packard 8 Winter Park Concours Museum, Quaker Steak & Lube, the Taj Ma Garaj and at Carillon Park. 15 Challenge Rally So come to the “Heart of it All” 26 Thanksgiving in Southwest Ohio for Escape 2009”. Register for Escape 2009 at: http://escape.ovrpca.org 6 Anniversary / Holiday Dinner 7 Monthly Mtg @ Dealership Note: the Challenge Rally is now Sunday Nov 15 th and the 25 Christmas Anniversary Dinner has been combined with the Holiday Dinner scheduled for Sunday Dec 6 th . ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM VOLUMEVOLUME 35 34 NUMBERNUMBER 5 9 PAGEPG 9 3 SEPTEMBER MAY 2008 2009 Wine Tasting (cont’d) For those interested in wines, here’s the list of those that were sampled at Tim’s: Kathy greeted us at the door with a sparkling wine from Italy, a La Marca Pro-Secco . Paul then moved us from whites to reds as follows: A Maso Canali Pinot Grigio from Italy, a German Impulse Reisling , 2005; a Pinot Noir (Hob Nob) from France, 2007; a German Valkenberg , Dornfelder , 2008, unusual in that most popular German wines are white; an Australian Shiraz, (Hope) , 2006 and a California Zinfandel (Plungerhead), 2007. Tim’s Wine Market is located at 328 Main Street, Windermere, ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM VOLUME 35 NUMBER 9 PAGE 4 SEPTEMBER 2009 Porsche Racing, Driver’s Ed and Autocross ALMS - American LeMans Series – writeup partially excerpted, photos from Jill Beck emails. LEXINGTON, Ohio – August 8 – Setting an American Le Mans Series record for five GT2 class wins in a row, the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR driven by Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) expanded their championship lead to 37 points with a dramatic class win at the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid- Ohio Sports Car Course.