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
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 .
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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. And, to add icing on the cake for all Porsche enthusiasts, the new Muscle Milk Team Cytosport Porsche RS Spyder, with Klaus Graf (Germany) and Greg Pickett (USA) at the helm, scored a surprise second-place finish in the LMP2 class, narrowly missing a class win. However, in a new challenge to Porsche dominance in GT2, the new Rahal Letterman Racing BMW M3 made a splash at Road America August 16 th by finishing 1-2 in its class, BMW’s first victory in the American Le Mans Series since Petit Le Mans in 2001. GRAND-AM Rolex Series – articles excerpted from Jill Beck email. With the 911 GT3 Cup of Farnbacher Loles Racing, Dirk Werner (Germany) and Leh Keen (USA) further extended their lead in the American Grand-Am Series. At the ninth round of the season at Watkins Glen, the pair secured second place in the GT class – just 0.774 seconds off claiming their fifth win of the season. With this result, they continue on a solid title course. In the Daytona Prototype class, David Donohue (USA) and Darren Law (USA) claimed sixth place with Brumos Racing’s Porsche Riley. Their teammates Joao Barbosa (Portugal) and JC France (USA) secured eighth which also earned them crucial championship points. The Porsche Riley fielded by Penske Racing, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) were well on their way to a podium result but finished 13 th due to a blown tire. As a side note, Farnbacher Loles is supporting Racing4Research which raises money to benefit NF (neurofibrosis) medical research through corporate sponsorship, individual donations, and fund- raising by children with NF. NF is a set of genetic disorders that affects one in every 3,000 births and causes tumors to grow anywhere throughout the body. Please go to racing4research.org to learn more about supporting this organization. Driver’s Education (DE) – the next DE is scheduled at Roebling for October 17, 18. Sign up now at clubregistration.net for the FL Citrus fall classic DE at Roebling Road Raceway. This user friendly track is located just off I95 near Savannah where you can enjoy its many fine restaurants and activities. For a look at the track, go to Roeblingroad.com or for more info contact Jeff Phillips @ [email protected]. Club Member Racing From Sid Collins - Jerry Ruffino racing his 82 Porsche 911SC had great results and a good time at Daytona 8/8-9/09. He’s a graduate of our DE program and has taken up the racing challenge approx. 2 1/2 years ago. Troysport has built & supported the car along with mentoring Jerry.. Tom Johnson and Sid Collins teamed up to drive the SCCA regional weekend at Daytona Troysport's trusty 72 911T was once again up to the challenge as they both ran in separate groups and classes and had a successful weekend.... It has always been understood that racing is a dangerous sport. A fellow Porsche driver, Club member and long time Porsche owner Alan Burgess was involved in a severe accident during the Daytona weekend. He remains in the hospital in critical condition and requires all our thoughts and prayers from the Porsche Sid Collins community... The FLC/FCR PCA Club Race and DE will be held on October 9 – 11 at the world famous Daytona International Speedway. The event will be spectacular this year. Porsche of Melbourne is the Title Sponsor and will provide 2 new Panameras – one for use as the Pace Car, and another for demonstration rides on the autocross course. In addition, we will hold an autocross during the club race. Details to follow. We need volunteers to help in several areas, including grid, timing and scoring, registration, race control traffic control, etc. Contact Genie Evers ( [email protected] ) or Bert Del Villano ([email protected] ) to volunteer. Only experienced DE drivers may register for the Daytona DE. If you think you are qualified, contact Richard Hook ([email protected] ). Autocross On September 26, FLC and Space Coast Regions will face off in the third annual autocross challenge. As the host, FLC has dominated the series, both in the number of drivers and in class wins. SCR has improved every year and has threatened to win this year. The Challenge will be held at the Lake County Training Facility in Tavares. Registration is $25 and includes lunch. Please preregister at www.clubregistration.com . Additional information is available on the FLC web site. ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM
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ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM VOLUME 35 NUMBER 9 PAGE 7 SEPTEMBER 2009 Indy IRL Experience – by John Hursh Growing up in the Midwest, the Indy 500 was a given. It was just a part of my culture like Daytona is to a central Floridian. My first race was in 1970. I kept going for 15 years! So when I read in Sports Illustrated that you could actually drive an Indy car at the IMS (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) I thought I’ve got to do that some day. It’s funny how things work out in life…I came in contact with Jeff Sinden; owner of “The IRL Experience” and the purveyor of this motor dream just last year. As luck would have it, I had a meeting in Indy on July 17th and they had one slot left for that afternoon.
I’ve driven IRL Experience at Disney three times and now having driven Indy I give this review. The IMS is a famed track and carries a wealth of history and memories for me. I’d have to say that covering the track at a regulated average speed of 110 mph is fun and something I’ll never forget. The track is so long however, that unless one can punch up the speed, I like the IRL experience at Disney more. The Disney’s track being smaller and tighter gives you a more intense feel. At IMS the long sweeping turns need more speed for the same feeling. However, it was great driving the track on my own; scenes and past Indy 500 memories played over in my mind as I was driving. They have a two-seater that travels the course at about an average speed of 180 mph…maybe next time.
A Post Script re John – he will be joining the Historic Sports Car Racing HSR) team as its Chaplain. Part of HSR’s announcement reads “John will be coming along for the ride to encourage members, provide spiritual direction and offer an integral component of a finely-tuned racing team”.
John has been an executive in the world of insurance and investments and is currently on staff with the Campus Crusade for Christ. “He has most recently returned to the U.S. after being a loaned executive to help start a humanitarian aid organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Currently, John is developing several strategies and projects for the president of Campus Crusade. John enjoys racing and learning to drive his Porsche better by participating in autocross and looks forward to DE events sponsored by the Florida Citrus region PCA club. When not on the track, the golf course or wherever his children are is where you’ll find him. He enjoys a good movie or book, and conversation with friends”.
Congratulations on the appointment John. We’re proud to have you as a member of the FL Citrus PCA.
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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 9 PAGE 10 SEPTEMBER 2009 Summary Minutes of August 3rd, 2009 Monthly Meeting: David Edwards – Club Secretary
-Introduced New Members
-Spiel Out
-Wine Tasting Event a Success
-June Sebring Event Lost Money but Fun
-Octoberfast Contract about to be Signed
-Next Autocross September 26 @ Tavares
-Upcoming Events Discussed
Arden Griffith – Club Treasurer
-Financial Report: Balance $11876.64
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