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MAY/JUN 2020 PORSCHE PROFILE 1 2 PORSCHE PROFILE MAY/JUN 2020 33 Tour to Linger Lodge FEATURES The Saga of 356 #119205 . 20 EVENTS Breakfast with Porsches . 27 Tire Rack Street Survival . 28 Linger Lodge Tour . 33 20 27 PORSCHE INTEREST Charity—Ready for Life . 30 Taycan Intro at Reeves . 39 DEPARTMENTS The President’s Message . 5 Social Ramblings . 7 Schedule of Events . 9 Saga of 356 The Membership Starting Line . 11 #119205 The Way It Was . 13 Photo of the Month . 15 Tech Notes . 17 Rally Meister . 19 28 Business Card Corner . 43 The Last Turn . 45 Marketplace . 46 CONTRIBUTORS: ON THE COVER - Gerry Curt’s photo of his Gerry Curts, William Caldwell, Tire Rack Street Survival Course 1962 356 Coupe. See page 20 for all of the John Sabatini, Kathy Rossiter . details and more photos. MAY/JUN 2020 PORSCHE PROFILE 3 Suncoast Porsche Club of America Board of Directors OFFICERS President Past President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Denise Remus John Vita John Sabatini Daniela Boesshenz Paul Auger 727-215-7452 941-920-6698 813-493-6359 727-365-2219 410-984-3416 president@suncoastpca org. johnrvita@gmail com. vp@suncoastpca org. secretary@suncoastpca org. treasurer@suncoastpca org. ELECTED DIRECTORS BOARD MEMBERS AT LARGE Social Safety Rally Master Member at Large Member at Large Ed Rossiter Dave White Jim Hoey Pedro Bonilla Brian West 317-670-5207 727-709-0822 941-323-5184 954-385-0330 813-203-9869 social@suncoastpca org. dewyacht69@gmail com. rallymaster@suncoastpca org. pedro@pedrosgarage com. bwfst84@gmail com. PRESIDENT APPOINTED Webmaster . Paul Bienick - 941-544-2775 admin@suncoastpca org. Communications Director . Rick Meyer - 813-417-9779 communication@suncoastpca org. Profile Editor . Norm. Sippel - 727-787-5929 profile@suncoastpca org. DE Registrar . Denise Remus - 727-215-7452 deregistrar@suncoastpca org. DE Tech . Peter Vosotas - 727-479-2090 Competition Membership vosotas@aol com. Kirsten Eggert Larry Mendez Charitable Endeavors . Bill Caldwell - 727-669-7954 727-492-6124 813-695-7093 give@suncoastpca org. autocross@suncoastpca org. membership@suncoastpca org. 48 Hours Co-Chair . Joshua. Breckeen - 727-251-5289 email@jbreckeen org. Chief Track Instructor . Amy Riches - 941-518-0004 Amy@autoquestcars com. Profile Editor & Publisher . Norm Sippel - 727-787-5929 Assistant Editor . Ralph Porzio - rporzio@verizon .net profile@suncoastpca org. Photo Editor . George Wienhold - ogee125@gmail com. Graphic Artist . David McGowan - www .mauidave .net Copy Editor . Penny Sippel - pennysippel@mindspring com. mauidave@yahoo com. 4 PORSCHE PROFILE MAR/APR 2020 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Denise Remus This Too Shall Pass... hat a change a few months can make. to iRacing teams, sim racing, or watching to two charities, Ready for Life and Ronald WMy last column talked about our replays of historic races. We are learning McDonald House, organizations struggling to Rally program, the 48 Hours of Sebring, who and what is essential and what is not. fulfill their missions at a time when the need the member Gala, and our March DE. Now Healthcare workers and employees of grocery for their services is at its greatest. We’ve also PCA events are canceled and the focus is stores, Amazon, FedEx, UPS, USPS, and set up a GoFundMe campaign for the corner social distancing and isolation in compliance other essential workers are the real heroes. workers and other support staff from Sebring with “Safer-at-Home” orders trying to stop We anticipate it will be several months International Raceway who are now unable to the spread of the Covid-19 virus. We are before things are even close to what they work (www.gofundme.com, look for Support appreciating the simpler things in life and were before the virus, but the Sebring Workers, Our Track doing all we can to stay healthy. We’ve learned likelihood is we’ll be settling into Family). Thanks to the generosity to make masks out of bandanas and kitchen a “new normal.” As we await what of you, our members, we can towels, how to do Zoom calls to stay in touch, the future holds, your Board of help make a difference. Thank and worked our way through the irritating Directors remains busy. Social you, thank you, thank you! “honey-do” lists. We’re learning to cook events are being planned—for On a personal note, all is well creatively with interesting items discovered in when restaurants reopen. Rallies with my family. My husband Pat, our own pantries and ordering home delivery and Tours are ready to go—for an international pilot with Delta from our local restaurants. We’ve caught up when we can gather again. While whose routes are typically to on Netflix and Hulu, learning more than we Autocross competitions and China, South Korea or Japan, has ever wanted to know about crazy owners Driver’s Education at Sebring may been home for several months. of big cats and pondered over what really be delayed until the fall, it’s giving our drivers He’s definitely busy around the house. He’s happened to Carole’s husband. We’ve realized lots of time to work on their cars—adding finished putting down a new floor in the the things we put off doing because we those track mods and enhancements they garage and a lift for our track cars. Our son didn’t have enough time, were really delayed hope will result in a few seconds off their time. drove in from Dallas on March 22 to stay with because we just didn’t want to do them since, However, for many of our friends us during the quarantine. We haven’t had for many of us, time is no longer an excuse. and neighbors, the shut-down has been the opportunity for this much time together We’re connecting with family and friends devastating. Unemployment, reduced for 20 years. I’m able to do my healthcare in new and creative ways. While large races income, loss of social support, illness and, consulting work remotely. Feeling blessed. were canceled or postponed, including the tragically for some, the loss of loved ones Yet I’m wondering how each of you are St. Petersburg Grand Prix and the 12 Hours has occurred. Your Board of Directors has doing? How are you managing during these of Sebring, we’re still enjoying races thanks responded to known needs through donations difficult times? Is there something you need that we could help with? If so, please let us know. Feel free to reach out to any Board member, our contact information is published on page 4 in this magazine and also on our website (www.SuncoastPCA. org). Are you finding purpose through helping others? Learning new skills during social isolation? Are you experiencing special moments with your family—or with your Porsche? Share your stories with us on our Suncoast PCA Facebook page or send them to us for posting on our website—pictures are great! And you can remain anonymous if desired, just let us know. We will see each other again—not exactly sure when or where it will be, but until then, stay safe. n MAY/JUN 2020 PORSCHE PROFILE 5 6 PORSCHE PROFILE MAY/JUN 2020 SOCIAL RAMBLINGS By Ed Rossiter, Social Director Keeping Our Socials at a Distance reetings. I had hoped to be able this concurrently. Please email me at social@ Additional upcoming events to look for: Gmonth to elaborate on some plans for suncoastpca.org, and let me know what We have coordinated with two other great breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, but you think and what you would attend and restaurants at this time, to be ready to set since we are not able to do so, let’s talk about support. We are always interested up as soon as our shutdown is our latest breakfast and what we are putting in finding the social venues that lifted. They will span the north together for the near future. meet the interests and needs of and south ends of our club area. On February 29, a day which only comes our members. Both will provide us with ample every four years, we hosted a breakfast at Before we were paused parking as well as a diversified the Burgundy Square Café in Venice. It was from having social events, our menu. More on that in the next well attended with approximately 30 club committee was busy searching for issue of the Profile. members and guests. The food was good and venues that could handle a group John Sabatini has made all the priced reasonably. Parking was great for a our size, and also have a place for arrangements for the now annual downtown venue. We are planning a breakfast parking our cars safely. We had Crystal River Invasion. Due to the there several times later this year. Stay tuned. found that many restaurants did current situation this event was Pictures from the breakfast are elsewhere in not want to entertain us with groups of up to postponed. It is expected to be rescheduled for this issue. 30 during the months of February and March. the summer. Over the past few years, we have had great These restaurants will be ready to seat us when Denise Remus has also arranged with success with Saturday morning breakfasts, our pause is past, and the winter people leave. Carrabbas in St. Petersburg to host a wine and will at the earliest time have one at So, expect us to schedule a lot of opportunities pairing dinner, which will be rescheduled as the First Watch in Lakewood Ranch. Paul to get together and enjoy the menus of our fine soon as we are able to plan these events.