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 6 JUNE 2009 UPCOMING Hot Party at Orlando Brewing! Jun 1 (Mon) Monthly PCA members and guests enjoyed the Florida sunshine (and heat), music by the Stony Bottom Mtg @ Dealership 7pm Drifters ( Ron Branom’s band), outstanding BBQ from Blackwater BBQ, the Rolex Racing Series Manager for Grand-Am ( Gary Cummings ), a Daytona Prototype and the hospitality of Orlando Jun 13 (Sat) 24 Hours Brewing, its award winning brews and brewery tours! Yes, it’s a run-on sentence but it takes a of LeMans Party lot of words to describe one of the best events of the year. George Cain , longtime PCA member at SE Performance and Orlando Brewing investor, and Jenniofer Barrows, Zone 12 Representative, coordinated the event with PCA, the International Speedway Corp. (ISC) and Al Volante, a Spanish TV company who Jun 20 (Sat) Kaffee filmed the event. AND the price was right thanks to Porsche of Orlando who provided the meals. Klatsch 8:30 – 11am Ron Zitza brought 2 of his race cars and Nort Northam his Rolex, watch-winning “Bean” 911. Ralph Fritsche , President of the Space Coast Region attended, bringing 3 other cars from the coast. Jun 29 – Jul 4 I think the pictures speak for themselves. Porsche Parade at Keystone CO
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The Band and the Beer More photos Page 3 Florida Citrus Region website http://flc.pca.org/ ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM The hot weather hit just in time for our Officers event at Orlando Brewing but didn’t deter President Vice President anyone from having a great time (see Chuck Hennings Howard Osterhouse 407-909-0507 [email protected] page 1). Lots of thank you’s but George [email protected] Cain and Jennifer Barrows orchestra- Secretary/ Treasurer ted the many players into a fine affair! Insurance Coordinator Arden Griffith David Edwards [email protected] In June we’ve planned a 24 Hours of [email protected] LeMans party June 13 th at Southeast Performance, a Kaffee Klatsch June 20 th near Deland and a summer DE at Sebring Directors/Committee Chairs with Suncoast on the 27 th and 28 th. Details were being for- Membership/Email Chair Newsletter Chair/Editor mulated at press time so watch for email blasts on these Bill Davis Chuck Hennings events. 407-365-8428 407-909-0507 [email protected] [email protected] With the increased activity in our Social Events, I’ve been Past President Safety Chair very pleased with your reception to them and quite a few Jeff Phillips Kevin Duffy folks have stepped forward to volunteer in staging them. [email protected] [email protected] Driver’s Ed Coordinator/Chair Autocross Chair Although we have about 500 members, it’s historically been Dave Borinski Bert Del Villano the “core 10%” who’ve actively participated. I’m hoping 407-563-1329 407-909-0636 with the variety of events that more of you will not only [email protected] t [email protected] come, but volunteer in putting them on. If you’ve been thinking of getting a little more involved besides just enjoy- Contacts ing your fantastic automobile(s), please contact me at Dir. Of Instructor Training Technical Chair [email protected]. We’ve got a lot of things in the Ron Zitza Sid Collins planning stage for the rest of 2009! 407-294-0024 407-297-7733 Chuck Hennings [email protected] [email protected] Chief Driving Instructor Webmaster Photo of the Month – May 9 th Orlando Brewing Event Tom King Brian Remington 407-876-6675 407-235-7372 [email protected] [email protected] PCA Race Chair Dealer Liaison Jeff Phillips Jim Lynch 352-383-8041 407-262-0800 [email protected] Porsche of Orlando Historian Zone Representative Chuck Hennings (acting) Jennifer Barrows [email protected] [email protected]
Bill Davis WELCOME TO OUR Membership NEW MEMBERS Chairman (Total Members End of April - 501
Jorge Anderson Orlando 09 911 Turbo William Gibbs Sanford 07 GT3 Mitchell Gorshin Orlando 08 997 S (L-R) Jim Lynch. Porsche of Orlando; Gary Stratton, Past Club Pres.; Richard Gray Orlando 08 997 Jim Barggren, Lakeside Inn Owner; Nort Northam, Club Founder; Brett Roller Orlando 84 911 John Andersen, newer Club member; #1 volunteer Rick Kohler Clermont 60 356 B
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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 6 PAGE 2 JUNE 2009 Orlando Brewing Event (continued)
Rolex Racing Series Manager Gary Cummings The “Bean” and Daytona Prototype Racecar
www.orlandobrewing.com .
Jim Lynch of Porsche of Orlando in new 997 Porsche of Orlando
George Cain and the Tom Singers
Escaping the Heat and Ordering the Brews Cindy Cain and John Andersen Doing Registration Duties ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM VOLUME 35 NUMBER 6 PAGE 3 JUNE 2009 FLORIDA CITRUS REGION JUNE 2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 Monthly Mtg 4 – 6 Rolex Grand-Am @ Watkins Glen-TV 6/6, 2pm @ Dealership 7pm 4 – 7 SVRA @ VIR
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 24Hrs of LeMans Party @ SE Perf 11-14 HSR @ Watkins Glen
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Kaffee/Klatsch
19, 20 Rolex Grand-Am @ Mid-Ohio-TV 6/20, 5pm 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 25-28 SVRA @ Mid-Ohio Sebring DE AutoCross (tentative) At Tavares
28 29 30 Car of 1969 - 1976 the 914/4: 115,646 Sebring DE Month: 29-Jul 4 Porsche Parade CO 914/6: 3,332 (tentative) Porsche 1.7L, 1.8L flat 4, Porsche 914 2.0L flat 4, 6 Monthly Club Meetings Are The 1st Monday of Every Month Bold Type = FL Citrus Events 4 Independence Day 18 Kaffee/Klatsch 9-11 Octoberfast PCA Club Race & DE @ Daytona TBD Beach Party 24, 25 Roebling Road DE
TBD Anniversary Dinner TBD Challenge Rally
TBD Kaffee Klatsch
TBD Kaffee Klatsch 7 Labor Day
TBD Tour
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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 6 PAGE 5 JUNE 2009 Porsche Racing, Autocross, and DE ALMS - American LeMans Series – the May 15 – 17 race, Utah Grand Prix, will be covered in the next Spiel.
Grand-Am – articles excerpted and edited from Jill Beck releases
ALTON, VA - April 25 -- Brumos Racing grabbed a controversial podium finish in Saturday's Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race at Virginia International Raceway, and the Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3 finished fourth in GT. David Donohue (Malvern, PA) and Darren Law (Phoenix AZ) finished third in the #58 Porsche Riley, taking advantage of a late caution that allowed Donohue to make up a seven-second deficit to the third-place car. "The podium finishe enabled Donohue and Law to remain co-leaders in the driver's standings with 60 points each, and moved Porsche into a tie for the manufacturer’s standings with Ford with 60 points each."I’m very, very happy with the outcome of this race" said Law. "The win at Daytona and the podium here puts us in the points lead, which is what we’re aiming to do for the season.."A day that started on the bright side for the Penske Porsche Riley turned into disappointment for the Porsche works drivers, but even after falling back to 23rd, still managed a seventh place finish for drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France). The other Brumos Porsche entry, driven by JC France (Daytona Beach, FL) and Joao Barbosa (Portugal) finished eighth.
MILLVILLE, NJ – May 3 -- Nearly every Porsche driver was smiling after the Verizon Wireless 200 Rolex Grand-Am SportsCar series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 race on a dismal and dreary day in New Jersey. Porsches swept the podium in GT – indeed, Porsches 911 GT3 Cup cars finished one through four – with victory going to the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche of Dirk Werner (Germany) and Leh Keen (Charleston, SC). The #86 TRG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of Pumpelly (Mason Neck, VA) and Ted Ballou (Corona del Mar, CA) finished second in GT, one lap down. With their second place at Daytona and sixth last week in Virgin ia, the TRG duo now lead the GT points after three events. The overall DP victory in the two hour, 45-minute race went to the Krohn Racing Ford Lola of Nic Jonsson (Sweden) and Ricardo Zonta (Brazil), who led 52 of the 87 laps. A spirited battle for third place overall in the final minutes grabbed all the attention from a good-sized, but very soaking wet, crowd. Passing his Porsche counterpart just four minutes from the finish, Timo Bernhard (Germany) gave Penske Racing its first Grand-Am DP podium finish after a sixth at Daytona and seventh at Virginia International Raceway. While David Donohue (Malvern, PA) and Darren Law (Phoeniz, AZ) missed the podium, they extended their DP Championship Driver’s points lead finshing ahead of their points pursuers. Club Member Racing From Sid Collins: Daytona National 5-2/3-09 Daytona Enduro – 1.5 Hr The definition of a good race Jim Clark E-production 5th place (944) Kevin Duffy & Chuck Russo (924) weekend is: "putting it on the Pedro Rivera F-production 1st place (914) Jerry Ruffino & Sid Collins (911SC) trailer in one piece , results are (this is Pedro's 1st Nat. win!! Congratulations!!) KC Ladnier (944) gravy" Sid Collins GT-3 1st place (911) (this was KC's first race and did well)
Gary Merideth finished 2nd to son Bryce at the first SCCA National Tour held in February in Georgia. Both drive the family BMW 328is in SCCA's Street Touring Extreme class. Marie Zitza thinks it’s probably Ron's new helmet that makes the wheels come off the ground in this photo at the Mitty at Road Atlanta recently! Hartmut Von Seelen shared the seat and he and Ron finished 8 th overall in the ’74 911RSR.
Autocross – See Sunrise to Sunset Rally page 8.
April 26 th Results: Stock Ladies : S2: Anne Del Villano 68.151 Tab Merchant 68.050 Ginny O’Neal 69.127 Douglas Dieruff 68.223 Genie Evers 69.710 Kelly Thornley 75.258
S1 : P4: Bob Blucher 63.683 Jim West 66.027 David O’Neal 67.010 Bert Del Villano 66.794 Maury Hamill 67.114 Price Braxton 72.151 Mel Saiz 69.892 Mark Dreyer 70.963 Craig Thornley 71.699 Driver’s Ed (DE) – next DE tentatively scheduled for Ron Cray 74.273 Sebring June 27, 28 (check website) ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM
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April 25 th – Another wonderful Sunrise to Sunset Rally started Friday night at Porsche of Melbourne with a kickoff talk by racing legend Derek Bell. And only a few hours later, we were watching the gorgeous sunrise while eating breakfast at a seaside hotel. Everyone then set out on the Rally routes which brought us to the Tavares autocross site for a Synchronization AX which pitted couples against each other to see who could get as close to matching their partners time as possible. Bert Del Villano and his AX team handled a lot of new AX folks smoothly and provided a great lunch.
Onto the rest of the Rally! We traveled across Florida on some neat roads and doubled back when stumped by the sometimes frustrating, but clever questions. No tickets that I know of and the caravaning near the end was somewhat like a DE, but with a lot of passing! The sunset at Clearwater Beach was beautiful and the dinner delicious at the Sand Key Resort. A slide show of correct answers to the Rally questions brought on hearty ooo’s and aah’s and a couple of spirited booo’s as the answers were revealed. The Sunrise to Sunset Rally trophy (see photo) stayed with the Citrus Region as they placed 5 in the top 10. The Trophy Many of the individual awards were special with Derek Bell signatures.
A big Thank You to Tom Gorsuch (Space Coast), Bill Davis (Citrus) and Ellen Riley (Suncoast) for putting together the event. Hopefully, it will continue as an annual event and the hiatus from 2002 through 2007 will just be an afterthought. The history, it’s told, is that Jeff Phillips (Citrus) proposed the event when he was President in 2000, the first year it was held. The trophy was “designed” after a German beer mug, a prize from a go-cart race, was donated and mounted by Jeff with the “SunChaser Rally” plate on the base. And the rest is history!
Citrus Region S2S2 Rally Results:
Chris Brooke Diane Phillips Brooke ( Finished 1 st Overall )
Claude Laborde Stefanie Laborde Jaime Diaz ManaDiaz Chuck Hennings Rita Hennings Jim Breeden Wendy Breeden David Anderson Cindy Anderson John Reker Jan Reker Jim Shoemaker Deborah Pandeline Carl Lueck Tammy Lueck John Andersen Dianne Andersen
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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 6 PAGE 10 JUNE 2009 Summary Minutes of May 4th, 2009 Monthly Meeting: David Edwards – Club Secretary
-Membership: 501 members
-Spiel Report: Still looking for articles
-Web Report: Free classified ads to club members
-Track Events: DE Sebring June 27,28; date tentative
-Brumos Tour: Full event, sign up early next year
-Autocross: Bert is back and ready to get the season started; volunteers wanted
-Financial Report: Balance $15,148
Arden Griffith – Club Treasurer
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