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June 2009 Spiel 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 FYI Porsche produced 10 cars in 1948, 1,783,913 total through 1 st 6 months of model Year 2007/8 The People The Cars 2009 Marks the 35 th Anniversary Of the Fl Citrus Region PCA. To become a member of PCA and FL Citrus PCA, to change email or mailing address , or to update car owned , please contact National PCA at www.pca.org / 703-321-2111, or locally, Bill Davis, Citrus Membership Chair at: [email protected] Please Support Our Advertisers For Auto And Personal Services 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 Spiel Notes : All photos by the Editor unless noted. Member contact Information is very important if you want to -½ Page with name & continue receiving the "Panorama", the "Citrus Spiel" or any Monthly Ad Rates : phone # on bottom of emails about upcoming region events. This contact information - Bus Card $20 each Page $150 is maintained on the member database at PCA. There are three - ¼ Page $45 ways to update this information. You can call PCA at 703-321- - ½ Page $85 - Personal Ad 2111; or on the web at www.pca.org <http://www.pca.org/>; -Full Page $150 (Car/Parts/Lit) Free to or by sending the information to Bill at [email protected] . Members ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM 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 ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM VOLUMEVOLUME 35 34 NUMBERNUMBER 5 6 PAGEPG 9 4 MAYJUNE 2008 2009 ZOTZ GARAGE TEL: 407.678.6789 WWW.ZOTZGARAGE.COM 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).
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