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FEATURES 18 6-Hour Super Enduro Classifications 20 SP997... These Guys Love to Race 24 911 Cup: A New Series 28 Carole Halvorsen: Michael Melton Award 32 The Man of Le Mans THE FIRST CHOICE FOR CHAMPIONS 38 Can You Relate to This? How to Make Timing Crazy 44 A Rookie Racer Perspective 48 Tim Meyer: Just Another SP1 Racer 56 The Story of Racy Dog Racing MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE 32 64 Quotable Quotes COLUMNS 4 From the Chair AND RELIABILITY 6 View From the Tower 8 Down to Business ORDER 10 Editorial License 12 Thinking About Rules 16 Coaching Perspective 35 Boots on the Ground THE PADS REMNANTS 26 2018 Club Racing Schedule YOU NEED 60 2017 National Championship Series Podium Winners 44 61 2017 West Coast Series Championship Podium Winners In Stock, All the Time, Shipped Free 62 OG Racing Outstanding Driver Awards 63 2018 PCA Club Racing National Sponsors WE’RE THE LARGEST U.S. PAGID RACING BRAKE PAD 68 2018 PCA Club Racing Contingency Programs SUPPLIER, WITH THE MOST EXTENSIVE INVENTORY. 70 2018 Hard Chargers 70 Event Ads PAGID Racing Brake Pads are available in 72 The Classifieds many compounds to fi t most applications. 74 Club Racing National Committee, Advertising Index, CRN Staff Call us now or use the PAGID Racing Brake Pad Quick Search on our website On the Cover: Photographer Juha Llevonen took this photo of Paul Norwood driving his SP997 at Sebring. Club Racing News (CRN) is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America, Club Racing, and is pub- to fi nd the pads you need >>> FAST! lished quarterly. Written contributions and photographs are welcome and can be mailed to the editor. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Porsche Club PAGID Racing brake pad compounds off er maximum stopping power, of America, Club Racing National Committee, its officers or members. Permission is granted to reproduce any ultimate endurance and consistently high quality for professional and material herein provided full credit is given to the author and PCA Club Racing News. PORSCHE®, the Porsche Crest®, CARRERA®, TARGA®, Cayman® and Boxster™ are trademarks of Porsche AG. The editor shall reserve amateur racers alike. EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE IN BRAKING! the right to edit and publish only those articles felt to be in the best interest of the members of the Porsche Club 48 of America. Commercial advertising inquiries should be directed to the CRN Advertising Coordinator. Postmaster: Address Change to: PCA Club Racing News, c/o PCA Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 6400 Columbia, MD 21045

ORDERS TECH SUPPORT ONLINE 800.356.2080 847.304.5515 NORTHSTARMOTORSPORTS.COM 2 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 3 www.pagidracing.com tarting the fourth year as Chair of the rules, treat all the same by those when I needed help in answering SPCA Club Racing finds me pon- rules, then acceptance would follow. questions, contributing ideas that dering how this involvement began. It was such a pleasure to share the have changed our procedures, doing And I assure you there was never any passion for racing in this capacity. I research on topics so we have an- intention to reach this position - it was racing a 914-6 and a 944 with swers. I am at fault of thinking up just happened during a 23 year jour- PCA during this time. new ideas but, what I have found is ney with PCA Club Racing. Fast forward to Bryan Henderson that I am surrounded with people In the early 1990s I was very active asking if I would be Chief Steward. who have the same intentions as I in SCCA racing in the Central Di- I accepted that for a couple of years. have for PCA racing. I am grateful to vision. About that time I joined the Bryan continued to ask if I would all those who have contributed and Mid-Ohio PCA Region with some be the Chair, but many times I said for their friendship. of my SCCA friends. After all, we no as I had a few personal goals to I am looking forward to year four were all gear heads and enjoyed cars. complete: the 500 mile Colorado as your Chair. PCA Club Racing was in the inau- hiking trail and my Master Garden We will have a race at Barber in gural years and there was talk among certification. May, our first 6-hour Super Enduro the Mid-Ohio Region that we But finally, despite many doubts, at High Plains in September, we should have a race. There was not yet I said yes to the Chair position. My have growth in race membership, a any constructive direction, so a few excuses/doubts included that I was new 911 Cup series, five vintage rac- PCA friends who were racing SCCA not as mechanical as most men, nev- es, return of trophies and procedure took a chance to convince the Mid- er had a president position in a club changes – all resulting from racer Ohio PCA board to have a club race to test my leadership skills, and was comments. at Mid-Ohio race track. It was suc- working full time as a Dental Hy- I challenge you to join this excite- cessful with the first four years hav- gienist. ment. When? Now – ing over 200 racers. I was the event Now entering the fourth year as Can you contribute volunteer chair for those inaugural years, fuel- Chair I am grateful to have had the time? Can you contribute with com- ing my passion for PCA club racing. opportunity. I often go back to the ments to build the program? Can Now I was meeting many new racing Founding Principles on which Alan you mentor a person to race in PCA friends all over the United States. Friedman started the program in Club Racing? The journey continued when Alan 1992 - a racing venue for PCA racers The Passion for racing is alive. Friedman asked me to be the Club that is Fun, Safe and Fair. To those Racing Licensing Coordinator. A core principles I add these three val- Enjoy, couple years later, while racing at the ues that help as a guidance: Vicki 1998 Sebring PCA Race, the Nation- That the racing venue al Stewards were having a meeting. 1) Must continue to have value They asked if I would consider join- 2) Regularly reinvent yourself ing them as a Steward. Monte Smith 3) Success is built on relationships. Upper right: was the Chair and I questioned if Steve Rashbaum took this he was ready to take a risk having a Over the years I have worked with photo at the Sebring Club Race. woman as a Steward. Sure, we knew so many great people. They have Mike Hoke and Pat Heptig in some would question this possibili- shown their leadership in volun- the back seat. Bryan Henderson ty. From my core I knew if I ran by teering in many capacities, listening and Vicki Earnshaw up front

4 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 5 Griding for a race other car try to race the leaders when and the leaders just have to deal with When we are using the third prac- they come up to lap them. In a re- that. However, common sense would tice for griding a race, we will flag cent situation, first and second place dictate that if you are running alone that session as a practice session, were running close together about when you are being lapped by the which means we go out under yel- 20 minutes into the race and lap- leaders, you are not really involved in low at all corners. If the leaders, or ping cars as they went. When they their race at that point. If you are be- anyone else, goes out very slowly approached a medium speed left ing lapped but hold off the leader for to help them get more time with- hander the lead car went by a car the entire rest of the race, you would out traffic in their first laps, it is not being lapped in the brake zone. The still loose to him by a large margin. being fair to the other racers. That second place car was close behind the Racing with the leaders in this sit- is also not safe for the folks at the leader. The car being lapped tried to uation leads to drivers driving over back of the pack when they catch pick up the pace to match the speed their head and unnecessary frustra- the very slow or stopped field. The of the leader and apparently to race tion for several folks. In PCA racing game being played in that situation with the second-place car. This with our corner etiquette and the is why we go out green in qualifying speed at entry was new territory for 13-13 rule, the overtaking car has re- Racing Room are contemplating. giving him the inside pass. Since he in the first place. At some races we the car being lapped and it did not sponsibilities that restrict his actions We have recently had some driv- In another situation Car A in an was projected to be ahead of both would have to cut a sprint to run work. The car being lapped lost it more than some venues. It may be ers who felt they were not left racing Enduro was being passed by Car cars by the turn-in point, it should a regular Qualifying session. The badly near the track-out and entered safer and faster to assist cars in pass- room when they were essentially side B who was at the same time being be a safe pass attempt. Stewards have the option of black a spin. The next four cars, including ing you when you are being lapped. by side with another racer in a corner passed by Car C, who was lapping Car B in this example is passing A flagging the cars creating the situ- the second-place car, went to the dirt You can do that by being predictable and they were unable to hold the in- both A and B and who was dicing and expects to be ahead of A at turn- ation if that is what it takes to stop to avoid contact. and leaving racing room. side line and slid out to contact the hard with a car behind him for the in as well. He is aware of C. He is this unsafe practice. This is racing, so there is no rule Remember, you communicate outside car. It appears that the driv- lead. The cars were similar in straight planning to move inside only enough that says you can’t race anyone in- with other racers by how you place ers in question felt that racing room speed and most of the overtake was to clear A and intends to take a mid- Common sense volved in your race group. Certainly, your car. should be 50% of the track width. due to corner exit speed. They were track line at turn-in to maximize his Another situation that seems to be if the car that is being lapped is in- We believe that it should be enough going to end up three wide in the exit speed. When A moves inside B popping up occurs when cars who volved in a dice with another car on BE Safe room for the car to stay on track and brake zone for the following corner, must move inside to avoid contact are not involved in a dice with an- his same lap, he has a right to his race Bryan not touch the car leaving the room. which is a relatively slow ninety de- with A. Since C is already to his in- In another situation a driver was gree right-hand. As B pulled along- side, he really doesn’t have anywhere attempting to pass the car ahead on side A on the inside, A started to drift to go. Car A, on the other hand, has a start by going between that car and to the inside well prior to the corner’s plenty of track to his outside and the wall. The driver making the pass turn-in point. He actually started this no reason to move to the inside on felt the car he was passing was mov- move half way down the nine hun- this straight. In fact, he is actually ing him into the wall and he had just dred foot straight. This move forced hurting his speed by moving to the stood his ground. Video indicated the B to drift to the inside as well. And inside prior to turn-in. That driving car ahead did not move closer to the now, what was a 40-foot-wide track style may be one reason he is being

wall. The driver being passed left rac- that should easily support three cars lapped. He is the car being passed by ® ® ® MARC H. MILLER CLU , ChFC , RIA ing room. That car also had another abreast on the straight was becoming two other cars but is at fault in the car beside him on the side away from a 15-foot-wide track and the room incident even though he was not in- OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE INSURING OUR PEERS the wall. The car making the pass for C was becoming nonexistent. In volved in contact. He did not leave was going for a very tight hole that fact C, who was already even with racing room for the two cars that LIFE & DISABILITY INSURANCE wasn’t likely to get bigger, and he at- B and on the inside when the space were passing him. FOR CLUB RACERS & ENTHUSIASTS tempted to maintain a position about started to narrow appreciably, ended six inches from the wall. As the car up in the grass with his inside tires en- Qualifying moved into the space between the car tering the brake zone. As he applied Several times over the last cou- being passed and the wall, video indi- brakes hard for the corner he slightly ple of months I have observed cars cated that he was steering rapidly in contacted B, who was the meat in the scrubbing their tires on the out lap an attempt to hold the car steady as sandwich. Who was at fault here? during a qualifying session that start- it entered what appeared to be a very On the straight C should be able ed under green. You must be aware turbulent area, likely created by the to expect that since the inside lane that if a car moves into a position to air being moved by the car ahead into was open and neither driver ahead attempt a pass as you are scrubbing 120 BROADWAY, 37TH FLOOR | NEW YORK, NY 10271 the narrow space between that car and had made a timely move to take a de- ou may be blocking him and may 212.701.7979 [email protected] the wall. At speed this was moving the fensive line into the corner it would be black flagged. If the blocking was Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS). OSJ: 120 Broadway, 37th Floor New York, NY 10271. phone: 212.701.7900. Securities products and advisory services passing car around a bunch, resulting remain open to the turn-in point. bad enough the Steward could de- offered through PAS, member FINRA, SIPC. Financial Representative of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY. PAS is an indirect, whollyowned subsidiary of Guardian. Strategies for Wealth is not an affiliate or subsidiary of PAS or Guardian. Guardian, its subsidiaries, agents, and employees do not provide tax, legal, or accounting advice. Consult your tax, legal, or ac- in contact. Make sure there is room to It appeared to C that the other two cide to end your qualifying session at counting professional regarding your individual situation. 201737627 Exp. 3/19 safely put the car in the position you drivers saw him coming and were that point.

6 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 7 SP2, SP3, SP911, SP996, SP997, follow decal number and placements. SPB, SPC, D and E classes. As with If you do not adhere to the require- Parking in every other program, the payout ments of the programs, you are not amount and places are dependent on eligible for the contingencies, so help the number of cars in the field. yourself and our scrutineers by know- Manhattan For all open tire classes and the ing the details and following them. Hawk contingencies, the require- If you have read this and wondered ment for cars in class is just that, cars “Why isn’t my class included in one in your eligible class. That does not of these programs”, please raise that mean that all cars must be participat- question with your class advocate. ing in the contingency. You could be They can bring your suggestions to the only E class car running Hawk the rules committee so that I know pads and decals, but if there are at what people are looking for before least three E class cars, you are eligible the end of the year and negotiate with for the payouts. our partners for the next season. I will let you know that car count Contingency Programs or offer. I will first state that the full season, and that is with Hoosier Rac- Summary means everything to some of our As racers, you all know how im- details of our contingency programs ing Tires. This contingency program Please remember that it is up to you partners, so if your class is not well Parking in Manhattan can be dif- portant partnership is to the sport; we are available on our website at pcaclu- is available for the SP3, SP997, SPC to register with the company offering represented, it may be tough for me ficult and frustrating (especially simply couldn’t do this without the bracing.org/contingency/, so please classes and the five designated 911 the contingency, and to comply with to get you included in a package, but in the winter), but Ilko Nechev support of local and national busi- go there for the full details. I won’t go Cup events. With Hoosier, first place the conditions they set forth (i.e. run it doesn’t mean I won’t try. saw this in front of his office. nesses. It is certainly beneficial to the through them in-depth here. What can win two tires, second one tire, the required number of decals in the I am always reaching out to compa- Some enterprising kid got lucky. program when companies want to be I will do is outline the key points to and third one tire based on the size of required locations) to be eligible for nies that will help you the racer. Some financially involved, but it is even bet- ensure you know what is available to the field. This program also requires the contingency. The scrutineers at of them are eager to be a part of Club Ilko, for those of you who don’t ter for the racers when that involve- you, and how to participate. racers to place Hoosier decals on their each event will have copies of the con- Racing, and some still need coaxing, know, is the Club Racing News ment takes on a more active role, and car in the specified locations, one tingency forms, and if you are partic- but the more information I am armed advertising manager. that is where contingency programs Tires: The most popular on each front fender and one on the ipating, they will check to ensure you with, the better. come in. The company benefits by The most popular contingency front and rear of the car. Hoosier also you using their product, and the racer category involves tires. We have pro- requires drivers to register on their benefits by getting a possible discount grams with manufacturers Pirelli, website before participating in the to use something they would prob- Hoosier, and Toyo. Pirelli’s program contingency program, but they do ably choose to use anyway; winner varies between classes. For instance, not dictate where you buy your tires, winner chicken dinner. for the GTC 3-7 classes, first place is other than that it is from a licensed eligible to win two tires, while second Hoosier dealer. You might be eligible and not place can win one tire (depending on Another tire contingency is specif- even know the size of the field for each class). ic to the SPB class, and that is with PCA Club Racing continues to have For the GTB classes, first, second Toyo. This contingency program is a healthy contingency program this and third are eligible to win gift cer- unchanged from last year and will season, and one that will hopefully tificates for tires based (again) on the result in participants winning Toyo continue to expand as the season pro- size of the field for each class. Pirelli Bucks based on their finishing place gresses. It is important for all of you also offers a tire contingency program and the number of cars in the field. to understand the programs available for any open tire class where racers Toyo also requires that you register because, as they change from season run on Pirelli racing slicks with win- with them and display their decals to to season, you may find that you are ners eligible for gift certificates good be part of the program. eligible for something and you didn’t towards tire purchases. The Pirelli Our Hawk Performance contin- even realize it. Most racers know that program is run through their sole gency for 2018 is has been signifi- Pirelli offers a contingency for some US vendor, Frisby Performance Tire. cantly changed. Hawk has been a of the GTC class, but did you know Racers must register with Frisby on partner of Club Racing for years, and they offer one for any racer who runs their website and purchase their tires historically offered a contingency for Pirelli racing slicks? My purpose with through them to be eligible for the the SP1, SP2, and SP3 winners. This this edition’s article, is to outline the programs. Racers also must display year, the program is open to those fin- contingency programs we current- Pirelli decals on their cars when they ishing first, second and/or third, and ly have for the 2018 season, as well race, so factor that into your wraps the list of eligible classes has tripled. as let you know what you can do for and graphic designs because they are This contingency is now available to next season if you think there should required to participate. all cars choosing to run Hawk pads be changes made for a certain class Our next tire program is new this and display Hawk decals in the SP1,

8 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 9 Sebring... And a few extra days in Florida This was the third year in a row the Pacific for over 50 years, and it 1978 to 1982 a group of Northern that Suesan and I have been able to was almost through restoration and California PCA members (or so I’ve be at the 48 Hours at Sebring. We would be on display soon. The man been told), diehards and volunteers, started out the year of PCA Club then asked where he could make a “took on the world and won.” With Racing with the largest event of donation. The docent pointed out a 935s they won Sebring, Daytona and the season, the awards banquet on clear plastic box with a slot on top. won in Europe. It’s where names like Thursday night and the countless The man said: “No, I mean a real Bruce Anderson, Bob Garretson and driver related activities. How often donation.” Upstairs in the Founda- others came from. do you get to pit with Flying Lizard tion office, he wrote a check for one Anyway, I am hoping to have a full and others like them? million dollars. story about this car and these guys, It was particularly great for me. It ends up that this guy had flown probably in the next issue. My primary function there is to gen- the F6F Hellcat in the Pacific near If you have an idea about a sto- erate articles and other content for the end of the war. He flew first off ry that you think we should print, this magazine. And, I can say, that the Essex, then off the Enterprise. please get hold of me. Thanks. this was the best I have ever done in After the war he went on to start that department. what became the largest car leasing Monday morning we headed to company in the world. John Craw- Venice Beach to visit Suesan’s cous- ford Taylor, if you didn’t guess it, ON THE COVER in. On Tuesday we headed North founded Enterprise Rent A Car. on, what I believe was the old Dixie John Fitzpatrick - Moby and Highway. We took a few days to end VOLUME 26 • EDITION 18.2 • SPONSORED BY PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA up in Pensacola, where I had never the Warhorse Gang been before. It has been on my list Every year (that I’ve attended), for decades, primarily because it is there is a vehicle in the Hall of Leg- the seat, the origin of Naval aviation. ends building on Friday, a surprise If you like aircraft and history that is unvieled at the festivities that related to aircraft, this is a must see evening (Part of the fun is trying to place. There is no charge to visit the guess what car is under the cover). museum. There were two docents Well, this year it was one of my leading my tour, which lasted about favorite cars in Porsche racing histo- three hours. Between the two ex-pi- ry, the Kremer K3 935 that Fitzpat- lots, we heard a wide variety of sto- rick drove for Dick Barbour Racing. ries. I am particularly fond of World Along with the car and its current

War II Naval history in the Pacific, owner, John Fitzpatrick himself was PCA_CRN_Cover 18.2.indd 1 3/19/18 12:23 PM so this was the best. there that night, to be reunited with Photographer Juha Llevonen took One of the stories we heard was this car after 35 years. this photo of Paul Norwood on about a tour several years earlier. One If you have not seen the movie the track at Sebring in his SP997. of the visitors asked if they had an Porsche 935: Moby and the War- You’ll find an article on the SP997 F6F Hellcat. He was told that they horse Gang, and you like this stuff, class written by David Hodges in had one that had been underwater in do yourself a favor. Essentially, from this issue.

10 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 11 …a bad day

Rules Stability its ear to the ground, the fact is that they had no objection even if they a good day… In professional sports car racing, it people racing these cars are by far didn’t plan to remove theirs. But to is expected that new models will be more knowledgeable about details of achieve this change when someone raced for a few years, and then will their model than can be expected by noticed cars without these required no longer be eligible, and teams will the four of us. body parts, it was necessary to sus- purchase new models to race. PCA The original Stock rules were pre- pend enforcement of the previous Club Racing is sort of the opposite... mised on using the suspension and rule pending racer comment. That is that a car built to today’s rules will be exhaust modifications most would not a good model. able to race indefinitely without hav- be racers had made to their street ing to keep up with a constant pa- driven DE Porsches, adding a roll bar What puts us in a bad spot rade of newly allowed performance and window net, and going racing. What puts stewards and scrutineers modifications. Little thought was given to catalog- in a bad spot is making a change for Rules stability is an important fea- ing the large number of insignificant which no rule provides on the theo- ture of our approach to the car side changes which might commend ry that since it is not a modification of racing. In the main, other than themselves but which would have no which will improve performance, it the creation of new spec classes, performance enhancement poten- is allowed. That’s not the way the rules changes have largely revolved tial. As a result, for example, there is rules approach modifications, and around increasing safety and driver no general rule for Stock which says stewards and scrutineers cannot be protection, providing substitutions that exterior trim may be removed. expected to make a series of ad hoc when parts are no longer available, In the case of the hood ornament, determinations that X is OK despite and improving reliability where time one would not expect to be told by there being no rule on which to has shown that a part or system is not a scrutineer that it had to be there. predicate such a determination, but quite up to the rigors of racing. While a part important to Porsche’s Y is not OK. It is sometimes hard As part of adhering to the rules sta- style department, its weight is insig- enough to determine if something bility goal, Club Racing has always nificant, and given that the paint job is stock, much less to determine if had an annual rules change process is free, the stock ornament might be some performance advantage may be spelled out in the rule book itself: basically invisible amidst the innova- involved, and if there is an advantage THAT’S RACING. racers propose, the Rules Com- tive designs on the front trunk lid. in theory, is it so slight in practice as FOR ALL OF YOUR PORSCHE AUTOBODY, PAINT & FABRICATION NEEDS mittee winnows the proposals and This isn’t full concours. But where is to be negligible. WE WORK WITH ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES puts some out for racer comment, the line to be drawn. A great deal of We are now faced with an en- PORSCHE APPROVED COLLISION CENTER comment is received and taken into unnecessary friction could have been gine modification some have made REPAIRING & RESTORING PORSCHES FOR 35 YEARS account by the Committee when avoided in 2017 if, several years ear- without benefit of clergy, as it were: RECOMMENDED BY PORSCHE MOTORSPORTS NORTH AMERICA adopting and announcing changes. lier, someone had proposed that the converting the fan/alternator on air SPECIAL CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO RACE CARS But to function as intended, racers 74-89 body style 911s be allowed to cooled 911s from V belts to a flat who find a need to make a change remove the under door rocker strips. serpentine belt. Some small num- WE ARE A FAMILY-OWNED & OPERATED BUSINESS FOR 35 YEARS which is not supported by an exist- While a fair number of us have no in- ber of these engines seem to have a CERTIFIED ALUMINUM BODY & CHASSIS REPAIRS WITH STATE-OF-THE ART EQUIPMENT ing rule have to make proposals for tention of customizing our Porsches propensity to throw the V belt off BODYMOTION… IS YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP changes. While the Committee from in this way, when the question was when on track, without some cause time to time comes up with potential put out in the rules process, most like missing a shift, and despite being changes on its own, based on keeping racers of those cars indicated that properly installed and tensioned. To

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Bodymotion FULL PAGE ad_FINAL-PRINTER V4 3-23-17.indd 2 3/23/17 2:09 PM deal with this idiosyncratic behavior, some have gone to the aftermarket and purchased kits to change to ser- pentines. But no rule supports do- ing this, even if the stock overdrive ratio of crank speed to fan/alterna- tor speed is retained. And the com- mercially available serpentine belt kit turns the fan/alternator slower than the stock V belt pulley system, which is performance enhancing. The reduction in parasitic power loss might be quite small, but it is real. Estimates of power consumed by the fan and alternator are 12 horsepow- er for earlier cars and 15 for the 3.6 motors. Lowering ratios will cause a reduction in these losses of some percentage of these numbers. The1990-1998 air cooled 911s use a dual drive, with the fan driv- en slower than the alternator. For the street, this keeps the fan speed down to reduce fan noise, and the alternator speed higher to meet the increasing current draws of the more modern cars. No rule permits con- verting a stock class car of this era from a dual to a single drive for these to make in order to keep up, even if these as cars which could be licensed two components. At least one driver the belief that they need to do so is and driven on the street, at least in of one of these cars has had fan belt not well founded. Letting everyone areas without emissions regulations. problems. But the aftermarket does have their say won’t necessarily make The stock rules are burdened by that not have a two serpentine belt kit everyone happy, but it has great val- street car paradigm. retaining the factory ratios for both ue overall. So, if you perceive a reliability or components. How then is stock per- The M96 water cooled motors had aesthetic issue for your race car, and formance to be maintained? Require some distinct teething problems, and think there is a modification which FIA APPROVED (8856-2000) | SFI/5 APPROVED the fan to run faster, adding load? the mid-engine water cooled cars would benefit the class which the Allow the alternator to run slow- have had heat related issues. Those rules do not address, please get pro- The Avanti utilizes revolutionary and proprietary advancements in material, form, function and design er, reducing load? Pick some ratio who pioneered racing those models posals in between February 1 and synthesizing the ultimate drivers environment for performance and endurance. Lightweight and breathable between the two to balance things promptly recognized them, and be- June 1 each year. The rule book has quilting of a unique 3-layer design consisting of an Aramidic outer layer, a Nomex waffl e inner layer, out, which is what is available? Or gan making a series of rules change gotten a lot thicker over the years, and PUMA’s new proprietory ‘middle layer’ offers an unmatched 33% weight reduction, an increase in permeability (breathability) by 55%, and a higher thermal protection by 11% over other say you can have a serpentine only proposals to ameliorate the issues. but that is mainly due to adding a manufacturer’s 3-layer lightweight designs. if someone makes a dual system with Each year, for several years, rules significant number of classes, or ap- • Anatomically correct pre-shaped body, legs and • Superior driver comfort is achieved through the right ratios? Perhaps competitors were changed to increase reliability. pendices because in some areas detail arms create less bulk in the driving position, ‘seamless’ seaming, along with a large lower are unconcerned about the power But whether it is a reliability issue or is necessary. 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FIA approved ratio lower than stock is acceptable The creators of the more recent haven’t expanded all that much. the acceptance of Hans restraints (8856-2000) and SFI 3.2A/5 approved to them? spec classes have had the benefit of Considering situations like these Choose from: This kind of issue is precisely reviewing all the modifications al- makes a lot of work for those of us • Black/white/red • Red/black/white where thoughtful comment from lowed in other classes, and know that who need to process rules changes • Blue/black/white racers of similar cars is so helpful. those entering these classes are usual- each year. 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Client:subead_puma_PUMA_PANORAMA_0316.indd SUBE SPORTS | Ad: PUMA: Suit/Porsche/AVANTI | Publication:RACER/SPORTSCAR/VINTAGE 2 MOTORSPORTS | Size: T=8.375x10.875 – B=8.5x11.125 | If you experience any problems with this ad please contact: [email protected] 3/8/16 2:36 PM riving to the limit, what does that knowledge and another to actually generally takes most of the day or Dmean? Does it mean a certain tire execute it efficiently. Take a test day session to get it. Finally we get where slip angle, shifting at red line, driving and practice until you feel comfort- we can do some pretty fast laps and a the edge of the track? It means driving able in your execution before imple- really fast one pretty often. This stage to our limit as well as the cars phys- menting it in a race weekend. is one of the most dangerous. Here’s ical limits, whichever comes first. If When you are driving ask yourself, why: I’m as fast as Wolf Henzler so we are skilled enough to drive to the “Am I driving the car or is the car driv- I’m as good as he is. Everyone is lim- car’s limit, then that is our goal. If we ing me?” This is commonly known as ited by the physical limitations of the as drivers have skill that is somewhat Red Mist (it can be subtle and much car we are driving. If we can drive the less than Lewis Hamilton, then we less than we think). The problem is car to that limit then nobody can go need to realize those limits and drive that generally when we get red mist faster. That is a fact. What we have to our limitations as a driver. we aren’t in the state of mind to even to remember is that Wolf has been That doesn’t mean we are content think about asking if we are in con- doing this for years and we just got with our limit, it just means we need trol. Make it part of your driving habit to this level. Wolf can drive the car to work on those skills within our to ask that question on every straight to the limit and eat a sandwich while current limits. An example is when I so you know before it’s too late. As doing it while it may take every worked at the Porsche Driving School you drive closer to the limits of the ounce of concentration for us to do and at Road Atlanta we always got car, things get more demanding. You it. Wolf has a lot of brain power left the question “Is Turn 7 faster in 2nd need to know before you reach your over to play the chess game of racing. gear or 3rd?” My response was “If limit. As you are driving you should Don’t get sucked into that false sense you are efficient enough to downshift always evaluate if the car ever reacts in of confidence and realize there is an- to 2nd gear, exiting the corner, up a way that you didn’t expect, then you other level to master. shifting to 3rd gear to take advantage are in that danger zone. That means There is another factor as well. Is of that 0.5 second you accelerate in you aren’t ready to go that fast and my car capable of what my compet- 2nd, then 2nd is faster. If not, then should slow down a tick. That doesn’t itor’s car is capable of? Even though 3rd gear may be better for you.” mean you can’t resume that speed later they appear to be the same car (may- With that said, don’t be satisfied al- which could be next corner, next lap, be both of you have Cup cars) the set- ways running Turn 7 in 3rd gear; you next week, or next year. It just means up and development of the car could have to practice it. The same goes to slow down now. be drastically different. Your car may for left foot braking. Is it faster than Our progression comes in stages. be better or not as good over bumps right foot braking? It can be. You When we first drive we are very in- depending on shock settings, etc. Is have to be efficient enough to benefit consistent, especially on the brakes the grip the same in both cars? Are from doing it. You could drive bet- (sometimes hard on the brakes and the wings set at the same angle? What ter than Lewis Hamilton right foot early and sometimes soft on the condition are the tires in? There are braking, but physics dictates left foot brakes and late for exciting mo- so many variables to consider. braking can be faster because of time ments). As we drive more we get This is why we have to just drive savings going from gas to brake and better and more consistent, and we our car to its limits and our limits. overlapping gas and brake to keep the start to get faster. Then we get to the Don’t get caught out trying to drive diff locked in its acceleration mode. point that we can get a pretty fast lap faster than your car is capable of. Fo- To learn any of these new skills but can’t do it very often. After that cus on you and your car. Drive by takes time. It’s one thing to have the we get where we get a fast lap but physics, not emotion.

16 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 17 atic at best (primarily because PCA already classed under PCA rules and 6-hour race will win the day in each does not have a dyno to bring to the racers are familiar with that criteria. SE Group. track). Nor is there a reliable and re- The downside of simply using the I hope this explanation sheds light peatable dyno test or standard that multitude of PCA classes is that we on how we chose the SE Groups and all racers have access to. In addition, would potentially have only one or the underlying rationale for doing forcing racers to have their cars dy- two cars in a class racing against each so. We look forward to seeing you at no’d would impose an additional ex- other and it would become a lapping the 6-hour Super Enduro! pense and hassle upon drivers; some- exercise without much competition. thing we wanted to avoid. If you’ve We wanted to avoid this scenario. Super Enduro Class Groupings ever done it, you know what I mean. Any PCA class with 5 or more cars We did not want to create barriers What We Chose and Why will have their own SE Group. Oth- to race in the 6-hour. Even assum- After evaluating the above meth- erwise cars are grouped as follows: ing you are able to get reliable dyno odologies, we chose limited group- SE Group 1 GTP numbers on each car, you are still ings of PCA classes based upon GTA2 required to group cars according to historical lap records for the classes GTA1 PWR numbers. This entails some at HPR over the past 3-4 years. We GTC6 line-drawing, which means that came up with six “super” groups (Su- GTC5 some people will be happy where the per Enduro Groups or SE Group) GTC4 line is drawn and some will not. Yes, of cars with somewhat similar lap GT1 WRL uses a PWR system, subject to times (within a range of each oth- obtaining reliable dyno results from er) that we believe will be compet- SE Group 2 GTC3 different shops around the country. itive during the 6-hour race. Those GT2 One common complaint is that all groupings are shown in the chart be- GT3 dynos are not equal. For the above low. As it turns out, each of the SE GT4 6 HOUR SUPER ENDURO reasons, we opted to not use PWR Groups contains at least one class of GTD for the inaugural 6-hour race. cars that expressed heightened inter- est in the long endurance race format SE Group 3 GTC2 CLASSIFICATIONS Classing by Qualifying Lap Times in the PCA survey last year. Namely, GTB1 Another alternative is to group 944’s, SPB’s, E cars, 996s, GTB1’s, SP997 STORY BY PAT HEPTIG, PCA CLUB RACING SCRUTINEER, PHOTO BY EVAN WAWRZYNIAK cars based upon qualifying times. and Cup cars. We also checked to see SP996 American Endurance Racing uses whether these groupings made sense K this method. We opted not to go based upon lap records for other J this route for several reasons. First, tracks (like Road America), and they I it requires a qualifying session (by do. Yes, there is some line drawing GTB2 one or all drivers) and then catego- here and not everyone will be happy. s you have likely heard by now, race. I am personally aware of nu- race, we had a number of options rizing cars into groups based upon Sorry about that, but we have to start SE Group 4 H APCA Club Racing is have its merous teams (including my own) to consider: grouping by power to lap times. This also entails some line somewhere. Also, if five or more of G first ever 6-hour Super Enduro at the that have already formed and are weight ratios, using the current PCA drawing. Second, and more impor- the same class register for the 6-hour F Rocky Mountain Region’s Club Race strategizing for the race. If fact, we classes or grouping cars into compet- tantly, this method would be subject enduro, they will be given their own E at High Plains Raceway on Septem- have at least two Cup car teams that itive brackets according to qualifying to possible gaming by sandbagging SE Group to compete within. This SPC ber 16, 2018. The 6-hour enduro is have committed to the race. I hear lap times. Each has its pros and cons. or having the car qualified by the incentivizes racers to get competitors SP3 part of a regular club race weekend rumors that there is a PCA steward In the end, we chose a hybrid of the slowest driver on a team. Third, the in their same class so they will have SP911 (with practices and three sprint races). team and one or more PCA scrutineer existing PCA classification system in competitive groupings would neces- your own SE Group. GT5 The 6-hour enduro will take place on teams in the works as well. order to foster competition and to sarily be determined at the track just Not all cars in a SE Group have GT5R Sunday, the last day of the weekend. At the outset we wanted the 6-hour make the inaugural 6-hour race easi- before the enduro. Thus, teams and the same PWR or equivalent lap We published a short article summa- (and longer) enduro format to focus er to implement. cars would not know who they were times at HPR for sure. But, given the rizing the new 6-hour enduro rules on drivers, strategy, race craft, team- racing against until the last minute. differences between the cars (such as SE Group 5 SPB and protocols in the last CRN. The work, and competition. We have Classing by Power/Weight Ratio We thought teams would want to fuel tank sizes and fuel consumption D rules and protocols are also available crafted the rules and protocols with Grouping cars by power to weight know before the race weekend. rates and the fact that tires are free), GT6 on the both new PCA Club Racing these elements in mind. This article ratio (PWR) is superficially an ap- we think the drivers will be the criti- GTC1 website (www.pcaclucracing.com) is to provide some insight into how pealing method to classify cars into Using Existing PCA Classifications cal and deciding factor within the SE and the the Rocky Mountain Region and why we came up with the Super competitive groups. Easier said than The final option we considered is Groups. In the end, clean, fast, con- SE Group 6 SP2 website (www.rmrclubrace.com). Enduro car classifications (or group- done, however. In order to classify to class and group cars by the exist- sistent driving with well-executed pit SP1 We are excited about the interest ings) set out in the chart below. cars by PWR, we have to have reli- ing PCA classification system. This stops combined with a well-prepared C and enthusiasm racers around the When we looked at the issue of able and verifiable power measure- has some appeal because it is easy to car, good tire management, and pre- B country have expressed in the 6-hour how to group cars for this type of ments for each car. This is problem- implement since PCA race cars are serving the equipment during the GT6R

18 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 19 In late 2016 three cars were built by CJ Wilson Racing, for Paul Nor- wood, Clas Olsson, and Keith Jezek. They raced in K while learning about the cars and we developed the SP997 rules from the year of test and tun- ing. Andris Laivins is the team man- ager at CJ Wilson Racing, his team put a lot of hard work into develop- ing the cars. Late last year CJ Wilson Racing built two more cars, for Chuck Bray and myself. John Gladwill at Porsche of Plano was instrumental in the de- sign of the Kent Porter SP997 build delivered to TJ Kroehle.

Facing page: Clas Olsson and his silver 2009 997 Carrera S

Top: David Hodges with his daughter, Kate, and the #41 SP997... car at COTA Center: Chuck Bray, David Hodges, Clas Olsson, Paul THESE GUYS LOVE TO RACE Norwood and Keith Jezek STORY BY DAVID HODGES, SP997 CLASS ADVOCATE Bottom left: Paul Norwood PHOTOS BY JUHA LLEVONEN (WWW.PHOTOSBYJUHA.COM) AND DAVID HODGES driving his 2009 997 Carrera S at Sebring

Bottom right: Keith Jezek and his white 2009 997 Carrera S

or me there is nothing like a race met at Texas World Speedway in mon build and near the lower end Fweekend. Nothing! The wave of their PCA DE days) began think- of the 997.2 depreciation curve. the green flag just gets everything ing of their next platform for PCA The body is stock other than the flowing. Hustling the car into Turn Club Racing. We started with the rear wing, with interior stripped 1 never gets old, so very much alive, concept of a 911 body, stock drive and caged, the drive train is stock so very aware of every movement, train and relatively low cost to op- with extra cooling for the motor every sound, tuned to the moment. erate compared to a Cup car. A and PDK. Shocks are MCS with We race... Man, do I love race starts. review of 911 build options point- upgraded springs, drop links, swap There is also that huge grin while ed to the 2009-2012 997.2 S. It bars, control arms, etc. We set the returning to the paddock — win or looked to have it all. A safe, fast, spec tire as Hoosier R7’s and when lose. Taking a moment or two to re- good looking steel bodied 911, and PCA negotiated their recent con- flect about how to improve for the a PDK with the bullet proof DFI tingency deal with Hoosier Tire, next race, then out of the car to re- (9A1) motor. It topped the list of they included SP997. This means live the race with your buddies: You best options. that we are now are eligible to win did what? Wow... Nice move! SP997 began as a 2009-2012 Hoosier tires for points race podi- Two years ago a few 911 RSA H 997.2. We selected the 2009 S ums finishes. Thank you Hoosier class and SP996 racers (who had PDK due to it being the most com- and PCA... Well done!

20 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 21 We spent several weeks during the winter break testing cars at Motor- sport Ranch in Cresson, Texas. John Gladwill was a great asset due to his years of experience in race car set up. He tuned the suspension settings with Topp Racing providing track support and ECU flashing. Lap after lap we learned more about how to get the cars quicker through the low grip MSR turns. Following the weeks of winter testing, we moved on to PCAs first 2018 Club Race at Sebring for our first showdown. Thomas (TJ) Kroehle got the first class win at Sebring and repeated with wins at COTA. Not bad for a Rookie X man. Barber will be the next event where we will have all six cars racing for the first time. This year we are also planning to race VIR, Watkins Glenn, Road America, Laguna Seca and Daytona. Between Club Race events we plan to continue to develop the cars at COTA and MSR Cres- son. We’ll be experimenting with different aero settings, tire sizes, spring rates, and possibly adding a limited slip differential. It has been extremely interesting working with this group of guys to develop the SP997 class. It is a great way to push yourself to a new lev- el, to learn new skills and to get to Golden Gate Region invites you to a know about more yourself and those PCA Club Race Weekend around you. Drop by at the next PCA Club at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow, CA Race to say hello and maybe get May 19-20, 2018 a signed photo with your favorite SP997 racer or have a cold beer with us. If you have any SP997 questions, please feel free to contact me at: [email protected]. I can provide contact information on any of the people involved with the Register at http://register.pca.org/ current SP997 build. I am also the Top: David Hodges and his SP997 class advocate. black 2009 997 Carrera S All race entrants must be PCA members Or even better, come join us in Bottom: Thomas (TJ) Kroehle and have a PCA Club Racing license, SP997. Like I said: These guys love and his gray 2009 997 or an approved license application. to race! Carrera S Club Racing Forms/Info: http://pcaclubracing.org/ or call 847.272.7764

22 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 23 change to the bias ply tires, so they put together a two class series. It will take some time to see which tire wins out in the end. In addition to the Hoosier Tire sponsorship, 911 Cup drivers are also eligible for contingencies from LiquiMoly, Bend & Hook, and those popular Gear Ties that are handed out at the track each weekend. Po- dium finishers receive an actual tro- phy and Hoosier Hat for two races each weekend. Points are awarded to drivers for all three races and the best 4 out of 5 event race point totals count towards the championship. The goal with creating the 911 Cup series was to attract more driv- ers to an already popular E class. With contingencies, podium cele- brations, and social media exposure, it feels like an actual series rather than just a run group. When you look around at how beautiful these cars have become, many with classic liveries, the feeling is that they’ve got 911 CUP... A NEW SERIES a great start. FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE 944 CUP SERIES WITH TROPHIES AND SPONSORS

STORY BY DAN MARTINSON, PHOTOS BY JUHA LLEVONEN (WWW.PHOTOSBYJUHA.COM)

Facing page: You can tell from an Martinson has been racing There was a long learning curve ends, their own points system, find a the race start photo that there Dwith PCA since 2012. He start- finding the idosyncracies of these sponsor, trophies, etc. was a good mix of models and ed in E class in a 944. There was a cars. In some ways, it felt like it took Dan says that it has been fun to classes running at Sebring this pretty full field of 944s and 911s, more skill to drive at the limit. build the class. Once they decided year and it was always fun to race his 944 Another thing he liked about E that it would not affect E Class or against the 70s and 80s E Class 911s. Class was that there were a lot of the national championship, PCA put Top right: The first podium for It was a great group of drivers. drivers who had been developing this their blessing on it. the new 911 Cup series.Pic- Dan switched to a Cayman in class for a long time. There was good So, Sebring was the first race of tured are Niels Meissner, Dan GTB1, a 944 in SP3, and then a comeraderie in the group the series with 21 cars. With Hoo- Martinson, Mark White, John GTC3 Cup Car. But he eventually After watching the 944s evolve sier signed on as the main spon- Machul and Steven Anderson came back to an E Class 911, buying into the 944 Cup group with Dave sor for the series, there are two tire a 1978 Euro SC from Jim Buckley. Derecola, he got the idea of doing a classes to choose from: Hoosier R7 Middle right: The Green group He found that not having power similar thing with the E Class 911s. class and Street TD class, which is a coming through the esses at brakes, ABS, power steering (a lot He approached Mark White at Accu- bias ply tire. There were two groups Sebring of the more modern car stuff), was moto, Jim Buckley (and a few others of thoughts. One wanted to jump a different kind of challenge; it was who had been around a long time into a bias ply tire with less grip Bottom right: The 911 Cup a different process finding the limits in E Class) about putting together and less wear on the car (sort of old offers a competitive field of in these older, more basic cars. And, a 911 Cup series. They’d do a short- school driving). The other group, al- drivers and bumper to bumper the tire prices were attractive too! ened season, four or five race week- ready used to the R7) didn’t want to racing on most weekends

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Sep 1 - 3 Road America* Keith Clark 630.514.5937 Chicago Region 944 Cup MidWest / Triple Trofeo Series Race [email protected] Trophy East Series Race / 911 Cup

Sep 8 - 9 Thunderhill Raceway Jim McClelland 925.286.2336 Golden Gate Region 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected]

Sep 14 - 16 High Plains Raceway* Doug Bartlett 970.214.7279 Rocky Mountain 944 Cup West / 6 Hour Enduro / West Coast Series [email protected] Register at: http://register.pca.org Schedule, News, Forms, Information: http://PCAClubRacing.org *** As of March 22, 2018 This schedule will be updated as new information is available Sep 21 - 23 Summit Point Motorsports Park* Ken D’Angelo 301.801.8301 Potomac Region 944 Cup North / Vintage Run Group [email protected] New or different Club Race date for 2018 Dates Event Event Contact Sep 27 - 30 Rennsport Reunion VI Vicki Earnshaw 720.244.1532 Region/Zone Additional info Laguna Seca [email protected]

Oct 5 - 7 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Apr 6 - 8 Road Atlanta* Bill Crumley 678.520.6672 Jon Jones 918.740.7951 Peachstate Region 944 Cup South / Triple Trofeo Series Race / [email protected] Cimarron Region /944 Cup Nationals West (West/SouthWest) [email protected] Trophy East Series Race / 911 Cup Vintage Run Group

Oct 27 - 28 Sonoma Raceway Apr 14 – 15 Canceled Gateway Motorsports Park* Jim McClelland 925.286.2336 Golden Gate Region 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] Apr 20 - 21 Lime Rock Park Mark Lewis 203.767.3083 Oct 26 - 28 Daytona International Speedway* Connecticut Valley Region 944 Cup North / Vintage Run Group [email protected] Steve Williamson 407.435.0344 Zone 12 944 Cup Nationals East (North/MidWest/South) [email protected] Apr 20 - 22 Auto Club Speedway* Tom Brown 619.491.0150 Trophy East Series Race Zone 8 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected] Nov 10 - 11 Motorsport Ranch* Pat Heptig 214.649.7909 Apr 27 -29 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course* Chip Henderson 614.725.6184 Maverick Region [email protected] Mid Ohio Region 944 Cup MidWest [email protected] Nov 10 - 11 Buttonwillow Raceway Park Greg Phillips 619.395.7506 Apr 28 - 29 Heartland Motorsports Park Dave Stadtmueller 816.510.4832 San Diego Region West Coast Series [email protected] Kansas City Region 944 Cup SouthWest [email protected] * Indicates an Enduro May 4 - 6 Utah Motorsport Campus Ed Mineau 801.597.3037 Intermountain Region 944Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected]

May 18 - 20 Barber Motorsports Park* Andrew Douglas 678.612.1901 Peachstate Region 944 Cup South / Trophy East Series Race / 911 Cup [email protected]

May 19 - 20 Buttonwillow Raceway Park Jim McClelland 925.286.2336 Golden Gate Region 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected]

Jun 1 - 3 Watkins Glen International* Pete Tremper 609.221.3854 Zone 1 944 Cup North / 911 Cup [email protected]

Jun 16 - 17 Motorsports Park Hastings Steve Gehring 402.740.0684 Great Plains Region 944 Cup MidWest [email protected]

Jun 22 - 24 VIRginia International Raceway* Phil Grandfield 757.635.0892 Zone 2 944 Cup South / Trophy East Series Race [email protected]

Jul 13 – 15 Monticello Motor Club* Chris Karras 215.850.4040 Riesentoter Region 944 Cup North / Vintage Run Group [email protected] Trophy East Series Race Jul 27 - 29 Laguna Seca Jim McClelland 925.286.2336 Golden Gate Region 944 Cup West / West Coast Series [email protected]

Jul 28 - 29 Brainerd International Raceway* Dave Sorenson 952.807.1414 Nord Stern Region 944 Cup MidWest [email protected]

Aug 3 - 5 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park* Terry Cassan 613.848.1301 Upper Canada Region 944 Cup North [email protected]

Aug 17 - 19 New Jersey Motorsports Park* Dan Petchel 609.298.2277 Northern New Jersey Region 944 Cup North / Vintage Run Group [email protected]

26 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 27 CAROLE HALVORSEN MICHAEL MELTON AWARD ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

PRELUDE BY VICKI EARNSHAW STORY BY CAROLE HALVORSEN PHOTOS BY JUHA LLEVONEN (WWW.PHOTOSBYJUHA.COM) AND CAROLE HALVORSEN

Prelude by Vicki Earnshaw Roger, was racing in the GT4 Club- of driving experience and six of The Michael Melton Rookie of sport series, while Carole was par- those with a PCA (or equivalent) the Year Award is the recognition of ticipating in the driver education driver’s education events. This ex- a first year club racer who has shown group. Her excitement was evident perience with trained instructors the spirit and enthusiasm that Mi- immediately, and Carole’s camarade- allows our racers to have the knowl- chael had with his fellow racers. rie and spark for competition in her edge and confidence when starting Michael shared a strong camarade- first year of racing represents exactly to race. Like Carole, I participated rie with racers and an appreciation of why the Melton rookie award was in six years of drivers education, those who volunteer their time. His created. giving me the tools and solid foun- friends started this award so that his PCA Club Racing is so fortunate dation I required to be a successful love and enthusiasm of racing would to have our Driver Education pro- PCA club racer. be acknowledged annually. gram as a foundation and basis for Congratulations Carole on your When I met the Halvorsen fami- future club racers. To enter Club 2017 Melton award! ly three years ago, Carole’s husband, Racing we require twelve track days Vicki

28 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 29 f someone had told me 7 years ago Ithat I would come in 2nd place in I class in PCA Club Racing, and receive the Michael Melton Rook- ie of the Year award, I would have questioned their sanity. I am deeply honored and humbled to win this prestigious award. As the first fe- male recipient, my hope is that other women will follow their dreams and get to this position as well. It all began with the gift of a track day at Lime Rock Park for my hus- band for Fathers’ Day from our daughter Amanda. The next week- end I tried it as well. I immediately became a member of the Lime Rock Drivers Club which enabled me to Be Smart, Not Sorry have an abundance of quality track time and top notch coaching. As will happen, I couldn’t get enough of this sport. Once I became profi- cient, I was participating in DE’s and open track days at venues all over the country. With all the terrific coach- Winners Do The Research ing I received at each venue through these years, I was ready to take the plunge and give racing a try. I decided to try one race to see what it felt like, so I chose my home track, Lime Rock Park, for my de- but. I took 2nd place, then 3rd place in the sprint races. At that point I was thoroughly hooked! The following races were at Wat- kins Glen and VIR. I podiumed all the races I entered. I was surprised by how much I loved the Enduro at years have been nothing short of in- Previous page: VIR. I had thought I was a sprint- spiring. I am grateful for our dedi- Carole leading John Poor’s er and didn’t have the focus for a cated group of volunteers that make 914-6 at Sebring this year 90 minute race, but once I ran that this whole program work. I have Enduro, I changed my mind. My fa- learned so much by speaking with Top: vorite weekend was at Road Ameri- the people in the tower, the Scruit- Carole and her daughter, ca where I took 1st place in all three ineers and the folks in the paddock. Amanda after a day driving races. They were all challenging wins. Being part of a community with a their race cars at Lime Rock In one race, I spun out in the warm strong and slightly crazy common up lap. In the second race, I came bond is something I have not experi- Bottom: in when I saw #86 on the board for enced since I was a competitive skier Vicki Earnshaw presenting black flag, forgetting that for this par- in high school and college. Carole with the Michael ticular race I was using number 186! Racing has opened up the former Melton Award at the annual These were both rookie mistakes that competitive part of me that had been Awards Banquet at Sebring I took a lot of flak about, but friends asleep, resting and waiting for my made sure that I knew that this had next challenge. happened to a lot of racers and they all had a tale to tell!! Until we speed again, The people I have met over the Carole Halvorsen

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he Porsche Community lost one and obtained his BS in Mechanical he was approached by Ferry Porsche Tof it’s own very recently. If you Engineering. who personally invited him to apply are reading this article, he touched Right out of college he was em- to the position of CEO at Porsche. your life one way or another. I’m ployed at Caterpillar Tractor where Porsche told Schutz that the com- referring to Peter W. Schutz, former he worked his way up the corporate pany was not working as a cohesive CEO of Porsche. ladder for 15 years. He then spent an- unit, and they needed someone to Through the years and because of other 11 years working at Cummins make it all come together. Although his accomplishments, Mr. Schutz has Engine where he was involved in neither Porsche nor Schutz ever spe- been called: “The Man who saved corporate strategic planning for the cifically stated it, it was believed that the Porsche 911”, and I also call him first three years and then eight years Mr. Schutz was selected out of the “The Man of Le Mans”. as VP Sales. In 1976 he was invited 12 candidates who applied in order Peter Schutz was born in Berlin, to speak at the Teamsters Conven- to have an American running the Germany in 1930 of Jewish parents. tion. When Cummins management company to re-ignite sales in the US, In 1937, because of the rise of the questioned his decision to accept the which represented 60% of Porsche’s Nazi Party ,the family emigrated to appearance, he left the company. production and sales. ARE YOU READY? CALL ANY OF OUR 4 STORES FOR Havana, Cuba. Two years later they Two years later, in 1978, he moved In 1980, Porsche suffered its first SPECIAL CLUB DISCOUNTS: SCCA, NASA, PCA, HOD, BMW, AND CHIN. relocated and settled in Chicago, Illi- to Cologne, Germany and took over money-losing year since its creation nois where he eventually went to col- the Deutz Engine Division of Klöck- in 1948. Much of the problem was lege (Illinois Institute of Technology) ner-Humboldt-Deutz. While there due to declining sales in the US in

32 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 33 ended the quality control issue. er in the entire world). If the rumors with a cosmetic fiberglass body. For With Bott’s and his team’s enthu- I am hearing are true, I would like the first time we had to build what is siasm because of the revival of the to once again drive a Porsche at Le now called a tub. We had to build it 911, and with Mr. Schutz blessing, Mans’. I told him, bring it on. out of aluminum, which is what we Porsche went on to develop and in- Shortly thereafter Derek Bell, Jo- had back then. There was no Kev- troduce what many consider the ulti- chen Mass, Al Holbert, Hurley Hay- lar or carbon fiber in those days. In mate 911, the 959 (in 1986). wood, Vern Schuppan, Hans Stuck four months, during the winter of But back to 1981. At the same time (all the best drivers) were calling me ‘81/’82, that bunch designed a brand the Porsche Racing Team was in the asking if they could come and drive new race car, and in 1982 we went process of entering three modified those cars. If I had called any of these back to the 24 Hours of Le Mans 924s to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. drivers and asked them to drive for with three brand new cars called Mr. Schutz quickly found out that Porsche, the first thing they would Porsche 956s that had never raced there was no hope of winning with have asked me is how much will you before. They were numbers 1, 2, 3… those entries and told his team that pay? But Porsche didn’t have any and that’s how they finished! (The “they were going to race with the in- money, and they knew it. Man of Le Mans). tention of winning, or not going at Who the heck called these drivers After his tenure at Porsche, Mr. all”. His engineers decided to pull a and told them what was going on? Shutz and his wife, Sheila Har- 936 from the museum display and Well, it was quite a bit of work for ris formed Harris & Schutz, Inc. install in it an experimental engine me to find out who called all these in 1991 to facilitate the exchange part due to monetary exchange rates that Porsche had developed for Indy people. It was Hans Metzger, one of of knowledge between Peter and meetings we presented him with a which drastically increased the prices Car Racing. my engine designers, who in another business people all over the world. PedrosBoard hat which he gracefully of German products, constant quality Peter Schutz’ priority immediately day, when he was young and beauti- Peter’s background in engineering, modeled for the camera. control problems, and a less than en- became making sure that he had a ful, was in Jacky Ickx’ pit crew, when coupled with his experience in mar- thusiastic embrace of the new designs proud team, eager to work and win, Jacky was a star in rising in Formula keting and management, gave him Rest in Peace, Peter Schutz. of the 924 and 928 Porsche models. but they only had 61 days to make 1. a unique perspective on modern You will be missed. Mr. Schutz investigated the root of it happen. As he told the story: “In The other mechanics, all these or- business. After he retired, he became Happy Porsche’ing forever, the quality control issue and found 61 days we couldn’t hire and train dinary people, got hold of Hans and a world-class speaker and presenter. Pedro that it was mainly a simple prob- a bunch of new people, we couldn’t told him: ‘Hans you know this guy, His appearances included associa- lem with the drive for the camshaft. buy new tooling and machinery. why don’t you give him a call, tell tion conventions and conferences as For more information on Peter When he then asked why the prob- No. In 61 days we couldn’t do any- him what we’re doing. If he comes well as in-company consulting and Schutz and Porsches, please visit my lem had not been fixed he was told thing but use what we had! and drives this car we can really win seminars. website: www PedrosGarage.com that it didn’t make sense, since the The racecar was being built out this thing’. That’s who called the su- The Executive Committee (TEC – 911 was ending production that year at Weissach, 4 or 5 kilometers away per stars. now known as Vistage) an organiza- in favor of the 924 and the 928. from the main plant. I would go We went to that race in June of tion of CEOs named Peter “Resource The 911 had been the flagship out there after I finished my chores, 1981, and of course, we won. of the Year” in 1985. Peter spoke to of Porsche since 1963, and the an- maybe at six o’clock or so and peo- But not only did we just win the more than 400 TEC meetings world- nouncement of its cancellation was ple from the plant, from engineers to race. We set the standard for 24 hour wide, and that’s how I met him for causing low morale in the engineer- the financial department, they would racing. For the first time in the histo- the first time. I was a member of a ing department among others in the jump in their cars and would drive ry of Le Mans, the winning car ran TEC Group in St. Louis and when company. to Weissach. They wanted to help. the whole 24 hours and nobody ever it was my turn to host the meeting While in the office of Helmuth They were cleaning parts, sweeping laid a wrench on it. All we did was and invite a guest speaker, I jumped Bott, chief of engineering, Mr. the floor, running errands, making add oil and fuel, change the brake at the opportunity to bring in the Schutz saw a chart that graphed the coffee and, at 11:00 o’clock at night linings and the tires. It was a whole legendary Peter W. Schutz. I had just Just a friendly reminder evolution of the 924, the 928 and the I would have to say: ‘all right folks, new standard. placed the order for my Boxster one Data plugs for pre-OBD2 cars 911. It showed projected production tomorrow is another day!’ And they For the first time in over 20 years week before. He was very excited to and sales numbers of the 924 and didn’t want to leave. They were all Professor Porsche came to the race. hear that and after a great meeting We have been surprised at how having those plugs available to 928 for up to 20 years ahead, but the busy building this car.” I made sure of that. We won that where he told us many Porsche sto- many cars come to Tech without use as instructed. You can find line for the 911 ended that same year He goes on with his recount: “A race, and we never again lost while ries and lessons learned, we had din- data acquisition plugs installed. the specific requirement on page (1981). Mr. Schutz got up from his few days after I made the decision I was there. I left Porsche in ’87 and ner together and he gave me a bunch This is really only an installed 89 of the rule book or see Brent chair, picked up a large black marker to go racing, the phone rang in my that was the last year we won (until of tips on which options to get and item on pre OBD2 cars. Knoll’s detailed article on page 32 from Mr. Bott’s desk and extended office. I picked up the receiver and 1996). which to pass on. The Scruts at the most recent Se- of Club Racing News 16.1. This is the 911s line to the end of the chart, a man’s voice said: ‘Mr. Schutz, After the ’81 race, disaster struck. We kept in touch and even coin- bring race found many spec cars a very simple installation. then onto the wall and around to the my name is Jacky Ickx, I am a re- Disaster struck in the form of change. cided in a couple of other gatherings, missing this simply installed plug, hallway and told Mr. Bott to “make tired race car driver, (yea, right – he All the rules changed. The Porsche including some PCA Board Member mandatory item since 2016. Thanks again it happen”. The problem with the thought to himself - this guy is the 936 was never allowed to race again. meetings in Naples where he resid- Please help us do our job by And I will see you on the Grid. camshaft was quickly fixed which leading long-distance sports car driv- No more welded steel tube frame ed until his passing. At one of those

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STORY BY CHUCK PERILLI, PCA NATIONAL TIMING AND SCORING TECHNICIAN PHOTOS BY AWOL PHOTO, LLC AND KYLE CARRASCO

joined PCA in May of 1983 after Since there were only three cars on tions were recorded using a manual Ibuying my new 944. I participated the track at a time, each running two lap chart. While that was impressive, in the second PCA Club Race (the laps, it was a simple task. it required a lot of people resources. first was at Second Creek, CO) at I walked up to the timing and scor- The following year partial automa- Summit Point Raceway in 1992… ing shed and found a room full of tion came to PCA timing and scor- driving my 1988 Rothmans 944 ladies, each holding a clipboard with ing. With this system a button was Turbo Cup, which I still own today. three stop watches attached. Each lady pressed each time a car crossed the In between track sessions at the race would time three specific cars. The start finish line. Then the number I decided to check out timing and stop watches they were using were of the car crossing at that time was scoring. I was curious as I had been quite basic and I think they had to keyed into the computer to relate the in charge of running the timing for do subtractions in their heads to cal- correct car to that lap. When sever- our annual time trials. For this func- culate each lap time. Amazingly, they al cars came by in a pack this could tion we used a pressure strip taped to did this without missing a beat while, be quite challenging, so we relied on the track that was connected to a lap- at the same time, chatting about their people writing down car numbers top running home grown software. grandkids, cooking etc. Race posi- (“tapers”) so we could catch up when

38 CLUB RACING NEWS 16842 Hale Ave , Irvine CA 92606 | 877-569-8081 | [email protected] we had some breathing room. Then in the late 90s transponders finally arrived and it was close to a life changing experience. The computer now not only knew when car crossed World Fastest Turbo S 1st Place - Time Attack 2 the line, but who (provided we could EKanooRacing Porsche of Colorado Springs match the unique transponder num- ber to an entry in the database). It is now 2018 and PCA Club Rac- ing, including our timing and scor- ing systems, has come a long way. We now have GPS synchronized timing accurate to .001 second, live results over the Internet and several other technical innovations. But we still have to match a transponder number to a specific car/driver, and that is where you, the racer, can be a big help to us. 1/4 Mile Record 9.397 @ 146MPH 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Susan Shire maintains the master database that includes your tran- sponder number. We create the lo- World Fastest Turbo S (Stock Turbo) cal database for each event using Predator Performance Vengeance Racing the data in the master database. If the data is not correct there, it will not be correct for the event. At a big event like Sebring, that can result in Above is an actual screen shot of a incomplete and delayed results as we partial lap from our system. It is Red Ed: Below is a photo of Chuck proudly work on correcting all the missing Group Practice 1 at Sebring sporting a 2017 West Coast Series shirt. and incorrect transponder numbers. And don’t think that just because my As each car passes start/finish, the wife, Suesan, is the West Coast Series co- computer sees the transponder. Pro- ordinator, that it had anything to do with vided the transponder number is in my selection of this photo the database, the car and driver infor- mation is displayed. If the number is not in the database, just the transpon- 1/2 Mile Record @ 177MPH 1/4 Mile Record 9.717 @ 143MPH der number is displayed in red. That is called an “unrelated” transponder. How do we resolve that? As the car goes by, we look at the car number. We then find a matching car num- ber in the database. Assuming the car is in the right class and matches the color and model in the database, we then assign the unrelated transpon- der to that car. Frequently, the unre- lated cars may be in a pack so it may take two or more laps to figure out who’s who. If the car number is hard to read or is not the number it was originally registered with, that will complicate the process. While this is all going on, we also need to check for cars with no tran- sponder at all. As each car crosses the timing loop we get a beep. If a car

40 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 41 crosses and does not beep, we know that car has a non-working transpon- der and will note that on the results. The 24 Hours of Barber There were 37 transponder related The 24 Hours of Barber problems at Sebring, almost 20% of Presented by Peachstate Region Porsche Club of America all entries. The list is shown on the next page. Rather than point out any individuals, car numbers and names MayMay 18,18, 1919 andand 20,20, 20182018 have been “redacted”: 3-day event at Barber Motorsports Park So how can you make our job eas- 2 Sprints and 90-minute Enduro ier and make sure you get timely and accurate results? Saturday social 1. Make sure we have your COR- This will be the 2nd Trophy East Race and RECT transponder number. If you thethe 2nd2nd racerace forfor thethe 911911 CupCup SeriesSeries change your transponder or get a new one, please forward that infor- Register: http://register.pca.org mation to Susan at pcaclubrace@aol. Registration Opens Monday, April 2,2nd, 2018 2018 com at least a week before the event More Info: http://peachstatepca.org or provide the transponder number or email [email protected] to timing and scoring as soon as pos- sible at the event. 2. If you have a transponder switch, make sure it is turned on. 3. If you have a transponder sub- scription, make sure it is current. If not, please get it renewed BEFORE the event. 4. Please have a clearly readable car number that matches the number as- signed to you when you registered. If you need to change a permanent number with tape, please try to make it as readable as possible. Read- able and correct car numbers are also extremely important to corner and safety workers to correctly and quickly identify cars. Thank you, good luck and enjoy this racing season!

The figure above is the list of transponder problems we had at Sebring this year. Thirty-seven in all, almost 20% of the entire field!

42 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 43 A ROOKIE RACER PERSPECTIVE THE 48 HOURS AT SEBRING

STORY BY TOM KIRK, PHOTOS BY JUHA LLEVONEN (WWW.PHOTOSBYJUHA.COM) AND SKIP CARTER

he 48 Hours at Sebring, held on (HSR) at the Sebring Historics interview. With Susan’s blessing, I TFebruary 1–4, was my first race in December of 2017. This HSR was approved as a PCA Club Racing with PCA Club Racing. And... it was weekend would serve as an extended Provisional License Candidate. a fantastic experience! test experience for me and Priscila I registered for the Thursday test After ten years of Drivers Educa- as we had several mechanical issues day, Friday practice, sprint races on tion at various race tracks around in three of the four races, requiring Saturday and the Sunday enduro the country, and experience in the stops before taking the checkered race. This was well before I had my right seat of cars as a DE instructor, flag. The weeks between this and racing license, but I wanted to make I decided to give real racing a try. the 48 Hours at Sebring allowed me sure I got in (the 48 Hour event sells My track toy for the last two years to invest the time and money into out early. has been a 1995 type 993 Porsche fixing Priscila so she would be more I had just driven Priscila at Sebring 911. It started life as a street car but reliable in a racing environment. the weekend before the 48 Hours was turned into a track dedicated My HSR racing license and experi- and successfully tested the repairs car in 2005. It now has a 3.8 liter, ence were not sufficient to allow me made. So, I only drove her for a few PMO carbureted engine with about to race with PCA. I needed a PCA laps on the test day in order to not 400 horsepower; a six-speed trans- Club Racing license. So, while Pris- drive the race out of the car. The ori- mission, no power steering, power cila was getting fixed, I had several entation meeting (which I was re- brakes, traction control or ABS... communications with Susan Shire quired to attend on Thursday night) And her name is Priscila. (PCA Club Racing Program Co- was very informative and helped put My very first race was actual- ordinator) about my application, me in the right mind set for the rac- ly with Historic Sportscar Racing including a 45-minute telephone ing to come.

44 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 45 I gradually decreased my lap times, position. This is easier said than done I was not there. I forgot all about the ute pit stop while the rest of the field improving my grid position in each since it is what everyone else is trying dinner. Lesson learned: Attend all was doing slow laps behind the safe- of the three practice sessions on to do at the same time! the dinners you are invited to! ty car. This is known as the “Golden Friday. I also achieved my personal Remembering my practice starts My 90-minute enduro was the Ticket”. When it came time for the best time of 2:22 in the third prac- from Friday, working the brakes hard last race on Sunday. The four sprint rest of the field to do their mandato- tice. This time would be used for to warm up my tires during the safe- groups were re-configured into only ry five-minute pit stop under green my starting position the first sprint ty car lap, I was ready for the green three enduro groups. My group now flag conditions, Ron was able to cir- race on Saturday. The most thrill- flag. It is impossible to accurately included the fastest classes com- cle the track at race speed, putting an ing Friday practice was the last one describe the thrill and excitement prised of the 997 and 991 Cup cars. entire lap between him and our class where we did three practice starts. of heading full speed past start-fin- Even with a 2:21 qualifying time, I competitors. As a result, we finished The safety car lead us out, exiting as ish, rounding Turn 1, three or four was gridded 51 out of 52. 1st in class and 12th overall (after we heading down the front straight cars wide, just inches away from In the first lap of my enduro race, starting 51st). and a green flag start for the field of your fellow competitors. This con- four of the leading Cup cars had an By the end of the weekend I far about 50 cars. We raced to Turn 13 trolled chaos continues to Turn 13, incident in Turn 5. After several dou- surpassed what I hoped would be where a yellow flag slowed us back to where the field stretches out a bit. I ble-yellow laps following the pace possible at my first PCA Club Rac- pace car speed. We circled the rest of not only survived this start, but fin- car, we restarted this race. I drove ing event, finishing well in every the track, lined up two-by-two and ished first in class in Sprint 1. The until about the 35-minute mark and race I entered without any mechani- again had a green flag start. The third second sprint race was a points race. pitted to turn over the driving to my cal issues and receiving the Workers time we did not stop at Turn 13, but I finished second in class and had my co-driver, Ron Zitza. While I was in Choice award! raced for fun until the checkered personal best lap of 2:21.151. the pits there was another incident Thank you to Zotz Racing for flag, about 7 laps later. On Saturday afternoon I was hon- causing another double-yellow and giving me such a great car to drive. The starts are by far the most in- ored to be presented the Workers the pace car came out again. The pits And thank you to all the volunteers, tense part of a race. They are a com- Choice award by my good friend, were now closed. But since I was al- organizers and track workers who bination of aggression and survival, Tom Gorsuch. Tom had to accept ready there before the double-yellow worked tirelessly to make this such luck and skill. It was great to have this prestigious award on my behalf came out, I was allowed to stay for a fantastic experience for me and the opportunity to experience this at the dinner on Friday night because the rest of my mandatory five-min- many others. pandemonium in a practice envi- ronment (where survival was of par- amount importance) before the real racing began on Saturday. Priscila runs in the GT4 class. Not to be confused with the Porsche Cay- man GT4 car, this class consisted of other highly modified, air cooled Porsches like 1971 RSRs and a 914/6. My sprint run group consist- ed of several classes including modi- fied Caymans, 996 and 997 911s and a few Cup cars. My qualifying time placed me in about the middle of the grid, around the 25th position. My fellow GT4 class competitors were gridded near-by, with the 2017 GT4 class national champion just ahead of me with a 2:20 qualifying time. When rolling onto track through a break in the wall of Turn 17, a track marshal points you left or right as you drive past. This indicates your lane position for the start. In all my races this weekend, I started to the right, Top: PCA National VP, Tom Gorsuch, presents Tom with with put me on the outside of Turns 1 the Worker’s Choice award and 3, not where you want to be. My first job, once the green flag dropped, Center: Tom’s first in class podium finish was to get to the inside of Turns 1, 3 and 5 from my outside-lane starting Bottom: Tom’s crew adding fuel during Enduro pit stop

46 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 47 Along the way Tim went to night school for BS and MBA degrees.

Best books read “Theory of Constraints” by Eliya- hu Goldratt, and “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein

Current passions (besides grandkids & family) Traveling and racing.

Traveling: 1. Terry and Tim have photos of themselves in front of all 50 US State Capitol buildings.

2. They have visited all 59 US Na- tional Parks. Of the total 412 US National Park units (counting mon- uments, historical sites, battlefields, etc.) they have visited 256 (A visit only counts with an ink passport stamp). Their goal is to visit all 412 park units. 3. There are 193 UN countries in the world. Thus far they have visit- ed 148 with plans to reach all 193 by the end of 2019 (assuming they can get visas for a couple of them and they are safe to visit). On the front of their Freightliner based coach the license plate reads “Living the Dream.” Terry’s side reads “Along for the Ride.” TIM MEYER In 2015, Tim turned 60 years JUST ANOTHER SP1 RACER old. Wanting to visit the North and South Poles, Tim reached the North STORY & PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY TIM AND TERRY MEYER Pole (90 degrees north) on summer solstice, June 21, 2015, aboard a nuclear powered Russian icebreaker with Quark Expeditions. On De- cember 19, 2015, he reached the “To finish first... first you Their daughter is married, living offers: design and build end effacers must finish.” Bruce McLaren in Maryland with two boys (thus two for robotic units for IBM, or work grandsons), and their son is married in fiber-optics. He knew he could do Facing page: Tim holding a orn and raised in Iowa, Tim in Illinois with one child (grandson the robotics bit easily and didn’t have vulture in Mongolia Bmoved to Denver, met Terry number three). a clue about fiber-optics, so he took (his wife of 37 years), then moved to Tim worked as a tool and die mak- the fiber-optics job, working for five Top right: Tim’s current SP1 Maryland, raised a son and daughter, er for a number of years and ran a different fiber-optic, start-up com- racer retired the first time in 2001 (which tool room in his 20s. There were a panies in the early manufacturing / lasted nine months before Terry bunch of grumpy toolmakers in operations role as an executive lead- Center right: Targa made Tim go back to work), retired their 40s and 50s. He decided he er (two of those companies are fairly Newfoundland the second time in 2005, continuing did not want to end up like that, so successful: Ciena & Infinera). Tim to just consult for several companies. he looked for a new career. In the established fiber-optic system man- Bottom right: Tim at the In 2005 they moved to Las Vegas. same week in 1984 he had two job ufacturing plants all over the world. South Pole

48 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 49 South Pole (90 degrees south) via Union Glacier, Antarctica and a flight aboard a modified DC3 with Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions. Tim was supposed to only spend four hours at the South Pole but, due to weather, spent three sleep cycles in a one meter tall tent at -30 degrees F and 20-30 knot winds. Street & track pads for your Porsche

Racing & Motorsports Rotors In high school and his early 20s, & Hats Tim did a bit of drag racing with buddies who shared the same pas- sion, typically with Chevy small blocks and carbs. After Terry and Tim married in 1980, they enjoyed TSD rallyes with various car clubs in the Denver metro area and then competed at the national level. In 1984, they were the Heuer Road Ral- It’s the most effective lye rookies of the year with SCCA. Receive a FREE fl eece lined helmet heat prevention This introduced them to high-speed bag with each helmet purchase! system. rallyes and road racing. In 1985, busy with family and ca- reer, motorsports took a back-seat. Full systems, In 2000 Tim started looking around replacement for a motorsports hobby. Enjoying parts & road racing, he rediscovered SCCA, accessories got a racing license and raced ITB available Volkswagen Golfs on the east coast. Besides road racing, they also start- Cool-a-Clava Helmet Cooling Insert ed rallye racing in a Golf, and in 2004 took 2nd place production ral- lye honors with the east coast rallye group. When not racing they would work emergency services with SCCA. Tim Harnesses, Nets, Sabelt GT3 Harness has flagged, course marshaled at the Restraints FIA 8835 latest spec SCCA runoffs, and been a national All 2” webbing SCCA scrutineer. SFI 3.3 Base In 2005, after getting their son into Layers college, they moved to Las Vegas, re- tiring from full-time work, still on a consulting retainer for several com- panies until 2013. They found very little competition in ITB in Arizona,

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52 CLUB RACING NEWS factory DME will usually prevent region is full of rustic villages that wrong” in perfect English. Simply a over-revving the motor unless you have not changed in centuries. The power play to see if an outrage could Highly Engineered Solutions miss a shift. The 944 loves to drift people are as curious of us Americans be provoked. One has to accept that ever so slightly through a corner as we are of them. Terry and Tim the freedoms and rights we have in for your Porsche Track Needs for maximum enjoyment when it is spent nearly two weeks in the region America do not apply to the rest of being steered with the throttle. He with four days on 4x4 roads bounc- the world. believes if the 944 is stable through ing through the mountains with a During our entire time in North a corner, then it is not being driven Chechen driver driving his Nissan Korea they were escorted by DPRK (216) 333-1200 hard enough. SUV. Mohammed (who looks like tour guides and were pretty sure Tim’s thoughts on amateur road a classic terrorist, and they joked their hotel rooms were bugged. They racing are that you must enjoy three about that) either spoke Chechen visited the showcase city of Pyong- things: or Russian. Tim only spoke English. yang, a very modern city. The only 1. Working on a car Google Translate on phones allowed cars on the road were military vehi- 2. Camaraderie at the track and them to make a life-long friend. Mo- cles or official tours. No private cars. helping others hammed’s grandfather was one of The locals either rode the subway 3. The competition on the track. the leaders against the Russian oc- or buses. They all lined up neatly It seems the people who enjoy all cupation in the region and he lost and no one pushed or shoved. They three stay with the sport for some several uncles and a brother in the were fed well in tourist restaurants time. Those who only get one or two first Chechen war of 1994-95, and and did not see too many locals in are in and then out to other things. the 2nd Chechen war of 1999-2000 the restaurants. The thing that Tim Many people ask where ToeJaM when Grozny was flattened by Putin. found missing were trucks transport- Racing comes from. When partic- The same adventure had them in ing goods. He only saw dump trucks ipating in TSD rallies in the early Dagestan where the FSB (formerly and not a single tractor trailer nor 1980s, Terry and Tim had a license KGB) was following them around large box truck. They also visited the plate that read TJMTJM (as both trying to understand why the Ameri- DMZ from the North and had their initials are TJM - both of their cans were touring the region. photo taken with a DPRK officer children had TJM initials as well). On another adventure they crossed who spoke perfect English, with the Someone asked if that stood for Toe- Russia on the Trans-Siberian train. South Korea DMZ Peace Building JaM. It had the right ring of non-se- As you may remember last year, near Panmunjom in the background. riousness, they liked it and have used the US government banned US cit- Tim understands why Kim Jong-Un Visit Demon Speed ToeJaM for many different things. izens from visiting North Korea / wants nuclear weapons. He saw other Motorsports to see our full DPRK, starting September 1, 2017. dictators (Saddam Hussein - Iraq & line of Track products. Several travel stories (If you’re caught visiting the DPRK, Muammar al-Gaddafi - Libyai) top- Tim has driven vehicles and rode your USA passport is yanked for 10 pled by US involvement that did not This includes: Tire Warmers, bicycles on all 7 continents and has years). Terry and Tim flew to Pyong- have the means to keep the USA at Suspension Upgrades, Wing visited all 34 Chinese provinces yang, DPRK on August 12, 2017 arms length. Kim Jong-Un wants to Uprights, GT3 Cup Centerlock (states) at one time or another. from Beijing. Because Tim was a stay in power. The North Koreans see 996 GT3 Cup, Track and As they travel, they have learned tall American, he got the “we are in Kim as a “living god”, a pretty com- products, and much more. Street Slotted Rotors. that 99.5% of the people have the charge treatment.” After being one mon approach over history in Asia. Made exclusively for same dreams we all do… No mat- of the first off the DPRK Tupolev In November 2016 they visited the Demon Speed from ter the race, color or religion: Care Tu-154 jet (Russia retired all of their Horn of Africa, Eritrea, Djibouti, high quality German of your family, a better tomorrow, TU-154s in 2016 because of crash- Ethiopia, and Somaliland. While in Blanks. Pair with a set and friends to enjoy. You also realize es) and going through immigration Harar, Ethiopia, Tim had the oppor- of NEW Hawk DTC80 just how biased the US media is re- with a DPRK visa that had a map tunity to feed a wild hyena at night. Brake pads for the garding particular countries and how showing South Korea and North Ko- The locals feed the hyenas so they Ultimate Track Braking writers claim how something is in a rea unified, everything was stamped, do not go after their sheep or goats. country where they’ve never been. the immigration officer started to A pretty surreal experience. On that Keep up with our specials As they close on their goal of 193 return his passport and, at the last same adventure, as they visited Har- and racing results UN countries, they start to visit second, raised it and said something geisa and Laas Geel, Somaliland, Demon Speed uses The Drive Shaft Including track side places that are not on people’s first in Korean Tim didn’t understand. A they always had armed guards with Wind Tunnel Tested CSF Radiators Shop Axles exclusively on our GT3 live streams by joining thought of “Hey, I want to vacation senior officer came over, collected them who were very friendly. with Exclusive B-Tube Design Provide Cup cars to provide bullet proof the mailing list on our there”. Even though they’ve visited the passport and told Tim to wait At the end of each adventure they a Better Cooled Porsche with Track performance and prevent failure. Russia several times, one region had over there. After everyone got their publish a personal hardback book Now available for your Porsche. web site, or by following always been somewhat of a mystery, luggage and were through the cus- to collect stories and photos of the Tested Toughness. us on Facebook. the North Caucasus between the toms line, the senior officer handed trip. They currently have nearly In Stock At Demon Speed Visit our Website: Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. 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54 CLUB RACING NEWS Left: Julie’s Puppy Paws 944 racer

Right: Chester’s original 911E (after a few modifi- cations)

Lower right: Yup, that’s Racy

way. While doing drivers education the 944 was gradually transformed from a street car to a full-blown race ready “I” class car known to many as the Puppy Paws car because it was covered in blue puppy paws. Try- ing to build and support two race cars was quite the undertaking. As a teacher and engineer, Julie and Ches- at Road Atlanta where she finished ter had to do all the work themselves third out of thirteen in the five-lap in order to afford to club race. Julie sprint race at the end of the week- learned to do almost anything to a end. It was NOW time to go club car, often not having a clue what she racing. Plus, we needed a race team was doing. In the beginning, a typi- name. cal exchange in the garage included In 2005 Chester received an early Chester asking Julie to hand him a birthday present in the form of a six- THE STORY OF tool such as a bearing puller. Julie’s week-old, one and half pound Mal- response was “can you describe it?” tese/Poodle puppy that was named or “what shape is it?” or better yet Racy. That weekend Racy went to RACY DOG RACING “what color is it?” With Chester’s the track for the first time and Racy STORY & PHOTOS BY JULIE AND CHESTER BAILEY help she soon learned all about tools, Dog Racing was born. From that engines, transmissions, suspension, point on, Racy has never missed a brakes, wiring, even learning how to track weekend. She loves to go to the weld. Julie and Chester have since track and has many friends both two built and maintained multiple race legged and four legged all over the he story begins in 1972 when Chester called Terry Morris, Presi- then highly modified 1970 911E cars. As a final preparation before country. TChester Bailey spent a week at dent of the Wichita Region. Shortly which, at that point was a GT race going club racing, Julie attended Now that they had a team name, his uncle’s house in Georgia. His after, Terry convinced Chester to go car with slicks, wings, and things, the the three-day Panoz Racing School Julie needed her license. In Octo- uncle was in the process of building to Heartland Park in Topeka for his first words out of her mouth were “I a 1957 Chevy hot rod and Chester first DE, which led to his first club can see that spectating isn’t going to has been a car nut ever since. Af- race at Heartland Park in October make it.” Soon after that weekend she ter graduating from Georgia Tech, 1994. For the next ten years Ches- borrowed money from her father to Chester moved to Texas and joined ter continued to club race with PCA buy a 1986 944 street car and learned PCA in 1983 after he bought his and SCCA around the country. how to drive a stick shift. Once mas- first Porsche, a 1970 911E. He used Fast forward to 2003… A friend tering the stick shift, the 944 became IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE it as his daily driver for several years, who worked with Chester dared not only Julie’s daily driver but also a driving to and from work without him to attend a speed dating event weekend autocross car. air conditioning in the Texas heat. at Heroes Sports Bar where he met In March of 2004, Julie and Ches- During this time, he became more his future wife and racing partner, ter got married in Las Vegas at the NEW WEBSITE and more involved in autocross and Julie. Approximately one month lat- Little White Wedding Chapel (no high-speed time trials with the Mav- er Chester took Julie to a high-speed Elvis present). Julie then began do- erick Region. touring event at Hallett Motor Cir- ing drivers education at Hallett, In 1991, Chester moved to Wich- cuit in Oklahoma to test out a new Heartland Park, Mid America Mo- PCACLUBRACING.ORG ita, Kansas. The first week in Kansas gear box. After riding in Chester’s torsports, and Texas World Speed-

56 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 57 ber of the same year, with the help of instructors Terry Morris, Chester Bailey, and West Dillard, Susan Shire GREAT PLAINS REGION approved Julie for her rookie race at the Oktoberfast Club Race at Hal- lett. Julie had the best weekend pos- CARRERA GT AT MPH MOTORSPORT PARK HASTINGS sible for a rookie. In the sprint race 2.15 MI • HASTINGS, NEBRASKA JUNE 15* - 17, 2018 • SPONSORED BY PORSCHE OMAHA she chased Bill Jacobi in his 914, fi- nally passing him on the last lap for *FRI: TEST AND TUNE (OPTIONAL - NOT A PCA DE) - CONTACT MPH DIRECTLY: [email protected] position in class. Then in the Formu- la Libre Enduro, Julie won the race SAT & SUN: THREE SPRINT RACES FOR EACH CLASS REGISTRATION: register.pca.org outright running 29 of the 38 laps SATURDAY NIGHT SOCIAL MORE INFO: [email protected] or www.gprpca.com faster than her qualifying time. She also won the rookies driver award that weekend. What a way to start your club race career. Julie and Chester both raced inci- Road America, Hallett, and Motor- D class race car from John Bryam, dent free until the 2008 Heartland sports Ranch. Many races they were Kansas City racer, and named it the Park Topeka Club Race. During the wheel to wheel during the entire race. “Creamsicle,” due to its orange and last race, Chester lost his long-time In the hour and half enduro at Brain- white color scheme. After a hard- friend of 26 years, his ‘70 911E race erd, Chester won by a .5 second and fought season in 2017, Chester fin- car. On the start of the race there in the hour and half enduro at Road ished second in class for the year in was a six car pile up in the concrete America, Chester won by .2 seconds, the National Championship points. tunnel on the main straight away. despite Julie having faster lap times This year will be Chester’s 25th Chester was hit by four cars and a than Chester. They finished fourth year of PCA racing. When you see REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 30 concrete wall, totally destroying the and fifth in the National Champion- the Racy Dog Racing team at the P C A car. Fortunately, no one was injured. ship points standing that year. track, you will always find Julie and If any humor can be found from the The last two years, Chester and Chester working together on and off carnage, it was when Chester got into Julie have continued to travel to far the track as racing partners and me- the ambulance and the first ques- away tracks, including one of their chanics, with Racy right there cheer- tion the EMT asked was “have you favorite tracks, Sebring. In 2016, ing them on. been drinking?” Chester promptly Chester acquired a 1983, 911 SC Go Racing Dog Racing! answered “not yet.” After that, he raced a string of different race cars that Julie and Chester built, includ- ing two spec 944s, a spec Boxster, E class 911, and his current race car, a D class 911. Julie lost her very first race car in an incident at High Plains Raceway in 2014. She spun in the oil of a 911 during the enduro and was collected twice by a cup car. That was a very sad day as it was the end of the “Pup- py Paws” car. However, the compet- itive spirit was still alive and on the way home Julie’s biggest concern was how she was going to race at Hal- lett in a month without a car. The problem was solved thanks to Chris Blazer who sold us a winning, fully prepared spec 944 race car. Steve Coomes is shown here at COTA after in- 2015 was a great racing year for stalling the windshield banner for his 2017 first Chester and Julie. They both raced Spec 944s as they traveled to TWS, place National Championship trophy in SP1 Road Atlanta, Hastings, Brainerd,

58 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 59 PCA CLUB RACING PCA CLUB RACING 2017 2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2017 WEST COAST SERIES PODIUM WINNERS PODIUM WINNERS D 1st Rob Hale GT4 1st Claudio Kaempf GTC1 1st Alan Benjamin 2nd Chester Bailey 2nd Peter Czajkowski 2nd Colin Mazzola Class Place Name Region Zone Class Place Name Region Zone 3rd Keith Davis 3rd Dan Carusillo GTC3 1st Dwayne Moses GT2 1st Daniel Fong GG 7 GTC6 1st Dave Elsner RIV 8 E 1st Niels Meissner GT5 1st Bryan Berry 2nd Darrell Troester 2nd Dan Martinson 3rd Michael Beler GT3 1st Walter Nilsen GG 7 GRD 1st Charles Wirken AZ 8 3rd Frank Osborn SP1 1st Steve Coomes 2nd Phillip Strong SDO 8 2nd Michael Kim LA 8 2nd Mitchell Butaud GTC4 1st Eric Mies 3rd Chris Murray GG 7 3rd Laura Ely GG 7 F 1st Steve Schindler 3rd Isabella Busalacchi 2nd Joe Still 2nd Marc Guerette 3rd George Tsantes GT4 1st Peter Czajkowski SDO 8 SP1 1st Isabella Busalacchi SDO 8 3rd Kieron O’Rourke SP2 1st Fred Beasley 2nd Dan Carusillo SDO 8 2nd Patrick Sloan GPX 8 2nd Kevin Palmer GTC5 1st Grady Willingham 3rd Jeffrey Schmidt SDO 8 3rd Randy Bergum AZ 8 G 1st Hunter Allen 3rd Robbie Wilson 2nd Brent Asplundh 2nd Anthony Brown 3rd Rob Trollinger GTA1 1st Mark Davidian SVR 7 SP911 1st Robert Murillo GG 7 SP3 1st Ed Dunne 2nd Tom Mueller GPX 8 2nd Sean Neel GPX 8 H 1st Ryan Magrab 2nd Dennis Hiffman GTC6 1st John Goetz 3rd David Higgins SVR 7 2nd Mark Hill 3rd Greg Turek 2nd Dave Elsner GTA2 1st John Ball SDO 8 3rd Michael Schmitz 3rd Rafael Llopiz SPB 1st Heath Spencer GG 7 SPB 1st Chris Drake GTC3 1st Darrel Troester INT 9 2nd Tim Smith GG 7 I 1st Jimmie Martin 2nd Heath Spencer GTPA `1st Pierce Marshall 3rd Doug Boccignone DIA 7 2nd Carole Halvorsen 3rd John Gladwill 3rd Mark Aziersk SP911 1st Robert Murillo SPC 1st Matt Distefano 2nd Sean Neel Something new for J 1st John Crane 2nd Keith Fritze 3rd Bob Engling the 2017 Nation- 2nd Ken Agena 3rd Cory McFadden al Championship SP996 1st Glenn Wiedenbeck podium winners K 1st Paul Norwood GTA1 1st Dale Hartzell 2nd David Hodges this year.

2nd Price Ford 2nd Mark Davidian 3rd Ched Crouse Hunter Allen (on 3rd Clas Olsson 3rd Tom Mueller the right) and Triple Trofeo Anthony Brown (on GT1 1st Leslie Shrem GTA2 1st Normand Houle 1st Kevin Maxim the left) were the G 2nd Erik WiInberg 2nd Jean Audet 2nd Geoff Isringhausen Stock winners. 3rd Keith Erickson 3rd Eric Boueilh 3rd Sebastien Juneau

GT2 1st Daniel Fong GTB1 1st Franklin Pray 2nd Harold Petit Jr GT3 1st Philip Strong 3rd Geoff Isringhausen 2nd Chris Murray 3rd Keneth Greenberg GTB3 1st Ron Kirshner

60 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 61 OUTSTANDING DRIVER AWARD Racing announces the OG Racing Outstand- OGing Driver Award that is proudly presented to those select racers who raced respectfully and safely for a minimum of nine incident-free races in 2017. It’s great to see many familiar names from last year and new ones this year. Each recipient will receive the following: • A certificate good for 15% off your favorite racing brake pads from OG Racing for the rest of the year and first quarter of 2019! Discount is taken off of our re- Matt Distefano Laurence Jitts Fred Pfeiffer tail prices and include free UPS Ground shipping with Chip Eggleton Randall Joe Greg Phillips your order. Dave Elsner Aaron Jones Scott Plunkett • When you call to redeem your special pricing, make Michael Embler Bo Jordan Karl Poeltl sure to ask for your Custom Award Sticker and Suit Patch- Michael Emro Sebastien Juneau Frank Powell es recognizing your accomplishments. When you call we Bob Engling Claudio Kaempf Franklin Pray can also provide each eligible racer with a special Out- Topher Everett Henry Kane Robbie Provost standing Driver code to obtain your special pricing on Keith Evringham Matt Kehoe Ray Ramirez online orders. Mike Faems Michael Kim Tim Regenold We hope that the 2017 winners remain an OG Rac- Christopher Fahy Harry Kintzi Jose Roque ing Outstanding Driver Award winner for many years to Francois Faust Gary Knoblauch Glenn Schattman come. This is our way of saying “Thank You” for active- David Felker David Kuchrawy Steve Schindler ly participating in PCA Club Racing and helping us in Mark Fenner Todd Lamb Jeffrey Schmidt “Making Racing Safer.” We hope to see even more names Daniel Fong Steve Linz Jim Scott on the list next year! Price Ford Anthony Llopiz John Seidell OG Racing has been a proud sponsor of PCA Club Andrew Forrest Rafael Llopiz Jim Sherman Racing since 1998. Veteran owned, and with a PCA racer Walt Fricke Joseph Lombardo Clarke Simpson on staff, they specialize in automotive performance driver Cory Friedman Ryan Magrab Bobby Singh gear and are a warehouse distributor for many of the best Keith Fritze David Mann Patrick Sloan brands in the safety equipment world like Sparco, Alp- Brett Gabriel Phillip Martien Mo Smith inestars, OMP, Arai, Bell, HANS, Roux, Simpson, Stilo, John Giannone Jimmy Martin Tim Smith TraqGear, and many others. Their extensive inventory also Sean Gibbons Daniel Martinson Steven Smotrich offers many performance products, such as Performance John Gladwill Kevin Maxim Heath Spencer Friction, Hawk, and other performance brake pads. They John Goetz Dan Mayer Scott Stapleton also stock AIM Data and Video Systems. With a fully Kenneth Greenberg Colin Mazzola Thomas Stephen stocked, 12,000 sq/ft warehouse located just outside of Andrew Gucciardi Jack Mccarthy Joe Still Washington, DC, OG Racing is proud to ship 98% of all Marc Guerette Tim Mclean Todd Stone orders the same day! Chris Hamilton Hunt Mcmahon Jack Strifling Jim Hamman Siggi Meissner Philip Strong Ken Agena Randy Bergum Evan Close Dale Hartzell Dwayne Moses Matt Travis Hunter Allen Bryan Berry John Collier Michael Hemingway Tom Mueller Michael Tsang Howard Altman Chris Blazer Steve Coomes Pat Heptig Robert Murillo George Tsantes John Amardeil Bruce Blockus Bill Corcoran Dennis Hiffman Chris Murray Dale Tuety Carl Amond Tom Bloom Chad Cox Mark Hill Gavin Narburgh Greg Turek Steven Anderson Doug Boccignone John Crane David Hodges Mark Nasrallah Joshua Vieira Brent Asplundh Eric Boueilh Ched Crouse Mike Hoke Sean Neel Ryan & Stacie Virden Scott Asplundh Brad Boyd Peter Czajkowski Michael Holmes Ken Nielsen Mike Walsdorf Bret Bailey Rob Branthover Scott Daiger Normand Houle Bernard Nussbaumer Brian Weathered Chester Bailey Scott Bresnahan Ian Darcy John Houston Kieron O’rourke Mark Weining Fred Beasley Al Burke Mark Davidian Dennis Howard Frank Osborn Mark White Loren Beggs Isabella Busalacchi Keith Davis Trygve Isaacson Todd Pajonas Glenn Wiedenbeck John Beidler Mitchell Butaud Ann Deane Donald Jacobs Kevin Palmer Grady Willingham Michael Beler Todd Butaud Damon Decastro George James Mark Peebles Robbie Wilson Scott Belles Jay Carlson Rick Deman Mike James Marc Pensabene Bruce Wing Alan Benjamin Dan Carusillo Anton Dias Perera Patrick James Harold Petit Jr Charles Wirken

62 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 63 Kevin O’Leary Bobby Allison Entrepreneur. TV Personality Racer (American) QUOTABLE QUOTES (Canadian / Irish) BY PEDRO P. BONILLA FROM DIE PORSCHE KASSETTE, JANUARY 2018 911s are expensive “imported Corvairs” There are a lot of impractical things about owning a Porsche. But they’re all offset by the driving experience. It Alois Ruf ecently, while doing research for another article, I Ferdinand Piëch: really is unique. Lamborghinis and Car builder Rcame across a couple of interesting quotes regarding Grandson of Ferdinand. Porsche Ferraris come close. And they are more (German) Porsche and thought it might be fun to compile a few Engineer. Volkswagen AG CEO powerful, but they don’t handle like a Porsche. more and share them here. Some are from people whose (Austrian) With a Porsche last name is Porsche, mostly are from people who admire Mark Donohue: you get more per- Porsches, others not so much. The lighter you make the car, the less Racer formance with weight there is to brake for a corner, to (American) less of everything. Ferdinand Porsche take around the corner and to acceler- Founder Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche GmbH (1931) ate from the corner. “Remove the reverse gear please.” “But Elon Musk (Austrian) what if you spin and are facing the Businessman - Car builder (Canadian / American) guardrail”? “Porsche doesn’t pay me to I couldn’t find the sports car of my Jerry Seinfeld: drive in reverse...” (speaking to a race Yeah, well I think dreams, so I built it myself. Comedian - Porsche collector engineer during testing for the Can Am that anyone who (American) 917-30) likes fast cars will If one does not fail at times, then one love the Tesla. And has not challenged himself at times. I have this old ‘57 Peter Schutz it has fantastic han- Porsche Speedster, and Porsche AG CEO (1982 – 1987) dling by the way. I Change is easy. Improvement is far the way the door clos- (American) mean this car will more difficult. es, I’ll just sit there and crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So, if you like fast listen to the sound of While the car could be temperamen- cars, you’ll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens Porsche ... there is no substitute. the latch going, ‘cluh- tal at times, at least it had character. to be electric and it’s got twice the efficiency of a Prius. CLICK-click.’ That That’s what people loved most about it. Ferdinand (Ferry) Anton Ernst Porsche door! I live for that door. (referring to the 911 of the 80s) Mark Webber Son of Ferdinand. Porsche GmbH Racer (Australian) CEO (1948 – 1989) Robert Redford: Helmuth Bott (Austrian) Actor – Director. Environmentalist Porsche AG Chief engineer I own a bunch of clas- (American) (German) sics, including a blue If you can create something time can- 1954 356 Cabriolet. not erode, something which ignores the I’ve always liked speed. I Hardly any other vehicle concept has It’s so dinky and inti- eccentricities of particular eras or mo- own a car that I shouldn’t proven itself so thoroughly in so many mate, you sit so close to ments, something truly timeless… this be talking about because different combinations over the years your passenger and there’s no power steering. Sixty miles-per- is the “ultimate victory”. I’m an environmentalist, [as the 911]. hour feels like 120. At the other end of the scale I have a 918 but the 1955 Porsche Spy- Spyder, which is the most advanced Porsche ever built and Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a der 550 RS is the finest Hans Mezger an absolute beast to drive. So I have bookended the Porsche radiator in the front, that’s not very intelligent. sports car ever made. Porsche’s most distinguished engine designer range quite nicely I think. (PANORAMA, Oct. ‘73) (German) Carroll Shelby: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ferdinand (Butzi) Alexander Porsche Racer - Car builder When I graduat- Racer (American) Son of Ferry. Designer of the Porsche (American) ed from Stuttgart 911 & 904. Porsche Design CEO University in 1956 Once I let someone talk me into (German) Porsche and BMW drivers are I was offered many driving a slow as hell Corvette in arrogant. employment oppor- a GP race and I spent all day get- A Porsche will always look like a tunities, including ting passed by Porsches in this slow Porsche. Thank God there’s no 48-hour the large automo- ass Vette. I was sitting in this thing race anywhere in the world, be- bile manufacturers. thinking can I get a Porsche please. I mean I am a competitor Good design only exists in concert with cause chances are nobody could Despite all these attractive options it was Porsche – a little and it just really stung getting passed lap after lap. I could engineering. Designers need to be part beat Porsche in a 48 hour race. They’re probably the only cars company then – that caught my imagination. The appeal not wait to get out of that damn car. I sure knew what the engineer. in the world that would stand up for something like that. was their 356 sports car which for me was a most beautiful backside of a Porsche looked like after that day. About a week and interesting automobile. later I bought a Turbo 911

64 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 65 Derek Bell Steve McQueen Racer (British) Racer/Actor – Actor/Racer (American) Playing the role of Michael Delaney in “Le Mans” Back then (1980s) the philosophy was that it’s an honour to drive for Porsche, the money is irrelevant. The head of engineering (Helmuth Bott) made it clear to me that I shouldn’t earn more money than he did. A different world indeed.

Patrick Dempsey Racer and Actor – Car collector (American)

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When I raced a Porsche last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now it’s the other way around.

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CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS — MARCH 2-4 Dominique Lequeux PST GTC6 14 991 GT3 Cup 23 15 8 Blue Sprint Race 1 Dale Hartzell RMT GTA1 03 GT3 Cup 37 29 8 Blue Sprint Race 1 Thomas Kroehle MAV SP997 09 997 2 26 9 17 Blue Sprint Race 2 Burt Williams LST GT5 70 911S 34 22 12 Red Sprint Race 1 Sean Neel GPX SP911 81 911 22 10 12 Red Sprint Race 1 Bill Tutt LST E S 87 911 Carrera 42 27 15 Red Sprint Race 2 at Monticello Motor Club Randall Joe APR GTC4 07 997 Cup 35 15 20 Blue Enduro Ray Ramirez LST E S 87 911 Carrera 29 19 10 Red Enduro JULY 48 HOURS AT SEBRING — FEBRUARY 2-4 13-15 Bill Rudtner MNY SPB 97 Boxster 8 8 3 Orange Sprint Race 1 2018 WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES • 3.6 MILE FULL COURSE Javier Ripoll Jr SFL SPB 98 Boxster 10 7 3 Orange Sprint Race 1 Mark Murray FLC SPB 99 Boxster 12 7 5 Orange Sprint Race 2 • 2 SPRINT RACES PLUS FUN RACE Scott Plunkett MSO F S 90 964 35 21 14 Green Sprint Race 1 Practice Gene Raymondi CNY E S 04 Boxster 33 21 12 Green Sprint Race 2 • 90 MINUTE ENDURO FRIDAY Fun Race Nicole Robichaud OHV GTD 16 Cayman GT4CS 32 16 16 Red Sprint Race 1 Warm-Up Gary Knoblauch CHO GTB1 10 Cayman 39 23 16 Red Sprint Race 1 • TROPHY EAST SERIES SATURDAY Qualifying Michael Williams MAV SP996 09 996 C2 41 25 16 Red Sprint Race 1 2 Sprint Races • VINTAGE RACING GROUP Joe Crane CHO J P 004 GT3 41 30 11 Red Sprint Race 2 Warm-Up Al Uscinski CHO GTC3 02 GT3 Cup 43 31 12 Blue Sprint Race 1 SUNDAY 90 Minute Enduro Anton Dias Perera MSO GTC3 996 GT3 Cup 50 32 18 Blue Sprint Race 2 • LOTS OF PRACTICE TIME F Garcia/C Friedman SFL SPB 99 Boxster 39 15 24 Black Enduro • MMC WILL OFFER THURSDAY QUESTIONS? Joe Crane CHO J P 04 GT3 29 17 12 Purple Enduro TEST & TUNE DAY E-Mail Chris Karras and Corey McFadden Tom Kirk SPC GT4 95 911 48 10 38 Pink Enduro Race Co-Chairs: [email protected] Gourmet breakfast and lunch, Awards Dinner, craft beer and fine wine included.

Registration: http://register.pca.org opens May 29 at 10:00 PM ET. RETURNING THIS YEAR... TAP INTO THE RAW SPIRIT OF CLUB RACING... Returning in 2018, the Riesentöter Stuttgart Challenge welcomes PCA Practice EVENT ADS VINTAGE RACING! FRIDAY Fun Race Vintage racing to its fifth annual event • Dedicated Vintage Run at Monticello Motor Club... Warm-Up • Group 1983 or Earlier Air-Cooled PCA Vintage racing takes club racing SATURDAY 2 Sprint Races back to its roots. Run your ‘83 and PAGE EVENT DATE older air-cooled cars in a dedicated Warm-Up SUNDAY 3rd Sprint Race 43 The 24 Hours of Barber May 18-20 run group at America’s premier private motorsports club. QUESTIONS? 29 Brainerd International Raceway July 27-29 Bring out your 356s and 912s as Contact Fred Pfeiffer, Club Racing well as 914s, 914-6s and early 911s! Vintage Coordinator. E-Mail or call: 23 Buttonwillow Raceway Park May 19-20 [email protected] or 301-707-9472 43 Canadian Tire Motorsports Park August 2-5 Ask those who participated in PCA’s inaugural vintage club race and 59 Carrera GT at MPH (Hastings) June 15-17 you’ll find this is truly a “can’t miss” opportunity! 59 Cimarron Region Octoberfast October 5-7 71 Riesentoter Stuttgart Challenge July 13-15 Be sure to check out the new Resorts World Catskills casino hotel just 10 minutes from track. 29 Rocky Mountain Thunder Sep 14-16 Event, Hotel, and MMC Test Day Information: http://tinyurl.com/rtrclubrace 36 Rumble at the Oak Tree (VIR) June 22-24 47 West Coast Series see flyer

70 CLUB RACING NEWS APRIL - JUNE 2018 71 Transmission Solutions for Porsche Racing Cars 2012 CAYMAN S CLUB RACER Car is a proven winner, sorted and ready for track Sprints or Enduros, JTZ RS@ Shock Kit, Holinger’s own sequential gearkit conversion Front Brembo Clubsport big brake kit, CF doors, splitter and rear spoiler, AIM in car camera system, Speedcom Radio system, Cool Suit and Helmet Air System, can provide made for 911s was adopted by Porsche Motorsport new Digital Wrap of car, have 3 different versions. (2) Set of tires and Rims wet/dry – and was the control transmission in every 997 too many extra to list and some spares, car is super reliable has 6 to 7 weekends on “Cup” racecar they built. Now, the complete range Engine and ready to track or race, have enclosed (AC) Trailer and Dully if interested. of Holinger PCS spares and upgrades are available Car REDUCED price to SELL $ 79,900 OBO motivated seller directly from Holinger. Why buy an imitation when For more info contact: Robert Booth (305) 218-0691 or [email protected]” (18.3) you can buy the original? 2016 Cayman GT4 Clubsport IMSA 2016GS spec Former IMSA GS spec racecar. Driven by Cameron Cassels and Trent Hindman to 4 wins over two seasons of IMSA competition. It was the 1st Clubsport on the globe to win Contact us today to fi nd your closest in professional competition. Included is a poster commissioned by Porsche Motorsports and signed by the drivers. Bodymotion developed and maintained, this car is track ready. authorized dealer or expert installer: Custom JRZ shocks, Guard diff, Motec data with smarty cam, Cool suit, carbon hood, [email protected] Forgeline wheels, M&M race exhaust. Very fast and Very easy to drive. Spares package Plug and play available. Upgradable to “MR” spec to be run in IMSA or can be run in PCA GTB3. (949) 362-8750 NASA, SCCA, HSR, etc. Paddle Shift kit for 997 Cup

$159,000 OBO [email protected] 732-493-2700 (18.2) HOLINGER Advanced Limited Slip 2007 2.7 liter Cayman PCA “F” class race car Available for: Best of Everything. Professionally built by Racer’s Edge Inc in 2013. • G50/G96 $80k Contact Racer’s Edge Inc (865) 862-5262 (18.3) • 991 Cup AIM Pista Data aquisition w/GPS, MCS Double Adjustable Motorsport, shocks, Hy- percoil springs, Motorsport Oil Seperator, LN Engineering deep sump, Power steering cooler, SPEC Clutch 6 puck clutch disk, Optic Armor Polycarbonate Windshield, Absolutely Beautiful stick built roll cage 1.75” DOM tubing – also attached at “A” and “B” pillars, Guards Limited slip, Cobra Suzuka Pro race seat (x 2), Porsche cup car seat sliders, AMB Race transponder, Billy Boat custom Stainless header and exhaust, Porsche GT3 2 piece control arms (x 4), Porsche GT3 rear toe links, Lifeline 4 liter, NEW from Holinger for 2017: AFFF fire system, BBS Longer wheel studs at all 4 wheels, Snap- Off quick disconnect • Close Ratio 3-6 gearset for Cayman GT4 steering wheel, Sparco Model 30 steering wheel, Momo steering wheel hub adapter, • Replacement gear program for 991 Cup Porsche center radiator with proper Porsche ducting, Kill switch, Cool Suit, Schroth right side head restraint net, Window Net, Stainless steel Brake lines, LN Engineering oil filter adapter, Weldon transmission oil pump, Canton Remote Engine oil filter, Peter- son 100 micron -8 inline transmission oil filter, Racer’s Edge A-arm spherical bearing cartridges, Racer’s Edge Radius arm solid mounts, Racer’s Edge front Camber Plates, Racer’s Edge Rear upper shock mounts, BodyMotion cold air intake system, BodyMo- tion Power steering pump underdrive pulley, Wevo Transmission Mounts, Wevo Engine Mounts, Gates Racing low loss Serpentine belt K060775RB, TPC sway bars, TPC sway Courtesy Alex Job Racing bar drop links, Rennline Aluminium Battery Hold down, Odyssey PC680 lightweight HOLINGER AMERICA Phone: +1 949 362 8750 29 Journey Fax: +1 949 362 8720 72 CLUB RACING NEWS www.HolingerAmerica.comAPRIL - JUNE 2018 73 Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 USA E-mail: [email protected]

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Chief of Timing & Scoring OG Racing...... 17 Michael Wingfield PFC Brakes...... 53 3805 Clearwater Court, Plano, TX 75025-2094 972.491.2766 [email protected] Red Line Oil...... 27 Softronic...... 37 Technical & Rules Coordinator Walt Fricke Stable Energies...... 67 4651 Huey Circle, Boulder, CO 80305 Strategies for Wealth...... 7 303.499.6540 [email protected] Sube Sports...... 15 Business Manager Wine Country Motor Sports...... 33 Ryan Carignan P.O.Box 6400, Columbia, MD 21045 410.381.0911 [email protected] CLUB RACING NEWS Sponsor Coordinator Vu Nguyen P.O.Box 6400, Columbia, MD 21045 Editor 410.381.0911 [email protected] Skip Carter 10385 Bonnie Lane, La Mesa, CA 91941 619.992.9927 [email protected]

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