February 2009
editor’s note This year will be filled with new RMR and AMR are pleased to be hosting the 54th experiences for both the casual Porsche Parade in Keystone, Colorado June 29th – Porsche drivers and the ‘track July 4th. This is a weeklong event and includes the junkies’. We have several fun Historic and Heritage Porsche display, a TSD rally on rallies/tours planned, the annual Colorado’s great driving roads, Tech Seminars, an Art inside this issue Concours d’Elegance, along with Show, the Michelin Tire Test and more. From the Board ...... 5 interesting speakers and pro - grams at the membership meet - Some of the best times as a RMR member are vol - 2009 Calendar of Events ...... 5 ings throughout the year. unteering at the events. The experiences and knowl - Membership Message ...... 6 edge of each and every member are fascinating and Autocross School and Autocross ...... 8 For the ‘track-junkies’, the new HPR track will be you just might make a new friend. See you at an opening with our first laps around the track on April event soon. HPR Driver Education Event ...... 9 26th. We expect high attendance at events at the Parade Overview ...... 10 new race track so be sure to look over the calendar Parade Registration ...... 11 and sign up early for the track days you would like to Louise Hurlbut Patron Award Honorees 2008 ...... 12 attend. We will be able to accommodate more driv - 2009 News Editor ers at the HPR track than at Pueblo and La Junta, but Porsche Wins at Daytona ...... 14 we expect to sell out the events. Instructor’s Insight ...... 15 In the Zone ...... 17 British Porsche Magazines ...... 17 about your rmr porsche news Award Winning Porsche Models ...... 18 Correction ... from the board ...... 19 RMR Online Discussion Group Contribute & Get PUBLISHED! Rearview Mirror ...... 20 Are you interested in discussing Porsches, RMR Submission Deadline: 10th of each month to Members Classified Ads ...... 21 or simply something that other Porschephiles [email protected] New Advertising Rates ...... 22 might be interested in? If so, you can always join the RMR Yahoo! discussion group online at Format for Articles: Word documents, attached http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/rmr_pca/ to an e-mail are best. Please use Times New Roman font, in 12 point type. Please avoid ital - ics, bolding and underlining. rmrpca membership Get Your Newsletter on the Go! Not A Member ... YET ? Format for Photographs: TIFF and EPS and JPEG Join RMR online by clicking the To read RMR Porsche News on the web, go on - are okay. Photo CD and Windows Metafile are Online Event Registration link at : line to www.rmrporsceclub.com and click on the fine. Please send your best shots, and please “Newsletter” button. label the file with a descriptive name. www.rmrporscheclub.com
RMR PORSCHE (ISSN1061-1746) is published monthly by the Rocky Advertising & Rates Mountain Region Porsche Club of America, 2137 Night Sky Lane, Lafayette, CO, 80026. Periodicals postage paid at Lafayette, Rates are offered for monthly placement in 12 Colorado and additional mailing offices. Circulation, Change of Address consecutive issues and a 10% discount is avail - Postmaster: Please send address changes to RMR Porsche, or Missed Issues to : able for annual contracts that are paid in advance. Membership Chairperson, 2137 Night Sky Lane, Lafayette, CO 80026. Subscriptions: Annual rate is $20.00, included in RMR John Mackin Please see our new 2009 Rate Chart on regional dues. Single copy price is $2.00. [email protected] Page 22 of this issue. The opinions and views appearing in RMR PORSCHE are those of the individual writers, and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions If you require further details or additional infor - of the Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America (RMR/PCA), mation regarding advertising in an upcoming PCA National, or this magazine as an official RMR/PCA publication. Additionally, none of these organizations nor this publication assume issue of RMR Porsche News, please contact any responsibility for the accuracy of material provided by individual Martha Vail or Louise Hurlbut at : writers and contributors. RMR PORSCHE entire contents copyright 2009 by Rocky Mountain [email protected] Region Porsche Club of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Office of Publications, 2137 Night Sky Lane, Lafayette, CO, 80026. rmr porsche news February 2009 3 2009 committees Challenge Series Ryan Hiatt - 719-332-4465 [email protected]
CMC Representative Eisenbud Incorporated From engineering Intelligent 796 Vallejo Street Jerry Schouten - 303-777-3942 Eisetrouble shooting to bud mechanical work Denver, CO 80204 Porsche Specialists regular maintenance at reasonable rates 303.825.0322 Equipment Chris Sulley - 303-369-9052 [email protected]
Historian Amy Legg-Rogers - 970-686-0538 [email protected]
Instructors Alan Fritze - 303-697-8101 [email protected] rmr people and resources Safety Got A Question Gary Bauerle - 970-330-9719 2009 RMR [email protected] Board of Directors About Your Porsche ? Jim Widrig - 303-655-7495 President These members may be contacted for information [email protected] Dave Speights [email protected] regarding the maintenance and modification of your (H) 970-225-2201 Porsche. They are specialists with detailed informa - Insurance (C) 970-988-7258 tion about specific Porsche cars. Alex Acevedo - 303-637-9707 [email protected] First Vice President Rex Heck 356 Tom Scott [email protected] 303-819-0101 Timing (H) 303-841-8124 Bob Speights - 970-282-3495 Alan Fritze [email protected] Second Vice President 911 Rick Goncalves 303-697-8101 [email protected] [email protected] 2009 Parade (H) 303-697-1960 Kathy Fricke - 303-499-6540 John Haley [email protected] Treasurer 303-798-2177 Jim Widrig [email protected] Webmeister [email protected] Scott Rogers - 970-686-0538 (H) 303-655-7495 Dan Rose (C) 303-938-3022 912 [email protected] 303-450-8222 Secretary [email protected] Programs Bruce Waddle [email protected] Stan Paprocki - 303-232-1583 Dale Tuety [email protected] (H) 303-772-8178 914 (C) 303-717-7617 303-670-1279 [email protected] Zone 9 Representative Membership Sean Cridland - 575-829-4392 John Mackin [email protected] [email protected] 924 Dan Semborski (H) 303-665-9579 303-420-2708 CAMA Represenative Newsletter Walt Fricke - 303-499-6540 Louise Hurlbut Richard Winnick [email protected] [email protected] 944 (H) 303-321-6302 303-429-5213 [email protected] Past President Susan Bucknam [email protected] 4 February 2009 (H) 303-237-3140 rmr porsche news fromtheboard Bruce Waddle , RMR-PCA Secretary 2009 2009 calendar of events
February 2009 Monday 2/2 - RMR Board Meeting weekends of RMR events at HPR this year, including Saturday 2/14 - Dinner and a Movie Ladies Day and our First Ever Anywhere HPR Club Saturday 2/21 - Parade Committee Mtg. Race and Super DE, you’ll have plenty of opportuni - ties to hone your driving technique. March 2009 There are many opportunities for members to help Monday 3/2 - RMR Board Meeting make these events happen. We still have a few open - Thursday 3/5 - Membership Meeting ings for Event Chairpersons. I believe you’ll find a great Saturday 3/7 - Tech Inspector Training deal of satisfaction in working with fellow club mem - Saturday 3/14 - Parade Committee Mtg bers to put on an event.Please let any Board mem - Saturday 3/14 - Ross Bentley Training Seminar ber know if you’d like to help. Sunday 3/15 - Ross Bentley Training Seminar ... Continued HPR is going to require more Corner Workers than Saturday 3/21 - Swap Meet we’ve needed at other tracks. Although we expect Sunday 3/29 - Gimmick Rally more drivers at the new track, we still need to en - Monday 3/30 - RMR Board Meeting courage new people to participate. Perhaps you or Now that we’re into the new year, the excitement is your friends have never been to a DE before. Maybe really starting to build. There is so much to talk about, you or someone you know is not sure about driving April 2009 as 2009 promises to be an outstanding year for RMR on a race track but would like to find out more with - Thursday 4/2 - Membership Meeting members. We’ve already enjoyed an excellent “Tech out actually driving. Working Corners is a great way Saturday 4/4 - Autocross School Session” presented by Jeff Mitchell and David Mar - to come out and see what we do! It’s easy and fun. Sunday 4/5 - Autocross shall, where we learned how to go about planning CWs need to be at least 18 years old, able to carry Saturday 4/11 - Spring Tour and building a race car. Up next, and before you read and use a fire extinguisher, wave a flag and follow the Saturday 4/18 - Parade Committee Mtg. this, will be our annual Event Chair Training session directions given by the Corner Captain. They must Sunday 4/19 - Autocross and then Eiskhana. On February 14th we’ll have a sign our event waiver and attend a Novice Driver Saturday 4/25 - Corner Worker School & “Dinner and a Movie” that you don’t want to miss. meeting. There is no experience necessary and not Instructor Training, HPR only will you’ll see the action up close, you’ll help keep Sunday 4/26 - No Times DE, HPR Final planning and preparation for Porsche Parade are up our excellent safety record! We encourage at - Thursday 4/30 - AMR Moab Tour well underway and registration will be open to all tendance at the annual Corner Worker School on April PCA members on March 3rd, 4th and 5th. Look for 25th but it’s not required. Just let the event Chair or Kathy Fricke’s article on Parade registration later in a Board member know and we’ll get you started. this issue. Having this event right here in Keystone is an excellent opportunity for us locals to experience Another way you can help your club is with bolting Board meetings are open Parade. tires together into bundles for safety barriers at HPR. As of mid-January about 50% of the 14,000 tires to club members. Now is a good time to review the 2009 Calendar of have been bolted together. This huge project is all For the most up-to-date Events, either here or online at www.rmr - being done by volunteers and must be completed be - event schedule, check out our porscheclub.com and set aside time for all the events fore the end of March. More information is available you want to attend. RMR offers many kinds of at the excellent High Plains Raceway website at online calendar at: Porsche activities, including programs at membership www.highplainsraceway.com . If you’re interested www.rmrporscheclub.com meetings, training sessions, Autocross School and Au - in helping, please contact me for details. tocross, a Spring Tour (planned by our own Past Pres - ident, Andy Forberg) and Driver Education. Our This year offers many ways for RMR members to im - calendar includes events from both RMR and AMR so prove their Porsche experience. Now is a good time you can support both regions. to get involved by participating in events, volunteer - ing to help and contributing to your club’s success. And, speaking of DEs and the new High Plains Race - Let’s make 2009 the best year ever! way, we now have an awesome race track to drive on! With 2-1/2 miles, 15 turns, lots of elevation Prost! change, fast and slow sections, the track promises to offer challenges to drivers at all skill levels. With 6 Bruce rmr porsche news February 2009 5 membership message ... John Mackin , Membership Chair
Greetings Rocky Mountain Porschefiles, Our annual membership renewal is proceeding nicely. As of the end of December, just two weeks into our renewal effort, we had about 130 sign-ups, including over 30 new members. If you have not signed up for 2009 RMR membership, please take this opportunity to do so. To register go to our web site www.rmrporscheclub.com and follow the links. They will take you to MotorsportReg.com. If you do not have an account with MotorsportReg, you will be asked to create an account with them and then it will link you to our Membership event registration. If you have any problems or questions, do not hesitate to contact me. It looks to be a Great Year! Calling All We welcome the following new members. Hope to see you at event real soon. Stephen Barbet Jerry Dinser Greenwood Village, Colorado Golden, Colorado Volunteers! 2007 Porsche Cayman S Blue 1985 Porsche 911 Red Coral We are looking for volunteers to help in the prepara - tions for the next Porsche Parade, the annual PCA na - Chris Bowlby Rick and Sue Ericksen tional convention, to be held in Keystone, CO June Longmont, Colorado Denver, Colorado 29th- July 4th, 2009. If you would like to help, please 2008 Porsche 911 C2 Cabriolet Arctic Silver Car not listed select the areas that interest you from the list below and contact: Bob and Valerie Cannistraro Douglas Fletcher Longmont, Colorado Golden, Colorado Kathy and Walt Fricke at : 303-499-6540 1973 Porsche 911S Targa 1999 Porsche Carrera C4 Arctic Silver via email at : [email protected] Anthony Classi and Linda Johnson Danny and Samantha Gaddy 5K Run/Walk AV & Presentations Laramie, Wyoming Foxfield, Colorado Art Show 2002 Porsche Boxster Arctic Silver 1976 Porsche 914 Black Autocross Awards & Trophies Lee Cohen David and Connie Harrison Banquets Highlands Ranch, Colorado Louisville, Colorado Charity / Silent Auction Children’s Activities 2008 Porsche Cayman S Carmon Red 2004 Porsche Boxster Red Computers & IT Concours Tom and Kristina Cole William and Peggy Hogelund Door Prizes Erie, Colorado Arvada, Colorado Gimmick Rally 2004 Porsche GT3 Black 1984 Porsche Targa Black/Black Goodie Store Golf Tournament Goodie Bags Roy Coyle Eric Johnson Historic Porsche Display Hot Springs, South Dakota Littleton, Colorado Hospitality 1976 Porsche 914 2004 Porsche Cayenne Jarama Hotel & Facilities Photography Printing Eric Dahlgren and Mary Aragon David Kekar Protest Committee Fort Collins, Colorado Carbondale, Colorado Rally 1972 Porsche 911S Red 1986 Porsche 928S Garnet Red Scoring Security Lisa and Bill Decker Karl and Madeleine Larson Signage Sponsorship Lakewood, Colorado Aspen, Colorado Tech Inspection 1974 Porsche 914 Yellow 1958 Porsche GT Speedster Silver Tech Quiz Tech Sessions Pat DiGiovanni and Melissa Anderson Jim and Malinda McGurk Transportation & Shuttles Westminster, Colorado Lakewood, Colorado Volunteer Workers Welcome Tent 1993 Porsche Cupcar White 1998 Porsche 993 C2 Cab Arctic Silver Website
6 February 2009 rmr porsche news ... welcome to all new members !
Tim Mumper Terrence Power Kimm and Corey Singer Arvada, Colorado Breckenridge, Colorado Boulder, Colorado 1976 Porsche 914 White 2001 Porsche Carrera 4 Coupe Black 1981 Porsche 911SC Targa Chiffon White
Andre Nieuwenhuizen Michael Priess Evergreen, Colorado Lyons, Colorado 2008 Porsche 2006 Boxster Red 2008 Porsche Cayman
Michael and Nicholas O'Donnell Warren and Michelle Robinson rmrpca membership Westminster, Colorado Littleton, Colorado Not A Member ... YET ? 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 Yellow 1987 Porsche 951 Guards Red Join RMR online by clicking the Online Event Registration link at : Luke Pennington and Shelle Beason Mark and Pamela Severane Denver, Colorado Boulder, Colorado www.rmrporscheclub.com 1989 Porsche C4 Black 1970 Porsche 914-6 Signal Orange Mitch Peters Ron Shifers Fort Collins, Colorado Denver, Colorado 1999 Porsche Carrera Cab. Silver 1982 Porsche SC Champaign Board meetings are open Michael Polaczak Dave Shimerka to club members. Castle Rock, Colorado Cheyenne, Wyoming 1987 Porsche Targa Red 1986 Porsche 944 Guards Red
rmr porsche news February 2009 7 Autocross School and Autocross ... Bandimere Speedway Saturday, April 4, 2009 ~ Autocross School Sunday, April 5, 2009 ~ Autocross (Challenge Series Event)
Mark your calendars for this fun and exciting early look ahead while manipulating your way through a mini popular and limited to 65 students. Sign up early to Porsche season event to be held in the upper parking autocross course. get in on the action. A Porsche is not required, how - lots of Bandimere Speedway. The autocross school ever we can only accept SUV’s with a Cayenne badge is an event that we encourage you to attend whether We guarantee that is you will leave the autocross school and no pickups. Convertibles are ok and the club does or not you plan to autocross or participate in driver’s with a huge smile and will be ready to prove your new have loaner helmets. education events in the future. Our excellent corps of found skills on Sunday in the full autocross course. We instructors will work with you while you learn the ca - can attest that what you learn about your automobile’s If you have any questions or if you can volunteer pabilities of your Porsche (or other chosen automo - capabilities and the driving tips from our trained instruc - please contact our co-event chairs. bile) and find out about threading your way through tors is directly applicable to everyday driving and will the ‘sea of cones’. You will get plenty of driving time make you a more alert and safer driver on the road. Chris Sulley or Alan Fritze through three car control exercises. Learn about car balance through two slalom courses, throttle steering Watch the website, March’s newsletter and your emails around two different skid pads and how to plan and for additional details. The autocross school is very
8 February 2009 rmr porsche news HPR DriverEducation Event “Track Initiation Daze” AKA - 1st DE @ High Plains Raceway Sunday - April 26, 2009 This No Times drivers’ education event is the first registration will be announced in the March news- chance to drive the new High Plains Raceway with letter or earlier via e-mail and the RMR website. the Rocky Mountain Region of PCA. We have all been waiting a long time with great anticipation for the If you haven’t seen the track, you should visit the High opening of this wonderful “home” track near Byers. Plains Raceway web page at http://www.highplain - It’s less than an hour from Denver! We expect a large sraceway.com/ and take a virtual lap of the track. turnout from all of the RMR members for this “Track Even better, check the schedule, and take a drive to Initiation Daze” and will limit the registration. participate in “tire bundling” at the new track.
Along with the new track comes an increase in track Further event details and updates will be available on- rental to the club. To help offset these costs for RMR line through the RMR website. Please contact the drivers we will invite drivers from other clubs, driving “Track Initiation Daze” Event Chairpersons with any other “lesser marques” to register in the last week or further questions: two of the registration window. This means that we all need to plan ahead and sign up EARLY! We will en - See Ya There! deavor to have registration open at least a month be - fore an event. Rick Goncalves at 303 901-2367, Email: [email protected] We are still in the process of working out details on the density of cars, corner worker requirements, and Jim Widrig at 303-655-7495, costs. The pertinent details and the opening of Eamil: [email protected]
rmr porsche news February 2009 9 54th PorscheParade Overview Escape to Keystone, Colorado June 29th to July 4th 2009 Let’s talk majestic & breathtaking. Center or Village. A fun but challenging Histor - Let’s talk Porsche Parade! ical & Technical Quiz will round out the week. A sparkling array of Special Events will await you during your visit with us. Mountain driving tours will abound - a selection of self-guided and guided tours will appeal to everyone’s taste. Can’t get enough of driving in this mountain par - adise? Sign up for the Gimmick Rally! All the usual suspects will be present at Keystone: Tech Seminars, Art Show, Michelin Tire Test, RC Cars and the Ice Cream social to name a few. A few old friends you haven’t seen in a while will also make an appearance, the Golf Tournament and the 5K walk/run. With our 9321-foot altitude, be available starting Tuesday, March 3rd. All these are sure to get your heart pumping. online registrations submitted on March 3rd, 4th, or 5th will be treated equally as first day Mountains set the stage for a spirited escape to If all this isn’t enough, take a mountain bike ride, registrations as well as paper registrations post - Keystone, Colorado. PCA Friends and Porsche or just step out your door and take your pick of marked the same days. There is no rush to reg - enthusiasts take note: The Rocky Mountain and hiking trails, from easy-going to challenging. No ister on the first day as at past Parades. You Alpine Mountain Regions welcome you to the may registrar later but your options may be 54th Porsche Parade – the 6th one held in Col - somewhat limited. 2009 Parade Registrar, orado. Running from June 29th to July 4th Kathleen Lennon [email protected] - 719- 2009, it is time to start planning your visit now. 487-2842, will be confirming your registration and giving you the Parade lodging code. You At Keystone everything within the resort is con - will need this code to have access to the Pa - veniently accessible by a reasonable walk or free rade lodging special rates. The registration shuttle rides. Parade Hospitality, along with Pa - process will take you about 30 minutes online. rade and Hotel Check-in, will be located in the spacious and distinctive Conference Center or Keystone is a unique mountain resort, spread - as we call it “Parade Central”. In a new twist, ing seven miles along the Snake River. Lodging the week’s festivities will kick off on a Monday opportunities encompass a variety of choices. this year. Parade Check-in and our fabulous Please click on the Keystone lodging tab on our Welcome Party will take place on Monday, Parade website www.porsche2009.com for June 29th. further lodging information. Whatever your matter what you choose, you’ll encounter spec - choice, please do not try to acquire lodging until Several exciting venues will host our competitive tacular vistas, mountain streams, wildflowers, after you complete the Parade registration events. The Concours will be on the Keystone and wildlife. Fishermen, rafters, horseback rid - process. Ranch golf course. Here our Historic and Her - ers and golfers; whatever your vice, endless itage Porsche display and the ever-popular Cor - scenery awaits. Last but not least, our Parade The 2009 Parade Committee has enjoyed plan - ral will stage for your enjoyment. Nowhere will Kid’s activities serve a delightful dual purpose, ning this Parade and looks forward to sharing you find more exciting winding mountain roads banning “I’m bored” from children’s vocabular - our beautiful state with all Porsche enthusiasts, to experience than those planned on our TSD ies and giving parents time to do their own their families, our sponsors, and friends around Rally. The Autocross will be in the Tenderfoot thing. the world. Parking lots, which are a short walk or a quick, free, shuttle bus ride from the Conference The online registration site www.pca.org will 2009 Parade Committee
10 February 2009 rmr porsche news 54th PorscheParade Registration “Register for Parade - 101” While talking with some of our PCA members during the regional Holiday • If you are not comfortable using the online method of registering, please parties, it occurred to Kathleen Lennon and me that some of you really did not go to the Colorado Parade site directly at www.porscheparade2009.com to have a good idea of what registering for the Porsche Parade is all about. We download the registration form. Fill it in and mail it on or after March 3, thought we should take a moment to explain just how the process goes. 2009.
Here are some of the basics for you to think about: • If you do not have Internet access, call Kathleen Lennon, Parade Regis - trar, at 719-487-2842 or 719-330-1525 and request that a paper registration When you register for Parade 2009 online, you must first have access to the form be mailed to you. Requests for paper registration forms will be accepted PCA National website. Some of you may already have access to beginning February 14th. www.pca.org and have a password set up for its access. For those of you who do not, please contact Vu Nguyen, PCA Executive Director at • Mailed registrations and online registrations will be treated alike. There [email protected] He will assist you in gaining access to the National site, where is no advantage to registering either way, beyond your own convenience. you will be registering for our 2009 Porsche Parade. As in the past, there is no early registration. The online registration site will It will be beneficial to have a copy of the 2009 Porsche Parade’s full sched - be available starting Tuesday, March 3rd. All online registrations submitted ule of events at hand. You can find the full Parade schedule on on March 3rd, 4th, or 5th will be treated equally as first day registration as www.porscheparade2009.com . It will list the four major competitive Events, will paper registrations postmarked the same days. Paper entries received Special Activities and Banquets plus all their dates and times for your con - with an earlier postmark will be rejected. There is no rush to register on a sin - venient selection. The Parade registration process will take you approximately gle first day as in past Parades. You may also register later but your options 30 minutes on line. may be somewhat limited.
The 54th Porsche Parade registration fee is $165.00, and covers basic ad - As you can see, Parade registration has it rules, as do many regional events mittance to the Parade for the entrant, a co-entrant, and one car. The co-en - we all register for. If you are still confused or simply worried you won’t do it trant may be an unaffiliated PCA member, but must share the same car with right, please feel free to call Kathleen Lennon. She will hold your hand through an entrant. An exception applies if the registered Porsche is not legal for the process prior to our actual registration dates. street use, in which case a second Porsche may be registered for use in the TSD rally only. Kathleen and I hope these hints and things to think about will help you with your registration for the 2009 Parade. Once you complete the Parade regis - Beginning with the 54th Parade, we have lowered the registration fee, but tration process, you will receive a confirmation from the registrar and the Pa - will be charging entrants additional fees for the four major competitive events, rade code that you will need to use in selecting your Keystone Parade lodging. if you choose to enter any or all: Concours - $20 per car; Autocross - $20 per Do not try to book Parade lodging prior to Parade registration. Whether you driver; TSD Rally - $10 per car; and Tech Quiz - $10 per person. choose a hotel or a condominium, you will need this Parade access code to obtain the Parade rates. Check our regional Parade website for a lodging map Additional fees apply for banquet/meal tickets and for selected other activities of the Keystone area www.porscheparade2009.com. We have more than such as the spectacular driving tours, golf tournament, 5K walk/run and some adequate numbers of lodging possibilities. Parade kids’ activities. We would like to ask as many of our regional members who can to register There are three ways to register for the Colorado Parade and all its activities: for the 54th Porsche Parade. It is a once in a ten year opportunity to expe - rience a Porsche Parade, right here in our own backyard. • The fastest, easiest way to register is online at www.pca.org Walt and I will also be available to answer any of your Parade questions. • Before you can do that, you must be a registered user on the PCA web - Our e-mail is [email protected] or call 303-499-6540. site, as I have stated above. If you aren’t already registered, please do that now so you are ready to go at Registration time. If you are already registered, Welcome to the registration process for the 2009 Porsche Parade. please make sure your information is up to date. Kathleen Lennon - Parade Registrar Kathy and Walt Fricke - Parade Chairs rmr porsche news February 2009 11 2008 Patron Awards Honorees Continued from January Issue ... More from the Holiday Party ...
At the RMR 2008 Holiday Party celebrating the 50th Anniversary, five club members were honored with the Patron Award. This award recognizes members of the region who have exhibited a long-term, con - tinuing commitment to the Rocky Mountain Region and the Porsche Club of America. Honorees have been a member of RMR for over 10 years, demon - strated leadership dedication and participate regu - larly in RMR events.
Last month we featured these award winners: Rick Goncalves and Jerry Medina. The other three hon - orees are Andrea Rossiter, and Jamey and Chris Wenning. a free helmet. Her reticence changed with her first the 930 they determined that learning car control DE run group at Second Creek, with Marv Ross in - with a momentum car was the way to start racing. structing. She emerged from the car with a giant With the experience of buying someone else’s 90% smile and declared she was “hooked on track time”. properly built car they acquired a ’69 wide-body tub from Jeff Mitchell who also built the Allan Fritze de - At the same event they found that the track dogs signed roll cage. Last winter Chris and Quirt Smith of are a different specie and in the years ahead continue Steamboat Motorsports built the car into a GT-6 ‘73 2008 to enjoy spending time with these new found friends RSR clone except using a 2.2 L engine, building it to on and off the track. the 100% level to assure on-track reliability. With Patron Award only 150HP learning to drive smoothly became the Jamey and In 2005 a Boxster S was added to the family to pro - mantra as the car rolled out of the trailer for the first vide a reliable Porsche for Tours, commuting and long time in Pueblo with NASA May 2008. Chris Wenning ... drives. Meanwhile the 930 continued to ply time at the track and on the back of tow trucks. Dave Mar - Chris commenced racing with PCA, RMVR and NASA It all began around 1986 or 1987 with Chris’ need shall’s Eurosport Automotive did a yeoman’s job of with Jamey joining the fray and obtaining her RMVR for speed acquiring the first of four 944s moving up keeping this 90% well-built car running despite their license in time for the September Enduro. They are from a first generation RX-7. Buy Chris and a drink best efforts to break parts weekly. looking forward to seeing their friends on Tours and and he’ll tell you a hilarious story about 944 #2, a at High Plains next summer. Saturday morning on Hwy 93 near Boulder, a High - In 2006, Jamey and Martha Vail co-chaired the mon - way Patrolman and a box of donuts. soonal Ladies Day. Jamey and Chris have assisted Jamey & Chris the Club with various at-track committee roles over Jamey, the 3rd 944, and Chris came together at the the years. same time in 1990 adding Jamey to the world of happily married Porschephiles. PCA participation waned in 2006 and 2007 as the newly retired duo moved to Steamboat, and the local Their involvement in PCA went from being non-active tracks closed. With the Boxster they joined the sum - dues payers to involved members in 2002 when they mer tours enjoying the camaraderie and the drives acquired their mutant 930, a silver ’77 slant nose that throughout Colorado and to Mount Rushmore and was clearly far faster than their driving skills. 400 HP Jackson Hole. single Turbos are not for the faint of heart nor the un - skilled making DE training a requirement. Post-retirement they decided it was time to reduce someone else’s net worth and sold the 930 and em - Jamey initially had no interest in driving on the track. barked on building a dedicated race car. That resolved itself when buying Chris’ helmet - the shop had a 2 for 1 sale – so, like it or not Jamey got Having developed point and shot driving skills with
12 February 2009 rmr porsche news Here are my Best, Worst and Most Interesting Ex - MOST INTERESTING: Three years as Club historian periences: (with “other duties as assigned”). I didn't know there 2008 was the makings of a librarian lurking in my DNA. BEST: Two Years co-chairing Ladies Day. The job is varied and skills transferable to a variety of profes - One final thought: Undoubtedly, love of the Porsche Patron Award sional endeavors including, politics, logistical planning, and the pursuit of driving it to perfection are the soul Andrea hospitality management and marriage counseling. of RMR. But, its true heart is the cadre of volunteers Working shoulder to shoulder with so many compe - who continually put themselves out to make sure Rossiter tent lady leaders and involving non-driving lady (and that the rest of us have a good and safe time. This not so lady) members to create such innovations as was evident at the first DE I attended and holds true Thanks to the RMR Board for selecting me to receive the Girlie Men Dancers Review was a hoot. today. They inspire the rest of us to step up to the the Patron Award this year. plate to make our own unique contribution. So, to WORST: Accepting the fact that I will always get the hundeds of RMR volunteers past, present and to I joined the club in 1991 with David after buying our lost on an auto cross track and am not cut out for this come, thanks and long may you wave. first Porsche, a 1980 911 SC. Though I've tried a lit - sport. tle bit of everything the Club has to offer, I've gravi - Andrea tated mostly toward DEs, Tours and, of course, the WORST/BEST: Missing a shift and bending the valves People and Parties. I've also tried to do my part to going down the back straight-away at Pueblo; but support the club in a variety of roles and venues – learning what a supportive, understanding guy David many times as Indian, sometimes as Chief. I've en - is under such circumstances. joyed them all – from Goody Store to Tech Support, MotorHead U Committee to Club Historian. Corner Worker, DE and Tour Chair Person.
When you're a member for this long, you can't help but learn a few things and form a few impressions. Here are the ones that come most readily to mind:
• Driving in DEs is good preparation for foreign travel, discourse and culture shock. I remember com - ing away from my first DE Driver Meeting convinced I had been somehow transported to a new planet where steel domed, jumpsuited aliens with dispro - portionally small blue, red or black feet gave life-sav - ing instructions in a mostly incomprehensible language. DANGER, DANGER - OFF CAMBER TRACK ON 1, SOFT SHOULDER ON 3, MARBLES ON 7. CAUTION, CAUTION - SLOW INTO THE ESSESS, DE - CREASING RADIUS ON 2, EARLY APEX ON 5, STAY OFF THE TIRE WALL ON THE DRAGON SLIDE! Amazingly, I survived and can use the lingo reason - ably well now when needed.
• Despite this possible fleeting language barrier, you don't have to be a motorhead or manic com - petitor to learn the nuances of high performance driv - ing, get yourself around a track in style and have a good time at it. There's plenty of latitude to “do it your way”. Though the only records I broke were my own, I've gotten lots of satisfaction from mastering my own learning curve and stretching myself beyond my own comfort zone. Photos Courtesy of : Rick Goncalves rmr porsche news February 2009 13 Porsocher Psowecr Fhasteest inW Bothi Cnlassses aat Rotle x D24 Haourys att Doaytnonaa Wi n.te.r T.est
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2009) – After eight test sessions earlier this The final test session produced the three fastest GT laps of the weekend. week - seven during the day and one at night - for both classes of the Grand- Andy Lally, from Dacula, Georgia, ran a lap of 1:51.169 (115.284 mph) in Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 at Day - the No. 67 TRG Porsche 911 GT3 he co-drives with Justin Marks, from tona International Speedway, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racers and Rockland, Calif. Pat Long, from Belleair, Calif., Jorg Bergmeister, from Lan - Porsche-powered Riley Daytona Prototypes won more sessions than any genfeld, Germany, and RJ Valentine, from Braintree, Mass. Third in the GT other manufacturer. class in that Monday session was the No. 65 TRG Porsche 911 GT3 of Craig Stanton, from Long Beach, Calif., who ran 1:51.176 (115.277 mph) in the In fact, Porsche teams were fastest in seven of the 16 test contests, with car shared by John Potter, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Bryce Miller, from Mazda second (with four fastest times) and Lexus and BMW tied for third Summit, N.J., and Marco Holzer from Germany. TRG, like Farnbacher Loles, with two fastest sessions. In both the Daytona Prototype and GT classes, also has entered five 911 race cars in the event. however, Porsche teams turned the fastest overall times of the weekend. Also, Penske Racing announced its driver lineup and sponsorship for the Darren Law, from Phoenix, Ariz., and Dominik Farnbacher, from Ansbach, Rolex 24 at Daytona. Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard and Ryan Briscoe will Germany waited until the final day to set the fastest laps of the "Roar Be - co-drive the No. 16 Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Porsche Riley, with Dumas fore the Rolex 24.” Law, driving the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley, and Bernhard continuing in the car for the remainder of the Grand-Am Rolex led the Daytona Prototypes class in the Monday's conclusion of the three- Series season. Dumas was fastest in the Porsche Riley Daytona Prototype day session with a lap of 1:41.733 (125.977 mph). He will co-drive with in test session six. "Going into the Rolex 24, we have two goals as a team," David Donohue, Malvern, Penn., Buddy Rice, Phoenix, Ariz., and Antonio said Bernhard, who won the GT class in the 2002 Rolex 24 and then cap - Garcia, Madrid, Spain, in the 47th Rolex 24 at Daytona, which takes the tured overall honors for TRG the following year in a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. green flag at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 24. Law also was fastest in "Sure, we want to win the race because it's an outstanding race. But on the the third session on the first day of the test event. other hand we are looking for a good start to the season for the whole year, so we can fight for the championship." Farnbacher, who has won the Rolex 24 GT class before (2005), waited until the final 30 minutes of the closing session before running a lap of 1:50.881 (115.853 mph) in a simulated qualifying run in the No. 86 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racer which he will share with Eric Lux, from Jacksonville, Fla., Matthew Marsh, from Hong Kong, and Kevin Roush, of PORSCHE DAYTONA 24-HOUR FACTS Upland, Calif. (updated 1/08/09) Overall Wins: 20 (first in 1968; most recent in 2003) "We've spent a lot of time with this car, and the team has done a good job with setup," Law said. "We've been inching up on it and it's getting there. Class Wins: 61 We're pretty happy with the car. We're close to going racing now. Right Porsche 911 Wins: 36 Overall and Class Victories now, we're running in race equipment, making sure that everything is work - ing properly. Initial Overall Win: 1968 Farnbacher turned the fastest time in the GT class in three of the eight prac - GT Class Wins: 26 tice sessions over the three-day test on the famous Daytona 3.560 combi - nation oval and road-racing circuit. Farnbacher Loles Racing has five 911s SGS Class Wins: (class ran only in 2004) : 1 entered in the Rolex 24. 20 Race Winning Streak: (overall or class) : 1966-1987 "We had a good performance, and everything worked very well," Farn - Finished: 1-2 overall in 11 Daytona 24-Hours bacher said. "On our fastest lap, our setup was like what it would be for qual - GT class winner finishing second overall: 2001, 2004 ifying, and it worked pretty good. Also, we put new tires on and we wanted to see what the difference would be between old and new tires. It was not From 1977 to 1988: Porsche had compiled 12 consecutive overall wins really a big gain. The Pirelli tires are very good and very consistent. I also did GTX Series Winner: 1978-1981 a long run to see how the tires would perform through the stint, and the Pirelli tires were very consistent. We are quite happy to have such good lap times." GTP Series Winner: 1982-89, 1991
14 February 2009 rmr porsche news A new history, written in tire marks.
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Driving in “The Zone” iAlnan Fsritzte , rRMuR-PCAc Chietf Dorivingr Ins’trusctor insight ... Most of us who participate in the RMR-PCA Drivers’ shortly after the timer is tripped will give you a base Experienced drivers practice different brake points and Education events are primarily interested in precision reference lap time for the session. Now you are ready turn in points on each individual corner to build up driving and finding the perfect lap on the track. Like to focus and see if you can get into “The Zone”. knowledge on what will happen when they go into every endeavor, this goal is beyond the reach of most “The Zone”. You need to be able to weigh the risks of us. However, the dream of driving every corner on Increase your cadence at bit by decreasing the length of driving the car at the limit. You must know how the track “to the max” without giving away anything of time you are braking. You only need a short to handle errors in judgment without suffering the on each corner is something we all would like to squeeze at the proper point before turning into the consequences. Leave room to handle potential prob - achieve. Many experienced drivers often express their corner. Get off the brake and return to the throttle lems when doing hot laps. It is also nice to have a feelings about performing their best on the track as ASAP. You want to enter the corner at a slightly good handling, forgiving car when pushing the enve - “Driving in the Zone”. higher speed and maintain your momentum when lope. doing your hot laps. Precious time is lost by not re - For example, you show up at a DE event with your turning to the accelerator pedal quickly after braking. Mastering each corner on a particular track requires Porsche completely prepared for a day of lapping Remember to release the brakes before turning the a methodical approach. The proven method for be - around the track. You have also prepared yourself for steering wheel, otherwise the car may become upset, coming proficient on any track is to obtain as much the session by going through your own checklist and and you know what happens then - you become a track time as possible and obtain the input of other visualizing each turn in sequence while sitting quietly candidate for the Rolling Donut award. drivers who have experience at the track. Being a with your helmet strapped on. You need to be calm smart driver, you will utilize this information to drive and alert on the grid before your session. Mental No driver and vehicle can go 100% the entire session to the best of your ability on the track. preparation is most important for driving on the track. without abusing the tires, brakes and other vehicle systems. Therefore, pick the ideal time to do a cou - Consistency is very difficult to achieve without spend - With a few laps to warm up the engine and tires and ple hot laps in “The Zone” and back off a bit after two ing a great deal of time on a given track. With enough to acquire the proper rhythm you can tighten your or three laps to let you and your Porsche rest briefly safety harness and see if you can put together some before trying a second time. Continued on Page 16 hot laps. A quick look at your lap timer on the straight rmr porsche news February 2009 15 instructor’s insight ... Driving in “The Zone” (Continued from Page 15) driving experience at different tracks, however, you while driving on the track (OK, I’m as guilty as you should be able to analyze each turn at a new track are!). Try a light breakfast or snack bar and some and apply your experience of similar turns at more bottled water or Powerade to help you maintain hy - familiar tracks. Finally, you find the confidence to dration and concentration. drive smoothly and develop a good rhythm which helps you find a good fast lap. Once you know what it feels like to drive in “The Zone”, you will take steps to prepare yourself for this Probably the most important aspect of driving in “The exhilarating experience. Achieving your personal best Zone” is to have control over your emotions while at RMR-PCA DE events should be one of the goals driving on the track. Practice controlling your heart when driving on the track. Like many things in life, rate with breathing exercises to prevent from be - half the fun is getting there! coming overly anxious and heavy handed while driv - ing on the track. If you find yourself becoming frantic while driving on the track, slow down and drive smoothly to help regain your best performance.
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16 February 2009 rmr porsche news British Porsche Magazines by Dick Badler How enthusiastic the populace of a country is to a line of cars? inthezone... Here’s my theory; all you have to do is tally up how many “buff , Sean Cridland RMR-PCA Zone 9 Representative books” are published on the one marque. It’s simple supply and de - mand. The more enthusiasm, the more publications to quench the Last month I described, in general terms, what a Zone thirst. Or so one would think. Guess what; my theory doesn’t work Rep does. That was fairly easy, because I was able to between the U.S. and the U.K., because the Brits beat us hands draw upon my conversations with previous Zone Reps down. We have one commercial publication in the U.S. devoted to and with the information that PCA National supplies. our favorite marque, while the U.K. has three. This month’s piece is much more difficult to write, mostly because my term only recently began and I That’s right. We have Excellence. They have 911 & Porsche World, GTPorsche and Total 911. Then it gets worse. Excellence comes out monthly, except Janu - haven’t done much yet. I’ve spent some time on the ary, March and July, which is strange, but so be it. That’s nine issues a year. In contrast, each PCA site looking through all the various forms I’ll be of the Brit pubs is a monthly, and that adds up to a grand total of 36 issues per year. using for budgets and expenses. I’ve been planning the Zone 9 Meeting for February 7th in Albuquerque, What’s going on here? Let’s take a closer look. Excellence is “the magazine about Porsche.” and I built a website for the Zone http://zone9.pca.org 911 & Porsche World is “your Porsche Magazine every month.” GTPorsche is “the purely Porsche magazine.” Total 911 is “the Porsche magazine.” We’re a country of 300 million peo - That sounds like a lot, but I haven’t actually spent much time attending and participating ple. They’re a country of 60 million. We’re 3,000 miles long and 2,000 miles wide, excluding in various events around the Zone. While I’ve been busy doing some house-readying, Alaska. They’re packed into a space the size of New York State. The U.S. is Porsche’s largest market in the world. The U.K. gets right-hand-drive cars that don’t fit on the boat to Japan and I haven’t actually begun the business part of the job. Most of that work starts in the Hong Kong. days and weeks following this installment. At current exchange rates, they pay in the U.K. almost double what I’ve made a suggestion that PCA provide some of our Regions and Zones with web- we pay for a new model Porsche, any new model Porsche. Then help, either in the way of seminars and forums or even by supplying an easy to use they pay for a gallon of “petrol” in the U.K. roughly twice what a template to help some of the less web-savvy, volunteer webmeisters set up a site. It gallon of pump gas costs in the U.S. doesn’t take a text-happy ‘tweeny’ to know that the web has become the dominant force in information sharing. Even we late blooming boomers rarely pick up a phone We have some of the best roads in the world, especially in the Rocky Mountain Region, our back door. They don’t have any roads book or an encyclopedia any more since we can find out almost everything we want that aren’t clogged with “lorries,” and “caravans” inching along on to know by Googling or Yahooing in about half a second. It has to follow that one of “holiday,” every day of the year. We have open spaces, areas with the best tools a Region has to promote the success of its events is its website. great open vistas, criss-crossed by sinewy macadam, just begging to be trod over. They have remote camera radar proliferating like rabbits, everywhere. They As I see it, the PCA National Site and the Region sites are the most important tools for pioneered GPS-based camera radar detectors, and for good reason. the administration and the membership that the Club has currently. (Uh-oh, I can al - ready hear all the Newsletter editors and fans crying out in protest. Not to worry, as We have three major car manufacturers (admittedly, as of this writing.) They have, uh, let’s a 4-year newsletter editor, I have something very good to say in that area too.) I see see, there’s Lotus, Morgan, TVR… er, sorry, that’s now owned by a 20-something Russian bil - the Zone sites as valuable in promoting unity and continuity among the Regions of a lionaire. And McLaren, if a handful of race cars per year and some 300 or so road cars in the last decade and a half qualify. Our posted speed limits are higher than those in the UK. On our Zone and as a link between the Regions and National. I see the pca.org site and the rural western interstates, it’s 75 MPH. And in parts of Texas it’s 80. In the UK it’s 70 on all Region sites which will be the most valuable tools to the membership. motorways. We can drive into every city in the land, unencumbered by extra taxes. In the UK, you can’t enter central London without paying a “congestion tax.” Of course in some regions we have web-professionals designing and building sites – it is fun to cruise around the various Zone and Regional sites to see the amazing skill, pro - Each issue, Excellence publishes a chart of used car prices for a spe - fessionalism and imagination of some of the webmeisters. But in others it appears cific sub- segment of the marque. They also invite readers to write that the volunteer webmeister might benefit from some help. In the end, getting the in, asking if their new purchase was a good deal, although I must information to our members is the most important goal for a Region site. If we’re say that I’ve yet to see a response that a purchase wasn’t a good heaping an overwhelmingly daunting job on web-newbies, lots of times we end up with deal. The Brit mags do it a bit differently, but they all do it basically the same way. They invite readers to write in, and tell us about their information roadblocks instead of super-highways. real world ownership experiences. Total 911 calls it “living the leg - end.” 911 & Porsche World calls it “our cars/your cars.” GTPorsche Hence, for the Zone 9 meeting that will be held the first week of February in Albu - calls it “long term fleet.” The Brits make more money on each issue querque, I’ve broken with tradition. Previously, the Zone Meetings have been for the of their mags. Excellence costs $5.95 at a U.S. newsstand. Total 911 is $7.95 in the U.S. 911 Region Presidents and Newsletter Editors to get up to speed on policy, content, and & Porsche World is $7.99. And GTPorsche is $10.95. I have no idea how these prices are set, design of events and publicity. But this year I’ve invited the Region Webmasters to come and how they can vary so much. also so that we might start weaving some of the web-gaps between the Regions of Zone 9 and start sharing some of the wealth of skills and information. All four magazines run pretty much the exact same display advertising. From the same firms. Besides the effort to uphold the strong Zone Rep traditions set by my predecessors, With perhaps a few more American suppliers in the U.S., and a few more Brit dealers in the U.K. pubs. Both sides of the Atlantic seem to get the same aftermarket advertising from the among my many goals will be to bring a stronger sense of unity to the Zone by using Continent. They all love driving the Nurburgring. And the 2009 Carrera. And the PDK trans - the power of the Web. To get started, we’ll have to get our webmasters together mission. And the Carrera RS. And Speedsters. And 917s. And 956/962s. And short wheel - with the presidents and newsletter editors at the Zone 9 meeting and start sharing in - base hot rods. And endless comparisons of new and used models, all to decide what is the best formation and skills. vehicle at any price point. So, here’s how it adds up. The Brits live in a more concentrated, congested, overtaxed, higher cost of living land than we do. Yet they publish four times as many Next time I’ll talk about the role of Newsletters in this process. buff books solely on Porsches than we do, and the magazines all read pretty much the same. I guess they really are more rabid than we are. Or maybe they just like to read more. Or See you at an event, Sean maybe they have the time to read more, because that’s all they’re able to do. We should be so lucky. Another theory shot to hell. rmr porsche news February 2009 17 award winning porsche models Porsche Wins Numerous Prizes and Awards ... 2008 Proves To Be Another Year Of Excellence For Porsche.
Stuttgart. 2008 was yet another excel - Year, and the internet portal Autoscout24 presented the Cayenne with its Internet lent year for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Auto Award as the best sports utility of its class throughout the whole of Europe. Stuttgart, in the truest sense of the word: Porsches SUV also won the national competitions in Germany, France and the Nether - once again, the 911, the Boxster, Cay - lands, with Autorecht24 placing the Cayenne Turbo right at the top in 2008 as the man, and Cayenne brought home numer - Car of the Year. ous prizes and awards for the German manufacturer of sports cars. In all kinds Porsche models were among the winners of contests, competitions and tests, both also on other continents, as is clearly the public and the press, customers and borne out by two examples in particular: connoisseurs confirmed through their vote No less than two Porsche sports cars ap - that Porsche continues to outperform pear on the podium in the prestigious Per - even the greatest expectations in the market. formance Car Of The Year Award presented by Motor Magazine in Australia, Porsche has become a regular winner in the contest for the Best Cars, conducted each with the 911 GT2 ranking right at the top year by Germanys leading motor magazine auto motor und sport among its readers. and the new Carrera S with PDK receiv - In 2008 the Overall Convertible Award ing third place from the jury. And in the went to Porsches proven 911 Carrera opinion of the US car magazine Car and Driver, Porsches Boxster and Cayman entry- Cabriolet. The readers of Sportauto, an - level models are among the worlds 10Best Cars, as in the previous year. other leading German car magazine, chose the Boxster in the Porsche sets the benchmark not only in Convertible/Roadster Category up to Euro terms of products, but also through its ve - 80,000 as the Most Sporting Car in 2008, hicle concepts and technologies. As an ex - thus paying their tribute to the enormous ample, VDI-Gesellschaft Mess- und dynami c driving potential offered by Automatisierungstechnik awarded their Porsches lightweight mid-engined road - Useware Prize 2008 to Porsches new ster. PCM 3.0 Communication Management. PCM stands out in particular through its The open-air 911 also convinced the readers of Auto Zeitung to choose this out - simple, rapid and safe operation, this spe - standing car as No 1 in the Convertible Category above Euro 30,000 for their Auto cial award presented once a year ex - Trophy. And for the 15th time in 21 years, the 911 Carrera was chosen by the same pressing the appreciation of the Verein readers as the Best Sports Car, winning its category by a wide margin. Auto Bild Deutscher Ingenieure (Association of German Engineers) for particularly user-friendly Sportscars, in turn, acknowledged the 911 GT2 as their most outstanding sports car, systems based on outstanding methods of development. just as the 911 GT2 was also lauded by Powercar, another leading sports car mag - azine, as the winner in the Supersports Category above 450 bhp. The 911 GT2 is of course the top supersports model within the 911 model series. The editors of the same magazine also picked the 911 Turbo Cabriolet as their No 1 in the Convertible/Roadster Cate - gory and the Cayenne Turbo S as the best offroader.
The Cayenne successfully defended its leading position as the benchmark in the SUV market with several magazines. Readers of Off Road, a specialist magazine for vehicles of this type, chose the Cayenne in their Off Road Award 2008 as the best luxury SUV. Diners Club Magazine lauded the Cayenne as the Best Offroader of the
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In the “From the Board” article last month , “Surfer Dude’s” photo was accidentally excluded. As I’m sure everyone will want to upgrade their Porsches with Brent’s ingenious “Chrono package” I’ve included the photo here that should have been included in last month’s article. Brent “Surfer Dude” Virts shared his inspired method for measuring his continuing improvement as you can see in the photo. Brent’s Cayman did not come with the factory “Chrono Package” so Brent installed his own. It is a simple design with no electronic gizmos to fail or program and can be moved from one vehicle to another with little trouble so as Brent upgrades to a GT2 or Turbo he can take the whole device with him. There is apparently only one drawback; under high “G-forces” the built-in alarm sometimes goes off which can be a bit distracting. If you happen to see Brent go off the standard “line” don’t worry, he’s proba - bly just reaching to reset the alarm! Sorry for the confusion, Dave rmr porsche news February 2009 19 Rer r arvio o ewr r Mr r iri i ror Edm m itor: Cw w ecil e e Mi i orrisv v r r a a e e r r e e h h t t
Febr uary 1999 1989: Setting & trophies from select events are the courtesy of Dave & Barbara Dean
Photo by : George McDonald
1979: The Porsche 928 enters its second year of production. Porsche's first water-cooled V-8 powers the 928 from 0-60 mph in 7.7 seconds.
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The engine, transmission, 2006 CAYENNE for sale or possible TRADE for your low mile room in the garage for new 968. $5500. For more info e-mail etc. are original to the car; starts easily, doesn't smoke or use oil, 911. Ideally a 2001-2003 911, but I am somewhat flexible de - [email protected] (February) drives and runs perfectly. Has a slight oil drip at seal between en - pending on what you might have to offer in TRADE. My gine and transmission. Transmission shifts easily with all synchros Cayenne is for sale at $32,500 or TRADE for your Porsche +/- 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo S. Guards Red with 120k miles. Al - in perfect shape. This is a totally original car. $55,000. cash. Cayenne has 40K miles on it and is Crystal Silver Metal - most new Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212 tires. Upgrades: Blauk - David Montgomery at 303-674-1545 (December) lic, Stone Grey-Steel Gray Leather. 3.2 Liter V6 Engine. 18" pant Denver AM/FM/CD, Welt chips, shimmed waste gate, Cayenne Turbo Wheels. Six-Speed Tiptronic S Transmission. Lindsey Boost Enhancer, 968 brake cooling scoops, 968 M030 1967 911 Racecar 2 liter, intermediate gears, trans with Quaife, Preferred Package. Sun Roof. Air conditioning system with in - sway bars, 968 caster blocks, front sway bar mount braces, RSR Body, Fuel Cell, twin master cylinders, Fire System, Welded tegrated charcoal canister and pollen filter. Digital radio with 5/33 brake bias valve, SS brake lines, gutted cat, euro driv - Cage, Racing Seat, Poly bushings everywhere, Adjustable front in dash CD, 12 speakers. Warranty til 50K. A wonderful ALL ing/fog lights, K&N air filter, alarm/keyless entry, Laust vacuum Sway bar. Front Cooler, MSD ignition, S brakes format on RSR seasons vehicle (great 12 months a year!). Never off road, al - manifold, KISS oil cooler. There are many new parts on it. I struts. Cross drilled brakes, stainless brake lines, Eroquip hoses ways stored indoors. Car is located in Denver/Washington have maintenance records since I bought it with 92k on it. everywhere. Twin Supertrapp Exhaust. This was Originally Pat Park. Rick Ericksen 303-907-5144 or via email to: Cosmetically it has many paint chips, a few small dents and a Moyle's "Blue BYU" car, with original log books, I am now look - [email protected] (February) large dent in the passenger side rocker panel (there are a few ing to sell and purchase another racecar. Great handling and per - different rocker panel covers that are available that will cover forming racecar. (Yellow) $15,000. [email protected] this, which is what I had planned to do). The interior has the (December) typical dash cracks and splits in the seams in the leather seats. other vehicles ... Not horrible, but not prefect. This car is fun on the street, but 2003 Audi RS6 "Beast" Black/silver, great aftermarket warranty 1967 911S In storage for over 20 years. It is all original ex - it is amazing as a track car. The only known problem is that to 09/09, 515hp, 60k mi, $20k in recent receipts, all required major cept it had a paint job in about 1973 that changed the color there is a small coolant leak at the water pump shaft, so it updates done @ 59k mi, no surprises, 2 sets of wheels/tires only (red to light yellow Porsche color), never crunched. Its se - will need to be replaced soon. Asking $9000. I love this car, (20"&18" w/ <10k miles ea), PSS9's, sways, Nav, Sirius, tint, rial number is 305919S. Circumstances dictate a possible sale. but I just don't have the time or money now that we have a $43.9k obo. 303-641-4166 or [email protected] (December) Anyone interested? Please e-mail [email protected] kid! Michael at 303-979-6093 or [email protected] (December) (January) 1986 VW Camper Westfalia "Weekender" Wolfsburg Edi - tion, white with tan interior, water-cooled 2.1 liter, manual 1974 914 that is in mint/unrestored condition with no RUST 1992 964 C4 Black on black with 92k miles. Great condition transmission. 166K miles, owned by lifetime VW/Porsche also has the factory fuel injection system. 2 owers.only Origi - inside and out. Lowered to European height on new PSS9 sus - enthusiast since 1991 (2nd owner). "Weekenders" have pop- nal stock engine, transmission and aluminum alloy rims, It has pension. Great handling car will send photos on request. top with upper bunk and AC/DC refrigerator, but no sink or a special order paint called Zambezi Green. The interior is TAN $25,000.00 obo. 303.257.8108 or [email protected] stove. Much loved, very original unmolested example. No ac - with NO tears or wear marks. Carpet is in great condition, also cidents, original paint, very nice exterior. Recently reuphol - (January) with out wear holes or marks. This car has been in a garage stered in original style cloth, interior is near perfect. Runs all of it's life. There is a front adjustable sway bar and Bilstein and handles as new. Always gently driven, engine has never 1994 968 Cabriolet Red/Black Top/ Tan Interior. New shocks installed to increase it's performance and handling. This been apart, no leaks or issues, shifts smooth. Recent clutch, Top/Tires/Timing Belt/Engine Seals. Blaupunkt Stereo/CD is a clean car that has never seen a smoker in the interior. Call power steering rack, gas tank seals, Bilsteins. Everything Changer. 103K Miles - Very Clean. $18,500. Suki -303-526- Allen at 303-726-3700 or E-mail me at [email protected] to works except the A/C. Have history, records, manuals. 9731, Cell-303-619-5053, [email protected] see or test drive car. Asking price 12,000. (January) Arvada. $8000. Chuck at 303-940-4912 (home, leave mes - (December) sage), 618-889-5322 (cell), or [email protected] (December) rmr porsche news February 2009 21 members classified ads ... Continued from Page 21
BOXSTER: 97-99 2.5L Porsche Schnell headers with stainless WHEELS - Borbet LS 7x16's, 5x100 bolt pattern,16 spoke miscellaneous parts ... steel B&B (Billy Boat) sport exhaust - $1,200; Porsche fac - aluminum, very light. Fit VW Golf, GTI, Jetta; Subaru; Audi tory original new black bra - $100; Contact John at 719-231- TT; others- excellent condition -$400: Contact John at 719- Boxster 17 inch turbo twist wheels, very good condition, with 5181; [email protected] (January) 231-5181; [email protected] (January) Dunlop Wintersport M3 snow tires mounted, 255/40-17 30% remaining, 205/50-17 60% remaining. $1250 OBO. Need a AUDI RS4 body kit fits '99-'01 AUDI A4 & S4- $800: Contact hardtop for your Boxster this winter? Black, $1000 OBO. John at 719-231-5181; [email protected] Will deliver in Denver area. Chris Wening 303-475-2676, (January) [email protected] (January) WHEELS – Porsche Cup 7x17 fronts, 9x17 rears, "high polish" with crested center caps. Fit most 911's, late 944/944T, 968 4 DESIGN 90 Wheels w/90% BLIZZAKS !! Skinny SNOWS and Boxster.-$1995: Contact John at 719-231-5181; for your 944 !! Worked GREAT IN COLORADO WINTER when [email protected] (January) I used as daily driver. 90% Tread BLIZZAKS w/2ea. 16"x7" & 16"x8" OEM "DESIGN-90"s Very good condition. Will send pics & tread depth. Ernst 720-981-7442 or XEOS@com - cast.net $699/set $349/pair. Buyer pays shipping or we meet up in the Denver Metro Area. Don't slip. GRIP!! (January) Advertising in RMR Porsche News is both New AND Improved
Accessories/Parts/Wheels Boxster Porsche factory original We’re striving to make the newsletter as great a value to RMR members in 2009 as possible. We hope you like the full-color new black bra - $100; Boxster 97-99 2.5L Porsche Schnell issues and the graphic design! We’ve also made a commitment to provide superior service to our advertisers, many of whom headers with B&B sport exhaust - $1,200; Audi RS4 body kit: have been good friends to our club for years. We’d like to invite members and friends to take advantage of our very compet - fits '99-'01 A4 & S4- $800; Wheels: Porsche Cup 7x17 fronts, itive rates and extra benefits. 9x17 rears, "high polish" with crested center caps. Fit most Benefits of advertising in RMR Porsche News include: 911's, late 944/944T, 968 and Boxster.-$1995; VW GTI or reaching more than 700 club members through print Honda Civic - Borbet LS, 5x100 bolt pattern,16 spoke alu - communicating to1000 more individuals who read the newsletter on the club’s web site minum, 7x16 with Bridgestone LM-25 Blizzak winter tires invitations to club member events with 90% tread.- $800. John at 719-231-5181 or copies of each issue for display and/or circulation at your place of business [email protected] (December) opportunities for event sponsorship and product sampling premium placement opportunities 10% discount on annual contracts Stuff for Sale Dents sold their green 9ll Porsche and trailer - reasonably priced graphic design for quarterly or annual contracts, if you don’t have an agency or in house designer here's what's left: Starter for 67 911s (would make great links on the RMR web site to the sites of advertisers with annual contracts backup to take to the track) - $75; Brake fluid bleeder bottle quarterly invoicing - $5; early1965-1972 Factory 911/912 Porsche Repair Man - uals (2 manual set) - $300; Pit-Pal Oil Cabinet (holds 12 quarts 2009 RMR Porsche News Advertising Rates (monthly) of oil) - $40; Mobile 1 Synthetic Oil 15W/20(14 qts.) - $2.50 each; Trailer Emergency Triangle Kit - $15; Tie-down Straps Size Placement Color B&W - $2-$3 each; Sparco Drivers Suit, 2 layer, White, Size M/L (well worn) - $75; Speed Sport Drivers Suit, 2 layer, Red/Yel - Full page inside front cover $300 ------low (very well worn), size M/L - $15; Worth Racing Drivers (8 3/4 x 11 1/8) Suit, Faded Red, l layer (very well worn), - $15; Racequip Full Page interior page $250 ------Drivers Suit, 2 layer, Black/Red, Size M/L (very good condi - (8 x 10 3/8) tion) - $100; Racequip Drivers Suit, 2 layer, Black/Red, Size S (good condition) - $75; Nomex Underwear, top/bottom, Size Half Page back cover $250 ------S (good condition)- $20; Simpson Gloves, Size S, Black/White (7 ½ x 4 ¾) (well broken in) - $10; Simpson Gloves, Size S, Red/White (near new) - $20; Simpson Driving Shoes, High Top, Black, Half Page inside back cover $200 ------Size 71/2 (many miles) - $15; Simpson Driving Shoes, Low (7 ½ x 4 ¾) Top, Black, Size 71/2 (many miles) - $15; Nomex Socks, 3 Half Page interior page $175 $105 pair - $10 for all three pair; Bell Helmet, Full Face, SA 2005 (7 ½ x 4 ¾) (wired for radio system), with helmet bag, Size 71/2 - $100; Racequip Head Sock, (near new) - $10; Ear Buds (near new) Third Page interior page $95 $60 - $20; Simpson Collar, Neck, Black - $5; Arm Restraint, Red, (2 3/8 x 9 5/8) 2 Sets - $10/set; Intercom, Driver/Passenger System, 2 each - $15/each; Misc. other tools and stuff from our limited rac - Sixth Page interior page $70 $40 ing careers - make an offer. Call Bob or Pat at 303/526-0600 (2 3/8 x 4 ¾) before 8 PM, we need our rest!! (December) Please contact Martha Vail, Advertising Coordinator, to explore the possibilities for your business or event. She can be reached at 303-399-2482 or [email protected]
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