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DE Season Wrap-Up 2007 Annual Dinner Gala 007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 Northeast Region Porsche Club of America Northeast Region Porsche Club of America Northeast Region Porsche Club of America Northeast Region Porsche Club of America Date: October 2006 Event: The inaugural PCA Club Race at DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, Daytona, FL. Assignment: Prepare and Support our customers’ cars. Results: All Great... some Extaordinary! Greg Brown: Winner of the very competitive GTC3 class enduro in his GT3 Supercup Car. Dana Martin: 1st in class and 4th overall in the GTC2 class enduro. Bob Cohen: 3rd in GTC1... running the entire 90 minute enduro solo. Barry Brensinger: 2nd in class in sprint after starting last overall... setting another B class track record. Andy Jenks: 3rd in class of 26 F cars and 4th overall in enduro after a dramatic spin dropped him to 30th early. Caryl Brensinger, Bruce Hauben, Wayne Mackie and Steve Boris: Finished off the podium but ran safely without problems or issues. CONGRATULATIONS!! to our customers and friends on their outstanding performance at Daytona. While not all our customers race their cars or even participate in the PCA drivers education program, we believe all our clients deserve the same level of personalized, professional care we have become known for in race paddocks all across the country. Our commitment to excellence shows in many ways, through our flexible scheduling, our cost effective approach to proper repair and maintenance and our unique ability to help make your Porsche ownership pleasurable and rewarding. So, the next time your Porsche needs a little TLC... even if you’re not planning on driving the banking at Daytona... call or drop us a note. It’s often said “Racing Improves the Breed” and we at EPE believe that it’s true, not only for the car, but the technician that works on it. 10 COCHITUATE STREET . NATICK, MA 01760 . PHONE 508-651-1316 . FAX 508-651-3448 . EMAIL [email protected] Date: October 2006 VOL. 35 Event: The inaugural PCA Club Race at DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, Daytona, FL. ISSUE NO. 10 Assignment: Prepare and Support our customers’ cars. 007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2007 Results: All Great... some Extaordinary! FEATURES 12 AutoX #5 @ Devens (Final) 14 15 Tech Session @ Autobahn Performance 14 16 18 January Tour of Paul Russell & Company 20 DE Season Recap 24 After the Zone... in Newport by Howie Finn 20 26 AutoX #4 Results 28 Greg Brown: Winner of the very competitive GTC3 class enduro in his GT3 Supercup Car. Brilliance on Display Dana Martin: 1st in class and 4th overall in the GTC2 class enduro. Bob Cohen: 3rd in GTC1... running the entire 90 minute enduro solo. 34 Tales from “One Lap of America” Barry Brensinger: 2nd in class in sprint after starting last overall... setting another B class track record. 28 Andy Jenks: 3rd in class of 26 F cars and 4th overall in enduro after a dramatic spin dropped him to 30th early. 36 News from PORSCHE Caryl Brensinger, Bruce Hauben, Wayne Mackie and Steve Boris: Finished off the podium but ran safely without problems or issues. CONGRATULATIONS!! to our customers and friends on their outstanding performance at Daytona. DEPARTMENTS COLUMNS COVER 8 Anniversaries 4 Out In The Passing Lane While not all our customers race their cars or even participate in the PCA drivers education program, Cover Photo 12 Calendar 5 Upshifting Photo of one of our Canadian we believe all our clients deserve the same level of personalized, professional care we have become known 6 Four Speeds & Drum Brakes PCA friends on the track at the 41 Marketplace Mosport DE taken by Sideline for in race paddocks all across the country. 42 Board of Directors 7 Flat Sixer Sports Photography. (Addition of sky eects by and Committee Chairs 8 Minutes Of The Board S.Weber and Adobe Photoshop.) Our commitment to excellence shows in many ways, through our flexible scheduling, our cost effective 42 New Member Roster 9 Check Your Mirrors approach to proper repair and maintenance and our unique ability to help make your Porsche ownership 10 Tail Wagging pleasurable and rewarding. 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EMAIL [email protected] Out In The Passing Lane Dave Weber hy is it that when you have the least amount she couldn’t get at files she needed to work on to Wof time to deal with problems, that’s when complete her portion of the next Nor’easter, along you’re confronted with the most with which to with designing and printing out the PorscheF- deal? A month ago I needed to travel on business est trophies — both of which had deadlines fast the two days prior to our trip to Canada to partici- approaching. I immediately concluded that the pate in NER’s driver education event at Mosport. automatic updates that were sent out by Micro- The trip to Mosport is not my favorite as it takes soft the night before must have screwed up her something close to eleven hours of driving just computer. to get to the track. My airline flight home from A couple of hours later I’m at the Jacksonville, FL Georgia was supposed to get me home by 11:30 airport where I learn that my 7:00 pm flight is now pm the night before; not great but manageable if rescheduled for 11:00 pm if it goes at all. I whine I could get the truck and trailer ready to go prior a bit and they rebook me on a flight to Atlanta, to my business trip. And, I’d still be able to get and another flight out of Atlanta to Boston if I six or seven hours of sleep before our Thursday clear standby. Fortunately I make both flights; morning departure. unfortunately that translates into my getting back Unfortunately that plan fell apart almost imme- to Boston and in bed at 1:30 am. Three wonderful diately. We had a check engine light on the truck hours of sleep later I’m up prepping for the drive come on a couple of weeks earlier on our trip to to Mosport. Watkins Glen. The light had eventually gone out, We depart a couple of hours later, connecting but I thought I’d better have the truck checked with Don Moberg and the Noonans for the long prior to another long trip. My local Ford dealer- drive north. I’m dead tired before we even start, ship, however, couldn’t get the truck in for service and pray that we don’t have any problems on the road. Fortunately we make very good Unfortunately, on the 140 mile drive on boring time all the way into Canada with a delay of only thirty minutes or so Route 401 we encounter a massive traffic jam clearing customs. Unfortunately, on caused by a camper and trailer on fire. the one hundred and forty mile drive on boring Route 401 we encounter a massive traffic jam caused by a camper and trailer going up in flames. until the Monday prior to our departure, and While that mess is cleared up we lose another then they didn’t finish the work that day. So that hour, and once we’re moving we’re now driving left me with no ability to get the truck and trailer straight into a blinding setting sun. By the time ready before my business trip. Plus I had to make we make it to the track I’m spent. arrangements for a work associate to transport Dinner that night and a normal night’s sleep Susana to the dealership to pick up the truck has me feeling better for the first of three days on while I was traveling.