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THIS WEEK: Someday Soon San Gabriel Valley Region PCA Zone 8 2014 Region of the Year Weekly Update 8 November 2016 THIS WEEK: TODAY! Tuesday, 8 November 2016, Election Day! You can find your polling place at www.lavote.net/locator if you’re actually so old-fashioned as to vote on election day. TODAY! Tuesday, 8 November 2016, Porsche Experience Center LA Opens! In fact, it’s already booked solid for the first two weeks! See page 6. Restaurant 917 opened Saturday. THIS Saturday, 12 November 2016, Glendora Mountain Road to Sherry Tour We’ll meet at the Jones’ compound in Covina at 9:30 AM then take in some scenery on the way to Rancho de Philo’s annual sherry sale. See pages 4 and 27. THIS Sunday, 13 November 2016, OCR Walter's & Beyond, a Gimmick Rally Featuring, a challenging drive-about on lesser roads in western Riverside County. Registration’s at 9:00 AM at Walter’s Porsche in Riverside. It’s just $5 per car. Finish, lunch, scoring & awards at Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill in Corona, CA. Please RSVP with Larry Moore before THIS Thursday, November 10th. See page 7. Someday Soon: Next Friday, 18 November 2016, LA Auto Show Breakfast-Porsche Club Members It sold out fast—see page 8. sgb.pca.org 1 of 31 facebook.com/PCA-SGVR San Gabriel Valley Region PCA Zone 8 2014 Region of the Year Weekly Update 8 November 2016 NEXT Saturday, 19 November 2016, SGVR Membership Breakfast Meeting The breakfast meeting’s the same time as always, 9:00 AM, the same Third Saturday of the Month as always, but not at the same place it used to be. We’ve moved to: Mimi’s Café click here for a map. 500 W. Huntington Drive Monrovia, CA 91016 Mimi’s will give us separate checks so you can use a credit card. See page 4 for more. 19 & 20 November 2016, PCA National Tech Tactics Registration opened on 1 October 2016. See pages 6 and 27. News (page 20) The World Series Porsche Speedster Sells for $605k Porsche Wins 6 Hours of Shanghai Oops! Packard Submerged at Hilton Head Concours d’Élégance San Gabriel Valley Region Calendar for Your Smartphone The San Gabriel Valley Region calendar also comes in a “Comma Separated Values” (.csv) format and can be imported into Microsoft Outlook and then synchronized to your smartphone. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qc2h3om6sneylyr/AAAq-51kvwR05Uxgft84KV6Ca?dl=0 for the .csv files and instructions for importing to three versions of Outlook1. CSV is an ASCII Text format so you can easily verify it’s virus-free. Contents THIS WEEK: ........................................................................................................................................1 Someday Soon: ..................................................................................................................................1 San Gabriel Valley Region ...................................................................................................................3 Porsche Events ...................................................................................................................................6 PCA Zone 8 Concours d’Élégance ...................................................................................................... 12 1 Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013. sgb.pca.org 2 of 31 facebook.com/PCA-SGVR San Gabriel Valley Region PCA Zone 8 2014 Region of the Year Weekly Update 8 November 2016 Porsche High Performance Driving .................................................................................................... 13 Cars and Coffee ................................................................................................................................ 14 All Marque Events ............................................................................................................................ 15 News ............................................................................................................................................... 20 Flyers ............................................................................................................................................... 26 About San Gabriel Valley Region ...................................................................................................... 30 San Gabriel Valley Region San Gabriel Valley Region has a Facebook page, it’s Porsche Club of America - San Gabriel Valley Region. Please check it out and LIKE it! And, invite your Porsche friends to like it, too! We also have a Facebook group: San Gabriel Valley Region Porsche Club of America. Go to page 30 for more San Gabriel Valley Region information, including contact information for all the officers. PCA SGVR Has Now an Online Store at Lands’ End You can order apparel with our very own PCA SGVR logo: Polos, t-shirts, jackets, shirts, totes, including red caps! etc. anything that Lands’ End offers Go to the link: http://business.landsend.com/store/pcasgvr choose your item, click Apply Logo and follow instructions on the website. From the Planning Meeting A number of ideas came up at the planning meeting on Saturday, 5 November 2016, including (but not limited to): Tour of Emory Motorsports in North Hollywood, probably in February to see—among other things—the 356SL that took Porsche’s 1st class win at Le Mans in 1951 The Progressive Dinner will be back—probably Spring of 2017. After Breakfast Meeting Tour to Mt. Baldy (date TBD) A breakfast trip up Angeles Crest Highway to Newcomb’s Ranch instead of Mimi’s (date TBD) Big Bear-Oak Glen, probably 23 September 2016 Overnight Tour to Monterey, possibly 30 September-1 October 2017 to go through Cholame on the anniversary of James Dean’s crash. sgb.pca.org 3 of 31 facebook.com/PCA-SGVR San Gabriel Valley Region PCA Zone 8 2014 Region of the Year Weekly Update 8 November 2016 THIS Saturday, 12 November 2016, Glendora Mountain Road to Sherry Tour The Joneses will lead this tour to Rancho de Philo Winery in Alta Loma. We’ll meet at the Jones’ compound in Covina at 9:30 AM then take in some scenery on the way to Rancho de Philo’s annual sherry sale. Winemakers Alan & Janine Tibbets recently announced they’ll be open 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM from 12 to 20 November 2016: Rancho de Philo 909.987.4208 10050 Wilson Avenue Alta Loma, CA 91737-2314 The 2016 blend will be $ 28.95/bottle and the multiple award-winning2 2015 blend will be $ 38.95/bottle. You can also learn a lot about making, storing, and enjoying sherry. At the beginning of the annual sale, they usual have some entertainment. Check page 27 for scenic directions to the starting point or download them from sgb.pca.org/resources/Sherry_Tour.pdf. We’ll have route instructions from Covina to Rancho de Philo at the start in Covina. NEXT Saturday, 19 November 2016, SGVR Membership Breakfast Meeting The breakfast meeting’s the same time as always, 9:00 AM, the same Third Saturday of the Month as always, at the new same place as always: Mimi’s Café click here for a map. 500 W. Huntington Drive Monrovia, CA 91016 Come on out and enjoy a hearty breakfast with your Porsche friends. Catch up on a little news and maybe even win a prize! We’ll have two special menus—the Café Breakfast—where everything’s ~$ 17.00 and the Bistro Breakfast menu—where everything’s ~$ 18.00. We’ll have separate checks. One lucky person attending the breakfast will win a free meal at our next quarterly dinner! Wednesday, 7 December 2016, SGVR Board Meeting The San Gabriel Valley Region Board of Directors will meet at 7:00 PM at Scientific Motorcars, 1070 E Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91106. All members are welcome but—if you can—please e-mail Jack 2 The 2016 blend will undoubtedly win many awards—it just hasn’t done so yet. sgb.pca.org 4 of 31 facebook.com/PCA-SGVR San Gabriel Valley Region PCA Zone 8 2014 Region of the Year Weekly Update 8 November 2016 Diramarian <[email protected]> or call (626) 795-7018 so Jack can set up (and have food) for everyone. Note: the location and time may change. Sunday, 11 December 2016, SGVR Holiday Brunch We’ll return to Roy’s to celebrate the holiday season—your meal will cost just $ 35. Please RSVP to our social chair, Jose Cortez at [email protected]. We plan to have an auction to benefit our charity, Foothill Unity Center. Your donations are welcome! Francisco Rincon won a free holiday brunch at the 15 October Membership Breakfast Meeting by knowing the first street Porsche with an automatic spoiler was the 964. Results of the 2016 Planning Meeting Day Drives (not the Third Saturday of breakfast meetings): Peterson Automotive Museum Tour – Jack Diramarian, 21 February 2016 Idyllwild, CA tour with an optional overnight stay in Palm Springs, Saturday, 7 May 2016 led by Robert Friedman3 Taco Truck Tour- Thursday, 19 May 2016, led by John Barrone Big Bear/Oak Glen - Apple Orchards, Jim Alton, 10 September 2016 Lockwood Valley to Ojai - Mike D’Andrea, 8 October 2016 Glendora Mountain Road to Sherry tour - The Joneses, 2nd weekend of November 2016 A Special Breakfast Meeting in May Angeles Crest/Newcombs Ranch event breakfast instead of Coco’s - Raffi Kaprielian, 21 May 2016. Click here to see a likely route. Half Day or after Breakfast Drives: Malibu Canyon run to Malibu Seafood, Mullholland, Jack Diramarian After breakfast, car tour to parade our cars. Tour of Pasadena. Other suggestions: General George S. Patton Memorial Museum Joshua Tree to Palm Springs to Idylwild 3 Added at the 6 April 2016 Board Meeting sgb.pca.org 5 of 31 facebook.com/PCA-SGVR San Gabriel Valley Region PCA Zone 8 2014 Region of the Year Weekly Update 8 November 2016 Mullin Automotive Museum drive, 12
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