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The Magazine of the Founders' Region • Potomac, Porsche Club Of The magazine of the Founders’ Region • Potomac, Porsche Club of America • August 2014 der Vorgänger 7VYZJOLVM(YSPUN[VU7VYZJOLVM;`ZVUZ*VYULY (YSPUN[VU=(=PLUUH=( ÌÌ ^^^HYSPUN[VUWVYZJOLKLHSLYJVT^^^[`ZVUZWVYZJOLKLHSLYJVT 7VYZJOLVM9VJR]PSSL7VYZJOLVM:PS]LY:WYPUN 9VJR]PSSL4+:PS]LY:WYPUN4+ Ì Ì ^^^YVJR]PSSLWVYZJOLKLHSLYJVT^^^ZPS]LYZWYPUNWVYZJOLKLHSLYJVT 2• der Vorgänger • August 2014 www.pcapotomac.org der Vorgänger • August 2014 • 3 Table of contents der Vorgänger The monthly magazine 6 The editors’ column of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America. 7 The president’s column August 2014 Volume 60, No. 7 Club officers and progam der Vorgänger is the official magazine of the 8 Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club chairs of America, Inc. Contributions for der Vorgänger should be sent to the editor at least six weeks preceding the month of pub - lication, preferably via e-mail to 9 Potomac’s 2014 calendar [email protected]. Please send im - ages in their original sizes. 10 The Longest Day by Daniel Publisher: Tony Kelly 6726 Lucy Lane Munarriz McLean, VA 22101 [email protected] 16 The Gathering of the Faith - Co-Editor: Carrie Albee Co-Editor: Glenn Cowan ful has a new home! Co-Editor: Michael Sherman 10 [email protected] 17 Rally News Contributing photographers: Ken Hills, Michael Madrid, Ken Marks, Tony Pagonis, John Vrankovich, Mia Walsh. 18 Why I Like My Porsche by Contributing writers: Gary Brindle, Syd - ney Butler, John Eberhardt, Jonathan Kin - Bruce Bade berg, Tony Kelly, John Magistro, Tony Pagonis, Starla Phelps, Dan Rowzie, Steve Vetter, John Vrankovich, Mia Walsh. 20 The 19th Annual Amelia Proofreaders: George Soodoo, Island Concours d’Elegance by Linda Gifford John Truban For questions about advertising rates and placement in der Vorgänger , please contact 24 Auto Detailing for Begin - Tony Kelly at [email protected] ners by Michael Sherman der Vorgänger (ISSN 0199-0667) is pub - lished monthly except in January by the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America at 6726 Lucy Lane, McLean, VA 27 My All-Time Favorite Car: 22101. Subscription is limited to members My 993 by Linda Bowyer of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club of America. Annual PCA dues are $42 (includes $18 for der Vorgänger subscrip - tion). Application to Mail at Periodicals 30 Readers and their cars 18 Postage Prices is Pending at McLean VA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to der Vorgänger , 6726 Lucy Lane, McLean, VA 22101. State - ments appearing in der Vorgänger are those Cover photo: Sunlight bathes of the contributing authors and do not con - this image of a lone 911 navi - stitute the opinions or policy of the Founders’ Region, Potomac, Porsche Club gating the curves at Le Mans. of America, its board of directors or the ed - Photo by Daniel Munarriz. itors of the magazine. The Founders’ Re - gion, Potomac, Porsche Club of America neither endorses any advertisement nor warrants any product or services they may provide. Potomac Region reserves the right to cancel advertisements at any time, for any reason, in its sole discretion. For informa - tion regarding commercial advertising and rates, contact the publisher listed above. Letters to the editor are welcome. They should be brief and may be edited for length. Please include a contact phone number for verification. To subscribe, join the Porsche Club of America. Details at www.pca.org. 20 4• der Vorgänger • August 2014 www.pcapotomac.org der Vorgänger • August 2014 • 5 The editors’ column Normalcy This month’s dV is pretty normal. Which is to say it or CLEAN THIS CAR”. is replete with interesting, well written, PCA member authored articles on a variety of eclectic, albeit mostly Porsche’s return to Le Mans is the subject of our fea - Porsche-centric topics. Your editors have the not bur - ture piece this month. The almost lyrical descriptions of densome task of performing some mild copy editing the event are punctuated by a spectacular photo essay and providing just a tad of understeer on occasion. that provides further incentives to add this event to your We’re truly blessed to have such a talented membership bucket list. so willing to share. Keep it coming! Carrie Albee Bruce Bade provides a nice story and pictures of his John Truban’s piece on the Amelia Island Conours and his wife’s long history with Porsche automobiles. d’Elegance (held this past March) is informative and He seems to have a thing for the date December 20th. wonderfully illustrated. We have been holding this His story is a fun read and his Porsche collection is one piece wanting to add a photo essay on Bob Russo’s 2 to drool over! 1/2 year restoration of a chassis 962-106 which was awarded Best Race Car at the event – a really signal ac - Linda Bowyer shares a wonderful story of how she complishment. We will get those pictures and talk to acquired her 993 and how fondly she thinks on it. Bob for next month! Glenn Cowan Read her story and remember your early days of dream - ing about that perfect car. One of your co-editors, Michael Sherman, writes a piece on detailing. This isn’t about a Concours event So after reading this edition of dV (in one go of but just the regular task of keeping the Porsche looking course) you might consider cleaning your Porsche, good. If I didn’t know better it would seem that Michael dreaming of that next perfect Porsche, grabbing a cam - needs to get out more often given his single minded era, and heading to France! focus on dust (the horror!). I was reminded of him this past weekend when I saw two signs on a Panamera on a –Glenn dealer’s showroom floor: “SOLD” and “DO NOT WASH Michael Sherman 6• der Vorgänger • August 2014 www.pcapotomac.org The president’s column A Club For All Members In a Vision for Potomac, we laid out a vision for a club way we make decisions, change the way we do things, that is more diverse, more user friendly, and more engaging and change the face of our leadership. to members. And we are making progress on these goals, Change is hard. It is often hard to accept that pre - with rich programming, a new website, and a new com - viously effective methods become timeworn and out mitment to open governance, such as the minutes of the of sync. It is hard to accept that I may not have all the Executive Committee being posted on the web site. answers. It is hard to accept that while I have done an But we also have a long way to go. When I go to Po - excellent job, in a members club it is important to let tomac events, I have the pleasure of looking around and that job pass to new people as one of the most critical seeing both familiar and new faces, people I am glad and and vital forms of member engagement. proud to know. But I also constantly ask myself: What can John Eberhardt So changing the way we do things is hard. We have I do to make them feel welcome in our club? To get them been doing certain things a certain way for very long engaged and to help shape the club? How can we show them this time, and abandoning established ways is difficult without the right club belongs to the membership, not the leadership? attitude. So what happens is people pay lip service to change and Together with the need to make this a member driven club is then they go back to old ways. And your club leadership, including the need to make this a club that welcomes all Porsche owners. Our myself, is not immune to it. So here is my appeal to the member - country is undergoing an exciting, if controversial, demographic ship: Don’t let us get away with it. Demand better of your leader - revolution. I will nail my colors to the mast by saying that I am very ship. When you see a better way to doing things, bring it up – and excited about it – change and growth are what America has been don’t just take no for answer. Step up. Push. Lead. Volunteer for about from day one and it is what has made this country great. committees and give input, push for innovation, and demand lead - America is changing, and the composition of Porsche ownership ership that is responsive. When you are ready for leadership, step is changing with it, especially here in the National Capital area. If up – and don’t let people tell you that you haven’t been in the club we want to continue to be a successful, fun club that is a leader in long enough. There is no seniority in PCA Membership. This is your PCA and in the automotive sport, we need to embrace change and club and we work for you – don’t forget that. move with it. This means seeking ways to extend our membership Those who don’t embrace the future become the relics of the into the younger and more diverse Americans who are buying many past. Together, let’s make a bright future for PCA Potomac. of the new and exciting models being developed by Porsche. To do this, we have to change how we engage with members, change the der Vorgänger • August 2014 • 7 Founders’ Region officers President : John Eberhardt [email protected] Vice president : Howard Hill [email protected] Secretary : Michael Handelman [email protected] David Dean Tuffy von Briesen Treasurer : David Dean John Eberhardt Howard Hill Michael Handleman [email protected] Past president : Tuffy von Briesen Programs Social, meetings : Annabelle Alvi Model Experts [email protected] [email protected] Autocross : Gary Baker, Scott Jackels Cayenne : Ken Harwood Sponsor : Starla Phelps [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Drive & Dine : Andrew Fort, Claude Cayman : Chad Todd Drivers’ Education Volunteer coordinator : Linda Gifford Imbt [email protected] Drivers’ Education Chairs : Alan [email protected] [email protected] 356 , 912 : Tim Berardelli Herod, Tuffy von Breissen Zone 2 Rep : Cheryl Taylor Club Race : Fred Pfeiffer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 911 (older) : George Whitmore Registrar : Sally Herod, Carol DeZwarte, Webmasters : Mike Handelman, Ken Concours : Ron Davis, Mike Sarli [email protected] Chris Mantzuranis Harwood, Ron Flax [email protected] 930, C2, C4 : Roger Bratter [email protected] [email protected] Cashier : Roger McLeod, Jr.
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