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RUMBLEBluegrass Region Porsche Club of America October 2009 Gerry Cooper explores all-wheel drive in his 2007 Turbo at Road America. Photo by Photos by Edmund http:// bgs.pca.org RUMBLE October 2009 Vol. 7 No. 7 Table of Contents 4 President’s Message By Gary Hackney 10 Sep. 12th Cars & Coffee 4 Editor’s Notes 11 Four Roses Distillery Drive Photo Essay 5 Club Officers 13 Born to be Wild By Paul Elwyn 6 Board Minutes By William Glover 15 Parade Group Photo 6 Membership News By Tim McNeely 16 Road America Revisited By Gerry Cooper 7 Calendar of Events By Mark Doerr 20 Petit Lemans Photo Essay by Ken Partymiller 8 Within the Zone 13 By Ken Hold 25 Louisville Concours d’Elegance 9 Covered Bridge Drive By Ed Steverson 36 Porsche in Formula 1 By Ken Partymiller Cover photo by Photos by Edmund ADVERTISERS HOW TO ADVERTISE To advertise in RUMBLE visit bgs.pca.org 2 Porsche of Lexington to download a form. 15 James W. Wilson Consulting 38 Stuttgart Motors, Inc. Advertising rates: 38 Paul’s Foreign Auto Quarter Page $15/month, $120/year; 39 Motorsports of Lexington, LTD. Half Page $30/month, $240/year; 39 ABRACADABRA graphics Full Page $60/month/$400/year. 40 Porsche of Lexington Classified Ads are free to members, free to anyone for Porsche-related items, $15/month for non-Porsche items. Paul Elwyn, Editor 821 Pecos Circle, Danville, KY 40422 [email protected] RUMBLE, published monthly and distributed via electronic means, is the official publication of the Bluegrass Region, Zone 13, Porsche Club of America, Inc., a non-profit organization registered in the state of Kentucky. Statements and opinions appearing herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Bluegrass Region PCA, their officers, or members. The Editor reserves the right to edit all material published. Permission to reprint any material published herein may be granted only after contacting the Editor. The Rumble is best viewed in an up-to-date Adobe- approved PDF viewer. For more information please visit adobe.com. PORSCHE ®, the Porsche Crest ®, CARRERA ® and TARGA ® are trademarks of Porsche AG. Unauthorized use of these marks is a violation of U.S. trademark law and may subject the user to prosecution and liability. To be added to the distribution email, please update your PCA email address or contact the editor. Bluegrass Region PCA RUMBLE . October 2009 . Page 3 President's Message Womack put on a great event for us It's election time! and this should be no hile we do have taken from the floor at that directors to one-year terms and different. W the bare mini- meeting. two to two-year terms. The two RSVP to Ed mum number of This next year is a transition nominees receiving the most Steverson. candidates for the slate, we time for the board in that we are votes will be the ones elected to And it's not too early to mark are still looking for interested adding four directors in addi- two-year terms. your calendar for our annual people to play an active role tion to the four officers A director has a vote on the Christmas party on December in the club. (president, vice president, sec- board; he or she may or may 13. It will be similar to last Anyone who's interested in retary, treasurer) and past- not also be a committee chair in year--same place, same caterer. having a vote on the board president we already have. charge of membership, activi- More details to come next please contact Ed Steverson. The directors will serve two- ties, or other facets of the club. month. Candidates will be announced year terms, with two being up Elsewhere in the Rumble, see at the November 15th social, for election each year. But as info on the Covered Bridge tour but nominations will also be this is the first time for this the weekend of 10/17 & 18. ——— Gary Hackney system, we'll be electing two Last year Steve & Ann Editor’s Notes: ‘Taking control’ orsche owners tend to That decision has worked the unique handling qualities of fit Macular Degeneration, and P “take control .” well for me having worn the the tail-heavy 911. What other regular contributions from Last month I be- cast for three weeks, long manufacturer has spent so Gary Hackney, William moaned the fact that I was enough to begin the healing many years refining such an Glover, Tim McNeely, and wearing a foot cast to address process of my foot. The BMW engineering challenge? Mark Doerr . plantar fasciitis and that my motorcycle now is breaking in Ken Partymiller shares im- Autumn is a busy time for Porsche clutching ability had well before cold weather sets ages from this year’s Petit Porsche drivers with Escape, been curtailed for six weeks. in, and I am once again able to LeMans event at Road Atlanta, the Churchill Downs Concours, Well, I found that I could operate a 911 clutch pedal on another spectacular display of the Bluegrass Motor Speedway remove the walking boot and the first attempt. taking control, in the rain this Drive the Track, and our regu- shove the clutch pedal in, al- Another example of a Porsche year, in the heat of competition lar events, Cars & Coffee and though sometimes four or five owner taking control can be at the highest level. Ken also the monthly social. attempts would be necessary to found in Gerry Cooper’s on- provides a brief overview of So as we drive forward on fit the Frankenstein foot into going track experience with his Porsche involvement in For- increasingly cool pavement, the small pedal box of the 911. 2007 997 Turbo. His “Road mula 1. let’s take photos, write articles, Following a particularly awk- America Revisited” article with Ken Hold offers an impres- and share insights with fellow ward drive home in the rain photos in this issue in part sive overview of Zone 13 activ- Porsche owners who are daily from the canceled Polo event, speak to the Turbo’s all-wheel ity. seeking ways to somehow take and with a freshly rebuilt mo- drive capability under track This issue also features the more control. torcycle engine needing break- conditions, offering a level of Four Roses Distillery Drive via in, I decided to cut the cast off, control unavailable in rear- photography by Ed Steverson Let’s take control of Rumble! fall back to a night splint treat- drive Porsches. and Ken Slone , an invitation ment as first prescribed by the Of course, much of the enter- from Ed Steverson to partici- ——— Paul Elwyn doctor, and to get on with my tainment of driving rear-drive pate in the Covered Bridge motoring life. Porsches is in taking control of Tour, a two-day event to bene- Bluegrass Region PCA RUMBLE . October 2009 . Page 4 http:// bgs.pca.org Bluegrass Region PCA Club Officers Gary Hackney President Ken Partymiller Bob Lovejoy [email protected] Vice President Treasurer 859.684.4093 [email protected] [email protected] William Glover Tim McNeely Mark Doerr Secretary Membership Chair Activities Chair [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ed Steverson Paul Elwyn , Chris Davis , Past President Newsletter Editor Webmaster [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Benson Miller J.W. Wilson Larry Woods Track Chair Safety Chair Director at Large [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bluegrass Region PCA Photographer and Historian Mary Doerr Julie Woods Photographer Historian National PCA Board Officers from the Bluegrass Region Ken Hold Phil Doty Zone 13 Rep PCA RPM Chair [email protected] [email protected] Bluegrass Region PCA RUMBLE . September 2009 . Page 5 BOARD MINUTES Bluegrass Region Minutes • BGS will match member contributions for charita- for September 14, 2009 ble event up to $1500, motion to accept: Tim McNeely, second Ed Steverson. Motion carried. William Glover Location: Sawyer’s Downtown, Lexington, KY • Green’s Automotive Group headed by Clay Green Secretary Call to Order: 7:00 PM will assume ownership of our local Porsche of Board Members in Attendance: Gary Hackney, Tim Lexington dealership. BGS PCA is looking for- McNeely, Paul Elwyn, Ed Steverson, Ken Partymiller, ward to extending our dealer relationship with the Mark Doerr, Larry Woods, Bob Lovejoy, JW Wilson, new owner. William Glover BGR Members in Attendance: Activities: Mark Doerr Minutes from August: We have a Quorum, Minutes • Grayson Weekend & Covered Bridge drive will approved. start Sat Oct 17th at Dough Daddy’s on Versailles President: Gary Hackney Rd. Lodging will be available. RSVP Ed Steverson. • Welcome Bob Lovejoy who as accepted the nomi- This event has been proposed as our 2009 BGS nation to the position of Treasurer. Motion to ac- Charitable event with proceeds going to Macular cept: Larry woods, second Mark Doerr. Motion Degeneration unanimously accepted. • Annual Christmas party scheduled for the 13th, • Nominating committee members to be Gary Hack- more details to come ney, Ed Steverson & Judd Campbell. Nominations • Polo event/Social rain contingency: Social will be will be completed for review by the membership by canceled. the November social. • Churchill Downs Concourse, October 3rd and 4th • Motion for the 2009 BGS Charitable event to be • Bluegrass Motor Speedway “Drive the track” No- Grayson weekend to benefit Macular Degenera- vember 7th tion by Tim McNeely, second JW Wilson. Motion • Seeking indoor location for Cars & Coffee, possi- carried. bilities suggested: Calistoga Café • Apply for PCA annual charitable subsidy, motion • Board meeting Oct 5th, Cars & Coffee Oct 10th to accept: Ed Steverson, second Tim McNeely.