Summer 2020 Escape Velocity
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From the Editor page 4 Hello again! As we start to peek out of our front doors and Our Officials page 5 start club activities again, I must say it is good to see you! The Coronavirus has caused much contraction in our economy, Membership Corner page 6 activities and membership in the Porsche Club. However, Space Coast’s membership numbers are up – 919 in January to 940 as I Keeping the Pedal to the Metal page 7 write this. We are looking forward to keeping everyone engaged Charity on the Space Coast page 8 and happy to have made the decision to join/stay with this great club! Since we have had to stay home more, PCA has kicked Social Distancing page 10-11 up the number of virtual activities offered. PCAHQ YouTube channel is in full operation with 21,400 subscribers, TechTactics Member Spotlight page 13 Live Events and Sim Racing for those missing DE’s and Club Sport Racing. Check it out! Porsches and Planes page 14-15 Porsche activities outside of your home are slowly resuming COVID Vacation page 16 again. Some racetracks have opened again and are hosting DE’s. We have been able to reschedulePresident’s Zonefest at the American Tech Column page 17 Muscle Car Museum for Memorial Day weekend 2021 and our Autocross Series will resumeColumn in the fall as previously scheduled. How Much Do You Know? page 21-23 We have restarted our Kaffeeklatsches and have had a wonderful time reconnecting with Porsche friends. I am shocked to see Confessions of a Porsche Wife page 24 how many people went out and bought a Porsche during the In This Issue Pandemic! Bring ‘em out and let’s drive! Our “Dog Days of Advertiser Spotlight page 25 Summer” Gimmick Rally in August will be limited to 25 cars Breaking the Code page 26-27 right now to abide by our local guidelines of limiting groups to less than 50. We remain social distancing and minimizing Space Coast Classifieds page 28 contact to protect us all from the Coronavirus. You will notice a difference in the way we operate events and you will see much Rookie Racer page 29 more hand sanitizer, wipes and people wearing facemasks. This virus is too nasty for us not to follow the safety measures set in Autocross Report page 30 place. We must keep our members safe and limit gatherings of large groups of people. One Cool Shot page 31 Many thanks to our EV Editor Sue Kee for finding content during Track Time page 32-33 this slow time of activities and all of our members who are being so patient! I am also so thankful for the great relationship our Coming Attractions page 34 club has with Shay Rowe and Porsche Melbourne and Mark Pieloch and the American Muscle Car Museum. Happily, going for a drive in that beautiful Porsche of yours is allowed and encouraged to keep your sanity and inject a little happiness in your life! As soon as we can safely resume ALL of our normal club activities we will. Please watch your email or check out our website spc.pca.org for the latest information. Get out and drive those cars! On the Cover: One of Porsche’s finest, the 2014 911 Turbo. Photo by Ray Baldino. VOLUME 14, ISSUE 2 3 Robin Hoffman Plans for everything have been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been hard for us all to shelter in place and cancel all our normal club activities, especially Zone Fest. But it feels really good to do some charity work for our community before the pandemic hit. Thanks to Ken Marshall, Carmen DeVito, Craig Barrie and their Team for arranging the Porsche vs Corvette Challenge which generated $1000 for Charity. Good work guys! The same is true for helping out the Valiant Air Command Museum, arranged by Terry Miller and Tom Etter. That also greatly helped that special non-profit. Welcome to all our new members. Please come out and meet some new friends. The easiest is to attend a KaffeeKlatch held monthly in all three regions, Daytona, Melbourne and Vero Beach. You just have to show up and check out all the beautiful Porsches out for an airing with their owners and EV Editor enjoy a cup of coffee at Bold Cup or Panera if you’re in the mood. Sue Kee With Phase II starting here in our part of Florida, I’m sure we’re all looking forward to seeing each [email protected] other at KaffeeKlatches and a super fun Gimmick Rally coming up very soon. Autocrosses will 321.431.6429 soon follow. Stay tuned for other events which may be added as well. We do have to keep in mind that we must abide by the rules of social distancing and keep the group meeting numbers to no more than 50. It might be a slow start towards getting back to normal, but we’re going to get there! Got Something to Say? FromA huge thank you theto all those Editor Space Coasters who helped with Escape Velocity this issue by Please send your Porsche stories sharing their experiences and photos and taking the time to write about them. I couldn’t do it and photos to Sue Kee at without you. Anytime you might have a fun idea for the Club, please email me and maybe we can make it happen. I love to hear your stories and experiences too and share them with everyone. [email protected] Please don’t forget to please support our advertisers! They are up and running and open for business. Most have never missed a beat and are ready and waiting and there for you. Slowly we’re getting Please check out our new and back together and facing our issues together. We’re super lucky to have the support of Porsche revamped website spc.pca.org Melbourne with our club events. Their staff is excellent, knowledgeable, and happy to have you stop by and check out the new and used cars and answer any Porsche questions you might have. (do not use the www) Let’s get out there and make it happen! Life’s too short to drive a boring car. Happy Trails to All. and new facebook page at www.facebook.com/ SpaceCoastRegionPCA Sue Kee 4 VOLUME 14, ISSUE 2 Our Officials President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Immediate Past President Robin Hoffman Jurgen Schwanitz Cindy Hambidge Robert DeVries Carmen DeVito [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] rdevries@ [email protected] 321.543.9205 772.643.5162 321.298.0830 firstwavefinancial.com 610.314.8851 321.773.7773 and Leadership North Region Coordinator South Region Coordinator Membership Chair Social Chair Events Chair Terry Miller Sean Salthouse Vicki Hempel Sally Jecmen Scott Kee [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 386.689.0296 772.501.6644 631.463.1095 321.537.3605 321.431.6428 Safety Chair/ Dealer Liaison/ DE/AutoX Co-Chair Touring Chair Tech Chair Insurance/Badges DE/AutoX Co-Chair Craig Barrie Steve “Wojo” Wojcicki Rob Van Name Bruce Hambidge Ken Marshall [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 954.614.2591 321.454.7612 321.243.3393 321.505.7107 321.750.2096 Charity Chair Webmaster Concours Chair/ Off Road Chair Social Media Chair Rachel Henry Jeff Dorman Historian Ron Menck Melissa Diaz [email protected] [email protected] Steve Hoffman [email protected] [email protected] 772.913.2533 321.412.5613 [email protected] 321.243.5356 321.663.9550 321.652.4654 Yearly Advertising Rates Prepaid Full Page $1000 Call Sue Kee at 321.431.6429 Half Page $700 or email her at Quarter Page $350 [email protected] Business Card $200 VOLUME 14, ISSUE 2 5 Membership Corner by Vicki Hempel We are 932 primary members and 428 affiliate members for a total the “new normal”. The club is figuring out the best way to stay safe membership of 1,360. We have increased by 16 members since last but still be social. As things continue to improve, events will again be quarter. planned (Zonefest is being planned for Memorial Day weekend in the Melbourne area next year) and we will continue to enjoy what we all We hope you all are staying safe and healthy during the COVID-19 love.....our Porsches and our PCA friends! pandemic. To protect us all, most of the events in the last few months had to be canceled to adhere to our nations social distancing and self You can visit our website spc.pca.org for the latest information. isolation. Things are improving day by day and we all are adjusting to Welcome to our New Members! 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