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THE February 2021 CircuitA publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America The Circuit January 2021 GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS GRAND PRIX REGION & If you have suggestions about other events that CONTENTS you think our members would be interested in Advertising Chair - OPEN POSITION President seeing on our calendar, please let me know ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR Suesan Way Carter Autocross Timing - Ian Anderson 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar (619) 992-4287 [email protected] (760) 382-3412 3 Masthead page: Table of Contents February [email protected] Chief Driving Instructor/Safety Nick Perdikaris Board of Directors & Chairs 2 Tue Zone 8 Presidents & Staff meeting (Zoom) Part 3 12 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting [email protected] (310) 901-8154 5-7 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Sebring 12-13 S-Sun WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans, Vice President 4 President's Column 12-13 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Utah Motorsport Campus Eric Peterson Circuit Editor- Skip Carter 12 Fri Chinese New Year 5 Editorial License 13 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) 13 Sun F1 Canada (562) 533-0573 [email protected] (619) 992-9927 Social Media Links 13 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 18-20 F-Sun PCA Club Race, VIR thepetersons_crib@ Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi 27-27 F-Sun Weathertech Six Hours of the Glen msn.com 13-14 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Streets of Willow [email protected] (626) 869-7471 6 GPX Virtual Car Show flyer 27 Sun F1 France 20 Sat GPX Tour of the Canyons (MOVED FROM JAN) 7 Day Away from Work flyer 26-8 F-Sun PCA Club Race, COTA Secretary Children's Dental Cliinic Liason - Patty Reilly 8 PCA Tech Tactics flyer July Alan Johnson [email protected] (714) 402-2405 (562) 305-8002 March 2-4 F-Sun Weathertech Mosport Sportscar Grand Prix 10 Can You Go Back Again? [email protected] Concours - OPEN POSITION 5 Fri Werks Reunion Amelia Island 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Sonoma 12 Book Reviews for Porschephiles: 4 Sun F1 Austria 13 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) Consiglieri - Marty Goldsmith Volkswagen Beetles and Busses 13 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 5 Mon Independence Day [email protected] (562) 494-6350 14 GPX Kids 22-24 F-Sun Weathertech Twelve Hours of Sebring 10 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) Treasurer 19 WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring, 10 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting Hank Landsberg Drivers Education/Autocross - Skip Carter GPX Name Badge Order Form 20 Sat GPX Santa Monica Mountains Run 11-17 Porsche Parade, French Lick, Indiana (562) 493-3589 [email protected] (619) 992-9927 GPX Open Chair Positions Malibu to Paradise Cove 16-17 S-Sun Weathertech Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock [email protected] 16 February Membership Report 21 Sun F1 Australia 18 WEC 6 Hours of Monza, GPX Store Chair - OPEN POSITION 18 Sun F1 Silverstone (UK) 18 Classified Ads 27 Sat Passover begins Insurance - Ron Shanon 28 Sun F1 Bahrain 24-25 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Brainerd Director at Large [email protected] (310) 375-9840 19 Cal Central Coast Region DE Dates 29 Mon GPX Day Away from Work 30-1 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Canadian Tire Motorpark Skip Carter 20 Cone Zone Calendar (619) 992-9927 Membership - Patty Reilly On the Cover April August [email protected] [email protected] (714) 402-2405 21 Index of Advertiser 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Thunderhill 1 Sun F1 Hungary 6-8 F-Sun Weathertech Sportscar Weekend Road America Registration - Suesan Way Carter Breakfast Club Meeting Notice 3-4 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Chuckwalla [email protected] (619) 992-4287 9-11 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road Atlanta 7 Sat Monterey Pre-Reunion Director at Large Commercial Advertising Rates Jimmie Mitchell 10 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) 12-15 Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Laguna Seca Social Events- 10 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 13-15 F-Sun PCA Club Race, New Jersey Motorsport Park (310) 539-2568 Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro 11 Sun F1 China 13-15 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Mid-Ohio [email protected] [email protected] (626) 705-8686 12 Mon Ramadan begins 14 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) [email protected] (323) 633-7915 17-18 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Heartland 14 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting 15 Sun Pebble Beach Concours Director at Large Social Media - Preeth Kumar 23-24 F-Sat PCA Club Race, Lime Rock [email protected] (201) 925-4876 25 Sun F1 TBC 20-22 F-Sun Weathertech GT Challenge at VIR Vinita Khilnani (626) 222-5228 28-29 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Sonoma Sponsorship - Suesan Carter & Jim Worsham [email protected] May 29 Sun F1 A=Belgium [email protected] (619) 992-4287 1 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps [email protected] (562) 433-3662 4 Sun Easter September Past President Tech Sessions/Advisor - Michael Dolphin 5-9 PCA Treffen, Scottsdale 4-6 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road America Skip Carter [email protected] (213) 248-4743 8 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) 5 Sun F1 Netherlands INFORMATION 6 Mon Labor Day (619) 992-9927 8 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting Tech Inspection - Rick Mortimer GPX GrandPrixRegion.com 10-12 F-Sun Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca [email protected] 9 Sun F1 Spain [email protected] (714) 267-2845 Zone 8 Zone8.org 12 Wed Eid al-Fitr begins 11 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) PCA National PCA.org 14-16 F-Sun PCA Club Race, NOLA 11 Sat GPX Monthly Board Meeting Tours - Alan Johnson ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE US.Porsche.com/national 14-16 F-Sun Weathertech Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio 12 Sun F1 Italy [email protected] (562) 305-8002 PCNA Porsche.com 16 Sun Shavuot begins 17-19 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Summit Point Porsche AG Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell 22-23 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Buttonwillow 18-19 S-Sun PCA Club Race, High Plains Jeff Peck GPX Landing Page on MotorsportReg: (310) 345-8081 [email protected] (310) 539-2568 23 Sun F1 Monaco 18-19 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Willow Springs http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com [email protected] 29-30 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Hastings 24-26 Weathertech Long Beach Grand Prix 31 Mon Memorial Day 25-26 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Thunderhill 26 Sun F1 Russia EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the June 26 WEC 6 Hours of Fuji PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and 4-5 S-Sun Weathertech Detroit Grand Prix are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit 4-6 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Watkins Glen all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. 5-6 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Willow Springs GPX Tour Information and registration 6 Sun F1 Azerbaijan PCAGPX.MotorsportsReg.com ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 6400, Columbia, MD 12 Sat GPX Monthly Breakfast (to be determined) 21045 or [email protected] or 410.381.0911 ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes. 2 3 The Circuit January 2021 Write of Way, by Suesan Way Carter Skip Carter Canadian Geese Advertising Manager One of the things GPX has needed for a few years now is an advertising manager. This would be someone who would Welcome to February, the month of St. Valentine, the drivers, all waiting for spring and a new season. Well, the good news is, we've gotten past the Holiday manage our relationship with our existing advertisers and month of love. Of course, if you come from the Northeast There is work being planned, organized and projected for Season. Why is that good? Primarily because so many people solicit new ones. where it isn’t 73 degrees like it is today in beautiful SoCal, current conditions and when everyone can have large gather- disregarded travel and meeting restrictions that COVID Our Treasurer takes care of our quarterly invoicing and but, in the fourth biggest city in North America, where I ings and play again. exploded over the last several months. And, FINALLY, the processing payments, so this job just requires someone who came from (Toronto) and where Skip’s daughter is in New So, you may be saying (if you are reading this) why is COVID numbers are starting to come down. has the ability to approach potential advertisers, present the Jersey. there is a most charming 18 inches of snow – that’s Suesan going on about east and west? Well, it has to do with Every region I've been in contact with, which includes advantages to advertise with Grand Prix Region, and main- right I do not lie, 18 inches. volunteer inequality. That’s right I am saying it out loud!! most of those in Zone 8 and several others around North tain that relationship as time goes on. For a moment, just think about how much of the white The west has less volunteers than the east and it is all be- America, are planning for things to really open up. It may be This is not a job everyone can do.