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Published Quarterly By The Space Coast Region, Porsche Club Of America May 2010 | Volume 4, Issue 2 Backat tothe RolexBack 24 Amelia Island Concours A Track Day With Derek Bell 48 Hours of Sebring 4 Issue 5, olume V November 2011 INSIDE Rennsport Reunion IV | Oktoberfest | Autocross | PBIR DE In This Issue President’s Autocross School page 5 Fall Autocross page 7 Column Oktoberfest page 8-9 Autocross Challenge page 10 Aerodynamics KK page 11 Finishing a Great Year and New Beginnings Rennsport Reunion IV page 12-15 Porsche Factory Expansion page 19 2011 has been another spectacular year for members of Space Coast Region. SPC hosted 60 events during the calendar year. Almost 100 days Tech Column page 20 of activities were available to our members through the racing, driver From the DE Instructor page 21 education, rallies, and autocrosses offered through our neighboring regions. This level of activity is almost unprecedented within the PCA. Classifieds page 22 TRG/Adobe Road Winery page 23 Space Coast’s total membership continues to grow, increasing by 8% Christmas Party page 24 this year to 753 primary and family members, and is up by 63% since 2006. The support of Porsche of Melbourne continues to be a key factor Election of Officers page 25 in our success. SPC sent over 50 members to the 56th Annual Porsche Goodie Shop page 26 Parade in Savannah and came home with a number of trophies and a Zonefest 2012 page 27 1st Place ranking for Escape Velocity. Driver Education page 28-29 Space Coast Region also made history this year. We scored a Panorama Coming Attractions page 30 cover in August; featuring Ralph Fritsche’s 993 parked aside the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Largely through the efforts of Vice President Steve Member Spotlight page 31 Hoffman and his contacts at NASA, two of SPC’s logo pins flew on STS-135, the final flight of Atlantis and the Space Shuttle program. The journey of the pins is documented in the November issue of Panorama. The Porsche Museum has requested that one of the pins make a visit to Stuttgart for an extended display. A dozen Space Coasters traveled to Laguna Seca Raceway for Rennsport Reunion IV. Their stories in this issue of EV attempt to document the experiences at the greatest gathering of historic racing Porsches ever held. SPC’s Oktoberfest attracted approximately 130 participants from five neighboring regions, and included twelve cars from the 356 Florida Owners Group. Bob Dewey received the inaugural Kirk Stowers Memorial Trophy in memory of our long-time Treasurer and FOG’s Attention Boxster five-time Past President. Nandow Op e996n on th eowners! DeLand Airport! A new year is upon us and the schedule, as usual, is packed with events If your Boxster or 996 was born between including Zonefest 2012 which SPC Region will host for the first time 1997 and 2005, your car has a potentially on April 20-22 in Vero Beach. 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Photo by David O’Neal. 1405 Flightline Blvd., #21, DeLand, FL 32724 volume 5, Issue 4 President North Region Coordinator Tech Coordinators David O’Neal Mike Masters Ralph Fritsche [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Our 407.808.6461 386.290.7479 321.289.9051 South Region Coordinator Vice President Shelby Goode David Kelly Steve Hoffman [email protected] [email protected] Officials [email protected] 321.632.2432 772.713.4084 321.506.6054 Touring Coordinators Skill Event Coordinators Secretary Brian Reinert Parade Coordinator Charity Coordinator Jonathan Parker John “Blake” Blakely [email protected] Ron McCall Sue Tompkins [email protected] [email protected] 321.298.0089 [email protected] [email protected] 321.751.9032 321.213.1203 386.589.0879 321.729.0234 David LaPorte Tom Kirk [email protected] Treasurer 2012 Zonefest Chair EV Editor [email protected] 321.403.2500 Tom Kirk 321.591.2223 Lou Linden Ginny O’Neal [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Classic Coordinator 321.591.2223 321.474.5772 407.491.5810 Social Event Coordinators Ralph Fritsche Andre Martineau [email protected] Membership Webmaster EV Advertising [email protected] 321.289.9051 Brian Reinert 321.427.5619 Jonathan Parker Jack Roberts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Event Insurance Coordinator 321.298.0089 Ron Menck 321.751.9032 321.727.0046 David O’Neal [email protected] [email protected] Past President Webmaster Tech / Assistant Sponsorship Chair 321.243.5356 407.808.6461 Ralph Fritsche Vivienne Davey Tom Gorsuch [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 321.289.9051 321.431.4404 321.626.0563 4 volume 5, Issue 4 Space Coast Inaugural Autocross School Article by Brian Reinert Photos by Blake Blakely On Saturday, September 10th, approximately 40 drivers participated Finally, it was time for an actual autocross course. Geoffrey designed in our first Autocross School. This was an exciting event for us as a course to demonstrate elements common to most autocross our very own Space Coast Region member Geoffrey Lowdermilk courses: a short straightaway, a slalom, a decreasing radius turn, and served as the Chief Instructor. Geoffrey is a former factory driver for a sweeping turn with a late apex. First, the drivers walked the course Porsche (and also a certain Italian car company). He has raced in the which is an important element of autocrossing as it allows the driver Rolex series and the 12 and 24 hour Le Mans races. Instructors David to study course components and develop a plan of attack. Instructors O’Neal and I assisted Geoffrey. then rode with students to offer personal coaching as each driver was given the opportunity to practice the course. After all the practice, drivers could no longer resist the urge to drive the course for time! The best time of the day was accomplished by Jim Hoffman. Second place went to Ken Marshall, and three drivers tied for third place: Douglas Dieruff, Lou Linden and Ron Menck. Students waiting for their turn on the course Our Chief Instructor Geoffrey Lowdermilk The Autocross School was open to all SPC members. This was the first event for several new members, and many veterans were in attendance as well. Two attendees even came out in their Cayennes! Autocross is a great way for us to enjoy the performance of our Porsches in a safe manner. Several autocrossing opportunities are currently open for registration at register.pca.org. We invite all members to come out and join the friendly competition as Space Coast Region attempts to outscore Citrus Region. No talking in class – just listen and learn The day began when Geoffrey spoke on the principles of autocross driving. David O’Neal led a session for all first-timers on how to prepare and stage for autocrossing. After the short classroom sessions, it was time to get behind the wheel! Geoffrey started the drivers with some threshold braking exercises - an important component to successful autocrossing as it provides optimal braking ability. The perfect amount of braking force is developed at the point where the wheels just begin to slip. This braking is the opposite of daily street driving and provides the best lap times. To accomplish threshold braking, a driver must quickly and deeply brake at the onset of the braking cycle. The driver then reduces the braking pressure later in the cycle in order to settle the car. Brian Reinert instructs Don Grainger volume 5, Issue 4 5 volume 5, Issue Autocross Season in Full Swing Article by David O’Neal Photo by Curt Dieterle Our friends at Florida Citrus Region SPC fielded a number of AX rookies (R) at Be sure to register at register.pca.org for the (FLC) have resumed the autocross series, the event. Craig (R) and Lynda (R) Barrie, December 10th Autocross Challenge and culminating in the planned FLC/SPC Curt and Victoria Dieterle, Lou Linden (R), Ladies Day. See you there! Autocross Challenge in December. On Ken Marshall, Ron Menck (R), David and October 1st, twelve Space Coast members Ginny O’Neal, and Rick Parrott made the joined about thirty other drivers at the huge group drive from Rockledge. Doug Dieruff parking lot of the Orange County Convention represented the region as well. Ken Marshall’s Center for the first fall AX. Carrera GTS made quite the auditory impression with its deep throaty exhaust, but It was apparent that the recent Autocross the Barrie’s Peridot Green Cayman R was the School paid off for several of our members.