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Porsche Pushers Private Papers September 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020 PORSCHE PUSHERS PRIVATE PAPERS sem.pca.org Official publication of the Southeast Michigan Region, Porsche Club of America 14 DE #3 Recap UPCOMING SEM AND PCA SPONSORED EVENTS SEE DETAILS INSIDE 22 32 SEM Picnic The Soul and Concours of a Car - Neil Goldberg 2 n P4 n SEPTEMBER 2020 P4PORSCHE PUSHERS PRIVATE PAPERS OOFFICIALFFICIAL P PUBLICATIONUBLICATION O OFF T HTHEE S OSOUTHEASTUTHEASTER MICHIGANN MICHIGA NREGION, REGION PORSCHE, PORSCH ECLUB CLUB OF O FAMERICA AMERICA CONTENTSC O N T E N T S President’s Column. 4 SEM / PCA Calendar .................................................6 Board of Directors and Officers ......................................8 Join the PCA/SEM Membership Procedure ...........................9 DE #4 Waterford Hills P4 Index to Advertisers. .9 DE #4 at Waterford Hills ............................................10 Board of Directors Candidate Biographies ...........................12 SEM P4 - An Award Winning PCA Newsletter ........................13 DE #3 Recap .......................................................14 Drive Your Porsche Day. 18 Drive Your Tom Fielitz Column - The Rescue Car ................................20 Porsche Day SEM Picnic and Concours Recap ....................................22 Ladies Only Drive ..................................................30 Editors P4 Advertising Rates ...............................................For membersh31ip Group Drive to Rennsport Dragon Rally The Soul of a Car - Neil Goldberg ...................................32 information, October M 22an, agin g 2020 Ed itor: John KeillyFall Color Tour ......................................................34 Ladies Only SEM Webstore .....................................................37 TechnicalDrive Editor: Chris Braden application or Group Drive to Rennsport Dragon Rally .............................38 What is the port Renns Dragon Rally (October 23 – 25)? SEM 2020 Membership Dinner .....................................change40 of Address New Feature: SEM Porsche of the Month ............................41 The Rennsport Dragon Rally is a collection of Porsche enthusiasts from all around North John Keilly, Editor Business Meeting Minutes .........................................address, conta42ct: America, coming together to drive the mountain roads and enjoy their cars the way they P.O. Box 5246 SEM/PCA Member Anniversaries ...................................43 were meant to be driven. The legendary Tail of the Dragon and surrounding roads, Lanita Dunham Fall Color The Place for Porsches and Parts / Welcome New Members ..........44 considered by most to be the No greatest rthville, M driving I 4816 7 roads in the United States, are the perfect Tour 12277 Jacoby place to see what Pho n your e 248 • Porsche 797•24 was designed for. 3 9 Around the Zone Column ..........................................45 E-mail [email protected] Milford, MI 48380 ON THE COVER: Home: Submission Deadline Michael Eblenkamp in his GT4 at Waterford Hills DE #3 10th of the month Photo by Raymond Vasser (810) 225-6126 Group Drive to Rennsport Dragon Rally The P4, Porsche Pushers Private Papers, is the of? cial monthly puSEPTEMBERblication of t2020he So nu tP4h- n 3 eastern Michigan Region, Porsche Club of America. Available only by subscription to SEM members as a portion of the annual National membership dues, or to other PCA members at $18.00 per year. Statements appearing in the P4 are those of the author and may not re? ect the views of the PCA, the SEM Board of Directors or the P4 editor. The editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. SEM/PCA is not responsible for any services or merchandise advertised herein. Permission to reprint any For more information on Rennsport Dragon Rally and registration*, please visit: www.rennsportdragonrally.commaterial publi s hed in the P4 is g ranted provided full credit is given to P4 and the author. SEMPCA is arranging a drive together to Rennsport Dragon Rally starting location. We are planning on starting the journey in the morning of October nd 22 . Hotel group booking and rate are available. For more information on hotel, drive and event registration, please contact: • Lucas Phan ([email protected] or 248-­‐787-­‐8611) • Jim Williams ([email protected] or 248-­‐561-­‐8301) *Rennsport Dragon Rally registration: Limited spaces, please consider signing up soon President’sPresident’s ColumnColumn BY GRETUS HOOGESTRAAT Back to Normal! Porsche mourns the death of Hans Mezger ear SEM Members Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG mourns the death of Hans Mezger. The legendary engineer died on June 10, 2020 at DSummer is here, but the “normal” as we know it isn’t. In the age of 90. my opinion we will not see the old “normal” for a long Porsche owes him for not only the Porsche 911’s air- time, maybe never. Right now we have to live with the cooled, six-cylinder boxer engine, but also the overall “intermediate normal”, which drastically effects how the construction of the 917 and its twelve-cylinder engine as Club runs its events from Drivers Education to Driving well as his creation of the TAG Turbo Formula One engine. Tours and social gathering. This last weekend we had For more than three decades, Hans Mezger was responsible our Annual Picnic and Concours. It was raining “cats and for Porsche’s most successful racing cars and engines. “The dogs” on my way to Springdale Park on Strathmore Road news of his death represents a very sad loss for us. Our in Bloomfield Hills. Around 9:30am the rain got very light, thoughts are with his family,” says Michael Steiner, Member it started to get warm and was drying up. At the end of the of the Executive Board, Research and Development. “We day it was a very nice and sunny day with a good turnout. thank Hans Mezger for his extraordinary engineering Almost everybody that signed up showed up. Thank you achievements, which he has done for motorsport in general Patti and Jerry Door, Fred Young, Lucas Phan and Chris and for Porsche in particular. His innovations for our series Bohr for organizing another great event and providing sports cars will remain unforgotten forever.” helping hands in this difficult times. Hans Mezger was born on November 18, 1929 in Ottmarsheim, a small village near Ludwigsburg on the The Concours participants prepared their cars very well. outskirts of Stuttgart. The youngest of five children, Almost every model was represented, from 911s, Caymans, his parents ran a country inn. Art and culture were very Boxsters and 928s to Panameras. The participants got some important to the Mezger household. From an early age, insight into what happens at a Concours on a National airplanes and flying also fascinated the young Hans, and level like Parade next year in French Lick, IN. I’m looking he occasionally undertook a trip to Kirchheim/Teck with a forward to next year’s Picnic and Concours. group of gliding enthusiasts from his neighborhood. Michael Cohen, Marlene Thav and Mark Vander Eyk socializing Roger Tayloe working hard on his 1984 911 while Gianluigi Gennari is cleaning the wheels on his 2017 911 4S Targa. 4 n P4 n SEPTEMBER 2020 The legendary engineer Hans Mezger next to a 917. Hans Mezger decided to study mechanical engineering at 1977–1978 Development of the water cooling and four- the Technical University, now the University of Stuttgart. valve concept for the Type 935 and 936 six-cylinder turbo However, at this time the universities were very crowded engines. because the young men who had returned from the war 1977–1980 Design of the four-cylinder engine for Harley- were given preferential treatment for admission. Hans Davidson. Development of the Indy engine based on the Mezger used the university requirement for a twelve-month Type 935/936. Further development of the 935/936 race internship to practice numerous stages such as machining, cars and engines. welding, model making and a few weeks in the grey cast 1981–1982 Development of a 2.65-litre engine based on iron and aluminum foundry. At that time he was riding a the 935/936 for Group C (956/962). motor scooter, an NSU Lambretta. Apart from his brother’s 1981–1987 Design, overall project management and further 250 cc DKW it was his first and last motorized bike. He development of the “TAG-Turbo – made by Porsche” rode the Lambretta until 1960 when he bought an old and Formula 1 engine. quite worn-out 356. It was not until years later that he came 1987–1988 Design of the Type 2708 Indy 2.65-litre engine. into contact with motorized bikes again. In the late 1970s 1990 Design of the Type 3512 12-cylinder Formula 1 he was involved in an early Porsche-Harley collaboration engine for the Harley-Davidson V-Rod engine. Thank You “Porsche Community Management” for providing this information. Hans Mezger joined Porsche on October 1, 1956 He started in the calculation department, responsible for Upcoming Events in September and October valve control of all engines. Don’t forget it is voting time in the Club, nominate 1960–1962 Move to the Porsche Formula 1 project team. yourself to become a Board of Directors member. Collaboration in engine and chassis design. 1963 Design of the 901/911 engine. Responsible for design I’m looking forward to the events to come and further development of all racing engines. 1965 Design and project management of the Ollon-Villars 09/12/2020: HPDE #4 Spyder. Management of the newly established department 09/13/2020: Drive Your Porsche Day for race car design. 09/19/2020: Ladies Only Drive
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