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PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 1 - cia.pca.org PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 Regional Officers Info 3 President’s Column 4 2016 Calendar of Events 5 ON THE COVER An Alpine Adventure Newbie 8 Abe Abraham and his brother Albert chatting next to Roger Abraham’s light ivory 1970 A Needle In A Haystack 13 911T Coupe purchased new at Gruber Porsche Audi in Cedar Rapids. For more, see Trading Post 17 the article on page 13. CIA- PCA Online Info Central Iowa Region website: http://cia.pca.org Webmaster: Jim Millick [email protected] 309-765-4907 Pferdestärke Newsletter Editor: Jameel Abraham [email protected] 319-210-1522 Pferdestärke Newsletter Classifieds (aka Trading Post) Classified ads are welcome from CIA-PCA members. Nonprofessional, noncorporate sale of personal Porsche-related items only. Classi- fied cost is free. Editor reserves right to limit ad size due to space limitations. Please email [email protected] for more information. NOTICE: The Pferdestärke© newsletter name and the content herein are copyright protected and may not be reproduced without CIA-PCA’s express written permission. All logos belong to their respective owners. Porsche®, the Porsche Crest®, Targa®, Boxster®, Carrera®, Cayenne®, Cayman™, Panamera®, Tiptronic®, VarioCam®, PCM®, 911®, 4S®, are trademarks of Porsche AG. This newsletter is only for our Iowa subscribers. We do not intend to establish contacts or enter into any contracts outside of the State of Iowa. INFORMA- TION IN THIS NEWSLETTER IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Inclusion of an advertisement or Internet link in these pages does not imply any endorsement of the services or the site, its contents, or its sponsoring organization. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Pferdestärke, the Porsche Club of America, the Central Iowa Region of the Porsche Club of America, its offi cers, newsletter editors, or webmaster. PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 2 - cia.pca.org Regional Officers Info Welcome New CIA Members President: Darrell Frett 319.648.2920 Jameel Abraham of Cedar Rapids, IA [email protected] Hope to see you at a future event. Secretary: Ed Mitchell 815.493.6339 [email protected] Treasurer: Leesa Elseman 319.337.2157 [email protected] Zone 10 Representative: Julie Bailey Zone 10 Regional Clubs Ozark Lakes: www.pca.vintageeuro.com Dakotas: www.dakotapca.org Red River: www.RedRiverPCA.org Webmaster: Jim Millick Great Plains: www.gprpca.com/ 309.765.4907 Schönesland: www.schonesland.org [email protected] Kansas City: www.kcrpca.org St. Louis: www.stlpca.org Nord Stern: www.nordstern.org Wichita: www.wic.pca.org Pferdestärke Editor: Jameel Abraham Zone 13 Regional Clubs 319-210-1522 https://www.pca.org/region- [email protected] directory?field_zone_tid=462 PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 3 - cia.pca.org Membership Participation Raffle -2015 did not appear to increase participation but it was well liked. Discussion for 2016 was instead of three large prizes raffled off; buy a gift for anyone who participated in 2016. A gift would be presented based on President’s the number of events attended Column News Letter – Welcome Jameel Abraham. He has offered to by Darrell Frett compile and edit a quarterly newsletter. As a board (and editor) we felt it was important to get regional news out and that national content was not as important. However, we need all members to submit anything they might find interesting to share as the editor job is not to create the stories but to publish them. As in the past years, it will be issued electronically only to those with CENTRAL IOWA REGION PCA FEB 06 2016 current e-mails WINTER MEETING 2016 Calendar will be issued separately but this year will include publication of other events not necessarily PCA. There Attendance: are several local car shows that Porsche participation would be Darrell Frett President, Jim Millich Vice President, Ed Mittchel, good. We have been approached by the Hawkeye Downs Car Secretary, Tom Moore Past President Brenda Moore, Jameel Show to participate (more on that in the future). Abraham Newsletter editor, Don Thomson, Dena Baethke, Tom Schinrock, Gary Millavetz Autocross for 2015 had low attendance. The board asked to issue a survey to find out how the membership feels about Membership news – January membership has raised to107 providing autocross in the future. primary member and 74 secondary members. This is the biggest membership we have had in many years which is consistent with National PCA has contacted CIA regarding holding a Street national membership at 117,000 members. By far the largest Survival Skills Driving Program for new drivers. The BMW club Porsche Club worldwide and the largest single make car club. sponsors a national program and the Iowa region puts on an event twice a year. We have contacted them and offered our Financial news – The club has $6,846 in the bank as of help. Which was gladly accepted. BMW has not set the dates December 2015. The largest expense for 2015 was the yet so stay tuned. Membership Participation Raffle prizes at $955. Second biggest expense was autocross as we paid $1,200 for the track rental Submitted – Darrell Frett 2016 Central Iowa Region President and took in $640 in entry fees. Most of the revenue from the club is quarterly membership dues which are returned percentage of PCA National dues. 2016 goal is to use more of this money to enhance the events and to support worthy charities. As a non-for- profit organization, we need to reduce our bank balance by a reasonable amount National and Zone 10 News – Two issues were before the national board this January 23. First was a Whistle Blower Policy. Second was approving the PCA to buy a future property. No details on which property or final cost, the vote was to give the board approval to spend money if a property comes available. However, the Board found out that Proxy voting is not allowed in Virginia so they could not accept the vote. We have a new Zone 10 rep - Julie Bailey from Wichita KS. PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 4 - cia.pca.org CIA Calendar of Events 2016 Feb 6 2016 Board Meeting Ok Yoke Inn Amana, Contact Darrell Frett March 12 Lunch meeting Location and Organizer TBD April 9/10 Zone 10 Region Presidents Meeting – Contact Darrell Frett if interested in attending April 16 Tech Session at Eddie’s Rod and Custom, Cedar Rapids. 10am. *May 1 Nord Stern Drivers Ed at Brainerd MN – See http://nordstern.org/ for more *May 1 Great Plains Drivers Ed at RPF Pacific Junction IA– See https://www.gprpca.com/ May 7 St Donatus Car Show ? tour from CR, JM tour from QC May 7 Street Survival Driving School Iowa Speedway, Newton IA – With BMW Club May 21 Spring Drive Location and Organizer TBD *June 3 – 6 Blue Ridge Boxster Summit Little Switzerland NC Contact Darrell Frett if interested June 11 Autocross Marshalltown Iowa June 18 – 26 Porsche Parade Jay Peak Vermont – Contact Darrell Frett if interested in caravanning to Parade PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 5 - cia.pca.org CIA Calendar of Events 2016 *June 24 Chicago Drivers Ed at Blackhawk – See http://pca-chicago.org/cms/ *June 25 Hemmings New Car Show 5PM Third Avenue Bridge CR – See http://greatrace.com July 9 Nothing Better To Do Than Go For A Drive – Location and Organizer TBD July15-17 Brian Redman Challenge Vintage Race (RA) – See http://www.roadamerica.com/ July 24 Ice Cream Social at Tanya and Jim’s Place. 2PM to 5PM August 5-7 IMSA at Road America See http://www.roadamerica.com/ August13 Hawkeye Downs Car Show Details TBD *August 13 Chicago Drivers Ed at Blackhawk - See http://pca-chicago.org/cms/ August 14 Botham Vineyard Car Show Barneveld WI – Caravan TBD August 28 Sertoma Car Show and Pancake Breakfast – IC Airport – Contact John Dyson *September 8 Nord Stern Drivers Ed - Seehttp://nordstern.org/ for more information September 10 Planes and Trains Geneseo IL PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 6 - cia.pca.org CIA Calendar of Events 2016 September 17 Autocross Marshalltown, Iowa October 8 Street Survival Driving School Iowa Speedway, Newton IA – With BMW Club October 16 Fall Leaf Tour Route and Destination TBD *November 8 Chicago Drivers Ed at Blackhawk – See http://pca-chicago.org/cms/ *November 4-6 Porsche Palooza (Eureka Spring AR) Contact Darrell Frett if interested November12 Lunch Meeting Location and Time TBD December 4 Holiday Party, Ox Yoke Inn, Amana Iowa – Details to follow *Not CIA events but are fun to attend anyway. PFERDESTÄRKE winter 2016 - page 7 - cia.pca.org An Alpine Adventure Newbie story by GARY MILAVETZ photos by DARRELL FRETT Several years ago Jim Millick and Darrell Frett told me about the Fast Lane Travel (FLT) Treffen experiences they had. They raved about the experience they had, how they can’t wait to go back and that I should consider going with them. Needless to say, I was skeptical and the trips seemed expensive on the surface, at least. However, about a year ago Jim sent me a message with the tentative plans for a driving adventure in Germany, Austria and Switzerland planned for September, 2015. Not only would I be driving the Porsche of my choice but luxury hotels each night for a good rest and gastronomic delights for sustenance between drives. I sent the itinerary to my wife and asked if she would like to go. For a variety of reasons, she said she didn’t want to go but I could if I wanted.