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VOLUME 27 • EDITION 19.4 • SPONSORED BY PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA 50 VOLUME 27 • EDITION 19.4 • OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2019 THE DIFFERENCE IN BRAKING FEATURES 24 A Toast to Monte Smith 27 A Stroke of Luck 24 30 Bucket List Trip — Dennis Howard 34 Speed Limit? What Speed Limit? — Bernard Nussbaumer THE FIRST CHOICE FOR CHAMPIONS 38 Tim Smith: The Race Across America. Lap One... COTA 42 The Llopiz Family 46 100th 944 Cup Race — Ed Dunne MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE 50 The History of VIR 58 My Right Seat Coach — Pedro Bonilla AND RELIABILITY 64 Timo Bernard’s 20 Years in Motorsports for Porsche COLUMNS 34 4 From the Chair ORDER 6 Down to Business 8 From Start to Finish 12 Editorial License THE PADS 16 Thinking About Rules 22 Coaching Perspective YOU NEED REMNANTS 20 On the Cover In Stock, All the Time, Shipped Free 28 2019 Club Racing Schedule WE’RE THE LARGEST U.S. PAGID RACING BRAKE PAD 67 2019 PCA Club Racing National Sponsors SUPPLIER, WITH THE MOST EXTENSIVE INVENTORY. 68 2019 PCA Club Racing Contingency Programs 30 2019 Hard Chargers PAGID Racing Brake Pads are available in 70 many compounds to fi t most applications. 72 The Classifieds 74 Club Racing National Committee, Advertising Index, CRN Staff Call us now or use the PAGID Racing Brake Pad Quick Search on our website On the Cover: Aerial photo courtesy of Virginia International Raceway FAST! Club Racing News (CRN) is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America, Club Racing, and is pub- to fi nd the pads you need >>> lished quarterly. Written contributions and photographs are welcome and can be mailed to the editor. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Porsche Club PAGID Racing brake pad compounds off er maximum stopping power, of America, Club Racing National Committee, its officers or members. Permission is granted to reproduce any ultimate endurance and consistently high quality for professional and material herein provided full credit is given to the author and PCA Club Racing News. PORSCHE®, the Porsche Crest®, CARRERA®, TARGA®, Cayman® and Boxster™ are trademarks of Porsche AG. The editor shall reserve amateur racers alike. EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE IN BRAKING! the right to edit and publish only those articles felt to be in the best interest of the members of the Porsche Club of America. Commercial advertising inquiries should be directed to the CRN Advertising Coordinator. Postmaster: Address Change to: PCA Club Racing News, c/o PCA Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 6400 Columbia, MD 21045 ORDERS TECH SUPPORT ONLINE 800.356.2080 847.304.5515 NORTHSTARMOTORSPORTS.COM 2 CLUB RACING NEWS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2019 3 www.pagidracing.com t’s hard to believe that our 2019 911 Cup racing season is already winding We are considering adding air- Idown. Having said that, it’s time cooled cars that are currently eligible to think about what we might want for F Stock at their current F Stock to do to improve our program for weight and air-cooled cars that are 2020. Below are some of the ideas currently eligible for D Stock to drop we have heard that we believe have 150 pounds and run carburetors. potential. With the air-cooled E cars allowed to drop 150 pounds, this should make Feature weekends for certain things pretty equal. Likewise, it has classes been reported that the lower com- The 944 Cup group has had pression 3-liter motors respond well great success designating some to the carbs and make power simi- races as Regionals or Nation- lar to the 3-liter E car motor. Expect als. While we might not use that 911 Cup to have an open tire rule (R terminology, we are considering compound) in 2020. designating a few races as a spe- cial event for a certain class, and I want to hear your thoughts attempting to let them have their I am interested to hear your lances and tow trucks. It looks terri- own run group. thoughts on these ideas, or other ble. Viewers may well be frightened In 944 Cup, this has allowed the things you think will increase fun by what they see. 944 group to be the feature group and participation in the program. Fortunately, as those of us involved for the weekend, and boosted atten- Send me a note at west.dillard@pca- know, it’s usually just car damage. I dance at some of our small to mid- clubracing.org won’t try to tell people what to post, sized events. Obvious candidates but it would be really great if we for this are our bigger classes like Social Media could all refrain from posting about SPB and GTB1, but with enough Think about what you post an incident until those involved have participation, it could be applied to I’ll end with another request. Like enough time to call their family and other classes as well. it or not, social media, and its imme- inform them that they are OK, and diacy are here. There are lots of good to be prepared for a repair bill. Vintage aspects to this, primarily around In the end, it’s just being consid- We will continue to have Vintage sharing your racing with friends, erate of others, and not adding to an events in which the older cars have which builds interest in the program. already difficult situation for those a designated run group. One of the One down side is that when some- involved. 911 CHRONOGRAPH TIMELESS MACHINE fundamental tenants of Vintage is thing goes wrong, the world can find that the focus is more on fun than out about that immediately as well. See you at the track! hard competition. We want racers It is possible to literally post inci- LIMITED EDITION to be comfortable bringing the old dent video online before the drivers racecar out of mothballs, and we involved are out of their cars. Imag- Aventura Mall 305-792-0091 | Brickell City Centre 305-579-0250 | Town Center Boca Raton 561-391-0790 Porsche Design of America, Inc. America, Inc. 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I have yet to be at a choices go a long way to ensuring PCA Club Race where there hasn’t they not only stay busy but are at the been a competitor helping a fellow track at all. racer get on the track through labor, Most of the companies provid- spare parts, or both. The support is ing track-side tire service do not fantastic, and it’s one of the things charge the club or the regions for that makes participating in racing that effort. There are some smaller so rewarding. businesses that charge regions to The aid of one racer to another work an event due to high costs for is a key part of the camaraderie of travel and lodging versus expected our sport, as is the backing offered return from the event. The ones that to Club Racing from our corporate do not charge regions rely on sales partners. Club Racing has grown and support to make the weekend very visible one that could potentially quite a bit from its origins, and the feasible, and the bulk of their profit ruin an event should you need them, growth it has seen over the past 27 comes from pre-ordered tires. There and have no one there. The same years means corporate assistance is are sources online to find the same principle applies to all our partners. critical to continued success. tires at a cheaper rate, and I know If they don’t see a return on their PCA Club Racing is very lucky it is a tempting way to save some investment in Club Racing, they will to enjoy the fantastic partnership of money. But if the tire shop can’t at leave, and our program will suffer. dozens of companies, and we need least break even for a weekend, they Racing is one of the most expen- to do everything we can to ensure won’t work the event, and that will sive hobbies you can choose, and that this remains. leave you, and your fellow racers, decisions have to be made to find One of the easiest actions you without assistance at the track where ways to make the balance sheet can take is to be a patron to those you need it most. On top of that, if work. But when you are making partners by buying their products more regions are required to pay for those decisions, I ask that you do and using their services whenever tire service, you can expect to see the everything you can to make sure you possible.
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