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February 2009 February 2009 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kye Wankum CONTENTS EDITOR Mary Byczok TECHNICAL EDITOR News Alon Gat 2009 Driver Education Dates - Track Team 6 Zone 1 Dates & Notes - Botho von Bose 10 PHOTO EDITOR Know Your Porsche - Course Information 11 Eshel Zweig 2009 UCR Spring Tour - Jeff White 12 ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION Zone 1 Tech Tactics - Botho von Bose 14 Kye Wankum UCR Ski Day - Danny Kroll 15 Zone 1 Concours - Botho von Bose 16 UCR CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER Michael A. Coates Shift Into Spring - Jeff Wagman 17 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Departments Graham Jardine Editor's Ramblings - Kye Wankum 4 Ken Jensen New Members - Angie & Mark Herring 7 Andreas Trauttmansdorff Jeff White Membership Anniversaries - Angie & Mark Herring 7 President’s Message - Martin Tekela 8 PUBLISHER The Way We Were - UCR Historical - John Adam 9 Philip Downe Letters to the Editors 13 ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT The Mart 36 AND FLYERS Who’s Who In Upper Canada 41 Please contact Lynda Beard, UCR Advertising Administrator Advertiser Index 42 Features AD & COPY DEADLINE Explore The Core - Botho von Bose 18 30 Days prior to publication date; e.g. June 1st for the July Development of the PDK - Porsche AG 121 issue of Provinz; July 1st for the August issue of Provinz National Launch of the PDK - Laurance Yap 24 ADVERTISING & SPONSORSHIP Porsche PDK - Carey Russ / cnet.com 25 OPPORTUNITIES Goodbye Porscheplatz at Mosport - John Adam 26 Please contact Jeffrey White Penske and Riley Porsche in Grand AM - Autoweek.com 27 Phone: (905) 841-3612 Drivers & Crown Royal Sponsorship - Penske Racing 30 Fax: (905) 841-3337 Porsche Canada not at 2009 Auto Show - Laurance Yap 33 Far-Away Member - Hilary Stuart-Williams 34 DESIGN & LAYOUT Columns Doohamel Studios, Mississauga, Ontario Michael J. Duhamel Driver's Dream - Raffaele Sasso 28 Track Talk - Dave Osborne 32 PRINTING Peripheral Vision - John Adam 38 Harmony Printing Limited, Toronto, Ontario TRU Stories - Philip Downe 40 Don Gain, Sr. Track & Technical CONTACT UCR Regional Tech Centers 37 UCR Hotline: (905) 854-3329 You may visit UCR on the web @ http://www.pcaucr.org ON THE COVER To change your address, enjoy no-hassle renewal and ensure your uninterrupted subscription to Panorama and Provinz, sim- ply phone Angie or Mark Herring 905 854 3332 Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement Number: 40042299 Porsche Provinz (ISSN-0835-2151) is published monthly by the Porsche Club of America Upper Canada Region Incorporated ("UCR"). Copying for other than personal use, or of contents not owned by UCR, without the permission of UCR or the other copyright owner, is expressly prohibited. The ideas, opinions and suggestions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of UCR. Photography and illustrations are used by permission of the artist(s) and are protected by copyright. The acceptance and display of advertising in this The newest 911 variant with PDK and DFI, photographed by Eshel Zweig, UCR publication does not constitute any endorsement of the advertiser by UCR. Photo Editor, at Porsche Canada’s first launch: the ‘Explore the Core’ event. EDITOR'S RAMBLINGS elcome to the new look of Provinz for Proudfoot in the south-west in March. Please keep 2009! Just in time to help beat the Febru- checking our website for all updates, including de- Wary blahs, we bring you fresh and excit- tails on the Socials. ing new layouts for our newsletter. With that said, UCR's Ski Day is just around the corner; don't delay I ask you to please welcome Michael Duhamel of and register for what is bound to be a great time just Doohamel Studios to the Provinz Team. Michael has getting there and back. been hired to take on the arduous task of producing Spring Tour is being advertised in this issue, as well the graphics for Provinz for the next few months. as Shift Into Spring - our official kick-off to the new Kye Wankum I too welcome Michael, as his efforts will result in driving season. Editor allowing me more time and opportunity to search Also on the horizon are the Zone 1 Tech Tactics and for interesting material to publish in Provinz, as well Concours & Rally events. as to write the odd article myself, as I used to do. I With all of these events, and the first track dates will also be able to find some time to attend more of being not too far off, we can almost smell spring our events myself again, to participate or just to take in the air. some snaps and report back to you in these pages. The big feature this month, from cover to centre Please don't be shy, but do write in to the Letters spread, to several pages of stories,facts and photos, to the Editors column to let us know how you like is the 'Explore the Core' event, recently held as a the new look of Provinz, but also to voice any ideas, national launch by the newly established Porsche comments, likes and dislikes, regarding all things Canada. It's all about the newest 911 model, now UCR and, of course, all matters related to our favou- boasting PDK, DFI and other goodies - read all about rite automobile. it within. We have a crazy mix of stuff this month: First off, In the meantime, unless we're lucky enough to please take note of the details for the upcoming actually be there, the 24-hours of Daytona and Socials: we have Chinese New Year planned in the 12-hours of Sebring will provide us with heart- February to take place in the north-east of the GTA, warming television viewing to help us beat those and an interesting, artsy evening with speaker Dan February blahs. 4 EDITOR'S RAMBLINGS / CALENDAR 2009 Calendar of Events Please check future issues of Provinz for 2009 Calendar updates. As always, for last minute updates on all events, please check the UCR website at www.pcaucr.org JANUARY 21 Sun UCR Autocross at Toronto Star facility, Woodbridge 13 Tues UCR Social Meeting 19-21 Fri-Sun Zone 1 - 48 Hours - Driver Ed; Watkins Please see the UCR website for location Glen 29-Jul 4 PCA National Parade, Keystone, CO FEBRUARY 30 Tues DE Instructor Day at Mosport 10 Tues UCR Social Meeting JULY Please see this issue of Provinz or the UCR website for details 14 Tues UCR Social Meeting 20 Fri UCR Ski Day at Mount St. Louis Please see the UCR website for location 28 - Mar 1 Zone 1 Tech Tactics; Danbury, CT 24-26 Fri-Sun NNJR/UCR Driver Education at Mosport 31 - Aug 2 PCA Club Race hosted by UCR at Mosport MARCH 10 Tues UCR Social Meeting AUGUST Please see this issue of Provinz or the 11 Tues UCR Social Meeting UCR website for details Please see the UCR website for location 15 or 16 Wine Tour Event - please keep checking APRIL back in Provinz or on the web site 11 Sat Skid Pad at Mosport DDC 22-23 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Shannonville 14 Tues UCR Social Meeting 28-30 Fri-Sun American Le Mans Series at Mosport Please see the UCR website for location 25 Sat Skid Pad at Mosport DDC SEPTEMBER 26 Sun Shift Into Spring, Pfaff Porsche, 101 Auto 8 Tues UCR Social Meeting Park Circle, Woodbridge Please see the UCR website for location 13 Sun UCR Autocross at Toronto Star facility, MAY Woodbridge 2-3 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport 17-20 Thu-Sun PCA Escape, Dayton, OH 12 Tues UCR Social Meeting 26-27 Sat-Mon UCR Driver Education at Mosport Please see the UCR website for location 15-17 Sat-Sun Zone 1 Concours d'Elegance & Rally, OCTOBER Parsippany, NJ 17 Sun UCR Autocross at Toronto Star facility, 13 Tues Oktoberfest! UCR Social Meeting at The Woodbridge Musket 29-31 Fri-Sun Zone 1 Clash at the Glen, PCA Club Race, 17-18 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport Watkins Glen, N.Y. 29-31 Fri-Sun UCR Spring Tour, Benmiller Inn NOVEMBER 30-31 Sat-Sun UCR Driver Education at Mosport 11 Tues UCR Social Meeting & Elections! Please see the UCR website for location JUNE 21 Sat UCR Year End Banquet 9 Tues UCR Social Meeting Please see the UCR website for location DECEMBER 14 Sun BBQ/Braai with SAWS 8 Tues UCR Social Meeting & Christmas Party! Please see the UCR website for location T he Journal of Upper Canada Region 5 EVENTS Social Events Upcoming Monthly Socials: Our Socials are a great opportunity to meet fellow Porsche lovers and Tuesday, February 10: Mandarin Restaurant exchange stories about recent experiences, such as a D.E. weekend or 7660 Woodbine Ave. a road trip in our favourite automobile. (North of Steeles Ave.) On the West side of Woodbine We try to invite guest speakers to share their expertise and to hold a Avenue, North of John Street small presentation at all of our Meetings. The locations for the Socials (905) 479-6000 have been moving around over the past year and have included some great new venues. Hopefully, this will make it easier for some members Tuesday, March 10: Arttrax Gallery to come out and enjoy the comraderie of the Meetings, as they may 133 Queen Street East be more convenient for them to get to. Our diverse locations have also Port Credit, L5G 1N1. helped in breaking up the monotony, while offering a more varied din- Dan Proudfoot will be speaking. Also in attendance will be automo- ner menu. tive artist Bruce Outridge, from whom one will be able to commis- sion caricatures drawn then and there.The Arttrax Social will also For specific details, the UCR web site will be updated with write-ups, feature art by contemporary African Artists.
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