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NORD STERN In This Issue Get Your Dues In, Donʼt Miss Any Issues of NS Page 34 Holiday Party Speaker and Registration Page 10-11 2006 Office Slate and Ballot Page 15 Rules Committee Report - Changes! Page 23 Fall Color Tour Photographic Recap Starts Page 24 Carmudgon Chronicles Page 22 december 2005 Scales $998 $189 BBS 1 pc forged fits Simpson 996, 964, 944t & S2 $178 Voyager 18x8.5=19 lbs $560 18x10=20 lbs $599 Alpine Stars F1-r Memory pyrometer $299 $104 Bell Alpine Stars M2 $134 Digital pyrometer $99.95 SC 554 $24 $9.95 $9.95 Brake Pads $38 camlock call for applications 2 NORD STERNharness DECEMBER 2005 N o r d S t e r n december 2005 Dedicated to the belief that . getting there is half the fun. Table of Contents Features Departments 9 Cool Car Things To Do 4 Officers 13 Winter Tech Sessions 5 From the Editor. 15 Nord Stern 2006 Officer Slate 6 Welcome 16 Porsche & the Cinema: Part II 7 The Prez Sez . 20 Out and About this Last Fling at BIR 8 Letters to the Editor . 21 PCA Paddock at Daytona: 2006 Rolex 24 18 2005 Kalender 23 Rules Committee Rules Report . .Change is in the Air! 22 Carmudgeon Chronicles 24 Moments to Remember Fall Color Tour 2005 29 The Ownership Experience: Braking 34 Guess What ?? Dues Are Due 30 Tech Quiz . General ?s 31 For Sale . Upcoming Events 33 Tech Scene: 993 Stone Chips . A Technical Question 10 Holiday Party Guest Speaker . Is Out Of This World! Answered 11 Winter Holiday Party Registration Nord Stern is the official monthly publication of the Nord Stern NORD STERN STAFF Region, PCA Inc. Articles herein are those of the author’s and do not necessarily represent the official position of PCA, the Nord Christie Boeder, Editor Stern Region, or their members. 11919 Hilloway Rd. W. The editor reserves the right to edit all material. Articles and Minnetonka, MN 55305 classifieds for publication in Nord Stern must be submitted by the 952 593-5544 or [email protected] th 7 of each month prior to publication. Jon Ballard, Ad Mgr. Permission is given to chartered regions of PCA to reprint [email protected] articles in their newsletters if credit is given to the author and . Nord Stern. Eden Prairie, MN 55439 Nord Stern membership is $20 per calendar year. Nord Stern 952 942-5314 (h) 952 921-4955 X1 (day) subscriptions for non PCA members are $24. Want Ad insertions are free for Nord Stern members, $10 Jill Daneu, Staff Writer/Photog 952 432-3486 for nonmembers and should be sent to the editor. Contact the Ron Faust, Staff Writer/Photog 507 282-3294 advertising manager for further details. Scott Mayer, Photographer 952 937-5698 Teresa Vickery, Staff Writer/Photog 952 474-7126 Please contact staff for any event coverage you need e-mail address: [email protected] website: http://www.nordstern.org Online issues, past and present are available in pdf format at http://www.nordstern.org/Newsletters/index.html Front Cover At this past summer’s Concours: a gorgeous wheel shot by Ron Faust. I liked this calipher positioning (it’s great in color!) for the vertical placement. Ron has another favorite but this one wins out! NORD STERN DECEMBER 2005 3 Address changes Officers PLUS! President Chip Smith Driver Education Registrar “How to Join both PCA and 9565 Bennett Pl. Bret Bailey 952.240.4782 (cell) Eden Prairie, MN 55347 [email protected] the Nord Stern 952 942-6686 Driver Training Region of PCA” [email protected] Jon Beatty 952 449-0187 Vice-President [email protected] Rick LaVerdiere German Car Fest Call Steve Sherf at 1824 Oelvig Ct. Paul Bergquist 952 937-1822 952.471.1054 (hm) Afton, MN 55001 Mercedes-Benz Club 612.867.1649 (cell) 651 998-1511 Insurance Chair [email protected] Michele Johnson 952.476.7445 or email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Membership Secretary Steve Sherf 952 471-1054 Eleanor Renwick [email protected] Leave your name, address and 10415 Buckingham Dr. Met Council both home and work phone Eden Prairie, MN 55347 Bob Kosky 952 938-6887 numbers. 952 944-7919 [email protected] Eleanor.renwick@signatureflight.com Newsletter Your application/s will be sent Treasurer Christie Boeder 952 593-5544 out right away! Jeff Bluhm [email protected] 6767 Marsh Ridge Ct. Shop Relations Eden Prairie, MN 55346 Andrew Busche 612 824-3547 Address Changes: 952 975-5931 (h) [email protected] 612 371-1148 (w) Rules Name: __________________ [email protected] Bruce Boeder, Chair 952 593-5544 Advertising [email protected] Old: ____________________ John Ballard Bret Bailey 952.240.4782 (cell) [email protected] [email protected] ________________________ Ambassador to New Members Harvey Robideau 952 361 4872 Ed Vazquez 952 934 5093 [email protected] ________________________ [email protected] Chuck Porter 952 348-8150 Autocross & Time Trial Rally ________________________ Bob Viau 651 777-6924 Lon & Lorry Tusler 763 383-1798 [email protected] [email protected] BIR Relations Social Roger Johnson 763 557-9578 Bill Berard 952 921-4955 x1 New: ___________________ [email protected] [email protected] Board of Directors Safety ________________________ Ron Smith 952 928-8109 Jim Breakey 612 209-1508 [email protected] [email protected] ________________________ Mark Skweres 651 454-6208 Bob Barker 952 949-0140, x312 [email protected] [email protected] ________________________ Scott Anderst 651 261-0831 Taste of the Track [email protected] Pam Viau 651 777-6924 Send to: Concours [email protected] Steve Sherf Chris Harbron 651 882-0475 Timing and Scoring 2675 Pheasant Rd [email protected] Ed Tripet 952 471-0065 Club Race Chairperson [email protected] Excelsior, Mn. 55331 Roger Johnson 763 557-9578 [email protected] Zone 10 Rep John Phillips Dealer Relations Roger Johnson 763 557-9578 1507 S. 174th Circle Reminder:Annual Dues are: [email protected] Omaha, NE 68130 $20 for January to December Driver Education 402 333-7245 Phil White 612 667-1773 (wk) [email protected] [email protected] Check your mailing label Road America DE for your expiration date!!!!! Dave Anderson 763 479-8231 [email protected] Addresses available upon request for Send Steve your address/phone chairperson/s or Board members. number changes!! Call Christie Boeder 952 593-5544. 4 NORD STERN DECEMBER 2005 From the Editor. Christie Boeder nother year come and gone with the blink of an eye - or at men’s fashions who let it be known he had brought WAY TOO Aleast it seems that way to me and I bet to many of you also. MANY clothes! It’s been an event-packed year with another year also filled with Lastly, the calendar has all the Driver Education dates for 2006 events just around the corner! This issue features numerous calendar courtesy Roger Johnson (and no, it’s not a misprint there is NO updates. Our annual Holiday Dinner Party is scheduled with a mid-June event, we were not given a weekend in June by BIR), featured speaker. Rick LeVerdiere has done an outstanding job of the autocross dates, Road America, tentative Blackhawk dates, procuring former Astronaut Col. Curt Brown. Read all about him North Shore Fall Color Tour plus several events of interest which on page 10. I think you will agree this looks to be an extremely are sponsored by other car clubs. More dates will be added as the interesting presentation. Something a bit different from the retired year goes on but those are some major dates and you can get them race car drivers (not that we have not had some VERY entertaining on your calendar now! presentations in the past - those of you who heard David Hobbs a So if you are an eventmaster for anything this upcoming year few years ago would agree . .). But, how often do any of us get please remember to get me your dates/times/location as soon as to hear or meet an astronaut! you can. The newsletter is like retail, I work a couple of months All the winter tech sessions are on the calendar, thanks to ‘out’ and the sooner I get info, the better our communication is. Andy Busche. They look fun, too, and we know how it gets in the ClubTalk e-mails work great but not all members are subscribed. dead of winter around here with cars safely tucked away for our Hopefully our website will be more timely this year, so stayed notorious winter months! Although I do have to comment about tuned for that! recent coverage of two celebrities in town who came expecting Meanwhile, our very best wishes for the holidays and the subzero (in November, goes to show you how skewed perceptions coming New Year! are about our fair state!) and were delightfully surprised - one Upcoming Next month: All the committee chair updates! 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