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November 2014 arpca.com Porshe EyetiqueFin_Eyetique 10/29/14 12:31 AM Page 1 3 5 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y N o v . 2 8 t h t hru D e c . 3 1 s t We Proudly Accept or Honor : EYEMED • DAVIS VISION • HIGHMARK NVA • UPMC VISION ADVANTAGE • VBA • VSP and many more... Combine your FLEX DOLLARS With the Sale Call or Schedule Your EYE EXAM Online Squirrel Hill • Wilkins Township • Wexford Plaza • South Hills Village SouthSides Works • Mall at Robinson • Shadyside • Norman Childs by Eyetique Uptown Pittsburgh • Cranberry Township • McMurray • Sewickley • Woodmere,OH 800.422.5320 eyetique.com see store for details Porshe EyetiqueFin_Eyetique 10/29/14 12:31 AM Page 1 3 5 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y N o v . 2 8 t h t hru D e c . 3 1 s t We Proudly Accept or Honor : EYEMED • DAVIS VISION • HIGHMARK NVA • UPMC VISION ADVANTAGE • VBA • VSP and many more... Combine your FLEX DOLLARS With the Sale Call or Schedule Your EYE EXAM Online Squirrel Hill • Wilkins Township • Wexford Plaza • South Hills Village SouthSides Works • Mall at Robinson • Shadyside • Norman Childs by Eyetique Uptown Pittsburgh • Cranberry Township • McMurray • Sewickley • Woodmere,OH 800.422.5320 eyetique.com see store for details arpca.com Rundschau • November 2014 \\ 1 FEATURES 8 Seven Springs Sporting Clay Interim Editors Recap of October’s Event Rob Hoffman and Scott Ishler [email protected] 10 ARPCA’s Dave Montgomery Winner SCCA Solo National F Prepared Champoinship Layout, Rob Hoffman 11 Driving Tips... and Porsche Touring Crew 412-889-3495 ARPCA Gives Driving Tips.... PTC Visits Sharp Edge [email protected] 14 Greensburg/Jeanette Autocross Commercial Advertising Rates Final Autocross of 2014 and Specifications are available by contacting the Advertising 16 Grand Coucours at Station Square Chairman, Paul Nickoloff Annual People’s Choice at the Station Square 724-454-0180 [email protected] 22 2015 Officer Nominations ARPCA Officer Elections for 2015 DEPARTMENTS 3 Ghute Fahrt 19 Membership 6 Shotgun 20 What You Missed 7 Monkey Business 24 The Mart - On The Cover ARPCA Classifieds 12 Calendar of Events Greensburg/Jeanette Autocross Photo - Melissa Hoffman 18 Around The Zone CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Classified ads are free to PCA members. Ads may be subject to editing and abbreviations to fit available space. Ads will run for three issues unless renewed or a notification of sale is received. Submit ads directly to the editor via mail or email. SUBMISSIONS The editor encourages club members to submit tips, technical information, favorite Porsche experiences, amusing ramblings, graphics, and photos. Please send submissions via mail or email to the editor. All items must be received by the 15th of the month prior to publication. Rundschau is the official publication of Allegheny Region of the Porsche Club of America (PCA) and is published monthly at 120 Surrey Drive Delmont, PA 15626. Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the position of Allegheny Region, PCA, its officers or members. The editor reserves the right to edit or omit any materials submitted for publication. Copyright Permission to reprint any material herein is granted to any PCA region provided full credit is given to Allegheny Region and the author(s) and provided copyright is not involved. All photographs and artwork are copyright of the respective photographers or artists. PORSCHE, the Porsche Crest, CARRERA, and TARGA are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. Postmaster: Send address changes to: Terri Mattock, ARPCA Membership Chair 703 Chelsea Drive Imperial PA, 15126 Copyright 2014 Allegheny Region PCA www.arpca.com 2 // Rundschau • November 2014 arpca.com Region Management ARPCA Officers ute President Secretary G George Patterson Scott Mores 412-741-0316 412-855-6659 [email protected] [email protected] ahrt F Vice President Treasurer by George Patterson, ARPCA President Scott “The Ish” Ishler Beth Core 412-818-4900 412-860-1688 The crisp Fall air of November is here my [email protected] [email protected] friends. Beautiful drives in your P-Car while Past-President and Mother Nature puts on a colorful show are in Club Historian Ken Jeremiah order. Some of you will be putting your friends 724-935-5559 away for a long winter’s nap. Others of you Carrera2s@consolidated. net will be pushing for that extended dance remix of driving season and hold out until the bitter Committees [cold] end! I have to tell you about a late season Advertising Interim Newsletter Editors Paul Nickoloff Rob Hoffman event I just attended last month… 724-454-0180 412-889-3495 [email protected] It was a dark and stormy morning… The Scott Isher Autocross/IRAC 412-818-4900 Greensburg / Jeanette airport was slick with Rob Hoffman [email protected] 412-889-3495 [email protected] morning dew + some early showers. The [email protected] PVGP grey clouds overhead mocked us as they spat Communications Ed Rice Earl Seiler 412-328-4740 freezing rain. A family of turkeys was taking 412-823-4959 [email protected] a course walk among orange pylons… The [email protected] Social Coordinator 3rd ARPCA AutoCross was about to begin. Concours Lisa Malobicky Brian Strohmeier 412-965-6518 Unlike our NASCAR bretheren, we run in 412-877-4951 [email protected] [email protected] the rain Buddy... The usual suspects [Trevor, Touring Chief Instructor Jason Monyok Rob, Smores etc.] had set up a unique 2-way John Schrenker 724-433-1832 412-398-4511 [email protected] course along the runway and routing ramps. I [email protected] need to take a quick sidebar here… I haven’t Co-Track Chair Dealer Relations Tim Hronek run a full AutoX in almost 15 years. I’ve been Paul Nickoloff 412-716-7861 724-454-0180 [email protected] spending my performance driving time on the [email protected] Co-Track Chair track, driving and instructing. But with the Goodie Store Drake Core Rob & Melissa Hoffman 412-860-0330 weather getting colder, I thought it would be 412-889-3495 [email protected] [email protected] fun to try my hand at an AutoX. I was once Webmaster fairly proficient. I instruct on some of the best Membership Michael Skowvron Terri Mattock 412-901-8102 tracks in the nation, so it should be an easy 724-244-3653 [email protected] [email protected] transition… That notion went out the window Zone 4 Rep Michael Soriano with my first 2 runs during which I went off 419-843-2070 [email protected] course while trying to create a turn that didn’t exist… So for my 3rd run, I clocked 74 seconds with no pylons hit. Not bad. Except that the fast people were running 64’s… By my final Get the most up to date information run, I was down to a 67… Not terrible except at www.arpca.com or “like” us on facebook: Allegheny Region Porsche that my ego was calling me several non- Club of America ARPCA. You can also watch club videos on our YouTube page: AlleghenyRegionPCA arpca.com Rundschau • November 2014 \\ 3 complimentary names… So what to learn at the time of purchase and that you’ve not from this experience? First, AutoCross is really touched since… Donate these items and fun. Second, it takes a special skill set to be watch them get auctioned away for huge good [throw talent and reckless abandon into sums of money. After all, as any 7-year old will a NINJA blender and turn on high]. Third, I tell you, other people’s stuff is far better than need to go back in the Spring to shut up my your own… It’s impressive to see what the ego. Hope to see YOU there… It’s truly a dark corners of closets can provide. And the delight to be a newbie and learn a new way to newer members of the club can quickly add enjoy my car… to their Porsche Stuff collection… After the Need you to pull out your calendars right event, there will be live music all night long. now. I’ll wait… OK, mark down December Rumor has it that a very slick 80’s cover band, 6th for our ARPCA Holiday Party. Tony Sciullo Ferris Bueller’s Revenge, will be playing. AND has secured a room at Jergel’s for our event because we start our party before the band and it’ll be one to remember. The venue is goes on, we pay no cover charge. Woo Hoo!!! fantastic and we have a separate room for So I’m thinking that an 80’s holiday party outfit our event. There will be heavy hors d’orvres just might be in order… Check out ARPCA. and the requisite bar. We’ll have our annual com for more details and to sign up. ‘Clean out your Porsche Stuff’ auction, which October was busy. We had our Grand benefits charity. In case you don’t know what Concourse event on the 4th despite this is, I’ll be happy to explain. Look around challenging weather [thank you John & Lisa]. your house, office, garage or car. Locate that Our club meeting was on the 9th at Window Porsche item [t-shirt, model car, event give- Systems [thank you Beth & Drake]. We had away, poster etc.] that you absolutely needed an Instructor Strategy meeting on the 11th Fast Service! Great Quality! Awesome Pricing! Commercial Printing Direct Mail Variable Data/Digital Printing Copy/Scanning Design info@ fotorecord.com • www.fotorecord.com • 724-837-0530 4 // Rundschau • November 2014 arpca.com [thanks John and all attendees] and a Club • Lots of rumors whirling around that 2015 Event meeting on the 12th [thanks to all a group of ARPCAers will be heading attendees].