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THE June 2020 CircuitA publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America The Circuit June 2020 GRAND PRIX REGION & 16-19 W-Sat PCA Treffen, The Greenbrier, GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS 19 Sat CCCR Zone 8 Autocross, Santa Maria Airport CONTENTS White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR President Advertising Chair - OPEN POSITION 18-20 F-Sun PCA Club Race Summit Point Motorsports Park Connie Somers 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar 19 Sat Rosh Hashana (949) 439-9266 CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver [email protected] (562) 430-3010 3 Masthead page: Table of Contents NOTE: 19-20S-Sun 24 Hours of Le Mans [email protected] Please note. Most of the calendar events listed are 19-20 S-Sun PCA Club Race High Plains Raceway Board of Directors & Chairs 19-20 S-Sun SDR DE/TT Willow Springs Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett either cancelled or on hold. Please verify before attempting [email protected] (909) 518-0415 4 From The President's Desk (Doc Pryor) 20 Sun F1 Singapore Vice President to participate with any of them 5 From the President's Desk (Connie Somers) 26-27 F-Sun PCA Club Race Thunderhill Raceway Skip Carter Circuit Editor- Skip Carter Social Media Links 27 Sun F1 Russia (619) 992-9927 [email protected] (619) 992-9927 June 28 Mon Yom Kippur [email protected] 6 Editorial License 6 Sat CCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi 6-7 S-Sun PCA Club Race Utah Motorsports Campus 7 Message from our Zone 8 Representative October [email protected] (626) 869-7471 6 Sat Steve McQueen Car Show at Boy's Republic Secretary 8 PCA National Making a Difference flyer 3-4 S-Sun PCA Club Race Hallett Motor Racing Circuit 7 Sun F1 Azerbaijan Alan Johnson Concours - Linda Cobarrubias 9 Porsche Kids and their Electric Cars 10 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 1 1 Sat CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport (562) 305-8002 [email protected] (310) 990-0993 10 PCA National Account Up to Date flyer 10 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 13 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill [email protected] 11 PCA National Add a Co Member flyer 13 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 10-11 S-Sun GGR PCA Club Race w/NASA, Sonoma Raceway Consiglieri - Marty Goldsmith 13-14S-Sun 24 Hours of Le Mans (rescheduled Sep 19-20) 1 1 Sun F1 Japan [email protected] (562) 494-6350 12 PCA National on YouTube flyer 14 Sun F1 Canada 12 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX Treasurer 13 GPX Photo Project 12 Mon Columbus Day GPX Store Chair - Alicia Weaver 19-21 F-Sun PCA Club Race VIRginia International Raceway Linda Cobarrubias 14 Photo Collage by Charlie Carchedi (310) 990-0993 [email protected] (562) 726-5200 21 Sun Father's Day 16 Fri CCCR DE, Willow Springs MS993@ 22 Jeff Zwart 21-27 Su-Sat PCA Porsche Parade, Palm Springs 17-18 S-Sun PCA Club Race Motorsport Ranch Insurance - Ron Shanon cobarrubiasbookkeeping..com 25 GPX Concours flyer (cancelled) 25-28 Th-Sun Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 17-18 S-Sun SDR DE/TT, Chuckwalla [email protected] (310) 375-9840 28 Sun F1 France 24-25 S-Sun PCA Club Race Sonoma Raceway 26 Nick Perdikaris GPX Safety Chair TBD F-Sun PCA Club Race Daytona International Speedway Membership - Patty Reilly 28 What to Read 25 Sun F1 United States Member at Large [email protected] (714) 402-2405 July Charlie Carchedi 30 West Coast Series flyer 31 Sat Halloween 3-4 F-Sat Independence Day Observed and Actual (626) 869-7471 Performance Driving Events - Skip Carter Porsche Le Mans Wins Headline TBD GPX Tour Orange Empire Railroad Museum [email protected] [email protected] (619) 992-9927 32 GPX Kids 5 Sun F1 Austria November 10-12 F-Sun PCA Club Race Monticello Motor Club 1 Sun Daylight Savings Ends Registration - Suesan Way Carter GPX Name Badge Order Form 1 Sun F1 Mexico City [email protected] (619) 992-4287 GPX Open Chair Positions 1 1 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Member at Large 1 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 3 Tue Election Day 34 June Membership Report 7 Sat CCCR Autocross, Santa Maria Airport Jimmie Mitchell Safety - Nick Perdikaris 18 Sat GPX Lyons Air Museum Tour (310) 539-2568 36 Circuit Covers from the Past 11 Wed Veterans Day [email protected] (310) 901-8154 19 Sun F1 Great Britian [email protected] 14 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 39 GPX Photos from the Past 25 Sat GPX Mt. Wilson 60-inch Telescope Viewing Social Events- 40 Classified Ads 25-26 S-Sun PCA Club Race Brainerd International Raceway 14 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro 15 Sun F1 Brazil 41 Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the Critics 31-2 F-Sun PCA Club Race Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Member at Large [email protected] (626) 705-8686 20 Fri L.A. Auto Show PCA Clubs Preview [email protected] (323) 633-7915 42 Cone Zone Calendar 20-29 L.A. Auto Show August VACANT On the Cover 21-22 S-Sun TENATIVE DATE Tech Tactics West Social Media - John Kunkle 2 Sun F1 Hungary 24 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting [email protected] (562) 552-0960 43 Index of Advertiser 8 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 28 Thu Thanksgiving Breakfast Club Meeting Notice 8 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Sponsorship - Suesan Way Carter 29 Sun F1 Abudhabi 7-16 Fri- Monterey Car Week [email protected] (619) 992-4287 Commercial Advertising Rates unknown SDR DE/TT Buttonwillow (tenative) Past President 14 Fri Werks Reunion, Monterey Jeff Peck TBD GPX Tour Columbia Memorial Space Center to (310) 345-8081 Tech Inspection - OPEN POSITION INFORMATION Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University December [email protected] GPX GrandPrixRegion.com 11-18 Fri Chanukah Technical Adviser - Michael Dolphin Zone8.org 8-9 S-Sun Monterey Pre-Reunion [email protected] (213) 248-4743 Zone 8 12 Wed PCA National Office Open House 12 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill PCA National PCA.org 12 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 13-16 Th-Sun Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE Tours - Alan Johnson PCNA US.Porsche.com/national 12 Sat GPX Holiday Party, 14-16 F-Sun PCA Club Race New Jersey Motorsports Park [email protected] (562) 305-8002 Porsche AG Porsche.com LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB 16 Sun 70th Pebble Beach Concours Jeff Peck GPX Landing Page on MotorsportReg: 29-30 S-Sun GGR PCA Club Race w/NASA, Sonoma Raceway 25 Fri Christmas (310) 345-8081 Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell [email protected] (310) 539-2568 http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com 30 Sun F1 Belgium 26 Sat Kwanzaa (first day) [email protected] 31 Thu New Year's Eve September EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the TBD GPX Tour Angeles Crest Highway PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and 5-7 F-Sun PCA Club Race Road America are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit 6 Sun F1 Italy all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full 7 Mon Labor Day credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. 12 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 12 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 6400, Columbia, MD 13 Sun GPX Concours at Lakewood Country Club 21045 or [email protected] or 410.381.0911 ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes. 2 3 The Circuit June 2020 From The President's Desk From The President's Desk Date: May 29, 2020 f there is one thing you can be sure of, it’s change! As a eryone saying: “The VP job To: Board Members of the Grand Prix Region of PCA Country and Club we have undergone tremendous change is easy!” I thank the Board From: Ellsworth “Doc” Pryor, MD understandingly unpopular, is prev- Iin 2020. We are all missing things we took for granted a for their confidence and am elent. It’s reported that survey study currently indicates that few months ago. These are difficult times. We are heartbroken excited to be your new GPX- As I sit here today, almost 6 million people worldwide have even if and when an effective vaccine is available, only ap- by all the events of the past few months and most recently the PCA President. contracted the COVID 19 virus, with almost 400,000 deaths. proximately 51% of individuals would seek the vaccine. Life is last week. We are all blessed to own our beautiful Porsches but, Congratulations to Skip In the United States alone there been almost 2 million cases, not likey to return to, the old, normal ever!! more importantly, to be surrounded by such a diverse genuine Carter for stepping up to fill the the Vice President position. with over 101,000 deaths. Areas of increasing activity include Though not currently on the front line, I have been in- group of people in Grand Prix Region. In addition, a nominating committee has been formed to fill the state of California, and multiple other states in the south- volved/directing hospital infection control and the practice Skip’s Member at Large spot.