The official publication of the San Diego Region Porsche Club of America June 2012

Performance Driving School + Chuckwalla Weekend

Features

10 Performance Driving School

18 The “TTM” Rally 23 History of 944 GTR Inside On the Cover 02 Board of Directors, Witness Staff 03 Committees

The official publication of the San Diego Region Porsche Club of America 04 From The Hot Seat June 2012 06 Guide to Concours Prep 08 Auto Museum Report 15 Porsche at the ALMS 28 Scenes from Chuckwalla Time Trial 37 Membership Report 38 Classified Ads 44 Advertising Index, Rates, Policy

Performance Driving School + Chuckwalla Weekend

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2 Windblown Witness June 2012 3 From the Hot Seat Events: June - July 2012 By Greg Phillips no ABS. In this group, we practiced threshold braking President to stop as quickly as possible without locking up the wheels and losing steering capability. June 2012 16 Saturday 21 Saturday Not that anyone is keeping track, but June The other exercises included a mini-autocross, The Day Before Father’s SDR Concours Prep School is the half-way point for slalom and the early/late apex exercise. As students 03 Sunday Day Tour 8:30–1:00 p.m. my presidency. At times rotated through the different stations, they worked it seems to be flying by on different skills of performance driving and learned Car Show at Village Walk 8:30 a.m. Meet at Porsche of San Diego , TC’s Garage, 1315 Hot Springs Way, #105, and at other times it more and more about the capabilities of their cars. 9020 Miramar Road, San Diego, 92126 Vista, 92081 seems to be crawling 4:00 p.m. forward. I think it depends on how much fun I am At the end of a long day on Saturday, the autocross See article on page 6 Show your Porsche and visit with other 2 to 2.5 hour tour, ending Wynola (out- having at the different events and meetings. Okay, team worked even later to get the Sunday track set members side of Julian) for a BBQ Lunch ($15) maybe the events are fun and the meetings not as and safety checked. They also invited the instructors and Wine Tasting. much. It is good to be invited to different members who still had some stamina (that did not include me) 878 Eastlake Parkway, Chula Vista, 22 Sunday homes each month, most recently Mark & Katie to drive it through the evening. Arrangements had CA2750 Dewey Road #104, San Diego Kinninger’s, but the meetings are not as much fun as been made for the lights to be turned on, allowing the SDR Swap Meet the events. driving to continue into the night. It went so well that 20 Wednesday the autocross team (okay, at least Jerry Bumpus) is 8:00–3:00 p.m. The events this month started out with the considering a Friday evening autocross this summer. 06 Wednesday Tech Session Chambers Motorsports, 2205 Faraday spring Performance Driving School. Thanks to 6:00 p.m. the CDIs — Sean Molloy, Larry Bevins and Adam Sunday was a full day of autocross, with students and Monthly Meeting Avenue, Carlsbad, 92008

Gill — and a large cast of instructors and other instructors working to integrate knowledge from the 6:00 p.m. Meeti