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Circle Porsche 1.800.675.2472 1850 Outer Traffic Circle Long Beach, CA 90815 www.CirclePorsche.com 9am-7pm 9am-6pm September 09 Contents 2009 GPX Board of Directors & Chairs President - Skip Carter Advertising 3 GPX Board of Directors & Chairs Chuck Weaver 4 On the Cover 619.992.9927 562.430.3010 Editorial License [email protected] [email protected] 5 Calendar Chief Driving Instructor 6 Monterey Car Week — It Doesn't Get Better Mike Mulligan 8 Partial List of Activities at 2009 Monterey 760.672.9175 10 Saving the Best for Last [email protected] 12 Oct 5 GPX Day Away from Work Vice President - Rick Mills Drivers Ed/Autocross at Streets of Willow Circuit Distribution (323) 791-8342 Albert Franco 13 Sep 26 GPX Oktoberfest BBQ - Long Beach [email protected] 310.379.8987 14 Oct 23-25 GPX WInery Tour to California [email protected] 15 Central Coast & Avila Beach Concours More Monterey Pics Concours Dal & Spencer Lee 16 GPX Santa Paula Sunday ad, Nov 1 310.291.4637 17 The Ventura Show, Oct 3-4 [email protected] 18 Aug 1 Breakfast Club Report Treasurer - Barbara Gillam 20 Monterey Historics Sep 19 Video/Pizza Party (213) 507-9936 Driving Events vacant Drive Your Porsche Day, Sep 20 [email protected] 21 But for the Love of Learning Goodie Store 22 Member Profile — Patricia Geary Johnson De Jur 24 Pareto Point's Top Dog V 323.697.0565 Sep 5 Arredondo Motorsports BBQ/Open House [email protected] 26 Featured Advertiser: Polly's Coffee Secretary - Suesan Way Insurance/Tech Sessions 28 Book Reviews: Porsche Moments 619.992.4287 Ron Shanon 30 GPX Membership Report & Anniversaries [email protected] 310.375.9840 32 August 1 Minutes of the Board [email protected] 33 GPX Goodie Store Merchandising 34 Cleaning Your Engine — Part 1 Stephen Krupnick 36 Classified Ads [email protected] 38 The Ventura Show, Oct 3-4 949.510.5272 Activities - Marty Goldsmith Santa Barbara Concours, Oct 11 (562) 494-6350 Santa Barbara Detailing Clinic, Sep 12 Registrar [email protected] Suesan Way San Diego Region DE at Coronado, Sep 24 619.992.4287 39 Breakfast Club Meeting at Frisco's [email protected] Index to Advertisers Commercial Ad Rates Social Hazel Hofsess 310.971.0567 Membership - Peter Ross [email protected] 310.608.9743 [email protected] Tech Inspection Richard Clewett 310.406.8788 [email protected] Tech Inspection co-chair Greg Schill Editor - Skip Carter [email protected] 619.992.9927 (310) 245-7130 Web sites [email protected] Timing GPX www.GrandPrixRegion.com Carlos Chang Zone 8 zone8.org (310) 647-3211 PCA National Pca.org Zone 8 Representative [email protected] PCNA us.Porsche.com/national Michael Dolphin Tours Porsche AG Porsche.com (213) 248-4743 Marty Goldsmith [email protected] 562.494.6350 Don't forget to visit the Grand Prix Region [email protected] Web site at: www.GrandPrix.Region.com Webmaster Jimmie Mitchell Macson Printing & Lithography, Glendale, CA 310.539.2568 [email protected] EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify membership chair, Peter Ross, of any address or membership status changes: Peter Ross, PO Box 11391, Carson, CA 90746 310.608.9743. Also notify PCA National, PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA 22150. 3 The Circuit ...and a word or two from the President's seat — Skip Carter Tech Inspection Team. Several of you volunteer for Tech at our Day Away events, but we want to If there is one sure sign that the Grand Prix Region tighten up the procedure and make sure our team is is doing well, it's the fact that the newsletter just doing a good job. Please contact Greg to pitch in and grew by 8 pages, or that 50-70 GPX members were help: [email protected] or (310) 245-7130. in Monterey last month for the Historics, or we've topped 100 at a recent Breakfast Club meeting. Then We have three new advertisers this month. there's the record number of events we're producing. LA Dismantlers in Sun Valley is owned by Sara and Todd Darkamen. They have two websites: We have also purchased a large LCD display for our http://911pcar.com and their newer site: http:// Timing System. So, at our October 5 Day Away from ladismantler.com. Evidently these folks are Porsche Work Drivers Ed/Autocross at Streets of Willow, nuts as well, and their business has made the drivers will now see their times as they exit the track. L.A.Times more than once. (818) POR-SCHE (767- 7243) [email protected] Speaking of Timing... We could use one or two more volunteers to help with timing. Contact Marty Our second new advertiser is a GPX member, Adan Goldsmith for information ([email protected]). Reinosa. Pareto Point Industries is marketing Richard Clewett & Greg Schill are also working on the TopDog V, an easy to install oil bypass filtering system. See the information on page 24. On the Cover... Our third advertiser is our fabulous printing company, Macson Printing & Lithography (page 27). We That there were more Grand Prix Region members on the Monterey Peninsula last month than have ever been to an ceretainly appreciate the improved quality of The event outside of Los Angeles! One of them was Roy Lock Circuit. Thank you Doug McLean and Rick Mills. and his posse. Roy manged to get a ride up the cherry picker Thursday afternoon at Laguna Seca to take his own version of The Event Photo. What fun we had in Monterey. So much, that we've come up with a GPX Monterey Historics Video - Pizza Besides photos, the posse also got an event poster, Party. European Collectibles in Costa Mesa is hosting then spent four days seeking out famous drivers for their signatures. The poster was then presented to GPX to use in the event. There will be free pizza and water. If you our Holiday Party's Silent Auction for ASUDEC. want something else to drink, bring it. We'll have an outstanding collection of photos and video. It's set for Saturday, September 19, and starts at 5pm. The very next day is "Drive Your 356 Day." We've put together a wonderful Fun Tour of the Palos Verdes Peninsula to celebrate Dr. Ferry Porsche's 100 Birthday. Jeff Trask is the person to RSVP and for more info: [email protected] or 949-697-4499. And don't forget The Ventura Show on October 3-4. You can have two days of Porsche fun in Ventura, then just a short drive to Streets of Willow on Monday for our Day Away from Work Drivers Ed / Autocross. Too much fun!!!!! Sleazy Dog Construction 4 September 09 November Calendar 1 Sun Daylight Savings ends 1 Sun GPX Tour to Santa Paula Airport September 7 Sat Grand Prix Region 912 Registry Breakfast 3 1875, Ferdinand Porsche born in Maffersdorf Club at Frisco's in Long Beach 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 7 Sat 1pm- Benton Performance BBQ & 5 Sat GPX Tech Session at Accutrack, 1pm 912 Tech Session, La Habra 4-6 F-Sun ALMS Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 7 Sat Arizona Region Concours 7 Mon Labor Day 8 Sun Arizona Region Autocross 11-13 F-Sun F1, Italian Grand Prix, Monza 11 Wed Veterans Day 12 Sat GPX Arredondo Motorsports 14 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting Open House & BBQ — 1pm 21 Sat Cal Inland Region Concours 12 Sat Santa Barbara Region Detail Clinic (pg 36) 26 Thu Thanksgiving 13 Sun Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance 27 Fri Eid al-Adha 19 1909, 100th Birthday Ferry (Anton Ernest) Porsche 19 Sat Santa Barbara Region Autocross December 19 Sat Rosh Hashanah 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 19 Sat GPX Monterey Historics Video/Pizza Party 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 5pm at European Collectibles (pg 20) 5 Sat Grand Prix Region Holiday Party & 20 Sun Drive Your Porsche Day (page 20) Installation Dinner at Fricos 20 Sun Eid ul Fitr 12 Sat Hanukkah begins 24 Thu San Diego Region DE at Coronado (pg 36) 18 Fri Islamic New Year 25-27 F-Sun F1, Grand Prix of Singapore 22 Tue Annual Drive Your 356 Day 23-26 W-Sat ALMS, Road Atlanta 25 Fri Christmas 26 Sat Grand Prix Region Oktoberfest Party 26 Sat Kwanzaa begins 1-5pm (flyer on page 13) 27 Sun Ashura 26 Sat San Gabriel Valley Region Rally 28 Mon Yom Kippur January 1 Fri New Years Day October 2 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 3 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 16 Sat Zone 8 President Meeting & Awards Banquet 3 Sat Sukkot 18 Mon Martin Luther King Jr Day 2-4 F-Sun F1, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka 3-4 S-Sun Porsche Club Escape, Dayton, Ohio 3-4 S-Sun German Autofest / Ventura Show (pg 17) 3 Sat Golden Empire Region Concours/Rally 4 Sun Golden Empire Region Autocross 5 Mon GPX Day