BentPylon April 2019 Ohio Valley Region | Porsche Club of America BentPylon 3 BentPylon EVENTS Fred and Ruth Zacharias, Editors 2019 OVR Events The Bent Pylon is a publication of the Ohio OVR MONTHLY MEETING Valley Region, Porsche Club of America, Monthly Board Meeting / Member Social 2nd Tuesday of the Month 6-8:00 pm published at 6380 Blackheath Circle, Ma- Firehouse Grill/Blue Ash - registration NOT required son, OH 45040 and printed by American (No meeting in November or December) Printing. Permission to reprint any material published is granted providing full credit ANNUAL DINNER MEETING • November 2019 / Date TBA is given to Bent Pylon and the author and providing there is no copyright involved. SOCIAL • Annual Wine Tasting / Friday May 10, 2019 Little Red Schoolhouse, Indian Hill The Bent Pylon accepts articles sub- mitted for publication. 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August 23-24, 2019 • Rallye Porsche Milford Tour (RPM) September / Date TBA AUTOCROSS Cover Photo • Saturday May 4 • Saturday July 27 photo by: Javier Santiago • Saturday September 7 Kentucky Speedway PCA 2019 PARADE • July 21 - 27, 2019 OVRPCA.org Boca Raton, FL facebook.com/ovrpca IMSA RACE instagram.com/ovrpca • May 3-5, 2019 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course For Event Details Visit: ovrpca.org All OVR/PCA Event Registration: www.ClubRegistration.net Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America photo Javier Santiago BentPylon Ohio Valley Region 5 Porsche Club of America Chief Instructors Safety Blow OVR Board of Directors Dale Timmester Tim Flora 513.858.3099 765.418.4769 President [email protected] [email protected] Off Bill Altvater Bill Altvater, Gary Nichols 937.271.9382 Social Media 513.378.4010 President [email protected] Jack Schultz [email protected] illustration, Roger Warrick [email protected] Vice President Club Race Steve Schultz Rich Rosenberg Technical 513.317.6128 I attended three Zone 4 meetings between 513.530.9090 Rich Rosenberg [email protected] [email protected] 513.530.9090 [email protected] the February and March board meetings. Secretary Bill Altvater Andi Altvater 937.371.9382 Webmaster I found all three very interesting and 937.271.9383 [email protected] Arizona Stafford [email protected] 513.236.6347 informative. I thought I would share bits Concours [email protected] Treasurer Trevor Barber and pieces from each meeting with you. 513 238 5922 (c) Drivers’ Education Kara King [email protected] 937.559.2928 Spring Event [email protected] Historians Dick Weiss Fall Event PCA Zone 4 Presidents Meeting. There are 12 Zone 4 DE Spring Planning. This meeting in PCA Zone 4 DE Instructor Refresher Seminar. 513.232.0485 Jeff Woodard regions within Zone 4: Allegheny, Central Indiana, large part was about rules, rule changes, safety and We had a presentation about the legal aspects of OVR Committee Chairs [email protected] 513.886.7575 [email protected] Eastern Buckeye, Maumee Valley, Michiana, Mid- statistics. I may have been the only president in HPDE which helped to get us all on the same Brent Fagan Ohio, Motor Stadt, Northern Ohio, Rally Sport, attendance as the meeting was mainly attended page. It’s important that we do everything right. Past President 812.369.2260 DE Event Registrar [email protected] Dennis Okin Dennis Okin Southeastern Michigan, Western Michigan and by the chief driving instructors. As the meeting Whenever we’re doing a tour, HPDE or tech [email protected] Membership 513.300.5076 of course, Ohio Valley. Ohio Valley is the largest was the day after the Zone 4 presidents meeting, session where cars are on lifts, we must have a Jon Parker [email protected] Members at Large region in Zone 4 with about 30% more members it made a lot of sense for me to hang around and signed wavier as well as wristbands on every 859.240.8820 Mike Valentine [email protected] than the second-largest region. We have had a 13% participate. Two things really caught my attention: participant. The wristband signifies that a waiver [email protected] Porsche Club of America membership growth from 2017 to 2018 which was one HPDE’s are quite safe. There are very few has been signed. Newsletter Rick Gilhart the highest percentage growth within the zone. serious instances in PCA. Many of you have heard 513.225.6564 Fred & Ruth Zacharias National Executive Director [email protected] [email protected] Vu Nguyen me say that the most important part of the Porsche Porsche was 2 for 2 at the Sebring World P.O. Box 6400 Columbia, MD 21045 I never knew that Porsche has a Juniors Program. Club of America is our ability to get insurance for Endurance Championship winning both LM GTE Autocross Public Relations Position Open 410.381.0911 Children and grandchildren up to the age of 18 our events. Our rates are very low and that is in PRO as well as LM GT AM. They beat the likes Bill Kief [email protected] [email protected] can have a Porsche membership. To find out large part because of the safety record that we have of Ford GT40s, Ferraris, Corvettes, BMWs and Rally/Tours Jeff Renner Chris Jacobs Zone 4 Representative more, go to: https://www.pca.org/pca-juniors. in our club. That said, it appears Zone 4 is quite Aston Martins. [email protected] [email protected] Lori Schutz PCA Juniors will receive a welcome package racy compared to other zones. Of 14 zones, we’re Bill 2955 Lansdowne Road David Mccarty Waterford, MI 48329 that includes an age-appropriate gift and a PCA doing almost 20% of the high-performance Driver [email protected] 927.890.7405 Juniors ID badge. Education. Don’t forget to sign up for the June [email protected] HPDE on ClubRegistration.net. Ohio Valley Region Porsche Club of America 6 BentPylon BentPylon 7 IBoard Minutes March 2019 How To Register For OVR Events Andi Altvater, Secretary Board Minutes – March 12, 2019 Secretary Report: no report. Rally / Tour: Ohio Valley Region uses the www. • Profile: This is where you enter your • General Search: Type in a keyword or John Meyer reported that a Tour will be held ClubRegistration.net website to register personal information, If you do not plan words. (Not the most accurate way to search.) Attending Officers: Steve Schultz, Vice Committee Chair Reports before the April 27th Concours. Meeting in all people for all types of events, so you will on registering for any driver education or President; Kara King, Treasurer; & Andi Milford, stopping for breakfast, touring thru definitely want to have an account on this site. autocross events you do not need to complete • Category: If you search by category you Altvater, Secretary. Advertising: open Adams County ending in New Richmond. Once you create an account, you will use it to the information under Experience. Required can filter to a specific Type of Event or Select register for autocross, driver education, rallies, fields are indicated by a red asterisk after the All and all OVR upcoming events will be Autocross: No report. Safety: tours and social events. For social events you field. When you have completed this section, displayed. Attending committee chairs: Chief Tim Flora, updates in near future. can register yourself as well as guests. For all click Update. Instructor; Co-Chief Instructor; Brent Fagan; Chief Instructor: Dale Timmester & Gary other events additional registrants will need If you know the date, this is the Historian, Autocross; Fred/Ruth Zacharias, Nichols, nothing to report at this time. Technical: • Date: Newsletter Editors, Co-Chair Rally/Tours, Rich Rosenberg reported on a Tech session to have their own account. It should not take • Vehicles: Enter the year, make, model and easiest search method.