MID–OHIO REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA August 2011 The Open Road Vintage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio 2 August 2011 Region Porsche Club of America Support Our Advertisers Contents Acceleration ................................................. BC ! e Friction Circle.............................................................5 Auto Assets ................................................. IFC !e Board................................................................................6 Autobahn Extremist .......................................29 Byers Imports...................................................4 !e Editor’s Garage....................................................................7 C.A. Gossard & Co. .......................................35 Cover Story.................................................................................8 Custom Cabs & Trailers .................................33 EPR Automotive ............................................32 Tom Stein..................................................................................10 Flat Out Apparel ............................................28 August !ird !ursday.............................................................12 Hillmann Homes ............................................32 Into the Wood ................................................35 MORPCA Driving Experience...............................................13 Kra!werks......................................................28 Market Mortage Co., LTD..............................35 Don’t Forget the Water Pump!..................................................14 Mid-Ohio School ...........................................27 Parade / Porscheplatz Information..........................................15 Peoples Savings Bank .....................................31 Richter Financial Group & Motorsports .......27 IRAC 3 Autocross.....................................................................16 Rock’s Trailer Sales .......................................26 Autocross 2011 Schedule.........................................................17 Saribalas Clinic..............................................35 Stoddard .........................................................38 September !ird !ursday......................................................18 tc kline racing .................................................30 Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV................................................19 PipercrossUSA/Southard ...............................26 TruePerformance ............................................33 Arthritis Foundation Car Show...............................................20 Porsche Returns to Le Mans.....................................................21 ADVERTISING RATES MORPCA Members Wed!.......................................................22 Annual rates. 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Material from may be reprinted (except for ads) provided proper credit is given to the author and the source. Copy is the responsibility of the advertiser Cover Photo by Bill Slone and must be correctly sized to "t ad space. 3 4 August 2011 The Friction Circle by John Brandt, President I’ve gotten to spend time with a lot of you recently. !e Vintage to slot sometime right before either the Grand Am or ALMS races were quite enjoyable. It’s great when you know so many weekends. It’s going to take some smooth maneuvering and of the personalities at the Track. Erin and I spent some of that some luck to achieve all that, but I’ll bet that Frank Todaro, who weekend helping Brian Peterson sell his “Flat Out” brand shirts is both smooth and lucky, can pull it o#. in the paddock area. Honestly, it was mostly Erin trying to sell the shirts because I was having too much fun hanging out I’m getting geared up for our upcoming events. !e ALMS with pals - it seemed like half the folks we saw walking around Porscheplatz at Mid-Ohio Saturday August 6th is always a hit. were MORPCA people who would stop by to visit. As far It’s a great shady place to cool down and visit with notables from as the racing went, something I’ve seen over time is that our the racing program. Last year we had Le Mans winner Wolf MORPCA drivers always look like they’re driving the cars a lot Henzler and others give Q&A. We voted at the board meeting more e#ectively than the competition. !ey know the nuances to issue a $100 Drivers Education coupon to anybody who signs of Mid-Ohio and "nd opportunities far more readily than up to join PCA during the Porscheplatz. We believe that we most. !ere’s a lot of local knowledge of the track and it’s really have everything to be gained by giving this, so make an extra easy to spot if you are paying attention. e#ort bring your non-PCA friends to the ALMS ‘Platz. I am going to take this one small step further...if you know someone We made our annual trip to Putnam Park in Indiana and it was whom you think would be swayed into trying a DE based on great fun as always. I forget what a challenging track Putnam the discount, get in touch with me to nominate that person. I is...It takes me a day to tone down my usual barbaric driving can probably talk the board into doing this a couple times. style and focus on being “So Smoooth”- which is what it takes Just starting to come into form is the party to mark out 45th to go fast there. !e weather cooperated…of course it was anniversary of MORPCA. Stan and Sue Crawford have o#ered hot, but we’ve seen it much hotter, and there was low humidity to host this in the fall and I know it will be a treat based on and no rain. I had a lighter than usual workload so I was able previous fun times at their house...more on that later. to ride along with several really good drivers, including our Chief Instructor, Je# West and soon-to-be instructor Shannon My family and I are heading to PA for the Pittsburgh Vintage Moore. I really enjoy going out as a passenger because I can GP this weekend ...then P2O, then ALMS. Mix in some social learn from watching, and also help drivers get even better by events and a couple of autocross days, and another DE or 3, and making observations from a di#erent set of eyes... and it’s just it makes our winter skiing seem like a nap on the couch. a thrill go out in a well driven car! We had a nice food and drink reception a$er the track went cold that was sponsored by You should know if you don’t yet that this past month came Midwestern Auto Group – THANKS, MAG! with a bitter dose of tragedy. Tom Stein, our previous newsletter editor, died as a result of a roadway accident. Tom was an !ere was a recent meeting with the National PCA Club Race accomplished, winning racer of both cars and motorcycles. He Chair Bryan Henderson, who %ew up from Texas to discuss was an all around great guy, well liked by everybody, and he ways to improve our Club Race attendance and work through will be greatly missed. Our upcoming third !ursday at the some of the points of contention that arose during the run Columbus Brewing Co. is going to be a celebration of Tom’s life. up to this year’s event. It was a positive experience and our We are also considering additional ways for MORPCA to honor meeting will set us up for an improved relationship with his memory. !ere are several pages of this issue devoted to national and turn us back toward meeting our attendance goals. Tom. Learning more about him recently, I sure wish that I had We are looking to change the date of CR so that we are not so known Tom better. close in time frame to the Watkins Glen race. 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