August 2010 1 Northlander Saturday service hours from 8AM -3PM Pre-owned inventory available ... call for details. Allocation for new 2011 Boxster Spyder available to spec. Deep cash discounts available for in stock 2009 Porsche Call Harry D. Robinson at 603.418.0299 EXT 4053 for details 2 Northlander August 2010 NORTHLANDER NORTH COUNTRY REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA Volume 33 Number 8 August 2010 Upcoming Events 5 Calendar 17 Three Rivers Run Tour Editors 31 Watkins Glen Vintage GP Tracey Levasseur 41 7th Annual Northeast Exotic Car Show 207 247 3385 44 Lime Rock Park Photography Workshop [email protected] 49 Zone 1 Autocross 50 Grand Prix of Mosport: PorschePlatz 13 David Churcher Features 603 799 4688 10 The Rolling Chicane [email protected] 12 Looking Back Advertising 13 Parade 2010 In Photographs Matt Romanowski 18 Northlander First In Class 603 674 3250 19 NCR Ice Cream Run #2 [email protected] 24 “Rose” ... A Porsche Story 26 Parade 2010 Tech Quizz Web site 27 In Memorium www.ncr-pca.org 28 July Centerfold 30 NCR Weddings 33 Canadian DE Circuit 54 BTW 19 Departments 4 Board of Directors & Committee Chairs Statement of Policy 6 President’s Message Northlander is the official publication 7 Editors’ Desk of the North Country Region (NCR), 9 Membership Porsche Club of America (PCA). Opinions expressed herein are 11 Drivers’ Ed purely those of the writer and are not 45 The Mart to be construed as an endorsement or guarantee of the product or 46 Safety services by the Board of Directors of NCR. The editor reserves the 52 Business Card Exchange right to edit all material submitted 33 for publication. Material may be On the cover reprinted by PCA Regions without Who in NCR loves a yellow Porsche? Ivy does. But you knew that. Our permission provided credit is given cover shot is Ivy’s new ride and we have extended the color theme up to the Northlander and the author. to our Northlander banner :-). The regular article and Advertising For more nice surprises from Ivy see page 30. closing date for the Northlander is the 1st of the month preceding the publication month. See page 54 for advertising rates. Photograph by David Churcher August 2010 3 Northlander BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Ivy Leonard (H) (603) 767 6461 [email protected] Vice President Jay Gratton (H) (603) 498 8576 [email protected] Secretary Toni Surdam (W) (617) 803 2540 [email protected] Treasurer Lisa Roche (H) (978) 534 0118 [email protected] Past President Miriam Dunster (H) (603) 659 8592 [email protected] Membership Chair R & L Futterrer (H) (207) 698 1104 [email protected] Newsletter Editors Tracey Levasseur (H) (207) 247 3385 [email protected] David Churcher (H) (603) 799 4688 [email protected] Webmaster Dick Demaine (H) (603) 560 4911 [email protected] COMMITTEES Advertising Manager Matt Romanowski (H) (603) 674 3250 [email protected] AutoCross Joe Kraetsch (H) (978) 534 0118 [email protected] Car Control Clinic Brian Arenstem (H) (603) 520 6034 [email protected] Charity Paul Tallo (W) (603) 594 9696 [email protected] Chief Instructor Steve Gratton (H) (603) 456 2131 [email protected] Concours Deb & Jim Gratton (H) 603 498 8576 [email protected] Drivers’ Ed Mark Watson (H) (603) 488 5405 [email protected] Rally Jim Gratton (H) (603) 498 8574 [email protected] Safety Edgar Broadhead (H) (603) 526 6578 [email protected] Senior “Advisors” Edgar and Nancy Broadhead (H) (603) 526 6578 [email protected] Social Janet Leach (H) (603) 433 4450 [email protected] Technical Larry Synger (H) (617) 799 1118 [email protected] 4 Northlander August 2010 2 - 3 7 10 15 27 - 29 28 - 29 August 2010 AT A GLANCE 2010 NORTH COUNTRY REGION CALENDAR DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION CONTACT Aug 2-3 8am NCR DE Heat of the Summer NHMS [email protected] Aug 7 7am NCR AX #4 Devens [email protected] Aug 10 6pm Board Meeting TBA [email protected] Aug 15 10am Three Rivers Run Tour Dover NH [email protected] Aug 27-29 8am NCR/NER DE Watkins Glen, NY [email protected] Aug 28-29 Zone 1 Autocross see page 45 Please note: calendar information is correct at the time of Northlander going to press but for the latest information you should check our web site: www.ncr-pca.org August 2010 5 Northlander Ivy Leonard It was late May 2010 and there it was. A across the country. Jack Saunders did listing in the Mart section on the Porsche it…but of course Jack did it solo! And Club of America website, a listing I had although the adventure of such a trip was been seeking for some time: a yellow appealing, it just made more sense at this Cayman S. It seemed to be perfect: time to contract with an auto transport company, and after a couple of false starts 06 Cayman S, Speed Yellow/Black with Intercity Lines was selected to handle the Speed Yellow Seat Belts, 6 speed, PASM, delivery. Sport Chrono Plus, Power heated seats, Nav, Remote 6 CD player, Bose The paperwork was drawn up and final premium, biXenon, rear wiper, ODO details worked out with Jim and Arlene 20100 Miles with 2700 mi on new Moorehead. With all documentation and ContiSport Contact tires, 19” Carrera S transport in place, they very kindly offered wheels. California car, always garaged. to drive ‘Speedo’ – their pet name for Clean, no dings, no paint scratches. my new Cayman S – from their home Warranty until Oct ‘10. Purchased at in Mendocino to Santa Rosa to simplify Sonnen, maintained at Tillmans. Car is in loading logistics. Jim is a professional Mendocino. photographer and emailed me a full sequence of pictures documenting Mendocino? How far could that be? Speedo’s disappearance into the top level Ha…I really knew the answer to that It had the look of an Ivy car! nose of the Intercity trailer. question. The sellers were Jim and Arlene Moorehead, long time PCA members and Now I waited. When will it arrive? The this Cayman was their 6th or 7th Porsche. estimate on delivery was about ten days, Their garage-kept beauty was a peach, which would have set an arrival date just beautiful. about June 30th. On the 28th, Hank called Randy and Michelle, the Intercity drivers, As had been the case, Hank had been to check on status. They had to make trying to assist me in a search for a several additional pickups and deliveries, dependable replacement for my 944 and were still in Michigan. But Speedo Turbo and SC Targa. Although he tried was in good company: a 2011 GT3 was to be objective in each recommendation in the tail. he felt compelled to ask me the same question over and over: ‘Is there any The next few days dragged as the delivery chance you can get past the color date was pushed back, one, two, three requirement?’ I replied absolutely not… days. Finally Randy called to say he was it has to be yellow! on Cape Cod at the last stop before Portsmouth, and he could rendezvous in The search had continued until we found about four hours. It was July 3rd. the above listing in the Porsche Mart. The picture included with the listing said We decided that the most convenient it all! spot to unload was at Flightline Sunoco on Route 33 in Portsmouth. We arrived It had the look of an Ivy car! Within a few a little before the scheduled time, then days an offer was made and a counter waited. Five minutes. Ten minutes. offer made and accepted. Although Fifteen minutes. Then the Intercity truck there remained several details to resolve rounded the corner and turned into the the over-riding question became how to now empty truck stop lot. best get the Cayman from California to New Hampshire. We could fly out to San Francisco, pick up the car and drive back continued on page 39 ... 6 Northlander August 2010 Tracey Levasseur I receive an email regularly from at the same time on the same track but in Porschepurist.com, the website that opposite directions, making it impossible features all things Porsche. Recently, one to watch each car maneuver the course. of the emails included a headline “Mini But in the end Porsche completed the Challenges Porsche” and this sparked course a full two seconds ahead of the my curiosity. I read the article in which it Mini. stated that the BMW-owned Mini officially challenged Porsche to a “duel” of racing I was very happy to see that the Porsche, prowess on June 21 at Road Atlanta. A even with a driver not as familiar with Mini Cooper S versus a Porsche 911. driving an autocross course, could manage to beat the Mini at its own game. It would Let’s hope this little blurb in There wasn’t much more information than have been really exciting to see the results automotive history is finished. this so I did some Googling and found with an experienced AX driver behind the that it was true, that Mini’s current head, wheel. However, the lesson here is that Jim McDowell, sent a written challenge one should not get cocky and approach off to PCNA president Detlev Von Platen. another car company (especially one Then he shot a video of the same request.