THE June 2017 CircuitA publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America The Circuit June 2017 GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver CONTENTS GRAND PRIX REGION & President [email protected] (562) 430-3010 Jeff Peck ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR (310) 345-8081 Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar [email protected] [email protected] (909) 518-0415 3 Masthead page June 2017 Circuit Editor- Skip Carter Board of Directors & Chairs December 2017 3 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Vice President [email protected] (619) 992-9927 Table of Contents 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 2 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Alan Johnson Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi 4 From The President's Desk 4 Sun GPX Zone 8 Concours 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast (562) 431-7905 2-3 S-Sun Tech Tactics West [email protected] (617) 365-4347 10 Sat GPX Solvang Tour (new route with lots of twisties) AlanTheInspector@ 5 Editorial License - On The Cover TBD Sat GPX Holiday Party, Long Beach Yacht Club verizon.net 17 Sat OCR Zone 8 Concours Circuit Distribution - Albert Franco 6 GPX Concours flyer — June 4 [email protected] (310) 379-8987 2018 8 GPX Mt Wilson Observatory flyer — Jul 29 July 2017 August 1819 Monterey Pre-Reunion Secretary Concours - Linda Cobarrubias 9 GPX Holiday Party flyer — Dec 16 1 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Marty Goldsmith [email protected] (310) 990-0993 August 23-26 Monterey Motorsports Reunion 10 GPX Old Fort MacArthur Tour flyer — Jul 8 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast (562) 494-6350 (ONE WEEK LATER THAN NORMAL) Flag Team - Bob & Karen Lewis 2 Sun The TransPac Yacht Race tour of boats [email protected] 11 GPX Summer BBQ flyer — Aug 12 [email protected] (562) 756-8520 (meet at Alamitos Landing) 12 Tour to California Poppy Reserve report 8 Sat GPX Old Fort Mac Arthur Days Tour thru Long Beach Fundraising Co-chair- Patty Reilly 13 62nd Annual Porsche Parade July 9-15 9-15 PCA Parade, Spokane, WA Treasurer [email protected] (714) 402-2405 29 Sat GPX Mt Wilson 100" telescope night tour Linda Cobarrubias 16 Santa Monica Fun Run report Fundraising Co-chair- Chamaine Rood TBD Sat GPX Summer New Member BBQ (310) 990-0993 [email protected] (626) 393-8881 18 Tour to Morro Bay report [email protected] 20 Fort Irwin Tour report August 2017 Goodie Store - Ludmila Osipova 22 June Anniversaries & New Members 5 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill [email protected] (424) 279-0069 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Member at Large 24 Long Beach Grand Prix report Dave Hockett Insurance - Ron Shanon 12 Sat Friends of GPX Summer BBQ [email protected] (310) 375-9840 28 May Breakfast Club Meeting (909) 518-0415 18 Fri PCA Werks Reunion, Monterey 30 San Diego Concours flyer — Sep 16 17-20 F-Sun Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion [email protected] Membership - Patty Reilly 20 Sun Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance [email protected] (714) 402-2405 31 Orange Coast Concours flyer — Jun 17 26 Sat GPX Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge and 32 Book Review for Porschephiles: Performance Driving Events - Skip Carter Rancho Los Alamitos Tour Member at Large [email protected] (619) 992-9927 50 Years Porsche 912 Jimmie Mitchell (310) 539-2568 Registration - Colleen Stein 35 Porsche Alley Cone Zone September 2017 [email protected] [email protected] (661) 714-3030 36 Joe Jankowski 2 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Safety - Nick Perdikaris 37 GPX TransPac Yacht Race flyer — Jul 2 10 Sun LAR Zone 8 Concours Member at [email protected] (310) 901-8154 38 Classified Ads 16 Sat GPX Angeles Crest Tour Large Social Events- 39 Index of Advertisers 20-24 PCA Treffen, Asheville, NC Skip Carter Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro Breakfast Club Notice 23 Sat Riverside Region Timeline, Arrowhead (619) 992-9927 [email protected] (626) 705-8686 24 Sun LVR Zone 8 Concours SkipCarter@ [email protected] (323) 633-7915 Commercial Advertising Rates 30-1 S-Sun SDR DE/Club Race, Willow Springs Suesan Way Carter is Past President Social Media - Jimmie Mitchell [email protected] (310) 539-2568 Suesan Carter October 2017 looking for a partner!!! 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Funny thing, I seem to come up with something I'm writing this column the last week of May. Suesan and minutes came back. He had pulled a small booklet from his every month. So this month, I’m going to relate something my car, I would probably go for a dual clutch gearbox because I have three trips planned over the next couple of months. backpack: "Thermal Springs of the Western United States." "I that some of us gearheads can relate to. A little personal story... of the advantage of saving a few tenths. But for me, I mostly Her niece is getting married in Toronto in August. The bridal knew there was a hot spring around here." In about ten min- I’ve been a car guy since I was a kid, which leads me to relate enjoy driving the canyons and mountains, so the manual suits shower in in early June. Now, I'm not invited to the shower, utes he located a dirt road and, in a few minutes we found the this little story of how I came to like driving a manual trans- me perfectly. But, it’s a daily driver, right? People always ask but when I looked at the dates I noticed that PCA has a club springs. There were several pools from cold to very, very hot. mission, even as a daily driver. I was into drag racing and used how I can drive a stick with the traffic and normal city driving. race at Watkins Glen the same weekend. I have to say... Never in my life have I gone from feeling so to go to Lion’s Drag Strip down in Wilmington almost every My response is always the same. I don’t even think about it. I've been to Watkins Glen once (decades ago), but only as miserable to feeling so comfortable, calm and relaxed in so week. I was a big fan of the Sox & Martin Pro Stock Plymouth I’ve been doing it so long, that it’s become second nature, and far as the front gate. They wouldn't let me in, so I just got on short a time. It was amazing. Cuda (I wanted a Cuda). In 1970 I got my wish. It was a 383, I am a more focused participant in the act of driving. my knees and kissed the ground, swearing to come back some 4-speed and had no options: drum brakes! Wednesday nights This may not have been a practical decision; it was more an day. Well, June 2-4 is it (and they've already told me how to Anyway, just a story I remembered as I was at Lions you could line up as many times as you wanted and emotional decision... I certainly didn’t save any money doing negotiate the front gate).