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Circle Porsche (800) 675-2472 1919 Lakewood Blvd Long Beach, CA 90815 http://CirclePorsche.com 8:30am-8pm 10am-8pm June 2007 Contents GPX Board of Directors & Chairs GPX Board of Directors & Zone 8 Staff President - Skip Carter Advertising - De Jur Jones Web Site Info 619.992.9927 2.697.0565 [email protected] [email protected] 4 On the Cover Editorial License Vice President - Steve Koch Chief Driving Instructor/Safety 5 Calendar 818.700.1990 Mike Mulligan 6 GPX June 9 Tour to Santa Monica Mountains [email protected] 760.672.9175 [email protected] 7 GPX Sep 15 Tour to Rideau Winery Treasurer - Linda Cobarrubias 8 Day Away from Work DE / Autocross 10.45.9602 Concours - Linda Cobarrubias 9 Day Away from Work Autocross Results [email protected] 10.45.9602 [email protected] 10 Day Away from Work photos Secretary - Nick Perdikaris 15 Penske RS Spyder – rd Straight ALMS Win 10.72.405 Driving Events - Nick Perdikaris 16 May 5 Breakfast Club Report [email protected] 10.72.405 [email protected] 18 Queen Mary Concours preview Activities - Barbara Gillam 19 New Member Report & Anniversaries (21) 507-996 Insurance/Tech Sessions - 20 May 5 Board Meeting Minutes (unapproved) [email protected] Ron Shanon 22 Classified Ads 10.42-979 (day) Editor - Skip Carter [email protected] BC Breakfast Club Meeting at Ricky & Ronnie's 619.992.9927 Index to Advertisers [email protected] Registrar - Suesan Way Commercial Ad Rates 619.992.4287 Membership - Peter Ross [email protected] 10.608.974 [email protected] Timing - Marty Goldsmith (562) 494 650 [email protected] Webmaster - Chris Tsangaris (626) 810-1851 [email protected] Zone 8 Staff Zone 8 Rep - Bev Giffin-Frohm Autocross - Michael Dolphin 760.727.6068 626.798.212 [email protected] [email protected] Region Coordinator - Gary Peterson Rally - Tom Gould [email protected] (10) 261-755 858.55.1800 x118 [email protected] Web sites Club Race Coordinator- Vince Knauf Webmaster/Rules - http://gpx.pca.org GPX 619.287.44 Tom Brown Zone 8 zone8.org [email protected] 760.942.2706 PCA National pca.org [email protected] PCNA us.porsche.com/national Concours - Porsche AG porsche.com Linda Cobarrubias & Doc Pryor Time Trial - Paul Young 10.990.099 / 818.402.6264 619.449.1768 Don't forget to visit Grand Prix Region's [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected] Web site at: www.gpx.pca.org. Our webmaster, Chris Tsangaris has been Treasurer - Linda Cobarrubias doing a great job keeping it up 10.990.099 [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. The Circuit and a word or two from the President's seat at the Rideau Winery in Solvang. This is the annual BIG party for Rideau's owner, Iris Rideau. There is space for 300 guests As I write this column I'm still recovering from a great week- and, when it's sold out... it's sold out. end in Long Beach. Saturday we got to see Circle Porsche's See our ad on page 7. It seems that most new facility, directly across the street from the very old hotels in the Solvang/Buellton area have a place. Not only that but, thanks to Barbara Gillam's courier 2 night minimum although, they occa- service, our brand new EZ Up was picked up in Riverside sionally have a single Saturday night available if someone else Friday afternoon and delivered to Circle, just in time for our happens to leave on a Friday. One place I called had someone 26th Annual Queen Mary Concours (see preview photos on staying Thursday and Friday, so they knew they had that page 18). Sunday morning broke bright and early (OK, so room available for just Saturday. Otherwise, you might have it was so overcast it almost felt like sprinkles)... But we were to find a room further away (or stay two nights... which isn't pumped for a great day and, looking back I have to say, no such a bad idea either!). If you like Creole cooking, New Or- one was disappointed. Full report in July Circuit. leans Jazz and Blues, and a great relaxing place to combine all that and a comfortable lawn and wine tasting... Rideau is We have a new advertiser – Stuttgart Performance. Stutt- probably something that'll make you smile. gart has been around for a long time, but a few years ago it changed ownership and has really taken off. They offer a full By the way, I understand line of service, including engine upgrades, aerodynamics, there are still openings avail- race preparation, custom metal fabrication and a race shop. able for the Porsche Parade Take a look at their web site at StuttgartPerformance.com. in San Diego in July... in If you need to buy a helmet for our October Day Away from case you're interested. Sleazy Dog Construction Work event, Stuttgart will take care of you. Speaking of Day Away events, you'll find a lot of photos of over 80 drivers having a great time at Streets of Willow. On the Cover... Marty Goldsmith and our new timing system were wonder- Relatively new member Georgette Jankowski. ful. Mugsy's (Mike Mulligan) Sunday night Chalk Talk was She and husband Joe bought this '88 Targa from a great improvement to our driver training. Suesan Way did the original owner with only 16,000 miles on it. a phenomenal job with registration, and the team of Grid Queens (Barbara Gillam, De Jur Jones, Brita Goldsmith, Suesan Way and Shanon Harnett) made the whole event run smoothly throughout the day. Event manager, Nick Perdi- karis, was in top form. Our photographer aces, Pete Ross and Greg White did a superb job. Richard Clewett's Tech Inspec- tion team got us up and ready to go in record time and, Michael Dolphin not only helped with the Driver's Meetings and students throughout the day, he even managed to find a way to put some really great music through the PA system. We also had the pleasure of helping Phil Gillin celebrate his 60th birthday – Happy Birthday Phil! Although it may seem a long way off, we're starting to advertise our September 15th Tour to Iris's Birthday Party 4 June 2007 October Calendar 1 Mon GPX Board Meeting 6 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's June 5-7 F-Sun California Challenge 2 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 6-7 S-Sun Coronado Historic Races Sun Partsheaven Swap Meet, Hayward, CA 7 Sun San Diego Hospitality at Coronado Historics Sun Pomona Swap Meet 7 Sun F1 Japanese Grand Prix 3 Sun Orange Coast Region Zone 8 Concours 8 Mon GPX Day Away from Work Autocross 4 Mon GPX Board Meeting 8 Mon Columbus Day 9 Sat GPX Tour to the Santa Monica Mountains 1 Sat Las Vegas Driver's Ed, Spring Mountain 10 Sun F1 Canadian Grand Prix 14 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 14 Thu Flag Day 14 Sun Santa Barbara Region Zone 8 Concours 16-17 S-Sun San Diego Zone 8 Time Trial, Spring Mtn 21 Sun F1 Brazilian Grand Prix 17 Sun Father's Day 19-21 F-Sun Orange Coast Region Club Race 17 Sun F1 U.S. Grand Prix 28 Sat Cal Central Coast Region Zone 8 Concours 31 Wed Halloween July 1 Sun F1 French Grand Prix November 1-5 52nd Annual Porsche Parade — San Diego 3 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 4 Wed Independance Day 2-4 F-Sun Rennsport Reunion III, Daytona Speedway 6-7 S-Sun San Diego Cayenne Off-Road Adventure 2-4 F-Sun Arizona Region Flite 0 7 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 4 Sun Daylight savings ends 8 Sun F1 British Grand Prix 5 Mon GPX Board Meeting 9 Mon GPX Board Meeting 6 Tue Election Day 14 Sat Riverside Region Zone 8 NITE Autocross 10 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting 15 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 11 Sun SGVR Zone 8 Autocross 17 Sun Cal Central Coast Region Zone 8 Concours 11 Sun Veteran's Day 22 Sun F1 German Grand Prix 17 Sat Grand Prix/Orange Coast Region Rally 22 Thu Thanksgiving Day August 4 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's December 4 Sat GPX Tour to..