TobaccoRoads The monthly newsletter of the Carolinas Region Porsche Club of America tr TobaccoRoads JAN 2012 The monthly newsletter of the Carolinas Region Porsche Club of America tr IN THIS AN IROC ORIGINAL | HOLIDAY PARTY | A tracK IS BORN REGIONAL CALENDAR | AREA REPORTS | CLASSIFIEDS 01.12 ISSUE: Winterization Service Includes: $ 88 Check Radiator Leaks and Water Pump for Leaks, 3939 Pressure Test Cooling System, Add up to 1 Gal. of Coolant – A $80.00 Value If needed, Check All Belts & Hoses, Perform 27 Pt Vehicle Inspection, Fill Washer Reservoir with Anti-Freeze Solvent, Perform Battery Service & Inspection *Not valid with other advertised specials. Valid only at Porsche of Hickory or Greensboro. Present at time of write-up. Plus tax and shop supplies. Offer expires 01-31-201. 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Greensboro, NC 27409, 336-294-0200 FREEFREE TrackTrack InspectionInspection Offer expires 01-31-2012. www.greensboro.porschedealer.com We can help you select the best equipment for your needs! National Sponsor VISIT US :: Trackside at the Carolinas Region track events, Showroom in Murrells Inlet, SC or Online at www.ApexPerformance.net Orders 866.505.2739 :: Tech 843.299.0997 January 2012 - Page 2 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com 2012 Calendar Jan. 28 - 29 (Sat. - Sun.) The 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona Jan. 28 (Sat.) Annual Protech Motorsports Chili Cook Off, 917 State Park Road, Greenville, SC Feb 4 (Sat.) Winter DE Seminar @ Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC Feb 4 (Sat.) New 911 Reveal Party, Porsche of Greenville, Greenville, SC Apr. 22 (Sun.) Spring Food Lion AutoFair, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC (details in this issue) Apr 28-29 (Sat. - Sun.) Driver’s Ed @ Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw SC Mar. 17 (Sat.) The 60th Anniversary 12 Hours of Sebring May 19 (Sat) Charity People’s Choice Porsche Corral at the 14th Annual American Children’s Home Car and Truck Show. (details to come) May 26 - 28 (Sat. - Mon.) Sommerfest, hosted by the SunFun Area to be held in Columbia, SC (details to come) July 8-14 (Sun. - Sat.) Porsche Parade 2012 Salt Lake City, UT. See http://parade2012.pca.org July 14-15 (Sat. - Sun.) Driver’s Ed @ Atlanta Motorsports Park, Dawsonville, GA www.atlantamotorsportspark.net Aug. 10 - 12 (Fri. - Sun.) In Den Bergen at The Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort and Spa, Waynesville, NC (details to come) Sept. 23 (Sun.) Fall Food Lion Autofair, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC (details to come) Sept 8-9 (Sat. - Sun.) Driver’s Ed @ Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw SC Nov 16-18 (Fri. - Sun.) Driver’s Ed @ VIR, Alton, VA Recurring events: Cars & Coffee Asheville - 3rd Saturday of each month, 9AM - Noon, Starbucks, 1378 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC Cars & Coffee Charlotte - 1st Saturday of each month, 8AM - Noon, Panera Bread located at Northlake Mall, Charlotte, NC Cars & Coffee of the Upstate - 4th Saturday of each month, 8AM - 11AM, North Hills Shopping Center, East North Street, Greenville, SC Note: Calendar events in bold type earn points toward the Carolinas Region Enthusiast of the Year Award. For additional information and events outside the Carolinas Region go to: http://www.pca.org/Calendar/PCACalendar.aspx MEMMINGER E. WIGGINS, PLLC Intellectual Property Law Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights Post Office Box 78319 · Charlotte, NC 28271 13850 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Suite 500 · Charlotte, NC 28277 Telephone: (704) 846-9128 · Web site: www.WigginsLawFirm.com January 2012 - Page 3 Carolinas Region Board of Directors President Vice President Secretary Hickory Area Co-Director Harvey Yancey Doug Smith Matt Pohsweg Vincent Piccirelli president@carolinas-pca. vicepresident@carolinas- secretary@carolinas-pca. hickory-ad@ carolinas- com pca.com com pca.com (704) 906-0343 (828) 894-6194 (828) 781-8332 Treasurer Zone 3 Rep & Past Track Committee Co-Chair Hickory Area Co-Director Art Weiss President Brian Powell Vallie Piccirelli treasurer@carolinas-pca. Bob Saville driversed@carolinas-pca. hickory-ad@ carolinas- com [email protected] com pca.com (336) 706-2963 (704) 309-5499 (828) 781-8352 Editor – Tobacco Roads Web Manager Track Committee Co-Chair Metrolina Area Director Tom Morgan Don Roof John Babinski Don Morris [email protected] web-management@ johnandmarthab@bell- metrolina-ad@carolinas- carolinas-pca.com south.net pca.com (336) 601-6944 864-579-1319 or 864-426-2286 Membership Co-Chairs Chief Instructor Goodie Store Chair Mountain Area Director Jerry and Tammy Collins Shane Tisdale Sadie Kilcrease David Butler membership@carolinas- chiefinstructor@carolinas- goodiestore@carolinas- mountain-ad@carolinas- pca.com pca.com pca.com pca.com (336) 476-3120 (828) 252-1752 Corner Workers Chair Autocross Chair Concours Chair Sandhills Area Director Bill Williams Walter Stone Mike Jones Marty Barrett cornerworker@carolinas- autocross@carolinas-pca. concours@carolinas-pca. chiefinstructor@ pca.com com com carolinas-pca.com (828) 461-5601 (704) 519-6977 (704) 467-5042 Communications Chair Event Planning/Coordina- Classified Ad Coordinator Sun Fun Area Director Catherine Bonfiglio tion Chair Ed Beroset Sandy Shirley communications@ Sandy Shirley classifieds@carolinas-pca. sunfun-ad@carolinas- carolinas-pca.com [email protected] com pca.com (803) 463-2289 602 Stonehill Rd (803) 463-2289 Chapel Hill, NC 27516- 9526 Regional Historian/Ar- Technical Advisor Past President & Technical Triad Area Director chivist 914/914-6/916 Advisor 928 Jerry Kilcrease Lou Scalzo John Forbes Chuck Zachman triad-ad@carolinas-pca. historian@carolinas-pca. john@blackforestracing. [email protected] com com com (336) 476-3120 (704) 737-7743 Club Race Chair Photography Coordinator Advertising Coordinator Triangle Area Director Bill Scarbrough Ron Reed Steve Prince Bob Kim clubrace@carolinas-pca. [email protected] advertising@carolinas-pca. triangle-ad@carolinas- com com pca.com 803-600-6704 Upstate SC Area Director Are you a Facebook member? The On the cover: John Budinich upstate-ad@carolinas- Carolinas Region has a group on Face- Hal Michael’s 996 at speed. pca.com book. Search on ‘Carolinas Region Photo - Tom Morgan (864) 915-0011 - Porsche Club of America’. January 2012 - Page 4 From the Driver’s Seat Harvey Yancey, President Welcome to 2012! I hope everyone had a great Holiday. Ours was quite entertaining as Willow & Cooper (now 2 years/3 months) received a full im- mersion into the wonderful world of Santa and Christmas. Willow was mildly cautious when meeting Santa this time around, much better than the crying fest we experienced last year. Cooper on the other hand was clearly on Santa crack. It was pretty amazing L-R: 2011 Enthusiast of the to watch the resulting Santa-induced frenzy. Year, Wayne Capwell; Yours Next year should be even more fun. truly presenting the PSA to Marty Barrett; PSA recipient Before I get into the details of the coming year Tom Morgan I want to wrap-up a few items from the end of 2011. At the Carolinas Region Holiday Party In addition to his contributions to TR, Tom reality this is pretty much a complete re-write held at the Waynesville Inn on December 3rd, has also had a hand in the design of almost based upon the framework and guidance we announced the winner of the 2011 Caro- all of the logos and designs used by the proved by PCA National. The By-Law Com- linas Region Enthusiast of the Year Award. Region including the logos used for the mittee has done an outstanding job putting This year the recipient was Wayne Capwell of Charlotte Porsche Parade held in 2008. this document together going through many Winston-Salem. Wayne was able to pack in a Thanks for all you do Tom! revisions and untold hours of meetings and tremendous amount of events this year. discussions. We are looking forward to get- 2012 Driver’s Ed Calendar ting the document into your hands soon. For 2012 he starts off the year right by join- This coming DE season we will see some ing the Autocross Committee, replacing Jerry adjustments based upon experiences from Elections Kilcrease. Congrats Wayne! last year. We will be dropping NCCAR, for the The Carolinas Region holds elections every In addition to the Enthusiast of the Year Award, time being, and adding a new track, Atlanta 2 years and 2012 will be an election year two President’s Service Awards were present- Motorsports Park near Dawsonville, GA. for us. Per the current By-Laws, I will be ap- ed at the Holiday Party. For those of you that On December 10th, Brian Powell and several pointing a Nominating Committee in the next are not familiar with the award, the President’s other Carolinas Region members toured the few months. That Committee will vet a list of Service Award is periodically given at the dis- new AMP facility that is currently under con- potential candidates then present a slate of cretion of the Region President in recognition struction. Peachstate has a date in May and I nominees to the Board.