The Redline Report The Official Newsletter of the Central New York Region - PCA Celebrating Porsches and Porschephiles for 60 years! Volume 60, Issue 2 - SPRING 2017 The Redline Report Newsletter of the Central New York Region Porsche Club of America Spring 2017, Volume LX, Number 2 DEPARTMENTS 2-3 CNY-PCA Officers, Advisors and Appointees 3 Advertising Rates and Information 5 Letters to the Editor 26 Zone 1 and National News & Views 34 The Redline Market 34 Advertiser Index OFFICER COLUMNS 4 Der Editor Spricht by Skip Testut 6 From the Desk of Bill Kohnke (CNY President and Parts Purveyor) 7 Here is What I am Thinking: The Past-President’s Column by Chris White 11 CNY-PCA Willkommen Wagen 12 Summary of the Zone 1 Chief Driving Instructor Meeting by Brian Daley FEATURED ARTICLES 13 Porsche and Beyond by Thak Chaloemtiarana 15 The Alternative Line by Joe Holzer 17 The Northern Sentinel by Bob Graham 19 Storm Stella Hits Utica by Mark Schultz 20 My Frankenstein Project by Bill Kohnke 30 Playing in the Sun by Tom Stantz KALENDER STUFFEN: PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE 31 2017 CNY, Zone 1, PCA Kalender 31 2017 CNY 60th Anniversary Fall Tour 32 2017 CNY Annual Charity Dinner and Auction 32 CNY Seminar on Car Detailing 33 CNY Cruiz-Brews-BBQ Cover Story: Mike Ballog captured the feeling of many of us when during the height of Winter Storm Stella on March 15 he photographed the hood of his Boxster. There may be snow, but the crest shines brightly and spring wasn’t that far away. Check out page 19 for additional Storm Stella coverage by Mark Schultz. The Redline Report 1 SPRING 2017 CENTRAL NEW YORK-PCA REGION OFFICIALS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DRIVING INSTRUCTORS President PCA Nationally Trained Bill Kohnke [email protected] Brian Daley, Chief [email protected] Tom Buswell 315-374-2930 Interim Vice President Frank Campagna [email protected] Doug Schrank [email protected] Thak Chaloemtiarana [email protected] David Davin [email protected] Secretary Bill Dawson [email protected] Barbara Conley [email protected] Chuck Gladle [email protected] Treasurer Joyce Gladle [email protected] Lin Hurd [email protected] John Hajny [email protected] Joe Holzer [email protected] Membership Ed Hurd [email protected] Jill Vasina [email protected] Lin Hurd [email protected] Bill Kohnke [email protected] Past President Wayne Kunkel [email protected] Chris White [email protected] Bill Noroski [email protected] Rush Pond [email protected] Committee Chairs Bill Slowikowski [email protected] Jeff Turco [email protected] Advertising Chair Mitch VanNordstrand [email protected] MarkSchultz [email protected] Steve Vasina [email protected] Autocross Chair Mike Darminio [email protected] Regional Instructors Gil Wistrup [email protected] Mike Darminio [email protected] Chris White [email protected] Charity Committee Chair Jeannette Rockdashil [email protected] TECH INSPECTORS Club Historian Mike Darminio, Chief [email protected] Chuck Gladle [email protected] Bud Burdick [email protected] Thak Chaloemtiarana [email protected] Club Racing Chair John Hajny [email protected] Steve Vasina [email protected] Joe Holzer [email protected] Webmeister Ed Hurd, [email protected] Chris White [email protected] Mitch VanNordstrand [email protected] Jack Vasina [email protected] Newsletter Editor Chris White [email protected] Skip Testut [email protected] Safety Chair Gil Wistrup [email protected] Concours Chuck Gladle [email protected] Les Lewis [email protected] Bill Noroski [email protected] Mark Schultz [email protected] Steve Turco [email protected] The Redline Report 2 SPRING 2017 TECH ADVISORS Commercial Advertising Rates and Information 356 Chuck Gladle [email protected] Full Year Gerry Goldberg (315) 498-9403 Full-page: $200 Bill Noroski [email protected] Half-page: $120 Mark Schultz [email protected] Quarter-page: $100 914 Payment in full must be received by the 10th of the month preceding Thak Chaloemtiarana [email protected] publication with all ads in a reproducible format (e.g., Adobe PDF, Mike Darminio [email protected] JPEG or photo-ready). Bill Kohnke [email protected] Jack Vasina [email protected] Display Ad Dimensions (H x W in inches) Steve Vasina [email protected] Full Page 10-1/2 x 8 Half Page 5-1/4 x 8 911 (Early) Quarter Page 2-5/8 x 8 Mike Darminio [email protected] Jeff Turco [email protected] Send your money to our Advertising Chair, Mark Schultz, 1006 Thorn Street, Utica, NY 13502 [email protected] 911 (Late) (315) 724-2648. Joe Holzer [email protected] Send your ads to the editor, Skip Testut, 873 Taughannock Blvd., 930 Ithaca, NY 14850 [email protected] 607-272-0519. Thak Chaloemtiarana [email protected] 944 John Hajny [email protected] Chris White [email protected] 928 Redline Market Classified Ad Rates and Brian Daley (16 valve) [email protected] Information Chuck Gladle (32 valve) [email protected] “The Redline Market” is a free service for PCA members. Ads 968 run for two issues. A $10 fee is required to continue the ad an Ed Hurd [email protected] additional two issues. A $10 fee/issue is also required for all non- Randy Martin [email protected] Porsche related ads or for ads placed by non-PCA members. The Chris White [email protected] maximum length is 50 words and all sales ads must include an asking price(s). 991 Porsche of Syracuse Send your ads to the editor, Skip Testut, 873 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, NY 14850 or to [email protected] Boxster Bob Graham [email protected] Send your money, if any is due, to our Advertising Chair, Mark Bill Hayman [email protected] Schultz, 1006 Thorn Street, Utica, NY 13502 996-997-Cayman [email protected] (315) 724-2648. Bill Noroski [email protected] Cayenne Chris White [email protected] Panamera Porsche of Syracuse The Redline Report is published four times a year by the Central New York Region, Porsche Club of America. Permission is granted to reproduce original materials published herein provided full credit is given the author and The Redline Report. No material may be reproduced unless The Redline Report was given the right to publish another publication’s material. They reserve all rights to that material. Furthermore, the editor reserves the right to edit all materials no matter how poorly he does it! All material herein reflects solely the opinion of the authors and NOT the PCA, the CNY Region or its officers. The CNY Region is not responsible for any services or merchandise advertised herein. ©2017 Central New York Region, Porsche Club of America, all rights reserved. The Redline Report is distributed to 532 Central New York Porschephiles. The Redline Report 3 SPRING 2017 Der Editor Spricht by Skip Testut ago, when single car, low buck teams were more prevalent, but the 2017 teams were impressive and no one could deny their fire and hat a winter this was. It started out normal enough. their dedication to the sport. Every team is a wondrous thing to Gay Lynn and I drove to Oklahoma to spend Christmas behold and I don’t mean just the cars. with my son and his family. The trip out and back was W If you’ve been to a Rolex 24 Hours you know what a busy weekend largely uneventful except battling lake effect snow from Cleveland to Jamestown on the return leg, but that’s not unusual in winter and the Rolex 24 Hour race is. Mike’s FitBit recorded a daily output the Grand Cherokee performed as one expects Jeeps to perform: of 20,000+ steps for each of us. I don’t know about Mike, but for predictably. Other than having to spend occasional time in the me 20,000 is my annual output not my daily. Even the weather snow encrusted, passing lane to get around those less comfortable cooperated with mild temperatures and rain falling solely in the with drifting snow, all went as expected. early hours, Sunday. Here I have to confess that rather than getting out in the early morning hours to haunt the garages and watch the January, too, was unsurprising, at least for me. My neighbor didn’t teams repair broken cars, I decided to remain in the tent and avoid fare as well having to spend this winter in Upstate NY rather than getting wet. Thak, I apologize. Sometimes comfort does trump Southeast Asia without a single maid or butler to fetch his drinks dedication to sport even if the caterers offer only sporks. or clean his car, but even Thak’s mood seemed normal enough. He would have felt better had he accompanied Mike Ballog and me to With the conclusion of the Rolex 24 Hours and safely back in NY Daytona for the 2017 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, but Thak is one winter seemed to be what winter always is, nothing but gray with who likes to stop every hour or so to walk around and for whom me trying to hold on until race and baseball seasons begin. With “roughing it” means eating at a restaurant with a place setting winter one third gone and the Rolex 24 Hours in the rearview containing fewer than 8 pieces of flatware or having only one mirror, though, I decided to make the Winter of 2017 exciting and sommelier. Sometimes I wonder about Thak, I really do, but he’s different by falling and breaking my right leg. the best friend to have, ready for short-term adventures at the drop of a hat and truly the sort of person you’d hand your beer to before Until this year I’ve spent a rather simple life, no serious illnesses shouting, “Hold my beer and watch this!” Regardless, it would be and no broken bones, at least until Groundhog Day when I fell just Mike and I making the journey to Daytona, something that is, on my own property breaking my lower right leg (a “tib-fib” to well, what we do every year.