FLATOUT February 2009 N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E N I A G A R A R E G I O N P O R S C H E C L U B O F A M E R I C A Dreaming of warmer Weather President’s Report 3 Upcoming Events 4 New Chair Persons 5 Did You Know... 6 What Our Members Said 7 PCA The Beginnings 9 DE Experience 10 How Our Porsches Drive Us Crazy 12 08 HSR 4 Hours at Sebring 14 2009 Factory Drivers 15 Porsches At Daytona 16 PCA Members Pilot #85 17 Brumos Wins Rolex 24 Hours 18 Next Generation 911 GT3 19 Traveling In Time 20 Put Your Rain Tires On 23 Puzzle 27 FEBRUARY 2009 Page 2 EXECUTIVE BOARD Fairport, NY 14450 Message from your President….. Tel# (585)-377-1495 President [email protected] Jim Arendt SEE PAGE 3 780 Washington Street Goodie Store ________________________________________________ Spencerport, NY 14559 Bryan Starsky Welcome to Our New Members! Cell# (585) 749-2786 156 Evandale Rd Henry & Susan Beamer [email protected] Rochester, NY 14618 Jonathan Dalrymple tel# (585)-442-1903 ________________________________________________ Vice President – [email protected] Editor’s Note: Rich DeAsis I can hardly believe it. It’s February, the dead of winter, and I was still able to get enough material to publish a February Is- 2 North Clinton Street DE Chairperson sue. 28 pages!! Dansville, NY 14437 Bert Xander Cell (585) 750-4231 10 Lavender Circle I get a huge amount of support from Jill Beck at the national [email protected] Fairport, NY 14450 level of course but it’s the local stories most of our readers crave. I want to thank our NRPCA members who submitted tel# (585)-388-1431 material. They are the ones that are making Flatout what it is. I just put it all together. In particular special thanx go to: Secretary [email protected] Jim Arendt Mike Cohn Stu Sacks 7 Round Trail Drive Driver Ed Registrar Rich DeAsis Pittsford, NY 14534 Curt Hinchcliffe Luis Martinez Tel# (585) 385-8828 5 Black Watch Trail Mary & Dick Cott mcpor- Fairport, NY 14450 [email protected] Mark Eksten tel# (585)-314-8506 I hope their example will encourage others to submit material. [email protected] Treasurer Bill Schicker I owe apologies to two people. First, Luis Martinez for man- Newsletter Editor gling his article in the January Flatout. It is reprinted in this 20 Edendery Circle Tom Lyons issue. Second, Doctor XXXX who sent me a picture of his car Fairport, NY 14450 wrapped up for winter. I lost the e-mail and the picture. Hey 25 Tyburn Way Doc, if you read this, can you send it again. I’ll take better care Tel# (585)-377-1495 of it this time. Rochester, NY 14610 [email protected] 585-381-8535 Our members would love to see more technical content. I can’t [email protected] provide that. The extent of my technical expertise is finding CHAIRPERSONS my way to Dan Deegan’s house. Can you help and send me some technical material to publish. Webmaster Membership Thanx much. Jim Arendt Curt Hinchcliffe Tom Lyons 780 Washington Street 5 Black Watch Trail Spencerport, NY 14559 Published monthly (I hope) Fairport, NY 14450 Cell# (585) 749-2786 Statement of Policy: FLATOUT is the official publication tel# (585)-314-8506 of the Niagara Region Inc., Porsche Club of America. [email protected] Statements appearing in FLATOUT are those of the au- [email protected] thor and do not constitute an opinion of the Niagara Re- gion Inc., Porsche Club of America, FLATOUT, or its staff. The editors reserve the right to edit as necessary all mate- Social Events rials submitted for publication. Permission is granted to Bill Schicker reproduce any material published in FLATOUT provided full credit is given to the author or photographer and to 20 Edendery Circle FLATOUT. FEBRUARY 2009 Page 3 President’s Message Jim Arendt strive for improvement. Issues concerning commu- President, Niagara Region PCA nication had been anticipated and addressed by the new Board prior to this survey. A new email For the first six weeks of 2009, our club conducted a mem- system and website are already being utilized, and bership survey. The purpose of the survey was twofold: to member feedback has been positive regarding this gauge the “importance level” members attach to various club initiative. components, and to measure members’ “satisfaction level” with a wide range of club features, from events, to communi- Other areas considered highly important to our cation, to technical support. members, and for which we are exploring new ini- tiatives, include: The Board of Directors and Chairpersons will use the sur- • 84% of members would like to see a New vey results to make improvements in our activities and pro- Member Orientation Program. grams, drive higher satisfaction levels, and increase member- • 79% would participate in Wrenching Par- ship renewals and referrals. For the long-term, the survey ties to help each other repair/maintain their cars. results will be used to make adjustments as needed to • 92% are interested in participating in Tech strengthen our club’s membership value. Sessions. • 88% would like to have a guest speaker Methodology and Response Rate present at a meeting or other function. During the period from January 2, 2009 to February 15, Summary and Next Steps 2009, email invitations were sent to all Niagara Region mem- bers who had an active email address on file with National This article provides just a few highlights of the PCA. Members were invited to link to a web-based survey Niagara Region membership survey. A link to the that contained 34 questions about various aspects of our lo- survey results has been emailed to all our mem- cal region’s membership experience. Email invitations were bers, and is available by request if you haven’t re- broadcast three times: January 2, January 15, and February ceived that link. Answers to open-ended questions 1. Additionally, a link to the survey was placed on our club’s will be published in our Flatout Newsletters begin- new website on January 28. ning with this issue. 104 members responded to the survey, out of 325 current The Niagara Region PCA Board of Directors active members, for a total response rate of 32%. Given the and Chairpersons will be working in the months relatively high percentage of respondents, we are satisfied ahead to analyze each club function and activity to that the collected survey results are a valid representation of identify areas for improvement and opportunities to the membership base as a whole. increase your membership value. We greatly ap- preciate your feedback, thank you! Overall Satisfaction 99% of respondents indicated they would recommend a friend join the Niagara Region PCA. If we repudiate the no- tion of “misery loves company,” this statistic would indicate that virtually all members receive some level of value from their membership status and consider it worth sharing. Issues and Concerns The three most important issues concerning our members appear to be communication, communication, and communi- cation. • 47% of our members graded our club’s communica- tion as a C or worse. • 24% had not been receiving club emails, while 97% like to receive club emails. • 41% attend no meetings. • 19% do not know what our club’s web URL is. • 14% do not know what our Flatout Newsletter is. The onus of effective and comprehensive communication is on our club’s leadership, and in that we will continuously FEBRUARY 2009 Page 4 Registrati Got something to sell? Go to: on http://www.niagarapca.org/ for classifieds our October Beautiful Canandaigua Lake UPCOMING EVENTS February 28th Tech Tactics Danbury Conn. See flyer this issue March 3rd PCA Parade Registration Starts Keystone Colorado Detailed info available on our website March 3rd NRPCA Meeting Rochester 7:00pm Hawthornes, 3500 East Avenue, Rochester NY Contact Jim Arendt March 9th Spring DE Registration Starts Today DE Dates: May 25th and 26th Contact Curt Hinchcliffe March 10th NRPCA Meeting Buffalo 7:00pm Rose Garden, 2753 Wehrle Drive, Buffalo NY Contact Jim Arendt FEBRUARY 2009 Page 5 2009 NRPCA Chair Persons Last month I published picture of our new executive staff. This month I am publishing the pictures of our NRPCA chairpersons. Don’t worry, there are still many opportunities for a person to volunteer and make a different. Bill Schicker Bryan Starsky Social Events Chair Goodie Store Curt Hinchcliffe Bert Xander Membership Chair Drivers Ed Chair Jim Arendt Tom Lyons Webmaster Flatout FEBRUARY 2009 Page 6 Did You Know… JOIN DATE OF CURRENT MEMBERS Here are a few interesting statistics about the NRPCA Club and its members compiled by Jim Arendt. 1960’S 6 1970’S 16 WHERE DO OUR MEMBERS LIVE? 1980’S 34 1990’S 81 CATTARAUGUS 4 2000 13 CHAUTAUQUA 10 2001 10 CHEMUNG 1 2002 17 CORTLAND 1 2003 14 ERIE 125 2004 29 GENESEE 4 2005 25 LIVINGSTON 9 2006 25 MONROE 149 2007 31 NIAGARA 12 2008 37 ONTARIO 7 2009 2 ORLEANS 2 TOTAL 340 STEUBEN 1 TOMPKINS 2 MEMBER CARS OWNED WAYNE 5 356 18 WYOMING 4 911 173 912 4 YATES 1 914 14 OUT OF STATE 3 924 7 928 7 TOTAL 340 930 2 944 30 951 15 968 6 BOXSTER 47 CAYENNE 5 CAYMAN 12 TOTAL 340 What Our Members Said Our club’s membership survey ended on February 15. A link to the results page was emailed to all members with an active email address.