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Circle Porsche (800) 675-2472 1850 Outer Traffic Circle Long Beach, CA 90815 www.CirclePorsche.com 9am-7pm 9am-6pm November 2008 Contents 2008 GPX Board of Directors & Chairs President - Skip Carter Advertising 3 GPX Board of Directors & Chairs 619.992.9927 Chuck Weaver 4 On the Cover 562.40.010 [email protected] [email protected] Editorial License 5 Calendar Chief Driving Instructor Mike Mulligan 6 Nethercutt Restoration Tour & Holiday 760.672.9175 Concert, December 1 [email protected] Vice President - Rick Mills 7 Grand Prix Region Holiday Party, Dec 6 (2) 791-842 Circuit Distribution 8 Pacific Porsche Generation II 997 PDK [email protected] Albert Franco 10 GPX Mystery Weekend flyer, Jan 10-11 10.79.8987 [email protected] 12 My Porsche Upbringing — Roger Lubeck 1 Rod WIlliams — Detailing Specialist Concours Dal & Spencer Lee 14 October 4 Breakfast Club Report Treasurer - Linda Cobarrubias 10.291.467 18 2009 GPX Board of Directors election ballot 10.45.9602 [email protected] 26th Annual Porsche/VW Lit Meet, Mar 7 [email protected] Driving Events So Cal All Porsche Swap Meet, Mar 8 Nick Perdikaris 19 GPX Name Badge Order Form 10.72.405 [email protected] 20 SDR Zone 8 Time Trial flyer, Nov 22-2 Cal Inland Zone 8 Concours, Nov 15 Secretary - Suesan Way Goodie Store President's Meeting/Awards Banquet, Jan17 619.992.4278 De Jur [email protected] 2.697.0565 21 Grand Prix Region Goodie Store [email protected] 22 New Members Report & Anniversaries Goodie Store Co-Chair 24 Oct 4 Minutes of the Board Bob Baddy 25 ASUDEC — Converting Poor to Aid Givers 10.951.7979 26 Breakfast Club Meeting at Ricky & Ronnie's Activities - Barbara Gillam [email protected] (21) 507-996 Index to Advertisers [email protected] Insurance/Tech Sessions Commercial Ad Rates Ron Shanon 10.42-979 (day) 27 Classified Ads [email protected] Registrar Membership - Peter Ross Suesan Way 10.608.974 619.992.4287 [email protected] [email protected] Tech Inspection Richard Clewett 10.406.8788 [email protected] Editor - Skip Carter 619.992.9927 Timing Web sites Marty Goldsmith [email protected] GPX www.GrandPrixRegion.com 562.494.650 Zone 8 zone8.org [email protected] PCA National Pca.org Zone 8 Representative Tours Steve Koch PCNA us.Porsche.com/national Michael Dolphin Porsche AG Porsche.com 818.601.1701 (21) 248-474 [email protected] Don't forget to visit the Grand Prix Region [email protected] Web site at: www.GrandPrix.Region.com Webmaster/Asst Editor Jimmie Mitchell is doing some great work on Jimmie Mitchell our site. Please let him know what you think 10.59.2568 [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 — Skip Carter Our Breakfast Club Meeting is coming up this Saturday. Be there at 9:00AM for an all-you-can-eat breakfast, a parking One of these months I'm NOT going to be writing this lot full of Porsches to look at, 75+ great people to come hang article at the last moment. I'm not sure exactly why or when, with, and a few items that we'll be giving away. One of our but someday. new advertisers, Kenny Bournstein of Accutrack is going to be bring certificates for things like Oil Changes and other So when does the Porsche Club of America calendar slow services. You may be interested. down? When you find out, please let me know. We have so many events that we are either in Idea Creation phase, in the Stay tuned. There's lots on the middle of planning for, or smiling as we look back at ones block coming up! recently completed and cleaning up the paperwork. Our Day Away from Work DE/Autocross is in the later category along with our trip to the ALMS race at Laguna Seca. Look for articles in the December Circuit. Sleazy Dog Construction In the "finishing touches" list is our December 6 Holiday Party, which is a "MUST ATTEND" event. This is go- WANTED — ing to be something!!! Also on that list is our December 13 Silent Auction Items for our December Nethercutt revisit and our January 10-11 Mystery Weekend. Oh yes, then there's the November 18-19 trip to the Porsche 6 Holiday Party Sport Driving School in Alabama. For more info, contact Arturo Chaparro 2-6-7915 or I could go on and on, but just stay tuned and keep watching [email protected] the Circuit and our emails. On the Cover... We do have a new advertiser this month. ImagineAuto was Rod Williams spectacular 1990 Guards Red 911. founded ten years ago by Stephen Kaspar, National PCA Rod is a detailing specialist. If you want to see Turbo Tech Advisor. They focus mostly on Porsche motor what kind of work he does, look no further than rebuilds — most of their clients being out of state (which this Concours winner. At our 2007 Queen Mary is why a business in Kansas is advertising in a California Concours, this car not only won in its class, but newsletter). They are very involved in the Kansas City took the People's Choice award as well. Photo by Region of PCA, as well as cars involved in Club Racing and Greg White DEs. ImagineAuto is known for their Hands On approach to building a client's dream car. As the Holiday Season approaches , please remember our Fundraising for ASUDEC (see the article on page 25). Our Annual Silent Auction at the upcoming Holiday Party is always a major component of our efforts. We are currently looking for donations. Not only does it raise money for ASUDEC, but it makes for a very interesting (and fun) component for the Holiday Party. I still remember Marty Noonan "stealing" a set of Porsche Design golf clubs a few years back. I understand that we may have a driver's suite Sleazy Dog Construction from the ALMS Penske Porsche RS Spyder team! (I wonder what size). 4 November 2008 4 Sat GPX Board Meeting (cancelled) Calendar 9 Thu Passover 12 Sun Easter November 13 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/Autocross 1 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 16-18 F-Sun Long Beach Grand Prix / ALMS 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 25 1931, Ferdinand opens engineering firm in Stuttgart 2 Sun F1 Interlagos, Brazil 2 Sun Daylight Savings ends May 2009 8 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting 2 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 11 Tue Veteran's Day 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 15 Sat Cal Inland Region Zone 8 Concours 5 Tue Cinco de Mayo 18-19 GPX Trip to the Porsche Sport Driving School 10 Sun Mother's Day 21-30 L.A. Auto Show, LA Convention Center 16 Sat James Dean Autocross, Golden Empire Reg 22-23 S-Sun San Diego Region Time Trial, Buttonwillow 16 Sat GPX Queen Mary Concours 27 Thu Thanksgiving 18 Mon Victoria Day 25 Mon Memorial Day December 6 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's June 2009 6 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 1948 Porsche #1 is road certified 6 Sat GPX Holiday Party (see flyer on page 7) 6 1998, Porsche scores 16th overall win at Le Mans 6:00pm till the cows come home 6 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 7 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 6 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 11 195, Ferdinand Porsche born, eldest son of Ferry 13 1970, Porsches 1st overall win at Le Mans, 917K 13 Sat Nethercutt Restoration Facility Tour and 21 Sun Father's Day Christmas Concert (see flyer page 6) 29-4 54th Porsche Parade, Keystone, Colorado 22 Mon Chanukah 25 Thu Christmas July 2009 26 Fri Kwanzaa Begins 1 Wed Canada Day 4 Sat 4th of July January 2009 11 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 1 Thu New Year's Day 11 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 3 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club August 10-11 S-Sun GPX Mystery Weekend (flyer on page 10) 1 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 17 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting / Awards Banquet 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 19 Mon Martin Luther King Jr Day 14-16F-Sun Monterey Historic Races, Laguna Seca 30 1951, Ferdinand Porsche dies at age 75 16 Sun Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 22 Sat Ramadan February 2009 1 Sun Superbowl September 7 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 3 1875, Ferdinand Porsche born in Maffersdorf 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 14 Sat Valentine's Day 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 16 Mon President's Day 7 Mon Labor Day 13 Sun Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance March 2009 19 1909, Ferry (Anton Ernest) Porsche born 7 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 19 Sat Rosh Hashanah 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 20 Sun Eid ul Fitr 7 Sat 26th Annual L A Lit Meet, LA Airport Hilton 28 Mon Yom Kippur 8 Sun SoCal All Porsche Swap/Display Costa Mesa 8 Sun Daylight Savings Begins October 17 Tue St.