Volume XII, Issue 8 -- September 2007 The Bahn Stormer The Official Publication of the Rally Sport Region - Porsche Club of America When you’re hot, you’re hot!! Rick Mammel’s 993 -- with the seldom seen flame-thrower option. Photo Courtesy of Tom krueger Riverfolk Music & Art Festival & Drive... Page 5 F. Porsche’s B-day & Silent Auction.... Page 10 Calendar of Events....................... Page 13 Deadline Normally by the end of the third week of the month. Contents Advertising Rates President’s Corner.................................... 3 (Per Year) Riverfolk Music & Art Festival & Drive...... 5 Full Page: $650 Early Porsche Parades............................. 7 Half Page: $375 Ask Portia................................................. 9 Quarter Page: $225 Membership Page.................................. 11 Business Card: $100 Calendar of Events................................. 13 Classified Ads: Free to RSR Members; all others Jeff’s Tech Bits........................................ 14 $5.00 per quarter. Clutch Etiquette...................................... 15 Classifieds.............................................. 16 Contact for Ads: GingerMan DE....................................... 18 Owen Balduf Board Meeting Minutes.......................... 19 [email protected] or 734-395-3087 Drivers’ Education Events...................... 20 Hot Off the Headers............................... 25 The Official Page................................... 27 Contact for Classifieds: Mike O’Rear PORSCHE®, The Porsche Crest®, CARRERA®, [email protected] and TARGA® are trademarks of Porsche AG For Information on or submissions to The Bahn Stormer please contact: Mike O’Rear - [email protected] (Put Bahn Stormer in the subject line) 734-214-9993 Material from The Bahn Stormer may be reprinted (except for ads) provided proper credit is given to the author and the source. Copy is the responsi- bility of the advertiser. Check out the latest news at our Website http://rsp.pca.org/ Check out events at the Zone 4 Website 2 http://zpone4.pca.org The days are getting shorter. Where has the sum- past. Of course, that was beyond the control of our mer gone? I always use our GingerMan event as an club. indicator of just how far into the season we are. There are only a few weeks left to drive, yet I have The season for social events is winding down as more track days remaining than I have driven yet well. We still have Ferry Porsche’s Birthday Party this year, six days down and eleven to go. Our re- and Silent Auction, and the Fall Color Tour. Check gion has one track event left for the 2007 season, the event calendar in this issue or on the website for our Waterford Hills DE on September 18. Just prior more information. I tend to think the premier social to that, many of us will be driving with our friends of event of the year is the Annual General Meeting in the Western Michigan Region at their “Grand Prix of November. This year it is likely to be an even bigger Grattan” event. It will be my third year for that event, event than in past years. The music, food, and the and I am looking forward to it. This year, I will be turnout have been improving with each year, and it driving at Road America for the first time, Labor Day looks like that trend is going to continue. weekend with Chicago Region. I try to visit at least one new track each year, as long as I still have room on the rear decklid for the track maps!. Road Amer- ica has been on my wishlist for a long time, and I am excited to have the opportunity to drive such a well regarded course. To wrap the year up, I have a great three-day event at Mid Ohio in October, with the Northern Ohio Region. It is good to support other region’s events, as they support ours. Track events are not just about fast laps. One of the most important functions of the AGM is the general election. We will be selecting new mem- bers of the board and the president of the club for the coming term. We are still soliciting candidates for the ballot. (See the notice in this issue.) Make this the year that you step up your involvement in your Christian Maloof leads the track walk. club. There is plenty of room on the ballot. If you are (Photo by Glenn Trapp) sitting on the fence, come to one of our meetings to see how things are done. Our next meeting is at Carlyle in Ann Arbor on Thursday, September 6. The The GingerMan event turned out great! As usual, meeting starts at 7:30, but get there by 7 to order Christian put together an outstanding event, provid- dinner and to socialize. Owned by region member ing plenty of track time and first rate instruction. The John Roumanis, Carlyle is a casual restaurant with track walk was an excellent use of the time that the very good food, and provides a nice setting for a track was unavailable for driving. You really get a board meeting. perspective of the lay of the course that you just can’t get from the driver’s seat. The instructors had I hope to see you at the AGM and I hope to see your their hands full, most of them with two students name on the ballot. each, but they got the job done well. We were Patrick somewhat disappointed that the track did not host a “test and tune” Friday evening as they had in the 3 4HE$EVIL -ADE-E $O)T October 6th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Munk’s Motors in Waterford, MI ,EARNTIPSTECHNIQUESFORSAFELYANDPROPERLYSTORINGYOUR CARFORTHEWINTER'ETYOURDINGSREPAIRED STRAIGHTENOUTYOUR WHEELSANDTALKTO-IKE6AN,OOABOUTFLAWSINYOURPAINT 3PECIAL$EVILSINTHE$ETAILSPRICINGISAVAILABLE %[email protected] 0RE REGISTRATIONISPREFERREDBUTWALK INSAREWELCOME Featuring: !LLOY7HEEL2EPAIR!UTOMETRIC#OLLISION $YNAMIC$ENTS-EGUIARS#AR#ARE0RODUCTS Riverfolk Music & Arts Festival and (of course) Drive A warm, but not too hot, August day and the Riverfolk Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Michigan, added up to another excuse for a drive in the country. The music was good, the arts were intriguing and the root beer was great. After soaking up the sun the group rested at the O’Rear’s before a great dinner at Zingerman’s Roadhouse in Ann Arbor. Thanks to Nancy and Karl Schultz for hosting this event with the help, as always, of Glenn and Claudia Trapp. Another great day for a drive. Reserved parking at the Festival! What next? Good music and beer -- well -- at least root Some enjoy arts and crafts beer. more than others. You can’t study a Zinger- A mid-afternoon pause at A happy crowd at Zingerman’s. the O’Rear’s. man’s menu too carefully. 5 Ready. Set. Retire. Planning for retirement isn't just about having enough money. It's about planning for the life you want, on your terms. Whether it's traveling the globe, going back to school, or even starting a new business. An Ameriprise Financial Free Retirement Check-In* will help you assess whether you're on track for the retirement you want. It can be done in person or on the phone with us and it only takes a few minutes. Call us today for a Free Retirement Check-In to help you better prepare for what's ahead. 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It was a four following the Parade regarding Family Memberships... day event and the room rent was $12.00 a day. and I quote: "The Family Membership is to give the wives of PCAers an official status in the club and We were excited to attend the First Parade and to the dignity of "belonging" inasmuch as they are called meet Bill Sholar who started it all, and to talk with other upon to work on rallies, committees, gymkana, and Porsche enthusiasts. The event consisted of a gym- social activities." How times have changed! We re- kana, rally, and a written test of technical questions. cently had an excellent, enthusiastic female President There were 71 cars registered. We also had one and continue to have a female National Editor Victory Banquet with the awarding of trophies. The who manages to turn out exciting and informative is- attending Porsche factory representatives were Her- sues every month. We didn't have a Concours d'Ele- bert Dramm and Wolfgang Reitzel. Karl Grassow came gance until the second Parade in 1957, held at the from Max Hoffman in New York City, Importer of Por- same Washingtonian. There were 117 Porsches regis- sche cars. The Factory Representatives had a limited tered from 18 states. Jack was elected Executive Vice command of the English language as this was their President. His job transferred him to California, so his first time in America. It was amazing how well we all task then was to help the Western Regions organize. communicated. When questions would come up about We also flagged down every Porsche we saw to give fixing our Porsches or "souping them up" they under- them a PCA application form.