THE December 2017 CircuitA publication of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America The Circuit December 2017 GPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS GPX CHAIRS GRAND PRIX REGION & 14-15 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Gateway Motorsports Park CDHC Liason - Chuck Weaver CONTENTS 20-22 F-Sun California Festival of Speed, Fontana ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR President [email protected] (562) 430-3010 20-21 F-Sat PCA Club Race, Lime Rock Park Jeff Peck 21 Sat Arizona Region AX, Arizona Motorsports Park (310) 345-8081 Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett 2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar 27-29 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course [email protected] [email protected] (909) 518-0415 3 Masthead page December 2017 25-29 PCA Treffen Tamaya Resort, New Mexico Circuit Editor- Skip Carter Board of Directors & Chairs 2 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 28-29 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Heartland Park Vice President [email protected] (619) 992-9927 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 29 Sun Southern Arizona Region Concours Table of Contents 2-3 S-Sun Tech Tactics West Alan Johnson 29 Sun F1, Baku, Azerbaijan (562) 431-7905 Circuit Co-Editor - Charlie Carchedi 4 From The President's Desk 16 Sat GPX Holiday Party, Long Beach Yacht Club [email protected] (617) 365-4347 AlanTheInspector@ On the Cover May 2018 verizon.net Circuit Distribution - Albert Franco January 2018 5 Editorial License 5 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill [email protected] (310) 379-8987 6 GPX Breakfast, Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 6 GPX Holiday Party flyer - December 16 6 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 5 Sat Southern Arizona Region Concours Secretary Concours - Linda Cobarrubias Marty Goldsmith 7 Silent Auction Wish List 6 Sat San Diego Region AX 13 Sun F1, Barcelona, Spain [email protected] (310) 990-0993 (562) 494-6350 27 Sat GPX Tour Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge 18-19 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Barber Motorsports Park 8 GPX Seal Beach Wildlife Refuge Tour flyer [email protected] Flag Team - Bob & Karen Lewis and Rancho Los Alamitos 19-20 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Buttonwillow Raceway [email protected] (562) 756-8520 9 GPX Elephant Seal Rookery Tour flyer 27 Sat Arizona Region Autocross, Arizona Motorsports Park 20 Sun GPX Concours d'Elegance 10 GPX Day Away from Work flyer - March 12 27-28 S-Sun San Diego Region DE/TT, Chuckwalla 20 Sun Orange Coast Region AX Fundraising Co-chair- Patty Reilly 27 Sun F1, Monaco Treasurer [email protected] (714) 402-2405 12 Nethercutt Collection Tour review Linda Cobarrubias 16 Steve McQueen Car & Motorcycle Show February 2018 (310) 990-0993 Fundraising Co-chair- Chamaine Rood [email protected] (626) 393-8881 2-4 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Sebring June 2018 [email protected] 20 Azusa to Rancho Cucamongo Tour 1-3 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Watkins Glen 3 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill Goodie Store - Ludmila Osipova 24 The Need for Speed 2 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill [email protected] (424) 279-0069 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast and a Good Mechanic Member at Large 10 Sat GPX Tour Morro Bay & Elephant Seal Rookery, 3 Sun Orange Coast Region AX Dave Hockett Insurance - Ron Shanon 26 Ron Ramage, GPX Founder passes San Simeon 10 Sun F1, Montreal [email protected] (310) 375-9840 (909) 518-0415 28 Zone 8 Awards Banquet flyer 10 Sat Arizona Region DE, Wild Horse Pass West 16 Sat Orange Coast Region Concours 17 Sat Arizona Region AX, Arizona Motorsports Park [email protected] Membership - Patty Reilly 16-17 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Motorsports Park Hastings 30 November Breakfast Meeting report 18 Sun Orange Coast Region AX [email protected] (714) 402-2405 22-24 F-Sun PCA Club Race, VIRginia International Raceway 32 December Anniversaries & New Members 20 Sat Zone 8 Banquet & Awards Ceremony, Palm Springs 24 Sun F1, Le Castellet, France Performance Driving Events - Skip Carter 20 Sat Arizona Region DE, Arizona Motorsports Park Member at Large [email protected] (619) 992-9927 34 Book Review for Porschephiles: 24-25 S-Sun San Diego Region DE/TT, Streets of Willow Jimmie Mitchell July 2018 Porsche — The Mand and His Cars (310) 539-2568 Registration - Colleen Stein 1 Sun F1, Spielberg [email protected] [email protected] (661) 714-3030 36 California Festival of Speed flyer March 2018 7 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill GPX Name Badge order form 2-4 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Circuit of the Americas 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast Safety - Nick Perdikaris 3 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 8 Sun F1, Silverstone Member at [email protected] (310) 901-8154 37 Classified Ads 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 8-14 PCA Parade, Lake of the Ozarks,MO Large Social Events- 38 Porsche Alley Cone Zone 3 Sat LA Lit Meet (34th Annual Porsche and Vintage Tan-Tar-A Resort Skip Carter Susan Moard & Arturo Chaparro 39 Index of Advertisers VW Literature, Toy & Memorabilia Meet 13-15 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Monticello Motor Club (619) 992-9927 [email protected] (626) 705-8686 4 Sun So Cal All Porsche Swap and Car Display, Anaheim 22 Sun F1, Hockenheim, Germany SkipCarter@ [email protected] (323) 633-7915 Breakfast Club Notice 10 Sat GPX Tour Santa Monica Mountains to 28-29 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Brainerd International Speedway Commercial Advertising Rates Paradise Cove Past President Social Media - John Kunkle 29 Sun F1, Budapest, Hungary [email protected] (562) 552-0960 10 Sat Arizona Region DE, Arizona Motorsports Park Suesan Carter 10 Sun Orange Coast Region Car Control Clinic August 2018 (619) 992-4287 Tech Inspection - Dan Hockett 11 Sun Orange Coast Region AX Suesan@pobox. [email protected] (909) 921-5596 4 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill INFORMATION 17 Sat Arizona Region AX, Arizona Motorsports Park com 4 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 12 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE Technical Adviser - Michael Dolphin GPX GrandPrixRegion.com 3-5 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Canadian Tire Motorsports Park [email protected] (213) 248-4743 23-25 F-Sun PCA Club Race, NOLA Motorsports Park Zone 8 Zone8.org 18-19 S-Sun Monterey Pre Reunion ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE 24-25 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Thunderhill Raceway 17-19 F-Sun PCA Club Race, New Jersey Motorsports Park Tours - Alan Johnson PCA National PCA.org 24-25 S-Sun San Diego Region DE/TT, Chuckwalla [email protected] (562) 305-8002 23-26 F-Sun Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion David Witteried PCNA US.Porsche.com/national 25 Sun F1, Melbourne, Australia 26 Sun Pebble Beach Concours (760) 373-1413 31 Sat Santa Barbara Region AX Webmaster - Jimmie Mitchell Porsche AG Porsche.com 26 Sun F1, Spa-Francorchamps [email protected] [email protected] (310) 539-2568 GPX Landing Page — MotorsportReg April 2018 http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com September 2018 EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the 6-8 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road Atlanta 1 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and 7 Sat GPX Breakfast at Glory Days Beachside Grill 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting following breakfast 1-3 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road America all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full 8 Sun F1, Shakir, Bahrain 2 Sun F1, Monza credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material. 8 Sun Orange Coast Region AX 8-9 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Thunderhill Raceway 15 Sun F1, Shanghai, China 14-16 F-Sun PCA Club Race, High Plains Raceway ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA 13-15 F-Sun Long Beach Grand Prix 12-16 W-Sun PCA Treffen, Banff, Fairmont Resort 22150 or [email protected] ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes. 2 3 The Circuit December 2017 From The President's Desk Skip Carter Thanksgiving is over and, as we slide into the end of the year we can look back on what a terrific year this has been for the Here we are near the end of another year. I always thought with new, interesting items every year), good food and great Grand Prix Region. that things were supposed to slow down near the end of the people. We have a surprise master of ceremonies this year and, We have had our fantastic compliment of driving, touring On the Cover... year. You know... kick back and hunker down for winter! we can guarantee that you will be entertained throughout and social events in 2017 (too many to list here) with many Ron and Sue Ramage (wait a minute... maybe that's just what they are supposed to the night. Our silent auction, benefiting Children's Dental more to come in 2018. But, 2017 isn’t over yet. We still have do in places where the temperature stays below freezing dur- Health Clinic, looks to be another good one, and there are Tech Tactics on December 2nd and 3rd, which is an annual Ron Ramage is considered to be the found- ing the day).