COMMEMORATING PORSCHE FELLOWSHIP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION RMR.PCA.ORG ● JANUARY 2014 This month: Holiday party Eiskhana Speed Fever V Panamericana Ductail dynasty D edicated to the Extraordinary in 2014. Dan Fead c 720.300.9500 o 303.893.3200 [email protected] 2 fullersothebysrealty.com Display advertising The print version of the award-winning Vol. 71, Edition 10 • January 2014 HighGear reaches nearly 2,200 members in more than 1,300 households! Please contact the Editor: David Schmidt, Asst. 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HighGear (ISSN1061-1746) is the official magazine of the Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America (RMR/ PCA) and is published monthly. The annual subscription rate is $14.00, included in RMR/PCA membership dues. Non-RMR subscriptions are $25.00. The opinions and views appearing in HighGear are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the RMR/PCA, PCA National, or this magazine as an official RMR/PCA publication. Additionally, none of these organizations nor this publication Cover photo by Max Gerson Dan Fead assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of material provided by individual writers and The unique Getty ducktail spoiler is just one giveaway that contributors. c 720.300.9500 o 303.893.3200 Scott Graber’s radically customized 997 C4S is not your HighGear entire contents copyright © 2013 by Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America, average 911. Scott worked with 3Zero3 Motorsports to [email protected] Inc. All rights reserved. Articles and photos are the copyright of their respective creators and are fullersothebysrealty.com used with permission. Office of publication: 547 Sawtooth Point, Lafayette, CO, 80026. Periodicals create this amazing monster. See full article on page 14. postage paid at Lafayette, CO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address JANUARY 2014 3 changes to PCA National Office, P.O. Box 6400, Columbia, MD 21045. Presidential thoughts Jim Widrig, President elcome to 2014, the 62nd year of Porsche I could go on and on about what joining RMR-PCA Clubs Worldwide, the 56th year of the does for me. However, above all of this is the community Rocky Mountain Region, my 10th year as an feeling, the satisfaction of contributing to the success of the RMR member, and my 1st year as your RMR club and others, that the people in the club have come to WPresident. By the time you read this article, be my closest friends, and being a part of a group sharing we will have celebrated Christmas, hopefully had a little a common interest that will pull together and unselfishly downtime spent with family and friends, and brought in offer support and assistance to fellow members, their the New Year. Now it’s time to get on with 2014! families, and the community. The responses from the Planning for the next year of events and activities Facebook polling, big surprise, share a similar theme: It’s of RMR began many months ago. We have our calendar the People! set with key dates and contracts in place for High Plains Our Newsletter Editor, David Schmidt, has given me Raceway, Ladies Day in Golden, and the Autocross events. this space to share my thoughts and provide news of the We have a beautiful and fresh new centerfold calendar goings-on within the Rocky Mountain Region each month. in this issue for you to tear out and post somewhere My goals for 2014, simply stated, are to stay on course, prominent. Right out of the start in January we have conduct the operation of the region and our events in a the 3R Racing membership social and the Eiskhana at manner in which they are fun, safe, and financially sound, Georgetown Lake. The Region Presidents’ meeting is being plus satisfy and grow the RMR community. Getting sworn held in Colorado Springs in January and will bring together in at the Holiday Party by our Zone 9 Representative, Liz the seven Region Presidents, Webmasters, and Newsletter Shaw, were your 2014 club officers: John, Joe, Rick, Mike, Editors to learn about what is going on at the National, Alan, David, Rick G., and yours truly, Jim. This leadership Zone (9), and Regional levels. February and March will team brings well over 100 years of experience as PCA follow with organizational and training meetings for our members and the spectrum from a 33-year member (John) Registrars, Event Chairs, Control, Driving Instructors, and to a noob of 1 year (Mike). We are all excited and ready to Tech Inspectors to fine-tune our events this year. Recognize get going in our roles and serve the club. We are supported that there is a great deal of hard work by these folks behind by individuals and teams of perennial volunteers in our the scene to make this club run well. Thanks! Registration, Control, Programs, Driving Instructors, Tech The “Take Five” question posed to the (650 plus!) Inspection, Grid, Equipment, Charity and Good Works, members of the RMR Facebook group this month by our Safety, Webmaster, Historian, Insurance, Timing and CAMA Newsletter Editor, “What do you like most about being in Representative positions. Of course, we welcome and will RMR-PCA?”, is interesting and could bring many varied be looking for new volunteers to participate as well. responses. I have thought of many reasons myself as to Still in the planning stages, with further information why I am involved and spend so much of my “free” time coming, will be a New Member Focus Social to be held early with this group. Reasons come to mind, like these: My first in the year. The plan is to have a social that welcomes new Porsche, the 911 Carrera, tended to sit in the garage and members into the RMR community and gives them the just get driven when the weather was perfect (eventually opportunity to learn the varied club activities, introduces getting sold because of little exercise); I like to work within them to and provides the opportunity to make and meet my Man Cave and have learned how to work on my own their new friends, and gets them involved in the events, P-car to perform maintenance, repairs, or get the car set up volunteer activities, and why we all enjoy being RMR-PCA for a club race; I enjoy showing others what I have learned members! as well as learning from others about Porsche cars and As you all know too well, we have had to come to grips their history; I thought they were all 911s, not short and with losing close friends this past year and have poured long wheel base 911s, or 930s, 964s, 993s, 996s, 997s, plus our hearts out to their families with continuing support. I the 986s, etc.; I enjoy the satisfaction, sounds, and smells look forward to and am humbled in leading this incredible of driving a Porsche on a winding mountain road or the group. I hope to meet you at an RMR-PCA activity soon, adrenaline and competition at speed on a closed course and don’t be surprised if I also ask you to volunteer and near or far. contribute to the RMR Community. 4 Complete mechanical service and custom upgrades for 1965-89 Porsche 911 and 930 Forty years experience Richard Sparks 303-422-5923 4382 Chase Street Denver, CO Aha! ... made you look! If you’re reading this, then so could your potential customers. Advertise in HighGear and target your peers while helping your club newsletter at the same time! Email the HighGear editor ([email protected]) to get your ad in next month’s issue! JANUARY 2014 5 Positive offset David Schmidt, Editor anuary is upon us and with it, the or off-the-charts crazy like Scott’s 911. As long new year. Which means you can start HighGear as it has a badge with the word “Stuttgart” in planning for which RMR events you it, your car is print-worthy. All of us have a want to take part in. If you’re like is YOUR story about our cars and you wouldn’t be in Jme, you made some sort of unofficial this club if you didn’t have a Porsche, so let’s commitment to yourself to do a few more magazine.