The Bahn Stormer Volume XXIV Issue X -- November-December 2019 Cars & Coffee Host Jon Heidorn ‘s 1986 911 (right) with Kyle Pullen’s 1986 930 in the early morning light at October’s Cars & Coffe season wrap-up.. Photo by Jon Heidorn The Official Publication of the Rally Sport Region - Porsche Club of America The Bahn Stormer Contents For Information or submissions Contact Mike O’Rear The Official Page ......................................................3 [email protected] On the Grid ..............................................................5 (Please put Bahn Stormer in the subject line) Calendar of Events ...................................................7 Deadline: Normally by the end of the third Membership Page ....................................................9 week-end of the month. Color Tour Pleasures ..............................................11 Getting to Know Mr. Mezger (Part 2) .....................13 Material from the The Bahn Stormer may be reprinted Around the Zone ....................................................21 (except for ads) provided proper credit is given to the Ramblings from a Life With Cars ............................23 author and the source. Fall Color Tour ........................................................24 Polar Bear Run .......................................................25 For Commercial Ads Contact Mike O’Rear Meeting Minutes ...................................................26 [email protected] Visit to the Newport Car Museum .........................27 Classifieds Ads ........................................................28 Advertising Rates (Per Year) 944 Chronicles .......................................................30 From the Back Seat ................................................31 Full Page: $650 Quarter Page: $225 Half Page: $375 Business Card: $100 PORSCHE®, The Porsche Crest®, Copy is the responsibility of the advertiser. CARRERA®, and TARGA® are trademarks of Porsche AG Advertisers ARESCO, Inc ............................................................. 18 AutoMark Collision Center ........................................ 8 Automotive Techniques ............................................ 4 BMW Motorcycles of Southeast Michigan .............. 10 Clem’s Garage for Storage ....................................... 29 Clear Auto Bra ......................................................... 18 Copyrite Printing ....................................................... 2 Finn’s J M & J Insurance .......................................... 10 Four 20 IT ................................................................ 14 Fred Lavery Porsche ................................................ 20 Editor’s Note: These are the folks who print our newsletter. JKD3 Consulting ........................................................ 2 Munk’s .................................................................... 22 Porsche of Ann Arbor .............................................. 12 Porsche of Farmington Hills .................................... 32 Rennstatt Racing (of ArborMotion) ........................... 6 Vintage Munk’s ....................................................... 14 Westgate Insurance ................................................ 14 www.sellyoursportscar.net ..................................... 29 2 The Official Page 2019 Rally Sport Region Officers President Tech Chairperson Events Chairpersons Tim Pott* Tim Pott* Matt, Dru & Zach Huber 734-548-5378 734-548-5378 810-225-8372 Ann Arbor 48104 Ann Arbor 48104 Brighton 48114 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Immediate Past President Track Registrar Der Cranky Webmeister Rick Mammel Tom Krueger Emmanuel Garcia 248-442-9008 313-570-2223 248-635-7655 Novi 48375 Shelby Twp. 48315 South Lyon, 48178 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Track Chairperson Other Board Members Peter Grant* Christian Maloof* Jeremy Goddard* 734-604-1622 734 646-2746 248-770-1654 Ann Arbor 48104 Ann Arbor 48104 Rochester Hills 48306 [email protected] cmmaloof @gmailcom [email protected] Advertising Chairperson Insurance Chairperson Kevin Kral* Burghard Linn* Jim Dowty* 630-795-9924 810-227-1223 734-717-1060 Auburn Hills 48326 Brighton 48116 Ann Arbor 48108 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dan Kantrow* Membership Chairperson Archivist / Historian 734-395-6603 Glenn Trapp Glenn Trapp Ann Arbor 48105 810-599-3133 810-599-3133 [email protected] Brighton 48114 Brighton 48114 [email protected] [email protected] William Rogers* 248-974-2455 Treasurer Bahn Stormer Editor South Lyon 48178 Burghard Linn* Mike O’Rear* [email protected] 810-227-1223 734-214-9993 Brighton 48116 Ann Arbor 48103 [email protected] [email protected] Zone 4 Rep Lori Schutz Secretary Social Media Coordinator Southeast Michigan Region Mary Ann Kantrow* Vacant -- why not volunteer? [email protected] 734-347-8544 Ann Arbor 48105 [email protected] * Denotes Board Member 3 4 On the Grid By RSR President Tim Pott My involvement with PCA goes back itself. They might, as I have, create new friendships that can to the late 1970s before I even owned last a lifetime. a Porsche. I was recruited to join by a My term as president will end this calendar year and I friend who had been an active member have learned that term limits for club officers is a good thing. with the Southeast Michigan Region It’s time that we get some new people on board with some which was the obvious choice at the time fresh ideas and renewed energy. Serving as president of RSR as it was the only region in our area. My has been an extremely rewarding experience for me and I activity with the club at that time was have learned much about myself during my two terms. But I to host an occasional tech session and could not have done it without help from many of the other perhaps attend a holiday party. If a clairvoyant had told me stalwarts in our club who have made my tenure a very easy that I would eventually become president of a region, he or one. There is no way I would or could have done this job she would have been met with a fair amount of skepticism. without the help and encouragement from committee chairs, My current level of activity was invigorated by our past officers and members in general. Thank you all so much for president, Rick Mammel. Rick was the one who encouraged making this such an easy and rewarding experience for me. me to take a more active role, become his vice president and I look forward to life as an active and supportive member eventually president of this club. I like to think that I was sort of RSR in upcoming years. The last few years of experience of re-recruited, as my membership up to that point had been have shown me a few areas where I feel I can contribute pretty much limited to reading Bahn Stormer and Panorama to the club in some positive ways beyond hosting the tech issues. sessions that many of you have grown used to. PCA national has a label for folks who join the club just This year’s holiday hurrah is scheduled for December 7th. to get the subscription to Panorama magazine, I think they Once again, Germain Porsche of Ann Arbor is generous enough simply call them “Pano members” or something to that to host our club in their gorgeous, super-cool showroom. This effect. The national organization’s demographics show that venue has become so popular that other considerations pale the vast majority of Porsche owners who join the club do so by comparison, so we are looking forward to another great just to get the magazine, and I would submit that there is event once again. Last year was so well attended that we ran nothing wrong with that, especially if it is the gateway that out of food, so I have increased the quantity to assure all will eventually leads to a more active membership. be well-fed. Your admission to the gala and any additional In the eight years I’ve spent as vice president and proceeds collected will go to support kids and their families president of RSR, I’ve learned a lot about our members, who will be spending the holidays in the hospital. So this activities and PCA in general. I’ve taken a role similar to Rick’s is a double win; you get to spend an evening visiting with in recruiting and re-recruiting members by encouraging new RSR friends while bringing some normalcy to kids and family folks to join and long-time members to take a more active going through a challenging period of their lives. roll with our club either by hosting an event or working as May RSR members enjoy many more years of friendly a committee chair, board member or helping with one of camaraderie and fun activities! our many existing events. There is so much that we have to offer in terms of activities, but the greatest benefit is the intangible reward of developing friendships with fellow RSR folks. I’ve found that I usually take two different approaches when recruiting or re-recruiting. When talking to a newbie, I’ll often stress what I believe to be our two strongest assets; our high performance driver’s education program and the friendliness of our members. It is so gratifying when I get feedback from said newbies, confirming that they were delighted by their first experience with RSR as a club. If I am talking to an existing member, I sometimes encourage them to take a more active role in our club and point out that by doing so they might just reap benefits well beyond the event 5 ARE YOU CONSIDERING UPDATING THE IMS BEARING OR