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Circle Porsche 562-494-1911 1850 Outer Traffic Circle Long Beach, CA 90815 www.CirclePorsche.com 9am-7pm 9am-6pm December 2007 Contents 2008 GPX Board of Directors & Chairs President - Skip Carter Advertising GPX Board of Directors & Chairs 619.992.9927 Jimmie Mitchell 10.59.2568 4 On the Cover [email protected] [email protected] Editorial License Advertising co-chair 5 Calendar De Jur Jones 6 A Can of Oil, or a Can of Worms? 2.697.0565 [email protected] Mar 1 GPX Tech Session at Class Auto Body Vice President - Rick Mills (2) 791-842 7 GPX Jan 26-27 Weekend in Morro Bay Chief Driving Instructor [email protected] Mike Mulligan 8 October 8 Day Away from Work Autocross/DE 760.672.9175 12 Day Away from Work Results [email protected] 14 World's First Hybrid - the Lohner Porsche Concours v a c a n t 16 Nov Breakfast Club Report Treasurer - Linda Cobarrubias 17 Feb 2 Porsche & Vintage VW LA Lit Meet 10.45.9602 Driving Events [email protected] Feb 24 All Porsche Swap Meet & Car Display Nick Perdikaris 10.72.405 Queen Mary Concours Chair needed [email protected] 18 ALMS At Laguna Seca Goodie Store 20 New Member Report & Anniversaries De Jur Jones Secretary - Suesan Way 2.697.0565 21 The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) 619.992.4287 [email protected] 22 Classified Ads [email protected] Goodie Store co-chair BC Breakfast Club Meeting at Ricky & Ronnie's Bob Baddy Index to Advertisers 10.951.7979 [email protected] Commercial Ad Rates Activities - Barbara Gillam Insurance/Tech Sessions (21) 507-996 Ron Shanon [email protected] 10.42-979 (day) [email protected] Registrar Suesan Way 619.992.4287 Membership - Peter Ross [email protected] 10.608.974 [email protected] Tech Inspection Richard Clewett 10.406.8788 [email protected] Timing Editor - Skip Carter Marty Goldsmith 619.992.9927 562.494.650 Web sites [email protected] [email protected] GPX http://gpx.pca.org Zone 8 zone8.org Tours Steve Koch PCA National pca.org Zone 8 Representative 818.601.1701 [email protected] PCNA us.porsche.com/national Bev Giffin-Frohm Porsche AG porsche.com 760.727.6068 Webmaster Don't forget to visit Grand Prix Region's Web [email protected] Jimmie Mitchell site at: www.gpx.pca.org. 10.59.2568 Webmaster Jimmie Mitchell has plans to revamp our [email protected] site. Contact him if you have suggestions 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 The end of the year is almost here. You'd think things would Steve Koch stepped down as VP, but continues at our Tour slow down some, right? Right!!! Our Holiday Party and Si- Chair. Nick Perdikaris steps down as Secretary, but contin- lent Auction are right around the corner, and January starts ues as our Driving Events Chair. Jimmie Mitchell has taken with our Breakfast Club and an overnight trip to Morro Bay. up the Webmaster role, working with Chris Tsangaris. De We've got our May 12 and October 13 Day Away from Jur Jones is our Goodie Store Queen with Bob Baddy's help. Work Drivers Ed/Autocross events scheduled, and we are Jimmie Mitchell has also stepped up to the Advertising finalizing our Queen Mary Concours date in May. We have Chair position, with continued help from De Jur. a March 1 Tech Session setup for Class Auto Body in Long Beach, and are working on several others. 2008 is shaping I want to extend my sincere appreciation to everyone who up to be a great year for the Grand Prix Region has helped in one way or another over the last year. That the Club is healthy, successful and growing is obvious to anyone. We had an election, and have some new people to welcome Just one indicator of that condition is the fact, as our Mem- on board. Long time club member and supporter, Rick Mills bership Chair, Peter Ross, let us know... FOR THE FIRST is our new Vice President. Rick is one of those "behind the TIME in the history of the Grand Prix Region, our overall scene" guys who is always working for us. Suesan Way is our membership has passed the 500 mark!!! WAAAHOOOO. new Secretary, in addition to overseeing Fundraising and continuing as our Registrar. Peter deserves special acknowledgement for his work in both setting and working to achieve that goal by December 31. On the Cover... Good work Pete! Can you ever imagine a more spectacular cover than one of Patricia Geary Johnson's paintings? I sure can't. At our 2006 On a sad note, November 30 saw the final chapter for Evil Holiday Party, Patricia donated a painting. It was one of our Knievel. Someone sent me this: "He was just 69 when he Silent Auction items. Linda Cobarrubias outbid several others died, but he looked closer to 100. He claimed to have broken and got the prize. Our December cover is Patricia's water color painting of Linda's 993 Cabriolet. every bone in his body, several times. I don’t know if that was true, but his body and every limb on it was crooked, Patricia has donated another painting for this year's Holiday twisted and bumpy as a motocross track." Of all places, I Party Silent Auction — December 8. found an interesting obituary in The Economist (http:// Imagine what it would be like to have an actual painting of www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_ your car hanging in your home or office.! id=10250075). He was an amazing man, and certainly got your attention. We would also like to thank all of our sponsors and advertis- ers. Without them, life would be much different for our club. All in all, it's been a fabulous year for the Grand Prix Region and, as usual, we hope to see you at an upcoming event. So, until then... That's All Folks! Sleazy Dog Construction 4 December 2007 18-19 F-Sat Porscheplatz at Long Beach Grand Prix Calendar 19 Sat ALMS Long Beach 19 Sat Santa Barbara Region Zone 8 Autocross December 20 Sun Passover 1 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 20 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 22 Tue Earth Day 1 Sat 993 Tech Session at Callas Rennsport 26 Sat ALMS Houston 1-2 S-Sun SDR Time Trial, Buttonwillow 26 Sat Santa Barbara Region Zone 8 Rally 2 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 27 Sun San Gabriel Region Zone 8 Concours 4 Tue Hanukkah begins 27 Sun F1 Barcelona, Spain 8 Sat GPX Holiday Party 25 Tue Christmas Day May 31 Mon New Year's Eve 3 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club January 2-4 F-Sun Las Vegas Region PCA Club Race 1 Tue New Year's Day 2-4 F-Sun Southern Arizona Region Cinco de Mayo 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 5 Mon Cinco de Mayo 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 11 Sun F1 Istanbul Park, Turkey 10 Thu Muharram 11 Sun Mother's Day 1 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 12 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/Autocross 18-20 Barrett Jackson Auction, Phoenix 17 Sat Golden Empire Region James Dean Autocross 19 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting & Banquet 18 Sun ALMS Salt Lake City 21 Mon Martin Lutuer King Day ?? ??? Grand Prix Region Queen Mary Concours 26-27 S-Sun GPX Overnighter to Morro Bay 25 Sun F1 Monte Carlo 26 Mon Memorial Day February 31 Sat Cal Inland Region Zone 8 Rally 2 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club June 2 Sat Groundhog Day 1 Sun Los Angeles Concours d'Elegance, Rose Bowl 3 Sun Super Bowl 1 Sun Orange Coast Region Zone 8 Autocross 14 Thu Valentine's Day 1 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 18 Sun President's Day 7 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 23 Sat 25th LA Lit and Toy Show, LA Airport Hilton 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 24 Sun So Cal All-Porsche Swap Meet & Car Display 8 Sun F1 Montreal, Canada 8 Sun Los Angeles Region Zone 8 Concours March 14-15 S-Sun The Le Mans 24 Hours 1 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's `15`Sun Father's Day 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 20-22 F-Sun 24th Pismo Beach Classic Car Show 1 Sat GPX Tech Session at Class Auto Center 22 Sun F1 Magny-Cours, France 9 Sun Daylight Savings begins 28-3 S-Thu Charlotte, North Carolina Porsche Parade 9 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 15 Sat ALMS Sebring July 16 Sun F1 Melbourne, Australia 1 Tue Canada Day 16 Sun Orange Coast Region Zone 8 Autocross 4 Fri 4th of July 17 Mon St Patrick's Day 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 23 Sun F1 Sepang, Malaysia 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 23 Sun Easter 6 Sun F1 Silverstone, Grerat Britain 12 Sat ALMS Lime Rock April 1 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 1 Tue April Fool's Day 19 Sat ALMS Mid-Ohio 4-6 F-Sun California Festival of Speed, Fontana 20 Sun F1 Hockenheim, Germany 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club August 5 Sat ALMS St Petersburg 2 Sat GPX Breakfast Club at Ricky & Ronnie's 6 Sun F1 Bakhir, Bahrain 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 13 Sun Orange Coast Region Zone 8 Autocross 3 Sun F1 Hungaroring, Hungary 18-20 F-Sun 34th Long Beach Grand Prix 9 Sat ALMS Road America 5 The Circuit A can of oil, or a can of worms? by Chris Rotvik (reprinted from Der Anzeiger, Oregon Region) Oil / Controversy — Seemingly inseparable.