1 | Anzeiger | May 2020 CONTENTS ANZEIGER | OREGON REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA | VOL. 60, NO. 4 | MAY, 2020 COLUMNS FEATURES 26 CAR MAKE QUIZ 11 15 To do in your spare time PRESIDENT’S WEBSITE FEATURES MESSAGE DIRECTORY WITH Article sparks comments; MEMBER MAP 27 why we can’t Find your Porsche OUR PORSCHE organize drives friends in the neighbor- STORIES hood or the world Randy Stolz 12 FROM THE EDITOR 16 28 New Anzeiger features, A LOOK BACK AT OUR PORSCHE and a heritage MAY, 2019 STORIES of recognition AND THE FIRST Gary Koppang AX DOUBLE-HEADER Article from the 20 13 June, 2019 LEIDENSCHAFT FUR 29 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE Anzeiger DAS FAHREN! OUR PORSCHE Top-down driving Passion for Driving STORIES in the days of with Sim Racing Lori Brown COVID-19 14 23 TECH TALK A DRIVE-BY BIRTH- Porsche activities DAY, PORSCHE STYLE! in the time of Porsche friends social distancing give Bob Owen a drive-by birthday party 24 MEMBERS SHARE PORSCHE PHOTOS From activities while social distancing 2 | Anzeiger | May 2020 COMING IN EVERY EVENTS ISSUE ANZEIGER CONTRIBUTORS 4 MAY, 2020 30 ORPCA BOARD OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020 DIRECTORS MEETING Scott Faris Wednesday, May 13 6 [email protected] EVENTS, Eric Freedle OREGON REGION [email protected] AND BEYOND Heinz Holzapfel 8 [email protected] MEMBERSHIP & Ravi Rajaram ADVERTISER INDEX [email protected] Mike Stack 10 [email protected] PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA Jeremy Williams ZONE 6 REGIONS [email protected] 31 MARKETPLACE ON THE COVER The California Redwoods are a beautiful backdrop for a stunning 911 SC. Photo by Bob Ellis. Anzeiger | May 2020 | 3 Noun, GermanANZEIGER: 1. One who indicates, shows 2. One who informs The ORPCA’s Award-Winning Newsletter | VOLUME 60 | NUMBER 4 | MAY 2020 ANZEIGER NATIONAL AWARDS FIRST PLACE 2008 National Newsletter THIRD PLACE 2006 National Newsletter Contest, Class IV PCA Region, Contest, Class IV PCA Region FIRST PLACE 2017 National Newsletter THIRD PLACE Best in PCA Contest, Class V PCA Region PAUL HEINMILLER TROPHY Best in PCA 1971 Oregon Region Porsche Club of America BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020 PRESIDENT DIRECTOR Steve Miller Phyllis Thiemann [email protected] [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP Peg Ryan Larry Tracewell [email protected] [email protected] SECRETARY DIRECTOR AT LARGE AND WEBMASTER Carole Hedstrom Heinz Holzapfel [email protected] [email protected] TREASURER PAST PRESIDENT Randy Homes Larry Hannan [email protected] [email protected] CLICK HERE for April 2020 ORPCA Board of Directors Minutes PROGRAMS AUTOCROSS CHAIR DRIVING TOUR CHAIR HISTORIAN SALES AND SOCIAL CHAIR Eric Freedle Eric Lewis Gary Koppang MARKETING CHAIR Cherie Reins [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tom Floyd socialevents salesandmarketing @oregonpca.org @oregonpca.org TECHNICAL EDITOR PHOTO EDITOR ZONE 6 ANZEIGER EDITORS GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jeremy Williams Matt Johnson REPRESESNTATIVE Peg Ryan Nancy Scott techeditor photoeditor Mark Prusynski [email protected] [email protected] @oregonpca.org @oregonpca.org Zone6Rep Bob Elllis @nationalpca.org [email protected] Anzeiger, the official publication of the Porsche Club of America, Oregon Region, Inc., PO Box 25104, Portland, OR, 97298, is published 11 times a year. 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All rights reserved To place an advertisement in Anzeiger, email [email protected] 4 | Anzeiger | May 2020 Anzeiger | May 2020 | 5 MatrixAnzeigerORPCA8.5x11_04032019.indd 1 4/3/19 5:17 PM EVENTS, OREGON REGION AND BEYOND Please see below for the events that have been cancelled. The board will decide in the May Board meeting what to do about events in June. MAY, 2020 JULY, 2020 SEPTEMBER, 2020 2 Adopt-a-Road Cancelled 8 Board Meeting 9 Board Meeting 9 Arrive & Drive Cancelled 10-12 Corral at Rose Cup 11-13 Grand Prix of Portland— 10 SUV Unexpected Tour Races, PIR Cancelled NTT IndyCar Series PIR 11 Arrive & Drive (Note new date) Cancelled 13 Board Meeting 15 Social and Dinner 12 Arrive & Drive 18 SUV Long Beach Tour 16 Social and Dinner 17 Autocross #3: PIR 19 Autocross #5: PIR 16-19 PCA Treffen West Virginia: South Paddock South Paddock Greenbrier Cancelled 19 Porsche Corral at 18-20 Crater Lake Tour 20 Social and Dinner Forest Grove Concours 22, 23, or 24 Midweek Cancelled Cancelled Casual Drive 19, 20, or 21 Midweek 21, 22, or 23 Midweek 27 Autocross #7: PIR Casual Drive Cancelled Casual Drive South Paddock 31 Tours Training Class 25-26 Corral at Vintage Cancelled Racing Festival, PIR OCTOBER, 2020 3 SUV Manzanita Drive JUNE, 2020 AUGUST, 2020 4 Autocross #8: PIR 10 Board Meeting 1 Germanpalooza South Paddock 13 Arrive & Drive 9 Summer Picnic 10 Arrive & Drive 14 Autocross #4: PIR 12 Board Meeting 14 Board Meeting South Paddock 16 Autocross #6: PIR 20, 21, or 22 Midweek 17 Social and Dinner South Paddock Casual Drive 21-27 Porsche Parade: 18, 19, or 20 Midweek 21 Social and Dinner Palm Springs, CA Cancelled Casual Drive 24 SUV Octoberfest Tour 23, 24, or 25 Midweek 22 Porsche Day at Cars & Coffee Casual Drive 19 Social and Dinner NOVEMBER, 2020 25-28 Northwest Passage 30 A Taste of Motorsports, PIR 11 Board Meeting Note: NW Passage for 2021 was 18 Social and Dinner already planned, so the 2020 event will be held in 2022. DECEMBER, 2020 5 Holiday Party 9 Board Meeting 6 | Anzeiger | May 2020 Anzeiger | May 2020 | 7 WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS! Brent & Marilyn Hicks David & Ann Palmer Aberdeen, WA Sherwood, OR 1959 356 2012 911 Carrera 4 GTS PCA MEMBERS IN OR REGION Primary Members: 1,054 Associate Members: 675 OR PCA LOCAL SUMMARY Total Region Members: 1,729 Primary Members: 636 Associate Members: 444 NATIONAL PCA SUMMARY Total Local Members: 1,080 Primary Members: 86,314 Associate Members: 47,555 Larry Tracewell Total National Members: 133,886 Membership Chair [email protected] ANNIVERSARIES 45 YEARS 15 YEARS R. & Margot Peralta Gayle Kovacs & Don Crawford Nathan & Tammy Fekete 40 YEARS Richard Thomas & Pamela Mason Stephen & Vicki Harsch 10 YEARS 30 YEARS David & Karole Wilson Hal Olson & Elsie Chan George & Donna Fogg Robert & Esther Pyle Richard & Ryan Foster 25 YEARS 5 YEARS Andres Sulla & John Jacobson Anson & Katie Lytle Pat & Sandy Heffron 20 YEARS Anthony & Susan Aguire ADVERTISER INDEX Page Business Contact 7 Heckmann & Thiemann Motors ........................... 503.233.4809 9 Marque Motors ...................................................... 503.293.5386 5 Matrix Integrated (Downtown) ........................... 503.443.1141 5 Matrix Integrated (Westside) ............................. 503.747.5780 30 Stuttgart Autotech ............................................... 503.635.3098 8 | Anzeiger | May 2020 Anzeiger | May 2020 | 9 Porsche Club of America ZONE 6 REGIONS British Columbia Interior Vancouver Island President: Manuel Zerwes President: Tim Evans [email protected] [email protected] http://bci.pca.org/ PCA Zone 6 https://virpca.org Representative: Mark Prusynski Zone6Rep @nationalpca.org http://zone6.pca.org Canada West Silver Sage President: Jeff Rebiffe President: Lindsey Robinson [email protected] [email protected] https://www.pca-cwr.org https://silversageporsche.com Cascade Pacific Northwest President: Arne Berglund President: Doug Andreassen [email protected] [email protected] http://cascade-pca.org https://pnwr.org/ High Desert Inland Northwest Olympic Peninsula Oregon President: Tim Hagner President: Dave Bingham President: Bill Elwell President: Stephen Miller [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] https://highdesertpca.org https://inwr.pca.org https://opr-pca.org https//oregonpca.org 10 | Anzeiger | May 2020 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Steve Miller Article Sparks Comments; Why We Can’t Organize Drives reetings once again from to that fact. Please be assured that the compound at Millerdale. we will be more vigilant screening GLike many of you, we con- content of our printed and electron- tinue to reorganize closets, kitchen ic media in the future. To be clear, cabinets, and garage storage. We we will label it as “Opinion” when also have managed to restock our necessary. Costco paper products including the On another topic, we have had all-important toilet paper. I hope you several questions about why we are doing well and moving through can’t organize drives with small YOUR “to do” lists. groups just to get us out driving our Last month, Anzeiger featured an Porsches. The reason is that we must article titled “Taycan Launch Spurs follow the directives of our governor Thoughts on Sustainability.” We and the rules set forth by national heard from several members that PCA, which provides our event strongly disagreed with the author’s insurance. It is an issue of liability. discussion of carbon neutrality and Individuals may, however, create the proposed use of carbon cred- their own drive without violating the its. Their primary concern was that rules. Don’t forget there are a num- some of the article was based on ber of tours on our website: https:// opinion. I want you to know that www.oregonpca.org/home/tours/ this article does not represent a route-library/. Please note that you policy position of the Oregon Re- need to be logged into the website to gion Porsche Club of America.