December 2014

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Hear it through the Grapevine

Featured Stories Pages

GEM’s 1st Meta Miglia Mille Reveiw 10

Porshce at the LA Autoshow 18

Mark Webber’s 919 LMP Crash in San Paulo 24

Social Outings & Members’ Page

Thank You to the Manda’s for their Hospitality 5

PCA Member only Fall Porsche Raffle 16

Event Calendars & Schedules

Upcoming GEM Social Events, Christmas Party 4

Ladies and Lattes 6

Christmas Party at the Harris’s 7

Christmas Toy Run 8

The Outlaw’s Toy Drive at the Crest RV Resort 9

Our GEM Event Calendar 17

Up-Coming Out of Town Events

PCA Member’s Only Raffle 16

Zone 8 Annual Banquet 26

Zone 8 Annual Concours 27

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Porsche Club of America

Golden Empire Region

Board Members and Chair Persons

Social Coordinator

Tammy Harris

Webmaster

Anton Khatsanovich

Newsletter Editor

Michael Thomas

gemgrapevine@gmail.com

Autocross Co-Chairs

Greg Fullmer and

Charles Rook

Safety Chair &

Insurance Coordinator

Mike McGregor

Membership Co-Chairs &

Communication Co-Chairs

Loren Stumbaugh and

Anna Stumbaugh

PCA Membership While our cars are very exclusive, our club is not.

Did you know that you can add a family member

or other interested person as an affiliate member,

at no additional cost? The family or affiliate mem-

ber must also be 18 years of age or older.

For all of the details contact our Membership

Chair:

Loren Stumbaugh

Porsche Club of America

Golden Empire Region

Membership Chairman

Loren7025@gmail.com

(661) 747-4416

Please join us online at our newly remodeled

Website and on our Facebook Group page:

http://gem.pca.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/

PCA.GoldenEmpireRegion/

And please send any Newsletter comments

or content contributions to :

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Secretary

Spencer Harris

President

Omar Olivas

Vice President

Linn Christopher

Treasurer

Betsy Wadman

Past President

Pat Wadman

Secretary

Spencer Harris

President

Omar Olivas

Vice President

Linn Christopher

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The Golden Ox, every Saturday Morning at 8:am for Breakfast and Chit Chat , 3400 Wilson Rd.

December:

6th Saturday, Ladies and Lattes, Marie Callenders, 10:am

6th Saturday, Outlaw’s Christmas Toy Drive, Crest RV Resort, 8:am Bring a Toy and enjoy a Great Bloody Mary

14th Sunday, Christmas Toy Run, Parade start at 10:am, Our Breakfast starts before that. Time and location to be determined

14th Sunday, Christmas Party at the Harris’s, 4:pm till 8:pm. See Flyer for Details. This will be our December Social Meeting

January:

17th Saturday, Zone 8 Concours and Annual Banquet in Temecula, CA

Our next Social meeting will be the Christmas Party at the Harris’s

Sunday 4:pm

Christmas Party

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At a Glance. A few items of interest from within the

Golden Empire Region’s Members in the Month of October

November’s Social Meeting was held in Mary and Mark Manda’s “Party Barn”.

This is Some Barn guys. Boy am I sorry I was out of town and missed this one.

Thank you and Mary so much for hosting such a wonderful event at your home !

All photos were taken by Chuck Anderson, Thank you Chuck !

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Ladies and Lattes Christmas Brunch

Saturday 10:am, Dec 6, Marie Callender’s

Sorry Guys this one is just for the Ladies

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Sunday Dec, 14 2014

GEM, PCA Christmas Social

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All Donations benefit Salvation Army of Kern County

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This is a Good Event Guys. While the Ladies are sipping Lattes come on out and

enjoy one of the best Bloody Marys around . Lets show Porsche Pride this Year !!

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Inspired Italy’s Mille Miglia and the West Coast

California Mille, The Golden Empire Region of the Porsche Club of American hosted it’s first (and perhaps last) Meta

Mille Miglia tour. This driving tour took place over 3 days throughout some of California’s most beautiful countryside's.

It was a 500 mile tour that took place over a three day period. From Friday though Sunday attendees drove from

Bakersfield, through the twists and turns of Hwy 33 to Ojai and Santa Barbara. Over the weekend the journey took us up

Hwy 1 through the some of the most majestic coastal scenery California has to offer. Ending with a thrilling drive down

Hwy 25 out of Hollister. Another twisty curvy back road experience that Porsche-philes thrive on.

Day One: Friday

From Bakersfield to Ojai over the scenic an twisting turns of Hwy 33 into Ojai. Then up the lower portion of the Central

Coast to Santa Barbara’s Stern’s Wharf for lunch at the Longboard Grill. And then on to a beautiful drive out of Santa

Barbara over the San Marcos Pass and into the charmingly quant Danish community of Solvang. Day One ended in the

pouring rain with a good dinner and a restful night’s sleep at the Royal Copenhagen Inn.

Beautiful morning in Solvang after that rainy night. Everyone wiped their Porsches off and enjoy a hearty breakfast at

Paula’s Pancakes. Greg, Rick, and the Harris’s take a tour through Virgil Eling’s motorcycle museum in Solvang. While the

rest of us begin our day with the Firestone winery tour and tasting. Yes, It’s never too early to sample great wines ! Our

wine tasting group continues their morning with a drive through the beautiful back roads of the Foxen Canyon which led

us into the secluded oak forest of Tepusquet mountains. A very well maintained country road full to view lots of wildlife.

A short drive up Hwy 101 and both groups joined up again at our lunch stop at the lovely Ventana Grill, or former Shore

Cliff restaurant for all of you “hipsters” who may recall the action filled evenings of great food, drink, and live music of

this 80s and 90s hotspot overlooking the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean.

The tunnel on scenic Highway 33 Longboards Restaurant on Santa Barbara’s

Stern’s Wharf

Fortunately the Girls were the only things

upside-down after their 3 Martini lunch !

Bridge over the Santa Ynez River

on Scenic San Marcos Pass.

Breakfast at the Paula’s Pancake House Virgil Eling’s Vintage Motorcycle Museum View looking out from Ventana Lunch at breath-taking Ventana Grill

A Review of a terrific

PCA weekend road trip !

Day Two: Saturday

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Day Two Continues:

After a rather chaotic gasoline dash the group continued up Hwy 101 and crossed over to Hwy 1 at San Luis Obispo. That

drive brought us on up to Ocean by the Pines, Cambria. A gorgeous little quant community who happened to be invaded

by Scarecrows that weekend. Started in 2009 with only 30 Scarecrows spend throughout the town, the Annual Scare-

crow Festival of 2014 boasted nearly 500 of the handmade humanoids throughout the town this year. Unfortunately the

much needed and welcomed rain on Saturday damped the Scarecrow viewing. They all had plastic bags over them.

Betsy Wadman arranged for what I found to be a transcendent Evening Tour of the Hearst Castle. I’ve been through the

Castle many times but never after dark. The warm glow of the alabaster lighting fixtures transported us back into an Art

Deco age of Downton Abby. On the following page you will see the amazing visual sensation of the Castle after dark.

But wait, we’re not done with our Saturday evening yet. After the Evening of the Castle we drove 15 miles north to a

little bit of California heaven, the Ragged Point Inn for dinner and a night’s rest . This small set of motel rooms and res-

taurant sits 600 feet above the Pacific Ocean. All night long you are serenaded by the crashing ocean surf below.

Day Three: Sunday

In the morning we awoke to

find ourselves nestled in of

the one of the most beautiful

areas that the California coast-

line has to offer. The stunning

coastal view overloads the visual senses. And the aroma of the lush oleander, pine, and cypress trees is intoxicating.

After breakfast the group heads up majestic Highway 1. I know of no other road I find more breathtaking and fun to

drive than this section of California coastal highway.

A bit later we all stopped and did what all

site seers on Hwy 1 do. We stretched our

legs, admired the view, and everyone began

to Yo Yo. Nick makes it look so easy every-

one wanted a try. Nick carry an assortment

of 12 Yo Yos so it easy to accommodate all.

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After we got this crowd of Yo Yo s back into their Porsches we continued up the coast to Monterey. For what else?

More food of course. It was the second restaurant at the end of a pier again. I missed the first in Santa Barbara. But

Rappa’s here in Monterey was excellent. Great Clam Chowder and Shrimp Louie salads. And the scenery was wonder-

ful once again with a gorgeous harbor view.

Now this is where the Harris’s and Nick and I jumped

off the tour and came back home. The rest of the

group continued up to Hollister where they connected

with Hwy 25 and enjoyed another curvy, twisty road

that Porsches thrive on.

As I often like to say, A Great Time Was Had By All.

It was not only an enjoyable Porsche road trip, but a

window into the character and personalities of our

members as well. How you ask ? Well;

We learned that our own Betsy Bailey is

from the “Flower Days” …..

We learned that Ken Keenan never

tries to be anything he isn’t !

Except maybe sober sometimes …...

We learned that as much as

Tammy Jo loves her iPad,

she’s a very sharing person.

So she left her iPad sitting on this rock behind

Greg hoping that someone else would find it

and enjoy it as much as she has …….

And we learned the Bozo in this Tangerine 911 Targa can’t seem to figure out how to park in the same direction as everyone else !

Not sure what the

lesson learned

here is, but it can’t

be good !

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Highlights from the 1st (Maybe Last) Meta Miglia Mille drive up

California’s Beautiful Central Coast

Thank you Charee Keenan for this lovely photo collage of our driving tour.

Who said Porsche owners aren’t tree huggers ? This is a magnificent old Cork Oak tree. This soft bark tree trunk has

actually produced thousands of bottle corks over the years.

No wine glasses stayed full for long here.

Beautiful view of the Santa Ynez valley looking

out through the window of the tasting room.

The mayor of Cambria suggesting we save

water and drink blood !

One of the many paper machete faces of

Cambria’s Scare Crow Festival this year.

Always ready to Woo the crowd with a

performance …...

Nick Thomas proudly displays his collection

of ‘ridiculously overpriced’ Yo Yo s.

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Porsche Club of America’s Fall 2014 Member Only Raffle has begun, and there’s excellent reason to purchase at least one $50 ticket: a chance to win a Boxster or Cayman GTS plus $25,000 cash. Click here to register.

Porsche’s mid-engined sports cars are the most recent models to receive GTS badging, earned through higher levels of performance than their S counterparts. A 15-horsepower bump for both cars endows the Boxster GTS with 330 hp and the Cayman GTS with 340, while Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) and Sport Chrono pack-age, which includes goodies such as dynamic transmission mounts, Sport Plus mode, and launch control, are stand-ard. The sport exhaust system is also standard, and the GTS models maintain the option for a six-speed manual transmission or seven-speed PDK automatic.

They ride on 20-inch Carrera S wheels and receive other exterior appointments to differentiate them from lesser models. Unique front and rear fascias are paired with “blacked out” Bi-Xenon headlamps with Porsche Dynamic Lighting System, which swivels the lights slightly to the inside of turns.

So if you want a chance to win one of these great Porsches (plus the cash), click here to register for the raffle online. Go to the second image to read the rules in their entirety. Here’s basically how the raffle works:

Limited to 8,000 for 1st vehicle For every 4,000 entries after 8,000 has been reached, another Grand Prize package will be added If an additional 4,000 is not reached, for every 1,000 entries after 8,000 a Germany trip will be added as a prize

Register for Fall 2014 Member Only Raffle

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November 2014

December 2014

January 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 Ladies and

Lattes 10:am

Outlaws Toys

Drive 8:am

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 Toy Parade

8:am

Christmas Party

4:pm

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21 22 23 24 25 Christmas 26 27

28 My Birthday 29 30 31

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 New Years 2 3

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Zone 8

Concours 9:am

Zone 8 Banquet

6:pm

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The Porsche exhibit was amazing. It was the most exclusive of all the manufacturers set in a separate room from all the rest. Every Porsche model was on display including all variants of the GTS and Hy-brid lines as well as the amazing 918. We had an opportunity to mingle with PCA members from many other regions. Also present was the president of PCA National Manny Alban and Executive Di-rector Vu Nguyen as well as Zone 8 Rep Tom Brown. The six of us that went spent most of our time admiring some of the aftermarket goodies and partners with Cal Inland region to negotiate a couple deals here and there (look for a possible group buy on car batteries soon). Looking forward to next year, maybe we can have a larger group of GEM go.

Porsche at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show

By Omar Olivas …..

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And finally on the new 2015 911 GTS,

It has a grill to mount your Grill Badges on again !!

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1995 Porsche Carrera 911 Coupe, 993 generation, Guards Red/ Tan upholstery, Manual 6 speed transmission, 67K miles. I am the 3rd own-

er and the cars two previous owners are also from Bakersfield. Surprisingly, this car has spent its entire life in Bakersfield yet nobody from

the Porsche community has ever seen it. The guy I bought it from has owned the car for the past 13 years but rarely drove it. It is in out-

standing condition and ready to represent GEM at upcoming events!

The car was not for sale when I was introduced to the owner by a mutual friend who knew he had a 993 and that I was looking for one. After

lengthy negotiations we came to terms for the sale.

In my best Dr. Frankenstein Inflection, It’s Alive !! Omar’s Turbo Creation lives !!!

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We been following local PCA member Chris Addington on FaceBook as he

performs ground restoration on this beautiful old 1954 356 pre A.

Logon to the GEM’s FaceBook group to read more of the comments Chris is sharing with us.

Lots of valuable communications and other interesting things are happening in the Golden Empire

Region’s FaceBook group. Please join us at : https://www.facebook.com/groups/

PCA.GoldenEmpireRegion/

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Mark Webber has escaped serious injury following a frightening late-race accident in Sunday’s FIA WEC season-ending Six Hours of Sao Paulo.

The ex-F1 star lost control of his No. 20 Porsche 919 Hybrid entering the high-speed final section of the Interlagos circuit with just 28 minutes remaining in the race.

Webber climbed from the car and was declared by Porsche to be OK but has been transported to a local hospital for precautionary checks.

Matteo Cressoni, the driver of the No. 90 8Star Motorsports Ferrari F458 Italia, who was collected in the incident, was evaluated and released from the circuit’s medical center.

Webber’s sister No. 14 Porsche of Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb went onto claim victory in the race, marking Porsche’s first overall victory in a major long-distance sports car race since 1989.

VIDEO: Webber Suffers Hard Crash in Final Race Hour

Webber, amazingly wake and alert, as Car # 20 is Destroyed

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Porsche's going all in for Le Mans in 2015! Earlier today Porsche announced they will enter a third Porsche 919 Hybrid for the 24-hour race in Le Mans (France) on June 13/14 in 2015. There's no word yet on who will drive the third 919 (Jenson Button anyone?) but Porsche did confirm that current works drivers Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Brendon Hartley, Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Mark Webber have all been confirmed to continue for 2015.

Porsche To Enter A Third 919 Hybrid In 2015 Le Mans

And just in time after Mark Webber’s crash destroys #20

Wolfgang Hatz, Member of the Board, Research and Development, Porsche AG, said: “In 2014 we have been competitive immediately with the most complex and innovative race car Porsche has built so far. To date we have achieved five podium places, three pole positions and two record laps, in Shanghai and Bahrain. These are outstanding results. But this programme doesn’t just produce success on race tracks, but also on the engineering side. The target is the highest performance with maximised efficiency in ever growing dimensions. This is why we will take on the challenge with three Porsche 919 Hybrids in 2015.”

As a dress rehearsal for Le Mans in 2015, the third 919 will be entered in the six-hour race in Spa-

Francorchamps on May 2.

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