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3 Table of Contents GPX Board of Directors & Chairs 4 37th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 6 Write of Way (President's Column) Looking for an Editor 7 Editorial License (Editor's Column) On the Cover: Jimmie Mitchell's 911 GTS 8 More photos from Long Beach Grand Prix 10 Club Zone wide Calendar 11 GPX Region Calendar Calling All Racing Enthusiasts!!! 12 GPX/SGV Pomona Fairplex AX/DE 6/25-26 13 GPX/SGV PCA DE Instructor Training 7/10 14 Savannah Parade July 31 — August 6 16 Peter Adanalian's Dragon Distribution Arredondo Motorsports Open House & BBQ 7/16 20 May 7th Breakfast Club report 22 San Diego Region Concours 8/6 LA Region Greystone Concours 6/26 Santa Barbara Region Autocross 7/31 San Gabriel Valley Region Eureka Rally 7/9 24 Membership Report & June Anniversaries 25 Book Review: PORSCHE: The Man & His Cars 26 Tech Notes from Tony Callas & Tom Prine: Computerized Engine Management 28 Classified Ads 30 May 7 GPX Board Meeting Minutes 31 GPX ad for Breakfast Club Meetings at Frisco's Index to Advertisers Commercial Ad Rates
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.
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Contents 2011 GPX Board of Directors & ChairsPresident - Suesan Way (619) [email protected]
Vice President - Marty Goldsmith (562) [email protected]
Secretary - Dave Hockett (909) [email protected]
Treasurer - Greg [email protected](310) 245-7130
Activities - Susan Moard(626) [email protected]
Membership - Jimmie Mitchell(310) [email protected]
Editor - Skip Carter (619) [email protected]
Zone 8 RepresentativeMichael Dolphin(213) [email protected]
AdvertisingChuck [email protected]
BookkeepingRochelle Booth [email protected]
Chief Driving InstructorMike Mulligan [email protected]
Circuit DistributionAlbert [email protected]
ConcoursDal & Spencer [email protected]
Driving EventsSkip [email protected]
Goodie StoreBob Baddy & Junko [email protected]
InsuranceRon [email protected]
SafetyNick [email protected]
Tech InspectionRichard [email protected]
TimingCarlos Chang562.544.1797 [email protected]
ToursMarty [email protected]
WebmasterJimmie [email protected]
Advisors to the PresidentLinda CobarrubiasNick Perdikaris
37th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach by Patty Reillyphotos by John Reilly & Greg White
Again this year, once John’s scooter & camera gear was off loaded, he was gone. You would have thought
he was competing in the 37th Annual Toyota Grand Prix Long Beach. I guess you could say he was, trying and getting to all the photo locations and taking as many different pictures as he could. We are still editing the 1889 pictures he took on Saturday & Sunday; that’s not including the ones I took, or the shots he took Friday at the 64th Newport to
Ensenada Yacht Race.
After arriving home at midnight Thursday from an out of state medical confer- ence, we started the weekend Friday morning at the 6am mandatory photographers meeting. We then picked up our photo vests, track credentials, and special park- ing permits. Fortunately, security recognized us from last year and, after much discussion, let us into the parking structure before we had any credentials. Also, John somehow convinced Chris to upgrade his credential to the highest level (hot grid) like last year. After checking out some new shooting locations, we set up our race track movement schedule for the weekend, and when John decided not to shoot the Driver Celebrity Autograph signings, we hurried to a Newport Beach press boat, to shoot the noon start of the 64th Annual Newport to Ensenada Race. We were back in Long
Beach by 4pm to cover the end of Friday’s racing and the Patron party.
Saturday rolled around way to early; again we had the mandatory 6am meeting. We left the media center fortified with coffee and headed out for a long day of racing, only returning to the media center for lunch. The fan favorite race of the day was, of course, the Toyota Celebrity Race. The pole sitter was sup-
posed to be Stephen Moyer. Unfortunately he rolled his car on Friday and withdrew from Saturday's race. There was specula-tion about the reasons for his dropping out. Actor William Fichtner prevailed as the overall & Celebrity winner in a highly
competitive race with Japanese drift racer Ken Gushi finishing closely behind Fichtner to come in second and first in the Pro category. Saturday was also John’s favorite race, the American Le Mans Series, with lots of Porsches. The GTC class
team of Tim Papas and Jeroein Bleekemolen in their #54 Black Swan Porsche took first place in the GTC, an improvement from second place last year, second Sweedler/Keen in their #23 Porsche and third was Potter/Stanton in their #77 Porsche.
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Sunday arrived with all the festivities and crowds. After editing photos most of the night, it was great to be allowed to sleep in an extra hour (mandatory meeting moved to 7am). The crowds were enthusiastic. The first race of the day was the Firestone
Indy Lights; a 60 minute / 45 lap race (which ever comes first). The race ended at the 60 minute mark with Conor Daly taking the checkered flag, his first win in Indy Lights and only his third series start. Second was Estaban Guerrieri, also his best Indy
Lights finish. With Indy Lights finished, we grabbed lunch and headed for new shooting locations for the main event.
Because of John's wheel chair, we were not able to get to Turn One. However, I received special access for photographers to be up on the Turn One raised platform. So off we went, John to the pit/grid area just before the start line and me a v-e-r-y long walk to Turn One (with my amateur point and shoot camera). Surprisingly, I must say, I did get some good shots that even
impressed John. The Pole position was Penske’s with Will Power driving. Powers led for the first third of the race with Hunter-Reay and Conway chasing him. On lap 35 Briscoe took the lead with Hunter-Reay close behind. The lead changed back and forth between Briscoe, Hunter-Reay and Powers until lap 72 when Conway, who had driven a very steady race, passed Bris-coe crossing the Finish line 6 seconds ahead of Briscoe and Franchitti placing third. As in 2010, Andretti Racing was on the podium with a first place trophy. The trophy presentation didn’t go as scripted as Franchitti couldn’t wait to spray the other
drivers and team owner Michael Andretti with Champagne.
The last race of the weekend was the Pirelli World Challenge Championship. Porsche did not win, but James Sofronas in his GMG/Porsche GT3 took 2nd in the GT class; Patrick Long in his Porsche 911 GT3 also had the fastest race lap in the GT
series. Unfortunately, the winner was Brandon Davis, a local racer from Huntington Beach in his Ford Mustang Cobra. Third place was Jason Daskalos in a Dodge Viper, as the Porsches kept dropping out. Maybe next year?
Like last year, we had a great time and sincerely appreciate Chris Esslinger and his staff ’s support at Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. However, we sure did look forward to sleeping past 5am on Monday.
37th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach by Patty Reillyphotos by John Reilly & Greg White
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Write of Way, by Suesan Way
Looking for an EditorOver the next year I will be winding down
my position as editor.
It's not that I don't enjoy the job, but it's time for someone else to step up.
I will be happy to assist in the transition and even continue in a lesser capacity, but the primary responsibility for editing
The Circuit needs to be held by someone else.
Contact Suesan or Skip for information
Gone Fishin'
I'm sorry I'm not going to be able to join everyone at our June Breakfast Club this Saturday. I'm off to To-ronto for a family function, kinda like Going Fishin'.
We certainly have a lot of events coming up. Our recent Concours at the Lakewood Country Club worked out extremely well. If you were there, you got quite a few treats, including a close look at Wayne Dempsey's Jagermeister 962, a '73 RS, a Greg Brown's Guards Red Carrera GT, Eddie Swanenburg's newly restored 914-6, which was the hands down winner of The People's Choice award, and too many others to mention here. We also had a beautiful cake to celebrate the Grand Prix Region's 30th Anniversary. For those of you who were NOT there, you'll see our coverage in the July Circuit.
Please take a look at the club calendars on pages 10 & 11. I'm sure you will find several upcoming events of interest. Everyone is working hard and having fun, so come on out and join us.
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On the Cover...Last month Jimmie Mitchell brought his early 911 Targa to Breakfast Club. It had been a long time since we'd seen it due to a fire over a year ago. They did a good job restoring it. So, I was more than a little surprised when Jimmie showed up at the May Breakfast iwith his new Carrera GTS.
What a beautiful car. And, the smile on Jimmie's face was as big as I've ever seen. I'm just afraid to see what he shows up in for our June event!!!
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Holy mackerel, it's June already? As fast as our events are coming (and going) it's no wonder my head is spin-ning. Two weeks ago we had a fabulous Concours at the Lakewood Country Club. Thanks to Dal Lee and Suesan Way and all the volunteers to making that hap-pen. We'll cover it in the July Circuit. Stay tuned.
Last weekend we were in Buttonwillow for the PCA Club Race, Drivers Ed and Time Trial that we put on together with the Golden Gate Region. This was anoth-er fun weekend with great weather, nice cars, fun people and (except for my STUPID speeding ticket going over the Grapevine), and just a FABULOUS event.
June doesn't slow down. We've got a 2-day weekend featuring a Drivers Ed on Saturday and an Autocross on Sunday at the Pomona Fairplex. They don't get much closer than Pomona. If you've ever thought about get-ting your car out for a little legal exercise, THIS IS IT! If you've wanted a trained instructor to show you the ropes, THIS IS IT! Registration is now open, and you can see more information on page 12.
On July 10 we're back at the Fairplex, this time for a PCA National DE Instructor training, which we are also hosting with the San Gabriel Valley region. If you have half a dozen autocrosses, DEs, or other Per-formance Driving events under your belt... If you are an instructor but have not gone through this training OR, if you think you'd like to find out about someday becoming an instructor, this is the place. PCA sends out a special team to do this, and they don't happen very often, so take advantage of this opportunity. If you have any questions, send me an email or give a call. There is a flyer on page 13 with more info.
Also in July is the Arredondo Motorsports Open House and BBQ, on the 16th. Art and his family put on a great feed, and they have a great shop to hang out in. Take a look at the ad for this on page 16.
As soon as we can slow down enough to catch our breathe, we'll be looking at adding a few tours and tech sessions to our calendar. There are plenty of people who have offered and who we have had conversations with; we just need to sit down for a few minutes and make them happen.
By the way, our December 3rd Holiday Party has been confirmed again for the Long Beach Yacht Club. This year will be a very special event given that we are cel-ebrating our 30th Anniversary as a region of the Porsche Club of America. You can expect some unusual activi-ties and things of interest. Stay tuned.
Marco Andretti
Dario Franchitti ended up in 3rd place
Mike Conway won the Toyota Grand Prix
Porsche Pace Car
Ken Gushi was the pro winner of the Toyota Celebrity Race
Brian Brisco took 2nd Place in the Toyota Grand Prix
Patrick Long had fastest race lap in the GT series
more long beach grand prix photos by john reilly & greg white
Pirelli World Challenge cars dicing it up
ALMS LMP1 overall winner, Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving the Muscle Milk Lola B08
Gunnar Jeannette and Ricardo Gonzalez in the ALMS LMPC class came in 3rd overall
Tony Drissi was 2nd in ALMS PC class
Raphael Matos AFS Racing Honda
Patrick Long in the Flying Lizard GT3 RSR followed by Wolf Henzler
Firestone Indy Lights Rusty Miller (17) and Mikael Granler (63)
Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) leading Dario Franchitti (Ganassi Racing), Oriol Servia (Newman/Haas) and Scott Dixon (Ganassi Racing)
Porsche Pace Car
James Sofronas took 2nd place in the Pirelli World Challenge Championship
William Fichtner was the Celebrity winner of the toyota Celebrity Race and overall winner with best time
Dario Franchitti spraying champagne at Michael Andretti, whose driver Mike Conway took 1st place
Trophy presentation with confetti. From left to right, Dario Franchitti, Mike Conway and Brian Brisco
Rookie driver JR Hildebrand who, just a few weeks later, crashed on the last turn at the Indy 500 to knock himself out of first place.
more long beach grand prix photos by john reilly & greg white
Pirelli World Challenge cars dicing it up
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Zone 8 Club Calendar June 1 1948 Porsche#1isroadcertified 4 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 4 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 4 Sat Friends of Steve McQueen Car Show at Boys Republic, Chino Hills 6 1998 Porsche scores 16th overall win at Le Mans 11-12 S-Sun 24 Hours of Le Mans 11 Sat Orange Coast Region Zone 8 Concours, Dana Pt 12 Sun Orange Coast Region Zone 8 Autocross, El Toro 12 Sun F1 - Canadian Grand Prix 13 1970 Porsche's 1st overall win at Le Mans - 917K 14 Tue Flag Day 19 Sun Father's Day 25 Sat GPX/SGVR Zone 8 Autocross, Fairplex 26 Sun GPX/SGVR Drivers Ed, Fairplex in Pomona 26 Sun F1 - European Grand Prix
July 1 Fri Canada Day 2 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 3 Sun ALMS (TBD) 4 Mon Independence Day 9 Sat ALMS Lime Rock 9 Sat San Gabriel Valley Region Zone 8 Rally 10 Sun PCA DE Instructor Training, Pomona Fairplex GPX & SGVR Regions 10 Sun F1 - British Grand Prix 16 Sat Arredondo Motorsports Open House & BBQ 17 Sun Orange Coast Region Autocross at El Toro 24 Sun F1 - German Grand Prix 31 Sun ALMS - Mosport 31 Sun Santa Barbara Region Autocross, Earl Warren 31-Aug 6 56th Porsche Parade, Savannah, GA
August 6 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 6 Sat Orange Coast Region 50th Anniversary 6 Sat ALMS - Mid Ohio 19-21 F-Sun Monterey Historics, Laguna Seca 19 Fri Concorso Italiano 21 Sun Pebble Beach Concours 21 Sun ALMS - Road America 21 Sun Orange Coast Region Autocross at El Toro 28 Sun F1 - Belgium Grand Prix
September 3 1875 Ferdinand Porsche born in Maffersdorf 3 Sun ALMS (TBD) 3 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 5 Mon Labor Day 11 Sun F1 - Italian Grand Prix 11 Sun Orange Coast Region Autocross at El Toro 14-15 W-Thu GPX Tour to the Porsche Escape in Flagstaff, 15-18 Th-Sun Porsche Escape, Flagstaff, AZ 17 Sat ALMS - Laguna Seca 17 Sat Santa Barbara Region Autocross, Camarillo 19 1908 Ferry (Anton Ernest) Porsche born
24-25 S-Sun GPX Tour to the Coronado Speed Festival and other Fleet Week activities 24-25 S-Sun San Diego Region DE/TT, Willow Springs 25 Sun F1 - Singapore 29 Thu Rosh Hashanah
October 1 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 1 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 3 Mon GPX Day Away from Work, Streets of Willow 8 Sat Yom Kippur 9 Sun F1 - Japanese Grand Prix 9 Sun Santa Barbara Region Zone 8 Concours, Camarillo 10 Mon Canadian Thanksgiving 10 Mon Columbus Day 14-16 F-Sun RENNSPORT REUNION IV - Laguna Seca 15 Sat ALMS Road Atlanta 16 Sun Korean Grand Prix 16 Sun Orange Coast Region Autocross at El Toro 21 Fri SanDiegoRegionDE,Fontanainfield 22 Sat Riverside Region Timeline, Arrowhead 26-30 W-Sun 356 West Coast Holiday, Palm Springs 30 Sun F1 - Indian Grand Prix 31 Mon Halloween
November 5 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 6 Sun Daylight Savings ends 8 Tue Election day 11 Fri Veteran's Day 12 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting 12 Sat Santa Barbara Region El Camino Real Rally 13 Sun F1 - Abu Dhabi 13 Sun Orange Coast Region Autocross at El Toro 18-27 Los Angeles Auto Show 19 Sat GPX/SGVR Autocross, Fairplex in Pomona 20 Sun GPX/SGVR Drivers Ed, Fairplex in Pomona 24 Thu Thanksgiving 27 Sun F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix
December 3 Sat GPX Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 3 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 3 Sat GPX HOLIDAY PARTY AT LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB
4 Sun Orange Coast Region Autocross at El Toro 20-28 Wed Chanukah 25 Sun Christmas
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May 7 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 7 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 7 Sat Tech Session at Loren Begg's 911 Design 22 Sun Zone 8 Concours, Lakewood Country Club28-29 S-Sun Buttonwillow Club Race/DE/TT
June 4 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 4 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 25 Sat Drivers Ed, Fairplex in Pomona 26 Sun Zone 8 Autocross, Fairplex in Pomona
July 2 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 2 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 10 Sun PCA DE Instructor Training, Fairplex in Pomona 16 Sat Arredondo Motorsports Open House & BBQ
August 6 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach
September 3 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 3 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club14-15 W-Thu Tour to the Porsche Escape in Flagstaff 24-25 S-Sun Tour to the Coronado Speed Festival in San Diego and other Fleet Week activities
October 1 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 1 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 3 Mon Day Away from Work, Streets of Willow 13 Thu Tour to Rennsport Reunion, Laguna Seca
November 5 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 5 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club 19 Sat Autocross, Fairplex in Pomona 20 Sun Drivers Ed, Fairplex in Pomona
December 3 Sat Breakfast Club-Frisco's, Long Beach 3 Sat Board Meeting after Breakfast Club
Grand Prix Region Calendar
CALLING ALL RACING ENTHUSIASTS
We train! The only requirement is your enthusiasm and love of racing
Have you always wanted to be involved with racing without the high cost of campaigning your own car? One way is to help coordinate Performance Driving events. Get the second best seat in the house! As a Flagger, you will be stationed on the “corners”, providing course condition infor-mation to the drivers via flags, relaying on-track incidents to track control and helping to keep participants safe. Flaggers are truly irreplaceable: Without them, the race doesn’t go on!
The Grand Prix Region currently hires Corner Workers for our events, but the quality of those workers is not consistent. The idea came up that, instead of hiring outside groups to do this, why don't we put together a team of GPX Corner Workers.
Bob and Karen Lewis are two GPX members who got the bug a couple of years ago, got trained by the best as Flag and Grid workers, and have been staffing racing events like the Long Beach Grand Prix and venues like Laguna Seca, Auto Club Speedway and others ever since.
Bob and Karen would be willing to train a team of GPX members and their friends to be profes-sional level Flag and Grid workers.
If you have any interest, please contact Bob & Karen Lewis at [email protected], or give Skip Carter a call at (619) 992-9927
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June 25 & 26, 2011
THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL EVENT — EITHER OR BOTH DAYSInstructors are provided (and mandatory) for novices
For info contact: Suesan Way, Registrar [email protected] or (619) 992-4287
Registration:www.MotorsportReg.com
P a i d C o r n e r W o r k e r s
Saturday Drivers Ed — $ 120.00Sunday Autocross — $ 65.002-day discount rate — $ 160.00$50.00 late fee per event if payment not received by June 20
Autocross 1.5 mile 2+ minute courseDrivers Ed: 2 mile road course using historic tunnelBoth Autocross & DE are Entry Level Event — no special equipment needed for stock classesHelmets required (Snell SA or M 2000 & 2005)HHelmets available for rent or purchase
Sheraton FairplexPorsche Club Rate – $99.001 MINUTE FROM THE TRACK
— REVISION —Autocross & DE days flipped — DE SATURDAY / AX SUNDAY
Porsche Cars North America may be bringing cars and drivers like they did at our November event
Mandatory Ground School Friday evening for DE novices
sponsored by:Downtown LA Porsche
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June 25 & 26, 2011
THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL EVENT — EITHER OR BOTH DAYSInstructors are provided (and mandatory) for novices
For info contact: Suesan Way, Registrar [email protected] or (619) 992-4287
Registration:www.MotorsportReg.com
P a i d C o r n e r W o r k e r s
Saturday Drivers Ed — $ 120.00Sunday Autocross — $ 65.002-day discount rate — $ 160.00$50.00 late fee per event if payment not received by June 20
Autocross 1.5 mile 2+ minute courseDrivers Ed: 2 mile road course using historic tunnelBoth Autocross & DE are Entry Level Event — no special equipment needed for stock classesHelmets required (Snell SA or M 2000 & 2005)HHelmets available for rent or purchase
Sheraton FairplexPorsche Club Rate – $99.001 MINUTE FROM THE TRACK
— REVISION —Autocross & DE days flipped — DE SATURDAY / AX SUNDAY
Porsche Cars North America may be bringing cars and drivers like they did at our November event
Mandatory Ground School Friday evening for DE novices
sponsored by:Downtown LA Porsche
Savannah Parade will include several guided driving tours to points of interest while cruising the beauti-ful countryside of Georgia and South Carolina. These tours have become some of the most popular activities of the week, and you can be sure that this year’s will not disappoint!
The Porsche Club Tech Academy will provide participants with a well-rounded curriculum. All Porsche models will be covered. Upon completion of three hours of study (attending three sessions) you will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts diploma for your achievement.
Savannah is a hotbed of cultural attractions and we will certainly take advantage of them. Offerings include a tour of nearby Hilton Head Island, the Rose Hill Plantation, the charming nearby towns of Bluffton and Beaufort and the communities on Tybee and Skidaway Islands. Other events include a 5K Run/Walk around Hutchin-son Island, slot cars, the Michelin Drive & Com-
pare, a golf tournament, a helpful Concierge on-site all week, Parade 101 class-es, and National awards including the newsletter, website, Enthusiast of the Year, Family of the Year, Region of the Year, and Public Service awards. We even plan to bring back the police escorted Parade of Porsches, so we can show Savannah we are there with style!
Also remember the Ban-quets that round out each evening!
Porsche Parade in Savannah, Georgia July 31 — August 6By Cole Scrogham
Parade 2011 is coming up quickly. When Parade junkies start thinking of the week of fun and excitement with their Porsche and PCA friends, they begin with the main events; the Concours and Autocross. As much fun as they are, one can overlook the other opportunities that exist during this action packed week. Rallies and driving Tours are also great fun, as is the challenging Tech Quiz. Don't think you need to bring a Porsche either. While it cer-tainly enhances the experience, many people fly in and do what they can with a rental car.
The TSD Rally masters this year have ample roads for exploration, and regardless of your experience level they will have something for you.
The last of the “competitive” events is the Parade Technical and Historical Quiz. It will test your knowledge of Porsche history, family trivia and model lines over the last 60 plus years! The Quiz features 50 general and 25 “Model” specific questions (you pick the model you wish to compete in).
Parade Kids look forward to plenty of action includ-ing RC cars and boats, make and take craft projects, pool games, karaoke, and outdoor movies. Kids can make their own art piece on Sunday to enter in the Art Show. There is a gallery showcasing the work of our amateur photographers. There will be a ghost hunt, bike rally and pool party for the teens and tweens in addi-tion to plenty of gaming and hanging out with friends in the Kids’ Lounges. Babysitting and activities will be provided.
Hospitality is the place to meet your friends, have a morn-ing coffee, an afternoon repast and check your email? The answer is the Parade Hospitality! Parade Sponsors have booths to view their products and more than a few Porsches on display. You won't want to miss the Goodie Store: Porsche merchandise, PCA-logo merchandise, Parade-logo mer-chandise, models, books, and special items not seen in past Parades can all be expected.
The Gimmick Rally is designed to provide a scenic, relax-ing and fun outing for everyone, including families. The
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January 29 & 30 Streets of Willow PDS Drivers Clinic #1 Sat. & PDS #1 Sun.February 26 & 27 Streets of Willow PDS #2 & 3
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May 7 Breakfast Club Story by Peter Ross, photos by Jimmie Mitchell & Skip CarterThe first Saturday of May brought out the usual flair to the Grand Prix Region’s Monthly Breakfast Club Meeting at Frisco’s Diner in Long Beach, a lot of really nice people and a lot of really good looking Porsches.
Nestled among the gorgeous cars, was a brand new 2011 meteor gray Porsche GTS that was purchased weeks before by our GPX Membership Chair, Jimmie Mitchell. This is indeed a magnificent car, but then again, so were all of the other Porsches that adorned the parking lot.
As usual, the meeting was chock-full of information on present and upcoming PCA club events, including a tech session being held later on that day at 911 Design's shop in Montclaire. Dave Hockett handled MC duties that detailed the various announcements, as well as, the raffle of free give-away prizes. The 50/50 raffle prize was won by Linda Nolasco. The meeting covered a host of upcoming events such as the Concours, Buttonwillow and Fairplex driving events, DE Instructor Training and the Porsche Parade 2011.
At the end of the Breakfast Club Meeting, and prior to the GPX Board Meeting, our members were also invited to attend and participate in the new Flagger School, which was hosted and instructed by GPX member Bob Lewis, who did an incredible job covering the incredibly important aspects of track safety.
In attendance at Breakfast were Norman Abell, Frank Alvis, Bob Baddy & Junko Kamei, John Barrone, Carl & Christine Bloom, Bruce Brown, Joe Bryant, Jeremy & Joey Campbell, Dave Carpenter, Skip Carter & Suesan Way, Jack & Ginny Case, Arturo Chaparro, Richard Clewett, Dan Dagert, Frank Daugherty, Yaw Davis, Norma Dawson, Mark Dodson, Steve Firshein, Albert Franco, Marty Friedman, Robert Fre-idman, Freddy Garcia, Marty & Brita Goldsmith, Lorenzo Gray, Jeff Haas, Charles Harrell, Rick Hartman, Arsenio Hernandez, Ron Hlavka, Dan & Dave Hockett, Bruce Jephcott, Patricia Geary-Johnson, Rick Lester, Dickson Lew, Bob & Karen Lewis, Rico Lopez, Roger Lubeck, Chet Malveaux, Frank Matranga, Frank Medrano, Phil Millard, Claude Mitchell, Jimmie Mitchell, Susan Moard, Tom & Michelle Mueller, Mike Nolasco & Amy Chap, Linda Nolasco, Vincent Parker, John & Patty Reilly, Herb Reynolds, Sandi Richlin, Al Rosenberg, Peter Ross, How-ard & Gail Sachs, Ron Shanon, Dan Stern, Steve Sweet, Rick Tuey, Rob Wessels, Greg White and Earl Yessmann. As usual, I hope I didn’t omit anyone or misspell any names. If so, I truly apologize. If any of your contact information has changed (address, phone, email), please contact PCA at www.PCA.org and update your info. In addition, please notify Skip Carter, [email protected], and Jimmie Mitchell, [email protected], with the same update.
If you do not receive a couple of emails a month from us, it's because we don't have your email address. It's the easiest way to keep abreast of club activities. Send Skip your email at [email protected].
Beyond that, we’ll see you at the next Breakfast Club Meeting.
Mark Dodson Carrera
Chet Malveaux and his door prizeGreg White and door prize
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Earl Yessman brought his newly acquired classic Alfa RomeoDan Stern's new yellow "Porsche."
OK, still a fun car... And darn good looking!!!
Rick Hartman & Frank Alvis and their newly completed Slant nose Turbo
Frank Matranga Bruce Jephcott Steve Firshein's awfully masculine looking Cab
Karen Lewis handing Linda Nolasco her half of the 50/50 raffle. Dave Hockett handling the MC chores Freddy Garcia Roger Lubeck
Rico Lopez Frank Daugherty
Bruce Brown Sandi Richlin Joe Bryant
Linda & Mike Nolasco
Mike Nolasco & Amy Chap
Robeert Friedman Dave & Dan Hockett John BarroneAndrea & Craig Lochore
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Steve Firshein
Karen & Bob Lewis
M Yaw Davis
Steve Sweet Rick LesterRick Hartman Vince ParkerAllan Rosenberg
Earl Yessman brought his newly acquired classic Alfa Romeo
Freddy Garcia Henry Fella
Earl Yessman
Jack & Ginny Case
Marty Friedman Howard & Gail Sachs
Bob Lewis conducting our first ever Flag Team trainingTom & Michelle Mueller
Brita Goldsmith Susan MoardBob Baddy & Junko Mamei are doing a great job with the GPX Goodie Store
Dal & Spencer Lee
Allan Rosenberg
Suesan Way
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Zone 8 Events...
THIS IS A ZONE 8 SANCTIONED EVENT FOR POINTS
ENTRY/REGISTRATION FORM
ENTRY FEES: $85.00 per person, includes lunch. Enrollment limited to 65 cars. Pre-registration is encouraged to reserve your space. Event-day registration, as available, $100 cash only!Course work and Safety Meeting are mandatory in order to run this event. QUESTIONS? E-mail Dan Byers at [email protected]
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS: The Earl Warren Showgrounds
Exit Las Positas off 101 Freeway in Santa Barbara, continue to stoplight.
SCHEDULE: (Times approximate)6:30 a.m. Tech Opens6:45 a.m. Registration Opens8:00 a.m. Mandatory Drivers Meeting8:30 a.m. Practice Runs2 - 5 p.m. Three Official Timed Runs
Requirements: Safe and mechanically sound car. Please review PCA Zone 8 website autocross rules for helmet and seatbelt specifications - http://zone8.pca.org/rules.php This is an official Zone 8 event to be run in compliance with Zone 8 rules.
SANTA BARBARA REGIONZONE 8 AUTOCROSSAT EARL WARREN SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011
NAME: __________________________________________ PHONE: __________________________
ADDRESS:_____________________________________________________________________________
CITY, STATE ZIP: ______________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________________This is how we will communicate schedules, weather changes, results, etc.
CAR, MODEL: _______________________ YEAR: ____________ COLOR:_____________________
DESIRED CAR NUMBER: _________________ PORSCHE CLASS: ________________________As available due to computer program limitations. See Class info on Forum link above.
ARE YOU RUNNING FOR ZONE 8 POINTS? YES OR NO (CIRCLE ONE)NUMBER OF ENTRANTS: ________More than one person may drive a car, but each driver can drive only one car. Each driver must submit a separate Entry/Registration form.One check can be written for multiple drivers, but please be sure that the check identifies all the individual drivers.
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO PCA/SBR AMOUNT ENCLOSED: __________________ EXTRA LUNCH TICKETS AVAILABLE, PREPAID @ $17 EACH.CANCELLATIONS WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THIS EVENT WILL NOT RECEIVE A REFUND.SEND CHECK AND ENTRY REGISTRATION TO: DAN BYERS, 347 DAYTONA DRIVE, GOLETA, CA 93117
PCA-San Gabriel Valley, in conjunction with SMSCC, presents
EUREKA A PCA Zone 8 Event
Saturday, July 9, 2011 TIME: Registration will be open from 9 AM to 10 AM. Cars start at 1 minute intervals,
beginning at 10:01. The beginners' meeting begins at 9:30 AM, so sign up early.
START: The Bank of America rear parking lot, located at the northeast corner of Devonshire St. and Sepulveda Blvd., in Mission Hills (north San Fernando Valley), just 1/2 mile east of the San Diego Freeway (405) and 1/2 mile south of the Ronald Reagan Freeway (118).
From Pasadena, take I-210 west to CA-118 west. From Orange County or Los Angeles, take I-5 north to CA-118 west, exit at Sepulveda Blvd, turn left (on Sepulveda Blvd), turn left on Devonshire St., and then turn left into the rear parking lot.
COST: $35 at the start. $10 off if we get your pre-entry by July 1st, 2011 (see entry form below). Pre-entries will be accepted at the finish of the July 1st First Friday Niter.
EVENT: Rallymaster Rachel has designed Eureka as a lightly-trapped romp through the scenic roads of Ventura County.
The rally will take about 5 hours to complete, and finishes at the Channel Islands Harbor.
AWARDS: Trophies will be presented at the finish to contestants in each class of competition. Contestants will compete only against others in the same class of competition.
INFO: Need more? Call Jeanne @ (310) 372-7168 or Larry @ (310) 270-8826, or via e-mail: [email protected]. This flyer is online at eureka.smscc.org.
* * P R E - E N T E R * * * * * * P R E - E N T E R * * * * * * P R E - E N T E R * * Please enclose a check for $25.00 payable to SMSCC; mail so as to be received by July 1st to:
JEANNE ENGLISH; 30 13th St. #E; HERMOSA BEACH, CA 90254.
DRIVER:__________________________________________
NAVIGATOR: ________________________________________
ADDRESS:______________________________________
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CLASS: A-Expert B-Navigational C-Unequipped E-Beginner D-Touring
Full Concours DivisionC-1 All Closed 356C-2 All Open 356 C-3 911-912: ‘65-’73C-4 911-911 Turbo, 930, 912E (‘74-’83) C-5 911-Carrera&Turbo (‘84-’89) C-6 911-Carrera&Turbo (964, 993: ’89-’98)C-7 911-Carrera&Turbo, GT2, GT3
(996, 997: ’99 on) C-8 Boxster, Cayman C-9 914-4, 914-6 C-10 All 924, 928, 944, 968 C-11 Cayenne, Panamera
Street DivisionS-1 All Closed 356 S-2 All Open 356 S-3 911-912: ‘65-’73S-4 911-911 Turbo, 930, 912E (‘74-’83) S-5 911-Carrera&Turbo (‘84-’89) S-6 911-Carrera&Turbo (964, 993: ‘89-’98) S-7 911-Carrera&Turbo, GT2, GT3
(996, 997: ‘99 on) S-8 Boxster, Cayman S-9 914-4, 914-6 S-10 All 924, 928, 944, 968 S-11 Cayenne, Panamera
Unrestored Stock Division
UR-1 All 356
UR-3 911-912: ‘65-’73
UR-4 911-911 Turbo, 930, 912E (‘74-’83)
UR-5 911-Carrera&Turbo (‘84 -’89)
UR-6 911-Carrera&Turbo (964, 993:’84 -’89)
UR-7 911-Carrera&Turbo (996, ‘99:Y-10)
UR-8 Boxster (‘97:Y-10)
UR-9 914, 914-6
UR-10 All 924, 928, 944, 968
Wash + Shine DivisionW&S-1 All 356
W&S-2 911-912: ‘65-’73911-911 Turbo, 930, 912E: ‘74-’83914-4, 914-6
W&S-3 911-Carrera&Turbo (‘84-’89) 911-Carrera&Turbo, (964, 993:’89-’98)
W&S-4 911-Carrera&Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996, 997: ‘99 on)
W&S-5 All Boxster, Cayman
W&S-6 All 924, 928, 944, 968
W&S-7 Cayenne, Panamera
Special Categories Division > SC-1 Special Interest SC-2 Current Competition SC-3 Limited Production
Entered Porsche InfoClass Entered ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Year ________ Model ________________________________________________ Body _____________________________________
Color ___________________________________________________________ License Plate __________________________________
Entrant Contact Info
Name __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Email ________________________________________@ ______________________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________ PCA Region ________________________________________
City ___________________________________________________ State ____________ Zip __________________________________
BEST Contact Phone ( ________________________ ) — ________________________________________________________
Entry Fee Enclosed ______ + ___ Add’l. Lunch Tickets @ $20. _____ + ___ Raffle Tickets @ $5 ______ = Total Enc l. $ ___________
M a k e c h e c k s p a y a b l e t o P C A / L A a n d m a i l w i t h c o m p l e t e d r e g i s t r a t i o n f o r m t o :
J o e S h u b i t o w s k i , 1 5 3 7 P o n t i u s A v e . , L o s A n g e l e s , C A 9 0 0 2 5j o s e p h . s h u b i t o w s k i @ g m a i l . c o m
REGISTRATION:Absolute Registration Deadline: June 3, 2011. Space is limited, Register NOW!
All Judged Class entries: $75. • All Park & Display entries: $50.All entries include one (1) lunch ticket. Add’l. lunch tickets available at $20. each. Raffle Tickets: $5ea. or 5/$20
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DISPLAY Not Judged FULL CONCOURS DIVISION C-1 All Closed 356 C-2 All Open 356 C-3 911, 912 (1965-1973) C-4 911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (1974-1983) C-5 911 Carrera & Turbo (1984-1989) C-6 911 Carrera & Turbo (964, 993, 1989-1998) C-7 911 Carrera & Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996, 997, 1999-On) C-8 Boxster, Cayman C-9 914-4, 914-6 C-10 All 924, 928, 944, 968 C-11 Cayenne, Panamera STREET DIVISION S-1 All Closed 356 S-2 All Open 356 S-3 911, 912 (1965-1973) S-4 911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (1974-1983) S-5 911 Carrera & Turbo (1984-1989) S-6 911 Carrera & Turbo (964, 993, 1989-1998) S-7 911 Carrera & Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996, 997, 1999-On) S-8 Boxster, Cayman S-9 914-4, 914-6 S-10 All 924, 928, 944, 968 S-11 Cayenne, Panamera UNRESTORED DIVISION UR-1 All 356 UR-2 Future use UR-3 911, 912 (1965-1973) UR-4 911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (1974-1983) UR-5 911 Carrera & Turbo (1984 -1989) UR-6 911 Carrera & Turbo (964, 993, 1989-1998) UR-7 911 Carrera & Turbo (996, 1999 – Y-10) UR-8 Boxster (986, 1997-Y-10) UR-9 914/914-6 UR-10 All 924, 928, 944, 968 WASH & SHINE DIVISION W&S-1 All 356 W&S-2 911, 912 (1965-1973) 911, 911 Turbo, 930, 912E (1974-1983) 914-4, 914-6 W&S-3 911 Carrera & Turbo (1984-1989) 911 Carrera & Turbo, (964, 993, 1989-1998) W&S-4 911 Carrera & Turbo, GT2, GT3 (996, 997, 1999-On) W&S-5 All Boxster, Cayman W&S-6 All 924, 928, 944, 968 W&S-7 Cayenne, Panamera SPECIAL CATEGORIES DIVISION SC-1 Special Interest SC-2 Current Competition SC-3 Limited Production
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Schedule: 7:00 - 9:00 Car Placement 10:00 - 12:00 Judging & Scoring 1:30 - 2:30 Awards Presentation
Questions: Steve Lopez 619-787-3290 [email protected] Araceli Lopez 619-787-3015 [email protected]
Porsche Club of America / San Diego Region Presents Zone 8
Concours d’ Elegance at Shoreline Park
Along with The 912 Registry Car Show
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Peter Ross
Pete Adanalian
Robert & Pam Barclay
David Frucht
Mike Takaki Brita & Marty Jimmie Mitchell London Boyce
Nick Perdikaris
Ron & Jean Shanon
Allan Rosenberg
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June Anniversaries25 years Stefan & Cathy Koch22 years Linda Cobarrubias & Doc Pryor20 years Nick Perdikaris & Ludmilla Osipova16 years Keith & Susan Hoffnagle Charles Rhodes13 years Joe Bryant Ron & Jean Shanon11 years Richard Clewett9 years Mike Moses8 years Gene Bautista Peter & Theresa Ross7 years Tim Souza6 years Wendell Price Michael & Randell Takaki5 years Peter & Stacy Adanalian Robert & Pamela Barclay David Frucht Marty & Brita Goldsmith Jimmie Mitchell Arnie Perkins4 years Allan & Carolyn Rosenberg1 year David Lin Earl Yessmann
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by Bruce Herrington, Riverside RegionBook Reviews for PorschephilesPORSCHE — The Man and His Carsby Richard von Frankenberg, published in 1961 by Robert Bently, Cambridge, Mass.
PORSCHE - The Man and His Cars was the first major biography of Dr. ing. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche. It remains one of the best. It is a perennial reference for the preparation of the General section of all the model specific Technical Quizzes at the Porsche Parade. No died-in-the-wool Porsche enthusiast should be without a copy. The book traces the ancestral roots of the Porsche family, complicated by changes in nationality for some of the towns in question, as European dynasties ebbed and flowed. The description of Dr. Porsche's youth makes him sound like a Tom Swift, conducting suc-cessful electrical experiments in secret, against the express orders of his father. Success was sufficient, however, for teen-age Porsche to make his house the only one in the village to have electric lights.
It was his electrical experiments that caused Dr. Porsche to become involved in cars, because when the Jacob Lohner company wanted to expand its carriage business into automobiles, it decided to focus on electric cars, and hired Porsche to design them. Notably, one of these cars (to which Dr. Porsche contributed so much (at the age of 24) that it was known as the Lohner-Porsche), was a car with a gasoline engine, and electric motor propulsion. If that sounds like the definition of a hybrid, then Dr Porsche had hybrids in production long before EPA/Detroit ever thought of them. Oh, and along the way, he had built a racing electric car (with unique streamlining) which he drove to shatter the record for the Semmering track. WWI buffs may be interested to note that in 1902, Arch Duke Ferdinand oversaw military maneuvers using a Porsche designed staff car, with young reserve infantryman Ferdinand Porsche as driver.
To one steeped in the lore of Porsche automobiles, it is some-what surprising to find that, as presented in this book, Dr. Porsche's most productive years of automotive design, were probably the late teens through the early 1930s. But after all, a Porsche automobile first saw the light of day in 1949, and Dr. Porsche died at the end of January, 1952. It is son Ferry (given a car capable of 30mph as a 10 year old) who is really
responsible for the Porsches now on the road.
In addition to automobiles, Fer-dinand Porsche designed military transporters, the great grandfather of the beetle engine, aircraft engines, a balloon supported 'helicopter' and, of course, race cars of various types, many of which he drove himself. The roster of his employers is the who's-who of the European auto-
mobile industry. And, every job resulted in stories of his focus, hands-on involvement, genius, and temper! He did not suffer fools, be they mechan-ics, engineers, or members of the board. Another fascinating, little known story presented in this book, is the effort of the Stalin regime to recruit Porsche to be “State Designer of Russia.” Instead, in 1931 Dr. Porsche opened his own design firm, pirating key associates from the various compa-nies for whom he had worked and, in turn, doing contract design work for those same firms.
PORSCHE - The Man and His Cars makes clear that in addition to complete cars he de-signed, such as the Lohner-Porsche, Dr. Porsche was intimately involved with designing racing modifications for quite a number of vehicles to which his name is not attached. In effect he served as would now be called the Engineer for a variety of racing teams. Unlike most Porsche books, this one is not just about the cars; it really
is about The Man — and what a man he was. All in all, this book presents a fascinating story of a complex individual who has left an indelible mark on the world of automobiles, all because he was a kid fascinated by electricity.
PORSCHE - The Man and His Cars contains 32 chapters (plus a chronology) in 224 8-1/2” by 5-1/4” pages, with 52 black and white plates. These plates illustrate everything from Porsche designed elec-tric race cars of 1900 and the mixed drive Lohner-Porsche of 1902, to the 356B of 1959 (and many Porsche designed race cars in between). Though a 1935 'beetle' is included, pictures of Porsche's WWII de-signs, the beetle derived German jeep, the Panzer Tank and artillery items, are notably absent.
Bruce Herrington
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Tech Notes from Tony Callas & Tom Prine(courtesy of Callas Rennsport)
Computerized Engine Management
Tony Callas
Porsche street cars first received Computerized Engine Management for the 1980 model year. By today’s stan-dards, the early version was very elementary. Computer-ized Engine Management is obvious by the installation of an oxygen sensor to monitor oxygen content in the exhaust stream. This was Porsche’s approach to improve engine performance and tailpipe emis-sions in most operating conditions. In 1984 Porsche installed a full comput-erized engine management system named Digital Motor Electronics (DME) in the 911 Carrera. DME controlled not only the fuel injection but also the ignition system, making it a complete package with one control unit for the entire Engine Manage-ment System.
A basic description of the computer-ized engine management system is a control unit (computer), also known by some as the brain, which receives data from sensors on the engine that are monitoring its operation. These sensors monitor engine temperature, RPM (or speed), throttle position, intake air (with an air flow or air mass meter) and an oxygen sensor for exhaust oxygen content (just to name a few). By monitoring these vari-ous engine operating inputs, the control unit does the math and computes the proper output delivery for the fuel injectors and ignition timing, also dependent on the driver’s request.
The control unit has the ability to make changes to adjust the amount of fuel going into the engine. One example would be if the control unit sees
that the engine is running leaner than normal (i.e. exces-sive amounts of oxygen in the exhaust stream) the computer will adjust accordingly and the engine will run richer on fuel.
In this day of computerized automotive electronics, most cars can have 100 or more control units. The modern automobile is a huge rolling laptop with a computer for al-most every driver input. Due to the sensitiv-ity of these control units, extreme care should be taken when maintenance, diagnosis and repairs are performed.
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1993 RS America, All 4 options: Limited slip, A/C, Sunroof & Radio. Fresh service,new brake rotors & pads. European RS cup suspension. Lowered & aligned. Lite flywheel.Excellent condition. $32,000. (562) 618-4826 [email protected]
1987 911/930 Slantnose Cabriolet (Turbo Look) 68K miles. Asking $35,000 OBO. Relocating to Seattle and it rains there almost everyday. Contact Tim at: [email protected] or (562) 761-6615
Sparco Top Azzurro Size 46 Eur race shoes. In near new condition. Retails for $219. $100 shipped from San Diego or try on at an event. Call TJ (858) 232-4087 or [email protected]
WANTED: (2) partially used front tires for a Boxster S: Bridgestone RE050A 235/35R 19. Contact Jim (714) 742-4357 or [email protected]
2008 CBR 600 RR (red & black) 19,509 miles (never dropped) dealer maintained. Pay off $5,100 5/25/11. Contact Tim at (562) 761-6615 or [email protected]
2003 Carrera 4 Cab. Seal Grey. Grey Full Natural Leather. Black top in perfect condition. Some options. L/R seat heat with L/R comfort control. 3 spoke wheel matching grey. 18" Carrera Wheels w/ colored crest. Rare 1X74 Exclusive Sports Chasis. 6 speed. And more. 38K miles. Consider trade for Cab or Coupe Tiptronic. $35,000 Jim Thomas (562) 221-0197 or [email protected]
2004 911 Carrera Turbo Cabriolet, Midnight Blue w/hardtop option, fully loaded, 27K miles, $145K sticker price. Asking $65,900. New GT3; can't drive both. Contact Will for more photos. (818) 321-0806 or [email protected]
C4S 18" wheels/tires, Turbo Twist Sport Techno 8Jx18, 11Jx18, Michelin Pilot Sport Radial X, N Code, 225/40/ZR18 & 295/30/ZR18, Low Mileage, reduced to $700.00 Contact Joe at (310) 839-0888 or [email protected]
CLASSIFIED ADS Wheels and tires from 2003 for sale $1800 obo. Michelin pilot sport, front 235/4zr/18, back 265/35/cr18. New rims, tires in good condition. Call Brenda at (323) 537-5377. Email [email protected] for photos. No low ballers please
2006 Cayman S. Basalt black metallic with grey leather. 34k miles, 6 speed, Carbon ceramic brakes, PASM selective dampers, Bose sound package, PS2 Michelins, no track use, like new condition. Too many cars, need garage space. $36,500. Contact Peter Hansel (714) 812-7404 or [email protected]
1996 993, Grand Prix White, 52,000 miles $42,000. All regular oil service completed on strict 3,000 mile schedule, 6-Speed Manual, Clutch (replaced at 37,048 miles), Bilstein Shock/Eibach Spring upgrades - lowered to Euro ride height, Euro Front & Rear Bumper Covers, 18 Chrome Technology Wheels, Motorsound Package, RSR Mufflers, Front End Protection Bar, LoJack (All documentation for both service and upgrades available). HENRY 1-661-272-9610 or [email protected]
FREE Momo original equipment battery for 2007 Cayman S. I bought an Odyssey battery. Momo still strong. Contact Bruce at: [email protected]
2002 Boxster 3.2 engine longblock rebuilt with LNengineering 99mm nickies sleeves & IMS triple bearing upgrade, JE liteweight coated pistons,pins & rings. ARP rod bolts, all parts balanced to 1/2 gram. $ 14,000. includes shipping OCR [email protected]
Duplex located in Carthay Circle area of LA (Olympic/Fairfax) Sale ($950,000) or lease-option. Five minutes from the Grove, Beverly Ctr & Cedars Sinai Hospital. 3 bedrooms/3 baths on one side; single unit on the other can be mother-in-law or artist studio. All appliances included. Hardwood floors, central air & copper plumbing. 6141-6143 W Olympic Blvd., LAContact Lynn at (213) 300-3646 [email protected]
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About ChromaticChromatic Inc., Lithographers is a medium-sized, sheet-fed commercial printing company founded in 1978 by Richard and Mary Gene Sevigny.
Nature of Business ActivitiesLocated in Glendale, Chromatic designs, preps, prints, die cuts and binds a wide range of sheet fed printing projects. In addition, our packaging and labeling specialists provide innovative services and creative solutions to the food industry and other businesses. 80 employees work two 8-12 hour shifts per day. Projected volume for the current fiscal year is more than $20 million. We primarily serve the greater Los Angeles area, but often ship across the nation and internationally.
Experience in Providing Printing ProductsChromatic has delivered over 50,000 projects, from simple one/color letterhead to multi-paged full color catalogs and specialty items of all kinds.
Contact ChromaticChromatic Inc., Lithographers127 Concord StreetGlendale, CA 91203Ph: 818-242-5785Fx: 818-241-8189General Info: [email protected]
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Board Meeting Notes — May 7Dave Hockett, Secretary
In Attendance: Suesan Way, John & Patty Reiley, Brita Goldsmith, Susan Moard, Jack & Ginny Case, Jimmy Mitchell, Yaw Davis, Dave & Dan Hockett, Dal & Spencer Lee.
President’s Report:Suesan remarked that our financial status is good. Recent driving events have gone well with good at-tendance. She would like to organize a day of apprecia-tion for our sponsors and advertisers. Rochelle Booth is working with our Treasurer, Greg Schill, and is taking over club bookeeper functions. Board members are reviewing the club bylaws. 2011 Concours: The Lakewood Country Club has been booked for May 22. Dal and Suesan have completed planning, registra-tions are coming in and most of the judges have been confirmed. A special cake to celebrate our 30th anniver-sary is being prepared. We still need a few volunteers for early morning car placement.
Membership Report: Yaw Davis introduced a GPX buisness card design to use along with proposed postcards that can be handed out to anyone who might be interested in the club. We will print 1000 and test market them.
Website: Jimmy reported on updates to the club website and there was discussion about updating our logo.
Driving Events:Upcoming event planning is going well, the instructor training course is set for Fairplex in July.
Activities:John Reilly announced that the Holiday Party is set at the Long Beach Yacht Club for December 3rd. Susan Moard is looking for a good location for an Octoberfest party. Beach and public park locations were discussed along with the possible use of the Mark Dodson Auto-motive Museum. Adjourned
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