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SPINNERSchönesland Region Porsche Club of America ...

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Schonesland Officers & Board Members..................................3President’s Apex ................................... 4Appreciation Picnic ............................... 5Digital Exclusivity .................................. 6Fall Tour ................................................ 8Special Announcement ......................... 9Competition Motorsports & Beckly ..... 10Events Calendar ................................. 12Porsche of Omaha.............................. 13Membership ........................................ 15

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SCHONESLAND OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

Will MacFarlandPresident

Terri JohnsonSecretary

Skip HammermanMembership Chair515-419-8734

Julienne KrennrichSocial Media Chair

Garry SeemannSafety Chair515-490-6802ZONE 10Julie BaileyZone 10 Representative

Tom RuskClub Historian515-266-1594

Garry SeemannSafety Chair515-490-6802

Doug HillmanTreasurer

David SafrisVice President/SPIN-NER Editor/Webmaster515-991-2772

Jeff DavidFormer President515-229-5616

Mary Alice HillFormer President

Ron Newman Tour Director

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I know it’s not officially summer until June 20, but school’s out, the roses are in full bloom, the grass is growing like crazy, we’re going to surpass 85 degrees up here in Johnston today, and the checkered flags have waved at the Monaco F1 GP and the Indianapolis 500.

Sure feels like summer to me.

Schonesland is already running flat out—June is packed with activity. On Thursday June 8 at 4:30PM, Camp Dodge wants us back again for their Shine & Show at the Summer Concert Series.

We’ve got Cars & Coffee at 8:00AM on the 10th, at the Machine Shed this time instead of the Cozy Café. Urbandale made more sense as a launch point for the same-day after-breakfast club driving tour to the Carroll area and the Santa Maria Winery.

On Saturday the 17th, the Timmermans will host a Le Mans “Green Flag Party” at 9:00AM at their residence in Otley, very near Lake Red Rock. Come watch with us as Porsche begins the pursuit of their 19th overall win at Le Mans (and read about the staggering technology built into the 2017 Porsche 919 Hybrid racecar at this link: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/motorsports/porsche-world-premiere-monza-919-hybrid-2017-le-mans-prototype-13583.html).

Drive & Dine will be downtown this month at the Court Avenue Brewing Company, 6:00PM on Tuesday, June 20.

Two days later, we’re showing off in Valley Junction, West Des Moines, at the Valley Junction Car Show & Farmer’s Market, Thursday June 22 from 5:00PM to 9:00PM—get shined up and bring home some fresh goods!

President’s Apex

Will MacFarlandPresident

As you’re out and about this summer, don’t forget to take advantage of the beautiful weather and scenery to snap some pictures for our 2017 Calendar Contest. I’ve already got a killer shot from an early morning Des Moines sunrise, so be on your “A” game! The rules for the contest this year are that there ARE NO RULES, so bring us beach shots, jungle shots, urban jungle shots, lake shots, canyon shots, forest shots—come at us with your best stuff!

Remember as the days get hotter that you will be a bit down on horsepower, so plan those passing maneuvers accordingly. Make sure to check tires, pressures, and fluids before and after your long summer road trips. Stay safe, cool, and hydrated—and I’ll see you out on the road!

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Mother Nature smiled on Schonesland on Saturday, May 6th as we gathered for a New Member Appreciation picnic hosted by the family of Sherif and Angela Tewfik.

More than 20 beautiful cars lined the lawn, giving region members an opportunity to admire classic Porsche designs from the ‘60s to today’s current models.

The region provided a complimentary lunch catered by Big Daddy’s BBQ and Schoneslanders caught up with each other while smiling at the sight of kids playing in the sunshine and fresh air.

We welcomed the new members who attended and encouraged the guest of a newer member to join PCA and become part of the Schonesland family.

Past President Mary Alice (M.A.) Hill thanked the Tewfiks for graciously hosting our region picnics the past three years, and our group wished them well as they prepare to relocate to Tallahassee, Florida.

Another great Schonesland event made all the better with picture-perfect weather!

New Member Appreciation Picnic Recap

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I’ve just learned that Great Plains Region cancelled their Spring Fling Driver Education event out at Raceway Park of the Midlands this weekend.

(A moment of silence for my loss, please.)

However, this sad occurrence does serve to amplify what I was going to write about this month anyway: the importance and high profile of video gaming when it comes to marketing a car brand.

This story begins back in 2000, when Electronic Arts and Porsche collaborated on “Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed,” the fifth entry in a series of video games that began with the original “The Need for Speed” in 1994. “NFS: Porsche” was released for both PC and Playstation.

A lot of the reviews were mixed, complaining about the handling of the cars and the collision detection, but I remember being just staggered by the “feel” of the cars (I think perhaps the complainers didn’t know how Porsches, especially early ones, really handled).

Right from the very beginning, you learned NOT to lift mid-corner in your 356.

Nearly every road-going Porsche from the earliest 356 up to the just-debuted 2000 996 Turbo was modeled, and several of the race cars (550A, 935 Moby Dick, GT1) were as well. A few additional cars (the 928 GTS was one) were released later as free, downloadable extras on the frontiers of the baby internet.

I had a burgeoning interest in Porsches at the time, and NFS: Porsche threw high-octane gasoline on that fire. I’m fairly sure it was the first video game I ever stayed up all night playing.

Digital Exclusivity

Through until the dawn, a friend and I took turns, discovering and driving Porsches through the virtual years, from the 356s and early 911s, to the 930, to the 914 (1.7, 1.8, and 2.0, but no 914-6), to the 944, to the Carrera 3.2, to the warp-speed 959, to the 964 Carrera 2, and 4, and Turbo 3.6, to the voluptuous 993 Carrera 4S and glass-roof 993 Targa, to the Boxster, and finally to the 996 Turbo.

I came away from NFS: Porsche an educated Porsche customer, knowing the company history, its racing heritage, and which cars were the fastest and not-so-fastest. NFS: Porsche made the notion that I would never own a Porsche completely laughable; after playing that game I was always, inevitably, going to someday have one in my real-world driveway.

Then, however, someone at Porsche (it is not clear exactly who), no doubt basking in the glow of what they and Electronic Arts had wrought, made a critical error: they signed a contract giving Electronic Arts exclusive digital rights to the Porsche brand. With

Will MacFarlandPresident

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the deal in place, no other software publisher could touch any of Porsche’s intellectual property.

At the time, the exclusivity deal itself was somewhat defensible, as the Need for Speed series was among the best-recognized and best-reviewed driving simulations out there. But the term of the contract was SIXTEEN YEARS, an eternity in the consumer electronics and software market.

As Ars Technica‘s Automotive Editor, Johnathan Gitlin (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/12/porsches-exclusive-deal-with-electronic-arts-is-no-more/), put it: “Indeed, in conversations on the topic with Porsche North America over the years, we always got the sense the company knew it was paying a hefty price and couldn’t wait for the deal to run its course.”

During those long years, Electronic Arts lapsed into a mere also-ran among driving simulation publishers, easily outstripped by, at first, the Gran Tourismo games, and then by the Forza series.

The band-aid solution used by non-EA publishers was usually to contract for the digital rights to Porsche partner company Ruf, so at least there would be 911 look-alikes in their games. In fact, when I first wrote about the original Forza Horizon on theflatsix.com (http://www.theflatsix.com/2012/12/25/forza-horizon/), I used an in-game picture of a Ruf RGT-8.

Rufs are undeniably great, fast, exclusive cars, but everyone knew that they only slipped into the gameworld because there weren’t any “real” Porsches.

At long, long last, though, the exclusivity contract has expired, and grateful gamers everywhere can welcome Porsche’s cars into the best virtual realities that the world has yet seen.

There is perhaps no more welcome place for the now-liberated Porsches than in the latest, greatest in the Forza series, Forza Horizon 3—a wide-open fantasy recreation of Australia chock-full of highways, B-roads, dirt roads, fields, streams, forests, beaches, mountains, cliffs, and every other conceivable environment in which you’d love to see or drive a car.

Look upon the results, ye mighty, and be joyous:

At long last, we’re back to my original point.

Not everyone can get to a track day. Not everyone can go on a long vacation drive to see and experience cars and vistas like these.

However, almost everyone DOES have the means to access the digital experience. And in the case of the younger ones among us, a great digital experience will ignite a yearning for an even better real-world experience.

Goals will be set and dreams cemented in place. With the exclusivity deal expired, a whole new generation can discover the allure of Porsche—and learn for themselves that there is no substitute.

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SAVE THE DATE:

SCHONESLAND FALL TOUR

OCT. 13-15

The Schonesland Fall Tour will once again headquarter at the Dubuque, IA Holiday Inn Downtown the evenings of Friday, Oct. 13 and Saturday, Oct. 14.

Room reservations may be made by calling: 563-556-2000.

Ask for the Schonesland Porsche Club room block. Rate is $149 per night.

Look for more information about the 2017 Fall Tour in the July SPINNER.

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REgister soon!Special announcement:

Loess Hills Drive is back on the calendar!

Since May of 2009, the Schonesland Region has enjoyed many great driving tours. One of our “signature” drives, the Loess Hills Run to Sioux City, is back on the calendar for July 15-16, 2017.

A block of 20 rooms for Saturday night, July 15th , has been reserved at the Stoney Creek Inn in downtown Sioux City under the “Schonesland Porsche Club”. You may call the Inn at 712-234-1100 to book your rooms.

There will be more info to follow in the coming two months, but this much I know……we’ll be going back to our favorite wine cellar for dinner Saturday evening, however, Luciano’s is under new ownership, and is now called “M’s on Fourth. The menu has been expanded and my Sioux City homeys tell me the food and service are quite good……and the rack prices for your wine with dinner is still the way it’s done….more to follow.

Please add this event on your calendars and make your plans to enjoy this exciting and beautiful drive, which is included in the National Historic Register of Scenic Byways.

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Have a great picture of your car and want to share it?The club website, www.schonesland.com, has a special photo gallery titled “Club Member Cars” and we would like to add your car to the list. Send us your best photo and we will add you to the website photo gallery.

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On Facebook? So are we.

Join the Schonesland Facebook page by searching Schonesland Region of the PCA and hitting the Join button,then share your favorite Porsche photos or car related items.

Events Calendar

June 2017Sat 6/10 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AMTues 6/20 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30-8:30 PMThurs 6/22 -- Schonesland Valley Junction Car Show; 5 PM-9 PMTues 6/27 -- Schonesland Board Meeting; 6 PM-8 PM

July 2017Sat 7/8 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AMSun 7/9 -- Porsche Parade 2017; 9 AM 7/9 - 7 PM 7/16Sat 7/15 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee - Loess Hills Kickoff; 8 AM 7/15 - 12 PM 7/16Tues 7/18 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30-8:30 PMTues 7/25 -- Schonesland Board Meeting; 6 PM-8 PM

August 2017Tues 8/22 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30 PM-8 PMSat 8/25 -- 365 Event in Cedar Rapids, IA -- Group DriveTues 8/29 -- Schonesland Board Meeting; 6 PM-8 PM

September 2017Sat 9/9 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AMSun 9/10 -- Des Moines Concours D’Elegance; 10 AM-7 PMTues 9/19 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30 PM-8 PMSat 9/23 -- German Car Show at Principal Park; 8 AM-2 PMTues 9/26 -- Schonesland Board Meeting; 6 PM-8 PM

October 2017Fri 10/13 -- Schonesland Fall Tour; 4 PM 10/13 - 6:15 PM 10/15Sat 10/14 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AMTues 10/17 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30-8:30 PMTues 10/24 -- Schonesland Board Meeting; 6 PM-8 PM

November 2017Sat 11/11 -- Schonesland Cars & Coffee; 8-10 AMTues 11/14 -- Schonesland Drive & Dine; 6:30-8:30 PMTues 11/21 -- Schonesland Board Meeting; 6 PM-8 PM

December 2017Sat 12/2 -- Schonesland Holiday Party; 6 PM-10 PM

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