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The Very Best Just Got Better
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June 2003Volume 43, Number 6
Board of Directors
President, James Ohl637 Greenwich LaneFoster City, CA 94404(650) [email protected]
Vice-President, Jeffrey Williams2749 Estates DriveAptos, CA 95003(831) [email protected]
Secretary, Louise Sousoures102 Greenfield PlaceLos Gatos, CA 95030(408) [email protected]
Treasurer, Ken Park1329 Grove St.Alameda, CA(510) [email protected]
Membership, Chet Bottone108 Buchanan DrSausalito, CA 94965(415) [email protected]
Competition, Dan Thompson6590 Leyland Park Dr.San Jose, CA 95120(408) [email protected]
Social, Howard Yao62 El Bonito WayMillbrae, CA [email protected]
Nugget Co-Editor, Jim Bauman2876 Sycamore WaySanta Clara, CA 95051(408) [email protected]
Nugget Co-Editor, Tom Pickett1023 Huntingdon Dr.San Jose, CA 95129(408) [email protected]
Webmistress, Susan Angebranndt215 Virginia Avenue #302San Mateo, CA 94402(650) [email protected]
Zone 7 Representative, Tim Fleming107 Cobb CourtFolsom, CA 95630(916) [email protected]
The NUGGETVisit the GGR website at http://www.pca-ggr.orgor the Zone 7 website at http://vista.pca.org/zone7
ColumnsJames’ Jabber 4Two For the Road 5Dan’s Drive 7Event Calendar 8Board Meeting 14Makin’ Friends?!! 16Momentary Laps 18Membership 20GGR Marketplatz 21
FeaturesAre You Ready for Time Trials? 10
Cover: May is traditionally a busy autocross month, and thisMay was no exception. The cover shows Colm Campbellworking as flagman as Elliot Hoffmann prepares for a run withinstructor Henry Watts at the Zone 7 Autocross School.
Photo by Jim Bauman
The opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily repre-sent those of the Golden Gate Region PCA. The Editor reserves theright to edit all contributions. Business and classified ads are pro-vided for the convenience of the membership and are not anendorsement from the GGR. GGR cannot take any responsibility forthe quality of the products or services provided.
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GGR needs volunteerswilling to serve a two-yearterm on the GGR Board ofDirectors, starting in 2004.The vacant positions arePresident, Treasurer, andSecretary. Contact anyDirector for further infor-mation; Chet Bottone is theNominating CommitteeChairperson
Disclaimer -While you may think the following isan advertisement, I did not get paid for this article,nor did I get any special deals from any of the men-tioned companies.
A few years ago, Robert Murillo showed up at aGGR time trial with a new gorgeous dark blue 911.After admiring his beautiful Porsche, I asked,"Wasn't he concerned about rock clips?" He said"no" and showed me the paint protection plasticfilm that he had installed on his 911. I talked topeople at their San Jose office to see about gettingthis protection on my 97 Boxster. They wanted$1,500 - too expensive!
Every time Jean and I washed the Boxster and hadto remove the auto bra, I would think about thatplastic film. If we drove the car in the rain, I wor-ried about dirt getting under the bra and ruining thepaint, and would again think about that plastic film.Last year, I did serious Internet research and dis-covered that essentially two companies make thisfilm, with the most popular product made by 3M.They also make a much thicker film for head-lights. There are also companies that will sell pre-cut film for you to install yourself. After watchinga product installation video, I decided that self-installation was not for me. Last year, the price forprofession installation cost had dropped to $1,200 -- still too much!
Last March, Jean and I again washed the Boxsterand again struggled with the bra. That was it! Iagain did Internet research and found CS Special-ists (408) 476-3332 Bay Area and (209) 747-5955Central Valley. They are associated with X-PelAutomotive Survival Products and are factorytrained installer and film "cutters." This is a smallmobile service company. They cut the film at their
home location and, working from their van, installthe product on your vehicle at your location.
Jean and I had the whole works installed on theBoxster - front, hood, fender, mirror backs, andheadlights - all for $800. CS Specialists arrived atmy house about 1:00 pm and were finished about7:30 pm. That happened to be the day of the AprilGGR Board meeting at my house, so there weremany interruptions and questions. The film stilllooks great. More importantly, you just wash it; nomore bra hassles, and the film can even be waxed!
Interested? CS Specialties has agreed to come tothe July 18th Friday Night Social at The Carvery byHarry's Hofbrau in Foster City (see GGR's website,www.pca-ggr.org, for directions). My Boxster andtheir van will be there. Please stop in and take alook.
P.S. For Sale - Colgan auto bra and mirror bras fora 1997 Boxster.
James’ Jabber... James Ohl, President
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“Oh wow, nice car, butthey’re so expensive tomaintain!”
I wish I had a dollar forevery person who has saidthis to me, when looking atmy Carrera. You can spendall day telling them that the911 was a 30-year olddesign and there were nobugs left in it, but they
don’t listen. If they only knew...
I have another car that fits into a quasi-exotic cate-gory—believe it or not, it’s a Ford Taurus. I have a1990 Ford Taurus SHO (Super High Output), a carthat isn’t what it seems. The typical response on thefirst view of the engine is “Omigod!”
The SHOs that are different from the Taurus: a sus-pension that is decidedly different from the stan-dard Taurus, a 5-speed manual transmission fromMazda, and a V-6 engine with four cams, dual ple-num chambers, 220 HP with 210 Lb./Feet oftorque, from your favorite music company—Yamaha.
The whole car only weighs 3400 pounds fullyloaded, so it performs essentially like a 5-place Car-rera. They made 8,302 of them in ‘90. It is the ulti-mate sleeper...
If I had a dollar for every person who thought theCarrera was expensive to keep, I would almost beable to afford the SHO! In a typical year, I spendanywhere from $3000 to $5000 maintaining theSHO. I baby the car. I just spent $2500 for a clutchand the things around it that needed fixing.
The Porsche costs me anywhere from $100 to$2000 to fix in a given year and I race it!
That picture of Tom overthere on the left is the bestI’ve seen him look in a longtime. His wife says he canbe very high maintenance...
Anyhow....
You can sure tell it’s springaround here. The event cal-endar shows somethinggoing on almost everyweekend - autocrosses, time trials, tours, rallyes,concours, get-togethers. Something for everyone!
If you attend one of these events - especially thetime trials, rallyes, and tours, we’d sure like to seephotos and articles that we can publish in The Nug-get. Drop us an email if you can help out! We’despecially like a volunteer to cover GGR people atPorsche Parade in Florida this year.
Let’s see .. what’s next on my list of things to passon .... oh oh .. bad news. The July Nugget will bepublished online only at the GGR web site. Sorry...no printed copies for July. It’s that budget thing thatJames Ohl wrote about a few months ago.
Now ... some exciting stuff ... the GGR DigitalPhoto contest! We know there are some very tal-ented shooters out there ... we’ll publish a goodselection of entries in the October Nugget .... and ifthere is a single outstanding entry, we’ll probablypublish it on the cover! Check out the rules on page13.
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We now have three Time Trialevents completed, yet only onewith cooperative enough weatherand other factors to get times inthe book! Laguna was a greatevent and saw some new trackrecords set in several classes.Hopefully our last two Thunder-hill events will be well attended
so we can have at least three events count towardyear end trophies.
The 2003 AX series is heating up. The PAX contestis getting interesting. Some very stock cars in thetop contenders. Several on Street Tires...who saysyou need "R" compound tires to have fun? Come onout and see if you can beat up on a certain Boxsterrunning in the street tire class...who could that be? Iknow for certain that he beat the 996 TT and GT2that were in attendance that day, so I know of atleast two drivers that will be looking for payback.
For those of you with loftier visions of gran-deur...there will be a second Zone 7 DE event atThunderhill in July. This event is being hosted byour neighbors to the Northeast, Sacramento ValleyRegion. The Chair for this event is Masuo Robin-son. Masuo is famous in these parts for putting ongreat events! You can find more information andapplication for this event on the GGR website also.This is a great opportunity for Porsche owners tolearn about high speed driving and car control in avery safe environment, with great one on oneinstruction all day. The best part is that most carsrequire absolutely no modifications to be able toparticipate in this event. Cheap fun!
Within the next two weeks or so, those of you thatare interested in the current situation with the time-trial rebates and instructor incentives should be see-ing a series of several explanations of the process.These will be in possibly 3 distinct flavors depend-ing on how interested in the subject you are andhow much detail you want or need. Hopefully thiswill help allay concerns that have flooded my inboxin the last several weeks.
I have already received quite a number of rules pro-posals for next season...keep them coming. Themore the better. Especially you drivers of newer
spring suspension cars, we need your input! Allrules proposals will be published online and in theNugget so all of the membership can evaluate themand form opinions for discussion. There will be atleast one and possibly more open Rules Committeemeetings for all interested parties to attend. Pleaseplan on being present for at least the first of thesemeetings if you have or will be sending me yourproposals, it is best for the author to be able topresent his arguments and concerns to the DriversEvent Committee in person.
We need you! Our club will be needing three keyofficers for next year. President, secretary and trea-surer positions will need to be filled. Yes, you arestuck with me for one more year. Please be willingto help run YOUR club. I am sure that there areother articles in this issue trying to twist your armharder than this, so give it a whirl. We now have aclub with over 1800 active members yet only a verysmall handful of members ever take part in reallyrunning the club. Please help.
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Dan’s Drive... Dan ThompsonCompetition Director
8 June 2003
When What Where Who Phone Email
June
1 Concours #2 (LPR) andSwap Meet
Parts HeavenHayward, CA
1 Monterey Tour & Dinner Shirley Neidelor Jean Ohl
650.341.9020 [email protected]
5 Board Meeting7:00 PM
The Ohl ResidenceFoster City, CA
James Ohl 650.341.9020 [email protected]
7 GGR Adopt-a-Highway Highway 280/Woodside Road Jean Ohl 650.341.9020 [email protected]
8 Concours #3 (SVR) Shriners, Sacramento Kent Brandon 916.652.4406
14 New Member Social & Tour Howard Yao 650.652.5775 [email protected]
20 Friday Night Social,6-9pm
Harry’s Hofbrau - The CarverySan Mateo, CA
Howard Yao 650.652.5775 [email protected]
22-28 Porsche Parade 2003 Saddlebrook, FL http://www.pca.org/news/parade.html
26 July Board Meeting7:00 PM
The Ohl ResidenceFoster City, CA
James Ohl 650.341.9020 [email protected]
31 GGR Autocross # 3 Golden Gate Fields David Leong 925.362.2431 [email protected]
July
12 GGR Autocross # 4 To be announced... David Leong 925.362.2431 [email protected]
18 Friday Night Social,6-9pm
Harry’s Hofbrau - The CarverySan Mateo, CA
Howard Yao 650.652.5775 [email protected]
19 GGR Charity Golf Tourna-ment
Spring Valley Golf CourseMilpitas
Howard Yao 650.652.5775 [email protected]
19 GGR Adopt-a-Highway Highway 280/Woodside Road Jean Ohl 650.341.9020 [email protected]
20 LPR Autocross Marina Airport Cathy Carlson 831.728.3190 [email protected]
25-27 PCA-hospitality ALMS races-Infineon Race-way at Sears Point
David Bunch 415.717.4117
26 Zone Drivers Ed/High SpeedDriving School
Thunderhill Raceway,Willows, CA
MasuoRobinson
408.399.5228 [email protected]
August
2 GGR Autocross # 5 To be announced... David Leong 925.362.2431 [email protected]
3 Zone 7/GGR Concours &Swap Meet
Carlsen PorscheRedwood City
Larry Adams 650.345.2232 [email protected]
7 Board Meeting7:00 PM
The Ohl ResidenceFoster City, CA
James Ohl 650.341.9020 [email protected]
9-10 GGR Time Trial # 4 Thunderhill Raceway Chris Murray 510.538.3800 [email protected]
15 Friday Night Social,6-9pm
Harry’s Hofbrau - The CarverySan Mateo, CA
Howard Yao 650.652.5775 [email protected]
20 Zone 7/LPR Autocross # 5 Marina Airport Cathy Carlson 831.728.3190 [email protected]
20 Zone 7/GGR Autocross # 5 Marina Airport David Leong 925.362.2431 [email protected]
GGR Event Calendar
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Time Trial Chair, Chris Murray20257 Redwood RoadCastro Valley, CA [email protected]
Time Trial Registrar, Lori Hageman2723 Hillcrest Ave.Antioch, CA [email protected]
Autocross Chair, David Leong3911 Le Roy WayLafayette, CA [email protected]
Goodie Store, Bob Peterson5323 Cribari GlenSan Jose, CA [email protected]
10 June 2003
Based on a number of queries I've been fieldinglately, it seems like quite a few people are consider-ing how to get their Porsches onto a race track. Insome cases it's autocrossers looking for the nextstep (and a lot more seat time per day). In othercases people who have recently bought a Porscheare looking for an opportunity just to drive on a racetrack.
Interestingly, I often hear people wanting to gainsome experience with other track organizations, soas to be more ready for the GGR Time Trial Series.They don't wish to modify their cars and aren't, atthis point, interested in the competitive aspects ofthe Time Trial. If this describes you, it's time to dis-pel some myths. I believe that the GGR Time TrialSeries is still the right place for you to start, and thiswill explain why.
Myth #1: Time trials are mostly for highlymodified cars.
This is just not true. It is true that just about anytrack event will attract some highly modified carsand the GGR TT series is no exception. However,the series provides for the entry of any Porsche thatis in good working order and has basic safety equip-ment (more about that in a bit). In the most recentTime Trial there were 29 cars in the Improvedclasses. The Improved classes in the GGR rulebook are cars that, basically, have only relativelyinexpensive and reversible modifications. In prac-tice a number of these cars will be on standardstreet tires and that is perfectly fine. These cars aredriven to the event and driven home.
Myth #2: Given the competitive nature ofthe event, the driving in the practice ses-sions will be intense.
It's true that most people at a time trial, like othertrack events, are learning to drive better and work-ing hard to achieve this learning. However, ourrules and behavior stress safety first of all. Manytrack-time organizations allow track-wide open
passing (a car may pass you at will, including goinginto a turn or during the turn) in some groups. GGRdoes not. The only open passing areas are usuallyone or two very long straights. All other passingmust be in a straight (not a turn) and only by a sig-nal from the car in front.
The level of courtesy on the track is extremely highat GGR events and compares favorably to mostother organizations that run track events.
GGR also has a unique advantage in creating therun groups of cars that practice together. By andlarge these groups are composed of cars runningsimilar lap times, rather than being just grouped byexperience. This means that most people in thegroup are circulating at more uniform speeds andthe need for passing is less than at other events.
Myth #3: Given the competitive nature ofthe event there is a great chance of damag-ing my car.
While it's true that driving on a race track with othercars involves some level of risk, the GGR TimeTrial Series has been extremely effective in mini-mizing these risks. Based on years of experienceinstructing with many different organizations, thereappears to be substantially fewer on-track incidentsat GGR-TT events than is true at the events con-ducted by most other organizations.
Why would this be so? There are several possiblereasons. GGR has, in general, excellent event con-trol, better student preparation and better instruc-tion. For event control GGR always runs with a fullcompliment of turn workers and other staff. Not allorganizations staff all functions as fully. People atall positions are highly experienced and have highexpectations.
The better preparation comes in a couple of forms.First, the GGR-TT students tend to have done someautocrossing. This is somewhat less common fordrivers of other marques. The autocrossing tends todevelop good car control reactions as well as a
Are You Readyfor Time Trials?
by Henry Watts, GGR Time Trial Chief Instructor
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more solid grounding in the limits of the cars' capa-bilities.
Second, we require a ground school before theevent (Free!!). This is roughly a 6-hour classroomexperience featuring a seasoned instructor, videos,appropriate handouts and discussion. It coversevent schedules and procedures, expected on-trackbehavior, vehicle and driver preparation and, ofcourse, elements of performance driving. Thisground school is a key element in preparing driversfor their first on-track experience. In addition topreparing you for the track, you can be assured thatthe other people on the track with you have beenthrough similar preparation. The knowledge thatyour co-drivers have been well-prepared and arebeing very well-instructed will be more comforting,once you are on the track, than you might thinkright now.
Finally, every time trial features a first session thatis a low-speed drive-around used for orienting peo-ple new to the track and people driving a racetrackfor the first time ever.
Myth #4: All these safety-equipmentrequirements must mean that Time Trialingis more dangerous.
No. While the strong safety-equipment require-ments may give the impression that we are doingsomething especially dangerous and difficult, it'ssimply not true. Our safety record is extremelygood compared to any group.
So, what is required and why? Assuming you havea car that is relatively stock and will fit into theGGR Improved category:
* There is no need or requirement to fit sticky tires.Stock tires will normally provide nice audible cuesas they near their limits of adhesion. The only rea-sons to move to sticky tires would be to lower tirecosts (some street tires are quite expensive com-pared to competition tires) or to benefit fromincreased adhesion.
* The GGR series requires use of 5 point belts.These belts are relatively easy to install, are a veryimportant safety feature, and help to secure a driverso that he/she can more easily concentrate on driv-ing. Harness bars (used to mount the shoulderbelts) are available that bolt into the standard uppermount points of the stock belts. Having witnessedimpact events in a number of venues, I can attestthat 5-point belts are marvelous safety devices andeasily worth the money and inconvenience if you're
going to be driving on the track. I know that manyorganizations do not require these, but I think theGGR approach in this is prudent and well-advised.The entire setup can be easily removed betweenevents.
* The GGR requirement for a fire bottle is reallymore related to cars that have had serious modifica-tions. Stock cars generally do not, in practice, havefires. However, it's a requirement that is easily andcheaply met.
* There is no requirement for roll bars forimproved-category cars. However, all open cars(convertibles) must have an approved roll bar.
* The driver's suit is not required until the thirdevent. And, if a driver is, at that point, still unsurethat the purchase is worthwhile, driving suits maybe rented at a reasonable price. The driver's suit(and gloves) requirement appears mostly to be alegacy of the expectations of the original designersof the TT series, back in the late 1970's. Theirbelief was that people would reasonably commonlygraduate to SCCA regional racing, and the safetyrequirements for GGR were based on then-currentSCCA rules. As noted above, we really don't seemto have an issue of car fires threatening drivers, anda reasonable person could argue that the require-ment of a driving suit was really not necessary. Fornow, at least, the rules are as they are. And thedriving suit is easily affordable when one considersthe reduced event costs at GGR time trials.
Myth #5: Time trialing is too expensive
Actually, the GGR-TT events are much less expen-sive to enter than any other known local venue.Unlike some organizations, GGR is not a for-profitorganization. Event cost comparisons in this areaare a little tricky, as there are many factors that con-tribute to cost. Weekends are more expensive thanweekdays. Laguna Seca and Sears Point are moreexpensive than ThunderHill or Buttonwillow.Some organizations effectively require membershipby offering discounts to members. Events withfewer participants and fewer run groups will pro-duce more track time for the driver during theevent. Some organizations offer discounts for veryearly signup. There are differences betweenwhether the driver must have some sort of workassignment.
To try to put things on an equal footing for compar-ison purposes, imagine a two-day weekend at Thun-derHill, priced between member and non-membercosts.
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The estimated cost for some of the major clubsoperating locally would be:
• TracQuest $600
• Shelby Club $590
• NCRC $460
• Zone 7 Driver's Ed $450
• Lotus $440
• Ferrari $380
• NASA $310
• GGR $210
Thought of another way, compared to the mid-priced Lotus club you'd save $230 per weekend.Over the course of a 5-event season you'd have$1150 available for whatever safety gear GGRrequires over and above what the other clubsrequired. This is easily enough to buy a harnessbar, belts, fire bottle and driving suit and to have thefirst three professionally installed if desired.
While it's true that several of the other groups runonly four or sometimes three sessions (which pro-vides more track time), that difference in track timeis not nearly enough to account for the entry-feedifferences. The per-minute-of-track-time costs atGGR are still quite a bit lower than in any othervenue.
Myth #6: The best instruction is at driver'seducation events
Perhaps, but the GGR-TT series is, primarily,driver's education. Only Sunday afternoon isdevoted to the time trial portion.
As far as instruction, it's hard to quantify or com-pare skill sets and I cannot reasonably claim to beunbiased in this matter. Nevertheless, our instructorselection process is rigorous and our training isongoing. The median tenure of instructors instruct-ing with GGR is over 6 years. We have a strongfeedback process in place to provide additionallearning experience for the instructors. Further,GGR instructors are generally credentialed andaccepted as expert with several different clubs.Some have argued that GGR has the best team ofinstructors of any organization on the West Coast.
At the very least you can be assured that all of theinstructors you encounter at a GGR Time Trialevent will be familiar with Porsches, their specialhandling characteristics and their general needs.This will certainly not be true at some other events.
Myth #7: The competitive atmosphere won'tbe very welcoming to me
Sociability is very hard to quantify, but most peoplewill find a warm, receptive and supportive environ-ment at any time trial. For most of us it's the partthat attracts us to the events more than anythingelse.
Closing thoughts
GGR runs an exceptionally safe TT/DE series dueto good driver preparation, excellent track controland excellent instruction. We are quite friendly.The safety requirements are relatively easily metfor most lightly-modified cars. And we are anexceptionally good value. I think we are, by far, thebest place for any Porsche driver to begin exploringthe joys of driving on the track. So, do as muchautocrossing as you can, come to a ground schooland join us at the track. We're having a great timeout there and would like you to join us.
For those who want further information, you aremost welcome to come out to any time trial as aspectator. Further, under the Taste-of-the-Trackprogram, for a small donation to charity you may beable to take a ride with one of our instructors andsee for yourself what things are like on the bigtrack.
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The Nugget Digital Photo Contest
OK ... this is it.. the Nugget Digital Photo Contest...and only a few rules ..!
1. You must be a GGR member to enter.2. Photos must be Porsche related.3. Photos must be submitted in digital format via email or floppy/CD-ROM sent to the Nugget at the
addresses below. Floppies or CDs will not be returned, although we could arrange for you to pickthem up at a scheduled GGR event.
4. You may submit up to 3 entries.5. Entries must be submitted by September 8, 20036. Each entry must have a file size of 1.5 MB or less.7. Files can be any digital format that can be read by Adobe Photoshop.8. Decision of the judges is final.9. The winners will be published in the Nugget. The grand prize winner will be published on the
cover!
If you don't have a digital camera, don't worry! You can take your film or favorite Porsche picture tomost photo labs, and they can put it on a floppy or CD for you. Some labs even post your photos to aweb site! Questions? Submit to [email protected]
Submit your entries:Via email: [email protected]
Via Floppy or CD: send to Nugget Photo Contest, 2876 Sycamore Way, Santa Clara CA 95051.
14 June 2003
GOLDEN GATE REGIONPorsche Club of AmericaBoard of DirectorsMeeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called toorder at 7:15 p.m. onApril 30, 2003 at the resi-dence of the President,Foster City.
Board members present were James Ohl, Jeff Will-iams, Louise Sousoures, Chet Bottone, DanThompson, Ken Park, Howard Yao, Nugget EditorTom Pickett and Webmeister Susan Angebranndt.Also present were David Leong, Steve Taty, HenryWatts, Jean Ohl.
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Minutes from the Board of Directors MeetingApril of 2003 were unanimously approved as writ-ten.
B. POSTMORTEM OF EVENTS
1. Attended April 5, 2003 PCA Executive Meet-ing.
2. Buttonwillow Time Trial April 12-13 - wellattended. Time Trial cancelled because of rain.
3. Friday night social - well attended. East Baysite for Friday night social -- well attended.Determination made to continue with East Baylocation on June 20, 2003.
4. April 19, Adopt-A-Highway - six peopleattended.
C. DIRECTORS REPORTS
PRESIDENT, James Ohl1. Received brochure for raffle of Porsche in June
at Reno.2. Received brochure from Vancouver Rise &
Shine for July 11-13.3. PCA needs data for rebate to region for elec-
tronic fund transfer.
VICE PRESIDENT, Jeff Williams
1. Calendar Changes: None.2. Insurance ordered for May events.3. Time Trial insurance sent to Competition
Director.4. Via PCA, all events need physical copy of the
insurance at the site of the event.
TREASURER, Ken Park
1. Submitted report.2. Issue regarding submission of budgets was
raised. Procedure was agreed upon as follows:At board meetings, board members will lookforward 90 days, if no budget is issued, eventwill be listed as tentative.
3. Treasurer's report approved unanimously.
MEMBERSHIP, Chet Bottone
1. There were 21 new members this month; 7transfers in, 6 transfers out.
2. Motion to accept New Members from lastmonth was approved unanimously.
3. Nominating committee: Sent out announce-ment via web site calling for committee volun-teers, wrote article for June Nugget calling forcandidates.
4. Requested the President to put something aboutthe candidates in his column for each month.
5. Received a letter from Kevin Buckler, lookingfor PCA sponsorship for Le Mans.
COMPETITION, Dan Thompson
1. Nothing to report.
SECRETARY, Louise Sousoures
1. Nothing to report.
SOCIAL, Howard Yao
1. Nothing to report.
WEBMEISTER, Susan Angebranndt
1. Nothing to report.
Board Meeting... Louise Sousoures, Secretary
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NUGGET EDITORS, Jim Bauman &Tom Pickett
1. Printing of the Nugget and mailing crew werediscussed.
2. Special thank you to Anne Del Villano for herefforts and success collecting revenue fromNugget advertisers.
D. OLD BUSINESS
1. Red book: All corrections submitted.
E. NEW BUSINESS
1. 2004 Time Trial Chairman: Competition Direc-tor submitted three names for the position fornext year as well as his recommendation. Votetabled until after the next agenda item.
2. Discussion ensued regarding Time Trialfinances, rebates and instructor incentives pro-gram.
3. All board members as well as others presentwere given a chance to speak their mind aboutthe above issues.
4. Several emails were received from membersregarding this issue and discussed by the board.Treasurer read from a second email submittedby a GGR member as requested
5. Motion made to continue with program for therest of the 2003 Time Trial season, with actionitem for someone to communicate to the TimeTrial community, the board to revisit this issueagain after the last event, duly seconded. Vote:Three for, two against, one abstain.
6. Motion made that rebates and incentives to bediscontinued immediately and participantrebates at Seca (from Buttonwillow) to bewithheld. Money generated to be saved forother club activities and Time Trial shortfallswith the exception of the instructor certificatesalready issued, duly seconded. Vote: Two for,four against.
7. Decision was made to have the President andMembership work together to put forth a com-munication to the Time Trial series participantsvis-à-vis the program.
8. Discussion was then had regarding the otherpaid participants of the Time Trial series. Aprocedure was put forth for reimbursement ofexpenses for all paid participants.
9. Motion to vote on 2004 Time Trial series chair-man withdrawn by Competition Director.Board requests the candidates to prepare andsubmit a statement of their intent for nextyear's series.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before theBoard, a motion to adjourn was approved at 10:20PM. The next Board of Directors meeting will beheld June 5, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. at the residence ofthe President, Foster City, Calif. Call President at650.341.9020 to add items to agenda.
Respectfully submitted,Louise SousouresGGR Secretary, 2003
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All I wanted was an oilchange. I couldn’t be ask-ing for too much. Our AudiA4 was due for an oilchange and since we live inMillbrae, I decided to takethe car to an Audi dealer inBurlingame to perform theservice. Since it was such aminor service, I figuredthat any Bay Area Audi/Porsche service depart-
ment would be more than capable of handling thisbasic task.
This is where things get a little strange. We didn’tbuy our Audi from this dealer, we bought it fromCarlsen Audi in Palo Alto. Since we bought the car,we proudly kept the Carlsen license plate frames onboth ends of the car.
On a side note, this breaks many personal rules ofmine. First of all, I don’t like too many personalizedfeatures on a car – no vanity plates and no stickers.The plates are standard issue, but we have a littleUSGA sticker in the rear window. A second rulethat has always stuck with me is from a former bossof mine, Jim McClelland. He is a new member toGGR, and a proud owner of a 996, but he has beentweaking with German air-cooled engines through-out his misguided youth. He once drove my old1970 911S and he told me that you could neverrepeat the word PORSCHE twice on a car. The carhad Porsche in gold letters on the rear lid and I alsohad a license plate frame that said Porsche along thebottom. That was a big no-no for Jim and it madeperfect sense to me. A Porsche is obviously a Por-sche and I don’t need to read the license plateframe, or the floor mats, or the tire valve caps, torealize that a Porsche is indeed a Porsche. So sincethen, I have been using simple chrome license plateframes on all of my cars, of any make.
So getting back to my original story, I kept theCarlsen frames (and a USGA sticker!). So when Ibrought the Audi back home, I realized that thedealer had removed my Carlsen frame on the rearand put their frames on the car! I immediatelycalled my service manager. I told him that I was
quite annoyed by this. He explained to me that thisis the owner’s new policy – to switch out any com-petitor’s frame with their frame.
Now I remember, last time I had an oil changethere, the technician asked me if it would be allright if they put their license frames on the car. Iwas a little annoyed with the question, but I politelytold him no. This time, they just changed it outwithout asking. I told the technician that I wantedmy original license plate frame back. Since it waslate in the day Friday, he said that he would have tocheck with the technician the following Monday tosee if it was still in the shop.
Now this act offends me on two levels. One is sim-ply the concept of freedom. I can do whatever Iwant to my car and no one should have the right tochange it without asking. You can ask me if I’d liketo get my car painted pink along with my oil changefor $79.95. I may say yes, but I may not.
I also find this frame-switching offensive in thename of fair competition. To compete with otherdealerships, I imagine you can compete on price,service, and selection. I guess you can also serveeighty dollars a pound coffee instead of three-day-old donuts as well – whatever that gives you a littleedge. But for a dealership to steal my personalproperty for their personal advertisement is unac-ceptable. I think we all naively assume that when acar has a license frame from a certain dealership, itwas purchased there. There is a subtle but powerfulmessage because if you see 4 out of 5 cars with acertain dealership frame, it implies that this dealer-ship must be doing a lot of things right for them tosell so many more cars than it’s competitors. Obvi-ously this is not always the case.
To the owner of the dealership, I’ve expressed myconcern about your policy to your staff and theyseem to be more interested in loyally followingyour policy than listening to your customer’s con-cerns. I hope you (and any other company that doesthis) would seriously consider changing this policy.You have to earn that little chunk of automotive realestate.
Makin’ Friends? Howard Yeow, Social Director
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2003 Zone 7 Autocross School
18 June 2003
Are you too advanced a driver for Autocross?Think again…
There is no question autocross is a great place tostart once you get the itch to explore the limits ofyour Porsche. Unless, of course, the limit you wantto find is the max climbing angle of your new Cay-enne. There is no investment in safety or perfor-mance equipment required to try your hand atautocross. It isn’t hard on the car as long as youdon’t abuse the transmission. There is nearly zerorisk of hitting anything solid if you slide or spin thecar. So, autocross is a natural starting point for anywould-be Michael Schumacher.
So, you wander out to you local stadium parkinglot, have your go at autocross and you get hooked.Next thing you know you’ve got spare wheels andR-compound tires stacked in the corner of your liv-ing room (apartment dwelling autocross junkiesunite!) and you’re embroiled in a week-long debateon Rennlist over the merits of 2 versus 2.2 degreesof negative camber. Let’s say you do this for a yearor more, and you’re winning your class on occasionand maybe even breaking into that elusive “TopTen” overall with your barely modified street car.You decide you’re ready to “graduate” to the trackand try out that crazy sport called Time Trials. If so,you should check out Hank Watts’ article on how toget started on page 10. But wait! When you’re donewith Hank’s article, make sure you come back hereand finish this one because you’re not done withautocross. That’s right, your “graduation” wasn’treally a transition to something bigger and betterbut rather a foray into something different.
As a long time autocrosser and a recently avid trackdriver and time trialer, I’d like to espouse to you themerits of continuing to autocross—forever. Whilethere is little doubt that driving the track is a moreserious endeavor, many of the skills involved inautocross and time trial are shared. Autocross is agreat forum to learn the following “soft” skillswhich are essential on the track: Reading a courseand choosing the best line, driving the intended lineand looking far ahead with your eyes to smoothcontrol inputs. But these are things that you can
learn just as well on the track as on the autocrosscourse.
However, there is another set of skills that I like tocall “edge skills” that can best be learned and prac-ticed on the autocross course. These are basic carcontrol, slide and spin recovery, throttle steering,trail braking and driving at large slip angles. Whycan’t you effectively learn these edge skills on thetrack, you might ask? To learn these skills, youneed to find the limits of your car. And to find thelimits as anything less than a professional driver,you’re occasionally going to exceed the limits, evenif only temporarily, and lose control of the car. Onthe autocross course you can do that in a safe envi-ronment without extremely negative consequences,probably limited to a cone scuff on your door (trustme, it’ll buff right out).
Cars do handle differently at high speeds on thetrack than the lower average speeds achieved at anautocross, but if you can’t control the car with pre-
Momentary Laps... Dean & Laura Thomas
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cision at the lower speeds, how are you going to doit flat out in fourth gear through turn 8 at ThunderHill?
Losing control of your car on the track is reallyfrowned upon and for good reason. The results ofan “off” on the track can be severe. I saw a brand-new Honda S2000 go into the tire wall at SearsPoint a few weeks ago somewhere north of 80MPH. The driver was fine, but the car didn’t do sowell. My point isn’t that time trials are dangerous,because they don’t have to be when drivers aredriving within their limits. My point is that know-ing your limits, or perhaps more accurately, findingyour limits, is something that is risky to experimentwith on the track, or the street for that matter!
So, come out to the next autocross and explorethose limits in a safe environment. Go into a turntoo fast with your 911, turn in and hit the brakes.Now wave to the course workers who are runningto replace all the cones you just scattered. Next timeinto that same turn, ease off the throttle and let thatback end just come around slowly. Now, catch itwith the throttle. Didn’t quite get it right? Oh well,wave to the running course workers again and give
it another shot on your third run. That’s the beautyof autocross – and it’s the reason I hope I’ll bestanding around in a parking lot on a Saturdaymorning 30 years from now, picking up the conesyour grandkid hit spinning her old beater 996Turbo.
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Report for May
New members 29
Transfers In 3
Transfers Out 10
Total Membership 1804
New membersJames Tan & Lisa Edens-tan Pleasanton 1976 914
Scott Cherf & Connie De Jong Jackson WY 1985 928S
John L Arta San Francisco 1996 993
Andrew Miller San Francisco 1982 911 Sc
Timothy & Susan Collins San Francisco 1995 911 Carrera
Nick P Deardon & Pinna Groskopf Menlo Park 2003 Boxster
Michael P Smith San Jose 1987 944 Turbo
Karen L Burke San Jose 2001 Boxster S
David E & Shara Morishige San Jose 1988 911 Carrera
Jesse D Babbitz & Sarah J Givan Menlo Park 1988 911
Kenneth Higashihara & Dai Dee Pun Cupertino 1987 944 Turbo
Rio Hyde-dluzak & John Dluzak San Francisco 1989 930 Cabrio
John J & Svitlana Kearns San Francisco 2003 Carrera 4
Andrew Lapkin Burlingame 2003 996
Kyle Petrich San Francisco 1990 964 Targa
Paul R & Debra Scherer San Jose 1988 911
Eric & Minda Lehto San Francisco 1986 911
Michael Major Saratoga 1996 993
John N Celona San Carlos 1997 Boxster
Brian E & Melissa Haske San Mateo Not stated
Tim Billing San Carlos 1970 911
Seth D Neiman Woodside 2000 GT3 RS
Frederick D Williams Redwood City 1970 911 T
Jim Pitchford San Francisco 2003 Boxster S
Jeff & Paul Funston Las Gatos 1975 911
Duane & Hilary Weeks Saratoga 2003 911 Cabrio
Pete Wermter San Francisco 1973 911 T
Mark L & Eleanor Marquez San Francisco 1986 Carrera Cabrio
Andrea Mariotti & Ann Seegmiller Menlo Park 2003 Boxster
Transfers In
Thomas A & Colleen Scott Brentwood 1987 944
Chris C & Kim Fullerton Mountain View 1986 928
Rohan Hall San Francisco 2000 Boxster
Anniversaries
George E & Shirley Neidel San Jose 40 Years
Robert D & Marilyn Burn Woodside 35 Years
Jeffrey G & Monica Kost Pleasanton 10 Years
Paul E & Jill Scheffel Watsonville 10 Years
C Sandy & Summer Swallow Forestville 10 Years
Anne West-Wepsala & George B Wepsala Menlo Park 10 Years
John S Wimer & Lou Ann Bell Half Moon Bay 10 Years
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Classifieds - Send or e-mail your ad to the Editor beforethe 10th, to be published the following month. 35 wordsmax ad. PCA members only. Ads will run as space per-mits. Please inform us if items have sold or ad needs to berevised. Ads can also be placed on the GGR Website at:http://www.pca-ggr.org/marketplaceads.html
Porsches For Sale1989 Airex 32ft Motorhome, sleeps 6/8, Ford 460ci/7.5liter EFI, 69k miles, $6500 in performance upgrades(headers, low restrict exhaust, K&N, Gear Vendors 6spdOD trans, large 4 core radiator), new paint 1999, newfridge, roof a/c, solar panels, sound system upgrade,coach and engine batteries, Bilstein shocks and new tires.Will be offered at $21,995. PCA price $19,995 OBO.Chris Murray 510.538.3800 or [email protected]
1985 Targa GrandPrix White, Black Leather. 64K Mi,$25.5K. Multiple winner Zone7 Concours. All docs/records since new incl orig sticker.Excellent condition.Looks new. More info and pictures at http://www.cars.com/search/used/cc/standard/. Contact DennisStettner at [email protected] or 916.725.1222.
92 C2 Turbo Track/Street bolt-in Cage, Harness, Sparcoseats, ~400HP. Motorsport Susp. (4monoballs, sway,firm sport eibach) light flywheel, race clutch, Blk on Blk,all leather interior, 60K miles, $46,000 Contact Rod Nel-son at [email protected] or 650.776.4335.
73 914 Tub Good race car foundation. Primer/ silver.Fiberglass fenders - 916 rear bumper. Floorpan, rockerpanels, engine points are clean. Best offer, proceeds tocharity. More info at http://www.914club.com/classifieds.Contact Rob Ways at [email protected] or408.370.7842.
1973 914 2.0 "S" optioned car White, black, 2.0 fi,Fuchs, side shifter, center gage console, chrome bumpers.Rust under battery box affecting suspension. ContactGeorge at [email protected] or 510.428.2910.
911 Race Car 993 turbo body on ’73 tub. 3.4L JWEengine. Smart Products suspension. 2100 lbs. Consis-tent podiums in W. Coast PCA GT3S, incl. ’02 wins inVegas and Fontana. Email for photos and component list.Car is sorted and fast. $40,000. Steve Meacham, 18808Deer Park, Sonoma, CA 95476. [email protected]
1993 Rs America race Conversion by AASCO/Ana-heim. Wins in PCA, POC & SCCA. Reliable/strongengine. Short ring/pin. RSR coilover/full monoball. TTBrakes, 18" Fiske, Fuel cell, Halon, welded cage, 3 logbooks/#2 owner/never crashed. $50,000 Contact JeffreyFreeman at 206.419.7037.
1984 911 Carrera Pearl White with brown leather.Excellent condition. Needs nothing—too many upgrades
to list. Beautiful 911 Carrera with only 91K miles. Mustsee to appreciate $19,995. Use ad number 42918 at http://www.rennlist.com/ads/ for more information. ContactTed Lawson at [email protected] or 408.739.1209.
1970 914/6 Must sell!! Lost storage!! Numbers matching,completely original CA car with older restoration. PCAConcourse winner 2001, 2002. $15.9K More info andpictures at http://home.attbi.com/~thesaylors/Porsche9146.htm. Contact Scott Saylor at [email protected] or 831.601.6789.
1982 911SC 1989 3.2 (217HP) Engine, Leather powerseats, alarm, Alpine CD, Carrera front brakes, Turbo Tail,Adjustable Koni Shocks, Turbo Sway Bars,WeltmeisterFront Strut Bar, BBS gold center wheels. $10,900 Con-tact Jeff Kinder at [email protected] or530.676.7994.
1993 968 Coupe Guards Red, 51K, Factory 17" C2Wheels, 6 speed manual, Power Seats, Black LeatherInterior, AC, Nikamachi 4 Disk CD System, WeltmeisterChip, WPOAA2964PS820357. $17,000.00. Contact GaryBlomquist at [email protected] or408.879.9513.
2000 C4 996 Cabriolet triple black, 6-speed, AWD,unique C4 wheels, power seats, CD w/hi-fi package, sta-bility management, windstop, cup holders, warranty,dealer maintained, all receipts, original owner, 23K miles,$65,000. Contact Carl Swirsding [email protected] or 650.949.1166.
2001 996 C4 Cabriolet Black, hardtop, Navigation,Technic package, CD changer, Hi-Fi Sound, leather,Comfort pkg, htd seats with lumbar, flared rocker panels,turbo look wheels, 21k miles, $72k,WP0CA29911S651683, Dealer. More info and picturesat http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/. Contact NealDaneman at [email protected] or 415.999.1549.
1987 944S (w/S2 motor) Red/black, rare full leather inte-rior, numerous & nbsp; performance upgrades, & nbsp;exceptional condition, thorough maintenance, fast andcompetitive autocross car, motor-90k, body-124k. Veryclean car. $11,500. Contact Harry at [email protected] or 650.776.4973.
1997 911 Targa Tiptronic, Silver/Blue leather, 16kmiles, Cup Wheels, aluminum gauges, Hi-Fi sound, AM-FM, CD, power driver seat, computer, Stainless exhaustpipes, $59,500. Contact Bill Swanson [email protected] or 559.439.1551.
1967 912 Exceptional Condition. Bone white. 20Krebuild. 34 years of records. Zero body rust. Recaro seats.Alpine stereo. Clifford alarm, sound/vibration proofed,custom cover. $13,500. Contact Jacques Rutzky at650.851.8759.
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1974 914 2.0L Race Car 180 HP aftermarket injectiontwin dual throat 48MM throttle bodies, tune from dash.Fuel cell many nice mods. Fun car. $8,900 obo ContactDennis or Lisa 408.779.8093 or [email protected]
1973 911 RSR Look-Alike. 1,970 Lbs, fresh 2.8,Haltech, twin plug hds, 3 nozzle fire, MSD, Quaife,Bremtek, C/F wing, open trlr. $40,000. Contact GaryMcNair at [email protected] or 707.252.2363.
1996 Turbo 18K miles, original owner. Arena Red/Taninterior w/sport seats. $70,000 OBO. Contact Carl Brink-man at [email protected] or 408.257.0961.
Parts & MiscellaneousBoxster/late 911 Racers Group Unichip (Dastek Com-puter) Reprograms fuel and timing, TRG got 14HP gainto Boxster rear wheels on Dyno. New Unit $595, asking$395. TRG will need to install (Sold Car) Contact JoeHoppa at [email protected] or 408.265.8420.
Fikse FM10 for 996 Fikse FM10 18X9 245/35 18X11275/40 Sized/offset for 996. Nearly new Hoosiers: only20 mins use. $2900. Contact Eren Hussein at [email protected] or 415.931.1227.
24' Silverlite Composite Trailer Design and construc-tion identical to TPD. Two years old, excellent condition,many options w/ over $16K invested. $12,000/offer. Con-tact Mark at 650.279.1233 or [email protected] details.
Fikse FM-10 w/Pirelli P-Zero Cs. FR: 17X8 235/45 RR:17X10 275/40 Sized & offset for 993 widebody. Tireshave only 3 Tracquest days on 'em. Asking $2,500. Con-tact David Kirsch at [email protected] or408.298.5500.
1970 911 901 Transmission First Gear is Kaput, easyrebuild, or drive like it is ... $300 obo ... you must pick upin Redding CA. Contact C. David Hemp DDS [email protected] or 530.547.5173.
1970 2.2 Rebuilt Engine Rebuilt engine with only about6000 miles, runs perfectly. No sheet metal, $2,000. Youmust pick up in Redding CA. Contact C. David Hemp [email protected] or 530.547.5173.
Kumho Victoracer Tires Four 255/40 ZR17 and two225/45 ZR17 used tires good condition, heat cycled bytire rack before delivery new, $45 each Contact JoeHoppa at [email protected] or 408.265.8420.
New Mono Ball Kit (Front) New Smart Racing frontmonoball kit with fact housing The front kit replaces thesoft and compliant shock anchors. Will fit all '72 to '89911's, 914's and 930's $260.00. Contact James Semien [email protected] or 707.479.3976.
Comp Race Seat OMP San Remo race seat FIA homolo-gated in excl cond must sell, $310.00 Contact JamesSemien at [email protected] or 707.479.3976.
1987-89 Turbo Rear Deck Lid New or used. Excellentcondition, any color. Rear spoiler not required. Contact
Ronald Feinstein at [email protected] or916.691.6958.
Complete 935 K2 Body Parts with 935 tail allnew-offer, lots of race and street 911 parts. Contact SteveYoung at [email protected] or 408.202.0847.
944 Turbo Sport Seats. Set of black, heated, power,sport seats from 86 944 turbo. Great shape. $1000.00 oboContact Jeff Reitmeir at [email protected] or650.941.4331.
Four 16x7 OEM Fuchs Wheels Very nice condition,straight. No curb rash, two are black, two are yellow.Would separate in two sets of two. Asking $1400 for four,$750 for two. Contact Frake van der Meer [email protected] or 508.208.7951.
Wanted914 Parts Looking for 914 parts or neglected 914 cars atreasonable prices. Please, no collector items. Contact DanTsuchiya at [email protected] or 408.483.5224.
1969-1974 911/914-6 Looking to buy a time trial to stock1969-1974 Porsche 911 or 914-6. Must be street legal. Norust, wrecked, nor wild prices please. Contact DanTsuchiya at [email protected] or 408.483.5224.
944/924s Rims Wanted. Looking for 4 15X7 phone dialwheels 52.3 off-set Contact Jeff Reitmeir [email protected] or 650.941.4331.
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