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Roadrunner R amblings August 2013 PCA’s 2008 Region of the Year
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August 2013PCA’s 2008 Region of the Year
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The Magazine of the Roadrunner Region Porsche Club of AmericaPCA Region of the Year 2008, Chartered October 13, 1967
16DS#7: Summertime Blue
20Pat Ferrell Tech Session
22Standard Diner Social
Columns 5 On Track30 In the Zone
Cover: David Donner pilots his GT3 Cup to 2nd in the Time Attack class at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and the highest placing Porsche finish. This Page: Paul Friedman chases cones during the DS#7 Autocross at NAPA Speedway. Sean Cridland photos.
look for us atwww.roadrunner-region-pca.org and on
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On Track
Michael GalavizRegion President
I hope everyone is having a great summer. Last month’s rain helped bring high temperatures down. Good for us and all the air cooled motors out there. Come out to a driving event or a meet & greet to mingle with your fellow members. This month has plenty of fun and exciting activities. Don’t let summer slip by. Although we are still having a lot of fun this year, we need to start planning for next year. This month we will form the nominating committee for this year’s election. This will decide the new PCA Roadrunner Region Board of Directors for 2014. Many of the current officer’s terms will expire in December and they will not be eligible to fill those posi-tions for another year. Consider taking a key position in your Porsche Club. Board positions in-clude President, Vice Presi-dent, Secretary, Treasurer, and 6 Member at Large posi-tions. There are also several specialty chair positions that are chosen by the board such as, Newsletter Editor, Fiesta Chair, Tech Chair, Webmaster, Social Chair, Goodie Store Chair, Charity Chair, Social Chair, Member-ship Chair, Head Steward, Safety Chair, Historian, Facebook Host, and other pos-sible positions that are needed. Most positions will be available for 2014. Talk to a current board member for more information. If you have a special skill that might help, let us know. Look for the nominating committee announcement and contact them to nominate someone special for this election. September 10th will be the nomination deadline. There is no need to be shy, let us
know about your interest to serve. 2014 will be here soon. Serving on the Roadrunner Region Board can be a very rewarding experience. It is a wonderful way to meet new people and make new friends, while adding new adventures to older friendships within the club. Help shape the Regions 47th year with new ideas and celebrating in traditional events. The ever exciting Deutsch-Marque Event returns from the 10th through the 12th. This is a full track driving experience weekend that you won’t soon forget. Instructors will be available to help sharpen your driv-ing skills. You can play it safe and choose the lapping group, or get very competitive and join the wheel to wheel groups. Between your sessions, you can enjoy watching others in their groups. This event will be sponsored by Porsche of Albuquerque, PMCI, Maurers Collision, and others. Contact Russ Kelso for more in-formation. We will also have a PCA booth at the track. If you are not driving the event, come by to watch and/or join in at the booth. For a more relaxing Porsche event, drive out to
Corrales for the traditional Corrales Round Up. Re-member that only Porsche cars will be allowed under the cottonwoods in the Porsche corral. Bring your camera for some nice car photos. Dave and Ann Stinchcomb will be our wonder-ful hosts. Back to the Die Series, how are your points adding up? This month’s autocross will be back at Air-port Parking on the 24th. Since this will be the second
time ever at this venue, a whole different course will be configured. We still need some experimentation at this new place, but that is what adds to the challenge of the Die Series. Continue enjoying the summer, and I wish you clean, smooth roads with high speed limits, and curves.
Michael Galaviz at speed at DS#7
PCA Roadrunner Region Board Of Directors
OTHER REGIONAL CONTACTS:
Steve [email protected]
Krickett [email protected]
Phillip GandertonMember-at-Large [email protected]
Liz ShawZone 9 Rep [email protected]
Tony RicheyPast President/[email protected]
Don VichickTech [email protected]
Willard [email protected]
Ex Officio Board Members
Zone 9 PCA Representative
Sandra One Feather Newsletter Editor [email protected]
Tommy [email protected]
Michael GalavizPresident/[email protected]
Lee StauffacherVice President/Autox [email protected]
Paul TeskeMembership [email protected]
Dennis ChamberlainSocial [email protected]
Harry SeasonMember-at-LargeInsurance [email protected]
Russ KelsoHead Steward/Driving Instr.505.898.0238 [email protected]
Dave [email protected] 505-280-8603
James [email protected] 505-228-5233
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The highest compliment I can receive is the referral of friends and family. Thank you for your trust.
Patricia Blackwell: Agent, Broker, Home FinderMain Number: 505-249-7216 Office Line: [email protected] Fax: 505-352-2766
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On the Horizon
Check www.roadrunner-region-pca.org for up-to-the-minute details. Autocross chair: Lee Stauffacher at [email protected] chair: Dennis Chamberlain at [email protected] Tech chair: Don Vichick at [email protected]
AugustAugust 6: 6:00pm, Membership Meeting at Porsche of AlbuquerqueAugust 10: Tech Session TBAAugust 10-12: Deutschmarque Classic (SWMS)August 11: RRR Nominating Committee FormedAugust 18: Corrales Round-up at Stinchcomb’sAugust 24: DS#8 Autocross at Airport Parking
SeptemberSeptember 3: 6:00pm, Membership Meeting at Porsche of Albuquerque
September 7: Charity Drive-Out to Golden, party
September 10: RRR Nomination deadline
September 14-15: DS#9+10 Autocrosses at Farmington
DS#8 - Airport Parking AutocrossSaturday, August 24, 2013
Come out to the Airport Parking for the eighth points-earning autocross of the season.
Like all our parking lot autocrosses this year, cost is only $35, whether you are a member of PCA or not.
Loaner helmets will be provided if you don’t have one of your own, and we’ll have instructors available if you are new to this sport. Come out and try it!
Registration starts at 8:00 a.m., with a mandatory driver’s meeting around 9:15 a.m..
Event Coordinators: Steve Fallon and Paul FriedmanEmail Addresses: [email protected] and [email protected] Numbers: (505) 918-7000 and (949) 375-1414
Roadrunner RegionCharity Drive-out
MUSIC - Gimmick Rally - Lots of food, desserts, beverages - GamesRegistration will be at 5600 McLeod NE; Suite B; Albuquerque, NM 87109 (Four Seasons Cleaning office)RSVP to [email protected]$35.00 per person -- Tax Deductible
Come have fun at the Galaviz Residence in beautiful Golden, New Mexico!
September 7, 2013Sean Cridland Photo
Alex Delgado winds his 914 through a sea of cones at the DS#7 Autocross.
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Steve Fallon speeds through a section of the DS#7 autocross at NAPA Speedway. DS #9+#10 Farmington Fun September 14 and 15, 2013
COME JOIN US at the best autocross venue in the state. McGee Park at Sun-Ray Casino is the smoothest, most expansive parking lot we use for auto-cross during the season. It is well worth the drive to experience a higher-speed autocross that allows you to exercise sec-ond gear.
When: Saturday and Sunday September 14th and 15th. Registration from 8:00 to 9:00. Driver’s meeting at 9:15am. First car off at about 9:45am. Driver’s meeting is MANDATORY both days!
Where: Farmington, New Mexico at SunRay Casino See: www.sunraygaming.com/content.php?id=91 for directions
Directions: From Albuquerque Go north on 550 to Bloomfield. Then west on US 64 for 6 1/2 miles. SunRay Casino will be on your left. Look for the big sign and parking lots.
How much: $40 per day OR both days for $70
Contact: David Flynn at [email protected] - 505-280-8603 or James Wilson at [email protected] - 505-228-5233
As Membership Chair I would like to welcome the new and transfer-in members to the Roadrunner Region. I would like to invite all the member-ship to “try us on” at a club event scheduled soon at a location near you!Look for details in this issue
of the Roadrunner Ramblings or www.roadrunner-region-pca.org.
Region Standings for June 2013
Primary Members 353
Affiliate Members 274
Total Members 627
Membership Report New Members Donald A. Allen and Glenn Siry 2001 911
Shinichi S. Hamashige 1974 911
Philip Y. Smucker and Jessica Smucker 2008 997 Turbo
Valerie H. Stealth and Allan Saffold 2003 Boxster
Transfers In Larry and Julie Lenamon (Maverick) 1986 911
AnniversariesMark Margiotta - 10 years Jeff Naggs- 10 years
Richard and Betty Viramontes - 15 years
John Connell - 25 years
Congratulations!
Paul TeskeMembership [email protected]
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Chuck Stephens showed good form through the slalom at DS#7..We Need You!
Do you have an idea for an event that you’d like to see happen? Would you like to see more social or technical events? More racing? More family-oriented events? More events for Cayennes? Whatever it is, the best way to make it happen is to get involved. Sure, it’s a little bit of work, but it’s also a lot of fun with a great group of people who love the same thing you do: Porsches and Porsche-people! Don’t be afraid, get involved and help out your fellow Porsche advocates. Members may nominate any Active, Family Active, or Affiliate members, including themselves, with their permission, for any Board position, which includes President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, or Member-at-Large. There are six Members-at-Large. Members may contact anyone on the Committee by phone, letter, or email (although email is preferred) to make a nomination. The Chairperson of the Committee will obtain either oral or written acceptance from the nominee for the nomination – email will serve as written acceptance. The deadline for acceptance is September 10th, 2013, after which time the Chairperson will notify the Secretary of the nominations for each position. No member may be voted into a position more than twice in a row, so we have several members who are not eligible for certain positions. Check with the committee to determine those individuals.
Joan Ledbetter: [email protected] 505-400-8235Kim Stauffacher: [email protected] 505-369-9191 Marsha MenNe: [email protected] 505-385-2727
Region Board Officer Nominations For 2014 Have Begun
Contact Joan Ledbetter, Marsha MenNe, or Kim Stauffacher for Nominations
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Rob Godiciu sti 105.283Jim Garton Shelby GT 106.123Brian Leduc 964 C2 107.924Andrew McGibbon S2000 107.981James Wilson Cayman S 108.133Steven Fallon GT3 108.166Lee Stauffacher 914 108.429Dave Flynn Boxster S 108.584Michael Galaviz 914-6 108.600Scott Kratochvil STI 110.587Adam Hammill CRX 111.185Paul Friedman 911 112.009Bill Oaks Boxster 115.228Joe Almers 356 115.624Dennis Ledbetter 914 116.873Liz Shaw Cayman S 118.888Bob Blackwell Cayman 119.767Alex Delgado 914 120.593George Watkins 911S 121.144Bill Wilson Cayman 122.965Dominic Cagliostro Miata 124.114Dave Turner Sports Racer 127.560Chuck Stephens Boxster S 140.951
Due to the need to vacate the premises by 3pm, an early wake up call was required for those that opted to take part in DS#7 for the Road Runner Region’s only 2013 visit to NAPA Speedway. A published set-up crew arrival time of 6:30am and a driver’s meeting at 8:15am meant none of the 23 participants that made it out to the track were going to be sleeping in. James Wilson, after a few pre-event revisions, arrived at a course layout which bor-rowed liberally from a course run previously this year by our SCCA brethren, while adding a higher speed section on the south loop to give all participants a chance to experience sections that were somewhat tight, somewhat more open, and a LOT MORE open. In other words, something for everyone. Being that there we had a small number of participants, a lot of cones used, and a large area to cover meant that course workers had their work cut out for them. A few drivers found cones out of place, and maybe one or two got
unexpected gifts from the cone fairy in the form of clean runs that were perhaps not so clean. Not much that can be done about that other than to get more members out to the track, and use a few less cones and perhaps a bit less track. Top time of day went to Rob Godiciu is his Subaru STi with an untouchable 105.282. Good driving, turbo power and 4WD does have its advantages. Eight tenths back was the always fast Jim Garton in his Shelby GT. I will skip ahead to 4th place overall, where Andrew McGibbon in his Honda 2000 clocked a 107.981. Very impres-sive, but even more so when one considers that Andrew’s time included 2 second cone penalty. Not quite enough for FTD, but his scratch time was good enough for a very solid second place overall. FTD among the Porsche contingent, and 3rd overall went to your humble scribe, taking the measure of his 911 C2’s recently stiffened sway bars with a 107.924. Next up was James Wilson with a time of 108.133, and Steve “no damn way
I was off course” Fallon with a 108.66. In fact, times were very tight in the top 10, with a total of 5 drivers in the 108’s, and 5th through 9th cov-ered by a scant 0.467 seconds. Rather than name names in the run down of Thank You’s where I will inevitably miss some-one, I will just say that if you were there, THANK YOU. With a small turn out, most everyone had to do double and maybe triple duty to make sure the event got off the ground and ran smoothly, and this event surely did. And lastly, a thank you to NAPA Speedway for hosting us, and also for opening the snack bar at lunch time. Cold drinks and hot food is always welcome when killing a few cones, even if no one saw that you did.
RRR-PCA Die Serie #7 at NAPA Speedway
Saturday July 13, 2013Summertime BlueStory by Brian LeducPhotos by Sean Cridland
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and Race Weekend August 10-12, 2013Driver’s Education: If you’ve been wanting to improve your performance driving skills, this is the time to do it, with some of the best driving instructors in New Mexico. A great opportunity to learn more about your car, yourself.
Racing: Southwest Motorsports offers a wide variety of classes for vintage and contemporary sports, sports-racing, and open-wheeled cars in a friendly and safety-conscious environment.
Lapping: SouthWest Motorsport offers graduates of our High Performance Driving School the opportunity to run in our non-competitive lapping sessions. Want to drive your car in a con-trolled environment with no worry of getting a ticket? Come join us.
Spectating: This year’s DeutschMarque weekend will feature a number of entertaining races not usually seen in this setting: shifter carts, vintage open-wheeled racers, and more. This is guar-anteed to be a great weekend for enthusiasts of all levels.
For more information visit: www.swms.org Or contact : Russ Kelso at [email protected] or 505-898-0238
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Come join us for the Region’s Longest Running Tradition:
August 18, 2013Where: Ann and Dave Stinchcomb’s, 122 Via Oreada, Corrales, NM. Located Eight Tenths of a Mile North of Corrales Rd/Alameda Rd Stoplight. Turn Right on Via Oreada (Watch for Sign). Third House on the Right.
Who: Club members and Non-members, Spouses, Kids, Significant Others, but NO PETS. Club members Please Bring a Non-Member with a Porsche.
If You Own a Porsche, Wash It Up and Bring It Down And meet Your Fellow Porsche Pushers. We Want to See Your Car! This Event is Albuquerque’s Largest Display of Porsches. Please Note...The Enthusiast Rule Is In Effect...Porsches Only in the Front Yard. Any Enthusiast Arriving in Detroit Iron or Any Foreign Imitation Must Park on the Dirt Road By The Ditch. Porsches Only Under the Cottonwoods. No Exceptions. For Sale Signs Welcome. If You Come Late You Miss the Cars. All Porsches in the gate will receive a Flying Lizard Rac-ing Poster!
Who Will Be the Featured Car This Year?
When: Sunday, August 18th from 2-5pm. We Hope to Have All Cars Parked by 3:00 PMClub Will Provide: Beer, Pop, and Iced Tea. Don’t Bring Food— No Picnic This Year. Wear Sunscreen and Sun Hat. Admission Fee: One Dollar Per Adult. To Pay for the Drinks. Please Have Your Fee Ready as You Drive In The Yard and Obey the Directions of the Parking Attendant. Correct Change Please. The Bank is Closed. For Fur-ther Directions and Information Call 505-898-2255.
43rd Corrales Roundup
911 50 Year Celebration!!!
911s please arrive by 2:15 pm!
Sean Cridland Photo
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On July 13th, Patrick Farrell updated us on his 914-GT 6. Suspended on the rotisserie we saw a work in progress or better yet an evolving work of automotive art. The body work is com-plete, the custom fender flares blended in and bumpers finished. It’s been sandblasted, primed, finished off to a glass smooth surface and is ready for paint. The front and rear compartments, interior, engine bay and undersurface have been painted blue and the bed-liner and wheel-wells are cov-ered with a textured blue compound. Patrick’s custom suspension that includes raised struts to lower the car 19 mm is complete. The 3.2 L “Kelso” engine, specially geared transmission and limited slip are awaiting
installation. The interior will be basically stock and the Targa top will be removable. We saw a hand-built GT engine cover that is complete and ready for paint. Patrick discussed and demon-strated the fine points of hand finishing the body using a variety of homemade sanding blocks. After a walk around and a lively question-and-answer session, we left knowing that we had seen a very special, soon to be completed machine that will rival the original Porsche/VW factory 914-6 GT. Thank you again Patrick for a great tech session.
Pat Ferrell Tech SessionStory by Don VichickPhotos by Don Vichick and Pat Ferrell
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Standard Diner SocialSETTING THE STANDARDStory and Photos By Dennis Chamberlain
We returned to the Standard Diner in July after having a good affair there in 2012, and it seemed to be even more popular and appreciated this time around. The innovative and diversified menu included grilled chicken on a waffle..... yes, you are reading that correctly! I was told it was wonderful - a mix of breakfast and dinner all at the same time. It was so good, in fact, that neither Wil-lard MenNe nor Michael Galaviz offered to let me try a bite - can you imagine that? On the other hand, Heather Richard kindly gave me some of her sweet potato fries, having compassion upon observing that I was roaming around greeting the members without being able to order my dinner until later. This is a tough job but someone has to do it! The seating was tight due to seven people who arrived without an rsvp (more on that later) but the staff handled us with no problems. The final head count was 41. Hats off to owner
Cris deGregory for arranging everything, and to a wait staff that did a wonderful and efficient job. As always, I hope our members consider patron-izing the restaurants we attend for our meet and greet functions. As for the rsvp’s, I do want to impress upon everyone the importance of letting me know you are coming. I reserved space for 36, and seven more people showed up. Luckily, two who had reserved space couldn’t make it, so we were only over our head count by five. But had there been one more person I am not sure where we would have seated him. We have the Corrales Roundup coming up on August 18th from two to five - it’s one of our premier events of the year. Accordingly, there will not be a regular Meet and Greet function in August. The Roundup is at the home of Dave and Ann Stinchcomb in Corrales - we’ll be send-ing out more information on it soon. Hope to see you there!
Opposite, top: Bill Kaltenbach. This page, clockwise from top left: Harvey Dayhoff, Dennis and Joan Ledbetter, Linda Shank, John Calcott, Mike Courtney and Heather Richard, Tony Richey.
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Liz ShawZone 9 Rep
In the Zone
Ah, where do I begin?! The month of June was jam-packed with Porsche activity and it was a GREAT way to start the summer! After just a couple of weeks of rest from co-chairing Fiesta New Mexico 2013, I headed to Colorado for the “Hell on Heels”, ladies only DE at a police track in Golden. Everyone had a lot of fun and I was impressed to see 2 Novice groups of drivers – part of the 60 drivers that day. The weather cooperated and a notable event was when a fawn was born right near the track. The EMT’s care-fully wrapped the fawn in a blanket and moved it well away from the track. After the event, everyone gathered at a local watering hole for Beer-thirty. The next day, I went to another annual RMR event – the Cerebral Palsy Concours d’Elegance, held at Arapahoe Com-munity College. The 30th anniversary of this event (founded by RMR members, Tom Scott and Stimson Kennedy) also celebrated 65 years of Porsche AG, the 60th anniversary of the very first Porsche own-ers club, and the 50th anniversary of the 911. I got there early and that was a good thing, as the day warmed up quickly. Talk about car-candy-overload! There were rows and rows of beautiful cars, repre-senting several marques. I was pleased and sur-
prised to see fellow Roadrunner, Dave Stinchcomb, showing his beautiful Gulf Blue 911. The following weekend, I flew to Salt Lake City to be the PCA Observer at Miller Motorsports Park for Intermountain Region’s DE. There were about 70 drivers and the event was well-run and safe. I enjoyed watching the run groups get out on the track, plus I had a chance to get to know more of the IMR members. Just a few days after returning from SLC, I hit the road to Traverse City, MI, for Parade 2013. The drive was nice and I only encountered some rain about 50 miles southwest of Chicago. I had a Zone Rep meeting on Saturday afternoon, then more meetings on Sunday. Big thanks to Joe and Nancy Warren, who helped with the sign-ups for the Michelin Drive & Compare event that Jo Martin and I were co-chairing. United Airlines had insisted
that Jo stay in Chicago Saturday night and that made it impossible for her to be at Registra-tion/Check-in first thing in the morning. All day Monday and Tuesday, Jo and I were very busy with our event, as hundreds of people wanted to drive the new 911’s that PCNA had provided to us! But we did get to sneak over to the con-cours, which was held at one of the Grand
Traverse Resort’s golf courses. I never get tired of looking at the results of people spending hours and hours cleaning their cars. On Wednesday, I arrived at the autocross course in time to walk around it and develop a strat-egy. I visited with lots of friends and watched the first group, then got in my car and ran 5 laps. Half-way through our session, Hans Peter Porsche and some other people from Porsche AG showed up and im-pressed everyone with their racing skills. I finished in 2nd place in my class and I was mostly pleased. It’s the usual thing – you wish you could have gotten
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just one more lap! Thursday was tour day and I joined about 40 other cars for a driving tour to Mackinac Island. We boarded a ferry to the island and had a won-derful lunch at the Grand Hotel. The landscaping around town and the surrounding streets was abso-lutely beautiful with all of the flowers and greenery. I took the Tech Quiz on Friday and then attended some tech sessions in the afternoon. Although I did better in this Tech Quiz than I’ve done in the past few Parades, the competition was tough and I finished near the bottom of my group! Saturday was the Parade Committee after-meeting, then the Volunteer Luncheon, then the Fi-nal Banquet. I had signed up for the Parade of Cars but by this day, I was too tired and opted to watch the action from the side of the road, instead. The Final Banquet is always a nice time to see friends one more time, and it was exciting to see 2 new Caymans being awarded to the raffle winners. And Darwin Binek from IMR won the trip to Germany! My drive back home was uneventful (thank-fully) and I listened to 3 books on CD for the 2 days that it took me to drive 1620 miles! Here are the results from Parade and I want to congratulate everyone from Zone 9 who partici-pated in the competitions. Even if you didn’t win an award, you made Zone 9 proud by participating!
Germany trip: Darwin Binek, IMR T-shirt contest: Carrera Region, 1st Place Region Website, Class III: 1st Place, Roadrunner Region, Tony Richey Zone Website: 1st Place, Roadrunner Region, Sean Cridland Art ShowClassic Photography: Honorable Mention, RMR, Daniel SembroskiEnhanced Photography: Honorable Mention, RMR, Randy OsgoodEnhanced Photography: 3rd Place, AMR, Jim So-rensenSculpture, Professional: 1st Place, RMR, Thomas Sembroski
Fiber Arts, Amateur: 1st Place, AMR, Dona Sorensen Newsletter, Class V: 3rd Place, RMR, David Schmidt RC Cars Track Race: 2nd Place, RMR, Randy Os-goodRC Cars Concours: Peoples’ Choice, RMR, Randy Osgood AutocrossS05L: 2nd Place, RR, Liz ShawS07M: 3rd Place, RMR, John MackinS09M: 1st Place, AMR, Karl SchaefferS10M: 3rd Place, RMR, Walt FrickeS10L: 1st Place, RMR, Kathy FrickeP13M: 3rd Place, RMR, Ken ProvasiP13L: 1st Place, RMR, Lynne Zucker Tech QuizQ03L: 1st Place, RMR, Kathy FrickeQ05M: 1st Place, RMR, Richard StillmanQ07L: 2nd Place, IMR, Jayla Binek Gimmick Rally: Daniel Semborski and Tom Semborski II, RMR, 3rd Place TSD - Navigational: Jim & Dona Sorensen, RMR, 8th Place TSD - Unequipped Plus: Ken Provasi & Lynne Zucker, 7th Place Concours: Preparation GroupClass PP02T: 2nd Place, RMR, Jim OsgoodClass PP09T: 1st Place, RMR, Richard & Carolyn Still-manClass PP11T: 1st Place, RMR, Paul & Barbara OrkildClass PP02S: 6th Place, RMR, Walt & Kathy Fricke Concours: Preservation GroupPS06T: 1st Place, RMR, Daniel & Thomas Semborski Concours: Performance GroupPF02T: 1st Place, RMR, Mel ShapiroPF03T: 3rd Place, IMR, Eric Shea
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Roadrunner Region PCA, PO Box 92113, Albuquerque, NM
(the January issue and the August Fiesta
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Page 32 Roadrunner Ramblings August 2013
Roadrunner Style:
Dominic Cagliostro may not drive a Porsche very often, but he’s been one of our most active par-ticipants for many years. Always with a smile and a hello, Dominic can be seen helping out at all the autocrosses and many of the socials. If you haven’t already, introduce yourself and say hello to another one of our fine examples of “Roadrunner Style.”
