VOLUME 35 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 2009 - Florida Citrus...

T H E O F F I C I A L N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E F L O R I D A C I T R U S R E G I O N P.C.A.CHARTERED IN 1974

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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 2009

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Our 35th AnniversaryDinner will be combined with the Holiday Dinner on Sunday Dec. 6th. Stay tuned for details on this special event and mark the date on your calendars.

Oct 9-11 (F-Sun)OctoberFast ClubRace@ Daytona Intnl Spwy

Oct 17,18 (Sat/Sun)-Roebling Rd Driver’s Ed

FL Citrus/Crown Present OctoberFast@ Daytona Speedway Oct. 9 - 11

FL Citrus Fall Classic DE Scheduled Oct. 17 and 18 @ Roebling Road

2 Great Track Weekends This Month!

We are just 2 weeks away from our final DE of 2009. Get over to ClubRegistration.netand sign up now as space is limited.Come celebrate 20 years of DE excellence with Florida Citrus region October 17th & 18th at Roebling Road Raceway just outside Savannah, Georgia. In addition to track time, your registration includes a Friday night social at our new host hotel, Cambria Suites, and 20 year DE anniversary dinner Saturday night. As with all DEs, this is a limited space event so please Register Now at www.ClubRegistration.net. You don’t have to sign up as a DE driver to enjoy the non-driving aspects of the event so we encourage you to bring your family and friends. Speaking of family and friends, all are welcome out on the course for a track tour at lunch on Sunday. Remember, we also have a Non-Driving Student entry for those that want to experience all aspects of the DE but from a passenger’s perspective. Sign up for Non-Driving Students is done the day of the event (form available on website). If you have additional questions, take a look at the DE section of the club web site (http://flc.pca.org) and feel free to contact myself or our registrar for the event Barbara Barnes [[email protected] or 904-880-0785].

I look forward to seeing you at the event,

Dave [email protected] Drivers Ed Chairman

The Citrus and Crown Regions are conducting OctoberFast at Daytona International Raceway October 9 – 11. Sponsored by Porsche of Melbourne, the event includes not only a PCA Club Race, but a 3-day Driver’s Ed and an Autocross. It is a major Porsche track event attended by participants from across the country. For observers, we’re planning to caravan over Saturday morning, Oct. 10th from the Longwood rest stop on I-4 (time to be sent via email blast). There is no cost to view the event. Also, Porsche of Melbourne is hosting a get-together from 2-4pm Saturday at the track with refreshments provided.

OctoberFast Schedule of EventsThursday – non-trackRegistration, Tech, Orientation Meeting,and Chalk Talk with Doc Bundy

Friday 10/9Practice Session and Fun Races, DE Runs

Saturday 10/10Sprint Races and Social at Hilton Garden InnDE Runs

Sunday 10/1190 Minute Enduro Races, DE RunsAutocross

Roebling Road Raceway-2.02 miles

Nov 15 (Sun) – 2009Challenge Rally

Starting from Porscheof Orlando in Maitland(see pages 5&8)

August 31, 2009 –Motor Trend has chosen the Porsche Cayman S as the "Best Driver's Car“ for 2009.

Cayman was also picked by British car journal Auto Express as "Best Sports Car" in their New Car Awards 2009

Jill Beck email

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OfficersPresident/Newsletter Vice PresidentChuck Hennings Howard Osterhouse407-909-0507 [email protected]@yahoo.comSecretary/ TreasurerInsurance Coordinator Arden GriffithDavid Edwards [email protected]@yahoo.com

Directors/Committee ChairsMembership/Email Chair Social ChairBill Davis Laura Shields407-365-8428 [email protected]@cfl.rr.comPast President/PCA Race Chair Safety ChairJeff Phillips Kevin Duffy

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Driver’s Ed Coordinator/Chair Autocross Chair Dave Borinski Bert Del Villano407-563-1329 [email protected] [email protected]

Dir. Of Instructor Training Technical ChairRon Zitza Sid Collins 407-294-0024 [email protected] [email protected]

Chief Driving Instructor WebmasterTom King Brian Remington407-876-6675 [email protected] [email protected] Dealer LiaisonChuck Hennings (acting) Jim [email protected] 407-262-0800

Porsche of OrlandoZone RepresentativeJennifer [email protected]

Bill Davis MembershipChairman

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

(Total Members End of August– 496)

Member contact information is very important if you want to continue receiving the "Panorama", the "Citrus Spiel" or any emails aboutupcoming region events. This contact information is maintained onthe member database at PCA. The’re three ways to update this information. You can call PCA at 703-321-2111; or on the web at www.pca.org <http://www.pca.org/>; or by sending the information to Bill at [email protected].

- Bus Card $20-¼ Page $45- ½ Page $85-Full Page $150

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- Personal Ad/Classified (Car/Parts/Lit) Free to Members

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Billy Blanton Orlando 2007 911Angel Cortes Orlando 2006 911Mark Dann Orlando 1991 911Julia Kean Lake Mary 2009 CaymanStephen Thompson Clermont 2008 CaymanHoward Washington Apopka 2008 911James Wilkinson Orlando 2009 911Phil Geren Kissimmee 2006 911SOscar Zeller New Smyrna Beach 2007 911

Why are Karen Homan and Larry Brezinskismiling? See page 8 to find out.

The year is flying by and I’m only just be-ginning to understand the job. Of course, also doing the Spiel and coordinating socialevents has detracted from “big picture”ideas. But help has arrived! Laura Shieldshas volunteered to be our Social Chair and Travis Young is going to take on the Spiel.Both will be phasing into their “jobs” in the coming months.Thanks to both for coming forward to help improve our club.This good news has made it possible for me to volunteer foranother year as President. A slate for 2010 is forthcomingfrom the Nominating Committee to the Board of Directors onOct. 20th and voting will be held at our November meeting atPorsche of Orlando.

October hopefully brings some cooler weather but also the 2exciting track events, OctoberFast at Daytona Oct. 9-11 andour fall DE Oct. 17,18 at Roebling Road. Bert Del Villanoand Dave Borinski, respectively, are leading the annualevents which should be fun to participate in or just attend.See page 1 for more info.

Our final 2 major events are the annual Challenge Rally onNov. 15 to benefit the Russell Home and our Holiday/Anniv. party Dec. 6 at the downtown Marriott. Bill Davis is takingapps (page 8) for the Rally and Cindy Anderson, MeredithMcWaters and the Peebles are working the Dec. event.Lots of activities. Hope to see you there!

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HSR @ Hilton Head 10/29 - 31

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“A good friend of mine is having an Open House for “Car Guys” at his shop, which is a restored building, know as “Route 67”. The date is November 21, 2009 and could be an exciting road trip for the Porsche Club” – Vern Knoll (Club Member)-see website for details, flc.pca.org

7,8 Roar & Soar-see above

FYI – Nov 7 & 8 – Roar & Soar @ Fantasy of Flight – details at http://www.fantasyofflight.com/roar-n-soar/

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Journey to the 2009 East Coast Holiday – by

John Reker

The challenging part was finishing the car in time. We (John andJan) started restoration a year ago after returning from the 2008 East Coast Holiday (356 Registry version of Parade) in Lancaster, PA. I got the car back from Sid Collins, who had refurbished the engine, with less than a week until we had to leave. I needed to swap steering wheels, install seat belts, test drive the car, wax it, etc. and finished up Sunday late. Monday was Labor Day so I rested a bit and packed my emergency repair kit and our clothes. We took off Tuesday morning and we were driving solo since no one else was going from Central Florida. The trip went well with no problems, although the vent window A/C was a lot less than desired.

Got to the French Lick, Indiana site Thursday morning to be in time for a Poker Rally at 1:00 PM. After chatting with some people we learned the rally was cancelled because they supposedly couldnot find several places for the cars to stop to pick out cards from a deck. Right--So we picked up a self guided tour sheet and did a run with two other cars. Really nice country roads with no one on them and fun, rolling hills. Friday was a variety of tech sessions and Lit/swap meet. Saturday was the Concours and there were about 200 cars on the hotel grounds and gardens. A perfect setting and perfect weather. The West Baden Springs Hotel (newlyrestored grand hotel and spa dating back to 1902) was everythingthey advertised and more (see photo in the atrium of the hotel taken from a fourth floor room). You can get a feel for the scale of the facility. We drove home solo (again) in two days and overall had no rain or mechanical problems the whole trip so we’re relaxing at long last. A photo finish. Total miles a bit over 2000.

John and Jan’s 356

J. Reker

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Porsche Racing, Driver’s Ed, Autocross and Rally ALMS - American LeMans Series – articles excerpted from Jill Beck email.

After 8 rounds of ALMS racing, Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long are leading the GT2 category driving their 911 RSR .The final race of the season, the Petite LeMans, will be held at Road Atlanta on Sept. 26th and is a 10 hour, 1000 mile race.Results for the season will be covered in the November issue of the Spiel.

GRAND-AM Rolex Series – articles excerpted from Jill Beck email.

Driver’s Education (DE) – the next DE is scheduled at Roebling Road Oct 17 and 18 - see page 1

Autocross – the next Autocross will be held in on Sunday, Oct 11 conjunction with OctoberFast (see page 1)

Club Member Racing – see page 1 for OctoberFast Club race at Daytona Oct 9 - 11

In their previous race, at Mosport, the two Porsche 911 GT3 RSR teams were involved in substantial track incidents. For the Long (USA) and Bergmeister (Germany) Flying Lizard Porsche, it was a three-way shunt caused by a prototype cutting off the BMW racer ahead of Patrick, causing the BMW to slam on the brakes unexpectedly, and the Lizard Porsche ploughed into the back of the BMW. The strength of the GT3 RSR chassis saved our day," said Long. The pair was unable to run with the Corvette/Ferrari fight for the race lead but finished a credible fifth place to retain their 31-point GT2 championship points lead over the Kaffer/MeloFerrari, which finished second. The winning Magnussen/O'Connell Corvette was the first win for their new GT2 effort, but they are not in the points chase. Porsche maintains a 140 - 107 lead over Ferrari in the manufacturers point.

MONTREAL - August 29 -- Despite dark and dreary wet weather conditions, Saturday was a good day for Porsche teams competing in the Montreal 200 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) finished second in their #12 Verizon Wireless Penske Porsche Rileyand narrowly missed their first victory of the season. Leh Keen (Charleston, SC) and Dirk Werner (Germany) missed the GT podium, finishing sixth in their #87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, but padded their Acxiom GT championship points lead to 35 points, a full race's worth of points. The #58 Brumos Porsche Riley of David Donohue (Malvern, PA) and Darren Law (Phoenix, AZ) had a action-filled path to finish fifth. The other Brumos car, the #59 Porsche Riley started by JC France (Ormond Beach, FL), retired after just 11 laps, suffering rear damage after being hit from behind.

“Members in Competition” update from member Gary Meredith - “son Bryce and I just returned from the SCCA Solo II Nationals with some hardware. I was 4th and he ended up winning the National Championship in our class driving our BMW 328is. He beat the favorite, a 4-time National Champ who was picked by just about everyone to win this year as well.There were 42 drivers in our class (STX) and a total of 1150 participants, making it the largest motorsports event in the world.The event was held on a former SAC air base in Lincoln Nebraska”. Congratulations Gary and Bryce! (But a Bimmer?!).

From Sid Collins – “Our local vintage racers attended a VDCA event at Roebling Road 9-4/5/6-09. The weather was great for all those prepared to attend our upcoming DE” at Daytona. “John Cox & Robert Demetrius raced and represented our Citrus PCA club very well. Demetrius's 73 911RS was a solid 4th overall after a 1 hr. enduro. A good time was had by all who attended...”

In the last issue of the Spiel is was noted that Allen Burgess was critically hurt racing at Daytona. Since that time we regret to inform our members that he has passed away as a result of those injuries. Our heart and deepest regrets go to his family and those who knew him... Regards, Sid Collins

Rally – the Challenge Rally is scheduled for Sunday Nov. 15thThe Annual Challenge Rally is a charity fun-rally/scavenger hunt to benefit the Russell Home for Children. At the 2008 event, we raised over $4500.

You will be given the chance to drive your car through some of the best roads and unspoiled areas in N. Central Florida. Come join your fellow European car enthusiasts while raising money for Charity(Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes, Bentley, Lamborghini and Ferrari folks are being invited). There will be door prizes and awards for a variety of categories. This year’s event is hosted by your FL Citrus Porsche Club. We look forward to seeing all of you come out for this great event.Past events have been won by Porsche because we have had the most cars support this great charity. Last year however, BMWs edged out Porsches by one car! The challenge this year will be to not only continue our support of the Russell Home but again have the most cars at the rally!If you only do one event a year, this is the event to attend! We’re starting from Porsche of Orlando in Maitland.

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“Here’s a couple of pictures from the Kaffee Klatch. Had about 16-17 cars, big gathering in the Café for breakfast and more importantly a new PCA couple attending their first event, Howard & Barbara Washington (see photo), 2008 997 coupe, recently moved from NJ”. Also, Karen Homan and Larry Brezinski from page 2 and caffein-eaters below. More photos on Page 11.

Kaffee Klatsch August 22 From Gary Meredith who organized the Kaffee Klatsch in Ocoee

Challenge Rally 2009 Sunday, November 15, 2009

To Benefit the Russell Home For Children

The Annual Challenge Rally is a charity fun-rally to benefit the Russell Home for Children. You will be given the chance to drive your car through some of the best roads and unspoiled areas in N. Central Florida. Come join your fellow European car enthusiasts while raising money for Charity. There will be door prizes and awards for a variety of categories. This year’s event is hosted by the Florida Citrus Region, PCA. We look forward to seeing all of you come out for this great event.

Start of Rally: Entry Fees Porsche of Orlando 9590 S Highway 17-92 Maitland, FL 32751 407-262-0800

Advance Registration: $40.00 / Car (registration must be received by 11/10/07)

Day of Rally: $45.00 / Car

The Schedule (Rain or Shine) The Cars Everyone is welcome including: � Audi � Porsche � BMW � Lamborghini � Alfa Romeo � Mercedes

9:30am

10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 3:00pm 3:30pm

Registration Begins Breakfast and Concours Drivers Meeting First Car Launches Last Car In Awards and Party

� Jaguar � Ferrari

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Name Co Driver Name

Address

City State Zip Cell Phone

Car Make Model Year Color License Tag #

Rules: Pre registration price: -registration must be received by 11/10 $40

Day of rally registration price: $45

Amount included:

� All Drivers must be 18 years or older � All rules of the road apply, obey all traffic laws � Each entry is encouraged to have a co-driver/Navigator � In case of a tie, the Rallymaster will decide final score � Rallymaster has final say in all aspects of the rally

Payment:

Mail registration & check to: William Davis 1374 Blue Spruce Ct. Winter Springs, FL 32708-3832

Make Checks Payable To:

Russell Home For Children

For More Information: Chuck Hennings e: [email protected]

Howard and Barbara Washington-Welcome to the Club!

The Anderson’s & Diaz’s& Greg Barrows More Photos Page 11

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2003 996 C2 Coupe – 15k, blk/blk, manual, orig owner, extended warranty, HiFlow Induction kit, BMC perf air filter, steel braided brake lines, Toyo Proxes (18”), alloy wheels, $38,995, contact Chris @ 407-529-4481.

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1979 Turbo 911 (930) Brilliant Black/Black leather. 34,000 miles. Completely original with factory European 930 headers. Original 16 inch Fuchs. Same owner 11 years with all records for that time. Engine out refresh and detail at 24,000 miles. Shows well for originality and clean. Regional concours winner. Top mechanical condition includng A/C. Drive this car anywhere and enjoy time travel while making time. $35,000. Call Tom at 321-626-0563 or email [email protected].

New 2008 Featherlite 17ft Open Car Hauler W/electric brakes, light LED Pkg., skid resistant extruded aluminum floor, breakawayswitch w/battery, (4) stainlesssteel tie-downs, Aluminum Air-Dam. 8 Year Structural and 3 Year Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty! Length: 17'0" - TANDEMAXLE WEIGHT: 1363 bls. -GVW:7000 -WIDTH: 8' 6" - 4 axle straps -4 (6') ratchet straps Price 5,900

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-Financial Report: Balance $7843

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1987 930, Factory Slantnose (#505) Coupe, Black/Linen, 22K Miles, Completely Original, ZOTZ Maintained, COA, ConcoursRecord Includes; 2ND-PARADE, 1ST & 2NDWINTER PARK, 3 Owner, "AS NEW" CONDITION, $53K, RICHARD ATEN [email protected]

-Membership: 498 members

-Spiel Report: Please submit articles

-Web Report: Would REALLY like feedback

-Aug 22 Kaffee Klatsch: Over 20 cars attended

-Track Events: DE/Club Race Daytona October9-11, DE Roebling October 17,18. A caravan toDaytona is being planned for the morning ofOctober 10th.

-Autocross: Autocross as part of OctoberFast.Next autocross is Sep 26th at Tavares facility.

-Member Alan Burgess passed as a result ofthe accident at Daytona.

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