July 2016

The Driver’s Seat
The Zuffenhausen News Calendar and Advertising Supplement – July 2016
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Autohaus Tucson – IFC
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Dakota Bar and Grill – Pg. 12
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Holmes Financial Services – Pg. 7
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Patsy Sable / Long Realty – Pg. 12
http://www.patsysable.com
McIlvain Motors – Pg. 15
http://www.mcilvainmotors.com
Porsche of Tucson – Pgs. 10/11
http://porscheoftucson.com
Radmacher Porsche Service – 17
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Tucson Insurance Associates – Pg. 7
http://tucsoninsuranceassociates.com
Underhill Financial – Pg. 17
http://underhillfinancial.com
ON THE COVER:
The new 2017 991.2
Carrera welcomes
guests to the 2016
Cinco Warm Up Party
at Dakota Cafe.
Photo by Lon
Reeder.
Editor's Message
By Chris Berner
Welcome to the July Driver’s Seat. I want to introduce
myself to everyone as the new editor of Driver’s Seat
and Zuffenhausen News.
My wife and I have recently relocated to the Tucson area
from Bellingham, WA. We have been coming to the
area as winter visitors since 2005, but have finally taken
the plunge to be here year round. It’s been a bit of an
adjustment experiencing the summer heat for the first
time, but all in all, we are very pleased with our decision
and our new surroundings.
A bit about me – I’ve been a “car guy” my entire life
having worked my way through numerous VWs, BMWs
and Porsches over the years. Once I experienced the feel
of German cars there was no turning back. As we all
know it gets under your skin and you are quickly hooked
for life. One of my best friends in high school drove an
old, beat up 924 and we both drooled over his father’s
guards red 911 RS America, savoring as many rides in
that beautiful machine as we could get. Probably one of
the reasons I now drive a guards red 997 C2S.
I work as a freelance writer/marketing consultant out of
my home office in Marana and write and edit copy for
ads, brochures, web sites, blogs, PR releases and
magazine articles. When I saw the posting for the
editor’s position, I thought it would be a great way to put
my professional skills together with my love of Porsches
and have some fun at the same time. I hope to fill Axel
Olsen’s very big shoes and offer up some new and
different ideas as well.
Summer is traditionally one of our slower times of the
year, so there's no membership meeting for the month
and our only club event is the annual 4th of July
Celebration at the Dakota Bar and Grill. Details are on
page 5 and we hope to see you there.
I hope everyone stays cool and gets out as much as
possible to enjoy their cars. Drive on!
The Disclaimer
The Driver's Seat (DS) is an official publication of the Porsche Club of America (PCA)
Southern Arizona Region (SAR). Any statement appearing in DS is that of the author and does
not constitute an opinion of the Porsche Club of America, the SAR, it’s Board of Directors, the
DS Editor or other contributors. Photos are author’s submissions unless otherwise noted. The
Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. Permission is given to the
chartered regions of PCA to reprint articles in their newsletter if credit is given to the author and
DS. Mail to the DS Editor or other members of the Board should be sent to, PCA-SAR, POB
68413, Tucson AZ, 85737. or email the Editor at newsletter@pcasar.com
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Upcoming PCA-SAR &
Zone 8 Events
July
02 Monthly Breakfast - Greenhouse Cafe-Lancaster (CAI)
04 SAR Fourth of July Celebration - Dakota Cafe
05 No Membership Meeting
09 Cars and Coffee at la Encantada
8/10 968 West Coast Gathering
10 Concours Z8 Points Event (LAR)
16/17 Cool Coast Tour to Solvang/Optional Overnight
(CAI)
19 SAR Board Meeting
24 North meets South @ Porsche Chandler
22/24 Club Race -Laguna Seca West Coast Series (GGR)
27/30 Rocky Mtn. Highway Tour - CO Springs (AMR)
August
02 Membership Meeting Hot Rods at Old Vail
02 Monthly Breakfast - Greenhouse Cafe-Lancaster (CAI)
13 Cars and Coffee at la Encantada
14 AX - El Toro Z8 Points Event (OCR)
16 SAR Board Meeting
19 2016 Werks Reunion-Monterey (PCA)
27 SAR Mt. Lemon Tour
September
02 Membership Meeting
03 Monthly Breakfast - Greenhouse Cafe-Lancaster (CAI)
3/4 DE Club Race – Thunderhill Raceway West Coast
Series (GGR)
7/11 2016 Treffen Lake Tahoe (formerly Escape) (PCA)
10/11 DE Club Race–High Plains Raceway West Coast
Series (RMR)
10/11 HPDE - Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch (LVR)
10 Cars and Coffee at la Encantada
16 SAR Board Meeting
September (cont’d)
16/18 DE Club Race–Utah Motorsports Campus
West Coast Series (IR)
17 AX - Santa Maria Airport Z8 Points Event
(OCR)
17/18 Coronado Speed Festival–NAS North
Island
18 SAR DY 356 Day
24 Timeline–Lake Arrowhead (RR)
25 Concours–Red Rock Country Club (LVR) Z8
Points Event
October
01 SAR Octoberfest Party
01 Concours - Spanish Landing Z8 Points Event
(SDR)
01 Monthly Breakfast - Greenhouse CafeLancaster (CAI)
02 AX - Minter Field Z8 Points Event (GEM)
08 DE - Arizona Motorsports Park (AZ)
08 Cars and Coffee at la Encantada
09 SAR Charity AX - Musselman Honda
09 40th Annual Concours Z8 Points Event (SBR)
09 DE Instructor School (GPX)
10 DE - Streets of Willow (GPX)
15 Rich Pare Photo Rally (CAI)
15/16 DE TT Chuckwalla Z8 Points Event (SDR)
23 Concours Z8 Points Event (GEM)
29 Autocross - Camarillo Airport Z8 Points Event
(SBR)
29 Phoenix Flight 39 Concours Z8 Points Event
(AZ)
* See next page for definitions of the acronyms
Our calendar is subject to change and last minute events for this month may not be represented in this version. Please
check our website http://pcasar.com and our PCA-SAR Facebook page for the latest updates and information.
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What’s Happening in 2016
SAR and PCA Events
July
4th of July Celebration at Dakota Cafe
August
19 Werks Reunion-Monterey (PCA)
27 Tour to Mt. Lemon
September
7-11 Treffen – at Lake Tahoe (PCA & formerly Escape)
18 DY 356 Day
October
1 Oktoberfest
9 Charity Autocross – Musselman Honda Circuit
November
12-13 DE at INDE Motorsports Ranch
December
TBD Holiday Party
Acronyms for Zone 8 Regions from
previous page:
AX - Autocross
AZ - Arizona Region
CCCR - California Central Coast Region
CAI - California Inland Region
GPX - Grand Prix Region
GGR - Golden Gate Region
LVR - Las Vegas Region
OCR - Orange Coast Region
SAR - Southern Arizona Region
SBR - Santa Barbara Region
SDR - San Diego Region
SGVR - San Gabriel Valley Region
Z8 - Zone 8
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Congratulations to PCA SAR for
our outstanding web site!
The club was honored at this year's Parade
at Jay Peak with a third place PCA Website
Award in Class II for the PCA SAR website.
A hearty thank you goes out to Steve
Darcangelo and Amy Olsen for all their
hard work and efforts to create a great
product.
EARLY WARNING!! We are looking at 3 years
in a row of SAR sponsoring a tour on Drive Your
356 Day. This year it will be on Sunday
September 18th. Right now I am looking at a
morning run to the Velvet Elvis in Patagonia for
one of the best Pizzas ever found in Arizona.
Anyone with some other suggestions should
email me bob.strickler@gmail.com. Otherwise
you are stuck with Great Pizza! More
information will follow in the next issue. Save the
date. Bob
Visit our updated website!
www.pcasar.com
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“North”
meets “South”
“North”
meets “South”
Sunday, July 24, 2016
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the)new)Porsche)Chandler)Dealership.)
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the)new)Porsche)Chandler)Dealership.)
1010 S. Gilbert Road
Chandler, AZ 85286
1010 S. Gilbert Road
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The Porsche Club of America Los Angeles Region Presents
Photo by Richard Cabrera
THE 2016 PORSCHE CONCOURS D’ÉLÉGANCE
Title Sponsor
BEVERLY HILLS
SANTA MONICA MUSEUM OF FLYING - SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2016
The Porsche Club of America
Los Angeles Region presents the
Porsche Concours d’Élégance
at the Museum of Flying
3100 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Porsche Display and Viewing
from 10am
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Photo by Richard Cabrera
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Porsche Corral
Raffle Prizes
Spectator Admission $5
For entries and information, visit us at
http://www.PCALosAngeles.com
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Get the peace of mind that only comes from a Certified Porsche Technician.
Keep your Masterwork performing, call Porsche of Tucson today
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Porsche of Tucson
4690 E.22nd St
520 748 1000
http://porscheoftucson.com
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Located in Trail Dust Town
6541 E. Tanque Verde Road
520-298-7188
15% Discount to All Porsche Club Members 10% Off All Catering
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Can-Am 50th Anniversary
Flat Out with North America's
Greatest Race Series 1966-1974
Author: George Levy
Photographer: Pete Biro
Format: Printed Laminated Cover, 256
Pages
ISBN: 9780760350218
Publisher: Motorbooks
Buy from an Online Retailer
Purchase From Amazon.com
Purchase From Barnes & Noble
Purchase From IndieBound
Purchase From Indigo
$60.00
August Membership Meeting
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
6:00 p.m.
Hotrods Old Vail.
10500 East Old Vail Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85747
Plan on joining your fellow
PCA-SAR members for the August
Membership Meeting
Please remember to RSVP
to the Evite.
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Marketplatz
Porsche Stuff For Sale or Wanted
For Sale: Early 911 GOLD!! Finally complete that
project with this Aluminum 911 2.0 ltr. fan housing and
alternator. Part # 901-106-101-02 Fits through 1968.
Alternator tested (not charging) but rebuild-able. 11
blade 250mm cooling fan with belt pulley – 1/2 included
(no clamping washer or fan hub nut) $800 obo.
Contact Kirk at, tzer@comcast.net
For Sale:18” Boxster OEM wheels for sale. Set of
four BBS OEM wheel rims for Boxster and Boxster
S. Fronts 7.5 x 18 ET50, Rears 9.0 x 18 ET52.
Have old Dunlop Direzza Star Spec track tires with
much tread left. Some curb rash, so not for your
concours car. More pics available. $850 OBO
Greg 520-797-7612, fasporsche@aol.com
Wanted: Tucson area dealer Porsche license plate
frames.Contact Jeff Gamble at
JGambleART@aol.com, or (520)299-6714.
For sale: Car Cover and Car Bra for a 911 Carrera
(996) $60.00 each. contact Larry Dennis,
520-247-6254 or lvdennis@mac.com
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Willkommen, Bonjour,
Glad to Meet You
won Best of Show! Congratulations. It was a pleasure
to meet both of you during the show.
By Kathleen Kendler –
Membership Chair
Miguel & Norma Levy are also new members to our
region, but not to PCA. I hope you get a lot of enjoyment
from our club. It was nice to see you at the June general
meeting. They own a 356 and a 911. Thank you, Ron
Sable, for introducing these new members to our region.
SAR welcomes the following two new member families
that joined our club after May 1, 2016:
Randall & Julie Knuth, returning members, rejoined
our club right after Cinco 2016. At the Cinco concours,
they entered their beautiful white 356 Roadster and
We look forward to seeing all of you at a future SAR
event or membership meeting.
Tour to Ski Valley on
Mt. Lemmon
How’s bout a nice cool serving of lemmonade?
The “ade” will be in the form of a
PCA-SAR TOUR
to beautiful Mt. Lemmon to escape the
of the Tucson Valley.
SAVE THE DATE OF
Saturday, August 27
For a drive to the pines! The kind folks at Ski Valley / The Iron Door Restaurant
will be grillin' up some burgers & brats with all the fixin’s 'round lunch time – just
for us.
There will be time to play, hike, ride the ski lift,
or just stare off into space (your call).
The club will bring a few games such as cornhole (yes, that is the name of a game)
along with a heated 50/50 Bingo session with half the cash to the winner and half
to our Holiday Basket charity.
Feel free to bring your Frisbee, ball glove, hiking shoes or a good book and enjoy a
day away!
Keep your eye on the ZN, our website, Facebook page and
Motorsportsreg.com for details and the opening date to register!!
See Ya There!
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Holmes at advert@pcasar.com.
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This space is reserved for non-commercial use only, and ads are printed FREE of charge for PCA members. What a deal!
If you’re not a PCA member, and would like to advertise your cars/parts for sale, the rate is $30 for 3 months. Again I say,
what a deal! These ads must be submitted to our Advertising Manager by the 7th of the month preceding insertion date,
along with payment. Keep in mind that this is the Porsche Club of America – Southern Arizona Region Newsletter; please
don’t submit ads for non-Porsche related items. Try to hold your copy/photo submission to a reasonable size. We can’t
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