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Volume 42, Issue 10 October 2011
Newsletter for the Central Iowa Porsche Club of America
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NEWS, FEATURES & ARTICLES
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m the President & It’s nomination time.................................................................. 3
Officer Contact Information and Member Map ............................................................ 4
New Members, Anniversaries & Zone 10 events ......................................................... 5
1st annual Lujack’s Tech and Driving Event .............................................................6 - 8
Porsche of the Quad Cities ....................................................................................... 9
Tom Bruch 356 Registry Article reprint .............................................................10 - 13
2011 Porsche Parade Savannah recap ...............................................................14- 17
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV Porsche Race Car Classic .......................................... 18
Porsche Nachrichten (News) ............................................................................19 - 21
Porsche Eng.Parts Auction, On the Web & High Octane, Report ........................... 25, 26
Schönesland Inaugural Fall Overnight Driving Tour To SE Minnesota ............................ 27
CIA Save the Date ................................................................................................. 28
Schönesland Mark Your Calendars .......................................................................... 29
Grills just want to have fun ..................................................................................... 30
Join PCA ............................................................................................ Last Two Pages
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About the Cover: Jessi Vinger is presenting Tom Moore, our Region President with the news about his 26 or more point
vehicle inspection check that was just completed on his 911. Notice Tom’s calm demeanor as Jessi explains the form to Tom
and Greg Chip, the new General Manager for Lujack’s Porsche of the Quad Cities, is all smiles even though Tom didn’t win
either award for the “most” or the “least” needing of attention. Above: The Saturday morning group after a restful stay at
the Blackhawk Hotel and some breakfast goodies at Lujack’s just prior to heading out on the drive.
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October 9th. (Rain date Oct.
16th.) We will drive from DeYour President:
Witt, Iowa to Elizabeth, Illinois
Tom Moore
and have lunch at the Welcome
Hello again ev- Inn in Elizabeth. Plan on deeryone!
Wow parting from the Central Park in
these
months DeWitt at 9:30am and arrive at
are really flying the Welcome Inn around noon.
by. It’s a sure sign of old age I We were there in September
guess! I wish I could remember and the parking, food, & prices
more of September but, as some were great. There will be plenty
of you already knew, I had a bad of time in the afternoon for sightbout with hepatitis for the first seeing and/or shopping and we
couple of weeks of Sept. and I’m will be only about 15 miles from
just now feeling human again. It Galena if anyone wants to head
certainly isn’t anything I’d rec- over there.
ommend, plus 3 weeks without
a drink is something I wouldn’t Our last official event for 2011
wish on my own worst enemy! will be the holiday party. We are
HA! Thanks to all for your kind planning on dinner at the Tratthoughts and prayers. They cer- toria Tiramisu in Bettendorf, IA.
Saturday, December 3rd at 6pm.
tainly mean a lot to me.
Menu and details to follow. I’m
We had a great event at Lu- working on getting the same disjack’s in September. The Fri- counted rates at the Blackhawk
day tech session and Saturday Hotel that we had for the Sepbreakfast and drive really went tember event. Everyone who
well. Everyone seemed to have stayed there was amazed at the
a good time and the service de- rooms and facilities. It’s definitepartment at Lujack’s did a great ly a place to return to.
President’s COLUMN
job with our cars. I think everyone learned something. Ask me
about Richard’s plan to “blow up”
my gas tank. It worked perfectly,
and now my gas gauge works
as well! We will certainly plan on
having this event next year. I’m
thinking sometime in the Spring
to help us get our cars back on
the road for the Summer driving
season would be a good idea.
As always, any thoughts or inputs you might have would be
appreciated. If anyone attended
the Trains, Planes & Automobiles event in Geneseo, please
let me know how it went.
This month we will have our annual Fall Leaf Tour on Sunday,
October 2011
I don’t know if everyone caught
the news but our Zone 10 Rep,
Doug Pierce, will be the new
Porsche Escape chairman starting in January. Doug has done
a great job as our Zone 10 Rep
and I’m sure he’ll make the future Escape events even better.
The Porsche Escape for 2012
will be November 8 – 10 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The
Ozarks in November should be
a welcome relief from the start of
winter up here.
That’s about all for now. See you
down the road.
Tom
2012
DA, DA ,TA DA, DA ,TA DA, TA
DA, TA DA, DA . . .
Yes, It’s election time again.
Time for you to start thinking
about not what your club can do
for you but what you can do for
your club. I am sure that all positions are up for re-election, as
they usually only serve on an annual basis. So, if you have any
interest in seving in a position or
even just helping support one of
the officers in there present position, like a Czar, then that would
be appreciated too. If you attend
any of our events, you will soon
learn that it is a group of members that makes the events what
they are. Either by organizing or
participating, we need both. It’s
a great way to learn about the
Porsche Club and all that it has
to offer. There are unlimited opportunities within the club and
we have many positions that are
available to serve in besides the
usual ones. Call or email any of
the officers on the next page if
you have any questions regarding requirements or commitments. We’d love to have you
and you would be providing your
fellow members with a fresh perspective. We won’t even make
fun of your wardrobe, in front
of or behind your back, so you
have nothing to worry about.
DUM, DUM, TA DUM, DUM, TA
DUM, TA DUM, TA DUM, DUM
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Want to contact the Central Iowa PCA Region Officers.
Find them here:
President: Tom Moore
319.848.7176
Moore.thomas@mchsi.com
Newsletter: Mike Massell
319.360.0766
Mmassell@aol.com
Zone 10 Representative:
Doug Pierce
913.897.5444
Zone10rep@gmail.com
Vice Pres: Andrew Lundy
319.396.2229
fast928@prodigy.net
Secretary: Ed Mitchell
815.493.6339
ejm318@hotmail.com
Treasurer: Leesa Elseman
319.337.2157
vision@mchsi.com
.
Webmaster: Jim Millick
309.765.4907
jsm@panix.com
See where some members are from below*.
*Well most of our members! As Charles Grosser pointed out to our
President, one of our
northern towns was ommitted. We do have several members in Decorah and it does appear
that the map is remiss
in showing that location,
Also, we have one of the
founders of our club that
lives in Minnesnowta
and he is celebrating 40
years this month and is
not on the map, too.
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Welcome New CIA Members
Wow, This month we have three new members joining up and one transfer in from Schönesland .
We hope to see you at a future event.
Woo Whoo!! Thanks to all that have renewed .
From our Zone 10 Representative Doug Pierce
Good morning all :
Sorry to have missed the Zone 10 Calendar update last
month , too much going on prior to Parade (which was
excellent again this year). As the driving season , and
the year, is slowly drawing to a close , not many changes
in the calendar. Things appear to be going smoothly.
Keep up the good work , and have fun while doing it.
Enjoy. zone10rep@gmail .com
Zone 10 October 2011
1.............. One or Two Day DE at Mid-America Motorplex (MAM) ..............Great Plains
1.............. Dinner Cruise to Jennifer ’s Restaurant, Whitemouth .......................Red River
1-2 ........ Fall drive – 2 overnights to Galena, Ill ................................................Schönesland
2.............. Valhalla Car Show .................................................................................................... St. Louis
8.............. Gimmick Rally ........................................................................................................... St. Louis
8-10 ..... Fall Drive – Two overnights to Glena, Il ..............................................Schönesland
9.............. Autocross at Road Yoder.......................................................................................... Wichita
14-16 .. Driver Education , Heartland Park .......................................................... Kansas City
14-16 .. Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV, Laguna Seca, CA.......................................................
15 ........... Lederhosen Line-Up Dinner ................................................................................... Dakota
15 ........... Flaming Fall Autocross, 1650 W Jackson St, Ozark , MO ............. Ozark Lakes
22 ........... Fall Color Tour to Hermann ................................................................................ St. Louis
Please check with the region hosting the event for more details
and for last minute event notices.
Ozark Lakes Region: .. www.olk .pca.org
Central Iowa Region: www.ciapca.org
Dakotas Region: .. www.dak .pca.org
Red River Region: .. RedRiverPCA.org
Great Plains Region: porsche .ellipse .net Schönesland Region: .. www.schonesland .org
Kansas City Region: . www.kcrpca.org
St. Louis Region: .. www.stlpca.org
Nord Stern Region: .. www.nordstern .org
Wichita Region: .. www.pca.org/wic
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1st Annual Lujack’s Tech & Driving Event
story by Mike & photos by Shelley Massell
It started out with a meeting between the new General Manager,
Greg Chip, of Lujack’s Porsche of
the Quad Cities and Tom Moore.
Greg had just moved over to this
dealership from the Indianapolis
area where they were quite involved with the Central Indiana
Region of the PCA. Greg wanted to help promote our local region and to re-establish a more
inviting relationship between the
tow entities. What followed was
a fantastic two day event that we
hope to replicate next year and
possibly start a tradition.
vantage of was a FREE tech session on Friday afternoon. Jessi
Vinger Service Advisor and Mike
Rossi Service Manager greeted
all of our members and really
made us feel welcome. The devoted two Porsche service specialists, Dick Wolbers and Jim
Ferrel to inspect our vehicles
and provide our members with
a list if needed of any items that
may be out of “whack”. That’s
a German term for “Kaput”.
Once the judging, I mean vehicle inspections were over, we
adjourned to the Blackhawk HoWhat was put together for our tel in Davenport. This is where
Region to enjoy and take full ad- Lujack’s outdid themselves with
a special room rate for anyone
that wanted to spend the night.
In addition to this we had our
own welcome reception. Sort of
like a mini-Parade right in Eastern Iowa. They provided free
hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
The Blackhawk hotel just underwent a multi million dollar renovation and it is quite the place.
We were so impressed with it
that we are planning on having
our holiday party at the Trattoria Tiramisu. For anyone that
wants to spend the night, Tom
is working on getting the same
discounted rates that we had
for this event. I understand that
Continued on the next page
Left: Mike Rossi Service Manager
Below: Jessi vinger Service Advisor
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Rossi and Jessi Vinger awarded spirited drive to Elizabeth, Illinois
the winners. Gary Milavetz won for lunch at the Welcome Inn.
for needing the least repairs and
surprisingly, John Dyson won Jim Millick led us through some
great roads that you
for needing the most service. I
will get the chance
consider both of them
hose brave souls that as winFor all of those
to drive on again for
had their pride and joys
the Fall Leaf drive.
checked
Elizabeth is a small
out,
we
town just outside
had a litGalena. The Weltle friendlyy
come Inn is a nice
competilittle resturant with
etion. Unbeplenty of parking
knownst to
and good food.
rs,
our members,
We had a very
ore
Tom
Moore
nice drive and a
decided
to
nice turnout for
present a couthis being a first
ards.
ple of awards.
time event or at
Tom was runleast one that
e late
ning a little
hasn’t been
llness
due to an illness
done for quite
that he wrote
a long time
about in hiss Presibetween Ludent’s
column,
jack’s and
so I was charged
our Region.
rchasing
with
purchasing
ertificates
the gift certifi
There has
ners from
for the winners
been a lot
Lujack’s.
When I
of interhe subject
broached the
est in it
with Mike Rossi, he
and Tom
at Lujack’s
insisted that
hopes to
donate the prizes for
do this
our little competition.
event
So on top of all of the
in the
hospitality that they prospring of 2012
hey also provided us, they
with the aspiration of making this
th two $50.00
ners.
vided us with
They an annual event. After we had
ates that could
both came away with a pret- our lunch and a short business
gift certificates
nyway at Porsche of ty complete car check out and meeting it was off to find our way
be used anyway
the Quad Cities. They wouldn’t $50.00 worth of Porsche bucks!! back home or to other shopping
have it anyother way. Tom de- Pretty cool, but that’s life in the as some of our members did.
cided to have two different fast lane.
Hopefully some of you had a betcatagories, one for the car needter map than we had, but heck
ing the most service and one for The following morning we met who needs a map when they’re
the car needing the least ser- up at Lujack’s Porsche of the driving a Porsche. Remember
vice. At the end of the reception Quad Cities for some breakfast the journey is the destination in
at the Blackhawk Hotel, Mike items and then we were off on a a Porsche!!
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Continued on the next page
there is a small 5 lane bowling
alley in the basement. We just
might have to have a holiday
bowl tournament in addition to
the dinner.
Dick Wolbers is using the Porsche Diagnostic
System to check John Dyson’s 993.
More photos on page22
Now there’s using your head. Not only is he doing that to hold the bonnet open, he’s also checking out the relay bypass wiring, see photo below.
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Article reprinted with permission. Courtesy of Gordon Maltby and the 356 Registry Magazine.
Small bore, big ingenuity.
Tom Bruch just keeps going faster and faster.
n land speed records, the number is a
moving target, inching slowly upward
with no end in sight. That number, of
course, is miles per hour. But I’m also talking
about the age of the contestants. What may have
been 25 in the 1960s is now 50, 60 or in the
case of Tom Bruch, 77.
It would be easy to describe Tom as an old
Iowa farm boy, but that farm seems a long way
from the salt flats and runways where Tom has
set so many records. After Coe College he embarked on a career trajectory that took him
through the military as a medic at the end of the
Korean war, to work for a hospital surgical unit,
into the service bays of a Cedar Rapids Porsche
dealership, to his own repair and race shop and
ultimately, to a long black line painted on the
Utah salt.
Tom had fallen in love with Porsches while
stationed in San Francisco, where he had a supercharged VW, and back in Cedar Rapids he
bought a Speedster, one of four he would own
over the years. Working on that car gave him
some insight into how a Porsche should run and
although there were few Porsches in Iowa at the
time, some of them were owned by local doctors
he knew from the hospital. It wasn’t long before
the doctors were calling on Tom, who was
known for his attention to detail - something
he’d learned as a medic. By 1960 he turned pro
as a mechanic at Empire Motors, the local
VW/Porsche dealer. After 25 years there he
opened an independent shop where he kept
older Porsches running for customers and took
more time to develop and build his own race
cars, something he had been doing since the
mid-1960s.
Like so many young males who lived outside of automotive hotbeds like L.A., Tom got his
vicarious car fix from Road & Track, Hot Rod
and other car magazines. Reading about Bonneville fascinated him and in 1965, he drove his
‘56 sunroof VW sedan to the salt flats. His speed
runs were less than stellar and although it was
an inauspicious beginning, by the time he
pointed his Beetle east toward Iowa and home,
the salt “bug” had bitten hard and he was al-
I
Tom Bruch describes his plans for a vintage Rootes-style
S.C.o.T. (Italmeccanica) supercharger in his garage workshop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Above: The sign from Tom’s old shop.
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ready planning for the future. One immediate
obstacle popped up, however. The VW’s crank
broke but Tom was able to nurse it the last 600
miles to Iowa.
“The car was runing good but on the way
home I broke the crank, right behind the timing
gear. It made noise, but it was a ragged break
and as long as you kept the load on it, the two
halves grabbed each other and I was able to
keep going,” he recalls. With a year to think and
plan, fired up with enthusiasm, the next step
seems inevitable.
“I wanted to go faster so I bought a
Porsche. I found a Carrera Speedster but the
four-cam in it had a burned valve and didn’t run
good,” he recalls. The car came with two fourcam engines but Tom knew little about them and
could not afford the parts, expensive even in
those days. His next move exhibited the kind of
rational decision-making that is something of a
hallmark for him. “You have to choose a class
where you can be competitive, and not have to
compete with mega-buck operations.” He also
chose to focus on something he knew well, the
“36 hp” VW engine to run in the 1250 cc class.
On his return to the salt— now with the Speedster—early Porsche parts were mixed and
matched with VW pieces and in 1966 and 1967
the crew set records at 104 and 109 mph. The
next year they went to Bonneville with three different engines but their entire effort was rained
out, something that discouraged Tom enough to
keep him away for a year or two.
And the four-cam engines? After a few years
Tom sold them both for $500.
Fast forward to 1996, when Tom has found
a different challenge in the 1-liter class. That
record stood at over 121 mph and Tom, with cohorts Neil and Lee Schlabaugh of Wellman, Iowa
planned a 3-cylinder 911 motor. By blocking off
one side of a 911 engine and installing speciallydesigned bob weights on three vacant crank
throws, a 1-liter 911 should be able to break the
existing mark. At Bonneville Tom found it
needed to lose weight and some mysterious engine vibrations remained. The car later set 1mile records at Maxton, NC. The 2-liter record
was also in sight, they thought, and the 914/3
R&D could be used to develop a G-GT class winner. Those records were also set at Maxton and
stand to this day, with what Tom calls his “sweep
the shop floor” engine. Basically, he took a
bunch of left over parts, built an engine and a
transmission perfectly geared to one mile and
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Continued on the next page
Land Speed
Junkie
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On the salt in 1967
when the Speedster set
a record with a 36 hp
VW engine. Also seen is
the EMPI-sponsored
“Inch Pincher” VW, perhaps the most famous
VW racer of all time,
with many drag racing
and land speed
records, and even a run
at the Nassau speed
weeks with Dan Gurney.
With the Schlabaugh
brothers, Tom built a 3cylinder 1-liter 914 that
still holds a class
record. With a lowcompression 2-liter 911
engine the car also
captured that class with
S pistons and 906
cams.
Tom tried several solutions to the challenge of
balancing a crankshaft
with only half of the
throws carrying a rod and
piston. Although smooth
and able to idle at any
speed, mysterious forces
would vibrate nuts and
bolts loose.
The VW pickup ran in
both 1500 and 2-liter
classes, with mods to
the intake systems,
Tom’s area of special
interest.
The Gaylen Anderson
VW ran with Tom’s engine in the “New Age”
class where it holds the
current world record
for a 36 hp Beetle.
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Continued on the next page
went very fast. That exercise remains a fascinating demonstration of the “mad scientist” approach he takes to solving problems, and is
typical of the incredible attention to detail he
brings to every project.
Not content with something as “common”
as a mid-engine Porsche, in 2000 Tom and Dave
Fisher of Buffalo, Wyoming, an old racer friend,
brought a VW pickup to the salt, to run in a
newly-created mini-truck class. They ran the
truck in both production and modified, with
records in both classes.
Still thinking about 1-liter engines, a few
years later Tom discovered a small Japanese
sedan that came stock with a turbo, low weight
and best of all, it was cheap. The Suzuki Sprint
of the late ‘80s met his qualifications perfectly.
A later version is the 3-cylinder Geo Metro, not
a car most people think of as racing material. “I
have two Turbo Sprints, the forerunner of a
Metro,” he says. “Like a Porsche turbo, it had
knock sensors, sequential injection and all this
stuff on a $3000 car. It was a pocket rocket
hemi, 997 cc for the one-liter class. That hemi
head will interchange with the Metro head.
Someone started to build one as a race car, with
a roll cage and everything. I bought it but it was
so far disassembled I had to get another one just
to figure out how to put it back together,” he says
with a laugh. And the best part of the story is the
swap he then made. “I had an old Honda 90 motorcycle and traded it for a Turbo Sprint, four
truckloads of VW parts, an off-road Baja Bug
and a running VW chassis!”
Tom holds several records with the 3-cylinder Metro, many of them set at Maxton air base
in North Carolina, where the East Coast Timing
Association holds its runs several times a year
on a former runway. “Maxton,” Tom says, “is
like Bonneville was in the ‘60s.” It’s his favorite
venue now but he’s hoping an Ohio track will
open soon, a little closer to home.
Perhaps most important to Tom is his continued pursuit of records in the 36 HP Challenge, a small group of dedicated international
early VW enthusiasts who continue to wring
speed out of a Porsche-designed engine whose
roots go back over 75 years. When Tom went to
Bonneville in 1965, a 1250 cc VW engine got
him hooked on competing, and almost 50 years
later some of the same competitors he saw back
then began a new series for these old cars.
In 1960 Dick Beith, a high school shop
teacher from California set the first VW speed
record at Bonneville, and followed that over several years with others, including an unlimited 36
HP record run of 129.1 in 1963 in a Lakester
(belly tank) body. Dick went on to found the ET
Mag company, and is perhaps the best known of
the many VW racers who have challenged the
salt flats over the years. In the spring of 2005,
Burly Burlile built a VW to run at Bonneville and
called Tom to find out if he still had his old VW
from the ‘60s. “I didn’t know where the car was
but I still had the engines,” Tom explains. They
worked out a deal with Tom’s engine in Burly’s
VW sedan and soon created a spec-racer series
based on the VW 36 hp motor. Mel Ellis, another
of the first VW salt racers from the early ‘60s is
still involved in the series, and this year Beith is
set to return to Bonneville with a wild streamliner. Joined by some 25 other cars in the 36
hp Challenge, the three original racers should
have a great time on the salt with the distinct
possibility of a new record or two.
The 36 hp case is carefully drilled to allow oil
to return to the sump with the least interference. Above: The heads of the larger valves are
smooth and thin, chamber unshrouded, the
ports are carefully modified for optimum flow.
Each of these components is exhaustively
tested on Tom’s flow bench. The current heads,
based on the original Okrasa style, took a year
to develop and are known as the “Bruckrasa”
heads. His approach has always been to outthink rather than out-spend competitors.
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The Challenge today
Tom Bruch loves to talk about the 36 hp
Challenge. “There are five classes, the first is
stone stock - muffler on,” he explains. “Then
DSS (dual carbs, Okrasa heads, etc.). In all
classes, you have to have a 36 hp block and
stock stud spacing, and you can’t have anything
you couldn’t get in the ‘60s. For the first few
years we used vintage stuff simply because we
had it laying around. Now there are $20-30K
motors showing up.” The rules get stretched to
breaking at times, as Tom points out. “They
found out that 48 IDA Webers are legal because
the Cobras had them in 1964.”
“One of the classes where the record has
not changed in years is the supercharged class,
which has to be a period blower. Dick Beith still
holds that; nobody’s run one at all mainly because a Judson supercharger is not efficient
enough to do it, and a Pepco is so rare that nobody has them. The only other thing would be
a big McCullough like a Thunderbird would
have had. I did find a period Rootes-type blower
called a S.C.o.T., and I’m working on that.
“There’s also the super stock single, where
you have to run the 28mm single carb, but it’s
more ‘gaping hole’ than carburetor. I had the
record at 91 and I thought it would last a while.
It’s now up to 99 mph with one of those hi-buck
motors.
“The last class is called New Age. You still
have to have the stock block, but fuel injection,
twin turbos, are all permitted. The sky’s the limit.
That’s the one I have the record in, at 106 mph.
We’d been as high as 112 but I burned the
motor down, melted pistons and I coasted
through the traps at 106. We were turning 90something at the quarter and 103 at the half
mile. The trouble is you’re running flat out for a
whole mile. It’s not like drag racing where you
rev up and then you’re out of it. You’re staying
in it and things get hot with 16 lbs of boost in an
old, relatively weak motor.”
Other than engine, not a lot is modified on
these sedans and Ghias. “We changed gearing to
3.88, dropped spindles in front, race seat. We
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A Suzuki turbo engine is tough, but it
still needs bearing oil. Inadvertently directing most oil to the turbo led to a
rod failure, but Tom was amazed that
no valves broke. Left: Specially modified Porsche 912 crank and cylinders to
be used in the 1200 VW case.
Below: Just part of his turbo stash.
plan to put a small wing on the back because at
about 130 mph they want to fly. The back ends
get light. The first year Paul Swanson was at Bonneville that 356 of his was just evil handling, but
he figured out some weight was needed. For example, most of the Ghias there will have a few
hundred pounds of weight in the nose.”
Unlike other classes at Bonneville, there
are some safety concessions to the car’s speed
potential. Burly Burlile points out that “Nobody
wants to drill a bunch of holes for a three-point
harness to go 70 mph.”
“The cars have to be street licensed,” Tom
adds, “with all steel panels. You have to have
street insurance.” Bottom line, it’s a friendly, relatively inexpensive and fun way to go chasing
speed records - and dreams. GM
Many thanks to
Carter Kudrle,
Burly Burlile and
Mark Bouljon for
photos and information.
Dick Beith is scheduled to return in 2011 with a specially-built sedan that will do over 150 mph.
Left: Dick Beith was back on the salt in 1961 with a Pepco blower on his VW sedan and set a new record
over 100 mph. A YouTube video has a great interview from that year.
There’s More:
The internet has lots of information, further reading and photos.
The sites listed here are worth checking out:
www.burlyb.com. - Burly Burlile’s 36 hp Challenge page
www.blacklinelandspeedracing.com - Lots of detail photos of the cars built by this shop.
http://saltflats.com/36_HP.html - USFRA’s 36 HP Challenge page.
YouTube: Dick Beith 1961 36hp Landspeed record.
And yes, in case you were wondering, there is a bar stool class: http://saltflats.com/barstool.html
Read more about Tom in the Nov./Dec. 2011 issue of 356 Registry, Voume 25-4, or on line at www.Porsche356Registry.org
Land Speed Fall meet results as
of Monday, September 12, 2011
Bonneville UT - provided by Carol Bruch - Here is the status of this
year’s racing efforts for Tom:
Before Tom left last week for the
Bonneville Vintage class race,
he ran the VW beetle and it was
spraying all kinds of oil over the
engine. This posed the possibility of an engine fire if this was not
resolved before racing. He almost cancelled being a competitor this fall but experimented with
a different non-synthetic oil and a
more tight oil cap. He loaded up
the trailer and with a group of five
guys took off for the races.
When Tom called last night and he
was very excited. Putting in the
different oil that our neighbor suggested and changing the oil cap
evidently took care of the problem
of oil spilling all over the engine. It
still is spilling some oil
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but all was captured by the catch
can.
In his first run yesterday, he
thought he really didn’t do that
well but in fact he ran at 111 MPH
beating all the 30+ entries competing in the VW classes. In
spite of the fact that his car had
the smallest engine. This is a new
record for his class and beating
his prior record by several miles
per hour. He plans to run more
aggressively today and hopes to
get the record in the teens.
Results as of Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Yesterday, Tom blew past his attempt at racing into the teens. His
first run was at 121 mph and the
second was at 126+ mph. He has
two more runs he can make with
his Bonneville entrance fee, so
now he wants to target 130 mph.
I expect he’ll run until the engine
breaks. He plans to make his next
two runs today and then pack up
to come back to Iowa.
Final Update September 16,
2011, Tom made his 4th and final
pass at getting to the 130 mph
run. If you’ll remember, his first
pass was at 111 mph, the 2nd and
3rd were at 121 and 126+ mph.
His run on Friday was only at 125,
then the weather did not cooperate, it was starting to rain. Tom
did not want to get wet salt on the
underside of Gaylen Anderson’s
beautiful VW Beetle, so they loaded up the car on the trailer. They
planned to spend this morning
seeing many of the new arrivals to
the meet compete. Last night they
attended a party sponsored by
one of the vendors at the “Bend
in the Road”, just after getting
their food it started to pour down
rain. They changed their plans
for today, now they will just hit the
road to drive back home.
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PCA Parade
Savannah, GA, 2011
By Bob MchLaughlin
Sierra Nevada Region
The expression, “Everyone
loves a Parade,” was true for
those of us attending the 56th
Porsche Parade in Savannah,
GA. Parade is a wonderful way
to connect with Porsche friends
from around the world, as well
as participate in enjoyable activities, and excellent meals.
I arrived an hour and a half prior
to the start of Registration on
Sunday, and found my friend,
Susan Brown, Parade Registrar, already hard at work. Susan gets more done in a day
than most people get done in a
month. In addition to being Parade Registrar, she is editor of
the award winning San Diego
Region newsletter, and is Vice
President of HR for her international software company, as
well as many other things too
numerous to remember. Susan put me to work as soon as
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Savannah is a beautiful old city,
established as a colony on Savannah’s waterfront in 1733. The
riverfront has played an important part in Georgia’s history as
colonial port, exporter of cotton,
or tourist destination. The last
riverfront cotton office closed
in 1956, and the revitalization
of the waterfront area began in
1977. The Westin Hotel and
Convention Center, two of the
sites for the Parade, are located
on Hutchison Island, across the
narrow shipping channel that
leads to Savannah Harbor. Huge
freighters laden with containers
passed close to the convention
center frequently.
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298.1 points. Skip even went so
far as to have tire covers to prevent scuffing the tires when the
car was moved. It was a special pleasure visiting with Skip
and Leslie, as I had worked with
them on activities in the San DiSunday, Concours Prep day, ego Region.
dawned bright and beautiful, but Another special car in the prep
by late morning the sky dark- area was a 1973 911S brought
ened bringing thunder, lightning from Indiana by Candyce Jones.
and rain, along with the constant The 911S was purchased new
humidity. Fortunately, the cars by her late husband, Jim. She
were inside the spacious, air- said that the car sat in the gaconditioned convention center rage for eighteen months before
garage. The work that goes into friends encouraged her to show
preparing these cars is enor- the car at Parade. Candyce
mous. At 9:00 AM I was able to brought the car and entered it in
see first hand as I volunteered the Concours as a tribute to Jim.
two four-hour shifts on Sunday. She handed out flyers telling the
Fellow volunteers, Tilly and Taxi story of Jim and the car, as well
entertained the folks in the busy as describing her preparations
garage and made the day lots of for showing the car. I was espefun as Tilly pushed Taxi (wearing cially pleased to watch Candyce
a race helmet) on a cart to hand receive a special award for her
out water, as well as other fun effort during the Concours Banand entertaining ideas.
quet.
Corey Johnson, from Minneapolis, MN, had his beautiful 356
Carrera 2 GS on jack stands
with wheels off so he could clean
every last speck of dirt from the
underside of the car. The car
looked stunning and it was obvious that this car would score
well. Corey ended up missing
top score by one tenth of one
point: 298 points.
Skip and Leslie Shirley, multitime Concours winners, had
their secret weapon with them,
grandson Jared Morrison. Jared
said that he could get his hands
in all of the tight places to make
sure they were clean. Although
he is only in middle school, Jared said that he is hooked on the
Porsche event. Their 1963 356
T6 took the Gmund trophy with
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Another car that caught my eye
was a 2011 GT3 RS Club Sport
World Challenge car. Owner,
James Cambron, said that only
seventy of these cars were built
and that PCNA brought six to
the US. The car was detuned
to use one hundred octane fuel
and produces 495 horse power.
Ask James about showing up on
highway patrol radar at 9,000
RPM in sixth gear…..
world-wide club coordinator, and
Paul Gregor, club coordinator for
the US, along with the crew from
Porsche Classic, that restored
the fabulous 1973 911T raffle
car.
Monday, Concours Day, dawned
gray and threatening, but the
thunder storm of the previous
evening was forgotten as the sun
welcomed all to the Concours
d’ Elegance in Forsyth Park.
The park had acres of beautiful Porsches lined up, some for
display and many for judging.
Of special interest were the race
cars, which included a 917K, a
962, a 910, a Brumos 917/10, a
Brumos 934, and a 966 Spyder
built by Gunnar Racing.
Following the Concours, Sharon
Neidel, Zone 7 Rep, held a reception for Zone 7 attendees at
her hotel a few block from Forsyth Park. It was so nice to meet
others from Zone 7 for the first
time. There were about fifteen
PCA members from the Zone attending the Parade.
Tuesday turned out to be a day
of relaxation. I discovered a
Starbucks hidden in the back of
the hotel lobby, thereafter starting each day at the coffee palace. I toured vendor row, made
purchases at the popular Goodie
Store (wondering how I would fit
all of the stuff in my suitcase for
the trip home on Delta Airlines),
Mark Shevitz, long time master participated in the ice cream
of ceremonies at Parades, was social, and watched PCA Exfunnier than ever at the Welcome ecutive Director Vu Nguyen skillParty. Mark works extremely hard fully control RC cars around the
to make every event fun and en- Traxxis RC track. Traxxis was a
tertaining for those attending. Al- major vendor and had a huge
though Hans-Peter Porsche was display of their RC cars, and ofunable to attend due to health fered lessons to anyone wanting
reasons, Porsche AG was well to try the cars. Other activities
represented by Sandra Meyer, this day were the TSD Rally,
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she saw me. There was a huge
rush at 8:00 AM when the doors
opened, but registration moved
very smoothly. The morning saw
many friends from across the US
greeting each other, which is a
particular pleasure at Parade.
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On Wednesday a tour bus took
forty of us to Robert Irvine’s
Eat! restaurant on Hilton Head
Island, SC, for a cooking class.
Tom Brown, Parade Chair, appointed me “Bus Captain,” and
warned that if I left anyone at the
restaurant he would be forced to
fire me. Tom and I enjoyed many
humorous times together during
the years I was in the San Diego
Region. Robert Irvine was traveling for the Food TV Network,
so his business partner Lee Lucier presented the program. Lee
regaled us with many humorous
stories while presenting recipes that included: Hominy Hoppin John Salad, a delicious cold
salad, and She Crab Soup (I enjoyed this so much that I ordered
it for dinner back at the hotel).
Of particular interest was Lee’s
preference for Porsche Design
knives made by Kron. These
have a form fitting horizontal
handle. After demonstrating the
recipes and serving samples,
Lee then introduced us to onsite
chef Jared McElroy, who demonstrated how to make Caramel
Key Lime Flan. While we were
eating the delicious flan, I asked
Jared what the basic steps to
becoming a good home cook
might be. Without skipping a
beat he responded that mastering salt and pepper is the key to
success. He suggested that we
make soup from scratch without
salt, and then add a teaspoon of
salt at a time to determine the
amount required. Both Lee and
Jared said that a properly prepared meal would not need additional flavoring at the table. I
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guess that is about as basic as
it gets.
ing great success this season.
Don Leatherwood then led us
into the Brumos Museum. This
That night, the Rally Banquet
was a special privilege for PCA
included a Casino Night for the
members, as fewer than five
first time. Attendees were given
thousand people have been alslips of paper worth twenty-five
lowed to see the impressive Bruthousand dollars, and after dinmos collection. (See the May
ner had the opportunity to make
issue of Panorama for photos
bets on a wide variety of games.
and details about the collection.)
Any money retained at the end
Don had an amazing knowledge
of the gaming session could be
of each of the many cars on distraded for raffle tickets. It was a
play.
fun-filled evening. I put all of my
winnings in the “all expense paid Back at the hotel/convention
trip to Germany”, as did most ev- center I visited the RC Cars
eryone else. You might guess again, and found Zone 8 Rep,
that since I’m writing this article Michael Dolphin, anxious to try
from home that my number was out the Traxxis RC boat he had
not called. I should have put my won during Casino Night. The
tickets in the seat belt holder jar. Traxxis Rep, Michael, and I went
On Thursday, I was up early for to the marina where Michael was
the two-hour bus ride to Brumos able to put the fifty mile per hour
Autowerks where I found myself Traxxis race boat to the test. Mi“Bus Captain” again after fail- chael was very excited by how
ing to leave anyone behind on the boat performed.
Wednesday. Brumos is located in
Jacksonville, FL, where we were Friday included one of the magreeted by Hurley Haywood, Hall jor events at the Parade, the
of Fame race driver and Brumos Kumho Technical and HistoriVP. Hurley was very gracious cal Quiz, which was held early
and would autograph items pur- Friday morning. After spending
chased in the Porsche Boutique, a considerable amount of time
as well as items brought in. After preparing the Tech Quiz for the
a generous amount of time in the 2007 Parade, I have taken a
Porsche Boutique, we rode the break from the quiz, having had
bus a short distance to the race too many sleepless nights worryshop. The group was divided ing over the questions. Perhaps
and half went to the race shop I’ll make an effort to participate
and the other half went to Mo- during next Parade. The Tech
torwerks. Motorwerks restored Academy offered a number of inany make of customer cars. Don teresting one-hour presentations
Leatherwood, former GM of Bru- by experts in the field. Anyone
mos Racing and now GM of the attending six of the one-hour
Museum described the cars un- lectures received a Doctor of
dergoing restoration in some de- Porschelogy certificate. Mine is
tail. When the groups switched,
prominently displayed in my gawe found Race Director Skip
rage. Some highlights include:
Schinsing in the race shop, who
John Paterek’s class on Cosmetgave us a fine presentation on
ic repairs included changing colthe current Brumos Porsche
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Driving tour to Hilton Head Island, Michelin Drive & Compare,
driving tour of Jekyll Island, and
a bus tour to Brumos Autowerks
in Jacksonville, FL.
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repairs. John concluded with a
demonstration of bringing back
paint on Betty Jo and Leonard
Turners daughter’s black 1974
Carrera. Ed Mayo, who runs
an Independent Porsche repair
shop, gave a thorough lecture/
demonstration on tuning Webber Carburetors. Pete Tremper,
PhD in organic chemistry and
who created paint for DuPont
for forty years, enhanced our
understanding of various types
of paint and how they are made
and best used with a fine dissertation. The Michelin representatives gave an excellent presentation on tires and tire selection.
The Autocross Banquet that
evening awarded the two drivers
from Alaska the Long Distance
Award, a set of tires; they will
have to decide between themselves how to split them. Word
is that one of the drivers started
for the Parade in May, and both
drove over four thousand miles.
Saturday dawned cooler and
overcast which was helpful to the
runners in the 5K. Pat Corona
from San Diego Region was one
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of the approximately sixty runners. I took photos of Pat and
her significant other, Greg Phillips, but didn’t stay long as the
tiny mosquitoes seemed to enjoy
my company. At noon, during
the Volunteer Lunch, hundreds
of prizes were given away to
those who volunteered eight or
more hours during the Parade.
Mark related that the hotel and
convention center administrators said that no other group had
so many of its members volunteering to help put on their event.
PCA set a new standard of volunteering and courtesy. During
the afternoon, another impressive event was the Parade of
Porsches. A couple of hundred
cars lined up by model type, and
then drove through Savannah
with police escort, bringing the
town to a halt. Drivers reported
shopkeepers, chefs, and patrons
standing curbside waiving at Parade of Porsches participants.
That evening the week long Parade concluded with the Victory
Banquet, where the 1973 911 T
restoration car was given away,
along with another all expense
paid trip to Germany, and other
prizes. I was surprised to hear
my name called for a free track
day at Atlanta Motorsports Park,
a private membership track designed by modern era Formula
I track designer, Hermann Tilke.
Now I’m awake at night weighing
fun vs. expense of buying a trailer, hauling my Porsche across
country and spending a day at
the track. For a track junkie, decisions like this are not easy, even
if they don’t pencil out financially. Next came the long awaited
awarding of the beautifully restored 1973 911T raffle car. The
actual people who restored the
car from Porsche Classic were
on hand to turn over the key
to the “better-than-new” 911 to
raffle winner, Bud Kibbee, who
was attending his first Parade.
The ceremony was thrilling to
see. After having so much fun
seeing so many friends and participating in a number of events,
concluding the Parade made me
eager for the next one. I hope
to see you at the Parade in Salt
Lake City in 2012.
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Dear Porsche Enthusiast,
Next month, two all-time historic Porsche race car events will take place in Monterey, CA, and you are
invited to experience everything Porsche, from past to present:
Rennsport Reunion IV will take place October 14-16th at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and will
feature three days of the world’s largest gathering of Porsche historic race cars and those who have
driven them to victory. The celebration will feature track activities, hospitality and an open paddock for
visitors to interact with international car collectors and racers of these amazing machines.
If that wasn’t enough to get your blood racing, the Porsche Race Car Classic, a gathering to honor
Porsche’s most significant race cars and pilots specifically from 1950 to 1965, will be held at nearby
Quail Lodge Resort in Carmel, CA on October 16th, 2011. This will be the largest and most
comprehensive single gathering of Porsche race cars of the period ever assembled.
Please visit www.porscheusa.com/rennsport to learn more about these incredible opportunities and
how you can be a part of Porsche history. There is no other event in the world where you can embrace
the sights, sounds, and people of motorsports that have lead Porsche to over 28,000 race victories like
this.
© 2011 Porsche Cars North America. Legal notice.Privacy policy.
October 2011
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and acquisition, and event wrap
up. He has worked as the Kansas City Region PCA Club Race
Registrar for the first 4 years after its reintroduction before beDoug Pierce has been appointing appointed to the Zone 10
ed to the new position of PCA
Rep position. Doug has attendEscape Coordinator. The Coed and participated in numerous
ordinator position was created
multi-region events as the PCA
by the Executive Counsel to
Zone 10 Representative.
provide continuity and oversight
for the increasingly popular PCA
Doug will be retiring from the
Escape event typically held in
Zone Rep ranks at the end of
the fall of each year. Doug has
the year and is looking forward
been the PCA Zone 10 Repreto continuing his service to the
sentative since 2007 and has
Club as a member of the PCA
been involved in the review of
National Staff in this new role as
12 Escape proposals and prethe PCA Escape Coordinator.
sentations over the last 5 years,
participating in the award of 5
Escapes. Escapes are awarded
by the 13 member Zone Rep
Group, with the concurrence of
the Executive Counsel. From
this experience, he has developed a good understanding of
THEN . . .
the overall event requirements
DOUG PIERCE – PCA
from concept to execution.
ZONE 10 REPRESENTATIVE
Doug attended his first Escape
in 2008, Escape to The Land of
As many of you may have seen
Enchantment, in Albuquerque,
the article in the recent PanoraNew Mexico.
ma, regarding our Zone 10 Representative Doug Pierce, I too
Doug has assisted the Eureka
saw it and made a request from
Springs, Arkansas, PCA PalooDoug for a reprint of the info for
za organizers (Ozark and Cimarthose that may not have read it
ron Regions) since 2008 with
yet. Doug has been to several
Escape proposal preparations
Central Iowa Region events in
ultimately culminating in a suchis past 4 years, while serving as
cessful bid for the 2012 Escape
Zone Rep. We would just like to
to the Ozarks. In his home Kantake this opportunity to wish him
sas City Region, he has been rewell and know that he will be utisponsible for, and has assisted
lizing his skills in a position that
with, the planning and execuhas evolved from his attention to
tion of numerous Region multidetail. We will look forward to atregion events including site
tending a future Escape knowing
evaluation and selection, activithat it will be a great event due
ties selection, budgeting, driving
to Doug!! Enjoy the article in the
tour route planning and leading,
next column.
hotel and restaurant negotiation
NOW. . . .
DOUG PIERCE – PCA
ESCAPE COORDINATOR
October 2011
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close at Rennsport Reunion IV.
several times in the company’s
history, the customers took the
“As the 911 race car and street lead. Almost as soon as the 911
car histories are completely in- went into production, buyers
tertwined, it is fitting to show were using it in hill climbs and
First roll-out will be part of
our latest 911 at a motor racing autocrosses and Porsche itself
Porsche’s celebration of a
extravaganza,” said Bernd Har- started to produce lightweight
48-year success story
ling, who is heading up Porsche and enhanced performance veRennsport Reunion IV for event hicles for their motorsports cusAtlanta, GA – September 7, host Porsche Cars North Amer- tomers. In 1967, Porsche built 20
2011 -- By the late 1950s it was ica.
911 “R” models stripped interiors
obvious to Porsche that the 356,
(no carpet, for instance), thinwhich was the company’s sole “Everyone will see that this new- skinned aluminum doors, fiberproduct line since 1948, needed born is truly a member of the glass deck lids, taillights swiped
to be updated. Replacing it was family,” said Harling.
from a Fiat, oversize carbs, a
necessary, yet perilous. Who
magnesium engine case, dual
knew that the eventual replace- From every angle it is unmistak- spark plug cylinder heads and
ment for the 356, the 911, would ably a 911, holding true to the much more. With about 210
surpass its predecessor in sales, Porsche 911 Carrera evolution, horsepower on board, these
longevity and glory? Or that it not revolution’ design philoso- race-ready, lightweight rockets
would be so fanatically cher- phy. The new car has a longer were the start of the 911 racing
ished by its owners that Porsche wheel base, but is both lower legend.
hasn’t been allowed to replace it. and lighter than its predecesOr that the Company would be sor. With its two engine sizes, Vic Elford, one of the most faintroducing its latest iteration all the new 911 Carrera is able to mous Porsche drivers in history,
the way in 2011?
provide improved performance was one of the first to compete in
and handling, and even better the Porsche 911 at a high level,
And, with Porsche Motorsport fuel economy than before. The winning in the mid-‘60s in Engconcentrating on its develop- 911 Carrera is equipped with a land using a race with the very
ment of prototypes for Le Mans 3.4-liter, 350hp six-cylinder box- first demo model imported by
and elsewhere, there wasn’t er engine, while the Carrera S is the factory distributor, and later
much initial effort by the facto- fitted with a 3.8-liter, 400hp six- driving to victory in 1968 at the
ry for racing the 911, but it be- cylinder boxer powerplant, both Monte Carlo Rally.
came the most successful race with the optional PDK transmiscar in history, with hundreds of sion available.
The Porsche 911 race car started
samples of its 48-year legacy to
to make noise in the U.S. when
be displayed and raced at the The new Porsche 911 Carrera IMSA’s Camel GT series started
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV, celebrates its world premiere in 1970, with Brumos Racing
October 14 – 16, 2011, at Mazda at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Mo- and Hurley Haywood taking their
Raceway Laguna Seca in Mon- tor Show next week, while the 1970 Porsche 911S to its first
terey.
official North American debut championship in the 1972 seawill be held at the Los Angeles son. Haywood and co-driver and
The surprise is that the new Auto Show in November. The Brumos co-owner Peter Gregg
2012 Porsche 911 Carrera, the first new 911 models will arrive went on to win IMSA championcompletely redesigned seventh- in U.S. dealerships beginning in ships in 1973, 1974, and 1975.
generation sports car icon, and February of 2012.
a fore-bearer of race cars to
After the Porsche 911 Carrera
come, will be on display for the It took a while for Porsche Mo- RS and RSR models won IMSA
first time in North America for torsport to warm up to the 911 as and Trans-Am championships
Porsche enthusiasts to see up a race car, but, as has happened in the mid-70s, the company
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New, Seventh-Generation
Porsche 911 to Make North
American Debut at Rennsport
Reunion IV
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introduced the radical Porsche
934 and 935 race cars – 911
silhouette bodied cars with big,
twin-turbocharged engines. After
being banned for a season from
the Camel GT, they came back
with a roar to become the cars
to beat in the late ‘70s and early
‘80s.
The 1980s and early 90s were
prime time for Porsche Motorsport’s 956 and 962 prototype
race cars, and the 911 took a bit
of a back seat on the GT side
to Porsche 924 and 944-based
models.
Then, in 1997, Porsche introduced the GT class 911 GT2R at
Le Mans where this 996-based
water-cooled coupe promptly
won its class, followed by the
famous Porsche 911 GT1 which
gave Porsche its last overall victory at Le Mans (1998).
The current generation of 911
race cars, initiated by the introduction of the Porsche 911 GT3
R in 1999, and promptly driven
to the 1999 American Le Mans
Series GT championship by Cort
Wagner. The iteration of this
family is the current Porsche
911 GT3 RSR, with Dick Barbour Racing, Alex Job Racing,
and Flying Lizard Motorsports
– all U.S.-based teams – leading Porsche to victories in U.S.
sports car championships a well
as Daytona, Sebring and Le
Mans.
around the globe. The latest version, the 2011 Porsche 911 GT3
Cup, which also competes in the
American Le Mans Series, the
IMSA GT3 challenge by Yokohama, SCCA World Challenge,
and Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car
Series, will have its own feature
race during the Rennsport weekend.
SENNA
film premiers at the Varsity
Submitted By Jeff David
President, Schönesland
Hello all,
Just visited the Varsity Theatre
in Des Moines, 25th and University by Drake U. SENNA, the
documentary film about the tragA short video summation ically short life of Formula 1 drivof Rennsport Reunion III is ing legend,Ayerton Senna, will
available on Porsche’s You- begin its run this coming Friday,
Tube channel - http://www. Sept 30. Management told me
y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = E _ - that they have gotten a surpris2FnwDzzI&feature=colike
– ingly large number of inquries
showing an incredible gathering from Iowans and car enthusiasts
of Porsche historic and modern from neighboring states. Due
race cars from around the world, to the limited number of copies
many of the famous drivers who available, this highly-acclaimed
piloted them to victory and a documentary (it was the 2011
taste of what to expect at Renns- documentary winner at the Sunport Reunion IV being held at dance Film Festival) will not be
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, shown all over the place, so we
October 14-16, 2011.
are very fortunate that the Varsity has picked it up.
The film will run thru at least next
Thursday, but they felt that with
the interest shown, it may have
a two-week run.
Showtimes are as follows: Monday-Thursday 7:30 & 9:30 PM.
Friday; 4 pm, 7 30 and 9 30 PM
Saturday and Sunday; 1 30, 4
30, 7 30, 9 30 PM
See you there.
Jeff
The other family of 911 race
cars, in production since 1989,
is the 911 GT3 Cup, which was
developed for the Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup onemarque series which take place
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Jim Ferrel checks Gary Milavetz’s twin turbo on the left
Andew Saulnier’s Boxster S is on the right.
More photos on the next page
Jim Ferrel checks Chuck sladek’s 993 on the lift.
Right: Jessi Vinger gives John Dyson the “news”
on how his Porsche faired with the inspection.
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More photos on the next page
Clockwise starting at the top: The front of the Blackhawk Hotel. Next: view from the front of the hotel
with a special roped off area for us to park in. Bottom
left: Inside of the lobby shot just behind the front door.
Lastly, the sign guiding us to the reception.
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Porsche Nachrichten
Clockwise starting at the top: John & Joanne Chesney,
Mike Massell, Maralee & John Dyson, Brenda & Tom
Moore, Greg Chip, Kortney & Bruce Kaiser, Theresa
Schulz, Gary Milavetz. Next: the winners John & Maralee Dyson get congrats from Bruce & Kortney Kaiser,
Gary Milavetz is on the right. Below them is Greg Chip
and on the bridge is John & Joanne Chesney’s 996
crossing the Mississippi on the way to the Welcome Inn.
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Auction
October 8, 2011 - Galesburg Airport (Jet Air Hangar) - 9 am
Porsche Parts and Equipment
Good Selection of Porsche 6-Cyl Air Cooled Engine Inventory to Include:
(30 +) Cylinders, Heads, Pistons, Valve Assemblies, Camshafts, Timing
Chains, Dampeners, etc.. for the 930-66 and 930-10 Porsche engines.
Equipment for 930 Engines:
- Sun SGA 9000 Exhaust Analyzer
- Fuel Flow Test & Calibration Bench
- Test Cell / Dynamometer Oil System - Factory Engine Overhaul Stand
For More Information – Contact:
Jet Air, Inc.
Galesburg, IL
(309) 342-3134
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On the
Web
some restoration of the 45th
Porsche built. 38 rocking horsepower, cable brakes. Unfortunately you have to watch a
commercial first to watch a commercial, but it is worth it:
“It’s The High
Octane Report”
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/ The state was by on Friday and
video/1949-porsche-gmund- checked Dittmer’s Shell on Locust. Attached are the VPower
This is all kinds of web sites that coupe/1352559/
results. Several of us were able
have a lot of good information
Lastly we have a link regarding to take advantage of this and fill
that may be of interest to you.
the mancave of all mancave’s. up prior to the Lujack’s drive.
This was submitted by Tom Shin- This was sent to me from a
rock: Here’s a video on the bad buddy of mine Doug Bruseth
effects of ethanol
Thanks doug.
Internet Porsche Stuff
http://www.historicvehicle.
org/Latest-News/September-2011/2011/09/22/Underhood-ethanol-classic-car
http://bcove.me/a52ky1yi
Thanks for these great submissions. More next month . . . . . .
These was submitted from our . . . . . . .
webmaster Jim Millick. Awe- “Auf wiedersehen”
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To place your order, have your VIN ready, then call 1-800-PORSCHE and select option 5.
Mention “7MLYKLZ[HYRL” and you’ll receive a $10 discount.
Porsche Certificate of Authenticity.
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Porsche Nachrichten
Inaugural Fall Overnight
Driving Tour To SE Minnesota
Hosted by
Ron and Alice Newman
Green Mill Restaurant next door
to the hotel.
Kristina Fore, the general manager at the restaurant recommends the Bourbon Flat Iron
Steak, Kabeelo Lodge Walleye………and pasta dishes
including Desert Fire Pasta or
the Wild Mushroom & Chicken
Penne. For those thinking about
enjoying some red wine, Kristina recommends the Mark West
Pinot Noir, or La Boca Malbec.
For those preferring beer, the
lounge has “Hopers” of your favorite beer (basically a 92 ounce
“table keg”) that you can share.
The plans are made. Rooms
reserved and a restaurant lined
up. Spectacular roads are waiting to be driven. Our October
1st – 2nd 2011 trip will be one
to remember.
Following a restful night in a
comfy room, breakfast is available at Green Mill Restaurant
before we leave on Sunday
morning to drive a beautiful and
thoroughly enjoyable road from
Rushford, MN to Preston, MN.
We will begin our journey in Mar- At this point, those wishing to get
shalltown at Perkins restaurant home quickly are only about 30
(3102 S. Center St.) just north of miles from Interstate 90. Those
Highway 30 on the South Center with more time may choose to
Street Exit. We will be leaving join us driving some more roads
Perkins at 9:30 AM, so please in SE Minnesota before heading
arrive by 9:00 (or earlier if you home.
plan to enjoy breakfast) so we
can complete insurance forms This trip promises to provide
and review the trip.
some of the most scenic and
We will drive to Dubuque (Hwy
30 to Hwy 151) and cross into
Wisconsin where we will pick up
the Great River Road. Lunch is
planned in Potosi, WI, then more
driving up the Great River Road
to Winona, MN where we will
hunker down for the evening.
A block of 12 rooms has been
reserved at The Plaza Hotel
and Suites in Winona…….and
a room arranged for us to enjoy our dinner as a group in the
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vation. A rate of $114.99 (plus
tax) has been arranged for our
group for a room (for 2 adults
with a king bed and pullout sofa,
additional guests are $10 each).
This block of rooms is available
only until Friday, September
9th…… so please make your
reservations early. Cancellation
must be made 24 hours prior to
scheduled arrival (by 6:00 PM
Friday, September 30th) or your
credit card will be charged for
one night’s stay.
Please also RSVP to Ron Newman at rnewman@a-tec.com so
we can make lunch plans for the
trip and provide Kristina at the
Green Mill Restaurant with a final count for the room where we
will be dining Saturday evening.
Let’s have some fall fun! I look
forward to seeing you soon.
Ron
challenging roads we
have travelled since I
joined
Schonesland
several years ago. I
hope you will choose
to join us.
To reserve your room
at The Plaza Hotel and
Suites in Winona, MN for Saturday, Oct. 1st, please call: 888292-0303 and provide a major
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SAVE THE DATE
CENTRAL IA PCA
2011 Schedule of Events
October 9th . . . . . . . . .Leaf Drive Departing 9:30 am from Dentral Park in DeWitt, IA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lunch at the Welcome In, Elizabeth, IL
October 16th . . . . . . . . .Rain Date for the Fall Leaf Drive just refer to the information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .above as we will be doing the same thing just on the 16th
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .instead of the 9th.
December 3rd . . . . . . . .Holiday Party Trattoria Tiramisu in Bettendorf, IA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .More details to follow but it should be a great time.
*ZFW = zu festgestellt werden... To be determined.
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Mark Your Calendars
SCHÖNESLAND REGION
Porsche Club of America
2011 Schedule of Events
OCTOBER
1ST-2ND FALL DRIVE -WINONA, MN
24TH BOARD MTG 7 PM
DECEMBER
10TH CARS AND COFFEE 8-10 AM
19TH BOARD MTG 7 PM
NOVEMBER
12TH CARS AND COFFEE 8-10 AM
28TH BOARD MTG 2O12 NOMINATIONS
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