Horizontally Opposed - July/August 2017 by First Settlers (PCA)

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UPCOMING EVENTS!

Be sure to check our website www.fsrpca.org for more details as well as updates on all of these exciting events.

July 9-15 July 22 July 29 August 5 August 5 August 12 August 12 August 19 August 26 August 25-27 September 2 September 9 September 9 September 9 September 16-17 September 17 September 20-24 October 7 October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 November 11 November 11 November 18

Porsche Parade New Member Social - East with FoodBank Social Richmond Area Fun Run Williamsburg Area Breakfast Fun Run/Tech Event Eastern Area Breakfast Western Area Breakfast Richmond Area Fun Run TSD Rally Weather-Tech Race (PCA Corral) Williamsburg Area Breakfast Eastern Area Breakfast Western Area Breakfast Ed Merry Fun Run FSR DE at VIR (South Course) Classics on the Green Treffen Asheville Lunch/Open Board Meeting Air & Auto Classic 8 New Member Social - West Air & Auto Classic 8 (Rain Date) Williamsburg Area Breakfast Eastern Area Breakfast Western Area Breakfast Turkeys in the Trunk

Spokane, Washington The Bay Club at Eagle Point, Chesapeake, VA TBD Victoria’s - Williamsburg Crossing Victoria’s to Eric Cruz’s home in Barhamsville, VA Pop’s Diner - Chesapeake Joe’s Inn - Bon Air TBD Toano to Williamsburg Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA Victoria’s - Williamsburg Crossing Pop’s Diner - Chesapeake Euroclassics before Fun Run Departing from Euroclassics, Midlothian Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA New Kent Winery Asheville, NC Sal’s by Victor, Williamsburg Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach TBD Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach Victoria’s - Williamsburg Crossing Pop’s Diner - Chesapeake Joe’s Inn - Bon Air Virginia Beach

Join in on the fun! Be sure to check the website for the most up-to-date event information at http://www.fsrpca.org/events.

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From the President Doug Worrall Summertime, summertime, sum-sum, summertime. Where did it go? We can’t be talking about September already! I hope you’ve been enjoying the beach and the pool. or maybe a cool mountain getaway. Summer is the time of year for ice cream and watermelon, backyard cookouts and baseball games. It’s also the time of year for our New Member Meet & Greet. Hopefully you were able to socialize with some new folks in Chesapeake and discuss some of the varied interests of our club members. My son got married out in the western part of the state this summer and I was impressed by the bucolic setting. It reminded me that Virginia has some beautiful landscapes with beautiful roads that our cars love to be driven on. New FSR President Doug Worrall and past president Jason Horner

Come enjoy some beautiful roads closer to home on August 5 when we’ll leave our monthly Williamsburg breakfast at Victoria’s for a Fun Run to Eric and Jill Cruz’s place. We’ll check out some of Eric’s cars and get one or two up on the lift for a Tech Session. Then for the first time in a few years, our Time Speed Distance Rally is happening on August 26 in Williamsburg. Tom and Eleanor Bobbitt will be teaching a TSD class beforehand for those who are new to rallying. We’ll finish up the fun with a BBQ at the home of Rob and Michelle Calloway in yorktown. The other places that Porsches love to be driven is on the track. If you want to watch some Porsches driven really well on the track, head out to Virginia International Raceway for the Weathertech Michelin GT Challenge August 26 and 27. you can sign up for the Porscheplatz area that will be set up there. you’ll enjoy all the perks that come with the Porscheplatz while watching the races from a great venue. Then we come to September! Even though it’s called an autumn month, I like to consider it the 4th month of summer. My kids are all grown, so I don’t have school to think about. The water’s still warm and the weather is still nice. you can do anything that can be done in the summer and usually with a much smaller crowd. our Driver’s Education participants will be off to VIR for a 2 day DE on the South Course September 16 & 17. If you like your cars at a much slower pace (standing still), there is the Classics onThe Green car show at the New Kent Winery on the 17th also. To finish out September, there will be Treffen Asheville on September 20-24. Treffen is the younger, smaller sibling to Porsche Parade. A gathering of Porsche enthusiasts to hang out with and share in celebrating these fine cars. And speaking of beautiful landscapes and great roads. Asheville NC ranks right up there with the best. So join some folks there or at any one of First Settlers other activities. After all-It’s not just the cars, it’s the people. Keep the shiny side up!

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Porsche has just unveiled the fastest and most powerful version of its iconic 911 sports car.

2017 Board Members Elected Officers President Doug Worrall 757-286-1189 worralldj5@gmail.com Western Vice-President Kevin Clark 804-677-4496 kevindclark@me.com Eastern Vice-President Melinda Cagle 757-272-9096 m.f.cagle@cox.net

Activities Officer Vince Canepa 757-639-3312 VJC15@cox.net Secretary & Archivist Ed Merry 757-871-4696 edhmerry@verizon.net Treasurer John Schwaebler 757-679-2626 john@acdecks.com

The new 911 GT2 RS is powered by a turbocharged 700-horsepower 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine. The rear-wheel-drive car can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 2.7 seconds and has a top speed of 211 miles an hour. That makes it the fastest road-legal 911 the company has ever produced.

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Appointed Positions Assistant Vice President - Western Steve Sarfaty 804-241-6549 steve.sarfaty@hamiltonbeach.com

Events Registrar George Michaels 757-818-4873 registrar@fsrpca.org

Assistant Vice President - Eastern Jim McCormack 757-719-1660 jimmccormack@juno.com

Charity Coordinator Josie Grandfield 757-635-0184 anurse47@yahoo.com

Membership Ken Thomas 757-812-0559 993ken@gmail.com

Webmeister Kathy Thomas 757-675-0208 katret2015@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor Margaret Andrews 804-370-2923 drmcteu@gmail.com

Chief Track Instructor Tim Ashbridge 804-690-0556 cti@fsrpca.org

Drivers’ Education Marco Estrada 757-240-0063 marco.t.estrada@gmail.com

DE Registrar Scott Hoffman 301-247-4588 de@fsrpca.org

Chief Tech Chris Stanley 757-412-5243 cd_stanley@yahoo.com

Safety Mark Hugel 757-831-4176 mark.hugel@cox.net

Advisor - Zone 2 Representative Cheryl Taylor zone2rep@comcast.net

Social and Media Chair Marco Estrada 757-240-0063 marco.t.estrada@gmail.com

Insurance Chair Jerry Kent 757-481-6195 kentjerkat@aol.com

Historian Phil Grandfield 757-635-0892 filthyf14@yahoo.com

Region (FSR), Porsche Club of America (PCA). All opinions, views and information appearing in the Ho are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of PCA, FSR, its officers, or the Editor. The Ho Editor reserves the right to edit all

The roof panel is made from magnesium, which further reduces the car's weight. A set of optional features called the "Weissach package" saves another 40 pounds by using even more carbon fiber parts as well as magnesium wheels. The Weissach package adds an additional $31,000 to the car's base price of $293,200. Porsche -- along with Audi, lamborghini and Bentley -- is part of the Volkswagen Group (VlKPy). -article courtesy of CNN Money http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/30/luxury/porsche-911-gt2-rs/index.html

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The engine is based on the one now used in the 580-horsepower Porsche 911 Turbo S, but it's been fitted with larger turbochargers along with some other power-boosting changes. The GT2 RS also has rear-axle steering for improved cornering. This is a system that, at low speeds, turns the back wheels slightly in the opposite direction of the front wheels for tighter cornering and, at higher speeds, turns them in the same direction for greater stability. The car has Porsche's seven-speed dual clutch automatic transmission. To save weight, this car does not have the small back seats found on more common versions of the 911. Many of the car's interior and exterior body parts are made from lightweight carbon-fiber reinforced plastics.

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Top Gear Introduced Me to Time, Speed, Distance Rallies

NEW PCA/FSR MEMBERS Ken Thomas - Membership Chairperson

By Melinda Cagle

Welcome to our new members and the transfers in to First Settlers Region. We hope you enjoy the people, Porsches and events and encourage you to come to an event, make some new friends and experience what your club has to offer. Primary Members: 702 Affiliate Members: 390 Total Members: 1,092

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Everything I knew about TSD rallies, until recently, I learned from Jeremy Clarkson. I absolutely love the BBC television show Top Gear. It had a winning blend of car journalism and comedy starring Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. A 2010 episode featured the trio participating in a classic car regularity rally or Time Speed Distance rally. The show was hilarious but it did not completely explain how TSD rallies should be done. For that, I’ve asked FSR Rally masters Tom and Eleanor Bobbitt to explain the driver and co-driver roles. The Bobbitts began rallying in the mid-70’s and will share how they developed a winning team chemistry required to compete at the national level. The object of a TSD rally is to drive a specified course at a specific average speed to arrive at a checkpoint on time. Penalty points are awarded for arriving too early or too late; therefore, the team Navigator’s view with the lowest score wins. The event is quite safe because it utilizes regular roads and normal cars. Travel speeds are within the legal limits. In fact, rallies are one of the few events that PCA will allow 16 and 17 year olds to compete as codrivers. TSD rallies have different competition levels depending on skill and equipment used. The FSR TSD Rally will be “seat of the pants” meaning participants can relax and focus on staying on course. Not much is required to compete; a clear mind, not too much caffeine, a few pencils to make notes, a clipboard with some paper, and a clock that can be set to the official time of the Rally master before the start. Smart phones work great. Math minded co-drivers are welcome to do the calculations but the odometer check should be sufficient for this event. Rallies can last all day or several days. The FSR TSD Rally is intended to be a fun event taking teams from Stonehouse to yorktown in half a day while learning the basics of rallying. on Top Gear, the trio participated in a 5-day classic car rally on the Spanish island of Majorca. While their budget antique cars provided numerous challenges along the way, the driver and co-driver interactions provided the most laughs. Jeremy’s speedometer was broken and his co-driver spoke no English. James’ co-driver had absolutely no interest in following the instructions, timing their route, or listening to James. Tom Bobbitt says a successful driver must maintain a steady speed and always be

aware of the speed required for that leg. “It is important to emphasize that the route instructions and speeds indicated are precise, not approximate. Many beginners in a TSD rally run into trouble by not appreciating or following the precise directions. Touring events often take liberties with the The team discussing instructions precision of their instructions, not Rally masters. The Rally master spends many hours setting up, checking and rechecking the course.” Eleanor Bobbitt says the co-driver must be constantly communicating with the driver and keeping the team on course. “It cannot be over emphasized that the team’s priority always has to be staying on course, even to the detriment of going too slow. A missed turn that is not realized until you have driven a mile down the road means a mile drive back to the course. At 30 mph, you’ve just lost 4 minutes. It would have been smarter to slow at an intersection, even stop, to discuss with your teammate and make the correct decision, perhaps costing 30 extra seconds.” Tom offers more advice. “Another mistake beginner rallyists make is not memorizing and agreeing with their teammate on the meaning of the general instructions and definitions for the rally. The General Instructions (GI) are provided before the rally to allow the team to familiarize themselves with the definitions. The Route Instructions are provided just a few minutes prior to the rally start and will use precise language and words defined in the GI. During the driver’s meeting, the Rally master will answer any questions the teams may have. The FSR GI will be emailed to all registered entrants a week before the rally.” How did the Top Gear episode end? By the end of the rally, the three teams developed a chemistry that allowed them to have fun. The slow and methodical James May and his glamour model co-driver had fewer penalty points than Jeremy or Richard. “These things are meant to be fun. Spending the day with a family member or friend, driving around on nice roads followed by a picnic should be lots of fun.” The Bobbitts and I hope to see you at the FSR TSD Rally on August 26th. Also, sign up for Rally School to get more tips for a successful day. Registration is open on fsrpca.motorsportreg.com.

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A Rally- There is more than one kind!! A car Rally has been described as an extremely large board game: public streets are the board, and your car is your playing piece. In each car, the driver and navigator(s) carefully follow instructions that direct them along a given course. There is a friendly competition at the finish to see which teams followed the course most accurately. PCA Rallies come in various shapes and sizes, but they are all non-racing events held on open public roads. Rally teams include friends, couples, and entire families. Usually a Porsche is required for our club events, but on occasion (read bad weather) any car will do. At the start of a rally, you will be given at least two sets of instructions. The General Instructions are the ground rules for the event, containing definitions, priorities, and other information. In needs to be emphasized that the General Instructions are very important because they may contain particular ground rules or definitions that are needed for using the Route Instructions. The Route Instructions direct you along a course from the start location to the finish location. you will not get lost if you simply (“simply” has various definitions depending on experience.) follow the Route Instructions (in accordance with the General Instructions) in the obvious manner. other types of instructions can interact in various ways with the General Instructions, with the Route Instructions, and with each other. Sometimes there are tricks to get you off-course, but not hopelessly lost. Most rallies may have checkpoints along the course, where you stop your car and interact with rally personnel, who might throw some more additional instructions your way. Note that the “vocabulary” or word definitions used in rallying are fairly consistent. All of the important definitions used in an AMR rally will be provided in our General Instructions for that rally. Full details on Rally Rules including all Definitions and Abbreviations are in Section V of the AMR/RMR Event Rules 2014 which is on our website amrporsche.com.

In a Gimmick Rally, you solve puzzles and try to avoid being tricked. The only time constraint is a deadline to be at the finish location. In a Timed Rally (also known as TSD or Timed, Speed, Distance), you try to stay on time, arriving at a different checkpoint location neither early nor late. A Gimmick Rally is full of puzzles and tricks. your score is based on information you record on your score sheet, which shows how well you solved the puzzles and avoided being tricked. No speed or time is involved, other than a deadline to be at the finish location. Teams can be divided into classes based on previous rally experience, with separate awards for each class. There are literally dozens of variations of gimmicks which can be used. They can be all of one type or combined

Various Questions are interspersed among the Route Instructions. At the appropriate points in the Rally, you record your Answers on the score sheet. In our sketch example, the question “What streets meet at the first intersection you encounter?” might appear after the “Turn right at Smith” instruction. Assuming that Smith Road exists somewhere past Smyth Street, waiting for “Smith” would give you a different (and correct) answer to the question than turning right at Smyth would. In practice, street names are rarely similar enough for a Q & A Rally to use misspelled street names in Route Instructions like this. Instead, a misspelled street name might be used in a question, such as “What streets meet at the first intersection past Smith?” If you encounter Smyth Street (but not Smith Street) while trying to answer that question, then you would be unable to answer the question, and would fill in your score sheet accordingly. Scavenger Hunt

Similar to Questions and Answers but the questions are based on looking for things along the rally route, such as “What is the name on the mailbox at 123 Smith St”? Photo (PicTours)

Hare and Hound: The participants (“hounds”) try to find the route taken by the Rallymaster (the “hare”). At each decision point the entrants have to guess which way to go. They then travel their chosen route, looking for a landmark or sign. If they don’t find it after a certain distance (it must be fairly obvious), they know they went the wrong way, must turn around, return to the decision point and try

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Treasure Hunts (Map Clues): you use clues and riddles to find streets or landmarks on the provided map. Then you lay out your own course to travel to these locations to gather the requested information for your score sheet. No matter which of the above variations are used in a rally, the successful navigation along the rally route is still based on the General Instructions and definitions contained therein.

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At the start, you receive a number of photos. As you follow the Route Instructions, you identify photos that depict the view from your car and record on your score sheet the mileage along the route at which they occurred. A working odometer is needed.

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TIMED RALLIES: A timed Rally requires you to stay on time. your score is based on whether you arrive at checkpoints at the correct time, with equal penalties for arriving either early or late. The route and checkpoint locations may be known or unknown, and the Route Instructions may or may not include traps that make you early or late if you do them wrong. Timed Rallies are written taking into account speed limits and traffic. Departure times are staggered at the start, usually one minute apart. Each leg of the Rally is scored separately, so you cannot make up for being late at one checkpoint by being early at another. There is a maximum penalty per leg, typically between one minute and 5 minutes. like gimmick Rallies, timed Rallies have awards classes based on experience. However, award classes in timed Rallies may also be based on your use of computational equipment. For some timed Rallies, such equipment (e.g., a more accurate odometer, a GPS receiver, or a Rally computer) can help you get a better score. Therefore, you compete only against others who are similarly equipped.

Rally Checkpoint Photo Credit: Peachstate PCA Monte Carlo (Tulip) Rally: A Monte Carlo Rally is like a TSD Rally, but there are usually no traps, and the course is typically faster (but still safe and legal, of course), longer, and windier than one for a TSD. The instructions for some Monte Carlo Rallys use line drawings of intersections when they tell you to turn. Some of these drawings resemble tulips, and hence the nickname for this type of Rally. Sometimes each leg of a Monte Carlo Rally specifies a minimum distance point (generally of the leg), and the checkpoint is guaranteed to occur after that point. Thus, you need to maintain the assigned average speed only after reaching the minimum distance point. Typically, Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) Rally: you follow Route Instructions that each leg of a Monte Carlo Rally has no more than two assigned speeds: direct you on a course at assigned speeds. you are timed when you one before the minimum distance, and one after the minimum distance. arrive at checkpoints, which are usually at undisclosed locations. The correct time of arrival is based on the distance traveled and the speeds Pan-Am Rally: In a Pan-Am Rally, you are told in advance exactly when assigned. Upon arrival at a checkpoint, you are assigned an out time, you are due at every checkpoint, but not where they are. Rather than the time at which you are to start the next leg. Some Rallies use do-it- instructions that tell you where to turn, you receive a set of maps and yourself checkpoints in addition to timed checkpoints. When you arrive descriptions of the checkpoint locations. Each description usually tells at a do-it-yourself checkpoint, you record the time you arrived (or wanted you something about the checkpoint location (such as what road or roads to arrive) on your scorecard. your out time at a do-it-yourself checkpoint it is or is not on) and from what direction to approach. is a fixed interval (typically 2 or 3 minutes) after your arrival time. The first section of every TSD Rally is an odometer check, where you The instructions typically tell you the exact location and direction of entry are given a fixed amount of time to follow instructions to a specific place, for a standoff for each checkpoint. At the standoff, you will be able and are told the official distance to that point. you can use this to see the checkpoint, or will get more information about its information to adjust your speeds or odometer readings to compensate location. After you leave a standoff, you can drive at whatever speed for differences between your odometer and that of the organizers. Some you want (even creeping very slowly), but you are not allowed to stop TSD Rallies include course-following or timing traps. These traps until reaching the checkpoint. are similar to the tricks found in gimmick Rallies, and might cause you to take a longer or shorter route, or to drive at a different speed. Missing a Regularity Rally: In a regularity Rally, you set your own speed while trap would cause you to you arrive either early or late at the next following the Route Instructions, and are timed at unknown locations. checkpoint. TSD Rallies are common throughout the United States, and Then you re-run the course one or more times and attempt to match range in length from an hour or two to multiple-day events covering many those times. hundreds of miles. Every Porsche Parade has a TSD Rally (more competitive) each year, which usually takes about four hours on the Article courtesy of: Alpine Mountain Region Porsche Club of America course. Recently, the Parade has added a Gimmick Rally (more fun) as http://amrporsche.com/events/rallies/2670-2 well and attendees can choose one or the other.

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Similar to Questions and Answers but the questions are based on looking for things along the rally route, such as “What is the name on the mailbox at 123 Smith St”? Photo (PicTours)

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