Chesapeake Porsche Parade 66

Chesapeake Region

LATEST PORSCHES AT 66th PORSCHE PARADE

By: Aniano Arao

Kalahari Resort in the Poconos, PA – June 12 -18, 2022

In a world premiere at the 2022 Porsche Parade, Porsche unveiled its latest “unobtainium,” the 2023 911 Carrera GTS America. Held at the Kalahari Resort in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, the Porsche Club ofAmerica's 66th annual convention was also the occasion for the in-the-metal introduction to U.S. enthusiastsof two other elusive Porsche models: the virtually unobtainable 2023 911 Sport Classic and the hard-to-get 2023 718 Cayman GT4 RS.

Only 115 units of the Azure Blue Carrera GTS America will be built -- 100 for the U.S. and 15 for Canada. As usual, the demand for this special edition will far exceed the supply, so only a small fraction of Porsche VIPswill have any chance of getting one.

Scheduled for delivery later this year, the 2023 Porsche 911 GTS America starts at $186,370 in the U.S. It commemorates the 70th anniversary of the 356 America Roadster, of which only 16 examples were made. Here is a link to more information about the 2023 version: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/ products/porsche-911-carrera-gts-cabriolet-america-edition-28681.html .

Car & Driver calls this special 911 a “red, white and blue tribute.” To learn more, click this link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40243476/2023-porsche-911-gts-cabriolet-america-edition-revealed/ .

The new Porsche 911 Sport Classic, starting at $272,300 in the U.S., is based on the all-wheel-drive and PDKonly 911 Turbo, but comes with rear-wheel-drive and is equipped with a manual transmission. Shown here in Sport Grey Metallic, the car will be available in three other colors, plus “paint to sample.” For more information, click this link: https://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/911-sport-classic/911-sport-classic/ .

Latest Porsche’s (cont’d)

Production of the new 911 Sport Classic will belimited to 1,250 unitsworldwide, so only the most favored PorscheVIPs will find it worthwhileapplying for one. For more information,click this link: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/products/ porsche-911-sport-classic-world-premiere-

Car & Driver calls the 911 Sport Classic “the manual 911 Turbo we’ve always wanted.” It says the car “sacrifices the lofty straight-line acceleration capabilities of its Turbo kin at the altar of a more involving driving experience." Here is a link to the magazine’s article on this special Porsche: https:// www.caranddriver.com/news/a39824907/2023-porsche-911-sport-classic-revealed/ .

The 2023 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS, shown here in Arctic Grey, was the centerpiece of the convention center lobby. The car can be ordered in four other special colors, four standard colors and “paint to sample.” It starts at $149,100 in the U.S. Here is link to more information about it: https://www.porsche.com/usa/ models/718/718-cayman-gt4-rs/ .

Car & Driver says this long-awaited car ditches the Cayman Complex. It notes that the Cayman “has long been overshadowed by the 911 to keep the brand’s hierarchy in check.” But with the new GT4 RS, it adds, “Porsche has finally installed the 911 GT3’s engine in the 718 and created the best sendoff to internal combustion we’ve seen yet.”

In its testing, Car and Driver found the top 718 Cayman “as quick as the previous 911 GT3 RS and only 0.1 second off the new GT3." The magazine says the car “reached 60 mph in 2.8 seconds, quicker than any non- Turbo or GT 911, and hit the quarter mile in 11.0 seconds at 126 mph." Here is a link to the magazine’s article about this car: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39725088/2022-porsche-718-cayman-gt4-rs-tested/ .

Latest Porsche’s (cont’d)

Also exhibited at the 2022 Porsche Parade was the 911 Classic Club Coupe in Sport Grey Metallic, a one-of-akind transformation by Porsche Classic of a used 1998 Type 996 Carrera. The effort to reimagine, redesignand totally rebuild this car for the Porsche Club of America took two and a half years. Here is a link to moreinformation about this car: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/history/porsche-classic-911-classic-club-coupe-unique-porsche-club-of-america-27735.html .

Chesapeake Region

From Alaska to the 66th Porsche Parade

By: Aniano Arao

PCA Member Drove 9,400 Miles to and From the Poconos

Mike Holtzclaw attended his 17th Porsche Parade this June. And just as he had done 16 times previously, he drove his 1985 911 all the way from his home in Anchorage, Alaska, to PCA’s annual convention. He coveredabout 4,700 miles to reach the Poconos in Pennsylvania, spending seven days doing so. After a week in theKeystone State, he drove roughly another 4,700 miles to get back home, again doing so in seven days of spiriteddriving, arriving at 8:45 pm on June 26.

I first heard about Mike while watching a TV documentary about Porsche owners sometime around 2012 or 2013. Though I saw him at the 2015 Porsche Parade in French Lick, Indiana, I didn’t get a chance to meet him until I saw him at this year’s Parade cleaning his car at about 11 pm outside the Kalahari Resort’s convention center. It didn’t take me long to recognize Mike and his 911. The former president of PCA Alaska told me that he and a few friends had driven together from Anchorage to attend the gathering in the Poconos.

In a 2010 interview, Mike told Andrew Granieri of PorschePurists that he sticks to back roads every time he makes the long trek to a Porsche Parade. “You get to see things, smell things, hear things that you don’t getto experience on a highway,” he said. While driving to the 2010 Parade in St. Charles, IL, he added, “I lovedevery minute I spent behind the wheel. In every state I drove through there was something so beautiful or spectacular to see that I’d have to stop and pull out my iPhone to take a picture.”

Why doesn’t he fly to the Parade venues? “It’s easy for me to say that these beautiful cars and these wonderfulpeople here at the Parade are the reasons why I come every year now, but it’s really the drive that drivesme,” he explained.

Notably, it is not only the staggering odyssey that he undertakes every year that has made Mike famous in the Porsche community. He is also remembered as the guy who wraps his Guards Red 911 completely in blue painter’s tape to protect it from the elements while in transit, including bugs.

From Alaska (cont’d)

Among the road-trip tips Mike shared with Granieri, this one stood out: “Here’s a random tip you can tellyour readers that a cop told me: Have you ever been caught in a huge downpour, one so bad you can’t see anything in front of you? Polarized glasses. It cuts through the rain and you can see well enough to drive.”Asked what he thought about “Garage Queen” Porsche owners, Mike said: “You know, first and foremost, Ihave to say I have no problem with someone who wants to purchase a car like the Porsches we’ve seen this weekend and just keep them in perfect condition, as a museum piece or whatever.”

However, he added: “You want my opinion? You gotta let it go once in a while! I think these cars are like books. Each one has a vivid story to it that’s found in a new corner or a daily drive. I respect the folks who keep the cars permanently on display, but I almost feel sorry for them because it’s like they’re missing out on the opportunity to live in the story of their car! If you don’t drive these cars the way they were made to be driven, you’re not reading the whole story. As I drive my 911 more and more, there’s almost a bond you get with the car. You get to know it; how it works, when it feels best. You get to know its story because you’re a part of [the story].”

Wow! This is my kind of car guy.To read the rest of this interesting interview, click this link: https://flatsixes.com/porsche-culture/porscheclub-of-america/interview-mike-holtzclaw/ .

Chesapeake Region

PCA Chesapeake at the 66th Porsche Parade

By: Aniano Arao

Results of Concours, Rallies, Autocross, Tech Quiz, 5K Run

PCA Chesapeake was represented by 91 attendees at the 66th Porsche Parade in the Poconos, June 12-18, 2022. Fifty-seven were primary registrants. The rest were spouses and other family members.

Many competed in the concours, TSD rally, gimmick rally, autocross, tech quiz and 5K run/walk. Ken Wilmers and Margaret Hanauer, above, won first place in the “Street 924/944/968/928 Class” of the Concours d’Elegancewith their 1987 944. Ken is our membership chair. Here, below, are all the trophy awardees and competitors from Chesapeake:

CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE RESULTS

Group I – Preparation – Class: Touring 911/912 – Model Years: 1965-1973 3rd place: James & Rachel Earlbeck, 1973 911 6th place: Scott & Brenda Johnson, 2010 997.2 GT3

Group II – Preparation – Class: Touring 991 – Model Years: 2013-and later 2nd place: Steven Graham, 2018 911 GT3 (missed 1st place by 0.1 of a point)

Group II – Preparation – Class: Touring Boxster/Cayman – Model Years: 1997-2012 4th place: Leon Raskin & Bonnie Caplan, 1999 Boxster

Group I – Preparation – Class: Street 996/997 – Model Years: 1999-20122nd place: Steve & Joan Wood, 2010 911 GT3 (missed 1st place by 0.2 of a point) 6th place: Ronald & Loretta Farb, 2011 911 Turbo S

Group I – Preparation – Class: Street 924/944/968/928 – Model Years: 1977-19951st place: Ken Wilmers & Margaret Hanauer, 1987 944

Group I – Preparation – Class: Street Boxster/Cayman – Model Years: 1997-20123rd place: Richard & Claudia Chitty, 2008 Boxster

Group – Preservation – Class: Full 911/912 – Model Years: 1974-19984th place: Robert Gutjahr & Ellen Beck, 1980 911 SC

TSD RALLY RESULTS

Class: R04 – Unequipped Plus (47 teams) 43rd place: Thomas Divilio & Lisa Gritti, 2019 911 Turbo

Class: R05 – Unequipped (29 teams) 3rd place: Richard & Claudia Chitty, 2008 Boxster10th place: Frank & Susan Tedeschi, 2016 911 S14th place: Robert Gutjahr & Ellen Beck, 1980 911 SC

GIMMICK RALLY RESULTS

The following PCA Chesapeake members finished below the top 10 and were not ranked: William Whitman and Lee HurtRichard and Claudia ChittyStephen Von Gunden and Kirsten Sandhofer Jana and Michael CornellDavid Dukehart and Atena Rosak Ronald and Patty MihalyTom and Kaye MortonDouglas and Francesca Ehmnann

AUTOCROSS RESULTS

Class: S01O – 5th place: William Hokemeyer, 1999 986 Class: S02O – 4th place: Jim Althoff, 2000 Boxster SClass: S02O – 5th place: Richard Chitty, 2008 BoxsterClass: S02W – 3rd place: Kathy Althoff, 2000 Boxster S Class: S06O – 12th place: Frank Tedeschi, 2016 911 SClass: S07O – 3rd place: Scott Johnson, 2010 997.2 GT3Class: P04O – 4th place: Vu Nguyen, 1999 911 Class: P06O – 5th place: Thomas Divilio, 2019 911 TurboClass: P06W – 2nd place: Lisa Gritti, 2019 911 Turbo Class: I03O – 3rd place: David Critcher, 1996 993Class: M03O – 2nd place: Damon Lowney, 2007 Cayman

TECH QUIZ RESULTS

Class: 356 – 5th place: Robert GutjahrClass: 356 – 6th place: Lee Raskin

5K RUN/WALK

Male – Age 13-19 2nd place: Quinn Schultz3rd place: Michael Cornell4th place: Jason Nguyen 5th place: Jonah Nguyen

Male – Age 40-492nd place: Robert Gordon3rd place: Vu Nguyen

Female – Age 50-592nd place: Loretta Farb

Male – Age 50-59 3rd place: Ronald Farb

Female – Age 60-69 1st place: Claudia Chitty

Jim and Rachel Earlbeck won 3rd place in the “Touring 911/912 – Model Years: 1965-1973 Class” ofthe Concours d’Elegance with their 1973 911. Jim is co-chair of PCA Chesapeake’s Tech Committee.

Former PCA Chesapeake members Randy and Michelle Moss won 4th place in the “Touring 911/912– Model Years: 1974-1998 Class” with a 1997 993 Cabriolet. They are now in the Gold Coast Region.Randy was formerly co-chair of Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee (2016-2021).

The Chesapeake Region made its presence felt at the 66th Porsche Parade not only with its large contingent of participants and competitors, as well as the Parade chairmanship of Ron Gordon, but also with the unmatched attendance of senior member Bob Rassa. Bob, our region’s historian, holds the record of attending 56 Parades in an unbroken row – since the 10th one in 1967. I think we can safely predict that he will maintain his grip on that distinction until hell freezes over.

Above, Bob Rassa in October 2017 in Thurmont, MD.