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January 2010

Sacramento Valley Region - Porsche Club of America

On the Cover The 2009 SVR Christmas Party held at Niello Porsche in Rocklin.

The 2011 Boxster Spyder debuts at Niello.

But 3 days later, this car was on its way back to Germany (something about this particular car being legal here).

Photo by: Doug DeVetter

New and improved SVR calendar Go to the SVR home page at www.derporsche.net and take a look at the new and more functional calendar, which includes listings of regional, Zone 7, and national PCA events.

You’ll like it!

Got Track?

TrackMasters Racing is a leader in High Performance Driver Education events in Northern California, and invites SVR-PCA drivers to participate in our events.

Feb 6 - Infineon Feb 22 - Laguna Seca Feb 26 - Thunderhill March 4-5 - Laguna Seca Mar 19 - Infineon April 12-13 - Infineon April 23 - Thunderhill May 21 - Thunderhill May 29 - Infineon May 31 - Laguna Seca Come out and stretch your car’s legs on some of the finest tracks in the country!

Fun, safe, and definitely . . .

No speeding tickets!

www.TrackMasters-Racing.com

2010 Board of Directors President Cookie Anderson president@svr.pca.org

Vice President Rik Larson

vicepresident@svr.pca.org

916.988.6534

www.derporsche.net 916.481.6084

Secretary Kevin Dougherty

916.956.9204

Treasurer Phil Wood

916.673.2132

Social Director Helen Ashuckian

916.481.2759

secretary@svr.pca.org

treasurer@svr.pca.org

social@svr.pca.org

Membership Director Doug Klein membership@svr.pca.org

916.791.4864

competition@svr.pca.org

Webmaster John Murphy

916.858.2304

Past President Mike Willis

916.363.8313

Drifter Editor JR Evinger

916.850.5543

pastpresident@svr.pca.org

editor@svr.pca.org

Upcoming Events

In This Issue Columns and Departments

02 - January Breakfast

03 - Cookie’s Crumbs

03 - 2010 SVR Planning Mtng

05 - Drifting Back

06 - February Dinner

12 - SVR Dec. Board Minutes

07 - January Pot Luck Dinner

13 - SVR Jan. Membership Report

09 - Calendar of Events

15 - SVR Goodie Store

14 - Pacific Grove Tour

15 - Index of Advertisers 16 - Classifieds

Competition & Safety Director Frederick D.Rauch

916.989.0580

webmaster@svr.pca.org

January 2010

Volume 48, No. 01

Features and Reviews 06 - 2010 SVR Planning Mtng

Join the

07 - Tech Article: Do You Know

Porsche Club of America

the Age of Your Tires?

Enjoy the camaraderie of other Porsche enthusiasts.

10 - New Member Group

Join online at www.pca.org or contact Doug Klein, SVR Membership Director at membership@svr.pca.org 916-791-4864 for a membership application.

Information and Committee Directory

Zone 7 Representative Golden Gate Region Sharon Neidel sharonneidel@yahoo.com

Autocross Chair Bob Peake bbayou@jps.net

650.508.1308

Drivers Education Chair Frederick D. Rauch

fdr@fdrmotorsports.com

Charity Chair Tambra Kroetz

tkroetz@comcast.net

Concours Chair Kent Brandon

kbrandon@ncbb.net

Dummkopf Chair Vacant

916.353.1369

916.595.3371

Goodie Store Vacant

Rally Chair Helen Ashuckian

916.481.2759

Technical Chair Jim Kinnicutt

916.985.7770

G24 Chair Lee Deter

916.391.9956

Advertising Manager Mike Willis

916.363.8313

helena@lanset.com

916.989.1954 jkinnicu@yahoo.com

916.663.1702

ldeter@yahoo.com

mikew@derporsche.net

Sacramento Valley Region, Porsche Club of America (SVR), publishes the Drifter monthly for its members. Written contributions and photos are welcome and should be e-mailed to the editor. The deadline for material is one month prior to the month of publication. SVR members should notify the membership director promptly of an address change to insure uninterrupted delivery. All material in this newsletter is protected by copyright. However, newsletter editors of others regions chartered by the Porsche Club of America may reprint any article provided that credit is given to the author and Sacramento Valley Region and that The Drifter is cited as the source.

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The First Saturday of Each Month The Club is a conversational group dedicated to the enjoyment of its members. It is a friendly group in which there are no strangers. Please join us for an hour or two of conversation about our cars, upcoming events, or anything else that interests you.

Meet in the banquet room at 9:00 A.M. Order from the menu and pay for your own meal.

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Cookie Crumb’s

by Yvonne “Cookie” Anderson, 2010 SVR President I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and quiet New Year?

In February we will have our planning meeting to schedule events for 2010. Everyone is invited to come and bring their ideas. Please mark it on your calendar for February 4th, 6:30 P.M. Round Table Pizza, 9500 Greenback Lane, Folsom. The cost will be $5.00 per person for pizza and soft drink. Salad, beer or wine is purchased separately. If you plan on going to the planning meeting please call Rik Larson at 916-481-6084, so we can give the pizza parlor a head count. Hope to see you there!

It looks like I will have a great group for my board of directors in 2010. Rik Larson Vice President, Kevin Dougherty Secretary, Phil Wood Treasurer, Frederick Rauch Competition & Safety, Doug Klein Membership Director, Rob Sime Social Tech, Helen Ashuckian Social Director, John Murphy Webmaster and Bob Peake Autocross. Doug Klein, Dan Rowland and Lee Deter will host the G24 group. I am looking forward to a new year and want to thank everyone for voting.

The Christmas party was outstanding. Food was delicious and atmosphere was perfect. Thank you should go out to Dennis and Judy Stettner for arranging the caterer’s. We had our social hour in the showroom and our elegant dinner in the bay. The bay was decorated beautifully by Darlene Byerley in red anthuriums and white orchids in tall vases for all the tables. Kim Nelson was our

MC for the evening and Dick MacFarlane provided the music.

Would like to give a special thanks to Pete Stout our guest speaker from Excellence magazine.

Awards were given for Social Event of the Year 2009: Dave and Kaye Mitchell Spaghetti Factory dinner, Kevin Dougherty and Claudia Cypher for the Back Bar Wine and Grill dinner. Tour of the Year 2009 went to Andy and Dianna Leight for the Locke and Beyond tour, Dan Rowland for the Weideman’s Wheels Tour and Doug Klein for the Preston Castle Tour. Event of the Year went to Jerry Cupler and Helen Ashuckian Poker Run and Tambra Kroetz for the Folsom Zoo Charity Auction. We had a new category this year: Chefs of the Year that went to Jerry Cupler for the Niello Concours BBQ Lunch, Rich Walker for the Niello Saturday Night Concours Dinner and Dick MacFarlane for doing the various Autocross Brat BBQ lunches. Host and Hostess of the Year went to Bob and Beth Jacobson for the Concours Preparation event, Collin and Elaine Fat for the Fat’s Restaurant dinner, Herb and Jan Hoover for all of the first Saturday Breakfasts. Competition of the Year went to Bob Peake and our own SVR Music Man award went to Dick MacFarlane. Hidden Heroes awards went to Barbara McCory and Bud Behrens. New Activity of the Year went to Jerry Cupler and Helen Ashuckian for the Poker Run and Susan Duval-Serota for the Rib Cook-off. The Presidents Award went to Doug Klein. My special thanks to Doug Klein for sticking by me and being there when I needed him.

Thank you everyone for making the 2009 year a great success.

SVR 2010 Event Planning Meeting Thursday, February 4th

Round Table Pizza

9500-1 Greenback Lane, Folsom, CA 95630 (Madison Avenue at Greenback Lane) 916.989.1133

Meeting begins at 6:30 P.M. • Pizza at 7:15 P.M. Cost is $5.00 per person and includes pizza and soft drink Beer, wine and salads available at extra cost RSVP by January 30th to Rik Larson at 916.481.6084 or e-mail vicepresident@svr.pca.org If you can’t attend the meeting, but have an idea for an activity in 2010 or early 2011 that you would like to host, contact Rik Larson as above. the drifter

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Drifting Back – January 2010

by Larry Wilson

30 Years Ago (January 1980)

A nice balance of new and old members formed the 1980 Board of Directors: President - Rik Larson; Vice President Bess Feil; Secretary - Nona Morley; Treasurer - Kern Breaux; Activities Chair - Al King; Social Chair - Kathleen Peebles; Tech Chair - Dwight Mitchell; Publicity Chair - Stan Breyfogle; Charity Chair - Betty Fielding; Newsletter Editor - Trische Robertson; Speed Events Chair - Mike Willis; Carol Weber - Membership chair; and, Past President - Ted full force for this one: Marv Smith, Jim McDade, Randy Colbert. Paul Bates was the Zone 7 Rep. for 1980.

Vidmar, Harvey Cain, Kirk Bradford, Gary Thompson, Bob Berriman, Bob Peake, Steve Taggart, and Ron Boeck.

The new board got the needle moving well before the first of the year. Ninety members attended the January 11th Past has-beens (past presidents) of the club in attendance dinner meeting at Posey’s Cottage to preview the crab din- included Harvey Cain (1977), Larry Wilson (1968-69, ner on tap for CRAB NINE. In the January DRIFTER, 1982), Kirk Bradford (1986), Jim McDade (1987-88), Rik Larson reported 20 entries had been received for the Randy Vidmar (1989), Ray Clements (1984-85), and September 20-21 Carrera de Sierra two-day rally, and Pat John Meunier (1972). Also there were SVR members and Larry Wilson, CRAB NINE chairs, reported 30 entries Oran and Grace Crumley from Paradise, California. Their were on-hand for the April 11-13 weekend. And, this was PCA membership went back to October 1958 as charterbefore the entry forms had been printed for either event members of Sequoia Region (then Fresno Region, later San (sold lots of $60 T-shirts with free CRAB entry)!

Joaquin Region).

The annual first-come-first-serve quest for CRAB autocross car number 77 was settled early with requests from Emmett Wilder (RR), Ted Atlee (GGR), and Bill Patton (GGR).

Atlee had the earliest postmark. Although Atlee and Wilder each had #77 painted prominently on both sides of their much-modified 914-6 race cars, Patton did not. He apparently saw an opportunity for a modest financial gain, but no joy this time.

10 Years Ago (January 2000)

A new century and a new board of directors: Tim Fleming (president), Russ Hildebrand (vice president), Larry Clark (secretary), Phyllis True (treasurer), Shelagh Matthews (social director), Tom Sisson (membership director), Glen Brooksby (competition & safety director), Mike Willis (newsletter editor), and Bob Peake (past president). At the January 5th board meeting, treasurer Phyllis True announced the club exceeded its 1999 budget by $4,000.00 through careful Rik Larson and Stan Breyfogle conducted the January 13 control of expenditures by the 1999 board. That sparked a Rally School for more than 30 students with classroom stampede toward a nearby pile of freshly minted “requesttraining at the Travelodge near the Port of Sacramento with a-check” forms. a short rally following demonstrating elements that are typically thrown at rally entrants. Rally checkpoint workers Many SVR members attended the January 22 Zone 7 were Al and Kathy King, Dick Wetzel, Stan Breyfogle Sr., Awards Banquet to receive their 1999-season rally, concours, Jim and Joyce Karver, and Pat and Larry Wilson. and/or autocross awards. Greg and Cindy Keith scored in the concours series, and Rik Larson, J. Toney, and Helen 20 Years Ago (January 1990) Ashuckian received awards for their top finishes in the rally A new moment in SVR history (drum roll, please) with series. SVR autocrossers made an especially strong showing its first women president: Sally Boeck! Other worthies on in the autocross series including Russ Hildebrand, Glen the 1990 board included Bob Peake (vice president), Starla Brooksby, Bill Winkler (also Tenacious Award winner), Bill Hirst (secretary), Sara Clements (treasurer), Karen Mangin Thorp (also Rookie of the Year), Kathy Smally, and Tim (social director), Kern Breaux (competition director), Kim and Susan Fleming.

McGinnis (membership director), Larry Wilson (newsletter editor), and Randy Vidmar (past president).

The January 1990 issue of THE DRIFTER had many rave reviews of the club’s Christmas Party at the Clarion Hotel. Billed by the organizers (Elizabeth Carr and daughter Amelia, Sally Boeck, and Sara Clements) as an evening of fun, friendship, and dirty dancin’, the tuxeo squad was in the drifter

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SVR 2010 Annual Event Planning Meeting

by Rik Larson, SVR Vice President

Just itching to put on an event? Never chaired an event before? We can help you. We have some general guidelines available for all kinds of events............ just for the asking.

Planning for the 2010 calendar year (and even in to early 2011) will be discussed and events can be calendared at the meeting on Thursday, February 4th (see the details on page 3).

We have dinners scheduled for the first six months except for the month of May. And we are looking for members to chair a dinner for each month for the rest of the year. And several tours are already planned for March (Pacific Grove 3-day tour and a day tour to the Western Railroad Museum). Contact our Social Director, Helen Ashuckian, if you are interested in chairing a dinner or leading a tour in 2010 or early 2011.

Suggestions for tours that keep popping up include: Strawberry Lodge, Bodega Bay, Dunsmuir, Monterey, Yosemite, Death Valley, Gold Country, San Simeon, Wine Country, Lake Tahoe, Virginia City. And maybe even some tours might originate right after our monthly first Saturday breakfast.

Our Competition Director, Frederick Rauch, can definitely use help with the AX situation (headed up by Bob Peake). Various Driver’s Education events have already been scheduled for the first half of the year and more are planned. SVR will present a concours out at Niello Porsche in early June that will be part of the 2010 Zone 7 Concours series. The rally schedule has not been developed yet but there will be a poker run (May 15) and also a kid’s rally this year.

And a number of new member only events are being discussed by Doug Klein, Lee Deter, and Dan Rowland.

If you are not able to attend the meeting on February 4th but still are interested in chairing or can assist on an event, contact either the Social or Competition Director.

Remember: $5 per person for pizza and soda on February 4th.

February 2010 Dinner The Pyramid Bar & Grill

Whitney Oaks Golf Club • 2305 Clubhouse Drive, Rocklin Hosted by Dave & Kaye Mitchell on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Social Hour is at 6:30 followed by Dinner at 7:00 $20.00 per person dinner includes choice of: Chicken Cordon Blu with Vegetables and Wild Rice Pilaf Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp Pan Seared Salmon with Tarragon Beurre Blanc Sauce with Vegetables and Wild Rice Pilaf Tax & Tip included A variety of (cash & carry) drinks and soda are available • $12.00 corkage fee Entrée selections must be submitted to the restaurant on February 2, so please RSVP no later than February 1 to: Hogman7@comcast.net or 916.721.3650 The Social Director, per the SVR policy statement, may bill members for their meals if they cancel after the deadline or fail to show for dinner.

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Potluck & Game Night January 16, 2010 from 3:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M

Portuguese Chapel 2117 5 Street, Sacramento (Between U & V Streets) th

BYOB • Cold and hot drinks will be served. • $5.00 per Person A silent auction will be held.

Bring your own place setting and win a prize in one of these categories: Most elegant place setting • Silliest place setting • Best theme place setting Games being played include: Poker • Mexican Train •10,000 • Scrabble •Monopoly Sign up to bring a salad, hot dish, or dessert.

RSVP to Cookie Anderson at 916.988.6534 by January 11, 2010.

Tech Article: Do you know the age of your tires?

by Jim Kinnicutt Special thanks to ABC News

Hello to all. Here we are and it’s already 2010… Hard to believe!!! Time flies and, with it, so does the age of our tires. Last month we talked about tire characteristics and how they are affected by age. As a result of that article, the question came up… “How can we determine how old our tires are?” Actually, there is a very informative video by John Stossel / Brian Ross on ABC News that goes into this very subject. You can view it at: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897&affil=wfaa First you must watch a short on-line commercial (sorry about that – I didn’t do it!), and then a very interesting news piece on the shelf life of our tires. In a nutshell, the date of manufacture is printed on the side of all tires. There is a 3 or 4 digit code on the side wall of every tire. See photo: - A 3 digit number assumes 199x … so <438> would be 43rd week of 1998.

- A 4 digit code assumes 20xx.

- With this in mind, the code <4302> in the photo to the left would read as the 43rd week of 2002.

Remember, Porsche recommends replacing tires over 6 years old (see the December ‘09 article). With that in mind, it is always best to insure you are getting “young” tires at the time of purchase. If you watch the video clip, you will hear about tires being sold as new that, while un-used, can be several years old before they are even mounted on your baby!! Buyer beware.

I hope you find this useful and keep those questions coming!

Jim Kinnicutt jkinnicu@yahoo.com the drifter

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SVR January/February/March Calendar of Events

Date 2 6 16

Date 3 4

6 9 20 21

Date 3 5-7 6 9 27

Event

January Location

Contact

SVR First Saturday Breakfast

Monthly at Waffle Square in Herb & Jan Hoover Citrus Heights SVR Monthly Board Meeting RPM Motorsports, Sacramento Cookie Anderson Pot Luck/Game Night Sacramento, Portuguese Chapel Cookie Anderson

Event

February Location

SVR Monthly Board Meeting RPM Motorsports, Sacramento 2010 Events Planning Mtng Annual Member Meeting to schedule events thru April 2011, Round Table Pizza, 9500 Greenback Ln, Folsom SVR First Saturday Breakfast Monthly at Waffle Square in Citrus Heights SVR Monthly Dinner Whitney Oaks Golf Club, Rocklin 2010 PCA Winter National San Jose Marriott Board Meeting, Zone 7 Awards Dinner Zone 7 Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meeting San Jose Marriott

Event

March Location

SVR Monthly Board Meeting RPM Motorsports, Sacramento Tour - Pacific Grove Pacific Grove SVR First Saturday Breakfast Monthly at Waffle Square in Citrus Heights SVR Monthly Dinner Buca De Bepo, Roseville Tour - Western Railroad Rio Vista Museum

916.424.5163 916.988.6534 916.988.6534

Contact Cookie Anderson Rik Larson

916.988.6534 916.481.6084

Herb & Jan Hoover

916.424.5163

Dave & Kaye Mitchell

916.721.3650

Sharon Neidel

850.508.1308

Sharon Neidel

850.508.1308

Contact Cookie Anderson Jim McMahen Herb & Jan Hoover

916.988.6534 916.924.1463 916.424.5163

Barry & Sue Maashoff Doug Klein

209.931.6657 916.791.4864

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The New Member Group

A Program of interesting activities for New Members

by Doug Klein, SVR Membership Director G-24, an abbreviation for “Gruppe-24”, was designed to introduce new members to the Porsche Club and to provide the opportunity to meet other new members by participating in newmember-only tours and breakfasts. (A new member is defined as a person who has joined the Club within the past two years.)

Simultaneously, the membership director (me) organized New Member Tours, ending with a picnic at a winery, where experienced club members described the wide variety of events the club hosts each year.

are free for the new member and a guest on their first tour. Usually held early in the year.

Observer Track Day. Goal: Introduce new members to track driving. Many new Porsche owners aren’t aware they can drive on professional race tracks. At the track, new members will receive a short introductory talk describing the track and track driving techniques, sit in on a download session and take a walking track tour to various observation points. With the approval of the Drivers’ Education Director, new members will take a slow parade lap during the drivers’ and track workers’ lunch break. New members will provide their own lunch (bring or buy at Thunderhill’s cafeteria). Thunderhill is the best choice due to ease of access and newer, well-maintained facilities. Leave Sacramento about 8:00, arrive at TH at 10:00. The tour ends at the entrance to the track. Fee $5.00.

Starting in 2010, the G-24 and New Member Tours will be combined to form the New Member Group, chaired by Lee Deter (lee@deter.com). We’ve also greatly increased the range of newmember-only events to include visits to Thunderhill Raceway, wine tours, Autocross events and auto museum visits, to name just a few. New Member events will be announced in the Drifter newsletter, the bi-monthly event schedule and via email. Dan Rowland and Doug Klein will be Lee’s assistants. Resolution Autocross. Goal: Introduce new members to autocross. An informing the New Member Group follows: formal class of one to two hours will be held two weeks or so before the event, to generate interest and address concerns about Purpose driving “fast.” The class will cover the usual questions, what is The purpose of the New Member Group is to increase retention autocross, what equipment is needed, what does the course look of new members by providing enjoyable events oriented to their like, driving techniques, food, etc. New members will drive to interests, by providing opportunities to meet other new mem- the site as a group. Those wishing to observe only are welcome. bers, by encouraging participation in Club activities and---most The autocross or new member chair will conduct the class. New importantly--- making them feel welcome and part of SVR. members will be timed relative to all drivers, but also to each other. The tour ends at the entrance to the track. Free class, but Definition prevailing fee for autocrossing.

A New Member is any new member of PCA or Transfer-in who has joined SVR within the previous 24 months, beginning the Driving Tours, New Members Only. Goal: meet other new first day of the month following the month in which the mem- members. The tours will be to destinations or on routes of interber joined SVR. PCA recommends 24 months due to the large est to new members and usually will be shorter than Club tours. amount of attrition occurring in the first 2 years of membership. $5 fee.

Leadership The New Member Group chair (formerly the G-24 Chair) will be responsible for organizing activities of the New Member Group.

The Chair can appoint a co-chair, recruit assistants and delegate as needed. Duties include contacting new members when they join SVR, planning four or more new member activities each year and encouraging participation in Club activities.

Driving Tours, Club. Goal: Meet club members. If the New Member chair believes a Club tour would be of particular interest, he/she may contact New Members to encourage their participation. Prevailing fee.

Fun bucks.

Each new member will receive five non-transferable $5.00 Fun Bucks, good during their two year term, personalized with their name and expiration date and redeemable at any event printed New Member Activities/Events: New member events are derived from the creativity of the New on the face of the Fun Bucks.

Member Group chair. It is recommended that the first three listQualifying events include observer track-day, autocross, rally, ed below be held each year. concours and driving tours. Fun Bucks cannot be used for food, New Member Tour. Goal: Introduce new members to other new the Goodie Store or attraction admission fees. Only one Fun members, to club leaders and to the protocol used on tours. The Bucks can be used per event. Change will not be given for the tour will be short and local, ending at a winery or some other $5.00; if an event costs an amount not divisible by 5, the mempoint of interest with picnic facilities suitable for short presenta- ber can absorb any loss or pay cash. tions. Invited Club directors and chairs will provide presentations on the varied activities SVR offers. Both the tour and lunch 10

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December 09, 2009 SVR Board Meeting Minutes

by Kim Nelson, SVR Secretary

President Cookie Anderson called the meeting to order at 6:37 P.M.

with the help of Dan Roland and Doug.

Attending: Cookie Anderson, Kim Nelson, Jerry Cupler, Doug Klein, Goodie Store: Tom Sisson Babette Hatten, John Murphy, Helen Ashuckian, Frederick Rauch, Phil Cookie reported that Tom recently sold over $300 in merchandise from Wood, Rik Larson, Rob Simes the Goodie Store.

Minutes: The November minutes were reviewed and accepted.

Membership Director: Doug Klein As of November 30th, we have 572 regular members, 466 affiliate memOLD BUSINESS: bers and 6 dual members for a total of 1,044. We have 5 new members NTR and 7 transfers in and 0 transfer outs. Transfers in were from California Inland Region (2), California Central Coast Region (2), Sierra Nevada NEW BUSINESS: Region (2) and San Diego Region (1). 1044 is a drop of 2 primary memBudgets for 2010: Betty passed out Board Member budget request forms bers and 3 affiliates since last month. Since January our membership for 2010, which included actual Board expenses for 2009. Betty will also count is down by 23 members, only 2.2%. Our local data base member send out the Budget forms electronically to the 2010 Board members count matches the PCA database count. so they can complete them and send them to SVR’s new Treasurer, Phil Wood by January 15th.

Social Director: Babette Hatten Babette reported that the Maashoff’s will host the March 2010 dinner February Planning Meeting: Cookie is going to call Bill Keegan to de- meeting at Buca-di-Beppo. termine where the February planning meeting is going to be held and secure reservations.

Webmaster: John Murphy Hits and visitors remain consistent with considerable viewing from Christmas Party: Kim reported that we now had 136 confirmed reserva- around the country and globally, as well as in California. tions for SVR’s Christmas Party and that the committee expects that we will end up with about 150 to 175 people attending. The planning Vice President: Bill Keegan committee met with the Caterer at Niello to review the layout and all NTR details seem in place.

Past President: Mike Willis BOARD MEMBER REPORTS: NTR Charity: Tambra Kroetz Cookie reported that the $4000.00 generated by this year’s Charity Auc- President: Cookie Anderson tion was greatly appreciated by the Folsom Zoo. No further information reported.

Competition: Frederick Rauch Meeting adjourned: 8:19 P.M. Frederick reported SVR will have access to the paddock area for 3 different dates at Infineon Raceway in 2010. In addition, Bob Peake is go- Next Meeting: RPM Wednesday, January 06, 2010 at 6:30 P.M. ing to investigates two to three different dates at Stockton Fairgrounds.

Frederick also noted that Laguna Seca has been secured for a May 31st DE event. Bob reported that the SVR Autocross at Infineon on November 21st was a success allowing SVR to make additional improvements to the autocross trailer. Frederick and Bob Peake have been looking at our autocross trailer in an effort to make it more organized and easier to use. Frederick made a motion to purchase cabinets for the trailer at a cost of approximately $800.00. The motion was seconded and unanimously passed by the Board.

Advertising: Mike Willis NTR Drifter: JR Evinger NTR Financial Report: Betty Silva Betty reported that the club is financially strong and has money in the bank.

G24: Lee Deter Doug Klein reported that Lee Deter will Chair the G24 group for 2010 12

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January Membership Report

by Doug Klein, Membership Director

We have 572 regular members, 466 affiliate members and 6 dual members for a total of 1,044 club members, an increase of 5 compared to last month. Seven of our twelve new members transferred from other regions, two from the California Inland region (east of Los Angeles), two from the California Central Coast region (Ventura through Santa Barbara), two from the Sierra Nevada Region (east of Yuba, Donner and Carson passes through Nevada) and one from the San Diego region.

Since January our membership count is down by only 2.2%, a minimal amount considering the economy over the past several years, and a testimonial of Porsche owners’ fondness for their cars and their Porsche friends.

New Members:

Thomas Binger Folsom CA 95630 tom@grunners.com 916-337-4883

Mark Whitten Sacramento CA 95864 mark.whitten@deacon.com 916-969-0900

Twenty-Five Year Anniversary Randy and Maureen Vidmar 1986 Carrera

2002 996 C4 Silver

Bob Bunnell and Angie Boyd Rocklin CA 95765 boborangie@yahoo.com 916-435-0914 2006 Carrera S Green Paul & Dianne Keller El Dorado Hills CA 95762 paul.keller@kelleroffice.com 916-231-9211 2009 Carrera S Blue Transfer from California Inland Region Beverly McMahon Gardnerville NV 89460 bev.mcmahon@ge.com 775-215-1814 2009 Cayman Silver Transfer from San Diego Region Gregg & Rebecca Plourde Foresthill CA 95631 grplourde88@gmail.com 530-210-3341 2005 Carrera Grey Transfer from Sierra Nevada Region Rakesh Sharma Sacramento CA 95834 joytshar@aol.com 916-549-0606 1999 Boxster Transfer from Central California Coast Region Doug Taylor Fairfield CA 94534 douglas.taylor@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 707-864-0794 2006 Cayman Silver

Fourty-Five Year Anniversary Dwight and Linda Mitchell

Changes:

Rich Farlinger 916-812-7810 Nicholas and Virginia LaPorte nickla996@gmail.com Joyce and Scott Leiby turbocabn930@sbcglobal.net Ron and Benda Martinez Roseville CA 95747 916-785-7067 Ira and Carol McKee 916-933-7863 John Payne and Anabel Sanicky Davis CA 85618 1962 356 Super, 2004 Boxster S GT Silver

Interested in having fun with other Porsche enthusiasts?

It’s easy! Join at www.pca.org (credit cards accepted) or email Doug Klein at membership@svr.pca.org or call 791-4864 for a paper membership application.

Membership Renewal Reminder.

The Porsche Club of America (PCA) mails a membership renewal invoice 45 days before your membership expires. To avoid expiration of your membership, it’s important to renew before the end of the month in which your membership expires.

To determine your expiration date, check your membership card or the mailing label of the envelope in which your Panorama arrives. Your membership number also contains your anniversary date: the first four digits are the year, and the second two are the month you joined PCA. The easiest way to renew is online at www.pca.org.

Ten and Matt Phillips 2007 Cayman, 1986 944 Turbo White Congratulations to the following on their: One Year Anniversary Steve Tullgren Paul Van Altena and Nancy Nebilak Five Year Anniversary John and Claudia Harding Paul and Sally O’Neil Robert and Diane Perry Randy and Karen Rendig Ten Year Anniversity Todd English and Sharee Curtice

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Pacific Grove Tour 2010 - March 5th, 6th and 7th The Pacific Grove Tour is back. We will be leaving Sacramento on the morning of Friday, March 5, 2010.

We have 20 rooms reserved (if we go over 20, it is O.K.) this year. Innkeeper Robert Boerner has graciously offered Sacramento Valley Region members a 15% discount if we book our rooms before the end of the year. Be sure to mention that you are SVR members in order to receive the discount. I will give you a trivia question the day of the tour and the first person to respond with the correct answer will receive a very nice prize at the end of the tour. Tour cost will be $5.00 per car. There is a seven-day cancellation notice at the Inn. Please RSVP Jim McMahen at jimmcmahen@hotmail.com or 916.924.1463 The inn’s address and phone number are: Pacific Gardens Inn • 701 Asilomar Boulevard • Pacific Grove, CA 93950 1.800.262.1566 • www.pacificgardensinn.com

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GOODIE STORE MANAGER NEEDED

by Tom Sisson, SVR Goodiestorekeeper

H

appy New Year! If you haven’t spent all your Christmas money and would like to pick up a few things from the SVR Goodie Store you have come to the right place. Don’t miss out.

We have T-SHIRTS with PORSCHE embroidered across the front ranging from $15.00 to $35.00 in many sizes and colors. We also have a few SWEATSHIRTS with PORSCHE embroidered across the front from $15.00 to $35.00. We have a few RED VEST and DENIM SHIRTS in larger and extra large for $35.00. We have microfiber JACKETS in Dark BLUE, TAN and BRICK in various sizes for $55.00.

We also have SVR and PCA badges for $18.00 each. You may contact me your Goodie Store person Cookie Anderson at meetings and events or by email ck_ya@hotmail.com by phone 916-988-6534.

We are proud to announce that Dream Car Solutions has opened it’s exclusive detailing services to the public! This once members only service is now available to exceed your expectations.

THE WORKS

$150.00 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12)

Wash Vacuum Interior cleaned and Conditioned Stain removal and carpet repair Engine cleaned and dress Under carriage cleaned Removal of impurities in paint Paint restoration and repair Scratch Removal High speed polishing Paint sealants and waxes Custom matched paint touch up’s

916-374-1921

( STORAGE AND TRANSPORT SERVICES)

www.DREAMCARSOLUTIONS.COM

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Pacific Power Motorsports Performance Products The Racer’s Group Reflections in Glass RPM Kart Racing Schatz & Krum TrackMasters

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Drifter Classifieds Drifter Classifieds for Porsches and/or Porsche-related parts or accessories are available at no charge to PCA members. Non-members may submit ads at $20.00 per ad. Make check payable to PCA-SVR and send to PCA-SVR, P.O. Box 254651, Sacramento, CA 95865-4651. Commercial ads are not accepted. Please contact our Advertising Manager for commercial advertising information and rates. All ads must be submitted by e-mail to the Newsletter Editor and received by the editor by the 1st day of the month prior to the month of publication. Ads may be shortened to fit available space. Editor is not responsible for content and reserves the right to reject any ads submitted. Not responsible for any errors or omissions. As an additional benefit to our members, all ads are included in the classified section of our web page. Ads are not verified for content. It is the buyer’s responsibility to verify the information in the ads. Ads run for three months unless cancelled.

Parts for Sale

996 Carrera 18-inch full set of wheels:

Factory take off part numbers 993.362.134.06 18x7.5” ET50 offset 993.362.140.04 18x10” ET65 offset

Porsche 993 Chrome 17” Cup Wheel Set What this all means is that even though the tires are still mounted, I am selling this set for the value of the Chrome wheel set. $600. Please let me know if you have any questions. Jeff Kinder (916) 765-2801 993cab@sbcglobal.net

Wheels are all straight but with some curb rash. These will look sharp on a 986 Boxster or good for a set of winter wheels. $375 o.b.o. call Rich Tsai 530.219.8125

or e-mail rich@singlelens.net Cayenne S 18-inch Wheel:

Factory take off part number 7L5.601.025 A 18x8” ET57 offset No curb rash or bend, but slight scuffing on the wheel face (can be polished or touched up). Perfect to replace damaged wheel or use as a full size spare. $80 o.b.o. call Rich Tsai 530.219.8125 or e-mail rich@singlelens.net

Why join the Porsche Club of America???

Three months FREE posting in the classifieds section Driving tours to the best wineries and most scenic locales Porsche tech sessions Delicious BBQ picnics Drive at Infineon and Laguna Seca Monthly dinner parties/meetings Autocross to learn car control skills Porsche tech sessions…and more If you want to have a great time with other friendly Porsche enthusiasts, log on to www.pca.org (credit cards OK) or email/call Doug Klein at membership@svr.pca. org / 791-4864 for a membership application.

For Sale 1985 Porsche 944 with118,000 miles.

Located in West Sacramento. White with Black leather interior. 5 speed.

Options include: sun roof, air conditioning, CD player, custom wheels.

Mechanics records are available. $4200 OBO Contact Neal at 530.906.7035 or yogialil6@yahoo.com

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Frank’s AUTOMOTIVE Since 1969 Since 1969

Independent Service and Repair Porsche | BMW | Audi | Mercedes | VW | Volvo

916-452-0917

Frank Lettini Nick Lettini 5220 Folsom Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95819 Lic # 010502

Our motto: “If you like our work, tell others.

If not, tell us.”

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Sacramento Valley Region Porsche Club of America Post Office Box 254651 Sacramento, CA 95865-4651