August Velocity Magazine - Issue 21-8

Velocity

August 2021 / Issue 21-8

A PUBLICATION OF THE PORSCHE OWNERS CLUB

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Velocity

A PUBLICATION OF THE PORSCHE OWNERS CLUB

August 2021 / Issue 21-8

VELOCITY Staff Editor / Art Director Don Matz

Note from the Editor: Our Triple Crown weekend temperatures actually remained below 100 for the first time in years, but Cool Shirts were still welcome attire for those who had them. This year’s August event could have been called the “Quadruple” instead of the “Triple” Crown. In addition to all three series hugging the inside roval at Fontana, our POC Autocross family was running their own event in the adjacent parking lot. Be sure to read Dennis Wolfe’s article to see how he and a few of the other AXdrivers took advantage of the occasion.

Just a further reminder, there are four events remaining in our 2021season...and there are only four more issues of Velocity where you can participate by writing articles and providing us with photos in order to earn service points and POC bucks!

Cheers Don

Production Manager Matt Hollander

Contributing Writers Don Matz Don Kravig Andrew Weyman Dennis Wolfe Eric Walsh Don Kravig

Contributing Photographers Luis Vivar Don Kravig Eric Olberz Eric Walsh

In This Issue:

POC Board of Directors

Triple Crown................................................... 4 Autoclub Autocross........................................ 28 Tenth Chasers............................................... 42 Porsche at LeMans....................................... 44 Rearview Mirror............................................. 48 Humble Beginnings....................................... 58 SIM Update................................................... 64 Porschefieds................................................. 68 Upcoming Events.......................................... 70

John Momeyer Scott Craig Nathan Johnson Joe Wiederholt Dwain Dement Matt Hollander Steve Town

Podium for Porsche at 2021 LeMans

President Treasurer Secretary VP Motorsports Chief Driving Instructor Marketing Director PDS Director

Drag race down the main straight-a-way at Fontana.

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Triple Crown Andrew Weyman

Okay, the obligatory weather report: it was hot...but less hot than last year. 108 drivers descended on Auto Club Speedway for a 3-day, high speed, fuel-burning fest that included a real live in-person drivers meeting, very cool POC polo shirts and a catered barbeque dinner. If all goes as expected, this event was the last time we run this track in this configuration.

A poorly scheduled yet spectacular trip to Alaska meant my missing the Utah and Sonoma events. Fontana can’t compare to the Alaskan wilderness but it was positively great to be back on the track. Since my wife didn’t attend the event, I was often greeted by my track name, “Where’s Terry?” No matter. I’m used to it. Friday’s practice was a perfect warm-up. I was busy stamping Boxster Spec tires in the paddock and making sure there was ice in my Cool Shirt box.

Steve Town recruited me to coach Steve Eisler, a PDS driver with considerable Autocross experience.

Saturday’s drivers meeting felt like old times, only with chairs separated by a few feet. It was good to be together in the classroom once again. John Momeyer and Joe Weiderholt kept it brief and to the point. Those guys are exceptional club leaders. A special meeting for PDS drivers, held by PDS Director Steve Town, followed.

It was great to see longtime members Sandy Isaac and Paul Young having returned after long absences.

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Members who were not driving turned out to cheer us on. Karen Robinson, Eric Gressler, Jim Steedman, John Heldman among other notables filled the bleachers. Both Saturday and Sunday, between practice, qualifying and racing, I rode with Steve Eisler in the PDS group. He made good progress and I was glad to be of help.

In Saturday’s Red race, Loren Beggs turned a 1:39.627 in his GT1 rocket. Mike Monsalve edged out Eric Olberz in GT2. Eben Benade led Duane Selby and Nathan Johnson in GT3.

Jim Salzer won GT4. In the first Orange race, Branimir Kovac fought to win in Boxster Spec, followed by Scott Craig and Joe Wiederholt. I placed 4th. Don Kravig killed it in GT5. Douglas Volder moved up five places in Carrera Spec. Guenter Lennarz gained two places in Modified 5. Paul Young, in his new GT7, took first in class, followed by Randy Bergum and Ted Frech. Kudos to Hambis Charalambous in GT6 who yielded his Miata skillfully as faster cars approached.

In the second Orange race, James McLoughlin led the BSR pack with a fastest lap of 1:56.260.

Scott Craig and Joe Wiederholt followed close behind. Don Kravig challenged me to the finish line in his GT5 finishing 6th overall. Doug Volder gained four positions in Carrera Spec and Paul Young won it again in GT7.

Time Trialers Loyal Evans and Andy Stone crushed it in GT2. The Two Tools boys, Dave and Vanis Buckholz, ran great in GT5. PDS driver Mark Manda blasted off for a 1:52.261 in Modified 2. Matt Stafford led with a 1:55.565 in Stock 2. Mike Chen turned a 1:55.795 in Stock 3. Carolyn Zaccaria-Woodside placed 6th overall in her Stock 4 steed. Hiten Patel, Michael Oest and Thomas Beer all finished under 2:00.

Sunday’s Red race action was led by Mike Monsalve in GT2, turning a fastest lap of 1:40.988.

Eben Benade took GT3 once again while Duane Selby suffered car trouble and had to drop out of the race. Ana Predescu won GT4. Scott Craig battled to hold on to 1 st place in the Orange race, edging out Branimir Kovac and Joe Wiederholt. Don Kravig gained nine places in GT5 to finish 5th overall. Paul Young, once again, took 1st in GT7. That boy can drive!

Sunday’s Time Trial group was led by Mike Rozenblatt in his stunning GT3 class sled with a very impressive 1:46.811. Vanis Buckholz bested his dad by .006! Andy Sloane and Loyal Evans continued to dominate in their GT2s. In PDS Timed Run 1, Rafi Gogus was fastest in his Stock 4. PDS driver Dave Bent finished 1st in Timed Run 2. Mark Manda was fastest in the last run.

The weekend might mean a sad farewell to Fonana (depending on scheduling, the cost of materials and the supply chain). It was filled with excitement, fantastic friends and super-fast cars. See ya at Spring Mountain. POC is Club Racing at Its Best!

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Double the Fun By: Dennis Wolfe

Michael Oest, POC Autocross Director.

I’ve been autocrossing for a very long time, but never in my career have I had the opportunity to do TWO track events on the same day!! So naturally, I did not let that opportunity pass me by.

POC ran their 3-day track weekend on the high-bank “roval” at Auto Club Speedway AND their 1-day autocross on the same infield. The commute between the staging areas for both events was about, hmm, 90 seconds, so I alternated between my AX run groups and the PDS run groups on the big track throughout the day.

Talk about best of both worlds! A few other ambitious autocrossers had the same idea, and we all agreed it was probably one of the best track days we can recall.

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at Auto Club Speedway The autocross itself featured a full 360-degree loop to start the course, which really allowed drivers to work on their throttle-steering, drifting, and multi-apexing; a fantastic and rare element to have at an autocross.

We also had LOTS of first-timers who brought friends and family - always great welcoming some new faces to the track. And if that weren’t enough, we finished our timed runs early and opened up the course to unlimited “fun runs” for the rest of the afternoon! Wow! So yeah, my tires were shot, and Oest got his brake pads down to the backing plates. Good thing he carries spares with him...

Our Fast Five included Michael Oest (TTOD), Randy Gonzalez, yours truly, Yon Visell and Thomas Frecentese. Second through eighth place were all within a second of each other, with Oest once again besting the field by a full second. Be sure to check out porscheclub.com for complete timed results and season standings.

This month’s featured class is Modified 3, where Fulton Haight and Steve Bennett battled it out for the class win. Fulton took the honors, although Steve could be heard complaining that he should’ve replaced his tires two events ago. That’s what you get for thinking you can squeeze one more event out of your tires :) Special thanks as always go to our Series and Event sponsors, GMG Motorsports and Flat 6 Motorsports.

With outside food vendors prohibited at ACS, we were treated to an onsite concession stand of burgers, dogs and fries that got the job done.

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If you are interested in getting involved with autocross, please reach out to Michael Oest (michaeloest@hotmail.com) or Brian Cooner (bcooner@gmail.com). If you are interested in instructing, please contact Dennis Wolfe (denniswolfe101@ gmail.com). Or just say hi at the next event and we’ll find a way to get you involved.

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Tenth Chasers So You Want to Modify Your Car, Eh? Vol.12/

by Dennis Wolfe In the realm of slippery slopes, modifying your car to make it go faster is about as slippery as it gets. The only thing that can slow that runaway train is your wallet (or your spouse).

I once saw a hilarious graphic that essentially rated your addiction to modifying your car by correlating how much you were willing to spend to shave another second off your time to your level of insanity.

On the lower end of the scale were drivers willing to drop a couple grand to get better tires and brake pads, and on the higher end were drivers willing to mortgage their house and send their kids to public schools for a complete rebuild. But the point was, no matter where you were on the scale, once you were on it, you almost inevitably started moving up and to the right.

So here are a few words of wisdom…

First and foremost, start by purchasing the most well-equipped car you can afford. You will NEVER get your money back on performance mods, so let someone else shell out all of that cash and you can get them for pennies on the dollar.

Next, WORK ON YOUR DRIVING!!! So many people think they can just buy their way to faster times, when really they should be PRACTICING their way to faster times.

It can take years to get your skills on par with the capability of your car. So put in the time to do it. There is absolutely no substitute for seat time, and try to do some ride-alongs with drivers that are faster than you. You can never stop learning.

So now you’ve got a solid car, and you’re feeling pretty good about your driving (because you’re leading your class and finishing in the top 10% of the entire field) - now what?

Generally, mods tend to go in this order: • Tires and brakes / high-flow air filters / alignment • Suspension mods (control arms, drop links, ball joints, coilovers, strut braces, rollbars, etc) • Exhaust upgrades • Weight reduction (removing your interior, carbon fiber body panels) • Aero kits (spoilers, wings, diffusers, wheel well extensions) • Engine mods (chips, turbos, super chargers, fuel management) • Transmission mods (gearing and final drive ratios) If you’re new to all of this, then start by talking to other drivers that have already done some work to their cars, or reach out to one of the many POC sponsors that specialize in performance upgrades.

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Just know that whatever you do, you are investing in the ownership experience of the car, you are not investing in the resale value of the car. So you need to go in eyes wide open, and decide what that ROI calculus is for you. Are you willing to spend $20k to make your car faster and thus yourself happier?

Yes? Then do it.

Another thing to consider is your own level of mechanical expertise. Can you drop a transmission and motor to install new mounts no problem, or do you do your best work with your wallet?

Mechanical labor is very expensive these days, so you can definitely save some money if you’re good with wrenches.

As with most things in life, the mantra here is “know thyself”. Know your driving skill level, know your budget, know your risk tolerance, know your mechanical expertise, and most of all, know your tolerance for taking on “projects”, especially ones that may require ongoing tweaking and refinement.

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POC History In The Rearview Mirror

By Don Kravig, Precision Motion

Last month, we promised a journey through some of the famous race tracks the POC has competed on in the past that no longer exist. For those of you who visited Auto Club Speedway at what may be our last official event 3 weeks ago...you know just how much fun high speed banking is. There is no feeling quite like coming in at high gear at full throttle, setting up for the corner and letting the drift at the exit catch you, hopefully just before the wall. All this without ever lifting!!! I will never forget my first shot at banking at old Ontario Motor Speedway in 1973. But before we go there, let’s go way, way, way back.

As most of you know the POC was founded in 1955, and is the oldest Porsche based car club in North America, and for all I know perhaps the whole world. The first couple of years featured monthly get togethers and guest speakers such as Phil Hill, Richie Ginther, Scooter Patrick, Davey Jordan, and many other well known pros at the time. By 1957, the early Porsche racers were competing at Paramount Ranch, Santa Barbara Airport, Pomona and many other local venues which were all basically public roads that were set up with hay bales and snow fencing to provide a race course. Our oldest living member, Michael Hammond (The Legend) recalls a race at Pomona that drew 30,000 spectators. And oh, by the way he was shunted off by Ken Miles (of Ford vs Ferrari fame) in that race. So maybe we should go even further back and just describe the sport as it was originally founded. Road racing in the 50’s was just that, racing on public roads, as there were no “purpose built” venues at that time. The most famous of these races was probably the Pebble Beach race through the Del Monte Forest using part of the 17 mile drive. This race drew virtually every famous driver of the time, and massive quantities of spectators.

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PHIL HILL in a Porsche 550 Spyder

DAVEY JORDAN in a Speedster

RICHIE GINTHER in a 914-4

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And, indirectly led to the purpose built venues of modern time. Again, let me reiterate that these races were held on public roads, sometimes with snow fencing, lined with hay bales, and it was not uncommon for spectators to run back and forth across the road during the race. The 1956 Pebble Beach race ended with a fatality to driver Ernie McAffee (and POC at Laguna Seca c.1977 Michael Hammond, “The Legend” was there at that race). This tragedy led to the end of open course road racing, and the beginning of purpose built road courses such as Laguna Seca, Riverside Raceway and Willow Springs, which were all built in the late ‘50s.

Let me recommend a wonderful movie which covers this era in our sport, produced by our member Rick Knoop, “Racing Through the Forest” https://youtu.be/ eXMkn4EmlKQ . This movie covers the Pebble Beach races from 1950 to 1956, and is an homage to the early days of our sport and a paean to the values that it brings, specifically family. Rick Knoop is well known for a 30+ year professional career, in IMSA, Trans Am, Grand Am and even Nascar, competing in 934s, Kremer 935s and most famously the 962, and he occasionally still competes with us in the tribute to Le Mans.

Now let’s jump forward in time to 1973 and the POC circuit. The typical year in 1973-1974 would have at least one visit to Ontario Motor Speedway, two to Riverside International Raceway, one to Phoenix International Riverside Raceway Hot Pits c. 1983 Raceway, one to Las Vegas, one to the old Orange County Raceway road course, one in Holtville ...and at least one or two events at Willow Springs which is now our home course.

Riverside Raceway was constructed just north of the Old March Air Force Base, in 1957. Among other things, it featured 140 mph banked turn 9, 5th gear esses, 50

and 4400 ft downhill straight away (217mph in a 934, ask me how I know). Virtually every famous racer from the late 50’s to the late 70s and 80s competed there. The inaugural Riverside Grand Prix was won by Phil Hill driving a Porsche. As you know, he was also the first driver to win Formula One in a Porsche.

POC Members in Turn 7 at Riverside

Riverside had 3 basic configurations, the 2.5 mile short course which included turn 7 and 7A, the 2.5 mile Nascar course which skipped 7 and 7A and went directly from turn 6 to 8, (Nascar boys did not want to have to turn both right and left). :) And, the Can Am course which was 3.5 miles, and included all the turns. A great video of the short version of this track can be downloaded from the beginning of the Chuck Norris movie “Good Guys Wear Black”, driving an RSR making a hot lap https://youtu.be/4Sci2AYbWuI .

Riverside International Raceway

Riverside Raceway Paddocks c. 1984

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As you can see from the aerial photo, Riverside was built to be a foot-to-the-floor kind of track. From the exit of Turn 9, through the uphill Turn 1, the blind right hand Turn 2 leading into the esses you had your foot flat to the floor in the highest gear available. The braking area was in the uphill entrance to Turn 6, and if you could imagine a straight shot into the uphill portion at Willow Springs, Turn 3 at 120 plus mph, you would have some idea of how it was. From Turn 6 you had elevation changes both up and down through Turn 7 and 7A, or if you were lucky, running the Can Am course you got to run up to Turn 8, a double apex right hander with a left exit. Upon exiting that corner, almost a full mile away you could see the banked and walled Turn 9. And, let me tell you every stock Porsche of the day would hit redline by the bridge on the way there. We always had to put the tallest 5th gear available in our 915 transmissions and use a tall ring and pinion in our 934. The most dangerous corner there was actually a slight left jog just as you went into the right hand banking of Turn 9. So, as you can imagine the car was unsettled from the kink before you had to throw it into the banking at full speed.

The kink leading into Turn 9 was also home to some of the most horrific wrecks in racing history, including the one that claimed Ken Miles in 1967, and Rolf Stommelin in 1983. The track closed in late 1988 and was ripped out in 1989... for a shopping mall. I have the trophy here from our last PCA/POC event held there which we call the Peter Gregg Memorial. We will talk more about Peter in a future article.

Now let’s jump from the famous courses to the infamous ones. Holtville!!! El Centro!!! What’s not to love? Holtville was built on an abandoned military airfield from WWII just slightly north and east of the lower Colorado desert. Think Sebring...NOT!!! Holtville was perfectly flat and utilized various of the abandoned runways to build a relatively high speed course. The beauty of it was, you could spin out anywhere

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and slide forever. The not so beautiful part was that local farmers would spread out their carrot crops for drying, and if you went too far off course you got your own version of the John Deere award. Holtville was so rough that it would create double vision from the joints in the runway. However, it also produced some epic Saturday night parties as there were no officials or anyone else but the racers out there. But that’s another story.

Holtville c. 1975

Let’s move on to Ontario Motor Speedway, which in last month’s article I described my infamous ride in a 917-30. Ontario was built out of a former winery (how apropos) on 800 acres that was annexed from Cucamonga to Ontario. The first event I attended there was called the Questor Grand Prix which took Ontario Motor Speedway place on a hot day in March of 1971. This race featured Formula One cars and drivers competing against U.S. Formula 5000 cars. The race was won by Mario Andretti, and drew a crowd of 55,000.

The track hosted the California 500 as well as various Nascar events until its demise, closing down December 17, 1980, a victim of poor management by the City of Ontario. The track featured a 22 turn clockwise course and was my first introduction to driving on banking. Let me take you through the first 3 corners. Imagine if you will, after making a right hand exit from the road course onto the front straight away, having almost a Ontario Motor Speedway front straight full mile to gain momentum before entering a high banked corner that was almost double the size of Auto Club’s banking. Three quarters of the way through the banking we exited to the infield road course, and 53

that transition at close to full throttle was to say the least, THRILLING. We didn’t get to brake down like we do at Auto Club for turn 3, it was a very careful tip-toe off the banking. Ontario was quite well known for Cal Jam 1 and 2, which drew a quarter of a million attendees to the grass infield for these Ontario Motor Speedway infield giant rock concerts. I actually attended Cal Jam 2, https://youtu.be/aL4H_vof8aE and forgive me for saying I wasted a lot of time trying to get close to the stage to see the girls from Heart. The infield was a mile long. Ontario was one of the finest Motor Speedways you can imagine, and was a victim of poor management. It closed and later replaced by Auto Club Speedway less than 2 miles away and 15 years later. See if you can explain that?

Let’s move on to Phoenix International Raceway. Phoenix was a normal stop for us, usually in February or November. It featured a clockwise course that used the oval front straight away and Nascar turns 4 and 3 which were our 1 and 2.

Halfway down the back straight away you took a left up the mountain and around the hill and off into the desert amidst some 5th gear esses, with no run off that did not involve Saguaros or boulders. At the end of those esses, we had a hard right hander, that missing involved a drop into a dry riverbed, and then another right hander onto a 5000 ft straight away.

Our annual John Deere award winner was usually crowned there at the transition from that 5,000 foot straight away back to the infield. I could name names, but I won’t.

Esses at Phoenix Las Vegas was a 9 turn road course that at that time was at least 10 miles from the nearest enterprise of any kind, and would remind people of nothing so much as the Streets of Willow, again with epic trips out into the desert when missing corners. Some of that track is still used on the outside course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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Las Vegas c. 1977

Orange County Raceway, also home to the famous drag strip which was a relatively short medium speed road course, something like ½ of Chuckwalla although surrounded by green grass and orange groves at the time. It was a nice, cool, close event that got us through the summer months without losing our minds. Not far from Dwain Dement’s facility off the 405.

Let me recommend a few other clips out of old movies that show some of this history. In the movie “On the Beach” you can find Fred Astaire racing a Jaguar counter clockwise on what quite possibly was the old Paramount Ranch course, although some claim it was Riverside and run backwards for the benefit of the lighting https://youtu.be/X2KkbHxo6po . In the old Disney movie “The Love Bug”, there are quite a few scenes involving Willow Springs before there were buildings https://youtu.be/evvLZvl1P0w . Last but not least, Lee Majors “The Last Chase” https://youtu.be/X0o-kedGdxk featured a 917 trying to outrun a fighter jet flown by Burgess Meredith, in a dystopian future time where the internal combustion engine had been banned. Sound familiar? Lastly, Road and Track used that movie to do a funny story where they got Otis to bring out the 917-30, race it down March Air Force Base runway, measuring the acceleration difference between the 917-30 and a fighter jet of that time.

All but one of the road courses (Willow Springs) that we ran in 1973 are now gone, victims of rising real estate prices and/or poor management. The potential loss of Auto Club leads me to speculate where we will be 10 years from now. Tracks have changed from the very high speed, dangerous courses of the 50s, 60s and 70s into more technical, lower speed venues where getting flat out in high gear is very rare. The tracks we compete on now are mostly privately held, or club based. Who knows what the future holds? I do miss the high speed thrill ride of places like Riverside and Phoenix International. I hope someone builds a new course that can take us back to that.

Next month, we will feature an interview with “The Legend”, Michael Hammond.

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Thanks to all our friends at POC for a terrific year of club racing, friendship, and memories. We look forward to a fun, fast future together.

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HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Eric Walsh is the sole proprietor of Walshmo Racing in La Habra, California where he has just opened his new shop (not the one shown above :) Eric is a recent member and has become a regular contributor to Velocity.

Here is his story as to how he caught the racing bug.

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Eric Walsh “Hey Mom and Dad - can I work on my car in your garage?”

I had just gotten my first project car and I needed a garage space to work on it. The HOA rules in my condominium strictly forbade automotive work in the garage and I was getting tired of doing oil changes on jack stands on the side of the street. My parents saw it as an opportunity to have their son around the house on the weekends, I viewed it as free garage space. Win-win for everybody!

I started out with simple tasks like oil changes and brake pad swaps.

My Dad joined in to help me, I imagine he was eager to share his experience (he had wrenched on his own cars for a few years when he was younger) with his son. Those simple maintenance tasks led to bolt-on installs and over time slowly gave way to more complex work like widebody installs and engine swaps. I even painted an entire car in my parents’ garage (I do NOT recommend you let your kids do this…).

Most of my weekends consisted of me being in the garage from Friday through Sunday night.

On the weekends I wasn’t wrenching on the car I was at the racetrack. I was averaging more than 40 track days a year and loving every minute of it. I would spend one weekend installing a part in the garage and the next weekend testing it out at the track, seeing how the part effected the car’s performance.

I continued this cycle for a few years and met a lot of different people at track events along the way. Occasionally I would get asked “which shop built this car?”. It was always fun for me to reveal that the car was built in a 400 sqft, 2-car garage with my Dad. We didn’t have a lift; just basic Harbor Freight tools and jack stands.

As I, and the car, got faster I began to get asked “can you work on my car?” and “how much would it cost for you to build me a 59

car like this?”. The first time someone asked me that question I quickly brushed it off as a crazy idea. I was a full-time software engineer working for Amazon and cars were purely a hobby, albeit one that consumed an extremely large portion of my time. Besides, it was my parents’ garage and they were doing me a favor by allowing me to use it to work on my own car. There’s no way I could work on other people’s cars in their garage for money…

“Hey Mom and Dad – can I take on a couple clients and work on their cars in your garage?”

More and more people had come to me asking me to work on their cars and I decided that I wanted to take a leap of faith and start my own automotive repair shop. My parents’ garage would be the “beta test” for the shop: I wanted to prove to myself that I could pay the rent before going out and signing a commercial lease. My parents were very reluctant but they agreed to allow me to take on clients.

One client brought his car by and, before I knew it, I had three more clients. Within a month I had multiple racecars and trailers parked out front, business was growing much faster than I had anticipated. I was really pleased with myself but my parents (and the neighbors) were not amused. It was time to switch my focus to finding a commercial garage space as soon as possible.

It took a couple months and I had to view a dozen locations but last month we finally opened the doors to Walshmo Racing on July 1st!

The shop is located in La Habra (Orange County) and is 2400 sqft in size, a big step up from Mom and Dad’s 2-car garage. We’ve since upgraded a lot of the Harbor Freight tools to Matco or Snap-On and we don’t have to lie on the garage floor all day thanks to our three BendPak lifts. Dad still helps out every weekend and I’ve also managed to add two awesome technicians to our team.

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You’ve probably seen a few of our Miatas racing in the Orange Group at the recent POC events! We know that racecar maintenance doesn’t end in the shop so we provide track support service as well. We build fast cars and develop fast drivers: we specialize in racecars and streetcars especially Honda, Mazda, and Porsche. Come stop by the shop if you’re in the area, we love to share the projects that we’re working on!

See you guys at Spring Mountain in October!

PS: Thanks Mom and Dad for always supporting me (and my crazy ideas) and allowing me to use your garage for all those years!

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SIM 3 RACING

Season

GT3 RSR GT4 Clubsport

Jan 11 Silverstone

1st 2nd 3rd

Teddy Framhein Matthew Robinson Michael Oest

Travis Brown Jerry Freckleton Aaron Edwards

Jan 25 Nürbugring GP

1st 2nd 3rd

Teddy Framhein Bayan Salehi BJ Fulton

Jerry Feckleton John Momeyer Adam Fulton

Feb 8

1st 2nd 3rd

Travis Brown Bayan Salehi Michael W Johnson

Jerry Freckleton Tyler King John Momeyer

Feb 22 Zolder GP

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Travis Brown Jacob Abrams

Tyler King Jerry Freckleton John Momeyer

Mar 8 Imola

1st 2nd 3rd

Travis Brown Michael Johnson Paul Newton

John Momeyer Adam Fulton David Keator

Mar 22 Okayama

1st 2nd 3rd

Corie Latvala Travis Brown Michael Johnson

Jerry Freckleton Jad Duncan John Momeyer

Apr 5

Interlagos GP

1st 2nd 3rd

Travis Brown Bayan Salehi Matthew Robinson

Michael R. Johnson Jerry Freckleton Matthew Sipek

Apr 19 Barcelona GP

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Corie Latvala Travis Brown

Eric Oviatt Jeff Shulem Jad Duncan

May 3 COTA

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Corie Latvala BJ Fulton

Eric Oviatt Matthew Hollander Matthew Sipek

May 17 VIR

1st 2nd 3rd

Bayan Salehi Michael Johnson BJ Fulton

Matthew Sipek Jerry Freckleton Mark Rondeau

May 31 Laguna Seca

1st 2nd 3rd

Jad Duncan Mark Rondeau John Momeyer

Jacob Abrams BJ Fulton Travis Brown

Jun 21 Sebring

1st 2nd 3rd

Corie Latvala BJ Fulton Paul Newton

Jerry Freckleton Mark Rondeau John Momeyer

Cup Historic 1st

Travis Brown Michael W. Johnson Corey Latvala

Michael R. Johnson Mark Rondeau Jerry Freckleton

Jul 5

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Spa

Francorchamps

(90 Minutess)

Sonoma

2nd 3rd

Results

GT3 RSR GT4 Clubsport

Jul 19

Road Atlanta

1st 2nd 3rd

Corey Latvala Travis Brown BJ Fulton

Eric Oviatt Matt Hollander Matthew Sipek

Aug 2

1st 2nd Competition Team Event 3rd (180 Minutes)

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Michael R. Johnson Mark Rondeau BJ Fulton

Aug 16

Watkins Glen Boot

1st 2nd 3rd

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Matt Hollander Jad Duncan Alain Stad

Aug 30

Road America

1st 2nd 3rd

Sep 13

Long Beach

1st 2nd 3rd

Sep 27

Mid Ohio

1st 2nd 3rd

Oct 11 Bathurst

1st 2nd 3rd

Oct 25

Phillip Island

1st 2nd 3rd

Nov 15

Summit Point

1st 2nd 3rd

Auto Club

Nov 29 Mosport

1st 2nd 3rd

Dec 13

1st 2nd 3rd

Daytona Road (90 Minutess)

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Watkins Glen

PORSCHEFIEDS The place for Porsche Owners Club members and friends to list their Porsche cars* for sale.

Ads may ONLY contain: • Year • Make and Model • Two to Four Lines of Features • Price • One JPEG Photo • E-mail Address.

Porsche 914 six

1989 944S2 chassis

Engine and transmission built by Marty Metarian twin plug (2.7) w/901 Box w/ Factory Porsche limited slip. Winning GT5 car. gtgraphics2@gmail.com $45,000 Package deal available; 2005 Chevy Duramax Diesel and Pace Shadow Daytona GT Enclosed 28’ and The Race Car: $72,500.00

With full roll cage and SCCA log book. Vehicle missing engine and transaxle. All other components still with car. 2 sets of 17x9” Porsche wheels. Body is rough but it’s all fixable. No rust as far as I can tell. bajabuzz@yahoo.com Asking $3000

For more information contact Matt Hollander at:

1999 Spec Boxster

Marketing@porscheclub.com * “Non-P” cars also considered.

2016 Porsche PDK, Sport Chrono Package, PASM, PTV, Sport Exhaust System and Sport Design Steering Wheel. Naturally aspirated. CPO warranty until July 2022. Odometer reads 19,000 miles. Never commuted or tracked. wantmorekoi@yahoo.com Asking $61,981

Front running, fast car! Has all the legal GT3 Components with MCS shocks. Video shows how capable the car is after starting DFL at Sonoma... VIDEO matthollander0216@gmail.com $36,969 - (805) 286-7410

997.2 Porsche Cup Car Excellent condition with most all recently serviced parts throughout the car. Approx 60 hours on motor Approx 25 hours on gear box Upgraded to KMP Paddle shift Rebuilt shocks, axles, springs, etc martin@aststonecorp.com Asking $92,000.00

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Backdraft Cobra 2019 718 Boxter GTS RWD 7-Speed PDK. 2.5 liter H4 Turbo. 365hp. 20/26 City/ Highway MPG. Transferable warranty.

Ammenities too many to mention. perryn59@gmail.com Asking $91,900.00

As nice as they come with bored & stroked 427 small block, Tremec 5 speed, Wilwood disc brakes, BMWM3 suspension, indigo blue with black int. California registered, smog exempt. It will blow your socks off. kwaterhousejr@gmail.com Asking $65,000.

Yesterday

Eric Olberz In the Beginning 1987 911 Targa Full roll cage and SCCA log book Fresh 3.2 Liter, G50 Trans, and clutch, all less than 4 hours, Limited slip, Adjustable sway bars, R2 racing seats, maintained by AASE Motors, Suspension Specialties. eelling@msn.com $31,500 Package deal available with new 2021 Futura Super Sport 19’8” trailer…+$12,000

Eric Olberz has been racing with the Porsche Owners Club for quite some time. Recently Eric came upon these photos : “The top photo is of me at 23 years old when I picked up my first Porsche in Germany in 1986. The second photo is at my first event with the Porsche Owners Club about a month later, lol. Seems like yesterday!”

2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS 79k Miles. Just had a major service.

Tow package. New tires. $39k Matt (805) 286-7410

2007 Cayman S Gorgeous and rarely for sale Guards Red Cayman S 6-speed manual in exceptional condition. Loaded with options and accessories. dalemaustin@gmail.com Asking $26,000

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U P C O M I N G

SPRING MOUNTAIN

AUTOCROSS at FONTANA

Let’s head back to Pahrump for another go of it...our second time this year.

If you’ve never been to this track, it’s a “must do”. It’s fast and curvy. All three of our series are invited to this event.

Last month was a blast with our AX event at the Auto Club Speedway. We’re returning in October! So, come on out to Fontana, once again, to drive your butt off and hone your driving skills.

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