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Tr i v i a N i g h t a t t h e G e r m a n C l u b T i v o l i

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GT3/RS/RSR Register Run to Long island

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Social Corner

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Boxster Cayman Register Run to Beech Forest

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The new Porsche 911 Speedster

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Modern 911 Register Run to Mt Macedon

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Welcome to the 201st Issue of Porsche Parade!

We live in exciting and changing times in the Porsche world. And as an avid YouTuber I recently watched the pre launch of the Taycan. What an amazing car! Love it or like it you can’t stop progress and the Taycan will be launched at the end of the year.

The flagship Turbo S ( I don’t understand why Porsche has carried over these combustion model names - please explain?) version of the Taycan can generate up to 750 horsepower (560 kW) of power in combination with Launch Control and overboost, while the Taycan Turbo can produce up to 670 horsepower (500 kW). The Taycan Turbo S will accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds, while the Taycan Turbo can complete this sprint in 3.0 seconds. The top track speed of both all-wheel-drive models is 161 mph.

It won’t be long before we see these and other hybrid models racing on the tarmac of our local tracks in PCV competition. I’m sure they will need their own race classes as they will blow the doors off most of today’s petrol models.

The Porsche Club of Victoria Inc. PO Box 911, Kew, Victoria 3101 web site: www.pcv.com.au email: pcv@pcv.com.au

Speaking of race, the much anticipated 718 GT4 will also be launched at the end of the year together with it’s sister Spyder version now sporting the same engine and suspension as its hardtop sibling.

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Marshal Co-ordinator Gordon Johnstone: marshals@pcv.com.au Competition Secretary Simon Dunn Juris Briedis Andrew Bonwick Peter Harrison Grant Stephenson Ian Geekie Cameron Goodyear Michael O’Brien Tony Carolan Tom Goulopoulos Phil Treloar Andrew Smith

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It is 30 hp up on the old model but unfortunately gained an extra 80 kg in weight negating any performance gains. It does however have 50% more downforce than the old model and will lap the Nürburgring 12sec faster due to its improved aero. That’s also faster than the Carrera GT super car!

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Welcome to the Spring edition of Porsche Parade, hopefully by the time you read this we will have escaped from what seems to have been a long cold winter and will be having some warmer spring days in which to enjoy our beautiful vehicles.

As we move towards the end of the year we have been advised of two unexpected events that should provide great opportunity for our Club to see what other Porsche Clubs are doing and to share ideas. The first is a meeting of all the Presidents of the Australian Porsche Clubs being hosted by PCA in early October which I will be attending and the second is a meeting of the Presidents of all the worldwide Porsche Clubs being hosted by Porsche AG in early December. Due to my absence overseas, this one will be attended by our VP Mark HortonAndrews. I will look forward to bringing you full reports on these events in the near future.

has been in the Club for over 13 years and in the past has taken on a number of roles and always shown a willingness to help wherever he could. With his considerate and organized style, he will be a great Social Director and I am certainly looking forward to working with him. As pleased as I am with Linley’s appointment, I cannot let Michael O’Brien’s “interim” support go unrecognized. Michael did a fabulous job in reorganizing and reenergizing the Social Committee to provide a sound platform from which Linley can move forward.

One of our objectives in the restructuring that has taken place in the Social Committee is to encourage new ideas for our events. We are moving forward cautiously in this sense, as our post event surveys do not show any dissatisfaction with the current events, but we do feel that new initiatives are worth trying.

Recently we tried setting up a boat cruise on the bay which didn’t attract sufficient numbers Our Club nights this year to go ahead, but have shown a massive we will try again in increase in the interest warmer weather. in these events. The Another new April night saw a record initiative was a trivia attendance for an event night, obviously at Porsche Centre themed around Melbourne and I must Porsche trivia, and thank the PCM staff for this was a great the enormous amount of success. We are work they undertook in keen to evaluate clearing their showroom any new ideas, floor to accommodate so if you have our numbers. Then in suggestions please August we exceeded pass them on to any this again with over 300 Club night at Lorbek Luxury Cars of our committee attendees at our Club members. night at Lorbeks, where again the Lorbek staff excelled in the amount of preparation they put We are now nearing the end of the competition into preparing their showroom for our evening. season with only one point scoring event at What is sometimes not apparent is the work Broadford to go and several championship that goes in by our Club volunteers to make positions going right down to the wire. Entries these evenings such outstanding successes. continue to be high and we are seeing a Our long term member Russell Sturzaker is the good stream of new competition entrants. one that has taken the lead on this and together Risking your precious vehicles on a race with his willing band of Social Committee track isn’t for everyone, but I encourage non helpers has reestablished our Club nights as a competitors to incorporate a visit to a PCV major feature in our annual calendar of events. track meeting into a Sunday drive and see these The obvious popularity of these events is great, fantastic cars in their natural environment. We but they do cost the Club a lot of money and are one of the only car clubs who provide all we will be looking closely at next year’s budget our own officiating and marshaling resources to ensure we continue to deliver popular Club to run our events. Come along and experience nights without depleting our financial reserves. the sound and colour of the cars and see You may recall that on the retirement of Alex the professionalism of our volunteers.

Harmati from the role of Social Director All the very best to all our members as last November we were struggling to find a replacement and thankfully Michael O’Brien, who we approach the festive season had just retired as President after two years in Tony Carolan that role, agreed to step in as in interim Social President Director until we could find a replacement for Alex. It took more time than expected, but I am now very pleased to announce that Linley Baxter has taken on the Social Director role. Linley

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End Of Year Gala Dinner Dance & Awards Night

“With A “French Twist”

Saturday 7th December, 7:00pm to Midnight The Sofitel Melbourne on Collins BOOKINGS ARE OPEN Didn’t attend the Monaco GP this year? Coughed up buying Louboutins in lieu of the kids’ school fees? Substituted Stilton for Brie? Sacre Bleu! All is not lost – The 2019 PCV End of Year Gala Dinner and Awards Night is going “French” – “Oui Oui”.

As a valued Porsche Club of Victoria Member, you are cordially invited to celebrate a marvellous year of the Club at the Annual Gala Dinner and Awards Night. Major announcements, presentations and achievements will highlight the evening. Revel in the Joie de Vivre with piquant gourmet and surprise give-aways courtesy of our sponsors. Our roving photographer will be there. Maybe have your photo taken with the “mystery guest of the night”; you will not want to miss out. Plus, an enviable prize supplied by our new host venue, the Sofitel, will be awarded to the person best dressed in the “French Twist” theme of the night (as judged by the MC’s of the night).

Making their Inaugural PCV Gala debut, the Baker Boys Band will deliver the soundtrack to our fabulous fete, together with the ever-popular Photo Booth, which is back to capture very special memories for you to take home.

Get your “Macr on” and don’t get “Left” behind. Limited tickets available. To avoid disappointment, get a table together of 8 - 10 people and book now; individual tickets also available where we will place you on a special social table for your enjoyment.

This event is proudly supported by Lorbek Luxury Cars

DATE: Saturday 7th December 2019 TIME: 7:00pm for pre-dinner drinks in the pre-function area then into the Ballroom at 7:30pm for the commencement of celebrations, finishing at Midnight, (formalities complete by 11.00pm).

LOCATION: The Grand Ballroom at The Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne.

COST: $165 per person – ALL INCLUSIVE including welcome drinks, 3 course French Influenced meal, Premium red, white and sparkling wines, beer and soft drinks, tea and/or coffee.

DRESS CODE: Black Tie or Formal Attire with an optional French Twist for the guys and Cocktail or Formal Dress with an optional French Twist for the ladies.

BOOKINGS: pcv.com.au for online bookings. Enquiries to Carly on email administrator@pcv.com.au or telephone on 9817 6911.

BOOKINGS CLOSE: Friday 22nd November 2019 (unless booked out sooner) CANCELLATION POLICY: No refund after bookings close unless your booking can be replaced.

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Classic King Room - $265 per room, room only.

Superior Room - $295 per room, room only.

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GENERAL PARKING: Available on site at Wilson Parking Collins Place at 28 Flinders Lane; entry and exit from Flinders Lane. Weekend rates available when pre-booked.

VALET PARKING: In-house Guest Parking $55, Casual Valet Parking from $60; enter via Collins Place off Collins Street and pull up at the hotel entry.

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from race control This is the third from Race Control for 2019, which means the Competition season is heading into crunch time.

In July we headed back to Sandown Raceway, which is probably the closest track to home for many members. Unfortunately, the Sandown meeting clashed with the second leg of the Victorian Regularity Series (the Liqui Moly 360 Regularity Relay run by PCV being the first). That meant that many of our regular competitors, including volunteers and officials, were otherwise occupied. Even so, the event was remarkable for its smooth running and the lack of on-track incidents. This is especially impressive considering the very quick times posted by competitors on the day.

The Winton Late Winter Sprint saw us travel to Winton for the second time in three months. There is a more detailed report elsewhere in Porsche Parade.

Look out for the number of Club records set on the day, and the participation of a Motorsport Legend and PCV Hall-of-Famer.

We have just returned from Phillip Island (September 22) where we had a successful day and several guests joined us. Two cars came over from Porsche Club of South Australia, and six members of the Lotus Club Victoria also took part. We were blessed with the weather and the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit was up to its usual very high standard of presentation.

during the year take the opportunity to share their passion with family, friends, and other Club members. We have some extremely good drivers in the Club – and this is a day for them to share their talent and track experience with others in a controlled environment. I hope you can make it to Sandown Raceway on Sunday 17 November for President’s Day.

Looking forward, on 13 October we travel to Broadford once again for the final Competition event. Broadford is a smaller and more technical circuit with significant elevation up to the back straight leading back down through a testing series of turns.

And finally, representatives of your Club are in ongoing dialogue with CAMS regarding issues relevant to our members, most recently including passenger ride activities and the use of frontal head restraints. We are always very cognisant of the risks relevant to our events and will continue to advocate on behalf of our members regarding the rules.

This year we are running an additional event at Phillip Island on 3 November. The ‘extra’ came about because the venue – regarded by many as one of Australia’s best motorsport tracks – unexpectedly became available.

Although this event will not be part of the 2019 Competition Calendar, it is a great opportunity for members to experience this excellent track.

See you at the track!

Mark Horton Andrews Competition Director

Our final Track Day for the year will be President’s Day at Sandown. President’s Day is unique and very special for our Club. It is a day where members who have competed

social corner Wow! What a busy lot I have discovered behind the scenes in the social corner of this great Club. I was simply blown away by the number of energetic and amazingly capably people that are bringing a cavalcade of wonderful social events to members.

And special appreciation to Michael O’Brien who kept the Social Director seat warm prior to my appointment. In fact I believe he blazed a red hot trail in coordinating and invigorating the various social sub committees. Well done and thanks Michael.

The most recent Club Night at Lorbek’s wonderful showroom was a blast. With 360 attendees it was the biggest ever. A huge round of applause is due to Russell Sturzaker and his merry band of helpers who organised the event.

Russell was also the other half of the amazing Rusty French presentation which finished with a bang when a video about the remarkable Porsche Tribute 935 tribute car proceeded an exclusive announcement about the imminent arrival of Rusty’s own new 935, one of only two heading to Australia. By now you will also have experienced the 2019 AGM Club Night at Porsche Centre Melbourne. This also promises to be a cracker with appearances by Porsche Centre Melbourne racer Nick McBride and one of the Porsche Track Experience Chief Instructors and 2018 Bathurst 1000 Winner Luke Youlden.

Innovative events are gaining traction with Vickie Morris’s Trivia Night at the German Club being very well received. Our planned second exciting innovation, Kon Gogos’ exciting cruise aboard the Victoria Star has been delayed waiting for warmer weather. Watch the web site for the new time.

The Annual Dinner is a must this year as we celebrate the awards to our social and competition winners. This grand evening of fun, dancing and merriment, being put together by Geoff Mould and his indefatigable team will intrigue with a French twist and some interesting industry involvement.

And we are still not done with a slew of events to see the year out including our Last Blast to Eildon Boat Club. So read all the email updates and check the website frequently.

Planning is also well underway for next year which is the clubs 45th year. Continuing our run of excellent events the Club’s 2020 tour to Tasmania, organised by the redoubtable duo of Alf Carrigan and Alison Belot, sold out within a few hours!

As I am new to this role I have been asked to provide some background about myself.

In the early/mid 90’s I decided to indulge my passion for cars and motorsport. After a rousing endorsement from my younger family I went looking for a car and a car club. Without the internet used cars were advertised in The Age Classifieds. While looking for a Morris Mini Cooper S my finger slipped from M to P and I realised I

could have a Porsche for not much more! Upon checking out the club I was pleasantly surprised to find an energetic, capable and welcoming band of enthusiasts. Subsequently closer inspection confirmed that my newly acquired “never been in a rally” 924 Turbo was indeed a rally car. Regardless, that was the start of a great adventure with Porsche and the club. I soon learned there are Porsches and there are better Porsches and I now look back on the ownership of 10 almost entirely wonderful Porsches.

Adventures with the club included competition, social events and quite a few tours.

There have been many social events and tours along the way which Helen and I have enjoyed immensely. Enduring friendships with Porsche club members have enriched our lives and remain strong and true today.

Under then President Michael Chapman I have previously served on the committee for a short time, ironically also looking after social.

A very special bond was formed when our son joined me in competition. Competing in Australia this pairing has also taken us to experience some of the great tracks and events overseas. The bond remains strong today and I reflect on the great privilege that it is to still be in PCV competition with Simon.

I was humbled to be asked by Tony to take on the Social Directors role. After conferring with Helen we thought why not, let’s put something back.

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The new Porsche 911 Speedster The production version of the new Porsche 911 Speedster goes to the starting line. For the first time in the company’s over 70-year history, the open-top two-seater with flat roofline is based on a GT model from the legendary 911 series. The new Speedster gets to the heart of Porsche’s core brand values: purism, lightweight design, efficiency and unfiltered driving pleasure. It combines the high-revving 375 kW (510 PS) four-litre boxer naturally-aspirated engine and the chassis from the 911 GT3 991 series with an athletic appearance characteristic of the forebear of all Porsche sports cars, the 356 “No. 1” Roadster from 1948. And to mark the significance of this year, the new 911 Speedster will be available in a limited edition of 1,948 units.

These will be manufactured at the headquarters in Zuffenhausen from mid-2019 - optionally with the Heritage Design package, another innovation from Porsche.

Design Purist, lightweight sports car limited to 1,948 units based on the 991 series with two seats and shortened window frame. Weight-saving Speedster soft top, carbon-fibre composite convertible top compartment lid with characteristic double-bubble streamliners. The optionally available Heritage Design package is a modern interpretation of historic Speedster elements from the 1950s and 1960s.

Drive Porsche 911 Speedster with four-litre highrevving GT naturally-aspirated boxer engine with six cylinders delivering 375 kW (510 PS); maximum torque 470 Nm; modified intake with individual throttle valves; lightweight exhaust system with two particulate filters (GPF). Sixspeed GT manual transmission with engageable auto-blip function.

Performance With a weight-to-power ratio of 2.87 kg/PS, this lightweight 1,465 kg 911 Speedster accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 4.0 seconds and reaches a top speed of 310 km/h.

Chassis Based on the 911 GT3 from the 991 series with rear-axle steering, dynamic engine mounts and the Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), Porsche Stability Management (PSM) and Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) control systems; Porsche ceramic composite brakes (PCCB) as standard; forged 20-inch alloy wheels.

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New 718 GT4 and Spyder The 718 family welcomes new members: with the new 718 Spyder and the 718 Cayman GT4, Porsche introduces two particularly emotional and powerful top models to claim top spot in the model series.

Their pure character will appeal to sports car enthusiasts who delight in driving pleasure and appreciate a high level of agility and an almost intimate proximity to the centre of power. The perfectly balanced mid-engine concept offers all this.

For the first time ever, the 718 Spyder and the 718 Cayman GT4 share a technical base.

This includes the newly developed four-litre six-cylinder naturally aspirated engine, together with a six-speed manual transmission. The boxer engine generates 309kW (420hp) in both models.

Whilst the GT4 represents the entry-level GT road model from Porsche, the Spyder lends itself to all kinds of curves. Both rely on highly efficient aerodynamics, a full GT chassis and powerful brakes.

High-revving and highly emotional naturally aspirated engine At the heart of both models is the new four-litre six-cylinder boxer engine. The naturally aspirated engine is based on the same engine family as the turbo engines in the current 911 Carrera model series. The new high-revving engine generates 309kW (420hp) – 35hp more than in the GT4 predecessor models. The third generation of the Spyder even has 45hp more. It delivers a maximum torque of 420 newton metres at between 5,000 and 6,800rpm.

The manual transmission sports cars can both break the 300km/h barrier: the 718 Spyder has a top speed of 301 km/h, whilst the 718 Cayman GT4 can reach 304 km/h. Both models accelerate to 100 km/h in 4.4 seconds from a standing start.

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The fascinating character of this naturally aspirated engine boasts linear power delivery and the immediate response of a GT engine. It has a maximum engine speed of 8,000rpm. The unparalleled boxer sound remains untouched.

New additions include technical highlights such as adaptive cylinder control. In part-load operation, it temporarily interrupts the injection process in one of the two cylinder banks, thus reducing fuel consumption.

Piezo injectors are used for direct fuel injection for the first time ever in a high-revving engine.

They split each injection process into up to five individual injections. This supports a complete – and therefore emissions-friendly – combustion process. A variable intake system with two resonance valves ensures optimum gas exchange in the cylinders.

Aerodynamic efficiency: more downforce, the same drag Among the striking features of the 718 Cayman GT4 is the comprehensively improved aerodynamics concept. It produces up to 50 percent more downforce, without adversely affecting drag – proof of outstanding efficiency.

The aerodynamics of both models benefit enormously from the newly designed singlechamber arch rear silencer: it creates space in the rear section for a functional diffuser, which accounts for a good 30 percent of the downforce at the rear axle in the 718 Cayman GT4.

The fixed rear wing is also marked by greater efficiency: it produces around 20 percent more downforce compared with its predecessor.

This corresponds to an additional downforce of twelve kilograms at 200 km/h. The front section, which is optimised in the GT style, maintains the aerodynamic balance with a large front spoiler lip and so-called air curtains. The latter calm the air flow along the front wheels.

Porsche 718 Spyder: an open-top road sport car with lightweight convertible top The new 718 Spyder is a pure machine for driving pleasure with a lightweight convertible top that can cope with top speeds. It continues the history of such famous Roadsters as the Porsche 550 Spyder and the 718 RS 60 Spyder.

Open or closed, it thrills with a captivating silhouette. The roof is suitable for everyday use and can be stowed away under the boot lid in just a few steps. Unlike the GT4, the 718 Spyder has a rear spoiler that comes up automatically at 120 km/h. Thanks to the functional diffuser, it is the first model in the Boxster family to generate aerodynamic downforce at the rear axle.

High-performance GT chassis: optimised for best dynamics For the first time ever, the 718 Spyder benefits from the high-performance GT chassis of the 718 Cayman GT4. With its superior cornering dynamics, it provides an emotional driving experience. Its further refined lightweight spring-strut front and rear axles make use of racing technologies. The direct connection to the chassis is partially by means of ball joints.

The Porsche Active Suspension Management damping system with 30 mm lower suspension lowers the centre of gravity and improves lateral dynamics potential. It is specifically designed for use on the racetrack and makes the handling characteristics of the 718 Cayman GT4 sharper. The 718 Spyder also benefits from this design. The Porsche Stability Management (PSM) operates with even greater sensitivity and precision here but can optionally also be deactivated in two steps.

Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with mechanical rear differential lock further enhances the longitudinal and lateral dynamics, cornering performance and driving pleasure. The GT4 also comes with the option of a Clubsport package.

This includes a rear steel roll bar and a six-point seatbelt on the driver’s side.

Gripping: powerful brakes, ultra-highperformance tyres The high-performance brake system in the 718 Spyder and 718 Cayman GT4 provides consistent braking that is suitable for track driving thanks to large aluminium monobloc fixedcaliper brakes. The Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) is also available as an option.

One new feature is that the 718 Spyder now runs on ultra-high-performance tyres specially

adapted by Porsche. They are part of the overall package that makes the 718 Cayman GT4 fly on the NĂźrburgring Nordschleife: its lap time on the 20.6-kilometre racetrack is more than ten seconds faster than its predecessor.

In Australia, specifications are improved to include many features as standard. These include tinted Bi-Xenon headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System, ParkAssist including reversing camera, automatically dimming mirrors with rain sensor, windscreen with grey top-tint, ambient interior lighting, alarm system with

interior surveillance, Apple CarPlay, navigation including Porsche Connect, digital radio, cruise control, two-zone climate control and heated seats. In the GT4 Spyder, a heated multi-function steering wheel is also standard in Australia.

The new Porsche 718 Spyder and the 718 Cayman GT4 are available to order now, and will arrive in Australia from Q1 2020. Prices start from $209,000^ for the Spyder and $218,800^ for the Cayman GT4.

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Tuesday 27th August

Story: Russell Sturzaker Photos: Alvaro Del Gallo, Neville Sampson, Vicki Sturzaker & Ron Widdison

Club Night at Lorbek Luxury Cars

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The last time we visited Lorbek Luxury Cars was some 3 years ago, for our Opening Club Night BBQ on Tuesday 16th February 2016, at that event, approximately 250 members and guests were in attendance at a sit down dinner with some twenty or so on the waiting list.

Following a meeting earlier this year with Srecko Lorbek (fellow club member and owner of Lorbek Luxury Cars) we were invited back, for what was to be a truly magnificent club night. First, to enable more members to attend this year’s event, we changed the format of our night to provide a stand up finger food event, along with a special guest speaker, but who should we invite to speak?

Knowing that Srecko is extremely well connected in the motor trade and motorsport fraternity in general, we asked him if he would like to suggest someone who he thought might fit our night, and following a late night call to a close friend and business associate, Rusty French accepted Srecko’s invitation to speak, ……..

Our night was taking shape very nicely.

Having made the format of our night at Lorbek, a stand up finger food event, we were not limited by numbers, and we must have got the formula right somewhere along the line as by 4.00pm on the day of our club night, attendance numbers had peaked at 376, with only 16 of these being guests, making this our Largest Club Night in the 44 Year History of PCV, having passed our previous record of 276 attendees some four months earlier at our April Club Night at PCM where we had Jim Richards, Peter Fitzgerald and Glenn Ridge as our guest presenters..

A couple of days prior to our night, we had received a telephone call from Srecko, asking could he be provided with the PCV Logo, “Sure I cautiously responded, what do you want that for?” ….. “Well I want to have the logo produced onto a large vinyl graphic to great people when they arrive at the front door!” ….. “Oh, and also, I would like to provide a complimentary glass of Mumm Champagne to everyone on arrival” ……

Srecko was in full flight, and his attention to detail, was truly something to experience!

Over the coming weeks the Club Night Subcommittee of Melanie Treloar, Garry Saber and Russel Sturzaker met numerous times to fine tune what we felt was going to be a truly sensational event. Srecko’s enthusiasm for the night to say the least, was amazing, first having organised Rusty to be our guest speaker, Srecko then offering to clear the showroom and redisplay primarily Porsche vehicles along with his offer to accept six display cars to be provide by club members, he provided a door prize of a Full Lorbek Luxury Car Detail, complimentary Mumm champagne on arrival and barista coffee’s at the end of the night in Café Lorbek, what a host!

Following our meeting I sat at home contemplating how on earth I was going to be able to cover the amount of things that Rusty had achieved so far in his 50 plus years of motorsport, let alone piece together in some form of chronological order the carton of photographs that rusty had provided me for his story …. After spending two solid days scanning, cropping and editing the photos, I was at least in the position of having a much better understanding of our Special Guest Speaker – Rusty French.

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Club Night Introduction

Russell then acknowledged the following Life Members, Past Presidents, and Hall of Fame Members present on the night.

Life Members - Michael Browning, Barbara Darvall, Will Darvall and Ian Knight Past Presidents - John Benson, Michael Browning, Will Darvall and Ian Knight Hall of Fame Winners - Bruce Harris, Michael Browning, Peter Fitzgerald and Mark Chrzanowski Russell then invited the eight new Members present, - Tom Carlisle, Anthony D’Alessandro, Minfang Duan, Xavier Franklin, Omnia Holland, Irwin Liaw, Rodney Mackenzie, and Gary Morgan, to introduce themselves, and to describe which car that they owned.

7:45 Welcome Address – Club President – Tony Carolan Following this Club President - Tony Carolan was invited to the microphone to welcome everyone to our club night, and to give members a brief update on coming events.

Tony then invited Alison Belot to come forward to discuss the impending launch of the Tasmanian Grand Tour, following which our MC Russell Sturzaker took over to introduce our Special Guest speaker Rusty French.

Rusty French also offered his support in providing his two 935 Kremer K3 Race Cars for display on the night, along with his 911 GT2 RS and 911 GT3 RS, all transported to and from Lorbek at Rusty’s expense.

So what’s next? Well with the venue coordination in the capable hands of Harry Harmann of Lorbek, next it was time to meet with Rusty French to find out a bit more on whom some call “The Man in Black”. So Garry Saber and I arranged a time to meet with Rusty at his headquarters in Melbourne’s South East. Rusty greeted us on our arrival and we proceeded to his board room, where covering his board room table were folders of photographs, newspaper cuttings, trophies and presentations that he had looked out for us to go through while compiling my notes for our interview that was to form the basis of Rusty’s Guest Speaker presentation.

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8.00 Special Guest Interview Rusty French - “The Man in Black”

6:30 Arrival of Club Members & Food Served Members and Guests started arriving at Lorbek’s from around 5.30pm, and by 6.30pm things were really starting to hum … there was a truly immaculate display of both Porsche and Other exotics on display, and it was not long before the showroom was full. Tables of antipasto were being well supported, and the finger food was served from 7.00pm.

At 7.30 pm MC - Russell Sturzaker introduced our host Srecko Lorbek, who welcomed everyone to Lorbek Luxury Cars, and hoped that all would enjoy the fabulous night that we had planned.

The following are excerpts from Russell’s Interview with Rusty French Introduction Even the authoritative book “The Great Race” has Rusty’s debut at Mount Panorama as being 1977 when, in actual fact, it was almost a decade earlier in

1968 under the name of ‘W French’.

1970s Rusty returned to Mt Panorama in 1977 with a brand new XC Falcon Hardtop built for him by ex-Moffat man Dale Sudholz.

Rusty has featured relatively little in the motorsport press for a man who has held a CAMS General Competition License for some 50 years, and has a Top 10 finish in the Le Mans 24 Hour to his name.

What has been printed about Rusty has normally centered on his perceived wealth, and he is sometimes painted as something of a flamboyant playboy race driver. While a more accurate summation is that of an experienced gentleman racer that the sport’s historians have largely overlooked.

Ladies and Gentleman would you put your hands together for Rusty French!!

Your Cams Licence shows the name W. French, where did the name Rusty come from?

• RF: I’ve always had Rusty as a nickname since I was 10 years old because I had red hair and freckles, I suppose. ‘W French’ was my given name, but because my father was ‘W French’ everyone used Rusty because they couldn’t have two Walters in the same household. My CAMS Licence must have been in the name W French. I think they took the details off your road license back then.

Tell us a bit about your business Skye Sands?

• RF: Skye Sands is my own sand mining and quarrying operation that I started in Skye, on the Mornington Peninsula, back in 1973 and we have since branched out into landfill operations, a transfer station and waste recycling.

With a few notable exceptions, you have always raced black cars. Why is that?

• RF: I’ve always been a lover of black cars since my Customline days. I’ve been black before a lot of well-known cars, like the JPS BMWs. Even my road cars are black. Not always a good colour to have, to keep clean.

Rusty French started his driving ‘career’ as a youngster in an Austin Seven.

“I competed in speed events with the Austin Seven Club when I was only 15 year old,” French explains. “Then I did a three-year apprenticeship in the army as a motor mechanic. In ‘Civvy Street’ you sweep the floor in the first year, get lunches, and don’t do much mechanical work. It was different in the army. I was there purely to do the course, and while I was in there I raced in speedway at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in hot-rods and stock cars. Wherever I was based – in NSW and Queensland – I used to do speedway racing, much to the army’s disgust!

“I didn’t start on the black track until 1966 when I first got my CAMS Licence. (Some 53 years ago)” Chevrolet Impala Era That first foray onto the “black track” came following his time in the military in a two-door Chevrolet Impala.

“The reason I chose the Impala was that it was on the used car lot at Eiffel Tower Motors in Melbourne, where I worked in the truck sales department, and it was the only car with a laminated windscreen.

I used that to get off my ‘three stripes”, essentially the CAMS probationary Licence of the day and ran in improved touring car events at Victorian venues like Hume Weir and Sandown for a couple of years. The Impala had a two speed auto transmission!

It wasn’t the easiest thing to drive.”

His next step up the racing ladder would involve racing Eiffeltower Motorsentered Hillmans and Valiants and proved to be something of a false dawn.

Partnered by experienced Kiwi Leo Leonard, the team debuted the Falcon in the Sandown 500 where it ran a wheel-bearing. At Bathurst the Falcon broke a gearbox mount. It was replaced in a lengthy pit stop and which meant, although they were running at the finish, the car was unclassified due to insufficient laps. For 1978 French teamed up with the John Gossoperation, even repainting the Falcon in ‘Goss Blue’ to honour a sponsor commitment. This was the only ever departure from the ubiquitous black that features on all of French’s own cars to this day. Graham Moore was the co-driver in ’78 and again in ’79, when the Falcon returned to its familiar black livery. The Falcon completed 90 laps in ’78 after numerous problems and was again unclassified. Things got worse when the engine blew after a mere nine laps the following year.

1980s French missed the 1980 race, but came back in ’81 with his self- prepared XD Falcon.

Bathurst by the decades Bathurst 1960s The record books may say ‘W. French’, but Rusty’s first Bathurst was the 1968 Hardie Ferodo 500 in a Hillman Gazelle with Alton Boddenberg.

At the time Rusty was working as a sales manager selling Dodge trucks for Jack Nougher’s Eiffeltower Motors and landed the Bathurst drive. In 1968 Class B saw the advent of the new Datsun 1600 and they dominated the class. French and Boddenberg did well to finish fourth in class among a sea of Datsuns.

Preparation included a number of that year’s touring car rounds. While French didn’t get to greet the chequered flag due to the shortened race, after the infamous McPhillamy Park pile up, he and Leo Leonard were classified 22nd. They were 20 laps behind the winning Falcon of Dick Johnson and John French.

For 1982 French teamed up with Ford stalwart Murray Carter in his new XE Falcon. It was a disaster, with the motor detonating after 25 laps.

“I don’t even think I got in it,” French recalls.

French competed during this era in other events of this era – from hill climbs to the 1969 Surfers Paradise 12 Hour – in Gazelles and Valiants. However, it would be almost a decade before he ventured back to Mount Panorama with his own cars, which he ran spasmodically during the regular tin-top season, but invariably made the pilgrimage with each October.

French’s time in Fords highlighted the difficulty Falcon privateers had getting their cars to finish, in contrast to their Holden equivalents. A change of direction was needed for 1983 and a tie up with Re-Car owner and Commodore privateer Alan Browne provided the answer.

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Part of the deal where Browne drove French’s second Porsche 935 at GT rounds saw French join Browne in the ex- Grice VH Commodore at Sandown and Bathurst. As fate would have it, Browne never did get to race with French. Instead he relinquished his seat to former Bathurst winner Bob Morris, who just happened to be at the mountain, helmet in hand but without a drive. Morris acclimatised to the Commodore quickly getting it into the Hardies Heroes top 10 and the car started ninth. Early in the race Morris was up to an amazing second until a spin down the escape road pushed him down the field.

Unfortunately, Morris suffered from motion sickness, a legacy of an inner ear injury suffered in the ’81 Bathurst crash.

“He vomited into his helmet,” French recalls, “so I ended up having to do two-thirds of the race.” Despite the setback, the pair finished an excellent 8th outright, French finally greeting the chequered flag at Bathurst.

In 1984 Rusty teamed up with Queensland driver Geoff Russell, father of current Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series and Bathurst co-driver David. With French’s budget consumed by racing mega-dollar Porsche 956s in endurance races, the ’84 Bathurst campaign was a modest affair, with the car being prepared by Commodore guru Les Small.

An awful qualifying session saw French down the field with the minnows, and he came close to not proceeding past the first corner.

“Walkinshaw was stationary at the start in the Jaguar and with all the dust I almost ran into him. I jinked right and took to the grass almost scrapping the concrete wall as I went past.”

A long pit stop early on – and high oil consumption throughout the race – meant French and Russell gradually worked their way up the field. By lunchtime they had broken into the top 10 and went on to finish an impressive sixth outright, four laps behind the next place getter, on 154 laps.

With the advent of Group A, French looked at bringing out an Eggenberger-prepared Ford Sierra XR4 Ti for Bathurst in 1986.

“We looked at doing Group A and leasing a Sierra with Klaus Niedwiedz. John Sands was going to sponsor the car and then when we were putting the deal together the numbers changed and they pulled the pin on it. Niedwiedz didn’t come out that year, but he did the following year, when he was disqualified from second in the Eggenberger Sierra in the World Touring Car Championship round at Bathurst. French would not return to race at Mt Panorama for another 13 years.

Pantera Era

GT Championship – a Recipe for success

French took a break from racing in the early 1970s and moved to Sydney to run a prestige car dealership on Parramatta Road.

At the end of 1981, the Australian Production Sports Car Championship was no more, and the following season saw the revival of the GT championship (last run in 1963), combining with the Sports Sedans. In a classic case of ‘if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em’, Rusty bought the 1981 championship-winning Porsche 935 of John Latham to run in the new-look series.

“I was running Falcon GTs and GT-HOs for a while and only doing the odd club event.

Around 1973or ’74, I started importing a few vehicles from England and America. I quite enjoyed that, seeing the world and bringing back good cars, such as Mustangs and Corvettes, Ferraris and Jaguars.”

It was at this time French cast his eye over the CAMS Production Sports Car class’s eligibility list until he came to the Italian supercar, the De Tomaso Pantera.

“It was different,” he emphasises. “It was simple. It had a mid-mounted Ford Cleveland 351 engine in it and there wasn’t one here (in Australia). I decided to jump on a plane to Italy and look at them. The factory had a Group 4 car, and I bought that back here in 1975.”

This wasn’t just any Pantera, but an exworks race car raced by such luminaries as former Ferrari Formula One drivers Clay Regazzoni and Mike Parkes, in the 1973 European GT Championship.

As delivered, the Pantera’s Cleveland 351ci engine sported four twin downdraught Weber carburetors and a semi dry sump. This was soon changed to a full dry sump and an Australian developed McGee mechanical fuel injection system. Other modifications included repositioning the fuel tank to the front of the car and a weight reduction program.

The Pantera competed in the Australian Production Sports Car Championship between 1976 and 1981 against a succession of Porsche 934s driven by the likes of Ian Geoghegan, Alan Hamilton and Allan Moffat, but with little success.

“The Pantera’s reliability was probably a bit spasmodic. To get the horsepower out of it to run with the turbo Porsches, it was hard to keep them reliable. We were always breaking rockers or valve springs, though at least the bottom end was okay with Carillo rods.”

Like its predecessor, the GT championship was a Porsche-fest. F1 world champion Alan Jones swept the series in an Alan Hamilton, Porsche Cars Australia-entered Porsche 935, with Rusty finishing a distant second in his John Sands-sponsored 935.

For 1983, French bought the ’82 winning 935 from Hamilton and set up a twocar team with Alan Browne, owner of Re-Car, driving the second car.

Jim Richards in the JPS-sponsored BMW 318i Turbo got the jump on French in the first two rounds of the AGTC, before the series was turned on its head at the third round at Adelaide International Raceway. Many of the field’s frontrunners were caught up in one of the most expensive accidents witnessed on an Australian race track. Peter Brock, in Bob Jane’s Chevrolet Monza, snapped a drive-shaft and veered into Richard’s BMW, destroying it and severely damaging another five cars, including Browne’s 935.

French was one of the few frontrunners not to be caught up in the melee and won the race. It was the start of his run to the 1983 Australian GT Championship, winning two of the six rounds and scoring twice as many points as the next best.

As the reigning champion Rusty only competed at the opening round at Lakeside in 1984, where he tangled with Tony Edmondson on the last corner of the last lap while fighting for second place.

Le Mans (Rusty French in France) His 1983 Australian GT Championship title had brought him to the attention of Porsche’s competition chiefs. He was being considered for a drive by a Porschebacked team at a little sports car shindig called Le Mans, held each year in France.

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In early 1984 Rusty received a call from Stuttgart that would have a profound effect on his racing career.

French remembers Winkelhock as a “hell of a driver” and the pair finished fifth behind the factory Porsches. Rusty was the first Aussie home. Sadly, Manfred Winkelhock would perish the following year in a Kremer Porsche 956 at Mosport Park in Ontario Canada.

Renaissance Man - Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia - Rothmans Series

Nineties - Nations Cup In the nineties Rusty bought a Dodge Viper ACR to run in the Nations Cup, before switching to a Porsche 996 GT3 in 2003, the last year of the series. For 2005 the Australian GT Championship was reinstated and French found himself in a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.

The vagaries of sports car championships in the 1980s is a story in itself. Suffice to say that the change from production sports cars to GT cars, with sports sedans thrown in, and then to prototype sports cars did not offer any stability to series competitors.

“That was Paul Stokell’s old car. I was invited to drive that by Andrew Smith of Lamborghini Racing Australia.

“After winning the Australian GT Championship, I was invited by Porsche to a prizegiving ceremony in Germany where I was introduced to the Kremer people through Jurgen Barth and Klaus Bischoff of the Porsche racing department. Then in May, the Kremer team contacted me to say they had a drive available in the 1984 Le Mans 24 Hour in one of their team 956Bs.” That was the event with a distinct Australian flavour. The Aussie assault was led by the high- profile Bob Jane- sponsored, John Fitzpatrickentered Porsche 956B of Peter Brock and Larry Perkins. Also present was Allan Grice in a privateer 956B and the strong combination of ’83 winner Vern Schuppan, Alan Jones and Jean Pierre Jarier in another Kremer 956.

French had Jim Hardman build up a third lightweight Porsche 935 from a spare shell that Alan Hamilton had lying around. But sensing that it would no longer be competitive against the prototype sports cars, he looked overseas for opportunities to race his thoroughbred Porsche.

“We took one of the Porsche 935s to Shah Alam, the State Capital of Selangor in Malaysia and ran in the Rothmans Series there,” French outlines. “I think that was 1985. Then in 1989 we took the 935 now in [Kremer] K3 specification to England to run in their Masterscreen-sponsored Porsche GT Challenge which we won outright. We raced on all the classic British tracks there.”

Thus, Rusty’s presence at Le Mans went all but unnoticed. He was teamed with the experienced British racers David Sutherland and soonto-be television personality Tiff Needell.

In the race Rusty acquitted himself well in the 370km/h Porsche, sharing the Kremer 956B in two hour stints with the regular drivers. Needell went off in the middle of the night with the 956 sustaining minor damage. The car gradually came back through the field and finished an excellent ninth outright, with French being the second Australian home behind Kremer teammates Schuppan and Jones, in fifth.

Sandown – World Endurance Championship

French never really stopped racing the 935s, but more modern Porsches would soon fill the void into the 1990s, including 993 and 996 model 911 RSRs and RSCS models in events like Targa Tasmania.

Silverstone UK Rusty took the 935 and competed and won at Silverstone in the UK

In 2005 French logged his three Porsche 935s as historic race cars and has been enjoying winding back the clock and racing them against contemporary rivals. He has been a fixture at the prestigious Phillip Island Classic and has even ventured overseas again, winning the Japanese Le Mans Classic in 2005 and winning the IMSA class in the Monterey Classic at Laguna Classic over three consecutive years, 2008 to 2010.

This year also sees French’s return to an Australian national series, the reborn Porsche Carrera Cup. V8 Supercars In February 2013 (along with Rod Nash - already the owner of the #55 Racing Contract,) Rusty purchased the V8 Supercar Team of Ford Performance Racing, from the factory Ford outfit from previous and founding owners Prodrive.

It was now that members and guests were in for a real surprise ….

1997 Gold Coast Indy Carnival In 1997 Rusty scored a win in the Porsche Cup Challenge at the Gold Coast Indy Carnival. At the end of the year French had a triple heart by-pass which put him on the sidelines for some time.

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New Porsche 935

Rusty was invited to join the Kremer team again in late 1984 for the first ever Australian round of the World Endurance Championship at Sandown.

He was teamed with the mercurial German F1 driver Manfred Winkelhock for a 1000km race.

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We didn’t have to repaint that one, it was already black…”

MC Russell Sturzaker then ran a video of the Launch of the New 935 recently released

by Porsche and with only 77 Units being manufactured, those wishing to get one had to apply to the factory to be considered for allocation of one of these beauties … well guess who was successful in obtaining one? ….. That’s right none other than Rusty French. In fact Rusty then announced that he was literally flying to Germany the following morning to take delivery of his new steed.

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The lucky winner was Club Member - Michael Holland, who Srecko invited to come forward and to receive his Lorbek Gift Voucher. Srecko then went on to invite everyone to join him in Café Lorbek for complimentary Barista Coffees.

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Not content with this single purchase, and deciding that the 935 needed something else to keep it company, Rusty had also ordered a new 911 GT2 RS Club Sport and 911 GT3 RS which were being shipped the following week.

Images of Rusty’s New GT2 RS Club Sport being loaded at the factory, for shipment to Australia.

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Questions & Answers

Questions and Answers followed, with members and guests revelling in what was truly an informative and entertaining presentation.

Following Rusty’s interview, Russell ran a video of the New Porsche 935 being driven at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July, a truly memorable experience.

Thank You’s

Special nights like this do not just happen though …… and we would particularly like to thank the following people for helping to make this event such a great success …….

•Lorbek Luxury Cars - headed by Srecko Lorbek, the assistance provided to us by Srecko and his Team was truly amazing.

•Guest Speaker - Rusty French for agreeing to come and speak to us, and also for going to the trouble of providing us with four of his cars on display on the night •PCV Club Member Display Vehicles - A special thank you to the following club members for making their cars available to us, for display on the night.

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Deano Brandi – 356 Continental

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Russell Sturzaker – 924 Carrera GT.

8.45 Thank you to our Guest Speaker - Rusty French The end of the interview with Rusty French was now upon us, and everyone in the room joined with Russell in thanking Rusty, for what was a truly informative and entertaining presentation.

9.00 Drawing the Winner of the Lorbek Door Prize of a Full Vehicle Detail Srecko Lorbek was then invited back to the microphone, where he thanked everyone for attending the club night, and then asked Rusty French to draw a business card out, and to announce the winner of the Lorbek Full Vehicle Detail.

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PCV Social Committee Members, Alison Belot, Anna Cooke, Alvaro Del Gallo, Vickie Morris, Kon Gogos, Clyde White, David Turner, Linley Baxter, Geoff Mould, Garry Saber, Russell Sturzaker and Melanie Treloar, along with Maria Del Gallo, Louis Saber, Vicki Sturzaker and others who assisted on the night •PCV Administrators – Carly Pasco and Lisa Gillespie •Editorial Copy - Australian Muscle Car Magazine - 11 Jan 2013

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also. He now has a 50 year eclectic, colourful collection, from the 50’s, 60’s ,70’s x3, 80’s and noughties. Wot, no 90’s or teenies? Still room, although John feels the number is right.

In order of acquisition Atlas Grey MY06 997.1 with Black interior and full GT3 aero, Carrera S motor, with 134K. This car could possibly move on for a similar GT3.

Zinc Metallic ‘84 3.3 930 with Navy interior and showing 78K. Notice how many 930s in recent collections? Very coveted model, an icon.

Ruby Red ‘63 356 BT6 with Porsche Classic Navy interior and 75 hp S motor. I love those navy interiors. Adrian Fry also did the nut and bolt restoration. For what it’s worth, 89K miles on the clock.

John Orchard Ten years ago a new member came to a lunch run on the Peninsula in a perfect Polo Red ‘65 911 with black interior and houndstooth inlay. I was blown away with this incredibly rare car from the first year of production and raved about it to the attendees, very few of whom seemed particularly impressed. The owner, John Orchard, has since become a very involved member of PCV, the 356 Register in Oz and the US, the Porsche Forum and Classic Porsche Australia!

Have you heard this story? A 12 year old boy falls in love with his mate’s father’s Porsche and wants one. 10 years later he almost saves enough to buy one, but the luxury car tax stymies him. Another 20 years later a friend gets him to go halves in a ‘71 911, updated from a ‘65. Normal story so far, but there’s more. The very thorough John does some research and finds and confirms that the chassis number is the 9th RHD of 20 ever made, with about 12 left! The best find ever?

Superb restoration was done back to the ‘65 original by Adrian Fry in Geelong. John owned and drove the car for about another 4 years, until selling this very valuable beautiful original model (weren’t they exquisite) in 2013, after selling a Tangerine ‘66 LHD 912, owned concurrently.

He was Porsche-less for 5 months (quelle horreur) then resumed building his definitive Porsche collection. Here is a rare collector; he buys the cars he carefully chooses, then keeps them, from the whole range of models, that being unusual

Lime Green ‘74 911 with Black interior and the only Sportomatic, otherwise all cars being manual. Shows 28K, but changed from a Japanese speedo. Beautiful colour, which is why John bought it.

Black ‘55 Pre-A 356 with Wine Red interior, LHD, 55hp 1500.

From Spain, via Noosa. The next project for Adrian after engine and trans and all running gear reliable. Note the “bent” screen.

Conda Green ‘71 2.2 S with Beige interior, 180 hp, one of 12 in Oz, showing 48K miles.

Mexico Blue ‘74 Carrera Ducktail Targa with Black interior and 210 hp 2.7 mech FI, the same motor as ‘73 RS in the ‘74 Carreras. Over 1500 Ducktails were fitted to ‘74 Carreras, about the same number as were fitted to the RS, (which was news to me) this being the last one!

So there you go, a great collection, with just a couple of decade gaps. We might say that Porsche owners often start slowly, but then really bite the bullet or lots of them. There’ll always be lots of plans and projects turning over with John.

But wait! As we finalised the article, John bought a ‘97 White 2.5 Boxster with Beige interior, to close the 90’s gap! That’ll probably be for wife Tamara, unless John grabs it. I knew there was still room!

Mea Culpa. When doing the last story, on Ben Westover’s cars, I said that 924 Carrera GTs were not delivered to OZ, but Russell Sturzaker pointed out that 15 were imported by PCA, his being the only black one. Ben’s had been a UK car. Thanks Russ.

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RESULTS Winton Winter Super Sprint Sunday, 23 June 2019

Driver

Car

Result 1

Result 2

Result 3

Class

Outright

Class

Outright

Position

Position

Points

Points

Class: OPEN Joseph Ensabella 997 GT3 Cup

83.772

58.936

-

1

1

102.197 91.279

Class: Cup6 Stephen Sluga

996 GT3 Cup

92.648

64.262

-

1

9

72.587

51.118

Andrew Smith

996 Cup car

93.550

64.728

-

2

13

68.939

48.018

997 Cup Car

85.456

60.655

-

1

3

98.023

79.881

Jamie Lovett

JL997GT3Cup

84.678

58.969

-

1

2

100.589 88.586

Vince Misuraca

997 GT3 Cup Car 86.560

60.681

-

2

4

88.223

76.877

Boxster S

89.446

62.548

-

1

5

99.551

63.307

Michael Herrod

993 RSR

94.503

66.059

-

1

16

85.241

42.598

Denis LambrouFernando

911 Lightweight

97.650

69.074

-

2

29

67.972

30.324

Michael Stroh

Boxster S 986

110.766

77.637

-

3

47

25.624

5.492

Stefan Wojciechowski

991 GT3

90.336

63.857

-

1

6

94.529

57.140

Kees Van Ek

991 GT3

93.386

66.050

-

2

14

78.756

44.677

Mark Armour

991.1GT3 CS

99.095

70.561

-

3

33

52.662

25.336

Jeremy Davidson Cayman GT4

91.294

65.213

-

1

8

91.163

51.119

Richard PaulAndrew

991 GTS

93.949

65.999

-

2

15

81.533

43.761

Gary Major

997 GT3 Club Sport

101.771

72.537

-

3

38

45.937

18.655

Richard Thompson

996 GT3

91.921

63.293

-

1

7

98.909

55.552

Peter Harrison

996 GT3 Mk2

92.402

64.871

-

2

10

91.552

49.825

Tony Carolan

996 GT3

The day couldn’t have started out any better – clear skies, crisp air and not a breath of wind. Meanwhile, back in Melbourne, thick fog and drizzle enveloped the city.

Once all cars turned up, the usual scrutinising was carried out by Tas and his team. Run order of the day consisted of six groups, with the long track taking place in the morning followed by the short track after lunch.

Class: Cup7.1 Andrew Hall

Class: Cup7.3

A1 Class on the long track saw Matt Burton take out 1st place, followed by Simon Zettl 2nd and Bill Toohey 3rd in a trifecta of Caymans. A2 Class was very lonely, with Josef Smith the only entrant.

Joseph Ensabella

Class: M0 Peter Fitzgerald

Class: M2

Class: GT1

It was great to see long track in B Class being dominated by the A-series 3.2 Carrera of Danny Reynolds, with the shared car of the Loypurs coming in 2nd and 3rd. However, that changed after lunch with the Cayman steered by D.J. Loypur coming in 1st on the short track. Daniel was about a tenth off the B Class record for the morning’s long track – well done Daniel!

Class: GT2

Class: GT3

92.822

65.126

-

3

12

89.521

48.276

Gil van der Venne 991 Carrera S

100.934

69.767

-

4

34

56.326

24.446

Belucci Murelli

Cayman GTS

109.789

75.638

-

5

43

28.542

7.846

David Mallinson

991 Carrera S

110.066

76.927

-

6

45

25.817

6.454

Matt Burton

Cayman S

92.970

64.935

-

1

11

101.410 48.529

Howard Burton

Cayman S

95.804

65.627

-

2

17

91.483

41.504

Bill Toohey

Cayman S

95.452

66.473

-

3

19

89.221

39.868

Simon Zettl

Cayman R

95.428

66.713

-

4

20

88.416

39.302

Michael McLaurie 996 Carrera 4S

95.795

66.723

-

5

21

87.476

38.658

Garry Saber

Cayman S

96.662

66.864

-

6

23

84.882

36.892

Guy Lavoipierre

Cayman S

96.542

67.139

-

7

24

84.196

36.408

Alan Conrad

981 Boxster GTS 96.357

68.073

-

8

26

81.435

34.516

Troy Hungerford

997 Carrera

98.736

69.542

-

9

32

71.215

27.787

Gary Cornish

991

110.068

77.823

-

10

46

30.807

5.725

Cayman S

101.081

69.919

-

1

35

67.207

23.970

DJ Loypur

Cayman 987

96.752

66.727

-

1

22

102.021 37.091

Daniel Reynolds

911 Carrera

96.523

Danny Loypur

Cayman 987

Class: A1

Class: A2 Josef Smith

Class: B 67.494

-

2

25

99.765

35.588

98.014

68.725

-

3

27

91.574

30.520

Andrew Campbell Cayman

98.566

69.357

-

4

31

88.056

28.401

Carlo Fasolino

Cayman

101.119

70.487

-

5

36

78.353

22.852

Jason Whitling

Cayman

103.796

71.751

-

6

39

68.694

17.705

Dennis Bath

987 Cayman

103.843

73.668

-

7

41

63.176

14.822

Richard Catchlove

Cayman

200.000

70.170

-

8

42

39.227

12.663

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

99.175

68.036

-

1

28

94.986

30.388

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

98.451

69.273

-

2

30

92.379

28.736

Mark Horton Andrews

Boxster

108.760

77.008

-

3

44

48.599

7.170

John Kennedy

944S2

95.599

65.799

-

1

18

107.830 41.384

Garry Voges

944 S2

102.471

71.184

-

2

37

72.499

20.048

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

103.475

72.146

-

3

40

67.520

17.398

Ken Anson

Boxster

114.756

200.000

-

4

48

15.916

1.008

Sam Markov

997 Cup Car

84.465

59.448

-

1

49

-

-

Phil Treloar

996 GT3

92.300

64.662

-

2

50

-

-

David Curtis

997 S

101.271

74.238

-

3

51

-

-

Ian Roberts

Boxster

109.799

200.000

-

4

52

-

-

Class: C

Class: D

Class: OTHER

C Class was the battle of ‘Silver Fox’ Mark Chrzanowski against the middle-weight Cameron Goodyear. Long track saw Cameron have the edge by 0.7. After lunch, however, Silver Fox woke up his well-used Blue SC to do a 1.08.03, coming in 1st for short track in C Class.

Garry Voges

Stephen Sluga came in 1st place in Cup 6 Class on both long and short tracks, with Andrew Smith taking out 2nd place.

Cup 7.1 Class saw Andrew Hall, as the only entrant, punching out some very respectable times.

In Cup 7.3, Jamie Lovett dominated for the day over Vince Misuraca.

Sam Markov

D Class had the fire-breathing 944 of John Kennedy annihilate his competition with a class record being broken. John took out 1st in the long and short, followed by Garry Voges and Phil Cox. GT1 class saw Stefan Wojciechowski come 1st in class well ahead of Kees van Ek 2nd and Mark Armour 3rd.

GT2 class was dominated by Jeremy Davidson in the Cayman GT4 on both long and short to take 1st, with Richard Paul-Andrew 2nd and the 997 GT3 steered by Gary Major came in 3rd.

GT3 class, dominated by three black 996 GT3 Club sports had yours truly take out long and short track 1st places. I might add, this was only achieved due to the generosity of Phil Treloar loaning me a set of rear tyres (and bald) due to one of my rear tyres developing an issue. These second-hand tyres allowed me to smash the short track record. Many thanks Phil! Coming in 2nd was Peter Harrison followed by President Tony Carolan.

Modified O+1 were owned by Peter Fitzgerald and Rex Broadbent. Modified 2 saw the gorgeous Speed Yellow and immaculate 993 RSR (Replica) from Mike Herrod come 1st, followed by Dennis Lambrou-Fernando in the newly weighted IROC (International Race of Champions) replica for 2nd.

Vince Misuraca

Tom Marks

Open Class was made up of Joseph Ensabella posting a 1.23.77 long and an 0.58.93, which were the quickest times posted for the meet.

Peter Harrison

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Thank you to the Club for hosting a great day.

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Winter Run to 360q Queenscliff

Sunday 14th July

On a cold winters day 110 people and two children commenced the PCV Winter Run from the meeting place, the Caltex service station at Werribee. The run to Bannockburn took us through country Victoria, past the Ford proving ground, via Anakie for morning tea at the Bannockburn CFA. Bannockburn CFA did a fabulous job of morning tea with a coffee cart for those needing an early morning espresso hit with an excellent array of food, all labelled with their ingredients.

The members of the CFA made the club feel very welcome, without a doubt one of the best morning teas we have experienced.

From the Bannockburn CFA we drove on to Queenscliff. Many thanks to Alvaro who organised the run. The decision to travel via Barwon Heads was done to give members a chance to see the iconic Heads and coast.

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a week in advance to find out they had installed an ice skating rink in the car park.

After much discussion they agreed to let us park on the Wharf at Queenscliff which provided secure parking for 50+ Porsches in a secure location. Many thanks to Clyde White who helped with the parking while I froze on point duty directing the traffic.

360q looked and was sensational. With panoramic views across Port Phillip Bay with views to the Heads, how could it miss? We were greeted by friendly staff who offered everyone a complimentary drink, which I noticed was top quality wine, with canapés of pick up prawn sticks, homemade sausage rolls with “Nana Bev’s kick arse chutney”.

Entrée consisted of southern fried chicken with hopin jack salsa or double baked Drysdale cheese soufflé with a tarragon cream sauce. I was impressed with the efficiency of the kitchen staff to prepare these meals in the quantity needed get them out quickly onto the table, all of which looked very presentable and delicious on the plate. After the entrée we followed with a few announcements and then the main course.

At this time Geoff and Barbara Mould managed to arrive after their Cayman experienced a flat battery and refused to start. A good time to arrive as the main courses were not to be missed! When you have 110 people to serve with either eye fillet steak or salmon on the menu, unless you have top kitchen staff this could have ended in disaster. Not to be, as the food was in my opinion beautifully presented and not over cooked, especially the eye fillet.

Special thanks must go to the staff at 360q who did such a great job on the day, and to Barry Iddles who was able to accommodate my requests within the budget which enabled one of the best Porsche Club runs I have been able to offer. Always tricky when so many things can go wrong on the day.

Thanks as always to Carly and Lisa who take care of all the members’ requests. Hope everyone who attended enjoyed the day.

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Winton Late TheWinter Late Winter Super Sprint was our second trip

In B Class the 3.2 Carrera of Daniel Reynolds continued his great form, with Richard Catchlove 2nd and a relatively new Competitor Jason Whitling in 3rd.

Track and Long Track, this eventOutright plannedClass to run Outright Result 2 Result 3 Class Position Position Points Points only on the Long Track (the National Circuit).

In the always competitive C Class, former fourtime Club Champion Mark Chrzanowski won The advantage of Winton in winter is that out against the charging Cameron Goodyear more 13 forgiving92.352 41.609 - the weather - can be a little 1 - than back in - Melbourne.2So it was.

16 The day 87.146 37.997 2nd, with evergreen Grant Stephenson 3rd.

3 started cool and although it was17 sunny at84.448 36.154 4 18 82.206 34.638 D Class saw John Kennedy continuing times it stayed cool. Back in Melbourne 5 22 81.820 32.180 his quick pace in front of G. Voges 2nd things were- reportedly cold and 19 wet.

6 81.781 34.352 and P. Cox 3rd. John set one of four 7 35 60.780 20.981 The event attracted a good field in Competition, Club records recorded on the day. although slightly lower than the previous In another of our uber-competitive classes, meeting. Smaller fields 1mean lower track99.599 32.597 21 combined GT class saw Stefan Wojciechowski densities which rewarded those 23 who did 93.188 28.793 2 1st ahead of Jeremy Davidson in the Cayman come along. The day rattled through with 3 GT4, with Richard Thompson 3rd. few incidents and a good amount30of track83.303 23.199 4 34 79.250 21.010 time. Motorsport Legend and PCV Hall5 38 78.098 20.400 The Cup Class were in great form. Simon of-Famer Jim Richards joined us.40 Jim’s 65.206 13.971 6 Baxter (1st) set a Club record for Cup 6 presence and was noted by the President as Class, just edging out Andrew Hall (who also being appreciated by other competitors. set a Club record for Cup 7.1 Class) with Stephen Sluga in 3rd place. Mysteriously, After a series of capped1 Entree events, 24 95.215 28.577 Jamie Lovett didn’t feature in the results it was disappointing to have a small 2 26 despite a Natsoft time of 1:24:10. The Entree Class group. I regularly stress to 93.098 27.366 provisional results may be adjusted!

Entree drivers how good Winton is as a 3 29 87.523 24.250 learning track for a newer driver, and with In Modified Class Peter Fitzgerald (M0) - a small field, those who4did make36the trip81.422 20.972 continued his fine return to the Track enjoyed a very safe and rewarding day. in front of Mike Herrod (M2) in his eyecatching RSR Replica, followed by We can’t run Motorsport Competition events - without our - highly regarded 1 104.636 78.078 Dennis Lambrou-Fernando (M2). band3 of volunteers.

2 2 Tas Kozaris- and his team made sure cars103.121 were 83.233 3 8 72.160 49.879 Open Class saw Joseph Ensabella going out on fit to go out on track, Gordon Johnstone and 4 25 44.892 27.508 newish slick tyres and posting 82.88 once again the Marshals kept the event running, and I was the quickest time posted for the event, and a supported by the Officials groups as ever. new Club Record for Open Class at Winton.

15 108.452 38.359 Turning to -the results, A1Class combined 2 32 79.568 21.406 All in all, another fast and safe day (A1 plus A2) saw Simon3Zettl in front of Bill 39 68.614 15.788 of Porsche Club motorsport.

Toohey with Michael McLaurie in 3rd. Josef

Sprint to Winton in two months. Whereas the first RESULTS Sunday, 25 August outing involved a2019 combination of the Short Driver

Car

Result 1

Simon Zettl

Cayman R

94.422

Bill Toohey

Cayman S

95.455

Class: A Class

Michael McLaurie 996 Carrera 4S

96.005

Andrew Goulsbra

997

96.470

Josef Smith

Cayman S

97.251

Garry Saber

Cayman S

96.559

Troy Hungerford

997 Carrera

101.360

Daniel Reynolds

911 Carrera

97.116

Richard Catchlove

Cayman

98.388

Jason Whitling

Cayman

100.457

Carlo Fasolino

Cayman

101.348

Dennis Bath

987 Cayman

101.606

Frank Sallas

986 BOXSTER S 3.2

104.666

Mark Chrzanowski

911 3.0 SC

98.463

Cameron Goodyear

911 SC

98.891

Grant Stephenson

911 3.0 SC

100.047

Jake Parsons

Boxster

101.364

Simon Baxter

996 Cup Car

86.131

Andrew Hall

997 Cup Car

85.166

Stephen Sluga

996 GT3 Cup

92.244

Linley Baxter

996 Cup Car

98.840

John Kennedy

944S2

95.349

Garry Voges

944 S2

101.183

Philip Cox

911 3.0 SC

103.728

Class: B

Class: C

Class: Cup Class

Class: D

Smith was the only competitor in A2 Class.

Class: GT Class Stefan Wojciechowski

991 GT3 Touring

90.554

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-

1

5

95.307

56.924

Jeremy Davidson

Cayman GT4

91.652

-

-

2

6

94.834

52.283

Richard

996 GT3

92.066

-

-

3

7

93.506

50.594

Tony Carolan

996 GT3

92.365

-

-

4

9

91.933

49.395

Peter Harrison

996 GT3 Mk2

92.656

-

-

5

10

90.418

48.245

Richard Paul-

991 GTS

92.838

-

-

6

11

88.627

47.534

Jim Richards

Cayman GT4

94.815

-

-

7

14

78.835

40.211

David Curtis

997 S

99.617

-

-

8

27

58.556

25.383

Gary Major

997 GT3 Club Sport

100.028

-

-

9

28

56.231

24.299

Belucci Murelli

Cayman GTS

101.540

-

-

10

37

51.180

20.555

Peter Fitzgerald

Boxster S

89.311

-

-

1

4

92.166

62.467

Michael Herrod

993 RSR

93.861

-

-

2

12

88.781

43.653

Denis LambrouFernando

911 Lightweight

97.061

-

-

3

20

73.420

32.768

David Turner

944 S2

100.897

-

-

4

31

57.262

22.102

Jeremy Fredersdorff

996 Carrera

101.269

-

-

5

33

43.130

21.199

82.880

-

-

1

1

102.340 96.244

Thompson

Andrew

Denis Lambrou-Fernando

Michael Tregurtha

Class: Modified Class

Class: OPEN Joseph Ensabella 997 GT3 Cup

Class: OTHER Rick Mensa

997 GT3 Cup

85.662

-

-

1

41

-

-

Phil Treloar

996 GT3

92.975

-

-

2

42

-

-

Dennis O'Keefe

944 Challenge

97.143

-

-

3

43

-

-

Marcus Hancock

911 2.7

103.390

-

-

4

44

-

-

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Phil Treloar

Jim Richards

Daniel Reynolds

Mark Chrzanowski

Jake Parsons

Philip Cox

Garry Voges

Stephen Sluga

Dennis Bath

Rick Mensa

Stefan Wojciechowski

Richard Thompson

Ben Westover

Peter Fitzgerald

Linley Baxter

Dennis O’Keefe

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Trivia Night at the German Club Tivoli Tuesday 3rd September

Round one was triumphantly claimed by table 5, needless to say captained by our president!! With a perfect score but it was very early to be getting too carried away.

Round 2 was claimed by table 1, the Supermodels and the members on the table were very happy to claim it with great gusto.

Bravo Vickie on organising the inaugural trivia night at the German Club, where the steins of beer were the ideal size to quench members thirst for amber fluid.

Special thanks to Astrid Diercks, for ably supporting Vickie and being the scrutineer.

The room was well organized with trestle tables, white table cloths and bench seats. The furniture was somewhat flimsy and rickety, with Peter Mason testing out the comfort of the bench seats first. As Peter lowered his substantial frame onto the bench seat in slow motion, the bench collapsed under him and to everyone’s surprise Peter escaped with no physical injury, but probably with a bruised ego. But with a glass of liquid anesthetic the smile soon returned to Peter’s face.

We were soon advised to name our table and appoint a table captain. Appropriately the tables numbered 1-5 were named Supermodels, Martini, Team Drei, Porsche Flies and All Torque.

After some major ground rules being established by Vickie, our quiz master commenced the questions, with an array of Porsche related questions.

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After round 2 we had a break to accommodate our extremely large main courses of German sausages, chicken schnitzel or vegetable strudel, our entertainer Gunter on an accordion and a game of top and tails, with our attendees having some difficulty working out the rules.

After a nervous start to the game and using a toy Porsche to toss for heads or tails, Anh Paul-Andrew was the ultimate winner and very happily accepted the prize being a choice between hair styling pack provided by Schwarzkopf and Vickie or a Meguiars pack.

The door prize was drawn by our musical genius Gunter and yours truly (Clyde White) won the prize, a very handy car wash and detail to the value of $200.

Rounds 3 and 4 were once again claimed by the Supermodels. During these rounds a number of members seemed to be checking their mobile messages, phoning a friend or googling. Luckily our quiz master or Astrid did not notice these members.

Round 5 was a tie for all the tables. Round 6 saw 3 tables tied with the highest scores of 9, including the Supermodels.

Our ultimate winner, no surprise was the Supermodels. Congratulations, comprising Leigh Norrie, Kane Wilson, Rowan Thomson, Neila Scarto, Cathy and Allan Douglas, Grant Penrose and David Skelton. The table very graciously accepted their fine prizes consisting of a bottle of wine, a block of German chocolate and a Porsche poster, to the background of great applause and cheering.

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Mid Week Run to Yea

Story: Anna Cook Photos: Garry Saber Wednesday 21 August, 2019

Car of the Day: Russell Sturzaker’s iconic 1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT, Black A rare marque and signature design PLUS its ‘concours’ shine and an immaculate interior, this was a stand out.

This was an enjoyable and relaxing Run visiting new places in the northeast region such as Kinglake National Park, Strath Creek and the Murchison Gap. It was thoughtfully planned by Alison Belot who, having grown-up there, knew the best off piste routes and scenic highlights.

Thank you for your time and excellent choice Alison!

At the start 30 people assembled at Mc Donald’s Eltham and were introduced to the Club’s newest member namely, Warren Gardiner who had just arrived from Antwerp the day before AND just in time to pick-up his NEW 911.2 GT3 RS. (Warren expeditiously timed his visit of re-settling his family to coincide with this event!) Welcome to the PCV Warren and we wish you and your family a Happy Return to Melbourne!

Members also met Rodney and Maureen Mackenzie on their Second Run, and obviously

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still happily married after their first which tests navigational skills and cabin harmony!

However, missing the start were popular, longtime members, Harriet and Ken Anson gridlocked on the West Gate Bridge and then after detouring to the Western Freeway, again gridlocked. Harriet advised it took one and half hours to travel 14 .4 kms! To make up time they bypassed Eltham and headed to Kinglake ‘Flying Tart’ café for coffee and cream cakes!

Back in Eltham twenty cars set off on time on a windy, chilly morning that promised sunshine.

Drivers slowly traversed the tight bends to Kinglake and beyond that lead to a vast, rolling granite plateau comprising a scenic, rural landscape of green, rounded hills; (1000 in total).

When viewed from Murchison’s Gap Lookout the plain extended to the horizon of the southern tip of the Great Southern Divide.

Back on the road again and heading to Yea we saw sheep and cattle properties with outcrops of lichen-covered granite boulders with an underground depth of several km. This was in fact a notable, historical volcanic batholith landscape. …..Wow! Lunch at the 1850’s Royal Mail, Yea was perfect. Still an historic landmark, and discreetly renovated, we were offered great pub food and great service.

To complete the experience Alison’s suggestions of returning to Melbourne via the Melba Highway, and Yarra Glen provided a seamless, quiet, no rush route back home AND…without gridlocks.

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Run to Long Island Story: Greg Humphries Photos: Julie Mason & Robin Humphries Sunday 4th August 2019

The GT3/RS/RSR Register headed off on their ‘Winter’ lunch run on August 4th to the Long Island Golf Club in Frankston.

The weather gods smirked more than smiled as the 19 participants met in Springvale prior to the off. A superb collection of cars were assembled on the day. If you didn’t have an RS or weren’t fortunate enough to have PCCB brakes on your ‘standard’ GT3, or didn’t have a .2 rather than the older / slower .1 of any model, then you were in the minority. And once again the Register Captain found yet another excuse to keep the kilometres off his 996.1 GT3 and was seen pedalling a 996 C4S Tip in the greasy early morning conditions…

A classic 993 Turbo proudly represented the aircooled performance fans and a gorgeous 1977 Carrera carried the flag for the classics. It was indeed a stunning collection of Porsche’s finest.

Light drizzle accompanied the first 25 or so kilometres but blessedly the clouds lifted and bright-ish conditions were enjoyed for most of the run. The morning route was a combination of a number of road styles to get us to Berwick via an interesting and winding route, followed by some highway running before a straight stretch of backroad ‘C’ roads through to the Drouin.

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However, navigation to our first stop didn’t perhaps reach gold standard performance. The organiser did challenge the group to use their common sense (rather than the mapping symbol!) on one VERY complex roundabout, but another bunch of cars did seem to cruise past what might have been argued to be a relatively clear left turn…. After calling on the accumulated knowledge of Google / Apple Maps everyone arrived at morning tea within 15 minutes of each other and much to the relief of said organiser, in apparent high spirits.

Our destination was Middels Tapas Bar and Restaurant in Drouin. This is the second time the register has been to this venue and they are really supportive of clubs and groups, have great coffee and cakes etc and early Sunday morning the parking is plentiful nearby. We just got in and out before the Gemini Car Club arrived…

Now well fuelled and with encouragement that navigation to lunch was relatively straight forward, the group left Drouin to head towards Lang Lang on a superb 35-odd kilometre stretch of picturesque, undulating roads. Next was a transport stage along the South Gippsland Highway through Tooradin before turning off towards Baxter, then onwards to Frankston and

Long Island. I am delighted to say the group arrived pretty much together and ready for lunch.

A semi-private dining room in the historic Long Island Golf Club clubhouse with views across the golf course awaited us. The two course meal had been pre-ordered and the extremely enjoyable selections were delivered with enthusiasm and precision over a relaxed time frame. Table service drinks rounded out the attentive hospitality experience. My personal KPI for hospitality is the noise level, which in this instance was lively and constant. Happy, chatty people!

There were a couple of honourable mentions to report – Ahn Paul-Andrew celebrated her birthday on the day, and a special thanks to George Neophytou who made the big effort to join the run from Paynesville in Eastern Victoria in his 996.2 GT3 with PCCB! Thank you to all who attended and contributed to a most enjoyable day of Porsche driving and fellowship.

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Run to Immerse Winery, Dixons Creek Story: Gail Chittleborough Photos: Ken Anson Sunday July 21st 2019

It was a cold and grey Sunday morning as we congregated in the Mulgrave Macdonald’s carpark in preparation for Carlo Fasolino’s first run as organiser. Congratulations to Carlo and his daughter Sarah for all their efforts in organising a most enjoyable run, and for having the most bookings for any register run ever with 29 cars and 55 people booked on the run!!! The collection ranged from a new 718 Boxster S, a swarm of Caymans and Boxsters and some Carreras, and not to be missed was Graeme and Yannick Anderson’s 1969 yellow 911E. David O’Dwyer had to bring his 8 series Beemer because his Boxster GTS was parked in!!

Carlo welcomed everyone including 6 new members Alexander Martin, Colin Churchill, Ash Gupta and Shaun Parnis. Tony Carolan, the president of the Porsche Club Vic was also welcomed by Carlo. Ken Anson took photos on the day.

We headed up eastwards to the Dandenong Ranges and light rain was falling as we turned left at Gembrook and headed along the C424 towards Launching Place. This road divides bushland and farming land, and is a favourite route because of its curves and straights. There were numerous large trees fallen on the side of the road - evidence of the recent windy weather.

Slow traffic resulted in a line of Porsches patiently weaving along the C424 in drizzly weather. They looked great!!

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Conversation among members flourished over morning tea in Warburton, and soon we were off on the second leg of the run, from Warburton to Dixons Creek. It was an enjoyable drive up the divine curves of the Healesville – King Lake Road through the Toolangi forest and then onto the green vineyards and farming land of the Yarra Valley. This road was made for Porsches!! The rain was gone and blue sky was appearing as we turned off the Melba Highway into the Immerse Winery. No one got lost – due to the great navigation notes, and the route had comfortable times and distances. Special mention goes to the brave Ash Gupta who kept the top off his Boxster all the way, despite the raindrops and the cold!!

Carlo was on hand to direct the parking of Porsches for a photo opportunity! The Immerse Winery has a stunning setting with gardens and vineyards. It was rebuilt after the Black Saturday fires. Nat from the winery provided information about the winery venue and offered wine tasting for those who wanted it. When we sat down for our delicious lunch the sun was shining and yellow daffodils adorned each of the five tables.

It was a friendly enjoyable lunch. Unfortunately, no new members won any of the raffle prizes - but they all did a great job of selecting the following winners: Tracey Yates, Gloria Deak, John King, Dee Smith and Rhys Telfer. After Ken congratulated Carlo on his spectacular debut of running this Boxster / Cayman run, Carlo

informed us that Ken Anson was retiring from his role as the Register Director at the end of the year. Ken confirmed that he would still be active in the Boxster/ Cayman chapter. Ken and Harriet have worked tirelessly for the club. This announcement highlighted the important role of volunteering for the success of the Porsche club.

A lot of people volunteer their time to make this club successful.

So, a great day was had by all. Everyone seemed to enjoy the run and the social get together and congratulations to Carlo and to Ken.

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Run To Russo Estate Story: Harriet Anson Photos: Ken Anson Sunday 18th August 2019

On this Mid 911 run our meeting place was McDonalds in Gisborne and after a warming coffee and catching up with friends it was time for Jim to gather us together for a briefing. New members Peter Baker and Debbie Smith in a 996 Cabriolet and Rodney and Maureen Mackenzie driving a 911 Carrera S were introduced. Jim also explained that Paul Sbrissa (overseas for work) had organised the run and the venue but had asked he and Mandy to run the event for him. With the briefing complete we headed for our cars of which six were Mid 911s and the rest were a mix of old and new Porsches. It doesn’t matter what Porsche you drive you are always welcome on any Register run.

After leaving McDonalds we drove on some lovely twisty Porsche roads as we headed to Mt Macedon Road onto Romsey Road past Hanging Rock then Kerrie Valley Road, Mt Eliza Road and then Kilmore Road which lead us to Dromkeen Cafe were we had morning tea. The sun may have been shining through the trees in this beautiful garden when we arrived but it was still cold; however a warm fire, a hot coffee and for some also scones with jam and cream remedied that.

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coming from underneath the car and stopped. On inspection found it was the under tray that had partially fallen off at the front. A sturdy branch and some vigorous “wrenching” by the driver removed the rest of it. Thanks go to Sylvia and Mark for a possible loan of tools, Margaret and Dennis for the racing tape and all the others who stopped to offer assistance. Also a special thanks to Jim and Mandy who managed to fit the under tray under the bonnet of their Mid 911 (always knew they were great cars) and take it to the venue as the front and rear compartments of our car were too small.

Due to our unscheduled stop we elected to rejoin the group on Konagaderra Road and continue on some more great roads. The scenery on both legs of the drive was beautiful and green due to the recent rain. Once on Holden Road it was only a short distance to Russo Estate set amongst paddocks where Harry Houdini made the first powered flight in Australia. As we drove down the driveway we saw about seven white igloo style tents on stilts. These tents when completed will feature luxurious fittings including Jacuzzis and ensuites and be used for glamping. (After arriving we collected the under tray from Jim’s car, stored it in one of the back rooms for us to pick up later in the “ute”).

The venue with a cellar door selling a selection of Houdini wines to have with our meals, had large

windows offering the diners a great view of the surrounding country. Our group was allocated four large round tables which soon filled. The lunch offered a selection of three entrees Chicken Liver and Bacon Pate, Italian Ribollita Soup and Loligo Squid and also five main courses.

These were Braised Lamb Shoulder, Green Curry Salmon, Baked Potato Gnocchi, 300G Porterhouse grain fed and Curried Chickpea Croquettes. While waiting for our meals there was a cacophony of sounds as people were catching up with friends, meeting new members and also discussing the events of the day. There was also wine tasting for those who wanted to sample the different Houdini wines.

Both the entrees and mains were delicious as was proved by the empty plates that went back to the kitchen. After our tasty lunch it was time for the formal time of the day, the drawing of the raffle and notification of some forthcoming events. The new members were asked to come and draw out the winning names for bottles of wine and congratulations go to Sylvia Behan, Vaughan Rose and Jim Adamson. As we were leaving the dining room it began to rain making it a very damp trip to the car and a wet trip home.

A big thank you goes to Jim and Mandy for hosting a great day and to Paul for organising the event.

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Run to Beech Forest Story: Rada Popovic Photos: Ken Anson Saturday 18th September (and for some Sunday 19th too)

Let’s start by saying it was a great day for a drive. We gathered at the BP service station on the Princes Highway near Avalon under a perfect blue sky and the weather held all day.

The run was a straight drive to the Beechy Hotel with morning tea before we left. Simple and uncomplicated. It was held on a Saturday so that those who so wished could spend the afternoon and night at Apollo Bay, returning home on the Sunday. Of the twenty-seven who lunched at Beech Forest twenty went on to Apollo Bay. But I get ahead of myself…

We started with the obligatory briefing by Ken Anson. First time member Jamie Whitmore was made welcome and then a look at the run notes which were, as always, well laid out and very accurate. No one got lost and the turns appeared right on cue. I’ve taken to using an odometer app on my phone for accuracy’s sake (my car odometer is always out by a kilometre or so by the end of a run) and Ken had obviously used something similar to note the turns (probably GPS).

The roads chosen were scenic, quiet and not clogged with traffic – ideal. As we put Colac behind us and began approaching the Otways the roads became a tad more challenging with nice corners, undulating hills, but still a good surface.

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Some of the tourists also used the ‘Slow Vehicle Pull Over’ lanes to let the faster moving Porsches through. Not that anyone was speeding but the myriad of corners favoured us in keeping to the speed limit (be it 100 or in places 80).

Lunch was a little disorganised with some people having to wait a little long for their meal, but no-one complained once they had it as it was tasty and plenty of it. The hotel itself was very old world and overlooked the vast forests of the region. It incorporated all the atmosphere of the timber region from past times to the present and even with the slow food people seemed to enjoy themselves. I should note the huge book near the bar (in actuality a 30 cm thick copy of a 1945 Webster’s dictionary) was rebranded as a “Mans Guide to Women – Chapter 1” - it was that sort of pub. Most importantly, once we’d all eaten, we had the raffle for some wine. Perhaps in revenge for the book all three bottles were won by women – Phyl Drew, Jennie Turner and Charmain Gaud.

Congrats ladies!

After lunch a few had to head back home but the rest of us, still following our run notes, headed for destinations south, predominantly Apollo Bay, but many took detours to various locations as diverse as Cape Otway lighthouse and even a few cars went on to Port Campbell. Mind you,

even a simple task like getting to our privately arranged motels was not without a challenge.

One member tried to check in only to be told a pipe had burst and their room (in fact the whole floor) was flood damaged. It turned out okay as they had been booked into a much better motel at the expense of the first one – win! Sylvia and I on the other hand simply couldn’t find our motel.

Drove by it three times and had to eventually ask for directions twice to find it. Nice enough motel but the owners could really benefit from putting a sign up where people could see it! The only consolation was it turned out we weren’t the only members on the run booked into this particular motel and I smiled to myself as the other Boxsters went up and down the street searching just like us (and no, I wasn’t being mean, but at that point I didn’t realise they were looking for our motel).

Eventually we all met up at the Apollo Bay Hotel for tea around seven that night. A noisy gathering ensued, and a good night was had by everyone there. Worth noting that the food was quick and really delicious. After that it was a well-deserved sleep and then meeting up in the morning for breakfast before we all headed home. Our thanks go to Ken Anson and Kane Wilson for looking after us all and planning what turned out to be a really memorable run.

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Run to Mt Macedon Story: Steve Cappadona Photos: Andrea Cappadona Sunday 21st July 2019

History of Mt Macedon (originally called Mt Wentworth) is volcanic rock formed from 36-360 million years ago.

The meeting place set the scene, McDonalds next to Calder Park and the Thunderdome, having our esteemed Competition Director see off the group, we knew we would have an abundance of “spirited driving” ahead of us.

The meeting saw some stunning 911’s, more than a dozen cars lined up, for a drive which turned out to be under glorious weather.

After a quick brekkie at the service centre and a briefing from Kon, we set off. Wondering if we would encounter roadworks, as we have come to expect on a Kon lead run.

In our briefing notes we found some supernatural references which seems appropriate for a modern 911 run lead by Kon. Casting our minds back to a great 1975 Australian movie filmed in the region around Mt Macedon. A phenomenon we have experienced on previous drives, on Straws Lane where the cars appear to mysteriously slowly roll uphill.

We wound our way over single lane bridges and some tight and exciting corners through Bulla and Diggers Rest, on our way to our break at the Mt Macedon Top of the Range Café.

On the way to the top of the range there were a few drivers/cars that took wrong turns, our car included, but not at our direction. Sometimes cars have a mind of their own out on a run, they get a head full of wind and just take off.

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Arriving at the Range Café, the views were breath-taking at 1001m above sea level, befitting a car park with some equally stunning cars and passengers. We had coffee and scones under fairy lights, looking out over the deck from the mountain to the valley below in the beautiful haze of a winter’s morning.

Leaving the memorial cross loop on Mt Macedon we headed to the lunch venue, passing flocks of lorikeets and stands of agapanthus lining the roads. Criss crossing over the Melton and Calder freeways we lost cars who missed turn offs but caught up at lunch. In fact, they beat us to the hotel (is that lost or smarter than us??).

As we wound our way through Diggers Rest and approached the Melton highway, anticipating lunch at the Taylors Lakes Family Hotel, we counted off the number of roundabouts on this run. 19 in total. Let’s see if we can start a count for another aspect of an infamous Kon run!

Arriving at the hotel we had our own special carpark, cordoned off for our run participants.

The hotel had prepared a very tasty 2 course dinner for us. The service and food was superb, Kon presenting bottles of wine to the lucky raffle ticket winners. A fitting end to a great run, as always, lead by Kon for the modern 911’s.

Thanks to the run participants, forging friendships within the club, that make PCV membership an absolute pleasure, ensuring that we look forward to seeing old and new friends again.

Many thanks to Kon as we only had a small amount of roadworks and no one was affected by supernatural forces near hanging rock.

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Run to Cape Schanck Resort Story: James Borg Photos: Margaret Russell-Borg Sunday 11th Aug 2019

15 vehicles in attendance at Mulgrave, consisting of a fantastic ‘register’ turn-out. Although we welcome all-comers, it is the Turbo Register, and it’s nice to see the Turbo’s in attendance.

Nine turbos in attendance – Three 930’s (icons of the Turbo range), a stunning 993 replete with sound to stir the soul, a pair of the marque’s first water-cooled Turbo’s (996’s), and a pair of 997’s including a beautiful cabriolet (each boasting variable turbine geometry) and rounding out with a fantasmagorical 991Turbo S…whoah!

The six remaining vehicles were all 911’s in various forms, so we definitely impressed as we floated out onto the road after welcoming new members David Lundberg & his son Sam. I think Melbourne had just had its coldest and wettest day (Saturday) for years, so we did hope that the weather gods would have lost their puff

by Sunday… and it appeared they did. We were treated to a somewhat overcast day however it wasn’t windy or particularly cold and we barely registered a shower on the entire run.

Our destination for morning tea was at The Briars, in Mount Martha, so we wove our way through Emerald and Beaconsfield then on through to Cardinia. This is where we encountered our first ‘water-over-road’ event.

Thankfully the water was only ankle deep. I kept assuring myself that our engines were all rearmounted ‘so we should be fine’ …although now I struggle with the logic. Anyway, by the fourth ‘water-over-road’ event we were as gung-ho as the ‘Leyland Brothers’.

The Briars was warm and welcoming with Devonshire Tea on menu. Scones so light, fluffy and warm they could have floated off. Everyone seemed to settle into conversation with ol’ friends and new.

The second leg or our drive took us through Red Hill and onto a road with the tightest corners in Victoria - the road up to Arthurs Seat. Traffic was light so the drive up to Arthurs Seat was generally clear and dry, allowing for that gentle 66

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uninterrupted swoosh up through the consecutive corners. …too much cream with scones?

Some rural roads took us out through Shoreham with some fantastic views of a grumpy Bass Straight as we came into Cape Schanck.

Greeted by the hosts at the RACV Cape Schanck Resort, we were given priority parking directly in-front of the venue. The spectacular venue was made even more spectacular with wrap-around Porsches either side of the entrance.

Once in the Mantellina dining room, we were greeted with a glass of wine/beer, followed by antipasti and alternating Barramundi & Chips or Wagyu Burger. Two long tables seated us all.

Our second couple of new members, Kerrin & Alan Saunders - were introduced to those they hadn’t already met – and were then asked to draw the raffle.

Raffle prizes: 1st drawn – Rod Rayward (wine) 2nd drawn – Gregory Caddle (beer) 3rd drawn – Mat (chocolates) ……Protest lodged by Colin Smith.

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Story: Matt Kirwan-Hamilton Photos: Peter Brookman

Inspiration Island Tasmania Tour April 2019

Lead up to the tour Michael Bailey, a veteran organiser of 8 Tassie tours put out the call around 6 months from our April departure date. In the end 23 cars and 43 people booked in. Many an email and call was made in the lead up to confirm car, passenger, food and day tour preferences. Geez this tour organising takes some organising!! Michael was always easy to reach and patient with all of our various question. Tas Vacations helped Michael by organising the boat trips and accommodation.

Next we drove some Targa Tasmania stages up in the central highlands, often wet, on the way to lunch at the magnificent Coal River Farm in Cambridge. The hilly and wet Targa stages were the first opportunity for the group to split into smaller groups. This happened without official organisation as people found other at their comfortable speed level. The roads were magnificent and the rain, well that just added to it.

Those going to Peppermint Bay restaurant for lunch had for a short drive and those going to MONA a boat trip, both left at 11am. I went to Peppermint Bay which was sensational.

Day 1 - Travel to Tassie on the Spirit of Tasmania

Lunch at Peppermint Bay and then coffee on bean bags afterwards

We met at Station Pier at 5pm to meet and greet before boarding and officially starting our adventure. The typical Porsche nut conversations started as soon we all met.

Name and information about our cars on top of the list! We boarded without issue and all met immediately at the bar for further introductions.

Day 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Travel to Hobart The trip got a little rough around 1:30am but we arrived without issue and drove off the boat to meet in preparation for our first driving day. We left Devonport and travelled to the Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm for breakfast and much needed coffee. The morning was a little drizzly and dark. We arrived at the Raspberry Farm to the warmth of an open fire. Coffee orders taken and a hearty breakfast was served.

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Day 3 for my trusty navigator and cousin Steve started with a trip to the Salamanca markets in search of a bacon and egg roll and coffee.

Its seems the half price beers, followed by red wine at the Ball and Chain steakhouse the night before caused the need for fresh air.

We saw many of the group wandering around the markets. On the way back to the hotel we spent a little time at a historic car display, organised to raise money for breast cancer.

After lunch we drove targa stages back to Hobart. We started on Goodmans Bay Rd (Woodbridge targa stage) went through Upper Woodstock to Huonville to refuel and the through Longley back to Hobart. Sensational!!

Lunch at Coal River was a Paddock to plat affair, including pinot noir. It was absolutely delightful.

After lunch we had a short drive into Hobart for our first night. The couples stayed at the Henry Jones Hotel and the single folk at The Sullivan Cove Apartments. Dinner was done separately with many venturing into Salamanca, where the choices are many!

Day 3 - Peppermint Bay Restaurant for lunch or a visit to MONA

Day 5 – Rest day and visit to Josef Chromy Estate

Dinner was an open booking at Mezethes Greek restaurant in Salamanca.

Day 4 – Drive to Launceston with some wonderful stop overs We all had breakfast in the hotel which was pretty swish I must say. We left the hotel together and drove a little over an hour in a north easterly direction to Spring Bay Gin and Whiskey Distillery, located at Spring Beach. Spring Bay was so amazing. The unassuming tin shed with a cosy tasting bar, Cam and Suzie Brett as our hosts and of course the product were a real hit with us all. Cam explained how distilling works and the unique qualities that come from their location and processes. The author needs to admit he may have purchased both a large bottle of gin and bourbon matured whiskey.

Next we were off to Swansea to the Bark Mill Tavern for lunch and refreshments with some nice roads along the picturesque east coast. Our post lunch drive to Launceston offered two options; one short and one longer, spirited driving route. I chose the longer option which took us on some magnificent Targa stages, via chain of lagoons, St Helens, Weldborough and Winnaleah. The roads were wet, foggy, winding and bloody fantastic!! It was a long and challenging afternoon in the conditions but well worth it.

A breakfast buffet started the day before some visited the National Automobile Museum. We left the country club around 11am for a Targa stages loop on the way to Josef Chromy. The stages took us through Legana and Hadspen.

The roads were flowing and very quiet. It’s safe to say we had fun and enjoyed them.

We arrived at the beautiful Josef Chromy Estate and enjoyed tasting before lunch.

The two course lunch was phenomenal, coupled with wines and coffee to finish.

Day 6 – Drive to Smithton (More Targa stages)

Tall Timbers accommodation ready for a few beers and Cape Grim steak.

Day 7 – Arthur River Cruise Today we enjoyed something special. A cruise down the Arthur River to see and enjoy the Tarkine rain forest. The cruise company is family owned and operated and is ably assisted by our guide Rob that has been doing it for 16 years and is fifth generation in the Tarkine.

Dinner today was at Tall Timbers. After dinner we enjoyed more drinks and a few speeches.

A buffet breakfast started the day before leaving for a big driving day, mostly before lunch. The group split into two as some wanted to travel at a slightly more spirited pace. We drove 4 stages (Riana, Gunns Plains, Hellyer Gorge, Upper Natone) before lunch at Hellyers Distillery in Burnie. The stages were amazing and the driving quality and comradery of the group was as it had been every day since we arrived; sensational!! Many of the roads were blind and we encountered a few different types of vehicles around the blind corners. Caravans, trucks, motorbikes and cars. Whilst we enjoyed ourselves we also drove to the conditions to ensure there were no incidents before lunch.

Lunch and whiskey tasting for some at the wonderful facilities found at Hellyers Distillery.

After lunch we took a few photos in the carpark.

Day 8 – Travel to Devonport (and some last Targa stages) This morning we drove more magnificent roads on our way to lunch at the Grand Hotel in Penguin. After lunch there was an opportunity to fit in some final Targa stages around Riana. Some left lunch earlier than others as they wanted to maximise their driving time. Most arrived early afternoon in Devonport and did various things to pass the time before boarding the boat.

Once on the boat we met in the bar (for a change) to share final stories and relive other favourites. Dinner and bed before a silky smooth trip back to Melbourne.

Thank you Michael We would all like to thank Michael for the time, effort and care he put into this tour. It ran like clockwork and the choice of roads, restaurants and accommodation was amazing.

We settled into our cabins at the Launceston Country club villas and then had buffet dinner at the casino restaurant (and beverages to help rebuild our strength).

Also a big thank you to both Nick Yates and Peter Brookman for the substantial effort in providing an extensive list of photos, both ground and aerial.

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New Members We welcome the following members who have joined the P.C.V. since our last issue.

Robert Agius & Geoffrey Still

1991 964

Foti & Alexander Apostolopoulos

Danny Ivkovic

2011 997 Carrera GTS

Justin Jacobs

1987 928 S4

& Anna Hoskin

1985 944

Irwin Liaw 2003 911

James Campbell-Moore

1985 944

Heath, Jenny & Madeline Liddell

2017 911 Carrera

Tom & Cath Carlisle

2018 718 Cayman

Leon & Anna Jade Liu

1988 911 Carrera

Joe & Louisa Cetin

2019 GT3

Rodney & Maureen MacKenzie

2014 911 Carrera S

Mark Cummings

2014 Cayman GTS

Luke & Amelia McKie

2019 GT3 Touring

Anthony Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Alessandro

2019 GT3

Damien Milano & Melissa Gorman

2019 911 GT3RS

Peter, Irene & Yianni Danigelis

2002 911 Turbo & 1990 944

Alan Moran

1989 944

Tony Di Palma

2005 911 Carrera F1 Coupe

Gary Morgan

1993 968

Minfang Duan

2013 Boxster S

Vu Ngo

2018 911 Carrera

Andrew, Helen & Sean Dunne

1989 944 S2

Jason Powning

1988 911 Carerra

Mat Elevli

2001 911/996 Turbo

Con & Parthena Rados

2007 997 Carrera

Simon Farquhar & Alexandra Tzortzis

987 Cayman S

Steven Sellings

2003 911

Thomas Felauer

1980 924 Turbo

Larry Thompson

1976 911 & 2008 997

Xavier Franklin & Kylie Peters

2016 GT4

Alicia & David Tiller

1987 911 Targa

Warren Gardiner

2019 991.2 GT3 RS, 2018 991

Constandean & Malina Triantafylidis

1989 944

GT3, 2010 997 GT3 RS, 2004 996 GT3, 1992 964 RS

Scott Vickery

2014 Boxster

Andy & Ryder Gaunt

1990 964

Heath Webb

1994 964

Graham & Deborah Gooding

1981 928s

Robert Williamson

2000 996

Simon Farquhar

Andy Gaunt

Graham Gooding

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Heath Liddell

Rod & Maureen Mackenzie

Graham Gooding

Gary Morgan

Irwin Liaw

James Campbell-Moore

Larry Thompson

Leon Liu

Luke McKie

Mat Elevli

Robert Agius

Scott Vickery

Thomas Felauer

Tom Carlisle

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1990 David Casey 2000 Greg Muller 1991 Allan Barbour 2001 Greg Muller Alan Hamilton 1992 Wayne Camamile 2002 Theo Mihelakos

John King 1993 Ian Begley 2003 Greg Muller Noela Semmens 1994 Richard Eldridge 2004 Jon Trende Adrian Evans 1995 Mark Connolly 2005 Lyle Potgieter Greg Cook 1996 Callum McClue 2006 Don Tryhorn Barbara Darvall 1997 Stuart Jackson 2007 Stewart Lachlan William Darvall 1998 Matthew Stoupas 2008 Stewart Lachlan Michael Chapman 1999 Lyle Potgieter 2009 Matthew Stoupas Michael Browning 2000 David Lawson 2010 Stewart Lachlan Andrew Bonwick 2001 Jon Trende 2011 Peter Fitzgerald Ian Knight 2002 Benjamin Faggeter

2012 Peter Fitzgerald 2003 Jeffery Bobik & Cameron Cox 2013 Bob Hawker Hall of Fame 2004 Hung Do 2014 Peter Fitzgerald 2005 Matthew Kirwan-Hamilton 2015 Christian Fitzgerald Graham Stockley 2006 Simon Baxter 2016 Nick Karnaros Bruce Harris 2007 David Trewern 2017 Joseph Ensabella Michael Browning 2008

Bob Hawker 2018 Joseph Ensabella Jim Richards 2009

Aaron Ireland Peter Fitzgerald Ladies Championship 2010

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