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January 2016
January 2016
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Chief Driving Instructor - Dave Hockett [email protected] (909) 518-0415
Circuit Distribution - Albert Franco [email protected] (310) 379-8987
Concours - Linda [email protected] (310) 990-0993
Editor - Bob [email protected] (714) 330-7907
Editor Emeritus- Skip [email protected] (619) 992-9927
Flagging Team - Bob & Karen [email protected] (562) 756-8520
Goodie Store - Ludmila [email protected] (424) 279-0069
Insurance - Ron [email protected] (310) 375-9840
Membership - Patty [email protected] (714) 402-2405
Past President - Suesan Way [email protected] (619) 992-4287
Performance Driving Events - Skip [email protected] (619) 992-9927
Registration - Colleen [email protected] (661) 714-3030
Safety - Nick Perdikaris [email protected] (310) 901-8154
Social - Susan [email protected] (626) 705-8686
Social Media - Dimitri Shanin [email protected] (202) 285-2153
Tech Inspection - Dan [email protected] (909) 921-5596
Technical Adviser - Michael [email protected] (213) 248-4743
Timing - Darren & Jennifer [email protected] (661) 209-9498
Tours - Alan [email protected] (562) 305-8002
Webmaster - Jimmie [email protected] (310) 539-2568
January 2016 2 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 16 Sat GPX Tour to Ft Irwin 16 Sat Zone 8 President's Meeting, Banquet, Concours 17 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 23-24 S-Sun SDR DE/TT, Chuckwalla 23 Sat AZ DE, Wild Horse Pass
February 2016 6 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 6 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 4-7 Th-Sun PCA Club Race, Sebring 13 Sat Zone 9 Concours School, Pasadena 20 Sat AZ Autocross, WIld Horse Pass 21 Sun AZ DE, Arizona Motorsports Park 27 Sat GPX Mullin Automotive Museum Tour 27-28 S-Sun SAR DE, Arroyo Seco Raceway
March 2016 5 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 5 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 5 Sat LA Lit Meet & Toy Show, LA Airport Hilton 4-6 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Texas World Speedway 6 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 6 Sun So Cal All Porsche Swap & Car Display, Anaheim 12-13 S-Sun GGR PCA DE/Club Race, Thunderhill 12 Sat CCC Autocross Academy, Santa Maria Airport 13 Sun CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 19 Sat GPX Santa Monica Mntns/Paradise Cove Tour 19 Sat AZ Autocross, Wild Horse Pass 20 Sun Formula 1 Australia 21 Mon GPX Day Away from Work DE/AX April 2016 2 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 1-3 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Road Atlanta 3 Sun Formula 1 Bahrain 8-10 F-Sun California Festival of Speed, Fontana 10 Sun Zone 8 Concours, Fontana 15-17 F-Sun PCA Club Race, NOLA 15-17 F-Sun Long Beach Grand Prix 16 Sat CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 16 Sat AZ DE, Arizona Motorsports Park 17 Sun Cal Inland Zone 8 Concours 17 Sun Formula 1 Shanghai 17 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 23 Sun SBR Autocross, Camarillo Airport 23 Sun AZ Autocross, Wild Horse Pass 22-23 F-Sat PCA Club Race, Lime Rock 22-24 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Gateway Motorsport Park 24 Sun SGVR Zone 8 Concours 30 Sat SAR Autocross, Central Arizona College 30-1 S-Sun SDR PCA Club Race, DE/TT, WSIR
May 2016 1 Sun GPX Concours, Lakewood Country Club 1 Sun Formula 1 Sochi, Russia 7 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Grill, Seal Beach 7 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 7 Sat SAR Zone 8 Concours 6-8 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Circuit of the Americas 14 Sat CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 14 Sat AZ Autocross, Wild Horse Pass 14-15 S-Sun GGR/PCA DE/Club Race, Buttonwillow 15 Sun Formula 1 Barcelona 28 Fri CCC DE, Buttonwillow (verify date) 29 Sun Formula 1 Monte Carlo
June 2016 4 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 4 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 3-4 F-Sat PCA Club Race, Motorsports Park, Hastings 3-5 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Watkins Glen 5 Sun Pomona Swap Meet 11-12 S-Sun GGR Laguna Seca DE 12 Sun Formula 1 Montreal 18 Sat CCC Autocross, Santa Maria Airport 19 Sun Formula 1 Baku Street Circuit 19-26 S-Sat Porsche Parade, Jay Peak, Vermont 24-26 F-Sun PCA Club Race, VIR
July 2016 2 Sat Breakfast Club — Glory Days Beachside Grill, Seal Beach 2 Sat GPX Board Meeting after Breakfast 3 Sun Formula 1 Spielberg, Austria 8-10 F-Sun PCA Club Race, Monticello Motor Club 10 Sun Formula 1 Silverstone 10 Sun LAR Zone 8 Concours16-17 S-Sun GGR DE, Thunderhill 22-24 F-Sun GGR Club Race, Laguna Seca 23-24 S-Sun PCA Club Race, Brainerd 24 Sun Formula 1 Budapest, Hungary 31 Sun Formula 1 Hockenheimring
GRAND PRIX REGION &ZONE 8 CLUB CALENDAR
Grand Prix Region events are in BoldAbbreviationsAZ — Arizona Region of the Porsche Club of AmericaCCC — California Central Coast RegionCAI — California Inland RegionGER — Golden Empire RegionGGR — Golden Gate RegionGPX — Grand Prix RegionLAR — Los Angeles RegionLVR — Las Vegas RegionOCR — Orange Coast RegionRR — Riverside RegionSAR — Southern Arizona RegionSBR — Santa Barbara RegionSDR — San Diego RegionSGV — San Gabriel Valley RegionDE — PCA Drivers Education track eventF1 — Formula 1PCA — Porsche Club of America
EDITORIAL POLICY: THE CIRCUIT is the official publication of the GRAND PRIX REGION of the PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA. Statements appearing in THE CIRCUIT are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of the CLUB or its editorial staff. The Editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. Permission to reprint any material herein is granted providing full credit is given to the authors and THE CIRCUIT, with the exception of copyrighted material.
ADDRESS CHANGE: Please notify GPX Membership Chair and PCA (PO Box 5900, Springfield, VA 22150 or [email protected] ) of any address, email, phone or membership status changes.
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GPX CHAIRSGPX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SecretaryMarty Goldsmith(562) 494-6350
Member at LargeDave Hockett(909) 518-0415
Member at LargeSkip Carter
(619) [email protected]
David Witteried(760) 373-1413
Vice PresidentBob Fulton
(714) [email protected]
PresidentJeff Peck
(310) [email protected]
ZONE 8 REPRESENTATIVE
CONTENTS
INFORMATIONGPX GrandPrixRegion.comZone 8 Zone8.orgPCA National PCA.orgPCNA US.Porsche.com/nationalPorsche AG Porsche.com
2 Grand Prix Region & Zone 8 Calendar 3 Table of Contents - Board of Directors & Chairs 4 Day Away from Work 5 Paradise Cove Tour 6 From The President's Desk 7 Editorial License - On the Cover 8 Holiday Party 10 LA Lit & Toy Show 11 Anaheim 356 Swap & Car Display 14 Name Badges - Tours 16 Stan Burns New Advertiser Bio 18 Porsche Turbocharging 20 LA Auto Show22 Zone8AwardsBanquetflyer Zone8Concoursflyer,WarnerRanch 24 December Breakfast Club Report 26 Book Review for Porschephiles: Design & Behavior of the Racing Car 28 January Membership Report & Anniversaries30 ClassifiedAds-GoodieStore 31 Breakfast Club Ad - Index to Advertisers - Commercial Ad Rates
Member at LargeJimmie Mitchell(310) 539-2568
TreasurerLinda Cobarrubias
(310) [email protected]
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3rd Annual
Porsche Club of America Grand Prix Region Santa Monica Mountains Fun Run to Paradise Cove March 19, 2016
Please join the Porsche Club of America – Grand Prix Region for a fun run in the Santa Monica Mountains. After the drive, we’ll have an area reserved for us at the Para-dise Cove Beach Café, where you will be able to enjoy a fan-tastic lunch. You will pay for your own food order. YOU MUST RSVP to guarantee a seat at the restaurant. We need to let them know how many to seat. There will be a reserved parking area for PCA members and our Porsches
For info, contact: Jeff Peck (310) 345-8081 [email protected]
Time to meet: 8:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. Departure Time: 8:45 A.M. Sharp Meeting Place: 18000 Block –Coastline Dr., Malibu Map to meeting place provided upon registration. All Porsches Welcome Registration Opens: February 15, 2016 RSVP / register: msreg.com/GPXSMPC2016
Morning practice — 20 minute continuous lap DE sessions Mid day — Autocross timing — 3 timed lapsAfternoon – Two more continuous lap DE sessionsEntry level event — no special equipment needed for stock classesRun groups determined by experience and performance Instructors available (required for novice drivers) See http://zone8.pca.org/events_de.php for rules, car classification info, tech station locations, etc.Cars need to be tech’d at authorized Tech Station within 30 days of eventRequired Sunday afternoon Ground School for novices (at hotel)Registration and Tech available at hotel Sunday afternoonHelmets available for rent/purchaseBreakfast & Lunch: coffee, donuts, breakfast & lunch available at concession stand
HOTEL INFO – Hampton Inn & Suites2300 Double Play Way, Lancaster (661) 940-9194$105.00 double occupancy with breakfast (mention Porsche Club)
March 21, 2016 — MondayStreets of WillowGrand Prix Region Drivers ED and Zone 8 Autocross
Early Registration Fee: $125.00 per driver ($145.00 if paid after March 14 ‑‑‑ At event $170.00)
INSURANCE NOTE: Liability insurance is provided by PCA’s traditional insurer. A copy of the Certificate of Insurance is available at reg-istration. PCA insurance does NOT cover damage to your car or damage that YOU cause to the facility or other cars. You are responsible for this. Please see the PCA website (www.pca.org) and go to the insurance page for more information. Please review your personal car insurance to verify what coverage it provides, if any.
On‑Line Registration http://pcagpx.MotorsportReg.com
For registration help:
Colleen Stein — (661) 714‑3030 [email protected]
For other help: Skip Carter — (619) 992‑9927
REGISTRATION OPENS January 21
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We also have a new Board of Directors for 2016. Some will be continuing in their role, and some are new additions. Please welcome our new Board. Bob Fulton is our new Vice President and Editor of The Circuit, and Jimmie Mitchell is a Member at Large. Jimmie is also our Webmaster and one of our great club photographers. Staying on the board is Linda Cobarrubias who continues as our Treasurer, and Marty Goldsmith continues as our Secretary. Members at Large will be Skip Carter, who has several roles including Performance Driving Chair, and Dave Hockett, our Chief Driving Instructor.
I’m really looking forward to the year ahead. We have a lot planned and we add events all the time. My enthusiasm for the club and our members is as strong as the day I joined. Our members are what make me proud to be a part of PCA, and especially GPX.
Check these pages, and our website www.grandprixregion.com for updates, photos, activities and general information. See our Facebook page for all the latest https://www.facebook.com/PCA-Grand-Prix-Region- 336827569682620/.
Please join us on the first Saturday of every month for our Breakfast Club at Glory Days Beachside Grill in Seal Beach. I look forward to seeing you there!
If you have any questions, suggestions and/or ideas, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or call me 310-345-8081.
“Fly low and avoid the radar”
Jeff
From The President's Desk
On the Cover...
Happy New Year, one and all! This is my first issue of The Circuit as Editor. I just reread Skip's statement in last month's issue about confidence in my abilities. That was very kind of him and I hope to live up to the standard Skip has set. I worked with him long enough to see just how much ef-fort goes into production of this newsletter. 13 years as Edi-tor for GPX and 9 years prior to that for San Diego is a huge contribution to the Club. Next time you see him, please offer him your thanks.
The Circuit is a newsletter about the Club. You all are the Club. So, The Circuit should strive to present information about what you are doing, both with the Club and individu-ally. We have consistently published information about what the Club leaders have planned for the group and a report of how it went. Where I would like to add some emphasis is something about what you are doing individually - of course with Porsches and cars, in general, as a focus.
With that in mind I'm hoping I can talk some of you into contributing to The Circuit. I'm pretty sure your fellow members would like to hear about the special car you built or bought, or a trip you took in your Porsche. You could talk about an event you attended with your Porsche. If you've been lucky enough to do a European delivery of a new car, reading about it might help someone add some details to their bucket list. You need not spend days writing, if that doesn't come to you naturally. As the Editor, helping with that is part of my job. Even so, I know it will take some time. But I see such articles as being the basis for more personal connections within our region. Those connections will allow you to get more out of participating in the Club and increase its worth to you.
I just saw a statistic saying the Club (nationally) offers more than 3000 events a year. Those events all happen because of volunteers offering their time. Again, the Club is really YOU. There are always opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. If you need ideas, send me a note. I received the Enthusiast of the Year award at the Holiday Party in De-cember. I was truly surprised, at least in part, because I've never been accused of being enthusiastic. Then I realized, it was probably because I agreed to volunteer fairly often. I will say, however, the Club grew to have more meaning to me through those efforts. Soon, we will be looking for many vol-unteers to staff the California Festival of Speed, so get ready!
Changing topics, please support our advertisers and spon-sors. The revenue from advertisers nearly pays for the print-ing and distribution of The Circuit. Donations from our sponsors makes our events, such as the annual Concours and Day Away from Work, more affordable and fun. So, when you need something available from our advertisers or spon-sors, please make your first call to them. Let them you know you saw their ad in The Circuit. Some even offer discounts to Club members. If you are a business owner, perhaps you might consider advertising in The Circuit.
Finally, let me close by saying I'm expecting a year of fun-filled GPX and PCA activities. Jeff and I may do a couple things to help us learn names - an undeveloped skill for both of us. So challenge us! Plan to come out, join in, participate and enjoy your club!
Bob
I can’t believe January is here already. This is my first col-umn for The Circuit, our monthly magazine, and as a PCA member for over 12 years, I’m honored to have been elected as the incoming President of the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America.
First, I’d like to thank Suesan Way Carter for her six fantas-tic years of service to the club and our membership. She did a great job and we are glad she will be sticking around with a couple of jobs as Past President.
We ended 2015 with a lot of activity including a great tour to the Tehachapi Loop in November and a great turnout at our breakfast in December. Our annual Holiday Party at the Long Beach Yacht Club in early December had 100 guests join in the fun. As is typical for GPX, we had a great time with our Emcee/Auctioneer helping to move things along, and sell more items for the Children’s Dental Health Clinic.
There were awards, gifts to the Board and Chairs, and the installation of the 2016 Board. Our 2015 Competitor of the Year was announced as Connie Somers, and our Enthusiast of the Year was announced as Bob Fulton. Both deserved their awards up against stiff competition in both fields. CONGRATULATIONS to you both!!!
Grand Prix Region’s 35th Anniversary is in 2016 so we will be celebrating that. Watch for a decal in the mail. We have 3 driving events scheduled, our annual Concours d’ Elegance in May, and a number of tours and Museum visits. Some are already planned and some in the works, including day and overnight tours.
A few examples of our upcoming Tours include the sold out Fort Irwin tour in January, the Mullin Museum in February, and in March our 3rd annual Santa Monica Mountains Fun Run. We’ll be trying again this year for clear skies for our Mt. Wilson Viewing session in May, as we got fogged over last year.
Of course in April, Zone 8 will once again showcase the California Festival of Speed. I’ve worked on this event the last 3 years, and it’s not to be missed. Great people, great racing, and great cars. It’s a real spectacle. Volunteers will be needed. You’ll be hearing from us as GPX takes a lead role in this event.
Porsche provides the cars, we provide the fun!
January 2016
The announcement of the 2017 Carreras marks a signif-icant change for Porsche. Both base and S models will be turbocharged. The 2017 Targa was unveiled at the LA Auto Show. Jimmie Mitchell was there to capture the photo on the cover. Check out the LA Auto Show and Turbocharging articles in this issue.
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The Annual Grand Prix Region Holiday Party was another great success in 2015. We met at our favorite place to cel-ebrate the holiday season, the Long Beach Yacht Club, early in December. The evening had close to 100 members and friends in attendance, all in a festive mood and ready to celebrate the holiday season.
There was a wonderful array of appetizers while everyone mingled and bid on the silent auction items that had been donated. Throughout dinner some great door prizes were given out.
This year we decided to hire John Kunkle as Emcee and Auctioneer to help move the evening along. He did a great job inspiring the bidding on some of our bigger auction items, and certainly got the crowd laughing and coughing up the extra few bucks that will go a long way in our dona-tion to the Children’s Dental Health Clinic in Long Beach for 2015.
Following dinner was the presentation of some special awards. The GPX Competi-tor of the Year went to Connie Somers. Enthu-siast of the Year is our new Vice President and Editor of The Circuit, Bob Fulton. Special tribute was paid to long time Circuit Editor, Skip Carter, who is stepping down from his position. He will continue to work on the
club magazine but will no longer take the lead. A special pre-sentation was made to Suesan Carter who will now become Past President, after 6 years as GPX President. Suesan will continue on with various jobs helping to support the club.
The evening couldn’t have happened without the hard work of Susan Moard, our Social Chair, who worked closely with the Long Beach Yacht Club coordinating the entire evening. Susan came up with the great room decorations with her husband, David. He picked up boxes of small engine parts from an automotive shop. Then he cleaned them up to use as table center pieces providing a way to anchor the racing pat-terned balloons on each table. The room looked fabulous.
Also, many thanks go to the auction team who were out pounding the pavement collecting donations for both the silent and live auction. Thank you Arturo Chaparro, Will Sanchez and Chuck Weaver for making it happen.
The proceeds from the auction, along with the very generous donations made this past year by our members, will be included in our annual check to the Children’s Dental Health Clinic. Thank you everyone for making 2015 a success!
GPX Holiday Party commentary - Suesan Way Carterphotos - Jimmie Mitchell & Rusty Scott
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Today's Porsche turbos are much better and deliver power more smoothly. Older turbos cars can be upgraded to more efficient turbos that greatly reduce lag and make more power. Turbochargers are going to be standard on the new 911, mostly for fuel efficiency. The engines will be smaller but make more horsepower. I am excited about this!
The turbos that Porsche uses are so good you hardly know you are driving a turbocharged car at all.
If you have any questions on turbos, or have ideas for future articles, please email [email protected]
Note: Scott McIlvain owns McIlvain Motors in Tempe, Ari-zona. He specializes on Porsches and writes tech articles for the PCA Arizona Region newsletter, Going Places
valve. When the turbo is on full boost it is moving a lot of air. When the driver gets off the gas, the throttle plate closes quickly and all that air in the intake has nowhere to go. So the recycle valve (also known as a blowoff, dump or com-pressor bypass valve) opens and the pressured air is rerouted back through the intake system before the turbo or to the atmosphere.
Porsche released the first turbocharged production car in 1975, known as the 930. This 911 Turbo used a single turbo-charger without an intercooler. It was a very fast car at the time, but Porsche knew they could do more. So starting in 1978 the 930 had a larger engine with the single turbo and an intercooler. This single turbo configuration continued until the 993 Twin Turbo. With the 993 Turbo Porsche figured out that two smaller turbos could provide more air to the engine AND spin up with much less turbo lag. The 996 water cooled turbo added a second intercooler. The 997 Turbo came out with new turbos that use computer-con-trolled vanes to help reduce lag and make more power at the
top end. The newer Porsche turbos use very efficient wheels that spin much faster than earlier turbos. They have almost zero turbo lag and make huge power.
Driving a turbocharged Porsche (especially an older, single turbo) takes some getting used to. You may have heard 930s referred to as "widow makers." The main problem is how much non-linear power the engine makes. I remem-ber on my modified 1979 930, the engine made 200 hp at 2400rpm. At 3400 the engine made over 400hp! So I had to be ready for that power burst. Lifting off the throttle in a turn with that 400hp can be very dangerous. The back of the car gets light, you loose traction and spin.
Turbo — a word that brings images of speed and power.
Since 1975 no car company has been better at turbocharg-ing production cars than Porsche. Every Porsche fan should experience the feel of warp speed when the turbo kicks in at full boost in a Porsche 930. OK, we know that turbos make cars faster, but how do they work and why are they so popular (and soon to be standard in the latest 911)? A turbo uses the exhaust gases exiting the engine to spin a pin wheel. This wheel is connected by a shaft to another pin wheel. This second wheel pulls air in and forces it into the engine. The more air that goes into an engine, the more power can be made.
A turbocharger (or turbo) is a turbine-driven forced induc-tion device that increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency and power output by forcing extra air into the combustion chamber. This improvement over a naturally as-pirated engine's output results because the turbine can force more air, and proportionately more fuel, into the combustion chamber.
Some highly-tuned turbo Porsches can make 1,500 horse-power, or more! Because they use exhaust gas to do work before it exits through the vehicles exhaust system, turbos have a reputation for being a very efficient, almost free, way to make more power.
There were some significant downsides to early turbocharg-ing, the biggest being turbo lag, overboost detonation and cooling issues. The Porsche 930 (1975-1980) came with a single, large turbo. The turbo needs to spin very fast to com-press enough air to make power. The relatively large mass of that large, single turbo's turbine took time to get up to
speed. That time lag is turbo lag. I (Skip) had the pleasure of instructing a new club member in his 930 in the late 1990s. He came to half a dozen autocrosses at Qualcomm Stadium, which had enough room for 70 second laps that would see 3rd gear. He and I both learned how to anticipate turbo lag. You would apply throttle and almost hear yourself counting as you waiting for that burst of power. Just before it hit, you would countersteer and lift enough to keep the car under control. Imagine an unitiated driver on the street applying power in a turn and being overwhelmed by the power as the back end breaks loose and the car goes out of control. There was more than one wrongful death lawsuit over this.
The detonation problem was caused by over boost. The pressure of the air going into the engine is called boost. The more boost, the more power the engine can make. It is very important that the amount of boost matches the amount of fuel going into the engine or the engine will run lean. When this happens the engine can be damaged very quickly!
Turbochargers compress the air, which causes it to become very hot, so every Porsche Turbo from 1978 on came stan-dard with an intercooler. The pressurized air goes through the intercooler that works much a like radiator, using fins and the outside, cooler air to lower the temperature of the pressurized air.
Without a thing called a wastegate, a turbo would just spin faster and faster until the car was over boosted. A wastegate is a valve that opens in the exhaust before the turbo to let some of the exhaust gas escape keeping the turbo from spinning too fast.
Another important relief valve in the turbocharger system is a recycle
Porsche TurbochargingBase of this article by Scott McIlvain, McIlvain Motors, Tempe Arizona & Tech Chair,
PCA Arizona Region, Rewritten by Skip Carter with material from Wikipedia and other sources
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Variable vane turbo
Relief Value
997 turbo engine with high flow cat and stock turbos
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The Porsche exhibit included an example of each model of the 2016 lineup and the 2017 911. The exhibit area includes a glass-walled room, or area, used to display an exclusive model not open to close inspection by
the public. In the previ-ous two years it was the 918 Spyder. This year the Porsche behind the glass wall was a Impulse Red Metallic 2016 Porsche Macan. One of our mem-bers owns just such a Ma-can. Stop by our Breakfast Club – it's usually there.
On Friday morning PCA, in conjunction with PCNA (Porsche Cars North America), hosted a preview of the Porsche exhibit for 300 lucky PCA members. Speakers from both Porsche AG and PCNA were on-hand to talk about the 2017 911 and GT4 Club Sport, as well as, other models.
A continental breakfast was served. Tickets were offered via MotorsportReg well in advance, so watch for next year's announce-ment!
Los Angeles Auto ShowEach year the Los Angeles Convention Cen-ter is host to one of the most influential auto shows in the world. During Press Days, the Wednesday and Thursday before Opening Day, each major auto manufacturer is given
a 25 minute window to present their newest innovations and models. The presentations are a mix of excitement and beau-ty. The new models are cloaked in secrecy, sometimes driven out from behind a curtain or wrapped in colorful car covers. Beautiful women uncover the cars as each is presented to the adoring and critical press.
The highlight of my visit is always the Porsche presentation in Petree Hall on Thursday. This year's new models were the 2017 911 and Cayman GT4 Clubsport. A 911 Targa 4S was at center stage along with a vintage 1988 Carrera Targa. The two cars share the classic Targa roll bar and removable roof section. The Cayman GT4 was off-stage and covered alongside a mock-up of the 919 Hybrid FIA World Endur-ance Champion. Each car was unveiled to rousing applause by those in attendance.
story & photos- Jimmie Mitchell & Bob Fulton
Boxster Spyder
Cayman GT4 Clubsport
911 Targa 4S
Fiat 124 Spider
Acura NSX
Ford GT
Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio
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BMW I8
DiMora Vicci 6 point 2
Alfa Romeo 4C
Jaguard F Type
Audi R8
Mercedes Benz Maybach S600
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December Breakfast Clubphotos - Jimmie Mitchell
Alan Johnson
Brianna BeckerLA Region President
Deseree Chase & Roderick Simmons
Michael Dolphin, Mario Vargas, Denise Larson, Dan Stern,Roderick Simmons, Brianna Becker, Gerhard Kiessling
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Ludmila Osipova Goodie Store
Frank Lock's Cayman
New MemberRick Walters
CarlWinefordner
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Brianna Becker's '16 Targa
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Skip Carter
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byBruceHerrington,OrangeCoastRegionBook Reviews for PorschephilesDESIGN AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE RACING CARby Stirling Moss and Laurance Pomeroy (photos by Louis Klemantaski)published in 1963 by William Kimber and Co, Ltd, London, England
Bruce Herrington
Once considered a classic, comprehensive reference for detailed specifications of various racing cars (successful and otherwise) this book provides a fascinating inside look at (mostly British) race cars of the '50s. If you have or are susceptible to any interest in such cars, this book gives some amazingly complete tables of construction/set-up specifica-tions and performance results. This reviewer knows of no other tome that deals with such esoteric data as reli-ability by make/year or by track/year. True, the statistical period, ranging from (in some cases) back to 1914 and forward to 1963, has no direct relation to modern race cars. None the less, the analysis of the data significance can be fascinating to those intellectu-ally inclined motor racing enthusiasts.
Design and Behaviour of the Rac-ing Car is an old fashioned book, mostly text on non-glossy pages, with pen and ink sketches, cutaways and engineering drawings in the text. There are black & white plates inter-spersed at various stages through the book, but no color pictures. Though it deals with the design-engineering of racing cars (mostly open wheel, but not all Forumla 1), and contains a plethora of tables and a few graphs, it does not read like an engineer-ing text book. It is not a how to guide to designing race cars as much as an analysis of what was, tied to the story of the resulting effects as reported by the driver. It really is Stir-ling's book about his racing experiences and impressions. Pomeroy just provides the rest of the story.
Stirling Moss is usually not considered a significant author, but he has written/co-written a dozen books over the years, this being one of his last. In it he describes (in a very read-able, conversational first person style) the experiences he has had with dozens of different racing cars starting with his very first racer — the very first car made by John Cooper in 1948. The final car described was a Lotus Climax in 1961. In-between came cars from ERA, HWM, Maserati and Mercedes, among others.
As a book on race car performance Design and Behaviour of the Racing Car contains the obligatory discussion of oversteer versus under-steer, including separate explanations by Pomeroy and Denis Jenkenson.
Alternating with Moss' chapters are equally readable chapters by Pomeroy discussing the engineering factors that gave the race cars the characteristics that Moss described. At the time this book was written, Laurence Pomeroy had over 20 years experience as Technical Editor of The Motor, and a two volume tome on the Grand Prix car to his credit.
To one familiar with the basics of current race car design and suspension tuning, some of the early 1950s technology presented in this book seems rather, well, quaint. There is one discus-sion of moving transmissions to the rear of the car, integrated with the differential, to improve car stability by increasing the polar moment of inertia. No thought seems to have been given to the weight distribution effects of such a layout, or how that could have affected stability. There
is Porsche content in that several references are made to Porsche's trailing arm design and synchromesh.
Design and Behaviour of the Racing Car is a much more readable book than the name might suggest. The in-cockpit sensations and experiences described by Moss will appeal to any racing buff and comprise virtually half of the book. The engineering discussions by Pomeroy reflect his 20 years of writing for a popular magazine, so that he can even make a discussion of how the number of cylinders affect piston area in designing a new engine — fascinating to read. There are twelve chapters with operatic names related to Moss' career, from Overture through Intermezzo to Finale. Included are 25 B&W glossy pictures in six groups and 42 line drawings. There are 286 hard bound, 6x9-1/4 inch pages. Currently available used for around $60, at http://amazonbooks.com (search for: stirling moss and laurence pomeroy).
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