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June 1998

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Golden Gate Region • Porsche Club of America

Porsche Dreams Come TrueLa Carrera PanamericanaTime Trialing at Buttonwillow

2 June 1998 Golden Gate Region

Dave Dunwoodie, editorSheila, associate editorDave's dribble

I'm back. Last month I was preempted by a lastminute full page ad for page 2 of the Nugget. Sorry,but I didn't miss having to write this "dribble" forone issue.

You might have noticed that the Ohls are on thecover two months in a row. Well, there is a goodreason for that. They are the only ones that haveprovided me with a bunch of photos to samplefrom! I need more of you, the readers, to send mephotos from Porsche Club events of what you wantto see in the Nugget. To have a photo be consid-ered for the cover, the photo needs to be in a verti-cal format.

There are ads inthis issue, but I alsowant to mentionthat there will be aNew Member So-cial on June 12th atAutomotion hostedby GGR. If you areinterested in attending, please call LouiseSousoures at (408) 354-0660 for details and reser-vations. Attendance is limited to 150, and newmembers have first priority.

It is hard to believe this is my 4th issue already!The months fly by (especially close to the 15th of

the month!!!). Before I started asthe Nugget editor, I was worriedthat I would have trouble findingmaterial to fill in 24 or more pages.Lack of material has not been aproblem I am happy to say. Keepsending in your stories (and pho-tos) for the Nugget. I'll do my bestto get everyone's material into themost current issue.

Dave

June 1998 The Nugget 3

EditorDave Dunwoodie

Associate EditorSheila Dunwoodie

Advertising SalesBill Lusk

BillingCraig Watkins

MailingPatricia Kindred

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Inside line

Cover: Jeannie Ohl almost at speed in her first autocross! How manyyears have you been in the club? James is proud of you!

Volume 38, No. 6

Photos: The Ohls

Staff

Larry Sharp, president

NewsBraking news 4Around the zone with Hank Watts 10Events calendar 22

FeaturesShop talk: Go Faster, Safer 5Porsche Dreams Come True 6Time Trialing at Buttonwillow 12GGR/Shelby Club AX Results 14Sacramento Concours Results 15

ColumnsPresident’s column 3For the record 17Members 18

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I have had an interesting conversationwith my wife K. C. about how the club haschanged in the last few years. One of thethings that has grown out of style is the useof name tags. We both agreed that it's not agood thing, and that maybe we should tryto get all the members, old and new, to tryand resume the use of them. It is a simplelittle tradition that makes new membersfeel less intimidated when they attendevents where they know very few people,

allowing the ice to bebroken sooner. The per-son who has the job forobtaining the new nametags is our goodie storemanager, Pattie Stark (she is engaged toNeil Jackson). So if you're an old or newmember without one, please contact her atour next function. Then we can all see thenames on our chest and we won't have tobe as good at remembering on our own.


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There will be a "New Member" Social at Automotionon Friday, June 12th in addition to the regular FridayNight Social. This is a chance for new members to learnabout GGR-PCA, and what the club has to offer them.Automotion is a very good environment to learn aboutyour Porsche Club. Food and drink will be served. Thereis limited availability, so if you are interested in attend-ing, please call Louise Sousoures at (408) 354-0660. Newmembers have first priority. See the Automotion ad onpage 15 for a map.

Porsche in the News (PCA Editors News Service)

On April 15, Tommy Hilfiger announced plans to launch anairship which will fly on behalf of Hilfiger Athletics, hisnew line of active apparel and fragrance for men. The ship isa Skyship 600B, the largest model in existence today, manu-factured by Global Skyship Industries and operated by Air-ship Operations, Inc. Powered by two turbo-charged Porsche930 engines, the 196-foot vehicle will cruise over televisedsporting events across the country beginning in June, offer-ing networks birds' eye views of major outdoor events.

Lockheed Martin's April 21 press release announced that itsadvanced Hercules C-130J airlifter began winning convertsin the Far East as the aircraft began its third leg of thecompany's world tour, this time a month-long tour of eightPacific Rim countries. The pilots were impressed with thetakeoff performance of the C-130J -- airborne in less than800 feet and at a 20-degree climb angle -- and with theaircraft's head-up display (HUD) in the cockpit. Accordingto the pilots, "Flying this aircraft is like driving a Porsche."

Toastmaster Inc., a manufacturer of electrical consumer ap-pliances and time pieces, recently reported a 23% improve-ment in earnings for the first quarter of 1998. Daniel Stubler,President of the Company said, "We continue to be pleasedwith the Company's improved performance. New productsintroduced at the Gourmet Products Show in April, 1998,including the F.A. Porsche by Toastmaster lines are posi-tioned to build on 1997's performance and contribute sig-nificantly to improved results for the second half of 1998."

To help motorists gain a better understanding of the unseenworld deep inside automobile engines, the Mobil 1 com-pany announced April 13 that their Fully Synthetic MotorOil research team has designed a traveling exhibit that willbe open free of charge to the public as it tours the country.Racing enthusiasts can get their first up-close inspection ofNASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield's No. 12 Mobil 1 FordTaurus. Additional information about Mobil's legendarymotorsports program can be found inside the exhibit, in-cluding, according to the company, "A 1:18-scale model ofthe Mobil 1 Porsche that won 'Best in Class' at LeMans in1996."


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Can I really go faster, and besafer? That's a question that shouldbe asked before registering for adriver's education event. Driver's Edevents are designed for membershaving some prior beginner-levelperformance driving experience.Autocrossing, gymkhana, ice racing,or a Skip Barber weekend schoolprovide a basis for safer high-speeddriving. I'd also suggest some "seattime" in the car you'll be driving inthis type of event.

Like so many of life's pleasures,practice, plus more practice, equalsimprovement. That's certainly trueof driving fast, safer. Race tracksmake a lot of sense for practice, sincetraffic should always be moving inthe same direction. In addition,safety equipment, and limited emer-gency personnel are on hand. Whilethat's not any type of guarantee, it'sbetter than driving fast on publicroads.

The emphasis is on safety. Wewant our members to learn how todrive their performance-orientedautomobiles and enjoy the experi-ence. Porsche's tradition of engineer-

ing progressively faster, and safer,cars have made these wonderful cre-ations much more dual-purpose. Youcan drive on the track on Sunday, anddrive the same car to work on Mon-day. Some of that is because Porscheautomobiles have become muchmore "user friendly." They are muchmore tolerant of driver error thantheir early predecessors. In largepart, that's due to a combination ofsafety equipment and technology.

ABS braking systems, air bags,and space-age materials, all help tomake cars safer. Tire technology hastaken a quantum leap in the past tenyears, not to mention synthetic brakefluids and bigger brakes. Combinethat with advances in suspensiondesign and engine performance --thanks to computers -- and you get90's Porsches that are much fasterand safer than their 70's counterparts.Quite an accomplishment when youconsider that these later modelPorsches have a significant weighthandicap.

You say, Okay, so a '98 911 isfaster than a similar model of an ear-lier vintage. That's good! And, I say,yes it is but there's one thing to keepin mind. The engineers may have

advanced tire technology, brainboxes, and optional power chips, butre-engineering the laws of physicsisn't anything I've read about.

That's where driver's educationcomes into play -- not to change thelaws of physics, but to understandthem. We've all heard the saying,"what goes up, must come down."The same is true for speed. Whatgoes fast, must go slow. Considerentering a turn after driving a longstraight at speed. How do you knowhow fast you can take that turn? Itmay be less than you think. How willyou know? I think that's whereautocrossing, or ice racing, comesinto play. But, let's say you're readyfor driver's education.

A few things to keep in mind arethese: 1) Driver's Ed events are notraces, although you may be drivingfast; 2) you should be physically pre-pared, meaning a good night's sleepbefore the event; 3) think "safety"since we do; 4) read your confirma-tion packet prior to the morning ofthe event; 5) have your car inspectedby a competent Porsche mechanic;and, 6) be prepared for a unique ex-perience that few people really haveavailable to them.

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Porsche Dreams Come TrueBy George & Shirley Neidel

Since buying Old Red (our ’54 coupe) and becomingPCA members in 1963, George & I have become truePorsche fanatics. Our years have been spent with ourfamily enjoying good times through PCA... autocrosses,time trials, rallies, tours, dinners, parades, etc. All theevents we’ve attended have built a lifetime of goodmemories both with our family and our PCA friends.

With our Porsche background, we’ve had a lifelongdream of visiting Germany, and especially our Mecca,Stuttgart. We had never before been able to visit Europe,and thought that we likely never would. Well, in 1997,our dreams became a reality.

At the ’96 Parade at the Grand Lake o’ the Cherokeesin Oklahoma, our good friend Gwen Sablan had wonthe factory trip to Germany. She and Gerry Brownimmediately said that they needed to talk to us that night.It seems that they wanted tohold true to their promise...if they ever won the trip,they wanted to give it to us.Well, as you could imagine,George and I really didn’twant to accept the gift. Itwas one thing to joke aboutit, but another to actuallyaccept that kind of a gesture.But, after much discussionand prodding, we finallyaccepted their generosityand started planning the tripof our dreams. We discussedthe plans with Ilsa Naedele and set our itinerary for Mayof ’97.

What a trip it turned out to be... everything we hadimagined! We received VIP treatment from thefactory and Ilsa became our personal tour guidethrough the city. We then picked up the 993 Carrera4,that would be ours for the next 8 days in Europe,before we headed out to Weissach for test rides. Thatwas definitely an amazing experience! We wereaccompanied by the Porsche Club Great Britain andwere welcomed to their dinner that night as well.

On our own in Europe we traveled over 4,000kmduring the week, being sure to see some particularsights such as Hockenheim, Nurburgring, Spa, and

LeMans. We were also able to visit Trhanov, the townwhere George’s father was raised in Czechoslovakia,and brought back something special from thehomeland. Also, we managed (of course) to spend alittle time in the beer halls of Munich. All in all wedrove through and visited 8 different countries. A bitof a whirlwind tour, but we were able to seeeverything we really wanted to see... an experienceof a lifetime!

Now, as if a trip to Europe wasn’t excitement enoughfor one year, George was also able to live anotherdream… La Carrera Panamericana. Our longtime friendDon Tevini asked George to be a part of his team “ProntoBurro Racing”, competing in a ’59 356 coupe. GerryLayer was Don’s co-driver, and John Corvelle fromUpper Canada Region joined as part of the crew, makingthe team of four a PCA effort. After assisting with some

initial testing, off Georgewent on a three week tripto Mexico as Don’s“mechanico”.

The camaraderie andexcitement from thepeople of the smalltowns throughoutMexico was absolutelyamazing. The waypeople, both young andold, cheered on theteams made everyonefeel like a celebrity.

Many memories were special, but the mostspectacular centered around a party in Zacatecas. Thedrivers, crews, spectators and townspeople celebratedby roving the streets of the city with a band, a burroand unlimited Mescal. The complete venture and thefriendships made was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Though the two trips we were able to take this lastyear were dreams turned into reality, what is most specialto us is the week-in and week-out fun that we’ve enjoyedin PCA. We truly appreciate the camaraderie andfriendships we’ve made over the years and want to thanknot only the people who made these trips possible, butalso ALL of our Porsche friends.


It all started two years ago at the Monterey His-toric Races when my friend Gerry Layer discussedthe idea of going on the La Carrera. When we lo-cated a 1959 SUNROOF COUPE in Newport Beach,California; I purchased it, and started getting it raceready. It took almost two years to the day, but it gotdone. We decided that we would trailer the car down,but needed someone to drive the tow vehicle andtrailer along the route in case we had problems. Wealso were looking for someone who was mechani-cally inclined to help with technical problems. I im-mediately thought of my good friend from GoldenGate Region, George Neidel. However, we stillneeded one more mechanico, and we found him atthe San Antinio Parade. It was none other than JohnCorvelle from Upper Canada Region. This was trulya joint regional PCA team.

I decided that in the spirit of the La CarreraPanamericana, the team would be called “Pronto BurroRacing”. Rob Neidel did a fantastic design for our logoto be used on the trinkets, team shirts, etc. Now theteam was in place, the logo was done, and we were offand running.

George and I would leave from my home in Salinas,drive to San Diego and pick up Gerry, and then to SanAntinio to pick up John. Then it was onto McAllen,Texas, where we were to meet with other Panamericanaracers and cross the border into Mexico. We had a fewproblems on our way down to the start of the race. Thetrailer we were hauling the Burro in was slowly fallingapart due to the harsh roads to Mexico. An axle broke160 miles from our destination, and we had to drive thePorsche the rest of the way. We hobbled the trailer inwith the remaining axle and were able to fix it in Tuxula.The Mexican people are truly amazing; they can repairanything. While in Tuxula, we had the cars teched, hadthe drivers meeting, two parties and a parade throughtown.

The first day of the race was unbelievable! Westarted from downtown Tuxula with over 15,000 spec-tators cheering us on. During the day there are a num-ber of speed stages where they close the road to alltraffic so that we can race on it. The cars are started30 seconds apart, and you can go as fast as you wish.The first two days took their toll on the not-so-sanedrivers who either crashed or broke. Then there aretransit stages along the route where you have a dis-tance to cover in a certain amount of time. This is

where you are on the paved roads and should adhereto the traffic laws. If you did, you would be late (thatwas the bad news), the good news was if you werepart of the race, there were no speed limits; or I shouldsay no speeding tickets would be issued to partici-pants of the race.

As we would drive through towns and small villages,people would be cheering us on, and schools were letout to watch us go by. The people were so excited thatit enhanced the enjoyment of the race. Every time westopped, the Mexican people made us feel like celebri-ties by asking for our autographs. I must have signedover 300 myself! Every day we started off from themiddle of town with a crowd cheering us on, and everynight we ended in a town with a crowd cheering as wearrived. Every night would be a driver’s meeting withlocal entertainment along with trophies for the first threeplaced in each class. George was in seventh heaven asCorona was one of the sponsors of the event, and beerwas free. One of the best parties was in Zacatecas. Itstarted with a roving band along with a burro loadedwith gallons of Mescal. Every one is given a small ce-ramic cup with a string attached to it, which is placedover your neck in a necklace fashion and filled withMescal. You get the picture…if you let the cup drop itis empty and they fill it for you! As the band plays, itstops from time to time for dancing in the streets andmore Mescal. This goes on for about two hours. AsJohn said, “This is the most fun you can have with yourclothes on”!

The race consisted of 3500 kilometers in seven days.It is no wonder it is called the “Crown Jewel” of Vin-tage Racing. We went to participate and to have a goodtime and just to finish would be an accomplishment;anything else would be a bonus. We finished first inclass on the second day and on the last day as well. Thelast day is the high-speed day where you can run for topend speed. We finished 26th out of the 66 remainingcars. The Pronto Burro proved it was the fastest Burroin all of Mexico.

It was over all too soon. John left us in McAllen anddrove back home with a newfound friend, Bruce, whodrove his Mercury from the East Coast to Mexico andhome. It was an experience of a lifetime that we talkedabout all the way back to California. Within one weekof arriving home, we vowed the Burro would return in’98 with John being co-piloto, George the Mechanico,and this time we will bring our Senoritas.

THE 1997 LA CARRERA PANAMERICANAOR HOW THE PRONTO BURRO CONQUERED MEXICOOR HOW THE PRONTO BURRO CONQUERED MEXICOOR HOW THE PRONTO BURRO CONQUERED MEXICOOR HOW THE PRONTO BURRO CONQUERED MEXICOOR HOW THE PRONTO BURRO CONQUERED MEXICO

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Autocrossing around the zone with HankBy HANK WATTS

GGR AUTOCROSS #2: Candlestick was the site ofGGR's second autocross on 4 Apr. 54 drivers showedup to watch course designer Neil Librock put together acourse that ran in the low forties and featured a cross-over with intersecting slaloms. If there's ever a coneyou don't want to be, it's one that is used in two slalomsat the same time. Various committees, at various times,adjusted the turn by the swale, the turn before the clockand the exit. It was a great course.

The weather was forecast as scattered showers, andit was correct. It didn't rain constantly for the entireday, but we spent most of the day trying to dry out thetrack, again, after various drizzles. The B group hadthe best track in their second session, right after lunch.After about the first run of the A group in the last (3-5)session, the rain began again, creating some large (andfun!) puddles. Despite the physical challenges, the daywas low-key and great fun. Even the surprising lunchbreak produced only very minor grumbling from the veryhardcore.

Though the conditions were not exactly uniformthroughout the day, the consensus seems to be that thefinal times reflect a more-or-less reasonable result. NeilJackson took TTOD in the Creamsickle car with a41.418, edging out a lucky run by a cer-tain Garnet cabriolet. Jeff Sykes RStook third and Evan Williams wasfourth. TTODL was Sylvia Sykes(43.7), followed by LouiseSousoures and DonnaSylvanovich.

John Beck put himselfback on top of the Bi group witha 42.9, Larry Sharp dominated Fm and Mark Paul Smithput himself at the front of the 5-car K class with a 45.7.Dirk Bergstrom's car ran all day. There were severalnewcomers and some new cars, James Ohl and NancyLee bringing out Boxsters.

TIME TRIAL AT BUTTONWILLOW: The titlecontains the news, a time trial was actually run, April10th & 11th, including the timed runs. The weekendbegan with an open practice day on Friday with goodweather but a few too many of the SCCA formula carsto make the afternoon completely comfortable. Thosewho were there all day logged a lot of track time. I wasnearly out of fuel by lunch time. After some interestingearly morning discussions, the counter-clockwise courseincluded both the sweeper after the esses (Turn 11) andthe infield (Turn 6). This is a great but challenging con-

figuration; each turn connects directly with the next, anddrivers have very little time that isn't involved in imme-diately needing to bring the car to a specific place onthe track. The front and 3-2 straights offer essentiallythe only relief.

Saturday it rained, lightly at first, but then more steadily.Large puddles caused an extended lunch break. When prac-ticing resumed at 1:00 or so, cars were split into only twogroups, both groups getting a fair amount of track timeuntil 4:15. Given the open cars, slicks and generally expe-rienced drivers, very few red-group cars ran in the rain.By late in the afternoon a chilly wind added to the generaldiscomfort of the rain, and people who weren't driving (withheaters on in the cars that had heaters) had pretty muchretreated to the enclosed trailers and motorhomes.

After a group Mexican dinner and a good night's rest(for some the good night's rest took a little longer thanothers, a certain future time trial chairman arriving lateenough to miss his first practice session), drivers were con-fronted Sunday morning with a beautiful day and a trackthat needed only a session or so of driving to complete thedrying process. After two rounds of morning practice ses-sions and a driver's meeting, the timed runs began. Sixtythree drivers ran for time. TTOD was Tim Watson's 962.After the expected sequence of miscellaneous

problems to be sorted out,it appears the car and driverare ready to play at an im-pressive level. Tim's1:54.8 was 5+ secondsfaster than the next fastestrun, David Ferguson's2:00.6 in his extremely

well-developed 914, 2.8L six.Rich McGlumphy was third with a 2:01.1

and Bob Barns was fourth with a 2:02.7.

PORSCHE-SHELBY CHALLENGE: The morning(April 19) started a little confused. Probably just some mis-communication, as control of the event passed from GGRAX Chairs Bert & Anne Del Villano to Kirk Doberenz andfrom there to Larry Sharp and Lloyd DeMartini. Appar-ently the Shelby Club needed some preparation in order tocome to the pre-arranged challenge, so they set up theirown course to run for the morning. The GGR folks thenhad to scramble, go get the trailer, set up the course, etc.Lloyd set the course up to run counter- clockwise but, notwanting an unfair advantage, we were to practice in theclockwise direction, which worked out just fine. A goodcourse. What this ultimately meant was that his coursewas never run in the designed direction.


First car out was at 10:00 on the basis of two runs each,which would take us to about 1:00, at which point we ex-pected the Shelby folk to arrive. When there had beenonly one Shelby car down to our end of the lot by 1:00, weset upon a second cycle of 2 runs each. By 3:30 we'd com-pleted the second cycle and had entertained a grand totalof two Shelby cars (a well-prepped early Mustang and alovely current-vintage Cobra copy). (The Cobra copyturned a respectable 46.7 and was 14th overall; the Mus-tang fared much less well.) After some fun running, wedecided the Shelby people were apparently not going toarrive at all, the course was picked up and a few of us wentover to the front part of the lot where we were graciouslyallowed to run their course.

The Shelby course was very pleasant, long and rangywith only two slow sections and a very nice flow. Theywere running 0 and 2 (on the clock immediately, take twolaps). The PCAers running without having seen much ofthe course acquitted themselves well; a bit of a shame thatBill Benz's car was already on the trailer, however.

The results for the GGR activity were unofficial, butshowed Bill Benz's car, piloted by yrfthflscblr at a 43.2(with a somewhat wide-eyed passenger along). Lloyd, whoput the car on the trailer early to solve a transmission prob-lem before the Club Race at Las Vegas, turned a 44.9 onhis only run, followed closely by Larry Sharp. LouiseSousoures was TTODL and fastest street car overall (by.45) with a 45.7. Catherine Siemens got within .12 of un-defeated series leader Mark Paul Smith in class K. GlenBrooksby had a short day due to a severely failed shock.People in his class have been counseling him to go slowerso as to take it more easy on his car but he is apparentlynot listening.

It remains unclear what the plan will be for the sched-uled GGR/Shelby Challenge on the 10th of May. It'd be ashame not to have something happen, as Bert has prepareda very interesting trophy. Very interesting.

PCA & THE KIDS: PCA National has again demon-strated a certain hostility to real drivers' education by fail-ing to consider the possibility of allowing 16-year olds toautocross with us. Despite forceful pushing from somezone reps, National is taking the approach that this is anadult club and including the kids is not appropriate. Giventhat SCCA has demonstrated that neither insurance norbehavior is a major drawback, this strikes some of us assimply silly. What a perfect opportunity to teach the kidshow driving actually works, give them a safe place to findout what the car will really do, and encourage family ac-tivities (with something truly appealing to many teenag-ers!) at a development point when families can easily getfragmented.

SPECIAL CAR FOR SALE: This isn't really just aclassified ad. A certain orange car that many of us know

quite well is available for sale. Dwight Mitchell's many-time national championship autocrosser is quietly lookingfor a new home. The car is very well developed and usu-ally unbeatable by anything at a PCA autocross, at least aslong as Dwight is driving. 2.8L 911. Not currently suit-able for big-track work (no wing, small brakes, no roll bar,unsure about oil cooling) but would be great for someonewho is primarily interested in autocrossing at an extremelyhigh level.

US VS. EUROPEAN CARS: While we've been get-ting the Porsche press about world cars and no small per-formance differences (except for the obvious ride heightdifferences between Europe and the US on the 993 mod-els), BMW is turning things loose in Europe. The M ver-sion of the Z3 roadster is in the US now. It will has a solid240 hp and should go pretty good. It's a heavier car than itlooks, at about 3100 lbs. Still 240 will scoot it OK. InEurope the M configuration produces 320 hp! It's almostenough to create a little envy of our Bayrische brethren inthe hearts of ragtop fanatics.

COMING UP IN JUNE: LPR AX at Candlestick onthe 13th, GGR AX at Candlestick on the 14th. Two Zone7 autocross weekends, 6&7 at Reno, 20&21 at Sacramento.GGR Time Trial #5! at ThunderHill the 27th and 28th.Redwood AX on the 7th at Petaluma. NASA atThunderHill on the 6th & 7th.

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April 11-12th

Neil Librock spoiled us again with a full day on Fridayof “free” open track test driving. If you arrived in theearly afternoon, you were late by most of the driver’s stan-dards. So, to those who chose to celebrate Easter in thetraditional setting, eat your heart out. This weekend markedthe first time trial of two full, rainfree days of driving. Allright, we admit, Saturday sucked for cold and rainy weather.Those with any tread got the most for their money and droveall day.

Friday greeted us with blissful, ideal driving conditions –shorts type of weather, clear, blue skies and open track. Ev-eryone drove until 5 p.m. and got in a lot of time. A few of us,Bert & I included, experienced mechanical problems on our,of all things, tow vehicles. The Braun's Bronco and our new,800 mile Chevy truck made sounds that spelled serious me-chanical problems at the Lost Hills exit (10 miles north ofButtonwillow.) Our truck got as far as the Chevy dealership in Bakersfield, and the Braun’s Bronco made it

home very slowly. Car problems bring out the bestin our club, and make us grateful to drive in thecompany of so many caring people. Larry Sharptowed the Braun’s race car home, and Jim Ralstontaxied us to and from the hotel.

Thanks to my information assistant, PattiDeMartini for the tip about Bill Packwood’s attemptto convert hisPorsche to a die-sel engine. Hegassed up with(gulp) dieselfuel by mistake.Almost imme-diately, his carspewed a cloudof black fumes,and it didn’t

run too well. Fortunately, they were right near Kahler’s repair shop.For two hours they tested everything conceivable before making thehorrifying discovery of diesel fuel instead of unleaded gas. Afterdraining and cleansing, they were off to the race track with Bill la-menting that he hoped this mishap would not show up in the Nugget.Couldn’t resist, Bill.

Saturday greeted us with a dramatic change in the weather, and

Buttonwillow Time Trial By Anne Del Villano

Pat & Dennis Tholen, Judy Williams, Jim Ralston, &Anne Del Villano seem to have enjoyed the food.

Louise Sousoures says "Hi". Also shownare Neil Librock, Laurie Yonk, and Donna

Sylvanovich.

James Ohl has a story to tell. Looks like Sand Trevor Swallow are involved in ano

bench racing story.


true to form, it started to rainjust before the Yellow rungroup went out. Many driv-ers never let their tires turnon the track, due to almostnon-stop rain. Neil took avote at a mid-day meetingthat resulted in consolidatingrun groups for the hard coredrivers who stayed all day.Others took to their hotelrooms for naps, etc.

Thanks to RichMcGlumphy for arrangingdinner at the only Mexicanrestaurant in Buttonwillow,which drew 99% attendance.We missed Rich’s other third(she’s too small to be half),and she better show up at Laguna Seca because he missed his pit tutsy, and so did this pit tutsy.

The bad weather on Saturday did not slow drivers’ time down on Sunday. Louise Sousoures broke a 2:20with a 2:19. She is serious driving material in time trialing and autocross and in less than three years on thecircuit. Everyone seemed pleased with their times. A few drivers went off track, and Steve Kuhns is begin-ning to set a record for off-track driving. This time, he went off with Laurie Yonk as a passenger, and she saidthe mustard weeds exceeded the height of the car. He drove off track with an Easter bouquet sprouting out ofthe rear, the side, underneath, and you name it. This time, he weeded his Porsche instead of hosing off mud.Fortunately, he missed submersion in “LakeSeeger”. Top time of the event went to the driverof a fully-equipped 962 race car.

A special thanks to Neil Librock, who cheer-fully and diplomatically handled yet another suc-cessful and fun time trial week-end. He has beena great time trial chairman. A grateful acknowl-edgment to our course workers who stayed onthe course under very cold and uncomfortableconditions on Saturday. And, a welcome tosome new faces, Bob Barnes from San Jose,who came out for the first time with PCA totest the track for racing again at Buttonwillowon April 24th. Only three more time trials togo, and this weekend marked the first wheredrivers actually got a time.

See you at Laguna.

El Nino Lost!!!

Sandyother

Mike Cullinan & Warren Walker brave theelements during a damp period.

The Easter Bunny paid a visit to the track Sunday!Photos: The Ohls


GGR/Shelby Challenge I ResultsClass Driver Car Best Time

Borden, David Cobra 46.786Greenie, Gary 67 GT350, 4.7L 53.693

A Granex, Wayne 73 912E 50.258 Ai Dugan, Jay 71 914 50.647 B Darling, Dave 74 914-2.0 49.497 Bp Brown, Gerry 74 914 47.730 Bp Drain, Rick 75 914-2.0 50.365 Bp Sarachene, Craig 73 914 51.162 Br Neidel, Rob 74 914 2.0 46.140 Br Aube, Rob 74 914 2.0 47.171 BrL Neidel, Sharon 74 914 2.0 47.491 Bx Newton, Bill 68 912 47.061 Bx Greb, Matt 68 912 49.135 Bx Neidel, Karen 74 914 50.146 Ci Novak, Chris 86 944 49.164 CiL Buchner, Cindy 86 944 53.119 Cp Smith, Miles 87 944 49.845 Cp Cai, Lei 84 944 53.456 D Bechtold, Bill 86 944T 51.074 D Tavernetti, John 87 944S 51.197 D SooHoo, Kristi 86 944T 52.902 Dm Mitchell, Mike 87 944T 46.763 Ei Blomquist, Gary 93 968 50.098 Ei Blomquist, Thomas 93 968 50.227 Fm Sharp, Larry 74 914 45.047 Fm Yearton, Dennis 914 45.644 Fm Siemens, Eric 74 914 48.716 FmL Yearton, Lisa 914 49.216 FmL Sharp, KC 74 914 51.722 G L Thomas, Eugenie 68 911T 51.908 Gm Bergstrom, Dirk 73 911 45.831

Gm McGuire, Martin 68 911 52.864 J Serpe, Mike 75 911 48.677 K Smith, Mark Paul 81 911SC 49.429 K Siemens, Catherine 82 911SC 49.542 K Busche, Eric 81 911SC Targa 49.785 K Powell, Allen 78 911SC 50.414 K Quiroz, Roland 80 911SC 51.038 Ki Murray, Chris 78 911SC 46.162 Kp Siemens, Pete 82 911SC 47.320 L Schultz, Jan-Ake 87 911 48.876 L Kishbaugh, Scott 86 911 49.015 L Silvins, Tom 85 911 58.943 Li Watts, Henry 86 911 Cab 45.053 Li Bauman, Jim 86 911 46.599 Li Brooksby, Glen 89 911 47.209 Li Pickett, Tom 88 911 47.451 Li Librock, Neil 84 911 Targa 48.602 Lm Benz, Bill 72 911 45.730 Mp Sousoures, Louise 90 C2 45.712 Mp Chandler, Thomas 89 911C4 46.941 N Martin, Jean 95 993 54.355 Ni Lee, Brian 97 993 C4S 47.163 Ni Ho, Waymond 96 993C4 47.619 Qm Cox, Jon 82 911 3.5 Turbo 45.725 Qm Villanueva, Rich 82 911 3.5 Turbo 47.221 Qm Jarvis, Clifton Ja 82 911 3.5 Turbo 47.831 T Kaplan, Leo 97 Boxster 49.297 Z DeMartini, Lloyd 73 914-6, 3.4L 44.928 Z L DeMartini, Pattie 73 914-6, 3.4L 46.213

Class Driver Car Best Time

Z DeMartini, Lloyd 73 914-6, 3.4L 44.928 TTODFm Sharp, Larry 74 914 45.047Li Watts, Henry 86 911 Cab 45.053Fm Yearton, Dennis 914 45.644Mp Sousoures, Louise 90 C2 45.712 TTODLQm Cox, Jon 82 911 3.5 Turbo 45.725Lm Benz, Bill 72 911 45.730Gm Bergstrom, Dirk 73 911 45.831Br Neidel, Rob 74 914 2.0 46.140Ki Murray, Chris 78 911SC 46.162

Top Ten Times From 4/19

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Sacramento Concours ScoresApril 5, 1998

Class Name Region Score 356 Street1st Hugh Davey Diablo 245.52nd Larry Dunn Sacramento Valley 219.5 Water Wash n Shine1st Jim Finley Sacramento Valley 1982nd Pat Hunter Sacramento Valley 190.25 914 Street1st Ed Dugan Diablo 232.5 911 Wash n Shine1st Phil Lawrence Sacramento Valley 1992nd Lowell Irwin Sacramento Valley 198.53rd Tim Howard Sacramento Valley 1964th Derek Drake Sacramento Valley 194.255th John Watson Sacramento Valley 193.256th Steve Borchert Sacramento Valley 189 911 Street1st Tim Fleming Sacramento Valley 241.52nd Bob Peake Sacramento Valley 238.253rd Kent Brandon Sacramento Valley 236


Marianne Gardner, secretaryFor the recordMay Board of Directors meeting

Meeting called to order at 6:45 P.M. onMay 6th. Board members present were LarrySharp, James Ohl, Marianne Gardner,Carolyn Lusk, Louise Sousoures, KirkDoberenz, Karen Neidel and DaveDunwoodie. Absent member was GregBraun. Also present were K.C.Sharp, JeanOhl, Bill Lusk, Olen Creech, MasuoRobinson and Ken Shahoian. Minutes of theprevious meeting were unanimously ap-proved as amended.

Postmortem of eventsNeil Librock designed the April 4th

Autocross course, which was run in therain. The Friday Night Social had about15 attendees, even though there was a TimeTrial that weekend. The weather held andthe Buttonwillow Time Trial was the firstcomplete Time Trial this year. On April19th, the GGR-Shelby Challenge was wonby GGR by default. There were 55 en-trants, two of which were Shelbys, and thefaster of the two was four seconds slowerthan the fastest Porsche around the course.Hopefully there will be more competitionat the May Challenge. CRAB on April24-26 was great. The Autocross Schoolon May 2-3 was one of the best run schoolsever. There were no complaints, even withthe recurring rain showers on Saturday.This year there were several second gen-eration PCA member students, and we hadparticipants from Iowa, Seattle, and Port-land. There is enough interest that we arelooking into holding a second school laterthis year.

President: Assistant Treasurer, OlenCreech, gave a brief description of the club'stax returns that have been prepared. Motionto accept the tax returns was approved unani-mously. President received two observer re-ports written by the Zone 7 Rep, for Autocross#1 and a Time Trial. Both events were con-ducted safely and everything worked well.The President of a Japanese Porsche Club isplanning to visit California in August, and iscoordinating plans to meet the GGR Presi-dent as part of his visit.

Vice President: The July 3rdLivermore Tour has been canceled. Insur-ance has been ordered for all eventsthrough May. Vice President informedNaughton Insurance about the Friday Test

Day at Buttonwillow. Based on the de-tailed questions that followed, Time Trialtest days may not be insured. Board dis-cussed options if PCA will not insure theextra day. Discussions about sharing thetrack and expenses with other organiza-tions did not seem possible, and optionsof having a private citizen essentially actas a promoter need further advice from alegal expert.

Treasurer: Treasurer's May report wassubmitted. Board approved motion to ac-cept Treasurer's report as submitted. Boardunanimously approved budget line item for"Charitable Contributions", which is to beused for Child Advocates Driver's Edscholarships.

Membership: Number of prime mem-bers is 1404, with 60 applications in processand 41 new members. Board unanimouslyapproved motion to accept all submitted newmember applications. Membership describedthe latest plans for the New Member Socialon Friday June 12 at Automotion. Board hada lengthy discussion about attendance, roomcapacity, new member demographics, invi-tations, publicity and budgets for various foodarrangements. Motion was unanimously ap-proved to authorize a New Member Socialfor a maximum of 150 people. Because thedate is so soon, advertisement for the eventwill be by website, hotline and word ofmouth. Over 350 new members will receiveinvitations and have priority; everyone mustRSVP except Louise. The meal will be ca-tered Chuck Wagon style with hotdogs and/or burgers, with all GGR members invited.

Competition: Presented budget forSeptember Club Race. Motion approvedto accept Club Race budget as submitted.

Secretary: Nothing to report.

Social: Coordination is continuingwith Stanford Park Hotel for AutocrossAwards Brunch. Social has started tryingto recruit a new Tech Session Chair, andis also approaching businesses about pro-viding space for a future tech session.

Nugget Editor: The June Nugget willbe sent electronically to the printer for thefirst time.

Webmeister:As of May 3rd,1998 the GGRwebsite has had13,690 ac-cesses (1,347 since April 1st). The MayNugget as well as the latest Autocross andTime Trial results are posted. Webmeisterstill looking for contributors for the fol-lowing categories: concours, tours, social,tech sessions, swap meets.

Old Business: 1999 Time Trial Chair- The April Time Trial participants werein unanimous agreement about MasuoRobinson's appointment as the 1999 GGRTime Trial Series Chair. He is helping thecurrent Time Trial chair as an assistant,and explained he would like the Board'sapproval to start working on the first threemonths of next year's Time Trial Series tostart recruiting volunteers and preparing abudget. He is holding a High Speed Driv-ing School on Monday, August 17 at La-guna Seca after Monterey Historics. Mo-tion unanimously approved for MasuoRobinson to do preliminary organizationfor the 1999 GGR Time Trial Series. Zone7 Millennium Party - Membership wasable to contact all but two Zone 7 Regionpresidents and received an overwhelm-ingly enthusiastic response to a Zone 7Millennium New Year's Party. All regionpresidents agreed to present the informa-tion to their Boards of Directors at theirMay meetings. As currently envisioned,this would be the only year end banquetfor all Zone and Region competitive se-ries, and all awards for all regions wouldbe presented that night.

New Business: Candidates for 1999GGR Board of Directors - President gavelatest status of recruiting volunteers to runfor the 1999 GGR Board of Directors.Though nomination forms have not beenofficially submitted, people have indicatedan interest in running for many of the po-sitions. Board members are encouraged tocontinue to recruit. Monterey Bay Regionneeds 200 volunteer workers for theHistorics in August, especially Fridaynight. Please contact Steve Taty at (408)479-9630 to volunteer. Meeting adjournedat 9:21 P.M.


Louise Sousoures, membershipMembers

New membersPlease join us in welcomingour newest members.

5-year anniversariesAlbert & Jeanette AramburuThomas & Ione BinfordStephen & Debra ChanSteven & Lesley CohenArdell FurutaJeffrey & Monica KostKevin McKee & Don SmithPaul Scheffel & Jill BrownSandy & Trevor SwallowAnne & George West-WepsalaJohn Wimer & Lou Ann BellLawrence & Nanette Wong

15-year anniversariesJim & Mary BrooksRussell & Margaret UlrichDenny Zucchi

27-year anniversaryDennis & Jo Ann Winter

30-year anniversaryRobert & Marilyn Burn, Jr.

33-year anniversariesRobert LaufferRobert & Kathleen Sturm

34-year anniversaryJoe & Darla Reitmeir

35-year anniversaryGeorge & Shirley Neidel

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1968 911T Targa #11870023 (Eurpn) Rare soft window withTonneau. 5,000 miles on new 2.2 engine, 5 speed, new alter-nator, fuel pump, starter, gas tank. Sport seats with customsheep skins, Fuchs alloys, Hella focs. No rain, no rust, we-bers. Never raced. Original mint condition $10,500. Tom(408) 792-2793 (days) (408) 26808496 (evenings)

1970 914-6, #9140430131, Restored, 2.2E Motor - 5K miles,Grand Prix White. GT flares (Steel), Fuchs 6 & &s, KoniAdj. Too many new items to list. Very pretty car. Receipts &documentation & Manuals. $15,000. Dan Swiger (408)274-1426. E-mail: [email protected]

1972 911S Coupe, YPAF, infamous, beautiful and fast. Com-pletely set-up for competition or street. Consider: carrera steelflairs, full recent complete repaint (light yellow), 7&8 pol-ished alloys with BFG R1s, Recaro seats, Momo wheel, Sonystereo, short shifter, limited slip, 23&28 torsion bars,Weltmeister anti-sway bars, Koni double adjustable shocks,adjustable spring plates, complete Teflon bushings, SS heatexchangers, new muffler, 13K miles on new engine. This carhas many local and national awards and honors. $15,000 firm.Glenn Hills (408) 554-1987

1974 914 2.0 #4742914963, black/black, recently restored,new paint, polished 15 inch Fuchs, CD and premium Kenwoodsound system, fuel injection, smogged, no rust, reconditionedroof, same owner since 1979, appearance group, fresh car-peting, upholstery and seals, new Momo steering wheel, newclutch, new alternator, new fuel pump, new starter motor, newspeedometer cable and angle drive, lots of trim replacements,too much to list, one of best and most desirable 914s around.Everything works! $9,000 Gordon (408) 971-3233 (days),(408) 286-3038 (evenings)

1974 914 2.0. Orange/Black interior. Outstanding condition.Has 16K miles since complete restoration by Ken Mack. Vir-tually everything has been replaced or rebuilt. No dents, norust, repainted with new interior. Car is setup to compete inBI class. Has Fuchs alloys with street tires and extra set of 51/2 in. steel wheels (new paint) with almost new YokohamaA008R. Also has 22 mm sway bar, 140 rear springs, Konishocks, Bursch exhaust, stainless heat exchangers, racing har-ness, and stereo cassette. $7,000. Rick (408)268-5677,[email protected]

1974 Carrera Coupe. Signal Orange with Black letteringand Black interior. 74K original miles, well maintained, runsexcellent. Many extras: Upgraded cam tensioner, turbo tor-

sion bars, strut brace, 7 + 8s. Body and interior in very goodcondition. $14,900 Dave (415) 333-4307

1979 911SC Targa. 78K miles, whale tail, white, lowered toEuropean specs, CD player. $15,500. Vivian (408) 779-6266

1980 Porsche 911 SC Targa, 930 Dash, Sheepskin covers infront, Sport seats, 6 Disk Changer, Recent Full Tune-up, NewYoko tires - 7's; 8's, Short Shift Kit, Hella Lights, Borla Ex-haust (have original), Limited Slip, Bra, Cover, Runs like new,415-664-0668 leave message.

1981 911 SC Coupe - Red, 118K miles, Alpine CD/Stereo,Limited Slip, Sport Seats, Carrera Chain Tensioners, Factoryshort shift, Tail,Adj. Sway Bars, Turbo Tie Rods,New BilsteinShocks,Sunroof,Momo Steering Wheel $14,500 Robert Sasaki408 523-5980 wk, 510 490 2602 hm

1984 3.2ltr Carrera Targa, 130k miles, Champagne Goldover Brown partial Leather (sheepskin seat covers in front).All original condition (except tires & targa top), original owner.Properly maintained. All engine receipts,, excellent dailydriver, California Desert car--located Ridgecrest, CA. Videoavailable. $15.5K OBO Thom Kuby (o) (760) 939-9863 h(760) 446-8005 f(760) 446-5155 [email protected]

1985 911 Carrera Coupe. White/Black, full leather int,56,600 mi, 2nd owner, always garaged, Never smoked in, Docfull history, AC, Sunroof, Pwr seat, totally orig car, show-room cond, $23,500. Richard Yep, (925) 736-2104

1985 944 Kalahari gold metallic, black leather, HDLT wash-ers, removable/tilt roof, rear window wiper, fact. alarm, stabi-lizers, cruise, 7" & 8" Fuchs w/painted crests, 5-spd., cover,bra and ski rack. This sparkling 944 has been covered andgaraged with service records at 123k mi. for just $7800. CallWynn @ 408.356.1703 or email: [email protected]

1986 911 Carrera Targa. Special factory color; Pearl silverwith navy leather. Fully loaded with all options, including A/C, limited slip, and Boge sport shocks. Full power heated seats,sport seats, 16” Fuchs alloys, Michelin XGTs, factory alarm,rear wiper, new Targa top, new clutch. Showroom condition.Meticulously maintained and detailed. Original owner, non-smoker, all svc records, garaged. Mechanically perfect andflawless. Must see. 149K miles. $20,995. Mark Nelson (650)592-0898

1987 924S 80K miles, excellent pampered condition: nodings, all service records from new, original bill of sale, neverin an accident, original bra and Porsche car cover, Just hadnew belts, seals and water pump, new front rotors and pads,almost new Michelins, new battery, needs nothing, Mobil 1in engine, Swepco in transmission. Never raced orautocrossed. Ivica day (408) 563-2542, evening (415) 346-4680.

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Classifieds - Sell or find personal Porsche products and para-phernalia. Your typed or printed ad must be received by TheNugget, 875 Encino Drive, Morgan Hill, Ca 95037 or Fax (408)779-9073, or email me @ [email protected] by the 5thof the month to be published the following month. Include yourPCA membership number and we'll run your ad at no cost fortwo months. Non-PCA members must include a check for $10per ad, payable to PCA-GGR. Ads may be edited or rejectedat the editor's discretion. Call (408) 779-0389 to cancel solditems.

$25,000. Also Porsche 968, 944S2, 944T and 944 Race andStreet Car parts for sale. Liquidating entire new and usedpart inventory. Call Bill White, Team Matthew, Inc. (610)588-6700 ext. 125 and visit our website at http://www.matthew1.com/teammatt/indxrace.htm.

1987 Carrera Targa. Red w/champagne interior, air condi-tioning, 88K miles, whale tail, EC. $22,500. Art (209) 599-3917 or (209) 667-2750.

Two 1974 911 Targa. Blue/Black and White/Red. Many newparts. Need room, must sell. $7,500 each. Call for details.Bill Nickals (925) 838-3133 or (510) 889-3133 pager.

PARTS & MISCTrailer 1994 Carson 16 ft Beavertail. Tire rack, tool box. 6 ftramps. Electric brakes. $2000. (650) 592-0673. Bert

Trailer , 18 foot electric hydraulic lift, tire rack, spare tire rack,4 fuel bottle holders, duel axle, both fitted with electric brakesand chrome wheels $3,000.00 Ken VM, (650) 306-4846

Watts-Wong Wacing trailer. Simple, cheap. Single axle,basic black (appropriate anywhere). May be inspected in Sac-ramento. $790. Call Kern Breaux at (916) 966-2425 after6:00 pm, please.

911 Wheels & Roll Bar - 1 Piece BBS Gold Honeycomb. 2-15x7, 2-15x8, Mounted w/ Yoko's 008RS Set for $650.Autopower 2" Chromoly Roll Bar. Correct size for SCCA &PCA '78-'89, w/ 5Pt. Competition Belts. $150 (Only 2 yrsold) Robert Sasaki (408) 523-5980 wk, (510) 490 2602 hm

2.2E injection unit with pump, injection rebuilt byEurometrics, pump rebuilt by Bosch, less then 100 miles onpump.$1,500.00 2.2E block and misc engine parts want tosell all reasonable offers willbe considered! Ken, VM650-306-4846

1998 993 C2S Take Off Parts For Sale: Halogen HeadlightUnits $400 for the pair M030 (U.S spec) springs and struts$600 for the set. Motorsound Package Exhaust Tips $100 forthe pair. RS Style Shifter Knob (new) $150. Contact LarryCable 408-343-1776

Misc Parts. Autopower Roll Bar. fits 911 coupe. $150. Pr.Diest 5 point shoulder harness. B.O. 1 Bridgestone RE71225x50x16 New $60. 1 RE71 205x55x16 good $40. Call Alan(415) 370-5174

Parts for early 911 (off '67), Amco rear nerf Bar, excellentcond. Excellent original steering wheel plus misc engine cov-ers and seat parts. 8 misc books plus nice 356 owners manual.contact Bob at (650) 592-8870 eve or (650) 688-9026 days

Panorama Issues from Aug 85 to Dec 96. Make offer. CallJoe (408) 226-2010.

‘69 - ‘73 911 Parts. Clock; excellent $75. 3-point seatbelts;$60 for set of 4. Rear seat backs; perfect $125. Hand brakeassembly $50. Hood: excellent $325. Door panels with speakerhole $50 for pair. Rear bumpers, valance and bumperettes withrubber trim; $250. Rear lid with perfect grille $250. “S” alloycalipers with rotors, recently rebuilt, excellent $400. Fiber-glass RS front spoiler with new GT Racing grille for frontmounted oil cooler $275. Heater box assembly $200. CallNeil (415) 917-3840 work, (510) 685-8391 home

NOS Hazet 772 lugwrench with plastic grip for 356 tool kit$125. Never used factory repair manuals: 914/914-6 8 vol-umes $275, 924 and Turbo 5 volumes $200, 928 4 volumesthrough 1982 $150, 944 2 volumes $80, 911 Turbo Carrera1976 only $80, Microfiche binder with fiches for all models1970 through 1985, repair manuals and suggested repair times,$400. Also, used 911 volumes 1 & 2 in German text $100.Victor (415) 239-0398

Carrera/C2 Parts: Factory Carrera Turbo bodywork, no tail;C2 Turbo suspension w/brakes; 17" ATEV 17" wheels; 15"Fuchs wheels; 77 Targa Interior. Best offer for any or all, Rich650-949-2105.

968,944S2, 944T and 944 Race and Street Car Parts for Sales.Liquidating entire new and used part inventory. Call BillWhite, Team Matthew, Inc. (610) 588-6700 ext. 125 and visitour website at http://www.matthew1.com/teammatt/indxrace.htm.

WANTEDSet of wheels (with or without tires) for 1993 C2. Looking for993 turbo wheels, 5 spoke "canted", sometimes called "technol-ogy" wheels. Also interested in regular 993 wheels, sometimescalled "cup" wheels. Must fit my car. Have you upgraded? Wantto find a home for your old wheels? Call Doug (415) 954-6737days, (415) 563-3602 nights, or EMail: [email protected]

Two 8X16 factory 911 Fuchs alloys, can be faded, scratched, orstained but not bent. Set of 100mm Nikasil cylinders only or with10.5:1 JE pistons. 22mm wrist pin, for 3.0 SC engine. Victory(415) 239-0398

‘73-’74 914 2.0 engine in running condition with fuel injection.Dave Merz (707) 795-2787

968 coupe, man trans, limited slip diff, 17" wheels, leather seats,color anything but black. What have you got? Call Dick at 602-899-1347.


June3 Wed GGR Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Round Table Pizza. 1271 E. Calaveras Blvd. Milpitas.5 Fri 993 Cabrio Raffle, Kick-off for "Kiss Me I'm Basque" weekend. Your $100 raffle

ticket also includes a performance by the Reno Philharmonic & hors d'oeuvre buffet at theReno Hilton.

6-7 Sat/Sun Zone Autocross # 3 & #4/ Kiss Me I'm Basque, hosted by Sierra Nevada Region andZone 7 at Douglas Airport, Minden, NV. Fee is $20 per driver. Saturday (SNR) runsequence is Blue, Red, White, Green. Sunday (Zone 7) run sequence is Green, Blue, Red,White. A Saturday night social at a local Basque restaurant is also planned. Contact Jimor Sue Hayes at 702-828-3950 for room reservations and more information. The infamousunique historical red light tour is also planned for those who would like to partake.

12 Fri GGR New Member Social, at Automotion (see map page 15). Call Louise Sousoures at(408) 354-0660 to RSVP. There is limited room, and new members get first priority.

12 Fri GGR Friday Night Social, 6:30 p.m., Harry's Hofbrau, 399 W. El Camino Real, Moun-tain View.

13 Sat GGR Adopt-A-Highway , Jean Ohl (650) 341-9020.13 Sat Autocross LPR. Not a Zone 7 event.13 Sat Zone Rallye #4, Summer Solstice, hosted by Yosemite Region. For fee and information

call Pat Ikeda at 209-473-4628.14 Sun GGR Automotion-Autocross #3, 3Stick Park.14 Sun Zone Concours #3 & Swap Meet, hosted by Loma Prieta Region at Partsheaven in

Hayward. For fee and information call 800-767-7250.20-21 Sat/SunZone Autocross #5 & #6, hosted by Sacramento Valley Region and Yosemite Region at

Mather, Rancho Cordova. Fee is $20 per driver. Saturday (SVR) run sequence is White,Green, Blue, Red. Sunday (YR) run sequence is Red, White, Green, Blue. Call DwightMitchell at 916-488-8743 for more information.

27-28 Sat/SunTime Trial & Drivers Education #5, hosted by Golden Gate Region at Thunderhill,Willows. For fee and information call Laurie Yonk at 510-769-2123.

28 Sun Palo Alto Concours, featuring and celebrating 50 years of Porsche. For fee and informa-tion call Dick Cottrell at 415-692-2100.

July1 Wed GGR Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Round Table Pizza. 1271 E. Calaveras Blvd. Milpitas.10 Fri GGR Friday Night Social, 6:30 p.m., Harry's Hofbrau, 399 W. El Camino Real, Moun

tain View.11 Sat LPR Autocross - 3stick.12 Sun GGR Automotion-Autocross #4, 3Stick Park.12 Sun Pic-Tour Rallye, hosted by Diablo Region, This is not a zone series event this year.

For rallye information contact John Clever at 209-835-4100. For potluck BBQ callJudy Schreib at 510-837-4167.

19-25 Sun/SatPorsche Parade, in Steamboat, Colorado. For those planning caravans, please let me[Tom Provasi (408) 947-0980] know about them and I will pass the info along tomembers interested in joining a group.

August1 Sat LPR Autocross2 Sun Zone 7 GGR Concours/Swap meet at Carlsen, call Dick Cottrell at 415-692-2100.5 Wed GGR Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Round Table Pizza. 1271 E. Calaveras Blvd. Milpitas.

8 Sat GGR Adopt-A-Highway , Jean Ohl (650) 341-9020.9 Sun Zone 7 Rallye - Prieta Prix - LPR14 Fri GGR Friday Night Social, 6:30 p.m., Harry's Hofbrau, 399 W. El Camino Real, Moun

tain View.14-16 Fri/Sun Monterey Historics *Porsche*22-23 Sat/SunGGR Tour de Krote, call Larry Sharp for info. (925) 371-2258.29-30 Sat/SunTime Trial & Drivers Education #5, hosted by Golden Gate Region at Buttonwillow.

For fee and information call Laurie Yonk at 510-769-2123.

GGR & Zone 7 Events CalendarLatest on GGR events: GGR Hotline 1-800-799-4767


1998 Board of Directors

Visit GGR’s web site at http://www.glennhills.com

Membership (408) 354-0660Louise Sousoures

Competition (925) 837-0479Kirk Doberenz

Social (408) 225-5356Karen Neidel

President (925) 371-2258Larry Sharp

Vice President (650) 341-9020James Ohl

Secretary (408) 943-0946Marianne Gardner

Treasurer (925) 934-4598Carolyn Lusk

Nugget Editor (408) 779-0389Fax (408) 779-9073Dave [email protected]

Webmeister (925) 455-1005Greg [email protected]

The Racer's GroupThe Racers Group is proud to announce the formation of its new full-time Racing andService Department. We have been prepping the professional cars for years and now

have a limited schedule and openings available for your street and racing needs.

Visit our Facility conveniently located at Sears Point Raceway. We installeverything we sell. Some used parts available including the new “Hot Sheet”

containing select “Take Off” parts from our Race Cars.

We are located in the Paddock at Sears PointRaceway. (You can’t beat that for R&D)

29181 Arnold DriveSonoma, CA 95476TELEPHONE: (707) 935-3999FAX: (707) 935-5889

Go to the “Professionals”SERIOUS PARTSFOR SERIOUS

PORSCHES

Golden Gate Region, PCA 102 Greenfield Place Los Gatos, CA 95030

Bulk Rate MailU.S. Postage

PAIDPermit No. 27

Morgan Hill, CA

Forwarding & Address Correction Requested

31st AnnualPalo Alto Concours De’Elegance

One of the largest and most prestigiousclassic car shows for charity in the West.

To be held at Stanford University, at the field adjacent to Stanford Stadium, El Camino Real atChurchill Avenue, Palo Alto, California. (From Highway 101 take Embarcadero Road West exit.)Sunday, June 28, 1998. Gates open at 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Concours is a fund-raising event presented by Palo Alto Lions Charities Inc./Palo Alto HostsLions Club.

The featured marque for 1998 will be the Porsche family of outstanding automobiles, celebratingtheir 50th anniversary. We will have rare, exotic, and one-of-a-kind Porsches on the fieldrepresenting the apex of Porsche vehicles.

Net proceeds to charities sponsored by the Palo Alto Lions Charities, Inc. of the Palo Alto HostLions Club and the Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club.

Admission $15, Seniors $12, Children 6-12 $5, 5 and under free.

The Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America, SanFrancisco Region, Steve Miller, Chief of Concours.

Gallery of the GreatsRace Car DisplayPrivate Collections of Outstanding Automobiles“For Sale” CarsDisplay of Collector Motorcycles

Free Parking

We look forward to seeing you at the Concours.

Dick Cottrell, ChairmanPorsche Exhibit(650) 692-2100

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