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Dinner fleeting - Sunol Valley Coif Clui. Linda Mitchell

Au toe ros s wIth Monterey Bay - Sa I I r a s, Steve Allison (this Is part of serlcs)

Tech Session - Carburettcd 911's Dick Osgood

Iyvigat fceel-0 Iwfck-Course Marker Ral lye Harv and Linda Smf th

Autocross - P. E. Plant ln Sunnyvale, Ca. Chuck Boardman (this is part of series)

OCT. Funkhana - Saratoga Bruce Anderson and Dick Spear

Dinner fleeting « Linda Mitchell

Fcotball Series (call Dick Spear If interested 9C1-7775)

DATE: Saturday, September 25 TIME: 10t00 A. M.

TYPE: Tune-up session - 911 carburetted models

This event wl1 I be a combination "hands on" and deronstratlon session due to tfrre I imitations for a total ndo It yourself" Bet together. Croups wl 1 I be formed for Solex, Meber, and Zenith carburettor categories and the fnstructors will try to cover electrical, fuel feed, and valve adjustment using one or rore cars per group furnished Ly those of you attending the session.

Please Include your phone numLer and whether you would 1 lke to have your car tuned at the session In ynur reservation.

Location of the event Is not firm as of the Nugget deadl fne, so you will be notified upon receipt of t reservatfon.

Dick Osgood 1265 Golden Hay Los Altos, Ca. 94022

23 Tech Session - Dick Oszooc'

South Bay 4'Ine Tour - Ray and Sue Mascle

Monte Carlo Pal lye - Steve and Gloria I. 'lrty 16-17 Laguna Scca

- NJd' SERIES AUTOCROSSES fN SEPTEMBER - Sept. 12 and 26th

September 12 - Series autocross wf th: Monterey Bay at the Salinas Airport

September 26 - Series autocross at the G. E. P'lant in Sunnyvale

INFORMATION FOR BOTH EVENTS

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1862 dual-gr f 1 le Roadster, 489753 ~ Orig ina1 owner, all records. Blaupunkt, konis, Michel lns. Clean body, completely repa lnted three years ago, flawless top. I. 'e« valves and rings. 100, 000 ml. Best offer over $2000. Ralph Harder 2S2-0610. 1866 811 ~ Low mf. Polo red, kon Is, S roll bars, S-I/O» x 15 wheels, spacers, long studs, extras. 356 tracies considered or 83695. Bc+ Ileal 867-7861.

START: 9:00 A. MD

REGISTRATION: Open during event

CLOSE: 4:00 P. M.

GRID: a very tight grid will be maintained

FEE: 62 per person, or $3 per couple

CHAIRMEN - 12th: Steve Allison 26th: Chuck Boardman

Contact these men for further Information.

Let's have 'na sere complaints about Mickey Mouse autocross courses. Cary Evan's layout at Pleaeantan an July 25 was fast, fun and excellent utllizat Ion of avallat Ie space. The course was designed by very scientific rethods - a ball poInt ln814 an a dinner napkin at the Gal leon dinner meg9$14g. Gary's thought wes a course vclthout f$gjf gear turns and v:lde enough for the skilled 4')Vers to pick the fast I lne. Judging from the ceasnents after the event, he succeeded In pleasing everyone. If you could go fast, it was a gas, and If yau simply fallowed the pylons lt was fun but yau dldn't have a quick run.

There was lots af action all day. Spin outs were frequent until the troops learned ti. . e course. One of the finest runs was Bab Garretsan's fantastic 62466 for T. T. O. O. Bob really got lt all together and demonstrated just how lt should be done. At the opposite end of the scale was Rol f Soltau spinning out at every turn and burning stout 20, 000 mlles off his tires on his way to a DVF. As the saying goes "If It dan't go - chrome ft, se lf yau can't be quick - be spectacular".

Our portable FA system was put to good use most of the the day. Chuck Tracy, Harv Smith, Greg Wallace and Rab I&all «ere sarre of the golden voiced announcers giving out some nf the (samntIves) straight skinny. One of the more quotable contents was I~arv's lntroductian of Bruce Anderson, "Ti. ls is your basic autocrosser".

There was no problem with workers, In additlcn to the usual hard core, volunteers were easily "press ganged" from the grId area. New nembers should note that working an event Is a great way to Cet to know people. Even Harry Barlow gave r. . e a break running flags. Who Is Harry Barlowf. . . Competit lan was fierce In many classes, scanning the results you' ll see that ln class one only one secand covered the first four cars. Class six was even closer with times separated by hundredths of a second. Guess everyone trusted the new photo eel I timers brought along for testing as there were no beefs. Your friendly club concept speed events cone:ittee has requested board approval to buy the new equipment. As announced, Cary shut the gate promptly at 4400 P. M. Sore drivers &vere unhappy about that but after a hot day at Pleasanton a tall cool one sounded like one

CLASS 1

S ~ K i rby R. Riedel, B. Carleton. R. Hunt. H. Smith J. Fleming S. Allison

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CLASS 2

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71403 71:48 71:89 72405 72473 73496 74:46 75440

CLASS 7

M. Peep I as E. Ellefsen.

CLASS 8

B. Fay J. Reitn;eir.

CLASS 9

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66439 DNF

G. Evans R. McBraon, G. Tuveson RE Stroneilo M. Besmer. J. Larson. C. Boardman

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70427 71488 72:55 74:02 74431 74:67

B. Garretson B. Anderson. M. Fisher. B. Weitzei N. Nielsen R. CassIdy

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CLASS 10 (Funny Cars)

CLASS 3

D. ~tubbs. D. Chiang. T. Zaccone C. Tracy R. Keck. R. Mei I. G. Mitchell. K. Iles. D. Winter. S. Fri sb le

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J. Weathers. T. Penner. J. Kershaw R. Swinford. D. Parker. H. Luce.

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72:06 73431 74400 74'l7 74'66 75474

T. Green R. Walker. M. Green S. Walker. F. Jensen. M. Jordon.

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B. Meli. S. Evans A. Hunt. L. Sml th C. Booth R. McBroon. C. Weathers. J. Luce. E. Kershaw G. Kirby

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72:61 72288 73477 75412 75'l4 75434 76418 76429 77'84 79498

hei 1uva a gaoc' Idea. Ray encl Ann Hunt invited lets ef people ta their home where we d'ld: just that. In addition to a well feed keg, Ann teak orders for pizza available free nearby wonderful dovv4taWn Pi easantan. No af fense, Ray and Ann, yaur home ls very nice and we a11 thank you for a goad party.

Congratulations to all class winners and a special well done to your editor "Char Baby" on a greet drive to 4th overall in the tap ten. Fast Eddie Evans volunteered me for this article and since he did such a good job on this autocross, I'm volunteering him fnr another. Iie have three more events In the 1971 series, so let's all get nut and take a run for that end of the year hardware. Your hear me Harry Barlowf — Brian Carlo~

C. Satber. S. Ittssa» P. Malta»I IS. Cassidy ~

72sSS H. Tresl»r d. Clever.

CLASS 5 SS c 3t« 551 $5 R. Saves Nell II. Coalho. 52125 4. danczak

TOP TKII TICKS OF DAY

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5:. a S. Garretson S. Anderson.

Fisher. C. Setter. S. Melt@el S. Fay II. Itlelsen

Peoples T, Creen . K. Kllefsen.

52:$$ 54:23 53x33 55: Sb SS 7$ 55«S% . 67&$5 54 145 . 55«24 : Se:32

Ir. . F I en'Ing«s uainl o tour whl I e 'I aok tag pert tet pat ton, certainly w~ not Iack&g 4@ for those that attended. Those that want s«nJ

the beautiful scenery of the Fremong pttttk 444 Park& which the pl cn I eke ra had mesg'ty themse lulss, , Tek y Kvans had b routth4 0 4 tv cveryea» 5sts@d watch the spl ash ~, «5»d

brought ~ 5 track tape -player wtgh a ant'lI4 of good ~lfs ~ TI«e afternoon was sp»85 r$laa ln J«a ~ ef a btg oak tree drtnktag b«p'or

wine and ~5ng the spectacular view af I«ol I I star;V4055t»

ls. - ' Q4 Sbl)y"ghy I lke prevtous ye»ref In

w$4varaged about 44 gags pe r re I I y, 84'll~" spbt about the moat complex event to put on klieg'isa'. . ~ y@ute must be deterr, tned I'nterestlng, the=: . giISISAet tons wrl tten correctly (to aver pjjjyijsaf~ 5»aired fairly, and workers drafted. The t@gj i»Pj's ls underway now and with the I tght

might be In the top standing overall d the rema ln1ng events. So let «s

out sleepless nights for your local w by atten««tng his rally. ltiote: a

kjyeiiiitai «Fay spend as much as 30 to 50 hours ~5I an event that you may at tend 2-1/2

«) Think about It for o axe. ant - ond the . '$y can turn out to be a nice tour If you ao

«Sbg tre. ~teat tons for the 1072 Soard cf Directors are

Sruce Anderson Is the Chair«ran of tt;ts tt«WF Inst I ng Cosr. ; I t toe, anyone Interested

'tact Sruce or any otl er Soord mss«ter. ' rshtp at large nay, with 10 signatures

aay individual club rerber. Mtt ls yeur '4»a - put seer» thought to It and have the

want to direct the clui on the IS72

«The Seard of Directors I'as denied the ts Casa. t ttee«s recosirandat ton for a date for stook class so the Eoard«a earlier ta requtre all 3%$A ears to lave targ»

a lf eoFT«et tag in any speed event. — chuck

it's another warfn Nuf ~awful, Sffnffcry eegfffng I arrive at Dave HaeCoDk s- homal. I reeegnfzed Incnedfatef y that the fnforcratfon Storage/Systems Computer Roce. (disguised as you all know on rally days as Dave's 1986, red, . fff1) ls still under Its green cape. In the driveway ls thfs funny little red car without a top. Pictures I'orm In ey mind of route instructions and ny muftlpf fcatlon crib sheets flying free. Its open cockpit. That funny little car fs Dave's newest family addition - a 1$56 red hkat eicfsf2) Speedster. New I ask you who ln their 44ht mind would pass up a chance to zip through the mountains ln a Speedsterg So» I 'n the ffrst one In the car. Everythtng appears comfortable and away we go. "Oh, lncidenta'lly " I

ndoes tie ttfp odorreter work7u nf thfnf: lt docs". - PANIC - Mhy die' I gfve ur the 'canputar reen"'7 Hy eyes strain to see the sl igl:test mover;ant cf those 13 year old nurters. Whew, it works. Hy heart and rcsperatlcn sf Ip Lack Into no sr a1 mode s

Me arrfve at Mozart's tn plenty af tire. Me make our usual scenic tour of the parking facilities ln search of registration or veri f feat lan that we came to the right place. Registration is located on a «Ide street. Cars ar e arrl v tng very frequehCffr end ft looks 1 fke a good turn out. Ral gy neater 0 ick Mal lace assures us that his cehert dahn Clever wfll te 'here In plenty of time to allow us to set our watches at 12 noon offfcfaf tine. fff57 " dahn arrives and, everyone rushes hln as he ca'ln". Iy sets up master tfme. Snap. All watches are running. Dick holds a short sen"fnar and reviews the general and coute Instructions. Class ends and the driver/ worker teams leave. Seen we are on our way and everything fs uncfer control. Yes, there's the "ado end" paint. While weltfng to leave on the first leg, a couple fn an IfCS drives up and asks where the rally ls going. Dave and 1 smile at each other and tell them, hopefully, where the route fnstructlons Indfcete. The couple doesn't believe us and drives off sonderlng why we weren't wore cooperative. Flygt leg under control -' no - I put ln an extra nlnute somewhere and we ayrlve early by a n;inute. Second leg» reset lng the ecfo to zero we have just learned was a mistake the odo stopped turning. Dave final fy gets It a'ovfng, as we are motoring afong at 40 nph. Estfmatlng the dlstanc» wa have traveled without benefit of' seasurement we get on tfcnef7). Where's the "jct" sign " a qufck If-turn and we are back on course. However, the check

pof'nt fa right areund tha earner. X@Nf, , fage~ Third fag& «varying is rupnfIMf ~hTy and err lee 1-2 seconds late. Fverydncs yeceeda to Shirley's fn Palo Alto to discuss how Cfhey dfd er dtdn't do. It was a I'un day - ancf the worker/ driver Idea proved successful. Congretuiatlons te our visitors from Sacramento Valley Region. -Ct. uck Tracy

Driver Havfgator I

Loose Cease:, ". "&v Hei ga ffcffa~' ': doy Seat dudy Luce Steve Klrby Clndy Cf ouch Dick Spear Gerry Tucson Marl'fea Wc'feb te Shirley 8'ef@ef Chuc'. k Tracy Heather Vincent Tom Cars ody Set ty Lane Roberts Minter deckle Allison Linda Smith Sharon Setts Ann ffunt 8111 Rush

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Sruce Moose Keith NcNahan Alan Seat Henry Luce Gloria Kl rby Sud Crouch deanette Spear Sarbara Rose Stan Frlsble George Ifeldel Dave Hancock Franz Kalchf Malt MeLer Chet Lane Dennis Minter Steve Allison Harv Smith Robert Getts Ray Hunt Linda Rush

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A navigatlanaf-Gfrcnfck course marker ral lye

Saturday even fng, Septen. ber 25th

Start anytime between 6:30 and Sc00 P. H.

Art Stange Foreign Car Service, 423 West Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View

$2. 50 per carload (na limit on friends or children

Somewhere fn fcaunta in View or Palo Alta, early for these wlshlng ta autocross an Sunday

PAR PLAQUES Affl TROPHf'ES

WHAT TO SRIlfgc YoussefF a navigator„ ff', remands tf you, have thee) cf I pboa rd, P I ashi 1ght, any type of tranlpot teton . --Harv and Linda Qnfth

I. inde Wygren

Best'de's be:lng an absolute nut, Chuck Forge Is nne of the Irest unusual, brilliant, and amazing individuals I have had the pleasure of knowing, Hls seemingly infinite knowledge about cars and engineering (the letter of which absorbs 40+ hours of his time each week--his jnbl) has enabled htm to succesaful I y turn three street machines into three cc7frp'et itive race machines during the past ten yea'i4.

Hts first Introduction to a Porsche came In 1957 when he plxrcgased a 1951 yellow (now red) a)rcmtncrm bodied R'oadster (featured in the January 1971 Nugget). He joined tte Continental Car Club that year, 4r(rd ran numerous autocrosses srl th the Perse'?re, ,

' A few years later, he bought a 1956

black ' Volkswagen sedan powered by a Porsche

englnp. Shortly after ewnlng thIs car, he fnund out that Vnlkswagens were allowed to race In whet was tl. en called tt. e Sedan class. So he hopped up the engine instal led the usual rac lng goodies, went thiougf' driver's school and became a I lcenserl race c'ar driver, He captured many vlctorles until It was "outl avrad. " Some Influential peeple felt that the engine modfflcatlons In racing Vol kswagens were getting out of hand; they protested and won. No moro engine changes would be al lowed. The vibrant racing career nf one black bug car;. e to a screeching halt. The car was later cnnyctrted back to a street vehicle and sole! te a frit@.

harness, threugh the steps ot removing ghreda irtf the o?d beTt, Instal'f lng the new one, getting bach Inte the cer, fastenfng the harness, and f tnal'ly popping the clutch and motoring off. As a result of this fan belt problem and others coupled with the steady competltfon against cars with almost twice the engine displacement, Chuck decided not to race It anymore. Hcemver, last fall he and a friend entered It In ttm four-hour Endure race at Cetatl and took first place fn the over"tom-I lter class. . . without a single fen belt faflurel In late 1967 he acquired his third race car. He remembe red the thr I I I of dr I v 1ng a f r I end' s Porsche (Chuck has a lot of friends) in a race the year before, at one point setting a posstble world's altitude record In a Porsche by going up a guy cct re and lancilng upside down In a pile of hay. Unfergettablef "A 1962 356B dual-grlTCe Roadster would be a neat race car. " (How dtscr fmlnat lng can one get. ) He found one for sale, bought It and immediately got to work on the eny4n~ He was lucky to have a body sponsor to repair any body and f rame damage I t might (and

did�)

have. Presently he has two complete race engines, three transmlssfons, stacks of "dry" tires, "rain" tires and nflooda tires, and a multitude of parts and tools necessary to take care of almost anything.

I!I;en the mourning period was over, Chuck looked arbbhd for another potential race car. By now he also owned a 1960 Corvalr ceupe street machine and was pleased with lts performance. Why not race a Cnryal r, thought he? He tought a 1960 Corvalr foui dboi sedan, set It up for racing, ' decamterei it 1 lka wed, and put ln mucho hours making It bindle right. (One thing he has sInce dlscoverectc Corvalr parts are a hei luva lot cheaper than those &7)4'&~l Persche partsl) With bumper stickers nn 'tf'e left end right front fenders reading "I love Hy Corvatr" and "Would Ynu Bel feve Ralph Nader?", respectively, he entered It In the A Sedan class and did pretty well until the fan belt broke. (He wW nnted for I. ls sudden racfng stops to replace a 'thok+m fan belt. ) During one race the announcer observed CI;uck cl 'fmblng out of the car and rushing to the trunk (whfch is in front) to get a new tait. He declared. "I think he has forgotten whtch encr the engine is lnl" After that, Chucfc kept spare fan belts wrapped around the gearst, lft liavor c. n the floor. Establ lsf. ei record tfme for his replacing a broken fan belt was 32 secencrs flat, comr enclng the rement he unfastened I ls

A gpce weekend can m beati;„~~c~gI~„~(h:. tragic, . „";. One event I'n particular corei to r. '. IM-„, lt;~i::yfi . , Rewport, Oregon, and the very first race with the Porsc'he. Our'Ing practice for the Regloral Race Satunday I t wes pouring rain and Chuck 4W to follow the car ahead of him to stay . . on the course. Before he knew whet wes happen tng», he ran right Into the rear end of a Lotus parked alongside the course. It destroyed the front end of the Porsche, almost (lf not In fact) totaled the Lotus, and cleared out Chuck's sinuses as they have never been cleared before. 411th a lot of cooperative effort and determination, ti'e car was patche'd up and allowed to run as scheduled. Not only d'Id Chuck win the Regional Race that day, he also won the National Race on Sunday. Fantasttcl Two weeks later, he, a friend and I drove up to Kent, Nashlngton, for a National Race. One fellow who i~as at btewport also went to Kent. Having seen the tremendous crash at Newport, he couldn' t believe that Chuck had the very same car with him at Kent. nYou guys don ' t believe In sleep, do youfin Chuck Just roared when the fellnw car4 out wj th that remark, and to this day st 111 chuckles when he thinks about lt. Chuck has many, many tories he cou'ld tell about his years of racing, mplete with sound effectsl

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', 500-4SOO "outgo" per race ls not unusual. B~eIA@ the pit crew most of the tlpe, I hyve-sees '$0si time and nancy. are. spent. /Inca I, go with IIIm; @i every race many people ask lf, l ever get nerYGlig while Chuck ls out on the race course going . ji fast, lsn't tt dangerous, etc. (Chuck clali. s' It. e safer than driving on the highway these days ~ ) I rarely think about tragedy when he's racing. The one time I really worried about him wes In Kent, Washfngton. It started to rain very hard after his race began. He did not have his "flood" tires on the car. As I was tieing him, lap after lap, he did not come around when he was supposed to. I

thought he must have spun out and perhaps hit someone, or ran off the course somewhere. I

panicked and came close to tears wondering what could have happened. Thirty seconds later, he came around, thank God, Indicated a spin . out' with his index finger, and kept going. (That may alsg have been the race In which he passed, going backwards, the first place car. ) Racing ln the rain can be bad newsl

In short, Chuck has thoroughly enjoyed his years . . '

of racing and plans to continue doing so as loeg ', "-.

as time permits and those paychecks keep comln'in. hlext time you watch an EP race and Ct. uck fs out there wall lng with the rest of 'em. Imagine a great big smile behind that Bell Star helmet: that's the real Chuck Forge, all teeth, and loving every minute of lt.

814 GWNEQS ACHTUNG For you do I t yoursel fers when Instal I lng new brake pads on a 914-4 note that the rear pads have a different procedure to be followed than on all previous Porsche model s. The f rent brakes are handled In standard fashion where the ca I i per pistons can be careful'Iy forced back to accept the new pads. But on the rear a hex plastic cap and locknut and allen bolt must be removed and backed out respectively before Install lng new pads. The new pads are then adjusted In position to be . 006' away from the disk using the allen bolts. Check a shop menue I for further details (tt ere are two adjustment bolts per caliper, one reached through the trail ing suspension are) and do not try to force the pistons back.

Also on 914-4's and 914-6's the universal joint bolts look alike but are not. One type ls an Sk strength class and the other a IGk. Check the bolts carefu'Ily when Install lng on a 914-6. — Oink Osgood

Shet and Netty Lane

Ney 8 - left, S. F. on TMA 747 and arrived Kennedy In tlute fnr pre"trip eh~agee party wtth 28 other ricfng nuts. Then «hru custos. s before boarding fcyr London. Wow, are they ever upt fght these days They asked Setty (she looks the pert, ef course) If she had any tear gas or knfvest This flight, unf fke the one free. S. F. , was jae~cked, asd ln the back of the coach section we felt as lf we were ln an overcrcwded auditorlcsp.

Ney 7 - Landed in London, changed planes for Sruaaefs (a one hour flight after a 3 1/2 hour waltc drfnktng ware Engf fsh beer at 8 A. N. ) and checked Into local Hflton. Tour of the city fn «ha afternoon, then a get acquainted cocktail party given ty eur tour leader, Frank George (Gen. Ngr. of Auteweek), then dinner In the 27th floor roof garden restaurant ~

Nay 8 - Sus to race circuit at Francorchasps where loca I secfen races were ln progress ~ Dtnner In Sressel s at chars;fng old style restaurant where ladles ate carefully handecf r*nus without prices- csan get the edltlon with the sad news lncludedt

Nay 9 - Sack to the race circuit for the 1000 Ia. ". Spa race. Seats ln the rrufn grandstand at start/ f Ir, lsh, df rectl y eppes I te the pl ts. Thl s I s rencscned as the fastest road clrcul t In Europe, aed i~ believe It, after watchtng the Gulf Porsche 517's herb around the 8 r:. Ife course at better than 154 mh average speedl They lad all the way, with the Rodriguez/Ot Iver car flnfshlng a nose ahead of the Slffert/Sel I racer.

Nay 10 - An hour's flight to Zurich, then bus to heeutf ful Lucerne. Petef overlooked 'Iake and serrnuedtng Alps. Tour of cfty ln afternoon.

Nsy ll - Seat trip around the lake. After dtnner, we sampled the Swiss night t ffc. Nay 12 - Sus to Eur tch and short fl lght to $«u«tgart, where wa ware @et by John Gerrlsch, f«srsehe public relations rep. , who escorted us to Tifg MORSS tn Euffenhaugen where wa spent a nest gfer fees afternoon «cur tng a'l l phases of the

-plant. Then te eur hptaf tn Reutllngen and a flee dtnner at the local Rathskeller.

Ney 13 - keek to Stuttgart for an all day tour of Nerdedes-Seccg plant. Very . Ir~resatve, espacfaf I y tffe ruses«housing all their hta«priest cars. , fnfudfng the fehuleus racing sq«chfnes driven by Car rac lola Lang, Fang to« Rf I sg and f«ass I tfof tcleus lunch fn their ccs. pacify dh:Iag rocsr.

Ifay t4 ~: S«clt«gar« to Rose, with a brief s'«ep 'a+ NI'fan foe Iuseh.

IS - Tour of the c I ty fn tl. a mern fng, fncludfeg «we lovely cathedrals. Then Frank, getty ind I pepsuaded our guide to take us on a tcfur of the 45 c«lfe Targe Florio cfrcutt tn hfs W. Stnce Frank had en errand tn run first, ge«on«o the clrcul« ln reverse antI spent the neat hear and a ha'lf avoldfng the wild ccytvfng locals In thefr Flats, herds of cattle, sheep, etc. , plus crony of the race ears stl1 I nut practicing t Certainly one of the vest I. air ralslng eapertences of the tourt

Nay IS - Up at 3 A. N. (I) to get our bus out to the Targa c lrcul t ( It cf oser at 8 A. N. ) The 8 I c I I lan race fans are unbe I levable I C rowd control Is a Joke. People are I lned up al'I along the course, even on the outside of turns, and food anct wine vendors run back and forth across «ha tract: to serve cust~ts. Tn the unrestrained jcy of «he popu I ace, the I r ho«w town he ro, H lno Vaccarelta, co drove an Alfa Rceeo T33 tn victory, as both Gulf I'orsche 908's suffered race ending crashes nn the very first lap. Nay 17 - Nornlng fl tght to Naples, then bus to Pempet I for a tour of the really renarkabfe ruins (a gloriously decadent culture flourished there). (Ask Chat about the bursts wf. lcI; they would only show the ssn. ) After a lovely luncheon& a very hairy bus trtp along the A@elf I drfve (slrilar to our Coast Nfghway but barely one car wide) to Sorronto. Our roon at th'e Kuropa Palace hed a balcony with a glorfous view of the Nedfterranean.

tfay 18 - Steass:r to the Isle of Capri and trip to the famous Slue Grotto.

Nay 19 - Grand tour of Rene!

Nay 20 - Train fry Rare to Nente Carlo. Nay 21 - Captivating bys tour of the principal fty and surroundtng Cote d Azur ctttes. Nay 22 - Matched the For@ala 3 race fror. our tribune at Casino Square (highest point on the clrcult). As qNsf lfylng for Fonwle One began, It started to rale, se the tap tteea were slower, and Marie Andret«l Juit missed qual lfylng stnce the 4 r84 la I Ical«ed to 18 cars~ A sad d)aeppetntcsant r everyol«ee

Nay 23 P~ tete Sob Serretson on the wey to our trtheee iwfcfr «he gasworks hairpin. decfLfe Stewart tlgd Stfe Mfe ac@ 4aok the Lead rfght at the a«ert. i heeu«tfcfl rgei «fl the wey encl wan with a8«NaI'sg ease. sos swrprfee when Nessle pe«erson passed deckle Icka aed do Slffert te f inlet 2nd.

14ay 24 - BP» te the airport. . et Rfce and a pleasant heur's fl lght to Barcelona.

Nay 25 " Teur of the c I ty which was a most Pleasant aurpr, laic. Lovely luncheon at a hilltop restaurant west of the city, heated by Sr. Suite who later took us to the lultaco testing grounds, where we hed a ball riding the hikes around the, obstacle course. Fven Betty had a ride, with Sr. Beltn him»»Tf. The 00 plus year old merv»I ls the most gracious gentleman we luna» ever mat.

iiay 20 - FleW to Lisbon and had brIef tour of city before err lvtng at our 'lavish hotel, overlooking the ocean.

Nay 27 = Indulged ourse'ives with a late breakfast aerved ln our penthouse terrace before leaving for the Lisbon airport where we started for here on a TVA 707. Made a f lnal nKuropean" stop at the Axorns - Ilail how many people do you know wto've been ther»7 Then on to Boston, where we hade farewe I I to our fel low race tour f ranks, and caught a non-stoP fl lght to S. F. , arriving just after c'ark, the end of a nagnlflcent trip tl et more than lived up to everything we had expected.

To any PCAer's who have ever been tempted to Join a European racing tour we recoreend them, without qual I f ication. I t was well worth every penny spent, and every hour lt's taken to get caught up since returning to hone and work.

Weeeetz CQMAUT'I'EE

Here ls a brief synopsis of the recent Speed Events Cone. ittee meeting:

1. Partlclpat ion Plaques will be given at the end of the year for anyone who participated ln an. autocross during the year.

2. Registration fees - at a "free" site the fees are 02 per single entrant, and 43 per coup'ie. For 8 paid site the fees are: 43 per single, and /II per couple (couple heing defined as male and female).

3. The first car out will be 9!00 A. ti. . The gate will close at 4&00 P. ni. Registration will be open for the duration of the event. There wl11 be close contr ol of grid (there are no guaranteec' ncnnhor of runs) ~

li. One hour af ter. '%he - lst run:greup s4gftpj, a the complet lop of the run grcqcp whf4:, Ig-' ntcalllng at that talma, the Iit run groups will be' recycled~

5. The Coninl t tee made a reconeendat Ion to the Board that the rul ing on big splndles for the stock classes be put off to some later date. Th» Board denied the Conlni ttee's reconenendat ion, and th» big splndles are required on all 35BA Porsches at all speed events.

friendly club CONCEPT,

Hords I ike "doctrine", program", "concept", etc. , are sometines very heavy words which, for the most part, have been greatl y overworked in recent years. In Golden Gate Region, a doctrine or concept was created which changed the very pr lnc I pie unde rwh ich our "speed events" were conducted.

Conce ived, promoted and sold or l gina 1 I y by Bob Buckthal, it served to take our con:petltive events out of the smoke f I I led rooms and onto the pavermnt and fresh air where they belong. The adoption of the "Friendly Club Concept", as Bob called it, hopefully laid to rest forever those long frustrating nights arguing over some obscure phase of automobll lie and how It wou'ld effect the numerous autocross classes. The Fr 1 andi y Club ConcePt ul t imatel y pervaded throughout the entire region into a plan which hopefully said that we' ll go out of our way to allow everyone to "do their thing" hut at thi sama time ne one was to get an advantage over another. The "Stock", "Cheater", and "Hodi f led" cl esses resulted along wl th certain adrinlstrat ive rules for the smooth running of the events. S)nce autocrosslng Is our prime coripet I tive event this concept Is appl led most often at those events. The f~lttee set certain basic rules which, when appl led to all, worked Just fine. Unfortunately someone wl11 occass lonal I y n. l sunderstand this concept and think that the interpretation of the rules should be as nrelaxec!" as the rule itself appears to he. This, however, Is where wa can run Into trouble, as recently occurred.

The last thing that anyone wants to do ls prevent someone frcÃr. running an event, yet an event must end somewhere or somatic. '

Accordingly the Speed Events Cormlttee set a l;00 P. PI. course closing rule sometime hack. Unfortunately, a registration

elec(i«g tf«ae wea ~laad fer one event enl y, whfeh caused some problevs for late arrivals. As yeu wit I see elsewhere, the Corra I ttee has subsequently established a "Iio-closing" rule for registration but the course wl1 I st 1 I I close at b«00 P. H. and a tight grtd control will be maintained.

Applying our Friendly Club Concept here means tl'at the earl ler you arrive, the riore runs you will get. Arrive fate and you ray get only one or maybe none. The arrfval tive, fs of course, ynur choice, as ft should be. Again we want everyone to run and, most of al I, have fun wf th nc haggling.

While we calf our ruea "The Frfendly Clut Concept" they, nevertheless, are defln lteIy hard anc' fast rules and must be Interpreted accordingly. While they were vade intent lcnai ly 'loose in order ta avoid the Inevitable "nit-picking" tight rules cause, the ones Iie have must be applied equally to all. THE FRIENDLY CLUB COIICEPT WILL WORK ONLY SO LOf:G AS YOU WANT IT TO WORK. Uphold an«! observe It and It wf1 I endure. Take advantage of It and you I:ury lt and bring back the "hard days".

--Charmayne Setter

Dear weaen ef the Golden Gate Region - put down

your ironing, leave the baby with a friend, place yeur body In the DRIVERS seat of the Porache and cere to one of our fine wcxrenia activities. All you have to I oae I s your apathy. 0 I nce the largest turnout this year was med'tecre at lest (and I t was at the Womens Cov«ril ttee meeting) I t's eibvfous there's a lot cf apathy to burn out. We

guarantee to replace It wl th pure, non-polluting creative energy. The two women's aessfons thus far have been oriented tower'ds crafts - and were oheaen as they are currently popular, Inexpensfve and easy to learn.

The I'I rat group was given a demonstration of weavfog, stitchery, and irecr arne, fel lowe«l by a "«fo- I t-yoursel f" per I od unde r the fiief pfuf (isnd peglent eyes of the evenIng's instr««Sacra. Sffk sore«w«fng wes the craft of the second aegefen,

wf4h a tfrereugh devenatratfon of necessary technique, procec!ure, end supplies. Thlt-:=; fT. r~y be utilized to create your oI;. n f~ pictures, well paper, or whatever your Iragt~'h leads you to - certainly nore fnteresting averr«ag'ft ', "

than staying hori. e end reading Re«!beoi. megaafne wtlt.

The four crafts we were exposed to during these sessions requfre r «fterfefs Ichtch are readl. fy enc' cheapl y ava I labia, akl 1 I a I;+ I ch are eea I I y acquired, and p~ . deocrattve. objects for tory and house (your s oy trlencts). Out of the 575 women ln the club, 10 woren (which fncludes the two instructors and the hostesses' mother) attended the ftrst session 5 the second. Th Is fs erbarrasslng for the Cfiafrr an, a mls-use of creative Instruction tfr. e, and not as fulfil ting as It could have been for the rest r f us. After el I, one of the fundamental reasons for I«omens activities Is to meet, Interact and becove & lends wf th other woven. Don't I et tb I s be your hustnnd's club!

Now I realize that nct everyone was Interested In the particular crafts af these evenings, and that some people probably had conf l tet lng engager ents, but wf tb 575 of you out there. . . Our Wa". eni Chalrrran had planned on continuing the series with such things as a ladles day at say f«eadoIis, a luncheon at Villa Nontalvo amund Chrfstmas~ a day at the beach, etc. , however with the overwhefi". , Ing I ack of response she I s unde rstandiibt y discouraged, and hesitant to continue. There ts a Worrens Core. :tttee meeting planned-for the 9th of September, ff you are not Interested in be lng on the covmlttee, cali deanette Spear, our Wor ens Chatrran (961-7775) to suggest posstble eve«Its you would like to see, volunteer to Instruct at one (do you have a special dish you prepare, a winning tennis backhand, flower arranging skills't), volunteer your bouse, or just call to lend your support by Indicating that you will attend an events

There ls aiways time, there are always sltte'rs, there are ls always sorreone wll'I ing to give you e ride (call the Wemens Chafre'an and she will pet you In touch) . Your hugband wl 1 I prcibeb I y be del lghted not only to have the heuae to hfr"aeff for an even tag, but to see yeu involved In something creative (and since It, s inexpensive he can still buy r'acing tft'es). There'a an fnffritte var fety of interesting, taf anted, lnvol ved and f rl andi y women ln the peracfre Club - boost the attendance and yourseff by corstng eff«f 'fettfng the fun ffowf

p. a. Thqre «Pi separate cfasses fer INeven at our autecreaeea teo - lf your going to drive It, why not de lt welf.

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In the annual one 1 aught between autocrossers of the Horthern and Southern Cal I fornia Sports Car Councils, the North again proved superior. WhIle many PCA members «ere In the wilds of Idaho, some of us went south to Santa Naris to help the North win the statewide championship for the seventh tire in the past eight years.

But al I did not start smoothly. Roger Coelho tried to get his suspension reworked, only to find that the machinist reversed the Instructions and his 356 coupe ended up with positive camberi With only hours left before leaving, Roger and John Janczak worked a quick le engine change put t ing Roger's engine ln John's coupe. The first morning at Santa Narla, Bob Daves was out tehind the course splnnlng some fast donuts to heat up the tires on his 356, when tlewy, the flywheel came loose, se izing the engine. What more coul d

-happnnf Hell, an arry of Norgans could show up.

KIarshal 1 Peeples, Rick Bowers, and Roger charged around the course, only to be eaten al lve by ti'. at

-' ' army of Norgans. Some egos are still recovering from this Impossible fate. Rules this year out« lawed full racing tIres In stock class, parr. ltting cnly street tires or recapped racing tires. The NorIBan owners joined together to buy one set of

ped rubber and then hastily exchanged them "avery tl1se a Norgan took the checkered flag. The waajmnd'caw a tota'I of 80 tire changes for the Notes!n! army and some long faces for the waifs cf Sti~NCc rt. Bl li Fay ln his 9118 and Bob Daves, now driving Bi'l l 's S, took on a 914-6 driver named El I lot Forbes-Robinson& and 'lost. Glnther's bel lef In this driver was displayed for us all, as Forbes- RobInson turned a time that stood for top tire of day until the formula cars and speclals ran later that afternoon. If that wasn't enough, Bob Daves used to his 356C, vms Crying to figure out what do with 200 wild ponies scrambling behind him.

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At Santa Rosa In June, Kirby Holi is did', 4t big by v!Inning first In his class and first overall for the division. In July, af ter winning f ir st overal I In the Parade Concours, Klrby returned to SCCA competition at Lafayette v. 1th a first In his class and a second overall in his divisicn. Bnb Boyd (third overall In

' the Parade concours) entered his B coupe In Its first SCCA shcw at Lafayette. Due to lack of competition In Class 8, they placed Bob In Class A v:Ith Klrby, where he placed second.

Sally Pemberton circled the ouree In John's $56 for some fast times. But Narj Creen and Gloria Zulkowskl running ln a class of badly grouped cara, could only trail far behind the people's choice, the Corvette St lngray. Bob Zulkowskl and Tom Green, unafraid, dfd battle with the South's Lotus Elans and a quick Northern 240Z and, Ly Sunday, had coma up wIth a 2nd and 3rd. With al I the weariness of LeNans, Saturday's event f inl shed In the dark at 9:15 P. N. wf th the North ahead by 30 points. A very slender lead when you consider the fact that 15 points can be had In one class and that there were 32 classes. By noon Sunday, the. South charged to &IIth}n 6 points of the North. The North, however, quickly ral I led and ran away wl th the af te moon to win the weekend.

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