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SOUTHERN ARIZONA REGION
NOVEMBER 2009
Let’s Get Quizzical
What’s a Zuffenhausen?
In the White Spheres of the Porsche Cosmos
Meet Ken Hollett, SAR Secretary
Go Like Hell
Arroyo Seco Reflections
Tech Tips
Canyon de Chelly Report
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CONTENTS
Features
3 A Gentle Man
4 What’s a Zuffenhausen?
4 Porsche Museum
5 In the White Spheres of the Porsche
Cosmos
6 Go Like Hell
7 SAR Display Case
7 Let’s Get Quizzical
8 Tech Tips
9 Arroyo Seco Reflections
11 Canyon de Chelly Report
14 Meet Ken Hollett, SAR Secretary
15 Pinal Air Park Autocross
17 Adopt-A-Roadway
19 Porsche Puzzlers
Columns
3 President Platz
6 Track Lights
10 Willkommen
Departments
2 Elect Officers and Committee
Chairs
8 SAR News and Notes
12 Up Coming Events
20 November Contributors
20 Market Platz
Advertisers
Dearing Automotive
Dentbusters
European Auto Tech
Porsche of Tucson
Radmacher Porsche Service
State Farm Insurance
Underhill Financial
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Porsche Club of America—Southern Arizona Region
ELECTED OFFICERS AND MEMBERS AT LARGE
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Available
PRESIDENT
Jim Kendler
president@pcasar.com
VICE PRESIDENT
Mike LoGalbo
vicepresident@pcasar.com
SECRETARY
Ken Hollett
secretary@pcasar.com
TREASURER
Vacant
treasurer@pcasar.com
STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Drivers Education/Autocross
Dave Radmacher (and Greg
Robertson)
autocross@pcasar.com
Membership
Tom Sherman
membership@pcasar.com
Social Events
Karen Hannon
social@pcasar.com
SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Adopt-a-Roadway Jan Ramaker
By-Laws Tom Sherman
Charity Carol Cloutier
Cinco de Mayo Barb Crowley
Rally Vacant
Technical Vacant
Tours Jim Kendler
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MEMBER AT LARGE - 1
Lee Cuevas
boardmember1@pcasar.com
MEMBER AT LARGE - 2
Kevin L. Purdy
boardmember2@pcasar.com
MEMBER AT LARGE - 3
David Long
boardmember3@pcasar.com
PAST PRESIDENT
Hal Tretbar
pastpresident@pcasar.com
Newsletter Editor
Claudia Stone
newsletter@pcasar.com
Safety
Terry Prince
safety@pcasar.com
SAR Web Site
Jill Davis-Curtis
webmaster@pcasar.com
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
356 Technical Advisor Jeff Gamble
Advertising Manager Lee Cuevas
Concours Judging Liaison Ken Hollett
Dealer Liaison Tom Sherman
Historian Kurt Cramer
Insurance Liaison Peter Beahan
Southeast Area Liaison Gary Ottaviano
Statutory Agent Pati Reinking
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What an eventful month since I wrote my last newsletter article.
First, the sad news. As most of you know John Obermeyer, SAR
Treasurer, died on 6 September just a couple of weeks after
being checked into the hospital. His family is very grateful to
the SAR’s support and prayers during this very difficult time.
This event reminds me that I should not take for granted my
time on this planet. If you have any PCA-SAR Treasurer issues
or business, please direct them to me.
Now for the good news! What do you think of the look,
content, and feel of the new Zuffenhausen News? I for one
think the October newsletter is a fantastic issue for Editor
Claudia Stone’s first ZN. I can’t promise color issues very often
because the club cannot afford the expense but if you like the
newsletter in color it will be available in full color as a PDF file.
Please let Tom Sherman (membership@pcasar) know if you
wish to receive the newsletter via email. If you have an article or
photos to submit to the newsletter please email them to Claudia
(newsletter@pcasar.com).
As I mentioned last month it is time to vote/elect the PCA-
SAR 2010 Board of Directors. Inside of this month’s ZN you will
find the 2010 ballot. Hal Tretbar, our Past President has put
together an outstanding group of folks for next year’s board.
Please take the time and follow the instructions on the ballot
and cast your vote. Election results will be announced at the
December Holiday Party and General Meeting.
The December Holiday Party and General Meeting on 19
December is the premiere social event of the fall/winter season
for the club. Karen Hannon, Social Events Chair, is working
very hard with the Manning House staff to put on a fun and
elegant event for the membership. Please join me at the Manning
House to say thank you to outgoing board members and
A Gentle Man
by Ron Sable
SAR Member
It was mid morning on Saturday when the
call came. We were 20 minutes from opening
the Inaugural DM 50 Car Show for the
families at Davis Monthan Air Force Base,
and “controlled chaos” would have been a
good description of the situation.
We had just turned away two car owners
who got on base by accident and one
who had caught his undercarriage on the
power lines lying across the entrance. The
voting box was set up but the volunteers
were away ogling other cars, as I would
have been had I not been on the phone
talking to John Obermeyer.
He wanted to know if it was too late to
bring a car to the show. I told him we were
minutes from the start and well beyond the
2-hour-earlier arrival time, to say nothing
of the 3-day-earlier cutoff for registration. I
asked him where he was.
“At the front gate of the base,” he said,
“and they won’t let me in.”
I asked him to hold on, and I talked to
the Public Relations office at DM. After one
“You must be kidding!” and a “He’s where?”
they agreed to send someone to the gate to
vouch for John and lead him to the car
show.
About 30 minutes later, long after I had
forgotten about John, I heard the car. It was
by Jim Kendler
SAR President
welcome to the newly elected members over a holiday meal and
entertainment. See this newsletter and the web site for details
of this event.
I would like to discuss my favorite track event of the year.
As the weather cools off I look forward to our November Pinal
Airpark Autocross. This year it is scheduled for 8 November.
The Pinal track is a fast and challenging one that I look forward
to driving every time it is on the schedule. The track has a long
history with the club and it is where I participated in my first
track event with the club. We limit the number of participants
so it offers great track time (usually 20 minute run sessions) for
a reasonable fee. I hope to see some new faces at the Pinal
Autocross this year. As for all the loyal PCA-SAR track rats, I
hope to see you at this free track event. You deserve it!
The following weekend is the PCA-AZ Regions Phoenix
Flight 32. This year marks Phoenix Flight's 32nd Anniversary,
held annually since 1977 (one of the longest running multievent
weekends in the PCA). It has grown into the largest
Porsche-only event in Arizona. If you want to see some of the
most unique and exotic Porsches in Arizona, Phoenix Flight is
your event. Please see our web site for the details.
As you know the Cinco de Mayo 2010 Planning Committee
has been meeting on and off this summer. We plan on announcing
the 2010 location in November. The committee could use
your help. We need volunteers now to start work on car-show
parking, registration, the golf tournament, and new events
(Gimmick Rally and Porsche Tech Quiz). If you have the time to
get involved, if you have any ideas or just want to join the
committee, please contact me (president@pcasar.com) or any
other board member.
I hope to see you and your Porsche at the next event.
John all right, but not in his 911 or anything
that resembled a Porsche. He pulled up in
an early 60s or 70s Buick (I think) that he
had “borrowed” to bring to the show. Why
he came with a GM tank is beyond worrying
about. I did ask him if he forgot this was
the PCA-SAR being represented.
He responded, “Well, I belong to the
club.”
You know what? He was right, just as
he was right about so many things.
I’ve had this story going through my
mind since his passing and I wanted to
share it with fellow club members who, like
me, will long remember John.
He was one gentle man.
Zuffenhausen News | November 2009 | 3

What’s a Zuffenhausen?
by Claudia Stone
Editor – Zuffenhausen News
Stephanie leaned toward me, behind her
husband’s back, and whispered sotto
voce, “What’s a Zuffenhausen?”
We were having a Porsche dinner at
Mimi’s and there was a lot of white noise.
Her husband, George, was talking across
the table with Ken.
I looked (that is to say, gaped) at her.
“It’s on the newsletter,” she explained.
“Oh,” was my very intelligent response.
I must have looked bug-eyed.
I smiled and started to answer, but
Jim got up just then to begin the business
meeting. Stephanie and I sat up straight,
but not before she looked at me expectantly,
and I mouthed back, I’ll tell you
after the meeting.
What IS a Zuffenhausen? Funny
question, that—it’s like asking, What’s a
Tucson?
Zuffenhausen is a suburb of Stuttgart
in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The
two cities are often called Stuttgart-
Zuffenhausen.
Zuffenhausen’s fame lies in the fact
The Porsche Museum
The new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-
Zuffenhausen was completed in December
2008 and is one of the greatest and
most spectacular buildings in the history
of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. The museum
provides a unique view of the diversity
of the Porsche Marque to visitors from
around the world.
More than 80 cars are displayed in
the 60,250 sq. ft. exhibition area. The exhibits
range from the legendary wheel
hub motor of the Lohner-Porsche, the
world’s first hybrid automobile to the
latest generation of Porsche 911.
More than 170 architects from all
over Europe applied to design the project.
In February, 2005 it was awarded to
the Viennese architectural firm of Delugan
Meissl. Construction at Porsche
Platz started within 6 months and in
November 2007 the body of the exhibi-
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that it is the center of Porsche's production
operations. In contrast, the Porsche
Centre (offices, sales, and service) is in
Stuttgart.
The various facilities in Zuffenhausen
are housed in a collection of buildings,
many of which are separated by major
roadways. This could have been a problem
in other parts of the world, but in
SEE THE ARTICLES BELOW AND ON THE
FACING PAGE for more on the architec‐
ture of the new Porsche Museum, which
opened January 2009 in Zuffenhausen.
Additional photos can be found on the
web sites listed.
Zuffenhausen it was neatly solved with
road works that spring from German engineering
and ingenuity.
The engines for all Porsche's standard
production vehicles are produced in
Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, including the
Cayenne engines. Besides the engine production
operations, the 911 and Boxster
tion building was lowered on to three
concrete piers. The first exhibits moved
into the exhibition area less than a year
later. The museum was handed over to
Porsche on 8 December 2008, exactly on
time.
Porsche expects more than 200,000
visitors to the museum each year, the socalled
Theme Islands, and the numerous
small exhibits seeking to present the
Porsche Idea. Besides the exhibition itself,
the historic archives, and the
“transpar-ent” workshop for historic
cars, the museum offers a coffee bar, a
bistro, an exclusive restaurant, and a
generous conference areas finished
mainly in white, the overall color of the
museum.
Porsche also makes the museum
available for other purposes—for example,
conferences, film screenings, and
bodies are manufactured and assembled
there.
The assembly and final assembly process
at Porsche AG is carried out over
three storeys. This multi-storey production
set-up results from the layout at the
Zuffenhausen factory.
Sophisticated transport concepts are
required to convey the vehicles from
cockpit assembly on the 2nd floor to final
assembly on the ground floor. The solution
involves transporting the vehicles
alternately on so-called skid conveyors
and via a suspended conveyor belt. Between
the storeys, the vehicles are lowered
via a lifting system and turned to the
direction of travel for the new storey.
This step simplifies assembly operations
for the personnel, who are thus able to
work in the direction of travel.
A wealth of information on the factory,
Porsche history, past and present
Marques, and virtual tours of the factory
are available on the Porsche web site
(www.porsche.com/usa) and elsewhere
on the web.
concerts—independent of the usual exhibition
activities.
The new building at Porsche Platz
occupies an important place in the history
of German automobile production;
this is where, in 1938, the Porsche Design
Office moved from downtown Stuttgart
to Plant 1 in Zuffenhausen. In the same
year, at this location, the forerunners of
the VW Beetle saw the light of day, followed
in 1939 by the Type 64 Porsche,
the ancestor of all Porsche sports cars.
Sports cars bearing the worldfamous
Porsche logo have been built
here in Zuffenhausen since 1950.
Excerpted and paraphrased from
http://www.archithings.com/

In the White Spheres of the Porsche Cosmos – the New Factory
Museum in Stuttgart
by Falk Jaeger
The arts and culture pages have already defined a special
category for it – “Carchitecture” – by which they
mean the sensational buildings with which the German
car groups in particular promote themselves.
It’s all about the two interfaces between the companies and the
public. On the one hand it’s the act of handing over a car to the
end customer, which these days they like to stage as though it
were an initiation ritual, on the other hand the company museum
as a haven of company tradition is a factor of brand image
maintenance that can hardly be underestimated. Now that
Daimler in Stuttgart has provided a spectacular example, the
sports car manufacturer Porsche, which also calls Stuttgart
home, is following suit with a museum that is no less spectacular.
Problem plot
At the moment Viennese architects
Delugan Meissl – despite a certain
sense of having arrived – still rank
among the avant-garde who are
able to design “signature buildings”
like this. The plot could hardly pose
more of a problem. In the Zuffenhausen
industrial area, bordered by
a busy motorway feeder and an S-
Bahn railway embankment, it does
have the right address however,
Porscheplatz 5 in the middle of the
Porsche production facilities, and it has convenient transport
links being directly adjacent to the Neuwirtshaus S-Bahn station.
The shape of the museum can be appreciated most impressively
from the station: the plinths rising out of the ground, the
enormous protracted extent of the monolithic exhibition area
elevated on stilts, the stunning cantilevers, the racy dynamics,
the elegant suspension. Massive pylons support the building on
high, admittedly not where you would have instinctively expected
and where the weight-bearing points should be, but at
other points – emerging at frighteningly oblique angles – as if
the idea were to defy not gravity but a centrifugal force.
Expressionist building sculpture
From the Porscheplatz aspect, the museum comes across as
somewhat sedate with its weighty front. The fine diamond
network of the white-painted metal façade plays over the hulk
of the building, which contrasts with the sleek aerodynamic
motors inside. It’s another form of dynamics, not a mobile one
but a topological, architectural one. The museum seems to be
an artificial and artistic artifact, an expressionist building sculpture
that understands how to assert itself as a stark and solitary
entity in its heterogeneous environment.
The view of the exhibition area from below is actually
supposed to act as a mirror, but the diamond-shaped polished
stainless steel plates do not form a straight horizon, but more of
a moving, shimmering water surface. The architects have designed
the entrance area to be below the exhibition area.
Futuristic world
Right in the foyer visitors are prepared for the white, futuristic
world that awaits them. The vintage car workshop can be
viewed from the café/bar, where the exhibits of the “museum
on wheels” are being prepared and maintained for external
assignments. The escalator eventually leads to the top, penetrates
the glazed roof and emerges in the large exhibition area
from below.
Suddenly the area opens up, bright and
expansive. A panoramic view of the whole
spatial continuum with its ramps, staircases
and galleries presents itself.
The area was developed from the idea of a
spiral. Visitors follow it along its course
through the exhibition from the upper level
down to its starting point. This route with
plenty of variety through levels of differing
heights opens and closes up again, forming
various zones, plazas and roads, on which the
vehicles can be presented in diverse ways.
Congenial ambience with a faux-pas
The exhibition design by HG Merz connects seamlessly with the
architecture, suits the purist space and avoids over-the-top
razzle-dazzle. The highlight is the LED podium for displaying
the 917 models, which emerges dynamically out of the ground
to cover an area of 180 square metres and is backlit with 380,000
diodes.
The main restaurant at the head of the building is visually
partitioned from the upper exhibition area with a glazed concertina
partition. Unfortunately it shocks with its kitschy rustic
steakhouse atmosphere, which the management ordered from
an appropriate pub decorator – an extraordinarily embarrassing
faux-pas that should be corrected as soon as possible.
Visitors turn around again quickly and experience the
“Cosmos Porsche” in the almost unreal atmosphere of the white
area, the like of which has never been seen before, in a congenial
ambience of high-tech and ambitious design.
First published on www.goethe.de. Reprinted with kind permission
of the author and the Goethe-Institut.
Falk Jaeger is a historian specializing in architecture and an architecture
critic in Berlin.
Translation by Jo Beckett
Zuffenhausen News | November 2009 | 5

Go Like Hell
by Kurt Cramer
SAR Historian and Lifetime Member
That phrase, Go Like Hell, has been used many times for many
reasons. This time it’s the title of a book (published 2009 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) about the quest of Henry Ford II
to beat Enzo Ferrari at Le Mans between 1963 and 1966. Written
by A. J. Baime, Automobile Editor of Playboy Magazine, it’s
a story about people, not cars. You won’t be able to lead a
discussion about the Ford GT 40 or Ferrari 330 P3 after reading
it, but you will know about Ford’s second wife, the Italian
model Cristina Vettore Austin, and Ferrari’s other son, Piero
Lardi. If you ever wondered why Carroll Shelby is held in such
high esteem by automobile racing fans the world over, you will
know after reading the book.
The 60s was the road-racing decade. Even the cow town of
Tucson, Arizona held sports car races at the airport each year
from 1959 through 1969, sometimes as many as four races a
year (counting driver schools and regional races). Road racing
was more popular than oval track racing.
Le Mans was first covered on Wide World of Sports in the
second half of the 60s. If you were like me, waiting each month
for the next issue of Road & Track to read about the American
racers in Europe, Go Like Hell will transport you back to a
glorious time of road racing. If you were too young and missed
the separate installments of the story, Go Like Hell will take
you to the intense battle between Ford and Ferrari in a time
when many of the drivers perished.
Ford ended up winning Le Mans and the battle. Ferrari has
never won Le Mans since.
On the COVER this month—
Cars are lined up for the Parade around the track at the start of the
semi‐annual Arroyo Seco driving event September 26‐27 in Deming,
NM. Members of SAR turned out in droves. According to eye witness‐
es, about 40 cars participated. See Kurt Mayer’s feature, Arroyo Seco
Reflections, on page 9.
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COVER PHOTO by Tom Russ
Track Lights
by Claudia Stone
Editor - Zuffenhausen News
The November issue of the ZN remains a work in progress. I’ve
been fine tuning the fonts, letterspacing, wordspacing, leading…
What? You don’t want to know about that? What then?
…Arroyo Seco? ...Pinal Autocross? ...the next road trip?
The weekend at Arroyo Seco was an enormous success, as
was the road trip to Canyon de Chelly led by Hal Tretbar. Kurt
Mayer has written a wonderful personal account of the Arroyo
Seco event, and Hal has provided a nice summary of his trip.
You will find these articles with photos on pages 9 and 11,
respectively. Additional photos are on our web site.
Rink Reinking provides an inspired piece on page 15 to lure
participants to the Pinal Air Park Autocross on November 8.
We have a book review this month by Kurt Cramer—catchy
title of Go Like Hell—and an update on our display case at the
Porsche of Tucson dealership, written by Barb Radmacher.
Barb Crowley has rounded up some great Tech Tips and
Porsche Puzzlers for our amusement.
Our featured Board member this month is Ken Hollett.
Ken is retiring as Secretary of SAR at the end of 2009, after 4
years of doing a superb job. We are lucky to grab him for an
interview before he departs the post.
A little hunting around on the Internet produced some
interesting information and two articles on the Porsche Museum
in Zuffenhausen. It seems all the big Marques have a museum
in Zuffenhausen. It must be the famous-German-car-
museum capital of the world. Other interesting and good
things are in this issue too. Check the Contents, but be sure to
look through the ZN carefully, as there are many little hidden
gems.
Two of our advertisers, European Auto Tech and Porsche
of Tucson, have added special warranties and/or discounts.
And finally, check the calendar. Important activities such as our
Adopt-A-Road program and the Cops and Rodders show are
upon us and always need volunteers and participants.
Last month’s glitches included omitting Lee Cuevas as a
contributor, for his charming Mt. Lemmon story by “Porsche”
and leaving out the full-page ad for Porsche of Tucson. My
sincere apologies to you both.
This issue is packed full. It’s your newsletter so keep the
photos and content coming!

SAR Display Case at Porsche of Tucson
Danielle Radmacher beside the new SAR display case at
Porsche of Tucson
Let’s Get Quizzical
By Barb Crowley
SAR Cinco de Mayo Chair and Lifetime Member
It’s amazing to me that after a full week of Porsche activities,
almost 300 Porsche Parade attendees would show up to take
a written exam about Porsches. Den and I were the only ones
from SAR to register for this activity. Maybe it’s because we
were teachers and had experience writing tests…maybe we
think we don’t have a chance to really be competitive in any
other Parade competition…or maybe because we’ve been
relatively successful at taking the Tech Quiz in the past…but
whatever the reason, there we were at 8 a.m. ready to participate
in what might be our last chance for an event trophy.
The Porsche Parade Technical and Historical Quiz consists
of fifty (50) general questions about any and all things
Porsche. After that, there are twenty-five (25) model-specific
questions followed by seven (7) tie breaker questions. We
obviously chose to be tested on the 356s.
You really can’t “cram” for this quiz. You know it…or you
guess it. The night before the exam, I couldn’t sleep so I
decided to do what I’d tell my students to do: anticipate
(second guess the teacher) what might be asked on the exam
and study that. The only thing I could use to prepare was a
by Barb Radmacher
SAR Member
We are pleased to announce that the Southern Arizona Region
now has a beautiful 5-foot display case at our friendly dealership;
thank you to Porsche of Tucson for this generous space.
By promoting our club with a display of photos, awards, and
members accomplishments, we are certain to pique the interest
of prospective new members to investigate the Southern
Arizona Region.
Our display case is located in the service area, customerwaiting
lounge, on the west wall. We will be replacing the Audi
poster above it soon. A panorama of approximately 40
Porsches that attended Arroyo Seco in September 2009 is
being assembled for display on the wall above the case. This
part of the project is being spearheaded by Rick Barrett whom
we thank for his time, effort, and dedication.
Contents in the display case will be changed from time to
time. Should you have Porsche-related items you would like to
share please contact Barb Radmacher.
We also wish to thank Danielle Radmacher for design and
arrangement, her helpers Liz Isaak and Barb Radmacher, and
those members who have provided items. Danielle designed
the photo collage along the back wall of the case and is standing
nearby in the adjacent photo.
copy of Christophorous magazine I had picked up at the
Porsche AG booth at the concours. The issue I had was
loaded with articles about 356s AND the new Porsche Museum
in Stuttgart, Germany. Hmmm. In past Parades, quiz
questions had come from something given out by Porsche
AG and/or information given by guest speakers and dignitaries
at some of the Parade banquets. (OK…so I took notes
during some of the speeches.) I started studying the magazine
and my notes and tried to second guess some of the quiz
questions. Big mistake! They didn’t go there. No trophy this
year. That’s OK though, because I REALLY enjoyed learning
about the new museum and loved the photographs.
This year’s Technical Quiz had more emphasis on mechanics
and less on Porsche history than those I had taken
previously. Just for fun, some of the questions from the 2009
Parade quiz are included in this issue of Zuffenhausen News.
I’ve chosen some of the easier ones, along with several historical
questions that I hope will inform and entertain you.
Try your hand at it! Who knows, maybe there will be a future
SAR event that features a Tech Quiz. Will you get the gold
star?
The test, Porsche Puzzlers, is on page 19.
Zuffenhausen News | November 2009 | 7

SAR News and Notes
IN MEMORIAM—John Robert Obermeyer
John Robert Obermeyer, SAR member, Treasurer, and friend, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix.
John was an accountant by training. In semi-retirement, he retained several accounting clients, worked part-time at a mailing
center, and volunteered as a park ranger at Catalina State Park.
He was most happy restoring and racing his 1972 Porsche 911E, and supporting his granddaughters in their activities. John
was a trained pianist and had an extensive jazz and blues music collection. He was a free spirit who took up surfing in California
in his late 30s and in his 50s embarked on 20 years of amateur automobile racing and pit crew work in Washington and Arizona.
(Excerpted from the Greensboro News Record, September 7, 2009)
John was well known to club members; his cheerful smile and upbeat personality will be missed. See A Gentle Man on page 3 for
a charming story by Ron Sable about John and the kind of guy he really was.
Refresh Your Browser
When you are on the SAR web site, you will notice a series of club pictures down the right side of the home page. The pictures
change when you refresh your browser. Good-o, Jill and Carl!
Email or Snail Mail?
SAR members can opt to receive the ZN by email (full color!), snail mail (read it in your favorite easy chair), or both. Please let Tom
Sherman (membership@pcasar) know your choice. Tom is in charge of the mailing list.
Red and Green Porsches
The ZN editor is looking for red and green Porsches for the December cover, which will be in color. Red Porsches? Bunches. Green
Porsches? Oh, oh! Not very many, I think. More information will be coming soon by email and/or phone on when and where to
show up to include your car on this memorable ZN cover.
ZN Content
The ZN editor requests and welcomes all articles and photos on SAR events and Porsche things in general. Pdf files, however, are
nearly impossible to work with, given the publishing software I use. Text files and jpg images work best. Look for details in next
month’s issue.
Tech Tips
Rounded Up by Barb Crowley
SAR Cinco de Mayo Chair and Lifetime Member
Cleaning Wheels
Two Bucket Tip: Use a separate bucket for your wheels when
washing your car. You won’t contaminate your car washing
bucket with paint-scratching brake dust.
Wheel Care: Most wheels have a base coat followed by two or
three layers of clear coat. These wheels should be treated just
like the paint on your vehicle. Wheel cleaners that tout “spray
on, hose off” are too harsh and detrimental to your wheel’s
protective coating and paint…not to mention the environment.
BBS and The Tire Rack have approved Griot’s Wheel Cleaner
for all their wheels. Griot’s suggest that after a thorough
cleaning, a coat of wax or paint sealant be applied to protect the
finish.
Excepted from Griot’s Garage Handbook, Issue 296
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Staying Safe in High-Tech Cars
Today’s vehicles are loaded with state-of-the-art safety devices.
But don’t let these mechanical marvels lure you into unsafe
driving habits. For example:
Antilock brakes may assist you in maintaining control of the
vehicle during emergency braking situations, but may not shorten
stopping distances. Always maintain a speed consistent with
road conditions.
Electronic stability control (ESC), offered under various trade
names, is designed to assist you in maintaining control of your
vehicle during extreme steering maneuvers, such as to avoid a
crash or because a curve’s severity has been misjudged, or on
slippery roads. When ESC senses the vehicle is losing control, it
automatically applies the brake to one or more of the wheels to
turn the vehicle to the appropriate direction. However, ESC
cannot keep a vehicle on the road if the vehicle’s speed is simply
too great for conditions.
—Based on an article in Goodneighbor Magazine, Sept. 2008, sourced
from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Arroyo Seco Reflections
My wife, Rebecca, said it. My instructor,
Greg, said it: you need seat time in your
car. They were right.
The first time I went to Arroyo Seco I
arrived with unjustified bravado. This is
an easy track, I thought. Even though I
was relegated to the beginner group I believed
no one would pass me. Maybe my
instructor would be so impressed he
would move me up to a higher group. But
my instructor thought no such thing.
“Why do you keep missing that
apex?” he asked. “You have to give up
speed on this turn,” he admonished. “The
wrong gear again?” he lamented.
Yes, by the end of the day I was severely
humbled and had been passed—
repeatedly.
But when I came back 18 months later
it was different and better. In the interim
I had been studying the driving tips
posted by Greg and Dave. I ordered Speed
Secrets and read it on the train to work. I
drove a few more autocross events. I tried
to practice on the street what I had been
told by my instructors. This time when I
went out I saw the lines, the braking
zones, the double apexes.
Anyone reading this knows the satisfaction
of handling a corner perfectly:
you can really feel the balance and harmony
between yourself and your car. It is
a unique and singular moment. Seat time
in my car had opened a completely new
sensory experience for me.
Rink, setting up for the day
by Kurt Mayer
SAR Member
That, however, did not explain the
“Max” factor. Max is our 18-year old son.
He has been driving around with us—as a
passenger—since he was an infant. His
“seat time” is limited. And really, it consists
only of driving his 1302 Super
Beetle—which always is a work in
progress—around town. After his first autocross
he said to me without any hint of
sarcasm or irony, “Dad, I beat you by 6
seconds and that is your car that you
drive all the time.” It did not end there;
several weeks later at another event the
gap grew larger even though my seat time
had increased.
And then I understood: I was having
a great time anyway. I was proud of our
boy, like I was proud of my wife at a more
recent event in California. They drove
well, they were smiling, and they were
excited. But all of this was made possible
by the wonderful people in PCA’s Southern
Arizona Region. They were the ones
who taught us what we know, they were
the ones who showed us how to enjoy
these events.
I did not start out in SAR. Greg was at
an event outside of Tucson and invited
those there to come to Arroyo Seco. I did
and when I did, I knew this was the club I
would like to belong to. Everyone is so
friendly, courteous, and helpful. Other
clubs I have visited do not share those
attributes. Some are composed of cliques
that do not mingle. Others have been
downright strange: a group of 986 Boxster
owners approached me at a DE outside
of SAR and announced they had been
looking at my car (a 987 Limited Edition
Boxster S) and decided they did not like it.
Then they walked away. At another event
a driver who claimed he had a great
amount of experience and knowledge
(although he was not instructor) demanded
that all drivers who had never driven
the track before meet with him. Instead of
explaining the best lines to take on this
track, we were severely admonished not
to ruin the track for the advanced drivers
with debris we might kick up from running
off the track. At that moment I was
very grateful I belonged to SAR.
Because at SAR we do get thorough
instruction on how best to approach a
particular track. We have instructors who
are compassionate, patient, and understanding.
Our members compliment each
other on a good drive. We go around the
paddock admiring each others’ cars and
are invited to look them over for as long
as we want. We smile as we watch Greg
and Dave duke it out. We stand in admiring
awe of the deep-throated rumble of a
Pantera’s Ford V-8 or the scream of a
GT3's engine on a straight. We share and
we laugh.
Mondays then, do not seem so bad.
The Arroyo Seco gang
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y Tom Sherman
SAR Membership Chair
Warm greetings are extended to three
new member households the past
month. Club membership now stands at
214, and the National PCA membership
in our geography was 253 as of September
30.
SAR welcomes the following new
members:
Colleen Concannon: Thank you, Ken
Hollett, for helping us meet Colleen at
the September and October meetings. A
Porsche Club members stopped at the historic Hubbell Trading Post
for shopping, on the way to Chinle
Some very serious cliffs
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new PCA member, she owns a 1993 Black
928 GTS. Colleen is an accountant, and
lists her club interests as Rallying/Touring
and Social activities.
Tom & Dianne Paulin: We also met
new PCA members Tom and Dianne at
the September and October meetings—
they found us via our web site. A 2004
Arctic Silver 996 Coupe resides in their
garage. Tom is a manager at Raytheon
and is interested in our Driver Educa-
tion, Rallying/ Touring and Social activities
Jim & Jane Prescott-Smith: Thank
you, Dearing Automotive, for introducing
Jim and Jane to our club. They are
new PCA members and recently acquired
their first Porsche, a 1999 Guards Red
Boxster. A retired banker, Jim has expressed
an interest in our Driver Education,
Rallying/Touring, Social and
Technical activities.
A Navajo guide points out cliff ruins to some of the Porsche Club
members. The Anasazi (Ancient People) who built the dwellings left
the area about 1300 AD, hundreds of years before the Navajo arrived
in Arizona—possibly due to prolonged drought.
A very serious difference in technology

I would like to give a few comments as the
trip leader for the marvelous drive SAR
did to Canyon de Chelly October 9-11.
Twelve pretty Porsches and one angular
Volvo wound their way through the steep
Salt River Canyon before stopping in
Show Low for lunch at the Branding Iron
Café. Then on to Ganado for a visit to the
historic Hubbell Trading Post where
members searched for bargains in Navajo
rugs and jewelry.
It was there that Rick Barrett wondered
why I was speeding along on bare
rear tires. Sure enough there were bare
spots from too much negative camber.
Canyon de ChelLy Report
by Hal Tretbar
SAR Past President
How could I have missed that on my pretrip
preparation?? I was able to continue
at a much reduced rate.
How could I then miss the correct
road just north of Ganado? I blame it on
the construction at the intersection
where there were no road signs. It didn’t
help when I asked Dorothy to check the
map. When she opened it, the map was
barely hanging together because all the
folds were torn and the section with
Chinle was missing. It was embarrassing
as a trip leader to stop and ask a local for
directions.
Once we got to the Thunderbird
Lodge everything was perfect. The weather
was perfect. The trip through the Canyon
by 1953 military GMC 6-wheel-drive
trucks was perfect. The party that evening
was perfect—probably because the bar
was set up on the tail of a GT3.
I want to thank Tom and Connie
Sherman and Dave and Barb Radmacher
who followed me to get safely to Holbrook.
Dorothy and I stayed overnight at
the historic and wonderful Wigwam Motel.
The next day was Monday and the Future
Tire Store was able to put new shoes
on our ‘baby,’ a 1987 Guards Red Carrera
Targa.
The photos on these two pages were taken by Ken Hollett, Hal Tretbar, and Rick Barrett. See our web site for more.
A dramatic shot of red‐rock cliffs and Anasazi ruins in Canyon de Chelly
The Gerkeys at Antelope House ruins
Ken, Liz, Gene, and Cindy can attest to Rick’s claim that the real
value in owning a GT3 is the ability to host a tailgate party
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Upcoming Events and Holidays
November 3 SAR Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (west)
November 7 Adopt-A-Roadway
November 8 Autocross at Pinal Air Park
November 11 Veteran’s Day
November 13-15 Phoenix Flight, Concours, and Autocross
November 26 Thanksgiving Day
December 1 SAR Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (east)
December 5 DE Firebird East
December 11-18 Hanukkah
December 19 SAR Holiday Party and General Meeting
December 21 First Day of Winter
December 25 Christmas Day
2010
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 5 SAR Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (west)
January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23 16th Annual Tubac Car Show
February 2 SAR Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (east)
February 14 Valentine’s Day
February 15 President’s Day
March 2 SAR Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (west)
March 17 St. Patrick’s Day
April 4 Easter
April 4 SAR Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (east)
April 17 2nd Annual DM50 Casual Car Show, Davis Monthan Air Force Base
THIRD TUESDAY SAR Board of Directors meeting; see web site for revolving locations.
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EXPLANATION
BLUE: SAR EVENT
Maroon: Arizona Region Event
Green: National Event
Brown: Other Event
Black: National Holiday

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Meet Ken Hollett, SAR Secretary
by Claudia Stone
Editor, Zuffenhausen News
What do the CIA and the World of Warcraft
have in common? Ken Hollett is
likely the best person to answer that
question. He worked at one during his
professional career and plays at the other
in his retirement.
Ken was born in Melrose, Massachusetts
but was moved without his permission
to southern California at the age of 6
years. “My father,” he explained, “wanted
to get as far away from his father as he
could get.”
It was a lucky move for Ken. The
family house in Pomona was near chicken
ranches and orange groves, according
to Ken, but more important, it was across
the San Bernardino freeway from the LA
Fairgrounds. That venue provided much
fun and diversion, as well as an introduction
to hot rods. He and a
friend would sneak into the
fairgrounds to watch the races.
“We always snuck into everything,”
he said. “We had no
money and we were too young—they’d
never have let us in.” At the same time,
Ken was reading hot rod magazines and
building hot rod models from kits.
Ken’s early hot rod craze was diverted
for a short time when he discovered
yoyos in the fifth grade and got into yoyo
contests. When Ken was in sixth grade
Duncan Yoyo sponsored a contest in
which he placed second in the Pomona
regional area. First place went to a kid
who managed a measly five loop-d-loops
more than Ken during the tie breaker.
The family moved to Oregon at the
end of Ken’s sixth grade: Mom, Dad, Ken,
and three younger sisters. His parents
bought the White Heart Motel in Shedd,
12 miles east of Corvallis (home of Oregon
State University), but a new highway
soon by-passed the motel and his parents
moved on to other occupations.
Ken’s car craze found fertile ground
in the Willamette Valley. During his high
school years he owned three cars and was
always involved in drag racing on the
back farm roads and rebuilding cars. He
and some like-minded buddies finally
built a car out of a Jeep that they could
take to a drag strip. They entered it in a
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modified street G class and managed to
place.
Ken was the mechanic on the team,
having the unlikely nickname of Pierre.
He laughed. “I was able to paint on the
side of the vehicle, ‘Tuned by Pierre.’”
His three high-school cars were a
1952 DeSoto, 1951 Mercury, and 1953
Chevy, which he bought and sold to trade
up. The summer after high school he
traded the Chevy for a 1948 Ford
Coupe—“Canary Yellow,” he said with
fondness—but sold it his first year in college
because he needed the money. The
’48 Ford was definitely his favorite.
“It had black-and-white, roll-andtuck
upholstery; reverse Buick rims; and
it was chopped.” Then he added gravely,
“It was a babe machine.”
“ It was a babe machine.”
Ken has excelled at most endeavors.
He graduated as an Honor Student from
Central Linn High School and 5 years later,
as a Distinguished Naval Graduate
from Oregon State University. At graduation
he accepted a regular commission in
the U.S. Navy and was sent to flight
school in Pensacola, Florida. A year later
he graduated first in his class (“Student of
the Week”).
He selected helicopters for his specialized
training while in flight school,
and upon graduation he was assigned to a
relatively new squadron at Imperial
Beach Naval Air Station. The family of
four (Mom, Dad, young son, and baby
daughter) drove a new Volvo station wagon
across country to take up residence in
San Diego.
Ken’s job in the Navy was flying
heavy-lift helicopters to do vertical replenishment
of ships at sea (VERTREP).
He had two tours of duty on Navy ships
assigned to the Viet Nam combat zone,
replenishing ships along the coast from
China to Thailand. He stayed with his
squadron until he resigned his commission
in July 1973, after which the family
moved to Hawaii.
Using the GI Bill Ken entered graduate
school at the University of Hawaii,
completing a Master’s degree in Geology
and Geophysics in 1977. He followed his
“Honey Girl” to Tucson that summer,
married her, bought a 356B Porsche
(metallic silver with SOWBUG license),
and began a 26-year career with the U.S.
Geological Survey that ended when he
retired in 2003, in Tucson, where it all
began. In-between stops in his career included
postings in Sacramento, California
and USGS Headquarters in Reston,
Virginia.
…AND a 3-year stint with the CIA at
Langley, Virginia, on loan from the
USGS. At the CIA, according to Ken, he
addressed global water problems that influence
national security and national
policy. If he were to tell you
anything more, he’d have to …
He grins.
Shortly after returning to
Tucson in 2002, he and his
wife, Claudia, bought a 2001 Boxster and
rejoined the Porsche Club. (Ken was on
the SAR Board in 1979 and served as Vice
President in 1980.) His interests include
restoration, judging, social events, and
Concours events. He volunteered to be
Secretary of the club several years ago “to
make a contribution,” but has resigned
effective the end of the year to act as gofer
for the new ZN Editor :-)
Ken’s favorite car is the Boxster. He
likes the looks, handling, and soft top,
and would consider a newer model if it
has a distinctive color. His present Boxster
is Rainforest Green!
In his spare time, Ken volunteers 2
days a week at Pima Air and Space Museum,
takes guitar lessons, and is the C.O.
of the local Association of Naval Aviators.
The World of Warcraft? It’s an interactive
computer game Ken learned in order
to please friends. Now he’s hooked,
and you can often find him skulking
around the on-line World looking for
loot and killing monsters.
A bit like the CIA, eh?

Pinal Air Park Autocross—November 8, 2009
Autocross questions? We've got answers—
FUN FOR ALL, COOL WEATHER, SHORT DRIVE TO THE TRACK.
SIGNUP, TECHNICAL INSPECTION, DRIVERS MEETING, PRACTICE SESSIONS.
TIME.
DRIVER TRAINING, LOTS OF TRACK TIME, LISTEN AND LEARN, DRIVE AND LEARN, CAMARADERIE, WORK TIME, PLAY
BRING A HAT, LUNCH, AND WATER.
HANG ON AND HAVE SOME FUN, TAKE HOME A BIG SMILE.
NOW, GO TO OUR WEB SITE AND GET STARTED!
• I'm not sure I want to drive my car on the track. Can I come to the track and watch the action?
Yes. You should arrive early and participate in the drivers meeting and the safety talk. Then, volunteer to work so you
can watch from trackside.
• Is it possible for me to get a ride around the track in a race-prepared Porsche?
Yes. You want to go to the web site and read about our "Taste of the Track" program. Show up early and report to
registration.
• My car will not be ready for this event. Is it possible for me to come out and assist in some way?
Yes again. There are plenty of chores that you can do and that would be a great help. The drivers and the organizers will
thank you.
• Both my wife and I would like to drive. Is there enough time for this?
Absolutely. We have multiple run groups so sharing a car is easy and often done. Register early to help get this organized.
Porsche Puzzlers—Quiz Answers: 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. b 7. d 8. d 9. a 10. c
3rd Annual Cops and Rodders Show!
It’s late...but SAR member Ryan Volin, owner of Graphic Impact, is working with the Tucson Police Foundation on the annual Cops
and Rodders event this year. Ryan spoke with the Police Foundation about getting a Porsche class in the show. He reports they are
all for it as long as we register 10+ cars. They asked that when we register initially we use Class 4-E (Other Foreigns). When we hit
10 cars they will put us in our own class. See their web site (www.copsandrodderstucson.org) for on-line registration and other
information pertinent to the event.
Date: October 31, 2009
On-line registration deadline: October 29, 2009
Drive up registration (8:00 – 10:00) October 31, 2009
Location: Hi Corbett Field, Reid Park, Tucson, Arizona
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I’ve learned a thing or two over the years...
Trust isn’t something you can market or sell. It is an unspoken
quality you earn through actions and staying true to your word.
If you treat every customer’s car like it was your own, they will
appreciate the care and attention you’ve given.
For 22 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to earning our customer’s
trust. They know they can count on us for quality service and
repair, reasonable prices, and sometimes— just good advice.
Robert Dearing
De a r in g Au t o m o t iv e
Specializing in the service and repair of Mercedes-Benz,
BMW, Porsche and of course Ferrari automobiles.
330 E. Fort Lowell Rd. 520.798.1222
Open Monday-Friday 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
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Adopt-A-Roadway
by Jan Ramaker
Adopt-A-Roadway Chair
A new Krispy Kreme donut shop has opened on North Oracle just in time for November’s outing.
Rather than having coffee and donuts in the parking lot on Orange Grove as we have for the past few years, we’ll gather at 7:00
at the donut shop, which is located at 7805 N. Oracle. Krispy Kreme is just south of Magee on the west side of Oracle, about 1.7
miles north of our normal Orange Grove meeting place. After enjoying the club-supplied donuts and coffee we’ll head down to
Orange Grove for our usual clean up. If you want to pass on the donuts you can meet the group at our usual meeting place in the
parking lot on the southeast corner of Oracle and Orange Grove. We will head out from there at about 7:30. Long pants, gloves and
sturdy shoes are suggested. We should be done in less than two hours.
You can sign up now on the club’s web site (pcasar.com) or you can sign up at the November membership meeting.
NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: November 7 at 7:00 am
ADDED EVENT
The recent survey proved the membership’s interest in community service and willingness to help with buffelgrass removal. In
order to begin the implementation of this project Rink and Jan will be hosting a short hands-on demonstration of buffelgrass
removal after we’ve completed the trash pick up.
There’s plenty of the stuff along our stretch of Orange Grove so we won’t have to go anywhere else. Participation in the road
clean up does not obligate you to dig buffelgrass nor does digging buffelgrass obligate you to pick up trash . Come for both or come
for one. The buffelgrass demonstration should be underway by about 9:15/9:30 and will last less than an hour. We’ll start out from
the parking lot as above. Everyone will have a chance to get their hands dirty. Everything needed for digging buffelgrass will be
supplied.
I hope you’ll want to join other club members in this our regular Adopt-A-Roadway community service project and that you’ll
also want to see what’s involved as we expand our activities to include the elimination of buffelgrass.
Direct any questions to the Adopt-A-Roadway chair Jan Ramaker (adopt@pcasar.com)
16th Annual Tubac Car Show
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Tubac Country Club on Driving Range Grass
For the “um-teenth” year, our club will caravan south to the
Tubac Car Show — one of the very best shows in Southern Arizona,
and the number one show for Porsche participation.
After years of flirting with the 30 Porsches displayed target,
in 2008 we finally hit the 40 P-Car mark.
Last January we slipped back to 33 cars,
but were announced as the largest class in the show.
This January, we want to make a serious run at 50!
Additional information on the show and
links to download the Event Flyer and Registration Form
are available on the Home Page of our web site: http://pcasar.com/.
As in past years, we will meet Saturday morning at McDonalds
(I-19 and Irvington), and caravan south to Tubac. Additional details
will be emailed to the club distribution list.
If you plan to attend or have questions, please contact Tom Sherman at: membership@pcasar.com
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SAR-PCA
Holiday Party
The Historic Manning House
December 19, 2009
Cocktails 6:00 PM
Dinner 7:00 PM
Sign up information and additional
details will be available on our web site.

Provided by Barb Crowley
SAR Cinco de Mayo Chair and Lifetime Member
1. Brake fluid is given a DOT number indicating dry and
wet boiling points. A lower number indicates a higher
boiling point.
a. True
b. False
2. Porsche sometimes has to outsource to other body builders
in order to meet production needs. The latest outsourcing
has been for additional Boxster production by
the Valmet company in __________.
a. Slovakia
b. Liepzig
c. Sweden
d. Finland
3. Generally speaking, wider tires require suspension geometry
that __________.
a. reduces camber change
b. increases camber change
c. allows room for the wider tires
d. allows for faster tire changes
4. In about what year were the 914 and 911 Fuchs wheels
changed to the hub centric style of mounting?
a. 1970
b. 1973
c. 1975
d. 1979
5. The engine used in the 924 was also used in __________.
a. the 1977 Audi 100
b. the VW LT van
c. American Motors Gremlin, Concord,
and Spirit
d. all of the above
6. The Carrera GT, which was first shown in 2000, was
Porsche’s answer to the various high-end sports cars being
made by Aston Martin, Mercedes Benz, and even
Volkswagen. The engine to be used in this car was
___________.
a. a turbo flat six
b. a normally aspirated V-10
c. the VW derived W-12
d. the Chevrolet designed, Lotus assem-
bled V-8
7. Which of the following is NOT correct for the Cayenne?
a. The ride height will automatically vary
with road speed.
b. Anti-roll bars can be electrically disconnected.
c. You can inflate your soccer ball from a
built-in compressed air hose.
d. The hood is of all aluminum construction
for weight savings.
8. In the 1951-52 time frame, Porsche built a short-run series
of cars that were aluminum bodied (all but one) and were
primarily meant as amateur race cars for the American
market. These came to be known as ___________.
a. Speedsters
b. Spyders
c. Sauter roadsters
d. American Roadsters
9. Weissach is Porsche’s own design and development center.
It does a lot of work for outside customers such as
Airbus, Linde forklifts, and the Soviet Lada. An American
project by Weissach was for _____________.
a. Harley Davidson Motorcycles
b. John Deere Tractors
c. Continental Aircraft Engines
d. General Electric air-cooled portable
electric generators
10. A tire size of 205 x 60 means ___________.
a. the side wall is 60 mm tall
b. the circumference is 60% less than the
diameter
c. the sidewall height is 60% of the width
d. the maximum inflation pressure is 60
psi
Answers are on page 15
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Kurt Cramer, Lifetime Member
Kurt was hooked on cars after attending a sports
car race in Wilcox. He and wife, Audrey, bought
their first Porsche in the spring of 1969, a 356A
convertible D and joined SCCA and PCA that fall.
Kurt has raced wheel to wheel in go‐karts, mini
stocks, a VW rail, and a Formula Vee. As SAR Histo‐
rian and regular contributor to the ZN, Kurt pro‐
vides a book review this month, on page 6. He
announced this contribution by stating he read a
book this month, not a motor manual.
Barb Crowley, Lifetime Member
Barb is a regular contributor to the ZN. She and
husband, Dennis, have been active members of
SAR for 32 years. They have owned many Porsches,
their current passion being a cream colored 1953
356 pre‐A coupe. They participate in numerous
SAR, zone, and regional events, and also are very
active in the 356 Registry, the 356 Club, and the
Arizona 356 Outlaws. This month Barb has round‐
ed up some Tech Tips and put together Porsche
Puzzlers to test your more arcane knowledge of all
things Porsche. See Barb’s lead‐in article, Let’s Get
Quizzical, on page 7.
Kurt Mayer
Kurt, as a relatively new SAR member, was pressed
by Rink into writing the insightful article on Arroyo
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Seco on page 9. He says of himself, “I have lived in
the southwest since 1992. My passions are my
wife, my son, cars, and coffee.” (Presumably listed
in the order of importance!) I am hoping for more
articles by Kurt. The one in this month’s ZN was
nearly flawless when it arrived on my desk, which
is a very good thing!
Barb Radmacher
Barb has been an SAR spouse since 1981. She and
husband, Dave, participate in numerous local SAR
events—making a particularly large contribution to
the club by co‐chairing with Greg Robertson the
DE/Autocross events. Barb is track savvy and in‐
sists she will be back driving at the next event. She
has taken charge of the SAR Display Case at
Porsche of Tucson, the focus of her article on page
7. Stop by the dealership for a look at the display
case, and keep your eyes peeled for more contri‐
butions from Barb.
Jan Ramaker
2004 Boxster S – $31,995
• Arctic Silver Metallic Paint with Black Top
• Graphite Grey Standard Leather Interior with Black Floor Mats
• Bose (Digital) Sound System with Windstop Package
• Xenon Headlamp Package
• 18”Light Alloy Carrera Wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 225/40/ZR18
front and 265/35/ZR18 rear
• CD Shelf Center Console
• Original Owner and Always Garaged
• Took Delivery at Zuffenhausen
• Original, Complete Set of Owner’s Manuals
Jan owns a blue 1964 356C Coupe and has been a
member of SAR since 2002. He served on the Board
in 2008, and has been Chair of the Adopt‐A‐Road‐
way Program since 2005. Recently Jan has added
the Buffelgrass Removal Program to his list of SAR
contributions. His invitation to participate in these
important club activities is on page 17.
1982 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) “Tuner”, and then some…
Evex body package, new “exquisite” light blue metallic paint, interior by High Speed Customs
450 HP – 46,000 Original Miles
After Market Modifications
Original weight: 3300 lbs. Current weight: 2867 lbs.
K27 Turbo Charger, with adjustable boost; replaced stock K26 Turbo; larger intercooler replaced stock;
short shift kit; Bilstein shock absorbers; 22mm rear stabilizer; Ferrari ties and trunk cross‐strut; front
bumper with twin headlamp system; front right/left flared fenders with integrated direction indicator
lamps. side sills; flared wheel arches rear; right and left rear bumper; and Whale tail with spoiler rubber.
Tires/Wheels
Front: 225/40Z18; Rear: 26535ZR18
Both are Pirelli P Zero Rosso on 18x10.5‐130 SSR GT3 polished lip alloy wheels with colored Porsche center caps
Ron Sable
Ron has been a member of PCA for more than 25
years and a member of SAR for nearly 5. His per‐
sonal credentials are truly impressive! Club wise,
Ron leads the DM50 annual car show, which the
club sponsors; participates in car‐show judging;
and has participated in the SAR street cleanup
effort for a number of years. His list of “rides” is
long, having owned a series of cars from 914 to 944
to Boxster. Says Ron, “We now have a 1997 Box‐
ster and a 1988 930 Turbo.” Ron’s tribute to John
Obermeyer on page 3 is both sensitive and charm‐
ing. We hope he adds writing for the ZN to his list
of “club wise” activities.
Hal Tretbar
Featured in Excellence, The Magazine About Porsche, September 2008, and Hemmings Sports & Exotic Cars, March 2009
Hal writes on page 11 about the road trip he led to
Canyon de Chelly last month, including his bald‐tire
saga. He owns a Guards Red 1987 911 Carrera
Targa, and has been a PCA member since 2003. In
that time Hal had served on the Board for 1 year
and been President for 2. He and Dorothy plan and
lead numerous weekend road trips, one benefit of
which is Hal’s professional‐quality photos gracing
our web site and the pages of the ZN.
• Binder with all Original Purchase Documents, Tourist Delivery Documents and
Maintenance Records
• European License Plates
• Porsche First Aid Kit
• 47,450 Miles
• Ordered and Purchased through Beaudry Porsche, now Porsche of Tucson
• All Maintenance Performed by Beaudry/Porsche of Tucson
• Pristine Condition
Contact Scott Slatkovski (520 271‐7320 or Slatkovski@gmail.com) for more information.
For one of a kind, this is it! One of 5 originally shipped to the U.S.; thought to be the only one left in the U.S. This car is very tractable, handling urban traffic without a
fuss but easily pulling 1.3 bar of boost. Asking $79,500. Serious inquiries only. Contact Carl Curtis at 520‐404‐2887 or Jill Davis‐Curtis at goldtwh@cox.net for details.

Zuffenhausen News
Southern Arizona Region—PCA
Claudia Stone, Editor
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