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PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA<br />

SOUTHERN ARIZONA REGION<br />

MAY <strong>2010</strong><br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Porsches Lined Up at the Wilhelm Winery, Parker Canyon Lake Trip, March 27, <strong>2010</strong><br />

INSIDE<br />

A Picnic at Parker Canyon Lake<br />

How the Heck Did I Get Here<br />

The Mindset of a Road Racer<br />

Report from the Bush: Adopt-a-Roadway, April 10, <strong>2010</strong><br />

Racing at Willcox ...’50s Style<br />

Meet Jeff Gamble, Outlaw and 356 Technical Advisor<br />

Bubba


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MAY <strong>2010</strong><br />

CONTENTS<br />

Features<br />

3 <strong>SAR</strong> Submits Two Entries for <strong>PCA</strong> National<br />

Awards<br />

4 A Picnic at Parker Canyon Lake<br />

6 How the Heck Did I Get Here?<br />

8 The Mindset of a Road Racer<br />

13 Report from the Bush: Adopt-a-Roadway,<br />

April 10, <strong>2010</strong><br />

14 Racing at Willcox ...‘50s Style<br />

16 Meet Jeff Gamble, Outlaw and <strong>SAR</strong> 356<br />

Technical Advisor<br />

17 Bubba<br />

Columns<br />

3 President Platz<br />

18 Willkommen<br />

Departments<br />

2 Elected Officers, Board Members, and<br />

Committee Chairs<br />

10 Up Coming Events and Holidays<br />

20 Market Platz<br />

20 New Contributor—Mark Fuller<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Event Notices<br />

18 Buffelgrass Removal Program–<strong>May</strong> 15,<br />

<strong>2010</strong><br />

19 Cinco de <strong>May</strong>o Event Flyer and Schedule<br />

Advertisers<br />

Dearing Automotive<br />

Dentbusters<br />

European Auto Tech<br />

Porsche of Tucson<br />

Radmacher Porsche Service<br />

State Farm Insurance<br />

Underhill Financial<br />

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Porsche Club of America—Southern Arizona Region<br />

ELECTED OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS AT LARGE<br />

PRESIDENT<br />

Jim Kendler<br />

president@pcasar.com<br />

VICE PRESIDENT<br />

David Long<br />

vicepresident@pcasar.com<br />

SECRETARY<br />

Kevin Purdy<br />

secretary@pcasar.com<br />

TREASURER<br />

Richard Channel<br />

treasurer@pcasar.com<br />

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS<br />

Driver Education/Autocross<br />

Dave Radmacher and Greg<br />

Robertson<br />

autocross@pcasar.com<br />

Membership<br />

Tom Sherman<br />

membership@pcasar.com<br />

Social<br />

Karen Hannon<br />

social@pcasar.com<br />

SPECIAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS<br />

Adopt-a-Roadway Jan Ramaker<br />

By-Laws Tom Sherman<br />

Charity Carol Cloutier<br />

Cinco de <strong>May</strong>o Dave Long & Kathleen Kendler<br />

Rally Vacant<br />

Technical Vacant<br />

Tours Jim Kendler<br />

MEMBER AT LARGE - 1<br />

Lee Cuevas<br />

boardmember1@pcasar.com<br />

MEMBER AT LARGE - 2<br />

Linda Shank<br />

boardmember2@pcasar.com<br />

MEMBER AT LARGE - 3<br />

Randy Hannon<br />

boardmember3@pcasar.com<br />

PAST PRESIDENT<br />

Hal Tretbar<br />

pastpresident@pcasar.com<br />

Newsletter<br />

Claudia Stone, Editor<br />

newsletter@pcasar.com<br />

Safety<br />

Greg Robertson<br />

safety@pcasar.com<br />

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> website<br />

Jill Davis-Curtis, Webmistress<br />

webmaster@pcasar.com<br />

356 Technical Advisor Jeff Gamble<br />

Advertising Manager Lee Cuevas<br />

Concours Judging Liaison Ken Hollett<br />

Dealer Liaison Tom Sherman<br />

Historian Kurt Cramer<br />

Insurance Liaison Peter Beahan<br />

Southeast Area Liaison Gary Ottaviano<br />

Zuffenhausen News is the official publication of the Southern Arizona Region, Porsche Club of America. Any statement appearing in the Zuffenhausen News<br />

is that of the author and does not constitute an opinion of the Porsche Club of America, the Southern Arizona Region, Inc., its Board of Directors, the<br />

Zuffenhausen News editor or contributors. The editor reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. Permission is given to the chartered<br />

region of <strong>PCA</strong> to reprint articles in their newsletter if credit is given to the author and Zuffenhausen News. Mail to the ZN editor or other members of the<br />

Board should be sent to Zuffenhausen News, <strong>PCA</strong>–Southern Arizona Region, P.O. Box 1743, Sahuarita, AZ 85629. Please indicate the name of the recipient,<br />

e.g., Claudia Stone, Editor.<br />

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I<br />

want to start my article this month by<br />

saying “thank you” to Gary Ottaviano<br />

and Hal Tretbar for leading a fantastic<br />

day tour to Parker Canyon Lake last<br />

month. For all of you who attended, please<br />

pass on your gratitude to Gary and Hal for<br />

a wonderful Porsche day. For all of you<br />

who missed it or have never visited the<br />

lake, I recommend you take your favorite<br />

motor vehicle and check out the canyon<br />

on your own. It is truly a unique scenic<br />

location in southern Arizona.<br />

Now, I want to let you know about<br />

our first overnight tour for <strong>2010</strong>. The<br />

Porsches-2-Prescott tour will depart Tucson<br />

on Friday, <strong>May</strong> 21, for 3 days of Porsche<br />

fun in the Prescott area. With temperatures<br />

in the low 80s, you’ll enjoy a great<br />

back-roads drive over some of the best<br />

twisty roads in the state on your way to<br />

Prescott!<br />

Departure will be at 8:30 am. Plan to<br />

meet at 8:15 am at the IHOP, 8445 N Cerius<br />

Stravenue, Tucson, which is located at<br />

the corner of Cortaro Farms Road and N.<br />

Cerius—or come earlier and join us for<br />

breakfast.<br />

We will arrive in Prescott Friday after-<br />

by Rink Reinking<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Publicity and Communications<br />

noon for a late check-in at the Prescott<br />

Resort and Conference Center. Friday<br />

night you have a choice of dinner at the<br />

hotel on your own or joining the group for<br />

dinner at one of the restaurants on Whiskey<br />

Row. On Saturday we will participate<br />

in an informal <strong>PCA</strong>-AZ Region Porsche car<br />

show on the famous Courthouse Plaza.<br />

Vote for the People’s Choice Trophy! You<br />

can visit or hang out on the plaza. Afterwards,<br />

we’ll take a little drive on one of<br />

Prescott’s great Porsche roads! <strong>PCA</strong>-AZ<br />

will also have some other activities<br />

planned for those of you who may have<br />

had enough driving for the day. For dinner<br />

on Saturday you’ll enjoy a catered meal at<br />

Prescott Vintage Motors, one of the finest<br />

private car collections around. The collection<br />

includes: Mario Andretti’s Indy car, a<br />

Formula 1 Ferrari, a 1973 Porsche Carrera<br />

RS, a Porsche Speedster, and a 1931 Packard!<br />

The evening is open for your choice of<br />

activities, from enjoying the great music<br />

scene to visiting casinos or hanging out<br />

with friends on Whiskey Row.<br />

Sunday morning, you will have a<br />

number of choices for breakfast on your<br />

own. At 10 am we will head over a great<br />

A<br />

small band of <strong>SAR</strong> members recently spent some time<br />

preparing an entry for The Ferry Porsche <strong>PCA</strong> Region of<br />

the Year Award for the year 2009. A second document<br />

provided a 2009 Public Service Award submission. That was a<br />

very good year for us. We worked hard, played hard and we had a<br />

lot of fun. Our entries documented our activities, growth, public<br />

service, newsletter and website effectiveness. In addition, we<br />

presented data on our participation in events outside our region,<br />

charity contributions, and awards. In every category, the group<br />

felt that we had something to offer and a chance at competing<br />

with regions from across the country. We are unlikely to hear<br />

about this until the results are announced at the July <strong>2010</strong> Parade<br />

in St. Charles. Stay tuned for the results of this competition.<br />

You may recall that our region has won other <strong>PCA</strong> National<br />

awards in the past. We placed 3rd in the 2008 Public Service<br />

by Jim Kendler<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> President<br />

Porsche road to Bagdad for lunch at the<br />

Circle Bar & Steakhouse before heading<br />

home to Tucson.<br />

The cost for the Saturday Courthouse<br />

Plaza parking and car show, dinner Saturday<br />

night (BYOB), and Sunday lunch is<br />

only $45 per person. Please make checks<br />

out to AZ <strong>PCA</strong> (make a note “P2P”) and<br />

mail your check to Bob Frith, 2680<br />

Tolemac Way, Prescott, AZ 86305; or you<br />

can pay by Paypal on the <strong>PCA</strong>-AZ region<br />

website: http://az.pca.org/. Also, please<br />

sign-up at the <strong>PCA</strong>-<strong>SAR</strong> website:<br />

http://pcasar.com/.<br />

Hotel rooms at the Prescott Resort<br />

and Conference Center are being offered<br />

at the group single/double rate of only<br />

$79.00 per night, plus tax. An additional<br />

fee of $10.00 per person, for up to two<br />

persons per room, plus tax will apply. For<br />

reservations please call 800-967-4637 and<br />

request the Porsche Club room block for<br />

<strong>May</strong> 22, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

If you have any questions about the<br />

tour, feel free to contact me by email at<br />

president@pcasar.com or telephone 520-<br />

465-4398. I hope to see you and your<br />

Porsche at our next event.<br />

award. Our website (2006–Wendy Walker, 2008–Jill Curtis-Davis)<br />

and our newsletter (2003–Larry Dennis, 2004–Larry Dennis/<br />

Leslie Kepner) garnered awards for <strong>SAR</strong>. We have also participated<br />

and succeeded in the membership competition (2006–1st<br />

Zone 8, 5th Nationally, 2008–1st Zone 8 & 7th Nationally). Surely<br />

I've missed a few here. We're not sure if history will repeat for the<br />

2009 submissions, but the group was willing to put in the effort<br />

and wait to see what the judges think.<br />

Thanks to Claudia Stone and Jim and Kathleen Kendler for<br />

editing and formatting suggestions, and to historian Kurt Cramer<br />

for digging out the old award announcements for this note.<br />

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SATURDAY, MARCH 27 was a nice day for<br />

a drive through the rolling hills of southern<br />

Arizona and a picnic at Parker Canyon<br />

Lake. Fifteen Porsches from the<br />

Southern Arizona Region of the Porsche<br />

Club of America left Tucson and took a<br />

pit stop at Sonoita. Then it was on south,<br />

enjoying the empty, twisty roads to the<br />

lake. We met the five-car <strong>SAR</strong> contingent<br />

from Sierra Vista just as we pulled up to<br />

the Parker Canyon Lake store.<br />

With artful directions and maneuvering,<br />

the 20 Porsches were<br />

arrayed for display in a large<br />

semicircle around the store.<br />

The picnic was held on the<br />

somewhat windy deck of the<br />

store with the lake glittering<br />

nearby.<br />

The group returned<br />

home by way of two outstanding<br />

wineries located in<br />

the terra rosa region of Elgin.<br />

The terra rosa (red<br />

earth) soil is similar to some<br />

of the finest wine growing<br />

by Hal Tretbar<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Past President and Trip Leader<br />

regions of France. The first stop for tasting<br />

was at Keith-Joshua Vineyards, which<br />

is housed in an elegant villa. The five<br />

wines presented were excellent.<br />

The second stop, to appreciate the<br />

fruits of the vine, was at the Wilhelm<br />

Family Winery. Its sparkling new building<br />

houses pressing and fermenting equipment<br />

along with a tasting room. We had<br />

the pleasure of tasting in privacy beside<br />

the fermentation vats. Again, the fine<br />

wines reflected the growing reputation of<br />

the Elgin’s world class vineyards.<br />

On the way home, Dorothy and I<br />

stopped at the Border Control check<br />

point north of Sonoita. As we slowed to a<br />

stop in our Red ’87 911 Carrera Targa, the<br />

burly, sour-faced patrolman gave us the<br />

once-over. He stuck his head in the window<br />

and without changing his expression<br />

said, “Nice rims” and waved us on.<br />

I want to thank Gary and Patti Ottaviano<br />

from Sierra Vista for helping coordinate<br />

this marvelous outing<br />

Group shot of the Parker<br />

Canyon Lake gang.<br />

–photo by Jim Kendler<br />

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Dana Binford from Sierra Vista shows<br />

how her splash technique worked on<br />

Tom Sherman.<br />

Twenty of Zuffenhausen’s finest, from Tucson and Sierra Vista, circle the store at Parker Canyon Lake.<br />

Patti Ottaviano, Jeff and Annie Wolk,<br />

Ron and Shirley Faulkner and Gary Ot‐<br />

taviano, all from Sierra Vista, at the<br />

Keith‐Joshua tasting room.<br />

Someone should tell Phil Sloss<br />

from Sierra Vista that you should<br />

sniff the wine in the glass not the<br />

barrel.<br />

Phil and Jeff join Connie Sherman and<br />

Larry Dennis to enjoy tasting inside<br />

the Wilhelm vat room<br />

Nancy and Bruce Lanhan with<br />

their Boxster beside the lake.<br />

–photos by Hal Tretbar (except as noted)<br />

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ningcounterclockwise through Turn 14<br />

at Arroyo Seco.<br />

She is now fast<br />

smooth, and moving<br />

along through<br />

our program.<br />

There were struggles<br />

along the<br />

way but, those<br />

were long ago<br />

ironed out. Now<br />

it's just plain fun.<br />

And now she has<br />

a newer and even<br />

faster car! Check<br />

out that smile<br />

next time you see<br />

her get out of her<br />

-Rink Reinking<br />

by Elizabeth Robertson, <strong>SAR</strong> Member and 2009 DE Honoree<br />

Deserving Driver Events Honorees—Part 4 of 4<br />

Ed. Note: The following feature is Part 4 of a 4-part series, each article being a personal account by a Driving Events<br />

honoree. In alphabetical order, Elizabeth Robertson has prepared the final feature in the series.<br />

Breathe, Elizabeth. Breathe.<br />

Gloves? Check. Helmet? Check. Strap tight? Check. Seat belt?<br />

C-G Lock? Check, check. Sport Plus? Oops, OK, check. Am I<br />

actually doing this? Can I really do this? OMG, WHAT IF I<br />

CAN'T DO THIS?! I get the green flag, and ease the 997 out<br />

onto Laguna Seca's Turn 5, hands sweating, heart pounding.<br />

Breathe, I tell myself again. Just breathe. How did I ever get<br />

here?<br />

January 1998, I headed to Porsche of Tucson to check on the<br />

progress of my Boxster on order. The salesman gave me an update,<br />

then suggested I drive a red 993 Cabriolet, the last air<br />

cooled 911 for sale in the Southwest. Not really what I wanted,<br />

but I reluctantly agreed. I killed it before we left the lot. Fighting<br />

the urge to quit (after all, I just KNOW that if I can't do<br />

something the FIRST time I try, I'll NEVER get it, right?), I<br />

restart the Cabriolet and pull onto the road. It was love the first<br />

time I hit the accelerator. I had to have that car.<br />

Accelerating up the hill, I find my reference point for turn-in.<br />

Brake, trail into turn-in, rotate, accelerate. There's the dip at<br />

my apex for Turn 6. I'm on the throttle, climbing towards<br />

track-out on the right. I can't see it, but I know what comes<br />

next.<br />

After bringing the 993<br />

home, I almost had a close<br />

encounter with a signpost<br />

on Picture Rocks Pass.<br />

Oversteer, of course. Don't<br />

lift in a turn. Greg bought<br />

me a Bondurant 3-day<br />

course (cheaper than a life<br />

insurance policy?), and<br />

fighting my fears and selfdoubts,<br />

I went. I made<br />

him go, too. Chris Seidentop<br />

was a patient instructor<br />

as I tortured him in<br />

the skidder car and spun a<br />

180 in front of Greg on the<br />

Maricopa Oval, laughing<br />

heartily the entire time. I<br />

was hooked.<br />

Bring the car to the left<br />

to set up for Turn 7, apex<br />

on the right, then immediately<br />

dive into the<br />

Corkscrew. Clip the apex<br />

of 8 on the left, then the<br />

blindfaith right turn to<br />

8a. Which tree? Oh,<br />

that's it, on the right.<br />

WHERE'S THE TRACK?<br />

OMG, OMG, OMG! There<br />

it is, right where it<br />

should be. Whoa! 5 sto-<br />

Continued on next page—<br />

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ies down from 8 to exit of<br />

8b, 10 stories down to<br />

Turn 9. Wheee! YES!<br />

Aside from several trips<br />

back to Bondurant for<br />

alumni events, I didn't do<br />

much tracking until 2006<br />

when one of you left a <strong>PCA</strong>-<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> card on Greg's new<br />

Cayman (thank you, whoever<br />

you are), and we came<br />

to Dave Radmacher's Pinal<br />

chalk talk, and caught the<br />

bug again. Thanks to<br />

<strong>SAR</strong>'s fantastic instructors,<br />

including Walt Harrington,<br />

Wendy Walker, Brian Willis,<br />

Rink Reinking, and of<br />

course, Dave Radmacher, I<br />

have steadily gained the<br />

competence and confidence<br />

to not only control my car<br />

on the track, but to even<br />

venture to new tracks.<br />

Which brings me to...<br />

Turn 9 is a high-speed left<br />

hand sweeper, with banking<br />

in just the inner edge.<br />

Hit it just right and all<br />

that speed I've picked up<br />

down the hill will load my<br />

suspension and increase<br />

my grip. Whoom. Nailed<br />

it! Rotate for Turn 10 on the right, track out on the left and bring<br />

it back to the right side for Turn 11. The slowest turn on the<br />

track, 11 is a sharp left leading onto the main straight.<br />

As much as I loved my Cabriolet, I fell for a new love in July 2009.<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> hosted an event at Porsche to introduce the new PDK transmission.<br />

When Greg suggested I drive the Carrera S PDK, I was<br />

hooked. Face it, I'm a rear engine girl. I gotta swing my rear end! It<br />

had that familiar feel, with handling to match Greg's Cayman, but<br />

oh, the POWER! Mwaa ha ha! And great gadgets inside, too. I had<br />

to have it.<br />

The front straight is a long uphill to a blind apex on the left for<br />

Turn 1, with a breathtaking view and drop to the Andretti Hairpin.<br />

The hardest part of driving Laguna was keeping the accelerator<br />

to the floor up and over the hill. Move to the right, threshold<br />

brake, and trail the brakes into the hairpin, then back on the<br />

throttle to control the rotation and settle the rear end. Track out<br />

on the right, but don't go off. That wall is closer than you think.<br />

Greg and our Vegas friend, Brad, had already made plans to catch<br />

the end of the Monterey Historics and drive the MBR/CDS DE at<br />

Laguna Seca. Now I had a new toy and was just ACHING to play<br />

with it. I registered just in time to tag along with the boys. Now, to<br />

get accustomed to the 997. A quick trip to Spring Mountain in early<br />

August gave us an empty track for the three of us to play. Lapping<br />

the 2.7 mile configuration gave me the familiarity and confidence I<br />

needed to go to....<br />

Turns 3 and 4 are straightforward right-handers inside the spectator's<br />

area, not too tricky, but this is one of the passing zones, so<br />

attention is warranted. Move to the right, look for my reference<br />

point, and try to carry as much momentum around Turn 5 to the<br />

left as I can, once again climbing the hill past the sound check<br />

booth. I CAN DO THIS!<br />

And so can you... Participate in <strong>SAR</strong>'s Driver's Education Program.<br />

Special thanks to LVR's Brad Zucroff and GGR's Larry Sharp for<br />

coaching me at Laguna Seca.<br />

Call for Cinco Volunteers!<br />

It’s Never Too Late<br />

e-mail the co-chairs<br />

Dave and Kathleen at cinco@pcasar.com<br />

...or just show up on <strong>May</strong> 1 and jump right in...<br />

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AS A FELLOW CAR ENTHUSIAST, have<br />

you ever wondered what the mindset<br />

would be of a seasoned road racer invited<br />

to one of your events?<br />

THE INTRODUCTION<br />

In case I didn’t get a chance to meet<br />

you, I’m Darrell J. Covert, and I am a seasoned<br />

road racer involved with events held<br />

by both the Sports Car Club of America<br />

(SCCA) and the National Auto Sport Association<br />

(NASA). I come from an autocross<br />

background and have competed on a national<br />

level in both National Tour and Pro-<br />

Solo SCCA events, from Washington state<br />

to Kansas. I’m now an instructor for NASA,<br />

having taken many SCCA Evolution Driving<br />

School classes. Nothing gets you better<br />

prepared to learn car handling than consistently<br />

autocrossing, month after month.<br />

I’ve had my successes, having been the<br />

2008 NASA-AZ Time Trials Super Class<br />

champion and finalist at SCCA ProSolos in<br />

the Superstock class. Enough said here.<br />

THE GIG<br />

I was invited by a good friend who is a<br />

Porsche Club member to attend your event<br />

in March at Pinal Air Park. His enthusiasm<br />

for this track and the Southern Arizona<br />

Region club was overwhelming, and having<br />

missed the track in past SCCA events, I<br />

thought this should be fun. So let’s give it a<br />

go! After all, I’ve got real respect for fast<br />

The Mindset of a Road Racer<br />

914-6s and GT-3 RSs that I’ve competed<br />

against in NASA racing.<br />

THE PREP<br />

My strong suit is to be well prepared<br />

by having my Corvette race ready before<br />

leaving home. Something always causes<br />

delays in getting to the track and that<br />

morning was no exception. I knew it<br />

wasn’t going right when I was getting lost<br />

with an aerial map of the base in hand and<br />

“I was thinking of what I<br />

needed to do to win the<br />

series in 2008. It was the<br />

last race of the season<br />

and I won it!”<br />

noticing guards with guns! Not a good<br />

thing, especially since I always tell my students<br />

to arrive early. There’s nothing<br />

worse than being rushed in setting up the<br />

car and getting it out to be teched in time.<br />

THE MINDSET<br />

I was asked what was on my mind in<br />

the process of setting the best time possible,<br />

while not being familiar at all with this<br />

track. Without giving the house away and<br />

having your hot shoes beat my time, I<br />

thought I’d share a few tips that can help<br />

the rest of my fellow enthusiasts learn the<br />

nuts and bolts of analyzing a track design. I<br />

by Darrell J. Covert<br />

Guest<br />

always try to walk the track, or ask those<br />

having been on the track, their opinion. It<br />

was nice to have a pace lap or two. If you<br />

noticed, I lagged behind. Why you may<br />

ask? Because you can’t see the track, being<br />

on someone’s bumper. I’m looking for<br />

many things besides driving. Here’s what<br />

I’m thinking of and looking for:<br />

1. Is this a fast track or very technical?<br />

Pinal is very technical.<br />

2. Any hazards, such as walls, dirty or<br />

wet corners? Yes, dirt on the start of<br />

the straight’s concrete, and a gravel<br />

pit on the bus stop just prior to that.<br />

3. There are three parts to a corner; entry<br />

initial turn in, steady state, and exit.<br />

The Corvette is good at steady state<br />

and short shots to use its torque.<br />

Know what advantages your car has<br />

and use them!<br />

4. Where are the passing zones? Well<br />

here at Pinal, there’s one place, as explained<br />

in the drivers’ meeting.<br />

5. Where can I make two curves into<br />

wide flowing curves? Turns 5 through<br />

7.<br />

6. Where do I give it up? Turns 8 and 9.<br />

The racer’s mind starts on the grid…<br />

What do think about on grid? Is it, “Gee,<br />

Lord, don’t let me screw up my car?” No,<br />

not the road racer. The road racer has been<br />

driving the course in his mind for two laps<br />

before starting onto the course. Some good<br />

racers have their eyes closed using their<br />

hands to wind through the turns. They’re<br />

visualizing the track. Visualizing is the beginning<br />

of anticipation and looking ahead.<br />

You must, must look ahead! You<br />

must look at where you want to go!<br />

I saw too many drivers at Pinal looking at<br />

the next gate, not as far as they could. The<br />

car will go where your eyes see. If you look<br />

at an accident or a wall, you’re going into<br />

that wall or that car. The mind is weird<br />

that way. O.K., I’ll now get off my soap<br />

Darrell Covert in the paddock at the PIR<br />

Phoenix International Raceway, just prior<br />

to going to grid, 2008.<br />

–photo by Ovidio Ortiz<br />

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ox. My friend who invited me to this<br />

event hears it too often, as it is.<br />

SCCA’s Evolution Driving School<br />

teaches you to talk out loud to yourself<br />

while driving the course. It may sound crazy,<br />

but it does work! I am going to share<br />

with you what I say out loud in the car corner<br />

by corner around Pinal Air Park’s road<br />

course. This has been done by many successful<br />

racers, and whether you are new to<br />

this or a veteran, keeping you mind focused<br />

and ahead is the goal. I hope that my<br />

new found friends in the Southern Arizona<br />

Region Porsche Club will find this insightful<br />

and beneficial in improving their racing<br />

mindset and lowering their track times!<br />

Now ride along with me in a Corvette...<br />

THE TRACK<br />

I'm starting with the start/finish line used<br />

for timing this event.<br />

I’ve exited the fourth cone of a fivecone<br />

slalom now on full throttle. I’m looking<br />

through Turn 11 and actually looking<br />

out my side window at Turn 12. “Brake,<br />

brake,” I say. “Not too much brake, use all<br />

the road, get the car into steady state and<br />

use your throttle not your steering. Modulate<br />

the throttle, modulate the throttle.<br />

Make the entry into Turn 12 smooth and<br />

flowing; look ahead now.”<br />

I’m between Turn 12 and Turn 13:<br />

“Don’t get out of the throttle, look all the<br />

way to the grid.” Remember the car goes<br />

where your eyes are.<br />

Turn 12: “Keep the car outside. Make<br />

the chicane as straight as possible. Full<br />

throttle, now, full hard brake early! Off<br />

brake and start to smoothly accelerate<br />

through the box.”<br />

Going to Turn 1: “Damn, the dirt on the<br />

course!” Too many are entering too early.<br />

Get the car settled after the jump.<br />

Look ahead to Turn 3: On as much<br />

throttle as the Corvette will take, stay outside,<br />

she wants to push in, moderate brake<br />

now, keep up the momentum, Darrell.<br />

Look for Turn 4, allow her to push out<br />

wide, but stay 6 inches away from the edge<br />

drop off. You can cause a spin get off an<br />

abrupt edge like that. Modulate the throttle<br />

now. Get a nice late apex on Turn 4.”<br />

Turn 4: “Look at Turn 5. On full<br />

throttle as fast as you can. Keep her wide<br />

to get a late apex on that cone in the beginning<br />

of Turn 5.”<br />

Turn 5: “Good and quick turn in.<br />

Look to make the chicane of cones<br />

straight. Now, full throttle at the second<br />

cone. Fly over the hill. Keep the wheel<br />

straight, she’ll want to squirm out left on<br />

that negative camber road, when she’s<br />

light.”<br />

Entering Turn 6: “Look ahead to<br />

Turn 7 as much as you can." Try to stay on<br />

throttle. Top end of second gear (66 mph).<br />

Entering Turn 8: “Brake, brake, brake<br />

early, hard, and straight. Off brake, Turn in<br />

and scuff speed to slow the car down<br />

through Turn 8.”<br />

Turns 9 and 10: “Steady state. Keep<br />

momentum up and prepare for the<br />

straight. Enter wide and come in for a late<br />

apex on Turn 10. Stay away from the gravel<br />

on the outside and stay inside by apex of<br />

the corner. Start to smoothly gradually go<br />

WOT (wide open throttle) 10 feet before<br />

the outside cone.” Corvettes are neutral<br />

here. Porsches 911 Turbos are understeer-<br />

ing and can’t do this. 914-6s and Boxsters<br />

should do this well. There is just a different<br />

car advantages here.<br />

Straight: “WOT now. Hit rev limiter<br />

in second (66 mph). Brake straight and<br />

make initial turn on first slalom cone.” I’m<br />

looking at the last cone now with all the<br />

others in my fore vision. I’m telling myself<br />

to turn in early on each cone. “Now, accelerate<br />

out of the fourth cone and keep the<br />

car away from the edge of the asphalt and<br />

the fifth cone.”<br />

“Get it on.” WOT, shift into third.<br />

“Now in midrange third. Smooth down<br />

shift and braking straight; no chirp from<br />

the tires. Don’t break those tires loose!<br />

Look ahead at the last cone of the slalom.<br />

You’re late! Keep the rear of the car behind<br />

the cone! Quick hands, no hesitations, accelerate<br />

past the last cone.”<br />

THE WRAP<br />

Yes, I talk a lot while racing, but I hope<br />

the blow-by-blow account helps. If you<br />

want a ride some time, just ask. There are<br />

no demerits for Porsche owners riding in<br />

Corvettes!<br />

Keep up the good work that you guys<br />

do! I’ll see you next time.<br />

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Upcoming Events and Holidays<br />

APRIL <strong>2010</strong><br />

April 30 <strong>SAR</strong> Cinco de <strong>May</strong>o Warm-up Party: Larry and Nena Ashton, 5301 N. Craycroft Avenue<br />

MAY <strong>2010</strong><br />

<strong>May</strong> 1 <strong>SAR</strong> Cinco de <strong>May</strong>o Concours and Awards Banquet, The Lodge at Ventana Canyon<br />

<strong>May</strong> 2 <strong>SAR</strong> Cinco de <strong>May</strong>o Annual Golf Tournament, Mountain Course at the Lodge<br />

<strong>May</strong> 4 <strong>SAR</strong> Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (west), 4420 N. Oracle Road, Tucson<br />

<strong>May</strong> 8 <strong>SAR</strong> Cinco de <strong>May</strong>o Autocross at Musselman<br />

<strong>May</strong> 9 Mother’s Day<br />

<strong>May</strong> 12 Deadline for Submissions to June ZN<br />

<strong>May</strong> 15 Buffelgrass Removal Day<br />

<strong>May</strong> 21–23 <strong>PCA</strong>-AZ Porsches to Prescott<br />

<strong>May</strong> 27–30 Road Runners - Viva La Fiesta (Albuquerque)<br />

<strong>May</strong> 31 Memorial Day<br />

JUNE <strong>2010</strong><br />

June 1 <strong>SAR</strong> Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (east), 120 S. Wilmot Road, Tucson<br />

June 12 Musselman Night Autocross (tentative)<br />

June 14 Deadline for Submissions to July ZN<br />

June 20 Father’s Day<br />

JULY <strong>2010</strong><br />

July 4 Independence Day<br />

July 6 <strong>SAR</strong> Membership Meeting, Mimi’s (west), 4420 N. Oracle Road, Tucson<br />

July 12 Deadline for Submissions to August ZN<br />

THIRD TUESDAY <strong>SAR</strong> Board of Directors meeting; see website for revolving locations.<br />

On the COVER this month—<br />

Hal Tretbar, <strong>SAR</strong> Past President and frequent Trip Leader, led a group of about 20 intrepid Porsche owners to Parker<br />

Canyon Lake for a picnic on March 27, <strong>2010</strong>. The trip to the lake was fun (everyone said), but the trips to the wineries<br />

on the way home provided the best stories. The main feature is on page 4.<br />

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quality you earn through actions and staying true to your word.<br />

If you treat every customer’s car like it was your own, they will<br />

appreciate the care and attention you’ve given.<br />

For 22 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to earning our customer’s<br />

trust. They know they can count on us for quality service and<br />

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REPORT FROM THE BUSH: ADOPT-A-ROADWAY, APRIL 10, <strong>2010</strong><br />

by Mark Fuller<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> (Newest) Member<br />

Mark Fuller displays a full bag of trash gathered<br />

along Orange Grove during the club’s recent<br />

Adopt‐a‐Roadway cleanup morning<br />

Adopt‐a‐Roadway Gang, except Rink who is<br />

manning the camera<br />

As the newest member of <strong>PCA</strong>‐<strong>SAR</strong>, having joined literally a day before the Pima<br />

County Adopt‐a‐Roadway Program, I was anticipating meeting members of the <strong>SAR</strong><br />

Club and sharing in the community spirit and conviviality of my first <strong>SAR</strong> event. I was<br />

very humbled and pleased by the friendship and feeling of immediate welcome<br />

from all those participating in the event.<br />

We assembled bright and early, some 20 strong, at the Krispy Krème donut shop on<br />

Oracle. Fueled up on coffee and donuts, we were ready to tackle the section of<br />

roadway on Orange Grove between Oracle and 1st Ave. Properly briefed and<br />

equipped with safety vests and the requisite plastic bags to gather the discarded<br />

materials along the berm, we divided into two groups and headed along either side<br />

of the road.<br />

The early morning temperature was perfect and the light Saturday traffic certainly<br />

was conducive to the task at hand. As we worked our way along, it was fun and in‐<br />

teresting listening to stories of previous cleanups undertaken by Club members and<br />

to find out more about the Club and fellow members. This was in fact an ideal venue<br />

for a new member to visit with and work hand‐in‐hand with Club members, helping<br />

make our community look more presentable.<br />

The nationwide effort of sponsorship for the Adopt‐a‐Roadway program provides<br />

the Department of Transportation with an extra resource for cleaning highways.<br />

Some of the usual and not so usual items we found and bagged were a large pillow‐<br />

type mattress, a pair of pants—yes, lots of speculation as to how those came to be<br />

by the side of the roadway (and no, not found next to the mattress), and the usual<br />

assemblage of car parts and tires.<br />

Arriving near the end of our assigned area, we saw a disturbing sight—two fairly<br />

new roadway signs, one of which was a bicycle sign literally mowed down, perhaps<br />

by a car that was out of control and (most of us surmised) by a driver who, the next<br />

morning when he sobered up, realized the tremendous damage he must have done<br />

to his car. We also found some drug related paraphernalia that we left in situ and<br />

reported to the Tucson Police Department. This was another good example of the<br />

civic action provided by our club.<br />

At the conclusion of the project, we received a very good demonstration by Rink on<br />

the identification and eradication of buffelgrass. Buffelgrass grows densely and<br />

crowds out native plants of similar size. Competition for water can weaken and kill<br />

larger desert plants. Eradication is of prime importance and is an on‐going project<br />

by club members undertaken as part of our Adopt‐a‐Roadway program.<br />

As my first <strong>SAR</strong> event, I want to again thank my fellow participants in the Pima<br />

County Adopt‐a‐Roadway program for their efforts and for making me feel so wel‐<br />

comed to the club. It was fun as well to see so many beautiful Porsches at the event<br />

and to share experiences. For those members who have not participated in the<br />

Adopt‐a‐Roadway cleanup, I highly recommend it as an excellent community service<br />

event, great camaraderie; the coffee and donuts provided by the club are a nice<br />

touch too.<br />

Even the bushes are in danger from<br />

the Adopt‐a‐Roadway Gang<br />

–photos by Rink Reinking<br />

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Racing at Willcox ...’50s style<br />

by Kurt Cramer, <strong>SAR</strong> Historian<br />

THE 1950S. What a great time. In 1951 the Southern Arizona<br />

Sports Car Club was founded. The club held tours, gymkhanas,<br />

rallies, and monthly meetings. These events were mostly social,<br />

not really very competitive. However, several of the members<br />

were entering sports car road races that were being held in<br />

southern California.<br />

In 1955 the club decided to hold a sports car race here in<br />

Arizona. Jack Rowe was involved with the Civil Air Patrol, and<br />

through his efforts the Willcox Airport became the site for the<br />

race. The race was held April 17.<br />

The Old Pueblo Radio Club (the Tucson Amateur Radio<br />

Club) handled the on-track communications. Since I was a<br />

member, I attended the event. The article shown here describes<br />

the event much better than my memory can.<br />

Note that none of the cars in the photos have roll bars!<br />

Some had grab handles on the floor that the driver was to grab<br />

and hold himself down to the floor in the event of a roll over!<br />

The ‘50s were also a time of innocence in America.<br />

A time trial was held March 25, 1956 and another race on<br />

<strong>May</strong> 5, 1956. Within 2 years the cars were required to have roll<br />

bars.<br />

Ed: When Kurt sent the two newspaper clippings, he wrote:<br />

“The two attachments that I sent you came from this website:<br />

[cliff@cliffreuter.com]. The Willcox races are relevant because<br />

of the new track that is being built near Willcox. The speaker at<br />

the recent general membership meeting was from the track and<br />

I mentioned that the first sports car races in Arizona (maybe<br />

just southern Arizona) were held at the Willcox Airport. If you<br />

can run this article in the news letter it would be great! If<br />

not...” —Kurt<br />

How could I not run it? It’s historical, written with wit and<br />

grammar, and informative.<br />

Very special thanks go to Cliff Reuter for his generous<br />

permission to use this material from his website.<br />

Because the article is hard to read in this format, your intrepid<br />

editor typed out the main text. See the next page. If you’d like a<br />

scanned copy of the paper to read the scores, contact Kurt or me<br />

at historian@pcasar.com or newsletter@pcasar.com.<br />

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Competition Roundup<br />

an enthusiastic small town with an active<br />

sports car club, mix in some interesting cars and a good<br />

“Combine<br />

measure of planning and organization, and you have all<br />

the necessary ingredients for a successful race meet. That’s exactly<br />

what happened at the first annual Willcox Sports Car Races, cosponsored<br />

by the Southern Arizona Sports Car Club of Tucson and<br />

the Willcox Chapter of the Civil Air Patrol. The first full-scale<br />

sports car race event ever held in southern Arizona, the meet was<br />

a decided success.<br />

“Dick Morgensen of Phoenix, piloting his ungainly but very<br />

efficient Buick-engined Morgensen Special, showed the way<br />

around the three mile airport course, winning the 15 lap main<br />

event with disturbing ease. The same car, driven by Boyd Hough,<br />

also was first overall in the novice race. Morgensen, Porsche-VW<br />

dealer for Phoenix, showed fine form around the eight tight corners<br />

of the Willcox circuit. His well-known special includes a 5256<br />

cc. Buick V-8, a Jaguar gearbox, and a home-built tubular frame.<br />

“The production under 1500 cc. race turned out to be the big<br />

crowd pleaser of the day as Tracy Bird, Tucson, and Jim Lee,<br />

Phoenix, both in red Porsche Speedsters, waged a see-saw battle<br />

for ten sizzling laps. No more than a few yards separated the two<br />

cars until the final seconds of the race, when Bird finally edged Lee<br />

for the checkered flag. The flawless driving of the two aroused<br />

much excitement among the thousands of spectators. Ted Capen<br />

of Tucson was the 1250 cc. MG class winner in a TF.<br />

“In the over 1500 cc. Production race, three Jaguars dueled it<br />

out for class C honors, Charles Royal handling his XK-120M beautifully<br />

to win. Hot on Royal’s heels was B. Costa, also in an XK-<br />

120M, and Ken Hardy, XK-140MC. All three are from El Paso. Jack<br />

Rowe of Tucson, perhaps the fastest man through the corners all<br />

day, won the Austin-Healy class handily, followed by Avery Dixon<br />

of Davis Monthan AFB. W. Heard, El Paso, snapped up class E in<br />

his potent TR-2.<br />

“A well prepared Thunderbird started in pole position in this<br />

race and was expertly driven by Tucson’s Alex Budurin. Although<br />

very fast on the long one-mine straight, Budurin’s skill could not<br />

make up for the car’s bad manners in the corners, and the T-Bird<br />

was beaten by all Jaguar entries. The eagerly awaited Corvette-<br />

Thunderbird duel failed to materialize. Joe Williams’ Corvette,<br />

very successful in speed trials on the same course earlier in the<br />

year, placed a disappointing fourth in class in the novice race and<br />

failed to qualify for the production event. Budurin, with the Thunderbird,<br />

was ineligible to drive in the novice race and thus the two<br />

cars failed to clash.<br />

“In the all-class main event, W. G. “Bumpy” Bell of Tucson,<br />

had little trouble collecting the under 1500 cc. Modified class win<br />

in an OSCA, placing a strong third overall. Budurin, this time<br />

driving his veteran Mercury-Kurtis, took second overall and first<br />

in class behind Morgensen, with Costa’s Jaguar placing fourth<br />

overall and first among the production cars. Rowe, A-H, and<br />

Heard, TR-2, duplicated their previous wins in the production D<br />

and E classes. Lee’s potent Porsche went Jag-hunting and finished<br />

a surprising fifth overall besides taking class laurels.<br />

“Crowd control and organization were outstanding at Willcox.<br />

Control teams, spotted at crucial points, were equipped with<br />

walkie-talkies for instant communication. The only mishap of the<br />

day, in fact, was provided by nature in the form of high winds and<br />

occasional blowing dust. The weather had little effect on the day’s<br />

racing, however, and Harold Shoppach of El Paso, counted one of<br />

the windy gusts as a distinct blessing. He whipped his Singer into<br />

the 135-degree number three turn a bit too enthusiastically on one<br />

lap and began what looked like a sure roll. Movies of the incident<br />

show the car’s underside almost perpendicular to the ground.<br />

Fortunately there was a 40 mph gust coming from just the right<br />

direction at just the right second, pushing the Singer back on its<br />

feet and leaving a couple of much relieved flagmen plus a wiser Mr.<br />

Shoppach.<br />

“The outstanding participation of the Southwest SCC of El<br />

Paso should be noted, their enthusiasm and spirit being an important<br />

factor in making the meet a success. The Willcox event looks<br />

like a sure bet next year, and it is hoped that an even larger array<br />

of entries will be on hand to vie for the silver.”<br />

Ed. Note: My first sports car was a 1957 MG TF‐1500. Our MG Club,<br />

limited to T‐types, skunked the Honolulu Porsche Club in a slalom one<br />

fine Sunday afternoon ...but that’s another story you don’t want to hear.<br />

According to Kurt, “This poster has hung in my garage for 40<br />

years. So it’s not in very good shape.” Note that all visiting<br />

aircraft were required to land by 9:30 am!<br />

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Meet Jeff Gamble, Outlaw and<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> 356 Technical Advisor<br />

by Claudia Stone<br />

Editor, Zuffenhausen News<br />

Angels Set The Theme… oops! Wrong article. I turn the news<br />

clipping over and there’s the one I’m looking for: Third Gear On<br />

A Fine Car—An Extra Thrill. The piece is dated November 26,<br />

1972 and features <strong>SAR</strong>’s 356 Technical Advisor, Jeff Gamble. The<br />

reporter is checking out new 914s on the tract at Phoenix International<br />

Raceway and Jeff is advising him on shifting! Jeff, it<br />

seems, is right and the guy shaves seconds off his times.<br />

Jeff Gamble has probably been interviewed more times than<br />

most of us combined—at least 20 times at last count. He recently<br />

sent me three clippings, and I’m here to tell you the span of<br />

time, range of periodicals, and breadth of material is impressive.<br />

Jeff was featured in Excellence, A Magazine About Porsche Cars,<br />

in April 1993. Or rather, his bronze sculptures of Porsches were<br />

featured in the article, The Bronze Porsches of Jeff Gamble,<br />

along with interesting color photographs. One excellent picture<br />

shows Jeff with Dr. Porsche in his office in 1992 when Jeff presented<br />

Dr. Porsche with “Victory in the Alps,” on the occasion of<br />

the doctor’s 83 rd birthday.<br />

Sculpting with plasticized clay and a special blend of wax<br />

that allows the fine details for which the sculptures are knows,<br />

Jeff sends the prototypes to a professional moldmaker, and then<br />

the molds go to a foundry for casting in bronze. Typically a series<br />

of sculptures is made, each series comprising an edition. After<br />

casting, the bronze pieces are finished and polished to<br />

enhance the true color of the bronze. His bronzes, which now<br />

include other marques, are in the collections of famous race<br />

drivers, automotive executives, museums, and collectors the<br />

world over, including Tonight Show host, Jay Leno, and West<br />

Coast collector, Bruce Meyer.<br />

Recently Jeff has been commissioned to create "Hall of<br />

Fame" commemorative bronze and zinc, etched medallions—<br />

awards for the 356 Registry and 356 Motor Cities Gruppe.<br />

The third clipping Jeff loaned me was a feature in the December<br />

2001 issue of The DesertLeaf. The breadth of the article<br />

is greater, looking at Jeff’s early introduction to cars, his first<br />

Porsche, and his natural transition into sculpting Porsches and<br />

(later) other cars.<br />

Jeff started his Porsche odyssey in 1966 when his brother let<br />

him drive his Speedster. Within 2 weeks, Jeff was driving his<br />

own 1955 Speedster. He’s never looked back! He’s owned many<br />

Porsches over the years, from a GS Type Speedster to a 1967 911S<br />

and a 1970 911S Targa. His very favorite was a 1970 911S, described<br />

fondly as “a beautiful Signal Orange, equipped with special<br />

transmission gearing, leather, and 7-inch 911R Fuchs in the<br />

rear.” Today he drives an immaculate 1960 Atena Blue 356 B<br />

Roadster.<br />

Jeff has been active in most types of driving events: rallies,<br />

autocrosses, and time trials. In 1975 he won the Zone 8 Time<br />

Trials in his class. He has served as president of the Southern<br />

Arizona Region of <strong>PCA</strong> and today he is one of three charter<br />

members of <strong>SAR</strong>, and the<br />

only one to have maintained<br />

a continuous membership<br />

in the region over<br />

those years. [Ed. Note: The<br />

Southern Arizona Region<br />

was formed in 1967.]<br />

His infatuation with<br />

356s includes membership<br />

in the Arizona Outlaws 356<br />

Club, which is dedicated to<br />

preserving, maintaining and Arizona 356 Outlaws Car Badge<br />

driving the first Porsches,<br />

the 356. According to their website, the club has: “No Officers,<br />

No Bylaws, No Dues, and No One is in Charge of Anything!”<br />

In addition<br />

to automobiles<br />

in two<br />

and three dimensions,<br />

Jeff<br />

has sculpted<br />

numerous<br />

commissions<br />

for Porsche<br />

events: the<br />

356 Registry<br />

West Coast<br />

Holiday,<br />

King Carrera<br />

job in the dental industry<br />

where he honed his<br />

sculpting talents, Jeff enjoys<br />

playing golf and<br />

maintaining his Roadster.<br />

Photos courtesy of Jeff Gam‐<br />

ble, www.jgambleart.com<br />

Born to Design<br />

Porsche Club of<br />

America, the Arizona<br />

Region<br />

Phoenix Flight<br />

Concours, and<br />

the Motor Cities<br />

Gruppe Hall of<br />

Fame.<br />

Since retiring in<br />

2000 from his<br />

Metals Sculpted for Special Awards<br />

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Bubba<br />

by Barb Crowley<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Lifetime Member<br />

My brother was a Porsche enthusiast ever since he was a little<br />

boy. (Weren’t most of you?) He even named one of his beloved<br />

Dalmatians “Porsche.” He had owned more cars than I can recall.<br />

His only Porsche, however, was a lovely black 2001 996 Carrera<br />

Cabriolet that he enjoyed the last years of his life.<br />

His given name was William. To most, he was Bill. To our<br />

family he will always be “Bubba.” He passed away just before<br />

Christmas. Too young… just 3 years older than I. His lung cancer<br />

made him weak. His cataracts and detached retina compromised<br />

his sight and made it impossible for<br />

him to drive his Porsche. But he still wanted<br />

to experience the thrill of it one more time<br />

and asked Dennis to take him for a little “joy<br />

ride” on the Mt. Lemmon highway. It gave<br />

him a much needed respite from his predicament.<br />

Bubba couldn’t see much that day…but<br />

his other senses benefited. He enjoyed the<br />

sound of the revs of the engine, the sun on<br />

his face, and the wind in what hair he had<br />

left.<br />

He wore his red corduroy Porsche baseball<br />

cap day in and day out…indoors, outdoors, awake or asleep.<br />

It kept his head warm. We had planned on putting a Porsche<br />

emblem on his newly acquired cherry red scooter from the<br />

Scooter Store…but sadly, we didn’t do it in time.<br />

We knew that he knew his “situation” was dire when he<br />

started giving away some of his prized possessions. We were<br />

honored when he asked Dennis and me if we would like to have<br />

his red JNF 356 Porsche toy. We had always admired it…but had<br />

never heard the story behind it until he handed it over to us<br />

with teary eyes. It explains a lot about my brother and his passion<br />

for cars…especially the Porsche marque.<br />

The story began in Stuttgart, Germany, in the early ‘50s.<br />

Our dad, who was in the Air Force, was stationed there after<br />

WWII. He and my 8-year-old, towheaded brother visited the<br />

Porsche factory. Bubba was impressed that just the two of them<br />

had a private guided tour. There was a gift shop on the premises<br />

and he was smitten by a little red 356 wind-up toy. He HAD to<br />

have it. So he saved and saved all of his minuscule allowances<br />

and his nickels and<br />

dimes from doing<br />

chores. Finally he<br />

had saved enough<br />

to go back to the<br />

factory and he purchased<br />

his treasure.<br />

As we were<br />

growing up, I remember<br />

seeing the<br />

Porsche in his bedroom.<br />

What I don’t<br />

remember is ever seeing him play with it. The toy was always<br />

displayed on a shelf…even after he married. When he had small<br />

children of his own, it was just placed on a higher shelf out of<br />

the reach of tiny destructive hands.<br />

Now we have it for safe keeping…at least for awhile. Bubba<br />

had us promise that when the time came, it would be given to<br />

his son, along with this story of the little red toy 356 that meant<br />

so much to my brother, Bubba…a Porsche enthusiast and good<br />

guy.<br />

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y Tom Sherman<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Membership Chair<br />

Another very positive membership<br />

month as we add five new <strong>SAR</strong> members<br />

(four last month). Keep those<br />

cards and letters (and membership<br />

applications) coming! <strong>SAR</strong> club<br />

membership now is at 226 and National<br />

<strong>PCA</strong> membership in our geography<br />

was 244 as of March 31.<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> welcomes the following new<br />

club members:<br />

Michael Belin: We welcome Michael,<br />

a <strong>PCA</strong> transfer from the Hudson<br />

Region in New York, to the Ol’<br />

Pueblo. Michael is a physician and<br />

owns a 2006 Cobalt Blue Cayman S.<br />

He lists his club interests as Autocross,<br />

Concours / Car Shows,<br />

Rallying/Touring and Technical.<br />

Mark & Barbara Fuller: Mark and<br />

Barbara are new <strong>PCA</strong> members and<br />

drive a 2003 Metallic Dark Teal Boxster<br />

S, which is entered in the Cinco<br />

Concours. Mark is retired and is interested<br />

in our Concours / Car<br />

Shows, Driver Education,<br />

Rallying/Touring and Social activities.<br />

OUR NEXT BUFFELGRASS REMOVAL SESSION is planned for early<br />

morning, <strong>May</strong> 15, <strong>2010</strong>. Our stretch of highway for this activity is<br />

a section of Orange Grove Road in northwest Tucson. Both sides<br />

of the road are contaminated with Buffelgrass. Each time we<br />

work on Buffelgrass removal we make a little more progress.<br />

Eventually, all of it will be gone. We have no deadline but we will<br />

continue to work on this project until the pest is eradicated.<br />

<strong>PCA</strong> <strong>SAR</strong> will obtain all of the permission forms, waivers,<br />

safety vests, digging bars and disposal bags needed. We will also<br />

have plenty of cold water on hand. We'll start your day with hot<br />

coffee and fresh donuts! Please show up early so we can get an<br />

early start. You need to signup on our website in advance so we<br />

are prepared with all of the equipment needed. Consider wearing<br />

long pants, sturdy shoes, a hat and a pair of work gloves. A typical<br />

Bill & Karen Guinn: Bill and Karen<br />

are new <strong>PCA</strong> members in the Sierra<br />

Vista area, where they drive their<br />

2009 Guards Red Cayman. Bill, retired<br />

military and a consultant, lists<br />

his interests as Autocross, Driver Education,<br />

Rallying/Touring and Social.<br />

James Lee: We met new <strong>PCA</strong> member<br />

James Lee a couple of years ago at<br />

the Tubac Car Show. At the time, he<br />

was deep into the restoration of a<br />

912. Today, that fully-restored 1968<br />

Bahama Yellow 912 Coupe is entered<br />

by Rink Reinking<br />

<strong>SAR</strong> Lifetime Member<br />

in the Cinco Concours. James is retired<br />

and his interests include our<br />

Concours / Car Shows,<br />

Rallying/Touring, Social and Technical<br />

events.<br />

Mark & Leslie Sutton: We met<br />

Mark and Leslie at our March meeting.<br />

As new <strong>PCA</strong> members, they are<br />

parlaying that status into free track<br />

time with their 2007 Arctic Silver 997<br />

Turbo Coupe at the upcoming CAC<br />

autocross. Mark, who is in the construction<br />

business, is interested in<br />

our Autocross, Concours / Car<br />

Shows, Driver Education,<br />

Rallying/Touring, Social and Technical<br />

activities.<br />

work session will last less than about one and a half hours. It will<br />

be warm this time and we will certainly shorten the session if it<br />

gets too hot. We will take as many rest breaks as necessary.<br />

Please note that not all of the tasks are as strenuous as<br />

digging. We would like to have teams of three working together.<br />

One person will dig, another will remove the uprooted plants<br />

and, with the help of the third member, place them in a bag. The<br />

bags will be picked up by Pima County and disposed of properly.<br />

Members of a team can rotate jobs within the team or keep their<br />

chosen assignment for the whole session. If you cannot stay for<br />

the full time we have planned, just show up early and stay as long<br />

as you are able.<br />

Come out and show your support for our community service<br />

project.<br />

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Mark Fuller<br />

Mark is a retired Army Officer who served as an Infantry Airborne<br />

Ranger during his 24 year career, including a tour as a<br />

Platoon leader in Viet Nam. He and his wife Barbara served in<br />

military assignments around the world, including Australia and<br />

1982 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) “Tuner”, and then some…<br />

Evex body package, new “exquisite” light blue metallic paint, interior by High Speed Customs<br />

450 HP – 46,000 Original Miles<br />

After Market Modifications<br />

Original weight: 3300 lbs. Current weight: 2867 lbs.<br />

K27 Turbo Charger, with adjustable boost; replaced stock K26 Turbo; larger intercooler replaced stock;<br />

short shift kit; Bilstein shock absorbers; 22mm rear stabilizer; Ferrari ties and trunk cross‐strut; front<br />

bumper with twin headlamp system; front right/left flared fenders with integrated direction indicator<br />

lamps. side sills; flared wheel arches rear; right and left rear bumper; and Whale tail with spoiler rubber.<br />

Tires/Wheels<br />

Front: 225/40Z18; Rear: 26535ZR18<br />

Both are Pirelli P Zero Rosso on 18x10.5‐130 SSR GT3 polished lip alloy wheels with colored Porsche center caps<br />

Featured in Excellence, The Magazine About Porsche, September 2008, and Hemmings Sports & Exotic Cars, March 2009<br />

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<br />

without a fuss but easily pulling 1.3 bar of boost. Appraised at $75,000; asking $59,500. Serious inquiries only. Contact Carl Curtis at 520‐404‐2887 or Jill Davis‐<br />

Curtis at goldtwh@cox.net for details.<br />

1986 944 Turbo (951)<br />

Guards Red with black interior, sunroof, 5 speed, a/c, power windows, recent (less than<br />

3K miles) mechanical restoration includes: new water pump & belts, cam & balance belt,<br />

complete reseal of engine, oil pan, cam & balance shaft, crank shaft, new motor mounts,<br />

c.v. joints, front brakes. New tires, cold a/c. $7000. 520‐623‐3230 M‐F 8‐5<br />

1994 Porsche 968 Cabriolet<br />

Silver Blue Metallic Exterior | Blue Leather Interior | Blue Top | Custom Toneau Cover<br />

47,500 miles | Original Owner | 6 Speed Manual Transmission<br />

182 cu in 16 Valve DOHC in‐line 4 | Aluminum Block and Heads<br />

Power assisted, 4 piston aluminum alloy fixed caliper, internally vented discs with ABS<br />

Cast Aluminum Wheels (16x7.0" front, 16x8.0" rear)<br />

17 mpg (city) 25 mpg (hwy) | 0‐60mph: 5.9 seconds | 1/4 mile: 14.4 seconds<br />

Asking Price $17,995 | Contact Larry at 520‐744‐6634 or me4cs@comcast.net<br />

Make: Fuzion<br />

Model: ZRi (Ultra High Performance Summer)<br />

Size: 245/45R16 94W<br />

Current Price on Tire Rack website is $99.00 per tire.<br />

$75.00 for both tires<br />

Contact: Jim, Cell 520‐465‐4398 or president@pcasar.com<br />

the Middle East. Following his military retirement, Mark served<br />

for 11 years as a Diplomat with the Multinational Peacekeeping<br />

Force in Sinai, Egypt. Mark and Barbara moved to Tucson in 1994<br />

prior to going overseas and have now been home in Tucson since<br />

2005.<br />

1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet<br />

RARE Turbo l Look widebody. One of only eight exported to the USA in 1986, called option #491.<br />

47,000 org. miles,Guards Red, black interior, leather power seats, new top, carpet/mats, Pirelli tires.<br />

Also have orginal turbo‐size rims. Certificate of Authenticity, books and records. $36,000 OBO.<br />

Contact Phil at 520‐256‐6699 or email philc.gibbs@comcast.net.<br />

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