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HighGear Vol. 56 Edition 7 • <strong>September</strong> <strong>2012</strong> presidential thoughts Rick Gonçalves, President Wow! The <strong>Club</strong> Race is over now, but what a spectacle it was! And what a variety a senses were stimulated! The sight of virtually the entire paddock being filled up with <strong>Porsche</strong>s and their transporters, flags, and tents, the sounds of air wrenches, the smells of gasoline and hamburgers cooking, and the feel of the hot sun and the cold, brief rain. The RMR <strong>Club</strong> Race is the only event of its kind that the club sponsors each year, at its own race track near Byers called High Plains Raceway (HPR). Our club is one of the five car club owners of the track, who banded together to form Colorado Amateur Motorsports Association, otherwise known as CAMA, and CAMA was responsible for planning, designing, constructing and continuing to improve the track. After we lost three of our local tracks in one year six years ago, it was a major challenge to get those same five clubs together to find land and to plan, design and construct a new racetrack nearer to Denver than the track at Pueblo. To make a long story short, however, the land was found and purchased, and the track and paddock were built three years ago with hundreds of donations of time and money, generous loans, and money the car clubs owned from Second Creek. It was a very spartan track, with very limited facilities, but it was a track. And, as tracks go, it was a very fine track, superior to anything in our state. What has been so incredible is the transformation that track has gone through in the last four years from that spartan track to the incredible race venue I witnessed and experienced two weeks ago, thanks to the improvements that CAMA has made to the track, and to the huge success of our event. The first PCA/RMR <strong>Club</strong> Race ever held at HPR three years ago on that very spartan track was exciting just because it was on a brand new track, and because the event almost didn’t happen because of the incredible organization required and the dependence on out-of-state racers that our other events don’t have. With a huge degree of volunteerism, however, much of it from the local racers themselves, and enough sponsorships, also significantly coming from the local racers, the very first event turned out to be a success. The second race and the race last year were even more exciting from an event standpoint, because more out-of-towners entered the race, given the word-of-mouth spread of the quality of the track and the event in general. This year, however, is where I think the event hit its peak of maturity. With a record 77 racing entrants from as far as Minnesota, Arizona and Texas, we didn’t need the BMW club to help support us. The Advanced DE entrants were numerous as well, further supporting the event. I have raced at other international tracks around the country, like Portland and Las Vegas, and aside from the race itself, nothing is more inspiring than to see all those beautiful <strong>Porsche</strong>s, and all the teams busy around the paddock with their transporters and gaily painted GT3s and Cup Cars, flags flying, with tire truck employees busy mounting tires and mechanics working on their cars. That Saturday, August 11th, I found all of that and more at HPR with the paddock almost completely full! I had to marvel at how far we had come in just three years—from a thirty-six foot wide circuit of asphalt out in the middle of the prairie to a full-fledged race track. I said to myself, “Wow, this is a REAL race track!” Thank you to all the RMR club members who helped make that happen! And a big ”Thank you” to all the volunteers, without whom the event would not have happened. Finally, a special thanks to Kathy Fricke, who has organized and co-organized this event for the last FOURTEEN years, and who is retiring after this event. We will miss her! cover photo Car #77, piloted by Eban Bell of <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Region</strong>, GTC3 Class, lifts a wheel on the inside of corner #2 at HPR. Bell took 2nd place in Sprint #1 with a time of 1:53.653 and 1st Place in Sprint #2 with 1:54.334. Photo by Bruce Bell. inside this issue presidential thoughts .......................1 steel affair auto extravaganza ................2 positive offset .............................3 upcoming events ...........................3 membership musings .......................4 caribbean summer de .......................5 broadmoor & magical mystery tours. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 drive for kids ..............................7 20th annual club race .......................9 oktoberfast ..............................16 in the spotlight ...........................17 in the zone ...............................19 classified ads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 techtalk .................................21 i get around ..............................22 what we do ..............................23 the rearview mirror ........................24 High Gear (ISSN1061-1746) is the official magazine of the <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>Club</strong> of America (RMR/ PCA) and is published monthly. The annual subscription rate is $14.00, included in RMR/PCA membership dues. Non-RMR subscriptions are $25.00. The opinions and views appearing in High Gear are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the RMR/ PCA, PCA National, or this magazine as an official RMR/PCA publication. Additionally, none of these organizations nor this publication assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of material provided by individual writers and contributors. High Gear entire contents copyright © <strong>2012</strong> by <strong>Rocky</strong> <strong>Mountain</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>Porsche</strong> <strong>Club</strong> of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Articles and photos are the copyright of their respective creators and are used with permission. Office of publication: 547 Sawtooth Point, Lafayette, CO, 80026. Periodicals postage paid at Lafayette, CO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to PCA National Office, P.O. Box 6400, Columbia, MD 21045. HighGear 1 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2012</strong>
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