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Coordinators Added for North and south Regions By Dave O’Neal 2009 brought a record level of activities available to members within Space Coast Region, averaging one event per week, and 2010 will see a similar level of activity. To better serve the needs of our members in Volusia and Indian River Counties, we have created the positions of North and South Region Coordinators to be filled by Michael Masters and David Kelly, respectively. These members, located a local phone call away, will be able to answer any last-minute questions on upcoming events and provide the best “local knowledge” for activities that are staged in their communities. Continuing in 2010, the monthly Kaffeeklatschen will be held concurrently in Vero Beach, Daytona Beach, and Indian Harbour Beach. Mike and David will host the North and South locations with support from available officers. My wife Deb and I live and work in Daytona Beach. I am a native of Florida, and I work at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Deb comes from the Seattle area, and she has worked in the Emergency Department of Halifax medical Center for more than 25 years. I first became aware of Porsche cars during the 1979 24 Hours of Daytona. I was high school kid working on a local race team. During the race weekend I became infatuated by the black Interscope Racing 935 Porsche driven by Ted Field, Danny Ongais, and Hurley Haywood. I had never seen anything like that beautiful car. It was incredibly fast and unbelievably high 10 volume 4, Issue 1 mike and Deb masters, North Region tech. On every lap it would come tearing through the tri-oval, and then it would spit a two foot plume of fire from the glowing red turbocharger as the driver downshifted for turn one. Daytona did not have any external lighting back then, and so this spectacle was particularly impressive during the dark night. Late in the race I was over the wall helping to replace a failed wheel bearing on our car. A normally aspirated 911 was pitting in the next box. There were no speed limits on pit road in those days, and I happened to be standing a few feet behind the 911 when it launched out of its pit box at full throttle. The screaming wail of that six cylinder engine stopped me in my tracks. I watched dumfounded as the car rapidly disappeared, leaving two black streaks of rubber all the way down pit road. I just stood there saying wow, wow, WOW! That impression never left me. In my mind I can still see and hear that car accelerating away as if it were yesterday. In 2009, after waiting 30 years, I finally bought my (first) 911, and each time I get behind the wheel of my car, I can feel the souls of those Porsche racing cars from 1979.
David and Kathy Kelly, south Region My wife, Kathy, and I are originally from Virginia and have moved several times over the years. We are retired from IBM and divide our time between Vero Beach and Cape Cod, MA. We have lived in Indian River County for eight years and hope to be here year round sometime in 2010. My interest in cars blossomed with sixties muscle cars. Everyone raced in those days and it was usually a matter of who had the most carburetors, the wildest cam and the biggest V-8. One day a friend who could build anything, decided to put a Chevy small block in his Austin Healy. Soon, the small block gave way to a 427 cubic inch big block and everything changed. It was the fastest car I had ever seen. That V-8 powered, partial aluminum hybrid fired my interest in sports cars. Along came the Porsche 930 Turbo with flared fenders, wide wheels, and a whale tail, and I knew something fundamental had changed in the sports car world. Later, when the Porsche 928 was introduced, I said, “one day I’m going to have one of those.” Twenty years later, an India Red 1988 928 S4 followed me home. With that Stuttgart V-8 began a decade of PCA interest, 928 Owners Club events, and attendance at PCA Races. Driving into the Paddock at Sebring for the first time and walking through the pits, talking to drivers and crew, taking photos of the race cars, and enjoying the history of the place, I knew it was a special experience. Suddenly, I was pit crewing and assisting friends who were racing. Porsche had become “it” for me. Soon, there was a Boxster in addition to the 928. At Rennsport Reunion in Daytona the thrill was the same, with 550 spyders, 917’s and 962’s, and more like-minded car people. That led to more races and Porsche events, and more photographs of Porsches doing what they are supposed to do. Now, as the Boxster leaves for its next assignment to be replaced by a 996tt, the process has come full circle with the two models that started it all. In some ways, it has been a race against time to complete what was started a long time ago. I am thrilled to be part of the Space Coast Region and to be a member of such an active group with so many events and venues close by. It truly is about the people and the cars. volume 4, Issue 1 11
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