September 2009 In this issue... • Featured Members Eric and Becky ...

A Very Good 2009 Porsche
Parade
Story by Gloria Moore, photos by Judy Lech, Gloria & Larry Moore
This was the 6th Porsche Parade for
Larry and me since we joined PCA in 1998.
Our first one was in Sacramento, then
Boise, Hershery, Portland, San Diego and
this year in Keystone, CO. Each has had
the same traditional events―Concours,
Autocross, TSD Rally. But over the years
more activities have been added including
Gimmick Rallyes and Tours.
The Porsche clientele appears to
be changing a bit. By that I mean that
more and more newer Porsche owners
want to enjoy driving their car and prefer
to participate in less complicated and
detailed activities like Concours and Time
Distance Rallyes. The Autocross is still
a sell-out at each Parade, but attendance
at the other two traditional competition
events has been dropping. The tours,
which have been well organized and
focus on easy driving are becoming more
and more popular each year.
What this means is that the annual
Parade is offering something for nearly
every Porsche enthusiast.
And I haven’t yet mentioned the Tech
Sessions, Workshops, Goodie Store, and
the chance to mingle with a truly devoted
Porsche crowd for six days. And I must
not forget the Welcome Party, and Awards
Dinners for Concours and Autocross and
the final Dinner where a trip to Germany
is always the grand prize in the drawing.
In the future, there will be a national
PCA committee organizing Parade. The
members will be volunteers with former
Parade leadership experience and they will
direct the planning and implimentation of
the annual events, which will continue to
move to different locations in the U.S.
and Canada each year.
Every location provides its own
special atmosphere and challenges.
Personally, I have particulary enjoyed the
smaller venues like Boise and Keystone,
where you don’t have to deal with the
everyday traffic and parking problems
trying to move and park the more than
800 Porsches during the week.
The camaraderie also appears to be
stronger when the venue is not competing
with the hubbub of big city life. It
seems more like a real vacation, albeit
a busy one!
Our Orange Coast Region had
10 couples at the Keystone Parade,
at least four of them came home with
the outstanding trophies...Judy &
Pete Lech in Concours, Bob Nimtz
and James Liberty in Autocross, and
Tom Gould with his daughter Lisa in
the TSD Rallye. Congratulations, and
you won a lovely and unusual trophy.
Another tradition at Parade is to
have an individual event for each Zone.
At the Zone 8 party all members from
the zone had a chance to get together
and interact with all the other people
at Parade from the regions in the zone.
It was fun and very friendly. Michael
Dolphin, our Zone Rep picked a very
ice location at a local brewery/pub.
The next two Parades will
be quite a drive from Southern
California―2010 in St. Charles,
Illinois, and 2011 in Killington,
Vermont. However in 2012 it will
be in Park City, Utah...just a one day
drive from home. Think about your
vacation plans for 2012 and consider
coming to a Parade. I really think
you will have fun and a wonderful
vacation.
Pete & Nickole Petersen with his mother in Keystone
Pete & Judy Lech receiving their Concours trophy
OCR members Kurt & Diana Rummel with the Lechs & Moores at
the Zone 8 Party
The Lechs, Moores & Jacksons high in the Rocky Mountains
David & Maureen Vadman with their 968 at the wonderful
Concours venue
The gals celebrating at their end of the table
At the welcome party, the Lechs, Moores with former OCR
members Dianne & Lon Jackson and Betzy & Pat Wadman from
the Golden Empire Region
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