April 2013 - Porsche Club of America – Northeast Region

Don’t Lift
Stan Corbett
As I write this, the weather forecast is for yet
another storm for Monday evening through
Tuesday, and March is more than half over already.
With 6–10 inches predicted, the Worcester area
could threaten their all-time record for snowfall in
a single season. Unlike some years, when snowfall
varied wildly from one part of the state to another,
this year the storms have been widespread and
long-lived. Their impact has caused postponements
of the DE Track Committee meeting and
the DE Ground School. We were finally able
to conduct Ground School 2013, our annual
classroom-based introduction to the DE program,
on March 10th. See the separate article on the
ground school, our best attended ever, elsewhere
in this issue. When you receive this issue our first
event of the 2013 DE season, Novice Day plus regular
DE days, will only be about a month away. For
details, see the separate article about this event
also in this issue. One thing that bears repeating
— the Novice Day and DE Days event is for both
Novices and solo drivers in the Blue, White and
For details on the season, including schedules,
pricing and answers to your questions,
see the “What is Drivers Education?”
Black run groups. Solo drivers will enjoy an early
season, full two-day DE event so — Don’t Lift!
Registration for NER’s 2013 DE season opened
on March 1st. For details on the season, including
schedules, pricing and answers to your questions,
see the “What is Drivers Education?” article elsewhere
in this issue. This information is also available
on the DE section of our website, which is
updated on a regular basis. I have received reports
that some are experiencing difficulty with the
links to the Club Registration website that we use
for our DE registrations. I have checked and made
some updates to these links including changing
them to red and bold text so they stand out better.
They should now open a new window in your
browser showing the Club Registration site.
On a personal note — I’m really chomping at the
bit to get this DE season underway. I’ve managed
a couple of emergency injections of ‘Porscheness’
in the last couple of weeks — an early dose of
DE at the Ground School and a booster shot at
Saturday’s “Easy Fixin’s” event presented by Auto
Engineering. Easy Fixin’s also afforded an opportunity
to catch up on the off-season’s doings with
several of my fellow DEers. I plan to complete
this series of Porsche inoculations by attending
“Porsches, Coffee and Donuts!” this coming
weekend.
I hope to see many of you over the next few
months at our DE events. Don’t forget our DE
rebate program described in last month’s column
and on our website under “Driver Education” and
“FAQs for DE.” Attend three or more of NER’s DE
events and get a rebate at the end of the season
— so, Don’t Lift!
Sincerely, Stan
59 Pond Street
Norwell MA 02061
877-PORSCHE
www.porschenorwell.com
John Ziedins
General Sales Manager
Direct: 781-261-5006
Cell: 781-789-5116
Fax: 781-871-2339
jziedins@porschenorwell.com
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