<strong>PORSCHE</strong> <strong>CLUB</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AMERICA</strong> - YELLOWSTONE REGIONMEET THE MEMBERSCaptain Doug HenryDoug started legally driving sports cars at age 14 inOrmond Beach, Florida, just north of Daytona, in a MGB.An Austin Healy bug eyed Sprite, MG Midget, and Datsun240Z followed until marriage and raising a family sent himdown the more practical sedan and SUV path for 20 plusyears. His Son recently graduated from San Diego StateUniversity, and this divorced 56 year-old rekindled his earlydriving experiences by turning residual college funds into a1986 911 Carrera Targa in Guards Red.Doug graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in1973, and embarked on a 30 year career as an aviator, engineerand test pilot flying airplanes like the F/A-18 Hornet fromaircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet. He retired to his parent’shome in Star Valley to care for his aged Father, who’s stilltelling him what to do at age 93, and began building hisdream cabin on five acres near Smoot, which is about 85miles south of Jackson.He volunteers as a Director in the Lincoln County Sheriff’sStar Valley Search and Rescue Unit, and Mission Pilotwith the USAF Auxiliary/Civil Air Patrol flying out of theJackson Airport. Between training and actual rescues orsearches, Doug can be found flying a Cessna 182 aroundWyoming, riding in a grossly overpowered jet boat on theSnake River, climbing the mountains in the Wyoming andSalt River Ranges via snowmobile, ATV, dirt bike or Mule,and leading his search dog (in training) Dory as she learnsto find the lost children and ignore the Coyotes.Hobbies include flying, white water rafting, fly fishing,backpacking, hunting, snowmobiling, wine tasting andskiing. He currently lives on a golf course at Star ValleyRanch, but would rather watch water boil than play around of golf. Any <strong>Yellowstone</strong> Region member interestedin fishing the waters south of Jackson Hole, or pursuing a“Cutt Slam” certificate from Game and Fish, are welcome topull him aside at a future meeting, and show off your homewaters in exchange. Once the dust settles on his buildingproject, Doug plans to upgrade to a Carrera 4 so he canshare the road with the snowplows.Jim and Nancy Stockhouse – Jackson, WYI bought my first <strong>Porsche</strong> when I was 19 years old in 1975.It was a 1972 red and black 914 with 25,000 miles. I wasin college at the University of Wyoming and thought I waspretty hot. I did manage to pay my own way through sevenyears of college while driving a <strong>Porsche</strong>. It did not havemuch power but boy did it corner nice. I drove that 914 forfive years and sold it for $700 more than I paid for it. Thatwas pretty hot. I’ve never been able to do that again.I sold the 914 just before graduating for two reasons: I hadtrouble finding people to work on it in small town Wyomingand I needed the money to set up at dental practice. But Ialways wanted another sports car, so after five years I wasready to get another one. I knew I wanted more power andI thought I should get something that I could get servicedin small Wyoming town. So I bought a new 1985 Corvette…plenty of power, but rough. Rough riding and rough shifting(I bought an automatic because my wife, Nancy, likes autosas well.) The Vette was absolutely worthless in winter. Justtouch the accelerator in snow and the back end would gosideways.I moved to Jackson from Riverton in 1990 which made formore winter and less driving of the Vette. It now has 29,000miles. I wanted my next sports car to be more refined, onethat I could drive year round and had power (and heatedseats), so I bought my current <strong>Porsche</strong>, a 1999 C4 Coupe inFebruary (winter) 2001 with 8200 miles. Heated Seats! Notas much power as the Vette (only 298 hp) but so much nicerto drive and to get in and out of. I got the stick shift (sorryNancy) and it is just a delight. But never to be content, afterdriving it through the first winter on the rough Jacksonroads (I’ve decided that’s not nice to my <strong>Porsche</strong>), so I onlydrive it on good roads in the winter now. The heated seatsare still a must…that maybe all wheel drive isn’t a must andI would like a little more umph. Enter thoughts of buying aCayman with less weight and the same horsepower. I needto test drive one first though but Ken hasn’t offered yet.(Hint, hint).... continued on Page 7<strong>Old</strong> <strong>Faithful</strong> <strong>Porsche</strong>
<strong>PORSCHE</strong> <strong>CLUB</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AMERICA</strong> - YELLOWSTONE REGIONMeet the Members Jim and Nancy Stockhouse continued.News Flash: Roving spy photographer captures irrefutableevidence of Jim in the driver’s seat of Ken’s Cayman. Jim testdrove the Cayman (all-be-it for only 60 seconds) and thenparked the car for the group picture in Sun Valley. A closelook at this photo shows Ken in the background, anxiouslyguiding the car into the space, and the culprit, eerr, I meanJim, driving the car. When confronted with this evidence, allJim could say was “Explain the actual meaning of the worddrive and besides, that’s my story and I’m sssstticken to it”.- Dyno Services- Car & Tire Storage- Track Car Preparation- Private Driver Instruction- Track Day SupportNAPA AUTO PARTSASPEN AUTOMOTIVE990 S. Hwy 89P.O. Box 929Jackson Hole, WY 83001Phone: (307) 733-2716Email: robejh @ hotmail.com4804 So. Redwood RoadSalt lake City, UT 84123969-3434 FAX 967-7109DAVID WERRETTPresident10% off any part when you mentionyou are a <strong>Porsche</strong> Club memberWholesale Distributor: Oil ? Antifreeze ? Batteries ? SolventKerosene ? Grease ? Gear Oil ? Racing Fuel ? Racing Oil<strong>Old</strong> <strong>Faithful</strong> <strong>Porsche</strong>
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