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A Look BackFrom theDriver’s SeatBy Jeff KinderPresidentMay was a fabulous time for activities andgetting together with your Porsche friendsin SVR. We had activities on every weekend.We had Marque Madness to start themonth. The next weekend came the drivingtour and BBQ at Stephan & Vicky Childs’home. One might be hard pressed to finda more interesting collection of Porsches,with Stephan ready to give the history ofeach one. The next day brought what musthave been interesting to watch: an autocrossin the rain. (Okay, it actually got rained out,so you will just have to go to the next one.)Shortly following was another evening forSVR at the Towe Auto Museum. This isalways a treat for me to look at the cars.The displays are most creative. If you havenot been there, you absolutely have to go.Oh yes, there was something else of interestthat night: our sendoff of long-time Porschefriend Phil Lawrence to West Virginia—ourloss and their gain. An SVR/Zone rally ranthe next weekend, followed by the “worldfamous” San Simeon Tour. This year, like lastyear, included a night tour of Hearst Castle.Volunteers dressed in period costume roamedabout adding additional flavor to the tour.Our guide brought a special touch. Ratherthan focusing on the artwork or the construction,he painted a scene for us, taking us backin time, describing people we might meet andtalk with and activities we might participatein as part of that world. And the drivingwasn’t bad either! The month finished outwith a Driver Education (DE) weekend.Wow, if you are not joining us on some ofthese events, you are missing out!In early June, we returned to what hasbecome a favorite stop for a dinner meeting:The Village Green Bar and Grille. ThePCA SVR Zone 7 Concours in conjunctionwith the Shriners Concours followed on theweekend. As always, this was a spectacularevent. The new location at Mather workedout well. Near the end of the month was theSVR Chocolate tour. Sorry for those of youwho missed it! And for a very lucky few, themonth ended with the 50 th anniversary ofParade.A Look AheadIn July, SVR has a multi-day tour to Mammoth—lotsof driving, good scenery, you haveto go! In August, most of you know aboutthe PCA National event being held herein California called “Escape…to the WineCountry.” This has been nicknamed a “miniParade”, with all of the flavor of its nationalnamesake, sans competition. It’s more of apurely social event, but on a national level.It’s not too late to join in. With more touring,autocross, rally and DE coming up, this maybe one of our better years for activities. Last,but not least, of the majors is Mendocino. Inyears before, this was an every-other-2-yearevent. It became so popular that we just hadto do it every year. Beginning with an enjoyabledrive through wine country, and endingon Sunday, with lots of fun and friends inbetween, life just cannot get any better.Other Regions will be running otheractivities as well. Please check your Drifter orour web site for information. Speaking of ourweb site, the front page changes frequently.Visit http://www.derporsche.net/ to find outif your car has appeared.There are still more opportunities for daytours on the weekends. Have a favorite spotto get away to that you would like to sharewith others? Want to get to know more peoplein your Club? There is a way. Organizea day tour there for your Porsche friends. Itis not all that much work to do and is greatfun. Though it may seem a little daunting atfirst, we have many experienced tour leaderswho would be willing to provide advice orhelp out with the planning and execution ofthe tour.Be sure to sign up early for these eventsto make sure you can get in on the fun!At the next event you attend, pleasethank the people who have made the effortto provide you a fun activity.Help Needed and FoundAs of this writing, we have filled two of ourremaining open positions (for this year).Helen Ashuckian has volunteered tobe our new Rally Chair. Hooray for Helen!She brings with her many successful years ofrally experience and some fun ideas. Thanks,Helen!New members Nicolas & Lindsey Harriganhave stepped forward to take over asNewsletter Editors. The Hoffmanns willwrite more on this in The Finish Line.Thanks, Nicolas and Lindsey!We still need someone to take over fromMike Willis, who has been doing a greatjob as our interim Webmaster for these lastfew months. If you’re a web professional orhobbyist, or want to become one, this is agreat opportunity to show off your talentsand help out your Club.4 The DrifterCRABThis year we decided to take a break fromSVR’s biggest annual event. CRAB typicallyincludes a Friday night welcoming party,concours, rally, autocross, gymkhana, winetour, Saturday night crab feed, and a SundayBBQ. You could call the entire event agathering. It has been called “the only annualZone 7 multi-region, multi-event weekendevent.” Impressed yet? You should be; it is justplain good-old-fashioned Porsche fun.We are looking for someone to chair thisevent for next year. We have many previouschairs and experienced workers who are readyto help out by chairing and working differentparts of CRAB; they just need a leader. If youare interested in becoming our next CRABchair, please contact me. I will speak moreabout this in future issues of The Drifter.SVR’s 2005 EventSchedule at a GlanceAutocrossContact: Matt DeterSeptember 10 - StocktonSeptember 11 - StocktonOctober 2 - StocktonNovember 13 - InfineonDriver EducationContact: Frederick D. RauchSeptember 23 - ThunderhillNovember 13 - InfineonConcoursContact: Kent BrandonRallySeptember 24 - Carrera de SierraDriving ToursJuly 29-31 - MPH (Mammoth)Contact: Rik LarsonNovember 4-6 - MendocinoContact: Rik Larson
Drifting BackBy Larry Wilson,SVR Member30 Years Ago (July 1975)President Dan Boone complained that attendanceat the monthly dinner meetingshad dwindled from 125 at the Januarymeeting to half that in June. He isolatedthe cause to increased dinner prices, as evidencedby the $8.50 price tag for the Junestuffed pork chop dinner at Stroh’s NeptuneTable on South Land Park Drive. If thatwasn’t bad enough, Charles Krug wine wasgoing for an outrageous $3.00 per bottle(three-buck Chuck?). The July 13 Zone7 autocross by Monterey Bay Region washeld at the Salinas airport.The July 20 Porsche People’s PotluckPicnic & Auction at Gibson Ranch, withproceeds to the Sacramento Program forPreschool Retarded, also featured thelegendary, if not epic, 356ers versus 911owners volleyball battle. Pat Kincaid andJoe Wright were the co-chairs. The auction,with Bob Schleh as auctioneer, broughtin $258 for the Pre-School kids. As usual,the 356ers lead by Jim Karver were moreskilled at volleyball and won; their cars alsowent faster and their wives were prettier.Ken Fielding (911) and Wyn Robertson(356C) each won their class in theconcours d’elegance during the 20 th PorscheParade in Seattle, July 27 through August1. Other SVR members who trophied atParade events included Arnold O’Shields,Harvey Cain, Trish O’Shields, Fred Myeron,Nancy Myeron, Larry Wilson, MichaelPeters, Mary Peters, Clint deWitt,and Connie Farlinger. Arnold & TrishO’Shields took home-movies at the Parade.Do they still have the film? The greatsalmon bake at Blake Island was easily thehighlight of this Parade. At the final victorybanquet, 38 SVR members consumed25 bottles of wine. SVR was second to thehost region with the most cars (21) in attendance.20 Years Ago (July 1985)SVR members showed a big turnout at the30 th Porsche Parade at Costa Mesa, June 30through July 6. SVR just missed making asweep of the rally. J. Toney and John Cleverwon their third Parade rally in a row (with243 total rally cars) by taking the ExpertClass with a total error of 0.14 minutes overan eight-leg event. Ray & Sara Clementswon the Navigational Class with Kirk& Linda Bradford in 18 th position andHarvey Cain and Connie Farlinger placedsecond in the 180-car Unequipped Classwith Larry & Pat Wilson coming in 25 th(last trophy position). The Weddles andSiegners also ran the rally. Ann Lawrenceand Dave Marek scored in the art contest,and Sara Clements won a second-place trophyin the tech quiz. At the Westin Hotelpool, Art Seeger introduced Larry Wilsonto Derek Bell as one Le Mans winner toanother. Autocross trophies went to SueMcGlumphy, Pat Wilson, and Larry Wilson.Both Harvey Cain and Kirk Bradfordwon a set of tires.According to Bob Jacobson, many SVRmembers attended the July 19-20 PorscheSuper Tech Weekend, hosted by Sierra NevadaRegion and chaired by Dave Eckert.The event included a Friday evening registrationparty at the Nugget Hotel, SaturdayPCNA tech session on the new 928S and944 Turbo cars at the Porsche Cars NorthAmerica preparation and delivery centerin Reno, and finally an evening gourmetItalian dinner back at the Nugget with TomCriesa, PCNA vice-president, as keynotespeaker.The 4 th Annual Tahoe Tour & Cruise,July 27-28, co-chaired by Ron & SallyBoeck and Rod & Kathy Chandler,led 73 cars representing eight PCA regionsthrough the beautiful foothills andbreathtaking Sierra Nevada to a luncheoncruise on the Tahoe Queen, and then overSpooner Summit to Carson City for a fulldresswestern style dude ranch barbecue anddancing at the Nevada Governor’s Mansion.At dinner many demonstrated theirskill in hanging a spoon from their nose.Then it was on to the Mother Lode Inn forrest (or drinking the bottle of champagnedonated by OK Tires to each car registeredat the Inn). Some recovered the next day atWally’s Hot Springs Resort. Tour monitors(Allen & Dolores Weddle, Mike & VickiWillis, Sara & Ray Clements) helped keepthe group organized.10 Years Ago (July 1995)Abby Runs Again, this time on July 9, gaveZone 7 rally competitors another shot atthe perennial SVR time and distance rallywith Abby the wonder-dog as rallymaster.Abby, with help from her master RichardWetzel, took 12 rally teams to visit herfavorite towns of Zamora and Dunnigan.Workers included Dave & Dolores Johnson,Delores McKinnon, Rik Larson,Phillip Marks, and Pat & Larry Wilson.SVR medalists included Jessica & J. Toney(3 rd , Expert Equipped), Ron & Sally Boeck(3 rd , Expert Unequipped), and Tina & JohnMurphy (1 st , Novice).Drifter editor Mike Willis reported onthe July 15 Hog Island Oyster Tour chaired,by Bob Brewer, and said, “the tour wasexcellent, we all had a blast on the beach,and it was like being sixteen again,” whichno doubt piqued reader curiosity aboutwhat really happened on that beach to makeMike’s memory go back that far?Patti & Jerry Thomas hosted the July21 Dinner Meeting at their home andturned it into a pool party with food cateredby the BBQ Express. A billiards challengewas also a big hit of the evening. Thosecaptured by a Phil Lawrence photo in TheDrifter having a great time were Sherry &Rick Luttrell, Phillip Marks, Herb & JanHoover, Pat & Larry Wilson, and Jerry’spet pig.The Drifter5
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