Slipstream - November 2016

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Gimme a Minute: October Board Meeting By Wendy Shoffit, Region Secretary October 5, 2016 he meeting began a little T early at 6:44 pm, as Drivers’ Education Chair Chris Tabor needed to leave early. He reported that the September DE event was the highest attended in a long time. Everyone had a great time, including the tour drivers who showed up on Sunday to drive parade laps, despite the rain. He expressed appreciation for his entire DE committee. VP David Robertson was again standing in for a recovering Jim Falgout. Bill Orr led the discussion about the newly revised logo, submitted by the logo committee. They discussed overall design and color and showed multitudes of iterations, eventually showing the final three, which the board voted on by secret ballots. The final design received 17 votes, while the losing two got 7 and 0 votes respectively. It will be unveiled at the Annual Celebration on November 5. Editor Jim Hirsch reported for Membership Chair John Hamilton that we are down seven members from last month. We have 1,687 Primary and 2,570 total members. He expressed his appreciation for members who help make Slipstream better, including George Luxbacher, Charlie Davis, Carey Spreen, and Wendy Shoffit. Advertising Chair Bill Kruder said Autoscope is rejoining as a Slipstream advertiser. He has been contacting all advertisers and has been soliciting new ones, including trying to get a national company on board. Volunteer Chair Jim Gallegos reported that someone stepped up to help out with the online calendar. We still need more people to fill open positions. Social Co-Chair Phyllis Gallegos said the Annual Celebration is on Nov. 5 at the NYLO Hotel. This will be a more casual, fun affair, with no formal sit-down meal. She and others are working on donations for the silent auction. She has also set up May at Mayos for 2017. Goodie Store Chair Chris Flaugh has many decals with the soon to be retired logo on it. PCA Tours Chair Tom Martin set a goal to collect $1,500 for the Hope Shelter from the MotorSport Ranch tour drivers. Because the rain caused many to opt out, we only collected $941 in cash and cards. He asked no-shows to bring the gift cards to a future event. The next tour is to Rancho Sereno, which has some of the best roads. He has a tentative 2017 schedule planned out and has two potential co-chairs to help. He expressed his appreciation for the DE committee for being so welcoming to the tour group and showing them such a great time. Monthly Dinner Social Chair Stephanie Ho reported that the Porsche Birthday party at Arthur’s was a great success. Because of space constraints, she had to limit attendance, which included roughly 20 new members. She thanked several board members for talking to the attendees about their events. October’s event will be at Uncle Buck’s in Grapevine. There will not be an event in November, but she will get one together for December. Rally Co-Chair George Luxbacher mentioned the October Rally event should be interesting. He and Don Sebert hope to have all attendees in costume. The rally will end at Fortunata Winery in Aubrey, where they will fire up the pizza ovens just for us. They have been doublechecking all the rally roads. George also reported on the photo contest. He has had many inquiries so far and has 15 entrants (21 photos). He is working with Charlie Davis and Tracy Robertson on the details and display. He vows to start planning earlier next year. Charlie Davis wants to designate a special place on our website to store logos and such to create consistency for the new artwork. We will publish the logo in the December issue. Safety Chair Joe McGlohen reported that we have safe events. Secretary Wendy Shoffit reported for Autocross Chair Mark Schnoerr, who had a great event with 11 Porsches participating (64 cars total), including an SUV. He is putting together an article for Slipstream and looks forward to the final two events of the season on Oct. 30 in Burleson and Nov. 13 at Lone Star Park, where Bill Orr will have a Cars and Scones activity. Although he was there, Bill Middleton had to leave before giving a report, but left a note thanking Tom Martin and the DE committee for the great collection for Hope. Wendy also reported that we have a DE event in October and then a Club Race and solo-only DE at MSR in November. The date of the COTA Club Race in Austin is now in March instead of May, hoping to draw a larger crowd, taking over the Texas World Speedway date. She received an email from the President of Hill Country Region, Tracey Gross, asking if Maverick was working on PCA license plates for Texas. Bill Orr and David Robertson will contact her to coordinate efforts. Wendy also mentioned that we could use ClubRegistration.net for more social, tour, and rally events, and offered help to anyone wanting to learn. DE Safety Committee member Bob Kramer has met with other members and is working to improve procedures and management at the events. 6 November
Time Trial Chair Travis Howard reported that the event on Sept. 18 was a great event. It filled up and participants enjoyed 14 timed runs each. Even with so many runs they still finished early. A Porsche got top time of day after several years it being an “other” car. He awarded silver coin trophies. He has been the TT chair for nine years, but with a job change, he’s not sure if the program will continue. He hopes an enthusiast will take it over. Reporting for wife, Robyn, she has a Swap Meet on Oct. 8 at Zims Autotechnik. Slipstream Content Editor Carey Spreen said that UNT has begun to archive Slipstreams. They discovered all 1998 issues missing. He hopes to find replacements. Treasurer Richard Solomon said that the region is healthy with over $150K in the bank. We have roughly half the advertisers paid up for the year. The cost of printing Slipstream is on the rise. We netted a good amount from the last DE and finally received a check for a small amount from the COTA race in May. He wants to work on sending money to our two charities, the Hope Shelter and the Boot Campaign. David Robertson encouraged every chairperson to have a backup for their position. Lastly, he congratulated George Luxbacher for being Maverick of the Month! Meeting adjourned at 8:38 pm. SEPTEMBER TRIVIA It’s Easy to Play! Play here for fun and find the answers below OR Play for prizes on the web at http://mav.pca.org, with the answers and winners to be posted here after each month’s contest has closed. Thanks to Jerry DeFeo for putting this and the Web Trivia together. The Winner for this month is, TOM MARTIN getting 5 of 5 correct. Tom, please contact Kirk at Zim’s to claim your $25 Gift Certificate. Thanks to all for playing! 1. Some people feel that changing spark plugs can be a real hassle, and on a 911 Turbo it can be even worse. Which plug on a 2002 911 Turbo 996 X50TT is considered the worse? a. 1 b. 3 c. 4 d. 6 Source: Porsche Panorama, August 2016, p 118 2. On some of the newer 997 Porsches there is an extra-cost Sport Exhaust option which, according to some 997 experts, is meant to __________ on most Porsches! a. Sound sporty b. Weigh less for racing c. Deliver more power at high RPMs d. Deliver more low end torque Source: Porsche Panorama, August 2016, p 108 3. It seems that Macan GTS sales are doing very well, getting new folks to the Porsche brand. In fact, some 73% of Macan buyers came from outside current Porsche owners; 50% are between 35 and 55; and some 62% ordered customized Macans. But what is the ratio of male to female buyers? a. 45% male, 55% female b. 51% m, 49% f c. 58% m, 42% f d. 69% m, 31% f Source: Porsche Panorama, August 2016, p 51 4. An interesting aspect of the new Macan is the brakes. The front rotors are some 14.2” while the rear are only 13”. The front calipers are fixed with 6 pistons, but what are the rear calipers? a. Fixed w/2 pistons b. Fixed w/4 pistons c. Floating w/1 piston d. Floating w/2 pistons Source: Porsche Panorama, August 2016, p 50 5. The Cayman GT4 has a Carbon Bucket Seats option that costs an extra ________. They hold some drivers snugly in place, though they don’t work well for all builds, and can make ingress/egress difficult. a. $2,640 b. $3,230 c. $3,980 d. $4,730 Source: Porsche Panorama, August 2016, p 47 Answers: 1) c 2) a 3) d 4) c 5) d 7
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