Slipstream - June 2003

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Curves Ahead by Matt Platts, Editor Wow! I can’t believe that I’m actually going to drive at Texas Motor Speedway! I’m sure that any of you reading this have already driven there, but my first time is coming up very soon. I’ve heard about how hard the track is on brakes, I guess going to 4-turns of NASCAR high-banks will do that. I have been told to be prepared with a spare set of brake pads and my brake bleeding equipment. Could there be anything more exciting than actually using up a set of brake pads in just a few track sessions? I am used to Drivers Ed’s at Motorsport Ranch which is a little gentler on brakes, this will be an entirely new experience for me. Maverick Minutes by Mimi Spreen The May Board meeting was held at the Olcha's house on Tuesday, May 6. Attendees were: Charlie and Teri Davis, Noby Takahashi, Matt Platts, Joel Nannis, Cody Sears, Mike Brodigan, Lanean Hughes, Wendy Shoffit, Jan Mayo, Dennis Chamberlain, Bob Knight, Joe McGlohen and Tinker Edwards. The meeting was called to order at 7:20 pm with Keith's Round the Room: Dennis - Happy Hour at Speedzone went well. The next HH is at Cafe Vienna in Irving, BYOB. Check Slipstream for details. Dennis has matched up 2 new members with mentors. Happy Hour at Main Event in Plano may work instead of a Saturday night social. Will discuss with Mimi via email. Mike - Advertising is current. Sending out letters to keep in front of billings. Ads look great in the latest issue. Teri - Activities: Father's Day Picnic at Dave and Doris Casey's house in Copper Canyon. Look in Slipstream for info. Come to the Davis' house on the 4th of July for a BYOFF (food & fireworks) party. Call Teri for info on the fireworks situation. May be too dry. Gimmick tour on the weekend of 7/17 to end up at the New Museum of Art. Lee Pepper, Maverick member, is a docent at the museum. Jan - 2004 Parade the Victory Banquet is locked in at TMS. Matt - Slipstream will be in the mail on Wednesday. Wendy - TT #2 made $350. AX #2 made about $150. Expense reports passed on to Bob. The scrapbook has been completed with the help of Jan and Linda Bambina and will give to Lanean to pass onto National. While doing Region of the year, she noticed we lost 20% of the total members (over 200) and wanted to discuss with Board to come up with a proactive way to retain their memberships. Teri offered to help compose a letter that Joel will send to new members to find out what their interests are in the club and we can call or email them encouraging them to come out to an event. As I promised last month, I finally got out and drove in a couple of Autocrosses and a Time Trial. As expected, they were both very interesting. We have some wonderful course designers who come up with ingenious ways to lay out cones just to give the driver a hard time. I must admit that they are not nearly as difficult to drive as they first appear, but eek-ing out that little bit of extra speed can be very challenging. The competitive aspect of comparing your times with others in your class has a great way of forcing you to try new things to shave a few hundredths of a second off. Occasionally a cone (or two) end up taking the brunt of your small mistakes during the search for the quickest route for you, your abilities, and your car. I hope to see some of you at more of our events, I may even run into you at Parade in Tampa at the end of the month. Bob - We're good/and we're still good. Joel - First new member with a Cayenne joined our region. Joe McGlohen - our events have been safe for the last month. Joe said we need 6-8 radios and per Keith, Joe is to procure prices on 6-10 new radios and get back with the Board so we can decide when and how many to buy. Lanean - CR has 54 entrants and DE has 35, with more still planning on attending. Could reach 100 total entrants. Cayenne will be there and will probably be a pace car or used for the Charity laps. Nancy Dugan sent a list of volunteers and we are lacking. Lanean to get a list of positions in need and post it on MRPCA list. The Show and Shine is sponsored by Wash Solutions. Kids AX on Sun afternoon. Addison lunches now at Texana. Charlie - Truxter lives!! Maintenance items completed Brakes are important and need to be addressed. 914 SIG had HCR sponsored tour at Lodge on Lake Buchannan. Keith - talked again with the Omni Theatre on Montgomery near Camp Bowie and they said we can have protected Porsche parking, rows where we can sit together and get a break on the price of tickets. Requested we have this event on Sun 8/10 about 3:30 with dinner afterwards, possibly at Dos Gringos, but other suggestions welcome. The Saturday 8/9 social will be replaced with the Sun social. Keith will speak at the McKinney Library Concours in July. See Slipstream for information. Cody - Heads up on future request for buying equipment for AX. Bar code reader and display for times. James and Charlie are creating new software. Equipment will take some time, so we need to get working on this. Wants to have further discussions for adding a charity event at TMS, possibly to count towards points total, or use as a make up. Safety supplies needed for AX and will be purchased. Motion to adjourn meeting at 9:04 and passed. 8
Happy Hour at Speed Zone by Dennis Chamberlain Happy Hour Crew: Dennis Chamberlain, Tinker Edwards, and Mark Gluck Keith Olcha’s Slipstream article about his favorite ten Porsches was a hot topic at the April 17 Happy Hour at the Malibu Speed Zone. One of the first questions that new members wanted to ask was “is Keith Olcha here?” and “has he owned all ten of his favorite Porsches?” I told them that I was just guessing, but that I’d bet that even though he might have driven several of those cars, it was highly unlikely that he’d owned all of them. Then again, I told them that with Keith, nothing would surprise me. New members Shelly and Michael Caolo were in attendance, and while they had just joined PCA, Michael has owned several Porsches in the past. He recently acquired a 928 GTS (with 20,000 miles on it) from Boston, and meanwhile, Shelly drives a speed yellow 1996 993. The lap timer for the Grand Prix Racers was inoperative, possibly due to management remembering our last happy hour at the Speed Zone! With a Stars playoff game in progress, and a club race at TWS the coming weekend, the turnout for this happy hour at Malibu Speed Zone was moderate – about thirty-five members. Photo by Dennis Chamberlain Jasmine and James ham it up Photo by Dennis Chamberlain We had perfect weather for driving the go-karts, but due to school being out the next day (Good Friday), the lines were long and rowdy. For the June 12 happy hour, we’ll be returning to Champps American Grill in Addison. Hope to see you there. Photo by Dennis Chamberlain Garry Chandler & Andrew Ciccarelli Would you buy a used car from any of these people? Photo by Dennis Chamberlain Shelly and Michael Caolo 356 West Coast Holiday October 2nd–5th, 2003 Taos, New Mexico Phone: 505-296-8912 Email: jyhretired@webtv.net 9
Page 1 and 2: www.pca.org/mav Time Trial #2 Cente
Page 3 and 4: www.pca.org/mav Volume 46, June 200
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Page 7 and 8: Road Ramblings by Keith Olcha, Mave
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Page 13 and 14: Retread’s Ramblings : Pads & Roto
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Page 17 and 18: Photo by Dee Lersch James and James
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Page 21 and 22: Autocross #2 Results Class Car # Na
Page 23 and 24: Photo by Matt Platts Photo by Matt
Page 25 and 26: Heel and Toe by Mike Lapp How many
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Page 29 and 30: New Wheels If you have any changes
Page 31 and 32: Slipstream Advertiser for 25 years!

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