Slipstream - March 2004

Curves Ahead
by Matt Platts, Editor
You wouldn’t believe how much fun I had
at the TT104 advanced school last
weekend! That one-day trip to Mineral
Wells did several things for me. Most
importantly, I finally got to drive all three Time
Trial courses. Until that day, I would have
argued that there really weren’t three different
courses used at our Time Trials, but now I’m a
believer. I had driven on course 1 and 3 before,
but course 2 was all new to me. The biggest difference is that 2
is run counter-clockwise (1 and 3 are both clockwise). Now that
I’ve seen all of the courses, I feel a lot more comfortable
attending TT’s later this season. If you didn’t get out to TT104
this year, mark your calendar for next year, you’ll learn a lot.
This month’s Slipstream is packed full of great reading. We
have a wide variety of articles for your pleasure including two
articles that should help you to understand the upcoming 2004
Porsche Parade that will be right here in Fort Worth. You can
expect more articles in upcoming issues that will enlighten even
Maverick Minutes
by Mimi Spreen
The February Board meeting was held at the
home of Karen and Keith Olcha on Tuesday,
February 3, 2004 and was called to order at 7:05
pm. Attendees: Karen & Keith Olcha, Jan Mayo, Teri
& Charlie Davis, Mike Brodigan, Michael Wingfield,
Wendy Shoffit, Noby Takahashi, Lanean Hughes,
Matt Platts, Bill Miller, Chuck Machala, Joe
McGlohen, Dennis Chamberlain, Bob Knight, John
Sandusky & Mimi Spreen.
Jan - Regarding Parade, according to National, 1 week after
registration opened we have 506 registrants. Some trophies will be given
out at the Sunday banquet such as long distance, President’s Award,
Newsletter, and Webmaster, instead of it traditionally being given out at
Monday’s concours banquet. We have a warehouse for shipments to
come to prior to Parade that is 5 miles from the Worthington. The
warehouse has dock doors and a pallet jack, so shipments that arrive on
palette won't be a problem.
Lanean - Tire companies at the Parade DE will be Toyo and Bobby
Archer and at the Club Race, Michelin and Bobby Archer.
Dennis - We had 48 attendees at the Happy Hour at Nuevo Leon.
The next Happy Hour is at Saltgrass Steak House in Irving. Dave &
the well-traveled Parade-goer. Actually, the articles will be
written by several of those past Parade-goers with the intention
of sharing their knowledge and experiences from past Parades.
It will be a busy, hot, week in July, so we are going to try to equip
you with plenty of information to help you decide which events
interest you most. We also have a special issue of Slipstream
planned for July that will be overflowing with Parade stuff. We
will do our best to get that issue in your hands as early as
possible with the hopes of it being a piece of reference material
to help you through the week.
I’ll wrap up this month’s column with another reminder
that we have a very busy spring and early summer lined up. Now
that the schools are winding down, an extremely busy April
with several competitive driving events and the spring tour to
the Texas hill country is upon us. May is a little quieter, but it
includes the annual May at Mayo’s dinner social. Then June
is right back at it with many driving events including a
Drivers Education at MotorSport Ranch. Get your tires and
brake fluid ready!
Busters in Dallas is after that, and then Joe T. Garcias in Fort Worth.
John Sandusky - We currently have 92 paid entrants for the DE,
there are some spots open in the higher run groups.
Chuck - AX on Feb 21 and 22 at Pennington Field in Bedford.
Bill Miller - Time Trial 104 has 33 of 36 slots filled.
Joe - Radio storage boxes - approved for Joe to spend $600.00.
Noby - Insurance is taken care of.
Mike Brodigan - Advertising is fully current.
Bob - Received National rebate.
Teri - No rallies any time soon and there won't be any until after
Parade. Too many other things going on and the calendar is full.
Wendy - Still needs volunteers for the AX schools on Feb 21 & 22.
Matt - Thanks to everyone for getting February articles in on-time.
Mimi - Dinner social on Saturday, March 13 at Snooty Pig in North
Fort Worth, formerly Cactus Flower Cafe. Please remember to RSVP.
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 8:25, the motion was
seconded and approved.
Contrary to magazines which start reminding you to renew 13 years
before your current subscription expires, PCA only sends out one
renewal notice. If you do not pay your dues before (or *slightly* after)
your membership expires, you will be dropped from the national roster.
That means you'll no longer get Panorama, Slipstream, or first priority
into DEs! PCA makes it easy to renew with both mail-in forms and
online registration. Besides, it's only $42 per year!
Remember to Renew!
Help us help you and RENEW!
If you are thinking of not renewing, please contact one of the board
members on page 4 so we can know what we're doing that isn't suiting
you. If we don't know that there's a problem, we can't fix the problem.
We want you to be happy in the club and are doing our very best to
schedule a variety of events for everyone.
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