Slipstream - March 2013
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http://mav.pca.org<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
• Father’s Day Picnic<br />
• Sunday Drive<br />
• Rally School<br />
Past Events<br />
• Wild Wildflowers<br />
• May at Mayo’s<br />
• Results<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2013</strong> - Published by the Maverick Region<br />
June 2007 -<br />
Porsche Published<br />
Club by<br />
of the<br />
America<br />
Maverick Region<br />
Porsche Club of America
To us, a checkered flag doesn’t mean stop.<br />
After each race, the question is always: where do we go next to compete? Sebring? Watkins Glen? Mid-Ohio?<br />
Texas World Speedway? Eagles? When the race is set, we are always ready to go. Lap records are usually<br />
set in class. Wins come with hard work and everyone contributing. Even when a win doesn’t come or if we<br />
go metal to metal during the race, when the track goes cold, we are still a family. That is what it is all about.<br />
Proven performance in the workshop or at the track,<br />
at Boardwalk Porsche, it is our passion.
http://mav.pca.org<br />
Departments<br />
Zone 5 Presidents .........................................1<br />
Drifting (President’s Column) ......................2<br />
Maverick of the Month.................................2<br />
List of Officers/Board Chairs .......................4<br />
Carey On (Editor’s Column) ........................5<br />
Maverick Minutes ........................................6<br />
January Trivia ...............................................7<br />
Destination Restoration ................................8<br />
Advertiser of the Month .............................18<br />
Cliff’s Ramblings .......................................20<br />
New Wheels and Anniversaries ..................31<br />
Unclassifieds ..............................................32<br />
Advertiser Index .........................................32<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
Calendar of Events .......................................1<br />
May at Mayo’s...............................................2<br />
Sunday Drive: Cavanaugh Flt Museum........5<br />
Board Meeting .............................................7<br />
Your First DE, Part 2 ..................................12<br />
DE 1, Eagles Canyon Raceway...................12<br />
Autocross Academy, Dallas Raceway.........22<br />
Maverick Lunch Series ..............................22<br />
Happy Hour: Love & War in TX ................29<br />
DE 2, MotorSport Ranch............................30<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Membership Directory.......................30<br />
Past Event Recaps<br />
All Member Party.......................................10<br />
Willkommen in Stuttgart ............................16<br />
Happy Hour: Wildwood Grill .....................24<br />
Volume 51, Issue 3, <strong>March</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Go Online for Latest Updates on Events<br />
http://mav.pca.org<br />
<strong>March</strong><br />
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Day <strong>March</strong><br />
3 Sunday Drive: Flight Museum<br />
6 Board Meeting<br />
9-10 Drivers’ Ed 1, ECR<br />
12 Lewisville Lunch<br />
12 Porsche Parade Registration opens<br />
21 Happy Hr: Love & War in TX<br />
24 Autocross Academy, DR<br />
28 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
Day May<br />
1 Board Meeting<br />
4 May at Mayo’s<br />
5 Sunday Dr: Rancho Sereno<br />
14 Lewisville Lunch<br />
16 Happy Hr: Blue Mesa Grill<br />
23 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
Driving Event Venues<br />
COTA - Circuit of the Americas, Austin<br />
DR - Dallas Raceway, Crandall<br />
ECR - Eagles Canyon Raceway, Slidell<br />
MW - Mineral Wells Airport, Mineral Wells<br />
MSR - MotorSport Ranch, Cresson<br />
TMS - Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth<br />
April<br />
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20<br />
21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />
28 29 30<br />
Day April<br />
3 Board Meeting<br />
9 Lewisville Lunch<br />
14 Autocross 2, DR<br />
18 Happy Hr: Joe T. Garcia’s<br />
20-21 Drivers’ Ed 2, MSR 3.1<br />
21 Sunday Dr: Intro to DE<br />
25 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
27-28 Time Trial 1/Autocross 3, MW<br />
Day June<br />
1 Drivers’ Ed 3, ECR (1 day)<br />
5 Board Meeting<br />
11 Lewisville Lunch<br />
16 Autocross 4, DR<br />
20 Happy Hr: Mac’s, Colleyville<br />
23-29 Porsche Parade, Traverse City, MI<br />
27 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
On the Cover:<br />
Long time Maverick Richard<br />
Cross (in black beret) with his<br />
beautiful 1964 356SC coupe<br />
at the All Member Party<br />
Photo by Carey Spreen<br />
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ARK-LA-TEX<br />
Kirk Bristol<br />
kbristol911@gmail.com<br />
COASTAL BEND<br />
Jose Carreras<br />
missionortho@aol.com<br />
<strong>2013</strong> PCA Zone 5 Presidents and Zone Representative<br />
LONE STAR<br />
Greg Platt<br />
president@lsrpca.com<br />
MARDI GRAS<br />
Rick Payton<br />
rpayton35@aol.com<br />
OZARK<br />
John Bullen<br />
JohnCBullen@gmail.com<br />
WHISKEY BAY<br />
Henry Carter<br />
hjcarterod@gmail.com<br />
CIMARRON<br />
Bill Jacobi<br />
bjacobi@sbcglobal.net<br />
HILL COUNTRY<br />
Courtney Gross<br />
courtney.e.gross@gmail.com<br />
LONGHORN<br />
Jack Merrell<br />
911scracer@gmail.com<br />
MAVERICK<br />
John Hamlton<br />
president@mavpca.org<br />
WAR BONNET<br />
Grady Buckhalter<br />
grady.buckhalter@gmail.com<br />
WHITE RIVER<br />
Leonard Zechiedrich<br />
uber930@gmail.com<br />
ZONE 5 REP<br />
Lynn Friedman<br />
zone5rep@pca.org<br />
<strong>March</strong> 1
Drifting: Support Our Advertisers - Please!<br />
By John Hamilton, Region President<br />
Your <strong>Slipstream</strong><br />
newsletter is<br />
supported primarily<br />
through<br />
the businesses<br />
that advertise on<br />
these pages. They<br />
advertise expecting<br />
that they will receive good will<br />
and customers by doing so. One of<br />
the ways in which we can help them<br />
is by patronizing them whenever<br />
we can. When you do patronize any<br />
one of our advertisers, please do<br />
us all a favor: let them know that<br />
you’re a Porsche Club member<br />
and that their advertising pays<br />
off! Otherwise, they won’t know<br />
the true value of their ads.<br />
Spring is coming!<br />
As you can see by our activities<br />
calendar, things are heating up<br />
just as the weather is warming<br />
up. So <strong>March</strong> includes a broad<br />
range of activities, including<br />
Autocross, Time Trial, Drivers’<br />
Education and a Sunday Drive.<br />
I frequently receive<br />
emails (president@<br />
mavpca.org) asking<br />
what Autocross is and<br />
how to get started.<br />
The quick description<br />
of Autocross is<br />
on our website (mav.<br />
pca.org) under the<br />
tab “Events.” How to<br />
get started? Go to our<br />
Autocross School on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 24 at Dallas<br />
Raceway. It is absolutely<br />
the best way to<br />
learn the capabilities<br />
of your Porsche,<br />
and YES, TWO CAN<br />
SHARE A CAR!<br />
Mav of the Month<br />
This time our Mav of<br />
the Month is a relative “newbie!”<br />
When we started looking for a new<br />
Social Chair last fall, we had several<br />
qualified applicants, and Tracy<br />
Robertson got the job. Tracy rose<br />
to the occasion and<br />
literally took over<br />
everything Social. She<br />
and her team<br />
did a spectacular<br />
job of organizing<br />
and executing<br />
our “New/All<br />
Member Party”<br />
in January. So<br />
congratulations,<br />
Tracy!<br />
ALEXIS A. V. CAMPBELL, Proprietor<br />
1235 William D. Tate Ave<br />
Grapevine, TX 76051<br />
Thanks for already jumping in<br />
with both feet to keep us running.<br />
And enjoy your gift certificate<br />
to the Silver Fox Steakhouse!<br />
P.S.: The Silver Fox Steakhouse is<br />
one of our Advertisers.<br />
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• Expert maintenance and repair services • Track Day Preparation<br />
• Performance and appearance upgrades from GMG, Manthey, FVD and More<br />
• Superior customer service and free loaner cars • PCA Discounts<br />
• Show quality detailing services • We build Spec Boxsters<br />
We also Buy and Sell Quality Pre-owned Porsches<br />
Like a Personal Trainer for your Porsche!<br />
Come See Our New Facilities!<br />
Thanks to you, we’ve outgrown our old facility, and have moved to<br />
our new, 36,000 square foot service and sales facility.<br />
Come visit us at the corner of Midway Road and Skylane Drive,<br />
right across the street from Addison Airport.<br />
3236 Skylane Drive, Dallas, Texas 75006<br />
214-269-1570 • www.racperformance.com<br />
© 2011 RAC Performance, Glenn Zanotti Art Director/Photographer.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 3
President<br />
John Hamilton<br />
C-817-907-7823<br />
president@mavpca.org<br />
John enjoys DEs, Happy Hours, the<br />
Porsche Parade, and other social events.<br />
He and wife Chris have owned Porsches<br />
since 1996 and joined the Club in 2002.<br />
John’s Grandfather in New Jersey owned<br />
a 1960 356B Coupe and later a 1965<br />
356SC Cab which is how it got into his<br />
blood.<br />
POSITION CHAIRPERSON<br />
AX Chair Travis Howard<br />
TT Chair Travis Howard<br />
AX/TT Registrar Robyn Howard<br />
AX/TT Rules Charlie Davis<br />
AX/TT Safety<br />
AX/TT Schools Robyn Howard<br />
AX/TT Tech Insp Jeff Herrmann<br />
AX/TT Workers Robyn Howard<br />
Charity Chair Chris Hamilton<br />
Club Race Co-Chair Joel Nannis<br />
Club Race Co-Chair Pat Heptig<br />
Club Race Ads/PR Jim Buckley<br />
Club Race Registrar Wendy Shoffit<br />
Concours Jack Griffin,<br />
Frank Briggs<br />
DE Chair Lori Mauthe<br />
DE Chief Drvng Instr. John Sandusky<br />
DE Equip. Mgr. Luke Edson<br />
DE Registrar Joel Nannis<br />
DE Safety Bob Benson<br />
Email List Moderator Bob Benson<br />
Goodie Store Pat Friend<br />
Happy Hours Mike Farrar<br />
Histographer, Tenured Charlie Davis<br />
Mentors Monda Hanna<br />
Membership Susan and Tom<br />
Froehlich<br />
Past President Mike Brodigan<br />
Public Relations Linda Bambina<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong><br />
Advertising Pat Friend<br />
Editor Carey Spreen<br />
Event Ad Design Christy Payne<br />
Mailing & Tech. Andy Mears<br />
Printing Fran Ussery<br />
Staff<br />
Linda Bambina<br />
Wendy Shoffit<br />
Social Chair Tracy Robertson<br />
Sponsorship Keith Olcha<br />
Sunday Drives John Harvey,<br />
Brendan Eagan<br />
Swap Meets Robyn Howard<br />
Tech Sessions Ed Mullenix<br />
Trivia Chair Jerry DeFeo<br />
Website<br />
Denny Payne<br />
4<br />
Vice President<br />
Gareth Maurice<br />
C-817-821-2940<br />
vp@mavpca.org<br />
Gareth still remembers the cover of<br />
the car magazine that drew him into a<br />
lifetime of loving cars. He spent many<br />
afternoons riding his bike as a young<br />
kid to the local newsstand to buy and<br />
read everything he could. He now<br />
owns a Midnight Blue 911S and enjoys<br />
driving it in wonderful Texas!<br />
Linda Bambina<br />
214-616-1936<br />
pr@mavpca.org<br />
Bob Benson<br />
817-457-8833<br />
bbenson1@airmail.net<br />
Frank Briggs<br />
concours@mavpca.org<br />
Mike Brodigan<br />
817-233-0068<br />
de@mavpca.org<br />
Jim Buckley<br />
cr@mavpca.org<br />
Charlie Davis<br />
chuxter@1derful.info<br />
Jerry DeFeo<br />
972-240-5800<br />
trivia@mavpca.org<br />
Mike Farrar<br />
hh@mavpca.org<br />
Pat Friend<br />
214-616-2477<br />
ads@mavpca.org<br />
goodiestore@mavpca.org<br />
Jack Griffin<br />
214-739-2600<br />
concours@mavpca.org<br />
Chris Hamilton<br />
hope@mavpca.org<br />
Secretary<br />
Renee Farinella<br />
C-972-571-4412<br />
secretary@mavpca.org<br />
Renee works in healthcare, and<br />
enjoys fundraising for the military’s<br />
CarryTheLoad.org. Her passion for cars<br />
manifests in how to integrate the highperformance<br />
driving experience into<br />
relationship building. She says, “Can a<br />
Porsche BE too loud on a Sunday drive?<br />
The hills are aliiive with the sound of<br />
music!” Renee owns a 2008 Boxster.<br />
Monda Hanna<br />
972-450-4341<br />
monda.hanna@ubs.com<br />
John Harvey<br />
214-808-1414<br />
tours@mavpca.org<br />
rocky@airmail.net<br />
Jeff Herrmann<br />
254-338-1758<br />
Rider81@embarqmail.com<br />
Carl.G.Herrmann@us.army.mil<br />
Robyn Howard<br />
214-991-0873<br />
ax@mavpca.org<br />
drivingschools@mavpca.org<br />
Travis Howard<br />
214-616-6152<br />
tt@mavpca.org<br />
ax@mavpca.org<br />
Pat Heptig<br />
cr@mavpca.org<br />
Susan & Tom Froehlich<br />
membership@mavpca.org<br />
Lori Mauthe<br />
de@mavpca.org<br />
Chuck McCoy<br />
972-436-3164<br />
magpedler@yahoo.com<br />
Andy Mears<br />
214-394-5857<br />
andy@mavpca.org<br />
Ed Mullenix<br />
972-231-5356<br />
techcorner@mavpca.org<br />
Please help us to keep growing!<br />
Treasurer<br />
Jim Falgout<br />
W-972-669-2370<br />
C-972-345-3009<br />
treasurer@mavpca.org<br />
Jim joined Maverick Region in August,<br />
2008. He drives a 1992 968 cabriolet,<br />
which is the second Porsche he<br />
has owned. Jim enjoys attending<br />
Maverick Region social and driving<br />
events.<br />
Joel Nannis<br />
deregistrar@mavpca.org<br />
cr@mavpca.org<br />
Lisa Steele<br />
214-709-6418<br />
membership@mavpca.org<br />
Keith Olcha<br />
W-817-706-7678<br />
H-817-251-6865<br />
keith.olcha@verizon.net<br />
Denny Payne<br />
webmaster@mavpca.org<br />
Tracy Robertson<br />
817-300-3340<br />
social@mavpca.org<br />
John Sandusky<br />
817-777-0421<br />
john.c.sandusky@lmco.com<br />
Wendy Shoffit<br />
H- 972-506-7449<br />
C- 972-977-9821<br />
crreg@mavpca.org<br />
James Shoffit<br />
972-786-6246<br />
James@shoffit.com<br />
http://zone5.pca.org<br />
Carey Spreen<br />
817-422-3480<br />
editor@mavpca.org<br />
rally@mavpca.org<br />
Fran Ussery<br />
W-972-438-8344<br />
H-817-481-8342<br />
fran@usseryprinting.com<br />
Your Name Here!<br />
rally@mavpca.org
Carey On...<br />
By Carey Spreen, Managing Editor<br />
By the<br />
time you<br />
read this,<br />
Maverick Region<br />
will have had our<br />
first social event<br />
(the All Member<br />
Party) and first<br />
competitive event (Autocross at<br />
Dallas Raceway) of the year, as well<br />
as the inaugural Getaway Weekend.<br />
If you missed them, there’s<br />
more where that came from.<br />
In this issue you will find Part 2<br />
of Joel Nannis’ and Lori Mauthe’s<br />
article about what to expect for<br />
your first Drivers’ Ed event. If you<br />
have decided that this is the year<br />
that you will take the plunge and<br />
see what it feels like to drive your<br />
Porsche on a real race track, that<br />
article is where you should start!<br />
The first event in our ever-popular<br />
Sunday Drive series takes place on<br />
Sunday, <strong>March</strong> 3 -- see the ad below.<br />
Depending on the whims of fate<br />
and the USPS, you may or may not<br />
have received this issue by then; if<br />
not, I hope that you were able to<br />
visit our website, http://mav.pca.<br />
org, and find out about this Drive,<br />
whose destination is the Cavanaugh<br />
Flight Museum at Addison Airport,<br />
with a large collection of airworthy<br />
aircraft ranging from World War I<br />
vintage to the Vietnam era.<br />
The next weekend opens our Drivers’<br />
Ed season at Eagles Canyon<br />
Raceway in Slidell; again, see “Your<br />
First DE Part 2” in this issue. And<br />
for another flavor of driver training,<br />
our annual Autocross Academy<br />
will take place on Sunday, <strong>March</strong><br />
24 at Dallas Raceway in Crandall.<br />
Autocrossing is the time-honored<br />
tradition of navigating your way<br />
through a course delineated by<br />
pairs of traffic cones set up in a<br />
large parking lot. The goal is to get<br />
from one end of the course to the<br />
other in as little time as possible<br />
without hitting any cones. Those<br />
of us who have been autocrossing<br />
for a while know that there are<br />
two main benefits to the sport:<br />
(1) you learn how your Porsche<br />
behaves at, and sometimes beyond,<br />
the limits of traction, and you<br />
learn how to use that behavior<br />
to its utmost effect; and (2) you<br />
have a great time, spending very<br />
little money, with virtually no risk<br />
at all of damaging your “baby.”<br />
Check out the calendar on page 1;<br />
if something sounds interesting, I<br />
can assure you that it is!<br />
<strong>March</strong> 5
Maverick Minutes: February Board Meeting<br />
By Renee Farinella, Region Secretary February 6, <strong>2013</strong><br />
At 7:08pm,<br />
Region<br />
President<br />
John Hamilton<br />
began the meeting<br />
by introducing our<br />
new Social Chair,<br />
Tracy Robertson<br />
and her husband Don. Tracy has<br />
big ideas for us, and asked that<br />
any ideas for social functions be<br />
sent to her at social@mavpca.org!<br />
Richard Cross delivered a card<br />
that folks at the New Member<br />
gathering signed for Myra Sutton,<br />
and said that the chemo is working!<br />
Radiation is next… Please continue<br />
to keep the Suttons in your prayers.<br />
Projected budgets are due next<br />
month. Treasurer Jim Falgout<br />
has forms, which are available<br />
electronically, for each committee<br />
chair. Please email Jim to<br />
request a form if you did not get<br />
a hard copy at the meeting.<br />
John will be sending in nominations<br />
for National awards via email,<br />
which are due before the end of<br />
February. Lisa Steele, our former<br />
Membership chair, was mentioned<br />
as a candidate for Enthusiast of<br />
the Year. Region of the year? We<br />
may have a shot because of our<br />
50th anniversary this past year. And<br />
we will try again for the Overall<br />
Newsletter Award, which was an<br />
excellent victory for us last year!<br />
John noted that Tracy Robertson<br />
jumped right in and did a great<br />
job with the New / All Member<br />
gathering January 26. The event<br />
was an excellent opportunity to<br />
get to know folks, and learn more<br />
about all the various functions and<br />
facets available to club members.<br />
Suggestions were made requesting<br />
possible new locations for this<br />
annual Member party, as it appears<br />
Heritage is kind of far away for<br />
some folks. Also, John introduced<br />
Susan and Tom Froehlich as our<br />
new Membership Co-Chairs. We<br />
are thrilled to have their support<br />
and experience, which will substantially<br />
contribute to our board and<br />
strengthening of our membership.<br />
With that, John turned to Tracy<br />
for her report on her first social!<br />
She said we hosted about 120<br />
attendees. She ensured that<br />
more information was shared by<br />
each committee in an organized<br />
fashion about what we do as a<br />
club to inspire involvement.<br />
Mark your calendars for May 4,<br />
when we reconvene for our annual<br />
May at Mayo’s Concours and<br />
dinner. Sunday Drive assistant<br />
Brendan Eagan mentioned that the<br />
May Sunday Drive may be moved<br />
to follow this Saturday gathering.<br />
Tracy is in the processes of gathering<br />
transition details regarding her<br />
new role, like needing accesses,<br />
becoming familiar with the PCA<br />
calendar, other board volunteer<br />
roles, and related policies and<br />
procedures, etc. Brendan is also<br />
our new Calendar Boy (yes, that<br />
is what he prefers to be called!)<br />
PR chair Linda Bambina is continuing<br />
to work on, and is getting<br />
very excited about, the Fredericksburg<br />
Getaway. People from as far<br />
away as the Austin, San Antonio,<br />
and Tyler areas will be going.<br />
The Feb <strong>Slipstream</strong> was out really<br />
early this month. Kudos! She<br />
submitted an article to Porsche Panorama<br />
for the “From the Regions”<br />
section about our 50th Founders’<br />
Day Gala. She is soliciting planning<br />
support for more Getaway Weekends,<br />
and member Marlee Shaw<br />
has experience from her days in<br />
San Diego; they were called “Marvelous<br />
Mystery Tours” there. Linda<br />
is working on more Advertiser of<br />
the Month articles, and everyone is<br />
excited to be interviewed and featured.<br />
Thank you for all your hard<br />
work, Linda! It is showing up as<br />
lots of fun, and you are clearly very<br />
much enjoying what you are doing.<br />
Wendy Shoffit reminded us that<br />
the PDFs of <strong>Slipstream</strong> are available<br />
to advertisers, as well as ad clickthroughs<br />
to capture data. Also,<br />
we will be putting a link for Lisa<br />
Steele’s interview video on-line,<br />
in addition to the time lapse of<br />
the 50th Anniversary celebration<br />
at Texas Motor Speedway.<br />
Reminder: Registration for the<br />
Porsche Parade (Traverse City, MI)<br />
opens Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> 12. Parade<br />
2014 will be in Monterey, CA.<br />
She asked if we want to do the<br />
Regional Directory again; the<br />
majority said yes. They will be<br />
available to any club member<br />
for $5.00, as long it is not used<br />
commercially. It will not be made<br />
available electronically. We sold<br />
about 70 last year. We will print<br />
200 this time. They are typically<br />
done in April. An opt-out notice is<br />
published in <strong>March</strong>. On the New<br />
Member page, we will advertise<br />
that they will be available. An email<br />
will be sent to members as well.<br />
Wendy mentioned the idea of<br />
having a Car Show, possibly this<br />
fall, so as not to conflict with the<br />
Autos in the Park show at Cooper<br />
Aerobics. This time we would invite<br />
vendors to put up displays on-site.<br />
We would need a chair. Linda said<br />
she has a friend in California who<br />
has done this. I mentioned sponsorship<br />
and philanthropy partnering.<br />
Bill Miller and James Shoffit then<br />
gave us a Club Race report. They<br />
put together a five-member co-<br />
6
chair team combining a DE and<br />
Club Race, tentatively scheduled<br />
for May 10-12, at the COTA track<br />
in Austin. Verbal agreement was<br />
reached and a signed contract is<br />
pending. This will be a sellout.<br />
Look for an email regarding<br />
when registration will be open.<br />
DE Chair Lori Mauthe reported<br />
with a reminder that business cards<br />
printed with the <strong>2013</strong> DE schedule<br />
are now available. Keith Olcha<br />
will be standing in for her at the<br />
<strong>March</strong> DE, as she will be out of<br />
town that weekend at the Amelia<br />
Island Concours in Florida. For the<br />
April DE, parade laps are planned<br />
for Big Brothers Big Sisters.<br />
From last meeting, a budget<br />
request is still pending for training<br />
equipment. Last year there<br />
were seven new and four existing<br />
Instructor re-certifications. We<br />
are building. The unpredictability<br />
factor is challenging; Green and<br />
Blue groups will be limited to 25<br />
entrants each to help remedy this<br />
planning issue, so we can be assured<br />
of enough instructors. iPads<br />
are being requested; they can<br />
connect to the Internet at Eagles<br />
Canyon, but not at MotorSport<br />
Ranch. $2500 is being requested.<br />
This upgrade will allow capture of<br />
the ratings /progress which would<br />
be uploaded and stored digitally.<br />
Histories could be looked up by<br />
Instructors without referring to<br />
student notebooks. Various possible<br />
options were discussed. Some<br />
board members offered that theirs<br />
be used as a trial first. An Apple TV<br />
(box) sells for $100, and Lori offered<br />
to donate hers. The idea is to<br />
put camera in students’ cars, then<br />
reviewed in class later. Jim Buckley<br />
will discuss enhancements for the<br />
coaching program: data acquisition<br />
in the car, analysis, and feedback.<br />
Tom Froehlich affirmed what a<br />
helpful mechanism that would be.<br />
An extra fee for this service would<br />
be charged. Lori proposed borrowing<br />
the two iPads, try with Apple<br />
TV, and go from there. Tom also<br />
asked if the screens were readable<br />
in sunlight, and the answer was yes.<br />
The DE committee meeting venue<br />
got moved. Terry Powell is the new<br />
manager at Park Place, and Lori<br />
continued on page 27<br />
JANUARY TRIVIA<br />
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1. Porsche has produced over one million cars. When did the millionth car<br />
come off the line?<br />
a. July 15, 1996 b. June 29, 2000 c. Sept 3, 2006 d. August 6, 2012<br />
Source: Porsche Panorama, Nov 2012, p 88<br />
2. Which model was the millionth off the line?<br />
a. 993 911 Carrera b. 996 911 C4 Cabriolet c. 997 911 Carrera S<br />
d. Cayenne Turbo S<br />
Source: Porsche Panorama, Nov 2012, p 88<br />
3. In 1952, at the urging of importer Max Hoffman, Porsche built a small<br />
aluminum two-seater known as the America Roadster. What was the<br />
Porsche numerical nomenclature?<br />
a. 356AR b. 357 c. 540 d. 656<br />
Source: Porsche Panorama, Sept 2012, p 97<br />
4. The iconic Fuchs wheels are being produced once again for Porsche cars,<br />
by a company in SoCal. They are available in which of the following<br />
diameters?<br />
a. 15”-16”-17”-18”-19” b. 17”-18”-19” c. 18”-19” d. 19” only<br />
Source: www.fuchsperformance.com<br />
5. Fuchs now uses the latest drop-forged technology, and they say it is stronger<br />
and lighter than cast aluminum wheels, resulting in reduced unsprung<br />
weight. According to Fuchs Performance, using a forged aluminum wheel<br />
in place of a cast aluminum wheel can save up to what percentage of<br />
weight?<br />
a. 10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 25%<br />
Source: www.fuchsperformance.com<br />
Answers: 1) a 2) a 3) c 4) d 5) d<br />
<strong>March</strong> 7
Destination Restoration: Breathing Life Back Into a 914<br />
By Ash Seidl-Staley<br />
The beautiful<br />
little<br />
Carrera<br />
914-6 (pictured<br />
on this page) and<br />
my uncle have<br />
had a stop-andgo<br />
relationship.<br />
My grandfather originally bought<br />
the car in 1988, and then sold it<br />
to my uncle in 1989, only to sell it<br />
back to my Grandfather in 1990.<br />
Within that year, though, he drove<br />
it, tinkered with it, and fell in love<br />
with it. Still to this day he says the<br />
only reason he sold it back was<br />
because he wanted the money so<br />
that he could use it towards buying<br />
a more practical car that he needed<br />
while he served in the Army.<br />
In the next 7 years, while in the<br />
hands of my infamous Grandfather,<br />
the car evolved into something<br />
altogether unique. To this day I<br />
cannot even begin to tell anyone<br />
what he did to it. And since I can’t<br />
ask him, all we have to go on is our<br />
own research and bits of documented<br />
evidence scattered about.<br />
I have found that the car was last<br />
registered with the Palmetto Region<br />
in South Carolina, and before<br />
that it was a documented Germany<br />
Region track car which my Grandfather<br />
used mostly to race in AX/TTs.<br />
From what we can see in the car<br />
itself, my uncle and I have come<br />
8<br />
The 914-6 waking from<br />
its 15-year slumber<br />
to realize that my Grandfather<br />
was never satisfied with the drive<br />
train. He took the original 2.0-liter<br />
flat four as far as it would go but<br />
ultimately upgraded to a more<br />
powerful flat six. Whether you<br />
Raised off the floor,<br />
inspection begins<br />
hate 914s or love them, you can<br />
at least agree that these cars can<br />
utilize the interchangeable Porsche<br />
parts catalog just as well, if not<br />
better, than their 911 brothers.<br />
After a long hiatus, my uncle<br />
acquired the car again in 1997, and<br />
since then it has been cooped up<br />
in the garage, hiding underneath<br />
various boxes and moving blankets.<br />
When I moved down to the Dallas<br />
area from up north I insisted that<br />
something be done with this car.<br />
Little did I know that what we were<br />
about to get into would change my<br />
perception of car mechanics<br />
and strengthen my admiration<br />
of Porsches forever.<br />
We started the first phase<br />
of restoration as anyone<br />
else would: lifting the car<br />
up, banging for rust, and<br />
diagnosing problems while<br />
generating a new parts list.<br />
Doing even this was no<br />
simple task because we had<br />
no idea the full extent of<br />
customization my Grandfather<br />
put into the car.<br />
Photos by the Author<br />
We do know that the car is a 1973<br />
914 that had been converted into<br />
a 914-6. It has a unique-looking<br />
916-style body kit, the hubs were<br />
changed to the 5-lug variety, the<br />
rear brakes are stock but the fronts<br />
are from a 911, and, based on serial<br />
numbers, the engine is a 1983 3.0-liter<br />
911 SC engine with 40 IDA Webers,<br />
hooked to a 901 transmission.<br />
As we looked around we found<br />
that the body was practically rust<br />
free, minus a couple of bubble<br />
spots near the targa bar. We took<br />
to the easy tasks first: replacing all<br />
the fuel lines, pumps, and cleaning<br />
out the sludge-filled gas tank.<br />
We attempted to take down the<br />
engine to just the long block, but<br />
hit a snag when opening the plate<br />
covers to find a broken piece of the<br />
passenger side rocker assembly. Not<br />
knowing what else was damaged<br />
inside the case, or even whether<br />
it was worth fixing, weighed on<br />
my uncle’s mind, and stopped the<br />
project for close to a year. To be<br />
continued in next month’s issue . . .<br />
Would you like to have your restoration<br />
project featured in an upcoming issue of<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 9
All Member Party: Maverick Region’s Kick-Off-the-Year Event<br />
By Gareth Maurice, Region Vice President<br />
Well, if you<br />
didn’t do<br />
anything<br />
the afternoon of<br />
Saturday, January<br />
26, you will be<br />
kicking yourself<br />
after reading this<br />
article. The Maverick Region held<br />
our <strong>2013</strong> New Member Party at<br />
the Heritage Clubhouse<br />
in Keller, and we had an<br />
absolute blast! Where<br />
else can 120 people get<br />
together to stare at each<br />
other’s cars and have no<br />
one be offended if a few<br />
people drop their tops!<br />
(Car tops of course . . . )<br />
The meeting kicked off<br />
at 2pm and thanks to our<br />
new Social Chair, Tracy<br />
Robertson, as soon as the<br />
rumbling began she unveiled<br />
lunch. Now the rumbling was<br />
actually coming from the 24 Hours<br />
of Daytona on the TV in the other<br />
room, which tied in perfectly.<br />
Everyone spent the next few<br />
hours mingling, getting to know<br />
each other, and asking each other<br />
where they got various items on<br />
each other’s plates. Tracy’s deli<br />
A sextet of Guards Red Porsches greeted party<br />
attendees as they entered the Clubhouse<br />
Photos by Linda Bambina and Carey Spreen<br />
platters to the left and Sherry<br />
Zafar’s homemade desserts to<br />
the right . . . just awesome!<br />
At about the halfway point, Region<br />
President John Hamilton invited<br />
several of the Event Chairs up<br />
to share what our region offers<br />
its members. There are so many<br />
events of all different types that<br />
this region really has something for<br />
everyone to enjoy.<br />
Lori Mauthe, Drivers’<br />
Education (DE)<br />
Chair, shared how<br />
much fun and safe<br />
it is to learn to drive<br />
various racetracks,<br />
with her coaches<br />
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Tracy Robertson, and outgoing Social Chair Christy Payne<br />
awarding door prizes. Must be present to win!<br />
of the pants” control in an environment<br />
meant for high speed driving.<br />
Carey Spreen, Editor of the<br />
award-winning <strong>Slipstream</strong> magazine,<br />
described the various Rallies that<br />
the club puts on, and mentioned<br />
that he is looking for an Assistant<br />
Editor. Great news - at least two<br />
people threw in their names.<br />
Mike Farrar heads the club’s<br />
Happy Hours, and pointed<br />
out there is always an event<br />
going on each month which<br />
everyone is invited to attend.<br />
Jack Griffin and Frank Briggs are<br />
our Concours Co-Chairs, and they<br />
invited everyone to join in the<br />
various Concours d’Elegance events<br />
that they set up each year. While<br />
some are more light-hearted, there<br />
are also events for serious diehards.<br />
Both types allow you to compete<br />
at your own level by allowing you<br />
to show off your hard work.<br />
John Harvey deserves “props”<br />
for his presentation. In fact, he<br />
brought his<br />
own props, in<br />
the form of<br />
hats representing<br />
all of<br />
the themes<br />
for the Sunday<br />
Drives<br />
he hosts. He<br />
and Brendan<br />
Eagan plot<br />
out various<br />
routes and<br />
lead 40-50<br />
cars, broken<br />
into 10-15<br />
Sunday Drive<br />
Chair John Harvey<br />
wearing just one<br />
of the many hats<br />
he brought for his<br />
presentation<br />
continued on page 23<br />
<strong>March</strong> 11
Your First Drivers’ Education: Part 2 - The Day of The Event<br />
by Joel Nannis, National Club Race Scrutineer, and Lori Mauthe, Drivers’ Education Chair<br />
When you<br />
arrive<br />
at the<br />
track, you and<br />
your passengers<br />
will be asked to<br />
sign the track<br />
waiver at the front<br />
gate. Proceed<br />
to find a place<br />
to park in the<br />
paddock. At<br />
Eagles Canyon,<br />
this is to the right<br />
after you pass<br />
the gate shack; at MotorSport<br />
Ranch, turn left at the T and park<br />
along the grass. At both locations,<br />
registration will be open at<br />
6:30 in the clubhouse upstairs.<br />
Please proceed to registration as<br />
soon as possible after your arrival.<br />
Bring your helmet and completed<br />
and signed technical inspection<br />
form with you. At the registration<br />
table, you will sign the club waiver,<br />
and you will receive a packet. Please<br />
do the following with the contents<br />
after you return to your track car:<br />
• Green wrist band – put this<br />
on your left wrist and leave it<br />
on for the entire weekend.<br />
• Green group sticker -- place this<br />
on the outside of your windshield<br />
above the rear view mirror.<br />
• Tech sticker -- place this in<br />
the upper left corner (driver<br />
side) of the windshield.<br />
• Name tag showing your car<br />
description, car number, and team<br />
to which you have been assigned –<br />
wear this for the entire event.<br />
• A schedule and track map --<br />
keep this with you all day.<br />
• Lunch tickets – if you preregistered<br />
for lunch, bring<br />
these to the lunch line.<br />
When you return to your car<br />
after registration, take care of<br />
the following items before heading<br />
to the drivers’ meeting:<br />
• Remove any loose items from<br />
the passenger compartment and<br />
trunks, and place them neatly<br />
in front of your car on the grass<br />
or beside your car on the pavement.<br />
Be sure to weigh down<br />
light items to prevent them from<br />
being carried off in the wind.<br />
• Check your fluids to assure<br />
that they are at the correct<br />
levels, including fuel -- at least<br />
half a tank. There is gasoline<br />
available at both track venues.<br />
continued on page 14<br />
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continued from page 12<br />
• Check your tire pressures,<br />
and ensure that your lug nuts<br />
or lug bolts are torqued to<br />
the correct specifications.<br />
• Ensure that your car numbers<br />
are fastened securely to<br />
the car (doors and front lid)<br />
- you will be driving at highway<br />
speeds (at least!), so make<br />
sure they will not blow off.<br />
Once you and your car are<br />
ready, please join the other<br />
participants for coffee and<br />
refreshments at the club house<br />
before the drivers’ meeting.<br />
Drivers’ Meeting - Mandatory<br />
You must return to the club house<br />
by 7:30 am for the drivers’ meeting,<br />
which is mandatory for all<br />
registered drivers. You will receive<br />
a sticker at the meeting, which<br />
you should place on top of the<br />
tech sticker on your windshield,<br />
indicating that you attended the<br />
drivers’ meeting. This sticker is<br />
necessary to participate in the first<br />
run session each day of the event.<br />
At the drivers’ meeting, the DE<br />
Chair will introduce key members<br />
of the DE Committee, and review<br />
the logistics for the event. They will<br />
review the safety rules and expectations,<br />
and announce any changes<br />
to the regular event proceedings.<br />
The meaning of the flags displayed<br />
at the corner worker stations will<br />
be explained, as will be the passing<br />
zones. Passing is only allowed<br />
in designated areas, indicated<br />
with a signal from the car being<br />
passed. Your instructor will review<br />
the process in detail with you.<br />
Classroom Instruction - Mandatory<br />
Your schedule for the day will<br />
include a classroom session for<br />
each Run Group. At 8:00 am the<br />
Green student group will have<br />
mandatory classroom instruction<br />
-- please plan to attend. A training<br />
coach will explain the track<br />
line, and standard procedures<br />
for managing track activity.<br />
On-Track Run Group Sessions<br />
The Run Group colors have corresponding<br />
flags flown 15 minutes<br />
prior to the session start time,<br />
visible from the paddock area. We<br />
do our best to stay on schedule;<br />
however, track activities sometimes<br />
cause schedule shifts, so please listen<br />
for announcements and watch<br />
for the flags. Green run sessions<br />
typically follow the Yellow group.<br />
There are four planned sessions<br />
each day. These sessions are 20-25<br />
minutes long - two sessions before<br />
lunch and two sessions after lunch.<br />
There are four teams; each team<br />
has a Team Lead and an Assistant<br />
Team Lead for the weekend, and a<br />
group of certified driving coaches/<br />
instructors. The Chief Driving<br />
Instructor (CDI) is responsible<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 15
Willkommen in Stuttgart: A Maverick’s Trip to Germany<br />
By Madhu Rao<br />
We Mavericks<br />
like to travel,<br />
don’t we? What if<br />
I told you that two<br />
Mavericks unexpectedly<br />
bumped<br />
into each other<br />
while overseas?<br />
Stay tuned for the rest of that story.<br />
As I write this somewhere over<br />
the Atlantic, I am reminded of<br />
the miracle of modern transportation.<br />
In a little over a day, my wife Roshni and I have<br />
dutifully utilized all major modes of transportation:<br />
car, bus, plane, train, bicycle and boat. It is hard<br />
to believe you can wake up in Europe, fly home,<br />
and still have time to watch the Cowboys game on<br />
TV the same evening. Amazing stuff indeed.<br />
The reason for<br />
our European<br />
travel was to<br />
celebrate our<br />
10th anniversary.<br />
Admittedly we<br />
are doing this<br />
a year late,<br />
but this was a<br />
special trip. Our<br />
Porsche buildings in Zuffenhausen travels included a<br />
wonderful six-day<br />
barge trip through the heart of Burgundy in France,<br />
on the French Country Waterways boat Nenuphar.<br />
Prior to the barge trip, we traveled to Stuttgart to visit<br />
Roshni’s cousins and TOUR THE PORSCHE MUSE-<br />
UM. (We also saw the Mercedes-Benz Museum, which<br />
is definitely worth a visit, as well!) Can you believe this?<br />
What an awesome anniversary present! I really want to<br />
thank and recognize<br />
Roshni<br />
for tolerating<br />
all things “car”<br />
for a few days.<br />
Our Stuttgart<br />
journey began<br />
with a quick ride<br />
on the Metro<br />
to the Porsche<br />
Museum. From<br />
there it’s a four The Porsche Museum<br />
16<br />
Photos by the Author<br />
minute journey<br />
from the Metro<br />
to the museum.<br />
On these pages<br />
are photos of<br />
the Porsche<br />
complex and<br />
the right half<br />
of the museum,<br />
which<br />
Professor F. A. Porsche exhibit<br />
you may have<br />
seen in other<br />
publications. You’ll have to head to Zuffenhausen<br />
to see the left half! It is worth the trip.<br />
We arrived at noon and toured the museum. While<br />
there, we saw several of the cars one would expect<br />
to see there, as well as several experimental models.<br />
See above for one unique off-road model, the Panamericana.<br />
Of interest was the newly-opened museum<br />
exhibit about the recently deceased Professor Ferdinand<br />
Alexander Porsche, also known as Butzi, eldest<br />
son of Ferry Porsche, and the designer of the 911. As<br />
you might expect, the automobile displays were spectacular,<br />
as was the<br />
exhibit about Dr.<br />
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Porsche Parade this year in Salt Lake City. While<br />
there, I had the opportunity to hear Mr. Dieter<br />
Landenberger, head of the Porsche Archives section,<br />
present the history of Porsche engineering and Dr.<br />
Ferdinand Porsche. Dieter is a very approachable<br />
guy and a truly great ambassador for the company.<br />
I mentioned to Dieter that I would be visiting<br />
Stuttgart to see the museum. He invited me to<br />
contact him while visiting (a gesture that I think<br />
speaks volumes about him) and guess what - I did<br />
just that! I contacted him upon arrival and, and he<br />
left me a message to meet him at 2pm, as he wanted<br />
to introduce me to some fellow PCA members who<br />
were also visiting. At 1:59pm, who should I see but<br />
Dieter on<br />
the escalator<br />
with fellow<br />
Mavericks<br />
Clint and Judy<br />
Blackman!<br />
They had<br />
just arrived<br />
from Paris, and,<br />
Dieter with the last<br />
Cayman R produced<br />
having known<br />
Dieter for some<br />
time, were having<br />
a personal meeting with him. Dieter had no<br />
idea that we already knew each other! Imagine<br />
traveling several thousand miles to Stuttgart and<br />
seeing a fellow Maverick at the Museum.<br />
Dieter graciously gave us a behind-the-scenes tour of<br />
the Porsche archives. One photo depicts the “library”<br />
area used by journalists and researchers - very cool<br />
stuff. There are hundreds of Porsche magazines,<br />
books, and manuals right there. You really could spend<br />
a day just looking around and learning about Porsche.<br />
As the head archivist, Dieter escorted us to the storerooms<br />
containing thousands of photos, videos, and<br />
interesting items from various Porsche clubs all around<br />
the world. All of these are arranged with the German<br />
sense of efficiency and expediency you would expect.<br />
Sanjay Tripathi, Dieter Landenberger, Schlok Tripathi,<br />
Madhu and Roshni Rao, and Clint and Judy Blackman<br />
In all, was truly a great happening, one that both<br />
Roshni and I really enjoyed. We are forever grateful to<br />
Dieter, and happy we had a chance to meet fellow<br />
Mavericks Clint and Judy while in Stuttgart. It is a small<br />
world after all.<br />
The group in the Archive Library<br />
<strong>March</strong> 17
Advertiser of the Month: Louden Motorcar Services, Inc.<br />
By Linda Bambina<br />
Long time Maverick Steve<br />
Louden has been a <strong>Slipstream</strong><br />
advertiser since 1978. SCCA<br />
racing was the foundation of Steve’s<br />
mechanical passion. It started when<br />
he built from scratch an H Modified<br />
Devin-bodied Crosley-powered<br />
race car at age 18. As he was too<br />
young to get a competition license,<br />
he had a friend race it at SCCA<br />
races at Daytona and Sebring.<br />
He later drove at such tracks as<br />
Road Atlanta, Riverside, Sebring,<br />
Daytona, Mexico City, and numerous<br />
other tracks, while winning<br />
several divisional championships<br />
and setting several track records.<br />
When Steve left his 12 year FORD<br />
management and SCCA racing<br />
career behind (ask him about<br />
Gordon Smiley and that decision),<br />
he opened his shop with a<br />
contract to build an IMSA GTU<br />
911. He later transitioned into<br />
retail maintenance and repair. He<br />
opened his shop with 4 jack stands,<br />
a card table and a full set of tools.<br />
Steve then put the simplest ad in<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong> to grab our attention,<br />
which he certainly did, because<br />
that tiny business took off. In<br />
fact he still has his first retail<br />
customer, and many more, who<br />
have been with him 30-plus years.<br />
Steve accredits his loyal following<br />
to his personal and business code of<br />
integrity, attention to detail, and a<br />
strong, strong sense of courtesy and<br />
professionalism. Steve doesn’t do<br />
restorations or even work on cars<br />
more than a decade old anymore -<br />
his focus is now on award-winning<br />
service for the newer cars. He has<br />
ASE Certified Master Technicians<br />
at this “First ASE Blue Seal of Excellence<br />
Shop in Dallas.” In addition,<br />
Louden Motorcars has been rated<br />
“Best BOSCH Authorized Service<br />
Center in the Western U.S.” A+;<br />
Top Shop; “Best-Dallas”; “Best-Texas.”<br />
The accolades are all there, but<br />
so is a very personable and professional<br />
Owner/President. While he<br />
is very generous with a great many<br />
personal charities, he has always<br />
been there for us Mavericks and<br />
our events and charity needs.<br />
But mostly Steve just loves cars. He<br />
stays INVOLVED with cars. However,<br />
be assured that his attention<br />
to detail, from his racing days,<br />
carries over to street cars. Speaking<br />
of streets, getting to his shop can be<br />
a bit challenging with all the local<br />
highway construction, but he has a<br />
great interactive map on his website,<br />
or check the map on his color<br />
ad on the inside back cover of<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong>. We congratulate you,<br />
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Cliff’s Ramblings: Driver Assist Systems<br />
By Cliff Blackshear<br />
Heading to<br />
Atlanta<br />
for training<br />
on suspension<br />
and alignments. I<br />
suspect the class<br />
will focus at least<br />
one full day on<br />
ACC (Automatic<br />
Cruise Control) and LCA (Lane<br />
Change Assist) systems. We have<br />
been dealing with these systems<br />
for a few years now, and so far they<br />
have been pretty bullet proof.<br />
Setting up calibration equipment<br />
is cumbersome and timeconsuming.<br />
Everything depends on<br />
accurate set up when calibrating<br />
these systems. I have only done<br />
the set ups for LCA and (oh yeah)<br />
back-up camera in class, and it<br />
has been a while. Meanwhile our<br />
main alignment technician, Robert<br />
McDaniel, has got a good handle<br />
on the ins and outs of set up.<br />
Several others in the shop have also<br />
done this at least in a training class.<br />
The ACC set up seems the most<br />
interesting to me. Sensors are<br />
set up on a jig (or adjustment<br />
device as the factory likes to<br />
call it) and on the rear wheels.<br />
Once everything is leveled and<br />
steering toe angle is set to the<br />
optimum setting, a laser beam is<br />
then used to see if the radar unit<br />
is also ready for calibration. If<br />
the laser isn’t happy, you pretty<br />
much have to tweak everything.<br />
If you have not driven a car<br />
with Automatic Cruise Control,<br />
it is, to say the least, interesting,<br />
especially if you become brave<br />
enough to try it in town traffic.<br />
The car will brake all the way to<br />
a stop when car in front stops for<br />
a red light. The system can be set<br />
up to maintain different distances<br />
from cars. It’s kinda spooky at<br />
times. On the highway it is a nice<br />
feature for long trips, where spirited<br />
fun driving isn’t possible.<br />
There is one thing that is particularly<br />
aggravating, and isn’t a<br />
fault of the ACC system. When<br />
in heavy traffic, like around DFW<br />
tollways, and the system is trying<br />
to maintain, say, three car lengths<br />
from the vehicle ahead, if people<br />
keep diving into your lane in front<br />
of you, the car immediately applies<br />
the brakes to get back to distance<br />
at which it is set to run. Either<br />
you set it to follow as closely as it<br />
will allow, or just do not use it.<br />
I like the lane-change assist<br />
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housing light up when a car is off<br />
yer 6 and hard to see. It too is a<br />
cumbersome system to calibrate.<br />
The back up camera is the same<br />
thing, although I gotta admit that<br />
the back up camera, especially<br />
when backing up in the workshop,<br />
is an extremely useful device.<br />
Again, I have to say, as complex as<br />
these systems are, they have been<br />
virtually trouble-free systems. The<br />
only Auto Cruise system I have seen<br />
that needed adjustment was on a<br />
Cayenne that had been crashed<br />
and the front unit had been replaced.<br />
It is possible Robert has<br />
done some that I am unaware of.<br />
Anyway, off to Atlanta on Monday.<br />
We will of course look at PASM<br />
(Porsche Active Suspension Management),<br />
PSM (Porsche Stability<br />
Management), PDCC (Porsche<br />
Dynamic Chassis Control), and I’m<br />
sure much will be discussed about<br />
TPM (Tire Pressure Monitoring).<br />
TPM can be challenging to diagnose<br />
at times. While in the shop<br />
the systems will not only see their<br />
own wheel sensor but other cars’<br />
sensors as well. If the system is<br />
put into “learn” mode to calibrate<br />
This Hunter alignment<br />
system uses digital cameras<br />
to assist with adjustments<br />
to new sensors, or recalibrate to<br />
existing sensors, the car has to be<br />
out of the shop and not too close to<br />
other Porsches. We can monitor the<br />
system while in motion and see the<br />
sensors identified to each wheel.<br />
Values are available for each showing<br />
not just tire pressure, but also<br />
battery life left and temperature of<br />
the sensor. When the battery life<br />
gets near 20 months remaining, the<br />
sensors seem to get a little sketchy<br />
as far as reliable signaling. That’s<br />
usually after around 3-4 years of<br />
service life. Bear in mind TPM<br />
is a DOT mandate since 2006.<br />
This seems far from that first 1962<br />
356 on which I adjusted the valves<br />
when I was 16. Or just the fact<br />
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franchise, the cars did not come<br />
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PRINTER OF SLIPSTREAM SINCE 1982
continued from page 11<br />
As always, the club provided<br />
snacks and beverages for all<br />
cars per group, on drives exploring<br />
the back roads of Texas. The pit<br />
stop is often a museum, interesting<br />
location or cantina where everyone<br />
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By the end of the party, about<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 23
January Happy Hour: Wildwood Grill<br />
By Rick Schwausch<br />
I<br />
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of a better<br />
way to start<br />
off the New Year<br />
than spending<br />
time with friends<br />
who share a<br />
common passion:<br />
cars, and especially Porsches. The<br />
January Happy Hour was spent<br />
at Wildwood Grill in Southlake.<br />
Alan Bambina and Region<br />
President John Hamilton<br />
This year, the accommodations<br />
turned out a bit better than last<br />
year. A year ago was the first time<br />
my wife, Katie, and I hosted a<br />
Happy Hour. She had called ahead<br />
at least a month in advance to<br />
reserve space at the restaurant.<br />
When we arrived there to set up,<br />
the manager was a little concerned<br />
because the private room had already<br />
been booked, and we ended<br />
up on the patio in January. Luckily,<br />
it was not too cold and the restaurant<br />
provided heaters to take off<br />
the chill. A little while later, Katie<br />
received a call on her cell phone<br />
from the manager asking if we were<br />
coming. She informed him that we<br />
were already there. It turned out<br />
Photos by Katie Schwausch<br />
they had the private room booked<br />
in her name, not for the Porsche<br />
Club. (I kept wondering why the<br />
private room remained empty all<br />
evening as we sat outside on the<br />
patio.) Oh well, best laid plans.<br />
This year we had all of the logistics<br />
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The restaurant also provided<br />
some delicious appetizers which<br />
the group quickly devoured.<br />
The evening was filled with<br />
many familiar faces, including<br />
Maverick Region President John<br />
Hamilton and his wife, Chris.<br />
It also helps that they live in<br />
the area -- John works at Autobahn<br />
Porsche in Fort Worth.<br />
Once again, Linda Bambina was<br />
busy working the crowd, promoting<br />
a new concept for the club:<br />
Driving Friendships Getaway #1.<br />
The idea is to get a group of fellow<br />
club members to take weekend<br />
trips together. The first of these<br />
events is scheduled for February<br />
15 through 18 and the destination<br />
is Fredericksburg, TX. The drive<br />
to Fredericksburg is beautiful and<br />
will be a lot of fun in your Porsche,<br />
plus the town itself is a great place<br />
to explore. It is also known for<br />
the shopping and restaurants.<br />
There is also a number of wineries<br />
in the area. I highly recommend<br />
Becker Vineyard, located just west<br />
of Fredericksburg on Hwy 290. It<br />
is my understanding that President<br />
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inventory of their 2002 Merlot<br />
to serve to dignitaries visiting<br />
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sold exclusively at the winery.<br />
John Harvey and his wife BJ were<br />
also in attendance. I understand<br />
that John has added another<br />
Porsche. He recently purchased<br />
Madhu and Roshni Rao, Happy<br />
Hour Chair Mike Farrar,<br />
and BJ and John Harvey<br />
a 997 Carrera 4S Cabriolet, in<br />
red no less, to go along with his<br />
Boxster. (I assume that Porsches<br />
are another shared passion<br />
between BJ and John, like their<br />
love for tandem bicycling.)<br />
I was also able to spend a lot of<br />
time visiting with Doug and Cheryl<br />
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for the first Getaway Weekend<br />
of the year. If you missed this<br />
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continues to develop her idea of<br />
having the DE orientation meeting<br />
hosted there. Gareth asked if the<br />
meeting could be recorded, edited<br />
and posted? Bill said that there is<br />
a plan to do a “Welcome to DE”<br />
video. Saturday, February 23 will<br />
be the inaugural gathering, which<br />
will feature a very special guest.<br />
Jim Falgout followed next with<br />
his Treasurer’s Report. We have<br />
collected from the raffle and<br />
charity auction. Our cash position<br />
is positive, and we have accounts<br />
receivable outstanding. DE, TT, and<br />
AX track deposits have been made.<br />
Registration income is flowing,<br />
now that DE registration is open.<br />
Brendan Eagan said we had a<br />
good year in 2012. Last year we<br />
did eight drives; this year we will<br />
do six. The Sunday drives have<br />
made many <strong>Slipstream</strong> covers. We<br />
usually get 35-50 folks participating<br />
in each Sunday Drive.<br />
The <strong>March</strong> 3 Sunday Drive will<br />
start out in the Garland area and<br />
end up at the Cavanaugh Flight<br />
Museum at Addison Airport, where<br />
they have 30-50 flight-condition<br />
planes, then dine at Uncle Julio’s.<br />
The April 21 Sunday Drive that<br />
starts in Duncanville will end up<br />
at the DE at MotorSport Ranch.<br />
The May 5 Rancho Sereno drive<br />
will head toward Red River horse<br />
country and feature a wine tasting.<br />
John asked if there are any updates<br />
to GPS software. Brendan prints<br />
map and detail and turn-by-turn<br />
instructions. Sygic is available<br />
for $30 to download (all untethered)<br />
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The meeting then turned to Travis<br />
Howard, our Time Trial and Auto<br />
Cross Chair. Autocross will pick up<br />
a sponsorship check from Mayo<br />
Performance; thank you Ed Mayo!<br />
Revisiting software needs: Travis is<br />
looking at AXware, which is used by<br />
other clubs in the area. Travis and<br />
team are testing formatting compatibility,<br />
including car classing,<br />
modifications, seasonal point totals,<br />
and could update our website<br />
automatically. Dean Yamada does<br />
our scoring now. Dean, who is not<br />
even a PCA member, helped remedy<br />
the delay factor in 2012; it used<br />
to take a few days to get TT and AX<br />
results to the website, whereas now<br />
he can get it there in one to two<br />
days. However, this new technology<br />
would be virtually instant, and<br />
better serve our participants. Travis<br />
considers this a speedbump as to<br />
why many folks don’t run with us<br />
and instead run with other local AX<br />
groups, such as SCCA. I mentioned<br />
that we ought to plan to do a<br />
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<strong>March</strong> 27
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for all of the instructor teams.<br />
Unlike your Run Group color,<br />
the team number assignment<br />
is complete arbitrary, and may<br />
change from event to event.<br />
Your First Time On The Track<br />
Please drive your car to grid 15<br />
minutes prior to the start time in<br />
the schedule. The first run session<br />
on Saturday is without helmets,<br />
so please leave your helmet in<br />
the paddock. The team to which<br />
you are assigned is indicated by<br />
a number on your name tag and<br />
registration materials – please<br />
park your car with your assigned<br />
team. Once you are on grid,<br />
your instructor will find you.<br />
During the first run session,<br />
your instructor will drive your<br />
car (with your permission) slowly<br />
for 2-3 laps. Then you will pull<br />
in to the pit lane and change<br />
seats, after which you will drive<br />
the remainder of the session.<br />
Remaining Sessions of the Event<br />
You will be wearing a helmet<br />
for all subsequent sessions, so<br />
please bring it with you. Arrive<br />
on the grid when the green flag<br />
is flying, or 15 minutes prior to<br />
the scheduled time (adjusted by<br />
announcements if needed).<br />
The Grid Master will give the<br />
signal indicating five minutes to<br />
go; this is your cue to get into the<br />
car and secure your seat belt and<br />
helmet. Shortly you will receive the<br />
three minute signal; start your car<br />
if it is not already running, with<br />
sunroof closed and side windows<br />
down. Turn the air conditioning<br />
and radio off, and check your<br />
gauges. Your indication to the Grid<br />
Master that you ready is to give the<br />
thumbs-up signal out your window.<br />
He will signal to you and wave<br />
you out of grid. Proceed slowly to<br />
the pit lane and onto the track.<br />
Your instructor will be with you<br />
both days. If you have any questions,<br />
or for some reason you<br />
are not comfortable with your<br />
instructor, please talk to the team<br />
lead or the Drivers’ Education<br />
Chair, and a different instructor<br />
can be substituted if necessary.<br />
Second Day<br />
For two-day events, a mandatory<br />
drivers’ meeting takes place at 7:30<br />
on the second day, and once again<br />
there will be a Green group meeting<br />
at 8:00. Please repeat the car<br />
preparation process from Saturday.<br />
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excellent format to enjoy what your<br />
Porsche was built for – performance<br />
driving. The Maverick<br />
Region is proud to present these<br />
opportunities for you to experience<br />
the most from your Porsche, and<br />
meet some fantastic new friends.<br />
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Koeppen. They split their time<br />
between Texas and New Hampshire.<br />
Doug is a retired pilot with<br />
American Airlines, and they now<br />
live in a fly in/fly out community<br />
in Sanger where they each have<br />
their own planes. Cheryl recently<br />
earned her pilot’s license and flies<br />
a classic 1946 Cessna “tail dragger.”<br />
This is an airplane that is built for<br />
cruising and not for speed, but<br />
sounds very cool nonetheless.<br />
Chris Hamilton and Bobbie Briggs<br />
I will also have to admit that since<br />
I am a long way away from any<br />
retirement, a mere mention of<br />
someone retiring for the second<br />
time makes me doubly jealous.<br />
Frank Briggs is doing just that. He<br />
worked in the banking industry<br />
for a long time, and he is also one<br />
of the hosts for the PCA Happy<br />
Hour circuit, contributing many<br />
articles to <strong>Slipstream</strong> over the years.<br />
He had gone back to work for<br />
Boardwalk Porsche and seemed to<br />
truly enjoy his time being around<br />
customers and their cars, but<br />
now he is now giving all of that<br />
up to live the easy life that is welldeserved.<br />
Is Bobbie smiling in that<br />
photo because Frank will be home<br />
more often, or is that a grimace?<br />
Be sure to join us in Grapevine at<br />
Love & War in Texas for the <strong>March</strong><br />
Happy Hour!<br />
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promotional piece to get the information out, targeted<br />
to the folks that have not been running with us.<br />
As of this writing, we already have enough folks<br />
signed up for the Feb 24 Autocross at Dallas Raceway<br />
in Crandall (which is bigger than Pennington<br />
Field, our AX site in Bedford) to break even. A<br />
bonus is that there is a concession stand there,<br />
open from 11am to 2pm - good burger-type food.<br />
Bill Miller quipped “I might bring my 914 -- is there<br />
a fire station nearby?” (laughter all around…)<br />
Region VP Gareth Maurice shared that there are<br />
new observer reports and new insurance provider<br />
requirements. Gareth is also writing the New Member<br />
Party article - see elsewhere in this issue. Thank you!<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong> editor Carey Spreen took his report platform<br />
opportunity to add to Brendan’s report about<br />
the Rancho Sereno Tour in May by saying that the<br />
plan is to have a Rally to the destination as well, although<br />
taking a different route. He also noted that,<br />
at the All Member Party, he had a couple of people<br />
express interest in the Assistant Editor position.<br />
The meeting went full circle back to John,<br />
who announced that the Mav of the Month is<br />
the new Social Chair, Tracy Robertson. John<br />
then closed with “Great job on the New Member<br />
Party, Tracy! And thank you, everyone!”<br />
Meeting adjourned at 8:39pm.<br />
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New Wheels<br />
By Lisa Steele, National Membership Chair<br />
Barham, Paul<br />
Southlake, TX<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Panamera<br />
Barreyre, Carol<br />
Addison, TX<br />
2007 Cayman S<br />
Beago, Chuck (Mary)<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
2007 Boxster<br />
Bryant, Keith<br />
Fort Worth, TX<br />
1987 944<br />
Cumberledge, Brian<br />
(Jennifer Frankel)<br />
Frisco, TX<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Boxster<br />
Dial, Jeff<br />
Forney, TX<br />
1999 Boxster<br />
Dietrich, Bill (Julie)<br />
Murphy, TX<br />
2011 Cayman<br />
Fahrenthold, Kyle (Debbie)<br />
Princeton, TX<br />
2009 Carrera S<br />
Gardner, Jeremy<br />
(Liz Dominguez)<br />
Keller, TX<br />
2012 911<br />
Gregory, Ronnie<br />
(Nick Abbott)<br />
Frisco, TX<br />
2003 Boxster<br />
Hibbs, Billy<br />
Tyler, TX<br />
1968 908<br />
Killeen, Mike<br />
Coppell, TX<br />
2002 Boxster S<br />
Luna, Jacob<br />
(Carol Blaine)<br />
Fort Worth, TX<br />
2007 Cayman<br />
Mancini, Ron<br />
(Gena Konopka)<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
1974 914<br />
Martin, Colin<br />
(Jana Nobles)<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
2008 911<br />
Martin, Stephen<br />
(Lee Hooper)<br />
Keller, TX<br />
2004 911<br />
McKinley, Danny<br />
(Robin Roderick)<br />
Allen, TX<br />
<strong>2013</strong> 991<br />
If you have any changes that<br />
you would like to make to the<br />
MRPCA membership guide,<br />
call Lisa Steele 214-709-6418.<br />
Maverick Membership Totals<br />
Members ~ 1,345<br />
Affiliate Members ~ 892<br />
Total Membership ~ 2,237<br />
Rodriguez, Aurora<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Cayenne<br />
Schrunk, Jeff (Heather)<br />
Garland, TX<br />
1972 911<br />
Strauss, Jeremiah (Sarah)<br />
Fort Worth, TX<br />
2012 Cayman R<br />
Testa, Frank (Lei)<br />
Fort Worth, TX<br />
2002 911<br />
Williams, Jarred<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
2006 911<br />
Anniversaries<br />
30 Years<br />
Hanna, Mark (Monda)<br />
Orlie, Michael F. (Chris)<br />
25 Years<br />
Foltz, Werner (Jacqueline)<br />
20 Years<br />
Epperson, Chester N. (Debra)<br />
15 Years<br />
Barney, John C. (Janice)<br />
Jones, Darrell D. (Karen)<br />
Plano<br />
Fort Worth<br />
Bartonville<br />
Plano<br />
Plano<br />
Granbury<br />
10 Years<br />
Sundaram, Vin (Rekha)<br />
5 Years<br />
Castillo, Nilo (Dana)<br />
Cox, Tom<br />
Golaz, Jo A. (Russell Richards)<br />
Keesecker, Rich (Susan)<br />
Martin, Cory A. (Kristen)<br />
McCally, Bob M. (Cheryl)<br />
McRee, Dan<br />
Minnella, Thomas J. (Barbara)<br />
Solohubow, Tim C. (Roxy)<br />
Dallas<br />
Bedford<br />
Bullard<br />
Joshua<br />
Frisco<br />
Broadway<br />
Pilot Point<br />
Fort Worth<br />
Plano<br />
The Colony<br />
<strong>March</strong> 31
Unclassifieds<br />
Unclassifieds are available free to Maverick Region members and are $5 to all others (contact editor for payment details). Please limit size to no more than 6 lines. Ads will run for 3 issues, then<br />
removed unless you request that it be run for an additional 3 issues. E-mail your ad to classifieds@mavpca.org by the 10th to have your ad run in the following month’s <strong>Slipstream</strong>. Be sure to<br />
include car year, make and model, its mileage and asking price, as well as a contact name, phone number and /or e-mail address. All parts will be advertised on our website. Check your ad for<br />
accuracy the first time it runs. Contact the editor to have your ad pulled sooner. Due to space constraints, photos may or may not be included.<br />
For Sale: 1996 911C2 (993), Guards Red with<br />
black and tan leather interior, 98,000 miles. Excellent<br />
condition, all original, never tracked. Second owner,<br />
records, history, well maintained, recent 90,000<br />
mile service. Great, solid car, $32,750. Contact Jim<br />
Buckley at 817-239-7969 or buckleyracing@att.net<br />
(03)<br />
For Sale: 2006 Cayman S, 68K miles. Arctic<br />
Silver with special full leather Terracotta Red interior.<br />
Nicely optioned: New motor from PCA at 43K<br />
miles,Sport Seats, Auto Climate, NAV with PCM,<br />
Xexon, Sports steering wheel, New Michelin Super<br />
Sport tires, PASM, Sport Chrono, Bose, Mantis Sports<br />
UDP, Extended oil sump, SSBL, Canton Accusump,<br />
hidden trailer hitch and more. Contact Rob Turner at<br />
pcarfan@gmail.com if you want to see this great car!<br />
(03)<br />
For Sale: 2006 911S (997) Cabriolet, mint<br />
condition, one owner, 19,000 miles. Black exterior<br />
with black leather and black convertible top. Still<br />
under extended factory warranty into April <strong>2013</strong>. 3.8<br />
liter 6 cyl. with 355 hp, 6-speed manual transmission.<br />
Optional equipment includes 12-way heated power<br />
seats, self-dimming mirrors, Sport Chrono package,<br />
Bose surround sound system, and stainless steel<br />
exhausts with an awesome sound. 19” Porsche alloy<br />
wheels, new rear tires. Dealer maintained, garage kept.<br />
No track use. For more information and appointment<br />
to see, please call Pat at (214) 616-2477. (03)<br />
For Sale: 2008 Boxster S, 36K miles. Black with<br />
Black interior and Black soft top. 6-spd manual,<br />
Sport Chrono package, Bi-xenon headlights, power<br />
and heated seats, power windows and locks, cruise<br />
control, Bose premium sound, 6-disc CD changer,<br />
self-dimming mirrors, garage door opener, wheel<br />
spacers, wired with Valentine detector. Transferable<br />
Porsche Certified Pre-owned warranty with coverage<br />
through <strong>March</strong> 2015 or 100k miles. Asking $35,000.<br />
Contact John at 469-544-8228 or jwardeward@<br />
hotmail.com (02)<br />
For Sale: 1976 912E, White/Red, 109k miles.<br />
Rebuilt from ground up. Looks and runs like a new<br />
all-original car. Won Best in Class and earned overall<br />
Best in Show honors in a recent car show, $24.5k.<br />
Greg Metzger, 817-879-1144 or gm912e@yahoo.com<br />
(01)<br />
For Sale: 1987 928S4, Very clean, 41,500 miles.<br />
Auto trans, sunroof, heated seats, A/C, Bilstein<br />
shocks, alarm. Original (X wheels). $19,500. Contact<br />
Ed at 469-576-6090 or eboudreau@ccmcnet.com (01)<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong> Advertiser Index<br />
These advertisers support Maverick Region -- Tell them you saw their ad in <strong>Slipstream</strong>!<br />
3 Locate LLC (817) 886-6861 Page 23<br />
Ascot Diamonds (972) 991-0001 Page 11<br />
Autobahn Motorcar Group (800) 433-5602 B.C.<br />
Boardwalk Porsche (214) 576-1911 I.F.C.<br />
Buckley Racing (817) 239-7969 Page 24<br />
Dallas Karting Complex (903) 527-5278 Page 22<br />
deBoulle Diamond & Jewelry (800) 454-4367 Page 19<br />
Eagles Canyon Raceway (940) 466-9775 Page 21<br />
Ebby Halliday--Michael Picolo (972) 365-7370 Page 10<br />
Falgout & Associates, P. C. (972) 669-2370 Page 14<br />
Fifth Gear Motorsports (972) 317-4005 Page 9<br />
Istook’s MotorSport Services (817) 332-6547 Page 29<br />
Jack Junkies (972) 881-5DIY Page 14<br />
Laurie Wirth Realtor (214) 223-7488 Page 15<br />
Louden Motorcar Services (972) 241-6326 I.B.C.<br />
Maverick Region Goodie Store http://mav.pca.org Page 32<br />
Mayo Performance (817) 540-4939 Page 23<br />
For advertising rates and information contact<br />
Pat Friend at ads@mavpca.org<br />
Merrill Lynch Wealth Mgmt (972) 980-8618 Page 26<br />
Mullenix Motorsport (972) 231-5356 Page 25<br />
Mustard Racing (817) 366-1678 Page 27<br />
Nine-Eleven Enterprises (972) 241-2002 Page 20<br />
Park Place Porsche (800) 553-3196 Page 13<br />
The Phoenix Insurance (214) 253-0570 Page 15<br />
Pro-Tect Mobile (903) 241-4132 Page 28<br />
RAC Performance (214) 269-1571 Page 3<br />
RetroAir (972) 960-6899 Page 24<br />
Roofing Solutions by Darren Houk (817) 692-8496 Page 10<br />
Silver Fox (817) 329-6995 Page 2<br />
Soundwerk (817) 281-9381 Page 17<br />
State Farm Insurance (214) 387-0003 B.C.<br />
UPS Store (972) 420-1250 Page 27<br />
Ussery Printing (972) 438-8344 Page 22<br />
Zims Autotechnik (817) 267-4451 Page 15<br />
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