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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>January</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 />

October Trivia ............................................7<br />

Five-Speed Chatter ..................................12<br />

Tech Corner .............................................14<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 />

Board Meeting ...........................................7<br />

Drivers’ Ed <strong>2013</strong> ........................................8<br />

All Member Party ....................................17<br />

Autocross/Time Trial <strong>2013</strong> schedule .......28<br />

Maverick Lunch Series ............................29<br />

Jan Happy Hr: Wildwood Grill, Southlake......30<br />

Past Event Recaps<br />

Sunday Drive: Grandpappy Point ...............10<br />

50th Founders’ Day Gala .........................16<br />

Germany in June. .....................................22<br />

November Happy Hr: JR’s Colleyville .....24<br />

Charity AX Results ..................................28<br />

Volume 51, Issue 1, <strong>January</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />

Go Online for Latest Updates on Events<br />

http://mav.pca.org<br />

<strong>January</strong><br />

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

13 14 15 16 17 18 19<br />

20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />

27 28 29 30 31<br />

Day <strong>January</strong><br />

2 Board Meeting<br />

8 Lewisville Lunch<br />

17 Happy Hour, Wildwood Grill<br />

24 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />

26 All Member Party<br />

Day March<br />

6 Board Meeting<br />

9-10 Drivers’ Ed, ECR<br />

12 Lewisville Lunch<br />

21 Happy Hour, TBD<br />

24 Autocross School, DR<br />

28 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />

Driving Event Venues<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 />

TRS - Texas Rangers Stadium, Arlington<br />

February<br />

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />

Day February<br />

6 Board Meeting<br />

12 Lewisville Lunch<br />

21 Happy Hour, TBD<br />

24 Autocross 1, DR (new venue!)<br />

28 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />

Day April<br />

3 Board Meeting<br />

9 Lewisville Lunch<br />

14 Autocross 2, DR<br />

18 Happy Hour, TBD<br />

20-21 Drivers’ Ed 1, MSR 3.1<br />

25 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />

27-28 Time Trial 1/Autocross 2, MW<br />

On the Cover:<br />

A 911 crosses a 1910-vintage<br />

one-lane bridge over the Red<br />

River during the November<br />

Sunday Drive.<br />

Photo by Randy Luckenbill<br />

1 2<br />

3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

10 11 12 13 14 15 16<br />

17 18 19 20 21 22 23<br />

24 25 26 27 28<br />

<strong>Slipstream</strong> (USPS 666-650) is published monthly by the Maverick Region, Porsche Club of America, 155 Jellico<br />

Southlake, TX 76092. Subscription price is $24.00 per year. Periodical postage is paid at Fort Worth, TX. Postmaster:<br />

Send address changes to Hiram Saunders, <strong>Slipstream</strong>, 155 Jellico, Southlake, TX 76092.<br />

Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily endorsed by the Club’s membership or officers. Contributions will be<br />

printed on a space available basis. Chartered regions of PCA may reproduce items from this issue provided the author/<br />

artist and <strong>Slipstream</strong> are credited. <strong>Slipstream</strong> is printed by Ussery Printing Company in Irving, Texas.<br />

ARK-LA-TEX<br />

Kirk Bristol<br />

kbristol911@gmail.com<br />

CIMARRON<br />

Bill Jacobi<br />

bjacobi@sbcglobal.net<br />

COASTAL BEND<br />

Jose Carreras<br />

missionortho@aol.com<br />

HILL COUNTRY<br />

Courtney Gross<br />

courtney.e.gross@gmail.com<br />

<strong>2013</strong> PCA Zone 5 Presidents and Zone Representative<br />

LONE STAR<br />

Greg Platt<br />

president@lsrpca.com<br />

LONGHORN<br />

Jack Merrell<br />

911scracer@gmail.com<br />

MARDI GRAS<br />

Rick Payton<br />

rpayton35@aol.com<br />

MAVERICK<br />

John Hamlton<br />

president@mavpca.org<br />

OZARK<br />

John Bullen<br />

JohnCBullen@gmail.com<br />

WAR BONNET<br />

Grady Buckhalter<br />

grady.buckhalter@gmail.com<br />

WHISKEY BAY<br />

Henry Carter<br />

hjcarterod@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>January</strong> 1

Drifting: New Year’s Restitutions<br />

By John Hamilton, Region President<br />

Yes: that was<br />

intentional!<br />

Restitution:<br />

very loosely<br />

translated means<br />

“to make whole”<br />

or “to give back”<br />

for having taken. That’s part of<br />

what volunteering is all about. For<br />

many of us in the Porsche Club,<br />

we’ve “taken” the fun at socials,<br />

Happy Hours, driving events, car<br />

shows and tours (not to mention<br />

the enjoyment of reading <strong>Slipstream</strong>).<br />

Eventually, some decide<br />

to make “restitution” by becoming<br />

a volunteer in the organization.<br />

Three of our premier volunteers<br />

were recognized at our Founders’<br />

Day event for their work by receiving<br />

the Selcer Memorial Award:<br />

Linda Bambina, Lisa Steele and<br />

Christy Payne. Not too surprisingly,<br />

each of these outstanding volunteers<br />

had previously been awarded<br />

the Selcer in previous years. So<br />

the volunteers keep on<br />

volunteering; the workers<br />

keep on working; the<br />

winners keep on winning.<br />

One of those three winners,<br />

Lisa Steele, has been<br />

promoted. As you may<br />

know, Lisa has been our<br />

Membership Chair for the<br />

past two years and our D/<br />

FW Maverick Region has<br />

grown to over 2,200 members<br />

during that period.<br />

Lisa has been called<br />

to become the Membership<br />

Chair for<br />

the National Porsche<br />

Club of America,<br />

and has accepted<br />

that position. Congratulations,<br />

Lisa!<br />

Taking Lisa’s place<br />

are Tom and Susan<br />

Froehlich, who<br />

have served on the<br />

Membership Committee.<br />

Thank you,<br />

Tom and Susan,<br />

for stepping up.<br />

Maverick of<br />

the Month<br />

Our Maverick of the Month is once<br />

again Lisa Steele. In one of Lisa’s<br />

other roles as Hospitality Chair, she<br />

has been responsible for coordinating<br />

refreshments, lunches, and<br />

many other necessities for our<br />

Drivers’ Education program. She<br />

has done a fantastic job throughout<br />

the years, so as she moves on to<br />

other responsibilities, we<br />

recognize Lisa for her contributions<br />

to the D.E. program.<br />

Congratulations, Lisa, and<br />

enjoy your Gift Card to the<br />

Silver Fox restaurant!<br />

Editor’s Note: It was recentlybrought<br />

to my attention that<br />

John Hamilton is the only<br />

three-term-in-a-row President<br />

that Maverick Region has ever<br />

had. Thank you, John, for<br />

your dedication!<br />

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<strong>January</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 Chf 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 />

Socials<br />

To Be Announced<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 />

Mike Lockas<br />

972-540-0245<br />

mikeldean@earthlink.net<br />

Lori Mauthe<br />

de@mavpca.org<br />

Chuck McCoy<br />

972-956-0776<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 />

Christy Payne<br />

817-909-0966<br />

social@mavpca.org<br />

calendar@mavpca.org<br />

Denny Payne<br />

webmaster@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 />

Your Name Here!<br />

rally@mavpca.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

Carey On...<br />

By Carey Spreen, Managing Editor<br />

Happy New<br />

Year!<br />

We trust<br />

that you, your<br />

family, and your<br />

Porsche survived<br />

the Mayan Apocalypse,<br />

because<br />

we have another event-filled<br />

year in store for you, your family,<br />

and your Porsche in <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

For those of you who can’t wait<br />

to hit the back roads, our Sunday<br />

Drive crew is planning a half dozen<br />

or so tours designed especially to<br />

put a grin on your face and a howl<br />

in your Porsche’s exhaust note.<br />

For those in a more competitive<br />

frame of mind, we have lots to<br />

choose from. Travis and Robyn<br />

Howard have scheduled six<br />

Autocross events, some at a new<br />

venue in Crandall, southeast of<br />

Dallas, as an alternative location<br />

for those of you in the eastern<br />

half of the Metroplex who have<br />

been reluctant to make the trek<br />

to Mineral Wells. And if you have<br />

been wondering what Autocrossing<br />

is all about, we are hosting<br />

another one of our very popular<br />

Autocross schools in Crandall as<br />

well. This is the year to give it a try!<br />

We also have six Time Trials lined<br />

up for you, including one at Motor-<br />

Sport Ranch, as well as three different<br />

course layouts at the Mineral<br />

Wells airport - something different<br />

every time! If you have been looking<br />

for a competitive driving event<br />

in which you have to use fourth<br />

gear, try a Time Trial on for size.<br />

If you want to learn how to safely<br />

and effectively drive your Porsche<br />

at speed on a racetrack without<br />

having to worry about actual<br />

wheel-to-wheel racing, we have five<br />

Drivers’ Education events planned<br />

this year. A trained and qualified<br />

instructor will help you get the<br />

most out of your Porsche in a safe<br />

and friendly environment on our<br />

two local racetracks, Eagles Canyon<br />

Raceway and MotorSport Ranch.<br />

For those of you who prefer<br />

to socialize outside of your cars,<br />

our monthly Happy Hours are<br />

a great way to get involved. First<br />

social event this year: the All<br />

Member Party on <strong>January</strong> 26.<br />

Finally, for a behind-the-scenes<br />

glimpse at how the 50 Years of<br />

Porsches event was staged at<br />

Texas Motor Speedway back in<br />

April, go to mav.pca.org and click<br />

on the “click here to download<br />

the time-lapse video” link.<br />

Read on!<br />

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Main Phone (972) 669-2370 ̶ Fax (972) 669-9202<br />

www.falgoutcpa.com<br />

1992 968 Cabriolet<br />

<strong>January</strong> 5

Maverick Minutes: Time for Me to Fly!<br />

By Madhu Rao, Region Secretary December 5, 2012<br />

Our meeting<br />

started<br />

at 7pm with a<br />

welcome from<br />

President John<br />

Hamilton. In<br />

attendance were<br />

Renee Farinella,<br />

our <strong>2013</strong> secretary, as well as<br />

Gareth Maurice, our <strong>2013</strong> vicepresident.<br />

Congratulations to these<br />

two new Maverick Region Executive<br />

Council members. They join Jim<br />

Falgout and John Hamilton, who<br />

continue in their roles as Treasurer<br />

and President respectively.<br />

John Hamilton welcomed us with<br />

some great attendance figures.<br />

Total regional membership now<br />

stands at 2227. For a region that<br />

just celebrated its 50th Anniversary,<br />

that is outstanding news.<br />

Our first agenda item relates<br />

to participation in a Club Race/<br />

Drivers’ Education event at the<br />

new Circuit of the Americas<br />

(COTA) racetrack near Austin.<br />

I know a few Maverick Region<br />

members who were able to attend<br />

the F1 race in mid-November<br />

there. They really enjoyed the<br />

racing, the track, and I am sure,<br />

the drive there from Dallas.<br />

Our discussion focused on the<br />

viability of holding a combined<br />

Club Race and Drivers’ Education<br />

event at COTA. Leading the<br />

discussion was Bryan Henderson,<br />

who is the National Club Racing<br />

Chair for PCA. Bryan shared an<br />

overview of the race and the financial<br />

contribution to our region.<br />

He indicated that this event would<br />

be co-sponsored with the Hill<br />

Country and Lone Star Regions.<br />

Lastly, he described how other<br />

sports car clubs are hosting events<br />

at that specific venue. Those in<br />

attendance listened attentively and<br />

then passionately discussed the<br />

opportunity. In the end, a motion<br />

was passed authorizing funds for<br />

the Maverick Region to participate<br />

in a tri-regional PCA event.<br />

Secretary-Elect Renee Farinella<br />

brought up the necessity to create<br />

the club’s program plans, goals<br />

and objectives, and timelines<br />

related to COTA event, and for<br />

various committee project execution.<br />

Renee will work with Lori<br />

Mauthe over the holidays on this.<br />

Next up, PR Chair Linda Bambina<br />

discussed planning some weekend<br />

getaway drives for the Maverick<br />

Region. Linda, that sounds great<br />

to me! There are great drives in<br />

all directions from Dallas. Stay<br />

tuned for more information on<br />

those events later in <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

Outgoing VP Tom Minella noted<br />

that he and Gareth Maurice have<br />

begun the transition process<br />

for the vice-president role.<br />

John Harvey reported there were<br />

26 cars on the recent Tryptophan<br />

Trail Tour on November 18, and<br />

that everyone “gobbled up” a great<br />

time! (Full disclosure, those are my<br />

words. However, with the theme of<br />

that drive, they seem appropriate).<br />

Brendan Eagan followed with an<br />

update about a GPS app from Sygic<br />

for both iPhones and Android<br />

smartphones. It is an inexpensive<br />

$30 download that provides a<br />

great GPS and offers lifetime free<br />

downloadable state maps. For<br />

those on the PCA Sunday Drives,<br />

they will be able to download the<br />

route right to their smartphone.<br />

I welcomed the new Executive<br />

Council and thanked the Nomination<br />

Committee for their support.<br />

Since I had to leave to catch a<br />

flight, Renee Farinella graciously<br />

took the following meeting minutes.<br />

Nothing like on-the-job<br />

training! Thanks again, Renee.<br />

Wendy Shoffit, reported that<br />

the 50th Anniversary Founders’<br />

Day event at Texas Motor Speedway,<br />

where the Speed Channel’s<br />

David Hobbs had much to share<br />

as presenter, was a great success,<br />

with about 160 in attendance.<br />

The All Member party is planned<br />

for Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 26.<br />

Pat Heptig, Club Race Co-Chair,<br />

mentioned kudos to all involved<br />

in last Club Race’s good turn out.<br />

COTA will be great in <strong>2013</strong>, as well<br />

as the fall October 26-27 Club Race,<br />

which is expected to be solid.<br />

<strong>Slipstream</strong> editor Carey Spreen<br />

said we will be printing about 150<br />

more copies per issue, as membership<br />

numbers are growing by<br />

an average of 8 per month, and<br />

adjustments needed to be made.<br />

Discussion was given to going to<br />

36 pages from 32, but determined<br />

that 32 is sufficient for now.<br />

Time Trial Chair Travis Howard<br />

completed the <strong>2013</strong> AX/TT schedule<br />

(available in this issue), including<br />

a school, but a charity event is<br />

TBA. Crandall, TX now has an autocross<br />

venue available, in addition<br />

to Mineral Wells and TMS. There<br />

were about 65 drivers at the Hope<br />

charity AX at TMS on Sunday,<br />

December 2. Several participants<br />

donated beyond the entry fee.<br />

Thank you! The final Time Trial<br />

and Autocross for 2012 is Dec 8-9.<br />

Drivers’ Ed Chair Lori Mauthe<br />

was proud to announce that<br />

three new instructors were graduated,<br />

and that the need for more<br />

remains strong. She expects to<br />

hold a DE meeting for feedback.<br />

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John Hamilton announced the Mav of the Month as<br />

. . . well, you’ll have to read his column to find out!<br />

For those reading these minutes, please note that<br />

the article title for this month is fitting in two respects.<br />

First, I am flying over West Texas as I write<br />

this now. Even though it is pitch black down there, I<br />

always marvel at the mystical nature and vast beauty<br />

of our state. I am sure many of you share my fondness<br />

for the Hill Country and West Texas roads.<br />

Secondly, this marks my last secretarial report to the<br />

Maverick Region. I have enjoyed the past two years<br />

and am proud of the growth and awards received<br />

by our region. I expect more of the same with the<br />

returning board members and new Executive Council.<br />

And of course let’s not forgot those great cars<br />

from Zuffenhausen - they really do fly, don’t they?<br />

So in homage to the band known as REO Speedwagon,<br />

perhaps I should rename my 911 as the<br />

“RAO Speedwagen”? Sounds better than “RAO<br />

Schnellwagen,” right? What do you think?<br />

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.<br />

NOVEMBER TRIVIA<br />

It’s Easy to Play:<br />

Play here for fun and education<br />

and find the answers below<br />

OR<br />

Play for prizes on the web at<br />

http://mav.pca.org, with the<br />

answers and winners to be posted here<br />

after each month’s contest has closed.<br />

Thanks to Jerry DeFeo for putting this<br />

and the Web Trivia together.<br />

Congratulations to our November Web Winner,<br />

Cyril Reif,<br />

who got 4 out of 5 correct.<br />

Cyril will receive a $25 gift certificate to<br />

1. Supposedly only one Porsche has ever been allowed to have a Porsche<br />

Crest on the front of the car that varied from the official Red-Orange color<br />

scheme. What was that car?<br />

a. 1970 914-8 for Dr Piech b. 1986 959 c. 1994 Dauer 962 LeMans<br />

d. 2010 Glickenhaus P4/5<br />

Source: Porsche Panorama, Oct 2012, p 36<br />

2. What color was the non-standard crest instead of the Red-Orange?<br />

a. Black b. White c. Yellow d. Blue<br />

Source: Porsche Panorama, Oct 2012, p 36<br />

3. The early 356s could be ordered with Chrome Wire Wheels on Rudge<br />

Splined Axles. What was the last year these wheels were available?<br />

a. 1955 b. 1959 c. 1962 d. 1965<br />

Source: Porsche Panorama, Oct 2012, p 36<br />

4. All modern Porsches have 4-wheel disc brakes. Some cars have leading<br />

calipers, being in front of the axle, and some have them trailing behind the<br />

axle. Which of the following is correct for the <strong>2013</strong> Boxster? (NO peeking<br />

now!)<br />

a. Front-Leading, Rear-Leading b. Front-Leading, Rear-Trailing,<br />

c. Front-Trailing, Rear-Leading d. Front-Trailing, Rear-Trailing<br />

Source: Any full side-view photo of a <strong>2013</strong> Boxster<br />

5. Porsche seemed to love to use a 66.0-mm stroke in many of their engines.<br />

Which ONE of the following Porsche engines did NOT have a 66.0-mm<br />

stroke?<br />

a. 1965-69 911 b. 1966-67 906 c. 1966-68 908 d. 1967 910/6<br />

e. 1967 910/8 f. 1969-70 917 4.5L g. 1981-85 956<br />

Source: “Porsche - A Tradition of Greatness” by Richard Langworth, p 256<br />

Answers: 1) c 2) c 3) c 4) c 5) c<br />

<strong>January</strong> 7

Maverick Region Drivers’ Education: <strong>2013</strong> Preview<br />

By Lori Mauthe<br />

On behalf<br />

of the<br />

Maverick<br />

Region Drivers’<br />

Education<br />

Committee, I am<br />

proud to present<br />

our schedule of<br />

events for <strong>2013</strong>. We will feature the<br />

continuation of new aspects we added<br />

in 2012, and new enhancements<br />

for your driving skill and pleasure.<br />

First a look back at 2012. Maverick<br />

Region hosted five Drivers’ Education<br />

events, as well as DE groups<br />

during the Maverick PCA Club<br />

Race. We introduced the Driver<br />

Coach Certification program this<br />

year, and have added several new<br />

coaches/instructors to our already<br />

experienced teams. The Advanced<br />

Instructors were in the student cars<br />

more than ever thanks to the successful<br />

sign-up book on grid. Corner<br />

workers, grid master, black flag<br />

The view from the official Club Race Pace Car<br />

station, and track safety are critical<br />

to our success to have a smoothly<br />

run executed event on schedule.<br />

Each event featured catered lunch<br />

available for pre-registration or payat-the-track<br />

for all participants and<br />

guests. Each lunch hour was full of<br />

bench racing and sharing of tips<br />

and tricks for improving everyone’s<br />

track performance. Our Charity<br />

Parade laps supported three very<br />

8<br />

worthy causes: Hope<br />

House, Komen for<br />

the Cure, and Big<br />

Brothers Big Sisters.<br />

Participation and<br />

contributions were<br />

greatly appreciated.<br />

Maverick Region continues<br />

to give back<br />

to our community.<br />

We introduced the<br />

“track walk” after<br />

hours on Saturday,<br />

led by our advanced<br />

instructors, to give<br />

our participants the<br />

chance to evaluate<br />

the track up close and personal.<br />

All of this and more will be incorporated<br />

in the <strong>2013</strong> Drivers’ Education<br />

Series – Maverick Style. The<br />

calendar is set as shown below. We<br />

will feature two events that will be<br />

one day only, by popular request.<br />

You will have the chance to drive<br />

every track configuration<br />

at Motorsport<br />

Ranch Cresson, and<br />

plenty of opportunity<br />

to qualify for solo status<br />

to run on the Club<br />

Race (CR) weekend.<br />

Our committee is<br />

working during the<br />

off-season to improve<br />

the instruction component<br />

of our events<br />

beyond the on-track<br />

time with your<br />

instructors. The classroom<br />

sessions for each run group<br />

will feature new video and<br />

graphics. Back by popular<br />

demand, track walks will be<br />

offered at some events on<br />

Saturday, based on run group,<br />

so that you will receive the<br />

description and tips appropriate<br />

for your driving level.<br />

Your friendly Drivers’ Ed grid crew<br />

Keep watching <strong>Slipstream</strong>, email<br />

notifications, and clubregistration.net<br />

for more details about<br />

each event. Mark your calendars<br />

now – registration will open approximately<br />

six weeks in advance.<br />

Many of our events sold out<br />

last year, so don’t miss out!<br />

Date<br />

Venue<br />

Mar 9-10 ECR<br />

Apr 20-21 MSR 3.1 CCW<br />

Jun 1 (Sat) ECR (1 day)<br />

Sep 21-22 MSR 1.7 CCW<br />

Oct 26-27 ECR solo only w/ CR<br />

Nov 9 (Sat) MSR 1.7 CW (1 day)<br />

ECR - Eagles Canyon Raceway, Slidell<br />

MSR - MotorSport Ranch, Cresson<br />

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<strong>January</strong> 9

Sunday Drive: Tryptophan Trail Tour<br />

By Mark and Susan Winkelman<br />

On<br />

Sunday,<br />

Nov 18,<br />

the club went on<br />

another twisting<br />

curving drive<br />

though the back<br />

roads of north<br />

Texas. About 28 cars were present<br />

for this afternoon of driving. Much<br />

of the day turned out to be overcast<br />

and cool; however, the rain stayed<br />

away and the cool temperatures<br />

were, no doubt, a benefit to the<br />

engines revving down the highway<br />

in a typical spirited drive. The<br />

journey started in Frisco, where we<br />

met at an interesting place called<br />

Rudy’s, part barbecue joint, part<br />

gas station. It was a fresh clean<br />

atmosphere so a person didn’t<br />

have to worry about the food being<br />

rustic to match the surroundings.<br />

Christina Cooper with her Cayman<br />

We traveled north on the Dallas<br />

North Tollway and soon found<br />

ourselves passing through little<br />

boroughs, with names which I’d<br />

never heard, except for the occasional<br />

familiar towns such as<br />

Celina, Tom Bean, and Anna. By<br />

the way, why does Texas misspell<br />

Celina? Shouldn’t it be Salina?<br />

That’s how we spell it in Kansas.<br />

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The landmark highlight of<br />

the trip was Carpenter’s Bluff<br />

Bridge. This one-lane bridge was<br />

originally built in 1910 as a railway<br />

crossing over the Red River, connecting<br />

Texas and Oklahoma. It<br />

was rather high in the air and we<br />

just hoped that the 100+ year-old<br />

structure held our little Porsches.<br />

Which, thankfully, it did.<br />

At that point, my navigator wife,<br />

Susan, began to get lost with the<br />

directions, but not to worry, because<br />

we were tucked in between<br />

two more Porsches with others<br />

ahead and behind. However, at<br />

some point, our group did miss a<br />

turn and found ourselves turning<br />

around in one of the aforementioned<br />

hamlets. I have a strong<br />

feeling the reason we missed the<br />

obscure left hand turn in the first<br />

place was due to the new Camaro<br />

SS our lead cars were tailing up the<br />

road. That Chevy driver definitely<br />

saw the German arsenal nibbling<br />

at his chrome exhaust tips and<br />

thought he could out maneuver us<br />

through the curvy roads. Well, we<br />

all knew that wouldn’t happen. I<br />

kept rooting for the second car in<br />

Bob Lian (who had been a<br />

member all of three weeks at the<br />

time - note the paper tags) and<br />

his 2009 Carrera 4S Cabriolet<br />

our group, a 911 Turbo, to get a<br />

long open straight to put the final<br />

touch on the Camaro, but alas,<br />

Photos by Linda Bambina and Brendan Eagan<br />

The Bambinas on the one-lane<br />

Carpenter’s Bluff Bridge<br />

over the Red River<br />

the Camaro turned off and gave<br />

up before that could happen.<br />

Our final destination of the day<br />

was The Point Bar & Grill at Grandpappy<br />

Point Resort, overlooking<br />

beautiful Lake Texoma, for burgers<br />

and beer. They are normally<br />

closed this late in the year, but<br />

they were kind enough to open<br />

especially for our group on this day.<br />

There was only one menu item -<br />

cheeseburger and fries. Fortunately<br />

it was very good, so the typical<br />

other choices were not missed. We<br />

left at 4:30, following our friend<br />

Frank out of the Lake Texoma<br />

catacombs, leading us back to the<br />

familiar US 75 and back to Dallas.<br />

Susan and I are newbies to the<br />

Porsche family. We bought our<br />

2008 911 Targa 4S in February of<br />

this year. It’s painted the unique<br />

color of Nordic Gold. I’m not sure<br />

what is Nordic or Gold about it<br />

because I would simply call it plain<br />

ol’ copper. But at least it’s different<br />

and we really like it. I love the huge<br />

glass roof. Though we’re new to

Porsches, I’ve been a lifelong car<br />

enthusiast. I’ve actively collected<br />

vintage American performance cars<br />

for over 30 years, though I don’t<br />

own any at the moment. While the<br />

vintage cars hold a tremendous<br />

amount of nostalgia and memories<br />

for me, the new Porsche is a car I<br />

can drive on a daily basis as well as<br />

participate in club driving events.<br />

Earlier this year when I heard a new<br />

retro style of Targa would likely be<br />

released in the 991 model, I bought<br />

Frank Briggs and grandson<br />

Nathan enjoying the only<br />

item on the menu that day<br />

the 2008 Targa to see if I’d like the<br />

whole 911 concept. Would it be too<br />

Barbara Geiger, a Maverick<br />

since 1987, with her 911<br />

small? Too finicky? No. None of<br />

that. I thoroughly enjoy it and so<br />

does Susan. It is very important to<br />

The Winkelmans on one of the<br />

roads for which Porsches were made<br />

have her on board with this hobby<br />

too; it’s an activity we both can<br />

enjoy together. We’ve found all of<br />

the people we’ve met this year in<br />

the Maverick Region (and at the<br />

Porsche Escape in the Ozarks) to<br />

be very friendly, down-to-earth<br />

folks. People who are easy to relate<br />

to and visit with. If we’d known<br />

Porsche ownership and clubbing<br />

was this much fun, we would have<br />

done it years earlier.<br />

<strong>January</strong> 11

Five-Speed Chatter: It’s Not Just the Cars, It’s the People<br />

By Ash Seidl-Staley<br />

Editor’s Note: Ash<br />

Seidl-Staley, who<br />

recently joined Maverick<br />

Region, has<br />

offered to contribute<br />

a regular column to<br />

<strong>Slipstream</strong>. This is<br />

his first installment.<br />

Being a Maverick, I hear our<br />

motto over and over again.<br />

We use it to wrangle in<br />

prospective members, and to reinforce<br />

how great our community of<br />

German auto enthusiasts really is.<br />

I am a new-“ish” member myself,<br />

and I recently witnessed the truth<br />

of our motto. As some might<br />

know, my 1987 944 has been a<br />

handful since the day I bought<br />

it. Anything and everything<br />

that can go wrong has - people<br />

think I am crazy but I love it!<br />

My latest story starts as all my<br />

others have: “I was driving home<br />

from work.” On this particular<br />

day I was heading north on Independence<br />

Parkway when some of<br />

Plano’s accursed roads drew first<br />

blood against my 944. Changing<br />

lanes I ran over the reflector/<br />

dividers and immediately heard<br />

and felt an extremely loud thump.<br />

Almost instantly I threw the car<br />

in neutral and flipped on my<br />

hazards while allowing the car to<br />

slow. As I coasted into a residential<br />

side street, the thumping slowed<br />

and eventually stopped as I did.<br />

My first thought was that the<br />

clutch plate blew, or that something<br />

else within the transmission<br />

was toast. Gathering up courage,<br />

I bent down and saw that my<br />

driver’s side rear axle had come<br />

off at the transmission. PHEW!<br />

All of the star bit bolts where<br />

there, thank God, but they had<br />

somehow unthreaded themselves.<br />

I began to put the axle back into<br />

place when I came upon another<br />

problem: I did not have a socket<br />

wrench with a star bit readily available<br />

in my car. I figured that putting<br />

the bolts in finger tight would<br />

have to suffice; after all I was only<br />

three Texas blocks from home.<br />

While under the car I heard<br />

another car pull into the street.<br />

I snuck a quick glance to make<br />

sure I wasn’t in the way, and to my<br />

surprise the car was another 944!<br />

The gentleman parked in front of<br />

my car and got out to see what the<br />

trouble was. Baffled at the chances,<br />

continued on page 30<br />

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<strong>January</strong> 13

Tech Corner: A Smokin’ Deal<br />

by Ed Mullenix<br />

We know<br />

only<br />

too well<br />

how expensive<br />

Porsche repairs<br />

and parts can be.<br />

There are several<br />

aftermarket parts<br />

and accessory providers that sell<br />

parts for Porsches. At my shop,<br />

the majority of parts that I use on<br />

customer cars are genuine Porsche.<br />

Sometimes I will use an aftermarket<br />

part if it comes from a reputable<br />

vendor like Bosch, Sachs, etc.<br />

One supplier that has been<br />

around for decades, which I will<br />

refer to as Performance Pieces to<br />

avoid litigation, was bought out<br />

several years ago by a supplier that<br />

specializes in muscle car parts.<br />

After the buy-out, the quality of<br />

their offerings seemed to suffer.<br />

They sell some of the same parts<br />

that would come from a Porsche<br />

vendor, but the problem is the<br />

quality of some of those parts.<br />

When a vendor/manufacturer<br />

produces a batch of parts, they<br />

will quality test a percentage of<br />

the parts in that batch. If they<br />

have too high a rejection rate in<br />

a particular batch, they won’t sell<br />

it to Porsche. However, they do<br />

not destroy the batch of parts;<br />

rather these get sold to folks like<br />

Performance Pieces and ultimately<br />

wind up on customers’ cars.<br />

The battle of wills and wits begins<br />

when you have one of their little<br />

beauties installed on your car and<br />

it fails. If you installed it yourself,<br />

the first response is that you “must<br />

have installed incorrectly.” If it<br />

was installed by a repair shop, the<br />

shop has to convince you that it<br />

was the part, not their repair that<br />

was at fault. Whatever the cause,<br />

the result is an unhappy customer.<br />

As a rule, I prefer that customers<br />

do not bring me parts to install<br />

on their cars. My analogy is: Don’t<br />

go to Three Forks with the steak<br />

that you bought from Tom Thumb<br />

and ask them to prepare it for<br />

you. I got caught in that trap twice<br />

this year with clutch discs that the<br />

customers had purchased from P.P.<br />

It was not a genuine Sachs disc but<br />

P.P.’s own “house brand.” It physically<br />

looked similar and fit on the<br />

flywheel and tranny splines OK.<br />

The problem arose when trying to<br />

engage the clutch on any kind of<br />

upward incline - the clutch would<br />

develop an oscillation that would<br />

continued on page 30<br />

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<strong>January</strong> 15

Founders’ Day 2012: Maverick Region’s 50th Birthday Celebration<br />

By Jan Michel<br />

WOW!<br />

Fifty<br />

years of<br />

Maverick Region’s<br />

Founder’s Day<br />

Celebrations.<br />

Well, actually<br />

there have only<br />

been 49 of ‘em because the<br />

first one was the beginning.<br />

I’ve been to over 30 of these<br />

celebrations at country clubs, hotel<br />

banquet rooms, The Infomart,<br />

and now Texas Motor Speedway.<br />

And for a 50-year commemorative<br />

event, what could be better than to<br />

Having Mark Shevitz as<br />

guest Emcee made it feel like<br />

we were at a Porsche Parade<br />

have the backdrop of a beautiful<br />

race track with the accompanying<br />

sounds of heavy acceleration<br />

going down the front straight.<br />

Keynote speaker David Hobbs<br />

entertained us with stories from<br />

his long and distinguished<br />

career, from world-class racer<br />

to broadcast announcer<br />

Over 150 folks all gussied up in<br />

their finest were there to get their<br />

picture made, enjoy a beautiful<br />

steak/chicken dinner and be<br />

entertained by our favorite Parade<br />

emcee Mark Shevitz and guest<br />

speaker David Hobbs. David had<br />

some great racing stories, and<br />

Photos by Charlie Davis<br />

standings, as well as some stories<br />

of his own (Bugs? Really?).<br />

Maverick’s coveted Selcer Award<br />

has been presented in the past<br />

to individuals and couples that<br />

Wendy Shoffit trying (but failing)<br />

to contain her excitement<br />

as she learns that she won the<br />

trip for two to Germany<br />

have demonstrated the “Maverick<br />

attitude” of overachieving and<br />

overworking, while having the best<br />

time playing and having great fun.<br />

This year it was presented to the<br />

50th Anniversary team of Christy<br />

Lisa Huffaker of the Huffaker-<br />

Hughes Hope House accepts<br />

a donation of $5000 from<br />

President John Hamilton and<br />

Charity Chair Chris Hamilton<br />

Erika Nannis gave the<br />

invocation, a Maverick<br />

tradition that goes<br />

back many years<br />

Mark kept the evening moving<br />

with door prizes, “Where were<br />

you in ‘62?” stories of fellow Mavericks,<br />

end-of-season Club Race<br />

Jim Buckley was one of the<br />

many National Club Race winners<br />

from Maverick Region<br />

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The 2012 recipients of the Richard F. Selcer<br />

Award for Superior Performance and Dedication:<br />

Linda Bambina, Christy Payne, and Lisa Steele<br />

Payne, Lisa Steele, and Linda Bambina.<br />

Their work for this evening,<br />

as well as for events all year, was<br />

recognized with a standing ovation<br />

and of course tears and hugs.<br />

Then there was the drawing for<br />

a free trip to Germany. The raffle<br />

that has been<br />

going on all year<br />

long was at its<br />

finale, and the<br />

winner, whose<br />

raffle ticket was<br />

drawn by Lisa<br />

Huffaker of the<br />

Huffaker-Hughes<br />

Hope House, was<br />

Wendy Shoffit.<br />

The subtle murmur<br />

of the nonwinners’<br />

groans<br />

was dwarfed by<br />

Wendy’s cries<br />

of “Are you<br />

kidding me?!”<br />

The evening<br />

ended with Lisa Steele’s<br />

amazing and poignant video<br />

of Mavericks expressing their<br />

passion and love of Porsches,<br />

PCA and of course, Maverick<br />

Region.<br />

Geneva<br />

Spreen and<br />

Jasmine Shoffit<br />

assisted in<br />

handing out<br />

door prizes<br />

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<strong>January</strong> 17

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By Linda Bambina<br />

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The Callahans expect that it<br />

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Cliff’s Ramblings: Trying to Keep Up with Porsche<br />

By Cliff Blackshear<br />

I<br />

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from Atlanta,<br />

where I was at<br />

the Porsche Academy<br />

for a week attending<br />

a training<br />

course called P95.<br />

P95 is advanced<br />

electrical training.<br />

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four years to maintain certification.<br />

Anyway, we spent a lot of time<br />

looking at the Controller Area<br />

Network (CAN) systems - low<br />

speed CAN as well as high speed<br />

CAN. Four wires used to carry<br />

signals back and forth from one<br />

control unit to another. Twentyplus<br />

microprocessors on the cars is<br />

the norm these days, but just four<br />

wires are used to carry communication<br />

needs between them all.<br />

When you enter into a corner and<br />

start to negotiate it, the amount<br />

of information flying around on<br />

the CAN system is amazing. The<br />

car has a living electrical organism<br />

telling mechanical systems what to<br />

do, with you as the input source,<br />

putting these systems to work.<br />

The driver control inputs such<br />

as throttle pedal, brake pedal,<br />

and steering wheel position are<br />

the editors for everything going<br />

on. Even how fast you push the<br />

throttle down is recorded. Driver<br />

goes from full throttle to brake<br />

and makes steering changes, or<br />

goes to brake then makes steering<br />

input changes. Multiple systems are<br />

busy digesting this while managing<br />

their interests. PASM (Porsche<br />

Active Suspension Management)<br />

is managing ABS, shock settings,<br />

sway bar settings. DME has shut off<br />

injectors, thus influencing torque<br />

drag, while actively adapting to<br />

what you do. PDK is shifting down,<br />

while choosing yet the next lower<br />

gear at the same time. Inputs from<br />

speed sensors at every wheel is<br />

collected, lateral and longitudinal<br />

g-force data is gathered and sent,<br />

and temperatures have been<br />

measured in multiple places. This<br />

information is mostly used on<br />

high speed CAN. Low speed CAN<br />

is called “Comfort Systems”. Now<br />

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Again, all of this information is<br />

being exchanged between microprocessors<br />

on 4 wires. In our class<br />

we graphed the electrical exchange<br />

of information on scopes and<br />

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Things have changed since my<br />

book got this stamp . . .<br />

how to confirm this information<br />

highway was not corrupt.<br />

Dominant segments of information<br />

were indentified on<br />

screens in values that should<br />

never deviate in any way. We<br />

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record vehicle software interaction<br />

in our system testers,<br />

as well as recording system<br />

tester information exchange<br />

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the software is doing, and<br />

finally sending all of this to<br />

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is not working correctly.<br />

Think about this…. All that<br />

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or 100 degree weather,<br />

while every microprocessor is<br />

being bounced around over<br />

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with road surface changes,<br />

tire pressures changes, and tire<br />

compound hardness variations.<br />

Thousands of bits of information<br />

are exchanged in microseconds.<br />

Input bits are absorbed and output<br />

bits are sent out even when the car<br />

is shut down and locked. Managed<br />

systems are sending back information<br />

as to their current settings<br />

and current readiness never ends.<br />

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switch are involved in that setting.<br />

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<strong>January</strong> 21

Germany in June: A Great Place to Visit<br />

By Ron Meyer<br />

As relatively<br />

new PCA<br />

member<br />

(we joined in<br />

late 2011 in<br />

preparation for<br />

the delivery of<br />

our 2012 Cayenne<br />

S last <strong>January</strong>), and longtime<br />

BMW-CCA member (2008 135i and<br />

2007 Mini Cooper S), I often feel<br />

the tug to attend driving events<br />

as most of you probably do. For<br />

any number of reasons many of us<br />

can’t carve out the time because<br />

we are too busy. Due to extended<br />

hours at our day jobs, family responsibilities,<br />

etc., we don’t have<br />

enough time to play with our cars<br />

more than a few days per year.<br />

When we get stuck in traffic we<br />

inevitably wish we were on the Autobahn<br />

instead! Well, my wife and I<br />

were part of a tour group from our<br />

church that spent just under two<br />

weeks in northern Germany this<br />

summer, so we actually did spend<br />

some time on the Autobahn! This<br />

time around we spent most of it in<br />

a really nice tour bus instead of a<br />

Porsche or BMW. Nonetheless the<br />

tour was really a lot of fun despite<br />

the fact that it rained quite a bit.<br />

We visited the major cities of<br />

Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen,<br />

Bremerhaven, Wittenburg, and<br />

Berlin, as well as some smaller<br />

tourist destinations like Travermunde<br />

on the Baltic. The fact that<br />

we toured by bus means we got<br />

to pay attention to a lot of sights<br />

instead of trying to watch the<br />

GPS. And we learned that most<br />

Germans in major cities do not<br />

fare much better than we do when<br />

it comes to traffic and parking!<br />

Generally in cities, traffic is heavy,<br />

and parking close to stores and offices<br />

is really difficult. Basically the<br />

bulk of the parking spaces are in<br />

the numerous commercial garages,<br />

just like in Dallas. The situation is<br />

not as bad as it might sound, however,<br />

because there are signs along<br />

the major thoroughfares that list<br />

the number of free parking spaces<br />

in the various parking garages. This<br />

is really a nice aid, a much better<br />

scheme than we have at DFW,<br />

where we only get to see that the<br />

express parking lot is open or full.<br />

We now also know why the<br />

Mercedes Smart is so popular<br />

in Germany. It may not only be<br />

a function of miles per gallon<br />

(although that is a consideration<br />

given the high fuel prices); we saw<br />

many Smarts “end on” in parking<br />

spaces so they could fit two or<br />

even three into one normal parallel<br />

parking spot! This allows the<br />

owners to park close instead of the<br />

parking garages - quite an inducement<br />

to owning a Smart I guess.<br />

Once we started looking closely<br />

at the Porsches and BMWs on<br />

the road we began to notice that<br />

not all of them have the factory<br />

model designations on the trunk<br />

or tailgate. We learned that this was<br />

because many folks who cannot<br />

afford the larger-engined models<br />

do not want to let others know they<br />

have the small-engined model!<br />

This practice seems widespread,<br />

as we noticed it in all the cities we<br />

visited. And while we saw many<br />

of the more popular Porsche and<br />

BMW models, we saw very few<br />

Cayennes or Panameras, and very<br />

few 6- or 7-series BMWs. They are<br />

apparently very pricey in Germany<br />

as compared to the US, especially<br />

the Cayenne, and with fuel prices<br />

approaching $10 per gallon, we can<br />

see why not many are on the road.<br />

When we did spot gas stations, we<br />

noticed that<br />

they had a “racing<br />

premium”<br />

grade of some<br />

sort that we<br />

would have<br />

liked to try out<br />

on our Cayenne.<br />

Gas may<br />

be high priced<br />

over there, but<br />

they do get to<br />

try out some<br />

premium racing<br />

gas that is unavailable in DFW!<br />

One of the interesting side trips<br />

of our tour was in Hamburg. While<br />

visiting a distant cousin who lives<br />

in Hamburg, we learned she drove<br />

a mid-80s 911 on the weekends, so<br />

we of course compared Porsche<br />

notes. She was kind enough to<br />

take us to one of the two Porsche<br />

“factory stores” in Hamburg for a<br />

quick visit on a Sunday evening.<br />

It turned out to be Porsche Hamburg<br />

North West, the dealer they<br />

frequent for parts and service.<br />

If you want to know the difference<br />

between a regular Porsche dealer<br />

like those in the DFW area and<br />

a “factory dealer,” it can at least<br />

be measured by size! As you can<br />

see from the picture, they have<br />

LOTS OF CARS! Wow! I think<br />

we counted more than 20 inside<br />

the showroom, including a new<br />

911 Cabriolet under a car cover.<br />

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In addition to the quantity of cars<br />

in the showrooms, it seems that<br />

just prior to announcing a new<br />

model, the factory stores will have a<br />

sample on the showroom floor - but<br />

under a car cover to build interest.<br />

When the unveiling day arrives the<br />

car has already caused a bit of a<br />

stir as folks try to determine what<br />

is under the cover. You can’t tell<br />

much from the picture other than<br />

that the car under the cover is a<br />

911 of sorts, but our host was sure<br />

it was to be announced shortly.<br />

Given that our Porsche is a Cayenne<br />

S we of course looked for a<br />

Cayenne in the showroom, but of<br />

all the cars available only one was<br />

a Cayenne, a Turbo. They even<br />

had one or two of the Porsche<br />

bicycles, but only one Cayenne.<br />

The price must be really high for<br />

even the factory store to only have<br />

one Cayenne on the showroom<br />

floor. This was also reflected in the<br />

number of these cars we saw during<br />

our entire tour. I recall seeing two<br />

Cayennes in Berlin, one perhaps<br />

in Hamburg and one in Lubeck.<br />

When we looked into purchasing<br />

our Cayenne S as a European delivery,<br />

we learned that instead of a savings,<br />

there would be an upcharge.<br />

While the experience might have<br />

been worth the effort and extra<br />

expense, we decided that we could<br />

not afford TWO trips to Germany<br />

in one year, so we capitulated and<br />

ordered our car from a US dealer.<br />

It seems that Porsche changed their<br />

European delivery options shortly<br />

after our car was delivered, so maybe<br />

they could hear our grumbling!<br />

We are now hoping that next time<br />

we go to Germany we can actually<br />

drive on the Autobahn, but even<br />

then, depending on the exact<br />

location, that does not guarantee<br />

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we traveled were well maintained,<br />

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course to keep it that way, there<br />

was plenty of construction and<br />

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November Happy Hour: JR’s Grill<br />

By Rick Schwausch<br />

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At the November<br />

Happy<br />

Hour, we had a<br />

private room all to<br />

ourselves at JR’s<br />

Grill in Colleyville.<br />

The turnout was<br />

not huge (about 25 attendees),<br />

but I think fun was had by all. We<br />

had regulars and newbies both in<br />

attendance. As my wife Katie and I<br />

have hosted several of these events,<br />

the one thing that always impresses<br />

me are the people and their stories.<br />

I hope that we can share of few of<br />

those with you through this article.<br />

Linda Bambina introduced us<br />

to Fran Ussery who, along with<br />

her husband Carl, owns and runs<br />

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them for the printing of our beloved<br />

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You may recall, Linda shared with<br />

me at an earlier Happy Hour<br />

the manual process that initially<br />

produced the magazine (described<br />

in the September issue).<br />

Fran continued with the story<br />

and also recalled how manual the<br />

Linda Bambina and Fran Ussery<br />

process was before technology<br />

advanced things considerably. Fran<br />

is also a huge fan of autocrossing<br />

and she even got her kids involved<br />

along the way. We discussed the<br />

fact that it teaches kids car control<br />

that will benefit them all of their<br />

driving lives. I know we would love<br />

to get our kids involved in order<br />

to make them better drivers. The<br />

passion these ladies share for the<br />

club and the cars is admirable.<br />

Linda was also busy selling the rest<br />

of the raffle tickets for a trip to Germany<br />

and a visit to the Porsche factory.<br />

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his ticket; however, he was not<br />

wearing his lucky socks at the time.<br />

Several months ago, John attended<br />

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Bra, but they used his car in a live<br />

demonstration of how to apply<br />

it. He was wearing his lucky socks<br />

that day and he vowed he would<br />

be wearing his lucky socks during<br />

the drawing for the Germany trip<br />

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Raffle tickets for the trip<br />

for two to Germany<br />

Not only did we have some of the<br />

regulars attend the Happy Hour,<br />

but we also had some newbies as<br />

well. We spent<br />

some time<br />

visiting with Rob<br />

Stephens, who<br />

was attending<br />

his first Happy<br />

Hour. He has<br />

been reading<br />

<strong>Slipstream</strong> for<br />

a while and<br />

recognized some<br />

of the faces in<br />

attendance from<br />

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in <strong>Slipstream</strong> articles. Rob has owned<br />

a number of vintage British cars<br />

over the years and had recently<br />

sold his Porsche. It was definitely<br />

an interesting discussion talking<br />

about the reliability, or lack thereof,<br />

of British cars versus Porsches. He<br />

let it be known that he was in the<br />

market for a 911 Carrera 4S with<br />

the hopes of being able to take it<br />

out to the track for a Drivers’ Ed<br />

event. I hope he comes back again<br />

Gordie Cohen with John and BJ Harvey<br />

so we can find out if he has had<br />

any luck finding his next Porsche.<br />

A hot topic of discussion this<br />

evening was also the inaugural<br />

Formula 1 race at the Circuit of<br />

the Americas, or COTA for short,<br />

scheduled for November 18. A<br />

number of people were thrilled<br />

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<strong>January</strong> 27

Charity Autocross: Texas Motor Speedway Bus Lot<br />

Results compiled by Dean! Yamada<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

4 Mark Schnoerr 1974 Porsche 914/2.0 (Lime Green) 14 51.876<br />

4 Adam Ussery 1973 Porsche 914 (Silver) 910 52.034<br />

4 Sigrid Schnoerr 1974 Porsche 914 (Lime Green) 914 53.788<br />

4 Clay Perrine 1973 Porsche 914 (Red) 24 57.490<br />

4 Ramon Lopez 1991 Porsche Carrera 2 (White) 76 58.103<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

5 Robyn Howard 2003 Porsche Boxster (Blue) 65 56.925<br />

5 Wendy Shoffit 2000 Porsche Boxster (Arena Red) 89 59.848<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

6 Fran Ussery 2000 Porsche Boxster S (Yellow) 16 55.413<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

7 Bryan Bell 1999 Porsche 996 (Hail Damaged) 204 55.372<br />

7 Robert Rollins 2006 Porsche Cayman S (Silver) 29 56.678<br />

7 Travis Howard 2003 Porsche 911 (Blue) 9 57.196<br />

7 Arthur Salmon 2006 Porsche Cayman S (Atlas Grey Metallic) 8 57.685<br />

7 Mike Oshaughnessy 1999 Porsche 911 (Silver) 711 57.850<br />

7 Norman Mccollough 2008 Porsche 911S (Ruby Red) 475 57.949<br />

7 Greg Jeffries 2001 Porsche 911 (Grey) 622 59.288<br />

7 John Hamilton 2009 Porsche 911 (Meteor Gray) 19 59.655<br />

7 Steve Lindsey 2009 Porsche 911 (Ruby) 805 59.959<br />

7 Larry Connors Porsche 911S (Silver) 214 62.515<br />

7 Dominick Farinella 2007 Porsche 911 S (Red) 119 63.655<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

8 Al Silva 2012 Porsche Cayman R (Peridot green) 713 55.606<br />

8 Christina Cooper 2007 Porsche Cayman (White) 11 63.770<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

10 John Leto Porsche 914 (Green) 151 54.763<br />

10 Gary Leto Porsche 914 (Green) 15 57.877<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

1X Ashley Leonard 1996 Mazda Miata (Blue mica) 160 51.913<br />

1X Jerrett Jan 1993 Mazda Miata (Dirty Undie White) 72 52.358<br />

1X Doug Covington 1994 Mazda Miata (Blue) 67 53.348<br />

1X John Clark Mazda Miata (BluGrn) 171 53.422<br />

1X Lorin Stolz 1996 Mazda Miata (Blue) 2 54.499<br />

1X Grant Watkins Honda Civic (Grey) 91 54.596<br />

1X Leilanie Jan 1993 Mazda Miata (Clean White) 172 55.107<br />

1X Jim Harris <strong>2013</strong> Scion FR-­‐S (Silver) 62 55.114<br />

1X Bobby Nordin 1990 Mazda Miata (Red) 135 56.074<br />

1X Jason Mcconnell 1997 Nissan Sentra (White) 1 57.881<br />

1X James Flowers <strong>2013</strong> Ford Focus ST (Blue) 110 58.876<br />

1X Russ Rosenberg Mazda Miata (Grey) 37 61.116<br />

1X Shaun Runels 1995 Mazda Miata (Dark blue/green) 64 61.905<br />

1X Morley Huskinson 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth (White) 66 63.681<br />

1X Betty Perrine 1955 Chevrolet Bel-­‐Air Convertible (Red White) 55 73.384<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

1R Kenneth Baker 2007 Mazda MX-­‐5 (Red) 22 50.133<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

2X Mike Mcshane 2006 Mazda MX-­‐5 (Brilliant Black) 33 50.317<br />

2X Robert Jones 2000 Honda S2000 (Blue) 3 51.133<br />

2X David Barkley 0000 Car 187 51.408<br />

2X Armstrong Vongsavath 2004 Honda S2000 (Sebring Silver) 177 51.486<br />

2X Joseph Kan 2004 Honda S2000 (Sebring Silver) 178b 51.831<br />

2X Thomas Jensen 2008 Honda S2000 (Chicane Silver) 129 52.031<br />

2X Chris Fithian 2004 Nissan 350Z (Super Black) 88 52.297<br />

2X Andrew Jensen 2007 BMW 335i (Montego Blue) 17 52.985<br />

2X Stuart Leiby Honda S2000 (Silver) 87 53.026<br />

2X Gabby Garner 1995 Mazda Miata (Merlot Mica) 74 53.989<br />

2X Mike Lockas 2012 Audi S4 (Grey) 31 55.950<br />

2X Tom Monheim 2005 Honda S2000 (Silver) 4 56.458<br />

2X Paul Mai 2004 Subaru Impreza STi (Black) 555 57.820<br />

2X Dean! Yamada 2000 BMW Sport Wagon (OrientBlue) 18 60.064<br />

2X Erick Van Houten 2009 Volkswagen Rabbit (Silver) 188 62.946<br />

2X Jim Usher 2012 VW R (White) 930 999.000<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

2R Ken Orgeron 2003 BMW M3 (Silver) 111 48.708<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

3X Joseph Kan 2010 Nissan GT-­‐R (Black) 178 52.150<br />

3X Jeff Rackley 2006 Lotus Elise (Silver) 27 52.638<br />

3X Blanton Payne Honda Civic (Grey) 61 52.733<br />

3X Paul Burpo 2006 Lotus Exige (Chrome Orange) 777 54.824<br />

3X Jacob Chun 1993 Mazda RX7 (Blue) 77 57.672<br />

3X Joe Khuat 2008 Lexus ISF (Blue) 808 58.465<br />

3X Galen Pritchard 2000 Chevrolet Corvette FRC (Blk) 5 58.980<br />

3X Ben White 2005 Pontiac GTO (Black) 60 59.048<br />

3X Avery Murphy 2005 Cadillac CTS-­‐V (Red) 36 59.570<br />

Class Name Driving Car# Fastest<br />

3R James Hollinsworth 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (Silver) 71 49.734<br />

3R Dean! Yamada 2002 Chevy Corvette Z06 (Red) 18b 51.573<br />

3R Kurt Bruce 2004 Chevrolet Corvette (Red) 117 52.134<br />

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photos by Linda Bambina<br />

<strong>2013</strong> Time Trial and Autocross Schedule<br />

Date Event Venue<br />

Feb 24 AX 1 Dallas Raceway<br />

Mar 24 AX school Dallas Raceway<br />

Apr 14 AX 2 Dallas Raceway<br />

Apr 27 TT 1 MineralRing<br />

Apr 28 AX 3 MineralRing<br />

Jun 16 AX 4 Dallas Raceway<br />

Sep 28 TT 2 MineralRing<br />

Sep 29 AX 5 MineralRing<br />

Oct 6 TT 3 MotorSport Ranch<br />

Nov 16 TT 4 MineralRing<br />

Nov 17 AX 5 MineralRing<br />

Dec 7 TT 5 MineralRing<br />

Dec 8 TT 6 MineralRing<br />

TT - Time Trial<br />

AX - Autocross<br />

Dallas Raceway, Crandall, TX<br />

MineralRing, Mineral Wells Mun. Airport, Mineral Wells, TX<br />

MotorSport Ranch, Cresson, TX<br />

Joel Nannis with<br />

John Garcia’s<br />

Formula Mazda.<br />

At the Maverick<br />

Charity Autocross<br />

you are liable to see<br />

anything from a<br />

serious race car . . .<br />

. . . to a not-so-serious race car! Betty<br />

Perrine with back-seat passenger Cathy<br />

Howard in Betty’s ‘55 Chevy convertible

<strong>January</strong> 29

Five-Speed Chatter<br />

continued from page 12<br />

I explained my situation, and with<br />

another stroke of luck he said<br />

that he had the tool in his garage,<br />

which was only two houses down.<br />

Once my car was fixed and roadworthy,<br />

I spoke with my savior. It<br />

turns out he had the same issue<br />

with his 1988 944 Turbo, only his<br />

happened while on the freeway and<br />

did a lot more damage. He noticed<br />

my PCA sticker and asked if I was<br />

active. He was a member in Florida<br />

but hasn’t had the time to get back<br />

into PCA activities, though it is a<br />

future possibility. We ended up<br />

talking for close to half an hour<br />

oddly not once exchanging names;<br />

we just told stories about our<br />

similar cars, and traded helpful tips<br />

each of us has acquired over time.<br />

After thanking him again and<br />

parting ways I got in my car and<br />

began to drive off; I looked in the<br />

rear view mirror as he drove away<br />

and I couldn’t help but remember<br />

our motto, and how true it really is!<br />

Tech Corner<br />

continued from page 14<br />

shake the car violently. The cause<br />

was the springs used in the disc.<br />

Porsche and Sachs engineers have<br />

years of experience providing the<br />

correct spring rate for the various<br />

applications. I had the pleasure of<br />

getting to pull the engine back out<br />

of a 930 Turbo on which I had just<br />

installed the customer’s P.P house<br />

brand disc. I wasn’t happy, nor was<br />

the customer. Several phone calls<br />

to P.P. finally resulted in a refund to<br />

the customer for the part, but as a<br />

result of the unpleasant experience,<br />

I choose not purchase from P.P.<br />

A second round of musical<br />

clutch disc was on an ’88 Carrera.<br />

That clutch lasted for over<br />

a year before it exhibited the<br />

oscillation. The warranty period<br />

had expired on that one so the<br />

customer purchased a genuine<br />

Porsche disc and I “ate” the labor.<br />

If whatever component you are<br />

replacing is relatively easy or<br />

inexpensive to access and you’re<br />

willing to take a chance to save a<br />

buck, go for it. If it is something<br />

that is terribly time consuming or<br />

prohibitively expensive to access,<br />

ponder whether it is really a<br />

“smokin’ deal.”<br />

November Happy Hour<br />

continued from page 24<br />

poll to determine how many of the<br />

Happy Hour attendees were planning<br />

to go to the upcoming race,<br />

but I know for a fact that our family<br />

of five had tickets and were counting<br />

down the hours until the race.<br />

We had recently taken our family<br />

to the Petit Le Mans race at Road<br />

Atlanta and our kids were duly<br />

impressed with seeing the cars live.<br />

Now, the idea of seeing cars that<br />

Dee Luxbacher and Chris Hamilton<br />

weigh 1,500 pounds including fuel<br />

and driver, with a 2.4-liter V8 motor<br />

generating<br />

850hp and<br />

revving<br />

to 18,000<br />

RPM,<br />

should<br />

excite<br />

just about<br />

anyone.<br />

Maybe one day Porsche will<br />

re-enter Formula 1 again.<br />

Be sure to join us on Thursday,<br />

<strong>January</strong> 17 for our next Happy<br />

Hour at the Wildwood Grill in<br />

Southlake!<br />

Rick Schwausch, Ramon Lopez, and Rob Stephens<br />

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New Wheels<br />

Lisa Steele, Membership Chair<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 />

Boley, Steve<br />

Larue, TX<br />

2012 Boxster<br />

Bridge, Russell (Jamie)<br />

Frisco, TX<br />

1988 944 Turbo<br />

Dashner, Geoffrey<br />

(Rachelle)<br />

Coppell, TX<br />

2001 911<br />

Doak, Pat<br />

Mc Kinney, TX<br />

2003 996 TT<br />

Fischler, Mike<br />

Frisco, TX<br />

2010 Carrera<br />

Fleenor, Dave<br />

(Marilyn)<br />

Fort Worth, TX<br />

2001 911<br />

Harris, Bart (Joann)<br />

Arlington, TX<br />

<strong>2013</strong> Cayenne<br />

Holt, Erik (Carolynn)<br />

Colleyville, TX<br />

1996 Carrera<br />

Houk, Darren (Tanya)<br />

Fort Worth, TX<br />

1992 968<br />

Husman, Justin<br />

Plano, TX<br />

1986 944<br />

Keller, Tom<br />

Granbury, TX<br />

1983 911SC<br />

Kleinfall, Brian<br />

(Dana)<br />

Plano, TX<br />

1986 944<br />

Marsh, Ray (DeAnna)<br />

Flower Mound, TX<br />

2002 Carrera<br />

Patton, R. K.<br />

(Judy Gaines)<br />

Garland, TX<br />

2006 Boxster S<br />

Provence, Jason<br />

(Jennifer)<br />

Grapevine, TX<br />

1987 Porsche<br />

Maverick Membership Totals<br />

Members ~ 1,340<br />

Affiliate Members ~ 887<br />

Total Membership ~ 2,227<br />

Save the flash!<br />

Flashing your high beams at<br />

fellow Porsche drivers is a<br />

time-honored tradition . . .<br />

keep the flash alive!<br />

Anniversaries<br />

45 Years<br />

Hughes, Bill L. (Hertha)<br />

Dallas<br />

20 Years<br />

Fladmark, Michael J. (Jean Bothe)<br />

Reese, Darryl C.<br />

15 Years<br />

10 Years<br />

Frick, David E. (Jean)<br />

Lambert, Gary<br />

Lewis, Robert S. (Clara)<br />

McBride, Bill (Paula)<br />

Smyth, Paul G. (Patricia)<br />

Stafford, Mike (Maria)<br />

Kemp<br />

Dallas<br />

Fort Worth<br />

Mansfield<br />

Irving<br />

Frisco<br />

Colleyville<br />

Flower Mound<br />

5 Years<br />

Cohen, Gordon M. (Sylva)<br />

Friend, Pat<br />

Gachman, Iric J. (Arnold)<br />

Hansen, Richard (Nancy)<br />

Harvey, John P. (B.J.)<br />

Moore, Zane A. (William)<br />

Nordin, Bobby L. (Christopher)<br />

Olson, Francis O. (Lois)<br />

O’Neill, Michael J. (Brandon)<br />

Resnik, Neil H. (Eileen)<br />

Argyle<br />

Fairview<br />

Fort Worth<br />

Lewisville<br />

Dallas<br />

Arlington<br />

Fort Worth<br />

Fort Worth<br />

Fairview<br />

Addison<br />

<strong>January</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: 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.co<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 />

For Sale: 2011 Panamera 4S, 4800 PCA Member<br />

miles, Basalt Black Metallic/Black Leather. V8, All<br />

Wheel Drive, All 4S Equipment plus PDK/Servtronic,<br />

Sport Chrono Package, Adaptive Air Suspension,<br />

Front Seat Ventilation, ParkAssist F/R, Rear Camera,<br />

XM Satellite Radio, 6-CD Changer, Bose Surround<br />

Sound System, Moonroof. Also has $6k 20-Inch<br />

Panamera Black Sport Wheels and Tires. Was tuned<br />

by RAC, including upgrading to a $6k German<br />

Exhaust and Chrome Tips and K&N Air. This head<br />

turner is perfect, no smoke, $95,000. Call 214-450-<br />

7298 or email at pete@abaconsulting.com. (12)<br />

Wanted: 1967-1973 911T, E, or S. Long time<br />

PCA member looking for a great car. Contact Frank at<br />

970-708-0383 or fgorman45@gmail.com (12)<br />

For Sale: 1983 911SC, white w/white wheels,<br />

brown interior. One owner since 1985. 115k miles<br />

on car; less than 10k mi on a meticulously rebuilt<br />

engine by one of the industry’s finest 911 mechanics.<br />

Very tight. It has always been garaged, never raced or<br />

wrecked. Original white paint, tinted windows, and<br />

gorgeous cocoa brown leather. All records. Beautiful<br />

driver. Lovingly maintained. $21,500 OBO. Contact<br />

Pat at 214-630-5881 or phaverfield@gmail.com (11)<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 />

Boss Garage (214) 735-9025 Page 14<br />

Buckley Racing (817) 239-7969 Page 26<br />

Dallas Karting Complex (903) 527-5278 Page 29<br />

DeBoulle Diamond & Jewelry (800) 454-4367 Page 19<br />

Eagles Canyon Raceway (940) 466-9775 Page 21<br />

Falgout & Associates, P. C. (972) 669-2370 Page 5<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 18<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 />

For advertising rates and information contact<br />

Pat Friend at ads@mavpca.org<br />

Mayo Performance (817) 540-4939 Page 23<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 27<br />

RAC Performance (214) 269-1571 Page 3<br />

RetroAir (972) 960-6899 Page 24<br />

Silver Fox (817) 329-6995 Page 2<br />

Soundwerk (817) 281-9381 Page 12<br />

State Farm Insurance (214) 387-0003 B.C.<br />

UPS Store (972) 420-1250 Page 27<br />

Ussery Printing (972) 438-8344 Page 12<br />

Zims Autotechnik (817) 267-4451 Page 15<br />

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