Slipstream - October 2015
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• Results<br />
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Volume 53, Issue 10, <strong>October</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
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Departments<br />
Zone 5 Presidents..........................................1<br />
Shifting Gears (President’s Column).............2<br />
Maverick of the Month.................................2<br />
List of Officers and Board Chairs.................4<br />
Maverick Minutes.........................................6<br />
New Mavericks and Anniversaries................9<br />
Unclassifieds...............................................34<br />
Advertiser Index..........................................34<br />
Around the Bend (Editor’s Column)...........36<br />
Features<br />
Trivia.............................................................7<br />
“... it’s the People”.......................................10<br />
First Porsche: Germany Region PCA.........16<br />
Atlanta Dreaming: Porsche Experience Center..18<br />
Concours on the Avenue: Monterey Car Week..22<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
Member Directory Order Info.......................7<br />
September Board Meeting............................7<br />
Maverick Region Officer Ballot..................11<br />
Drivers’ Education (DE): MSR...................11<br />
Swap Meet..................................................13<br />
Saturday Drive: Lunch on the Square.........14<br />
“Drive to the Spirits” Rally.........................14<br />
Founders’ Day.............................................15<br />
Photography Contest...................................15<br />
Maverick Lunch Series...............................19<br />
<strong>October</strong> Social: Love & War in Texas.........27<br />
Autocross 9: MW and 10: LSP...................36<br />
Past Event Recaps<br />
Second Annual Photography Workshop......12<br />
Maverick Social: Wildwood Grill...............26<br />
Autocross Update........................................30<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
1 2 3<br />
4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />
11 12 13 14 15 16 17<br />
18 19 20 21 22 23 24<br />
25 26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
Day <strong>October</strong><br />
4 Time Trials: MSR<br />
7 Board Meeting<br />
10-11 Drivers’ Education 5: MSR<br />
11 Autocross 9: MW<br />
13 Lewisville Lunch<br />
15 Mav Social: Love & War in Texas<br />
17 Swap Meet: Zim’s Autotechnik<br />
17 Saturday Drive: Trek to Granbury<br />
22 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
31 Rally: Drive to the Spirits<br />
Day December<br />
2 Board Meeting<br />
8 Lewisville Lunch<br />
17 No Mav Social this month<br />
24 No Richardson/Southlake<br />
Lunches this month<br />
Driving Event Venues<br />
COTA Circuit of the Americas, Austin<br />
ECR Eagles Canyon Raceway, Slidell<br />
LSP Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie<br />
MMS Mesquite Memorial Stadium, Mesquite<br />
MSR MotorSport Ranch, Cresson<br />
MW Mineral Wells Airport, Mineral Wells<br />
November<br />
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9 10 11 12 13 14<br />
15 16 17 18 19 20 21<br />
22 23 24 25 26 27 28<br />
29 30<br />
Day November<br />
4 Board Meeting<br />
7 Founders Day Celebration<br />
8 Autocross 10: LSP<br />
10 Lewisville Lunch<br />
13-15 Club Race & Solo DE: MSR<br />
19 Mav Social: Hilton Garden Inn<br />
21 Saturday Drive: Oct. Rain Date<br />
26 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
Day January<br />
6 Board Meeting<br />
12 Lewisville Lunch<br />
21 Mav Social: TBD<br />
28 Richardson/Southlake Lunches<br />
On the Cover: Interesting<br />
composition of the interior of<br />
her Porsche Turbo S as part of<br />
the August Photo Workshop.<br />
Photo by Stephanie Ho<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 />
COASTAL BEND<br />
Bryan Kerrick<br />
<strong>2015</strong> PCA Zone 5 Presidents and Zone Representative<br />
LONE STAR<br />
Michael Globe<br />
president@lsrpca.com<br />
MARDI GRAS<br />
Rick Payton<br />
rpayton35@aol.com<br />
OZARK<br />
John Bullen<br />
johnc8551@yahoo.com<br />
WHISKEY BAY<br />
Henry Carter<br />
hjcarterod@gmail.com<br />
CIMARRON<br />
Randy Kaplin<br />
rwkaplin@swbell.net<br />
HILL COUNTRY<br />
Robert Price<br />
president@hcrpca.org<br />
LONGHORN<br />
Jack Merrell<br />
president@longhornpca.org<br />
MAVERICK<br />
Jim Falgout<br />
president@mavpca.org<br />
WAR BONNET<br />
Grady Buckhalter<br />
grady.buckhalter@<br />
gmail.com<br />
WHITE RIVER<br />
Leonard Zechiedrich<br />
whiteriverregionpca@<br />
gmail.com<br />
ZONE 5 REP<br />
Lynn Friedman<br />
zone5rep@pca.org<br />
www.zone5.pca.org<br />
1
Shifting Gears: Something for everyone<br />
By Jim Falgout, Region President<br />
Well, <strong>October</strong> finally arrived.<br />
Cooler weather is here and<br />
lots of activities for you to enjoy<br />
your Porsche. We have everything<br />
from Time Trials, Drivers’ Education,<br />
Rally, and Autocross, for those of you<br />
who like competitive driving events.<br />
Lunches, Socials, and Sunday Drives<br />
(could be included in driving event) for those of you<br />
who prefer events that are not so competitive. Of course,<br />
many of you go for both types of events. So enjoy!<br />
Soon after<br />
<strong>October</strong> we<br />
will have our<br />
biggest social<br />
event of the year,<br />
Founders’ Day.<br />
Soon after <strong>October</strong><br />
we will have our biggest<br />
social event of the<br />
year, Founders’ Day. It<br />
is a celebration of our<br />
Region, and it includes<br />
a Photography Contest<br />
and a silent auction to<br />
raise money for one<br />
of our charities. It is a<br />
black tie optional event<br />
at Bent Tree Country<br />
Club, which is where<br />
we held it last year. It was a fun event. This event is<br />
planned and organized by our Social Committee which<br />
is chaired by Tracy Robertson. Get ready, here it comes!<br />
She NEEDS YOUR HELP. We need folks to assist her,<br />
especially with obtaining items for the Silent Auction. If<br />
you can assist her in any way with this important event,<br />
please contact Tracy at social@mavpca.org.<br />
I have another request for assistance. At the September<br />
Board meeting your Board approved establishing a<br />
committee to evaluate charitable requests. Part of our<br />
charge from Porsche Club of America is to support our<br />
communities. I had some volunteers from the Board,<br />
but I want some non-board club members to assist with<br />
this important task. If you would like to<br />
support your club in this area, please contact<br />
me at president@mavpca.org. YOUR<br />
CLUB NEEDS YOU . . . to get involved.<br />
You will really be glad you did.<br />
I recently attended a Cars and Coffee<br />
that is held at a competing auto dealer<br />
in far North Dallas. There was section coned off for<br />
Porsche, thanks to one of our members. I met other<br />
members and non-members. Two of the non-members<br />
whom I met actually joined the next day. However,<br />
there were at least two long-time members who said<br />
they never come to club events. They did indicate that<br />
2 <strong>October</strong><br />
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please try something. We have so much to offer and you<br />
can meet some really neat people. It really is “not just the<br />
cars, it’s the people”.<br />
Finally, remember to vote in your club’s annual officer<br />
elections. The ballot can be found on page 11.<br />
Mav of the Month<br />
And speaking of people: it is the dream of every volunteer<br />
organization to have a new member come along<br />
who takes on a major task, does a great job, and then<br />
takes on additional tasks which enhance the club experience<br />
for others. Your club has been the benefactor of<br />
just such a member in Jim Hirsch. Soon after joining,<br />
he took on the gargantuan task of <strong>Slipstream</strong> editor. He<br />
is not only doing<br />
a great job at<br />
that, but also set<br />
up a Twitter account<br />
and is<br />
monitoring our<br />
Facebook page.<br />
For all those reasons,<br />
Jim Hirsch<br />
is our Mav of the<br />
Month. Thanks<br />
Jim for all you<br />
are doing.
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President<br />
Jim Falgout<br />
president@mavpca.org<br />
Jim joined Maverick Region in August,<br />
2008. He drives a 2003 996, which is<br />
the third Porsche he has owned. Jim<br />
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POSITION CHAIRPERSON<br />
AX Chair Wesley Lincoln<br />
TT Chair Travis Howard<br />
TT Registrar Robyn Howard<br />
AX/TT Rules Travis Howard<br />
AX/TT Schools Robyn Howard<br />
Charity Chair Chris Hamilton<br />
Club Race Co-Chairs Jim Buckley<br />
Pat Heptig<br />
Joel Nannis<br />
Club Race Registrar Wendy Shoffit<br />
Concours Chair Andy Kay<br />
DE Chair Chris Tabor<br />
DE Chief Drvng Instr. John Sandusky<br />
DE Equip. Mgr. Wesley Lincoln<br />
DE Registrar Wendy Shoffit<br />
DE Safety<br />
DE Sponsorship Daren Kirbo<br />
Email List Moderator<br />
Goodie Store Pat Friend<br />
Histographer, Tenured Charlie Davis<br />
Membership Susan and Tom<br />
Froehlich<br />
Monthly Socials Stephanie Ho<br />
Member Welcome Chair Stephanie Ho<br />
On-line Calendar Brendan Eagan<br />
Past President John Hamilton<br />
Public Relations Linda Bambina<br />
Rally Co-Chairs Don Sebert<br />
George Luxbacher<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong><br />
Advertising Pat Friend<br />
Editors Carey Spreen<br />
Jim Hirsch<br />
Event Ad Design Jasmine Shoffit<br />
Mailing & Tech. Andy Mears<br />
Printing Fran Ussery<br />
Content Wrangler Linda Bambina<br />
Mentor Wendy Shoffit<br />
Social Chair Tracy Robertson<br />
Sunday Drives Tom Martin<br />
Neill Flood<br />
Swap Meets Robyn Howard<br />
Tech Sessions Ed Mullenix<br />
Trivia Chair Jerry DeFeo<br />
Website<br />
Denny Payne<br />
4 <strong>October</strong><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 />
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 />
Brendan Eagan<br />
calendar@mavpca.org<br />
Neill Flood<br />
tours@mavpca.org<br />
Pat Friend<br />
214-616-2477<br />
ads@mavpca.org<br />
goodiestore@mavpca.org<br />
Susan & Tom Froehlich<br />
membership@mavpca.org<br />
Chris Hamilton<br />
hope@mavpca.org<br />
John Hamilton<br />
817-907-7823<br />
jhamil3@msn.com<br />
Pat Heptig<br />
214-649-7907<br />
cr@mavpca.org<br />
Secretary<br />
Wendy Shoffit<br />
C 972-977-9821<br />
secretary@mavpca.org<br />
Wendy and husband James joined<br />
Maverick Region in 1997, when their<br />
daughter was only 9 months old.<br />
Jasmine is now 17. They own 3 Porsches<br />
including a 1978 911SC as a dedicated<br />
racecar, which she enjoys autocrossing.<br />
Her daily driver is a 2000 Boxster.<br />
She also serves as the PCA National<br />
Newsletter Chair.<br />
Jim Hirsch<br />
972-740-7377<br />
editor@mavpca.org<br />
Stephanie Ho<br />
hh@mavpca.org<br />
Robyn Howard<br />
214-991-0873<br />
drivingschools@mavpca.org<br />
Travis Howard<br />
214-616-6152<br />
tt@mavpca.org<br />
Andy Kay<br />
817-948-8538<br />
concours@mavpca.org<br />
Daren Kirbo<br />
254-396-2973<br />
daren@huckabee-inc.com<br />
Wesley Lincoln<br />
940-597-7152<br />
ax@mavpca.org<br />
George Luxbacher<br />
rally@mavpca.org<br />
Tom Martin<br />
tours@mavpca.org<br />
Andy Mears<br />
214-394-5857<br />
andy@mavpca.org<br />
Ed Mullenix<br />
972-417-0997<br />
techcorner@mavpca.org<br />
Please help us to keep growing!<br />
Treasurer<br />
Richard Solomon<br />
C 903-530-8281<br />
treasurer@mavpca.org<br />
Richard joined Maverick Region in<br />
2012 when he fulfilled a 30+ year<br />
dream to own his first (of many) 911,<br />
a 2009 Silver Carrera! Although fairly<br />
new to the club, he is excited about<br />
being more involved and meeting more<br />
Porsche fanatics!<br />
Joel Nannis<br />
cr@mavpca.org<br />
Denny Payne<br />
webmaster@mavpca.org<br />
Your Name Here!<br />
Tracy Robertson<br />
817-944-5490<br />
social@mavpca.org<br />
John Sandusky<br />
817-777-0421<br />
john.c.sandusky@lmco.com<br />
Don Sebert<br />
214-613-6900<br />
rally@mavpca.org<br />
James Shoffit<br />
972-786-6246<br />
james@shoffit.com<br />
Wendy Shoffit<br />
972-977-9821<br />
crreg@mavpca.org<br />
deregistrar@mavpca.org<br />
Carey Spreen<br />
817-422-3480<br />
editor@mavpca.org<br />
Chris Tabor<br />
817-371-4888<br />
de@mavpca.org<br />
Fran Ussery<br />
W-972-438-8344<br />
H-817-481-8342<br />
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Gimme a Minute: September Board Meeting<br />
By Wendy Shoffit, Region Secretary September 2, <strong>2015</strong><br />
The September<br />
2 board<br />
meeting began<br />
with President<br />
Jim Falgout making<br />
a motion for the<br />
club to donate $500<br />
to the GoFundMe<br />
set up for our DE<br />
corner worker coordinator and tower<br />
control person, Mary Coney. The<br />
motion was approved. Jim also mentioned<br />
the Boot Campaign charity.<br />
Richard Solomon summarized<br />
the presentation from last month’s<br />
meeting. This would be in addition<br />
to the Hope House. Charity Chair<br />
Chris Hamilton sent her approval<br />
for the Boot Campaign charity via<br />
her husband John and said that we<br />
normally contribute about $5000<br />
annually to Hope. Other clubs have<br />
reported giving as much as $20K to<br />
their charities, and they would like<br />
us to increase our giving. Vice President<br />
Gareth Maurice said we should<br />
give of our time and not just money.<br />
All were in favor of keeping our<br />
ongoing commitment to the Hope<br />
House, as well as adding other charities.<br />
A motion was made to support<br />
the Boot Campaign, and a committee<br />
would be created to review and<br />
evaluate charitable requests going<br />
forward. Jim Falgout pointed out<br />
that the Masonic Lodge of Dallas<br />
has a car show on Nov. 14 to benefit<br />
a local charity. This year’s theme is<br />
Porsche. More information later.<br />
Jim then reported for Chris Tabor<br />
that Amber Stice will be taking over<br />
for Mary Coney for the upcoming<br />
DE Events while she recovers.<br />
VP Gareth Maurice noted that all<br />
insurance was ready for fall events.<br />
Membership Co-Chairs Tom and<br />
Susan Froehlich reported our primary<br />
members are now at 1589 and<br />
total members are 2497. We’re all<br />
excited about the continued positive<br />
trend.<br />
Social Chair Tracy Robertson indicated<br />
that Founders’ Day will be Saturday,<br />
Nov. 7 at the Bent Tree Country<br />
Club in Dallas as it was last year.<br />
Charlie Davis needs support for the<br />
photo contest. Several offered their<br />
help. Tracy also needs help for the<br />
6 <strong>October</strong><br />
FD event. She would like to have a<br />
social committee established for ongoing<br />
events and activities.<br />
Sunday Drive Chair Tom Martin<br />
discussed the upcoming Saturday<br />
Drive on Sept 19 to East Texas. The<br />
Boot Campaign will be there to create<br />
awareness of their organization,<br />
but not to fundraise. The <strong>October</strong><br />
17 drive will start at Lake Worth and<br />
finish in Granbury. Future events<br />
may include wineries.<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong> Editors Jim Hirsch and<br />
Carey Spreen said that 1,775 copies<br />
were sent out for September. All<br />
praised for the great work, including<br />
four newly added pages. Richard<br />
Solomon said the printing invoice<br />
increased more than $600 and<br />
wanted to verify. Jim mentioned the<br />
New Member Directory buying information<br />
will be in the <strong>October</strong> Issue.<br />
He then handed out guidelines<br />
for <strong>Slipstream</strong> to be discussed later.<br />
He will have a sample 2016 calendar<br />
at the next meeting for approval.<br />
Carey then suggested we cap the<br />
page count at the September size<br />
and start a waiting list for advertisers.<br />
Tom Martin suggested we post<br />
ad rates in <strong>Slipstream</strong> and maybe<br />
have a business card sized space at a<br />
reduced rate.<br />
Rally Chair Don Sebert discussed<br />
the Oct 10 Rally [Editor’s note: now<br />
scheduled for Oct 31] at the Frisco<br />
Museum and ending at the Lewisville<br />
Witherspoon Brewery. Tasting<br />
tours will be available for attendees<br />
at $10 each.<br />
Treasurer Richard Solomon reported<br />
that we have roughly $150K<br />
available to us currently, including<br />
advertising revenue and a PCA National<br />
Subsidy. Total revenue for the<br />
year minus expenses for the year<br />
gives us an $11K excess.<br />
Time Trial Chair Travis Howard<br />
noted that he renewed the registration<br />
for the Truxster and is moving<br />
it to a temporary location for storage,<br />
which will not be the same as<br />
the club’s other storage (price too<br />
high). Registration for the Oct 4<br />
Time Trial event is now open on<br />
clubregistration.net. Reporting for<br />
Swap Meet Chair Robyn Howard,<br />
Travis said the Swap Meet is scheduled<br />
for Saturday, Oct 17 at Zims<br />
Autotechnik, who will be giving 15%<br />
off new parts on that day.<br />
Tech Chair Ed Mullinex will write<br />
an article on winterizing your car.<br />
John Hamilton presented a Porsche<br />
wireless mouse to purchase for $20<br />
plain or $25 with a logo. We discussed<br />
that we can sell for $40-45 at<br />
Founders’ Day, giving the proceeds<br />
to the Boot Campaign. More details<br />
later. As Nominating Committee<br />
chair, he said that all was set for the<br />
elections and a ballot in <strong>October</strong>’s<br />
<strong>Slipstream</strong>.<br />
Concours Chair Andy Kay said<br />
there might be a detailing event at<br />
Autobahn. He also mentioned that<br />
the 928 group meets the first Saturday<br />
of the month. He has written<br />
an article about the Pebble Beach<br />
Concours event. He also attended<br />
a Concours event held by Lone Star<br />
Region (Houston area). For $20<br />
visitors got a hat, shirt, and raffle<br />
ticket. He would like to put on such<br />
an event with sponsorship. There<br />
seems to be interest and will follow<br />
up. Lastly, he indicated he needed<br />
to order new Concours medals.<br />
John Hamilton made a motion to<br />
approve up to $500 to purchase<br />
them. Motion passed.<br />
Monthly Dinner Social Chair<br />
Stephanie Ho said that the Wildwood<br />
Grille Happy Hour had great<br />
attendance of 80+ with 60+ staying<br />
for dinner. The September event<br />
was on the 17th at Arthur’s in Addison<br />
with discounted drinks, hors<br />
d’oeuvres , and an extended happy<br />
hour. <strong>October</strong>’s event will be at Love<br />
& War in Texas. November will be<br />
at the Hilton Garden Inn in Richardson<br />
with 50% off drinks, etc. No<br />
December event due to its proximity<br />
to the holidays.<br />
Jim Falgout recognized the efforts<br />
of a fairly new member and his outstanding<br />
contributions to the club.<br />
Congratulations to Jim Hirsch on<br />
being Maverick of the Month!<br />
Many thanks to Richard Solomon<br />
for taking notes in my absence.<br />
Meeting was adjourned.
AUGUST TRIVIA<br />
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1. In 2013 Porsche delivered its 100,000th Panamera. In order to<br />
freshen it up a bit for 2014 they threw in an extended-wheelbase<br />
car, known as the Panamera Executive, that added 5.9”. They had a<br />
target buyer for that extended version; it was Buyers that _______!<br />
a. needed more rear leg room b. needed seating for 3 adults in the<br />
rear c. wanted to be chauffeured d. just wanted a bigger car<br />
Source: Panorama, Aug 2013, p 90<br />
2. Which of the following items was NOT available from the Factory<br />
on the Panamera Executive?<br />
a. Reclining Rear Seats b. 220/230V Plug c. Mini Refrigerator<br />
d. 44+ Cubic Feet of Luggage Space (that’s about 3’x3’x5’)<br />
Source: Panorama, Aug 2013, p 90<br />
3. Panamera’s E-Hybrid version can go some 23 to 32 miles on<br />
electrical power alone, then switch back to gas power to fully<br />
recharge the batteries in 40 minutes of driving. How many miles<br />
could you theoretically drive on a full tank of gas?<br />
a. 850 b. 1100 c. 1350 d. 1600<br />
Source: Panorama, Aug 2013, p 91<br />
4. For the 50th Anniversary of the 911, the Oregon Region had<br />
a Sunday Morning activity with a unique name; it was called<br />
___________.<br />
a. Ferry’s Fortune b. Ferdinand’s Brunch c. Targa Time<br />
d. Butzi Open<br />
Source: Panorama, Aug 2013, p 101<br />
5. In 1958 Porsche made about 148 Carrera Speedsters, with about<br />
half of those being a lightweight GT version that weighed a<br />
surprising 1820 lbs. It only had a 1500cc engine, but it was a<br />
Fuhrmann 4-cam engine like they put into the 904. Its redline was<br />
7500 rpm, but delivered some _________ at 6400 rpm.<br />
a. 118hp b. 128hp c. 138hp d. 148hp<br />
Source: Panorama, Aug 2013, p 74<br />
Answers: 1) c 2) c 3) d 4) d 5) b<br />
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2005 911 Turbo S Cabriolet<br />
Brian Braithwaite<br />
Dallas<br />
2016 911 Carrera GTS<br />
Rugger Burke<br />
Dallas<br />
1996 911 Carrera<br />
Mai Caldwell<br />
Plano<br />
<strong>2015</strong> 911 Targa 4S<br />
Mark Chapman<br />
Colleyville<br />
2016 Macan S<br />
Mary Lou Culwell<br />
Carrollton<br />
1986 911 Carrera<br />
Amit Darnule<br />
Southlake<br />
1996 911 Carrera Cabriolet<br />
Michael Davis<br />
Grapevine<br />
1983 911 SC Cabriolet<br />
Brandon Dobbs<br />
Prosper<br />
2009 911 Carrera<br />
Martin Ertel<br />
Midlothian<br />
2012 911 Turbo S<br />
Christopher Flaugh<br />
Dallas<br />
1987 924S<br />
William Gardner<br />
Haslet<br />
2013 911 Carrera S<br />
Michael Holmes<br />
Plano<br />
2000 Boxster S<br />
AJ Jariwala<br />
Irving<br />
2012 Panamera<br />
Thomas Johnson<br />
The Colony<br />
2011 Panamera<br />
Kindry Kirbo (Derek)<br />
Brownwood<br />
2000 Boxster S<br />
Vinay Kumar<br />
Irving<br />
1991 911 Carrera 2<br />
Patrick Lamers<br />
Fort Worth<br />
1991 911 Carrera 2<br />
Nate Lindsay<br />
Wichita Falls<br />
2016 Cayman S<br />
Ben Malloy<br />
Dallas<br />
2016 911 Carrera GTS<br />
Joe McCreery<br />
Tyler<br />
2004 911 Carrera 4S<br />
Tyler Nau<br />
Frisco<br />
1987 911 Carrera Targa<br />
George Palmer<br />
Dallas<br />
1996 911 Carrera<br />
Jorge Poliak<br />
Dallas<br />
<strong>2015</strong> 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet<br />
Horia Popa<br />
Carrollton<br />
2011 Cayman S<br />
Steve Ratton<br />
Rockwall<br />
<strong>2015</strong> 911 GT3<br />
Ross Ruschhaupt<br />
Dallas<br />
2016 Cayman GT4<br />
If you have any changes that<br />
you would like to make to the<br />
MRPCA membership guide,<br />
contact the Froehlichs at<br />
membership@mavpca.org<br />
Maverick Membership Totals<br />
Members ~ 1,589<br />
Affiliate Members ~ 908<br />
Total Membership ~ 2,497<br />
Mike Shannon<br />
Frisco<br />
1981 911 SC<br />
Charles Simpson<br />
Dallas<br />
2013 911 Carrera S<br />
Transfers In<br />
Harry Kaplun (Lin)<br />
Plano<br />
From: Longhorn (LHN)<br />
Kindry Kirbo (Derek)<br />
Brownwood<br />
From: Hill Country (HCT)<br />
Peter Miranda<br />
Keller<br />
From: Chicago (CHO)<br />
Harry Newton<br />
Fort Worth<br />
From: Hill Country (HCT)<br />
Thomas Spitzer (Annette)<br />
Wichita Falls<br />
From: Pacific Northwest<br />
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Carl Ussery (Fran)<br />
35 Years<br />
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Thomas McMahon (Eileen)<br />
15 Years<br />
Scott Brady (Dawn)<br />
Bryan Carlson (Larry)<br />
Lynn Lewis<br />
Philip Watkins (Spencer)<br />
Grapevine<br />
Coppell<br />
Highland Village<br />
Fort Worth<br />
Dallas<br />
Denton<br />
10 Years<br />
Jeff Gann (Jan)<br />
McKinney<br />
Muditha Karunatileka<br />
Dallas<br />
(Griselda Rocha)<br />
5 Years<br />
Raghvendra Ghuge<br />
Tyler<br />
Mark Givan (Cynthia)<br />
Fort Worth<br />
Thomas Greer (Sharon Bost-Greer) Fort Worth<br />
Ulysses Hargrove (Elizabeth) Fort Worth<br />
Michael Jones (Rebecca)<br />
Richardson<br />
Dong Lee<br />
Dallas<br />
Mark McAnelly<br />
Dallas<br />
Richard Wroclawski (Vicki) Colleyville<br />
9
“. . . it’s the people”: Richard Solomon<br />
As told to Linda Bambina by Richard Solomon<br />
In past articles, we have highlighted<br />
long-time Mav members that<br />
have been involved for decades<br />
with our club. Now it is time to introduce<br />
you to relatively new members<br />
that have jumped in there and gotten<br />
involved. The first Mav we’d like to<br />
highlight is none other than our newest<br />
Treasurer, Richard Solomon.<br />
Richard just became a 5-year member (Happy Anniversary!)<br />
but started coming to our Board meetings about<br />
a year and a half ago to see what was going on in the<br />
club. He really got involved in 2014 when he introduced<br />
us to his long-time Tyler friend and car lover, collector,<br />
and Mav member, Billy Hibbs, Jr. Mr. Hibbs invited the<br />
club out to a one-of-a-kind fundraising event at his car<br />
barn highlighting his 1968 Porsche 908 and special<br />
guest, legendary Porsche driver Vic Elford. What a great<br />
event! Richard was elected as our Treasurer in November<br />
and has been active ever since. Let’s learn more<br />
about this relatively new member!<br />
Richard lives in Tyler, but works several days a week in<br />
Dallas for a community bank. Richard has been in the<br />
banking business for nearly 30 years in the North Texas<br />
area (probably a good choice for a Treasurer). Richard<br />
is married to his long-time love of nearly 27 years, Kelly.<br />
He has two boys, one of which is in Dental School and<br />
the other is a senior at Texas<br />
A&M University. By the way,<br />
Richard is Texas A&M class<br />
of ‘86 and loves his Aggies<br />
(check out the plate on his<br />
911: “AGS911”). He works in<br />
the Addison area of North<br />
Dallas several days a week and<br />
The Aggie plate has been a Porsche lover for<br />
roughly 30 years.<br />
When Richard was about 18 or 19 years old he pulled<br />
up in the parking lot of Brookhaven College during the<br />
summer of ‘82 or ‘83. He looked over to his left and saw<br />
his very first up-close 911! It was a beautiful Guards Red<br />
911 that looked pristine and had the one-of-a-kind aircooled<br />
engine sound. It was at that moment the Porsche<br />
love affair began. He vowed that day that he would own<br />
a 911. After he married Kelly in 1987, he let her know<br />
early that he was going to own a 911 one day! However,<br />
as you can imagine, growing a family and other responsibilities<br />
caused that dream to be put on the shelf.<br />
Well, the time had finally come! In early 2008, all the<br />
“planets” lined up for Richard to start looking for his<br />
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Photos by Richard Solomon and Linda Bambina<br />
first 911. His boys were 17 and 14 at the time, and they<br />
couldn’t wait for him to buy his first car; some would say<br />
the whole family was tired of hearing about 911’s, stopping<br />
at dealerships around the country during summer<br />
vacations to check out the latest models, and seeing<br />
all the magazines around the house (of course that is<br />
just rumor)! So Richard had his eye on a 2004 996 911<br />
C4S with Arctic Silver exterior, finished with full black<br />
leather. To hear him speak, he didn’t get much sleep<br />
while searching the universe for that perfect car! While<br />
all this was going on, the crash of 2008 hit! Oh NO!!!<br />
Although determined and relatively not affected, his<br />
search continued on.<br />
One day that fall, Richard’s wife asked him, “Should a<br />
banker buy a Porsche 911 during these tough economic<br />
times? How would it look to your customers?” Oh, what<br />
a wise girl. After some discussion and thought, Richard<br />
thought it best to wait . . . .<br />
We heard from folks within the Solomon camp that<br />
depression set in for Richard. He was soooo close to<br />
buying his first car! After a few months of good cooking<br />
from his wife and going to some Fight’n Texas Aggie<br />
football games, his depression faded.<br />
We fast forward to 2012. It<br />
was now time again for<br />
Richard to find that perfect<br />
car! The detailed and<br />
relentless search began.<br />
Because he had waited to Richard’s 911<br />
buy the 911, he could now<br />
buy a better and more highly-optioned late model car.<br />
So the search began for a used 2009 997.2 S model. In<br />
August of that year, he found a beautiful silver Carrera<br />
at Bob Moore Porsche in OK City. Although not an “S”<br />
model it was a fully optioned car with S wheels, sport<br />
exhaust, sport tuned, Alcantara trim throughout, and<br />
for a great price! On August 18, 2012, Richard picked<br />
up his first 911, a dream come true!!<br />
Richard in a Porsche 908 at a charity event
2016 Maverick Region Officers Ballot<br />
I am a (pick one): ___ Primary Member ___ Associate Member<br />
President<br />
_______ Jim Falgout (incumbent)<br />
_______ ___________________<br />
Vice President<br />
_______ David Robertson<br />
_______ ___________________<br />
Print Name ___________________<br />
Treasurer<br />
_______ Richard Solomon (incumbent)<br />
_______ ________________________<br />
Secretary<br />
_______ Wendy Shoffit (incumbent)<br />
_______ ________________________<br />
Signature __________________________<br />
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103 Clear Brook Court, Southlake, TX 76092 prior to November 7.<br />
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11
Smile for the Camera: Second Annual Photography Workshop<br />
By Charlie Davis<br />
On August<br />
15 we<br />
held the<br />
second MR-PCA<br />
Photography<br />
Workshop. Our<br />
goal in conducting<br />
these Workshops is<br />
to encourage and<br />
enable members to take excellent<br />
pictures, which usually requires they<br />
be edited. We need more great pictures<br />
for <strong>Slipstream</strong> and our website.<br />
Some attendees this year had new<br />
cameras that they needed help understanding.<br />
Others had old cameras<br />
that they still hadn’t mastered.<br />
I think we answered most questions<br />
and also provided ways to get more<br />
information.<br />
We had several Porsches in the<br />
parking lot at the Old Bedford<br />
School in Bedford, where we held<br />
this Workshop. I challenged the<br />
students to go outside and take<br />
pictures with both a Person and a<br />
Porsche in each picture. They could<br />
make either one the “subject”, but I<br />
wanted them to capture both in one<br />
image.<br />
They did pretty well with this task!<br />
There is a gallery of their submissions<br />
on the Region website: just<br />
click on the “Photo Gallery” tab<br />
and keep going down to the gallery:<br />
<strong>2015</strong>/Social Events/Photography Workshop.<br />
Not all the images had both People<br />
and Porsches, but many did. The<br />
cover photo for this issue was taken<br />
by Stephanie Ho. It was one of the<br />
pictures that didn’t include a Person,<br />
but it had her shoes as human<br />
surrogate.<br />
One style that was popular was reflecting<br />
a Person in Porsche paint.<br />
This example by Bruce Hildewig is a<br />
good example:<br />
Not only did he get P&P, he also got<br />
the Old School in the background.<br />
He was captured taking this picture<br />
by two other photographers, including<br />
this one by Steve Perrin:<br />
Photos courtesy of the Author<br />
Now we know the Person whose<br />
reflection is in Bruce’s shot!<br />
Another genre is the ubiquitous<br />
short depth-of-field capture, where<br />
much of the background is out-offocus.<br />
A couple of us did this type<br />
shot. Here is one of mine:<br />
I made<br />
the subject<br />
the<br />
antique<br />
mailbox<br />
of the Old<br />
School,<br />
but also<br />
got People<br />
and<br />
Porsches<br />
in<br />
background.<br />
the<br />
Barbara<br />
Kauffmann’s<br />
approach<br />
was to<br />
take a<br />
“selfie in<br />
Porsche<br />
paint<br />
[Travis<br />
Howard’s<br />
Boxster]:<br />
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We encourage all photographers to join us for the<br />
next Workshop. We have fun, and most everyone learns<br />
something about their camera and the process of taking<br />
and editing digital pictures. You can view more<br />
photos in full resolution from the workshop at:<br />
http://mavpca.org/photos/PhotoDrop/<br />
PhotographyWorkshop<strong>2015</strong>/<br />
In the meantime, there is a large group of lessons on<br />
the website. You can find them at:<br />
http://mavpca.org/photos/PhotographyLessons/<br />
I have made them available as both Power Point presentations<br />
[.PPT] and as Adobe Acrobat files [.PDF].<br />
We encourage all photographers to submit their pictures<br />
to our Photo Drop at:<br />
http://mavpca.org/photos/PhotoDrop/<br />
This requires an FTP client on your computer and a<br />
secret password to upload. To get the secret password,<br />
contact me at chuxter@1derful.info. There are instructions<br />
about how to setup your computer to do FTP<br />
transfers, which can be difficult for beginners:<br />
http://mavpca.org/photos/FTPinstructions/<br />
Hope you can make it to the next one!<br />
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15
First Porsche: Germany Region PCA<br />
By Voy “Mitch” Mitchell<br />
Photos courtesy of the Author<br />
So there I was, a young Air Force<br />
Non-Commissioned Officer in<br />
Germany, stationed at a communications<br />
unit which was completely<br />
surrounded by the forests of the Rheinland-Pfalz.<br />
Having recently placed<br />
an order for a new Porsche 356 C, I<br />
was pretty much looking for anything<br />
that would take my mind off the months before my car<br />
would be delivered. Little did I realize that I would be<br />
involved in something the PCA had never attempted before:<br />
the formation of a Region outside the continental<br />
United States.<br />
In early April 1963, I was approached by a friend in my<br />
unit who owned a 1961 356B 1600 Cabriolet. He knew<br />
that I had a new Porsche on order and asked if I wanted<br />
to accompany him to a meeting to investigate the possibility<br />
of forming a PCA Region covering all of West<br />
Germany. A day or two later we drove to a Gasthaus in<br />
Kaiserslautern, the Barbarossahof, where we joined 13<br />
other Porsche owners and were greeted by Frank Beckett,<br />
the moderator/chair of the meeting. If approved,<br />
he said that this region’s members would consist of<br />
military and Department of Defense civilian employees.<br />
On May 6,<br />
I met with<br />
Frank Beckett<br />
and signed the<br />
petition requesting<br />
that<br />
PCA approve<br />
the creation of<br />
a Germany Region.<br />
I was the<br />
15th and final<br />
person to sign.<br />
The region<br />
was approved,<br />
officers elected,<br />
By-Laws<br />
Petition creating a PCA<br />
Germany Region<br />
written, and<br />
the Germany<br />
Region was off<br />
and running.<br />
Frank Beckett was elected as first president. The club<br />
grew as more Porsche owners learned of its existence.<br />
The region was very active, with social gatherings, rallies,<br />
and gymkhanas. Gymkhanas were always conducted on<br />
a military installation, usually Ramstein Air Base, with<br />
socials and rallies held “off base.”<br />
At some point PCA Badges<br />
must have been manufactured<br />
by E.F. Wiedmann, a German<br />
company in Frankfurt<br />
am-Main, before a suitable<br />
American company was given<br />
the contract. Frank Beckett<br />
was aware of this and received<br />
permission from PCA National<br />
to have the German company<br />
manufacture badges for the<br />
Germany Region since they<br />
still had the badge dies. Not<br />
only did this speed up delivery<br />
The original Germany<br />
Region PCA badge<br />
of badges to our region but, in my opinion, we received<br />
a superior quality badge. Along with the badge, we received<br />
a region tab with the word “Germany” on it. The<br />
badges were expensive though: $10.00 per badge!<br />
In other club business, a newsletter was established<br />
and named. “Das Blinking Blatt” was drawn from several<br />
name submissions, and in short order members were<br />
receiving then state-of-the art newsletters produced<br />
using the mimeograph process. By today’s standards, a<br />
mimeographed paper would be akin to a child’s first<br />
writing attempt, but many copies could be reproduced<br />
so it served our purposes very well. I was known for<br />
my contacts in both Army and Air Force units and was<br />
able to get the Air Force printing plant at Ramstein to<br />
produce a master, which consisted of just the newsletter<br />
header and art work. This ensured that the header<br />
location would be consistently reproduced from month<br />
to month.<br />
My Army contacts printed each month’s newsletter<br />
(all bootleg work of course). Personally, I wasn’t too<br />
impressed with the newsletter name. After all, who had<br />
ever heard of a “Blinking Paper”? I still have a copy of<br />
the November 1963 newsletter, probably because it lists<br />
the results of an early rally in which my navigator and I<br />
placed third out of twelve entrants. At that time, rallies<br />
were becoming harder and harder, incorporating map<br />
reading and overlays, and it was clear that my navigator<br />
and I would soon be one of the bottom dwelling teams.<br />
After approval by PCA National, membership was soon<br />
extended to German Nationals, and the two salesmen at<br />
Rittersbacker were quick to join. They in turn recruited<br />
other German members, thus giving club membership<br />
a quick boost. I remember one of the Germans had a<br />
contact who owned a winery along the Mosel River and<br />
we were able to visit for a wine tasting. After the rallies<br />
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ecame more difficult, another German<br />
could always be seen parked at<br />
some Gasthaus along the way and<br />
it was clear that he had decided it<br />
was no longer worth his while to<br />
continue to compete. Once or twice<br />
I stopped to join him and each time<br />
I found him sitting near the front of<br />
the Gasthaus with a glass of beer and<br />
an order of Escargot in front of him.<br />
I considered trying the Escargot but<br />
could never get past the look of the<br />
green “mess” stuffed into the shells<br />
on his plate. He claimed that not<br />
only were they good, but they were<br />
good for you. I never found out!<br />
It wasn’t very long before Colonel<br />
Beckett was reassigned to duty in<br />
the states, and only then did I find<br />
out that he was one of the founding<br />
members of PCA. Apparently he had<br />
a history of forming PCA Regions<br />
when he was assigned to areas where<br />
none existed, and his Germany assignment<br />
was no exception.<br />
Alois Ruf was a 25-year member<br />
of the Germany Region<br />
I left Germany in July 1964, and the<br />
club was still flourishing. I do know<br />
that it was a great club and, like the<br />
Maverick Region, offered many<br />
events and fellowship with great<br />
people who all loved the Porsche<br />
marque.<br />
The Germany Region was active for<br />
over forty years before its Charter<br />
was recalled by the PCA. Its demise<br />
has been well documented in PCA<br />
Archives and the Rennlist forums,<br />
but basically an issue with insurance<br />
coverage doomed the Region.<br />
When the Region was founded,<br />
competitive events were held on<br />
US military bases. These bases were<br />
considered part of the United States<br />
for insurance purposes, and therefore<br />
PCA coverage was extended.<br />
After 9/11, for security reasons,<br />
access to the airbases was not possible.<br />
Events were being held on<br />
local German airbases. It appeared<br />
the Germany Region operated for<br />
a number of years like this, without<br />
our insurers, PCA, or ourselves realizing<br />
there could be any problem<br />
with the coverage.<br />
PCA renegotiated their insurance<br />
coverage at the start of 2008 and discovered<br />
the problem. No solution<br />
could be found, and it was “game<br />
over” for the Germany Region of<br />
the PCA.<br />
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Atlanta Dreaming: The New Porsche Experience Center<br />
By Pat Frye<br />
Photos courtesy of the Author<br />
I’m a new<br />
transfer member<br />
from the<br />
Florida Suncoast<br />
Chapter, where<br />
I enjoyed my ‘03<br />
Boxster S and<br />
attended a few<br />
Autocrosses and DEs at Sebring International<br />
Raceway. I relocated to<br />
the Dallas area for work last year,<br />
and my Boxster was a casualty of a<br />
smaller garage and logistics. I decided<br />
a newer Cayman might be a<br />
better fit for North Texas. I found<br />
a car I wanted in Atlanta, and Abraham<br />
Caracheo, a Porsche Brand<br />
Ambassador at Hennessey Porsche<br />
in Roswell GA, offered a private tour<br />
of the new Porsche Experience Center<br />
/ Porsche Cars North America<br />
corporate offices in Atlanta – very<br />
near to the airport, not yet open to<br />
the public, and clearly too good to<br />
resist.<br />
Pat and his 2014 Cayman S<br />
18 <strong>October</strong><br />
Full restoration center<br />
in the lower level<br />
Before I took delivery of my ’14<br />
Certified Pre-Owned 981 Cayman S<br />
in late May, we spent the morning<br />
at the Porsche Experience Center.<br />
The 27-acre $100 M site features<br />
an amazing building with “uber”<br />
modern architecture and a cool test<br />
track. But the first thing to get your<br />
attention is pulling into the parking<br />
garage and seeing that at least half of<br />
the cars in the garage are Porsches<br />
of all models and years. Cool Beans!<br />
A 918 Spyder was positioned by<br />
the underground entrance near<br />
multiple charging stations, providing<br />
a feel of what high tech was to<br />
come. Inside, on the lower level, is a<br />
Porsche custom restoration center,<br />
where they will perform whatever<br />
level of “one-of-a-kind” restoration<br />
work on your car that your wallet can<br />
afford. The building is full of graceful<br />
curves, similar to those found in<br />
our cars, which also serve to focus<br />
your attention outwards toward the<br />
1.4-mile test track, of which there is<br />
a large model in the main lobby.<br />
Model test track in the lobby<br />
There are numerous rally, race and<br />
special edition cars inside and out,<br />
including an original 917, all the<br />
way to the new Le Mans winning 919<br />
Hybrid race car. The day I was there,<br />
Porsche was producing a film in<br />
the museum (numerous stars were<br />
there participating, including Robert<br />
Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson,<br />
Mark Ruffalo, and Samuel L. Jackson)<br />
and it was closed off to visitors,<br />
but there was still an abundance of<br />
things to see. There were a number<br />
of special edition cars, such as a PCA<br />
special edition custom blue 911S,<br />
a ’16 Boxster Spyder and a special<br />
edition two-tone extended length<br />
Panamera.<br />
There are many other really interesting<br />
features, such as a large design<br />
center to help a customer spec<br />
out a new car; an accessory/apparel<br />
store with all of those specialty items<br />
one never seems to see in person;<br />
a bistro, “Restaurant 356,” with attractive<br />
fare; a fascinating Porsche<br />
car history timeline with models of<br />
each of the cars; Porsche historical<br />
archives; a collection of Porsche<br />
Look up for the 918 sculpture<br />
grill badges; a fitness center; multiple<br />
conference rooms; and, unique<br />
objets-d’art to capture one’s attention.<br />
In short, it qualifies as visual<br />
and sensory overload.<br />
Outside, on an elevated drive overlooking<br />
the track, was a parking area<br />
with three beautiful silver Porsches:<br />
a Cayman GTS, a 918 and a Panamera.<br />
From that elevated area, one<br />
has a spectacular view of the track<br />
where, on this day, a group of dealers<br />
from the northwest U.S. was driving<br />
the stable of all of the Porsche<br />
models in what looked to be a really<br />
fun experience. Multiple sections of<br />
the track, designed to emulate a traditional<br />
road course, include a low<br />
friction handling circuit, a circular<br />
Three GT silver Porsches
skid pad, and an off-road course designed to demonstrate<br />
the often untapped capabilities of the Cayenne<br />
and Macan, which I understand to be more than challenging<br />
to any SUVs. The driving experience is available<br />
for purchase by owners, is priced at different levels, and<br />
is designed to provide custom tailored driving education<br />
experience for novices to experts, on whatever specific<br />
areas the individual wishes to improve.<br />
View from the porch of the Carrera Cafe<br />
After reading this, I hope I’ve piqued your interest, as<br />
there are few places to see the score of all things Porsche<br />
on full display, plus the ability to take some customer<br />
designed driving classes to hone your skills. Remember,<br />
it’s only a two-hour flight . . .<br />
Other Maverick members have also made this trek<br />
to the Porsche Experience Center:<br />
The Porsche Driving Experience in Atlanta was the best<br />
birthday present and an awesome learning experience.<br />
My favorite parts are the launch control and the kick<br />
plate. One allows you to feel the awesome power of a finely<br />
crafted, powerful car and the other is a confidence building<br />
exercise that showed me how to handle the car on slick<br />
surfaces. After my time on the track I’m more confident in<br />
my skills while driving any of my three beloved Porsches.<br />
Daphany Prewitt<br />
I visited the PEC in May as Porsche’s guest for their<br />
new Forever Amazing marketing campaign. And it was<br />
truly a Forever Amazing event. The PEC is a worldclass<br />
facility as one would expect from Porsche. All in<br />
attendance were able to drive nearly the full range of<br />
cars on the track - 911 Turbo S, Carrera GTS, Cayman<br />
GTS, Panamera GTS, Macan Turbo, and Cayenne.<br />
And we each got a thrilling ride-along for hot laps in a<br />
GT3. To top off a wonderful day, I received a call from<br />
my sales rep at Porsche Plano while I was at the event,<br />
and he informed me that I was confirmed for an allocation<br />
for a Cayman GT4. It was a Perfect Porsche Day.<br />
Edward Chin<br />
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Concours on the Avenue: Prepping for Monterey Car Week<br />
By Andy Kay, Region Concours d’Elegance Chair<br />
Photos by the Author<br />
Monterey<br />
Car Week<br />
and Concours<br />
d’ Elegance<br />
this year was August<br />
10-16, <strong>2015</strong>,<br />
part of which was<br />
the Carmel-By-<br />
The-Sea Concours on the Avenue,<br />
held Tuesday, August 11. Sixteen<br />
blocks of downtown Carmel-By-The-<br />
Sea showcased over 175 collector<br />
cars from multiple marques for years<br />
1940 through 1973, with Porsche<br />
and Ferrari thru 1989. Maverick Region<br />
member Roger Tyson and his<br />
1988 Porsche 928 Club Sport SE was<br />
one of the fortunate few whose application<br />
was accepted.<br />
About the car: only sixteen 928<br />
Club Sports were built for racing<br />
purposes. Porsche added some Special<br />
Equipment to add comfort, like<br />
air conditioning, a radio, and different<br />
seats to create the Porsche 928<br />
Club Sport SE. Only 42 were built,<br />
and only for the UK. Roger believes<br />
less than half are still road-worthy.<br />
This all-original 928 CS/SE is the<br />
only one in the United States, and<br />
was imported within the last two<br />
years. It is a Single Stage Guards<br />
Red, right hand drive 5-speed<br />
manual transmission with less than<br />
64,000 miles.<br />
Roger asked me to be his Project<br />
Manager, responsible for preparing<br />
this 928 for this very special<br />
“invitation only” event. Since this<br />
is the most prestigious Concours d’<br />
Elegance I’ve been associated with, I<br />
thought I would share my eight-day<br />
Detail including my paint correcting,<br />
perfecting, and finishing stages.<br />
I would be using only the finest car<br />
care products available: Griot’s Garage,<br />
of course! I hope you enjoy my<br />
journey, which started in June with<br />
preparing the car for the Concours.<br />
22 <strong>October</strong><br />
Day 1, Thursday, June 25: I started<br />
off with an overall inspection. I<br />
needed to wash the 928 and strip<br />
the car of any old waxes and chemicals.<br />
I used Dawn as a mild stripper,<br />
and lots of different Griot’s<br />
Garage cleaning products. The Oil<br />
& Grease Cleaner and Heavy Duty<br />
Wheel Cleaner really cut through<br />
the engine grease and grime. Both<br />
are pH balanced and recommended<br />
for engine cleaning. Long-handled<br />
brushes make wheel cleaning much<br />
easier. Then I moved to the engine<br />
compartment for a gentle scrubbing.<br />
Clean engine bay<br />
After blow-drying the car and engine<br />
bay, I pulled into my garage and<br />
started claying and polishing the<br />
hood with Griot’s Polish #1, #2 and<br />
#3. I used the Fast Cutting and Fast<br />
Finishing pads with Polish #1 and<br />
#2, and an Orange pad with Polish<br />
#3. At this point, I was still removing<br />
oxidized paint. I used Griot’s Micro<br />
Fiber & Foam Pad Cleaner to clean<br />
up my supplies and called it a day.<br />
Day 2, Friday, June 26: More Paint<br />
Correction! By the end of the day,<br />
I had used Griot’s Polish #1-4, four<br />
different pads from Fast Cutting to<br />
Fine Polishing, and more than a<br />
dozen Micro Fiber towels. The worst<br />
part of any detail job is removing tar<br />
from the lower rocker panels. Over<br />
the years, I’ve tried everything from<br />
Diesel fuel to Bug & Tar Remover,<br />
but once again, the answer is Griot’s.<br />
The Oil & Grease Cleaner and<br />
a 3-inch yellow pad did a great job. I<br />
would seal this area with Griot’s One<br />
Step Paint Sealant when I was done.<br />
The red single stage paint is really<br />
starting to POP.<br />
Dirty pads, towels, and polish<br />
Tomorrow I would be filling in<br />
low areas with Paint Glaze and then<br />
starting the five layers of Griot’s<br />
Best Of Show wax. Each coat needs<br />
at least two hours to set up. I allow<br />
eight to ten hours between each<br />
coat. On Monday evening, I would<br />
be removing all five layers at once<br />
with Spray-On Wax and the 6-inch<br />
orbital Polishing pads. While the<br />
wax is curing, I’ll have 2-1/2 days to<br />
work on other areas, like claying the<br />
glass, treating the carpet, leather,<br />
rubber, and vinyl, and polishing all<br />
the plastic lenses. The 3-inch Orbital<br />
will come in handy while cleaning<br />
under the hood.<br />
Some of the many products used<br />
Day 3, Saturday June 27: First project<br />
of the day was to clay the 928<br />
one more time with brand new clay;
I wanted to make sure there was no<br />
remaining polish before applying<br />
Paint Glaze. I applied the first coat<br />
of Paint Glaze by hand. While it was<br />
setting up, I started working on the<br />
interior. After about 30 minutes,<br />
I applied the second coat of Paint<br />
Glaze and let it cure for a few hours.<br />
The two coats of Paint Glaze would<br />
fill in any scratches that didn’t buff<br />
out from the four polishes I used<br />
the day before. By this point the two<br />
coats of glaze were rock hard. To aid<br />
in the removal, I used Spray-On Wax<br />
and a Micro Fiber towel and the<br />
Griot’s 6-inch Random Orbital with<br />
more Spray-On Wax.<br />
Paint glaze and hand applicator<br />
At 4:15 I was ready to apply my first<br />
of five coats of Best Of Show wax.<br />
But first I needed to go to the kitchen.<br />
Here’s a secret I learned from<br />
the creator and long-time friend,<br />
Richard Griot. Microwave the wax<br />
for about 90 seconds, 30 seconds at<br />
a time. Be sure the bottle is not full,<br />
as the wax will thin, and remember<br />
to remove the cap! The first coat of<br />
Best of Show was curing. I would put<br />
the second coat of wax on tonight<br />
and the third tomorrow morning. It<br />
had been another long, productive<br />
day.<br />
Microwave the wax first<br />
Day 4, Sunday June 28: The Best<br />
Of Show wax had just come out of<br />
the microwave, so I headed for the<br />
garage to apply the third coat of<br />
wax. At this point, the wax was really<br />
building up. I had applied on the diagonal<br />
this time so I could see where<br />
I’d been. The creeper had been very<br />
helpful these past few days . . . and<br />
yes, I wax door jams and gas doors!<br />
I applied the fourth coat of wax that<br />
evening.<br />
The creeper comes in handy<br />
Day 5, Monday June 29: Time for<br />
the fifth and final coat of Best Of<br />
Show Wax. While it was curing, I<br />
spent the rest of the day finishing the<br />
interior. When it comes to Concours<br />
judging, this is where most points<br />
get deducted. If it didn’t come from<br />
the factory, it can’t be in the car,<br />
PERIOD! That means no garage<br />
door openers, sunglasses, aftermarket<br />
floor mats, cup holders, radar<br />
detectors, GPS units, cell phones,<br />
etc. Check the<br />
glovebox too.<br />
Nothing should<br />
be in here but<br />
the original<br />
Owner’s Manual<br />
in its original<br />
case. One final<br />
note; make sure<br />
all your interior<br />
lights work. Interior cleaning<br />
That evening, the new Griot’s<br />
Ultra-Premium Micro Fiber Towel<br />
and Spray-On Wax blasted through<br />
five coats of Best Of Show Wax with<br />
ease. These new PFM towels are<br />
Pretty Freaking Magical! The Paint<br />
Correction was finished and the results<br />
were beautiful! The paint was<br />
soft, and the red was so incredibly<br />
deep. This was my very best work,<br />
and I couldn’t think of anyone more<br />
deserving than Roger Tyson.<br />
Using Spray-On wax is the secret<br />
Day 6, Tuesday June 30: With<br />
the Paint Correction completed,<br />
I couldn’t cover it with a dirty car<br />
cover, so it was off to the laundromat<br />
with an eight ounce bottle of Griot’s<br />
Micro Fiber & Foam Pad Cleaner<br />
and 14 quarters for one of those<br />
jumbo washing machines. I let it air<br />
dry in the back yard.<br />
Day 7, Wednesday July 1: Another<br />
box from Griot’s arrived. It’s like<br />
Christmas in July, and I’m taking the<br />
day off.<br />
Christmas in July!<br />
Day 8, Thursday July 2: Interior<br />
cleaning continued. The black<br />
leather was beautiful and really<br />
softening up. Moving to the cargo<br />
area was like opening a Time<br />
Capsule from 1988 -- everything was<br />
in perfect condition. There was an<br />
extra timing belt, Flat Tire bag, and<br />
Touch Up paint still in their original<br />
Porsche bags. I vacuumed one more<br />
time and applied and the Vinyl &<br />
Rubber Dressing. At this point, my<br />
contribution was almost finished.<br />
One last inspection, and back under<br />
the car cover it goes, until Roger<br />
picks it up! I’ll write again as my<br />
adventure takes me to Carmel,<br />
California.<br />
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Maverick Monthly Social: Wildwood Grill<br />
Photos and captions by Stephanie Ho<br />
New members Greg and Maria<br />
Hampton joined in January<br />
Rich O’Day with PCA Maverick Monthly Social Chair Stephanie Ho welcoming<br />
Randy Osgerby (joined in Jan.) and Blake Eaton (joined in July)<br />
Our monthly social was a<br />
hit again with over 80 funloving<br />
Porsche attendees!<br />
The parking lot was packed<br />
with an array of stunners!<br />
Ben Wiseman drove all the way from<br />
Waco to attend our Social event!<br />
New members Kevin and Linda<br />
Creed joined in August<br />
Robert Thompson (left) and<br />
Debbie Thompson (right) flank<br />
Ken and Sarah Harrison, who<br />
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Gordon and Susan Graves<br />
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Chester and Debes Epperson<br />
New member Catherine Marrs<br />
joined in July and Dee Luxbacher<br />
Engaging dialogue between longtimer<br />
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How “moving” - true romance!<br />
26 <strong>October</strong>
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Autocross Update: Lone Star Park AX #7 & #8<br />
By Mark Schnoerr<br />
Event #7 was<br />
the first of<br />
the combined<br />
PCA/Equipe<br />
Rapide events<br />
to have a PCA<br />
member as Event<br />
Master. This created<br />
an opportunity<br />
to design a course with some of the<br />
classic Porsche Club elements and<br />
to open up some more higher-speed<br />
sections of the Lone Star Park site.<br />
PCA Members stepped in nicely at<br />
this event. John and Gary Leto are<br />
now on the permanent tech crew to<br />
help speed the on-site tech process.<br />
Sigrid Schnoerr is the permanent<br />
Worker Chief and keeps that part<br />
running smoothly. I got to step in as<br />
the Event Master at this event.<br />
Ninety-six entrants, almost 40 of<br />
whom signed up on site, were split<br />
into two groups for morning and<br />
afternoon runs. Everyone got six<br />
timed runs, and the first car off was<br />
at 10 am. Timed runs were finished<br />
at 3:30 pm, followed by the awards<br />
and PAX cash payouts. The Porsche<br />
classes have their own PAX cash payout<br />
now, so some drivers went home<br />
with something more than the Designer<br />
Award Shirts.<br />
Autocross 6, Lone Star Park,<br />
July 26<br />
P2 - 'PCA 2' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 5 Edward Mayo silver 71.66<br />
2 9 Julia Underwood silver 82.25<br />
3 6 Marissa Moore green 88.85<br />
P4 - 'PCA 4' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1Tm 914 Sigrid Schnoerr Green 69.59<br />
2 m 644 Wesley Lincoln Green DNS<br />
P5 - 'PCA 5' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1Tm 914 Mark Schnoerr Green 69.69<br />
2 m 590 Carey Spreen Guards Red 70.21<br />
P6 - 'PCA 6' - Total Entries: 1<br />
Total<br />
1 m 511 Erik Holt White 71.58<br />
P7 - 'PCA 7' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 4 David Urani Grey 71.95<br />
2 m 42 Matthew Cords Black DNS<br />
P10 - 'PCA 10' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Total<br />
1T 151 John Leto green 69.25<br />
2 15 Gary Leto green 73.51<br />
30 <strong>October</strong><br />
Three very fast 914s with four drivers<br />
fought it out in in class P10. Rick<br />
Gonzales brought his black 914/6 in<br />
just 0.2 ahead of Richard Reeves’ recently<br />
acquired fully-prepped 914/6<br />
race car. Richard was sorting out<br />
some transmission problems that<br />
finally took him out. Rick is going<br />
to have a good fight with Richard.<br />
John and Gary had some issues with<br />
their, of late, great-running 914/4<br />
race car.<br />
In class P7, it was a Cayman vs 911<br />
battle, with Cayman driver Brian<br />
Ogle just ahead of Matthew Cords,<br />
followed closely by Ray Gibson in<br />
his very nice Carrera 4S. Ray found<br />
oversteer and got that 4S nice and<br />
sideways, maybe a little too sideways<br />
at least one time, keeping those guys<br />
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Maverick Region AX participants<br />
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Autocross 7, Lone Star Park,<br />
August 16<br />
p4 - 'PCA 4' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 914 Schnoerr, Sigrid Porsche 914 67.63<br />
p5 - 'PCA 5' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 25 Schnoerr, Mark Porsche 993 C4 65.57<br />
p7 - 'PCA 7' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 77 Ogle, Brian Cayman S 68.32<br />
2 42 Cords, Matthew Porsche Cayman S 68.88<br />
3 54 Gibson, Ray Porsche Carrera 4S 69.21<br />
p10 - 'PCA 10' - Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2<br />
Total<br />
1T 91 Gonzales, Rick Porsche 914 65.81<br />
2T 11 Reeves, Richard Porsche 914 65.98<br />
3 151 Leto, John Porsche 914 67.21<br />
4 15 Leto, Gary Porsche 914 67.98<br />
Photo by the Author<br />
Stan Whitney and Su Brude run<br />
their beautifully prepared white<br />
Cayman S PDK in the SCCA Expert<br />
Class. What a great sounding and<br />
terrifically fast Porsche! They are going<br />
to the SCCA Autocross Nationals<br />
in September.<br />
Event #8 was on September 6,<br />
again at Lone Star Park. The nice<br />
grassy and shaded spectator areas<br />
were important on this unusually<br />
hot September day. It was a fast and<br />
challenging course that made good<br />
use of the elevation and camber<br />
changes. We had some close battles<br />
in the Porsche classes, some new<br />
members, and some first-time autocrossers.<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 4 is the PCA Time<br />
Trial on the 1.3-mile course at MotorSport<br />
Ranch in Cresson. Let’s<br />
hope some of the fast Porsche track<br />
cars make this one to wrest the top<br />
time of the day away from the BMW<br />
that has been quickest the last few<br />
years.<br />
The next scheduled event is on<br />
Sunday, <strong>October</strong> 11 at Mineral<br />
Wells. Check the Equipe Rapide<br />
website (www.autocross.com) for<br />
updates. Come out to see the fun<br />
you are missing and play with us!<br />
Autocross 8, Lone Star Park,<br />
September 6<br />
p2 - 'PCA 2' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 5 Mayo, Edward Porsche 911S 53.78<br />
2 9 Underwood, Julia Porsche 911S 68.97<br />
3 33 Cullen, Edward Porsche 911S 69.77<br />
p4 - 'PCA 4' - Total Entries: 1<br />
Total<br />
1 914 Schnoerr, Sigrid Porsche 914 55.25<br />
p5 - 'PCA 5' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 25 Schnoerr, Mark Porsche 914 53.73<br />
2 590 Spreen, Carey Porsche 911SC 53.84<br />
p6 - 'PCA 6' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1<br />
Total<br />
1T 511 Holt, Erik Porsche 993 55.65<br />
2 11 Mars, Catherine Porsche Boxster S dnf<br />
p7 - 'PCA 7' - Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2<br />
Total<br />
1T 42 Cords, Matthew Porsche Cayman S 57.85<br />
2T 49 Jones, Timothy Porsche Boxster 59.26<br />
3 7 Edney, Douglas Porsche 996 62.26<br />
4 31 Ho, Stephanie Porsche Cayman S dnf
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Unclassifieds<br />
Unclassifieds are available free to Maverick Region members and are $5 for all others (contact editor@mavpca for payment details). Please limit size to no more than 6 lines. Ads will run for 3<br />
issues, after which they will be removed unless you request that they be run for an additional 3 issues. E-mail your ad to classifieds@mavpca.org by the 10th of the month to have your ad run in the<br />
following month’s <strong>Slipstream</strong>. Be sure to include year, make, model, color, mileage, and asking price, as well as a contact name, phone number and/or email address. All parts will be advertised<br />
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For Sale: 2000 Porsche Boxster, 5sp. Rare Arena<br />
red, black top, grey leather interior, windstop, crest<br />
wheel centers, 17 in turbo wheels, great Michelins,<br />
radio upgrade w/CDR 220, sport touring package,<br />
L&N IMS upgrade by Moorespeed, rms, pilot<br />
bearing, throwout bearing, Sachs HD clutch, new<br />
motor mount, coolant reservoir, horn contactor ring,<br />
top safety switch, new battery. New spark plug tubes,<br />
seals & water pump @ 44k. Body, interior, & top<br />
excellent. 52k Always garaged, no DE’s, senior owner.<br />
Asking $14,900. Contact Harry Filbey, 972-768-6839<br />
or hfilbey@aol.com. (10)<br />
For Sale: 1972 Porsche 914, with a zero mile 1.8<br />
freshly overhauled engine. Older repaint in Ivory white<br />
is holding up well. Just tuned by Zims Auto Technik.<br />
Upgraded side shifter transmission, shift linkages<br />
nearly new. Pedal cluster overhauled. Battery tray<br />
nearly new. Original fuel injection working perfectly<br />
and reliably. New sail and roll bar trim, new bottom<br />
seat covers, original AM radio. Fuchs wheels painted<br />
and polished with Porsche center caps. Chrome<br />
bumpers front & rear, leather steering wheel ,center<br />
seat pad, center console, driving lights in bumper with<br />
chrome grilles. Engine professionally overhauled by<br />
GEX air cooled engine specialists. View full details<br />
at EstateSales.NET: http://www.EstateSales.NET/<br />
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For Sale: 1986 911 Carrera Targa, 138k miles new<br />
paint runs great. $28k. Contact Jacob Horn and email<br />
me for photos, jacobhorn2@icloud.com (10)<br />
For Sale: 1981 euro sc Race Car, Black; recent major<br />
tune/transmission overhaul; buckley headers; 2 sets<br />
buckley wheels. Weight 2450 with extra lead weights<br />
if needed. Holds track records at Eagles Canyon and<br />
Hallett when a D car; now an E car with rare euro sc<br />
engine with approx 200 hp. Never wrecked; stored at<br />
MSR. Selling car as I am getting too old. $24,500.<br />
Contact Myron Krupp at GT3KRUPP@ATT.NET or<br />
682 -888-3804. (10)<br />
For Sale: 983 944 SP1 Race Car, Silver, PCA Log<br />
Book, completed in 2014. Rebuilt engine, manual<br />
steering, LSD trans, Custom cage by Lemco. SP1<br />
Suspension with new bushings front & rear. 2.3 ltr fire<br />
system. AMB Transponder, Schroth 6 point harness,<br />
Kirkey Road race seat. Extra trans and engine (for<br />
rebuild). 16Ft open trailer. Asking $8500.00. Call<br />
Bill, 214.364.7483 or bill.georgas@verizon.net (09)<br />
For Sale: 2004 Boxster S, Beautiful Lapis Blue<br />
Metallic with Graphite Gray Convertible Top &<br />
Leather Interior, 22k, Tiptronic Auto, PS, PB, Bose<br />
Sound Package with CD, Bi-Xenon headlights, 18”<br />
Turbo II Wheels, Porsche Stability Management<br />
Package, L&N IMS Upgrade, 4 new Michelin Super<br />
Sports, Battery & Alignment. Superb Condition!<br />
Looks, drives & smells like a brand new car. Have 2<br />
keys, Owners Manual, Window Sticker. Never Raced.<br />
Clean CarFax. No Wrecks. Needs Nothing. $23,975.<br />
Call for photos. Contact James Ford, 214-886-6141 or<br />
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For Sale: 1982 911 SC Targa, Red wine metallic<br />
with a tan interior, 89,000 miles. Original engine,<br />
top end rebuilt Dec. 2008. Paint is mostly original<br />
and is in good shape. Dashboard has small cracks<br />
and the door pockets are black (rather than tan). Top<br />
is in great condition. A/C system (uninstalled), but<br />
parts included. Great driver’s car. Awesome looking.<br />
$20,000. Text 940-781-7225 for pictures. (08)<br />
Wanted: 964 Carrera 2 Coupe, Manual trans.<br />
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Around the Bend...<br />
By Jim Hirsch, Managing Editor<br />
You may have heard this<br />
before: “Good amateurs practice until<br />
they get it right; good pros practice<br />
until they can’t get it wrong” as<br />
attributed to E. Paul Dickinson, driving<br />
coach. Left unsaid is the difficulty of<br />
having enough time to practice even<br />
one thing to that level of perfection in<br />
any profession or activity.<br />
That’s one reason why Jerry Seinfield can’t hit a golf<br />
ball like Jordan Spieth while at the same time, Jordan<br />
can’t deliver humor quite like Jerry. I’m certain that<br />
each of us can pinpoint those areas in our work, home,<br />
hobby, and Porsche life where we are more amateur<br />
than professional.<br />
As members of the Maverick Region and PCA, most<br />
of us are closer to the professional side of the equation<br />
when it comes to the “people” relationships. It’s easy to<br />
experience the camaraderie of our club the first time<br />
you attend a Mav event of any kind.<br />
As we move to the “car” side of our Porsche club, the<br />
difference in performance level among our activities<br />
becomes more apparent - and I’m not simply talking<br />
about horsepower differences! Whether it’s driving<br />
in a rally, Sunday Drive or racing, wrenching,<br />
detailing, customizing, taking photos of our cars,<br />
or organizing social events like Cars & Coffee,<br />
each of our members has different levels of talent<br />
and expertise.<br />
It seems to me that membership in the Maverick Region<br />
gives each of us a great opportunity to “practice<br />
until you can’t get it wrong” by actively participating in<br />
those events that fit our lifestyles best. Further, mimicking<br />
and talking to those members who are closer to that<br />
“pro” level in each event helps us move further along in<br />
our own continuum of improvement.<br />
Consider using this strategy to more quickly further<br />
your performance curve. When someone makes a suggestion<br />
as to how to do something better, whether it’s<br />
driving or detailing related, your ready reply might be,<br />
“Tell me why that’s better”. It’s important to understand<br />
the reasoning behind these suggestions. Too often, people<br />
blindly follow suggestions without following up with<br />
additional questions or understanding why the change<br />
will improve whatever activity they are involved in at the<br />
moment.<br />
If you are interested in getting a printed directory of<br />
all of the Maverick Region members, please look at the<br />
ordering information on page 7 to find out how to get<br />
your copy.<br />
Finally, November traditionally is when we hold our annual<br />
year-end celebration and charity event as well as<br />
the election of officers that we call Founders’<br />
Day. This year that event is on Saturday, Nov. 7.<br />
See the ad on page 15 in this issue for details,<br />
and if you can’t make it, be sure to clip out the<br />
ballot on page 11 and mail in your votes for next<br />
year’s board.<br />
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