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California Central Coast Porsche Club Of America November 2008
OK. So we’re displaced from our
home due to smoke damage from a
kitchen fire, we HAD the Concours at
the Coast event to hurriedly get togeth-
er, I’m working 60 hours a week and with travel, that’s
14 hours a day, and I’m working on the November issue
of the Coastalaire that is due to post tomorrow.
time........
I apologize up front for being late again. So little
I did say HAD relative to the Concours. If you didn’t
go, you missed a good one. Here’s how the day went:
It’s O-dark thirty (6:30 a.m. and still dark on the
18th fairway of Avila Beach Golf Resort. Alyce and I are
starting to park and get stuff unpacked, and it’s quite
damp. Already, I’m concerned about the Concours as
I am (as far as I know, the only qualified Zone 8 Con-
cours Judge at the event.
We set things up and I clean the car some more it’s
tough in wet).
Participants have arrived, parked, and are diligent-
ly cleaning. I go around systematically, and ask partici-
pants if they would judge if asked. Most responded
with “I don’t know about that as I’ve never done that
before.
As I’m talking with the last entrant to be inter-
viewed for the judging job (Joe Demeo), Michael
Dolphin walked up.
My thought is Aaaahhh! Michael is here, now there
are at least two judges (Michael is the Zone 8 rep)
A short time later (seconds to cleaners and hours
to me), our new staff of judge recruits gathered for a
judges meeting. Then we went out into the world to
judge. All the judges, timers, and runners are all volun-
teers.
Concours cars first (there were two cars in two dif-
ferent classes. Then the team broke up into two teams.
Joe and Marcie took the Street and Unrestored cars
and Michael’s team (this included me) tackled
the Wash and Shine group of 8 cars.
Getting finished a little late again this year,
the score cypherers (Dave Mills, Bob KItamura,
ad Robert Hill) were now busy crunching num-
bers
When the calculator smoke cleared, the
winners could now be announced. Keep in
mind, I entered this year in Street instead of
Wash and Shine (overconfident?).
Two nights before the Sunday event, we
got a call (one of those people that we were
able to actually make conversation and the sig-
nal didn’t drop out) from a Philip Henius, from
Santa Barbara Region. He wanted to compete
in our event. Alyce got off the phone and told
me we had another entry.
“Really. What class” (and knowing what
class). She says “S-6”. I exhaled and thought
“well, 2nd place isn’t so bad”.
In all fairness, Philips black Turbo Look 997,
absolutely should have won. It is beautiful and
mine just needed a bit more attention.
I would like to thank sincerely, all the
persons who judged at our event AND all the
volunteers who came to our event and worked.
Alyce and I hope you all enjoyed the event.
Many of our volunteers are not Porsche own-
ers, don’t belong to the Porsche Club, and quite
honestly, were there to help at the request of
Alyce. The judges were due more to me and
Michael.
Thank you! You all did a wonderful job at
the 2008 Concours at the Coast.
Bob, Ed.
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