PDF Download - Porsche Club of America - Chicago Region

Porsche Race Cars Are Meant To Race, Not Rust!
PorschePurist.com, August 17th, 2012 by Pepper Girl
That’s the quote from Achim Stejskal, director of the
Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. What he’s referring to is the
announcement that Porsche Motorsport North America
(PMNA) is expanding their offerings to include servicing
teams and owners of vintage Porsche race cars as well as the
contemporary 911 race cars they currently work with.
“We want to keep the memory of Porsche’s many racing
successes alive by not just putting our legendary race cars on
display but by letting them actively compete in events that
celebrate historic motorsports,” said Achim Stejskal, Director
of the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. “Race cars
have to race, not rust,” he added with a smile.
As part of this expansion PMNA will relocate from their
current home of Santa Ana, CA to Carson, CA where
PCNA is building the West Coast Experience Center. Aside
from housing PMNA’s offices, parts storage and workshop
facilities, the new complex will incorporate a business and
conference center, a human performance laboratory and a
number of facilities for customers and enthusiasts that will
enable them to finalize selection of their next Porsche or
hone their driving skills. The new facility is expected to be
ready by fall of next year.
“Our new, much larger facility will enable us to reunite with
race cars that PMNA worked on decades ago”, commented
Jens Walter, President and CEO of Porsche Motorsport
North America. “Finally, we can respond to the demand
for factory-backed restoration and maintenance services,
expertise that no other manufacturer can provide,” he added.
A key component of Porsche’s new Experience Center will
be an over three-mile long test track that includes a whole
range of different track and surface conditions, which will
challenge the skills of drivers and the capacity of their cars.
As an industry first, PMNA will be able to offer race car
owners the opportunity to store their cars in the new facility
in a museum-like atmosphere, service them between races
and get them race ready before each outing including the
necessary shakedown / roll-out on the test track after repair
and maintenance work.
1957 - 2012 ~~~ Celebrating 55 years 27 October 2012
www. pca-chicago.org