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VOLUME 40 ISSUE 8
Photo on cover: Sculpture at theGranville Inn P2O receptionPhoto by Dan Dessner
AUGUST18 Annual Drive and Brunch to
Mon Ami Winery24 SEM DE at Waterford Hills
SEPTEMBER7 #Cars and Coffee8 #Vin Devers European Car
Show14-15 SEM DE at Gratan20-22 Rally Sport Region DE at
Gingerman22 #Toledo Club Concours
D'Elegance-Almost28 #Ottawa Hills Fall Festival Car
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Table of Contents
Vorschall! 3
Officers & Chairs 4
From the Driver's Seat 5
P2O Report 7
MVR Membership News 14
MVR Mart 24
15Calendar of Events
In the Zone 20
The Checkered Flag! 26
Parade Musings 9
I am Porsche of Ann Arbor 12
16Technical Talk
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MVR OfficersPresidentMichael Soriano 419-215-3333
[email protected] PresidentDiane Schoen 419-367-4836
[email protected] Vollmar 586-739-1636
[email protected] Schoen 419-874-6571
[email protected] PresidentTodd Mierzwiak
MVR ChairsAutocrossGreg Herr 419-833-9696
Drivers EducationTony Calabrese 419-340-8759
[email protected] Chief InstructorCraig Zenil 630-689-7219
[email protected] Bauman 419-475-1336
[email protected] Stewart 419-829-2882
[email protected] Harris 419-861-0745
NewsletterTom&Deb Isley 419-535-8688
[email protected] Mierzwiak 419-283-5593
[email protected]/Technical AdvisorAlan Kinker 419-385-8610
[email protected] Krauser 419-841-7984
[email protected] Soriano 419-843-2070
[email protected] StoreJeff Vollmar 586-739-1636
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MovingPlease drop Barney Stewart([email protected]) our MembershipChairman, or myself a note with yourold & new address so you don’t missan issue of der RÜCKSPIEGEL.
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From the Driver’s SeatBy Michael Soriano
I was recently contact-ed by our Chief Driv-ing Instructor and no-tified that due to cir-cumstances beyondour control, MVRwillno longer be co-host-ing the September20-22DEatMid-Ohiowith Alleghany. How-
ever, I am extremely pleased to announcethat there are two other opportunities toparticipate in car-related activities thatsame weekend. Rick Mammel, Presidentof Rally Sport has extended an invitationto our members to join them for a 3-dayDE at Gingerman in South Haven, MI.And, we have also been contacted by TheToledo Club requesting our members at-tend The Concours de Elegance-AL-MOST from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundayof that weekend.
Wehadanumberof thoroughlyenjoyableevents throughout July beginning withour Autocross on Sunday, July 7 at theOwens Community College Center forEmergency Preparedness. We had aneven greater number of participants thisyear than in previous years, and are hop-ing to have even more next year. ThankstoGregHerr for all his hardwork in orga-nizing this very fun and successful event.On Saturday, July 13, several MaumeeValley members travelled to Ann Arborto join members of Rally Sport on a driv-ing tour of The Irish Hills and a buffetlunch at the adorable Beach Bar in ClarkLake, MI. Thanks to Dave and NorahCooper for including us in this delightful
annual event. I was told that they’re plan-ning a few surprises for next year’s event.The following day was Cars and Coffee,and we had another fantastic turnout; it isalways such an enjoyable way to spend afew hours on a Sunday morning. On Sat-urday July 20, Robb and Shellie hostedtheir 2nd annual Party at theMacks in Tif-fin. Quite a fewmembers travelled to Tif-fin and were treated to a delicious spreadof Ribs, Chicken, and Pulled Pork plus anice selection of Beer and Wine. We allhad a great time and I want to again thankRobb and Shellie for hosting anotherspectacular event. The final weekend ofJuly saw a few of our members attendingP2O in Granville, OH, and the Concoursd’Elegance of America at St. John’s inPlymouth, MI, featuring the 911 in honorof its 50th anniversary.
August and September bring a multitudeof events beginning with the PerrysburgCarShowonAugust 3.Our nextBusinessMeeting is on Thursday, August 8, at 7p.m. in theVinDeversConferenceRoom,and everyone is invited to attend. August11 is the monthly Cars and Coffee imme-diately followed by the Porsche LadiesTea. Our annual scenic drive to CatawbaIsland and Brunch atMonAmiWinery isSunday, August 18; just contact Lisa So-riano or Tom Isley if you plan to attend.Saturday, August 24, South East Michi-gan Region has invited us to attend their1-day DE at Waterford Hills Racewayfollowed by their annual DE Party; visitwww.sempca.org or www.Clubregistra-
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tion.net for more information or to regis-ter.
Please note that the Cars and Coffee forSeptember is on Saturday, September 7rather than Sunday, because Sunday,September 8, is the 4thAnnualVinDeversEuropeanAuto Show.WesternMichiganRegion has invited us to attend theirGrand Prix of Grattan DE on September14 and 15; registration is now open atwww.Clubregistration.net. As previous-ly stated, Saturday, September 22, is theToledo Club’s Concours de Elegance-ALMOST,andSaturday,September28 is
the Ottawa Hills Fall Festival Car Showorganized by Chris Heidenreich. As youcan see, our calendar is extremely full andevents are continually being added. So,please continue to check the websitehttp://mm.pca.org, der RÜCKSPIEGEL,and your inbox for the most up to dateinformation on events available to you.
I hope to see you at an event soon!
Thanks
Michael
Remember to keep the Blink Alive!!!!!!
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Parking assignmentswill be on a first-come first-servedbasis.
There will be a $10fee for participatingdue the day of thecar show.
Come share and displayyour special, exotic,unique, and/or classic
vehicle 11 a.m.-5 p.m. onSaturday, September
28th at the Ottawa HillsFall Festival.
! !For more information contact:Chris Heidenreich ph:419-754-1460email: [email protected]
We look forwardto seeing youthere, It will be agreat weekend!!
The Ottawa Hills Fall Festival, isat the Ottawa Hills High School’sGeresy Field - (Corner of Indian &Evergreen)
While displaying your automobileyou can enjoy the Festival’s manyvendors and local entertainment.
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Once again, Deb and I drove to one of ourFavorite Porsche events: P2O. Ratherthan get up early and drive down, againthis year we stayed at the Cherry ValleyLodge in Newark Ohio Friday night; it’sclose to Granville and Newark. Theweather was beautiful Friday and we hadthe top down all the way to Granville. Irecently had John Jennens (The Car Port)change out the IMS, RMS, clutch, plugs,etc… on the Boxster so we were lookingforward to the trip. The Boxster ran greatand I averaged about 30mpg on the road!Thanks John.
Friday night, Byers Porsche of Columbushosted a P2O welcome party at the Bux-ton Inn. TheBuxton is over 200 years old,has a great restaurant and is said to behaunted. (http://www.buxtoninn.com/).President Lincoln, President McKinleyand Harriet Beecher Stowe are some ofthe famous peoplewho have stayed there.
Saturday morning we were awakened bythe sound of rain. So, after a week of medetailing the Boxster… Rain! Parkingfor the event opened at 6:30 am.Registra-tion opened at 7:30 and was extremelywell organized, even in the rain. We ar-rived in town about 8:30 and there were
already hundreds of Porsches parked onBroadway.Wewereushered to the far, farend of the street but were still close to allthe action.Wespentmost of thedayunderumbrellas looking at cars, takingpictures,talking to other Porsche owners and ofcourse buying stuff. I ran into Tom andDeb Isley in line at the Performance AutoSpa tent. We both dropped lots of cashthere. Tom said that Jonna andDanDess-ner and Jeff Fort and Staci Lloyd werealso there. Deb and Iwalked around look-ing for Maumee Valley window stickersbut with more than 400 cars…
What a great city to have the event, foodall around us. The Major Sponsors wereByers Imports, Performance Auto Spa(with all the Griot’s Garage stuff), Stod-dard, and Forgeline Motorsports. Ven-dors, memorabilia sales, photographers,detailing demonstrations and car insur-ance salesmen were all well represented.The MORPCA trailer was selling teeshirts and ice cream cones.
Granville is a very nice town to host P2O.Well over 400, close to 500 Porsches(even in the rain) lined Broadway and
P2O ReportBy Pete MacDonald
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many more were parked on the sidestreets. Granville is a great place to havethis event. Deb and I have been going toP2O ever since they came back to Ohiofrom Michigan. It quickly out grew thesmall college town of Oxford Ohio andseems to have found a new home inGranville. MORPCA (Mid Ohio RegionPCA) took over P2O and have made ittheir own and have done a very good jobwith the event. The 50 or so awards werehanded out about 3-3:30pm. And no, Ididn’t get one. I can’t imaginewhy.Therewere only about 50 other Arctic SilverBoxsters in town.
The Granville Inn hosted a Wine recep-tion party featuring a live band and heavyhors d’oeuvres with an open bar after theevent and I hear it was a rousing success.
(Continued from page 7) Sunday, for those who stayed over, adrive through the hills of southern Ohiowas available. I hear all participants had agreat time.
I talked to many locals who asked meabout my car and thanked me and all P-people for coming to their town.Granville opened their town and hospital-ity to everyone in attendance. Thank youagain Granville.
Once again, if you haven’t been to P2O,you shouldput it onyour calendar for nextyear.
Go to http://p2o.morpca.org/ , pastevents, P2O 2012, 2011 (2013’s not upyet) and check out all the pictures andevents. If you come across an Arctic Sil-ver Boxster with a rear luggage rack, un-der a tree in the rain, that’s mine.
Yes it rained but there werestill many fine Porsches tosee
Brumos colors werevery popular
Photos by Dan Dessner and TomIsley
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My time at Porsche happened to overlapwithHans Peter's as hewasworking therein 1963 on the 904 production. And as aresult, we were able to reminisce aboutseveral mutual acquaintances and formercolleagues. But even more interesting,perhaps, was when he told me that he hadspent ayear at aBritishboarding school in1955--or thereabouts--to improve his En-glish.
While there, he had apparently been invit-ed to spend a day on a small boat that ourfamily had on theRiver Thames atDatch-et--right across from the grounds ofWindsor Castle where the Royals used toride their horses. The boat was a convert-ed lifeboat that had actually taken part inthe Dunkirk rescue and by 1955 had seenmuch better days. It eventually died ofwoodworm and was replaced by a fiber-glass number.
But Hans Peter remembers the trip to thisday because my mother had quizzed himconstantly on everything he sawalong theriver bank and then made him repeat theitem after her, in English. He says that hehas never forgotten the lesson--eventhough it was more than 60 years ago!
The kicker is that my mother, who wasborn in Berlin, never got over her strongGerman accent...so one really has towon-der how good a lesson it actually was!
Frankly, I don't remember the incident,butmeetingHansPeter.Talkingabout thegood old days. And then seeing so manyMaumee Valley Porsche Club mem-bers...made this avery special day indeed.
As mentioned by Michael in last month's"From the Driver's Seat", I had the rareopportunity of attending the TraverseCity Porsche Parade--my first Treffen ev-er. And it was everything I could havehoped for.
Not onlywas it a rare chance to study sev-eral hundred immaculately turned outPorsches from every age displayed on theResort's well manicured grounds...andtalk to dozens of enthusiastic and knowl-edgeable owners... it was also fascinatingto see how the PCA puts on an event ofthis magnitude.
My previous experience with the PCAgoes back to my time at the factory in theearly 60's when plane loads of PCAerswould arrive for their annual en massepick-up of new cars...60 or more as I re-call.
These were always grand events. Orga-nized with typical Teutonic precision.From the lines of shiny new cars waitingfor their excited owners in front of someSchloss, To the factory tours, and thenightly banquets hosted by Porsche heav-ies. To the race track tutorial under thesupervision of racing icons like HuschkeVon Hanstein, Jo Bonnier, and EddyBarth.
This year's Traverse City Parade lookedtobeno less impressive in scopeandorga-nization.
But the highlight for me was a chat I hadwith Hans Peter Porsche--thanks to thetimely intervention of Michael, Lisa andtheir good friend, PorscheClubManager,Paul Gregor.
Parade musingsBy Roger Holliday
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I am Porsche of Ann ArborBy Porsche of Ann Arbor
Danny Young
Porsche Technician
Sometimes Danny Young misses thefriends he's made around the country--and overseas--while he periodicallytrains to repair Porsches. But the 41-year-old technician, who has been working onPorsches at Porsche of Ann Arbor for anamazing 19 years, now enjoys weekendautocross events in his 944 Turbo andcoaching his son racing go-karts, and he'sbeen a Porsche club member for the pastthree years. Growing up in the Detroitarea, his fatherwas aGeneralMotors life-time employee, and Danny admits as ayouth hewent through a phase of Firebirdand Camaro lust, although his first carwas an air-cooled '76 Volkswagen Beetlewith fuel injection that he learned tomaintain. His first Porsche experiencewas when he was 13 years old, and hisaunt's boyfriend gave him an 80mph ridein an '88 930 Turbo, and it left a lastingimpression.
Danny was sponsored for Porsche train-ing and travelled to Reno and Atlanta to
the company's headquarters to begin thedifficult process of learning to be aPorsche technician. The first car he re-pairedwas a 1986911 that had a leak in itsoil return tubes. In 2006 Danny was rec-ognized as oneof the top20 technicians inthe country, and was awarded a trip toGermany. He's since worked on a coupleof Carrera GTs from Canada, which hesays have required the most care and fo-cus of all of the Porsches he fixes andmaintains. “You have to focus on theCar-rera GT valve adjustment. You want thevalve timing to be right on, and it doesn'ttake much to knock it off.” The longesttask he's done is a complete rebuild of theengine on a 1977 911. “It took me 72hours, but people like old Porsches.”
The most common tasks Danny does aremaintenance related, and he says it's sea-sonal, not as many of his customers drivetheir cars in the winter, of course. Dannyhas driven a Cayenne S back from Vir-ginia, and he's taken trips in the same carto Florida, which he thoroughly enjoyed.
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August 2013 - ClubMember AnniversariesStephen Nichols 35 YearsRick & Barbara Lederman 28 YearsVernos Williams 27 YearsChristopher Lynn 26 YearsCarl & Greg Armstrong 18 YearsTom & Deb Isley 15 YearsRobb & Shellie Mack 9 YearsAdnan Ahmed 1 YearMark Gentry 1 YearScott Taylor 1 Year
New Members
Constanzo and Maria AngelicaRodriguez of Maumee
Driving a Black 1999 Carrera
Christopher Seiple of MaumeeDriving a White 2004 911 Turbo
MVR/PCA Membership News
MAUMEE VALLEY REGIONPORSCHE LADIES TEA
Hosted by:Beth Stewart & Yvonne Burlingame
Sunday, August 11, 2013Noon to 2 p.m.
SWEET SHALOM TEA HOUSE8216 Erie Street
Sylvania, OH 43560$21.95 + (tax & gratuity)
RSVP no later than August 1stJeanne (419) 841-7984 or [email protected]
ORLisa (419) 843-2070 or [email protected]
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AUGUST8 Business Meeting11 #Cars and Coffee11 Porsche Ladies Tea18 Annual Drive and Brunch to
Mon Ami Winery24 SEM DE at Waterford Hills
SEPTEMBER7 #Cars and Coffee8 #Vin Devers European Car
Show14-15 SEM DE at Gratan20-22 Rally Sport Region DE at
Gingerman22 #Toledo Club Concours
D'Elegance-Almost28 #Ottawa Hills Fall Festival Car
Show
OCTOBER10 Business Meeting12 RSR Color Tour & Safari13 #Cars and Coffee19 Party at the Schoen's
Maumee Valley Region Calendar of EventsCheck our web site at www.mm.pca.org for the latest event information.
If you are not currently receiving SocialEvent e-mail updates, please contactLisa at [email protected]
NOVEMBER10 #Cars and Coffee16 Holiday Party
DECEMBERTBD Party at the Gullifords
Note: All business meetings are held atVin Devers and start at 7PM.
# Non-PCA events.
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As Porsche owners, we have chosenwhatwe feel are some of the best engineeredcars on the road. In many ways they cer-tainly are; they’ve proven themselves onthe road as well as on the track to bedurable and dependable. But these reli-able ridesneedperiodicmaintenance, andin some cases, upgrades and improve-ments, to protect andpreserve thevalueofour investments.
The purpose of this column is to remindand inform. In this first installment, let’slook at the 1997 – 2005Boxster (986) andthe 1999 - early 2005 911 (996). The sub-ject is the Intermediate Shaft (IMS) bear-ing failure. I know, I know, by nowmanyof the owners of these otherwise excellentcars get glassy-eyed and bored with themere mention of this potentially catas-trophic failure. “It doesn’t affect me, Idrive my car very gently”, or “It doesn’taffect me, I drive my car like it was in-tended – briskly.” The fact is there is noproven correlation with how a car is driv-en to the incidenceofbearing failure. Fre-quent oil changes can’t hurt – and upgrad-ing to a magnetic oil drain plug would beagood first step indetecting anearlybear-ing failure - but sadly, it’s no guarantee.Choosing to ignore the potential problemis a choice, albeit a poor one. So just con-sider yourself reminded. And let meknow how the water is there in “Denial.”
If you happen to be a new owner of aPorsche of this vintage, then here’s someinformation you might want to consider:
Simply put, the sealed IMS bearingPorsche used was not intended or de-signed to be immersed in oil. Unfortu-nately, inside the engine is – guess what –
OIL! When this “sealed” bearing loses itsgrease by beingwashed out by engine oil,the bearing starts the rapid process of dis-integrating and scattering parts of itselfthrough the oil passageways of your pre-cious engine, causing total destruction.With the cost of a replacement engine ap-proaching $17K to $20K, this is no smallconcern.
Fortunately, there is a remedy. A compa-ny called LN Engineering has come upwith an upgraded ceramic bearing whichis much more durable than the original.The cost of replacement is relatively low- $1000 - $1500 -depending on whetheryou have amanual or a tiptronic transmis-sion. Since the procedure to replace thebearing requires the removal of the clutchand flywheel inmanual cars, it’s obvious-ly smart to take a good look at the condi-tion of the clutch components. If theclutch and/or flywheel are nearing the endof their lives, it’s a good time to replacethem – which can add $700 - $1700. Theother obvious “while you’re in there”item would be the installation of an im-proved Rear Main Seal (RMS) – the sealat the end of the crankshaft.
So there you have it – if you’re the ownerof a 1997 – 2005Boxster or a 1999 - early2005 911, you can consider yourself in-formed.
And I can finally get a good night’s sleep.
John is the owner of The Car PortLLC.Question/comments/ or suggestionsfor future topics should beaddressed to him at [email protected].
Technical TalkBy John Jennens, owner of The Car Port LLC
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MAUMEE VALLEY REGION
Mon Ami Sunday Brunch!Join MVR for our annual tourand brunch to Mon Ami
Winery in Port Clinton, Ohio
August 18, 2013Time
Drivers meeting: 9:15Tour: 9:30
Brunch: Noon
For the brunchLisa (419)843-2070
For the tourTom (419)535-8688
RSVP
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SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN REGION/PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
Driver Education Program (DE)& Annual DE PartyParty� after� the� DE� at� the� Eblenkamps.
RSVP� to� Michael� Eblenkamp� (see� below)
Saturday August 24, 2013Waterford Hills Raceway
Class Room and On-Track Instruction • Improve YourOverall Driving • Drive Your Porsche Like a Pro • Have Fun
For further information see the website www.sempca.orgLook for the Driver’s Education box to find the forms you’ll need.
You can register online at www.Clubregistration.net
For more information, please contact:
DE Registrar Driver Education Co-ChairHoward Gilson 248 • 549 • 4016 Steve Carbary 586 • 242 • [email protected] [email protected]
Chief Instructor Driver Education Co-ChairMichael Eblenkamp 248 •219 • 7850 Garen Nicoghosian 248 • 224 • [email protected] [email protected]
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We will drive an hour, take an hour break, and driveanother hour for a total of about 100 miles. Wearcomfortable walking shoes and bring water or abeverage. The drive will conclude with dinner at theMoose Ridge Golf Course; 11801 Doane Road,South Lyon. RSVPs by September 11th if attendingdinner to [email protected].
When: Departing at 1 PM on Saturday, 10/12/13.
Where: Meet in northwest corner of Wal-Martparking lot30729 Lyon Center Drive East, NewHudson, MI 48165.SE corner of I-96 and South Milford Road.Exit 155 or 155A off I-96
Who: Please contact Stewart or Sally Free [email protected] for more information.
2013 Rally Sport RegionColor Tour & Safari
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In the heat of August, you will want to dosomething cool!! What could be coolerthan todriveyourPorsche in (or to) a localClub event? All of the events listed in-volve cars inmotion, and therefore afforda cooling effect on the participants. Chillout and join in the fun with your fellowPCA friends. Also check your local re-gion’s website and newsletter for the lat-est details on themany events close to youthat are being planned, and check theZone 4 Website at http://zone4.pca.org/for other regions’ events, such as:
•The Central Indiana Region is hostinga PCA Car Corral and Hospitality Suiteat the “Super Weekend at the Brick-yard” (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) onJuly 26th (GrandAm race day). Come andjoin race fans from across the country fora weekend full of every type of track ac-tion you can imagine! Hospitality Suitetickets are only available at the CIR web-siteCIRPCA.ORG.Youmust login to ac-cess the ticket registration page. To getIMS Car Corral Tickets, use the orderform in the latest CIR Newsletter, call1-866-221-8775, or visit the IMSwebsitehttp://info.ims.com/porsche.
•The 9th annualP2O™“Casual PorscheParty” will be held in Granville, OH onthe weekend of July 26th through the 28th,sponsored by theMid-Ohio Region. Ad-ditional details and registration informa-tion can be found at http://p2o.morp-ca.org/.
•The Rally Sport and Southeast Michi-gan Regions will join to host a Zone 4Hospitality Tent and Car Corral at theInn at St. John’s Concours d’EleganceCar Show in Plymouth, MI on Sunday,
July 28th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Theshow will be featuring the 50th anniver-sary of the Porsche 911. See the regions’websites for details, or visit the eventwebsite at http://concoursusa.org/.
•The Southeast Michigan Region willhost their Annual Picnic and Concoursat Springdale Park in Birmingham,MI onAugust 25th, celebrating the 55th Anniver-sary of the SEMRegion. Details and reg-istration can be found in the latest P4Newsletter.
The Drivers Education season in Zone 4continues with the following events thismonth:
•Aone-dayDriver’sEducationopportu-nity is being held by theEasternBuckeyeRegion at the Nelsons Ledges RoadCourse in Garrettsville, OH on August3rd. Register at MotorsportReg.com, andsee the http://www.ebrpca.org/ websitefordetails, or contactErikRybergat (330)618-4744.
•Southeast Michigan Region will behosting a one-day Drivers Education atWaterford Hills Road Racing in Clark-ston, MI on August 8th. Registration in-formation is atwww.clubregistration.net,go to SEMPCA.ORG for more informa-tion.
•Allegheny Region will host a weekendDrivers Education at Pitt Race Complexin Wampum, PA on August 10th and 11th.Register at MotorsportsReg.com. Firsttimers are especially welcome!!
•Ohio Valley Region will hold an Ad-vanced Solo Drivers Education event at
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In the ZoneBy Ron CarrZone 4 Representative
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•Michiana Region will host an Au-tocross event at the Tire Rack on Sunday,August 25th, 9am – 4:30pm. See theirwebsite for directions and details.
•Northern Ohio Region holds an Au-tocross on Sunday, August 25th at Lake-land Community College in Kirtland,OH. For additional information contactDoug Bradley at [email protected] 440-428-7043.
•Also on August 25th, at the other end ofthe Zone, theWestern Michigan Regionwill host the IROC III Autocross atUS-131 Motorsports Park. 12th Street,Martin, MI 49070. Be there to register at9:00am.Details canbe foundat theWMRWebsite at wmrpca.org.
Putnam Park Road Course inMt.Meridi-an, IN during the annual Club Race onAugust 17th and 18th. Join the fun and reg-ister at Club Reg.net.
•Rally Sport Region will be hosting aone-dayDrivers Education at WaterfordHills Road Racing in Clarkston, MI onAugust 20th. Additional information is atwww.clubregistration.net.
Check out the local Cars & Coffeeevents!!! They occur on a regular basisthroughout the country on weekendmornings. No reservations or commit-ment required- just clean up the car anddrive it over. The following regions areplanning to participate:
•Maumee Valley Region- Sunday, Au-gust 11th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, Tim Hor-ton’s on Central Ave., Sylvania, OH.
• Rally Sport Region-Saturday, August17th, 7:30 – 9:30 am, Zingerman'sRoadhouse, Ann Arbor, MI.
A great introduction to driving yourPorsche in a fun and competitive mannercan be found in Autocrossing (AX).Many regions sponsor Autocross events,and they are a great event for novices andexperienced drivers alike. Check out thefollowing events:
•Mid-OhioRegion is holding the IRAC5Autocross on Sunday August 11th atColumbus Motor Speedway in Colum-bus, OH. Additional details can be foundon the region website.
•Allegheny Region will host an Au-tocross at Greensburg/Jeannette Region-al Airport in Jeannette, PA on Saturday,August 24th. Registration is at Motor-sportsReg.com.
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Porsche of Ann Arbor
2575 S. State StreetAnn Arbor, MI 48104888.649.8098PorscheAnnArbor.com
Membership has its rewards.
Exclusively at Porsche of Ann Arbor.
Active Porsche Club of America members will recieve 10% Off Parts or Service purchases.
To receive discount, active PCA membership card must be presented at time of service or parts purchase.
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Reminder: Items for sale can also be sent to our Webmaster at [email protected]
for those interested in putting their ad on the MVR web site.
1990 911 C2 62,000 miles excellent condition no accidents black / blackcontact Doug Eggleston 517-438-6976 days. Asking $18,500.00
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe, Red with Black Interior, 87,000 Miles.Excellent Condition Inside and Out!Only driven in Summer since purchased in 1994.Vin # WP0AB0917HS121277Asking $23,000 or Offer
419-265-5130 or [email protected]
1972 Porsche 914 1.7 L F.I. yellow, blk inter., New valve adj/push rod seals. NOLEAKS!!New Bilstein struts, rear shocks. New Dansk O E exhaust. SS heat exch.,fairlyrecent new window, door, top, bonnet seals, frt/bk bumper pads, newer orig seatupholstery, newer clutch, first gear, synch, remfg. shifter mechanism/bushings. Norust frt/bk compartments, pan, and batt. tray. Scant rust under sails.Excellent chrome, Fuch wheels, 2 season driver, always garaged, prev. rust proofed,records since '93, cover. Runs great. $ 6000.00Marc Woodward, [email protected] 419-874-1027
1972 911 GT3 RSR Replica Yellow/blue with yellow interior, cage, 3.3 liter,twinplug, 46IDA, crankfire, 915, Quaiffe, 2150 lb, cage, carbon body parts, rustfree, coil-over and brake upgrades, front oil cooler, fire system, fuel cell, lots ofspares and assorted parts, Trailer and tow vehicle available, PCA and HSR log
$32,000 David Hauser, [email protected] or 419-351-9605
Maumee Valley
Region Mart Clean out yourgarage.
Advertise here.
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PANELWERKS
BILL KEMPER9460 Hamilton DriveMentor, Ohio 44060(440) 639-1556(440) 639-1779 FAX
PANELWERKSA COMPLETE SPORTS CAR REPAIR FACILITY
Offering Professional Service for your Vintage or Performance 356 and 911From Metal and Paint to Ground-Up Restorations
INCLUDING: INTERIORS, CARPETS & TOPS, ENGINE, DRIVETRAIN
1987 Porsche 944 Turbo - 73,000 miles; gray exterior; two tone beige and blackinterior; tasteful modifications include larger turbo, chip, pill, new exhaust, turbotwist wheels, euro fog lights, and new stereo system including iPod, cd & newspeakers. Other maintenance includes recent replacement of the following: clutch,tires, head gasket, waterpump and belts. Many records available. Price - $15,500.Call Pariss Coleman at (419)450-7670.
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This months issue fea-tures several articles byMVR members PeteMacDonald, RogerHolliday and John Jen-nens. Pete reports on theP2O gathering inGranville, Ohio, whileRoger provides insightonhis first trip toParadeand meeting with Peter Porsche at Tra-verse City, Michigan. John takes us in adifferent direction with his TechnicalTalk onmodernBoxster and 911 engines.If you have a passion for somethingPorsche related, we would love to have astory to use in the newsletter.
There are several upcoming events start-ing with Cars and Coffee and the LadiesTea on the 11th. The followingweekend isthe brunch at Mon Ami restaurant andwinery in Port Clinton. Again this yearDeband Iwill leada tour to thewinery.Asof this writing there are 25 cars signed upfor the drive (a record number). We did atest drive of the route and found it to be ingood condition with only one minor de-tour thatwill be reflected in thedirections.
There are several announcements for up-coming Driver Education events. If youhave never tried one and are interested ei-therwould be great opportunity to get thatoff your bucket list.
Flash your headlights at a fellow Porscheowner on the road!! Keep the kindredspirit alive!!
…..the editor
….the Checkered Flag!TODD J. MIERZWIAK
PRESIDENT
WESTGATE INSURANCE AGENCY
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(419) 536-2213 FAX (419) 536-0221CELLULAR (419) [email protected]
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