Rik Larson, SVR President

 We have a FULL Board

John Lanting and John Hawk need about 8 volunteers to fill various positions to make CRAB 38 a successful event next spring. You can contact them at CRAB@svr-pca.org to discuss the various needs.

The final two races are scheduled for August 14th and 15th. They will be held at the Tempelhof Airport (a street circuit). And of course the races are covered live on CBS Sports Network. 

August is here and our SVR events include a concours at Porsche Rocklin on August 1, a Saturday Breakfast at Brookfield’s on August 7, and an autocross at Thunderhill Raceway on August 21. If you are interested in attending the Board meeting on August 3, please contact Rik Larson so we can accommodate you.

We had our first tour for new members on July 24. Fun was had by all. We had a great lunch at Andis Winery in Plymouth where new members and Board members enjoyed the opportunity to tell stories about our club and our cars.

CRAB 38 is on the calendar for May 27-29, 2022, and we are looking for volunteers. Please contact co-chairs John Hawk or John Lanting to discuss what you could do to help. Volunteer early to get the job you most want to do.

Be watching The Drifter for upcoming events in the second half of the year and register early. With the excitement of being able to get out and have fun, we are enjoying good attendance.

Again, if you have any great ideas for a region event, feel free to contact me or our new Social Director, Eduardo Ortega, Jr.

Sally

On Sunday July 26, about 25 of your fellow PCAers met at Detail Maniac in Sacramento to learn more about detailing and car care. Man and his crew were very welcoming and informative to our group.

After a little socializing checking out the cars that came, we went inside and Man spent a couple of informative hours answering any and all questions any one had about detailing, and the current array of detailing products that are available these days.

He covered some of the “old school” waxes and polishes and how they actually work. He informed us that all Microfiber towels are not created equal. It's OK to use a bag of Costco microfiber towels to do your wheels, buy if you are looking for a scratch free shiny finish on your paint, the softer and more absorbent towels like the 360gsm (grams per square meter)Elite Edge-less 16x16 towels from Microfiber Tech are a much better choice.

After a delicious Taco Bar Lunch that they provided, they gave a demo of all you need to do to keep your car clean and looking great. A wipe down with a good microfiber towel and a quality ceramic water less wash product every week, leaves your car clean, shiny, and ready to repel water for the next couple months. If it gets a a bit extra dirty during the week, just do a quick wash with a ceramic shampoo.

Man said there are lots of good products out there, and some not so good. Man uses Ethos D3fy Ceramic Spray Coating and Waterless wash and Ethos Ceramic Car Shampoo if it's just come back from the track and needs a little more TLC to get clean.

Detailing has come a long way in the past 10 years. The days of needing a dozen different polishes, and buffers, waxes, and secrete sauce, and lots of elbow grease to keep your car looking great have been replaced by technology and the new range of Ceramic products. Thank you Detail Maniac for your hospitality, and for keeping us up to date!

 Jameson Gwinup

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 After over a year of events being limited due to the covid-19 pandemic the PCA Sacramento Valley Region was able to welcome new members on July 23, 2021. About twenty cars met up at the Starbucks on Latrobe Road in El Dorado Hills on a Saturday morning. After a short drive to Red Hawk Casino, the group made its way south into Amador county.

If anyone is interested in hearing the story of when my dad and I flew to Portland Oregon in the middle of a snowstorm to pick up our first Porsche earlier this year (2010 911 Carrera 2s), you can check out the “Porsche Cooled” podcast episode number 33.

SVR Membership Report

Ken Shahoian, Membership Director

Thanks to the Board and New Members that attended our New Members Tour. Take a look at the calendar below for events that may interest you.

The next New Members Tour (by invitation will be on August 21st.

Also for all members, if you need a name badge please contact me to order one.

Since we use e-mail for most of our communications, it is necessary to keep our e-mail address current with SVR and PCA. To update your information, go to www.pca.org and login. You can then make any updates (address, car, e-mail etc.). Also, even though we receive the information from PCA monthly, you can send the same updates to: membership@svr-pca.org. New Member badges will now come with a removable colored sticker to encourage introductions at club events. They can be removed at any time. Welcome to the Sacramento Valley Region of the Porsche Club of America.

How do you join the Porsche Club? Go to: https://www.pca.org/user/join/membership -This is an online system that will request a credit card for payment. If you would rather fill out a paper form, contact 2021 SVR Membership Director, Ken Shahoian, at membership@svr-pca.org

Not a Porsche owner but interested in the PCA? Try the PCA Test Drive program. For information, go to: www.pca.org/pca-test-drive Need to update your PCA information? Update your PCA record at www.pca.org

Do you have 2 e-mail addresses? Want Club info sent to a second email, work, home, spouse, friend...? It’s as easy as e-mailing your second e-mail address to the Membership Director, Ken Shahoian at: membership@svr-pca.org

Please join Monterey Bay Region on the picturesque Monterey Peninsula at beautiful Carmel Valley Community Park for event #2 of the Zone 7 Concours Series. Gates open from 8:00-9:30 am with judging from 10-12 noon. Lunch and awards will be from 12:30-2:00 pm. Click this link Registration Form to download the registration form. Please complete the form and mail with your payment to: Dave Aliotti, 927 Hellam Street, Monterey, Ca. 93940. Registration closes August 13th. For information or questions contact Dave Aliotti at 831-595-4071 or email him at david59a@aol.com

July Minutes are under review and approval

Online registration for this event --- click here

Our 2021 track season is shaping up along these lines:

• August 28-29: Sonoma Raceway Club Race only (with NASA)

• September 25-26: Thunderhill DE and Club Race (3 mile)

(Diablo Region will host its DE on Friday, September 24)

• October 9-10: Sonoma Raceway Club Race only (with NASA)

Yes, there is no Laguna weekend for GGR as of this writing. However, to get your “PCA Laguna” fix, our friends at Diablo Region will be hosting a one-day DE at Laguna on Friday, March 19, and our friends at Central Coast Region will be at Laguna on Monday, October 18.

New helmet requirements, the Snell 2010 helmets will expire on December 31. (2015 helmets are good for another 5 years.) Snell 2020 helmets are now available at your favorite racer supply stores.

PCA National Staff Meeting: 

I attended the PCA National Staff meeting at French Lick during Parade and had a great opportunity to hear updates from the national staff’s cadre of volunteers as well as from PCA executive director, Vu Nguyen, Panamera editor Rob Sass, National Treffen chair, Alex Ching, Social Media chair, Maggie Goodman, and several other volunteer national event chairs. It seems that participation in events around the country are on the upswing and upcoming national events like Werks Reunion Monterey are expecting record turnout. Our social media chair again advised the national staff and particularly the 14 Zone Reps in attendance to watch for inappropriate posting to region Facebook pages such as photos of a speedometer while driving on a tour with one hand on the wheel or posting photos of an incident at last week’s driver education event. Don’t forget that these postings and photos can be easily circulated among the public and do not represent PCA in the most positive manner. The summer national staff meeting was the first since the summer of 2019 and is also held in conjunction with a winter staff meeting in February of each year. The meeting was a great opportunity to hear from national staff about things going on in their areas, both good and not so good.

Parade 2021 at French Lick; 

In the competitive events, Jessica Toney placed a solid 2^nd in class R01 for the TSD rally while Tom Provasi, garnered a respectable 3^rd place finish in class R03. Mike Hinton clearly knew his stuff about early 911’s while competing in the tech quiz finishing 1^st in Q02. Tom Provasi and wife Sandy Provasi competed in the Gimmick Rally and finished 1^st in class in the more than 2 passenger class. In the 5K Run competition, Craig Steele finished 3^rd in class for runners 70 years plus while Mike Hinton finished 3^rd in class for runners in the 60-69 age group. Complete up to date Parade results can be found at: https://www.porscheparade.org.

Zone 7 attendees distinguished themselves in many ways while attending this year’s Parade with members scoring trophies in some of the national as well as competitive awards. This year’s Parade Long Distance award was given to Craig Steele, past president of Redwood Region who drove the 2,000 some miles from his home in Santa Rosa, and just outdistanced his caravan partner, Mike Hinton, also a past president of Redwood Region. By the way, Craig not only received a trophy to take home with him but also a new set of Michelin tires! In the website competition, Yosemite Region captured first place in class II, membership of 99-199 members, after finishing 3^rd last year. Congratulations to their webmaster, Don Chaisson, for a job well done! Diablo Region was an honorable mention in the Community Service Award category and was among 8 finalists for recognition.

Part of the Rolex Monterey Historic races is the PCA Hospitality Tent and car corral at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. If you are planning to attend and would like to donate a few hours of your time assisting at the hospitality tent, send an email to Collin Fat at cfat1952@gmail.com to let me know your interest in helping. The hospitality tent will also be open on Friday, which is new for this year. Corral Parking is only available through the raceway and no longer can be purchased through PCA. I am specifically looking for volunteers to help on Friday, August 13^th as well as afternoon shifts for Saturday and Sunday August 14^th and 15^th.

Zone 7 Autocross Series Update; 

The latest news on the autocross competition is that the Cow Palace has decided not to issue a use permit for the previously scheduled Zone events in August. These events are now scheduled for September 4^th and 5^th with Golden Gate Region hosting the event on the 4^th and Redwood Region hosting the event on the 5^th. 

Zone 7 Concours Series Update; 

The first concours event of the season is scheduled for August 1^st at Porsche Rocklin and will be hosted by the Sacramento Valley Region. Two other Zone events hosted by Monterey Bay Region on August 22^nd and the following weekend on August 29^th hosted by Sierra Nevada Region. Due to covid restrictions in place during the planning of these events, we will have 3 events in August. For information on these events go to the Zone 7 website at https://zone7.pca.org. or go to each region’s website for registration information and details.

1)    Monterey Bay Region 60^th Anniversary, TBD

2)     PCA Werks Reunion, August 13; Monterey; werksreunion.com, Registration is open. The event is at a new location, Bayonet Golf Course overlooking Monterey Bay in Seaside.

3)    Monterey Historic, Porsche Platz Corral August 14-15^th.Tickets at weathertechraceway.com

4)     PCA Fall Treffen at the American Club, Kohler, Wisconsin, October 13-17; treffen.pca.org

5)     PCA Spring Treffen at the BRO^ADMOOR, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 27-May 1, 2022

With Federal and State directives pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Club Racing schedule is very fluid and subject to change on a day-to-day basis. The racing schedule shown below will be frequently updated with the latest official status of each of our races.

Please consider this event we still need your input to help make this happen.

You may be moving, organizing, downsizing or just have an auction items you want to find a new home for.

Also, if you would like to join Lois and me on this not many meetings fun committee let me know.

Thank you,

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