Rik Larson, SVR President

·       Our list of board vacancies continues to grow. We are looking to fill the Membership Director position as well as the Social Director. Feel free to contact me or any board member about what is involved. We also have a list of the duties on our website, svr-pca.org

·       Our webmaster, Duane Wilson, is moving out of state so we are looking for a new webmaster. We use the WordPress software. Duane can help you transition to the job over the next month or two. Interested? Contact Duane at webmaster@svr-pca.org

·       And Mike Willis continues to shake the bushes for volunteers for the 2023 election for the 6 elected board positions. And he is always looking for volunteers to chair events. 

·       Werks Reunion is happening on August 19th in Monterey. Should be at least 750 Porsches at the Monterey Pines Golf Course in Monterey. This is a new location. Options include the Judged Field Participation, the Corral Parking, and general parking (this will cost you $40 cash on the day of the event). Check out their website at werksreunion.com



·       The Fall Treffen to Sunriver, Oregon is sold out. I hear that a couple of SVR cars made it in.

Porsche Parade 

·       The largest Porsche Parade ever; over 1000 cars attended the event held at the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos, Pennsylvania. Check out Collin Fat's article elsewhere in the DRIFTER.

·       Another article to checkout is the one by Joe Kucinski from Riesentoter Region. It was his first Parade. Check it out at

·       I was co-chair for the TSD Rally held on Tuesday that is one of the major competitive events. We had 102 Porsches start the 4 hour event and had 100 Porsches scored at the finish. We used the Richta scoring and timing system (using your cell phone in your car) that tabulated the 14 checkpoints used. The overall winners were Jessica Toney (Golden Gate Region) and Peter Schneider (Northern New Jersey Region) with a score of 8 seconds for the 14 checkpoints.

·       All of the results for the various events are at:  porscheparade.org

·       The 2023 Porsche Parade will be held in June at the La Quinta Resort near Palm Springs, California.

·       The 2024 Porsche Parade will be held in June at Birmingham, Alabama.

·       At the Jakarta race on June 4th, Wehrlein finished 8th (4 points) and Lotterer finished 11th (out of the points).

·       The TAG Heuer Porsche team consists of Porsche 99X Electric vehicles with #36 driven by Andre Lotterer and #94 driven by Pascal Wehrlein.

·       The next race is this weekend, July 2nd, at Marrakesh. The races are carried live on the CBS Sports Network.

On July 17th, Monterey Bay Region will host their annual Concours in Paradise at Carmel Valley Regional Park in Carmel Valley. Registration is required by completing the registration form online at: https://mby.pca.org/events/2022-concours-in-paradise/. or completing the paper registration form and mailing the completed registration form and payment. To download the paper registration link go tp: https://mby.pca.org/wp-content/uploads/Concours-in-Paradise_2022_July-17_UPD_6-4-22.pdf .

For more information contact David Aliotti at 831-595-4071 or David59A@aol.com

A gracious host, perfect weather, an awe-inspiring mountain vista, fantastic roads, frequent rest stops, a refreshing ocean breeze, beautiful cars, and wonderful people. Who could ask for anything more? That was the inaugural edition of Mount Tam Trek. By unanimous decree, we will do it again.

Congratulations to first-place winners Simon Levear and Bill Colisch. Second place went to Tyler Backman , Tierra Groff and Tevian (holding the trophy up high) and third went to Noah and Abby Arliss. Checkpoint 5 was deleted because some cars triggered it while rounding the traffic circle.

We staged at Hi Tec Automotive in San Rafael. After the traditional signing of releases, distribution of documents, and a brief safety meeting, we were on our way up Mount Tamalpais for the first two checkpoints. Next, we headed west on scenic Ridgecrest Boulevard to Point Reyes National Seashore, where the serpentine roads lead us from the Bear Valley Visitor Center to the light house, chimney rock, Drakes Beach, and North Beach. Lastly, we made our way past Nicasio Reservoir to finish at Mary’s Pizza Shack in Novato.

Pictures are available here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Fs7zHqQ5AgX85TGm6

We used a “modified Monte Carlo” format which eliminated all the math associated with traditional time-speed-distance rallies. Rather than being assigned an average speed and told approximate location of the checkpoint, we were given the exact location of each checkpoint (including a picture of the landmark) and the exact time we were due. This new, no-math format was a big hit, and we plan to use it on future events.

Speaking of future events, we are adding a free rally school on Saturday July 16^th at Sonoma State University. The school will be geared to first-timers and will focus on following route instructions and the use of the Richta GPS rally system. We are going to dig deep into the Richta system and even experienced rallyists will probably learn something new. PCA membership is not required and any make car may participate. Registration is open at MSReg.com/SummerRallySchool. After the classroom presentation and discussion, we will run four short practice GPS rallies, a gimmick rally, a traditional time-speed-distance (TSD) rally, a Monte Carlo Rally with math, and a modified Monte Carlo with no math.

Finally, remember to save August 13 – 14 for our two-day Twin Pine Rally. Registration and more information are available at MSReg.com/TwinPine.

Thanks,

Jim

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Autocross is a great opportunity for you to learn car control skills and how to drive your car at its limit in a safe environment. If you are interested in autocross but missed the opportunity to attend the SVR autocross school, please feel free to come to attend any of our events. We have instructors that are more than happy to spend time with anyone who is new to the sport and provide you with all of the basics of autocross and ride with you to help with driving techniques. About all you need is a helmet, and SVR has loaner helmets available. If you have any questions, please email autocross@svr-pca.org.

Registration is done through MotorsportReg, where you will have the opportunity to request an instructor. Signing up as a new driver is as simple as that! Our next event is on July 9^th. You can register here: http://msreg.com/2022SVRAX6

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SVR Membership Report

Membership Director, Ken Shahoian at: membership@svr-pca.org

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

The 2022 Porsche Parade was held at the Kalahari Resort in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania from June 12-18th. According to Parade chair, Ron Gordon, it was the most attended Parade ever with more than 1,100 primary attendees and some 2,700 members in total. There were at least 1,000 Porsches parked in the reserved parking lot not including the amazing special edition and historic cars on display as well. Wow, it was a great sight to be seen.

I think that the Parade committee was more focused on attracting the young families with children to attend Parade and this could not be more evident than in the 110 PCA Parade Juniors in attendance. This number far exceeded any Parade Junior’s participation ever and a lot of the credit goes to PCA National Juniors chair, Jay Gratton. Having a huge water park at the resort, I am sure, was a big draw.

The weather for most of the week was amazingly mild with some rain experienced in the early AM each day. The concours on Monday was initially moved from outside to inside one of the very large ballrooms at the resort due to a forecast for rain. However, on Sunday the concours was again moved outdoors adjacent to the convention center as the weather forecast improved. It was in fact a bit warmer that expected and all competitors as well as spectators enjoyed a fantastic concours, clear skies and no rain.

The weather did not cooperate for the 2nd day of the 2 -day autocross held at Pocono Motor Speedway, a short 20-minute drive from the hotel. With torrential rain, lighting and thunder, the event was delayed about an hour. Over-all for the two-day autocross, there were some 190 cars signed up with the most stock Porsche running on Wednesday and the improved, modified and most GT cars running on Thursday. My hats off to National Autocross chair, Paul Kudra, for his support in making this year’s Parade Autocross run smoothly and on time. For the past several Parades, autocross attendance at Parade has been shrinking and it is hard to determine the reasons. I believe that issues related to the past autocrosses have perhaps impacted attendee perspective on the event and we hope that for Parade 2023 at La Quinta in Palm Springs we will see a growing trend.

At the one of major banquets, it was announced by Parade Chair Ron Gordon that Parade 2024 will be held in Birmingham, Alabama with the resort property location to be announced at a future date. The dates are June 9-16, 2024.

30 members from Zone 7 attended Parade this year. The attendees included the following members:

Nanci Bishop and Paul Smith, Randy and Lisa Shaffer, Alaric Sales, Kirk and Carolyn Doberenz, Lori Schutz and David Clardy, Gerry Brown, Jessica Toney and Peter Schneider, George and Shirley Neidel, Michael and Erika Grasso, John and Honore D’Angelo, Robert and Connie Waldrop, Craig Steele, Michael Hinton, Rik Larson, Craig and Mary Lou Kugler, Collin and Elaine Fat, and Tom and Sandi Provasi.

I would also like to mention that two members from Zone 7 drove from California to Pennsylvania! Yikes, the most direct round trip makes that a 2,100-mile journey without detours for sightseeing. Congrats to Craig Steele and Mike Hinton from Redwood Region!

L/R; Craig Steele, Mike Hinton, and Collin Fat

There were dozens of PCA members in attendance who attended their first Parade and yet there were many who had been to more than 40 Parades over the past decades. It is amazing, that even with the impact of Covid the past several years that Parade attendance seems more popular than ever and a bucket list item for many. This was my 8th Parade and one of the most fun.

L/R: Carolyn and Kirk Doberenz of Diablo Region

There were no Zone autocross events scheduled for June with only regional events held by Sacramento Valley at Thunderhill Raceway on June 11-12th, Golden Gate holding an event at Crows Landing on June 25th and Loma Prieta region holding the event at Crows on June 26th.

Several date changes were recently made to the Zone 7 Autocross series calendar due to issues with site availability with Loma Prieta and Golden Gate Regions switching their Zone events in July to August. The new dates will be on August 27th and August 28th with Golden Gate Region hosting on Saturday and Loma Prieta Region hosting the series on August 28th. Both regions are hoping to schedule their July dates to another weekend with both events being regional events only and will not count for Zone 7 points. Sacramento Valley had scheduled a July 9th event at Thunderhill, and that event is still on but instead of being a Zone event it will now be a regional event.

Total Zone Ax events counting toward year end awards will be 9 events instead of 10.

Sacramento Valley Region held the first Concours of the 2022 Zone series on June 5th with 43 judged cars participating. The weather did not cooperate with rain occuring in the early morning hours. Due to some logistical magic performed by concours chair Al Price and Kim Nelson, most of the entrants were moved into the covered shop at Porsche Rocklin while a dozen or so entrants remained outside in the rain. The reprieve for these competitors was the fact that they were not judged but received points, none the less, to enable all to compete in the year end Zone competition.

The Silver State Concours D ’Elegance, was hosted by the Sierra Nevada Region on June 26th at Lampe Park in Gardnerville, located just south of Reno, Nevada. There were 17 judged cars in the competition with another

20 cars on display. Results should be posted on the Zone 7 website.

Monterey Bay Region is hosting Concours in Paradise on July 17th at Carmel Valley Regional Park just east of Monterey. Registration is currently open at: https://mby.pca.org/events/2022-concours-in-paradise/. For more

information contact Dave Aliotti (831)595–4071. Online registration closes on July 13th.

Werks Reunion will be returning to the Monterey Peninsula on August 19th with registration closing August 3rd. This is a highly anticipated event happening during Monterey Car Week along with the event of the week, the Pebble Beach Concours D ’elegance.

The Monterey Historic races will also be held that week with PCA planning a hospitality tent on August 18-20th in conjunction with the race. This year’s event will be held at the Monterey Pines Golf course adjacent to the Monterey Airport and behind the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Last year’s venue held at the Bayonet Country Club is not available.

Fall Treffen will be held in Bend, Oregon from September 14-18th with registration opening on June 29th. If you have not yet attended one of these national premier events it is a do not miss opportunity to attend a Treffen close to home. Registration generally fills up in less than 30 minutes and is usually limited to 200 cars. For more information go to: www.treffen.pca.org.

Hospitality Tent at the Monterey Historic Races will be held on August 18th through August 20th. The event will be held at Laguna Seca Raceway and the hospitality tent will be open to PCA members and anyone who owns a Porsche.

Tickets are required for parking in the Porsche Corral but any PCA member with proof of membership or a Porsche owner with key fob may enter the hospitality tent. Unlike past years, the hospitality tent will be open from Thursday through Saturday with no races being held on Sunday this year. The hospitality tent will be located at Turn 5.

Volunteers Needed: I am looking for volunteers to help with staffing the hospitality tent and have a limited number of general admissions passes. If you are available to help out let me know which days you can help and send me an email to: cfat1952@gmail.com. I will need volunteers for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Parade 2023 will be held at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs from June 18-24th. The hotel is a five -star rated property that has a famous history of being the hangout for movie stars and the Hollywood elite during the 1940’s.

West Coast Club Race Series: 2022 PCA West Coast Race Series Schedule 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.

1) PCA Werks Reunion, August 19, Monterey, werksreunion.com

3) PCA Fall Treffen, September 14-18, Sunriver Resort, Bend, Oregon; treffen.pca.org

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