Can you just imagine the red tape, permits and cost to pull off this commercial? Not to mention the problems of clearing all those streets and roads!     Here's a link to a Shell commercial shown in Europe. Ostensibly, they're selling petrol, but the cars used in the video steal the show.

 Rik Larson, SVR President

·       Tour to Murphys --- thanks Eduardo and team

·       Pacific Grove Tour --- thanks to Jim and Linda McMahen

·       AX at Thunderhill --- thanks to John Leet and the AX Team

·       Concours at Porsche Rocklin ---- thanks Al Price III, Sunday, June 5th

·       Dinner at the Red Bus Brewing Company --- thanks to Sally Boeck for organizing this event to be held Thursday, June 9th.

·       Fourth of July Parade ---- coordinated by Robert Hrabak (where SVR is participating)

·       Dinner at Fat's Bistro in Folsom --- thanks Susan Bentley, scheduled for July 20th

·       Snake Bite Tour -- thanks to Ernie and Wendy Bulhoes, scheduled for July 22nd.

·       Our webmaster, Duane Wilson, is moving out of state so we are looking for a new webmaster. Duane joined the region in January and within a month he had volunteered to be the webmaster. 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 board positions. And always looking for volunteers to chair events.

·       We continue to pass out decals at SVR events.

·       Our concours chair, Al Price III, suggests that the best way to apply them (they do not have the sticky adhesive --- which makes for easy removal as well) is to be sure and clean the surface completely, let it dry, then apply. The decal itself has no instructions on it. They are made for placement on the inside of a window surface.

·       The PCA Spring raffle is about to close. Winner gets a 2022 Cayman GT4 RS. All it takes is a $50 ticket. Last day to purchase tickets is June 1, 2022.

·       Our concours on Sunday, June 5th at Porsche Rocklin, is the first event in the 2022 Zone 7 Series. Al Price is still looking for helpers. You can contact Al at concours@svr-pca.org

·       The Fall Treffen to Sunriver, Oregon will open registration on June 29. Expect another sellout -- in less than 45 minutes. Checkout the info at treffen.pca.org

·       The Zone 7 AX schedule has a couple of updates --- the event on July 9th by SVR is no longer a Zone 7 event. And the two AX's originally schedule for July at the Cow Palace by Golden Gate Region and Loma Prieta Region have been moved to the end of August.

·       Darrel Huckabay and Richard Wetzel will present it in August. They plan on using the new Richta Competitor App for scoring purposes. Stay tuned.

·       September 28 of 2023 at Laguna Seca. Since the hotels usually only book about 360 days in advance (like the airlines) you can expect the rates to be right up there with what they get for the Pebble Concours and Monterey Car Week events.This will be a biggie as it is the 75th anniversary for Porsche. In 2018 Rennsport Reunion VI drew about 80,000 people when it was held at Laguna Seca.

·       The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E team was doing very well after 8 races. They are currently in fifth place in the team standings (out of 11 teams). They are just 1 point out of 4th place (behind the Jaguar team).

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

·       Lotterer is currently in 7th place in the driver standings. And Wehrlein is eight points behind him in 8th place.

·       The next race is on June 4th in Jakarta. The races are carried live on the CBS Sports Network.

·       McLaren Racing is going to enter the series in 2023. They are acquiring the Mercedes-EQ team (the winners of the series last year).     

Thursday, June 9, at 6 pm, is a dinner at Red Bus Brewing Company in Folsom. Pre-register on MSRegistration. Enjoy pizza and socialize with SVR friends. Contact Sally Boeck at vicepresident@svr-pca.org if you have any questions.

Then, get ready for a fun autocross weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park. Autocrosses will be held on both Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th. Pre-register on MSRegistration For Saturday and/ or Sunday (separate registrations. or go and watch. Either way, you’ll get your adrenaline pumping!

Come join the Redwood Region on Saturday June 18^th for the first running of the Mount Tam Trek. No math is involved; walking shoes are optional; plus great roads, fantastic vistas, and interesting destinations are all included.

Treffen is one of the Porsche Club’s premier national events and stands among Parade and Werks Reunion as one of the club’s big annual events. Held twice a year in the Fall and Spring the events are generally held in a different part of the country from the Parade location. Treffen is a 4-day Porsche Club event featuring amazing tours, great food, 5-star hotel accommodations, and of course lots of like-minded Porsche members. This year’s spring event was held at the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was initially planned at this location in 2019 but was cancelled due to the pandemic. The hotel recently received another 5 Star award from Forbes as one of the top resort hotels in the United States.

 Twelve members from Zone 7 were on this tour with 10 members from the Sacramento Valley Region and 2 members representing the Diablo Region. Attending were Nick and Kim Majetich, Bob and Karen Lozito, Collin and Elaine Fat, Andy and Karen Simpkinson, Michael and Karen Wilson, and David and Ronnie Aronson from Diablo Region.

Left/Right: Andy and Debbie Simpkinson, Collin and Elaine Fat,

Karen and Michael Wilson, Nick and Karen Majetich, Bob and Karen Lozito, and Ronnie and David Aronson

The initial plan for the tour was to leave 5 days prior to the start of Treffen and tour some of the big 5 national parks in Utah and Colorado on the way to Colorado Springs. On the itinerary were Mesa Verde National Park, Arches, Sand Dunes, and the Colorado National Monument. My wife, Elaine, spent many weeks researching the tour route, points of interest along the tour, looking at hotels, and planning breaks along the way. It was a team effort with Bob Lozito and his wife, Karen, researching interesting restaurants on the journey.

Based on the most direct route and normal weather conditions, the tour route was planned and covered about 2,400 miles round trip with stop overs in Salt Lake City, Moab, UT, Montrose, Co, and Alamosa, Co. Although it was assumed that in mid-April, weather and road conditions would not be an issue, weather did put a crimp on our plans for day 1 of our multi-day journey with chain controls and snow on I-80 on the morning we were planning on leaving. Contacting our group and trying to figure out options for plan B were discussed. Option 1 was to continue on our original route, but to drive our Porsche SUV’s instead of our 911’s, and Option 2 was to reroute day 1 travel plans. It was ultimately decided to drive our 911’s as intended and to drive a southerly route via LAS Vegas and then onto Moab, Utah so that we could keep on our most of the original itinerary as planned. This added about 2 hours to our first day of driving stretching the day from a 9-hour drive to 11 hours. In the minds of the group, this was a reasonable alternative and worth the extra time for clear roads. In total, the round trip totaled about 2,700 miles. However, whacky and unpredictable weather was also encountered in Elko, Nevada where the group, again, encountered light snow flurries. I suppose we owe this odd spring weather to climate change!

As you can see from the following photos taken heading to Silverton, Colorado we encountered some snowy roads. Luckily, though the roads had recently been sanded and were quite muddy, no issues with traction were experienced. It is something to consider when traveling to any where in Colorado or Utah in the early spring.

L/R: Collin and Elaine Fat, David Aronson, Bob and Karen Lozito,

Nick and Karen Majetich at Arches National Park

 Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

 L/R: Karen and Bob Lozitio and Michael and Karen Wilson

 L/R: Collin and Elaine Fat, Ronnie and David Aronson

Upon our arrival at the Broadmoor Hotel on Wednesday, April 17^th, the group was greeted by a super attentive hotel staff who helped unload luggage and direct us to the reserved parking area for all the Porsches. The hotel did not disappoint and all the rooms for the most part were spacious suites. After washing our cars and cleaning up, the group attended the welcome party that was held in one of the large banquet rooms in the hotel. It was a wonderful buffet with a great selection of choices that suited everyone in attendance.

The following morning the tours started with more than 6 different tours to choose from. From touring Pikes Peak, the Royal Gorge or some of the best driving roads in Colorado Springs there were plenty of tours to choose form. On Thursday following the tour, there was a welcome banquet where national Treffen chair, Alex Ching greeted the crowd. It was announced at the dinner that Princess Cruises was one of PCA’s newest sponsors and that the cruise line would be offering up to 30% off bookings for PCA members, raffled off a cruise to anywhere Princess sails to, and announced that they will also be raffling off a brand need Porsche Taycan at the end of the year. Registration was required to register for both the cruise and Taycan giveaway and will be available at future national events.

Wives in the group enjoying the welcome reception overlooking the beautiful private lake at the Broadmoor.

Treffen ended with more tours on Saturday as well as a grand farewell banquet where one of the Princess cruises was awarded. The winner was not from Zone 7 although several at my table won some door prizes from Princess Cruises including my wife, Elaine.

Treffen is generally limited to about 200 cars and is intended to provide PCA members with a very upscale experience. It has always featured five- star hotel accommodations at world class resorts all over the country and includes activities such as banquets and fabulous tours. Unlike a Parade that generally has over 1,000 cars registered and up to several thousand members in attendance, Treffen is designed to be a much more intimate gathering. A Treffen is something I recommend to all members who are considering participating in a PCA National club event. You will not be disappointed.

The Fall Treffen will be held in Bend, Oregon on September 14-18^th with registration opening June 29^th. For more information go to www.treffen.pca.org. Registration generally sells out in less than 30 minutes so if you plan on attending mark the date on your calendars.

SVR Membership Report

Ken Shahoian,

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

Meeting Date/Time: Tuesday, April 5, 2022; 7:14 pm; targeted to end by 9 pm

Location: ZOOM Video Conference (Due to COVID -19 restrictions)

Board Members Present (4 needed for a quorum)

Excused --- Mike Willis (will join us around 830 pm)

Chairs Excused: Duane Wilson (Webmaster); Kim Nelson (Niello Liaison)

Introduction of guests:

● Kirk Bradford

● Mardi Quain

● Collin Fat

Any Changes or Additions to the Agenda?

● Email Business Conducted

● Minutes from Board Meeting of March 21, 2022

o Postponed

1) Old Business

a. DRAFT Minutes from board meetings held on March 1, 2022 and March 21, 2022 - postponed

b. SVR 60th Anniversary Event - Kirk Bradford --- update -- date, location, budget

i. Change of Location - Timber Creek

ii. Date: September 10th

iii. Budget revised and presented at special meeting held on March 22

iv. Bob Peake reported that is cost $7627 to cancel Granite Bay Country Club

v. $1500 deposit was made to Timber Creek

c. 2022 Christmas Party options ---- Mike Willis, Duane Wilson, Bob Peake

i. no update at this time

ii. It was agreed to wait until after the 60th to advertise event

d. CRAB 38 --- standing item for event to be held in 2023.

It was recommended that a special meeting with CRAB chairs with Board meeting be held

to discuss progress and practicality of this event.

2) Past SVR Event Feedback, Reports filed Waivers, Expenses, etc

a. First Saturday Breakfast (March 5th)

b. AX School - Instructors have returned to “in person” coaching with driver

c. SVR Event Planning Seminar 101 - Collin reported on the seminar and will share PowerPoint with

the Board.

d. Mirror Tour -Sally reported that a great time was had by all attendees. Ron did a quiz for attendees

to do while driving and it resulted in a positive “getting to know you” connection.

e. That Dam Place Dinner - Positive responses from those attendee dinner

f. SVR AX #1 - 46 cars registered. Well designed course

g. First Saturday Breakfast (April 2nd)

3) FACEBOOK Status

a. John Leet is happy and can now update FACEBOOK again

b. Transition to Al Price III

i. “Going well”

ii. More posting on Instagram then Facebook

c. Future Board Meetings to continue via ZOOM

d. Possible in person meetings beginning May 2022 at Firehouse #32 in Fair Oaks (Dick MacFarlane)

4) New Business

a. Budget -- Mendocino Tour (November 4-6)

i. Ray will not be available to arrange Silvers dinner this year

ii. Estimate 35 cars

iii. Budget the same as last year

1. Motion made by Sally and seconded by Bob to accept the budget. Motion passed

b. Trailer Insurance

● There are concerns that the contents of the trailer are not covered with current insurance

policy.

● Motion was made by Sally and seconded by Ken to investigate a Business policy that would

cover both trailer and contents. Motion passed

● John Leet will be consulted

5) Upcoming Events and who is attending?

a. SVR AX #2 at Thunderhill, April 9th

b. SVR Caffeine and Porsches at CAM on April 16th

i. Advertising will be posted on social media

ii. 356 Club will be attending

iii. Hagery will be attending

iv. Set up committee has been established

v. No registration required

c. SVR Charity Auction at Nelson Residence on April 23rd

i. 24 have registration

ii. Committee concerned with the lack of interest in this event and recommended that this event

partner with the 60th Anniversary Celebration.

iii. Board agreed with this recommendation

iv. Kirk will check with Timber Creek for any conflicts

v. Dick will relay this information to committee

vi. Nancy will take care of refunds via MSR

6) Board Reports

a. President

i. PCA Drone Usage Minimum Standards announced -- in effect in April --- licensed pilots

ii. Review of proposed PCA Minimum Standards for Rallies

iii. 2023-24 Board election --- April starts the nominations process -- Mike Willis in charge

iv. Budgets for board of directors, chairs, events, etc. for 2022 --- reminder to board and chairs

v. 2022 PCR (Parade Competition Rules) are posted at porscheparade.org

vi. Various online forms being updated by Bill Fargo in conjunction with Duane Wilson?

vii. SVR Directory/Roster for BOARDPLUS people? --- defer to May board meeting

viii. Use of GLOVEBOX vs. DROPBOX ----- defer to either May or June discussion

b. Vice President (see calendar in the DRIFTER and on the website)

i. A very busy March; April is a little easier

ii. April is busy with Caffeine and Porsches at CAM, Charity Auction at Nelson's residence

c. Secretary

i. MSR experiences

ii. MSR -- discuss PUBLIC vs. PRIVATE event postings for SVR event (other than AX's)

d. Treasurer (see attached documents ---- 3 of them)

i. Any outstanding event budgets not complete?

ii. Number of items from the post office box (DRIFTER advertising checks)

iii. 2022 SVR Annual Budget

iv. AX Trailer Insurance

Rik, I also got a quote for Business Property insurance that would cover the contents of our

AX Trailer (normally covered by someones home owners policy). Since it is being stored at

Thunderhill part of the year I thought it might be a prudent thing to do. Rates is$22.92 a

month /$275 a year for $10k coverage. We have 20 helmets, 500 cones, PA system, Timing

system, radios, chalking machine, that would cost about $10k to replace if the trailer was

stolen or broken into. Can you add this to our agenda for tomorrow night?

e. Membership Director (none attached)

i. New Member event in April?

ii.

f. Social Director -- vacant

g. Past President

i. Nominating Committee members

7) Chair Reports

a. Safety

i. AX is handled by Greg Zajic

ii. Other events are handled by Rik Larson until we get a Safety Chair

b. AutoCross - updated AX schedule

i. AX schedule updated

ii. AX Trailer inventory reported (to Rik)

c. Charity - Auction on April 23rd at Nelson's Garage

d. Concours

i. SVR event for 2022 -- June 5th at Porsche Rocklin; budget approved; lunch

e. CRAB 38

i. Covered under OLD BUSINESS as part of ongoing report

f. DRIFTER Editor - 2022 advertiser payments received (6 so far?)

g. Event Liaison to Porsche Rocklin ----- 2022 event support

h. New Member Group

i. Rally (possible co-sponsoring a TSD Rally in 2022 with Redwood Region) --- maybe??

j. Share the Wealth

k. Technical Chair

l. Webmaster -- transition status; any software purchases needed?; budget at May board meeting

8) Next Meeting

a. Tuesday, May 3rd, location ZOOM (maybe the fire station?)

9) Adjournment 9:07pm

Werks Reunion will be returning to the Monterey Peninsula on Friday,August 19^th. Registration is open now ------ just go to werksreunion.com. 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 20-21^st in conjunction with the races. 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 14-18^th with registration opening on June 29^th. 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 18^th through August 20^th. 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 tent is likely to be in the lakebed area just across from the old location 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 18-24^th. 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.

The second and third autocross series events were held at Thunderhill Raceway on May 14^th and 15^th. Sacramento Valley region hosted the May 14^th event while Redwood Region hosted the May 15^th event on Sunday. There were 53 cars competing on Saturday and 39 cars competing on Sunday. The results can be viewed on the Zone 7 website at www.zone7.pca.org.

The weather was fairly spring like with mild temperatures and clear skies on Saturday with temperatures on Sunday reaching the upper 80’s. Drivers got in 10 runs for Saturday’s event and 9 runs on Sunday. Event chairs John Leet of Sacramento Valley and Stacy O’Connell and Drew Powers of Redwood Region did a great job designing both courses as well a organizing the event. Thank you for all you do for PCA and Zone 7!

The top five finishers on Saturday were; Larry Sharp, 39.038, Monty Pack, 39.254, Kathy Thorp, 39.549, Drew Powers, 39.788, and rounding out the top five, Steve Forshay with a 40.536.

On Sunday, top time of day went to Bill Thorp with a 38.134 followed by Drew Powers, 38.507, Larry Sharp, 38.539, Monty Pack, 39.045, and Steve Forshay, 39.505.

The course was designed by Redwood Region’s Drew Powers and its was a very challenging and technical course design that rewarded precise braking and quick on throttle corner exit. The course was run in reverse direction for Sunday’s event and proved to be a little faster.

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 27^th and August 28^th with Golden Gate Region hosting on Saturday and Loma Prieta Region hosting the series on August 28^th. Both regions are hoping to schedule their July dates to another weekend in with both events being regional events only and will not count for Zone 7 points. Sacramento Valley had scheduled a July 9^th event at Thunderhill and that event is still on but instead of being a Zone event it will now be a regional event. Total 2022 Zone Ax events counting toward year end awards will be 9 events instead of 10.

The Zone concours team completed its last Phase 2 Concours School hands on training session hosted by Sacramento Valley Region on May 22^nd at the Nelson residence in Shingle Springs. It was attended by more than 16 PCA members who have an interest in competing and learning how to become a concours judge. The session was led by Roy Schauben and Al Price and the training emphasized what to look for in a judged car and demonstrated examples on how point deductions are determined. It was stressed to the students that most concours cars are driven and some are used as daily drivers. So that keeping in the car may accumulate rock chips, so long as an attempt was made to repair the minor damage that no points were to be deducted. This theme was emphasized by both instructors with the intent on having participants continue to participate in concours and not be discouraged by unreasonable scoring by the judges.

The first concours of the season will be held in Sacramento at Porsche of Rocklin on June 5^th with registration now open on Motorsportreg.com at the following link: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/concours-porsche-of-rocklin-pca-sacramento-valley-events-553050

Registration is also open for Concours #2, Silver State Concours D ’Elegance, being hosted by the Sierra Nevada Region on June 26^th at Lampe Park in Gardnerville, located just south of Reno, Nevada. To register for the concours go to: https://snv.pca.org/events/2022-silver-state-concours-delegance-2/

The region is also hosting a meet and greet on Saturday. June 25^th for those coming in the night before. Sierra Nevada region puts a lot of effort in planning the meet and greet as well as the concours on Sunday and is worth the trip to Nevada! See flier for additional information.

West Coast Club Race Series:

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) Zone 7 Shasta Tour, June 9-13^th, SOLD OUT

2) Porsche Parade at the Kalahari Resort, Pennsylvania, June 12-18, Registration is closed; porscheparade.org

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

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

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