December 2021 - Volume 59, Issue 12 |
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From The Editor
Mike Willis
The year is winding down time to think about events for next year. There will be a planning meeting on January 6th see ad below. Come and give us your ideas. (see ad below)
But before that is the rest of 2021 with our Christmas Party. Look below for the dinner signup. The deadline to sign up and make your dinner selections and reservations is rapidly sneaking up on us.
Post event coverage is open to anyone to write something and send to me for publication. Pictures are always welcome.
When sending me a video it needs to be on a webpage (link) or a file not to exceed 5MB. Also images have the same limit. (I am able to resize most of them).
In addition The Drifter is available to our advertisers to also submit articles to our members. Please contact me about timing for any of these articles.
Please note text that is blue text is a link. As we use MSR (Motorsport Registration) all of those events advertised are linked to the specific registration.
This issue contains the following as you scroll through.
Also remember that all advertisers are linked to their web page.
Editor Comments
President's Column
Vice President Calendar Information
SVR 2021 Christmas Party
SVR Planning Meeting
SVR Membership
Mendocino Tour
Brookfields Monthly Breakfast
In The Zone
SVR Classifieds
SVR Store
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Vacant, Advertising
Vacant, Flyers
Rik Larson, Proof Reader/Tickler
Ed Parra, Reporter
Skip Quain, Contributor
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SVR Christmas Party registration will close in 6 days.
Please note we will be following the
Placer County Covid Guidelines
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A short Porsche commercial
Covet the last drive before hibernation, so you can cherish the anticipation of the next adventure.
Porsche Classic Accessories ensures classic Porsche get the care they deserve when it's time for a rest. Jump in the 1983 911 with designer Tommaso Spinzi for that 'final' drive, from Milan to Lake Como.
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Rik Larson, SVR President
PDK (Pretty Darn Kwik)
December 2021
Happy Holidays!!
· Have a happy and joyous holiday season.
· Hope to see you at the SVR Christmas Party on Friday, December 17th at the Granite Bay Golf Club. And don't forget to bring an unwrapped toy for the CHiPs for Kids.
· And if you are looking for that last minute gift, you can take your chances by purchasing a raffle ticket for the 2022 911 Carrera Coupe (plus $25,000 cash). Tickets can be purchased for $50 each at www.pca.org. Deadline to purchase online is December 10th.
PCA Treffen on the West Coast
· The fall Treffen will be held in September 2022 at the Sunriver Resort in Bend, Oregon. Registration will probably open 3 months prior and you can expect it to fill quickly (like within an hour?).
Year End Thanks
· A final shout out of thanks to the SVR board members (all of which except one volunteered to fill out the vacancies early this year) and to the chairs that volunteered as well as those that chaired events.
2022 Planning Session
· Mark your calendar for Thursday, January 6th, for our annual planning session. It will cost you $1 for pizza.
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Sally Boeck
Vice President
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December 4 is the Saturday Breakfast at Backfields in Rancho Cordova, organized by Jerry Alter. Thanks, Jerry.
Now, near the end of the year, it’s time to be thinking ahead to events for next year. Be thinking of events you would like to put on, and ideas for events you would like to attend in 2022. It’s never too early to get started!
Sally
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Registration is open and is starting to fill up quickly.
Click on the below to register.
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Click on the image above to register. |
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Ken Shahoian, Membership Director
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The year is winding down. There is still time to do some things with SVR. Take a look at the SVR calendar events that may interest you.
Also for all members, if you need a name badge
please contact me to order one.
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Membership Reports For November 2021 |
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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.
SVR - PCA Member Services
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
How can I contact the SVR-PCA by mail?
Sacramento Valley Region-PCA,
Post Office Box 254651,
Sacramento, CA 95865-4651
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Mendocino Tour 2021
by Rik Larson,
Event Chair
Photos by Collin Fat & Mike Willis
53 cars participated in the Mendocino Tour this year (tying the record 53 cars that we had in 2014) making the annual 3-day trip to the north coast. This was the first official tour in two years as the 2019 event was cancelled due to fires and the 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic issues.
The first Mendocino Tour was held in 1972 according to the DRIFTING Back article by Larry Wilson (his summaries are available on the SVR website). It has not been held every year but it is one of the longer running SVR events (others being CRAB, San Simeon tour, Pacific Grove tour, Christmas Party, and the Charity Auction). Lettie and I became chairs for the event in 1997 and have been at the helm every year since then. Along the way we have had Mike Willis handle the miniature golf event (taking over from Rich McGlumphy) and Ray Fiore (from Redwood Region) handling the Saturday evening dinner.
Friday Morning
The tour started at Porsche Rocklin. Approximately 17 cars showed up as we got ready for our 220 mile trip to the north coast. Kirk Bradford conducted a drivers meeting and we were off as a single group to the first pickup point at the Pedrick Produce store at Interstate 80 and Pedrick Road (just east of Dixon) where another 10 cars were gathered.
Mike and Emily Willis took care of the signing of the release forms for the 10 cars at the Pedrick location. Mike held another drivers meeting and we departed in two groups of cars so as to keep the groups manageable. Assisting in leading and sweep functions for the two groups were: Mike and Emily Willis, Andy and Debbie Simpkinson, , Kirk and Linda Bradford, and Gary Koehler and Marie Frisch-Koehler.
Friday Lunch
Just under 2 hours later we arrived at our lunch stop arranged by Ray Fiore of Redwood Region. Ray had arranged with the Pech Merle Winery to use their tasting room that is located in downtown Geyserville (which is where Ray and Cheryl just happen to live). We were greeted with the option for wine tasting and then shown to a number of tables that had been setup just for us (linens and all) to enjoy our picnic lunches.
After lunch, we left in small groups to head to the coast. Several cars stopped at their favorite wineries along the way (Husch, Navarro, etc.).
Friday Evening Social
The Friday evening social was held at the Larson's room at the Little River Inn. Toasting of the sunset just past 6 pm was held. Then it was off to dinner at the restaurant of your own choosing.
The main dining room at the Little River Inn had just been reopened (although seating in the bar was closed but ordering drinks was OK).
Miniature Golf
We had to cancel the Saturday morning miniature golf due to the threat of rain. And we had 76 people signed up for this event.
Lunch on your own
I checked out downtown Mendocino. It was not as crowded as I had seen in past years. There were plenty of parking spots available. A number of the businesses had closed due to the pandemic and it showed. Even the cannabis store did not have a line of people waiting to get in like it did in 2020. I eventually headed off to have lunch at Patterson's Pub with Dave and Chrissie Neukom, Mike and Emily Willis, Noah and Susan Bentley.
Kite Flying
Since the kite flying was scheduled to start at 2 pm, I headed out to the Mendocino Headlands to stake out my parking spot. The parking lot was in poor shape ---- lot of pot holes with water. When I parked I noticed that there was a kite in the air. But there was no wind. Well there was a wind out of the west and if you positioned yourself near the edge of the headlands you would get the updraft. Sure enough that was the Marv and Ruth Stark's kite up there………and way up there. Their efforts caused others to get their kites up and we eventually had more than 20 kites up at one time.
Saturday Afternoon Social
We returned to the Larson's room for more socializing around 330 pm. We had plenty of items to hand out since we did not have the miniature golf contest. Everyone went home with something.
Saturday Night Dinner
The optional dinner on Saturday evening at Silver's at the Wharf at Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg was attended by 71 people (definitely a record). Ray Fiore (Redwood Region) again managed this event.
Sunday morning (with an extra hour of sleep) found many folks taking in breakfast at various places (Little River Inn guests were able to get breakfast delivered to their room but no main dining room option).
And so we completed another long standing tradition.
Sunday Night Extra
The Calvert's invite anyone who was staying over on Sunday night to join them for an open house at their place at sunset. Several folks took them up on this. I understand that the sunset was great. This is the second time that the Calvert's have hosted this 'unofficial' event at their place.
Thanks
Thanks to Mike and Emily Willis, and Ray Fiore and Cheryl Gilpin for making this a successful event. And thanks to Porsche Rocklin for their hospitality and donations.
Next Year
The dates for the 2022 Mendocino Tour are already on the SVR calendar…….mark your calendar and get your rooms reserved now for November 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2022 (and the 7th if you plan to stay over on Sunday night).
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In The Zone
December 2021
By: Collin Fat, Zone 7 Representative
Sacramento Valley Region
Photos by Collin Fat
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Happy Holidays:
It is hard to believe that the year is nearly over and that the Covid 19 Virus is still around causing havoc to our health and safety not to mention putting a lid on many of the club events we had planned earlier in the year. The good news is that since the beginning of this year, our scientists have developed an effective vaccine not only for adults 18 and older but now have developed one for children as young as 5 years old. With the holidays upon us and traditional family get togethers, having everyone in the household vaccinated is a good thing. For club activities such as your region’s annual holiday party, this is good news as the holiday parties for all regions seem to be in full swing.
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Collin and Family Wishing All a Happy Holiday
I know that many of you are thinking about activities for next year and what is going to happen. Assuming the State of California can get the pandemic under wraps and prevent another winter surge, events for 2022 should proceed without issues. This is only my best guess and time will tell. In the meantime, if you have an event that you have had an interest in organizing or an event such as a club dinner at your favorite restaurant or a tour of one of your favorite Porsche roads, do it. Attend your region’s annual planning meeting and let your region leadership know. Your region is likely to have several members who can help.
National events for 2022 are already in the works, and include Parade at the Poconos, Werks Reunion both at Amelia Island and Monterey, as well as Treffen Broadmoor having already been announced. The full array of all nationally organized events should be coming out the later part of December or in January as the final touches on events are completed.
As your new board starts to prepare for their leadership roles for 2022, several things will be happening in the background to ensure the board has a smooth transition of leadership. This starts with either the outgoing or current club president completing the required annual region report form and sending it into PCA national. This very important document lets PCA national know who the new board of directors are, but also identifies new chairs. It also provides a place to confirm banking information necessary for the quarterly member subsidies. Lastly, your outgoing board members and chairs should be meeting with their successors to hand off all the important documents and provide guidelines for their replacements so that the new board and its chairs can start off 2022 on the right foot.
Zone Autocross Series Winners:
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The Zone Autocross series held 9 Zone events in 2021 and hosted events at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, and at Sonoma Raceway on the paddock. Though there were difficulties in getting confirmed dates early at some venues, each of the club’s that hosted events worked hard to bring autocrossers more events than we had in 2020 or 2019. The following winners had to compete in at least 6 of the 9 events to qualify for year end awards. Congratulations to everyone for a great season! |
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Zone Concours Series Winners: |
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After many cancellations and the re-scheduling of events due to issues with pandemic as well as safety concerns at various venues, the concours series finished up in November with a total of 6 events. This was just an amazing feat of juggling of the schedule and lots of coordination with the region concours chairs as well as assistance from Zone concours chairs Roy Schauben and Simone Kopitzky in encouraging the changes and providing support.
Thank you all for a job well done!
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PCA National Awards:
All region members have a chance to submit nominees for several national awards including Region of the Year, Enthusiast of the Year, Family of the Year and Public Service Award. It is a unique opportunity to nominate someone in your region who has gone above and beyond. Please take the time to consider someone in your region who may be deserving.
The Awards include:
THE FERRY PORSCHE TROPHY: PCA REGION OF THE YEAR
THE GLENN LAZAR - HARRY BLANCHARD MEMORIAL TROPHY: PCA ENTHUSIAST OF THE YEAR
PORSCHE (PCA) FAMILY OF THE YEAR AWARD
THE PCA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS
We know that the Regions within PCA all excel in their own way, and this should be recognized.
The submission process is easy. Just create a brief write up (in MS Word) and submit nomination toPCA national via email to Awards@pca.org.
Region of the Year Award:
Up to 3000-word document, plus 2 Newsletters, and 5 photographs
Enthusiast of the Year, Family of the Year, and Public Service Awards:
Up to 1500-word document, plus up to 5 newsletter articles and/or photographs.
If you would like to submit a member of your region to be recognized, please review the guidelines for the awards at this link:
Events of Interest:
1) PCA Spring Treffen at the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Co., April 27-May 1, 2022; treffen.pca.org
2) Porsche Parade at the Pocono Resort, Pennsylvania, June 12-18, 2022; porscheparade.org
4) Rolex Historic Races, Porscheplatz, Monterey, August 19-21,2022
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TrackMasters Racing is a leader in the High-Performance Driver Education events in Northern California and invites SVR-PCA drivers to participate in these events. For the complete schedule click the link below. |
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PCA Members may place non-commercial classified ads for no charge. Photos will be published on this web page at no charge. Non-PCA members may place ads on our webpage, on a space available basis, as follows: Ads without photos $20.00; Ads with photos $35.00. All ads run for two months unless canceled. There will be no refunds for paid ads.
Ads must be submitted electronically with attachment to classified@svr-pca.org. PCA members must include your PCA membership number on all submissions as proof of membership.
Paid ads will not be published until payment has been received. Checks must be made payable to PCA-SVR, and mailed to: Porsche Club of America; Sacramento Valley Region; PO Box 254651; Sacramento, CA 95865-4651
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Sacramento Valley Region Web Store |
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Sacramento Valley - Red House® - Mini-Check Non-Iron Button-Down Shirt |
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Sacramento Valley - Eddie Bauer® Ladies Hooded Soft Shell Parka |
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Sacramento Valley - Element 095
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