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Parade Photos

In case you missed it, here's some photos from the Monterey Porsche Parade by SingleLens.net photographer Rich Tsai. Click on the photo for more.



No Nugget Next Month!

The Board will be taking the month of July off, and so will I! See you back in September!

Self-Service on Email Addresses, Please!

Every month I get a few or sometimes many emails from readers about updating their email addresses. First, thanks for wanting to stay in touch! Second, there is no staff here! There's only CoCo and I doing this each month, and there are over 3,000 folks subscribing to The Nugget.

Accordingly, to send The Nugget to any email address you like or to unsubscribe, just go to the bottom of any issue of The Nugget. There's one option at the bottom that says:

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My apologies at the folks who get irritated with their change requests via reply emails not getting handled. I would cuss out the staff--but I don't have any! 

Thanks for reading.   

GGR Regional Summary

May 2014 

Primary Members    1,694

Affiliate Members     1,037              

Life Members                  7  

                                               Total Members         2,708

New/Transferred Members --total: 56 including Affiliate/Family

Porsche Parade 2014: By the time you get this, it'll probably be all over. Those who came will be exclaiming the beauty of the Monterey/Carmel area. Those who missed it will be forlorn and wishing that it would come again. But since we live in this fabulous area, we can revisit these exquisite sites over and over. Fabulous restaurants, great vistas, lovely beaches, great shopping, and wonderful B&Bs. OK, sometimes foggy - but remember that 35% of the water needed by the Sequoias (Redwoods) comes from the fog. We hope you enjoyed yourselves!

PCA Website: If you haven't seen the new website that PCA has launched, go take a look:  www.pca.org.  Very nice and quite functional...when you do get there, remember that they require you input a new password...and yes, I got caught in that trap as well. The new website lets us at our local level manage and organize our member data real time. We encourage you to keep familiarizing yourself with the site, and if you run into any problems, please report them to [email protected].

Badges: Member badges will be provided free to all those members/affiliates who RSVP and attend "new member" social events. Otherwise, member badges are available for a small fee through Spotlight Impressions in San Mateo. The badges feature the GGR logo, your name and a convenient magnetic clasp. The cost is $12.00 for the badge plus shipping.   To order your badges fill out the form on our website at http://www.pca-ggr.org/membership/badges and email back to Spotlight Impressions at [email protected].

Logo-wear: The GGR Webstore is online and ready. Locate it on the PCA website at www.pcawebstore.com/GOLDEN%20GATE. Just log in to create an account and get shopping.

Remember - Every club benefits from new ideas, new enthusiasm and new approaches. We're always looking for help in that department as well as volunteers. Send us your ideas - email, survey input, etc. - we'll look at them all.

Make sure you take the survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/85KY3PS . 

Thanks to our membership we had a record 184 renewals over the past month.  

Cheers and all the best, Capt. Mike

Welcome to Our 56 New/Transferred May Members!

Susan Blanco                                                   2012 911 S Black

Amir Bonakdar                                                 2000 911/996 Green

Edward Brown                                                 1987 911 Silver

Fabrice Centeno & Christian Yavorsky            2006 911 Silver

YC Cheng & Sheron Li                                    1963 356B T6

Yoeman Fong & Garrett                                   2006 Cayman White

Mathew & Christina Marie Freiheit                   2004 911 type 9 Gray

Ted Jackson                                                     2010 Cayman White

Xin Jin (CCC)                                                   2001 911 Turbo Silver

Richard Jones                                                  2004 Cayenne S Tan

Clennita Justice & Robert Bogle                      2006 911 Silver

James Klima                                                    2004 Carrera 91 Silver

Lloyd Leonard & Laura Reed (CCC)               1982 911SC White

Robert & Lora Loggie (CCC)                           2001 Carrera C4 Silver

Michael Lucek                                                 1996 993 Black

Ken Martin                                                       2011 GT3 Blue

Eric & M McLeod                                             2014 911 TTS Silver

Brian Mintun                                                    2005 997.1 Red

Patrick & Robert Mueller                                 2002 Boxster Gray

Colm & Bernadette Murphy                            2002 911 C4 Blue

Ronan O'Mahony & Blake Joerger                 2009 911 Blue

James & Kathy Paver                                    1985 Carrera Red

Phuong Quang & Anthony Yin                       2014 Cayman S White

Adam Reak (CAI)                                          1975 911S Red

Devan Rosdahl                                               2007 911 4S Silver

Thomas & Bev Schatzel (CAS)                      1978 930 White

Mark Solle & Susan Cook                               2005 911

Ronald Swenson                                             2010 GT3 Red

Tye Tolentino,                                                  2007 GT3 Silver

Scott Williams & Tei Baishiki                           2011 911 TurboS Black

Dave Wu                                                         2001 Boxster S Silver

Todd & Monique Armstrong    (SDO)             1979 911 SC

1986 944 Turbo

1979 911 SC  

Asim Khan (DIA)                                            1985 911 Carrera

Richard Park & Jennie Best (LVS)                 1987 911 Carrera Purple

1987 911 Carrera Black

2009 Cayenne Gray

1970 914-6 Orange

1984 911 Carrera Red

Roger Pujol (RED)                                          1972 911 Silver

Diron Scot, (DIA)                                             1996 Porsche Black

1997 Carrera Silver

Tom Unthank & Howard Whitney (SDO)          1986 911 Carrera

Congratulations to our June 2014 Anniversary Members!

The GGR Board would like to thank you for your commitment to PCA and to the Golden Gate Region on this anniversary of your PCA membership. You are among the 2,600+ GGR members from more than 15 countries and represent the bedrock of this organization. Committed members such as you continue to make us one of the largest and most recognized regions in the PCA world. We are proud to have you as members and thank you again for your commitment to GGR. We look forward to mingling/racing with you in the years to come.

45 Years - 1969

John Graham                                                 1964 356

Charles Petersen                                           1996 911 Carrera

35 Years -1979

Rodney Rapson                                              1992 968

Jeff Sellman                                                    1998 Boxster

30 Years - 1984

Ross Merrill

25 Years - 1989

Art Margolis

20 Years - 1994

JosephBerube                                                1985 911 Turbo

Richard Conway                                             1974 911

David Croom                                                   1958 356

Conrad Hauser                                                1982 911 SC

Ross Merrill               

James Ohl                                                       1997 Boxster

Roger Sheridan                                               1970 914-6

Larry Williams                                                  1989 911 Carrera

15 Years - 1999

Brian Fukumoto                                              1999 Boxster  

ClaudeLeglise                                                 2007 911 GT3 Carrera White

Angela Ling                                                     2003 Boxster S           

David Modderman                                          1983 944        

Hoss Rahnema                                               1995 968        

Steven Watson                                                1957 356 Black          

10 Years - 2004

Antonio Dias                                                    2010 911 Carrera S White

Douglas Rimer                                                 2004 911 Carrera       

5 Years - 2009

Robert Broome                                                2002 Boxster S Blue

Anawat Chankhunthod                                    2001 911 Carrera Silver

Elizabeth Ellis                                                                                    

Dan Lebedowicz                                             2008 911 Carrera Black

Garth Norton                                                   2004 911 Carrera       

StevenOliphant                                               2003 Boxster S Gray

Gary Satterfield                                               2007 Cayman S Black

Kim Schoknecht                                              2002 911 Turbo White

Peter Wert                                                       1999 911 Carrera Blue

James Yawn                                                                           

GGR Board of Directors

Meeting Minutes for May 21, 2014  

--by Bill Benz, Secretary 

--by Andrew Blyholder, Autocross Co-chair  

 The 2014 PCA Parade Autocross: Best Autocross Day Ever? 

 The Parade Autocross was broken into a two day event, with the Showroom Stock and Production classes running on Wednesday, and the generally quicker, Improved and Modified class running on Thursday. The showdown for Top Time of Day naturally occurred on Thursday and it was a spectacular, nail-biting drama right down to the last few runs of the day. And the players were almost all Bay Area locals: 9 of the top ten times were set by GGR, LPR, or Diablo members. That single, non-bay-area driver - he was 10th place. Even better, 4 of the top five were GGR members.

The Marina Autocross site from the air

What made it such a spectacular show was the diversity of machinery slugging it out:

2011 911 GT3 RS       Production 12 class (P12)       Monty Pack (GGR)

2011 911 GT3 RS       Improved 5 class (I05)            Jeff Barstow (Pacific Northwest)

2002 911 GT2             Improved 5 class (I05)            Rob Boynton (GGR)

                                                                                   Scott Fraiser (GGR)

                                                                                   Teresa Neidel-Mckee (Diablo)

2006 Cayman S           Modified 5 class (M5)            Steve Lau (GGR)

                                                                                    Peter Von Behrens (GGR)

1970 911                     Modified 5 class (M5)              Dave Dunwoodie (LRP)

1973 914-6                  Modified 4 class (M4)              Mike Koozmin (GGR)

1972 914-4                  Modified 2 class (M2)              Bill Charron (LPR)

These ten drivers and cars were separated by just 1.3 seconds. Any of them had a legitimate shot at the top time. But the machinery represents five different models, both mid and rear engines, both DOT tires and race tires, engine sizes from 2.4 liters to 3.8, original factory-supplied engines and engine swaps, factory street-tuned motors to full race prepared, and a forty-one year spread in age!

Monty Pack set up the drama, running in the penultimate run group. His best run of 37.52 looked very fast. But he's only in the Production classes. Surely that won't stand. All the zoomy Improved and Modified class cars had yet to run in the last run group. Surely the final run group would easily eclipse him.

The day had been clear and warm. Very pleasant by Marina standards. But as the last run group is gridding up, the typical Marina coastal fog bank was starting to push back inland, and the cold wind that comes with it was rising. A cooling track might work in Monty's favor.

The first runs were slow, but that's to be expected. These are all experienced drivers, multiple SCCA national championships among them, so they're no slouches at memorizing courses in the course walk. None of these drivers take "exploratory" runs. They're pushing hard from the very first turn. But they're starting out on cold tires, cold brakes. More speed will come.

Hans-Peter Porsche attended, graciously signing autographs, and race cars in Mike Koozmin's case

Steve Lau adjusting the rear sway bar

Ann Roth and Rob Boynton keeping the unofficial results

Keeping the tires warm

Steve Lau and Mike Koozmin are the closest and seem to have the best shot at topping Monty.   Both have been focused on this moment since last June. There isn't much to improve in a 915-6 race cars, so Mike's been concentrating on his driving, leaving early from our typical 7 to 10 run autocrosses, concentrating on wringing every once of speed from his car in just the 4 runs allowed at Parade.

Steve, on the other hand, has been busy building what the marketing department at Porsche won't let them actually build: a Cayman with a serious motor, swapping the Cayman's 3.4 liter engine for a 3.8 liter 911 motor, and gaining about 100 hp. in the process. However, this pushed the Cayman into the modified classes, and what Steve hadn't realized until the week before Parade, was that a roll bar is required in all Modified class cars. So he was up until 2 am the morning of the event finishing up that last detail. In the world of Parade autocross, there's no chance of your competitors not protesting you for missing a required safety item.

Last runs, last chance. But one by one, all the contenders were coming up short! Barstow's more modified GT2 RS - 1.1 sec. too slow. Peter von Behrens, warming the tires in Steve's car - 0.9 sec. too slow. Teresra Neidel-McKee, first of the Boynton GT2 co-drivers - 0.8 sec. too slow. Bill Charron's 914-4 - 0.6 sec. too slow. Rob Boynton finally breaks into the 37's, but still 0.3 sec. too slow. Rob's second hired gun, Scott Fraiser, bests Rob but is still 0.16 too slow.

The suspense was killing us! Could anyone match Monty? The edge of the course was lined with drivers, wait to see if Monty's time would fall.

Mike crosses the line...

...to gain Top Time of Day! But wait...

Steve crosses the line...

...and that's it: Top Time of Day at the Parade Autocross!

The victory photo shoot for Steve and Mike.

Andrew Blyholder

[email protected] 

Here's the schedule for the rest of the year: 

• July 19th, Saturday, Alameda
• August 16th, Saturday, Marina, Zone Event (LPR hosts on Sunday, Aug. 17th)
• September 21st, Sunday, Marina, Zone Event (LPR hosts on Saturday, Sept. 20th)
• October 18th, Saturday, Alameda
• November 15th, Saturday, Alameda

--by Tim Smith, Track Chair 

That Day Job! 

Bon App�tit!

John Celona

The Power Chef  

I was in the mood for some "pork'n'beans"--but most definitely not the usual canned variety. Something more out-of-this-worldly delicious. Here's the result! Takes some time to make, but so good and healthy too!  

Haricots Charcuterie   

All My Stuff

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