On the Masthead. The landmark is called the Red Canyon Tunnel on Hwy 12 in Utah. There were 8 cars on the caravan to Treffen with the Parras, Onetos, Fats (including Weyland), Majetichs, Lozitos, Simpkinsons, and the Aronsons from Diablo Region. See article below for the trip.

 Rik Larson, SVR President

·      With just 4 counties left in the red tier for the COVID situation, we expect to be able to move to the presentation of more events without many of the restrictions associated with gathering size, mask wearing, etc. Feel free to contact any board member with your ideas for an event. Because we do not have a Social Director, the entire board is functioning in that capacity.

·      I dropped by the AX school being held at Porsche Rocklin and was pleasantly surprised to see that almost all of the attendees had been in the region for less than 2 years (some only for a couple of days).

·      Also had the chance to meet the new general manager at Porsche Rocklin, Mark Meyer. Mark comes from the Niello Volkswagen facility where he was the general manager for the past 3 years.

·      60 people attended the dinner at Fat's Asia Bistro on May 18th. So much food --- many folks took home many leftovers. Thanks to Cookie Anderson and Collin Fat for presenting this event.

·      Jerry Alter reports that our 1st Saturday breakfasts are back on for Saturdays. The first one will be on July 3rd (yes, the 4th of July weekend).

·      Werks Reunion registration (Werksreunion.com) opens on June 16th. The location this year will be different that the past 3 events. And the Porscheplatz at the WeatherTech Raceway that same weekend is going to happen. You can get tickets at their website now. Parking will be in the Blue section at Turn 5.

·      We continue to seek volunteers to fill various positions. Our interim webmaster, Bill Fargo, continues to react quickly to our updates regarding events. And he is serving on an interim basis. We appreciate all of his support. Interested in serving as our webmaster? You can contact me anytime if you are interested in discussing any of the vacant positions.

·      Vice President Sally Boeck (see her article elsewhere) is looking for people to present events in 2021. The board decided to not have a planning session for events in 2021………we will continue to solicit events from our members.

You can check things out at    www.fiaformulae.com

People are gradually becoming accustomed to registering for events on MSR (msreg.com). It certainly saves time when you check in at an event. I, too, had to go through the process of setting up an account and electronically signing the speed waiver. It wasn’t too difficult. Don’t let this process scare you away. Each time you register for an event, it should get easier. Keep in mind that you only need to sign the speed waiver once for the year. If we are lucky, we won’t have to use the waiver next year for dinner meetings.

Jim Robison

Rallymaster

Redwood Region PCA is presenting a time-speed-distance (TSD) rally school on Saturday June 26 ^th at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park. The event is free and open to all PCA members, from any region. Preregistration is required and will be limited to the first 50 applicants (25 cars). You will be required to pay a $7.00 per car parking fee at Sonoma State University.

A TSD rally is a team event; each car will require a driver and a navigator. The objective is to follow the prescribed route and arrive at each checkpoint exactly on time, with points deducted for both early and late arrival. The correct arrival time is based on the official miles of the official route and the assigned speeds along the route. The job of the navigator is to read the route instructions to the driver and to perform the necessary calculations to determine if they are on time, running early, or running late. This short video from the Rainier Auto Sports Club gives a good description of TSD rallies.

School begins at 10:00 with one hour of classroom demonstrations and discussion, followed by a one-hour practice rally. Both drivers and navigators should attend.

Because we will be driving on public roads at legal speeds, a TSD rally is suitable for any car. An SUV or sedan is just as likely to bring home a trophy as a sports car. The only equipment you will need is a working odometer, clock and calculator (smartphone) and clipboard, pen or pencil. The video shows some sophisticated rally equipment, but none will be required or necessary for the planned, entry-level events.

Preregistration and completed online wellness screen are required prior to attendance. A link to the screen and parking instructions will be emailed the week before school.  Register at MSR at https://www.msreg.com/RallySchool2021

In addition to the rally school, Redwood Region has planned two TSD rallies.  Die Trockenbach Rallye will be a four-hour event on Saturday, July 24th, starting in Windsor and finishing in Healdsburg. The Devil’s Gulch rally will be a 6½ hour event on Saturday, August 28th, starting in Fairfax and finishing in Rohnert Park. Both rallies will be free and open to all PCA members or Porsche drivers. Awards will be presented to the top three finishers in each rally.

Fans of Ida Clayton Road will be disappointed; there are no dirt roads on either rally nor on the practice run.

For more information, contact Jim Robison at [email protected]

SVR Membership Report

Ken Shahoian, Membership Director

Over the decades, I’ve found a few common areas that can start, and continue, a conversation between Porsche owners. Probably across all levels of car enthusiasts, now that I think about it. Number one might be color. As we’ve found buying a Porsche is usually aspirational, a prospective owner is looking to fulfill an exact dream. Poster of a black 930 Turbo on your wall as a teen? A silver Boxster sitting on a lot where you were having your car serviced? That’s usually where it all starts.

But what about the GT3 you saw when out-and-about that is, well, what color IS that? All you heard the owner say was “PTS” or Paint To Sample. Yeah, it’s blue, but…… If you didn’t know, PCA now has you covered. One of the biggest undertakings by National in the past few years is compiling a color database. They’ve named it Rennbow, and you can access it at https://rennbow.org. Presently 509 unique colors are listed, from 1950 through 2022. (2021 and 2022 appear to be a work in progress.)

More than just a color database, the editors have devised a rating system—paint cans from 1 to 5. A “1” is a Porsche classic color, Guards Red, Arctic Silver, Black, White. “5” are called unicorns. Unicorns are Paint To Sample, or colors that for whatever reason didn’t become popular. Maybe we call them bold or polarizing. Say you’re looking for an old 911, and you come across a 1973 911 S in Linden Green. You’re probably looking at 1-of-1.

Head over to that site, use the drop down menus to see all the colors available for your model line and year. Maybe you’ll find an uploaded photo of the Lime Gold you could not locate on your 2013 Boxster search, and that will lead to you: 1. Happiness that you are the proud owner of the perfect Midnight Blue car you did buy, or 2. You are shortly preparing a For Sale ad to that hunt for what you know you absolutely want.

As you spend time looking around, and believe me it’s addictive, you’ll see models in colors you didn’t know were built. In poking around for a representative unicorn color, I clicked on Zanzibar Red. It was an optional color about 20 years ago, then PTS. It’s rated “4 paint cans.” But as you look at the uploaded photos, what stands out—a Carrera GT. Now THAT is Paint To Sample unicorn. So you never know what you’ll find.

The site is member driven, so feel free to upload the best you’ve got.

Editor Note: My first Porsche was a 1973 917 2.0 Sepia Brown. This was a paint to match color. I know of only 2 others in all these years.

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: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Meeting Date/Time:       Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Location:  ZOOM Video Conference (Due to restrictions levied by the state of California and COVID-19)

i.     Auto Cross - John Leet explain purposed budget and clarification on needs/adjustments.

f.       AX on Sunday, May 30^th

e.      Social Director’s Report --- vacant position

g.     Safety Chair Report --- vacant position

k.     Chair Reports

6.      Next Meeting: June 1st --- 1st Tuesday of the month

7.      Adjournment later than 9:08

8.      ACTION/FOLLOW-UP ITEMS:

Registration is open for our annual Autocross School,

as well as Autocross #2.

Marie Smith, May 27, 1915 – May 14^th, 2021

Marie Smith, age 105, passed away on Friday, May 14^th in Chico, two weeks before her 106^th birthday. Marie and her late husband, Marv, who passed away in 2010 after 64 years of marriage, were generous and dedicated members of SVR since 1967. She leaves behind her son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Vicki Smith, of Chico, CA.

Marv & Marie were major donors to our annual charity picnic, which was more of a “white elephant” auction with a little comic relief. Marv’s wooden art pieces were always a major share of our charity proceeds for many years. Their continuing donations from the 60’s through the 90’s, and a few years beyond, were invaluable to the club, and to many charitable organizations in the Sacramento area.

But do not discount Marie’s contributions, she was a fabulous cook and baker. She spent many hours baking cookies just for the auction. Her bags of cookies helped sell many of the most unusual ‘white elephant’ donations. Kirk and Larry Wilson got a lot of credit for being auctioneers, but they always had a secret weapon- Marie’s cookies.

A bare-bones history of her life: Marie was born in 1915 on a remote farm in upper Maine, somewhere close to Canada. She was the oldest of five children, and she was 5 years old when her mother did not recover from the birth of her last child and died a few weeks later. When I first met her in 1981, she learned that I had lost my mother shortly before high school, and it became a common bond we could always talk about, and we frequently did. It was so much more traumatic for her at age five, I can only hope talking about it helped her in some way.

During WWII, Marie had escaped or probably she just left the family farm for Rhode Island. She and Marv, complete strangers, just “locked eyes upon each other” one day while he was on shore leave from the navy. It was love at first sight for both. I will not tell her much saucier version of the story. She waited for him, the war ended, and he returned safely. They married, lived in Northern California for a few years, had a son, bought a Porsche, and joined SVR. They lived in Willows before buying a home in Roseville in 1968, and I may have the exact order of these last events completely wrong, I was not there.

I do not think Marie’s life began until the day she met Marv and they had 64 years of marriage, all but the last few happy, until Marv’s Alzheimer’s disease progressed beyond Marie’s ability to care for him. He was moved into a nursing facility which provided full time care. Kirk and I were moving back to Sacramento when he passed away in 2010. Marie was just devastated and would barely eat. Pat Wilson, MaryJane Johannsen, and a few of her other longtime friends started a monthly luncheon to get her out of the house and cheer her up. After spoiling Marv with her fabulous cooking for most of their lives, she would only eat hamburgers and fries. The first time she came to dinner at our first apartment, I bought a Julia Child cookbook and cooked rack of lamb, being just completely clueless. I could have served her a hot dog and she would have been thrilled to just be invited. She did inspire me to subscribe to a few food magazines and I found many easy recipes.

Worried about how depressed she was, I just started calling her up, and paying her little afternoon visits a few times a week. We sat in her family room, watched TV & the news, and talked for hours. We had rarely spent time alone over the years and I did not fully appreciate how smart she was, and at 95, she was still sharp, and still funny. The DMV would not renew her license, and her son sold her car. After a few years she started getting frail, and her son hired a health aide to come in and feed her a few days a week. He finally convinced her to move to Chico and she knew it was time.

At some point, she needed more care, and he settled her into a small, assisted living facility where she had a private bedroom and bath, and everyone gave her lots of attention. We attended her 100^th birthday party and made a few trips to Chico to take her out to lunch. At age 102, she went for a ride in a WWI plane with an open cockpit, and when a reporter asked if she enjoyed it, her reply was “I’m not dead yet!” They played it on KCRA all day.

Marie’s last few months were spent under hospice care, and I hope she died peacefully, and in her sleep. I realized a few days ago that after forty years, I am almost the same age as she was when we first met in 1981. Rest in peace, dear friend, we will always remember you.

Our 2021 track season is shaping up along these lines:

• July 3-4: Sonoma Raceway DE and Club Race (1ST GGR hosted weekend at Sonoma since 2008)

• 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 Event Updates:

Werks Reunion Monterey is on schedule for August 13^th with registration opening on June 16th. Due to Covid concerns and the safety of our members and all spectators, all participants must register prior to the event. There will be no walk-in spectators allowed. Also being held will the Porsche Corral and Hospitality tent at the Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca on the weekend, August 14-15^th. Volunteers are needed. Please send me an email if you are interested. You must have event tickets to volunteer.

Treffen Scottsdale was held over 4 days at the fabulous JW Marriott Hotel and Resort. There were 147 cars in attendance with some 280 in attendance. The volunteers of the Arizona region did a masterful job of planning and executing on some wonderful tours of the region and included 1) Sedona, 2) The Wrigley Home, 3) Distilleries, 4) Prescott and other spectacular sights in the Sonoran dessert. At the farewell banquet, Treffen chair Harry Season was thanked for his years of service in chairing the event by PCA executive vice president Cindy Jacisin. Harry introduced his successor, Alex Ching who will leading the next Fall Treffen at The American Club from October 13^th to 17^th in Milwaukee, Wi. Registration opens on August 4th and is sure to be another sellout.

Roy Schauben and Simone Kopitzki held their Phase 1 concours training session on May 16^th via Zoom. There were 54 students in attendance for the detailed presentation which covered 1) what is concours, 2) Zone 7 categories and divisions, 3) guidelines for judging, 4) guidelines for participants, 5) guidelines for preparation, and 6) a review of the scoring procedure. The dates below are for the Phase 2 hands on training. You must have completed Phase 1 training in order to participate in the Phase 2 training.

Due to the popularity of this school, an additional one-day in person school has been scheduled in cooperation with the Sacramento Valley Region on June 27^th at a private residence in the area. Registration is limited to 20 students. You can register at: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/zone-7-concours-clinic-judging-school-nelson-residence-pca-073413

Loma Prieta and Golden Gate regions held regional autocrosses at the Cow Palace on May 15^th and 16^th under overcast and somewhat damp weather conditions as drivers prepare for the next Zone events being hosted on June 26^th and June 27^th by both regions and which will be held at the Cow Palace.

A Zone course design course is in the works and will be led by Larry Sharp. We hope to have a date set for July so stay tuned. This course is designed to teach the basics of course design and is more suited to experienced autocrossers. The course will be held virtually. If you are an experienced autocrosser and would like to learn the basics of course design, don’t miss this event.

Part of the Rolex Monterey Historic races, August 14-15^th, 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 [email protected] to let me know your interest in helping out.

1)     Loma Prieta Region 50th (plus 1) Anniversary Gala, June 19

2)    Monterey Bay Region 60^th Anniversary, TBD

3)    Sierra Nevada Region Mammoth Lakes Tour, June 18-20th; email  [email protected]

        CANCELLED.

4)     Porsche Parade at French Lick, Indiana, July 11-17; porscheparade.org, Wait list

5)     PCA Werks Reunion, August 13; Monterey; werksreunion.com, Registration opens June 16th

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

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

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

Note that past Treffens have sold out in as little as one hour due to their popularity. Registration for the Treffens typically opens 3-4 months prior to the event. 

1)     Loma Prieta Region 50th (plus 1) Anniversary Gala, June 19

2)    Monterey Bay Region 60^th Anniversary, TBD

4)     Porsche Parade at French Lick, Indiana, July 11-17; porscheparade.org, Wait list

5)     PCA Werks Reunion, August 13; Monterey; werksreunion.com, Registration opens in June

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

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

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

9)    Sacramento Valley Region 60th Anniversary Celebration, May 7, 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.

We are 7 months away for our Charity Auction, but if your have any cool auctions items you would like to donate, I can get them now and store them until the event.

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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