October 2024

Volume 66, Issue 10

Happy Birthday

PCA!, we’re celebrating our 69th anniversary.

From The Editor

Mike Willis

editor@svr-pca.org

Thanks to our Advertisers for YOUR

continuing support in 2024

And along the same lines John Mueller has volunteered to be our Adverting Chair.

Note any SVR member can submit articles to the Drifter for consideration for the good of the region. (Submit-al should be word DOC with attached or inserted images. )

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).

Please note text that is blue is a link. Also in some cases links in beaded in an image do not work by clicking on the image will have to "hand enter" them.

Also some of the event ads are also linked

When we use MSR (Motorsport Registration) all of those events advertised are linked to the specific registration. If the ad is an image then the click on it for the link.

Our Drifter Staff

Rik Larson, Proof Reader/Tickler

Skip Quain, Contributor

John Mueller, Advertising Manager

SVR Members - Event Chairs AND Contributors

 Rik Larson, SVR President

PDK (Pretty Darn Kwik)

October 2024

president@svr-pca.org



Got an Event?

·      If you are thinking about chairing an event in 2025, then be sure and plan to attend the 2025 SVR Planning and Pizza event on Thursday, November 7th. It will be held at the same place as last year (Round Table Pizza --- Madison and Greenback in Folsom).

·      And it only costs you $1 (payable at the door). We do request that you signup at MSR (no charge) so that we can have a people count. Registration is open NOW.

·      What do you get for $1? Pizza, salad, soda.

SVR Election

·      Yes, it is coming up.

·      Voting opens on November 1^st and closes November 20^th.

·      The candidate statements are elsewhere in this newsletter. The candidate statements are also up on the SVR website (click on the Elections tab………it is the one on the far right of the home page).

Final Porsches n’ Pints for 2024

·      Don’t miss this event on Thursday, October 17^th at River City Brewing in Carmichael. No reservation required.

·      And remember to wear your SVR name badge.

SVR Christmas Party (in the afternoon)

·      The Nelson’s are offering a unique Christmas event on Saturday, December 7^th at their garage.

·      Signups on MSR open on October 15^th.

·      Attendance will be limited to 100 people.

Name Badge

·      Remember to wear your SVR name badge to events.

Porsche 963 at Petit Le Mans

·      Yes, the Porsche 963 is in the running for the IMSA GTP championship.

·      The 10 hour race is being held at Road Atlanta on Saturday, October 12^th.

·      Porsche is leading Cadillac by 4 points. This is the 5^th and final event in the 2024 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup GTP Manufacturers series.

·      TV coverage begins at 9 am and finishes at 7:30 pm (NBC, Peacock, and USA). 

One thing I appreciate about the SVR community is their generosity. Dick MacFarlane has done an exceptional job as the Charity Chair in organizing so many events that have provided the opportunity for our members to give back to the community.

And most recently, Kelley Murphy took the baton in organizing our Chairty Auction with Ruth Stark and Tambra Kroetz. After many months of planning and promotion, SVR members stepped up to raise over $4,000 to benefit the Placer Veterans Stand Down group. Our generosity brought tears to the eyes of their representatives and will make a huge impact to their members. A huge thank you to Kelly, and to all of you who participated. Photos HERE.

On the lighter side, we also had a great turnout for Porsches and Pints at Loomis Basin Brewing. One of the owners, Jim Gowan, is a fellow Porsche-phile and staged the setup with his beautiful 997 Carrera. Next up is River City Brewing, the oldest still-operating brewery in the Sacramento region, for our October event. And...rumor has it that there could be a 'bonus' Porsches and Pints event added to the calendar in November. STAY TUNED!

Our SVR Juniors are not the only competitive folks in the bunch. Last weekend also featured the TSD Odyssey Rally, where the #1 car of Steve Long and Kent Langendorff took the win!

And finally, our September autocross event was part of the Zone 7 series, where drivers compete in various PCA regions vying for the top spot in class and pax. We have a number of SVR drivers who are in the mix for trophies, with 3 events left in the series.

Go SVR!

Message from the Tour Chair

By Rick Duste

Some of you know that I will be running for the Vice President position in the upcoming elections in November.  There has been an assumption that if I take on this role that I won’t be doing the Tours next year. Many of the Board of Directors/Officers wear multiple hats including chairing various committees that are responsible for executing events and support functions for the Club. I plan to continue with the Tours in 2025 albeit will welcome any help that steps up and offers to help.  

Thursday November 7^th is an important date to put on your calendar as it will be the annual Planning Meeting held at Round Table Pizza in Folsom.  We often get some of our best ideas thrown out at the meeting.  This year the day tours have generally been around 85 miles, 2-1/2 hours in duration, and try to have them end not too far away so the drive home isn’t too long.  I’ve been toying with the idea of doing an all-day event which could entail a much longer distance, lunch somewhere in the middle, roads we generally don’t get to see.  We will be planning a Ladies Tour next year which we will discuss at the Planning Meeting.  I’ve also had preliminary discussions with the Shasta Region about doing a joint tour somewhere north of I-80.  Generally overnight tours have been put on as a specialty tour organized and hosted by one of our members.     I welcome any feedback you have at our next Tour (Oct 5^th),

by email at Tour@SVR-PCA.ORG, or at the Planning Meeting.   

Nelson's Garage located at 2771 Ponderosa Road in Shingle Springs

Click on the above AD for registration

SVR Candidate Statements and Ballot for 2025-2026

The club will be electing a new slate of officers for the 2025-2026 terms and your vote matters in determining the direction of the club for the next 2 years. The board of directors is tasked with creating our events and managing the business of our club. Please take a few minutes to support the board by casting your vote. Voting will open on November 1^st and will close on November 20^th and will be done electronically via the following link:

https://svr-pcaor.org/wp/2025-2026-svr-board-of-directors-official-ballot/



https://svr-pcaor.org/wp/2025-2026-svr-board-of-directors-candidate-statements/

 Steve Long

SVR Membership

membership@svr-pca.org

Member of the Month Hank and Cathy Feenstra

 SVR and 356CAR members

join together for one great cause.

By Dick MacFarlane

Photo Dick MacFarlane

SVR Ride to Walk Project - YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sxtsufid_g

In the early morning of Saturday, September 7th, club members from 356CAR and SVR arrived at the Ride to Walk ranch in Penryn for a day of community service. Ride to walk is a unique horseback riding therapy program that was founded by Dr. Kris Korn in 1985. It is a Non-profit 501 (c)(3). Over the years the program has grown and cultivated distinct techniques that provide personalized , progressive therapy and recreation for children and adults with neurological conditions.

In August, SVR member and owner of NorCal Tree Management Mike Ritenour, had 3 volunteer crews go to the 20 acre ranch and cut down dead trees that were endangering the horse stables and riding arenas. Our mission this Saturday morning was to clean up the branches left from Mike's volunteers and clean out an overgrown drainage ditch to prevent flooding to the ranch this winter. One thing's for sure...we were all glad that we started early in the morning because by noon it was getting hot!  All the volunteers kept their cool however and with a few rest stops here and there and a lot of laughter, the job got done! Sure, by the time we finished we were all pretty darn tired but with our rakes, pitchforks and weed wackers in hand we all felt a sense of accomplishment.

We would like to thank Mike Ritenour and his employees for all the great work they did as well as the SVR and 356CAR members who came out that Saturday morning and earned the admiration of Dr. Korn and all the children and adults that her program helps.  

2024 Charity Auction Photos

by Colin Fat

https://click.pstmrk.it/3ts/photos.app.goo.gl%2FK17CtgnywctckyVB9/cP88/uF64AQ/AQ/f19bb987-f283-4ad5-a124-4a20d4d2527b/1/i6QLLR9KY8

August Autocross Summary

By Collin Fat,

Photos By Collin Fat

September Zone 7 Autocross

The club’s September autocross will be a dual region event on September 21-22^nd with SVR hosting the event on Saturday and our sister region, Redwood, hosting the event on Sunday. Registration for both events is now open but you must register for each event separately. To register for the SVR event go to: http://msreg.com/SVR2024AX7 and to register for the Redwood Region event on Sunday go to: Redwood Region Registration.

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

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 2023 SVR Membership Director, 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, 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