Presidential Spin for December 2008 by Carla Boggess

Hello everyone-

As we close out 2008, I want to thank everyone for their support of the Club. This year has been an active one, and it has been great to see the Club grow and so many active members. I want to thank Richard Newton for the synergy behind the Breakfast Club, Gary Karnes and Marc Woontner for their organizational skills behind the success of Cars on Fifth, all the members who opened up their homes to host our potluck dinners, Suzanne Miller for the July Handsome Harry's champagne event, and Marc Woontner, Richard Newton, and Chris Branston for the planning and success of the November Photo Rally. A special thanks to everyone who came out for the Sweet Liberty sunset cruise. This is the second year that the cruise was at full capacity. A final reminder that the Christmas Party is coming up. Please send in your reservations as soon as possible, and anyone who would like to be considered for a Board position needs to get in contact with the Board to be added to the proposed slate of officers.Lastly, a sincere thank you to the Board members who have given of their time and friendship to help me serve the Club as President.

And to all, I wish you and yours a very happy and healthy holiday season.

Happy Driving!

Carla

Breakfast Club Update for December and January

The Breakfast Club is goint to two new places. This is the first additions to our schedule in several years. It should be a lot of fun to see two new shops.

December 13 Naples Motorsports, Inc.
1361 N. Airport Road
Naples, FL 34104
239.430.5655
http://www.naplesmotorsports.com/


January 10 Delorean Motor Company
9786 Bonita Beach Road
Bonita Springs, Florida 34135
(239) 495-8550

(877) DELOREAN

http://us.mc1114.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dmcflorida@delorean.com
http://www.dmcflorida.com/

Evergaldes Region Holiday Party

The PCA Everglades Region
Porsche Club Holiday Party
Club at The Strand
5840 Strand Boulevard - Naples

Saturday, December 6th, 2008


Semi-Formal Attire Suggested
Social Hour - 6:30 - 7:30PM – Living Room
Cash Bar & Hors d’oeuvres

Dinner Served 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Menu

Baby Field Greens, Red Zinfandel Poached Bartlett Pears, Maple Glazed Pecans, Crumbled Gorgonzola Cheese with House White Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

Entrees-Please select one per person

House Aged Filet Mignon, Blue Cheese Fondue
or
Hand Pounded Butter Sautéed Chicken Francaise, Pop Corn Capers and Sliced Lemon
or
Bronzed Chilean Sea Bass, Port Wine Mission Fig Reduction

Served with Potato Quiche and
Bouquet of Fresh Vegetables

Dessert

Strand Trio: Sugar Dusted Chocolate Chip Canoli, Ghirardelli Dark chocolate Covered Fresh Strawberry, and Caramel Flan on a Demitasse Cup

Freshly Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee, Herbal Teas, Iced Tea

Each table of 8 will be served Red and White Wine

Price per Person $48.00 includes gratuity

To Make a Dinner Reservation Please send $48.00 per person, the names of each person attending and indicate which entree (beef, chicken, or fish) you are ordering for each person to

2008 PCA Holiday Party C/O Pete Chehayl
3312 Lookout Lane, Naples, FL 34112

Include your Email so Pete Chehayl can acknowledge your reservation

Make your check payable to: Everglades Region PCA

Cut-off date is Saturday, November 29th

SPECIAL NOTICE

Each year we collect toys for children which are distributed through local charities. Please bring an unwrapped toy suitable for a boy or girl.





Directions:

Location: “The Strand Club House” Strand Boulevard off of Immokalee Road just west of I75. Take Exit 111 from I75 and go west to Strand Boulevard Approx ¼ mile (Shell Station) at light. Turn right and proceed to guard house to check in. Club is on the right approx. 1 mile after the guard house.

November 16th Photo Rally-Submitted by Gary and Arlene Thompson

Please sign in


Part of the starting grid



Ready to get started




Memorize those pictures



Ready to catch up on her sleep



At the finish



At the finish



912 Soft Window Targa



At the finish



At the finish- Who let the Mini in?



1989 Speedster



Collecting the Answers to the Rally Questions



Chris and Jennie Branston

Lunch at Royal Palm Clubhouse

Checking the answers

Fabulous Prizes

Chad and Courtney Ott


Our club’s first photo rally was a huge success thanks to the exceptional creative and organizational skills of Chris and Jennie Branston. Twenty three cars, 45 people and one dog drove throughout eastern Collier County guided by the Branston’s collection of nine photos to identify and 25 rally questions to answer about various points along the drive. Between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., we drove from Naples to Ave Maria to Everglades City and Chocoloskee Island, learning a little Florida history, enjoying the drive and being in our cars, taking in the magnificent day and loving the challenge of scoring high on this unique treasure hunt!
Our final stop was at the Royal Palm Golf Estates clubhouse in eastern Naples where we enjoyed socializing, a relaxing lunch and recognition time for the most observant of the group!

There is no doubt that everyone came out a winner that day, for all had a fun- filled, challenging time. Prizes donated by Porsche of Naples and PCA Everglades and were awarded to the top eight high scoring teams as well as our tail end scoring partnership.

1st Place: Courtney & Chad Ott
2nd Place: Tom & Chris Pilser
3rd Place: Michael Lenzer & Jennie Barker
4th Place: Peter & Corinne Wightman
5th Place: Carlos & Maria Vasallo
6th Place: Ron Hoffensberg & co-pilot
7th Place: Steve & Janine Jones
8th Place: Dan & Roberta Sussman
Last but not least Place: Bill Cunningham & Ken Fraser

Chris and Jennie, thanks once again for your outstanding work. Your time and effort are well recognized and appreciated. Without you, the day would not have been, and we would have missed something special. We want more!!

Porsche Rally on November 16th by Hendrik and Elly Bloksma

We had a great day on Sunday November 16th 2008 with some Porsche Club members.

Jenny and Chris Branston organized and invited us to this wonderful Porsche Photo Rally and 26 Porsche from Type 356 to GT 911 came together on this early Sunday morning 8:30 on the corner of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Airport Pulling.

The weather was beautiful, a little bit chilly, but a clear blue sky and it promised a magnificent day to be. After all the people had registered and paid the 25 bucks to Jenny, some took a coffee or pastry and discussed the welcome sheet and the paper of the rally route with copilots and other friends, then it was time to start.



The start


At the stop sign onto Vanderbilt Beach Rd. every body had to set his odometer to zero. We crossed Livingston Rd., under I-75, continued straight out and turned left on the Collier Blvd. By odometer 5.4 miles was the first question. Oh my god what means that “Three quarters less two here? “. 900 yards farther the second question. We had to find out the right direction, open our eyes for several questions and the pictures and we had to take care to the relatively strong traffic. The first stop had to be at odometer stand 30. Off the piazza Ave Maria. We stopped for a while and our troop of 4 – 5 cars drove off again.

The second time we had to set the odometer to zero was on Oilwell Rd. Again questions, again pictures. We drove almost south, straight over I-75, through the junction with US 41 straight over to Everglades City. Turned right on Begonia St., passed Speedy Johnson’s air boats and followed the road along the bank of the Barron river. What a nice place; real, cozy and small houses with boats in the backyard. Mostly, we led the group of the cars and directly behind us, Ron’s GT 911 with roaring sound. On the end of the street we arrived: Smallwood’s Store built 1906. A large house built on posts. We had no time to see all the nice things and the wonderful scenes. But we collected this on our to do list.



Should have worn ear plugs


We headed back to US 41 and always we had to look for pictures and to find the right answer to the questions.
At the junction with US 41 we turned west and we pushed for the third time the odometer to zero. Straight on the US 41 we arrived 18.8 miles at the Clubhouse of Royal Palm Golf Estates- the end of our rally for lunch. We lined up all our cars, took some pictures and discussed this beautiful event.



The finish


I made with my wife Elly sometimes for our Porsche Club in Germany Tours through Europe, sometimes also Photo Rally’s and we know how much work this is, time and ideas are needed to make such perfect trips.

We have to say, thank you Jenny and thank you Chris. You did a great job and it wasn’t so easy to find out all the questions and pictures, and it needs a lot of experience to create a rally like this.

We like the camaraderie in our club and hope it will be not the last event.

Hendrik & Elly Bloksma

November Potluck a Success

Thanks to Johnny and Ellen Harris for hosting the November Potluck Dinner at their home on November 15th. Susann Miller graciously donated a poster of a Porsche 917 for a drawing that was won by Bryan McNelis. The next potluck dinner will be in January at the home of Marc and Bonnie Woontner. The date will be posted when it is finalized.

Getting Started in Porsche Driver's Education Events

One of the most frequent topics people ask me is how to get involved in driving their Porsche on the track. There are two ways to do this: one is called PCA Driver's Education (DE), the other is PCA Club Racing. We will focus on DE since it is where to get started. Different regions of PCA host DE events at racetracks. In Florida the racetracks are Sebring, Homestead, Palm Beach International Raceway (Moroso), and Daytona. There are also events hosted by Florida Regions of the PCA at Roebling Road in Savannah. The Florida regions of PCA that host DE are Goldcoast Region (http://www.goldcoastregion.org/), Suncoast Region (http://www.suncoastpca.org/forum/) , Florida Citrus Region (http://www.flcitrusregion.org/), and Florida Crown Region (http://www.pcafcr.org/). The sites all link to pages regarding DE including rules, forms, and schedules. http://www.pca.org/drivers_ed/ is also a good source of information.



At a DE you drive your own car on a racetrack with a certified high performance driving instructor in the passenger seat as your coach. You don't have to be driving a Porsche to participate. Richard Newton and I often take our Corvettes. My Dad even drove our SUV once. Different groups of drivers based on levels of experience go out on the track at different times, usually for sessions lasting 25-30 minutes. There are generally 3-4 sessions per group each day. Novice drivers also have classroom time. You drive a pace you are comfortable with and you can speak to your instructor through a microphone in your helmet. Most clubs require you have to provide your own helmet, but you may be able to borrow one from a friend, and some clubs do provide loaner helmets. Check each club's site for these specifics.



There are usually over 100 drivers registered for these events. In order to register for an event you need to first set up an account at http://www.clubregistration.net/ and http://www.driverregistration.com/ . You set up an account with specific club affiliations (PCA, all Florida regions) and when you log in you will be given a list of upcoming events you can register for instantly using a credit card or paypal account. Some clubs use these sites to host registration for other events like socials, autocross, rallys, concours, etc. Once registered you need to print a tech form and a medical form. You can fill the medical form out yourself. Take the tech form to your mechanic and have them fill it out. You may or may not have to pay for this, but it should not be expensive. Once you get to the track for the event, you sign in and get a packet including the schedule. Then you have your car teched at the track. This is a 2 minute safety inspection by PCA volunteers. It is immensely less stressful to get to the track the afternoon before the track day so you can register and go through tech Friday instead of scrambling to get it done Saturday morning. The first session is generally on track by 8 am.



Everglades Region does not plan on hosting any DE anytime soon because there are not many region members that are active in DE right now, plus there are usually a lot of events hosted by neighboring regions, as well as Chin Motorsports (http://www.chinmotorsports.com/), Porsche-BMW Owners Club (http://www.pbocflorida.com/) NASA-FL (http://www.drivenasafl.com/), and Safe Motorsports (http://www.safemotorsports.com/). If more people want an Everglades Region DE, we could organize one in the future. Once the 2009 schedules for these DE events come out I will list them on the blog with relevant links.



We are in the early stages of planning an event where members interested in a track day can meet locally and caravan over to Homestead in March for a Chin Motorsports track day. You do not have to register with Chin. The group would drive to the track together, and meet at my trailer there. You would get to see what it is like at a DE and if you want to go for a ride on track you can by paying Chin $20 and getting the proper wristband. A passenger wristband allows you to ride along with any qualified driver in the advanced solo or instructor group. Lunch would be provided by our region.



If you have any questions about DE or would like to learn more, send me an email, turbojaeger934@yahoo.com

Richard Newton at Chin Motorsports Event

Richard Newton drove at Sebring with Chin Motorsports on the weekend of November 8-9th. He submitted these pictures for us. Although Richard is not in a Porsche it looks like a Boxster S driver is honing his race skills behind Richard in one photo, not to mention the black Ferrari Enzo at the back.

Membership Updates for November 2008

Welcome to PCA

Jack Farris – 2007 Cayman
Michael Lenzner – 2008 Cayman
David Pendergast – 1999 911
Tom Pitser – 2005 Boxster
Michael Strunk 1988 911
Gary Yeoman

Welcome to Everglades Region

Yolanda Cannon – 1996 911
From Fox Valley Region
Ronald Hopfensperger – 2004 911
From Fox Valley Region
Malcom Youngquist
From Connecticut Valley Region

Please note, when you changed your email address please send update to, ThompsonConsulting@att.net

Fourth Quarter Board Meeting Minutes

AGENDA

4th Quarter Board Meeting Minutes
Saturday, October 25th
10:00 am – 11:45 am

Present:

Carla Boggess
Johnny Harris
Pete Chehayl
Richard Newton
Ron Howard
Bill Hutchens
Gary Thompson
Chris Branston

Absent:

Elizabeth Newton
Bonnie Woontner
Cory Samuel

I. Called the meeting to order at 10:15 am
II. Approval of the minutes from the last meeting
III. Treasurer’s Report-$9,116.37
IV. Name Tags-update from Gary Thompson-update Club members that name tags are available through membership for a price of $10.00.
V. Christmas Party-invitations should be returned to Pete Chehayl and checks made payable to Everglades PCA
VI. Trophies-Sandy and Shirley Gove; retiring President-Carla will order
VII. Scholarship-$1,000 Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology Foundation for the use of automotive training scholarships; Bill Hutchens is on the Board at the school and will coordinate the presence of school administration for presentation of scholarship at the Christmas party
VIII. November venue – Johnny and Ellen Harris will host a potluck on Saturday November 15th
IX. Collier museum – update from Ron Howard; postponed for next year but Ron will follow up for tentative date
X. T-shirts – Pete Chehayl will take over polos along with T-shirts
XI. Newsletter Editor – Ron and Amy Howard will takeover from Cory Samuel
XII. Festival of Lights - Corvette Club – referral from Gary Karnes; corvette club has decided only to admit GM cars
XIII. Zone 12 Autocross Challenge – Bill Hutchens/Ron Howard
XIV. Meeting adjourned at 11:45 am

Photos From The Breakfast Club November 8, 2008

Porsche Photo Rally

PORSCHE PHOTO RALLY

DO YOU ENJOY DRIVING YOUR PORSCHE?
WANT TO SEE MORE OF THE FLORIDA BY-ROADS?
ENJOY THE LOCAL SCENERY ?

If you answered yes ….. then come out for a fun filled scenic drive on the byroads of East Collier (about 100 miles maximum ) You will exercise your mind solving picture and cryptic clues along the way - so it will help to have a co-pilot! At the end of the rally lunch will be served and you can take the opportunity to talk Porsche and kick tires! You might even win a prize!

Details for the Porsche Photo Rally on Sunday November 16th 2008:- Starting at 9am.
Meet in Naples Walk, North Naples (corner of Vanderbilt Beach Rd and Airport Pulling Rd ) at the east end of the Publix Carpark to receive instructions, have a coffee and pastry before setting off.

Cost: $25 per car (lunch included)
Register to enter - please contact either:
Gary Thompson - thompsonconsulting@att.net Or
Chris Branston - cbran62643@aol.com (239) 598 4978

November's Potluck Dinner

Johnny and Ellen Harris cordially invite the PCA Membershipto a Potluck Dinner

Saturday, November 15th at 7:00 pm

Please RSVP to (239) 262-5697 with your dish and number of guests

1526 4th Street South in Aqualane Shores off of 3rd Street South

Chasing Classic Cars

We recently got a new home theater system, from fellow PCA member Greg Biehl's company, Innovative Lifestyles, and now can watch HDTV. This has allowed us to catch episodes of Chasing Classic Cars on Discovery HD. CCC is a show about an old friend of ours, Wayne Carini. We first met Wayne in the early 1980's after my mother's 928 was rear ended. Wayne runs one of the best restoration shops in the country, F40 Motorsports (http://www.f40.com/). My 1978 930 has been there for 3 years now undergoing a full restoration. I recently shipped my 1994 3.6 turbo there for a restoration as well. Wayne assures me the 930 will be done by the end of the year. We shall see.

I saw Wayne over the summer and he was being followed around by a film crew. He gave me DVD's of the episodes that had been filmed so far, since we did not get HDTV at the time. CCC follows Wayne as he goes to auctions to buy and sell cars, travels to remote locations to try and procure rare cars, and follows the restoration work done in his shop in Portland, Connecticut. In one episode, "Herb's Ferrari", you can see my 930 in the background of the shop. New episodes air Tuesdays at 10:30 pm, with the previous weeks episode repeated at 10:00 pm right before the new episode. This weeks new episode, "Hunt for the Davis" features a 3-wheeled car called the Davis that Wayne showed us when we were at his shop over the summer. Episode 9 is titled "Porsches Porsches Porsches" and should air November 25th at 10:30 pm. The website for the show is http://turbo.discovery.com/chasing-classic-cars/chasing-classic-cars.html . Clicking on Tune In gives you the program schedule for CCC.

Welcome to the new Evergaldes Region PCA Blog

The Everglades Region PCA has decided to leave behind the old Gator Tales Newsletter and start a Gator Tales Blog instead. This is the first time I've used a blog, but Richard Newton assures me this is the way people do things in 2008. I'm not sure what all a blog can do, but I'll guess we will figure it out. Thanks to Cory Samuel for putting together the Gator Tales after Shirley and Sandy stepped down. At the last board meeting on Saturday October 25th, I volunteered for myself and my wife, Amy, to edit the newsletter. I am always volunteering Amy for things. Since the last Gator Tales newsletter was mailed out in late October, we wanted to have the first edition of the blog ready to go the second week of November, and plan on having monthly updates by the last week of the month. We will then send a reminder email to the membership of the Everglades Region with a link to the blog. Please be patient with us and feel free to send me any comments or items you would like included in the blog. My email is turbojaeger934@yahoo.com

Presidential Spin by Carla Boggess

Hello everyone-

Season is in full swing, and I hope everyone got a chance to visit downtown on Halloween night. The Club had a nice turnout at Campiello, and there were some interesting characters out and about. This month Johnny and Ellen Harris have graciously offered to host a potluck dinner Saturday, November 15th at 7:00 pm. Please make your reservations as soon as possible so that they can plan accordingly.

We also have the Photo Rally this month so we hope everyone will take advantage of the great weather and enjoy sharing their cars.Once again, just a reminder to send in your Christmas Party reservations and anyone interested in joining the Board, please contact me at cbpkoliber@aol.com so that we can include your name on the slate of officer candidates.

Best wishes for a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Carla

Third Annual Oktober-Fast at Daytona International Speedway

The third annual Oktober-Fast PCA club race was held at Daytona International Speedway on October 10-12, 2008. I packed up the trailer and the entire family and we arrived in Daytona with dark clouds and thunderstorms. As Amy and I unloaded the GT3R from the trailer and put it in the garage, the voice on the loudspeaker said to batton down the garages because tornadoes were spotted on the ground nearby. A torential rain broke out. We were soaked, but no tornadoes were seen. The kids in the truck thought it was quite funny- mom and dad closing up the trailer in the rain. Luckily the weather cooperated the rest of the weekend. There were two race classes, the red and blue groups, and the DE group. We were driving on the Rolex 24 course that utilizes all 4 Nascar corners, plus the infield. The three groups alternated time on the track over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There were a total of 40 of us registered for the DE group. It was supposed to be all Porsches, but somehow an old Firebird racecar, a Ford GT, a Nissan GTR, and a new M3 got out there with us. There were a lot of drivers meetings for the DE group, led by Ron Zitza. Early in the weekend the passing zones were restricted, but as everyone got more comfortable, they were expanded. As my confidence grew I began to carry a lot more speed through the banking and was seeing 165 mph after the start finish line before braking at the "1" marker and downshifitng for turn one. There were a few incidents in the DE group including a GT3 that was in front of me in Nascar turn 4 when his right rear tire blew out and he went into the wall at the top of the banking hard. There was debris all over the track. I was able to get some braking done from 140 mph and went straight through what looked like the least amount of debris high on the track. After a careful inspection of all 4 tires and the underside of my car, I was able to determine I did not pick up any debris or do any damage to my car.

The rest of the weekend was not nearly as exciting, but we got to watch the red and blue groups race, buy Porsche t-shirts, hats, stickers, etc from the vendors that were there, and eat the usual tasty track food. The weekend was sponsored by Porsche of Melbourne and they had an assortment of new Porsches there including some PDK equipped cars which could be test driven on the small handling track just inside turn 4. It was good to see my DE and club racer friends and all the Porsche owners who came to Daytona to watch the racing. Oktober-Fast is defintitely something I will be adding to my calendar to do each year. Another event coming up at Daytona that a lot of PCA members are going to is the Audi Club Nationals December 11-14, 2008.