CIMMARON REGION PCA C I MARRON T RA I L AUGUST 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS In Every Issue Letter from the editor..............................................2 President's Perspective...........................................3 Club Contacts............................................................4 2018 Cimarron Board................................................5 Ladies Corner............................................................10 Membership Update.................................................18 Advertisers Index.....................................................19 Articles Autocross Update.....................................................6 Zonotes.......................................................................8 Events Rennsport Clinic.........................................................9 63rd Annual Porsche Parade..................................12 Bartlesville Cruise......................................................13 Octoberfast................................................................15 Upcoming Events.......................................................17
CIMARRON TRAIL LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Submission deadline 20th day of the month for the upcoming newsletter please. Send to: amanda@ammarketing.co By Amanda & Mi chae l McK i nney Our region was certainly highlighted in recent events! Thank you to each of you who submitted articles and information on these highlights. It was great to see this information. From the parade autocross results to Brian's yellow Porsche receiving honors, it's a good month for the Cimarron Region PCA. Don't forget that you, yes you, can submit an article and images anytime. Simply send them to the email listed and we would be happy to showcase your words and images of your car! Cheers, Amanda & Michael McKinney
PAGE 3 CIMARRON TRAIL PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE By J ason To l l i son Hello Cimarron Region members, Summer is heating up and so are the PCA activities. As you may have heard the 63rd Annual Porsche Parade at the Lake or the Ozarks ended a couple of weeks ago. The event offered many avenues of excitement and celebration of the great offerings the PCA has for our members. Our region had a strong showing of participants this year. I am looking forward to hearing stories from different perspectives of the event. It feels even more special having such significant gathering so close to our region home. The national board has been working revising some of the minimum requirements for the DE and Autocross for safety equipment. These changes are a result of studies of incidents and have a purpose of reducing or eliminating the chance of injury. These rules necessary for the club to maintain a level of insurance coverage to make it possible to host the events you enjoy. All the minimum standards, policy guidelines, and technical details are available on the national website www.PCA.ORG. The wording can be confusing when it covers helmet restraints, racing seats, etc. If you have any questions or need clarification of these standards we have several people in the club to assist. You can contact me or of our driving event chairs and we can help. I want to welcome all our new members to the region. We are happy you chose to join our car club. The PCA has a lot to offer, hopefully you will something you like with the events, cars, and people. This August we have a Driver’s Education at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit, A driving tour to the Price Tower in Bartlesville, as well as several auto cross events. Hope to see you there. Happy Driving! - Jason Tollison
PAGE 4 PAGE CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL CLUB CONTACTS JASON TOLLISON President presidemtcmr@gmail.com CHRIS HINES Vice President chines@ymail.com PHIL DOOLEY Secretary pmbd1594@gmail.com SHERYL PHILLIPS Treasurer JOY JONES Past President sherylsfarm@gmail.com Cimarron.events@gmail.com JEFF METCALF Driver's Education Chair hellometcalf@gmail.com RICK HARDMEYER Membership Chair rsh911@cox.net STEVE CANADA Social Chair scanada@mcgrawok.com JAY ANDERSON Sponsorship Coordinator jfa656973@gmail.com KATHY HUME Ladies Liaison GARY BERNARD loves2read12@cox.net Chief Driving Instructor/Webmaster gary@bernarddesign.com MIKE FUGATE Autocross Chair tnsmike@yahoo.com JON JONES Race Chair JENNIFER FUGATE Social Media Chair jonesjon843@gmail.com jenniferfugate38@yahoo.com
PAGE 5 CIMARRON TRAIL 2018 CIMARRON REGION BOARD Please welcome the 2018 Cimarron Region Board and Membership Chairs for 2018 President .....................Jason Tollison Vice President.............Chris Hines Secretary......................Phil Dooley Treasurer......................Sheryl Phillips Past President............Joy Jones Chairs Autocross – Mike Fugate Driver’s Education – Jeff Metcalf Driver's Education Registrar - Sheryl Phillips Membership – Rick Hardmeyer Social – Steve Canada Social Media – Jennifer Fugate Newsletter – Amanda & Michael McKinney Sponsorship – Jay Anderson Club Race – Jon & Joy Jones Chief Driving Instructor/Webmaster – Gary Bernard
PAGE 6 CIMARRON TRAIL AUTOCROSS UPDATE By Mi ke Fugat e 2018 Results #1 Counting 4-29-18 1 Wendell K 46.902 2 Bev C 3 Mike F 4 Joe H 5 Scot W 6 Gary B 7 Jennifer F 8 Brian T 9 Randy K 10 Paul J 11 Kent P 12 Bill J 13 Christina S 14 Kathy H 15 Rick H 16 Bruce L 47.882 48.059 48.164 48.219 48.330 49.240 49.855 50.430 51.268 51.346 52.538 53.789 54.803 56.194 58.705 #4 Counting 7-22-18 1 Wendell K 2 Scot W 3 Joe H 4 Mike F 5 Gary B 6 Bev C 7 Jennifer F 8 Brian T 9 Paul J 10 Scott H #2 Counting 6-3-18 1 Wendell K 2 Scot W 3 Joe H 4 Jennifer F 5 Mike F 6 Brian T 7 Kent P 8 George P 9 Bill J 10 Rob V #3 Counting 6-17-18 35.376 35.947 36.693 36.712 36.878 37.701 39.274 39.843 40.833 41.084 11 Christina S 41.285 12 Rick H 13 Rod N 14 Bruce L 15 Bill C 16 Kathy H 17 Jim E N 41.792 41.806 41.842 43.805 44.592 48.639 1 Wendell K 42.492 2 Scot W 3 Joe H 4 Carl H 43.448 43.649 44.148 5 Jennifer F 6 Mike F 7 Bev C 8 George P 9 Kent P 10 Robb V 11 Bruce L 12 Bill C 44.220 44.770 44.963 46.084 46.525 47.662 49.464 52.765 2018 Schedule 8-19-18 9-9-18 9-23-18 9-30-18 36.835 37.812 38.000 38.042 38.304 38.831 39.384 39.955 40.188 41.164 11 Christina S 41.680 12 Rod N 13 Kent P 14 Dan A 15 Rick H 16 Bill J 17 Bill C 18 Bruce L 41.775 41.779 41.792 43.012 43.051 46.739 47.249 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 10-14-18 C-9 10-28-18 C-10 11-4-18 11-18-18 C-11 P/MU P=Practice C=Counting P/MU=Practice/Make Up
PAGE 7 CIMARRON TRAIL AUTOCROSS AT PARADE RESULTS Three Cimarron Region members placed in the Autocross at Parade. Full results can be found on the official website: http://parade2018.pca.org/docs/Results/Autocross/2018ParadeAutocrossResults.pdf Class S070, 2nd place Gary Bernard 2006 Speed Yellow Cayman S Run 1: 31.960 Run 2: 32.705 Run 3: 31.493 Run 4: 31.100 Class S070, 10th place Bill Jacobi 2014 White Cayman S Run 1: DNF Run 2: 39.839 Run 3: 37.237 Run 4: 36.471 Class S07W, 3rd place Jean Kelley 2014 White Cayman S Run 1: DNF Run 2: 39.334 Run 3: 36.705 Run 4: 36.471 CONGRATULATIONS!!!
PAGE 8 CIMARRON TRAIL ZONOTES By J on J ones Fresh off PCA Parade 2018 at Lake of the Ozarks and it was a lot of fun. This was my first full Parade (Spokane last year was official duties), and since it was so close, my wife Joy and I decided to take in the whole spectacle. And we did, from volunteering at Concours, Rally, and Autocross, to Tours and the banquets, it was a great time. It takes an astounding amount of preparation and organization to get a successful event, and this year was no exception. My hat’s off to all involved, and especially to the 800+ volunteers who made it happen. As with most of PCA, without the volunteers, our events wouldn’t happen. Did I mention volunteering? I did, and I think I enjoyed this the most. Being a volunteer gets you up close to the action – the education alone is worth it. At the Concours, Joy and I were “timers and runners” – timing the judges inspection of each car assigned (5 minutes!), and running the score sheets up to the scoring tent. It was fascinating watching the judges do their thing, what they look for, what they don’t, and the consistency they apply to every entrant. At the Rally, we worked a checkpoint. This was a Time, Speed, Distance rally (TSD) with a set route and leg times established by the rallymaster. Those closest to the times for each leg score the fewest penalty seconds and do the best. A rally checkpoint is where the cars enter to get their time for the previous leg of the route. As the car enters the checkpoint, the time is recorded on the official clock. The car is then assigned an “out” time from the checkpoint and given a time slip with their official time recorded. All goes well if the cars come in one by one, but sometimes they come in as a clump – we had 6 cars at one time all getting their times processed. But it worked! It was great. At the Autocross we shagged cones, which was pretty mellow, but I was mostly impressed with the organization. Each of the five corner stations had its own pop-up canopy, a giant cooler full of waters and snacks, a red flag to stop the action, and we all got our own fluorescent vest to take home. Cool! Each volunteer shift we did was HOT. But it was all good since we were well supplied with water (Are you hydrating? Here, have a water – all common words throughout the week). Once our volunteer shifts were done, we did a driving tour up to the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO, played in the pool, rented a ski boat, and ate. And ate. Joy said she gained a couple of pounds over the week – I, of course, would never notice. Zone 5 members were well represented at Parade, and a special congratulations to Maverick Region’s Bill Orr for receiving the PCA Enthusiast of the Year Award. Well-deserved recognition for Bill’s tireless efforts on behalf of Maverick Region and PCA.
PAGE 9 CIMARRON TRAIL ZONOTES By J on J ones In addition, Longhorn Region’s R.J. Wilmoth and Linda Bosko received the 2018 Zone Rep Award. R.J. and Linda’s efforts at collating and cataloguing PCA and Porsche history are invaluable. Congratulations to all of the many Zone 5 award winners. And to top it off, it was so great to see James and Wendy Shoffit. After their many struggles last year, it was so nice to see these amazing fighters at Parade and doing so well. A tip of the old Porsche ballcap to them both – I admire their courage and grit. In sum, I would say Parade was lots of fun and well worth the time spent. While we may not go to Boca Raton next year, if you have the chance, don’t miss it. Wanna go racing? If you have the bug to see what it’s like out there on track, PCA offers a great opportunity to get you on the path to competition. It’s called Drivers Education and PCA does it best. DE is NOT racing. By design, DE is structured to allow you to develop your skills in order to experience your car in a safe, non-competitive environment. You progress as quickly or as slowly as you feel comfortable with. As always the goal is to have fun. Along the way, if you decide to take the next step, PCA is there for you. With the foundation of skills learned in DE, you can move up to PCA Club Racing. In fact, many drivers do just that – after experiencing a couple of years in DE they decide to turn it up a notch and get their Club Racing license. There are many ways to qualify for a PCA Club Racing license, but it is spelled out in the Club Racing rulebook that DE is specifically a pathway for getting a license. What a great opportunity! And something else to think about – PCA Club Racing now offers a Vintage Group! Run under the Club Racing Rules – all safety and equipment requirements apply – the Vintage Group is a lower stress environment for Club Racing. Many vintage organizations promote their events as more “gentlemanly” than other racing since the drivers are concerned with preserving their racing cars as well as driving them. And PCA’s Vintage Group is no exception. In fact, the Vintage Group was started by Club Racing in response to concerns from drivers about putting their cars into the Club Racing mix with Boxsters, Cup cars, and other fullout racers. Not that these other drivers are dangerous or “go for broke”, but there is always a chance of inadvertent contact in any racing series, including PCA. PCA’s Vintage Group puts all the vintage cars in their own run group with an extra level of care. There are lots of older Porsches out there sitting on the sidelines – PCA Club Racing Vintage Group is the place to be. PCA conducts its DE events with and without instructors, but they are always done with PCA insurance, and run by PCA staff. Having driven at other track events, we know that the level of safety, instruction, and organization at a PCA DE event is without peer. Other events may be cheaper but is it worth the risk? So check out a DE event near you soon, and if you get the racing bug, you know where to start. Each region has dinners, drives and other fun times for all of you, the members of PCA. Get out there and enjoy your friends and your Porsche!
PAGE 10 PAGE CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL LADIES CORNER The ladies of Cimarron Region met once a month on a Saturday. This is a time where all the ladies come together to enjoy a delicious lunch and even better company. We talk about life and Porsche events. All ladies are welcome! Please be sure to check the Cimarron Region website for all the many events we have planned for this spring. Ladies Lunches are on break until September If you are interested in the ladies activities, contact Kathy Hume at: loves2read12@cox.net (918) 636.4156
PAGE 11 PAGE CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL RENNSPORT CLINIC At the recent Rennsport Clinic, we had a great crowd of 30 participants! This clinic was provided by Brian Thomas and was incredibly valuable to all who attended. There will be a series of car clinics happening over the course of the next year. Keep an eye in future newsletters and on our website for more details. http://www.cimarronregionpca.org
PAGE 12 PAGE CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL WE MADE THE LIST!! One of our own member's cars made the official list of the "5 of the coolest cars at the 2018 Porsche Parade Concours! We are proud to share the article on Brian Thomas' yellow porsche. Congratulations Brian! Well deserved! 1995 Porsche 968 WHAT IS IT? The 968 was the swan song of the four-cylinder transaxle Porsche platform that started in 1977 with the 924. As is Porsche’s practice, outgoing cars are sent out with a bang and not a whimper. The 968’s 3.0-liter naturally-aspirated four-cylinder was a veritable factory outlet of torque. We’ll never see the likes of it again. WHY IS IT COOL? The styling updates that gave the car a family resemblance to the 993 and the 928 worked. It’s a very goodlooking car that has hardly dated an iota in a quarter-century. But continuing the theme of this piece, once again, it’s a unique color that sends this car over-the-top. It’s number seven of 10 U.S. 968 coupes in Speed Yellow. It works so well on this car, one has to wonder what 968 buyers were thinking back in the 90s. Just ten cars in this amazing shade? Seriously? And the owner still drives and autocrosses it. Check out the other 4 cars in the full article at: https://www.pca.org/news/2018-07-10/five-coolest-cars-2018-porsche-parade-concours
PAGE 13 PAGE CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL BARTLESVILLE CRUISE: SEPTEMBER Cimarron Region PCA Bartlesville Cruise and Dinner The Price Tower - Bartlesville, Oklahoma On September 8, 2018, join the Cimarron Region PCA (CRPCA) for a fall cruise to Bartlesville, Oklahoma and experience the Price Tower - Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative skyscraper that forever changed the Oklahoma horizon. The Cruise Join the Porsche cruise from Tulsa to Bartlesville taking the scenic route past ranches, tallgrass prairies, and wild horses. Cruise departure time and route will be announced closer to departure date. For cruise information, please contact Steve Canada at scanada@mcgrawok.com. The Visit Immerse yourself in the architecture and design of Frank Lloyd Wright. Take the historic tour of Price Tower which includes a visit to the restored 19th floor executive office of H.C. Price and the company corporate apartment. At the Price Tower Arts Center enjoy the growing collections and exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, furniture, textiles including a special exhibition of the Women of the West Juried Art show. An admission fee includes both a tour of the Price Tower and the Price Tower Arts Center exhibit. The tour is optional - feel free to enjoy yourself at the Copper Bar
PAGE 14 PAGE CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL BARTLESVILLE CRUISE: SEPTEMBER Cimarron Region PCA Bartlesville Cruise and Dinner The Price Tower - Bartlesville, Oklahoma The Dine Dine at the Copper Restaurant+Bar whose chef is the winner of the 2017 Wright Chef competition, Chef Jimmy Sanabria. Chef Jimmy was selected over 170 other applicants to win the Culinary Artist in Residence at the Price Tower. He left his work at the Four Seasons in Dallas to live at the Price Tower and transform his artistic culinary vision into reality. Located on the 15th floor of the Price Tower, you will enjoy an amazing new menu by Chef Jimmy. His innovative creations fuse art with food in a style as unique as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower. Seating is limited please contact John Blaesi by September 1, 2018 at fastbackreunion@aol.com. The Stay Enjoy all the experiences that Price Tower offers when you spend the night at The Inn at Price Tower. The Inn offers nineteen intimate, glass wrapped sleeping lofts meticulously designed by acclaimed New York based architect Wendy Evans Joseph and is truly a boutique inn experience. With a freshly cooked breakfast served on the 16th floor, guests can enjoy their morning coffee with breathtaking views of the Tallgrass Prairie landscape. Just think, how often do you get to stay in a Frank Lloyd Wright building? CRPCA has secured a block of rooms with special discounted rates being held until September 1, 2018. Breakfast is included and is complimentary with a hotel guests stay. For reservations at The Inn, please call 918-336-1000 and ask for the Porsche Club group rates. For more information on the Price Tower, the Inn, and the Copper Restaurant refer to www.pricetower.org.
PAGE PAGE 15 CIMARRON TRAIL CIMARRON TRAIL OKTOBERFAST 63RD ANNUAL PORSCHE PARADE JULY 8 - 14, 2018 Lake of the Ozarks at Tan-Tar-A Resort Phase l Registration Opens Monday, January 29, 2018 at noon ET Phase ll Banquet/Event Opens April 2, 2018 Go to pca.org to register
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PAGE 17 UPCOMING EVENTS August Cimarron Sizzler Driver's Education Date: August 4 & 5 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Register: clubregistration.net Autocross Date: August 19 (8am) Corporate Woods September Bartlesville Cruise & Dinner Date: September 8, 2018 Price Tower Tour and Driving Cruise Contact: Steve Canada at scanada@mcgrawok.com Autocross Date: Sept. 9; 23; 30 (8am) Corporate Woods
CIMARRON TRAIL MEMBERSHIP UPDATE Welcome New Members! NEW MEMBERS: Richard Cox, Broken Arrow, OK 1991 911 Turbo Ken West, Tulsa, OK 2003 911 Cab Please renew your PCA membership before expiration! Primary - 272 Lifetime - 1 Co-Member - 166 TOTAL = 439 Renewal rate for 2016 expiring members was (103 of 138) 75% YTD Renewal rate for 2017 expiring members was (132 of 159) 83% YTD
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