Porsche Experience Center Atlanta Porsche s Home in North America. Visitors welcome.

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1 COMMEMORATING PORSCHE FELLOWSHIP IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION RMR.PCA.ORG November 2016 Porsche Experience Center Atlanta Porsche s Home in North America. Visitors welcome. This Month: Nominated Board Member Bios Treffen 2016 Recap! A look inside the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta

2 BELCARO PARK Premier location on The Circle 3433 E. Kentucky Avenue Display Advertising The print version of the award-winning HighGear is mailed to 1,500 households and reaches nearly 2,500 members! Please contact the RMR Newsletter Editor to explore promotional possibilities for your business or event in RMR s magazine: newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com Advertising rates (monthly) Note: all annual contracts receive a 10% discount Size (W x H) Placement Color B&W 11 Show Us Your Car! Vol. 58, Edition 10 October 2016 Editor: Russ Rydberg Asst. Editor: Bill Terry Features Treffen Lake Tahoe 17 Visiting the Porsche Experience Center PERFECT AS IS, MODIFY OR SCRAPE WITH THIS PROPERTY YOU CAN DO THEM ALL Full (8.5 x 11 ) Full (8.5 x 11 ) Full (8.5 x 11 ) outside back cover inside front cover inside back cover $400 - $350 - $325 - In The Werks 8 Membership Social at Wine Country Motor Sports Board of Directors Nominees Gorgeous, Mid Century Modern Home in Meticulous Condition on the Premier Circle in Belcaro. Spacious Rooms, Big Windows, Interior Brick & Flagstone Accents. This South Facing 18,267 SF lot boasts a home that is perfect as it is now or could be a Buyer s Contemporary Dream. Sexton Lawton has collaborated to create a Modern Living Experience that optimizes the light, location and structural integrity of 3443 E Kentucky. Plans ACC & Belcaro HOA Board approved and are included in the sale. Current Residence: 2253 SF of Single Floor Living 2527 TSF 18,267 SF Lot 2 Ensuite Bedrooms + Study 3 Baths Oversized 2 Car Garage Sexton Lawton ACC Approved Design offers: 4149 SF of Single Floor Living 5903 FSF 18,267 SF Lot 5 Bedrooms 6 Baths 2 Car Garage + Car Port Fireplaces Skylights Disappearing Glass Doors for Indoor/Outdoor Living Price: $1,545,000 *additional details available upon request Full (8.5 x 11 ) Half (8 x 5 ) Half (8 x 5 ) Quarter (4 x 5 or 8 x 2.5 ) Sixth (2.5 x 5.5 ) Eighth (4 x 2.5 ) interior page inside back cover interior page interior page interior page - HighGear is printed in Englewood, CO by $300 $200 $230 - $200 $125 $115 $70 $50 interior page - $40 Departments 3 Advertising Rates 4 Board of Directors 4 Region coordinators/technical resources 6 Presidential Thoughts 8 Members Corral 9 Upcoming events calendar 10 Zero to Sixty 16 In the Zone 27 I Get Around 30 Classifieds 33 Advertiser index 33 What we do Cover photo: Russ Rydberg Editor HighGear (ISSN ) is the official magazine of the Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America (RMR/ PCA) and is published monthly. Non-RMR subscriptions are $35.00 per year. The opinions and views appearing in HighGear are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the RMR/PCA, PCA National, or this magazine as an official RMR/PCA publication. Additionally, none of these organizations nor this publication assumes any responsibility for the accuracy of material provided by individual writers and contributors. HighGear entire contents copyright 2015 by Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America, Inc. All rights reserved. Articles and photos are the copyright of their respective creators and are used with permission. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to PCA National Office, P.O. Box 6400, Columbia, MD Periodical paid in Lafayette, Co and additional offices. HighGear is produced at 7560 Urban St., Arvada, CO, HighGear editor Russ Rydberg recounts his opportunity to visit the Porsche Experience Center and shares his photos! DAN FEAD & STACY RESOP 2 D , dan.fead@sothebysrealty.com S , stacy.resop@sothebysrealty.com NOVEMBER

3 Region Coordinators CAMA Representative Walt Fricke: , Charity/Good Works Florence Mackin: Chief Driving Instructor Dan H. Carlson: , Control Chief George Strimbu: , Equipment Keith Hall: , Goodie Store Chair Mike Hebert: , Historian Amy Legg-Rogers: , Insurance Troy Nakatani: , Programs/Socials Erik Behrendsen: , Registration Nancy Warren: , Safety Scott Henderson: , Tech Inspection Hank Padilla: , Timing Doug Bartlett: , Webmaster Scott Rogers: , Zone 9 Representative Liz Shaw: , lizshawsf@msn.com Technical Resources Jim Kellogg: , twingril62@aol.com Dave Stribling: , davestribling@prestigeimports.net Rob Heath: , robheath912@gmail.com Dale Tuety: , d2t@aol.com Dan Semborski: , dansemborski@yahoo.com 928 Volunteer to be the RMR 928 specialist and help others! Richard Winnick: , rewinnick@cs.com Zach Schroeder: , info@poudresportscar.com Boxster/Cayman Doug Bartlett: , doug@dbartletts.net Cayenne GT2, GT3, Cup Cars Chris Cervelli: , chriscervelli@msn.com RMR-PCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Monthly board meetings are always open to club members. See the list of upcoming events for schedule. You may contact the entire board at board@rmrporscheclub.com. To volunteer to be an RMR Board member, submit your intent by September so the Nomination Committee can add you to the ballot in November for club voting in November. Most positions are two-year terms. President John Mackin president@rmrporscheclub.com Vice President Rick Seiferth 1stvicepresident@rmrporscheclub.com Second Vice President Jim Thorburn 2ndvicepresident@rmrporscheclub.com Treasurer Blair Whitaker treasurer@rmrporscheclub.com Secretary Mark Taylor secretary@rmrporscheclub.com Membership Chair Holly Jackson membership@rmrporscheclub.com Newsletter Editor Russ Rydberg newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com Would you like to get involved? Do you want to be a part of the team? Do you like to see color photos in this publication? Do you have a gift for sales and marketing? We are looking for an Advertising Coordinator to help increase the amount of income generated through advertising sales in the HighGear publication. More advertising dollars means more pages in the newsletter. More information for the members of the club, and more color photos to enjoy! If you are interested, please contact the editor at newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com Past President Jim Widrig Zach Schroeder: , info@poudresportscar.com pastpresident@rmrporscheclub.com 4 NOVEMBER

4 Pres OCTOBER MARKED THE END of our driving events. By the time you read this the last Driver s Ed and Autocross will have been completed. I did not spent much time in Colorado during October for a several reasons and had therefore missed many of our events. We were in the Boston area for about two weeks for the birth of our third grandchild. From there I went to Spokane, Washington to start work on the 2017 Parade. I was also back east for the last week of October. I found the Spokane area very interesting and I think it will make for a good Parade. It is a city of about 200,000 in the city proper. The hotel for Parade will be the Davenport Grand right across from the Convention Center where several of our Banquets will be held. The Convention Center sits right on the banks of the Columbia River. The Welcome Party will be on a Terrace overlooking the River. Next year will be quite a different Parade from this year at Jay Peak which was a relatively isolated ski resort. Being in the downtown area, there are many good restaurants and bars within walking distance of the hotel. The local region is pitching in and developing some scenic tours of the area. This is also a wine producing area so there should be some good wine tours. I think it should be a fun Parade! We are working on the schedule of events for next year. Our HPDE dates at High Plains Raceway next year will be: May 5-6, June (club race), July 15-16, September 9 10 and October 7-8. We will be filling out the rest of the schedule after we have our Annual Joint Board Meeting with AMR on November 5th and analyzing this year s results on with a special Board Meeting on November 19th. We are working on preparations for a Christmas party in conjunction with AMR. More to follow. Presidential Thoughts John Mackin, President Porsche Experience Center Atlanta Photo by Russ Rydberg, Editor Oktoberfast pictures and notes by David Allen I WAS FORTUNATE to be able to drive with your club over the weekend at Oktoberfast. You served up some awesome weather, high quality instructors, and a welcoming membership. Thank you. This is my third visit to HPR with your club; my father, Bill, drives a 2003 Boxster S that he and I share when I m able to make it out there. It s not a one-sided deal, as he comes out east to my home in CT once a year to drive one of the tracks on the other side of the Mississippi in my 2012 Audi S4 Watkins Glen this August, and VIR last fall.

5 Pres FALL COLORS HAVE BEEN out in force! Driving around our roads, either in the mountains or even around town, has been very colorful. Mother Nature has provided some great backdrops for pictures of our cars. Have you sent any to our Newsletter Editor? Maybe you will find one of my car in this issue! Keep an eye out! Events have now slowed down as we head into colder weather and the holidays. It is a time when we look back on the fun we had and plan for next summer s driving season. Planning has already started! The Board, the Social and Program Chairs, Driving Instructors and chairs, and many others are currently working on the details. Would you like to be a part of an event? You can help with many or just one! Just send an to me of what event(s) you would like to help with. This is the time to focus on getting your car ready for the winter. Some of you will prepare your garage queens for their winter hibernation, while others will put on winter tires and take on the snow! Either way, we show our cars the TLC they need. Just remember, even though your car may be tucked away in the garage while the snow is on the ground, don t let this stop you from coming out in your winter driver and join your fellow club members! Just know that I am an owner of a garage queen and often drive something non-porsche to a winter club event. I do miss driving my queen ; however, I enjoy the company of our club members so I still show up! Get up-to-date information on the latest events on our club website, rmr.pca.org, in your , on Facebook, and in every issue of HighGear. Our region is currently the 13th largest of all the regions! We really rely on you to inform your friends and family about our club of Porsche enthusiasts. NAME BADGE ANYONE? Members Corral Holly Jackson, Membership Chair If you ordered a name badge back in March, please send me an ! membership@rmrporscheclub.com. If you don t have a name badge and would like one, please me the form found on our web page: rmr.pca.org. Do you know someone interested in joining? Bring them along to an event! We would love to have a larger family of Porsche enthusiasts! Alice Ashmore, Loveland, CO, Carrera Ryan Bennett, Northglenn, CO, GT3 David Chance, Littleton, CO, 2013 Boxster S Matthew Cooke, Boulder, CO, Carrera David Cutlip, Thornton, CO, Carrera Cabriolet John Jameson, Arvada, CO, Carrera Joseph Knight, Aurora, CO, Carrera 4S James Lapin, Denver, CO, Carrera 4 Matthew McGinn, Denver, CO, 2000 Boxster S John McPherson, Centennial, CO, Boxster November 3 Rick Mohr, Fort Collins, CO, 2005 Boxster S Anthony Nervais & Annie Whitaker, Greeley, CO, 2001 Boxster Richard Payne Jr. & Mary Poll, Loveland, CO, 2006 Cayenne Turbo S C. Michael Reider, Fort Collins, CO, Carrera Rand Richards, Morrison, CO, 1999 Boxster Scott Rogers, Parker, CO, 2007 Cayman S Leo Sands, Wheat Ridge, CO, Carrera 4S Scott Weiss, Boulder, CO, Carrera S Ryan Wood, Eaton, CO, 2005 Boxster, 1998 Boxster, Upcoming Events Calendar 6:00 p.m. RMR Membership Social Wine Country Motor Sports Englewood, CO September New Members November RMR-PCA Membership Social at Wine Country Motor Sports! This month s Membership Social is hosted by Wine Country Motor Sports. There will be: Beer and Wine Finger food and Porsche goodies! Come join the fun and enjoy the company of your fellow club members! Thursday, November 3rd 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. 14 Inverness Drive East Englewood, CO 5 12 December :00 a.m. Cars & Coffee Car Show Lafayette, CO 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Club The Perfect Landing Restaurant at Centennial Airport Pikes Peak Hill Climb Experience Colorado Springs, CO Following the Breakfast Club AMR Holiday Party Johnny Martin s Car Central Colorado Springs, CO 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Club The Perfect Landing Restaurant at Centennial Airport 8 All dates subject to change. For a comprehensive list of all upcoming RMR events, click the Events link at rmr.pca.org!

6 Pres THIS PAST MONTH found me flying to Hartsfield -Jackson Atlanta International Airport to visit the Porsche Experience Center and all it has to offer. You will find my account of the trip on page 17 of this issue with photos on the following two pages as well as elsewhere within the publication. Dan Carlson, our lead CDI, also had the opportunity to visit One Porsche Drive, and his story and photos are also included. I highly recommend taking the time to make this journey as you will not regret one moment of your time there. My opportunity was a gift from Lance Dickson at Stevinson Imports, and I cannot thank him enough for thinking of me in this way. I also want to give a shout out to Megan and Craig, two of the customer service representatives at the Porsche Experience Center. They truly made my visit painless and smooth, and the tour put on by Craig was outstanding. I hope you enjoy my recollection and photos and they persuade you to experience this for yourself. Zero To Sixty Russ Rydberg, Editor WANT TO VOLUNTEER? We are alway looking for poelp to help out in various areas of service within the club to lighten some of the work load for those who have already taken the plunge, If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact us at newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com or board@rmrporscheclub.com. The members of the board and I look forward to welcoming you as a new volunteer! Show Us Your Car! You have found the greatest group of car nuts on the planet. Our monthly meetings are loaded with food, beverages, networking with like-minded Porsche People and much technical and social camaraderie. Some of the venues we ve been to before, and some places are new to us. All are interesting and fun. It s all about the people. We all share the love of anything Porsche-related. From real racing or just driving fast in a controlled environment like on the track or autocross, to meeting a mechanic or owner of a car just like yours for a chat about problems and solutions, to washing and waxing in preparation for the weekend tour or car show, you ve found the most precious resource for the care of your car and hobby. Show us your car! Let s see your smiling face! How about a photo of your garage queen s throne room! Share photos from your favorite drive; share the story of your hunt for the favorite car; share the triumph of your first rebuild. That story and those pictures are worth immortalizing in print. We ve all been there; maybe you re experiencing the newness of that first special car. Perhaps you re climbing the ranks in a competitive series of races. Have you found the perfect wash and wax routine to deliver the trophy? (Some secrets are worth sharing.) The point is that the club s members are its true strength. Your membership is your key to unlocking the wealth of knowledge and friendship the club represents. The membership socials are the first step to a deeper understanding, a deeper relationship with your vehicle. Come share the experience! Photos by Russ Rydberg, Editor Letters to the Editor This month s contribution comes from our own Holly Jackson. Holly is a member of the Board of Directors and is also your Membership Chair. She also provides a tremendous amount of help to Erik Behrendsen with the club s social events. Great job with the HighGear magazine! I have been a Porsche owner for many, many years and a RMR club member since In the good ol days (okay, I m older now), we Porsche owners would eagerly greet other owners on the open roads with a quick flash of the lights and/or a welcoming wave. Since there aren t many Porsches on the highways vs other models, it was (and for me is ) fun.but in the last few years my flashes and waves have been met with no response in 80% of the cases. In town theres simply to much going on around us; on the open road, I d like to revive the old save the wave for my fellow proud Porsche owners. I ll keep trying and hope it catches on again. Kent 996 Turbo Boulder I was wondering about something. So I am pretty much excited when I see a Porsche out and about. However I have noticed that the drivers totally snob me. :-( Too much to give a friendly look and a nod? I don t know? Too sensitive? :-) Cornelia Runyon via Facebook Upcoming Event The new Pikes Peak Hill Climb Experience November 12th What: A guided tour of the museum and the history of the hill climb, with the men who made the history! When: November 12th 11:00 at the museum, or caravan to the museum from Perfect Landing after the PBC breakfast. Where: 11 Lake Circle, Colorado Springs, Colorado Who: Chris Lennon, Robert Prilika, David Donner. Why: Because we are lucky! RSVP: Please tomradow@comcast.net with a head count so I can give the museum a heads-up a few days before Nov. 12th. 10 NOVEMBER

7 RMR Officer Candidates Nominating Committee recommendations for the RMR Board of Directors for 2017 Committee Members: Jim Widrig, John Mackin, Erik Behrendsen, and Dan Carlson President - John Mackin I have been a Porsche owner since 1976 and a PCA member since I am the original owner of a 1986 Iris Blue 911 Cabriolet as well as a 2003 Lapis Blue Carrera 4 Cabriolet and a 2014 Jet Green Metallic Cayenne Diesel. I have been a member of three previous regions (First Settlers, Potomac and Connecticut Valley) before moving to Colorado in I have been an active DE participant since 1999 and a DE Instructor since My wife Florence and I have been to nine Parades and were Banquet Chairs for the 2009 Colorado Parade in Keystone. I am now PCA National Parade Banquet Chair, responsible for all food service events at Parade. I was also awarded Region Patron award in My professional background has been as a career Nuclear Submarine Officer, IT Manager, small business owner and nuclear industry consultant. I am now retired but have assumed duties as Chairman of the Commissioning Committee for a new submarine under construction to be named USS Colorado (SSN 788) which will be commissioned in 2017 I served as RMR Treasurer in , Membership Chair in , 2nd Vice President in , and 1st Vice President in I look forward to continuing my service to the Rocky Mountain Region as President. 1st Vice President - Rick Seiferth I wanted to thank the nominating committee for nominating me to a second term as your 1st Vice President. We truly have an exceptional board and it has been a pleasure to be on the board in I will be entering my twenty-ninth year as a member of RMR, having joined RMR-PCA in 1988 and purchased my first Porsche, a 1984 Carrera just in time for the 1988 Pikes Peak Parade. Since then I have attended 15 national Porsche Parades as well as several Escapes. Recently I attended the 2015 Rennsport Reunion V and the first PCA Treffen this year in Lake Tahoe. During my time with RMR I have volunteered for a number of different event chair positions including serving as your RMR Treasurer in I have held Committee Chair responsibility for both the Steamboat Springs Parade and the 2009 Keystone Parade, where I served as the Keystone Parade Treasurer. I received the Porsche Patron award in 1996 for my service to RMR. Since my retirement in 2012 from a forty-plus year commercial banking career I have been active in attending RMR events and enjoying my Porsches. I currently own a 2015 Macan Turbo, my first new Porsche, a C4S, 2006 Boxster and a which is my dedicated track car. I look forward to continuing my service to the Rocky Mountain Region as your 1st Vice President. 2nd Vice President - Jim Thorburn Thank you to the nominating committee for nominating me to another term as Second Vice President. It has been an amazing experience. I am proud and honored to get the vote of confidence from the committee to serve another year. Spending nearly a year on the Board has given me great respect and appreciation for what my predecessors have done to benefit RMR. They have developed one of the best Driver Education programs in the nation. I did my best to live up to their standards being the uber event chair for the club this year. It gave me an even greater appreciation of what goes into holding these events and keeping them at the high standards our members have come to enjoy. I look forward to serving a second term as Second Vice President and use what I learned in my first term to benefit the club.

8 RMR Officer Candidates Nominating Committee recommendations for the RMR Board of Directors for 2017 Continued from page 13 Inaugural Porsche Club of America Treffen Lake Tahoe 2016 Rick Seiferth, 1st Vice President Treasurer - Blair Whitaker I joined RMR-PCA in I have been a sports car owner for over twenty years and finally discovered my first Porsche in early I have participated in the RMR HPDE, open lapping days at HPR, and my first Autocross this fall. Although I truly enjoy my 911 Sapphire Blue Cabriolet, I am trading it in at the end of November for a Voodoo Blue GTS set up more for track and performance driving. My professional background is in finance and private equity. I continue to be involved part time in startups and growing businesses that provide innovative and exciting products and services. I am retiring for my second time in January as the CFO from High West Distillery in Park City, Utah. I am a member of the finance committee for St Anne s Episcopal School and a board member for CCAI adoption services. I am looking forward to my second year as Treasurer and enjoying the company of other Porsche enthusiasts. Secretary - Mark Taylor I joined RMR-PCA in February 2012 with purchase of a 2006 Carrera S Coupe, Slate Gray, which I am the second owner. Since joining RMR-PCA I have been very active with the social activities and the driving tours. As a member of the advisory committee for these driving events I have helped organize and led run groups for many of the driving tours, and co-chaired the Steamboat Springs Tour the last three years. I am also an active participant in the national events having attended the 2013 Escape to LA in Pomona, CA; 2014 Parade in Monterey, CA; 2015 RennSport Reunion V in Monterey, CA; and 2015 Escape to the Black Hills in Rapid City, SD. My professional background is a civil engineer specializing in highway engineering design, project development, and highway safety analysis. Most of my career was with the US DOT Federal Highway Administration, and since retiring in 2012 I am currently an independent parttime consultant and remain involved in highway design projects. I have found that many of the RMR members appreciate my sharing of highway engineering design, traffic operations and highway safety perspective. I served as RMR Secretary in 2016 and look forward to continue serving as your Secretary for the PCA Rocky Mountain Region in Membership Chair - Holly Jackson PCA HELD the Treffen Lake Tahoe, PCA s inaugural Treffen, from September 7 through September 10, This Treffen was limited to 250 cars and was sold out. Treffens focus on driving, dining and exploring. I traveled with good friends Christine Walters and Mike and Jane Hebert in our pair of 997C4S cars to Tahoe in about 1 1/2 days at just slightly elevated speeds. Driving through the flat lands of Utah and Nevada on the freeway was not that exciting, though once we hit the Reno/Lake Tahoe area the roads became better suited to more spirited Porsche driving. The Treffen was held at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, CA. In coordination with the Sierra Nevada region, a multitude of driving tours was scheduled on roads on which you could properly exercise your Porsche. During one of our tours to Nevada City a Cayman in our tour group was trying to catch up to the main body when it received special attention from the Nevada State Patrol. Unfortunately, it received a speeding ticket in front of all of the other tour participants, who had stopped for a regrouping session. In addition to the various tours, this Treffen held an off-road excursion for Cayennes and Macans as well as a visit to the Great Reno Balloon Race combined with a stop at the National Car Museum in Reno. While most of the tours departed at around 8:30 in the morning, you had to be up and ready to go at 4:30 a.m. if you wished to see the Reno Balloon Race. In the evening there were great social events. Our favorite was the Tapas & Wine Party held at the resort and a 60s Ski Party held at the adjacent Village at Squaw Valley s High Camp, which was accessed via a tram lift providing great views of the surrounding area. In 2017 two Treffens will be held: one in Austin TX. and the second in Asheville, NC. I have had a great time being your Membership Chair this last year. I have been involved with all the socials and tours as well as many other events. I continue to learn more and more about our club as well as PCA on the whole. I have had the pleasure of meeting a bunch of great people. I really enjoy seeing when people come together to help one another with anything Porsche-related. We have a large club, and I hope to continue to be a part of its continuing growth. I have some great ideas to implement in the coming year. I look forward to another year of serving the Rocky Mountain Region! 14 NOVEMBER

9 Pres EVEN THOUGH this is the November report, I m reporting on September activities because of the due date of the report. So September means Club Racing for Zone 9! Rocky Mountain Region moved their Club Race and HPDE to early September because it was just too hot to have the event in mid-august. Saturday was breezy all day but Sunday wasn t too bad. At least it didn t rain or get unbearably hot. The racing was great, although I didn t have too difficult a job handing out Pirelli hats to the Class winners because the Cup classes were pretty small. I helped out with Timing & Scoring and tried to learn a few things and not make any mistakes! As usual, Rocky Mountain Region hosted a great event all weekend good food, fun racing, good music, fun HPDE what could be better?? The following weekend, I headed to Salt Lake City for Intermountain Region s HPDE and Club Race at Utah Motorsports Campus (AKA Miller). The event was somewhat lightly attended, but everyone there had lots of track time and the racing was great to watch. A few weeks after SLC, I got up at oh-dark-hundred and headed to Albuquerque to join my fellow Roadrunners for breakfast at Porsche of Albuquerque. The dealership is situated perfectly for viewing the hot air balloons, and although we were not treated to balloons flying directly over the dealership, we still had some great views of the hundreds of balloons in the west. There were some new special shapes this year and I would have loved to be closer to the dragon balloon. I always like seeing Darth Vader, and this year Yoda was right next to him. My PCA schedule will be a little busy for the next month or so Parade planning in Spokane, Carrera Region s OktoberFiesta, and Porsche Experience Center (driving a new Carrera S) to round out October. Then in mid-november, I m headed to Ontario, CA, for the PCA Tech Tactics and possibly the LA Auto Show. Hope to see you around the Zone! And if you re vying for the coveted Zone 9 Challenge Trophy, please let me know which Zone 9 Region and PCA National events you ve attended. I already know of a few serious contenders. Liz Shaw Zone 9 Rep In The Zone Elizabeth Shaw, PCA Zone 9 Representative Visiting the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta ON OCTOBER 12 TH, I had the opportunity to experience one on one guidance from Porsche Drive Coach Geoff May at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, Georgia, thanks to a gift voucher I received from Lance Dickson at Stevinson Imports. This experience is truly something you need to get on your To Do list. In addition to all the eye candy you will be treated to when you visit, the driving instruction you receive will greatly improve your ability handle your favorite Porsche model, a Cayman GTS in my case, as well as hone your skills in real world situations. The PECATL campus is comprised of a facility that is 40,000 square-feet of stunning architecture overlooking the 1.6 mile purposebuilt driver development track with a variety of driving surfaces and experiences. Within the structure at One Porsche Dr., you will find the Business Center, where you can reserve one of the many inspiring conference rooms for leadership and team-building activities. Just know that the main windows in all of the conference rooms look out over the track, so you may wish to take advantage of the blackout shades installed on the windows. This is also the home of Porsche Cars North America as well as Porsche Financial Services. The Heritage Center is located on two levels where guests are invited to take a self-guided tour of Porsche s history. Both levels are dynamic in that they are ever-changing and feature displays of vehicles that are rotated on a regular basis. The main floor of the Heritage Center consists of a display of vehicles on loan from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart as well as a collection of vehicles from private owners throughout the United States. I was lucky enough to visit during the time that the original Boxster prototype, unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 1993, was on display. This was extremely enchanting to me, being and owner of a Boxster myself. The lower level of the Heritage Center, referred to as the Classic Gallery, is an area that displays and showcases customer cars that have been worked on in the Classic Car Workshop or are waiting to be serviced. Also located within the building is the Carrera Cafe, where you can find a quick snack or beverage, and Restaurant 356, where you will experience fine dining of exquisite traditional German food in a venue meant to evoke the style and simplicity of the Porsche 356 interior. Outside, you will find the track with its many surfaces that will serve as your playground. As stated on the PECATL website, this is how the driving experience works: Step 1: Select the model car/cars you would like to drive Step 2: Spend 90 minutes behind the wheel with a Porsche Drive Coach Step 3: Smile and enjoy Repeat as necessary. The track consists of six different surfaces and experiences designed for performance driving and training. The Dynamics Area allows you to experience Launch Control in a PDK equipped model as well as a chance otherwise known as: How to put a permanent smile on your face Russ Rydberg, Editor to test the ceramic composite brakes. The Handling Circuit is a one-mile course designed to mimic a winding road with a number of curves and undulations, like you will find on your favorite back road. The surface is narrow and the guard rails are close, so choosing the correct line and proper application of the brakes are a must. The Low-Friction Handling Circuit has a polished concrete surface with a series of unique, tight curves, with various radius corners. The Off-Road Circuit, which I was really tempted to try, features many obstacles including a creek bed and 45 vertical descent challenge to demonstrate the Cayenne s off road engineering and safety technology. That leaves us with two of my favorite areas for training - the Kick Plate and the Low Friction Circle. These are designed to test your vehicle control skills as you encounter a skid or spin. The Kick Plate is a flush-mounted, hydraulically actuated plate placed before a wetted epoxy surface. As you drive over the plate at a safe speed, sensors move the plate randomly left or right, pitching the rear end of the car to mimic sliding that might occur during inclement weather conditions. This was one of the most difficult modules for me to master. As a teenager, and I am sure I am not alone here, I would take advantage of snowy days to send my car into a slide, but try to correct it and bring it around, you know, Dukes of Hazzard style. But, like I said, I would try very hard to make it a controlled slide... because anybody can throw a car into a spin on ice, and then slam it into a curb. The difference with the Kick Plate is that you do not know which direction the computer will send you. I found myself time and time again trying to anticipate the direction in which we would be thrust, only to have a split-second reaction in the wrong direction, thus actually throwing the car even more into the slide than was intended. And that brings us to my favorite module: The Low Friction Circle. It has a uniform inward slope of polished concrete that is constantly doused by sprinklers. With traction control turned off, the object here is,while driving in a circle, to goose the throttle to make the back end break loose and go into a slide. The ultimate goal is to drift the car around the circle without losing control - just like we see in the movies or at drift competitions. It is so much harder than you would think, but I can say with great bravado that I was able to control the car in a drift through 540 of the circle. I am betting that after that module, I had the biggest smile on my face of the entire day.

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12 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU to the club for your generosity for my charity Center for the Arts Evergreen. The Explorer promotion proceeds help save a historic landmark in Evergreen and create a new art center serving kids, adults, and special needs individuals. We need 1500 $50 entries or 750 $100 entries to give away the car. I know you can help make this happen. By the way, there is a $35,000 cash option instead of the car. See you at the track! Rome Chelsi PCA Instructor & Tech Voted Best Detail Shop in Denver Now With 3 Locations! Centennial Westminster Wheat Ridge Ask us about our Ceramic Coating that will protect your paint and make it look ultra-glossy for up to 5 years! Dave Liddle Photo Acronym Apex PCA - Porsche Club of America RMR - Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) AMR - Alpine Mountain Region (Colorado Springs) DE - Driver Education AX - Autocross CDI -Chief Driving Instructor CHP - Colorado Highway Patrol Track OEM - Original Equipment of Manufacturer HP - Horsepower SCCA - Sports Car Club of America POC - Porsche Owners Club (Club Racing) PBOC - Porsche and BMW Owners Club Dave Liddle Photo HPR - High Plains Raceway PPIR - Pikes Peak International Raceway NASA - National Auto Sport Association BSR - Boxster Spec Racing FRA - Front Range Airport GCR - General Competition Rules 22 NOVEMBER

13 RMR Officer Candidates Nominating Committee recommendations for the RMR Board of Directors for 2017 Continued from page 14 Newletter Editor - Russ Rydberg I want to thank the nominating committee for considering me to continue as Newsletter Editor again this upcoming year. The past year has been quite a journey. I have become much more involved in the club and its inner workings and I have met so many new people along the way. Over the next year I will strive to continue producing a publication that I am proud of and that you will hopefully enjoy and look forward to receiving. I have only been a member of the club for a couple of years, but I am glad that I decided to take the plunge and not only join, but become involved so that I could help in any way my skill set could be used. I currently own a 2004 Boxster S Special Edition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 550 Spyder and am looking to acquire my second Porsche. Professionally, I lay-out and fabricate high purity fluid and gas delivery systems for industries from Oil and Gas to Semi-conductor and Research and Development. I look forward serving the club for a second year as Newsletter Editor and hope to use what I have learned over the previous year to improve my contribution to the Rocky Mountain Region. Past President - Jim Widrig Jim is serving his second term as Past President (Ex-officio Member) and was a member of the Nominating committee which included John Mackin, Erik Behrendsen, and Dan Carlson. Photos by Russ Rydberg, Editor

14 Show Off. Make Your Porsche Shine with Adam s Premium Car Care. Actual customer car shined by Adam s at our Colorado headquarters I SEE YOU, BABY Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. I hereby offer that up, as the tagline for a new device, sure to make your life miserable. It s called Nexar. And it s a smartphone-turned-dashcam app that s supposed to record the habits of nearby drivers. That s right. According to Newsletter No. 401 from the National Motorists Association (NMA) the device, from a fast-growing U.S.-Israeli startup, can record any deviation from the norm driving above the posted speed limit, sudden lane changes, or any other maneuver it deems inappropriate. Then it records the license plate of the vehicle, and uploads it to the Nexar database. The idea is that, the next time you re near a vehicle which Nexar deems has made some sort of egregious assault on the health and welfare of the motorist community, the device will do something to give you a warning. Are you following? Your license plate will forevermore be cited with an automated scarlet letter, telling all the world you re the worst kind of driving scofflaw. The NMA posits that there s a very logical next step to this fun little piece of equipment, providing information to law enforcement, selling it to insurance companies and other bidders who can leverage the information for their own benefit. They state that the device has the potential to make every car on the road a mobile snitch. Now, if it can concentrate on serial tweeters and texters, that might actually be a good thing. But I doubt it. The algorithm won t know a mindless veer into another lane from a swerve to miss a pothole or debris on the road. It won t know that you re moving at a safe and prudent speed, despite the posted limit, or you re stopping hard to bed in those new brake pads or sticky tires. Is this the latest case of Big Brother invading our mobile space? According to the NMA, that s a distinct possibility. They point out the probability of false alerts, like you get from your radar detector. Only the offending motorist will have little recourse. Then there s the fact that some reported behavior may in fact be legal, like lane-splitting by motorcycles in California. But that s not all. The article wonders whether the next step might be a mandatory aftermarket event recorder, which will upload all your driving habits, into the cloud. That way, you no longer physically control the data once that happens, as you do now. They re not kidding. The NMA points out that, in only a few months, every truck will carry an automated log, by law. And this device will, for example, record whether the truck I Get Around Danielle Badler, RMR/PCA Columnist was actually parked when it began a mandatory rest stop, as opposed to looking for a parking space. But wait, you say. In a few short years this will all go away. With the advent of the self-driving car, we won t even pick up our heads from our mobile touch-screens. We ll be oblivious to whether the computer has deviated from the norm. No, for me at least, there s still one big problem. I still plan to drive my Porsche. My classic Porsche, which comes with no driver aids whatsoever. And I was looking forward to a dramatically increased efficiency in traffic flow a result of computer-controlled vehicles moving in electronically enabled lock-step. Which would enable me to enjoy newly cleared wide-open roads. And I was looking forward to a hearty rise in that 85th percentile rule, the rule that says 85 percent of the drivers at any time will operate their vehicles at a safe speed for their vehicles, the road and road conditions. What I am not looking forward to is a letter from my insurance company, informing me that they are jacking up my rates, all because some beater driver is still out there. And the driver has a Nexar sitting on his dashboard, and the device doesn t like how I zipped around him on a freeway entrance ramp. What to do? I don t know. Is Nexar legal in Canada? Videos Advice (866) tips@adamspolishes.com Photos by Russ Rydberg, Editor 26

15 Porsche Atlanta Driving Experience... The Scoop Text and Photos by Dan H. Carlson, Lead, Chief Driving Instructor Committee I HAD THE PLEASURE to do the Porsche Driving Experience in June here s the blow-by-blow. It was a beautiful Atlanta morning when we arrived at the Porsche facility security gate at 8:30 a.m. WOW, what a venue! Talk about goose-bumps! We got there early to check it out, starting with the assortment of employee-owned Porsches in the underground parking area. Walking through the garage to the building door, your eyes are immediately focused on a beautiful 918 lit up with neon lights. One of my first thoughts was, How much did building this add to the cost of a new Porsche? The facility, which sits on 27 acres next to Atlanta s Hartsfield- Jackson International Airport, has such a cool contemporary look the pictures don t do it justice. It s so uncluttered and spit-shined, and everything is immaculate. There are car displays, showrooms, a company store, two restaurants, a Human Performance Training Facility, Business Center meeting facilities, the Driving Simulator Center, and a Classic Restoration Center, to name a few of them. And next to a restaurant there s a large deck overlooking the driving facility. The track includes areas for driving and performance training, and offers a range of highly customizable technical driving modules. The following words from the Porsche website best explain them: * Dynamics Area: Test the speed, agility and lane-change performance on a large asphalt pad designed to simulate unique maneuvers you may encounter during your daily driving. * Handling Circuit: A one-mile handling course designed to mimic a winding country road with a number of corners and undulations. Here, a driver will learn the finer points on choosing the correct path when negotiating the curves and proper application of braking technique. * Low-Friction Circle: Experience the over-steer capabilities of a Porsche at the low-friction circle with its uniform inward slope and polished concrete surface. * Low-Friction Handling Circuit: A similar polished concrete surface as the Low-Friction Circle, except we introduce a series of unique, tight curves, with a mixture of various radius types on-and-off camber corners. * Kick Plate: We test your vehicle control skills when encountering a skid or spin. The kick-plate is a flush-mounted, hydraulically actuated plate placed before a wetted epoxy surface. As a vehicle travels over the plate at a safe rate of speed, sensors move the plate randomly left or right to mimic sliding that might occur during inclement weather conditions. * Off Road Circuit: Featuring a 1:1 slope, a creek bed, and a 45-degree vertical descent challenge to demonstrate the expansive capabilities of a Cayenne s off-road engineering and safety technology. One signs up to participate on the Porsche Driving website pick your day and two-hour time slot, and the type of 2017 Porsche you want to drive. There are a number to choose from drive a Boxster for $300 on the low end, a 991 Turbo for $750 on the high end, or another model in between. I ll rattle off my behind-thewheel impressions. The instructors are very accomplished and tremendous. The new model Porsches are awesome and extremely quick; was it the new turbos, driving at low altitude, both, or me being used to my good ol # ? It was probably all of the above. The track is much shorter than HPR; it s technical, and the close guardrails make it tight. No helmets and you can have the cabriolet tops down. ABS braking is so good it s almost cheating; in fact, these new Porsches are all cheaters, they drive so well! I recommend doing this if you desire to experience the capabilities of the new Porsches. The facility is built to showcase the latest, to sell cars. To learn high performance driving, stick to our Club s autocrosses and/or Driver Education events. Do I recommend putting this on your Porsche bucket list? YES! 28 NOVEMBER

16 Classifieds Classified ads are free to RMR/PCA members for items personally owned by the member. No commercial ads. Ads for non-members are $10 for each month (send payment to RMR Treasurer - Blair Whitaker, 161 Race Street, Denver, CO 80206). Ads must be 75 words or less. Deadline for classified ad submission is the 15th of the previous month. Member ads will run for two issues. Ads will also appear with an optional photo on the rmr.pca.org Web site. your ad to newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com. PORSCHES S4 - $39,100. Red exterior, black interior. 65,000 miles. Rare 5-speed manual transmission. Excellent condition. Between 1 and 2 on the Hagerty.com scale. All original factory. Impeccable clear coat on red exterior. Leather bras for side mirrors. Garaged and covered. Never driven in snow. I ve owned it since Photos available. Contact JB at or jbouillon44@yahoo.com. (Nov) Prepared E Class Race Car chassis with 1979 SC 3.0L. Steel 930S fenders, 100 L fuel cell and more. Has been a great Club Race and DE car, but I haven t driven it much in the past few years and it s come time to downsize. Two sets of CCW wheels with older tires. Please contact Travis at PorscheRcr13@aol. com or with any questions. Pictures and more info can also be found at goo.gl/zydf59. (Oct) Turbo. White with dark brown interior. 65,000 miles. Vin # All records. 3 owners in California and Colorado, same owner since Original engine, SC cams and Euro exhaust. Major maintenance at 63,243, including new clutch. Flawless original interior, no dash cracks. Original white paint with normal road wear and minor repairs. Unrestored 930 in excellent condition. $119,000. Dennis Dexter, dennisdexter39@gmail.com (Oct) 2006 Porsche Cayman S, only 48K miles $30,000/obo, 6-speed, black/black, brand new turbo-style wheels, new tires, brakes and rotors. Brand new ceramic clearcoat paint finish from Man Cave. Lots of upgrades, including a top-of-the-line $2k Passport 9500ci radar/laser detector, Bose sound, leather, 6-disc changer, power sport seats. Asking $30k/obo or gregschmid@yahoo.com for pictures. (Oct) SC Cabriolet, white w/ black top, burgundy leather interior, 64,000 original miles, 5 speed, A/C, cruise control. Very good condition. Seller has many receipts and other ownership history documents. Brian (Sep) imports. Previously powder coated in graphite satin finish. Reduced: $650/best. Pobrien053@gmail.com. (Oct) 2013 Porsche Boxster S, $57,000 OBO. 12,400 miles. Original owner, Basalt Black Metallic exterior, black interior, 6-speed, PTV, PASM, premium package, 20 Carrera S wheels platinum, sport seats w/ memory & heating, sport steering wheel, power steering plus, Sport Chrono package, rain sensor, BOSE stereo, SiriusXM, dimming mirrors, bi-xenon headlights, integrated escort 9500ci radar, Fabspeed black chrome catback exhaust, Lojack anti-theft system, clear bra, transferable 40K-mile maintenance plans. Always garaged, summer driver. Gene: gene@balanceusa.org (Sep) Set of 4x18 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Tires for Cayman/Boxster. Less than 7000K miles on them. 18 tires, 9.5 width off my 2006 Cayman S, which I upgraded to new 19 tires and wheels. $500/obo. Available after Sept 1st - Greg (Sep) MISCELLANEOUS FREE! Set of four low-mileage USspec M030 springs taken from a 2003 Carrera 2. This set should lower a standard suspension about 3/4. I have no need for these as I have converted to a Bilstein PSS10 suspension. Free to the first responder. Pick up in Fort Collins. Please call, text, or me. Jim; , jlsafry1@msn.com. (Aug) OEM 16 WHEELS, 7 &9 5X130MM ET 55 & 70, FOR , POWDER COATED TO MATCH ORIGINAL FINISH, RECONDITIONED. FITMENT FOR OTHER PORSCHES AS WELL. ASKING $ (Nov) 2014 Featherlite 17 6 Model 3110 Trailer, includes spare tire carrier, spare tire, tool box, tire rack, and wind dam. Cost $9, new. Photo available upon request. Also, 2 OMP racing seats like new, and 2 new Schroth Profi II 6-part harnesses, approx.. $ new. Danny Thompson ( ) DannyLThompson@gmail.com (Nov) Looking for a stock muffler for a turbo. Contact (Oct) Ultra-High Performance Sport Tires. Two 295/35 ZR 18 (99Y) PS2 Michelin Pilot Sport tires with less than 1500 miles on them. Ideal for street or track. $700 for both. Dick Berls (720) , dickberls@hotmail.com. (Oct) ANTERA WHEELS MADE IN ITALY: Set of 4 18x10 & 18 x mm et47 & 50, spacers if needed included. Fitment for Porsche 911,944,964,968,928, boxster,cayman, cayenne & some other Set of 4 OZ Racing Alleggerita HLT wheels. Two wheels are 18 x 8 (ET50) and two are 18 x 9 (ET43). All are in excellent shape. Tire Rack price for new is ~$400 ea. I m selling all 4 for $975. Please contact Mark at or mark.fenner@arcadis.com. (aug) several moves. Please note that the center caps were installed on the replacement wheels and were sold with the car. I do not have the Porsche center caps; also, tires are not included. Complete set for $ The wheel part numbers are (front) , 7.5J X 18 H , and (back) , 7.5 X ET50, 10J X 18 H Wes Anthony, Mobile: , Office: , wes.anthony@al-enterprise.com. (Jul) Set of 16 Kumho Tires, 930 Exhaust & Turbo Carrera workshop manual. Set of (4) Kumho ecsta xs KU36 offset tires (2) 265/45/zr16 (2) 225/50/zr16, Maybe 250 miles on them, not tracked. Also original exhaust from a , this does not include the pipe from the wastegate return. Also for sale is the Turbo edition carrera manual, this covers models, color wiring diagrams and detailed specs and part # s. Asking $300 tires and $300 exhaust & $200 for Turbo edition Manual. (720) Ken Cockrum (Jul) 996 Black Hardtop. Older style Pin latch. Includes stand and cover. Came off my 2004 Carrera 2C. Perfect shape. Can be seen in Centennial. $800 OBO. Steve Knight (Aug) Mini - trailer for track tires / other / GPS Lap Timer. A small fiberglass 4 x 5 clamshell utility trailer, 2 ball hitch Perfect to carry track wheel set, tool box, jack, and other items - $400. G-Tech GPS lap timer with track display, sector times, etc... - $275. Mike Ferguson mferguson@wispertel.net (Jul) Set of the original 18 Turbo-Look-style wheels that were provided as an option on my They were replaced after the first couple of years in 2003 and are in good condition other than significant curbing on the wheel as highlighted in photos on craigslist: craigslist.org/wto/ html. They have been moved around for the last 13 years in my garage and have scars from Photos by Russ Rydberg, Editor Visiting the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta

17 Visiting the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta What We Do Whether your tastes are social, technical, or competitive, RMR has something for you! You can have fun in your Porsche by participating in driver education and time trials at area tracks, autocrosses, rallies, tours, tech sessions, car shows and more. DRIVING EVENTS Tour A tour is a non-competitive driving event in which participants follow a given route to a destination (which may or may not be known in advance). A tour may vary in length from a day trip to a long weekend with an overnight stay or two. Tours usually follow scenic routes (which are plentiful in Colorado) and/or visit interesting or obscure destinations. Tours are sometimes combined with rallies to add variety and a dose of competition to the event. RMR hosts several tours each year; AMR typically offers several as well. A number of tours are usually offered at Porsche Parade. Rally A rally is a competitive event in which contestants attempt to follow a course specified by a set of instructions. Rallies are typically run on public, paved roads, and speed limits are always observed. The two major types of rallies are the Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) rally and the Gimmick rally. In a TSD rally, participants attempt to follow the instructions precisely, maintaining the correct speed, as points are deducted for arriving at checkpoints (the locations of which are not known in advance) early or late. A Gimmick rally is typically a bit less rigid and usually involves solving puzzles of some type. Between RMR and AMR, a handful of rallies at least one of each type are offered. Porsche Parade also hosts a TSD rally, and sometimes a Gimmick rally, each year. Autocross (AX) An autocross is a competition in which drivers navigate their cars through a course defined by orange cones, usually in a large parking lot. Top speeds are generally moderate, topping out around MPH (no higher than second gear for many cars). Competing cars are spaced at long intervals typically only two or three cars are on the course at the same time. Autocross is a safe way to experience high-performance driving while learning to drive your car at its limit. Together, RMR and AMR host several autocross events each year, including Eiskhana (essentially an autocross on the ice!) in the winter and an AX school in the spring. Additionally, autocross is a major event at Porsche Parade. Driver Education (DE) A driver education event provides a safe, controlled environment for high-performance driving instruction. DE offers drivers of all skill levels the opportunity to hone their driving skills, with the help of an experienced instructor, in a controlled, closed-course environment. In keeping with PCA philosophy, the primary emphasis at all times is on safety. A word of warning, though: the DE experience may be habit-forming! As DE events are not racing, nor preparation for racing, lap times are not recorded. However, some DE events are followed immediately by a time trial event, which gives drivers a chance to quantify their performance. Lap times may then be used to measure personal improvement or for bragging rights amongst your peers, etc. RMR hosts six DE s each year at High Plains Raceway, with AMR hosting several more at the La Junta, Pueblo and (possibly in the future) Pike s Peak International Raceway tracks. Club Race A club race is a wheel-to-wheel racing event. A race weekend consists of a number of practice sessions and heats (race sessions), often involving both sprint and endurance races. Since a Club Racing license (issued by PCA National) is required for competition, club racers are serious and experienced drivers. The cars they bring with them to the track can be quite impressive! As a point of interest, the PCA Club Racing program was inaugurated with the RMRhosted First Ever Anywhere club race at Second Creek in Because of the logistics involved in an event of this magnitude, a club race requires a legion of volunteers. However, it is also one of most exciting events to participate in, so be sure to sign up! RMR hosts one club race each autumn at High Plains Raceway which, when combined with a Driver Education event, adds up to one thrilling weekend! NON-DRIVING EVENTS Membership Social Membership socials provide an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new members. Historically, a membership meeting begins with a social hour with a cash bar, followed by the evening s program. The content of the program varies, sometimes featuring a slide show from a recent event, or a guest speaker such as accomplished Speed World Challenge racer Randy Pobst. Membership socials, unless otherwise stated, are held the first Thursday of the month. Different venues and topics will keep the meetings fresh and inviting. Watch HighGear and the RMR Web site for details. If you have any ideas for a program, talk to the Committee Chair or a Board member! Tech Session A tech session is just what it sounds like a session in which a technical topic is discussed. Not just for gearheads, a tech session may demonstrate practical, do-it-yourself procedures such as brake bleeding. Tech sessions are usually presented by experienced Porsche technicians, many of whom are sponsors of RMR events and High Gear. RMR hosts a few tech sessions each year, typically in the off months when few driving events take place. In addition, numerous tech sessions are offered at Porsche Parade. Concours d Elegance A concours is essentially a car show, in which contestants endeavor to present their cars in as close to perfect condition as possible. A number of judged categories usually exist, typically differentiating between types of cars (e.g. 356, Boxster) and level of preparation ( daily driver or full preparation or somewhere in between). Cars sometimes may be entered as display only, for owners who wish to participate but not compete. RMR participates in a handful of local concours events each year, including the annual Exotic Sports Car Show and Concours d Elegance, benefiting United Cerebral Palsy Colorado. The annual Porsche Parade also hosts a major concours each year. 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18 In The Rearview Mirror Amy Legg-Rogers, RMR Historian The Turkeycross was held on November 14, 1976, at the Denver Coliseum parking lot. Cost was $5 for one driver, $2 for each additional driver. It was a Porsche-only event. Fred Veitch had the top time of the day at 1: Frank Barrett Photos 34

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