February - Redwood Region - Porsche Club of America

derRiesenbaum Redwood Region Newsletter Porsche Club of America

Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma

February 2010 Issue II, Volume IV; electronic newsletter Bill Walters, editor Kurt Fischer, assistant editor See us on the web at: http://red.pca.org/

Gayle Hall, Kurt Fischer, Joanne and Larry Robison, Cris Fischer and Jose Garcia; Cheese Factory rest for Two Bird Run. Ronald Breeze Photography.

REDWO0D REGION President's Message Bill Walters

My first venue as President is now in the books. Our Breakfast Run to Two Bird Cafe

was a success. Despite a smattering of rain, it turned out to be a fine Saturday. In the words of John Jackson, "It was all worth getting wet." We had around a half dozen first timers join us and they admitted having a great time! We also had may of you taking pictures as well; John and Kaye Jackson, Lynn Walters, Simone and Thorsten Kopitzki, Tim Shore, Ronald Breeze, Vern Rogers and Cris Fischer; the ones I saw. I chose the best of the best and included them in my article herein. We are getting off to an easy start to 2010 with events really starting to pick up come March with our first autocross, 24 Hours of LeMons and the Hoppy Beer Tour. Rob and Mary Neidel hosted the first beer tour last year at Moylan's Brewery in Novato and it was popular enough to bring back for another go. Mary is currently working on a couple of new venues for us, but definitely put it on your calendars to attend. Lemons is a quirky "mimic" of the classic road race with driver/teams entering race cars costing $500 or less. Kind of like the Burning Man version of racing. As one entrant stated, "...it's a loud, hot, noisy version of driving to work...but more dangerous." This will take place at Infineon raceway March 6-7th. I believe we will not have to worry about rains by then. I really hope you can make it out to some of these events. They can be quite exhilarating.

Our new Vice President Greg Maissen and I will be joining or Zone Rep. Sharon

Neidel down in San Jose at the Marriott, for the semi-annual National PCA Board of Director's meeting February 20th & 21st. All of the Zone Reps., National Committee Members & Region Presidents will be attending and discussing policy. This is a closed meeting, however, our host, Loma Prieta Region, will be providing a no host dinner for us

which you may attend and rub shoulders with the National folks! I guess I'll have to dress up... That's it for me, check out Kurt's Korner next. I'll see you out there!

Bill 

Kurt's Korner Kurt Fischer

Update on the Marin-Sonoma Concours d' Elegance! On Saturday, May 15, 2010, "The Drive" part of the Marin-Sonoma Concours will begin in downtown Mill Valley at 8:00AM with a 2+ hour back roads drive ending up at a private ranch on the Petaluma River for a superb lunch for 300 people. Porsche people will have our own tour where the emphasis will be fun on the back roads! We have been allotted 75 spaces for Porsches or 150 people and because Porsche is the featured marque, we want to fill up these spots ASAP. The cost is $40.00 per person and includes a continental breakfast at D'Angelo's in Mill Valley and lunch at the Rockin H Ranch in Petaluma. Remember this event benefits Hospice by the Bay and is tax deductible! Here is the link to the Marin-Sonoma Concours website with all the details on "The Drive". http://www.marinsonomaconcours.org/thedrive.htm Print the application form, fill it out, and send with your check!

Since this will be the premier Porsche event in the Bay Area for 2010, I sure want to

make the Redwood Region look good and show our support! As you may know... I am on the Board of Directors of the Marin-Sonoma Concours as the resident Porsche guy. We still need more Porsches on the Concours field and if you have a stunning example of a 356, early 911 or Porsche racecar...we want you there! See here for details!

http://www.marinsonomaconcours.org/entrants.htm Janis Joplin's 356 painted in the wild color of the 60's will be there on display. Since Janis spent a lot of time in Marin County and her love of this car was well known...this is a real coup for the Concours to get this car! I still need a few more tour leaders for our part of "The Drive" so contact me and volunteer! Now on other fronts...our Facebook page has 91 fans and continues to grow daily! If you have a Facebook account, do a search for the Redwood Region and sign up as a fan. I post lots of good Porsche stuff there! You can reach me at: [email protected]

Calendar of Events - Redwood Region Bill Walters This is an abbreviated calendar...for all the details on each event use our full calendar on the Redwood Region website! > http://red.pca.org/