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Volume 52 ● Edition 8 ● August 2010 

August Membership 

Social: New Date! 

Saturday, August 7 ● see page 2

HighGear 

Edition 8•August 2010 

Vol. 52 

from the president Rex Heck, President 

In my occasional 

series on the operation 

of the club, I 

want to write about 

how the board of 

directors is selected. 

Some of you new 

members—and probably some of the 

old-timers—may not be aware that 

RMR is incorporated as a non-profit 

corporation. We have done very well at 

the non-profit part. However, as such, 

we have to have a constitution and 

bylaws. One section of the bylaws 

requires us to have annual elections 

for the board of directors, the 

members of which serve for a one-calendar-year 

term. The board consists of 

eight members: president, vice president, 

second vice president, secretary, 

treasurer, membership chair, newsletter 

editor and past president. The 

bylaws give specific rules as to how 

and when the process should proceed. 

If you have insomnia, you can read the 

complete document at the RMR Web 

site (find it under the Info tab). 

The first step in the board selection 

process starts in August with the 

appointment of a nominating committee. 

I know this seems early, but there 

is a lot to do. The membership of the 

nominating committee shall consist of 

the president, past president and one 

or more active members. In addition to 

Dave Speights and myself, Susan 

Bucknam will be serving on the committee. 

The committee will interview 

prospective board members and report 

a recommended slate of nominations 

to the board at the September board 

meeting. This will allow time for each 

candidate to prepare a biography, to 

be published in the October issue of 

High Gear. 

At the October membership meeting, 

the candidates will be presented to the 

members. At the November meeting, 

additional nominations can 

be made by any active member. If 

there are no additional nominations, 

then the proposed nominees are 

elected. Or, if there are additional 

nominees, then there will be an election 

by mail, in which a ballot will be 

mailed to all active members. 

Announcement of the results of the 

election and swearing in of the new 

officers will occur at the December 

membership meeting, which is usually 

the holiday party. If anyone is 

interested in serving on the board or 

would like additional information, contact 

one of the nominating committee 

members. 

The board receives several requests 

each year for donations to charity 

organizations. In the past, these have 

been handed out on a first-come, firstserved 

basis until the money ran out. 

Not always the best way to make a 

decision, unless you are quick with 

your request. To add some organization 

to the process, I have created a charity 

committee. The committee, which will 

be given an annual budget, will review 

requests for donations and make recommendations 

to the board. In 

addition to the monetary donations, 

the committee will look for opportunities 

for the club to get out into the 

community and work with 

organizations. The club has done a lot 

of good things in the past, but most 

have been invisible to anyone except 

the participants. I would like to see us 

get out into the community as a club 

and support some of these organizations. 

I have nothing specific in mind, 

but I am sure many of our members 

have favorite groups that could use 

our support. Nancy Warren and Camilla 

Rosenberger have agreed to co-chair 

the committee. Contact them with 

offers to serve on the committee or 

any suggestions. 

cover photo 

Ladies’ Day co-chairs Martha Vail and 

Susan Bucknam take a moment away from 

the day’s responsibilities. More on page 10. 

(photo courtesy Jeremy Rosenberger) 

inside this issue 

from the president. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

august membership social . . . . . . . . . . 2 

runoff area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

upcoming events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

membership musings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

remembering an old friend . . . . . . . . . . 5 

exotic sports car show 

and concours d'elegance . . . . . . . . . . 5 

club race and super de . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

24 hours of lemons wrap-up . . . . . . . . . 8 

ladies' day wrap-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

recent events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

drive for the kids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

“tame the track” september de . . . . . 16 

“titty titty bang bang” october de. . . . 16 

in the zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

tech corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 

the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

i get around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

classified ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 

advertiser spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 

what we do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

High Gear (ISSN1061-1746) is the official magazine of the 

Rocky Mountain Region Porsche Club of America (RMR/ 

PCA) and is published monthly. The annual subscription 

rate is $14.00, included in RMR/PCA membership dues. 

Non-RMR subscriptions are $25.00. 

The opinions and views appearing in High Gear 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. 

High Gear entire contents copyright © 2010 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. 

Office of publication: 547 Sawtooth Point, Lafayette, CO, 

80026. Periodicals postage paid at Lafayette, CO and additional 

mailing offices. 

POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to PCA 

National Office, P.O. Box 1347, Springfield, VA 22151-0347. 


August 2010 

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egion coordinators 

CAMA Representative Walt Fricke 

303.499.6540 walterfricke@msn.com 

Chief Driving Instructor Kathy Fricke 

303.499.6540 katfricke@msn.com 

Enthusiast Series Jim Sorensen (AMR) 

719.488.3373 jimdonaso@msn.com 

Joe Warren 

303.604.1289 warrenjoee@comcast.net 

Equipment Keith Hall 

303.940.7958 keith_hal@msn.com 

Historian Amy Legg-Rogers 

970.686.0538 a1queen@frii.com 

Insurance Alex Acevedo 

303.637.9707 apacevedo@earthlink.net 

Philanthropy Camilla Rosenberger 

303.665.8754 cmr@ivydesign.com 

Nancy Warren 

303.604.1289 membership@rmrporscheclub.com 

Programs Erik Behrendsen 

303.840.7361 ebehrendsen@comcast.net 

Registration Kristie Widrig 

303.655.7495 widrigkl@aol.com 

Safety Gary Bauerle 

970.330.9719 n1gary1@comcast.net 

Todd Nelson 

970.223.8716 nelsrats@mesanetworks.net 

Tech Inspection Bruce Waddle 

303.772.8178 bruce@waddleco.com 

Timing Joe Warren 

303.604.1289 warrenjoee@comcast.net 

Webmeister Scott Rogers 

970.686.0538 scottr@wirestone.com 

Zone 9 Representative Sean Cridland 

575.829.4392 cridland_s@valornet.com 

technical resources 

Questions about your Porsche? These members 

are specialists with expert knowledge of 

specific Porsche models. Contact them for 

information regarding the maintenance and 

modification of your Porsche. 

356 Your Name Here 

Volunteer to be the RMR 356 specialist! 

911 John Haley 

303.798.2177 

912 Dan Rose 

303.450.8222 

914 Dale Tuety 

303.670.1279 d2t@aol.com 

924 Dan Semborski 

303.420.2708 djsemborski@yahoo.com 



944 Richard Winnick 

303.429.5213 rewinnick@cs.com 



Boxster/Cayman Doug Bartlett 

970.226.2364 doug.bartlett@comcast.net 

Cayenne Your Name Here 

Volunteer to be the RMR Cayenne specialist! 

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August 2010 

August Membership Social 

How Does a Porschephile say “Aloha”? Let’s Find Out! 

Sure you can drive, you drive a Porsche... but you can’t 

drive to Hawaii. Or can you? 

This month, you’ll be able to get close, because 

the theme for the August social gathering of RMR 

members is a genuine poolside Hawaiian luau. 

That’s right. Exchange your Porsche T-shirt for 

that Hawaiian print which has been collecting dust 

since your last trip to the Islands, and come on down... 

Saturday, Aug. 7, 6-10:30pm. 

Please note the date; we’re moving the August date to the 

first Saturday of the month, this month only. 

Here’s the location; do a search: 

Stonegate Village Pool 

10326 Stonegate Parkway 

Parker, CO 80134 

Or we’ll make it easy for you: From Lincoln 

Avenue, turn south onto Stonegate Parkway, 

go approximately two blocks; the pool and 

community center will be on the left. Please 

enter the community center on the south end of 

the building (just north of the tennis courts). 

Genuine Hawaiian fare, music and fun. It’s the 

Aloha spirit, coming to Denver. Mahalo! 

board of directors board@rmrporscheclub.com 

President 

Rex Heck 

president@rmr... 

H:303.841.8124 

Second 

Vice President 

Chris Sulley 

2ndvicepresident@rmr... 

H:303.369.9052 

Secretary 

Greg Johnson 

secretary@rmr... 

H:303.761.9287 

W:303.789.2545 

Newsletter Editor 

Jeremy Rosenberger 

newsletter@rmr... 

H:303.665.8754 

C:303.478.5385 

Vice President 

Rick Goncalves 

vicepresident@rmr... 

H:303.697.1960 

Treasurer 

Jim Widrig 

treasurer@rmr... 

H:303.655.7495 

C:303.938.3022 

Membership Chair 

Nancy Warren 

membership@rmr... 

H:303.604.1289 

Past President 

Dave Speights 

pastpresident@rmr... 

H:970.225.2201 

C:970.988.7258 

Monthly board meetings are open to club members—see Upcoming 

Events (opposite page) for schedule. A summary of board meeting 

minutes is posted on the Web site, www.rmrporscheclub.com. 

All e-mail addresses are @rmrporscheclub.com.

unoff area Jeremy Rosenberger, Editor 

Last month saw 

the spectacle of the 

annual Porsche 

Parade arrive in St. 

Charles, Illinois. The 

Parade hosts numerous 

competitions, 

including the news letter competition 

between the numerous Regions. This 

year, top honors (the Paul R. Heinmiller 

Award) went to Pacific Northwest 

Region’s Spiel (Barb Coplen, editor). A 

bit closer to home, AMR’s Mountain 

Passages earned second place in Class 

3 (Regions with 200-399 members). 

Congratulations to editor Phyllis Godfredson 

on a job well done! 

On the heels of Parade was the 24 

Hours of LeMons, a traveling race 

series that landed at High Plains Raceway 

for a weekend. Although LeMons is 

not a PCA event, the siren song of 

wheel-to-wheel racing on the cheap 

lured a number of RMR and AMR members 

to participate. A couple of dozen 

of us joined a five-car team, organized 

by Chris Lennon and kept on the 

road—for the most part—by mechanical 

magician Loren Southard and his 

band of merry men. The team even 

featured a “celebrity” driver: National 

PCA President Kurt Gibson, who barely 

had a chance to catch his breath from 

Parade before appearing at HPR. (Read 

more about Kurt’s impressions of 

LeMons on page 8.) 

Wheel-to-wheel racing—in a somewhat 

less-insane form than LeMons—is 

coming back to HPR this month, in 

what has quickly become one of my 

get involved 

RMR Online Discussion Groups 

Would you like to discuss Porsches, 

RMR or anything else of interest to 

other Porschephiles? Check out the 

RMR online discussion groups. 

Yahoo!: 

groups.yahoo.com/group/rmr_pca 

Facebook: 

www.facebook.com/group.php? 

gid=140758796100 

Get Your Newsletter on the Go! 

To read High Gear (in PDF format) on 

the Web, go to the RMR Web site at 

www.rmrporscheclub.com and click 

the Newsletter link. 

favorite RMR events of the year: the 

Club Race. If you’ve never been to a 

PCA club race before, it is quite something 

to behold—attracting, as it does, 

racers from around the western US and 

even across the country. And the track 

is actually a somewhat comfortable 

place to hang out this year, with a covered 

trackside pavilion, flushing toilets 

and running water (ahh, progress!). 

You’ll find me out in the corners with 

camera in hand to capture the action, 

or on the grid helping to stage cars. 

Legions of volunteers are needed to 

put on a race, so consider coming out 

and being part of the fun! See page 6 

for more details. 

Finally, this month I hope you’ll 

notice a new feature that has long 

been missing from the RMR newsletter: 

A technical column! This month, 

Boxster/Cayman specialist Doug 

Bartlett walks us through the process 

of bleeding the hydraulic clutch in a 

986/987. This is a fairly simple task 

that requires only moderate 

contortions to access the bleed screw 

on the side of the transmission housing. 

Check it out on page 18. I hope to 

make the technical column a regular 

feature of High Gear, but I need your 

help! If you are mechanically savvy 

enough to work on your own Porsche 

(or especially other people’s Porsches), 

here’s your chance to show off your 

mechanical genius: Help write a tech 

article for High Gear! We’ll even assist 

with the writing and photography, if 

you like. Give me a call or send me an 

e-mail if you’re interested. 

Contribute to Your Newsletter! 

Want to see your name in print? High 

Gear needs your articles and photos! 

Submit your content and ideas to the 

Newsletter Editor by the 10th of the 

month: 

newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com 

Join PCA RMR 

Not a member yet? Join the PCA RMR 

by visiting www.pca.org and clicking 

the Join PCA link. 

Advertise in High Gear 

Please see page 24 for display advertising 

rates and other details. 

upcoming events 

August 

Mon 8/2 Board Meeting 

5:30pm dinner, 6:30 meeting 

at DiCicco’s Italian Restaurant 

6701 Tower Road, Denver 

303.574.1956 

meetings open to members 

Fri 8/6 AMR Tourpalooza 

-Sun 8/8 event chair: Chris Lennon, 

cjlennon@comcast.net, 

719.487.2842 

Sat 8/7 Membership Social 

new date! see opposite page 

Sun 8/8 Exotic Sports Car Show & 

Concours d’Elegance 

see page 5 

Sat 8/14 Porsche Breakfast Club 

8:00am breakfast 

at Village Inn, 

4100 E. Mexico, Denver 

Erik Behrendsen, organizer 

Sat 8/14 Club Race and Super DE 

-Sun 8/15 see page 6 

Sat 8/21 Drive for the Kids 


Sat 8/21 6th Annual Classic Aircraft 

and Car Show (non-PCA) 

www.ftg-airport.com 

September 

Thu 9/2 Membership Social 

Sat 9/4 AMR Fall Autocross 

at Pikes Peak Int’l Raceway 

Sun 9/5 Rocky Mountain Concours 

at the Broadmoor 

Tue 9/7 Board Meeting 

Thu 9/9 PCA Escape 

-Sun 9/12 sold out! 

Sat 9/11 Porsche Breakfast Club 

Sat 9/18 “Tame the Track” DE 

-Sun 9/19 at High Plains Raceway 

event chair: Alan Fritze, 

afritze22@yahoo.com, 

303.697.8101 

Sun 9/19 Broadmoor Hotel Fall 

Color Tour and Brunch 

Sun 9/19 Colfax Avenue Cruise and 

Poker Run 

Sat 9/25 AMR “Moosetery” Tour 


For the most up-to-date event schedule, 

check out the online calendar at 

www.rmrporscheclub.com 


August 2010 

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membership musings Nancy Warren, Membership Chair 

The dog days of summer 

are here... 

The summer has been 

very busy, with lots of 

Porsche Club events for 

both Rocky Mountain 

Region and Alpine 

Mountain Region. We had another great 

turnout at the July Membership Social, 

held at Stevinson Imports. A fun time was 

had by all! 

There are many Porsche Club events 

for the month of August. The 7th (note 

the new date!) will be the Membership 

Luau (page 2). AMR’s Tourpalooza will be 

August 6th–8th. The Concours 

d’Elegance (opposite page) is Sunday, 

August 8th (rescheduled from June 13th) 

at Arapahoe Community College. Another 

great event is coming up on August 14th 

and 15th: The Club Race and Super DE, 

to be held at High Plains Raceway. And, 

August 21st is the 4th Annual Drive for 

the Kids (page 15), to benefit the 

Children’s Hospital Sports Program. This 

will be a great tour for a great cause! 

If you have friends or neighbors that 

own a Porsche but do not belong to 

The RMR Goodie Store 

is now online! 

apparel • luggage • accessories 

organic and eco-friendly products 

purchases help support your 

Rocky Mountain Region club! 

visit 

rmrporscheclub.webstore.us.com 


August 2010 

RMR/PCA, why not ask them to join? 

Remember, “It’s not just the cars, it’s the 

people!” RMR members, please keep 

your information current so you will continue 

to receive e-mail blasts and the 

newsletter, High Gear! 

Also remember, we have RMR car 

Mike & Olivia Ahnemann 

Boulder, CO 

2007 911 C2S, red 

Chris Barrett 

Fort Collins, CO 

1972 914, orange 

Howard Bellowe 

Greenwood Village, CO 

2004 911 Turbo, white 

Nicholas Bugosh 


2002 911 Carrera, black 

Taylor Edmonds 

Frisco, CO 

1987 951, black 

Carlos Gomez & Alex Marti 

Avon, CO 

2002 911 4S, gray 

Silvia Ijs-Chiara & Paul Ijs 

Highlands Ranch, CO 

2004 Boxster S, black 

Armen Maranjian 

Parker, CO 

2004 C4S, silver 

Troy Moore & Honkei Chan 

Denver, CO 

2010 Carrera 4S, tan 

Justin Morgan 

Denver, CO 

2001 Carrera 

Michael Pawlowski 


2009 911, white 

Kim & Vicki Preston 

Bennett, CO 

1985 944, purple 

Roger Renecke & Nicole Renecke 

Highlands Ranch, CO 

2006 Cayenne, black 

badges for sale in the Goodie Store (see 

ad below). And have you bought your 

nifty RMR name badge yet? An order 

form can be found on the Web site, or email 

membership@rmrporscheclub.com. 

Hope to see you at the next Porsche 

club event! 

Please welcome our new and transfer members... 

Winston Richards 

Estes Park, CO 

1998 911 C2S, silver 

Ron & Mary Satur 

Littleton, CO 

2001 Carrera, silver 

Robert & Sally Schleu 

Dillon, CO 

2011 911, black 

Lynn Scribante & Mark Wright 

Littleton, CO 

1999 Carrera 4, silver 

Bill Swails & Sean Connolly 

Erie, CO 

2006 997, red 

Eric Telingator 

Boulder, CO 

2000 Boxster, silver 

Keith Wolf 

Aurora, CO 

2007 Cayman, white 

Transfers 

Dennis & Kelly Cassell 

Evergreen, CO 

2004 Cayenne S, silver 

from Central Indiana 

Greg Diener & Tammie Helm 

Louisville, CO 

1999 Boxster, blue 

from Golden Gate 

Clell Routson 

Morrison, CO 

2004 911, silver 

from North Florida 

Thomas Schomberg 

Evergreen, CO 

1983 911 

from Riverside 

Not a member yet? Join the PCA Rocky Mountain Region 

by visiting www.pca.org and clicking the Join PCA link.

Remembering an Old Friend 

Andy Keller, 35-year PCA member 

Andrew David “Andy” Keller passed 

away July 13, 2010 at Longmont United 

Hospital as a result of advanced cancer. 

He was 68. 

Andy was born April 20, 1942 in Faribault, 

Minnesota to Andrew Harold and 

Marjorie Ann (Kroenke) Keller, where he 

grew up and graduated from high 

school. 

He earned his undergraduate degree 

from Mankato State University, 

Mankato, Minnesota, and later a Masters 

degree from the University of 

South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. 

Andy served in the United States 

Army on active duty from Feb. 1966 to 

Feb. 1968. While at Ft. Lee, Virginia, he 

worked on design and safety improvements 

for a personnel carrier which 

were adopted by the Army; of this he 

was very proud. He was Honorably Discharged 

from the Army Reserves on 

Feb. 10, 1972. 

He married Anne Moore on August 8, 

1970 in Endicott, New York. 

Andy had a long career as an ergonomist, 

industrial psychologist and human 

factors engineer. He worked 17 years 

for IBM, followed by many years as a 

self-employed consultant under the 

name Human Factors Design, most 

recently specializing as a forensic 

expert and witness. He was 

a retired CPE. 

He was a member of St. John 

the Baptist Catholic Church, 

where he served as a Eucharistic 

minister and Reader at 

Mass. He was a member of 

Chapter 1313 Knights of Columbus. 

A strong community citizen, 

Andy was active in many organizations 

including the Longmont 

Chamber of Commerce; a 

strong advocate for the Longmont 

Symphony Orchestra, 

where he was currently serving 

on the Board of Directors and 

had for many years organized 

the Young Artists competition; 

and a supporter of the 

Longmont Public Library. 

Andy was a member of the 

Longmont Luncheon Optimist 

Club and American Legion Post 

#32; numerous car clubs, including the 

356 Club, Corvair Club, Rocky Mountain 

Vintage Racing, CVOR (Colorado 

Vintage Oval Racers) and the Porsche 

Club; the Human Factors Society; the 

Society of Manufacturing Engineers and 

the Society of Automotive Engineers. 

He enjoyed collecting interesting 

items of all kinds; tinkering with cars, 

27th Annual Exotic Sports Car Show and Concours d’Elegance 

Sunday, August 8 • 9 AM-3 PM • Arapahoe Community College • 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton 

Admission: $10, to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Colorado 

The Exotic Sports Car Show and Concours d’Elegance is one of 

the largest gatherings of priceless automobiles in Colorado. 

We expect that more than 400 treasured cars—from early classics 

and collector cars to vintage race cars and current models—will be 

on display. Many of these incredible cars come out only once a year 

for this show, to help the Cerebral Palsy children. 

Nearly 100 local and regional car clubs, businesses and media 

sponsors draw more than 10,000 spectators to generate funds for 

United Cerebral Palsy of Colorado. Now in its 27th year, the Exotic 

Sports Car Show and Concours d’Elegance has become one of the 

grandest, most entertaining and most anticipated car shows in Colorado! 

To date, this spectacular event has raised over $1,000,000 

for United Cerebral Palsy of Colorado’s Creative Options Early Education 

Centers. These five centers provide early care, intervention, prevention, support and education services to 

expectant mothers and nearly 800 infants, toddlers and pre-school children and their families each year. Another 750 

children are on waiting lists. 

Contact: Al Woodward, RMR PCA Committee Chairperson • abw@woodwardwealth.com • 303.355.0556 

courtesy United Cerebral Palsy Colorado 

Andy Keller, April 20, 1942 - July 13, 2010 

radios, and other things mechanical; 

and bicycling. 

Andy is survived by his wife Anne of 

Longmont; his parents Harry and Lu of 

Faribault, MN; one brother Mike Keller 

(Michele) of Bellevue, WA; one sister 

Ann Judkins (Wes) of Mankato, MN; and 

his nieces, nephews, grand nieces and 

grand nephews. 


August 2010 

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August 2010 

PRESTIGE 

IMPORTS 

PORSCHE•AUDI 

The Region that started it all invites you to... 

“First Ever Anywhere” 

Club Race and Super DE 

High Plains Raceway • Byers, Colorado • August 14th and 15th 

A 2.55-mile track with 15 turns (fast and tight), two BIG vertical changes of 55 and 70 ft, 

along with the becoming-famous Prairie Corkscrew! 

Join us at HPR for two Sprint races, a 60-minute Enduro race and Advanced DE! 

Club Race Registration: Norma Nada - sloporsche@aol.com Online: register.pca.org 

Advanced DE Registrar: Tamela Cash – tamela.home@gmail.com 

Online Registration for DE: www.pcarockymtn.motorsportreg.com 

Friday Track Day for Test & Tune available directly from HPR: www.highplainsraceway.com (not a PCA Club Race event) 

A block of rooms is being held at the Hyatt Place Denver Airport 

(race headquarters hotel), approximately 45 minutes 

from the track. Please make your reservations prior to August 

2, 2010 to get the great rate of $79 per night (plus tax). When 

making your reservation, be sure to mention the special rate 

code of “G-PCA2” or PCA Club Racing. The hotel phone number 

is 303.371.0700. 

Other room accommodations: See ad on this page for 

details on reserving a room with a resident living near the 

track. 

Residents in Byers, Deer Trail, 

Strasburg, Bennett and Watkins 

are offering to rent their extra 

bedrooms to High Plains Raceway 

Drivers and Employees... 

Please call Fay at 

SUCCESSFUL HOSTING, LLC 

303-916-0848 • faychase@aol.com 

Rooms available Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights 

If you have any questions call or e-mail: Kathy Fricke - 

303.499.6540 (h) - 303.884.152 (c) - katfricke@msn.com Call today to make your reservations! 

Tire support at the track: Topless 

Performance providing trackside (mounting 

and balancing) service. They will be on site 

Friday-Saturday, August 13-14 (all day) and 

Sunday, August 15 (until noon). 

To have the freshest rubber available, order 

your tires for this event by August 2, 2010, to 

ensure FREE trackside delivery and no sales 

tax. (Shipping charges will apply to tires 

ordered after August 2, 2010—so 

please remember to order early!!) 

NOW CARRYING: HOOSIER, YOKOHAMA, AVON, HANKOOK, 

NITTO, TOYO, GOODYEAR 

Please call us today to reserve your tires. Thanks! 

Lynn and Lori Heaps at Topless Performance 

928.636.1222 or 877.728.0914 Toll Free 

E-mail: toplessperformance@commspeed.net 

Web site: www.toplessperformance.com 

Race fuel: HPR will be supplying 

Sunoco race fuel at the track by 

Visa or Mastercard credit 

cards only. Limit $120 per 

transaction and maximum of 

three transactions per card 

per 48-hour period. 

Sunoco Race Fuel at High Plains Raceway 

“Standard” 110 Leaded - $7.78 per gallon 

260 GT 100 octane 3.3% oxy street legal - $7.75 per gallon 

260 GTX 98 octane 0% oxy - $7.75 per gallon 

91 Octane is NOT available at the Track. Premium (91 octane) 

is available at gas stations along I-70 and at the Sinclair station 

in Byers, CO, about 18 miles west of the track. 

Get complete Club Race information at 

tinyurl.com/2010-rmr-club-race

Regional Title Sponsors GBox 

Stan Richardson 

PRESTIGE 

IMPORTS 

PORSCHE•AUDI 

Silver Sponsors 

The 3R Automotive Team 

Cecil Morris 

PORSCHE OF BOULDER 

This year’s event needs many ablebodied 

members to help with a variety 

of interesting jobs. Following is a list of 

positions that need your support. 

Corner Workers: Club Race will 

need experienced members to assist 

and support 14 corners for this two-day 

race. We may accept trainees also. Contact 

Roger Buswell at 303.660.6199 or 

roger@rogerbuswell.com. 

Enduro Race Marshals: An Enduro 

race is a race of endurance and lasts 

Prestige Imports 

9201 W. Colfax Ave. 

Lakewood, CO 

www.prestigeimports.net 

Rick Goncalves 

Bronze Sponsors 

Greg Johnson Alan Benjamin 

The Porsche of Boulder Team Dave Banazek 

Steve Schroeder 

Tom Conway 

5757 Arapahoe Ave 

Unit C1 East 

Boulder, CO 

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Individual Donors 

Andy Antipas • Adele Arakawa and Barry Teller • Dave Banazek 

Kathy and Walt Fricke • Rick Goncalves • Wayne Pierce • Stan Richardson 

Call for Volunteers! 

for 60 minutes. The Enduro race is 

scheduled for Saturday afternoon, 8/14. 

Contact Troy Nakatani at troy_n@yahoo. 

com. 

Grid Marshals and Technical 

Inspection: These areas also need 

your assistance! 

If you have any questions concerning 

volunteering for this exciting weekend, 

contact Kathy Fricke at 303.499.6540 or 

katfricke@msn.com. 

You may choose to volunteer for one 

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day or for both days at this year’s race. 

We will try to work with you and have a 

user-friendly schedule. Volunteering is a 

wonderful way to help your fellow Club 

members and, more importantly, get 

involved. 

The Committee thanks you! 

Rick Goncalves, Vicki Earnshaw and 

Kathy Fricke 


August 2010 

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24 hours of lemons wrap-up Kurt Gibson, PCA President 

In my thirty years as a member of 

PCA, one of the many nice things I’ve 

noticed about this organization is our 

members’ willingness to volunteer for 

projects and work well together to 

accomplish common goals. 

Recently I was fortunate to witness 

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this wonderful trait firsthand, having 

been asked by Chris and Kathleen 

Lennon to be a part of a multi-car PCA 

effort at the 24 Hours of LeMons race 

held at High Plains Raceway. 

My schedule was jammed, starting 

with an opportunity to compete in the 

One Lap of America race, closely 

followed by the 55th Porsche Parade at 

St. Charles, Illinois, ending on Friday 

night about midnight... and the 24 Hours 

of LeMons event starting at 9 AM the 

next day, outside Denver, Colorado! 

So... when Chris extended the invitation 

to be a part of the OktoberPests 944 

team, I had reservations about whether 

the timing could work. As well as reservations 

about how I would fit into a team 

when I could not lend a hand in preparation 

of the car! Then there was the fact 

I’d never driven “our” race car... or 

driven High Plains Raceway! Chris was a 

convincing salesman... the LeMons 

event was on my bucket list... I have a 

tolerant and patient wife... and our 

motto is, “We can rest when we get old”! 

Shelby Struthers 

OktoberPests team driver Alan Struthers prepares for battle. 

Wow, am I glad I did! Members from 

the Rocky Mountain and Alpine Mountain 

Regions, my teammates on the Oktober- 

Pests team, as well as a host of other 

PCA members who stopped by, made 

the event truly memorable. Demonstrating 

the finest in PCA traditions, we all 

pitched in to finish the last-minute tasks 

and continued to work well together all 

weekend long. Team Captain Art Rancis 

and wife Sue had the details worked out 

down to the minute, including a wonderful 

dinner Saturday evening after the 

racing stopped. Everyone was friendly 

and we worked as a team to advance 

several cars to the finish line. I’m sure 

you’ll read the details of the race elsewhere 

in this newsletter, but I wanted to 

write a short note to thank everyone 

involved and congratulate RMR/AMR for 

a great effort at this event. [Look for 

Chris Lennon’s full report in an upcoming 

issue of Porsche Panorama -Ed.] 

I’m pleased to report again... “It’s not 

just the cars, it’s the people.” You guys 

are great!

ladies’ day wrap-up Martha Vail, Event Co-Chair 

They Came to Our Party, Our 

Tupperware Party! 

Ladies’ Day is always a favorite with 

RMR members, instructors and friends 

from fellow car clubs. This year was no 

exception, and we had an all-time-high 

turnout: 71 cars—including Porsches of 

many types, from 914 to GT3, and the 

odd Ferrari, Maserati, Corvette and 

BMW. 

76 drivers and their loyal supporters 

braved record heat and wind gusts that 

sent floor mats and sun shades swirling 

into the sky. We had two full run groups 


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of novice drivers who were ably 

prepped for their maiden voyage 

around the track during classroom sessions 

with Vicki Earnshaw. Chief Driving 

Inspector Kathy Fricke, Safety Chair 

Adele Arakawa, Tech Inspection Chair 

Bruce Waddle, and Al Woodward in Control 

were diligent in making sure the 

event was safe and on time, as well as 

fun. 

A new position—Paddock Queen—was 

ably womanned by Luann Dodge, Myrna 

Hall and Lisa Bryan, who roamed the 

paddock to answer questions, give 

directions and wel- 


Ladies’ Day isn’t just for Porsches! 

come newcomers. Registrar Kristie 

Widrig worked long hours to get oh-somany 

driver’s packets prepared before 

7 AM on event day. RMR’s staff of 

instructors turned out in droves, and 

many of the never-ever drivers said 

that working with their instructor made 

all the difference in their confidence on 

the track. 

Thanks to the generous sponsorship 

of Woodward Wealth Management, the 

Ladies’ Day drivers, instructors and pit 

crew were well-fed and feted all day. 

Byers General Store catered a wonder- 

ful breakfast and hot and cold hors 

d’oeuvres for our not-your-average 

Beer:30. Thanks to Jill Janeski and Troy 

Nakatani for bringing out the 

champagne and sangria, and to Track 

Manager Glenn Conser for that lastminute 

beer run! 

And, let’s not forget what has to be 

the first-ever Tupperware Party at a 

racetrack. We were delighted to have 

with us Joannie Flynn, who’s been representing 

Tupperware for more than 50 

years, so that folks could replenish their 

collections. (Except for Linda Ruff, 

whose already-impressive collection 

won her the Most Unusual and Judges’ 

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This page, clockwise from top right: A trio of Porsches ascend Loveland Pass 

on the Triple Bypass Tour; 2009 Membership Chair John Mackin accepts the Actual 

Growth Membership Award on behalf of RMR from PCA President Kurt Gibson; 

Ladies’ Day co-chairs Susan Bucknam and Martha Vail demonstrate the latest 

Tupperware concepts with Chief Driving Instructor Kathy Fricke and Registrar 

Kristie Widrig; a pair of Porsches motor along high above I-70. Opposite page, 

from top: Cars #944 and #945 were the two Porsches among the five-car team 

fielded by AMR and RMR members led by AMR’s Chris Lennon; the husband/wife 

team of Alan and Shelby Struthers pause for a moment at Ladies’ Day. 


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Clockwise from top right: Michelle Capdeville’s 

Boxster sported the rare Porsche Design Edition 

“Daisy” graphics package; the #945 OktoberPests 

944 actually finished at the 24 Hours of LeMons; 

preparations for “champagne:30” at Ladies’ Day 

included some high-class stemware. 


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Shelby Struthers Jeremy Rosenberger

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Porsche Specialists since 1975 

4th Annual 

Drive for 

the Kids 

to benefit the Children’s Hospital 

Sports Program for Children 

with Physical Disabilities 

Saturday-Sunday 

August 21-22 

8:00 AM Breakfast and Exhibit Tour 

at Club Auto / LeMay Auto Museum 

11100 W. 8th Avenue 

Lakewood, CO 80215 

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August 2010 

Mark your calendars now for... 

Titty Titty Bang Bang! 

RMR’s DE and fundraiser for the fight against breast cancer 

October 16th & 17th at High Plains Raceway 

Last year we raised $2000 towards the fight against breast cancer... let’s see what we can do 

this year! 

Don’t miss the last DE of the year. Join your friends for double the trouble: fun and fundraising! 

You’ll also want to plan on attending beer:thirty (in keeping with OctoberFast) for beer 

and brats, oomph and all. 

For information or to volunteer please contact co-chairs Gary & Luann Dodge. 

Gary: dodge914@earthlink.net, Luann: racingprincess@earthlink.net 

Save Your 

Strength For… 

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RMR-PCA DE 

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Sept 18th & 19th 

courtesy Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG

in the zone Sean Cridland, PCA Zone 9 Representative 

My main activity as 

your Zone Rep this 

month centered 

around Porsche 

Parade 2010 at St. 

Charles, Illinois. For 

those of you who have 

been to a Parade, you 

know that it’s one of the major highlights 

of any Porsche owner’s activity schedule. 

For those who haven’t been yet, put it on 

your schedule; you won’t regret it. For 

those of us from Zone 9 who witnessed 

or participated in RMR and AMR cooperating 

to organize last year’s Parade at 

Keystone, the big question this year was, 

“Would it be as good?” Or, since last 

year was the final year of Parade being 

organized by Regions, and this year was 

the first of the Parades organized by the 

National Parade staff, would it succeed? 

Let me answer those two questions first. 

Was Parade as good in St. Charles as it 

was in Keystone? No and yes. Did it have 

the Rocky Mountains and the twisty highways 

of Summit County? No. Were the 

events fun and exciting? Yes! I’m calling 

this Parade (one of only three in my 

repertoire, miniscule in comparison to 

some Parade-goers) the “People’s 

Parade.” Perhaps it’s because of my 

experience getting there and the kinds of 

events I participated in this time. First, I 

didn’t take a Porsche with me this time. 

That meant that instead of participating 

in the competitive events, I spent more 

time on social activities and volunteering. 

It was an entirely different kind of 

Parade experience for me and one that I 

really enjoyed. There are so many great 

people who make up PCA across the 

country! It was great to visit with so 

many people from around our Zone and 

from many other Regions and Zones, 

too. Adding to that experience was the 

fact that I didn’t take Interstate highways 

the whole way getting there. I punched 

the address into my trusty Garmin and 

let it take me where it would. That meant 

two-lane roads through the Texas and 

Oklahoma Panhandles and southern 

Kansas, and then on to the bigger roads 

in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. We read so 

much about our “great country,” but 

most of us never really experience it 

other than by staring out the window of a 

jet or whizzing past it on the Interstate. 

To drive through all the small towns and 

see where people are living, what they’re 

doing for work and what they’re driving 

gave me a much better perspective on 

what’s happening in the country. But 

that’s a different article. Nonetheless, it 

did affect how I perceived Parade. 

As much as I have loved the spectacle 

of the Parades I’ve attended in San Diego 

and Keystone, I got a whole new appreciation 

for what Parade is by attending the 

one in St. Charles. Like PCA itself, Parade 

is not just about flash and show and 

showing off. It’s about seeing our friends 

from past events and meeting new ones 

as we appreciate the machinery and 

brand we love in our Porsches. Some of 

us own many rare and collectible cars. 

Some of us have exotic, expensive, highpowered 

newer models. And some of us 

have the same car that we purchased 

many years ago and haven’t quite got 

around to doing all the updates we’d like 

to do. Nonetheless, we all like the marque 

and we like socializing with each 

other. My drive to and my experience in 

St. Charles brought that into focus for 

me. Instead of running off to participate 

in a mountainous drive or to Sea World 

or the beach, we tended to spend time 

with each other, either talking about 

cars, or the World Cup of soccer, or the 

start of the Tour de 

France, or whatever racing was on, or 

just catching up on family and 

friendships. I guess this has always gone 

on at Parade. Maybe I just noticed it 

more this year. In any case, in my 

retinue, St. Charles has become what I’ll 

call the “People’s Parade.” 

Parades aren’t like the Olympics, which 

feel a duty to constantly outdo one 

another, ever upping the ante to 

outspend or out-spectacle the previous 

one. Parade is about taking a journey 

with friends and loved ones to enjoy the 

company of other people who enjoy what 

we do, and going to parts of the country—that 

we might not normally think of 

as “destinations”—to see what’s going 

on in other parts of the American 

Porsche scene. That can mean beachside 

or mountain resorts, but it can also mean 

hidden midwestern gems and small-town 

locales surrounded by thousands of 

square miles of corn, wheat, and 

soybean fields. It can mean visiting 

places where Porsches are commonplace 

or where they are exotic. 

National did a good job with Parade 

because... like any other Parade, it was 

staffed by dedicated, able-bodied and 

eager volunteers from around the country, 

giving their all to make events 

happen smoothly and on time. Many of 

the same people who have staffed and 

volunteered at other Parades were there, 

working just as hard to make this event 

happen. Anyone who’s attended a 

Parade knows that about 85% of Parade 

attendees also volunteer to help with 

some activity. It’s one of best ways to 

meet people. 

Though we often think of it as a clever 

cliché, Parade really is “not just about the 

cars, but the people.” 


August 2010 

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tech corner Doug Bartlett 

Flushing the Clutch on a 

Boxster/Cayman 

Whenever you flush your brake fluid, 

it’s a good idea to flush out the clutch 

hydraulic system too. The clutch system 

uses the same fluid reservoir as 

the brakes. Although the clutch doesn’t 

suffer from the same extreme heat 

issues as your brake, it’s a good idea to 

get the old fluid out of this system too. 

After you complete the normal brake 

bleeding process (beyond the scope of 

this article), you perform the same 

process at the clutch slave cylinder 

bleed screw. Finding it is a bit more 

challenging than the ones for the brake 

calipers, though! 

Start by raising the rear of the car up 

onto jack stands. Use a floor jack to 

raise one side of the car via the front 

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jack point. The rear 

will lift too, so you 

can place one stand 

underneath. For the 

other side, raise the 

car from the highly 

reinforced area of 

the diagonal rear 

brace. The key is to 

ensure that your 

car is safely raised 

so you can crawl 

under the back end. 

In Photo 1 you 

can see where I 

have lifted the second 

side of the car. 1 

I left the jack in 

place for a third safety net. 

Now you need to find where the 

clutch slave cylinder is hidden on the 

top, left side of the 

transmission. Crawl 

under the car and 

look up between 

the left rear wheel 

and the gearbox, 

toward the 

gearbox. Photo 2 

shows what you will 

see. 

Look a little 

closer and you can 

find the coil of tubing 

that carries the 

fluid from the master 

cylinder (at the 

clutch pedal) to the 

slave. 

Ultimately, you 

will find where the 

clutch fluid line 

enters the 

transmission and 

the bleed screw 

with a protective 

rubber cap. (Photo 

3—sorry, a bit out 

of focus.) 

Pull off the rubber 

cap with your fingers. 

Be careful not 

to lose it, because 

it does not have a 

retaining strap like 

the brake caliper 

caps! 

Photo 4 shows the bleed valve with 

the cap removed. And if you really poke 

your head (or camera) up there, Photo 

5 shows what you will see. 

Now at this point, you are probably 

thinking, “Ah, that’s where it hides, now 

for the easy part!” Well, not quite... Just

like with the brake calipers, place the 

rubber tubing from your brake fluid 

bleed bottle over the clutch slave bleed 

screw. There isn’t a lot of room to work 

up there. The hard part is positioning an 

11mm wrench over the screw to loosen 

it. You’ll have to attack it at an angle. A 

flashlight and two hands will help. I 

didn’t take pictures of this part, but if 

you have previously bled your brakes, 

the concepts and process are identical. 

If you are using a pressurized brake 

bleeding bottle like the one from 

Motive, just open the screw until you 

get clean fluid. If you are using the twoperson 

pedal-pump method, just 

remember to tell your assistant to use 

the clutch pedal rather than the brake 

pedal for this one! 

When you get clean fluid, simply 

4 5 

AMR Fall “Moosetery” Tour • Sept. 25-26 

Plan to join us for this great AMR tradition, and the most colorful tour of the year! 

Cost: $330 per couple (includes tour, breakfast both days, Saturday 

dinner/awards, lodging, goodies); $280 for any single person cars (same as 

above, but for one person) 

Registration: Via www.motorsportreg.com. Closes on Monday, August 23rd. 

Be sure to sign up early, as this event has a long history of selling out 

quickly! 

Questions: Contact Chris at cjlennon@comast.net 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tighten up the bleed screw, and don’t 

forget to replace the rubber cap. Dropping 

the car back to the ground is the 

reverse of the process to raise it. Now 

go wash up, because you probably got 

your arms and hands a bit grimy from 

poking around down there. And then 

celebrate your newly-flushed clutch 

slave cylinder with your favorite beverage. 

Cheers! 


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August 2010 

the rearview mirror 

Amy Legg-Rogers, Historian 

“Ebe” and Dave Liddle and Grady 

Clay were throttle jockeys. With 

able assistance from the largest 

pit crew in the history of racing, 

they managed first-in-class and 

second-place overall wins in the 

La Junta 3-Hour Race! 

RMR had more than 40 cars 

attending the Portland, Oregon 

Porsche Parade in 1980. The 

1,300-mile trip was well worth 

it, since RMR won Region of the 

Year and, according to RMR’s 

estimate, took home 

the most trophies per 

participant.

i get around Dick Badler 

The Good Old 

Days of TV 

They say the good 

old days were never 

really as good as you 

remember. It's something 

about the fact that you're looking 

through rose-colored glasses. But not 

me. I prefer sunglasses, anyway. Graytinted. 

They're better to see the 

contrast, as the sun glints 

off the old Philco, watching 

reruns in black and 

white, the way God and 

Mr. Sarnoff and Mr. Paley 

intended. 

One of my favorite car 

episodes of all time is 

from “Candid Camera.” 

Yeah, yeah, the episode at 

the Automat was great. 

Where the guy puts his 

coins in the slot, opens 

the glass door, and pulls 

out his tuna sandwich… 

only to have a hand come 

out and take it back. But 

that actually had nothing 

to do with cars. 

The best car episode 

was one that probably 

would not be made today. 

Check that, it definitely 

would not be made today. 

With apologies all 

around, it's the one where 

they put a lady in a car at 

the top of a hill, and they 

take the motor out. Then 

they roll the car down the 

hill… and into a gas station, 

which sits at the bottom. The 

woman rolls to a stop at the pump, and 

she says to the attendant, “Can you 

help me? Something's wrong with my 

car, it won't run.” 

So the mechanic opens the hood, 

looks inside, looks up, incredulous, and 

says, “Lady, you don't have a motor!” 

And she says, “Can I get one?” 

Hey, let's face it, times were different. 

Just like they were on “Route 66.” Can 

you hum the theme song? Not to the 

road, to the show. Da da da… da da da. 

No words. But they didn't need any. But, 

like, what was up with Buzz and Tod? 

Every episode, they were getting into 

trouble, working some menial job on 

the wrong side of the tracks… and then 

hopping into their shiny, new… 

Corvette. 

And they had a new one every year 

the show was on the air. Like magic. 

Uh, how did they get the car in the 

first place? And which one of them 

owned it? Or did it matter? Or, were we, 

in fact, watching the first covertly liberated 

show on television? 

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making minimum wage, shoveling coal, 

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But, when the motive alternative was 

“My Mother the Car” or “The Beverly 

Hillbillies,” the Vette, at least, was great 

to see... on prime time. 

Then there's “The Dick Van Dyke 

Show.” A classic. I can still hear Laura 

yelling “Rooooob!” every episode. 

For car lovers everywhere, one 

episode stands out. It's called “Scratch 

My Car and Die.” Do a search, you can 

find it at Hulu.com. What happens is 

Rob comes home with a brand new 

Tarantula. That's the name of the car. 

You never see it, but you hear it. And, 

from the description, it's one sweet 

ride. 

“Did you notice? The door handles are 

countersunk, so there's no wind resistance, 

none at all. Even the ashtray… 

teardrop design. And that's not chrome. 

It's stainless steel.” 

Rob waves the brochure at Laura and 

says, “Automatics are for 

old ladies. Bucket seats 

and a stick shift. You settle 

down in them like an astronaut.” 

He goes on, “You know 

what the great thing is 

about this car?” 

Laura replies, “You can't 

bring it into the house?” 

Rob tries again, “When 

you look at a car like that, 

what do you feel?” 

“Extreme fear.” 

So Rob picks up the 

phone to call his friend. He 

says to Laura, “What's the 

point of having a new car if 

you can't have your best 

friend envious of you?” 

And, of course, his friend 

can't come over to see it 

until the morning. 

When Rob finds out that 

Laura has to take the car 

the next day, because she 

has car-pool duty, and her 

family station wagon is in 

the garage for repairs, his 

instructions are “don't park 

the car under a tree, or 

under a bird. And put it in the garage 

before the dew forms.” 

Hmmm. On second thought, maybe 

some things are, indeed, eternal. Like 

new car ownership. Especially if it's a 

sports car. From the '60s. On television. 

In black and white. 


August 2010 

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classified ads 

Classified ads are free to RMR/PCA 

members for items personally owned by 

the member. No commercial ads. Ads 

for nonmembers are $10 for one month. 

Ads must be 150 words or less. Deadline 

for classified ad submission is the 10th 

of the previous month. Member ads will 

run for two issues. E-mail your ad to 

newsletter@rmrporscheclub.com. 

porsche cars 

1972 914 race car. This is a well-setup, 

very fast, 914 ready for Club Racing 

or Driver Eds. It is about 1700+ lbs. Car 

setup and 2.0-liter motor built by AJRS. 

This is a partial list of upgrades: 86 Carrera 

front axle, suspension and brakes. 

Race seat, 2 oil coolers, Accusump system, 

MSD electronic ignition, overhead 

electric cooling fan, roof lowered, windshield 

laid down, Lexan windshield, 

fiberglas hood, roof, trunk lid, fender 

flares, bumpers, Weber 44's, Euro headers, 

tach with shift light, 2 sets rims and 

tires, transponder, alternator driven off 

the half shaft, 19 MM brake master, 

front brake cooling, Koni coil over 

shocks on the rear, roll cage. Must sell. 

Well over $25,000.00 invested. Asking 

$12,000.00 OBO. All offers considered. 

For more info and pictures please contact 

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1980 911SC Coupe Race Car. Slate 

gray/red. 3.0L engine, welded cage, fire 

system, F/R fiberglas bumpers, new 

paint, 2 sets of wheels, rebuilt trans. 

$17,500. Kelland Davis, Gunnison, 970. 

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convertible—Garage kept and 

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arrange for personal viewing and test 

drive. [Aug] 

1993 GT1 R/S Twin Turbo Race car - 

2180 lbs. 500HP Carbon Fiber 993 Body 

work—built for 1998 24 Hours @ Daytona—at 

cost of $225,000 + car, mint 

1993 RS America, receipts available— 

STACK Data/Dash, ALCON Brakes, 

PENSKE Nitrogen Shocks, 100 Liter Fuel 

cell, FISKE 18X10 & 18X12 wheels (3 

Sets) Always Podium Finisher—Never 

damaged—PCA/NASA/HSR/SCCA eligible—Steve 

617.838.4648. Car is in Vail. 

See pictures @ www.dna-motorsports. 

com & e-mail steve@dna-motorsports. 

com $79,500 negotiable [Sep] 

1997 911 Carrera (993) Sunroof 

Coupe - Glacier White with Cashmere 

(Tan) leather interior, Only 24K miles, 

pristine condition, Concours winner, 

always garaged... never driven in foul 

weather. H&R lowering springs, RS ride 

height, H&R sway bars, Factory Porsche 

Sport Classic 17” wheels with Michelin 

Pilot Sport tires. CDR-210 AM/FM/CD 

Radio/CD player, Valentine Radar 

Detector and Griot car cover inc. 

$42,500 firm. Contact Alan Fritze Home 

303.697.8101, Cell 720.425.3968, 

Email: afritze22@yahoo.com [Aug] 

Forced to Sell—1998 Carrera 2S 

Coupe. The last of the air- and oilcooled 

Porsches! One of 130 made. 

Under 21,000 original miles, second 

owner. Recent service including new 

tires—all service records available. Silver 

and grey, six speed, motor sound 

package, aluminum and chrome package, 

Litronic headlights, 18” light alloy 

wheels, AM/FM w/CD, HiFi sound 

system, and anti-theft. $60,000. E-mail 

or call for additional information and 

pictures: tamela.home@gmail.com or 

Creed_1@comcast.net, 303.895.7816. 

[Aug] 

other cars 

1976 Ford E-350 Van. Very well 

optioned. Candy Apple Red/White. One 

owner since new. Very good tow truck 

with no hits, no rust. Has lived indoors 

and under a cover most of its life. 

39,000 miles. 460 V-8 with extra gas 

tank, extra battery. 4.10 rear axle, Xheavy 

trailer package, A.C., power 

steering, power brakes & front end stabilizer. 

2 captain chairs. Very enjoyable 

to drive. $5,000. bilatrace@msn.com 

[Aug] 

2006 Mercedes-Airstream travel 

van - Forced to stop flying @ 62 and 

racing @ 70! This is my AZ/CO travel 

van used for racing. Mercedes diesel 

gets 28-30MPG and 25 pulling (7kGVW). 

Full kitchen, bath, TV, etc. Seats 8-10. 

Sleeps 2 in king bed. Twin A/C and heat. 

Airstream corp. jet style interior. Rear 

double door kitchen model. Leather 

with maple cabinets. 65k miles/new 

Michelin tires. Factory warranty till 100k 

on engine and 80k on driveline. Custom 

Mercedes bronzit over coco paint. Pics: 

burtriviere2004@yahoo.com. Located in 

Castle Pines North. No disappointments. 

$45k or best offer. 303.663.2474. [Aug] 

miscellaneous parts 

3.0 SC engine - with 9.9:1 pistons, 

Nikasil cylinders, ARP hardware 

throughout, new timing chains, guides 

and tensioners, new “S” cams, rebuilt 

heads, TWM-Motec throttle-body fuel 

injection, tuned and programmed by 

Jerry Woods himself with 245 hp (at sea 

level). It has 2500 miles on it, and it’s 

still in the car, so you may come drive 

it! Asking $17,500. You couldn’t build 

this for less than $22K. Rob S, 

303.443.3538, rcsteinway@earthlink. 

net [Aug] 

Porsche Black Leather Seats (Pair 

from 1986 944 Turbo) Power driver’s 

side, Like new—from excellent 36,000 

always garaged/covered car. $1000 

negotiable; shipping/delivery also negotiable. 

Steve, 617.838.4648, info@ 

americanglobal.org [Aug] 

Porsche Factory Steering Wheel - 

Black 4–spoke Leather Steering Wheel

classified ads 

from 1986 944 Turbo—same as 1986 

930 Turbo steering wheel, mint/like 

new, non-airbag $250 negotiable. 

Steve, info@ americanglobal.org, 

617.838.4648 [Sep] 

Roll Cage - Half-cage from a 911 with 

Simpson 4-point belts. I hope your car 

is blue! Comes with all the hardware. 

No reasonable offer turned down. Rob 

S, 303.443.3538, rcsteinway@earthlink. 

net [Aug] 

Wheels - Set of 4 ATS 7JX15 wheels, 

powder coat, primer gray, can be 

painted, with Yokohama YK-20 2/5/60 

R/5 tires (4 tires). $200.00 each, or set 

for $700.00. Call if interested 

303.947.8534. [Aug] 

Wheels - Set of 18” Turbo Twist (solid 

spoke) wheels for wide body 964, 993 & 

996 C4S and Turbo. Two 7.5X18 ET50 

P/N 993.362.134.06 and Two 10X18 

ET40 P/N 993.362.140.03. May fit other 

applications; buyer is responsible to 

check fit on whatever car they are 

used on. Very good condition with 

minor scratches. Sacrifice for $600 per 

set. Call Alan Fritze 303.697.8101 or 

E-mail afritze22@ yahoo.com. [Aug] 

wanted 

Looking to trade 1989 930 cabriolet, 

30231 miles, garaged and covered, for 

coupe in similar age and condition. 

Dillon area. Call 928.925.2808; ask for 

Jonathan. [Sep] 

advertiser spotlight Roger Buswell, Advertising Coordinator 

A Good Thing 

When They See It 

My boss, High Gear 

editor Jeremy Rosenberger, 

was recently 

telling me about 

unusual advertisers he 

noticed while perusing newsletters from 

the largest PCA regions (RMR-PCA is one 

of the twenty largest regions in North 

America). Since I head up advertising 

sales for High Gear, he may have been 

telling me this to inspire me to think “outside 

the box” and call on advertising 

prospects that are not otherwise obvious. 

More likely, knowing Jeremy, he 

mentioned it to subliminally ask the 

question, “Why do organizations advertise 

in the newsletter of a single-make, 

private car club?” 

The conventional and less-conventional 

advertisements in other PCA newsletters 

that caught our attention were high-end 

audio sellers, auto body and upholstery 

repair, various restaurants, an orphanage, 

insurance bonds, realtors, financial 

advisors, mortgage lenders, lawyers, 

plastic surgeons (one ad even showed 

the lady plastic surgeon leaning out the 

window of her Cabrio while holding two 

actual clear breast implants—for an 

improved “Top Down Image”!), auto 

detailing, car parts, office supplies, cosmetic 

dentistry, racing gear, trailer sales, 

custom jewelry, woodworking, banks, 

fine watches, a uro-gynecologist (so the 

ladies don’t have to make as many “pit 

stops”), professional photography, promotional 

items, spas, public relations, a 

yacht club, flying lessons and custom 

remodeling. With rare exception, these 

advertisers appeal to people with discretionary 

income. I believe these 

advertisers realize that Porsche owners 

know what they want and merely need to 

be convinced to buy goods and services 

from them. 

We just signed up a brand-new advertiser 

that fits that bill. Patrick Rupas is the 

sales manager for the Sprinter line of 

commercial trucks, built by Mercedes- 

Benz and sold by Mercedes-Benz of 

Littleton (a sister dealership of Prestige 

Imports, one of our most loyal advertisers). 

Patrick called me and wanted to 

place an ad. Perhaps taking the risk of 

looking a gift horse in the mouth, I asked 

Patrick, “Why our magazine?” His reply 

was that Porsche owners are frequently 

people in important positions and may 

be deciding which trucks to buy for their 

commercial fleets. The Sprinter line has a 

great message of high quality and features 

combined with very low overall cost 

per mile to operate. Patrick “gets it.” We 

believe that the current advertisers in 

High Gear “get it” too. 

Maybe you’ve thought of ways to grow 

your business. Maybe you’ve even 

thought of advertising in High Gear. The 

quality of High Gear has made dramatic 

leaps during the last two years, as has 

the overall quality of the membership 

experience offered by our Region. We are 

a Region on the rise, and that has commercial 

appeal. Today may be the day to 

jump into the fray and become an advertiser 

with us. Give me a call at 

303.660.6199 or shoot me an e-mail at 

roger@rogerbuswell.com, and let’s see if 

we can help your business thrive. 


August 2010 

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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. Each year RMR organizes a variety of opportunities 

to enjoy and learn about your Porsche. 

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 at least one tour each year; AMR 

typically offers several. A number of tours are 

usually offered at Porsche Parade as well. 

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 40-65 MPH (no higher than second gear 

for many cars). Competing cars are spaced at 

long intervals—typically only one or two cars 

are on the course at any 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 

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. 

RMR’s 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 High Gear and the 

RMR Web site for details. And if you have any 

ideas for a program, talk to the Program 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 


August 2010 

Driving Events 

Non-Driving Events 

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, for 

bragging rights, 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) 

Pikes 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. 

As 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 1992. 

Because of the logistics involved in an event of 

this magnitude, a club race requires a legion of 

volunteers. However, a club race is also one of 

most exciting events to participate in, so be 

sure to sign up! 

RMR hosts one club race each year at High 

Plains Raceway which, combined with the 

“Super DE” event, adds up to one thrilling weekend! 

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. 


High Gear is the official news magazine 

of the Rocky Mountain Region 

Porsche Club of America. 

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The print version of High Gear 

reaches over 2,000 members in 

1,200 households! 

Please contact Advertising Coordinator 

Roger Buswell to explore the possibilities 

for your business or event: 

roger@rogerbuswell.com • 303.660.6199 

advertising rates (monthly) 

annual contracts receive a 10% discount 

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