e-Brake News: PCA Spotlight: Porsche Parade — Fueled by Volunteers

Published: Tue, 06/28/16

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June 28, 2016
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PCA—Saturday night’s Victory Banquet marked the end of this year’s Porsche Parade at Jay Peak, Vermont, which was hosted and enjoyed by roughly 1,800 PCA members. Like all Parades that came before it, this one was made a reality by hundreds of PCA member-volunteers.
 
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PCA—Porsche Parade in Jay Peak, Vermont was a bit like Parade in French Lick, Indiana last year: It was off the beaten path — in rural Vermont less than 15 miles from the Canadian border. The venue is a ski resort. Yet 1,800 members and hundreds of Porsches flooded the area for great times and competition.
(Ed.: Parade results enclosed!)
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PCA—Today Porsche President and CEO Oliver Blume introduced the new 2017 Panamera Turbo and 4S in Berlin, bringing in a totally new generation of Porsche’s sedan.
 
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PCA—Drivers competing in the Porsche Club of America (PCA) Rumble at the Oak Tree at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) wrapped up the jam-packed weekend with several exciting endurance races on Sunday.
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Newport Dispatch News—Jay Peak Resort was allowed to reopen its aerial tram Saturday for summer operations after the state had earlier ordered it temporarily shut down.
 
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PCA—Porsche Club of America's newest event, Treffen North America starts this September with Treffen Lake Tahoe, Sept. 7-11. Click here to visit the Treffen Lake Tahoe activities page, then book your spot and activities.
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SportsCar 365—​​​​​​​Porsche’s 2017 GTE contender could feature a turbocharged engine after all, with the new-generation 911 RSR having been spotted testing at Monza, ahead of its race debut early next year.
 
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Stand 21—Porsche Club of America is excited to announce a partnership with Stand 21 North America on a PCA Club Racing 25th Anniversary Racewear Collection. Stand 21 will design and produce a special one-time-only collection offered exclusively to PCA members. This anniversary collaboration will include specially designed gloves, boots and bags with the PCA Racing 25th Anniversary logo.
 
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Petrolicious—“If I have a big smile on my face,” says Spike Feresten. “I know I’ve made a wonderful decision…and this car delivers it every time.”
 
Motorsport.com—In his latest Motorsport.com column, Porsche LMP1 star Timo Bernhard reflects on a Le Mans 24 Hours that once again saw the crew of the #1 car leave empty-handed.
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PCA—Werks Reunion, the premier Porsche event during “Monterey Car Week,” is back on August 19. The concours and car show at Rancho Cañada Golf Club is free to spectators and will have a field of up to 1,000 Porsches, with 924/944/968 and 928 as the featured model ranges.
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Car and Driver—A thorough redo of the Boxster is here, though after spending a week with the outgoing Spyder, we have to conclude that nothing needed fixing. A close kin to the Cayman GT4, the Spyder is a limited-production model that borrows the 911’s engine.
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Goodwood Road & Racing via YouTube—Actor and race car driver Patrick Dempsey gave #FOS an exclusive first look at the brand new Porsche Panamera Turbo Prototype on the Hillclimb yesterday!
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DW—Jochen Bader's Karmann Ghia RS is one of a kind. It's part Volkswagen, part Porsche and a whole lot of fun. He took the sporty body of a 1970 Karmann Ghia and pumped it full of Porsche technology.
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MultiBriefs—Can you imagine taking three weeks to build a 1500cc automobile engine and as much as 12-18 hours just to set the timing. That is the engine that Ernst Fuhrman — later to become the Porsche AG chairman — came up with when Porsche asked him to design a high-performance engine for the 550 race car.
 
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Automobile—The Tesla Model S has enjoyed a lot of success over the last half-decade, racking up accolades and fervent supporters with every new announcement and development. Like the rest of the world, Porsche has watched closely as support and enthusiasm for electric cars has grown. And as we’ve seen with the seductive and futuristic Porsche Mission E concept, it thinks it can do better.
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Road & Track—TEXAS WORLD SPEEDWAY is a dilapidated theater of horsepower. Grass grows through cracks in the banking where NASCAR once ran. The surface is jagged, lumpy. Grip is minimal. The grandstands are unsafe, liable to collapse at any minute.
 
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New York Jets—The New York Jets today announced a new multi-year partnership with Porsche Cars North America, Inc. The agreement marks Porsche’s first NFL partnership and major market sports sponsorship on the East Coast. Porsche is the official sports car and luxury vehicle of the New York Jets.
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Left Lane News—Called Endurance Racing Edition, Porsche's latest limited-edition model is based on the Carrera S. Visually, it receives a set of eye-catching decals inspired by the 919 Hybrid that has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the past two years. It's offered either in white or red with black stickers, or in black with gray stickers.
 
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The News Wheel—Porsche is finally returning to simracing after spending 12 long years away from the genre. Kunos Simulazioni, the Italian developer behind Assetto Corsa, has announced it has come to an agreement with Porsche that will see cars like the 918 Spyder and 919 Hybrid added to the lineup offered in the game. If that doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, you might be surprised.
 
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Maxim—If any modern supercar is deserving of fetishistic treatment, it's the Porsche 918 Spyder. So it's no wonder the luxe new coffee table tome about the $845,000–plus hybrid beast from Germany's Delius Klasing is actually three books in one.
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Business Insider—Porsche Automobil Holding SE , Volkswagen's controlling stakeholder, will endorse the carmaker's former top management at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday, a spokesman said, despite new regulatory probes related to the diesel emissions scandal.
 
PCA—Described as a museum springing to life, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is the largest event held during the famed Monterey Classic Car Week, and is the only event where cars are doing what they were originally intended to do…race. Approximately 550 race cars are invited to compete in the world’s premier motoring event, and are accepted based on the car’s authenticity, race provenance and period correctness. Car corral tickets are sold out, but bring your Porsche key and/or member card for access to hospitality tent.
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the new, volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as needed.
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Porsche of the Week
Photo by John Alfenito. Santa Barbara Region. “Here's a shot of my 2016 911 Carrera GTS Club Coupe. After a nine-month wait, I took delivery on the day before Thanksgiving 2015. The car is magnificent...well worth the long wait!”

Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
 
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