The 63rd Porsche Parade was held at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri the second week of July. Zone 7 had only a couple dozen attendees this year. However we came home with a good number of awards. Jessica (GGR) and J Toney (SVR) again took 1stplace in their TSD Rally[…]
Read More »The 5thCarlsen Porsche Autocross at Alameda Point was well attended with 94 cars and drivers. We had a long course this time, courtesy of Paul S, with times ranging between 55.388 for TTOD down to over 2 minutes for a few runs. It also won the prize for the warmest[…]
Read More »Board Meeting Minutes July 14, 2018 Present: Brad Kellett, Bryan Phan, John Celona, Marianne Merritt, Michael Sherman, Michael Griffin, Jim McClelland Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 12:32 pm. Call for agenda changes: Holdover social items from June meeting deferred until September Call for calendar changes:[…]
Read More »Capt. Mike (AKA) Capt. Michael Sherman, USN-Ret. Membership Director GGR Regional Summary Macan – At Altitude Those of us who have down-sized from a Cayenne to a Macan know the exuberance and excitement this smaller SUV brings. I really have to think twice about taking the Macan or the 911 GTS when I’m[…]
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–by Rich Tsai, Nugget Photographer (@SinglelensNet) PCA Zone 7 members celebrated #SportsCarTogether day at Niello Porsche in Rocklin on June, 9, 2018. The first vehicle to bear the Porsche name was registered on June 8, 1948: The 356 “Number 1”. This is the day on which the Porsche brand was[…]
Read More »A big shout out to the whole CRAB 37 committee from Sacramento Valley Region. It was another wonderful weekend centered around the California Automobile Museum. There was tons of crab to eat along with a Crabkana, Autocross, walking tour, driving tour, TSD Rally, and Concours. And of course meeting old[…]
Read More »Summertime! In the twenty two thousand one hundred and fifty five days between the first race at Laguna Seca Raceway and GGR’s next driver education event at the famed track, the population of Monterey County has grown by a factor of two and a half. In that same period of[…]
Read More »The 4th Carlsen Porsche Autocross was held on Father’s Day this year (sorry about that), but we had 80 drivers participate in this event nonetheless and what better activity for Father’s day than racing your Porsche! As I was pulling away from my house that morning with my race trailer and[…]
Read More »Board Meeting Minutes June 23, 2018 Present: Bern Beecham, Brad Kellett, Brian Emmett, Ed Hunter, John Celona, Marianne Merritt, Michael Sherman Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 12:33 pm. Call for agenda changes: Proposal: New member’s first event free? GGR’s policy on recommendations to members Club[…]
Read More »A good portion of Golden Gate’s membership know that PCA National breaks North America into 14 zones, and that GGR makes up one of the 10 regions in Zone 7. Despite us cross-publishing our Zone Representative Sandy Provasi’s blog post every month, few know what that actually means. For a[…]
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