der Riesenbaum Redwood Region Newsletter Porsche Club of America Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa and Sonoma May 2009 Issue V, Volume III; electronic newsletter Bill Walters, editor Kurt Fischer, assistant editor See us on the web at: http://red.pca.org/

Your President before big spin in the Wet Zone 7 Autocross! John Jackson pic!

R E D W O 0 D R E G I O N President's Message Kurt Fischer

Is our winter weather finally over? After last weekend's Redwood Region Zone 7 Autocross, I am sure ready to dry out in the warm sun! Come on...summer time...the Redwood Region needs it! Our schedules for May is full up with activities in other areas and like always, use our website calendar to get all the details. The weekend of May 15-17, 2009 finds the Rolex Grand AM races at Laguna Seca with a Porsche car corral; laps of the track and special ticket prices. See the ad in this issue! Golden Gate Region is also setting up paddock visits with the Brumos and TRG race teams...see here for all the info http://www.pca-ggr.org/node/1136 Also on Sunday, May 17th is the 1st Marin-Sonoma Concours d' Elegance at the Marin County Fairgrounds and we have a special Porsche parking spot for 20 cars on a first come basis! This new Concours will have cars from all eras and benefits a great charity, Hospice by the Bay. Contact me for special directions to the Porsche parking spot. Here is the link for the Concours. http://marinsonomaconcours.org/ Sunday, May 24, 2009 is the 25th annual Diablo Region Wash & Shine in Danville and always is a great show. See the ad in this issue! Track Junkie's at Buttonwillow on May 23-24, 2009. See ad in this issue! Sunday, May 31, 2009 finds us at Infineon Raceway for the Wine Country Classics vintage races for our annual Porsche car corral. Contact Marc Holmes at Infineon for tickets at, Mholmes@infineonraceway.com or 707-933-3955. Porsche parking only...last year we had 95 cars and this year with attendance on the upswing I am expecting at least 130 cars! We will be in the TV Media

paved lot...look for signs to the Porsche corral. Those who help me park cars... I will be in touch so watch for an email from me! June 7, 2009 has the Parts Heaven Swap meet and Zone 7 Concours at their location in Hayward. This is always a fun event... bring your cash and Porsche Support Vehicle for swap meet parts! See the ad in this issue! OK... the first test of the 2010 GT3 is out and reads nicely. I do know one member who has one on order! Lucky dog he is! Check out this link! http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090424/CARREVIEWS/304249998 More new Porsches on the horizon... how about that 998 for 2011? Check out the spy video and story here... http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/2009/04/spy-video-2011-porsche-911-prototype-on-the-nurburgring.html It looks like there is a new Porsche magazine available via the 'Net and the cover shot of the new edition looks interesting! See it here... http://www.9magazine.com/index.html The feuding families of Porsche and Piech are finally together and as of yesterday, May 6, 2009 looks like they will create a management team to oversee the 10 car marques that are currently under VW. This story has had more turns and twists than the Nurburgring North loop! Stories almost daily in the world press and I am sure we will continue to see more! Check it out! http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090506/CARNEWS/905069984 As always, keep the shiny side up on our wonderful Redwood Region roads and remember the flash! Hope to see more of the new members on our upcoming events! Want me... need me...here I am truk50@ix.netcom.com

Editor's Corner Bill Walters

I want to thank Kurt Fischer and David Bunch on my behalf for their work on the newsletter as well as other members during my sabbatical. They did a splendid job. I received many e-mails from some of you expressing concern as to my absence; I just needed a break. Sometimes your body tells you way before your brain does. Thank you to all of those who expressed concern and for your support especially those who told me to take my time, it truly made the time pass more gently. I hope to see you all soon.

Enough said, let's move on and see what's inside! Ed.

Calendar of Events - Redwood Region 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/ <

May May 15-17, 2009 - Grand AM races at Laguna Seca May 17, 2009 - Marin-Sonoma Concours - Marin County Fairgrounds May 23-24, 2009 - GGR Time Trials & DE - Buttonwillow Raceway May 24, 2009 - Diablo Region Wash & Shine - Danville May 30-31, 2009 - Zone 7 Autocross - Stockton May 31, 2009 - Redwood Region Car Corral - Infineon Raceway

June

June 7, 2009 - Zone 7 Concours and Swap Meet - Parts Heaven - Hayward June 13, 2099 - Redwood Region Autocross - Santa Rosa Airport June 27, 2009 - Tour to Far Niente Winery June 28, 2009 - Palo Alto Concours - Porsche featured marque - Stanford Campus

Get Involved ! Jerry Gladstone

The Redwood Region Porsche Club is about our great cars, great people and our outstanding events. It takes many people behind the scenes to assure that the club functions well and that we all have lots of fun. Since our Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with our 40th Anniversary Party in July, we need to get an early start on identifying those of you who are interested in volunteering to help run the club. A nominating committee chaired by Past President David Bunch has been formed; Bret Boutet and Mac Cranford will work with Dave on this important task. The positions to be filled for 2010 are: President - elected office Vice President - elected office Treasurer - elected office Secretary - elected office Membership Director - appointed Social Director - appointed Autocross Director - appointed Safety Director - appointed Concours Chair - appointed Advertising Director - appointed Newsletter Editor - appointed Webmaster - appointed

Goodie Store Director - appointed Northern Representative(s) - appointed

The four officers will be elected by the general membership in an October ballot. The 2010 elected officers will appoint the other board positions. If you are interested in serving in any of these capacities, please reply with your interests(s) to David Bunch (707-766-8839 or david.bunch@sbcglobal.net) , Bret Boutet (707-836-9104 or PCARRMembership@windsorspecialty.com) or Mac Cranford (415-472-8711 or mcran@orionre.com). If you already hold a board position and would like to continue in that or another position, we need your response too.

Serving on the board is a lot of fun and another way to get involved with your club. Experience is not required as there are always people to help you get started.

Redwood Region Annual Porsche Corral at Infineon Raceway!

Photo of the Month Ed.

As you may know by know, I am a 'early' Sebring freak. Some of you may know who this is and the significance of the photograph, but if not, I will tell you. It was shot on 26 March 1960 and marked Porsche's first outright win on American soil in an RS60 Spyder. Hans Herrmann and Oliver Gendebien piloted this car to a 9 lap victory over the second place RS60 of Bob Holbert beating 7(!) Ferrari's out of the top ten. The press called it a "classic case of a steady endurance pace and waiting for the leaders to break". In '58 and '59, the best RS and RSK's could do was third place.

I was only 7 at the time and did not attend, but I can tell you that this car is headed straight for the hairpin around noon. Note the shadow. I think that is also the same cone my dad stole for my souvenier. This was an extremely historic moment for Porsche as you know, they never looked backed, and for those in the know, who was the first to win Porsche's first Le Mans victory? None other than good 'ole Hans in the 917K.

Membership Report Bret Boutet

The May 2009 membership report covers activity for April 2009. New members: 5 Xfer in: 2 Xfer out: 0 Renewal: 28 Non-renewal: 8 Dual members: 12 Official members: 516

New Members FIRST NAME LAST NAME CITY Affiliate/FM CAR

Daniel Crowley Eureka, CA 2008 Boxster Enrique Delgadillo Fort Bragg, CA 98 911 Todd Glatfleter Forestville, CA 88 911 Ron Horner Santa Rosa, CA w-Denise Horner 03 911 Patrick Sexton Rohnert Park, CA 83 911

Transfers In

FIRST NAME LAST NAME CITY Affiliate/FM CAR Xfer FromGeorge Barsi Bodega Bay, CA s-Ross Barsi 85 911 CTV Stephen Jarrell San Anselmo, CA a-Alice Tompkins 69 911 GGR

Anniversaries (5 years and over) YEARS NAME LOCATION ANN DATE

49 John Kerby-Miller Kentfield, CA 5/1/1960

37 Walter Chalton Fortuna, CA 5/1/1972

31 Peter Young Napa, CA 5/1/1978

29 Jon Ambrose Sonoma, CA 5/1/1980

24 Mike Beavers Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/1985

21 Tom Whitaker Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/1988

18 Peter Bohns Greenbrae, CA 5/1/1991

16 Lloyd Murphey Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/1993

13 David Johnson Petaluma, CA 5/1/1996

11 Gary Altenbach Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/1998

10 Claude Boulware Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/1999

9 John Burns Napa, CA 5/1/2000

9 Stanley Carley Windsor, CA 5/1/2000

9 Randolph Leathers Belvedere Tiburon, CA

5/1/2000

8 John Bennett Eureka, CA 5/1/2001

8 Olivier Delerm Mill Valley, CA 5/1/2001

8 Scott Peterson Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/2001

6 Chris Barriscale Mill Valley, CA 5/1/2003

6 Edward Boracchia Petaluma, CA 5/1/2003

6 Mike Glein San Anselmo, CA 5/1/2003

6 James Meyer Sausalito, CA 5/1/2003

6 Bruce Rocco Santa Rosa, CA 5/1/2003

5 Charles Alegria Napa, CA 5/1/2004

5 Adrian Papajohn Glen Ellen, CA 5/1/2004

5 Trekkor Wills Napa, CA 5/1/2004 Bret Boutet Membership Chair Redwood Region, PCA pcarrmembership@windsorspecialty.com

Board Meeting Minutes Jerry Gladstone

Board Meeting Minutes April 28th, 2009, Chevy's, Novato President Kurt Fischer called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Attendees: President Kurt Fischer, Vice President and der Riesenbaum Editor Bill Walters, Treasurer Lynn Walters, Secretary Jerry Gladstone, Goodie Store Director, Autocross Director and Past President David Bunch, Membership Director Bret Boutet, Advertising Director Bob Hall, and Webmaster Barbara McCrory. Minutes: The minutes of previous meeting were approved as submitted. President's Report: The 1st Marin-Sonoma Concours will be on Sunday, May 17th. There will be parking for 20 Porsches. It is being held at the Marin County Fairgrounds; many kinds of cars will be there. The Wine Country Classics (historics) will be at Infineon Raceway on Sunday, May 31st; we will have a Porsche Corral in the TV media lot (asphalt paving). Still need a "Porsche Support Vehicle" to transport chairs, tent, banners, etc. The June 6th Artisan Wine Tour is being postponed to August 29th. Kurt will soon be sending an e-mail announcing the June 27th Tour to Far Niente followed by a BBQ at the Glenn's house. The Palo Alto Concours will be on June 28th with Porsche the featured European marque and Mustang the featured American marque. The Redwood Region 40th Anniversary Party scheduled for July 25th at the Bergman's home is shaping up; meeting with caterers at the Bergsman's soon. Leslie from Tillman's will be at the Zone Autocross with free goodies. Vice President's Report: No report. Treasurer's Report: The first autocross was booked and net income for March was $449.45. Net income for the year-to-date is $353.13. Total assets stand at $18,415.44 with the CD continuing to earn modest interest.

Secretary's Report: 11 people have expressed interest in participating in a Redwood Region Charity Event Cycling Team. Tim Hensel and James Heisey have volunteered to help organize the team. Look for more information soon. Initiated a discussion on safe driving practices and appropriate speed on driving tours; see Kurt's commentary in the President's column for details. der Riesenbaum Editor's Report: There are many articles coming together for the next issue - it will be packed! Advertising Director's Report: There is new advertisement copy from Tillman's. The economy is limiting advertisements. Goodie Store: Recent breakfast run sales came to $520. $200 of new merchandise is on order. Will be bringing the Goodie Store to Buttonwillow; GGR agreed as they have ceased operating their Goodie Store. Autocross Director's Report: There were 68 drivers at the last autocross; entry fees were $2040. Lynn will place $170.00 of this money in the autocross reserve fund. Insurance for the Zone 7 Autocross is in place; this is a Porsche only event. Tillman's has sponsored the Autocross Book. Kevin Buckler (The Racer's Group), Deven Wailes (Hi-Tec Auto) and Greg and Nancy Chamber (Kachina Winery) have each donated wine for prizes at the Autocross. Check was sent to the Airport for this weekend.

Membership Report: Membership is holding steady. PCA is emphasizing renewals. The membership report from National has been corrupted and shows many errors. Webmaster's Report: Website running well and is continuing to evolve. Concours Chairman's Report: No report. Social Chairman's Report: No report. CASA: No report. New Business: None. Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 26th at 7:00 pm at Maguire's Pub in Petaluma. President Kurt Fischer adjourned the meeting at 8:45 pm.

Redwood Region Autocross #2 - April 11, 2009 David Bunch with Howard Thomas pics!

Redwood Region's new pylons!

Woke up early this sunny but cool morning with Sharon and Molly, the AX dog and I headed up to the

Santa Rosa Airport for Redwood Region Autocross #2. As we come over the hill we can see a bunch of vehicles already on the autocross area? After going through the gate, we find five Hot Air balloons lying on the ground with their support vehicles along with all of their passengers standing around waiting to take off. We are told they will be inflating soon and they should be able to lift-off shortly.

Some of the autocrossers start to show up around 7:30 and the balloons are rising above the airport. Thanks to early arrivals, the registration and tents are set up, and the course starts to get laid out. Our ZONE 7 Rep and Autocross Co-Chair Sharon Neidel designed today's course and it is an open and fast course.

One again a large group of SCCA, AAS and ESCA drivers come to try their luck at the airport. Both SCCA & AAS have lost their site at Alameda Point so these autocrossers needed to drive! We have 68 drivers signed up and ready to drive. Even with the large turn out everyone gets seven runs on the course.

For the second autocross in a row, Justin Moore in his 2005 Subaru WRX STI takes TOP TIME OF DAY honors with a 43.738. Justin must enjoy our autocrosses since he drives all the way from east side of San Jose, a couple hour drive for him to get here. Mike McCrory in his Honda Civic took second just over .3 behind Justin. Sharon really liked her course finishing 3rd overall only .124 second behind Mike. The top eight finishers were all within 1.151 seconds of each other.

Make sure you check out the great photos that Barbara McCrory has posted on the website.

Here is some in-car video of Trekkor Wills during one of his runs.

(Newbies to Autocross...watch this vid! This is our track! Ed) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT6tsj92H4w

Once again thank you to all of those that arrive early and help setup, Becky Cranford & LaVergne Thomas for handling registration, Kurt for being the "gatekeeper" and Jim Winston & Bill Newton for doing tech on the cars. Thanks to all of those who helped with tear down and cleanup afterwards!

LaVergne Thomas in the zone...she is ready! Place Name Region Car Year Class Best Time

1 Justin Moore SFR WRX STI 2005 SM 43.738 TTOD-M 2 Mike McCrory RR/GGR Civic 1995 Fun 44.048 3 Sharon Neidel RR/GGR 911S 1976 AX3L 44.172 TTOD-L 4 Jim Winston REDWOOD 240Z 1971 Fun 44.504 5 Trekkor Wills REDWOOD 914-6 1974 Fun 44.524 6 David Bunch REDWOOD 911S 1976 AX3 44.745 7 An Nguyen SFR M3 1995 Fun 44.878 8 Andrew Quigley SFR Civic 1995 Fun 44.889 9 Kraig Klipped SFR M3 Fun 45.307 10 Alan Petter SFR Mustang 1990 Fun 45.533 11 Landon Shore SFR 300ZX 1990 Fun 45.679 12 Grady Carter GGR/RR Boxster S 2002 AX12 45.822 13 Guy Southern SFR Corvette 1999 Fun 45.919 14 Richard Stevens SFR Mustang 2003 Fun 46.146 15 Michael Zyryalt SFR M3 1998 Fun 46.279 16 Eric Siedentopf SFR Camaro 1995 Fun 46.312 17 Ace Robey Exige 2006 Fun 46.405 18 Trevor Ridgley GGR 968 1994 AX12 46.453 19 Tosh Yumae GGR 993 1997 AX11 46.793 20 Tom Strobel REDWOOD 911SC 1979 Fun 46.880 21 Pete Stout REDWOOD Cayman 2009 Fun 46.885 22 Ken Ingels REDWOOD GT3 2008 Fun 46.995 23 Eric Haas SFR VW 2004 Fun 47.110 24 Steven Bero REDWOOD M3 1998 Fun 47.148 25 Steve McCrory GGR Civic 1995 Fun 47.154 26 Brad Ingels REDWOOD GT3 2008 Fun 47.189 27 Jeremiah Young SFR Mazda 3 2004 Fun 47.241 28 Howard Thomas REDWOOD Boxster 2002 SS3 47.280 29 Stephen Scott SFR Impreza 2002 Fun 47.341 30 Jason Derderian GGR Boxster S 2005 Fun 47.356 31 Marty Peinkofer REDWOOD Spyder Fun 47.490 32 Andy Brian REDWOOD 914 1975 Fun 47.500 33 Craig LaMothe ESCA 240Z 1972 Fun 47.537 34 Drew Powers SFR WRX 2002 Fun 47.569 35 Steve De Jung REDWOOD 911 1985 Fun 47.649 36 Jon Beckwith SFR M3 1999 Fun 47.874 37 Bill Newton REDWOOD 912 1968 AX6 47.974 38 Chris Hamilton GGR 914 1971 914GT 48.025 39 Oleg Pretetsk SFR Mazda MX-5 1992 Fun 48.283 40 Glen Marks REDWOOD Cayman S 2008 Fun 48.317 41 Travis Ragona SFR 318S 1991 Fun 48.322 42 Dustin English SFR WRX 2006 Fun 48.429

43 Alycia Strobel REDWOOD M3 1995 Fun 48.640 44 Josh Schwertz SFR BMW 1999 Fun 48.907 45 LaVergne Thomas REDWOOD Boxster 2002 SS3L 49.001 46 Noah Blum SFR 240Z 1983 Fun 49.048 47 Cliff Braun GGR 914 1971 914GT 49.531 48 Chris Ha SFR Legacy 2009 Fun 49.663 49 Joe Lee GGR 912 1968 AX16 49.668 50 Collin Fat SVR 996TT 2003 AX11 49.744 51 Michael Chobotov REDWOOD 997TT 2007 Fun 49.945 52 David Estes SFR S2000 2007 Fun 50.069 53 Julian Dumay SFR 200SX 1987 Fun 50.273 54 Brett Hammer REDWOOD 911 1985 Fun 50.398 55 Greg Matsumoto REDWOOD Boxster 2007 Fun 50.803 56 Dan Clary ESCA Mustang 1985 Fun 51.040 57 Isaiah Craig SFR 242 1983 Fun 51.570 58 Jim Newport GGR 914 1973 Fun 51.615 59 Tody Eidelman SFR 940 1992 Fun 51.972 60 Ethan Katz REDWOOD 914 1974 Fun 52.290 61 Vern Rogers REDWOOD 964 1991 Fun 52.785 62 Andrew Talon SoCal WRX 2002 Fun 52.786 63 Mike Summers SFR Prelude 2001 Fun 53.016 64 Larry Powers REDWOOD 356 1964 Fun 53.225 65 TP. Dane-Castro SFR BMW 1991 Fun 53.350 66 Bret Boutet REDWOOD 911 1976 Fun 54.635 67 Lisa Herbert REDWOOD Spyder Fun 55.285 68 Darin West SFR Mustang 2006 Fun 55.712

Redwood Region's Track Junkies!

David Bunch with pics by David Wong

The last weekend of March found a large group from the Redwood Region making their way to Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, Ca. for the first Driver's Education/Time Trial and Club Race of 2009. PCA Club Racing was returning to Northern California for the first time in 5 years. In the Club Race group were Larry Robison and John Trefethen. The DE & Time Trialers were Mac & Becky Cranford, Greg Chambers, and Gary Fellers, Richard Roth, Scott Reynolds, Sebastian Lane, Dean Lyons and yours truly.

The weather was near perfect on all three days, except for the high wind on Sunday, which gave you a nice push when going with the wind, but did make things interesting when hitting the cross wind.

Friday was Race practice for the 33 racers in three sessions. On Saturday and Sunday, the 41 Racers included had a morning warm up session, a qualifying session and their race. The race group was made up of a variety of Porsche racecars, the Spec 911 group had a large contingent and the growing Spec Boxster group had 6 in their group. In the 15 lap Club Race on Saturday, John finished 2nd just 6 seconds behind the winner and was first in his class. Larry finished 7th overall and won his class.

Sunday's race saw the top qualifier, Chris Paulis start at the very back of the entire race group, and he managed to work his way all the way to third at the end of the race. John made a pass on the next to last lap to take 1st overall and Larry came in 6th and again won his class.

The 55 DE drivers were given five track sessions on Friday, which was good for the first time out on the track in a few months, and everyone was able to get the cobwebs out and work on building up their speed on the track. Saturday and Sunday the 75 DE drivers got lots of track time both days.

After the Sunday Club Race is for the Timed Trials, when 5 Porsches are sent out on the track at a time and you get two timed laps to try to run your best time. Unfortunately the flu bug hit both of the Cranford's, which sent them home early Sunday, thus they missed the Time Trials. Greg had some gremlins in his brakes, so he called it early. Dean finished 3rd in his class TT10 and yours truly took first in class TT04.

If you have ever wondered about driving your Porsche on the track, you need to check out the GGR Drivers education program. If you have any questions, please contact me.

david.bunch@sbcglobal.net

The next track weekend will be three days on Buttonwillow Raceway at the end of May.

David Bunch Greg Chambers

Dean Lyon Larry Robison

Gary Fellers John Trefethen..wins!

Hoppy Easter Beer Tour - March 28, 2009 Bill Walters - Howard Thomas pic!

Larry Powers and daughter Kim and Rob Neidel at Moylan's - Howard Thomas pic!

Ever been on a beer tour with the Redwood Region Porsche Club? No? Well you are not alone. None of us

has, but leave it to the Neidel's to come up with a fresh new venue for us to partake and leave the rest shaking their heads saying, "Why didn't we think of that...?" On Saturday, March 28th, that is exactly what we did. My count was at 32 who attended on, do I dare say, another priceless sun-shiny, cloudless day up at Moylan's in Novato just across the exit where we always meet for events. Beer in the morning? Moylan's opened their doors for us at 10:30 in tempo with some Rolling Stones' tunes as we sauntered up to a long bar that accommodated all but a few of us. Mary Neidel had made little forms ready for us to fill out for choosing your favorite tastings to place in front of you on the bar and soon the cute servers were filling those same orders. The tastings were placed in front of you according to your list, in small cylindrical glasses, kind of piston sized, in neat rows. Imagine six little clear glasses, filled with six different beers. Tipperary Pale Ale, Dragoon's Irish Dry Stout, Old Blarney Barley wine...You know me, I was writing down notes to describe what could not be photographed and I came up with amber, golden, Irish red, Guinness black, auburn, burnt sienna...just a stunning necklace of vibrant hues. In addition, we had some sunlight rays gleaming in to show them off as well. Very cool sight of some 30 rows of brews.

I am not one to write about this appropriately, but what can I say, the tastings were all over the map.

Bitter, sweet, bold, yeasty, mild and yes, hoppy. Something for everybody! As I looked around taking notes, all there were having fun, engaged in conversations and delighting in frequent tours of the brewing process guided by Jim Grbac with Julie Bickel pouring. The classes of tours took a bit of time and we were getting antsy for lunch, pretzels not withstanding! So we got out of there about 12:30, started up the steeds and followed Rob and Mary on a fabulous drive through the best country in the universe. Have you ever seen such glory? Even as a man, the spender of God's gifts entranced me. California poppies, mustard, mounds of wildflowers in white and crimson, buttercups, cherry and apple blossoms, goats, cows, horses, hawks, red winged blackbirds, aroma of cow dung, fresh alfalfa, emerald green, blue sky and a kaleidoscope of Porsches gleaming in the sun. I like to say it with the five senses; visual, smell, sound, ahh, some touch I suppose, and a little taste! There you go!

So we arrive in cute little Sebastopol at the Hopmonk's Tavern and find Bill Dekarly guiding us to parking spots. We gather in the rear area on picnic tables with our friends and are treated to large pilsners. Rob and Mary had been raving about the food, and with good reason. Chef Billy Reid prepared a wonderful menu. Pan seared chicken, salmon & mushroom, and ale marinated pork loin & apple-onion chutney. I think the salmon was a favorite here, but the pork was extremely popular, as well. Of course, Kurt, always the president, made the rounds making sure we were all happy and content. Watch your plate with that person! In addition to planning a spectacular and very "brisk" drive, Rob and Mary worked with both breweries

and secured great door prizes! Moylan's provided T-shirts and Hopmonk's (always fastidious about proper glassware) provided a variety of ale and pilsner glasses. Steve Vest walked away with the grand prize, a set of six Belgian style glasses. The fun was hearty and laden with laughs, at least at our table. It was a great venue, one that Lynn and I are still talking about. Hats off to Rob and Mary, the owners, cooks and servers for a job very well done. Let us do this again!

Lunch Run to Stormy's - April 18, 2009

Kurt Fischer with John Jackson's pics

The lineup on a very rural road in West Marin

April 18th found us at our newest venue, the historic 1854 Stormy's in quaint one block

town of Bloomfield. Never heard of Bloomfield... David Bunch discovered Stormy's last year and checked it out as a new eatery tied in with a fast blast on back roads that few of us have ever driven! The weather again cooperated with this run. Sunny and crisp in the morning turning into a day with temperatures in the mid 70's. In typical David Bunch fashion, we started in Petaluma within 20 minutes of downtown Bloomfield...if we took the direct route, but not with the Redwood Region. We were in for a brisk 46 mile 1.5 hour run on the back roads! We head out northeast on Old Redwood Highway cross under the freeway to Stony Point Road and begin a 48-turn romp through the gorgeous less traveled roads of Sonoma and Marin Counties. We flew past every type of farm, ranch and private vineyards with all the associated smells and sights. Sheep and cattle hanging on every fence for the proverbial grass is greener on the other side and since at this time of the year there is was no fog, the scenery glistened under the sun. In the rainy season all the hillsides are verdant in greenery.

Even our native homegrown people remarked on the choice of roads...we are talking roads seldom traveled unless you live on these rural roads! We pull into the spacious parking lot at Stormy's and it is awash in all the colors of the rainbow via our Porsches! As we enter Stormy's, the fire is crackling in their huge fireplace and the bartender is ready for orders. I highly recommend their Bloody Marys...festooned with an entire selection of veggies! The tables are set and we all choose our spots and then out on the deck for the "photo op" by our photographer, John Jackson. Back inside, we are ready for the food orders to be taken and the competent staff of Stormy's jumps in action. With 40 of us there, the talk was loud and the tables buzzed with action! Many thanks to David Bunch and Sharon Neidel for setting up this great run and eatery for the Redwood Region...another excellent day...we sure have the Porsche roads! We will do this run again!

Our happy group on and off the deck at Stormy's

Classifieds

Send or e-mail your Porsche related ad to the Editor, Bill Walters; william@waltersarchitects.net before the 20th of the month to be included in the next issue. Ads will run for one month as space permits. Please notify me if you wish to re-run your ad in the next issue. If you e-mail me and I don't respond, call me please at 415-412-2219, 24-7.

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'76 912E. OK, OK , so it's not an old 356 sitting in some farmers barn. It's a Silver 1976 Porsche 912e with a black interior stored in a hanger at a Sonoma, Ca airport. Been in storage for the last several years. Excellent Shape. 160,000 Miles, Rebuilt Engine, $16,000. For Sale by original owner. 707.996.7295 or jonambrose@comcast.net Porsche PANORAMA Magazines I have held onto most of the Panorama magazines since the '70s, and would like to "dispose" of them to any interested buyer(s). Complete year sets are $10, and individual magazines prior to 2000 are $5 each; 2000 and later are $2 each. Please contact Jon Shanser at 415-383-8811 or email me at jonshanser@gmail.com '86 944 Turbo. Silver with tan interior. Phone dial rims. 165K miles. Mechanically excellent. Paint and interior fair. High performance at a low price. Email for photos. $5,400. Contact Eric Ehlers at 707-

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'78 911 SC Porsche for Sale by Owner Champagne Ext./Blk. leather Int.; 63,000 orig. mi.; exceptional beautiful condition inside and out; "very clean"; always garaged/covered; no oil leaks; very strong original engine; no factory air - car is faster - lighter; leakdown test within 2-4 % good Michelin tires/Interstate battery; newer stereo; updated Carrera tensioner, clutch, turbo tie rods, new front shocks; have receipts; non-smoker, have owned car for over 10 yrs. $18,500. Serious buyers only! Ph. Brian Barber (707) 542-5507

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