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I nRve SEEN MANY PonscHes CIN THEROAD IN THE PAST FEI,I/ WEEKS. IALWAYS GET A VERY CURIOUS LOOK,AND SOMETIMES A BIG LAUGH WHENI alow MY HoRN, FLASH MY LIGHTS,OR WAVE FROM MY TRUCK WITH THEPoRscne DEco STRIPE oN EAcH sIDEOF THE HOOD. OCCRSIONALLY, IGET A CHANCE TO TALK TO THESEPoRscne PUSHERS AND FIND our wHoTHEY ARE. I Rlweys HAVE poRScHEClue INFoRMATIoN tl.tITH ME, ANDCAN TELL THEM ABOUT NRTTONAL ANDWMR, AND WHAT WE ARE ALL ABoUT.WE,Re DEFINITELY NoT A BUNcH oFSNOBS: I KNOW MANY OF THE WMRMEMBERSHIP IS INVOLVED IN DISTRI-BUTING INFORMATION ALSO. MNNV.GOOD FRIENDSHIPS HAVE STARTEDWITH A HELLo. Wno KNoWS I¡/HAT ITCOULD LEAD TO? A NCW FRIEND, ANEW PORSCHE CLUE MEMBER, ANDMAYBE A BLACK EYE TO YOU ORTHEM WHEN YOU FIND OUT HE OR SHE

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JRNURRy, BRRR! SNow, sNow, sNow,coLD, coLD, coLD. Sune IsNrTPoRscne PUsHING vrlEATHER. ArLEAST, NO WEATHER TO BE DRIVINGYouR PoRscne ARoUND IN wrrH ALLTHAT MrcnrGAN sALT.

So FAR THIS veRR, I HAVE HEARDcoMMENTS FRoM THE STaTe AND KeNTCouNTy REGARDING THE SALT THEYusE oN ouR RoADs. Tne sALT IsEXPENSIVE TO BUY AND THEN SPREADONTO OUR ROAD BEDS, LAWNS, ANDFLoWER BEDS. Tne ENVIRoNMENTALAGENCIES SAY IT IS RUNNING OFFINTO OUR STREAMS WHICH IS CAUS_ING wATER poLLUTIoN. So FAR,MOST OF OUR CONCERN HAS BEEN OURCARS. SRIT CAUSES RUST ON ALLMETAL PARTS AND CORROSION OF THEALLoY PARTS. Tn¡s PAST WEEKEND,Mnny ANN AND I WERE IN NoRTHERNMT cI.II GAN. WE FoUND VERY LI TTLESALT EVEN AFTER AN 8 INCH OVER_NIGt-.tr sNowFALL. THe RoADs rdEREPLOWED AND LIGHTLY SANDED ONcURVES AND INTERSEcTIoNS. TRRT-FIC MOVED SMOOTHLY AND WITH LiT-TLE oR No pRoBLEMS. SaNo HASBEEN MENTIONED FOR USE HERE INSoutneRN MTcHIGAN ovER AND ovERAGAIN, BUT STILL EVERY YEARCoMES THE SALT. SoNeo¡v MAYBETHEY WILL BECOME WISE AND USESOME OF THE BILLIONS OF TONS OFSAND THAT MTCNIGAN HAS EVERY_WHERE YOU LOOK.

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TnTs MAY BE NASTY WEATHER FoRPoRscHes, BUT IT DoESNTT sEEM ToSLOW UP THE PORSCNE PEOPLE MUCH.JeNuRRv 15TH WAS A VERY BLUST-ERY DAY AND NIGHT. HTGI-I WINDSAND SNOW MADE DRIVING MISERABLEAND HAZARDoUS, STILL PoRscHePUSHERS CAME FROM FAR AND NEARTo ENJoY A FANTASTIc WrrureRresT.Tne FooD AND DRINKS WERE EXcEL_LENT. TNE DOOR PRIZES WEREMANY AND THE ONLY REASON YOUDIDNIT GET ONE iS BECAUSE YOUWERE NoT THERE. Tne YEAR-ENDAWARDS WERE VERY WELL DONE ANDLIKED BY ALL. LRnRY WnTTRs IdAsHONORED AS ROOTTC OF THE YCERFOR THE GREAT JOB HE DID DRTViNGHIS 9L4 IN L976. GRenr JoB,LRRRY. CoNcRATULATIoNS To Ten-EsA KNRpp, AND THANK YoU FoR ATERRIFI C EVENING.

FeeRuRRy BRoucHT us MoRE sNot',lAND coLD AS YoU WELL TNow. T

FOUND OUT THAT TWO OR THREE WARMDAYS IN A COLD MONTH CAN SUREFIRE uP A Lor oF ponscnE pEopLE.It's rIME To rHINK oF Hou, To cETOFF THAT PESTY STORAGE DUST ANDCLEAN UP A FEW OF THE ITEMS THATYoUIVE BEEN MEANING To GET ATDURING THE COLD MONTHS OF WIN-TER. SONCHOW IN THOSE TWO ORTHREE DAYS, MOST OF US MANAGEDTO LEAVE THE PORSCNCS IN STORAGEAND STICK TO THE WINTER CARSAND DREAM OF PERMANENT WARM

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ToDAY. TRre A LooK ARoUND ATcARS oNE YEAR oLD. A cooo SHAREOF THEM SHOULD BE 15 YEOR IN THE BONE YARDS.KNOT,I/ ALL OF THEM BECAUSMIGHT BE A SECOND CAR O

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TnrNr wARM, PonscHe PEoPLE, soWE CAN TURN DOWN OUR THERMO_STATS (WITHOUT FREEZING), GEToUR PoRscnes oUT oF THAT DARK,COLD STORAGE AND BACK ON THEvrlARM sALT-FREE RoADS oF MrcnIGAN.We cAN SAVE ENERGY BY SToRINGOUR WINTER CARS AND DRIVE OURGAS SAVTNG Ponscnes. MAYBE YoUTHINK I eu A BIT EARLY WITH THISsuBJEcr, BUT I ooNtT T¡tINt< so.JusT LooK AT YoUR GAs BILL,ELECTRIC BILL, GASOLINE BILL (Ul'l-LESS YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TODRIVE ANOTHER GAS SAVER) AND THETHERIvIoMETER. IT's coLDI Ir youDRIVE YouR PoRscne IN THE wTNTERYOU WILL FIND IT GETS AROUND BET-TER BY FAR THAN MOST OTHER CARS.BuT, IT's No FUN WHEN YoU SEECARS SLIDING IN EVERY DIRECTION

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DuRirue rHE sLoPPY, wET t¡rlEATHER,STOPPiNG TO A GAS STATION ANDASKING FOR A FILL-UP OF WIND-SHIELD WASHER FLUID. SEEMS LIKEA SIMPLE ENoUGH cHoRE. WELL,FoR TERESA Kruepp, THIS LITTLEcHoRE BAcKFIRED. SnE wAS ourDRIVING IN HER HoNoe cALLED"cHoP-cHoPrr AND sroppED FoRWASHER FLUID. No PRoBLEM, EX-CEPT THAT THE ATTENDANT DIDN.TRELEASE THE ROD THAT HOLDS UPTHE HOOD BEFORE HE SLAMMED 1TSHUT. TnTs RESULTED iN oNEWRENCHED HOOD WITH CRACKED PAINT.TneRe wAs No cHA.RGE FoR THEFLUID, BUT THERE WAS FOR THE NEWHooD. . . $87. oo. Tn¡Nr GooDNESSFOR INSURANCE.

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HEY JUDEBY JUDY CULLWoueN oN A pTT cREWa you eer!LnsT YEAR AT THIS TIME I ReceTv-ED A 'PHoNE cALL FRoM A PREGNANTLADY ( BETTER KNoWN AS P¡TT WEST )WHo WANTED TCI LEARN To AuIocRoss.IVneN THE WEATI-iER WARMED UP T

cALLED PRrr AND sAID LET's Go roTHE FARM ( NoTHDURFT Fenus ) ANDHAVE A Go AT IT. III/E SPENT THEWHoLE DAY THERE AND P¡TT FELTA LOT MORE CONFI DENT AND ALL OFA SUDDEN LEARNED THiNGS ABOUTHERSELF AND HER CAR THAT SHËNEVER KNEW BEFORE.

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PORSGHUSSINGBY MARY ANN CONKLINWE DID IT AGAINS ANoTHER sUPERWMR Srr WeereNo t,r¡As ENJoYED. ITWAS A GREAT FEELING TO BE ONSKIS AGAIN AND WE CERTAINLYSKIED HARD. IT IIJAS ALSo GREATJusr ro GET cur oF GRRNo ReprosFOR THE WEEKEND AND ENJOY OUR-SELVES.

Dnu AND I ¡RRrveo AT 10:30 P.M.WE WERE THE FIRST oNES THERETHIS YEAR. We DEcIDED TO GooVER To THE JuNcTTo¡¡ INN ANDRELAX. Wneru WE RETURNED, ALMoSTEVERYoNE HAD ARRIVED. We GATH_ERED IN ROOM L4 DRINKING CHAM_PAGNE ANID UNWTNDING FROM A LONGTRIP UP To WeTuoON.

SeruRo¡v MoRNING tllAS cLouDY ANDTHE WEATHERMAN MENTICINED THEREwAs A cHANcE oF RetN. I rHouGHTTo MYSELF, "No You DoN'T,Mor¡rc NATURE. PIeesE DoN. TRAIN.., |,Ie ENJoYED A SUPERBREAKFAST AT MRRcneS; THEIRHOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS ARE OUToF THIs woRLD. EVERYoNE MENTIoN_ED, THE NIGHT BEFORE, HOW ANX-Ious rHEY wERE FoR MRRcnes BREAK-FAST.

WTTn EVERYoNE READY To Go, WE

HIT THE SLoPES. We HAD NO CROSSCOUNTRY SKIERS WITH US THIS YEAR;EVERYoNE WAS DoWNHILL. l,lE ALLHEADED FoR WeIuoo¡.I. WE STILLHAD PEOPLE WHO MISSED THE CHAIR

PORSCHEMPCIRIUM ARTIcLES ARE PUR-cHASED FoR PCAEnS AND oFFEREDAT COSTS WHICH ALLCIW THE REGIONTO ADD A SMALL PERCENTAGE OFMARKUP To ouR TREASURY. TneMAJORITY OF TIIE ITEMS OFFEREDBY YOUR REGION ARE LESS THAN RE_TAIL PRICE IF YOU WERE TO BUYELSEWHERE. Tnrs, PLUS YouRHELPING THE CLUB MAKES IT FEASi-BLE TO OFFER THESE ITEMS TO YOU.

Fon L977, DoUG HoEK IS AGAIN THEKEEPER OF OUR GOODIE STORE, SOYOU MAY CALL HIM WITH YOUR ORDER.DOUG HAS A BIG CLOSET FULL OFITEMS HE'D LovE To cET RID oF.

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LIFT¡ IT WAS DAN AND I WNO GOTOUR SKIS TANGLED UP. IT's ASTRANGE FEELING LAYING ON THEGROUND WITH THE CHAIR LIFT OVERYoUR neRo. I wAS RATHER EMBAR-RASSED, BUT THE CHAIR LIFT MANWAS VERY NICE AS HE HELPED ME

UP AND ASKED IF I w¡s ALL RIGHT.IT WAs GETTING cLoSE To BREAKTIME AND I oecIDED To HEAD oNIN. I uooTeo UP AS EVERYoNESTARTED COMING IN AND NOTICEDTHEY wERE ALL r¡/ET. You GUESSEDI T, Motr'ieR N¡rune DEcI DED ToTAKE A BATH. BuT, R LITTLE RAINDIDN'T sroP us PoRscne SKIERS,WE PUT PLASTIC BAGS OVER OURGEAR AND EN.IOYED THE REST OF THEAFTERNOON SKIING WHETHER ITRAINED OR NOT.

Arren t,'lE ENJoYED soME REFRESH-MENT AND SOME WASH TUB MUSIC, WE

HEADED BACK FOR A TERRIFIC ROASTBEEF DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIM-MINGS. IT WAS DELIcIoUS AND WE

ALL ATE Too MUcH. l,/E WENT BACKTO OUR ROOMS AND RELAXED FORAWHILE, THEN STARTED FOR THEHoIroRY INN IN PeTosrEV FoR SoMEENTERTAINMENT. THe BAND wAS EX-CELLENT AND THE DRINKS WERE GOOD.TrTRE WAS AN HoUR WAIT FoR SoMEPEoPLE TRYiNG To GET IN. WE

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Auu IN ALL, wE HAD A GREAT rrue!EveRYorue ENJoYED THEMSELVES ANDARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT ANOTHERWMR STT WEEKEND NEXT YEAR.

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FEaRURRy sTH WEEKEND WAS VERYcoLD IN MTcnlGA.N. HnvING A BADrOOT, I DECIDED To SPEND THE DAYWITH MY STEREo AND TV. Tne PLANWAS SIMPLE¡ JUST STAY ON THESPORTS STATIO].IS AND LISTEN TO THE24 HoURS AT DAYToNA. Weu, WHATWE SAW wAS THE NEWMAN, FoReeS-RoatNsoN, MTNTER FenRRRI pIT srop.NOW I THINK BLUE EYES IS A GREATGUY AND A FINE DRIVER, HOWEVER,NOT ONE WORD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENEDTO lcrx AND I¿I¡ss IN THE MRRTrrur935 PoRscne WAS MENTIoNED oR THATTHE LEAD PoRscne WAS STARTING ITS3RD YEAR oF coMPETITIoN. ReciNeIS BIG TIME AND THE NETWORKS AREIGNoRING THE woRLD's Mosr popuLARSPoRT. IT IS THE BEST ATTENDED,SURPASSING ALL EXCEPT HORSE RAC-ING, BUT CLOSE THE BETTING WINDOWAND NO ONE WOULD SHOW UP.

Tne RSR 3.0 oF H¡ywooo, GRAVES,AND Heuulcn WENT 2,6T5 MILES IN24 HOURS FOR AN AVERAGE OF 1O8MILES PER HoUR. Tne cAR NEVERMISSED A BEAT; NOTI-IING BUT SCHED-ULED SToPS WERE MADE. Tne RSR3.0 Is A DEVELoPMENT oF THE RS2.7. Tne RS NoRMAL cARS ARE ALEGEND iN DURABTLITY. TNE ENGINEIS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ROAD GOING911 AND THIS WRITER FEELS WHATPROBLEMS ARE ENCOUNTERED WITH THEROAD VERSION ARE DRIVER RELATEDRATHER THAN OF DESIGN OR CON*srRucrIoN. TnRoucn rHE YEARS oFDEVELOPMENT THERE HAVE BEEN OVER

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lOO VARIATIONS IN THE 911 FLAT 6SERIES ENGINES. Tne 9LT RAcINGCARS HAVE MORE INTERNATIONAL VIC-TORIES THAN ANY MAKE IN HISTORY.Fon You wHo ot,rlN THE RoAD-TypE gLLÏHERE IS NO BIG SECRET TO A LONGLIFE. NeveR MAKE A SHoRT TRIP,ALWAYS GET THE ENGINE TO AT LEASTtgoo AND DRIVE THE HELL our oFTHE cAR. EI'I¡oy THAT 9LL ANDLETIS HoPE IT STAYS ARoUND A FEWMORE YEARS.

As A LEVEL oF coMPARISoN, A cou-PLE YEARS AGO A STREET STOCK,LICENSED 9L4 2.O WENT THE DIS_TANCE AT DRyToNe AND PLACED INTHE ToP 15. A 911 HAS NEVER DoNIETHAT, BUT THEN THEY cAN'T ALL BEPERFEcT. Tnrs 9L4 IS ALREADv RE-GARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST VALUESOFFERED IN A SPORTS CAR¡ JUSTCHECK OUT THE CURRENT PRICES.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, PoRscne HASMET MANIY FEDERAL STANDARDS WITHMORE EASE THAN NON_ENGiNEERINGCOMPANIES, AND IN ONLY A FEW EX-AMPLES HAVE THEIR PRODUCTS SUF_FERED ÐRIVEABILITY PRoBLEMS. THePoRscnE Is A STANDARD IN THEFIELD OF MEETING AIR POLLUTION,SAFETY AND NOISÊ REGULATIONS.AI-IqosT EVERY cAR IN TI-IE WoRLD HASLOST PERFORMANCE DRAMATiCALLY ASA RESULT.

EARLY MG-B TO THE MG-B OF TODAY.Alres, FtRts, Vettes ARE ALL sLo-WER AND WEIGHT_EMISSION STRAN-GLED. How ABOUT Ponscnea MosroF THE SPoRTS cARS oF THE 60 | sHAVE DOUBLED IN PRICE AND OFFERA LESSER cAR ToDAY. Nor Srurr-GART. YES, THE PRICE IS DoUBLED,IN MOST CASES, BUT THIS SMALLCOMPANY HAS MANAGED TO KEEP MOSTOF THE ACCELERATION OF THE EAR_LIER MODELS AND MORE, IN SOMECASES. Tne BRAKING AND HANDLINGIS FAR SUPERIOR TODAY. ÏT ISTHIS DILIGENCE IN ENGINEERINGTHAT KEEPS THE PoRscne FAR AHEAD.

PoRscne couLo sELL THEIR NEWCARS FOR QUITE A BIT LESS, BUTTHEN IF CARBURETORS, AIR PUMPS,CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, HANG-ONBUMPERS, CONVENTtrONAL STEEL INPLACE OF LiGHT ALLOY, JUST A

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WHALE TALEBY RIGK RILEYTo AUTocRoss AND BE coMpETrrIVE,YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT CANHAPPEN TO YOU AND YOUR CAR.I'A RACE cAR IS A HoLE, DowNwHIcH You rHRow MoNEY. ' ' I'MNOT SURE WHO SPOKE THESE WORDSoF wISDoM, BUT I oo KNow Hot¡vTRUE THEY ARE. HoweveR, BY FoL-LOWING A FEW SIMPLE GUIDELINES,AUTOCROSSING CAN BE SAFE AND FUN.

Frnsr coNSIDER youR owN ABrLrryAS A DRrvER. WnRr rs youR pRE-VIOUS EXPERIENCE AT MEDIUM TOHIGH SPEED PERFORMANCE DRIVING?TT Tne ANSWER To THIs QUESTIoNIS NoNE, THEN I succesr YoU PLANON STARTING WITH. SLOWER SPEEDEVENTS FoR oPENERS. ÏT WoULD BEBEST TB FIND A LARGE PARKING LOTWITH AS FEI,J CURBS AND LTGHTPoLES AS PossIBLE. Tnrs wILLGIVE YOU A LARGER MARGIN FOR ER-RoR. TneRE's NoTHING wRoNG t¡¡rrHMAKING ERRORS, BUT WHEN THEYSTART COSTING YOU MONEY YOUHADN'T PLANNED oN SPEND]NG ISwHEN You sHouLD woRRY. THeFIRST FEW TIMES OUT, FIND OUTWHAT YOUR CAR CAN DO AND THENFIND OUT WHAT YCIU CAN DO WITHYoUR cAR. IT IS A u/ELL KNoWNFACT THAT THE MOST I MPORTANTTHING ABOUT A FAST CAR IS THEDRIVER. Tnrs BRINGS us ro rHESECOND POINT OF THIS ARTICLE;CAR PREPARATION.

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THAN I neeluy THoUGHT PoSsIBLE.DoN't MAKE THE MISTAKE oF sET-TrNG YouR GoAL oF "wINNING"Too HIGH. TneRe cAN oNLY BE oNEFTD nNo SoMETIMES THERE ARE BET_TER CARS AND BETTER DRIVERS.WTNNTNc ISN'T NEcESSARILY ATROPHY.

DoNrt rHRow rr ¡wnv! I V'/E wANTIT FoR ouR GRRece Sele ro BEHELD Mnv 6TH AND zrH. Tere YouRt'No LONGER usED THINGS'' ro To¡4RNo SRNpY L¡I-uIBRIDGE oR cALLTHEM AT 534-0949. You MAY ALsoCALL ME AT 452_0781 AND WE WILLARRANGE TO HAVE ANYTHING PICKEDUP.

Ï'M A LITTLE AHEAD oF MYSELF,BUT I ¡usr DIDN'T wANT You roTHROW A QUARTER AWAY.

HOPeTuuuY, THE SNCIW WILL BE GoNEAND WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR A

GeNeneu NleerrNc oN APRrL 16TH.SH¡nT HoTT AND BEcTY WATERS HAVESOME NEAT FILMS LINED UP FOR US.

As I suceesrED, THERE IS No REA-SON TO RUN OUT AND BUY A LOT OFEXPENSTvE "SPEED EouIpMENTt t.YouR cAR U¡ILL Go A Lor FASTERTHAN YOU ARE PREPARED TO DRIVE ITWHEN YoU BEGIN. LeeRN h'HAT YoUHAVE FIRST BEFORE YOU STARTCHANGING IT. TneRE ARE A FEWTHINGS THAT ARE MUST Do.S FoREVEN THE MoST AMATEUR RAcER. ITIS A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE YOURENGINE IS TUNED UP AND FULL OFOIL. A PooRLY TUNED ENGINE THATIS RUN HARD CAN CREATE PROBLEMSFOR BOTH THE ENGINE AND YOUR BUD-GET. WneN A cAR IS UNDER HARDCORNERING CONDITIONS, THE OILWILL TEND TO SLOSH OVER TO ONESIDE OF THE OIL PAN, AND IF THEREIsNIT AN AMPLE SUPPLY FoR YoUROIL PUMP PICK UP, AIR GETS INTOTHE LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND RE-SULTS IN BEARING DAMAGE. OwNensoF 924'sr 914's 912rs AND 3s6'sSHOULD ALh'AYS RUN WITH A FULLLOAD OF OIL.

NExT oN THE LIST IS TIRES. YouSHOULD HAVE GOOD TREAD ON YOURTIRES AND BE SURE THERE ARE NOVISIBLE CRACKS IN THE SIDEU/ALLS.You MAY sEE soME "Hor Docs"RUNNING BALD MlcnellN xwx rIRESAT AN AUTOCROSS AND WONDER WHY.ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE BALD TIREHAS THE ADVANTAGE OF MORE RUBBERON THE ROAD THAN A TIRE WITH FULLTREAD. HowEveR, IF IT RAINS, THE

t'BALDIES" ARE ALL DoNE. MvRECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE A GOODSET OF ALL-WEATHER RADIALS.TneRE ARE A Lor oF ARTIcLES wRIT-TEN EACH YEAR ON TIRES, SO ALLYOU HAVE TO DO IS FIND ONE ANDCHOOSE THE TIRE BEST SUITED TOYoUR NEEDS. WHeN YoU HAVE YoURTIRES, OVER INFLATE THEM BY ATLEAST 5 POUNDS ABOVE THE MANU-rActuReR's REcoMMENDATICINS. THIsGIVES THE TIRE MORE STABILITY FORHIGH sPEED coRNERING. TT IS AL-SO A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE TUBE TYPETIRES AS OPPOSED TO TUBELESSTIRES. T¡IE TUBE IN THE TIRE WILLHOLD AIR AND KEEP THE TIRE ONTHE RUN LONGER THAN A TUBELESSTIRE IN THE SAME SITUATION.

ANorneR ITEM To cHEcK IS YouRSHocK ABSoRBERS. MnTe sURE YoUHAVE ONE ON EACH WHEEL AND BESURE THEY WoRK nIELL. ANY oF oURAREA SERVICE GARAGES WILL BE MORETHAN HAPPY TO CHECK YOUR SHOCKSFoR YoU. OTHER THINGS THE BEGIN-NER NEEDS IS A GOOD HELMET,STRONG SEATBELTS, AND A DESIRETO LEARN. NEXT MCINTH, I,LL DIs-CUSS COURSE SELECTION IN GREATERDETAIL, SWAY BARS, AND WHAT YOURREV LIMITER CAN DO FOR YOU.

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Lnsr, IF You DoNrT wIN, AND MosroF US DoN'T WIN ALL THE TIME,LEARN FRoM YoUR EXPERIENcE. ITCOULD MEAN YOUR GOALS NEED RE-ADJUSTING OR IT COULD BE THATYoU JUST HAD A BAD DAY. BADDAYS DO STRIKE ALL OF US, AND ITIS NECESSARY TO RECOGNIZE THAT

FAcT. DoN'T LET THE FAcT THATYOU MISSED THIS TIME PREVENTYoUR TRYiNG AGAIN THE NEXT. ANDWHEN YOU DO WIN, WHEN YOU HITTHAT GoAL, YoU'LL FIND IT FEELSPRETTY GOOD AFTER ALL, AND ITWAS WORTH THE TI ME NECESSARYTO ACHIEVE IT.

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SON HAVE THEIR WHITE GLOVESREADY TO INSPECT YOUR CARS ONAPRIL 24TH. OT coURSE, AFTER AGREAT CoNcouRs Trcn SesstoN PUToN BY THE Hoer's IN N{encn, ITSHOULD BE A CLOSE COMPETITIONIN cLEANLINESS. RIGHT?

AS WARMER WEATHER APPRoAcHES,LET'S KEEP oUR EYES oPEN FoRFACES UNKNOWN TO US AND LETTHEM KNoW ABOUT oUR RooKIE WEEK-END Mny zgrl AND 3orH. BruuMOsES AND L¡RnV II/ATERS ARE WoRK-ING VERY HARD TO PUT TOGETHERYET ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND ATLrRR Sreclrn.

ïN JuNe, wE HAVE AN oPEN RellvgAND A RALLYE Scnoou. Boa SneooTELLS IvIE IT WILL eC JuNe LTTHAND 1 8TH.

At-I oUR EVENTS STIMULATE MUcHEXERCISE AND FOR SOME REASON OURAPPETITE INcREASES. WneT DoESONE Do? ONE oF oUR NEWER MEMBERSMRuReeN RtcnRRosoN, SUGGESTED tllESELL FOOD AT EVENTS WHERE APPLI-CABLË. EAcH MEMBER cAN MAKESANDWICHES, BAKED GOODS, SUCH AScooKIES, CAKES, DONUTS, ETC. ,AND WE WILL SELL THEM ALONG WITHPCIP. As FoR THE PRoFIT, wELL,WHY NOT PUT IT TO!,JARDS THE EX-PENSE oF l/{/INTERFEST WITH HoPESOF CUTTING DOWN THE COST PER PER_s0N FoR Wt¡rtERrest.

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nAs rHose FIRST 4o DEGREE DAysHIT IN EARLY FeeRuRRY, MYTHOUGHTS, A,LONG WITH THOSE OFMANY OTHERS, TURNED TOWARDSpnrrue. SpRr¡¡c is wHEN My LIT-TLE_SEEN 9T4/6 COMES RACK OUT OFSTORAGE, GETS ITS SPRING CLEAN-ING AND NEW PARTS, AND HITS THEAUTOCROSS CIRCUIT FCR A NEWYEAR. SPRING iS ALSo THE START-ING TIME FOR NEW PROJECTS ANDFOR THOSE OLD ONES YOU PUT OFFBEcAUSE IT t¡rlAs "Too coLD". IrIS A TIME WHEN MELANCHOLYTHOUGHTS TURN TO POSITiVE ONESAS WELL. SINcE LAST MoNTH.SCOLUMN WAS BASICALLY ABOUT LOS_ING, I rnoucnr rHIS MoNTH'sSHOULD BE ABOUT... WINNING.

I R¡ti Nor GoING To sHouT up ANDDOWN TH AT MY QUAL I F I CAT I ONIS TOWRITE ABOUT THIS TOPIC ARE SPEC-TACULAR ¡ THEY I RE NOT. HOWTVER,I nnve WoN A coUPLE oF TIMES ANDI wRrur ro IMpART To you My pHrL-OSOPHY ON THE SUBJECT.

TneRe Is A Lor oF TALK AND ARTI-CLES ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASPECTSoF wINNTNG. Tne RiGHT KIND oFTI RES, THE PROPER PRESSURES,SUSPENSION EOUiPI\4ENT, ENGINES,AND OTHER KINDS OF TECHNICALDATA IS KICKED AROUND TO A GREATEXTENT. HoWEVER, THE MoST IM-PORTANT ELEMENT (TO ME) IS NEG-LEcTED. V./ITHoUT THE PROPER

So, YoU SAY YoU HAVE A FEW EXTRADOLLARS AND WANT TO SPEND THEMoN YoUR PoRscne. WHAT RUNSTHROUGH YOUR MIND; WIDER TIREsAND WHEELS, NEW SHOCKS, OR MAYBEA FRoNT SPoILER? Heve YoU coN-SIDERED ANTI-St,JAY BARS? EveNWITH ALL THOSE ADVANTAGES OFINDEPENDENT SUSPENSION I.E. IM-PROVED STEERING, BETTER TIRE_ROAD CONTACT, AND A SOFTER RIDE,THERE IS STILL ONE DISTINCT ANDDEFINITE DISADVANTAGE, AND THATIS THAT INDEPENDENT SUSPENSIONINCREASES THE ROLL CHARACTERIS-TICS OF THE CAR WHEN CORNERING.To REDUcE THIS RoLL, A STEEL RoDCALLED AN ANTI_SWAY BAR IS MOUNT-ED TRANSVERSELY INSIDE THE cARISBODY WITH THE ENDS ANGLED FOR-WARD OR BACKWARD AND ANCHORED TOTHE SUSPENSIoN ARMS. Tue ANTI_SWAY BAR IS MOST GENERALLYMOUNTED TO THE BODY WITH RUBBERBUSHINGS TO PROVIDE A BEARINGSURFACE.

Wne¡¡ YouR cAR rs MovrNG rN ASTRAIGHT LINE THE BAR'S MoTIoNIS VERTICAL WHEN GOING OVERBUMPS IN THE ROAD AND PLAYS AVERY SMALL PART IN CONTROL OFWHEEL MoTioN. WHEN THE cAR BE_GINS TO CORNER, SIDEWAYS ROLLOCCURS WHICH, DUE TO CENTRIFUGALFORCE, TRANFERS THE WEIGHT TOTHE oUTSIDE. TnTs RCILL cAUsESTHE BAR TO TWIST, GIVING IT A

N1ENTAL ATTITUDE, WINNING EITHERDoesru't HAppEN AT ALL, oR MEANSNOTHING WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN.UNToRTUNATELY, IN MoST PEoPLE,THE RIGHT MENTAL ATTITUDE JUSTDOESN!'T NATURALLY POP UP. I TNEEDS TO BE CULTIVATED AND GROWNWITH A LITTLE WORK.

Tne B I GGER PART oF THE , Vv t Nlru Nc

ATTITUDE" Is sELF coNFIDENcE.Tnrs IS wnERE EXpERIENcE pAysoFF, BECAUSE THE MORE YOU HAVEcoMPETED, THE BETTER YOUR CON-FIDENCE IN YOURSELF AND YOUREoUIPMENT tlrlILL BE. Mosr RooKrESDO NOT DO WELL IN THEiR INITIALEFFORTS BECAUSE OF THIS FACTOR,AND Ï TNTNT THE ROOKiES CLASSDOES WONDERS TO HELP ALLEVIATETHE pRoel-efq. I REMEMBER MYFIRST TIME OUT AGAINST A BUNCHoF Hor-sHoE 9 1 1's. To coMpETEAGAINST OTHERS OF SIMILAR EX_PERIENCE IS A DECIDED ASSET TODEVELOPING THE NECESSARY CONFI_DENcE. CoTTIDENcE ALSo HELPSYOU TO IGNORE THE PSYCHOLOGICALGAMES THAT MANY PEOPLE PLAY ATcoMPETITiVE EVENTS. Tnese cANGET YOU RATTLED, OR HAVE YOU DOSoMETHING THAT DoESN,T FEELRIGHT, AND OFTEN YOU PAY A BIGPENALTY. CoNTIDENcE ALLows youTO JOIN IN THIS TYPE OF CONVER_SATION WITHOUT LOSING YOURSANITY OR YOUR TIMES.

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SORT OF WINDING UP ACTiON WHICHIN TURN LIMITS THE AMOUNT OFRoLL PossIBLE. Tne rHrcKNESs oFTHE CAR DETERMINES HOW MUCH ROLLTHE cAR wILL HAVE. IT THE BARIS TOO SMALL, IT WILL HAVE LIT_TLE AFFECT AND IF IT IS TOOLARGE, YOUR CAR WILL BE TOOSTIFF AND SKIP ACROSS THE PAVE-MENT LIKE A FLAT STONE ACROSSTHE WATER. A HAPPY MEDIUM MUSTBE REACHED AND THE BEST WAY TODO THIS IS BY ASKING OTHERDRIVERS IF THEY FEEL THEIR BARSARE ADEQUATE.

Tne REAR BAR HAs AN EXTRA DUTYTo PERFoRM. WneN THE cAR HITS ABUMP, THE WHEELS HAVE A TENDENCYTo TUcK UNDER. ApRRT FRoM STA-BILIZING THE CAR WHEN CORNERINGITHE BAR ALSO WILL, TO A DEGREE,KEEP THE REAR WHEELS FRO¡,I TUCK-ING UNDER SO THE LOSS CIF TRAC-TION IS MiNIMIZED.

IT YoU HAVE NEVER DRiVEN A cARWITHoUT ANTI-SWAY BARS, YoU,REMISSING A REAL THRILL. Tne BESTCoMPARISoN I c¡I.I DRAW WoULD BETO GO OUT THIS SUMMER IN A SPEEDBoAT AND MAKE A FEU/ tgoo TURNS.NoTTce THE DEGREE THAT BoATLISTS NOW IMAGINE YOURSELFBEHIND YoUR cAR.S STEERING WHEELAND Ï THINK YoU u,ILL SEE THEIMPORTANCE OF ANTi-SWAY BARS.

\rÊ IA secoNo ELEMENT oF THE WINNINGATTITUDE IS coNcENTRATIoN. OFTENï wrll LET MY ATTENTIoN u,ANDERWHEN IT BELONGS ON THE ROAD, ORÜN MY cAR. NoT VERY FAR, PERHAPSBUT JUST FAR ENOUGH TO MTSS THETIMING ON A DOUBLE-CLUTCH ANDDoWNSHIFT. You MUST NoT oNLYcoNcENTRATE oN wHAT youtRE DoING,BUT ALSO ON YOUR GOAL WHEN NOTDIREcTLY coMPETING. DoN'T FoR-GET TO CHECK THE TIRE PRESSURESAND YouR oIL LEVEL. It's rooLATE TO REMEMBER IT WHEN YOURREAR-END POINTS WHERE YOUR FRONTEND WAS GOING.

THe oTHER TRULY cRITIcAL THINGTO WINNING IS DECIDING WHAT'.WINNING.' REALLY IS. THEREARE THOSE TO WHOM UJINNING ONLYMEANS AN FTD TRoPHY. TneRE ARETHOSE TO WHOM WINNING MEANS GET_TING A TROPHY, EVEN IF THEIR CARIsNtT coMpLETELy ''srocKt'. ToME, WiNNING MEANS DRIVING THEBEST I cnN, EVEN rF I losr ouTON AN FTD (WHICH HAS HAPPENEDSEVERAL TIMES), OR A 1ST PLACE,OR WHATEVER. Mv THIRD PLAcEFINISH AT EuTn¡RT LAKE MEANS MoRETO ME THAN SOME FIRST PLACE FIN_ISHES, BEcAUSE I oRove BETTER

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0¡t YA. . LAST MoNltt,s pop oulzANSUTER rs 15oo RpM. Tnr cAMsHAFTON THE CONVENTIONAL (ONE CAM)ENGINE TURNS HALF AS FAST AS THEcRANKSHAFT. TTnT SIzE, GEARRATIO, COMPRESSION RATIO HAVENOTHING TO DO WITH THIS OUTZPRCIBLEM. DRIVE cAREFUL.

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SouelnTNc STRANGE HAPPENS TOCHAIRPEOPLE LATE IN THE EVENINGTHE DAY PRIOR TO THEIR EVENT, OR

IN THE EARLY, E.ABL]L HOURS OF THEIVIORNING ON THAT FATEFUL DAY.EVEN AFTER ALL THE CALLING, PLAN-NING _- JUST PLAIN NITTY-GRITTYORGANIZING, YOU EITHER æ TO BEDOR I4IAKE UP WITH AN ACUTE CASE OF

"NERVous sroMAcH, wHAT DID ïFORGET, SOMETHINGIS GOTNG TO GO

WRONG, HYSTERICAL UP AND DOI¡JN

BLUESII. I W¡S NO EXCEPTION TOTHE RULE.

WTNTeRTeST WAS MY FIRST ATTEMPTAT CHARING AN EVENT. (DOES THATIMPLY I'TT DO ANOTHER?: WMR --WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?) NOT HAVINGA CO-CHAIRPERSON MADE THINGS A

LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT WITH EN-COURAGEMENT AND ADVICE FROM THEttvETs" IN THE CLUB, THINGS BE-GAN TCI HAPPEI{. SOON THE MAGICAL,MYSTERY' WINTER EVENT' trlHERE APoRscre rs BABELY. SEEN, ARRTvED.

FRozeN PEoPLE cAME THRoUGH THEDOORS THAT NIGHT, ONLY TO AUICKLYTHAW-OUT AT THE BAR. (A NATURALREMEDY: ) DTNNER -- WELL, IT WAS

LIKE EVERYBODYIS MOTHER WAS INÏHE KITCHEN, MAKING SURE THE KIDSHAD EI\OUGH TO EAT. I TNTNT THEKrrcHEN cREW DrD A FANTASTTc ¡oe!

DANCI I.JG? WËLL, THAT I S ANOTHERSTORYI LET US SAY THERE WAS ROOM

FoR II4PRoVEMENT. WE MANAGED TOSUFFER THROUGH THE MUSIC HOWEVER,AND SOME PEOPLE DID LEAVE TIREDFROM STOMPING AROUND.

SO LET'S PLAN ANOTHER!

M¡Ny, .U-A.N)L THANKS To rHosE BEAU-TIFUL PEOPLE WHO DONATED SOMEGREAT DooR pRrzes!

Lnsr, BUT Nor LEAST, A sUPER BIGTHANKS To THoSE PEoPLE WHo HELPEDTIE ALL TI-.iOSE LAST MINUTE, LOOSEEND DETAILS. You nelpeo MAKEMY THREE-PENNY WISH OF THE EVE-NING coME TRUE I lrveo ro sEETHE MoRNING arrec!

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