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PCA—I recently had a great opportunity to spend time with someone whom I’ve raced Porsches against yet had never met and knew very little about. It was another typical
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PCA—If there’s one thing Porsche fans secretly want to do, it’s rummage around Porsche’s offices and see what they can find. Think of everything you would see! Incredible one-off projects! Unannounced
plans for new cars! Special editions never seen by the public! That’s precisely what Porsche let us do at the Porsche Digital headquarters when it unveiled its new 99X Electric Formula E race car on an unexpected platform: Twitch.
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- The Glenn Lazar-Harry Blanchard Memorial Trophy - PCA Enthusiast of the Year
- The Ferry Porsche Trophy-PCA Region of the Year The Porsche (PCA) Family of the Year
- The PCA Public Service Awards
For details or to submit a nomination contact the National Awards Chair:
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| | PCA—The newly unveiled Taycan will be the featured presentation at Tech Tactics West 2019, and Porsche AG's Lukas Kraemer, the Taycan's Manager of Complete Vehicle Product Line will be presenting. Be the first to see it up close and personal as you hear from the production specialist about its development and features. You'll also have the opportunity to
see it "unwrapped" as its components will be showcased in the Porsche Training Facility Demo room. Tech Tactics West is a day dedicated to Porsche technical information. This event is for the casual information gatherer to the everyday Porsche mechanic and will be held at the Porsche Training facility in Eastvale, CA which is used to train Porsche technicians and is perfect for this "hand-on" type of event. It is equipped with state-of-the-art classrooms with lifts and drive train
assemblies available for use of our event. Attendees may choose to attend November 23 or 24 — the 23rd is almost sold out. The day will consist of lectures by PCNA Specialists, members of the PCA Technical Committee, as well as special guest speakers.
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PCA—These 60 Second Surveys are a quick and easy way to help improve PCA. We appreciate your time and feedback! Each month one person who takes the survey will win $100 credit to the PCA Web Store. Only one entry per survey counts toward the prize. October’s winner will be announced in the November 5 edition of
e-Brake. Good luck!
October Survey Part 14
Congratulations to our September $100 credit to the PCA Web Store winner: Holly Jackson from Rocky Mountain Region! If you didn't take the prior surveys yet, you can still do so. Please note you are no longer eligible for the prior month’s prizes.
Click here for all prior 60-second PCA surveys
Any questions? Contact PCA National Office: 410-381-0911.
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| | PCA—The PCA Sim Race at Lime Rock Park provided tight and suspenseful racing. John Koch of Chicago Region again started from the pole position and led the opening laps with a first win going to Gresham Wagner of First Settlers Region, followed by John Koch of Chicago Region in second, and Billy Smith II of Maverick Region in third. Series 3 is the final
PCA sim series in 2019 and features the Porsche GT3 Cup race car on some of the more challenging shorter circuits in North America. This Friday’s PCA sim race will be at the challenging Circuit of The Americas West Layout. Watch the race live on YouTube, Friday 9:15pm EST by clicking here. Want to join the fun? Registration for Series 3 is still open. Not ready to register, but want to learn how to get started in sim racing? Visit pcasimracing.org to
learn how.
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Porsche Design—Porsche Design honors the next generation of the iconic Porsche 911 with a limited-edition timepiece: the 911 Chronograph Timeless Machine Limited Edition. Like the renowned sports car, the chronograph evokes emotion through its purist design, functionality and high level of performance. Since 1963, the
911 – synonymous with victory, emotion, and innovation – has been the global benchmark for sports cars and an inspiration for Porsche Design, the company founded by Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. With the Chronograph I, the first-ever all-black timepiece, Porsche Design introduced a style-defining classic that revolutionized the industry with its 1972 debut. The monochrome design was inspired by race cars, which eliminated reflections to ensure maximum legibility at all times, thanks to
their matte black surroundings. The minimalist style and understated look of the Porsche 911 perfectly reflected the design philosophy of F. A. Porsche. Now, with a special edition limited to 911 pieces, Porsche Design pays tribute to this motorsports icon, presently in its eighth generation and still thrilling car enthusiasts nearly half a century later.
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| | Motor Trend—The wizards of Weissach have done it again.
The 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S is MotorTrend 's 2019 Best Driver's Car. It's the fifth Porsche to win the award since 2007 and the fourth 911—the Cayman S drove off with the trophy back in 2009.
The 911 may seem immortal, eternal even, but it's always been a work in progress. Generations of engineers have spent their careers buried in the bowels of Porsche's R&D headquarters, polishing, honing, refining, reimagining the car that for more than half a century has been the marque's lodestar.
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TheSmokingTire via YouTube—The Porsche 992 Carrera S is the rear-wheel drive version of the car Matt did 1,500 miles in just a week before. Aside from the optional ceramic brakes and the 100 lb weight savings and two less driven wheels, the cars are roughly identical, sport-optioned models. The Carrera S is, frankly,
excellent at everything. It's impeccably well made, comfortable, very fast, very sharp, and its speed is very approachable without feeling too artificial. Though lacking some of the 'fizz' you get with the big-bore four-liter GT cars, it's hard to find anything to complain about when the 992 is doing its thing on track.
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PCA—Each fall and spring, Porsche Club of America opens a member only raffle, in which you, the member, may purchase entries for a chance to win a brand-new Porsche. For the Fall 2019 Member Only Raffle, the first grand prize is a brand-new 718 Cayman GT4 plus $25,000 in cash. The second grand prize is a 718 Spyder plus $25,000 in cash. Any additional grand prizes are either a 718
Cayman or Boxster, plus $25,000 in cash. Alternatively, winners may also choose $85,000 instead of a car plus $25,000. After the initial 8,500 entries, another Grand Prize will be added for every additional 4,000 entries sold. Raffle entries are $50 (USD) each.
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PCARMARKET - Up For Auction On PCARMARKET!
PCARMARKET offers a selection of unique and highly-desirable Porsche’s that are at seller ready prices. Buyers have the ability to bid on a vehicle, view comments, and ask questions globally on the auction thread. See for yourself why PCARMARKET is the fastest growing Porsche online marketplace.
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- Grand Prix White Over Cashmere Beige
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- 3.6L Turbocharged Mezger Engine
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| | Jalopnik—The Porsche 928 is a pretty incredible car for a lot of reasons, most of which revolve around the fact that it’s the only well-respected serious sports car with a rear based on the design of the AMC Pacer. Seriously, that’s true. But that’s not what I’m talking about today. The 928 has one strange little detail that I think is unique
among nearly every other car, and I think that little detail deserves its own post. Which is exactly what you’re reading, right now!
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Road & Track—The best cars we've ever driven are not good in the Corolla or Corvette sense of the word. Machines like the Austin-Healey Sprite or Austin Mini. The first-generation Mazda Miata. Vehicles neither comfortable nor fast but important because they remind us that the best things are
unquantifiable.
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Oversteer by Autotrader—It's been a year since I bought the cheapest Porsche 911 Turbo money can buy: a 2002 Porsche 911 Turbo Opens in New Window. Classic Porsche enthusiasts consider it the death of the true 911, as it's the first 911 without an air-cooled engine. Normal people think of it as the ugly 911 with the
weird headlights. But people who actually own one, though, consider the 2002 911 Turbo to be among the best, most reliable Porsches cars ever built.
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Autoblog—When digesting this news it will help a skosh to remember that Porsche's new Taycan battery-electric sedan is properly pronounced TIE-can, and that Porsche released a commercial earlier this month called "Kick Up Dust" featuring the selfsame Taycan and a dastardly looking TIE fighter. A week after the
18-second spot debuted, Porsche announced a collaboration with TIE fighter maker Lucasfilm to create a "fantasy starship design."
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| | Motor1—It's always cool to see a conventional gasoline powered supercar take on a hybrid supercar for bragging rights. For one, it's always impressive to see how far technology has come; we're seeing even more power and performance from smaller engines and electrically assisted motors. If anything, a drag race like this is a showcase of speed, skill, and
technological performance. Something they've been wanting to do for a long time, Drag Times recently posted a video on YouTube, showing what happens when a McLaren 720S goes head-to-head with the Porsche 918 Spyder at a drag strip at Palm Beach International Raceway. And it's pretty darn close.
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PCA—The Executive Council has appointed Maggie Goodman Garnett, Kansas City Region; Ron Gordon, Chesapeake Region; and John D’Angelo, Loma Prieta Region as members of the 2019-2021 Nominating Committee. The committee is carrying out its responsibilities in accordance with the Manual of National Policy and Procedures (MNPP) and PCA
National Bylaws. Its goal is to consider, identify, and select the best possible slate of candidates to fill the Executive Council officer roles for the 2021-2022 term. As part of this process, the committee actively seeks feedback from PCA’s Regions on those talented individuals who have the enthusiasm, dedication, and leadership to serve on the Executive Council. The timing to get suggestions to any member of the committee is no later than December 15, 2019.
Members of the committee are listed here on the National website. For further information, contact Maggie Goodman Garnett, 2019-2021 Nominating Committee Chair, via email at [email protected]
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Carfection via YouTube—Henry Catchpole pays a visit to Workshop 5001 in LA and takes one of their latest creations for a rigorous drive in the hills. Would you take this over a 911 reimagined by Singer?
Keep an eye out for our full interview with Workshop 5001 owner, Marlon Goldberg, where he discusses the building of this car in more detail.
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| | Road & Track—Porsche confirmed it would be building a wagon version of its Taycan EV back in 2018, dubbed the Cross Turismo. Now, just a month after the reveal of the production Taycan sedan, we have our first look at the wagon version on the move thanks to this spy video from the Nürburgring.
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Autoblog—California State Route 33 north of Ojai is a truly wonderful stretch of asphalt that crests a mountain range in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County north of Los Angeles. Its miles of curving canyon roads contain plenty of sharp, tight turns that require something nimble, but there are also stretches
that warrant a car with some real muscle. A small group of us were driving north from Ojai for Monterey Car Week, and I had the keys to a 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 – the perfect car for just this occasion.
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| | Jalopnik—A small heavily-forested area in Northern Germany played host to an ADAC rally for vintage cars last weekend. That sentence alone makes me want to uproot and move to Germany immediately. When I look at the final podium results for the Visselhoeveder Herbstrallye, it makes my eyes well up with tears of beauty. Martin Schutte won the rallye in a
Mitsubishi Evo VII, Helmut Beckmann came in second place in an Evo VIII, and Andreas Dahms came in third with this incredible green narrow body Porsche Carrera.
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Autoweek—Between 1976 and 1986, Porsche ran a sequence of 28 fact-heavy, highly technical print advertisements known as the Porsche Consumer Orientation Series. Every Porsche model during that time got at least a couple of these ads (the 928 appears to have been favored with the most), and 1983 saw #21: this vividly
colored centerfold entitled "Introduction, Specifications, and Performance of the 911SC Cabriolet. The newest Porsche under the Sun."
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| | Motorweek via YouTube—Our long term fleet got a whole lot more exciting recently with the arrival of this 2019 Porsche Macan S.
Porsche obsesses over driving. Every vehicle they make - car or SUV - has to drive like a Porsche and that’s absolutely the case with this Macan S. Steering is well-weighted and has a lot of feel. The suspension is somehow firm and comfortable at the same time and that right there is just classic Porsche.
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Autoblog—It’s nearing old-hat at this point to say, "The Porsche Cayenne is a tall Porsche sports car." But that is exactly the point. The idea of a nearly 5,000-pound, high-riding SUV being agile and sporty may not compute, but there it is. The Cayenne is a vehicle that makes a sports-car fiend shake their head a
couple times — once to express just how ridiculous the premise is when walking up to it, then again while driving in appreciation of how well Porsche managed to execute it. The folks in Zuffenhausen are not known for underachieving.
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| | Autoweek—The air temperature reads 36 degrees C -- a completely meaningless number for me. As an American visiting Stuttgart, my ignorance of the metric system had somehow became a point of pride, so I dug in. But I'm sweating, so it must be hot.
A heatwave had swept across Europe, perfectly timed to coincide with the start of our road trip in four of Porsche’s latest motorsports-derived, GT-series 911s. A temperature conversion reveals that it's 97 degrees F. It feels about right.
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Autocar—Porsche must invest in companies looking to solve issues such as traffic in cities rather than rely on selling cars to survive in the future, according to Porsche finance and IT boss Lutz Meschke.
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Autoweek—Have you ever thought of buying a Porsche on a whim from a mobile device, possibly while killing some time in an airport lounge before your delayed flight? Soon, you'll be able to do just that, and we're not talking about bidding on a 964 with a sketchy service history on eBay Motors.
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Griot's Garage partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest
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| | PCA—Griot's Garage is sponsoring our Porsche Photo of the Week contest. Starting with the October monthly recap, winners will receive a Griot's Garage Concours Lawn Kit, a $99.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter each month a
PFM Speed Shine Kit, a $28.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo.
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Photo by Marc Neu. Florida Citrus Region. "I live in a small central Florida town, and it always put
up a great Christmas light display. I thought I would try to capture some of the holiday sparkle with my 2006 Cayman S."
Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to [email protected]. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
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