e-Brake News: Win a set of Michelin tires, attend the 2016 24 Hour of Le Mans — Register for 2015 Werks Reunion

Published: Tue, 07/07/15

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July 7, 2015
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PCA—Yes you read that right. Michelin, the presenting sponsor of the 2015 Werks Reunion, is once again providing substantial prizes for Werks Reunion attendees. To enter for a chance to win one of these three items, simply register your Porsche in the concours or corral by end of day, July 27.
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PCA—We will continue to release small bi-monthly surveys that will be included in e-Brake News this year. If you didn't take surveys from previous months yet, you can still do so and improve your chances to win the grand-prize drawing.

Access all surveys here (must be logged into PCA.org)

Grand Prize: Free registration and lodging for you and a guest to two PCA National events in 2016! Choose from Porsche Parade, Werks Reunion, and PCA Escape. 

Any questions? Contact PCA National Office: 410-381-0911.
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Will Roegge via YouTube—Jeff Zwart drives his Porsche 911 GT3 Turbo Cup prepared by BBI Autosport to 1st place in Time Attack 1 Class at the 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a time of 9:46.243.

Zwart told PCA via email: "The car is a beast, but it is the most fun car I have driven up Pikes Peak over the last 20 years."

(Ed.: Look forward to a video feature on Zwart's Pikes Peak run in an upcoming issue of e-Brake.)
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PCA—Experience the exhilaration of driving your Porsche through history. Roam the hills with free-ranging buffalo, mine for gold at an old miner’s camp, explore some of the world’s largest caves, dine where Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok once called home, tour monuments like Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Escape to Rushmore 2015 is an event that you will not want to miss.
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MultiBriefs—Quick check. Raise your hand if this applies to you. How many out there record their tracking days to post online so you can show off to your co-workers and buddies?
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PCA—The Porscheplatz at the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is four weeks away and there’s still time to buy your tickets!

Canada’s biggest sports car race of the year, featuring the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship for exotic prototypes and GT race cars, makes its only Canadian stop.  Also in action over the four day event is the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, Cooper Tires Prototype Lites, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, and the SCCA Pro Racing Battery Tender Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by BF Goodrich.
Porsche—Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor in the United States of Porsche 918 Spyder, 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up, today announced June 2015 sales of 4,223 vehicles, which is the strongest June sales month in PCNA history.
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PCA Web Store—Just in! PCA 60th anniversary designed t-shirt designed by Nicolas Hunziker. Grab this one of kind t-shirt to celebrate 60 years of PCA. Gray 60th Anniversary t-shirt. 100% cotton. Distressed silk-screened artwork on chest. Distressed silkscreened PCA60 logo on sleeve.
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Automobile—The Porsche Boxster Spyder, which follows hot on the heels of the limited-edition Cayman GT4, marks the final evolution of the mid-engined Porsche family prior to the launch of the heavily revised “718” at next year's Geneva auto show. And like the Cayman GT4 and the 911 GT3, the Spyder is in more ways than one a back-to-the-roots car.
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Wired—There's not much for tourists in the heel of the boot that is Italy. No big cities, no centers of culture or museums stuffed with Renaissance masterpieces. But if you’re an automaker working on something new, this is where you want to be.
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Porsche—Producing a show-stopping moment depends on the show: at the Festival of Speed it takes something truly special, like the Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid number 19 emerging from the back of its transporter and taking on the Goodwood Hillclimb, still covered in the oil and dirt from Circuit de La Sarthe; exactly one fortnight after claiming Porsche’s 17th overall victory.
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Reuters—Porsche's labour boss, who once fought a merger with Volkswagen, is joining the parent company's supervisory board as a reshuffle of positions at Europe's largest automaker continues.

Uwe Hueck, deputy chairman of the sports-car maker, will take up a seat on VW's 20-member panel to replace Juergen Dorn, the former top labour representative at truckmaker MAN SE who last month quit his post to switch to a role in management at VW.
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Autoblog—We love Singer. Frankly, if you're a Porsche guy, or just a car guy, and have seen any of the Porsche 911s that have been restored and "reimagined" by the Californian company, you probably do too. So you can imagine our excitement in getting an exclusive first full look at the latest Porsche 911 restored by Singer.
Motor Authority—So, you think Porsche only makes sports cars? What, did you stop reading in 2003? That's when Porsche came out with its first SUV, the Cayenne. And without the Cayenne, we might not have today's 911s and Caymans and Boxsters. At all.
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Cheat Sheet—Posh and powerful, the Porsche Panamera Turbo is something no one expects to see boasting over 500-horsepower, yet here it sits, with a 4.8 liter twin-turbo V8 under the hood and half the cow hides in Texas upholstering its cabin.
CarScoops—James May recently sold his red 1984 Porsche 911 at an auction held at Goodwood on June 26. He apparently was rather chuffed as he managed to pass on the car for nearly twice what he was planning to get for it.
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Motor Trend—What better way to test the effectiveness of a smartphone case than dropping out of the window of an exotic sports car? Urban Armor Gear (UAG) used a Porsche 911 Turbo S on a closed course to test how well its new case protects the iPhone 6.
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EVO—Editor Nick Trott takes us for a lap of Bedford Autodrome in his own Porsche 911 SC.

(Ed.: This video is a good overview of an air-cooled 911 with great value. It's worth a watch if you're in the market for one.)
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Automobile—Porsche 718 – What We Know:

A mid-engine setup remains on the menu for Porsche’s next-gen Boxster and Cayman, which the company might rename 718 in roadster and coupe form. (Insiders tell us that the original idea for the 718 name—an entry-level model slotted below the Boxster—is once again dead, at least for now.)
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Petrolicious—It’s difficult to put into words how engaging classic cars are, because once you’re with fellow classic car enthusiasts, you’re able to enjoy a smattering of unforgettable stories, vehicles, and—in the case of our recent Drive Tastefully: Barker Hangar Rally—roads.

From the intricate details on the Facels in attendance to the brutal beauty of several fast road-prepared Porsche 911s, it was a chance for everyone to spend a relaxed morning in the company of nearly 200 like-minded enthusiasts.
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GT Spirit—There ain’t no party like a Porsche 918 Spyder party and a bunch of 918 enthusiasts and owners recently highlighted that by embarking on a cruise with no less than 13 examples of the German hybrid hypercar in Andorra.
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PCA—As you may know, Porsche and PCA are giving away one 911 GTS Club Coupe in a sweepstakes, and all that's required to be automatically entered is an up-to-date primary membership when the sweepstakes ends on August 1. Remember to renew, or join PCA if you're not yet a member.

To read the terms and conditions for the sweepstakes, take a look at the official sweepstakes rules document.

Good luck!
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