In The Zone
By: Collin Fat, Zone 7 Representative
Sacramento Valley Region
cfat1952@gmail.com
Photos by Collin Fat
National Executive Council Elections:
You should have recently received a ballot in the mail for the election of the 2023-2024 PCA Executive Council nominees. The nominees are; Aaron Ambrosino, president, Ron Gordon, vice president, Todd Benz, secretary, and Richard Strahota, treasurer. You can find their candidate statements in the October Panorama starting on page 126. After serving PCA on a national level for nearly 20 years, 3 board members will be stepping down, Cindy Jacisin, executive vice president, Caren Cooper, past president, and Craig Kugler, treasurer. I would like to personally thank the 3 EC members who are stepping down for their years of service to PCA. Under your leadership, PCA has thrived.Tom Gorsuch, will continue his service on the executive council as past president.
Upcoming National Event:
UnStock is being presented by PCA National as a gathering for modified Porsche cars and will be held on November 13, 2022 in Burbank, California. Organizers expect more than 125 modified Porsches to be on display. If you would like to display your car go to: pca.org for show car registration. There is no fee for spectators.
October Zone 7 Concours Events:
October was a very busy month with 3 concours events scheduled. The first event on October 2nd was hosted by Redwood Region at the Sonoma County Plaza in downtown Sonoma. Due to concerns about large gatherings and Covid, the original site at Ledson Winery had a change of heart about hosting the club for this event. Not to worry, concours chair, Kurt Fischer, got moving and was able to secure the Sonoma County Plaza location. Though the site was restricted to only 40 cars total, the event was sold out and provided a beautiful back drop for the carefully prepared Porches that signed up to be judged. Participants arrived before sunrise to secure their display parking and start on the finishing preening of their cars. This included a thorough wipe down of the exterior, cleaning of the windows, detailing the wheels and a final inspection of the interior prior to the start of judging. Awards were handed out to all first-place finishers in their class and second and third place finishers were acknowledged by the crowd for their efforts.
Jody Rosner, Sacramento, putting on the finishing touches on his Porsche
Porsches on the Plaza
Sonoma County Plaza
The second concours event of October 16th was hosted by Diablo Region at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville. There were 43 cars registered to be judged and an outstanding turnout of over 55 cars that registered for display only. The display included 13 40th Anniversary 911’s are resplendent in their GT Silver exterior and special badging. There were also four 40th Anniversary Edition registered to be judged in the concours. I think that this assembly of special edition Porsches was a unique occurrence for any region in PCA! The morning was overcast and quite chilly but when the judging started, the sun broke out and temperatures warmed. A big thank you to all the participants and special thanks go to Marc Giammona and his volunteers for a great event and of course to Porsche Livermore for their sponsorship.
The last concours event in October was held on October 30th after this column was submitted for publication. It will be the last concours in the Zone series that consisted of 7 events. I will report on the event in my column for December
40th Anniversary Porsche Owners on display
Linda McMahen Preparing her 911
The final concours event of the season will be held at Porsche Fremont and hosted by Loma Prieta region. It will be held on Sunday, October 30th. Look for reporting on the event in my December 2022 column.
Zone Autocross Series Update;
The final two autocrosses of the Zone 7 series were held on the weekend of October 22nd to 23rd at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California. Sacramento Valley Region hosted the event on Saturday with 45 cars competing for top time of day, personal bests and Zone 7 year- end awards. The competition was quite fierce in several very competitive races in P05 with 3 drivers competing for year end awards, P06 with 3 drivers, and O04 with 6 drivers competing for coveted year end awards.
Top time of day was held by Monty Pack who had strategized a tire management scenario to make sure he still had enough tread on his Porsche GT3 to get through the two-day event. He took 3 runs and had secured the TTOD with a time of 36.646 as well as class win. Not to be out gunned, Drew Powers competing in P04 and in second place most of the day claimed top time on day on his final run with a time of 36.453. It was a hat trick and no doubt influenced by Drew’s exceptional driving skills. Finishing out the top five times of the day were Rem Marinus driving his 2015 Porsche GT3 with a time of 36.880, Dave Dunwoodie driving his 2016 Porsche GT4, 37.222 and RJ Harrison driving his 2012 Carrera S with a time of 37.489. A great day of friendly competition with fabulous fall weather and clear skies.
RJ Harrison on the starting line
Dominque Wainwright approaching the start line
The final autocross of the Zone series was held on Sunday and featured essentially the same course as used on Saturday with a few modifications to allow the drivers to run an enduro style autocross. Two laps around the course! There were 41 drivers competing under very cool fall with temperatures running in the low 50’s early morning and not getting warmer than the mid 60’s in the afternoon with a moderate northern wind blowing for most of the day. Drivers got 3 runs in the morning followed by 3 in the afternoon. Not to be out gunned again, Monty Pack continued his season long dominance securing the top time of day with a time of 75.708 followed closely by Drew Powers with 77.035, Brant Ballantyne with78.623. RJ Harrison with 79.088 and John Leet with a 79.200 rounding out the top 5 fastest drivers of the day.
Caevon Hekmaty at the starting line
Himanshu Patel, GGR AX Chair, always smiles!
Monty Pack crossing the finish with TTOD
Drew Powers on the line hoping to catch Monty
2023 Shasta Region Zone 7 Tour
The Shasta Region is, once again, offering its 4-day, 900-mile Tour. This will be the sixth year for the Tour and it Sells Out every time.
Mark your calendars for next year’s event. June 8 – 12, 2023.
Registration Opens at MotorsportReg on February 1, 2023 at 7:00 am sharp. You cannot register before then, though you can peruse the details, conditions, requirements and vehicle standards at any time. See them at the link below.
Save some time and create a Motorsport account in advance (if you have one, just review it for accuracy).
It’s simple and shouldn’t take long. There are two steps:
- motorsportreg.com
- Hit <Return>
- Choose “Sign In” and “Create a free account.” This will ask you basic demographic questions including make, year and model.
- Type in your email as your Username and choose a Password, write it down.
If you want to look at the Tour details, you can do so at any time. Use the ‘link’ above or
Look in My Events and select “2023 Shasta Region Zone 7 Tour.
PCA National Upcoming Events
Spring Treffen will be held in the Georgia Mountains (touring the Southern Blue Ridge) from April 19-23rd. If you have not yet attended one of these national premier events it is a do not miss opportunity to attend a Treffen. Registration opens January 4, 2023. Check out the details in advance at treffen.pca.org
Parade 2023 will be held at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs from June 18-24th. The hotel is a five -star rated
property that has a famous history of being the hangout for movie stars and the Hollywood elite during the 1940s.
For PCA members this promises to be one of the premiere locations for a Parade on the West Coast.
Rennsport Reunion VII: Rennsport Reunion will be held at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey on September 28th to
October 1, 2023. Advance ticket and corral passes are currently on sale. If you have not yet booked your hotel
accommodations now is the time to secure your lodging at the best price.