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RESULTS ARE IN – 2022-2023 ARPCA Officer Elections!

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By: Donna Bell, Rob Windsor, and Scott Ishler

ARPCA’s Nominating Committee comprised of Donna Bell, Rob Windsor, and Scott Ishler is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 election went off without a hitch and results are now 100% complete.  Our voting membership has elected the following members for each respective Executive Committee position to serve commencing January 1, 2022 thru December 31, 2023:

  • President – Gus Vasilakis
  • Vice President – Drake Core
  • Treasurer – Tom Uehling
  • Secretary – Tim Gustafson

A hearty thank you to all members who voted and we wish much success to the incoming club leaders!

Cheers to a Healthy, Happy, and Prosperous New Year for all ARPCA members!

Respectfully,

Donna, Rob, and Scott

2022 High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) Program Information

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ARPCA will be conducting three HPDE events in 2022. Two of them are at our “home track”, Pitt Race, and one will be at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. All three of the events will provide you the opportunity to drive your own car on a fun and challenging racing circuit in a safe and controlled manner accompanied by a ARPCA-approved driving instructor.

Learn more

Click Here to learn more about an ARPCA HPDE event and what to expect.

Support material for track events (participant guide, track map, run-group assignments, etc.)

All materials will be updated as needed when they are available. Until then register early…

Location Dates Cost Registration Link
Pitt Race (PA) Jul 29 – 31, 2022
  • Students $595.00 for Sat, Sun
  • Instructors $100.00 for Sat, Sun
  • Advanced Solo Lapping on Friday $295.00
 MotorSportsReg ARPCA Pitt Race 1
Mid Ohio (OH) Sep 16 – 18, 2022
  • Students $495.00 for Sat, Sun
  • Instructors $100.00 for Sat, Sun
  • Advanced Solo Lapping on Friday $295.00
 MotorSportsReg ARPCA Mid-Ohio
Pitt Race (PA) Oct 28 – 30, 2022
  • Students $595.00 for Sat, Sun
  • Instructors $100.00 for Sat, Sun
  • Advanced Solo Lapping on Friday $295.00
 MotorSportsReg ARPCA Pitt Race 2

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Draft – Early October- 2021

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Greetings and Salutations,

What do the following films have in common? Le-Mans (1970,) Against All Odds (1983,) No Man’s Land (1987,) and Bad Boys (1994.)  If you said Porsches that’s obvious.  Full marks if your answer was a Porsche 911.  Driven by Steve McQueen, Robert Redford or Will Smith the 911 has made its mark in popular cinema. Why the 911 trivia?  It matched well with the month as Porsche launched their new 911 Carrera and Carrera S in October 2008.

In non-trivia news fall is fully upon us.  As the leaves change, they make an excellent backdrop for photos of your Porsches.   A perfect photo of your beloved 911, 944, 356, Cayanne, Taycan, or Boxster would look great on ARPCA.com.  We are always looking for new submissions to feature and share.

~Best Regards

Attention:

Please submit notice of any event that you plan to editor@arpca.com as soon as you finalize the date. To appear in Rundschau notice must be received 45 days prior to the 1st of the month on the cover. Event notices that arrive late will be promoted here. Include the date and time, a short description of the event and cost, and whether registration is required.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

High Performance Driver Education – 2021

by Frank Bresz

Allegheny Region PCA Announces 2021 High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) Events
Are you ready to think about the 2021 track season? Are you ready to FORGET 2020? We certainly are!
Don’t miss joining ARPCA at Pitt Race, “our home track”, for our last three 2021 events. Plug the following dates into your calendar:

October 29, 30, 31 (Friday: Advanced Solo Lapping, Sat/Sun: HPDE)

All three events will are open at ARPCA MotorSportReg

Click here to learn more

Allegheny Region 60th Anniversary – Founding Documents

In celebration of our Region’s 60th Anniversary, we are posting a number of items including recognition from the Porsche Club of America (PCA National) and some of the Club’s earliest correspondence and documents, showing the names of our original founders and the activities that they conducted. We hope you enjoy these documents, which have historical significance to our Club. Also look for future recognitions and celebrations of our 60th anniversary in the coming months and at our events.

Click to review our Club’s earliest documents and special recognition from PCA in honor of our 60th anniversary

EVENTS

ARPCA Monthly Meeting – Thursday, October 14th, 2021

Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: Sewickley Porsche
526 Ohio River Blvd
Sewickley, PA 15143

The monthly meeting is open to all ARPCA Members.

Contact: president@arpca.com

Women of ARPCA – Situational Awareness and Comprehension Class – Sunday, October 24th

Keystone Shooting Center in Mars, Pa offers a Situational Awareness and Comprehension Class.  The next class is Sunday, October 24th, 3:00pm.  Cost is $29.99.   The class can accommodate about 30 people; right now there are 6 people signed up.  The class will run for 3-4 hours depending on class size and participation.

This is on you to sign up if you are interested.  We will look into going somewhere afterwards for refreshments.

https://keystoneshootingcenter.com/blog/classes/situational-comprehension

Click here to learn more

Porsche Touring Crew – Tuesday, October 26th

PTC Announces Mid-Fall Itinerary;
Third-Try Jaunt to Mountaineer Center

“Third time lucky…” is an old British expression that describes something that’s worth pursuing after other attempts have failed.

After two Covid-19 “sidetracks” in 2019 and 2020, on Tuesday, October 26, the Porsche Touring Crew will make its third run at visiting West Virginia University and its Erickson Alumni Center, located on the school’s Evansdale campus.  The Erickson has invited PTC travelers to enjoy a catered lunch in one of its VIP rooms, and get a glimpse of what  Mountaineer life is all about.

Read more

INFORMATION

Have you visited The Mart?

Rundschau’s member-only classified ad section, The Mart, is now available under its own tab on ARPCA.com. To place a listing, send the information, including a 1 megapixel or higher photo of the item to be listed to editor@arpca.com.  The ad will appear in the next issue of Rundschau, but should appear on the website within a week. There will be some lag between notification and de-listing so please notify the editor as soon as an item is no longer for sale. You should also email the editor each month if you wish to have your listing continue.

Click here to visit The Mart

Member Image Submissions Are Open

Click Here or use the “Member Submissions” link in the menu at the top of the ARPCA  homepage. I truly appreciate having your images to use when crafting email newsletters and posts for ARPCA.com, the more images you share the more the website can be a reflection of and a showcase for our members and their cars.

The more member images we receive the more we are able to make our website and publications truly reflective of our group and it’s members

Currently image size is limited to 20MB per image we accept images in tiff, gif, png, jpeg, raw, and esp formats.  Images should be your own original content.  Images currently subject to copyright, or of an inappropriate nature will not be accepted or displayed by the ARPCA.

Remember to like the ARPCA Facebook Page and join our Facebook Group.

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ARPCA Members,

Greeting and Salutations! So fellow movie fans I have to ask, am I last person to realize that The Avengers Headquarters is actually One Porsche Drive in Atlanta?  Tony Stark may drive Acuras and Audis but he chose Porsche’s North American HQ as the home of the Avengers.   But it turns out that 5 Marvel movies (more info here) have used the location. It is a really cool looking building after all.  Maybe stop by in real life?  Use the test track?  Join a team of superheroes, one can dream I suppose.

On a less cinematic note June for the ARPCA has a number of great activities.  We are now a little over a month from the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (more info here.) It might be time to bust out the wax and detailing tools if you plan to show off your shining example of fine German engineering in Schenley Park.

Hope to see you out there!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

High Performance Driver Education – 2021

by Frank Bresz

Allegheny Region PCA Announces 2021 High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) Events
Are you ready to think about the 2021 track season? Are you ready to FORGET 2020? We certainly are!
Don’t miss joining ARPCA at Pitt Race, “our home track”, for three 2021 events. Plug the following dates into your calendar:

  • June 4 (Friday one-day HPDE with solo & instructed run groups)
  • July 30, 31, August 1 (Friday: Advanced Solo Lapping, Sat/Sun: HPDE)
  • October 29, 30, 31 (Friday: Advanced Solo Lapping, Sat/Sun: HPDE)

All three events will are open at ARPCA MotorSportReg

Click here to learn more

ALLEGHENY REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
2021 PITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX
July  23rd, 24th, and 25th
Plan to attend the 39th annual Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix with ARPCA.  Join hundreds of your fellow club members, guests from other regions, and friends as we gather on “Porsche Field” in Schenley Park to enjoy our cars, vintage races and the camaraderie that defines PVGP weekend.  Registration opens on April 10th but now would be an excellent time to mark this event on your calendar. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is our club’s largest fundraiser of the year with proceeds donated through the PVGP charity to the Autism Society of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny Valley School.

Allegheny Region 60th Anniversary – Founding Documents

In celebration of our Region’s 60th Anniversary, we are posting a number of items including recognition from the Porsche Club of America (PCA National) and some of the Club’s earliest correspondence and documents, showing the names of our original founders and the activities that they conducted. We hope you enjoy these documents, which have historical significance to our Club. Also look for future recognitions and celebrations of our 60th anniversary in the coming months and at our events.

Click to review our Club’s earliest documents and special recognition from PCA in honor of our 60th anniversary

EVENTS

Women of ARPCA – Dine and Drive

June 16th, Wednesday 6:30pm

The Meredith Inn
138 N. Water Street,
Kittanning, PA 16201

Located on the Allegheny River, the Inn is highly recommended by our Social Coordinator, Lisa Malobicky.  Our previous gatherings have been a lot of fun and we hope that the word will spread and more will come.  If you do not know anyone, trust me, by the end of the night, you will leave with many new friends.

Please RSVP to women@arpca.com.

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Porsche Touring Crew – June 2021 Event (Registration Currently Closed)

PTC Adopts “Green Agenda;”
Votes Porch Dining with World-Class Views

A well-known Spanish playwright wrote, “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”

ARPCA’s Porsche Touring Crew plans to live-out that concept by returning to the historic Summit Inn for its June 22 driving event.  Located atop Summit Mountain in Farmington, PA, the Inn’s sweeping 60-mile natural views will paint an emerald green backdrop for PTC’s veranda luncheon.

Click here to learn more

Summit Inn Image used under CC Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License no changes were made to the image

Porsche at The Lot – June 2021

What are you doing on Saturday June 26th?

Are you starting it in the company of fellow ARPCA members for an upscale cars-n-coffee event at The Lot at Edgewater restaurant in Oakmont, Pa?  If not may we suggest a change in your plans?  Consider the following, it may change your mind.

Click here to learn more

ARPCA Monthly Meeting – July 2021

Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Location: TBD
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The monthly meeting is open to all ARPCA Members.  We look forward to your participation.

Contact: president@arpca.com

 

Porsche at The Lot – July 2021

You should start your Saturday, July 10th, in the company of fellow ARPCA members for an upscale cars-n-coffee event at The Lot at Edgewater restaurant in Oakmont, Pa. Its a great way to start your weekend.

The Lot at Edgewater is a full-service restaurant that offers a wide menu selection including traditional favorites like Belgian waffles, house-cured bacon steak, made-to-order omelets as well as specialties such as avocado toast with pepper jam and a fried egg.  There is a full-service coffee bar with a large assortment of pastries and a full-service bar featuring brunch cocktails, alcoholic milkshakes, and craft beers.

Click Here to Learn More

Pre-PVGP Driving Tour & Weekend Kick-Off Party – Friday, July 23rd

Pre-PVGP Driving Tour

Willow Restaurant Willow Restaurant, 634 Camp Horne Road. Pittsburgh, PA 15237
The Driving Tour will start from the parking area, also the location of our PVGP Welcome and Kick-Off Party.

Mandatory Driver’s meeting starts at 12:45 p.m. First car off at 1:00 p.m.  Come early and meet for lunch!

PVGP – Weekend Kick-Off Party

Willow Restaurant, 634 Camp Horne Road. Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Festivities begin around 5:00 p.m.
Restaurant parking lot is reserved for Porsche car show. Courtyard reserved for ARPCA.

Click here for more information about all PVGP events and registration

INFORMATION

Have you visited The Mart?

Rundschau’s member-only classified ad section, The Mart, is now available under its own tab on ARPCA.com. To place a listing, send the information, including a 1 megapixel or higher photo of the item to be listed to editor@arpca.com.  The ad will appear in the next issue of Rundschau, but should appear on the website within a week. There will be some lag between notification and de-listing so please notify the editor as soon as an item is no longer for sale. You should also email the editor each month if you wish to have your listing continue.

Click here to visit The Mart

Member Image Submissions Are Open

The ARPCA would like to see more of you. Have some images of your Porsche in all its polished glory or maybe a picture from an ARPCA event with your friends and family? The ARPCA is pleased

2021 GT4/PDK. Arrived 12/23/21 [Merry Christmas]. Picture taken in my driveway on 12/27

to announce we are now accepting online image submissions!

Click Here or use the “Member Submissions” link in the menu at the top of the ARPCA  homepage.

The more member images we receive the more we are able to make our website and publications truly reflective of our group and it’s members

Currently image size is limited to 20MB per image we accept images in tiff, gif, png, jpeg, raw, and esp formats.  Images should be your own original content.  Images currently subject to copyright, or of an inappropriate nature will not be accepted or displayed by the ARPCA.

Remember to like the ARPCA Facebook Page and join our Facebook Group.