It’s in the air. You can feel it coming. Humidity has decreased and you know cooler days are ahead. Now is the time to start thinking about all of the wonderful happenings around the Porsche Club!
September Drivers Education always offers a wonderful way to kick off the fall driving season. In addition to two full days of Drivers Education at Sebring International Raceway, the always-sold-out TRSS Teen Driving School was held on Saturday with AutoCross featured on Sunday. What a team we have! Great event!
The board has been busy planning and some not-to-miss events are coming up this month. Porsches and Pints is offered again the first Saturday of October at the Dunedin Brewery. This has become a fun and sold-out event. RSVP soon and early for this one! AutoCross is offering Ladies’ Day at Tampa Bay Downs and Reeves Motorsports is hosting us for our member social.
Back in November is what has become our launch of our holiday season parties at the
Wine Tasting & Dinner Charity to benefit Ready For Life at Mike Kwasin’s in South Tampa. The food will be scrumptious; the wine and beer will be interesting. Registration opens on October 1 on www.clubregistration.net.
Some news from National . . . .
Improve PCA — 60 seconds at a time! PCA National is releasing small bi-monthly surveys that will be included in e-Brake News this year. If you haven’t taken previous surveys yet, you can still do so. Each month a member who participates in the survey wins a prize and the more surveys you take by the end of the year, the better your chances are to win the grand-prize drawing. The 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.
Ever wonder about the staff at the National Office? Vu Nguyen is the Executive Director of the Porsche Club of America. PCA puts on more than 3,000 events annually in 13 different Zones that contain 144 Regions including the Club’s Annual Porsche Parade. Vu joined the PCA in 2005 when the club had just over 52,000 members and that number has swelled to over 71,000 today. Add affiliate and family members and that number is 115,000 people. He and the Executive Council manage the PCA National Office and oversee a vast number of programs and events for Porsche enthusiasts around the country. Did I mention his collection of over 400 1:18 model cars?
Some changes and many new events have been added to the calendar through the end of the year and into 2016. Check them out so you’ll be in the know and save the dates for those special events you’ve been waiting to attend!