Author Archive: Club Member

By Val Dodd

In March, 2000, I was involved with a group of 40 people (14 Americans and the rest Europeans) put together by Porsche Travel, to test drive the new Porsche 996 Turbo.  After a private tour of the Porsche plant and museum in Stuttgart the first morning, they flew us down the 1,500 miles from Stuttgart to Jerez, Spain, where Porsche had leased the ex-F1 race track for debut of the new 996 Turbo to the world.  Our group was at the tail-end of a month-long parade of journalists, Porsche dealers, VIP’s, and others in the automotive world who came to review, test, and write about  the new Turbo model. 

The hotel we stayed at was adjacent to the Jerez race track, which made it convenient for access to our track activities which included some 30-996 Turbos along with other competitor models (Ferrari, Mercedes, Dodge Viper).  Half of the Turbos had the Tiptronic [...]

SIERRA GOLD TAVERN

9465 S. EASTERN, LAS VEGAS

THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH, 6:00PM  

We will have a Porsche parking area on the north side of the restaurant.

Drive your Porsche

Come enjoy an hour or two of getting together with old and new club members.

 We plan to repeat this social hour monthly for some well-deserved comradery. No signup necessary. 

See you there!

APRIL 21-23, 2023

SPRING MOUNTAIN MOTORSPORTS RACEWAY

4767 NV-160

PAHRUMP, NEVADA 89139

Plan on coming to the Porsche Sprint Challenge at Spring Mountain Motorsports April 21-23rd. This will be a great opportunity to see ALL PORSCHE racers in action! Practice sessions will be on Friday with racing on Saturday and Sunday.

Vegas Region PCA is proud of our members involvement in Porsche Sprint Challenge racing. What an opportunity to see member Michael Londo driving the #111 car, with member Kent Moore, team principal of Premier Racing!

Buy your tickets now: http://porschetickets.com/

Website https://www.porschesprint.com/

SCHEDULE BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

SPRING PICNIC HONORING NEW MEMBERS

MAY 13, 2023

11:00 am

MOUNTAIN CREST PARK, PAVILION B

4701 N. Durango Dr., LV 89129

This picnic is open to all LVR members and families. We will have plenty of food provided by our club. Meet our new members and catch up with what has been happening with our numerous activities. Our Board members will give a brief description of club operations and events. 

Please respond using the link below by Wednesday, May 10th, if you are planning to attend so we can provide enough food and beverages for everyone!

msreg.com/SPRINGPICNIC23

By Val and Michelle Dodd

In 1971, I bought my first Porsche, a ’67 912, as that’s all I could afford.  Then in 1973, I Bought another 912, a ’69 this time.  After selling those 2 cars at about the same time, I bought a new ’74 911 Targa, which was my daily driver for almost 6 years, I still have it today (well after going thru 2 sons for a period of time with my 3rd son taking my ‘2001 Mini Cooper S!).  

After selling my company in ’96, I bought a new ’96 C4S which I eventually sold about 2004.  Why I still don’t know, but after experiencing Porsche’s debut of their new Turbo model in March of 2000 at an old F1 track in Jerez, Spain (long story), I decided I had to have a Turbo.  Well this never happened!  So when we moved to Henderson after my 3-yr gig in Pittsburgh, [...]

 IRPCA TOUR!

May 27-28, 2023

Our Porsche Club friends to the north have graciously invited Las Vegas Region to join in which should be a very memorable Memorial Day Weekend tour! Here is the invite that Craig Shanklin, IRPCA Southern Utah Representative:

On May 27, the Northern Utah PCA members are driving down to St. George and we will have a nice dinner social (all PCA members, especially Las Vegas, are welcome). The next morning, May 28, we will have a “tour” to Kanab with a nice lunch stop. All the details and registration 

https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/driving-tour-to-st-george-kanab-irpca-virtual-office-pca-intermountain-205641

We would love to have Las Vegas members join the fun. They may not be familiar with scenic Kanab, Utah. We also have a discounted rate at a nice new local hotel in St. George.

Craig Shanklin IRPCA Southern Utah Representative.

A number of club members attended a Tech Session on detailing at Gloss It Design & Detailing Center, on March 11th. We learned about techniques and products for keeping our Porsches in Concours quality. As Rich, the Center’s owner and presenter told us “you will never be the same with caring for your car after this session”. He was right!

A special “thank you” to club members Peter and Jackie George, for organizing and providing coffee and delicious Pink Box donuts for the event.