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High Performance Driver’s Education

September 6-7, 2025

By Peter George, HPDE Chair

Registration is now open for the LVR/PCA’s High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) event at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. The event will take place on September 6-7, and will feature the newly designed Charleston Peak Track, which is approximately half a mile longer than the previous “north course”.
New drivers will have the opportunity to participate in a full Driver’s School, while experienced drivers will have access to instructors to help improve their skills. The track map with passing zones is available on the MSReg signup link below for participants to familiarize themselves with the layout of the Charleston Peak full course.
NEW RULES AND PROCEDURES for our HPDE! Make sure you read all information on the link below [...]

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Change Out That Flat Tire with Your Spare…Not So Fast!

By: Jordan Godorov

Back in 2005, Porsche started offering tire sealing gel as standard equipment on new vehicles from the factory. If you got a flat tire on your Boxster and wanted to swap it out with your spare, you were out of luck. 

Fortunately, Porsche has provided an easier and quicker solution to get you back on the road, without getting your hands dirty from removing and replacing a tire. By providing a tire sealant gel and a portable air compressor that is powered by the 12-volt auxiliary outlet in your car, you are able to put a liquid sealant in the tire, air it up, and be one your way relatively quickly. In order to use the [...]

Volunteering is often seen as a selfless act—something we do for others. But talk to anyone who’s given their time to a cause, and they’ll tell you it gives back tenfold. This is especially true when your passions intersect with purpose. One unexpected yet powerful example? Volunteering within our very own Porsche Club of America (PCA) and similar community-driven programs. 

Sometimes getting started is the hardest part but there are many opportunities within the LVR Porsche Club for those interested.  You can ask how to help when you attend an event, contact a board member if there is a particular event you would be interested in to see how you can help.  The club board meetings are open to all members and is a great way to pass on suggestions for events and to learn about upcoming events that will need volunteers. 

Our club also helps our local community programs. We held a silent auction [...]

Sunday June 8, 2025, 10:00am 

  Red Rock Country Club 

What do you do when you have too many cars? 

GUEST SPEAKERS 

Mike Hayes, THE TOY BOXX! 

Blake Rosser, STORAGEBOXX & ALL STORAGE  

Park your Porsche in the circle in front of the clubhouse next to other beautiful works of automobile design and craftmanship. Enjoy a morning chatting with old and new friends in the comfort of a sunlit dining room at Red Rock Country Club. 

What:         Las Vegas Region PCA Porsche Brunch  

When:        Sunday, June 8, 2025 10:00am  

Where:       Red Rock Country Club, 2500 Red Springs Road 89135  

Cost:          $30.00 per person. Register by Noon, Friday, June 6, 2025  

TWO WAYS TO REGISTER AND PAY:   

ZELLE: Pay $30.00 per person by Zelle. Set up your money transfer via your bank account and send to email: [...]

Intro – For those who are not familiar Craig and Di Shanklin are our dear friends from the Souther Utah part of the region and they have made world wide travel an art form. It might be easier to say where these two fun loving kids have not been rather than try to list all the countries that they have been. They have been kind enough to allow me to share their travel blog with everyone. So I will be sharing random stories from their travels periodically. I hope you will enjoy the ride as much as I have.

Gary Lea President Las Vegas Region PCA.

Where in the world…are Craig & Di?

Uzbekistan was the heart of the Silk Roads…all roads led (or at least crossed) here. It became the hub of culture and trade for many centuries. However, the absolute hub was the legendary city of Samarkand….the capital of the Sogdian civilization…later conquered [...]

I am a Hematologist/Oncologist, who’s been driving my Porsche since 2010.

I have always been fascinated by sports cars and bought this stick shift 2010 Boxster S, a convertible to enable a top-down super speed drive. I learned to Drive in a stick shift vehicle at age 15 years and would never buy a sports car that’s not a stick shift. I am guessing most of you would agree that, that’s the way to drive any sports car. 

I have been a Porsche club member from the time I had bought my Porsche (save, a couple of years in-between when my wife was ill).