Category: Desert Drives

LVR MONTHLY BRUNCH

Sunday, August 11th, 10:00am

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:         Porsche Brunch

When:        Sunday, August 11th, 10:00am

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

Cost:          $30.00 per person. Register by Noon Friday, August 9th   

Notice the price increase. As we all know, our economy is still in an inflationary cycle.  Red Rock CC has had to raise their prices due to their increased costs. Neither RRCC nor our club will make a profit. With a private room in a beautiful setting with Rock Star parking and our guest speakers, think of this as an event!!! 

From the President’s Desk,

Now that we are on the downhill side of summer, we can look forward to planned club activities for the Fall. In addition, I have had a few organizers of local car shows reach out with possible activities for our members. Although they are not LVR activities, you may be interested in displaying your Porsche.  We have included them in the Desert Drives.

Our monthly brunches and Mix & Mingles have been very successful during the hot summer. We are in the process of engaging guest speakers for Fall brunches and planning locations for our Mix & Mingle get-togethers. You can always access our activities calendar for events and signup.

AutoFest, the “Grand Daddy of all Car Shows” for Las Vegas, will take place September 21st. What could be better than displaying your car on the 18th fairway of Red Rock Country Club along with hundreds of other fantastic automobiles. Last [...]

Jed, Jayne and Benay Weintraub

Our first Porsche was a 2018 Silver Cayman. Porsche is the only vehicle we have owned since moving to Las Vegas.

Currently, we own three Porsche. Jayne’s car – 2018 Cayman. Benay’s car – 2019 Macan S. My car – 2022 Panamara GTS. We previously owned a 2018 Porsche 4S. The Panamara GTS has a smooth power curve, great torque and roominess for four passengers. What’s not to like about this car with no modifications or enhancements. 

My first car was a 1983 Ford Bronco. Jayne’s first car was a 1973 Firebird. Benay’s first [...]

MIX & MINGLE with the LVR Porsche Club

Wednesday, July 24th, 4-6:00 pm

SHUCK’S TAVERN

7155 N. Durango Rd. LV 89129 702-651-6227

Come enjoy an hour or two of getting together with old and new club members. The restaurant has happy hour until 6pm, with all day Taco Tuesday. We plan to repeat these get-togethers during most months for some well-deserved comradery at a variety of locations. A big shoutout to Martha Burba for heading up these activities for the club! See you there!  

We want to let the restaurant know our number of attendees, so PLEASE RSVP by Monday July 21st, using the link below. We have had several instances where unregistered members have overwhelmed the space that the restaurant has reserved for us.  If you do not register, you [...]

From the VP – Gary Lea

ATTENTION ALL PORSCHEAPHILE ROAD WARRIORS!!!!

I am planning on attending the Annual Porsche Werk’s Reunion. If you have never been you really need to consider going on this tour. August 14, 15, 16-2024. I will be glad to coordinate an unofficial tour to the event. If you are interested you can contact me at leagary71@gmail.com to let me know your interest.

The Werk’s Reunion is only slightly smaller than the Rennsport reunion in the [...]

LVR MONTHLY BRUNCH

Sunday, July 14th, 10:00am

Guest Speaker: Diego Trujillo, CEO of Las Vegas HEALS. 

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:         Porsche Brunch

When:        Sunday, July14, 10:00am

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

Cost:          $30.00 per person. Register by Noon Friday, July 12th  

Notice the price increase. As we all know, our economy is still in an inflationary cycle.  Red Rock CC has had to raise their prices due to their increased costs. Neither RRCC nor our club will make a profit. With a private room in [...]

From the President’s Desk,

We are certainly in the dog days of summer. Even the dogs don’t want to leave the house! Dana and I had a nice Colorado trip in our travel trailer. While Las Vegas was setting record high temps, we were enjoying a cooler time visiting Mesa Verde NP, the Great Sand Dunes NP area and Black Canyon NP, all above 6000 feet. In July we are planning to head to California and assist the Santa Barbara Region PCA celebrate their 60th Anniversary.

As many Porsche Club regions in the northern states have a less active winter season, we tend to offer less activities this time of year. We had our planning session for Fall activities and many dates have been added to the calendar. We will populate it as we firm up plans.

In addition to our regular monthly brunches and Mix & Mingle get-togethers you can look forward to AutoFest, [...]

SPRING PICNIC HONORING NEW MEMBERS 

OCTOBER 5, 2024 

11:00 am 

MOUNTAIN CREST PARK, PAVILION B 

4701 N. Durango Dr., LV 89129 

SAVE THE DATE!

From the Archives #25, June 2024

Last month the LV Region celebrated its 50th anniversary, and began looking forward to the next 50 years. Since this column is supposed to recount the history of the Region, I thought we might look back to the time the Region celebrated its 25th anniversary and began looking toward its second 25 years.

That would be 1995.

Bill Clinton was President of the US, and an equally audacious character was President (again) of the LVR. That would be Carl Young. If you’ve read this column previously, you’ll know what I mean. Suffice it to say that Carl was Region President in 1975, and he founded Carl’s Place.

During the first few months of 1995, several members praised the new 993, while at the same time complaining about all the “bells and whistles” that they didn’t understand (They should try a 2024 Cayenne.)

The Las Vegans started the year with [...]