- July 4, 2023
- Desert Drives, Events
- Posted by Club Member
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SEPTEMBER 5-8th, 2023
Mark your calendar for our Mammoth Lakes, Yosemite and Tonopah LVR/PCA member tour. This will be a three-night event that promises to be exciting, with inspiring roads and beautiful scenery. We will travel from Las Vegas to Mammoth Lakes, CA, where we will spend 2 nights, giving everyone time to visit Yosemite National Park and the surrounding Mammoth Lakes area. The third day will take us to Tonopah, NV for a dinner in the Jack Demsey room at the Mizpah Hotel. Because it seems everyone is hitting the roads these days, hotels in the area of National Parks book up quickly. I strongly suggest you complete the following tasks ASAP:
1. TOUR LIMIT: 20 cars. Register soon: msreg.com/YOSEMITE2023
$15 per person registration fee. If you [...]
- July 4, 2023
- Desert Drives, Events, Uncategorized
- Posted by Reid Smith
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By Reid Smith
As I compiled the list of LVR members signed up to attend the 2023 PCA Parade I was surprised that there were a number of them who I had never met! Being president of the region, I felt we needed to take action. First Lady, Dana and I looked at the Parade schedule and noticed an evening that had no activities or awards banquets planned. Realizing that many would be dining off-site and would be returning later, we began planning for WINEDOWN. The Board approved expenditures and so we were able to purchase wine and bites for that day. One of our biggest issues was finding a location without having to rent a room. As it turned out, our 2nd story room had a large balcony that easily accommodated our party. We entertained 27 of the 38 members of our region that attended the Parade. Although it was quite windy [...]
- July 4, 2023
- Desert Drives, Events
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Princess Cruises and PCA go full throttle with Princess becoming the Official Cruise Line for Porsche Club of America
Sky Princess one of Princess’ Royal-Class ships, will host this year’s inaugural PCA National at Sea, a nationally sanctioned event. This year’s adventure includes a seven-day Western Caribbean voyage departing from Ft. Lauderdale, December 9-16, 2023, visiting four tropical destinations with unique shoreside experiences exclusively for PCA members.
Book your cruise today!
Click the button below or call 833-679-2188 to speak to a PCA Travel Concierge to book your cruise!
https://porsche.medallionclassmarket.com/pcaatsea
- July 4, 2023
- Desert Drives, Events, Uncategorized
- Posted by Reid Smith
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By Reid Smith
The Factory one-off special request Classic Club Coupe No. 001/001 was auctioned last month. This incredible car was on display for PCA Parade attendees in Palm Springs. Guess who made an impromptu appearance? The highest bidder who arrived to drive his new Porsche home. None other than Porschephile Jerry Seinfeld! It has been reported the successful bid was over 1.3 million!
LVR members Mark and Trudy Wilson happened to be in the right place at the right time and snapped the two photos.
- July 4, 2023
- Desert Drives, Events, Uncategorized
- Posted by Reid Smith
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GAUDIN PORSCHE CELEBRATION
By Reid Smith
Gaudin Porsche held a 75th Porsche birthday celebration on June 10th. With our Porsche cars filling the parking lot and the challenges with getting inventory, I’m sure the sales team was fantasizing about selling every one of them! A special thanks to Julie Cane and the Gaudin team for hosting a great party!
Note the picture of Salomon Braun glued to his cell phone watching the closing bids of his beloved GT4 on Bring a Trailer exceed his expectations.
- July 4, 2023
- Desert Drives, Meet The Members
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Marina and Brian have the Las Vegas Region of PCA to thank for bringing them together; they met at a PCA event and Brian invited Marina to join him at the next week’s HPDE event. That’s all it took as they realized they both have a need for speed and love being at racetracks. They were married later that year with a Porsche themed wedding. At about the time of the wedding Porsche ran ads that said “Choose Thrilling”, which got painted on the garage wall.
Although they have been long-time Las Vegas residents, they had another connection since they were both born in Iowa and still visit family there.
Brian’s Porsche interest started long ago through his sports car enthusiast Uncle. For three years he made Brian “babysit” his 911 with the requirement that the car must be driven at least once a week. Wow, was that a tough assignment!
