Category: Desert Drives

THIRSTY THURSDAY SOCIAL

SIERRA GOLD TAVERN

9465 S. EASTERN, LAS VEGAS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 6:00 PM

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!

From the Archives #11, January 2023

After looking through the Las Vegas Region Newsletters from the first couple of years of the Region, I was struck by the number of ads from gas stations. Yes, just regular old Phillips 66, Esso, and others, all trying for customers. The ads must have been worth something to the advertisers, because those little business-card-sized ads cost $8 per month.

Yet today, it makes me wonder why we’re not getting ads from electric charging stations. The conspiracy theorist in me has several explanations for this, but I’m sure you have your own. We’ll be glad to publish the most outlandish ideas if you send them in.

There was an interesting report at the April 1975 LVR board meeting. The Newsletter reported: ”If all of the advertisers would pay their past due bills, the newsletter would be nearly self-supporting.” Maybe I should rethink the value of the gas station ads.

DENTED – Next brunch will be January 8th, 10am at Red Rock Country Club. Most of us have endured parking lot dings. Frustrating? Infuriating?  Now that more body parts are made of plastic stuff, the dings become scrapes- really ugly. Many moons ago I had a car with a plastic wrap-around bumper/fender. It got damaged by an unknown driver (not me!). The body shop said “I guess you need a new fender- that will be $2800 plus a repaint”. Well today that harrowing scenario doesn’t need to happen. Eddie Brown, founder of BumperMedic can usually fix the problem within days and for the cost of one night in a moderate-priced hotel. Come and enjoy Porsche friends, good food and learn how to save time and money to fix those dastardly dents.

You are welcome to park [...]

Hello fellow Porsche aficionados!!!!! My name is Mark Coronado. I was born and raised in Ventura, CA. I had a 30-year career in law enforcement (Ventura PD and Ventura County DA’s Office) and am currently a semi-retired Private Investigator working “Cold Cases” with a group of retired FBI agents and law enforcement detectives. I moved to Las Vegas in March of 2020, leaving behind the “crazy” PRC (CA) once and for all. Bought a great place up in the N/W area with a 1500 sq ft “Mancave” on the property where  my Porsche’s reside. I enjoy cars, golf, reading, working out, good food and wine, concerts and Baskin Robbins.

Speaking of Porsches – I became a Porsche “nut” when my uncle showed up at our house with a brand-new orange 1968 911 when I was a kid. He let me have it for graduation night in high school and I was sold – never made [...]

From the President’s Desk

It’s unbelievable that we are already in 2023! I hope that everyone had a warm and memorable holiday season. I have talked to many of our club friends who traveled to visit loved ones during the busy season. Dana and I actually spent the holidays snuggled in at home, enjoying time together and our decorated tree.  

A very well attended club event was Christmas in the Canyon, at Tuacahn outside of St. George, Utah. Gary Lea, with the help of Jordan Godorov, organized the LVR drive that included 23 cars! Combined with those of us who arrived the night before and the St. George PCA members, we had close to 60 cars at Porsches and Pastries in the awesome canyon! 

Looking ahead, we are in the planning stages of possible activities for 2023. As you know, we have our After Holiday Dinner Party scheduled for January 22nd. Hopefully, you have registered [...]

From the Archives #10, December 2022

For the past year we’ve been reviewing the Las Vegas Region’s first year, 1974. This month I thought we might jump ahead ten years to check out development in our first decade.

You might recall that during the LVR’s first year, they had roughly 40 members, and that the event reports showed that essentially everyone participated in everything. Pretty much 90 to 100 percent of the membership came to all of the events. But by 1984, it’s clear that the situation of non-participating members had set in.

The Newsletters of 1984 contained complaints and questions about these non-participants in almost every article. There were notes that putting on an event, and then having only five or six cars show up, was not acceptable. There were doubts about finding event organizers or sponsors, since there might be only a few folks attend the event. In February 1984, there were requests [...]

Doin’s at Brunch Past and Future

Sunday December 4th, 10:00 a.m.

By Michael Dugan

Many club members met for our monthly brunch on November 11. President Reid Smith welcomed everybody after we had eaten our fill of scrumptious food, enjoyed beautiful views of the grounds of Red Rock Country Club and chatted with other members.

Vice President Barbara Barron recounted the one-of-a-kind get together at Premiere Sportscar Service with Sam Schmidt, an eminent race car driver who became a paraplegic as a result of hitting the wall at Indy backwards at 200 mph. As a result, Sam started a foundation to promote rehabilitation of people inflicted with similar life-changing injuries. His facility “Driven” in Las Vegas provides services at no cost. Barbara also described sold out cooking demo at D’Agostino’s Trattoria restaurant. It was fun and wonderful to savor.

The next brunch is Sunday December 4th (this is the first Sunday of the month for [...]

By Kyle and Jan Spring

Like many others in the LVRPCA we are a Porsche family. We haven’t always been. 

Driving clunkers and minivans were our mainstay until around our 30th  wedding anniversary when the Boxster S came into our life in 2011. We loved taking the car on wine tasting trips and managed to hold 4 cases of wine and luggage in both trunks. This immediately was a hit!

Auto crossing the Boxster became a key pastime chewing through tires and burning out the  clutch. But learning what these cars can do creates a passion for Porsches. 

We were so happy when our second daughter got married, and we could give them the Lexus as a gift. Now we could finally get another Porsche. The Panamera S is much more civilized for touring but can still kill it in the twisties when it’s time to play. Can’t do much of that though so it’s [...]

By Michael Myers

The first Three-Day DE (Drivers Education) event at Spring Mountain was a huge success.  We got to drive on a new track!  The Charleston Peak track recently opened and this was the first opportunity the PCA had to run on it.   

On Friday, we ran our first “open track day.”  This gave our advanced drivers and instructors an opportunity to learn the new course.   This extra day seemed to be popular and we plan to have another three-day event in 2023.

On Saturday and Sunday, we ran our traditional run-groups.  There were nearly 100 registered drivers…. including 15 students.  Congratulations to these new drivers!  We look forward to seeing you back at the track again soon.

Spring Mountain was already a world-class facility and this new track keeps that standard.  With the fast corners, quick essess, some off-camber turns and quick-straights, all of the drivers, new and old, had a lot of fun.

Saturday [...]

AFTER HOLIDAY DINNER PARTY

5:00 p.m. SOCIAL, 6:00 p.m. DINNER

M RESORT & CASINO

LUX Banquet Room

Back by popular demand, our Las Vegas Region PCA AFTER HOLIDAY DINNER PARTY will take place at the M RESORT & CASINO on Sunday, January 22nd. Come at 5:00 p.m. and enjoy an hour to socialize and enjoy no-host beverages. Dinner is planned for 6:00 p.m. and will feature an OVER THE TOP Buffet. 

The LUX Banquet room is at the top of the M Resort, with spectacular views 400 feet above the Las Vegas Strip.  So, pull the fancy rags out of the closet and plan on an incredible [...]