Category: Desert Drives

From the President’s Desk,

Well, the year is wrapping up and I’m reminiscing on our accomplishments for 2022. We entered the year without a newsletter or a functioning website. A special thanks to Interpolnik (John Polnik-JP, and Mike Patriquin) for an absolutely first-class Desert Drives newsletter. A shoutout goes to Alex Harbison and his team for such a quality website. All are LVRPCA members! While our successful activities are too long to list here, I do want to especially thank all of our volunteers for their hours and days of planning and carrying out these events. Our club is alive and well!

Our AFTER-HOLIDAY DINNER PARTY will take place at the M Resort on January 22nd. Some may wonder why our activity calendar listed it as December 18th until it was switched a couple of months ago. I originally booked the dinner last Spring. The backstory: I called into the M Resort to get a [...]

And your Porsche for Two Grand a Day!

By John Polnik

When I got a DM from a major coulter fashion brand on Instagram last week, I thought that it was just another social media scam. Turns out, it wasn’t. The ad agency for the designer needed a vintage Porsche in a pastel color for an upcoming photoshoot in Death Valley and their creative director knew just who to call. Plus, they had money to burn. 

With an offer of up to two grand a day and an additional finders fee, I was on the hunt. My first choice was our good friend and PCA member Romi Mirza’s 1979 930 Turbo in Ice Green Metallic. The only problem was that the car was at Trophy Performance where they were frantically trying to diagnose and fix a fuel problem. 

Hurray! They got it done the night before the shoot! Now all Romi and I had to [...]

From the Archives #9, November 2022

The Las Vegas Region newsletter, named “Sandscript” for the first time in February 1975, asked readers to support the advertisers. It was noted that without the advertisers, the monthly newsletter wouldn’t be possible. The issue contained 14 ads. These included a beauty salon, a jeweler, three restaurants, two gas stations, a printing shop, a house painter, a real estate agent, and four having to do with Porsches. The latter included a half-rear-cover ad from Sunland Motors, the Porsche-Audi dealer of the day. This was the largest and most expensive ad, so good on Sunland.

The February Sandscript included a listing of the PCA Zone 8 events scheduled for the 1975 year. It pointed out that the Las Vegas Region was the smallest Region in Zone 8, and that the LVR was fortunate in having such a well-organized and active nearby Zone in which to participate. (Nearby??) I can’t resist [...]

THIRSTY THURSDAY SOCIAL

SIERRA GOLD TAVERN

9465 S. EASTERN, LAS VEGAS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 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!

Georganne AKA Gigi grew up here in Vegas in an aviation-oriented family and was a Grand Prix winning horse rider in her teens back when you could ride down the Strip. She then became a flight Attendant and in the 90’s supported troop movements to the Middle East during Desert Storm. She then became a hair stylist for 20 years just recently retiring. 

My name is Curt, AKA Greyhound. I grew up in Long Beach Calif. Joined the Air Force at 17 crewing my first KC 135 Tanker at 20 years old. After 10 years I left the service to go on to work at Douglas Aircraft, FEDEX, Delta and several other aviation related firms. I’ve held just about every position there is in the aviation maintenance field.  I’m currently an aircraft maintenance manager for a contractor.

We first met in 1992 when I was the technician on one of her flights. I guess the [...]

By Barbara Barron

Nevada Day turned out to be a PREMIER RACING DAY for Porsche enthusiasts. Sixty plus guests assembled in the Premier Sportscar Service shop turned deluxe banquet hall with winning trophies decorating all tables. 

The Meet and Greet chat included Kent Moore, winning crew chief and racing principal for top team 2022 SRO drivers Adam Adelson and Elliott Skeer.

Tony Mazzagatti, owner of 900 Series, a leading Porsche shop and star of his MAV TV show not only shared his insights but his priceless 904 Porsche on display.

The star of the event, Sam Schmidt, founder of CURE PARALYSIS NOW, shared his from-the-heart life stories as a result of his severe injury suffered in 2000. All were mesmerized by his awe-inspiring presence and uplifting spirit for his cause, his impressive foundation CURE PARALYSIS NOW which has created DRIVEN, a neuro-recovery center in Las Vegas.

The array of Porsches on display was a Concours [...]