Category: Desert Drives

The World of Porsche Brunches Las Vegas Style

On Sunday September 9 LVR met for another good brunch at Red Rock Country Club. The day started out beautifully with temps in the 70’s, clear and sunny. Upon arriving at Red Rock you were confronted with a blaze of color- Porsches of all hues and models- a truly gorgeous sight.

After chatting, noshing on a really good brunch including someone’s favorite cinnamon rolls, and chatting some more, President Reid Smith presented a review of upcoming events for the club including a day drive, a cocktail-optional social, special event with presentation by a noted race driver and other events (as covered in detail on our website www.lasvegasporscheclub.com and in our newsletter Desert Drives).

 Michael Dugan introduced our speaker, David Soyk. For those few who don’t know, David is salesman extraordinaire for Gaudin Porsche. He shared his love of Porsches and the considerations you should have in buying an [...]

November 18, 19 and 20th.

Registration is now open for our three-day HPDE

By Michael Myers

For our November DE we are moving to the new track at Spring Mountain and for the first time ever hosting a three-day event.   Many of us got a preview of this track with some parade laps at our September event and we’re all excited for this new FIA Level-3 track with fast sweeping corners, quick esses, off-camber turns, lots of elevation change and high-speed straights.

With the new track and paddock layout there will be some changes when it comes to parking, tech lane location and the grid-out procedures – more on that as the event gets closer.

Friday will be an open-track day.   Friday is open to all Red (advanced) and Green (intermediate) [...]

From the President’s Desk,

After an action-filled September we have been able to kick back a little in the first half of October. 

Michael Dugan, our Treasurer, has been organizing our monthly Brunch held at Red Rock Country Club. A shout-out to Mike for always taking care of the details. We want to thank David Soyk from Gaudin Porsche for his insight of the sales and service of our cherished Porsches. David was our guest speaker at the October brunch.

Our Drive Meister, Salomon Braun, is back in the country and was planning an October 22nd day drive to Overton. After weeks of perfect weather, the gods of the wind decided to raise a ruckus. Due to blowing dust, Salomon made the wise decision to cancel the drive as a PCA event. A few brave souls were not to be denied and ventured up the road anyway.

On October 28th, Meet and Greet with the [...]

THIRSTY THURSDAY SOCIAL

SIERRA GOLD TAVERN

9465 S. EASTERN, LAS VEGAS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 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!

Meet the Members: Susan and G. “Doc” DeAndrea 

I am from Far Hills, New Jersey. I have loved Porsches since childhood at the New York Auto Show and watching the 917s with Gulf livery at Watkins Glen Can-Am. I am a Hoya, spending 11 years at Georgetown University – undergrad, Medical School & Neurology residency, and a Husky, 4 years at University of Washington Seattle, Neurophysiology Fellowship & MBA. Susan is from a large family in Oklahoma, where she graduated from Central State University with a Business degree. 

We met in Seattle with a weekly ski group. We married / honeymooned in Tasmania at the end of the 1993 Sydney-Hobart yacht race. In Seattle, Susan ran my private medical office. We had huskies Panama Red & Nanda Devi, we hiked, sailed, remodeled houses and landscaped. When we grew tired of grey skies, on a motorcycle Laughlin River Run from Seattle, I discovered Medford OR. We [...]

September 24-25th provided exceptional weather for our HPDE at Spring Mountain Motorsports. Having no wind in Pahrump NV, is a rarity! We did not have a beginner’s class this time because we offered an instructor training school. It is vital that we have a cadre of competent instructors because we require a 1 to 1 student/teacher ratio to teach the skills required for students to be track ready.

Although we started Saturday run groups with a very dusty track, we cleaned it at high speed with over 90 cars!  Join us for our November 18th-20th HPDE. Look for more info to come.

Congratulations to the newest group of Nationally Certified Driving Instructors for the PCA.  Thanks to Scott Mann for running the school and we appreciate all of the experienced instructors who served as mentors – helping to train the new candidates.   These new instructors are ready to help train you at our next [...]

YOU ARE INVITED TO A CHAT WITH RACING LEGENDS FROM INDYCAR and PORSCHE

JOIN US ON October 28, 2022

PREMIERE SPORTSCAR SERVICE

5325 Polaris Ave. #500

4:00pm to 6:00pm

SAM SCHMIDT WAS A DRIVER IN THE INDY RACING LEAGUE BEFORE SUFFERING AN INJURY IN PRACTICE IN 2000. TODAY HIS 501(c)3 FOUNDATION CONQUER PARALYSIS NOW IS ON A MISSION TO CURE PARALYSIS WHILE ASSISTING THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY DISABLED AT HIS LAS VEGAS CENTER APTLY NAMED DRIVEN NEURORECOVERY CENTER.

KENT MOORE TWO-TIME 24 HOURS OF LEMANS AND ROLEX 24 HOURS AT DAYTONA – WINNING CREW CHIEF AND PREMIERE RACING TEAM PRINCIPAL AS WELL AS THE TEAM’S 2022 SRO – WINNING DRIVERS ADAM ADELSON and ELLIOTT SKEER

TONY MAZZAGATTI “PROFESSOR PORSCHE” WHO IS A RACER, INSTRUCTOR AND OWNER OF A LEADING PORSCHE SHOP THE 900 SERIES WHILE FILMING HIS TV SHOW on MAVTV

NIBBLES AND SOFT DRINKS AVAILABLE

Donations accepted/payable to: CONQUER PARALYSIS NOW

RSVP msreg.com/meettheracers

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By Salomon Braun

Please join us Saturday October 22, 2022 for a scenic drive through Lake Mead National Park to Overton for breakfast at La Fonda Mexican restaurant. We’re meeting at the parking area on the right just before the park entrance. This is the park entrance past Lake Las Vegas on Lake Mead Blvd. Please remember that this is a National Park and there is an entrance fee unless you already have a National Parks Pass. We’ll meet at 8:30 and roll at 9:00. 

Meetup at South Lake Mead Entrance

4910-4952 EAST LAKE MEAD PARKWAY, HENDERSON NV 89015

Please click on the link to register

http://msreg.com/OvertonRun

By Val Dodd

Are you interested in becoming a member of the LVR/PCA Board of Directors for next year? If so, submit a short resume and photo by October 15,2022. Offices up for election are one-year positions for President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. Also, up for election is a position for a three-year Director. Our Nominating Committee will be formulating the ballot. Voting will take place November 15th-30th.

Our club is recognized as one of the finest and most active car clubs in Las Vegas, due to all of the hard work and participation of its members. If you want to become part of our volunteer leadership team, please email:  info@lasvegasporscheclub.com  Submit the write-up of your short resume with pictures by the October 15,2022. Text can be in a word processing document. Pictures must be sent as [...]

Sunday Salad- Car Nut and Porsches

What happened at the September Brunch and will happen in October

Sunday September 11th was a beautiful day. Weather- a bit cool- only in the low 100s. But really sunny- break from the “monsoon” rains. With summer over for many, it was time to get back to semi-normal.

We gathered in the window-lined dining room Of Red Rock Country Club to greet each other over micro-sized cups of hot coffee. There were many familiar and getting-to-be-familiar faces gathering, as the brunch is becoming a must-do event each month.

We settled down to the highlight of the morning- delicious food. After that President Reid Smith greeted the awaiting crowd with news of upcoming events- a drive to California on twisty backroads, a nudge to enter your [...]