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From The Archives – November 2025 

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Porsche Almost Became Part of BMW?

By: Jordan Godorov

As a member of the Porsche Club of America, we are lucky to receive a newsletter regularly from the national office. Sometimes those newsletters highlight Porsche history. I also happen to belong to the BMW Car Club of America. Some months back, I received a notice from the BMWCCA in a newsletter that a 3 book set of BMW “Behind the Scenes” was available for purchase by the general membership. One of the clips from the set was a story about how BMW once had a chance to buy Porsche. I thought that this was fascinating and got me thinking about how different Porsche would be if that happened. Here is the story:

When BMW Went To Buy Porsche – [...]

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Fall Colors Tour Southern Utah

If you missed this year’s tour, mark your calendars for September 2026 and set a reminder to watch for it so you don’t miss it next year.

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SO. UTAH CHARITY EVENT FOR DIXIE TECH COLLEGE

So, this past weekend, I and a group of Las Vegas individuals traveled to St. George to support the annual Charity event organized by the Utah group. The event aimed to benefit the Automotive Technology School at Dixie Technology College.

The event was an absolute success, meticulously planned by the incredible husband-and-wife team of Di and Craig Shanklin. Their dedication to the club is truly remarkable, especially considering their global travels.

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LAS VEGAS REGION PCA High Performance Driver’s Education

November 29-30, 2025

By Brad Cameron, HPDE Co-Chair

Registration is now open for the LVR/PCA’s High Performance Driver Education (HPDE) event at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. The event will take place on November 29-30, and will feature the recently designed Charleston Peak Track, which provides 3.2 miles of exhilarating challenge.


New drivers will have the opportunity to participate in a full Driver’s School, while experienced drivers will have access to instructors to help improve their skills. The track map with passing zones is available on the MotorsportReg registration link below for participants to familiarize themselves with the layout of the Charleston Peak full course.


NEW RULES AND PROCEDURES for our HPDE! Make sure you read all information on the link below before registering! 

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THE JUST ONE PROJECT VOLUNTEER DAY

On Tuesday, October 14th, a group of us from the board arrived at The Just One Project at 7:30 a.m. at 1401 N. Decatur Blvd. Bright-eyed and eager to help distribute food to those in need, we set out to make a difference.

We had been aligned with this group since the beginning of the year and had mentioned them in these pages a few times. They are truly remarkable in their efforts to feed those in need. In addition to food distribution, they also offer housing assistance, job training, and placement assistance. Their dedication is evident in the fact that they distribute over 6 MILLION pounds of food annually to the community.

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Cars und Kaffee: A Monthly Get-Together You Shouldn’t Miss

If you haven’t attended this laid-back and highly enjoyable monthly event, you should seriously consider giving it a try.

Cars und Kaffee takes place the last Sunday of every month at the Good Wolf in the Arts District. The location is at the corner of Commerce Street and Imperial Street, and the event runs from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Originally focused on German and primarily Porsche automobiles, the event has expanded beyond that narrow focus and now hosts an interesting array of cars every month.

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🎃🎃🎃Friday Night at Trunk or Treat 👻👻👻

🕸️Tivoli Village 🕸️

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Scissors and Scotch

Our group arrived between 3:30 and 4:30. The center had blocked off the streets, and we found our way to Scissors and Scotch. We backed in and opened the trunks.

By the time we started (5:30), we had lined up seven Carreras and were ready to hand out candy.

We all thought we had too much candy and would be taking it home. We provided between 150 and 200 pounds of sugary delights in total. Little did we know that in 2024, they had over 4,000 people and expected the same [...]

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FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK – NOVEMBER 2025

Greetings to all our wonderful Porsche family!

October was filled with fun and exciting times. Let me share some of the activities that took place this month for those who missed them. These events are featured in this month’s newsletter.

FALL COLORS TOUR

The Fall Colors Tour in Utah (actually held the last weekend of September) was a great drive led by Ken Hollman. We wound through Utah from Hurricane (pronounced Hurakahn) all the way to Cedar City via Colorado City. We then drove up through the mountains to Duck Creek, where we were greeted with the stunning fall colors of yellow and orange as far as the eye could see. It was an absolutely wonderful drive, and we had a great turnout with 31 attendees. We’re already looking forward to it again next fall, and it’s only been a couple of weeks!

VOLUNTEER DAY AT JUST ONE STEP

We also had a Volunteer Day [...]

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From The Archives – October 2025 

From The Archives – October 2025 

Do you have a question about the history of our local club or the Porsche brand in Las Vegas? Drop me an email at jordan_godorov@yahoo.com 

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Who Doesn’t Love Car Marketing Materials?

By: Jordan Godorov

I am a huge fan of automobile history. I love seeing vehicles from the past in, not only true form, but also in paper form. As a kid, I loved collecting brochures on all types of vehicles. I would bring them home and study them for hours. Those days truly made me into a car fanatic.

With the Internet bringing all sorts of information to the world, some evil geniuses have compiled a free online database accessible to anyone with a web-surfing device. It’s called Auto Catalog Archive (www.autocatalogarchive.com). From the ACA Website –

“This website – it is a journey through the history of cars. An extensive archive of brochures from all over [...]

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Where in the world… are Craig & Di?

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