April 2009 - Musik Stadt PCA · April 2009 Solid Gold April Club Meeting 6:30 pm April 14 Our next club meeting will be held at Cinco de Mayo in Brentwood. Meeting begins at 6:30

April 2009 Solid Gold

April 2009

We’ve had a great 1st quarter. Our 2008 year-end ban-quet held in January was a huge success. Attendance for the February and March club meetings were both very strong. The leadership team completed the plan-ning for many activities in the coming months. Spring is officially here, although we seem to be getting too many cold weather days recently. Last month I opened with we are accelerating forward. Let me share with just what we have planned.

The 2nd Quarter will be very busy months for all to enjoy. April starts out very heavy with planned activi-ties with something for everyone. Warwick “Wicky” Lawrie will be our guest speaker at the April 14th club meeting at Cinco De Mayo in Brentwood, (formerly Brentwood Grille). Wicky will talk about spring main-tenance and also DE preparation. Michele Hodges, our Activities chairperson has arranged a day drive from Franklin to the Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg. The drive starts at 10am we have lunch planned enroute at the Bar B Que Caboose Café in downtown Lynch-burg. The distillery tour is free of charge. If you are looking for faster thrills behind the wheel – we have you covered with the autocross hosted by the Tri-lakes sports car club at Motlow college in Tullahoma. The cost is $20.00 per driver for 6 runs. All proceeds go to charity. And don’t forget participating in autocross builds points toward 2009 Enthusiast of the Year. Then on Saturday April 25th we return to Porsche of Nash-ville for a tech session James and team have prepared for us. Tech session starts at 10:00am in the Service area. Wow what a busy month in April, but it doesn’t stop there.

The month of May opens at full throttle with our very first Driver’s Education event at Talladega Gran Prix in Anniston Alabama. The cost for the 1-day event is $175.00 person. If you prefer two days of DE the Heart of Dixie region will be happy to accommodate you on Saturday May 2nd. We partnered with Heart ‘O Dixie to create a full weekend of DE fun and fellowship. If you drive both days you will receive a 25 dollar dis-count for each day. Your DE fee includes lunch on Sunday and an event T-shirt with Musik-Stadt logo.

Solid Gold April 2009

Musik-Stadt officers:

PresidentFrank Hodges

[email protected] 615-414-3643

Vice-PresidentPaul Jones


SecretaryJud Scott

Tel 615-726-0514

TreasurerVic Davis


MembershipWilliam (Bill) Wright

[email protected] Tel 615-306-8132

Driving EventsMatt Shaw

[email protected] 615-948-9090.

Newsletter Editor, Solid Gold& WebmasterTeresa Suarez


in the driver’s seatwith Frank Hodges, President

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April Club Meeting

6:30 pm

April 14Our next club meeting will be held at Cinco de

Mayo in Brentwood. Meeting begins at 6:30 pm. Guest speaker – Wicky Lawrie of Renntag Mo-

torwerks will share preventative maintenance tips with us, plus how to get ready for a DE.

4944 Thoroughbred RoadBrentwood, TN 37027

615-309-9196


New Members

Welcome!

Primary Members 265Affiliate Members 188Total Members 453

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New Members:

Michael Osborne ‘07 BoxsterKent & Nancy Peters ‘02 996

Geoff & Sandy Sanderson ‘04 Cayenne James & Susan Wright ‘06 997S

Member Anniversaries:

Brian & Jami Melani 20 yrs.Michael Hinchion 5 yrs

Patrick & Phyllis McGee 5 yrs.John & Jill McVay 5 yrs

Champ & Holly Webb 5 yrs

Club Activities

Club Meeting – April 14

Our next club meeting will be held at Cinco deMayo in Brentwood. Meeting begins at 6:30 pm.Guest speaker – Wicky Lawrie of RenntagMotorwerks will share preventative maintenancetips with us, plus how to get ready for a DE.

4944 Thoroughbred RoadBrentwood, TN 37027615-309-9196

Next month’s meeting . . . May 12 – Sambuca in theGulch. We’ll welcome our new members with a newmember mixer. Gathering begins at 6:00.

Other April events

Club drive – this month, we’ll head down to LynchburgTN for a scenic drive, lunch on the way, and a tour ofJack Daniel’s Distillery. If you’ve never been, it’s worththe drive!

Date: Saturday, April 18Departure time: 10:00 amDeparture location: Steak and Shake, Highway 96Lunch: Bar B Que Caboose Café in downtownLynchburgTour: FREE

Tech Session: Porsche of NashvilleApril 25, 10:00 am

Autocross – Tri-Lakes Sports Car Club, Motlow StateCommunity College, Tullahoma TN - $20 for 6 runs.

Next autocross: April 19

Date Title Venue City Region

04.14.2009 Membership Meeting Cinco de Mayo Brentwood Musik-Stadt Region

04.18.2009 Cars for Kids TN. Baptist Children’sHome

Brentwood Other

04.18.2009 Club Drive Jack Daniel’s Distillerytour

Lynchburg TN Musik-Stadt Region

04.19.2009 Autocross Motlow StateCommunity College

Tullahoma TN Tri-Lakes Sports Car Club

04.24.2009 - 04.26.2009 Spring Thing Grand Vista Hotel Vonore Smoky Mountain Region

04.25.2009 Tech Session Porsche of Nashville Nashville Musik-State Region

04.26.2009 - 04.27.2009 DE – Midsouth Memphis Motorsports

Park

Memphis Midsouth PCA

04.30.2009 -

05.03.2009

Walter Mitty Challenge Road Atlanta Atlanta Other

05.02.2009 DE – Heart O’ Dixie Region Talladega Gran PrixRaceway

Anniston AL Heart O’ Dixie Region

05.03.2009 DE – Musik-Stadt Region Talladega Gran PrixRaceway

Anniston AL Musik-Stadt Region

Club Activities

Date Title Venue City Region

Raceway



05.12.2009 Membership Meeting and New

Member Mixer

Sambuca Nashville Musik-Stadt Region

05.15.2009-05.17.2009 DE – MidSouth Region Memphis Motorsports Memphis, TN MidSouth Region

05.16.2009 TN Tubs Bar B Cue Turner Farm Kingston Springs,TN

TN Tubs

06.09.2009 Membership Meeting Porsche of Nashville Nashville Musik-Stadt Region



06.19.2009-06.20-2009 DE – KY Region Putnam Park KY Region



07.14.2009 Membership Meeting El Mariachi Nashville, TN Musik-Stadt Region



08.11.2009 Membership Meeting Logan’s Cool Springs Franklin, TN Musik-Stadt Region

New Club Activities

1st day-drive of 2009!

When: Saturday, April 18

Where: Jack Daniel’s Distillery

We have our first planned day drive for 2009! Every weekend this year seems to be busy with events, so

it was impossible to choose a weekend that was completely free. We’ll be driving to Lynchburg to tour

the Jack Daniel’s Distillery and hope you can join us!

10:00 am – Meet at Steak and Shake on Highway 96, Franklin TN

12:00 noon – arrive in Lynchburg, lunch at Bar-B-Que Caboose Café in downtown Lynchburg

Club Activities

1:00 (or so) – tour Jack Daniel’s Distillery – Tour is FREE!

2:30 – on your own to continue to explore Lynchburg or head back home

Email [email protected] by April 15 if you plan on joining the drive. All drivers will need to

sign a release form.

1st tech session of 2009!

When: Saturday, April 25

What time: 10:00 am

Where: Porsche of Nashville

See the article from Mike Gillespie in this issue for more details.

New member mixer

When: Tuesday, May 12 – we will combine the monthly membership meeting with the

new member mixer.

What time: 6-8 pm

Where: Sambuca Restaurant in the Gulch – upstairs

Terrace

Please join us in toasting and welcoming our new club members at one of Nashville’s

coolest restaurants. We’ll have the rooftop terrace and upstairs bar area to mix and mingle,

share car stories, and get to know one another.

Cash bar, hors d’oeuvres provided. RSVPs appreciated to [email protected].


You wouldn’t know it from the company’s website but Volkswagen (German for “People’s Car”) can trace its his-tory straight to the villain of World War II: Adolf Hitler.

Here’s the short version of the story: After World War I, Germany’s economy was shot and cars cost more than most people can afford. When Hitler rose to power and became Chancellor, he spoke at the 1933 Berlin Auto Show of his idea to create a new and affordable car.

At the same time, Ferdinand Porsche (yes, that Porsche) was designing an odd-looking yet inexpensive car (which would later become the Volkswagen Beetle). Porsche met with Hitler in 1934, who asked that the car have the following specifications: it should have a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), a fuel consumption of 42 mpg, and could carry 2 adults and 3 children. He said the car should look like a Maikaefer - a May beetle and even gave Porsche a sketch of the basic design. Porsche promised to deliver the design, with prototype cars to be built by Daimler-Benz.

In 1937, the Gesellschaft zur Vorbe-reitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH was created (it became simply Volkswagenwerk GmbH a year later). In 1938, Hitler opened the state-funded Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, which was to produce the KdF-wagen (kraft durch freude, meaning “strength through joy”). Few were actually built, instead, the factory (employing forced labor) churned out military car, based on the same chassis: the Kü-belwagen, Schwimmwagen, and Kommandeurwagen.

It was later found out that Hitler had this in mind all along. He added an extra secret specification to Porsche’s design: the car was to be able to carry 3 men, a machine gun, and ammunition.

After Germany was defeated in World War II, the British took over the Volkswagen factory and the KdF-Wagen was renamed the Beetle. The British then sought to give control of the company - first they asked the Ford Motor Company, then the French Government, other British car manufactur-ers and lastly, Fiat. All turned down this “free offer” be-

Volkswagen and Porsche: A Historyby Paul Jones, VP Musik Stadt

cause they thought the Beetle’s design was in-ferior and that the company would be a money drain. (Source: The Auto Channel)

So, the British gave the Volkswagen company back to the German government in a trust. Lat-er, having sold more than 21 million cars, the Volkswagen Beetle would become one of the world’s best selling cars ever.

The VW logo itself was supposedly designed by Franz Xavier Reimspiess, an employee of Porsche, during an office logo design competi-tion. He was given a one time payment of 100 Reichsmarks (about $400).


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Porsche of Nashville2350 Franklin RoadNashville, TN 37204615-385-1900porscheofnashville.com Showroom hours: M – F 9am – 7pmSaturday 9am – 6pm

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Porsche commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRbzJ0L1Zn8

Porsche Commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzYEYWOJBbM

Porche 911 Banned Commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWClCIeFm4

Porsche 911 - Don’t Forgethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9n_8vaXBYs

Porsche 911 History commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4exPauh5X_w

“Breaths” Porsche Commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHiSECgQsqg

German Test Center Commercialhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugki4_e4NP8

Motor Vision Classics - Porsche 928http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-umB0KUV1ek

Dr. F. Porschehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mlae6ZhmbY

2007 Porsche Boxster and Boxster S, Mike Constein Interview.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAEZ9MziSsE

Tiff Reviews the Porsche Boxster 2.5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGiFQPGwRxE

Out-of-the-Boxster: 2009 Porsche Boxster RS60 @ 2008 NYAShttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1D0CKL-FQE

430 Scuderia vs 911 GT2 vs Gallardo 560-4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYSIuZrQ3FI

Porsche Leipzig: Co-Pilot 911 GT3 Cuphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQp9LtbQ9c

Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia 2008 - Final Stage 14http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NvDPUNdaeU

Porsche: Documentary/Documental - English/Españolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHtsLcNEl1Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJvcn03Ddmc

Porsches on YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAZXKgzWAWshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJQ8SXcltw

BBC: Porsche Carrera GT Car Review- Top Gearhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE_WqdKbTvY

Our club meeting on the 12th will be held on the 2nd floor patio of Sambuca downtown Nashville in the Gulch. The patio is covered and has a great view over looking Nash-ville. This club meeting will be a special event to attend as this also kicks off a new tradition welcoming our new members to the club. The club leadership is providing hors d’ oeuvres. Also we have extended an invitation to James, and Anita at Porsche of Nashville requesting the honour of their presence as well as their clients and prospective clients. We still have plenty to do in the mid-May segment with the TN Tubs inviting us back to the TN Tubs BBQ hosted by Cal Turner. Thank-you Cal for your continued generosity and hospitality to the Musik-Stadt club mem-bers.

The remainder of the quarter is filled with events and activities for all to enjoy. The above activities are just a partial list of all the events throughout our Region and Zone. Please check our website often for the latest and most complete list of activities.

I hope to see you at our events. The leadership team has been working hard to assemble a diverse collection of ac-tivities to ensure we provide something for all.

As always, we want your feedback on activities, meeting venues, speakers, and more.

Until next time, see you behind the wheel,Frank#312

of NashvilleTech Session

On April 25th, Porsche of Nashville and their staff has invited the Musik Stadt Region PCA to a Tech Session to be held at the Dealership located at 2350 Franklin Road. We will start at 9:30am with a Continental Breakfast and start the Tech Session around 10:00. The theme of the Tech session will be “Routine Maintenance: Protecting Your Investment”. Porsche of Nashville would like to have three cars from the membership to use for the Tech Session, possibly a water cooled Boxter or 911, an air-cooled 911, and a Cayenne. The dealership would also like to offer a free Multi-Point Inspection to the first 10 members that are interested. They can use three of these for the Tech Session. Porsche of Nashville will also have some door prizes to give away. The session will be held in the Porsche Service Shop at the back of the property and there will be parking set up out in front of the shop. Our last tech session had 35 people in attendance. This is not event you want to miss.

Fast and FuriousBy BETSY SHARKEY, Film CriticApril 3, 2009If you’re a lover of stomach-clenching speed that turns the world into a neon blur; if you thrill to the sight of high-gloss chassis screeching, spinning and slow-rolling into explosive fires and flying debris; if your eyes go soft in the presence of a gleaming motor; if a pounding bass is the bump-and-grind back-ground music of your dreams -- or put more simply, if you’re in the mood for a lot of vroom, vroom, thump, thump, then “Fast & Furious,” the fourth edition of that metal-twisting series, should leave you exhausted and satiated for a very long time.

The pit crew from “The Fast and the Furious,” or most of it, is back, led by Vin Diesel’s Dom -- all ripped muscles, fast cars and evil deeds -- as enigmatic as ever, and still with girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), the only one who’s ever been able to push past Dom’s “auto” erotic zone to touch that slow beating heart of his. It takes a tragedy to pull rogue FBI agent Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) back into Dom’s life, and Brian realizes he still has a real soft spot for Dom’s sister Mia (Jordana Brewster, looking more than ever like a young Demi Moore).continued page 12

President’s Message cont ...April 2009 Solid Gold


Movie Name Car Type Misc. Information48 Hours 356 Speedster 911 30 Years 911 Porsche Feature VideoA Man Apart 911 Cabriolet Two scenesA Time to Kill 356 Cabriolet Bullock’s black 356 cabrioletAgainst All Odds 911 Cabriolet American Graffiti 356 Annie Hall 911 Woody Allen and Diane Keaton

take a ride in her brother’s 911April Fools Day 914 in the ferry loading sceneBad Boys 964 Turbo Bachelor Party 911 3 or 4 scenesBackdraft 944 During an explosionBanzi Runner 928, 911, 935 lots of footage of the 928 racing the

PanteraBeethoven 911 Beatlejuice 928 Benjamin 911 Beverly Hillbillies Carrera Cabriolet very little footageBig Chill, The 911 T several scenesBig Picture, The 911 Cabriolet 1-2 minutesBlown Away 911SC several minutes - not the Tommy

Lee Jones movieBody Language Carerra Cabriolet Bull Durham 911 1-2 scenesBullit 356 best car chase scenes of all time!!

Count the number of hub caps the Charger loses. I hear it loses five!!

Caddyshack 911 one scene of spewage containment!!Cannonball Run Kremer 935 (Replica?) driven by Burt and DomCannonball Run 2 928 black 928 S crushed by Bigfoot 4x4Cars 911 The role of SallyCellular 2004 911 Cabriolet/Cayenne Turbo blue 996/911 carjacked by film hero

Chris Evans; Kim Bassinger in a Cayenne Turbo tries to escape but runs into the garage

Chasers Carreras Civil Action 911 Targa John Travolta’s black 911 TargaClass 911 Cabriolet

Porsches in the Movies A - C

Clockwise 911 Stars John Cleese. This black 911 parks outside a hospital as Cleese looks for his wife. Later, Cleese and a student steal a silver 911 Carerra cabriolet with red interior and phone dial wheels. Several nice shots, including the driver illegially over-taking a semi, causing an oncoming car to skid off the road. Film shot in England.

Coming Home 356 Speedster Commando 911 look for damage after Arnold pushes

the 911 over ???Condorman 911 five slantnoses


Clockwise 911 Stars John Cleese. This black 911 parks outside a hospital as Cleese looks for his wife. Later, Cleese and a student steal a silver 911 Carerra cabriolet with red interior and phone dial wheels. Several nice shots, including the driver illegially over-taking a semi, causing an oncoming car to skid off the road. Film shot in England.

Coming Home 356 Speedster Commando 911 look for damage after Arnold pushes

the 911 over ???Condorman 911 five slantnoses

It is no small irony that this righteous ode to muscle cars -- and a bygone era when all America wanted from its wheels was speed, power and pumped-up style -- comes to theaters just as the U.S. auto industry is imploding, in part because it too was clinging to the memory of what was. All of which turns “Fast & Furious” into a strange piece of nostalgia, where, without apology, fast cars still rule and fuel is burned with abandon.

Director Justin Lin is behind the wheel again -- he of the beautiful moving metal of “Tokyo Drift,” the one redeem-ing aspect of No. 3 in the franchise, except for the wry Vin cameo at the end. Lin brought a tight new torque to the series even though he didn’t have the best story line and characters to work with (not that there’s much story to be found in any of these vehicles).

Lin infuses the necessary full-throttle bits with a dynamic lyricism, choreographing the chaos like a whipped-up jazz-fusion set -- trusting absolutely in the hypnotic power and beauty of strength and movement. Which is why “Fast & Fu-rious” is, in a very bizarre way, a thing of gasp-inducing art-istry to watch, even if you’re not a member of the NASCAR, gear-head, street-racing crowd.

Even with all the movie’s speed, at the deep center of its adrenaline-charged heart “Fast & Furious” is a love story of boys and their cars, with all of the longing looks sweeping right past the barely clad bones of girls who gather like flies to honey, draping themselves over the cars and the guys, any-thing to get close to the power that rumbles to furious life within.

Looking back to 2001, it is remarkable that the original brought on such fever dreams, with its relative restraint and its far more tentative soul. The new movie’s energy field is vibrating on high from the beginning. “Fast & Furious” picks up Dom’s story in the Dominican Republic, where he’s ap-parently been sitting out the series since the first one ended with him heading for the Mexico border.

Dom, Letty and a new crew are boosting oil tanks, taking them right off the back of truck cabs as they’re heading to market at 100-plus mph on pockmarked roads perched on the edge of deadly drop-offs high above the blue Caribbean. It’s been a good run for Dom, but one that is about to end with law enforcement hot on his heels.

A quick plot twist and a few fast cuts and we’re back in L.A. where it all began. Suddenly, there are major scores to settle. At the center of the action is a ruthless Mexican drug lord

who is running a high-stakes operation that has the fastest drivers he can find moving product across the border, cara-van style, at 200 mph.

Dom and the FBI, with Brian driving their fleet, want to bring him down, but for different reasons. What happens next isn’t really important as long as you know there are a series of extreme and extended demolition derbies -- needless to say countless cars gave their lives to make this movie possible.

As much as metal rules in “Fast & Furious,” it would be nothing (well, almost) without Diesel, as Universal found out when the studio tried to re-create the magic in No. 2 and No. 3 without him and box-office numbers began a down-ward slide. When Diesel’s characters work, they are compel-ling in the most counterintuitive of ways.

Dom never stops being the outsider, even with his own crew, always existing on the edges of any given moment or situation, without the slightest trace of emotion. Facing off against a psychopath with endless depths of fury, Diesel is always implacable, unreadable. He just . . . is. Yet somehow his apparent absence of malice is reassuring, because you just know, no matter what, he will punch the clock, he will get the job done.

[email protected]

Fast and Furious cont.Solid Gold April 2009

Join the Musik-Stadt Region club for

Driver’s Education

Talladega Gran PrixAnniston, Alabama

Sunday, May 3, 2009

$175 per PCA Member$200 per non-PCA Member

Registration fee includes:• admission to the track run sessions throughout the day• t-shirt lunch

Driver’s education is a great opportunity to:Learn the capabilities of your car

Practice in a safe environmentGain high performance driving techniques and skills

The Heart O’ Dixie Region will also be hosting a Saturday DE (May 2),for those participants interesting in having two days on the track.

Registration options:

online at: www.clubregistration.netpaper forms available at:www.musikstadpca.org/events/de/registration.pdf

to register for the Heart O’Dixie May 2nd DE, visithttp://hod.pca.org/PDFs/DE%20App%20'09.pdf

Accommodations: The Victoria Inn in Anniston, AL offers preferredweekend rates $89.00 when you mention codeMSK-POR. www.thevictoria.com or 800.260.8781

Sleep Inn in Oxford, AL offers an event rate of$67.00 when you mention Porsche club event.256.831.2191

Additional info: Contact Matt Shaw at [email protected]

Kars4KidsSaturday April 18, 2009

8th Annual Car / Truck / Motorcycle

ShowTo benefit

The Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home

1310 Franklin Road, Brentwood,

Tennessee

(Rain or Shine)

Music – Food - Games - Rides Auto Parts – Vendors

Up to 30 Classes Depending upon Registration

The lawn at the Baptist Children’s Home makes a great

location for a car show

Event Registration

$15 for the 1st car

$10 for subsequent cars

Vendor fee $20

Advance Registration or Registration day of show from

8:00am to noon

The Musik Stadt Region has beenchallenged by the other German Car Clubsto see who makes the biggest showing.Let’s make sure that the Musik StadtRegion is well represented and wins thechallenge.

Classic Motorsports Mitty ‘09

April 30-May 3 – Road Atlanta – Braselton, GA

Enter a world of growling engines and sleek machines at

the 2009 Classic Motorsports Mitty—an automotive

event that will engage the senses like few others:

Roaring JaguarsWith Jaguar as the featured marque at The Mitty,

dozens of legendary cats from the D-Type to the Group

44 IMSA GTP prototypes will be gathering. Club

organizers as well as owners of both classic and current

Jaguars are welcome to attend what could be the

largest-ever assembly of these machines.

Group 44 TributeWe’re planning the largest collection of Group 44 cars,

drivers and crew members ever assembled. This is your

chance to meet the men and see the cars that ruled the

Runoffs and Road Atlanta throughout the ’70s.

If you own a Group 44 car or were a Group 44 driver, be

we’d love for you to join us at the Mitty ’09. Contact Greg

Voth for details.

Group 44 DinnerA select few can also enjoy a special dinner with Group

44 team members Thursday night. Go to

c lass icmotorspor ts .net /group44par ty for tickets

and details.

Mitty ’09 VIP PackagesUpgrade to a VIP package and make the most of your

Mitty experience. VIP packages include:

A $45 Super Ticket, good for all three days.

VIP parking and car corral parking.

Invitations to the HSR party and dinner Friday

and Saturday (a $50 value).

Touring laps Friday and Sunday (a $70 value).

An exclusive paddock tour with the Classic

Motorsports staff.

Access to the VIP area, with complementary

drinks and shade (a $50 value).

A Classic Motorsports lanyard and VIP pass.

While this package is worth $215, we’re offering it for 99 bucks.

Only 200 VIP packages are available, so get yours now. And

don’t forget to enter to win a VIP package

HSR Historic RacingFrom the Ferraris and Cobras of the ’50s and ’60s to the

incredible IMSA GTP cars of the ’80s and ’90s, the Mitty

allows you to relive the most thrilling battles in

motorsports history. Plus, famous Formula 1 cars from

the last five decades will take to the track for a

rare appearance.

The Tire Rack Club Parade LapsSign up for parade laps around the historic Road Atlanta

track. Parade laps are available on a first-come, first-

served basis.

GRM Speedfest at The ClassicMotorsports MittyJoin the biggest race weekend birthday party of the year

as Grassroots Motorsports celebrates its 25th

anniversary with a full slate of autocrossing and

other events.

Moss Motors PubNo car weekend is complete without some beer and

darts. Join staff members from Moss Motors and Classic

Motorsports magazine in our re-creation of an old

English pub on the hill.

XKs Unlimited Jaguar Car CorralXKs Unlimited, one of America’s premier Jaguar parts

suppliers, will sponsor a special Jaguar club corral and

party at The Mitty

G-Force Project Car CorralSee your favorite Classic Motorsports project cars.

Sports Cars of the WorldWe’re gathering hundreds of cars from around the globe

on one lawn, and it’s free to enter.

Swap MeetTake part in the Southeast’s biggest sports and race car

parts swap meet. Free spots will be available for private

parties to sell parts and cars.

Slot Car RacingTry a little wheel-to-wheel racing yourself with BRM

slot cars.

Vendor RowMore than 50 vendors will offer nearly anything

automotive-related, and some pretty good food, too.

A brief history of The MittyThe Mitty began in 1978 with a handful of Atlanta-area

road racing enthusiasts who were looking for a safe

place to exercise their cars at speed. Road Atlanta

offered just the venue.

The formula was an immediate success. After observing

the enthusiasm for that first event, Martha Turner, then

editor of the Jaguar Marque, dubbed the proceedings

the great “Walter Mitty Challenge” after the James

Thurber short story.

Originally published in 1939, “The Secret Life of Walter

Mitty” centers on a quiet man with vivid daydreams in

which he is far more dashing than in his day-to-day life.

In the 1947 film adaptation, Mitty—played by Danny

Kaye—fantasizes about being a race car driver.

Through the years, The Mitty has become a spring

tradition in Atlanta. In 2004 Classic Motorsports

magazine became the title sponsor and event co-

promoter and Kumho Tires and Moss Motors became

platinum partners. Mazda became a presenting sponsor

in 2005.

Today, the Mitty lays claim to being the largest and best

vintage/historic racing event on the entire East Coast.

Rally Tennessee May 23 -24, 2009Linden, TN

This is going to be a fun year for Rally Tennessee! We

have great official spectating areas plus an excellent

Spectator Guide to keep you up to date on the latest

competitor news. Head to the Perry County Community

Center on Friday or the Perry County High School on

Saturday and Sunday to pick up your Spectator Guides

and wristbands.

For more information, go to

http://www.rallytennessee.com/2009/index.php

Music City Motor JamJune 27th, 2009

MCMJ Itinerary

Stage One: Registration at The Loveless Cafe(VIP Ticket Holders Only)

9 to 10:30 am

The grounds of the Loveless Cafe offer a pleasant mix of

1940s Route 66 American diner with equal touch old

rural south. The Cafe will be open and is famous for its

charm and quality southern breakfast offerings. And for

those who are interested- the Loveless general store will

bring back the memories with its Waltons-like wood

plank floors and penny candy. Registration will run from

9 until 10:30 am and a light breakfast of

donuts/danishes/bagels, and coffee, wil l be

complimentary. When registration is complete, the

scenic driving tour will begin its first leg of the day.

The Loveless Cafe is perfectly situated less than a

quarter mile from one of the treasures of the south- The

Natchez Trace Parkway.

Address: 8400 Tenn 100, Nashville TN 37221Location: About 7.5 miles south of Belle Meade andthe turnoff from US 70 SouthPhone: 615-646-9700email: www.lovelesscafe.com

Stage Two: Touring The Nachez Trace(VIP Ticket holders only)

10:30 to 12:30pmThe Natchez Trace Parkway will provide the driving tour

participants with the first opportunity to bring machines

up to temperature and stretch their old car’s legs, all

while touring what is unquestionably the most beautiful

stretch of scenic road that Tennessee has to offer. The

Parkway is a registered National Scenic Byway,

protected by the U.S. Parks dept., and gives the traveler

an endless winding ribbon of perfectly groomed roadway

and matching scenery, complete with historical land

marks, points of interest, and scenic overlooks.

By mid-day, the tour will make its way to its first

destination for a lunch stop and private car collection

tour.

Stage Three: Banquet lunch at Private VintageClassic Garage (VIP ticket holders only)

12:30 to 2:30pmBy half past noon, the tour will make its way to its first

destination for a lunch stop and private car collection

tour. This will consist of a one and a half hour stop at the

secluded Vintage Classic Garage. A quality catered

meal will be served to all participants in air conditioned

comfort and the complete Vintage Classic collection will

be on display for all to see and inspect. The collection

features something for every motorsports enthusiast;

from a full array of ’50s and ’60s sports and racing cars

with Lotus, Jaguar, MG, Triumph, and Porsche, strongly

represented, to big full bodied American special interest

cars from similarly early years. Add in with that a nice

mixture of automobilia and a huge, secure, adjacent

parking area for the tour participants to meet and greet

all of their fellow travelers, and their rides, and we’re

sure the mid-day stop will not disappoint.

Stage Four: Lane Motor Museum tour, banquet andgala(VIP ticket holders only)

The tour will head north to the big city… Nashville, with

its ultimate and final destination being the wonderful

Lane Motor Museum for the final banquet and gala. One

of the more fascinating and unique car collections on the

planet, the Lane Museum is a Nashville motorsport

treasure. Housing over 150 unique cars and bikes from

all over the world the Lane offers a very unique

experience for any motoring enthusiast. Upon arriving at

the Lane, the tour participants will be directed to a

secure parking area within the structure of the Museum

which will house and display their cars for the evening.

The museum will be privately available to all participants

at this point for touring and inspection with ample time to

take in the many unique automotive displays and vintage

vehicles throughout the building.

One of Nashville’s most noted jazz combos, the Jody

Nardone Trio, will be providing great music throughout

this time, and a cash bar will be open and available. VIP

ticket holders will enjoy the music from a private stage.

At approximately 6:30 pm, dinner will be served. The

tour participants will be able to dine in a private,

elevated, and partitioned off seating area that is part of

the main floor of the museum, enjoying a clear view of

the collection as a dinner backdrop.

LOCATION:

702 Murfreesboro Pike

Nashville, TN 37210

CONTACT:

(615) 742-7445

The Final Stage: Music City Motor Jam

(standard and VIP ticket holders)

After dinner David Steele will lead the Music City Motor

Jam on stage along with some of Nashville’s most

prominent musicians. The show will take us into the

night and provide the finale of what will be a great

gathering of cars, stars and guitars!

Plans are coming together for the 20th

Annual Antique &

Classic Car Show at the Cool Springs Mall. This show is

open to all makes of cars, domestic and foreign, antique

through 2009 models. The 2008 Show was the first year

that a European Marque, Porsche, was one of two

featured marques. The organizers are really reaching

out hoping to get more of the European Marques to

participate in the event. With 250 participants in last

year’s event, 2009 promises, with the influx of European

Marques, to break the 300 participant mark. So be sure

to mark you calendars for October 17 and let us get our

club members together to make a great showing at this

year’s event.

Club Name Tags

For those who would like to purchase a club name tag to

ware a club functions or at events outside of our region,

we have the above style name tag available for $6 per

tag. The tag is black in color with the logo and name in

white (just the reverse of what is above) If you would like

to have one of these great looking name tags, send you

name as you would like it on the name tag, specify

whether you want the stick pin type or the magnetic type

and send $6 per tag to Vic Davis, Club Treasurer, 1524

Crockett Hills Blvd., Brentwood, TN 37027. Our goal is to

have everyone respond by the Middle of April and have

the names tags completed and available for pick up at

the May meeting.

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April 2009 - Musik Stadt PCA · April 2009 Solid Gold April Club Meeting 6:30 pm April 14 Our next club meeting will be held at Cinco de Mayo in Brentwood. Meeting begins at 6:30