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Crest RV Park, Every Saturday Morning at 8:am for Breakfast and Chit Chat , 5025 Wible Road

Our Next Social Dinner and Business Meeting will be held at Romano’s Macaroni Grill

8850 Rosedale Highway, Tuesday Evening, September 15th, Dinner at 6:30 pm

September:

12th, Saturday, Nick Thomas’s Birthday Drive over Hwy 58 to Ventana Grill in Pismo. No, Nick wont be driving..

15th, Tuesday, Social Meeting and Business Meeting, Macaroni Grill on Rosedale, 5:30p Business 6:30 Dinner

19th, Saturday, Coronado Festival of Speed in San Diego

20th Sunday, Coronado Festival of Speed in San Diego

25th-27th Fri-Sun, Porsche Rennsport V at Laguna Seca Raceway

26st, Saturday, Lake Arrowhead Porsche Timeline

October:

4th, Sunday, GEM Region Autocross at Minter Field Airfield

18th, Sunday, Ventura Motorsport Gathering. Refer to flyer in newsletter for details

20th, Tuesday, Sept Social Meeting. Location to be determined

24th, Saturday, Cal-Inland Region Photo Rally Tour. Refer to flyer in newsletter for details.

25th, Sunday, GEM Region Concours d’ Elegance at Cal State Bakersfield

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Porsche Club of America

Golden Empire Region

Board Members and Chair Persons

Webmaster

Anton Khatsanovich

Newsletter Editor

Michael Thomas

Safety Chair &

Insurance Coordinator

Mike McGregor

Membership Chair &

Communication Chair

Loren Stumbaugh

PCA Membership While our cars are very exclusive, our club is not.

Did you know that you can add a family member

or other interested person as an affiliate member,

at no additional cost? The family or affiliate mem-

ber must also be 18 years of age or older.

For all of the details contact our Membership

Chair:

Loren Stumbaugh

Porsche Club of America

Golden Empire Region

Membership Chairman

Loren7025@gmail.com

(661) 747-4416

Please join us online at our newly remodeled

Website and on our Facebook Group page:

http://gem.pca.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/

PCA.GoldenEmpireRegion/

And please send any Newsletter comments

or content contributions to :

gemgrapevine@gmail.com

Treasurer

Betsy Wadman

Vice President

Pat Wadman

Secretary

Chuck Anderson

President

Linn Christopher

Autocross Co-Chairs

Greg Fullmer

Charles Rook

Omar Olivas

Social Coordinators

Sandy Anderson

Maggie Chow

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2nd Annual Werks Reunion appears

to have been another Big Hit

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Once again, our very own Harvey takes his Class with a Big Win !!

Congratulations Pat and Betsy Wadman

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The Porsche Werks Reunion 2015 was held Friday, August 14th at the Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California. Hosted by the Porsche Club of America, the second edition of this single-marque event was met with an overwhelming amount of show goers and all told, over 700 Porsches in attendance from every generation. The 2015 Werks Reunion celebrated the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the 911 Turbo and the 50th anniversary of the 912.

For the second year the Werks Reunion had the assistance of Porsche Cars North America and Michelin, which provided a Le Mans class-winning 1996 Porsche 911 GT1, along with several Porsche ‘GT’ road cars. A 918 Spyder, Carrera GT and 959 rounded out the supercar display. Perhaps more interesting for the older audience was the assemblage of cars from major collections like the Ingram Family and Porsche Motor-sport’s recently restored Gulf-Wyer 917K towed in by a Volkswagen transporter, no less.

Grouped by generation and genre, the Werks Reunion 2015 had plenty to offer to the Porsche enthusiast, whether you’re interested in perfectly correct 356s or you fancy a well-built ‘Outlaw’ hot rod. Comparable to the inaugural event, the overflow parking area proved to be a show in itself with hundreds of show goers in attendance with their own Porsches helping represent the Stuttgart brand.

The 2015 edition of the Porsche Werks Reunion whet the appetite for the Northern California Porsche crowd until Rennsport Reunion V in September.

2015 Werks Reunion Review from Sports Car Digest

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The Gang goes Bowling last month after the August Social Dinner

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When: September 12th, Saturday morning, 9AM –ish

Where: McDonalds parking lot at River Walk Park

Itinerary: Drive out Stockdale Hwy , past I-5 to Wasco Way which turns and intersects with Hwy 58 outside

of Buttonwillow. From there we follow Hwy 58 into McKittrick and on to Hwy 58 across Carrizo

Plains until we hit Hwy 101. South on 101 about 20 miles and we are at Ventana Grill at the

north side of Pismo Beach. And No, I don’t buy lunch, sorry ….

Come Join Nicholas and Me for a Happy Sixteenth Birthday Drive

We plan on leaving around 9:30 from the McDonalds parking lot by River Walk Park

Will drive across Hwy 58 West to the Coast and lunch at the Ventana Grill

After that, who knows where

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MotorsportReg.com

Golden Empire Region 2015 Concours d ‘ Elegance

Sunday, Oct 25th

Back on the Grass in a New

Location this year !!

Cal State Bakersfield College

in the Alumni Grove.

Register online at the website

below:

MotorsportReg.com

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Online at MotorsportReg.com

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Drive to Venatana

Grill in Pismo

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Macaroni Grill 630

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Festival of Speed

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Festival of Speed

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Laguna Seca

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Laguna Seca

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Minter Field

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Motorsport Event

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Photo Rally

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State Bakersfield

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A 1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A won Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance.

The car is owned by Jim Patterson of Louisville, KY. He happens to be the founder of Long John Silver’s restaurants.

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New Exotic and Concepts on the lawn in front of the Lodge

And Hundreds of Millions of dollars in Vintage and Classics on the Field

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Now into its 65th year, the Pebble Beach Concours d ’Elegance is now a not-to-be-missed event for car

collectors and enthusiasts alike in order to attract people to a very specific destination. Back in 1950,

however, the event wasn’t quite enough of a draw by itself.

In 1950, enthusiasts wanted to entertain spectators with a weekend filled with events, and planned both

a Pebble Beach road race and a Concours d ’ Elegance for the first year. The race attracted the crowds,

and the concours kept them entertained in between heats.

Both events ran together until 1956, after a driver’s death prompted the road racing community to gath-

er $1.5 million in donations and construct the Laguna Seca circuit in time for the 1957 event, where the

racing events have been held since.

You may not know that the Pebble Beach Concours d ’Elegance, in keeping with tradition, initially al-

lowed new cars to compete in concours judging, which led to the first winner in 1950 being a brand -new

American aluminum-bodied sports car called the Edwards R-26 Special Sport Roadster. Its creator,

Sterling Edwards, was one of the few men who had a hand in organizing the first event.

As road racing was still an up-and-coming sport in America in the early ’50s, organizers needed both

vehicles and a venue. The vehicles were easy to find, but a venue would only reveal itself after Del

Monte was enticed to use some of the roads it owned near what we now called the Lodge at Pebble

Beach, an exclusive hotel built in 1919. It was hoped that the concours and “Del Monte Trophy” racing

events would attract well-to-do clientele to the region—and it worked.

A Quick History of Cars in Pebble Beach

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Over the next few years, new (and nearly new) Jaguars were often a big part of both events, winning

both the road race and a few years of the concours. Perhaps oddly, the concours was dominated by

nearly new cars until 1955.

One of the earliest—and largest—supporters of the events was Phil Hill, who won the first Pebble

Beach road race in a Jaguar XK120, and later picked up a Best In Show trophy at the Pebble Beach

Concours d’Elegance in 1955 with his 1931 Pierce-Arrow 41 LeBaron Convertible Town Cabriolet.

The Pierce-Arrow set off a few decades of Pre-War classic domination at the concours. Since 1955,

only two cars newer than 1950 have won Best In Show, a 1964 Maserati Mistral in 1968 and a 1954

Ferrari 375 MM Coupe by Scaglietti in 2014.

What has made the event so successful for more than 60 years is that it quickly became the de facto

place for Pre-War car enthusiasts to gather and appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of their more

stately vintage vehicles. With the sports car races spun off to run at a dedicated facility, there was also

more of an opportunity for each event to begin to attract different crowds.

As with any large concours, the joy of Pebble Beach is not necessarily the Best In Show winner, but the

field of vehicles that don’t win. With 25 judging classes in 2015 from Mercury customs, to British

Pre-War sports cars, to open wheeled race cars, there ’s something for everyone.

Here, tradition and excellence are important to all attendees, and for nearly its entire history, Pebble

Beach has attracted the world’s foremost racing drivers, collectors, and enthusiasts, which help to

ensure that when you’re on the green at Pebble Beach, you’ll never be too far from greatness.

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Monterey Week Auction Recap:

Preliminary Sales Total $392 million

Monterey Car Week is over, and the last gavel has dropped, but auction companies continue to bring to-

gether buyers and sellers behind the scenes. Here are the preliminary numbers that have been confirmed

so far:

RM Sotheby's reported Monterey sales exceeding $172.7m — an increase of 20% over last year's Monte-

rey totals, and the highest-grossing collector car auction of all time. A 1964 Ferrari 250 LM (pictured) was

the most expensive car of Monterey Car Week at $17.6m.

Preliminary sales at Gooding & Company's Pebble Beach auction totaled $128m, up 21% from last year.

Gooding sold 115 of 129 cars and achieved a sales rate of 89%. The top sale was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT

LWB California Spyder, sold at $16.8m.

A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Competizione Alloy coupe sold for $8.5m at Bonhams Carmel, earning high-sale

honors. Preliminary sales at Bonhams totaled $46.7m, down 57%. More than 100 cars crossed the block,

and the final sales rate was 90%. View all the sold cars here.

At Mecum Monterey, top honors went to a 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S at $2.3m, and combined totals

came to $45m, up 30%. View the Mecum results here.

Significant sales at Russo and Steele Monterey included a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT at $781k. Russo and

Steele, Rick Cole Auctions and JR Auctions continue to finalize post-block sales and have not released offi-

cial results.

The numbers so far total $392m. That figure will grow in the coming days as auction houses finalize their

results. Last year the combined total for all Monterey sales was $464m.

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Monterey 2015 will go into the books as an undoubtedly important event in the current market cycle. For the first time since

2009, there was no year-over-year gain in the total, and the full significance of that (both real and psychological) likely

won’t be completely understood until well into 2016. For the moment, this much is apparent: The long-awaited stabilization

in the market appears to be under way, albeit not unambiguously.

If Monterey were represented by just two auction houses, RM and Gooding, we wouldn’t be discussing the concept of

stabilization quite as loudly, as both RM and Gooding were up massively, about $45 million between the two of them with

only about 15 more cars brought to market between the two auctions. Sell-through rates were pretty close to the same as

in 2014, as were averages realized and the value of unsold lots (well over $100 million). Most tellingly, the amount of value

in unsold lots was nearly double what it was in 2013. This lends some credence to the notion that the actual peak of the

market in terms of momentum was Monterey 2013 and that the results of 2014 and 2015 can possibly be assigned to

dialed-in owners timing sales before the realization that the upward momentum of the market was petering out became

common knowledge.

More recent cars, however, continue to climb. Post-Enzo cars like the F40, 288 GTO — and even more common cars like

the 550/575, 308/328 and Testarossa — continue to be in significant demand, with the latter two models nearly doubling in

price year over year. The more than $13 million realized by RM for the McLaren F1 was a stunning but not unexpected

result. The notion that the fourth most valuable car sold all weekend isn’t even old enough to vote, let alone legally drink, is

something to wrap one’s head around. Or try this one on for size: The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, the gold standard of

collectible post-war European sports cars, is being eclipsed in value by the Porsche 959, a technical tour de force that is

not yet 30 years old. The strength of newer cars isn't limited to the highest priced models, either, as Bonhams sold a 1989

BMW M3 for $96,250. If the current stabilization morphs into a downturn in 2016, these modern classics will be interesting

cars to watch. Time may ultimately be on their side, but it will be interesting to see if that time truly is now or if it’s 10 or 15

years into the future.

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The Monterey Sports Car Auctions Each year hundreds of million dollars of collector cars are traded at Monterey in August. And although Ferrari has

been stealing the auction headlines for the last few years in Monterey, Porsche has been coming on strong as well.

Excellent news for all of us Porsche enthusiasts. Over the next few pages you will see some very encouraging prices

that are being realized for these exciting German sports cars.

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Monterey Auction Results for Porsches

Russo & Steele

Consignment # Car Sold For

Consignment #4018 1959 Porsche 356 T2 “Factory Hardtop” Cabriolet

$240,000.00

Consignment #4019 1984 Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe

$95,700.00

Consignment #4024 No Reserve 1971 Porsche 911 T Coupe

$82,500.00

Consignment #4029 No Reserve 1988 Porsche 930 Turbo Coupe

$94,600.00

Consignment #4030 2005 Porsche Carrera GT Coupe

$781,000.00

Consignment #4038 No Reserve 1962 Porsche 356 Coupe

$60,500.00

Consignment #4050 1989 Porsche Speedster Convertible

Consignment #4069 1992 Porsche 911 Carrera

Consignment #4083 1977 Porsche 930 Turbo Coupe

$214,500.00

Consignment #4084 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe

Consignment #4096 1979 Porsche 911SC Targa

Consignment #4097 1995 Porsche 911 Carrera

$38,500.00

Consignment #4103 1983 Porsche SC Cabriolet

Consignment #4104 1985 Porsche 930 Turbo Coupe

Consignment #4108 1953 Porsche 356 Pre A Bentwindow Coupe

Consignment #4109 1971 Porsche 911 T Targa

$48,400.00

Consignment #4136 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe

Consignment #4170 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6

Consignment #4179 1968 Porsche 912 Coupe $37,400.00

Consignment #4182 1987 Porsche 911 Cabriolet

$47,300.00

Consignment #4208 1983 Porsche 911 Coupe

$45,100.00

Consignment #4221 No Reserve 1979 Porsche 911SC

$31,900.00

RM Southebys

Lot # Car Estimate Sold For

Lot 102 1988 Porsche 959 'Komfort'

$1,000,000 - $1,300,000 $1,210,000

Lot 108 1956 Porsche 356 A 1600 Speedster by Reutter

$270,000 - $320,000 no reserve $330,000

Lot 110 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.8

$350,000 - $450,000 no reserve $550,000

Lot 204 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa 2.7

$125,000 - $175,000 no reserve $110,000

Lot 205 1971 Porsche 911 T Coupe

$130,000 - $150,000 no reserve $145,750

Lot 234 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera U.S. Prototype

$300,000 - $400,000 no reserve $341,000

Lot 236 1967 Porsche 911 S Coupe by Reutter

$300,000 - $350,000 no reserve $253,000

Lot 249 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 MFI Coupe

$300,000 - $375,000 no reserve $374,000

Lot 252 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe

$180,000 - $220,000 no reserve $159,500

Lot 256 1957 Porsche 356 A 1600 Speedster by Reutter

$425,000 - $475,000 $440,000

Lot 311 1964 Porsche 356 C Carrera 2 Coupe by Reutter

$750,000 - $900,000 unsold

Lot 330 1965 Porsche 911 Coupe by Reutter

$250,000 - $350,000 no reserve $187,000

Lot 348 1959 Porsche 356 A 1600 Cabriolet by Reutter

$175,000 - $225,000 no reserve $209,000

Special Thank You goes out to James Alton from the San Gabriel Region

of the PCA for granting permission to repost the Monterey Auction

Results which he has taken the time and effort to list. Nice Job James !

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Gooding & Company

Lot # Car Estimate Sold For

Lot 158 1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster $325,000 - $375,000 $ 583,000 Lot 115 1976 Porsche 930

No reserve $220,000 - $260,000 $ 253,000

Lot 38 1957 Porsche 356 A Speedster

No reserve $300,000 - $375,000 $ 385,000

Lot 145 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.8 RSR

$900,000 - $1,100,000 $ 935,000

Lot 144 2000 Porsche 996 GT3 R

$400,000 - $600,000

Lot 139 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Lightweight

$900,000 - $1,100,000 $ 935,000

Lot 60 1996 Porsche 993 Turbo

No reserve $275,000 - $350,000 $ 192,500

Lot 137 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR

$700,000 - $900,000 $ 1,292,500

Lot 143 1960 Porsche RS60

$5,500,000 - $7,000,000 $ 5,400,000

Lot 56 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS

$2,250,000 - $2,750,000

Lot 117 1967 Porsche 906E $1,600,000 - $2,000,000 $ 1,650,000

Lot 6 1977 Porsche 930

No reserve $140,000 - $180,000 $ 187,000

Lot 14 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Touring

$700,000 - $800,000 $ 660,000

Lot 50 1982 Porsche 956

$7,000,000 - $9,000,000 $ 10,120,000

Lot 154 1967 Porsche 911

No reserve $200,000 - $250,000 $ 181,500

Lot 49 1967 Porsche 911 2.0 S

No reserve $250,000 - $325,000 $ 189,750

Lot 146 1988 Porsche 930 S Slantnose

No reserve $170,000 - $200,000 $ 154,000

Lot 103 1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster

$300,000 - $350,000 $ 379,500

Lot 51 1979 Porsche 930

$300,000 - $350,000 $ 302,500

Lot 23 1988 Porsche 959 Komfort

$1,600,000 - $1,800,000 $ 1,732,500

Lot 159 1994 Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6

No reserve $300,000 - $350,000 $ 275,000

Lot 64 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Lightweight

$1,000,000 - $1,200,000 $ 962,500

Mecum Auction (Top 10)

Car Lot # Comment Sold for

No 3: 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo Carrera Lot S71 Steve McQueen's Last Special Order Porsche $1,950,000 No 7: 2005 Porsche Carrera GT Lot S45 252 Miles Since New $1,000,000 No 10: 2005 Porsche Carrera GT Lot S127 1,481 Miles Since New $775,000

Prices Sold include auction premiums.

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