The President’s Message - Don Shuck, President CIRPCA

August , 2010

So we just put July behind us and are ready for Sextilus and all that it has to offer for the next 31 days. No, I’m not changing the G rating on this publication and introducing us to activities usually not included on our calendar. The month of August was originally the sixth month in the year until it was pushed to eighth place about 700 BCE when King Numa Pompilius decided to put two new months, January and February, in front of March. And just when you thought everything was settled for the next couple thousand years the month was renamed to honor the first Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar, in the year 8 BCE. Is that like calendarization without representation?

Those of you who are keeping up with our calendar have probably already made plans to be at Porsches 2 Oxford in Oxford, Oh. happening in both July and August from the 30th to the 1st. The P2O has a lot of the excitement and eye candy that several of your fellow club members experienced recently in St. Charles, IL at the Porsche Parade. You know you are going to have a great day when every conceivable variation of the Porsche marquee is served up with your morning coffee and bagel. Would you like to take a spin in a Porsche Spyder? Go ahead and then try it again only this time with a different set of tires. And by the way, get on the accelerator. What a great week for viewing and being viewed. I have never seen so many GT3’s in one place including the GT3 R Hybrid with its forward thinking technology and great color scheme.

My family joined me as we challenged the Gimmick Rally through the Illinois countryside, reading signs and historical markers generally ignored by the casual passerby but worthy of heavy penalties if missed on this particular day. We spent a lot of time exploring one of four sites in the United States that was the testing ground for one of the major diets of the P car - the paved highway aka the Lincoln Highway. Other attendees participated in the Concours d’ Elegance, Michelin Autocross, Mobil 1 TSD Rally as well as a variety of other scheduled events. It was a big place with a lot of people but I did see Richard, Mike and Audrey, Larry and Louise and had evidence that several others were or had been there. When there’s so much to do you’re not about to sit still when you could be out doing it. Speaking of which, be sure to join us at Dimitri’s in Columbus, IN on August 7th and Spiro’s in Ft. Wayne on the 14th. Sign up for Bob Snyder’s Kunstfest running September 18 and 19 to New Harmony, IN.

Pumpkin Run 2010 on October 29-31-- Performance Driver Education at the Putnam Park Road Course. You will want to be there and we would really appreciate it if you would sign up early, get the word out to your friends and driving companions from this region and elsewhere so that this can launch us into a very successful and full calendar of DE events in 2011. It’s all about you and your car so help us to keep the two of you together.

As always, we’re open for business and would enjoy having you as a contributing participant on one of our efficiently working committees or as a volunteer to work with us on one or several of our upcoming projects. Please call us at 317 374 8772 to indicate your willingness and level of interest.

Meanwhile, have a great day, a better tomorrow and a clear safe road in front of you.

Don K. Shuck
President
CIRPCA