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Beginner Drive Introduction

August 18, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

Free

Are you new to the club or have never done a drive with the club? Then this drive is for you.  This drive is on Sunday and is a shorter drive with the hope of lessening the stress, and anxiety of a first drive. It is a nice drive of about 55 miles and should take about 90 minutes.  Led by tour director, Kurt Fursteneau, this drive will start and end in Troutdale. The drive will be in the Columbia River Gorge area, with nice twisty roads and great views. The drive meanders about the Sandy River and ends with lunch. This drive is limited to fifteen cars, and the driver MUST have a navigator. Kurt will discuss the overall tours process, including route selection, safety, and the COI. Roles of the Tour Director, tour lead, and sweep will be noted. Also discussed are the reports sent to PCA after the tour. Kurt will also discuss the tour manual, tour class, and opportunities to lead and sweep future tours/drives. Please join Kurt for a fun informative morning.
We will meet at 9:30 and roll out at 10:30. Lunch will be at the Italian restaurant, Ristorante Di Pompello in Troutdale.

Registration is open.

General information about this event:

  • The “Release and Waiver of Liability” will be available to sign at the start of the drive.
  • Registration is by car. Each driver must register their car. If you have a navigator, you will register that person at the same time. If you don’t have a navigator, just mark the navigator question as N/A.
  • The start location and a printable PDF file of Printed Route Directions and Scenic Navigation App Access will be provided a day before the event to all registrants. Please check your Spam folder if you do not see an email with the directions within 24 hours of the event.
  • Since this is a registration only event, please do not share this information with anyone else.

Questions:  Please contact Tour Chair

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Date:
August 18, 2024
Time:
9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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President's Message

Carol Hedstrom

Maintaining Momentum

Oregon Region is marching through the year at a steady pace. March turned out 11 events, which may be a record for this time of year. Even though it is still early, we have seen a couple of new events on our calendar including the new dining event, Road and Fork, and an out-of-town tech session in Tacoma. I was thrilled at the number of new faces attending the New Member Orientation. Be sure to check out stories about each of those later in this edition.
I realize now one of the key elements of having so many events on the calendar is maintaining momentum while not over- burdening our volunteers. The processes and procedures are ever- evolving, and while much of it is becoming routine, keeping all the balls in the air at once is challenging. The Drive Team and the Social Committee have been working overtime, and it shows. If you see any of the drive team or social committee members out and about, be sure give them a thumbs up and a smile – they deserve it!
This year ORPCA is celebrating 65 years and PCA is turning 70! The cars, the people, the clubs have a lot to celebrate. Back in 1955 and 1960, there were no 911s, no 914s, 944s, Boxsters, Caymans, Cayennes, Macans, Panameras or Taycans and very few variations on the models that did exist. There were a handful of regional clubs and not many members. Today there are 148 regions under the national umbrella with over 160,000 members participating in over 4,000 events every year.
In the area of Club history and how PCA and Porsche have evolved in 70 years, there are two great things every Porsche owner should check out if you haven’t already. One is the fantastic history of Porsche Club of America found on the PCA website: https://ww2.pca.org/pca- history (login to PCA.org, drop down the “Membership” tab to “PCA History” near the bottom.) This is a long read, but worth it. The other entertaining and education place to spend some time is PCA’s YouTube Channel: If you have not visited the PCA YouTube Channel, be forewarned, it is an addictive spot. https://www.youtube.com/@ PorscheClubofAmerica/featured
With nine more months of this exacting year ahead, I trust I will bump into many of you more than once and that alone makes it worthwhile. As you know, it’s not just the cars, it’s the people.
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