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Written by Tom DePascale & Tom Iervolino
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Monday, 15 March 2010 23:07 |
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Picture this: It’s a late night in March 2011. The events of 2010 still swirling in you head. It is a cold night, pouring rain, the wind howling, it begins to sleet, {no you’re not at Pocono One, get back into the moment,} your fumbling for the keys of your brand new GT3. You are in a vast, freshly paved parking lot, it seems to have no end in sight. There is only one other car in the lot, could it be? It looks like a 356 but could it be, no it couldn’t be the number one. There is a man, tall, well maybe not so tall, dressed in a trench coat standing next to it, with his back towards you. You begin to walk over and hear a phone ring, the man answers, and you hear: Tom it’s me, we got trouble, big trouble. The Usual Suspects, round them up, they got some explaining to do. He hops into the mystery 356 and roars off, taillights fading into the late night’s rain. |
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Written by Craig Mahon NNJR Vice President
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 22:50 |
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Believe it or not, spring will be here in a few short weeks. That can mean only one thing; the 2010 track season is just around the corner. Registration for our inaugural 2010 Driver Education event at Lime Rock Park is now open and will close on March 31. If you have not driven Lime Rock since the completion of the repaving, you are in for a treat. Gone is the dip near the apex at the turn entering the front straight which gave even the bravest drivers a considerable feeling of unease. The concrete patches in Big Bend, which used to loosen your fillings, have been replaced with smooth asphalt. The undulating surface of No-Name Straight was like shooting the rapids in a raft, but now there are no more white-caps. The repaving plus needed safety improvements were made financially possible by the owner of the track, Skip Barber, selling memberships to refurbish the track. The monies |
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Written by Craig Ploetner
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 22:33 |
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As a new year unfolds, we look forward to another great NNJR Concours season. But first, it is necessary to look back at the accomplishments of the previous Concours Co-Chairs, Hank Menkes and Ben Rasmussen. These two distinguished Concours veterans advanced the program for the past two years. They piloted us though some great changes with NNJR Concours and a terrifically successful Zone 1 event held in Parsippany NJ. Hank and Ben’s dedication to our hobby was personified in the great workshops and intricately written articles that gave even the most novice of detailers the path to producing a Concours winning car. They have set the bar very high, and I look forward to continuing the quality and content of the program Hank and Ben championed. |
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Written by Tom Iervolino and Tom DePascale
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 00:00 |
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Hello everyone! This is the Tom-and-Tom Team. We are your new Autocross Co-Chairs (gulp) and we want to introduce ourselves and to kick off the 2010 season with a big hello. First, we want to thank Drew for his leadership and for making the last couple of Autocross seasons so enjoyable and successful. Tom and I had so much fun and made so many new friends that we decided to jump in this year and take the reins for 2010. |
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Written by Andy Gisonna
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 22:45 |
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It has been a long standing NNJR tradition. We kicked off our 2010 season with the Annual Swap Meet at Shade Tree Garage in Morristown. Some came to make room and money by selling. Others came to add to their stuff or find a bargain. Some came to see NNJR friends and talk about the upcoming driving season. It has always been a great excuse to get everyone together and see what you can buy or sell. Every space was taken by something Porsche; be it seats, wheels, tires, shirts or model cars. Some members had brand new items that they practically gave away. I wish it was something I needed. We also had a limited number of Porscherama travel mugs for sale. If you missed out, I think Marlys has a few stashed away; a bargain at $5.00 each. Yes we had it all, including 611 and HoosierDaddy. |
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Written by Drew Karpinski
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 00:00 |
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Introduction of the New Autocross Chairs As the daylight gave way to a warm hue of sepia, I felt myself awakening as the words left my lips: There is no place like home.
“Welcome back, Drew,” soothed Auntie Marlys, as she blotted my forehead with a damp cloth. “You were out for quite a while.” I noticed a red wristband around my wrist, neatly trimmed. |
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Written by Craig Mahon
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Monday, 08 February 2010 01:16 |
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Last month I asked the membership for suggestions to improve the Driver Education program. What works well? What would make the events even more enjoyable? One of the suggestions I have received from several drivers is regarding classroom sessions at the track. I also heard the same thing from Bill Gilbert, one of our chief instructors, who has received the same feedback. What might seem surprising is that the request has more often come from Blue, White and Black run group drivers. I say ‘surprising’ because there are times when solo drivers think that because they have progressed to the point that they are in a non-instructed group, that they have the knowledge base to continue to improve on their own. While to some degree that is true, in many instances new solo drivers do not know what they do not know. This has a number of consequences. One, progress is |
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