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Musik-Stadt Region
Porsche Club of America
www.musikstadtpca.org
Regional Officers
President
Mike Moody
[email protected]
Next Club Meeting
The next meeting of the Musik-Stadt Region PCA will be held on
Tuesday, April 14 at:
Vice President
Rick Arnemann
[email protected]
Secretary
Greg Morken
[email protected]
Carrabba’s in Green Hills
2101 Green Hills Village Dr.
Nashville, TN 37215
See the menu
Treasurer
Randy Lynch
[email protected]
Membership Director
Melissa Schmittou
[email protected]
Meeting time is 6:30 PM
Dealer Liaison
Mike Gillespie
[email protected]
Next Club Event
Events Coordinator
Joe Questel
[email protected]
The next Musik-Stadt Region PCA event is:
Webmaster
Kent Kersten
[email protected]
Trissl Uber Fest multi-region event, April 10 - 12
See you there!
Newsletter Editor
Ken Maurer
[email protected]
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A Message From The President
Spring has sprung, and birds are chirping, and
club members are dusting off and cleaning up
their Porsche "Garage Queens" for the great
weather ahead and those great club events,
tours an oh yes, the 3d Annual Concours in the
Park at Edwin Warner Park on June 6.
Registration is now open at
www.clubregistration.net Sign in or sign up
and search for Musik Stadt Region (MSK) PCA
events and there it is. Still only $20 to show off
your car in a friendly competition and maybe
take home an award. We had zero (0)
Panarmera's and Cayenne's entered last year
so if you own one of these and had come, you
could have a First Place trophy on your
bookcase. You will again take home a
beautiful club t-shirt newly designed this year
by Harmon Group and you can buy extra's
when you register so come out and let's have
some fun. We are still looking for volunteers
and judges if you can help out also.
Check out our updated calendar for more fun
events, like our regular dinner and breakfast
meetings, our April 11 tour to Florence AL and
Uber Region Fest (sign up at
www.trisslsportscars.com), May 2d tour to Tim
Marino's Vintage Autocraft in Lebanon, and a
very informative Tech Session at Porsche of
Nashville on May 23d. Lots more events in our
calendar so come out when you can. I still
have a few concours t-shirts left over from last
year's Concours so buy them before they are
gone.
Are you registered for PCA's 60th Anniversary
Porsche Parade at French Lick IN? Over 800
club members and their families will be there,
including 13 from Musik Stadt! I think we had
4 or 5 go to the Parade at Charlotte several
years back so this is a record turn-out. There is
still time to register for this June 21-27
spectacular. There will be a 60th anniversary
display of every Porsche model from the past
60 years, plus the Concours, plus the
attendees cars not entered in either event, so
expect to see near 1,000 Porsche's, including
those shipped in from PCNA and the Porsche
Museum and private collections. Several of
us are going up for 3-4 days, which includes
the big Concours and TSD Rally just to mention
a few. Since French Lick is only about 4-1/2
hours away, you could even do a day trip up
and back on Monday to see the Concours.
Please join us.
So before you flip to the next page, go to
trisslsportscars.com and register for Uber
Region Fest - its free and expect to see at least
200 Porsche's gathered around the Trissl
Sportscar showroom. Then go to
www.clubregistration.net and register for our
June 6 Concours in the Park. Then go to
www.pca.org, sign in and register for the
Porsche Parade. We hope to see you at all
these great events, and at our next club
meeting on April 14 at Carabba's in Green
Hills.
Mike Moody
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Monthly Membership Update
Melissa Schmittou, Membership Director
Primary Members
Affiliate Members
Total Members
371
221
592
Member Anniversaries
Welcome New Members!
Tim and Amanda Huestis - 5 years
Daniel Davie - Nashville
2006 Cayman S
Kyle and Diane Callahan - 5 years
Donna Lawson - Cookeville
2006 911 Carrera S
Michael Walker - 10 years
Anthony McRaven - Nashville
2014 911 Carrera
Transfer In
Andrew Kish - Nashville
1971 911 E
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Upcoming Events and Activities
Musik-Stadt Events:
April 10-12, 2015
April 14, 2015
May 2, 2015
May 9, 2015
June 21-27, 2015
Trissl Uber Fest Multi-Region Event, Florence AL
Club Dinner Meeting, Carabba’s in Green Hills
Open House at Tim Marino’s Vintage Carcraft, Lebanon
Club Breakfast Meeting, Puffy Muffin,
Franklin Road in Brentwood 8AM
Club Dinner Meeting, Sante Fe Cattle Co, Music Valley Drive
Concours in the Park - register at www.clubregistration.net
Club Dinner Meeting, Puckett’s Boathouse, Franklin
Club Breakfast Meeting, Puffy Muffin
Franklin Road in Brentwood 8AM
PCA Parade in French Lick, IN - 60th Anniversary
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Other PCA And Gear Head Events:
April 18, 2015
April 24-26, 2015
April 24-26, 2015
May 9, 2015
May 15-17, 2015
July 17-18, 2015
September 25-27, 2015
Sept 30 - Oct 4, 2015
October 3, 2015
Kars4Kids, Brentwood
Spring Thing Multi-Regional Event, Greenville, TN
Indy Car & More Racing, Barber Motorsports Park
TARF Poker Run sponsored by Porsche of Nashville
Historic Car Racing, Barber Motorsports Park
Keeneland Concours de Elegance, Lexington, KY
Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca, CA
PCA Escape to Mt Rushmore/Badlands
AACA Car Show and Petit LeMans
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May 12, 2015
June 6, 2015
June 9, 2015
June 13, 2015
High Speed Driving Events (HSDE’s) - Contact Mike Moody if you want to learn more
Don’t Forget!
Cars & Coffee happens every Saturday, weather permitting, at Carmike Theater parking lot
on Frazier Drive (behind McDonald’s on Cool Springs Blvd). Cars typically begin to show
around 8AM.
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The Eyes Have It
By: D Badler
I think it’s a safe bet that Giugiaro is having
an impact across the VW product roster.
And, with lead times what they are, we
should see his influence, more and more, in
the coming years.
Which is why I read with great interest a
story on Giugiaro that appeared recently in
The Wall Street Journal.
If you’re reading this, you may or may not
know the name. But you certainly know the
work.
Giorgetto Giugiaro. He was named Car
Designer of the Century in 1999, and
inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame
in 2002.
The founder of Italdesign, Giugiaro is
credited with, among others, the original
VW Golf, Passat and Scirocco, the
DeLorean DMC-12, the Lotus Esprit, the Iso
Rivolta and Grifo, the BMW M1, the Bugatti
EB 118, the De Tomaso Mangusta, the
Maserati Ghibli, Bora and Merak, and the
Fiat 850 Spider.
Along the way, he’s also sketched
numerous Nikon cameras, Beretta firearms,
Ducati motorcycles, and Seiko watches, as
well as aircraft interiors, tractors, skis, golf
clubs telephones and a dentist chair that’s
supposed to actually be inviting.
Why should we care? Because, aside from
the fact that the man’s an acknowledged
genius, the Volkswagen Group bought a
90.1% interest in his firm in 2012.
It was a profile and interview with the man,
now 77. The headline reads “Car Designer
Giorgetto Giugiaro on Comfort, Curves and
Drawing Tools.” And the subhead reads
“The prolific designer discusses the best
place to test drive a car and why the horse
is the perfect animal.”
Yes indeed, there it is, in the second
paragraph… he’s now working exclusively
with the Volkswagen Audi Group. In fact, at
the recent Geneva Car Show, he unveiled
the Gea concept car, which allows
passengers to work, sleep and even
exercise.
Some highlights from the interview:
The best place to test drive a car is
“Sardinia. It offers gorgeous scenery, few
people and little traffic….”
The car he drives today is “a 2014 Audi A7
TDI. It is a very elegant car, precious and
prestigious, a performance car… for rich
people.”
The designs that most impress him are
“certain very common and anonymously
designed objects - corkscrews, needles,
scissors, forks, knives.”
The purchase was made through VW’s
Lamborghini sports car unit.
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A common design pitfall is “to design
something that has no other value than
being something ‘new.’ It has no function,
it is not design.”
The most beautifully designed cities in the
world are “Athens and Rome — real
capitals of our Western civility. I think of the
Acropolis in Athens, and the Colosseum in
Rome.”
The one thing you will not find in his home
is “a single drawing or anything related to
cars. Everybody is quite surprised at this.
But I like to simply have art and rare
objects around me at home. I work with
cars all day long, every single day of my
life.”
A trend he doesn’t subscribe to is “cars
with rounded lines. You lose a remarkable
amount of space. Square lines and flat
surfaces allow designers to use inner room
the best, both for passengers, mechanics
and luggage.”
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design that you may have spent forever to
come up with?
If an interior should be one of harmony and
simplicity, how do you reconcile that with
automotive touch screens, track pads,
paddles and joy sticks?
And I would slip one in, just for grins; how
do you feel about Hollywood taking one of
your iconic designs and twisting it into the
centerpiece of a feature film?
I like to think he’d probably chuckle, sip his
espresso and note that the film made his
design a worldwide icon. And it grossed
millions.
There’s no accounting for taste.
When buying a car, it’s important to
consider “its interior, apart from any
pleasure you might get from the external
shape and architecture of it. Important
features of an interior are comfort,
functionality, visibility and having enough
space to move around.”
The animal he most admires is “the horse.
It is the most perfectly designed animal in
terms of form, motion and function. I also
admire the design of the shark and
cheetah. They transform the concept of
aggressiveness into harmony and speed.”
O to participate in the interview with this
great man.
Here are a few of the questions I would
have posed.
How do you feel about all the add-on
scoops, ducts, intakes, exhausts, spoilers
and what-not that seem to clutter up a
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2nd Annual Uber Region Fest, Florence AL, April 11
Join us for another great day with a drive down to Florence AL on Saturday, April 11 th to visit
Trissl Sports Cars and see 100-200 Porsche’s in Trissl’s stable inside or parked outside. This
year, they will have events starting at the Marriott Hotel on Friday night through Saturday,
including driving tours, auto-crossing and of course People’s Choice Award. Lunch and music
will help fill in our day there. We will depart from Cracker Barrel parking lot on Franklin
Commons Drive (I-65/Hwy 96) at 8:45m sharp, so plan to arrive by 8:30am and with a full tank.
If you plan to attend, please register so they will know how many to plan for lunch and such. Go
to http://trisslsportscars.com and click on 2015 Uber Region Fest for into and registration.
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KARS4KIDS
Spring will be on us soon and on April 18,
2015, KARS4KIDS is hosting our Annual
Car Show at the TN Baptist Children’s
Home, Brentwood, TN Campus to benefit
the children at the home. Last year’s event
featured vehicles from places such as
Middle TN, Kentucky, Georgia and
Alabama. Your past sponsorship and
support of this special event benefiting TN
Baptist Children’s Home has been greatly
appreciated and we look forward to having
you join us again on April 18th.
With your help we can once again provide
assistance to the children, more
specifically the summer activities fund, as
well as a day they will remember forever. As you are aware all net proceeds from this
event go to the summer activities program
and not the general operating fund. This
allows for the children at the Brentwood
Campus to participate in activities that
would otherwise not be possible because
of a lack of funding. Since our funds are
not part of the general operation budget it
allows for these children to participate in
extra activities, which may be a church trip,
a special birthday party, a trip to the
movies with friends, simple things all
children want to do but at times funding is
just not available. Your generosity and
support over the years have made these
events and memories possible.
The event takes place on the beautiful
TBCH Campus, 1310 Franklin Road,
Brentwood, TN.
Thanks for your support and we look
forward to seeing you in April.
Editor’s note: The picture below is from a
past KARS4KIDS event. Please consider
attending this very worthwhile event.
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Cars & Brews
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JUNE 21 • JULY 19
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Vintage Autocraft
Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of fine motor cars
First Annual Cars and Coffee Open House,
Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m. to noon.
We will be introducing our detailing service by giving away two
$500 exterior detail certificates. Tim will also give a brief
explanation of the new nano ceramic paint protection coating
technology. (Detail drawing at 11 a.m.).
We have parking for over 60 cars – let’s fill the parking lot!
A few current projects:
1955 Alfa Romeo 1900CSS Zagato
1973 Ferrari 365 GTS Daytona Spyder
1973 Porsche Carrera RS Lightweight
1956 Porsche 356 early A coupe
Gourmet Coffee provide by Level Ground Coffee Shop
Please RSVP to Tim Marinos at:
[email protected] or
(928)242-3925
925 Carthage Hwy, Lebanon, TN
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Event Sponsors
Event Sponsors
PCA Musik-Stadt Region
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For more information or
questions contact Mike Moody at
[email protected]
Event Details
Awards
Concours Tee Shirt
This PCA Musik-Stadt (MSK) Concours event is designed
to recognize the best maintained Porsches and participation points will be applied toward the Enthusiast of the Year
Award.
Entries will be grouped into 12 classes and awards will be
given for first-, second-, and third-place class winners in each
category, as well as the People’s Choice and the Judge’s Choice.
There also will be a special award for the car judged “exceptional” by Porsche of Nashville.
If you pre-register for the Concours you will receive your
event tee shirt with your car documentation at registration.
If you do not pre-register you will not be given an event
tee shirt! The event tee shirts will be available for sale at the
Concours for $20 each.
Cars will be evaluated based on specific criteria established
by the PCA and published in the Parade Competition Rules
(PCR) for the interior, exterior, storage compartment, and
engine. Points will be deducted from 100 (perfect) against
a standardized score sheet. Judges will be restricted to a
standard time limit per car. Scores from the four areas will
be totaled and the car with the highest score will win.
MSK Concours’ judging is based on the assumption that the
Porsche to be judged should be in the same state of fit, finish,
and repair as the day it left the factory. The best maintained
cars will be those whose owners have repaired, replaced,
and/or touched up items and areas that have deteriorated
from “as new” condition.
It is the owner’s effort to maintain the car in pristine condition that will be judged—not perfection.
The number of cars entered in each class will determine
second and third place awards. Should more than one car
have identical scores, the car(s) with the highest mileage will
prevail.
The Concours opens at 8:30 a.m. Judging begins at 10:30
a.m. Awards will be presented at 1:00 p.m. The entry fee
is $20 and preregistration is encouraged. Lunch will be
available for purchase. For more information, contact Mike
Moody at 615-426-8188 or at [email protected].
Callout Option
Cleanliness will be judged only by visual inspection and not
by touching the car.
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The Shirt:
Participating Classes
Group 1: 48-65 Type 356 open
Group 2: 48-65 Type 356 closed
Group 3: 66-73 Type 911, 912
Group 4: 70-76 Type 914, 914-6
Port & Company 6.1 oz. preshrunk cotton ash gray tee shirt.
Four color front of the event and club logos, and two color
imprint of the Porsche logo and cars from the early 356 to
the Macan on back.
These tee shirts will only be available for sale at the 2015
Concours d’Elegance in the Park event and only while supplies last.
tee shirt back
Group 5: 74-89 Type 911, 912E
Group 6: 76-95 Type 924, 944, 968, 928
Group 7: 90-98 Type 964, 993
Group 8: 99-04 Type 996
Group 9: 05-current Type 997, 991
Group 10: 99-current Boxster, Cayman
Group 11: Panamera, Cayenne, Macan
Group 12: Race, Modified/Outlaw
regardless of year
Food During the Event
tee shirt front
Water will be provided by MusikStadt. Food and drinks will be
available for purchase from Coco’s
Italian Market food truck from
10:30-1:00.
Register at: www.clubregistration.net
and search for Musik-Stadt events
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Porsche Parade 2015
The Porsche Club of America cordially invites
you to attend our 60th Annual Porsche Parade
Celebration in French Lick Indiana from June
21-27, 2015. Our 60th Parade coincides with
the Club’s 60th Anniversary Celebration, and
we’re planning a series of special events at
French Lick that will pay tribute to the cars and
people who have made us the greatest single
marque sports car club in the world. The 60th
Parade will rightfully pay homage to the
members and events of our past, but will also
celebrate the Club’s newest enthusiasts who
will shape our future. Parade Registration will open to PCA members
on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 12 Noon EDT.
The best place to read about Parade activities
is http://parade2015.pca.org/
For the first time in recent memory, we have not
one, but TWO resort properties awaiting your
visit, both listed in the National Register of
Historic Places. The 3,000 acre compound also
features three golf courses and a world class
spa at each facility.
The French Lick Springs Hotel, established in
1832 and the larger of the two resorts, will be
host to many of our familiar Parade activities.
This city and the resort were named for an
early French fur trading outpost and nearby
salt lick. They recently completed a 600 million
dollar restoration, bringing many comfortable
present day amenities to surroundings that are
authentic to the mid-19th century when the
current facility was built. It is perhaps most
known for their medicinal springs – “Pluto
Mineral Water”. The actual spring is still part of
their landscape, and the Gardens nearby will
host our Welcome Party as well as various
activities throughout the week.
breathtaking Atrium will host our Concours and
Victory banquets.
Our Concours will be held a few steps through
the covered bridge from the north end of the
French Lick property. Rallies will depart from
the grounds of the West Baden, and banquets
will be held on both properties. The Parade
60th year museum, Hospitality, Goodie Store,
seminars and many meetings will be at French
Lick. Both resorts have lots of parking and car
wash stations.
For those of you who are new to Parade, you
need to register for Parade on the PCA or
Parade website before getting access to the
codes necessary to hold your room. Therefore,
we recommend browsing all necessary
information prior to opening day so you’re
ready to go. You’ll need to know what events
you want to enter, as well as which hotel is your
preference. The registration guide will be on
the Parade website by March 1st.
We will have our full complement of competitive
events: Concours, TSD Rally, Autocross (at the
nearby French Lick airport), and Tech Quiz.
Add to that the Tours, Gimmick Rally, Golf
Tournament, Art Show, Michelin Drive and
Compare, Kids’ events, Tech Academy,
cooking school, 5K run/walk, Parade of
Porsches and more – you’ll be kept busy!
Known as the 8th wonder of the world, and just
down the street, you’ll find the West Baden
Springs Hotel. This resort is home to the most
breathtaking feature of our combined facilities
this year; a free-span dome, the largest in the
world until the Houston Astrodome was built in
the 1960’s. An architectural marvel, this
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For Sale
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Features
• 17,250 mi, Special order from JPAN March 2012
• Black with Sport Design Package, side skirts, front/rear spoiler, painted trim, 3m Clear Bra, mirrors and
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FOR SALE
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• COBALT BLUE/BLK LEATHER INTERIOR
• 25,000 MILES, RECENTLY SERVICED
• 19 IN SPORT DESIGN WHEELS WITH
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Bruce Sweetman Photography
Prints · Canvases · dye-infused Aluminum
✈ shipped Worldwide ✈ 615-579-4508
www.brucesweetman.com
To all Musik-Stadt PCA members that
renew year after year, thank you!
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NAME TAGS FOR PICK-UP
Many members have paid for name tags, but have not
been to a meeting lately to pick it up. Please come
and pick up your name tags
Club T-Shirts
Club T-Shirts are available at
meetings and events. Shirts are
$10 each. Pick yours up at the
next club function!
Also, name tags are available
upon request and are $5 each.
Tags are typically requested at
a club meeting and are usually
available for pick up at the
following club meeting. Please
if you order one, be sure to
show up at the following
meeting to pick it up.
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Newsletter Editor
[email protected]
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