Blog 9/12/2022

Membership

No new members this week.

Activities

Blue Ridge Region PCA Events

DateNameVenue 
Apr 23BRR-PCA Lunch Social - Buchanan, VANorth Star RestaurantRegister
May 10Cars and Coffee and (Beer)Abingdon AirfieldRegister
May 14BRR-PCA Full Board MeetingBRR-PCA Location TBDRegister
Jun 1BRR-PCA TRSS Volunteer Registration June 1st Salem Civic CenterRegister
Jun 11BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingShakers Restaurant - RoanokeDetails
Jul 9BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingShakers Restaurant - RoanokeDetails
Aug 13BRR-PCA Full Board MeetingBRR-PCA Location TBDDetails
Sep 10BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingShakers Restaurant - RoanokeDetails
Sep 14BRR-PCA TRSS Volunteer Registration Sept 14th Salem Civic CenterDetails
Oct 8BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingShakers Restaurant - RoanokeDetails
Nov 12BRR-PCA Full Board MeetingBRR-PCA Location TBDDetails
Dec 10BRR-PCA Executive Board MeetingShakers Restaurant - RoanokeDetails

Cars n Coffee at Dale’s Diner – September 17

11076 W. Lynchburg-Salem Tompkins

Montvale VA 24122. Next to the defunct Tank Farm

September 17 2022 at 0930 hrs. Our usual time. 

Again seating is limited. Please RSVP to Gene Reed by noon on September 14

Cars and Coffee at The Green Goat – October 15

802 Wiley Drive SW Roanoke VA 24015

October 15 at 10:00 AM (That is 10:00, a half-hour later)

RSVP will be required by noon on Oct 12

Lake Pipes Cars N Coffee

We had a good local showing of Porsches at the Lake Pipes event last Saturday.

Street Survival – October

As a reminder, Sunday, October 16, 2022 is the next Street Survival School at the Salem Civic Center. 

The volunteers and instructors are the most critical elements to the success of Street Survival School…without you, none of this will happen.  If you know of anyone else that may be interested that has not participated in a recent Street Survival School, please have them contact Brett Randolph, or you can provide Brett with the contact information.

Brett Randolph, PE, PTOE

VDOT Salem Asst. District Traffic Engineer

540-494-3698 (work)

336-413-9810 (personal)

Brett.Randolph@VDOT.virginia.gov (work)

brettj.randolph@gmail.com (personal)

Porsche IPO

Racing

Red Bull: Porsche Got “Ahead of Themselves” Over 50% Stake

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Porsche got “a little bit ahead of themselves” with talk of buying a 50% stake in the Formula 1 organisation, following the collapse of their negotiations.

Porsche announced on Friday morning ahead of the Italian Grand Prix weekend that its discussions with Red Bull about a partnership for the 2026 season had come to an end.

More

Hogan’s Corner

Snow on the mountains for this early March drive on I81 to Salem.

Porsche Gone Bad

First

Second

Third

Concepts

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Seventh

For the wife!