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What’s hot this week! Be sure not to miss the following:
One of the many race cars, outfitted with Care Bear livery, from last year’s Rock the Summit. Photo courtesy of Donald Campbell. Rock the Summit 2025, PCA Potomac’s Club Race is September 12-14. Volunteer Registration is now open and we need volunteers - see details and link below to register. Want to see your car in the blast or on social media? Send a photo with story to membership@pcapotomac.org or socialmedia@pcapotomac.org COMMUNITY SERVICE: CAMP PORSCHE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We need YOU to make Camp Porsche a wonderful day for a local child. Help! SIX More Volunteers Needed! On Friday, July 25th, FORTY local Jefferson County youth will be visiting us at the track for CAMP PORSCHE again!
We are in need of full-day volunteers again to act as hosts and general volunteers. You would need to plan to be at Summit Point Motorsports Park at around 9 am and stay until around 5 pm. Lunch, snacks and t-shirts. Questions? pat@pcapotomac.org. PCA POTOMAC CLUB RACE: 2025’s Rock the Summit (Sept. 12-14th) **Volunteer Registration Now Open** **Racer Registration Opens Monday, July 28 at 9 PM EST** Volunteers register by clicking here: https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/16074 PCA Potomac Women’s High Performance Driving Clinic (HPDC): DRIVER SPOTS ARE WAITLISTING! We do anticipate releasing spots once more instructors sign up, so REGISTER HERE to get on the waitlist. 8 spots remain for our VIP dinner on Saturday, September 27th msreg.com/HPDCVIPDinner Welcome Porsche Sprint Challenge Racer and fastest woman in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, LONI UNSER, to our VIP DInner.
PCA Potomac High Performance Driving Clinics (HPDC): PORSCHE MACANS NOW ACCEPTED for both the fall High Performance Driver Clinics! Co-ed on September 27th & Women’s event on the 28th. PCA Potomac Women’s High Performance Driving Clinic (HPDC) http://msreg.com/POTOMACWIMNA WAITLISTING We are thrilled to announce pro-racer, Ashley Freiberg, will be our celebrity guest for the VIP & Driver Dinner on 9/27 and at the track all day on the 28th! Registration is now open and TWO SPOTS ARE REMAINING for Women’s High Performance Driving Clinic. New this year is support from Women in Motorsports North America (WIMNA), and will include Porsche art, Porsche jewelry, fabulous swag and the best day of your life in your car! The VIP & Driver dinner at The George Washington Hotel in Winchester dinner Saturday night is not to be missed! This entry-level event is for women and is a way to learn about your car and its capabilities in a safe controlled environment with an instructor in the right seat the whole day. You will drive at your own pace and level of comfort! All drivers should take this course at least once to become a safer driver on the road. To register, you will need to create a MotorsportsReg account to secure your highly coveted spot. Link: msreg.com/POTOMACWIMNA $449 PorscheFest CHARITY LAPS: Saturday July 26th: Volunteers are needed to help run Charity Laps at the end of the day, benefitting Jefferson County (WV) Parks & Recreation. We need volunteers to collect donations, check wrist bands, manage cars in grid, and a flagger. Contact marciecalcagno@pcapotomac.org for more information. COMMUNITY SERVICE: Cars & Coffee (Sat., Aug. 2) On Saturday, August 2, we will co-host a Cars & Coffee at TPC's amazing facility in Jessup, MD. Start looking around your house to see what you want to donate to this year's Erin Levitas Foundation Auction and then bring those items to the event. The auction is the foundation of our September fundraiser each year which raises $60K+ to support the oh-so important sexual assault prevention work of the foundation. It is through the generous item donations of our community that we are able to do that. Contact pat@pcapotomac.org for more info. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/9pLo6AmNu4GHZbJo9 PCA POTOMAC DRIVE & DINE to PorscheFest: Saturday, July 26th *Waitlist Only* PorscheFest is back!......The Drive and Dine gang will meet near Gainesville, VA and head out to Summit Point through the outback of Northern Virginia and West Virginia. We expect to arrive around 3:30pm just in time to vote in the Coucours and drive the main track for charity laps. No helmet or racing tires required but keep your car in top shape for the drive! *Happy Hour / Dinner / T-Shirts will be available under a separate registration. msreg.com/2025PorscheFestDrive PCA POTOMAC DRIVE & DINE to Old House Vineyards: Sept 7th Enjoy a Sunday drive from Gainesville, VA to The Old House Vineyards in Culpeper. Set out through Prince William, Fauquier, and Culpeper county’s hills and farmlands. Meandering along miles of scenic roads and forests while enjoying picturesque scenery on this unforgettable drive. A ‘feel good’ lunch will be prepared by The Green Ribbon at the Old House Vineyard’s Irish pub. Afterwards you can wander the property of Virginia’s first farm trifecta whose facilities include a Winery, Irish Pub, Taproom, and Distillery tasting room decorated with World War II artifacts and created in honor of Veterans. *Event registration will occur at a later date -TBA. PCA POTOMAC DRIVE & DINE to the Bavarian Inn: Saturday, Oct. 25th Drive & Diners will be heading out in the morning from a point in Potomac, MD, to the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, WV. Although the drive will end with lunch at the Inn, some might like to spend the night. The drive will take place during what is usually peak “leaf viewing” season and trying to get a room reservation at the Inn when registration opens might be impossible. If you would like to stay the night, we suggest getting a reservation soon. Here’s a link to the Inn’s website: https://www.bavarianinnwv.com/ *Event registration will occur at a later date -TBA. PCA POTOMAC DRIVE & DINE MONTHLY BRUNCHES: All PCA members are welcome, new and veterans alike. Plan on arriving a few minutes early to allow time to look at the cars and meet other Porsche enthusiasts. Registration is not required for these events.
The Irish Inn in Glen Echo has been the long-time site of our Saturday brunches. Come enjoy brunch and conversation in a reserved room or outside, weather permitting. The Irish Inn is located at 6119 Tulane Avenue, Glen Echo MD 20812.
PCA AUTOCROSS: Autocross #5 - Porschefest - Saturday, July 26 Autocross #4 was a blast this past Saturday! Awesome weather and a great turnout - over 70 drivers! As a part of Porschefest, on Saturday, July 26 - come join us to drive for Autocross #5 or come spectate and/or experience a Taste of Autocross, where you can ride with one of our coaches. We’re fun, competitive, and Autocross is a great opportunity to learn car control skills at highway speeds. Being midway through the season, the competition for points and rankings are heating up! For any questions or registration concerns, email autocross@pcapotomac.org PCA POTOMAC DRIVERS EDUCATION: 2025 DE * = Registration Now Open on Motorsportreg.com (MSR) Track Experience at PorscheFest: We are pleased to announce that we are including Track Experience at PorscheFest again this year. See below information regarding PCA Potomac's "Track Experience". Please consider for yourself, for your friends, and for your family - this is a fun part of PorschFest! See details and MSR Link below. PCA Potomac's "Track Experience" at PorscheFest MSR LINK: msreg.com/2025TrackExperience Have you considered doing a Driver Education event (DE) or wanted to sense what it is like to do laps on a race track? If so, join us on Saturday, July 26th or Sunday, July 27th for our second annual “Track Experience” at PCA Potomac’s PorscheFest. Experience high performance driving from the passenger seat of a car driven by an expert PCA instructor. The instructor will explain the basics of driving on track, including car control, optimizing cornering, passing and being passed by faster cars, safety protocols, and communications from flag stations. Each participant will ride in one session lasting about 20 to 25 minutes in the novice run group. The number of openings is very limited, and slots will be assigned in the order in which registrations are received in Motorsportsreg.com (MSR). Once registered for the event registrants are asked to notify the registrars (deregistrar@pcapotomac.org) as to whether they want to participate on Saturday or Sunday. Based on availability, we will work to accommodate your request. Saturday evening after the track goes cold, the club will be hosting a happy hour, followed by our annual PorscheFest dinner. All Track Experience participants are welcome to join us, it's a great way to meet other club members. Tickets for the dinner will be available at the door for $30.00. Happy hour is complimentary. Participants must have or create an account in MSR (using a user-unique email address) to register and pay for the Track Experience. The cost is $75. Participants must be at least 18 years old and have a valid driver’s license. 2025 DE Schedule
See Schedule above. Register early and avoid wait lists! DE QUESTIONS: DE Chairs - Bob Mulligan/David Dean: dechair@pcapotomac.org DE Registrars - David Evans/Henrik Ojikutu/Jocelyn Lasher: deregistrar@pcapotomac.org Women’s HPDC Sponsor has extended a 15% discount to all products on their website. Made from upcycled Porsches, you may purchase upscale jewelry for men and women. LINK: https://www.crashjewelry.com/collections/pca-potomac ALL PCA Potomac Members will receive 15% off using the code POTOMAC for anything on Crash Jewelry’s website. PORSCHE OR PCA POTOMAC PHOTOS? PCA POTOMAC SOCIAL MEDIA! Instagram: pca_potomac NATIONAL/OTHER REGION/NON-PCA EVENTS Know of or have a non-PCA Porsche event to share and feature here? Let us know at membership@pcapotomac.org Join us at Loudon United Football Club’s “Her Nite to Unite” on Saturday, July 19
PCA FIRST SETTLERS REGION INVITES PCA POTOMAC MEMBERS 2nd Saturday Monthly Gathering Join other members of PCA every second Saturday from 3-5PM at the Metro Diner in Fredericksburg. Hosted by First Settlers Region, all Porsche car owners regardless of your membership region are welcome. You will gather to socialize, discuss club events and all things Porsche. Guests are responsible for their own bill. We hope to take a nice group car photo to use for the official event flyer, so don't miss out.
PCA SHENANDOAH AND FIRST SETTLERS INVITE PCA POTOMAC TO PREMIER AUTOCROSS AT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - Saturday, September 13, 2025 This event is not in the parking lot or near the facility, but actually on the track where they race the NASCAR and Indy cars. This is truly a special opportunity that autocross enthusiasts seldom experience in your own car. The setup will be a course that can be easily navigated with lots of openness for you to enjoy your car legally and safely while we run multiple cars one at a time. We expect at least 5 runs per car and based on times and participation, six runs are very possible this year. Each run is 1.5 laps of the race track. Registration is limited to 50 cars. This is a first come first served event. The earlier you sign up, the earlier your run session. To learn more click the following link: RPM Autocross 2025 at RIR - SRPCA & FSR Event In addition, they are also having the Richmond Porsche Meet 2025 on Sunday Sept 14. See link for more details: Richmond Porsche Meet 2025 Tire Rack Street Survival – SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 PCA Potomac’s 5th annual Tire Rack Street Survival (TRSS) program will be held on Sunday, October 26, at the Washington Circuit of Summit Point Motorsports Park. TRSS is a one-day event very similar to the Autocross format, in which our DE and AX instructors pass along car control knowledge to new and inexperienced teen drivers. The program is a great way to improve the skills of new drivers. It is also rewarding for instructors to work with teens to become safer and more educated drivers. Students can register at:msreg.com/TRSSPCAPotomac25 Coaches and volunteers can register at:msreg.com/TRSS2025Volunteers Please contact Doug Hough at streetsurvival@pcapotomac.org if you have questions. |
Upcoming 2025 PCA Potomac Election
Your vote is important to PCA Potomac. In accordance with Potomac’s Bylaws, we are providing two ways to vote for
the 2025 PCA Potomac Executive Board Elections:
(a) electronically via ballot in Motorsportreg.com by midnight on November 30th, 2024
(b) in person at the Annual Meeting on December 7th, 2024
CLICK HERE for candidate bios.
2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Past President: Diane Sullenberger
SLATE FOR ELECTION
For President: Don Mattran
For Vice President: Alan French
For Treasurer: Stephen Kiraly
For Secretary: Kenny Kong
Proposed Potomac Region Revised Bylaws
To bring the Potomac Region Bylaws into compliance with the PCA National Bylaws, the Potomac Executive Committee collaborated extensively with the PCA Policy Committee to finalize the necessary changes. The proposed revised Bylaws, endorsed by the PCA Policy Committee, will be presented for a vote at the Potomac Annual Membership Meeting on December 7, 2024. In preparation for the meeting, we are sharing the revised Bylaws and a summary of the major updates. A redlined version of our current Bylaws is also available for review.