We are in need of a Sales and Marketing Chair.  Job description is here: Sales and Marketing job description.  Please contact Steve at president@oregonpca.org if you can help by Monday, March 9 at 12 noon. 

We need people to organize October and November’s Social and Dinners (October 21 and November 18). If you can help with one of these events, please contact Cherie at socialevents@oregonpca.org. Information on organizing a social and dinner can be found here: Social and Dinner Planning Guidelines

This Garage visit includes a visit to Matt Crandall’s Avant Garde Collection in the morning and the Ron Wade Collection (WAAM West) in the afternoon. We will meet at Avant Garde at 10:00am. Update: Matt is providing lunch for us with grilled sausages, dogs and soda!  Thanks Matt! We will head to the WAAM West between 12:00 – 12:30.

Sorry, but this event is FULL! 

For complete information please go to Avant Garde and Ron Wade Garage Visits.

The purpose of this class is to provide training to tour leaders and route creators on how to use the Scenic App to create a new tour route, import a tour route from Google map, find a route in the tour library, operate the app during a tour and how to help attendees with the app.  There are only 15 seats available for this training class. 
Location of the training is Heckmann & Thiemann Motors, 2nd floor meeting room.  Check out the pre-requisites, other details and RSVP here: Scenic App Training

Join us for the March Social and Dinner at Si Señor Family Mexican Restaurant in Cedar Mill. This social and dinner is hosted by Heinz Holzapfel and Sylvia Nessan.  We have room for about 50 people.

Dinner will be a buffet with Chicken and Steak Fajitas, Rice, Beans and Chips and Salsa.  There will be a no-host bar for soft drinks, beer and Margaritas.  No outside alcohol is permitted.

Cost is $26.00 (including the gratuity for the wait staff) and is payable when you RSVP.   Please go here for all the information: March Social and Dinner

The 2020 Autocross scheudle and registrations are all updated on our web.  Things kick off with a Driver Skills Clinic / Test and Tune on Saturday, March 28 and Autocross #1 on Sunday, March 29.  Check everything out here: ORPCA Autocross Link

The Porsche Parade is in La Quinta, California from June 21 – 27 at the La Quinta Resort. Registration for the event (Phase I) is open.   Check out all the information on our web: Porsche Parade 2020

Phase II, which is registration for Events and Banquets, opens on March 31 at 9:00am.

Join us for the 11th Annual Spring Clean Event being held at Matrix Integrated, located at 4000 SW Macadam Ave in the South Waterfront District. Experts will be on hand to take care of all those niggling cosmetic issues that have been eating at you for who knows how long. Get them all taken care of at once, and at a great price, from our team of pros. Crack open your piggy banks or stop at the ATM, as all services are for cash. Sorry, no plastic is accepted at this event!
RSVPs are open.  For all the information including the vendors and to RSVP go to: 2020 Spring Clean

Black Rock Event – Vancouver Island – Thurs, May 14 – Sun, May 17 
The Vancouver Island Region is offering an event at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort in Ucluelet, BC.  This event looks like a mini-Parade with dinners, autocross, overland event for SUVs, HPDE and Rally classes and events, Salmon BBQ, Pancake breakfast and more. Check out their website here: Black Rock Event on Motorsportreg.  There is a note on this web site about ferrys to the island filling up, but in checking the one from Port Angeles to Victoria and back, there were still openings for this weekend. 

Driver Skills Opportunities 
The Pacific NW Region PCA has a great Driver Skills class.  They are doing the class 5 times this year.  They do it at Bremerton Motorsports Park, outside of Bremerton, WA.  For all the information go here: PNWR Driver Skills Class. A number of Oregon PCA members have done this class and we highly recommend it. 

High Performance Drivers Ed (HPDE) Opportunities
There are a number of HPDE opportunities this year: 
BMW Club:  May 7, June 4, July 16, August 1 and September 16.  Information is here:   BMW ACA Web Site.  HPDE information is here: BMW HPDE information
The Pacific NW Region PCA has 9 HPDEs at 4 different locations including PIR on October 3.  All their information is here: PNWR Drivers Ed – HPDE.

Road Rally Information Updated 
Have you ever thought about doing a road rally?  Bob Ellis forwarded us information on the Cascade Sports Car Club Road Rally – Gear Grinders group and the plans for 2020.  Next up is the March 21 Saturday Series Rally. This all-paved three-hour-plus rally runs on the westside and ends at the Cruise In Country Diner in Hillsboro. Beautiful mountain views (weather permitting), twisty fun to drive roads, and a scenic break at Bald Peak Park, with a few simple challenges thrown in along the way. Here is a link to their web site: Geardrinders Web Site – Scroll down to the information. 

Here is another option from Bob Ellis: The Alfa Club rally school is scheduled for Saturday March 14.  Please note the new start time and location: Starts at 11:15am and ends at 3:00 pm. Fee is $10.00/person.  Location is Buster’s BBQ, 11419 SW Pacific Hwy, Tigard, OR 97223. There are 4 more events starting on March 15 and then one each month until June.  Here are the event descriptions and schedule: Alpha Club Rally Events.  Here is the registration link: Alfa Club Rally Registration Link