WEEKLY ORPCA NEWSLETTER

Sunday, July 28: Afternoon Casual Drive to Mixer
Come and enjoy a leisurely afternoon drive before the Mixer at Dub’s Tavern.  Starting in West Linn at 12 noon, the drive will traverse the Willamette Valley towards Newberg, north towards Beaverton Area before returning east to join our fellow club members for the Mixer at Dub’s Tavern.  Registration is here: Drive Option to Mixer.  Registration closes tonight, Wednesday, July 24 at 7:00pm. 

Sunday, July 28: “Old Fashioned” Arrive and Drive 
This is an “Old Fashioned” Arrive & Drive event. No Registration is needed, just mark your calendar and show up if you are in the mood for a nice drive. The drive will start at the Fred Meyers Parking Lot, 7355 NE Imbrie Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97124. Please arrive by 9:00 am to sign the waiver and have a good chat. Safety Meeting 9:15 am, wheels rolling by 9:30 am. The first part of the drive will go up and down the West Hills with a Rest Stop in North Plains. The driving distance for leg one is about 34 miles ~ 1 hour. The second part of the drive leads us from North Plains east on backroads to Gaston for lunch at the One Horse Tavern. The driving distance for leg two is about 55 miles ~ 1 1/2 hours. Then there is a third optional leg from Gaston and reaching Dub’s Tavern in Tualatin for the Club Mixer event. The driving distance for leg three is about 37 miles ~ 1 hour.

Saturday, August 3: West Cascade Scenic Byway Drive
Come join us for a “kool” wilderness drive through the Clackamas, Willamette, and Mt Hood National Forests.  The 95-mile journey begins in Oregon City and follows the Clackamas River venturing through the Riverside Fire Burns then miles of paved narrow forest and riverside roads passing Breitenbush Hot Springs and then back to “civilization” in Detroit, Oregon for a picnic and food carts lunch.  The drive will finish in Detroit, providing opportunities for afternoon adventures if you want.  For complete information and to register go to: West Cascade Scenic Byway Drive.

Our Portland Cars and Coffee has featured themes all summer long. Saturday, July 27 is Porsche Day. Bring your washed and shined Porsche down to Langers Fun Center located at 21650 SW Langer Farm Parkway, Sherwood, OR.  Directions indicate to enter from Tualatin Sherwood Road via SW Century Blvd.
The event opens at 8:00 am. Please note that there are only 65 spaces in the Featured Lot, so if you want to try to be there, please show up early.  (The line for Mustang Day started at 6:30am). The organizers will bring in the first 65 Porsches in line starting at 7:30am and get them parked prior to the 8:00am start time. Last year they had over 275 Porsches. There are an additional 400 parking spaces for the rest of the cars.
For more on Portland Cars and Coffee go to: Portland Cars and Coffee

Join us for our third Quarterly Mixer of 2024 at Dub’s Tavern located at 2509 SW Borland Road in Tualatin.   Come gather with other fellow club friends and meet new members. The restaurant has reserved their covered patio exclusively for us from 2:30pm – 5pm. While registration is not required, it will help us with planning purposes if we have a rough headcount.  Please kindly email [email protected] if you think you may stop by.

Come join us for a “kool” wilderness drive through the Clackamas, Willamette, and Mt Hood National Forests.  The 95-mile journey begins in Oregon City and follows the Clackamas River venturing through the Riverside Fire Burns then miles of paved narrow forest and riverside roads passing Breitenbush Hot Springs and then back to “civilization” in Detroit, Oregon for a picnic and food carts lunch.  The drive will finish in Detroit, providing opportunities for afternoon adventures if you want.  For complete information and to register on July 4 at 7:00 pm go to: West Cascade Scenic Byway Drive.

Thursday, August 8: Summer Eve Drive
This Summer Eve Drive is a leisurely summer evening drive starting after work and ending before the sun sets. We will start from Lewis and Clark Recreation Area in Troutdale and end at Harvester Taproom in St. Paul.  The starting location is easily reachable by our Vancouver and Camas members in a counter-commute drive to Troutdale. We will all gather at 5:00 pm with a Participants Meeting at 5:15 pm. There will be 1 group of 15 cars that will leave at 5:30 pm.  A waitlist is available if this fills. We will see if we can add a second group. Registration is open here: August Summer Eve Drive.

Saturday, August 10: Saturday Drive – Almost Full, Waitlist Ready if Needed
Please join Tosh Kanno for his August 10, Saturday Drive. This is a different drive that Tosh had been considering for a while. The first part of the route explores our inner city roads. This drive is less about pace and more about an exercise in making our turns and enjoying the views. This is a 108-mile drive with 3 quick rest stops, about 25-35 miles apart. There will be 1 group of 10 cars, and if the waitlist fills, a second group maybe added. Due to the nature of the route, we need to keep this smaller for everyone’s comfort. Please arrive by 8:30am to sign the waivers.  We will have a participant’s meeting at 8:45am and begin the drive at 9:00am. Please register for this event here: August Saturday Drive. There is a waitlist already set up in case this fills quickly. 

Sunday, August 18: Beginner Drive 
Are you new to the club or have never done a drive with the club? Then this drive is for you.  This drive is a shorter drive with the hope of lessening the stress, and anxiety of a first drive. It is a nice drive of about 55 miles and should take about 90 minutes.  Led by tour director, Kurt Fursteneau, this drive will start and end in Troutdale. The drive will be in the Columbia River Gorge area, with nice twisty roads and great views. This drive is limited to fifteen cars, and the driver MUST have a navigator.  Please join Kurt for a fun informative morning. We will meet at 9:30 and roll out at 10:30. Lunch will be at the Italian restaurant, Ristorante Di Pompello in Troutdale. Registration is open here: Beginner Drive

Wednesday, August 21: Dinner Gathering in Lake Oswego
Join us for a delightful evening at Olive Garden in Lake Oswego, Oregon on Wednesday, August 21 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.  Indulge in various classic Italian dishes, from creamy fettuccine alfredo and savory lasagna to everyone’s favorite, soup, salad, and warm breadsticks.  Olive Garden offers a cozy atmosphere perfect for gathering with our Porsche friends. Our favorite social media content creator, Jeannine Downey, will be our host for the evening. We will order dinner and drinks directly from the menu and pay at the restaurant.
Registration opens Thursday, July 25 at 7 pm and closes August 15 at 7 pm.   We have room for 50 guests.  Olive Garden Lake Oswego is located at 6355 Meadows Rd, Lake Oswego, OR 97035.  We look forward to sharing a wonderful evening with you! Register here: August Dinner Gathering

Thursday, August 22: Midweek Drive
The August Midweek drive will start and end at Café 22 in West Salem.   Come early and have one of the best breakfast meals around.  The Aspinwall’s have run a fruit stand for over 50 years.  See this link for an article on the Cafe: Cafe 22 article. 
We will leave Café 22 at Lombardi time (9:00 am), so please be here by 8:30 to sign waivers and have a participants meeting at 8:45 am. Registration opens on Thursday, July 25 at 7:00pm here: August Midweek drive

Saturday, August 24: SUV Drive
Please join our August 24 SUV Drive which is being organized by Bob Ellis.   We will start in Hillsboro and travel north over the hills of Helvetia to our first rest stop at the Scapoose Veterans Park.  Proceeding onward we will traverse some rarely driven back roads, past farms, and scenic forested areas before joining the Scapoose Vernonia Hwy.  We then continue north on the Nehalem Hwy 47 to Mist where we turn towards Clatskanie and enjoy 12 miles of fabulous Porsche twisties.  Following a short rest stop, we will drive a loop running north through Mayger where the hillside road overlooks the Columbia River.  We will end our drive at Calvin’s Pub and Grill in Clatskanie, Oregon. This drive will be over all paved roads covering around 97 miles. Registration is open here: August SUV Drive. We have room for 13 cars.  ORPCA members are welcome to join us with non Porsche SUVs.  Please arrive by 9:00 am with a participant’s meeting at 9:15 am and leave by 9:30 am.

Autocross #6 is on Sunday, August 11.  This event will be held in the South Pits at Portland International Raceway (PIR). Registration is limited.  For complete information and to register go to: Autocross August 11 Registration on Motorsportsreg.com. For general information on Oregon PCA Autocross please go to: ORPCA Autocross.

The NW Passage Committee has created another exciting program with routes in southern Oregon. The tour will travel on twisty backroads and open-range roads, crisscrossing the Cascades.
There will be two tours this year:

• Spring Tour: June 19-23, 2024
• Fall Tour: September 18-22, 2024

The tour will start at the Boulder Falls Inn in Lebanon, OR. The first day we head to Diamond Lake for lunch and then to the Running Y Ranch in Klamath Falls, where we will stay for three nights. The second day crosses the Cascades over to Jacksonville and the Edenvale Winery for lunch, and then back to the Running Y Ranch. The third day is a 200+ mile loop drive. The fourth day leads us to the Seven Feathers Casino in Canyonville, OR, where the tour ends. 

Registration for the Fall Tour is here: 2024 Fall NW Passage