WEEKLY ORPCA NEWSLETTER

Updated March 27, 2024

This is a three-day extended drive, headed to Baker City for two nights with plenty of driving on scenic, twisty backroads. The actual route will depend upon the level of snowmelt. Thursday, we will meet at the Huckleberry Inn in Government Camp, have lunch in Fossil, and end the day in Baker City where we will stay at the Geiser Grand Hotel for both Thursday and Friday nights. Friday, we head towards Oxbow Dam at the Oregon/Idaho border, and, depending on the snowmelt, we will either go north to Joseph or south to Ontario.  On Saturday, we head home via, once again depending on snowmelt, Anthony Lake, Ukiah, Heppner, Condon, and Wasco. Unlike in the past several years, we will not be visiting any wineries. Instead, since the Geiser Grand Hotel has a reasonable corkage fee, so please bring some of your favorite wines to share as part of our two dinners. Your registration fee includes the cost of the Thursday and Friday night dinners that will be held at the Geiser Grand Hotel. Registration is open here: Bring Your Own Wine TourThere are still 11 spots remaining for this tour. 
FYI – After you register for the event, please call the Geiser Grand Hotel (541-523-1889) no later than 3/31/24 to make your room reservation and receive the club’s discounted hotel rate. Tell them you are with the ORPCA 2024 tour group.

If you signed up for the March SUV drive you will get an email a couple of days before the event from the organizer with the start location and Printed Route Directions to print out and bring. Please check your Spam folder if you don’t see it. 

Join us for an Open House and Tech Talk at AR Motorsports in Tigard with Martin Sarukhanyan, the Motorsports Director. We have room for 30 people. AR Motorsports is a full-service automotive maintenance and performance race shop/team located in
Tigard, Oregon. They service street, track, and race vehicles and compete in Trans-Am, International GT, SCCA, and Lucky Dog Endurance Racing. Registration is open. Go to: Tech Talk and Open House AR Motorsports

The April 2023 Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 10 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. This will be a virtual board meeting on Zoom. If you are interested in attending, please sign up on the web here: April Board Meeting
All members are welcome!

Thank you for your interest in this drive.  We have closed the waitlist for the drive.  We added a third group and are filling that.  If there are any cancellations, we will reach out to the waitlist. 

Join us for this Midweek drive. Organized by President, Dr. Heinz Holzapfel, the route leads us through Helvetia, up to Skyline, then down to Mountaindale, and our first stop at Jessie Mays Community Park in North Plains. After the break, we will drive down NW Commercial Street in North Plains, which has several wonderful murals. We will stop for a photo opportunity: “Murals and Porsches”. Next, the route leads us back to the south side of Hwy 26, on back roads to Cornelius, over to Fern Hill Road, continuing on North Valley Road, then up to Bald Peak, down through Laurelwood, and then to Gaston for lunch at the One Horse Tavern in Gaston.
There will be 2 groups of 12 cars each. Please arrive by 9:00am. We will have a Safety meeting at 9:15am and Group 1 will depart at 9:30am, Group 2 will depart about 10 minutes later.  Registration opens on Thursday, March 28 at 7:00pm here: April Midweek Drive.

Join us for the Annual Spring Clean Event at Matrix Integrated, located at 4000 SW Macadam Ave in the South Waterfront District.  Matrix Integrated is a sponsor of the club and they have graciously allowed us to use their garage on this Saturday. 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!
Here is the line-up of vendors:

  1. Factory Wheel Outlet – Wheel Rash Repair
  2. The Leather Guy – Interior Leather Reconditioning
  3. The Dent Guy – Paintless Dent Repair
  4. Showroom New – Paint Chip Touch-Up
  5. River City Glass – Windshield Chip Repair and Headlight Lens Restoration

You must RSVP for this event.  Registration is open: Spring Clean Event.
When you RSVP, you will need to pick the service(s) you are interested in so we can give the vendors an idea of the number of people using them. If you are bringing more than 1 car, please register for each car and service.  Please ONLY bring Porsches to this event. When you arrive, check-in and get on the list for the work you want to be done, and have fun watching those dings, scratches or chips fade away.  Work is done on a first-come, first-serve basis.  If you have questions, please reach out to Mike O’Connor at [email protected]

The 2nd Autocross of the season will be on Sunday, April 28.  This event will be held in the South Pits at Portland International Raceway (PIR). Registration is limited to 60 participants.  For complete information and to register go to: Autocross #2 on Motorsportsreg.com. Registration closes on Friday, April 26.
For general information on Oregon PCA Autocross please go to: ORPCA Autocross.
Note: Autocross #3 is the following Sunday, May 5.  Please register here: Autocross #3.

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

The Oregon Region Porsche Club had been invited to have a display only corral at this year’s Forest Grove Concours d’ Elegance. We will have space for 20 cars and hope to have varied examples of the Porsche mark. 
Things to know:

  • You will need to be in Forest Grove around  7:00 a.m., and you won’t be able to get your car out of the corral until late afternoon.
  • There is no registration charge for our cars since we are a display only group.
  • Registration includes two entrance passes.
  • Lunch will be provided.

If you are interested in displaying your car, or have any questions please contact Larry Hannan at [email protected]

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