Zonefest Registration is now open!

Register now to attend Zonefest 2021 – Zone 12’s mini-Parade!

Labor Day weekend (Sep 3-5), in Melbourne, FL

Register here: Zonefest 2021

This is our annual event that allows us to get together with members from all throughout Zone 12 – catch up with old friends and make new ones as well! Space Coast Region is our host this year, and they’ve planned a wonderful weekend for us.

Porsche Melbourne and the American Muscle Car Museum (AMCM) are our primary sponsors for this year’s event. Registration will be limited to the first 150 participants. Make sure to register soon – so you won’t miss out!

Here’s the schedule of events:

• Friday night welcome dinner/cocktail party at Porsche Melbourne – and if you’ve ever been there, you know they put on great events!
• Saturday will be spent at Mark Pieloch’s American Muscle Car Museum (AMCM) – starting with a concours on the beautiful grounds; a tour of their Garage/Maintenance area; and then a Gimmick Rally in the afternoon.
• Saturday night we’ll enjoy a fantastic dinner in the incredible museum, which houses more than 325 spectacular cars, including 44 Porsches. This collection is closed to the public, except during exclusive charity events.
• Sunday brings us back to the AMCM for our autocross. The site is amazing, featuring a 1/8-mile dragstrip, skid pad, and road course all in one. Space Coast always puts on fun and challenging autocrosses, with approximately 60 second run times. Beginners are welcome, and we’ll have instructors available to drive with you to make sure you have fun!
• If autocross isn’t your thing, you can enjoy a guided scenic drive to a great historic lunch location, Dixie Crossroads, or plan to visit any of the local attractions in the area.
• Sunday afternoon plan to attend an ice cream social to cool off while you watch a Porsche Tractor display and demonstration at the AMCM.
• Sunday night, we’ll close Zonefest with a delicious banquet at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club, celebrating the weekend’s individual award winners!

And as a special option over the weekend, Mark Pieloch has offered to provide a personal tour through the museum. He’ll give the history and significance of numerous cars and tell you the inside scoop on how he acquired them. The entire proceeds from this special tour will go to charity.

Hotel rooms are not included as part of registration, but we have a block of rooms at the Melbourne Rialto Hilton for a group rate of $121/night. Contact the hotel directly at 321-768-0200 (“Zonefest” is the code to use for group rate). Each registrant is responsible for making their own plans for accommodation.

If you’d like to book a room online, use this link: Zonefest Hilton hotel

Concours categories will be determined by the actual cars registered, so please include it when registering (you’ll know your class after you register at the event). You do not have to use the same vehicle for every event, but every vehicle needs to be a Porsche.

There will be a welcome package, including an event polo shirt and other items to commemorate Zonefest 2021. All events, the dinners and ice cream social are included for the price of $150 per person for adults; children 12 and under are $75 each. There will be drink tickets available to purchase for cocktails at the Sunday Banquet; and box lunches are available for purchase on Saturday and Sunday.

Remember, there will be a limit of 150 participants, so please register early!

Hope to see you there!!

– Lisa

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Register here: Zonefest 2021

Checkout and share Zone 12’s ‘Zonefest’ page

Zone 12 Summer Beach Weekend in Cape Coral

Everyone, from all our Regions, is invited to Gold Coast Region’s Escape to the Cape! It’s August 21-22, 2021, at the beautiful Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village – with a great rate to stay at this wonderful resort!

“Escape to the Cape” is filling up fast, so register now on ClubRegistration: https://clubregistration.net/events/signUp.cfm/event/11535

Don’t miss out on the July cut-off date for special room pricing at the Westin. We have a great group rate of $149.00 per night (including Resort Fee). You can book your stay by visiting the following link:  (Group rate extended pre and post for 3 days for those who wish to stay longer).

The weekend’s events will include: 

• Drive to Cape Coral – for those from the Broward/Dade county areas
• Overnight stay at The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village
• Lunch at the Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill Ft Myers
• Sumptuous Prime Rib Surf & Turf dinner buffet at the Westin resort Waterfront Bar & Bistro
• Car show on Sunday morning (register here, if you’d like to show your car; no fee for entering your car: https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11649)
• Plus some other special events!

If you have any questions regarding this tour, feel free to give Rick a call or send him an email:

Rick Veingrad
Email: smallvideo@bellsouth.net
Telephone: (954) 472-4010

Hope you can take a relaxing weekend and escape to the Cape!

– Lisa

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Zonefest – Labor Day weekend, September 3-6!

Space Coast is the host of Zonefest this year and it will be spectacular!!  With Porsche Melbourne and the American Muscle Car Museum as our sponsors we have an incredible weekend planned:

• Concours on the beautiful grounds of the American Muscle Car Museum 
• Tour & Dinner inside the entire incredible AMCM – 340+cars (including 44+ Porsches)
• Autocross with 1/8-mile dragstrip, skidpad, and road course all in one
• Gimmick Rally and Driving Tours
• Friday night Cocktail Party/Dinner at Porsche Melbourne
• Sunday night Banquet at Eau Gallie Yacht Club
• Dry fit event Polo shirt

Registration to open on ClubRegistration.net soon – $150 per person

Complete info available at https://zone12.pca.org/zonefest/.

Volunteers still needed at Werks Reunion – please help out!

Hi! If you’re planning to be at Werks Reunion this year, will you please give back a couple of hours to help the organizers keep things running? This year we’ll have more attendees than ever, but our Volunteer brigade is running a bit low right now.

Especially, if you’re in the Jacksonville area and can help out on the day of Werks (Friday, May 21), or on the day before (May 20), please contact Dora Barren ASAP at dorabob@comcast.net or 904-613-545. 

Although the main event is to be held on Friday, May 21, volunteers will also be needed on the set-up day, which is Thursday, May 20. If you’ll be at Werks, please help out if you can!

There are a few different ways you could help:

Thursday (day before Werks)

Bag Stuffing – this activity is when all the goody bags for the entrants of the judged and corral parking are filled with the “good stuff” as in the previous event. They need at least 12 people.

Signage – setup and place as much of the event’s signage as possible on Thursday. They need 3 people.

Judged Field setup – laying out or marking the position of the judged Porsches for Friday’s concours. They need 4 people.

Corral Field setup – laying out or marking the positions of the Porsches parking in the corral area of the field. They need 3 people.

Miscellaneous – there are other tasks that need help setting up.

Friday, at Werks

Will Call – this is at the entry drive into the Amelia River Golf Club; assist registered entrants who have not picked up their credentials. They need at least 6 people for different shifts.

Signage – place the remaining event signs out onto the field prior to the event starting time. They need 3 people.

Volunteer Check-in – assist with checking volunteers in for their work shift. They need 2 people.

Corral Parking – check pre-registered Porsches into corral parking and to help park the Porsches in the corral. This usually takes at least 16 people, (8 morning shift and 8 afternoon).

Concours – check pre-registered Porsches onto the judge field and to assist with parking / staging the Porsches.  They need as many as they can get, at least 20.  Preferably people who can recognize the different classes.

Trophy / Awards Stage – assist with displaying and presentation of trophies to award winners.  They need 2 people.

NO SPECTATORS THIS YEAR/ NO SPECTATOR PARKING

Please contact Dora Barren, volunteer chairperson – dorabob@comcast.net or 904-613-5453 if you can volunteer for this National PCA event.

PCA will be requesting masks to be worn and COVID restriction to be in place and waivers to be completed online with this link SpeedWaiver link: https://pcanational.speedwaiver.com/nvjax BEFORE YOU COME TO HELP.

National PCA would appreciate it if our local Region and Zone members step up to make this event successful! Please help out a bit, if you can.

Thanks!
Lisa

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Zone 12 News: Congrats to Hurley Haywood on the 50th Anniversary of his first IMSA win

For those of us who are really into sportscar racing and history, you certainly know who Hurley Haywood is and what a fantastic driver he was (is!) – especially in Brumos Porsches, at Daytona! As our “hometown hero” (here in Florida at least), we have a unique opportunity to personally congratulate him on his success.

This year, in addition to all his other achievements and appointments, Hurley joined the NASCAR Foundation Board of Directors. Some of Hurley’s friends told me the Foundation has created a donation page in honor of him and his first IMSA victory in 1971.

If interested, you can donate and leave a personal congratulatory message for Hurley – and also wish him a happy birthday on May 4th! The Foundation will aggregate all messages and give him a birthday surprise from his fans. If you’d like to participate, please visit their site:

https://www.nascarfoundation.org/hurleyhaywood

(in the Donation section, just check the box “I’d like to make my gift in honor of Hurley’s first victory in 1971,” and then write your message)

And if you’d like to hear his story about that very first race – and life at the time – read this interesting article. It’s also a reminder of how awesome the 914 was! 

As always, if you know of some interesting or unique ways that we can enjoy our Porsche world, support our members, or give back to our communities in any way, large or small, please send me a note.

Regards,

~ Lisa

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Zone 12 Events Coming Up Soon!

Welcome to May! We have beautiful weather, we’ve been able to get vaccinated if we chose to, and it’s not hurricane season yet. Oh, and we all have Porsches – how lucky are we?

Please take the time to enjoy some events with your Porsche friends, if you can, whenever you have time to play. Sometimes life gets in the way, and we totally understand … but when that happens, just remember a nice drive can provide a lot of therapy!

Here are some great events coming up soon, all around the Zone:

Saturday, May 1:

Sonnenschein’s Tour to the Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11540

Sunday, May 2:

Space Coast’s Charity Poker Run

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11406

Sat, May 8:

Thoroughbred’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration … after the 5^th

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11513

Sat, May 15

Ben’s Birthday Drive-by for Autism

We have a very special event coming up on May 15^th, in South Florida. If you’re in the Jensen Beach area (Stuart, Port St. Lucie) or really anywhere in S FL, please come out and celebrate a young member’s big birthday.

Ben has been enamored with Porsches since his parents bought their first one when Ben was three. He’s a big boy now, turning 10 on the 17^th, and we’re going to drive by and wish him the best birthday ever!

Ben, in addition to being a Porsche fan, is affected with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The entry fee plus all additional funds collected will be donated to the Hope Center for Autism. This is a joint event between Gulfstream and Gold Coast Regions, and it’s an excellent time to come together and do something wonderful for this young boy.

Please come out to celebrate Ben’s big day!

https://clubregistration.net/driver/eventInfo.cfm?event_id=11525

Sun, May 16:

Citrus’ Ladies’ Day Autocross – all ladies drive for free!

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11548

Sun, May 16:

Puerto Rico’s Concours D’Eelegance

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11471

Tues, May 18:

Suncoast’s Dinner on the beach at Sharky’s in Venice

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11533

Fri-Sat, May 21-22:

Everglades’ Sebring Road Trip and Night at Inn on the Lakes

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11512

Sat, June 12:

Gulfstream’s Navy Seals Museum Tour & Lunch

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11504

Aug 21-22:

Gold Coast’s Escape to the Cape (Coral); Open to all Regions!

https://clubregistration.net/events/event-details.cfm?event_id=11535

A couple of our Regions are still planning their summer and fall events, so keep checking their sites to find out the latest.

Crown: https://www.pcafcr.org/events/

North Florida: http://nfl.pca.org/our_events.htm

We’re pretty lucky to have so many socials, car shows, tours, rallies, autocross, and track events coming up. I hope there is something of interest to you and your family, so you all can enjoy the fun, fellowship, and friendship that PCA offers us, all year round.

Hope to see a lot of you at Werks at Amelia Island in a few weeks!

~ Lisa

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

And don’t forget to save the dates for our Zone 12 “mini-Parade,” Zonefest (Sept 3-6); and our Daytona Club Race weekend, OktoberFast (Oct 22-24).

Zonefest: https://zone12.pca.org/zonefest/

OktoberFast: https://zone12.pca.org/octoberfast/

Zone 12 PCA News: Werks Registration opens today – March 24, 2021

We’ve almost made it through March, and a lot of us were able to enjoy a slimmed-down Sebring last week. At least it was back at its usual time of year, and there’s hope that next year we can fully get back to normal.

But today’s main news is about Werks! Registration for Werks Reunion opens today at noon ET: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/porsche-club-of-america-werks-reunion-amelia-2021-river-golf-pca-574602

PCA’s Werks Reunion is a National event held annually right here in Zone 12. Learn all about it and how you can plan to participate: https://werksreunion.com/amelia.cfm

Werks will be on Friday, May 21 (tentatively). Stay informed of any updates or changes to the schedule by checking PCA.org: https://www.pca.org/event/2020-07-09/werks-reunion-amelia-island-2021

It’s held on the Friday of the Amelia Island Concours (May 20-23). You can learn more about The Amelia here: https://www.ameliaconcours.org/

Porsche Parade

If you plan to go to Parade this year, please register and plan to attend the Parade RegionFocus webinar next Tuesday, March 30 at 9 pm ET.  You should have received an email to register. If you have any questions about the webinar, please feel free to email RegionFocus@pca.org.

With Parade’s Phase II Registration opening April 7, this webinar will provide an overview of what you need to know in preparation of the next registration process (banquets and events).  Phase I Entrants and Region Leadership are encouraged to join this informational webinar and be a resource for your region members. The webinar will answer common questions on COVID-19 protocols, wait lists, cancellation policy, refund policy, making a schedule for yourself before you ever log in, etc.

For information about Parade, please visit https://www.porscheparade.org/

Parade Phase II registration opens Wednesday, April 7 at noon ET.

OktoberFast Club Race and DE at Daytona, Oct 22-24

In addition to the Club Race, Solo Driver’s Ed and Autocross on the Kart Track, this year we’re planning all sorts of events for participants and guests, including a car show, swap meet, charity parade laps on the track, and other fun happenings. We have the Daytona International Speedway venue as our playground for the weekend, so please plan to come out and play with us!

If you’d like to plan a nice weekend getaway to Daytona, this would be a fun one! There are lots of new hotels and restaurants all over the Daytona Beach area, including reasonable hotel rates right on the beach: https://www.daytonabeach.com/.

Volunteers

If you’re able to attend OktoberFast – especially if you’re a local or live in the central or NE Florida area, please plan to be a Volunteer. We have a lot of fun, but we couldn’t do it without our wonderful Volunteers! To join the team, contact Raylene Grynkewich at raygrynk2@outlook.com.

Sponsorship Opportunities

This year we’re planning a bigger event than ever! If you or someone you know would like to take advantage of sponsorship opportunities, please contact Steve Lancaster at oktoberfast.sponsors@gmail.com. You can view the several Sponsorship Levels available.

Hopefully you’re able to enjoy our beautiful spring weather and get out there and drive your wonderful Porsches! Thanks as always for supporting PCA and Zone 12 events!

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Be a part of our new Region’s first major event!

Wow, it’s already March! Hopefully, you’re enjoying our beautiful weather and staying safe and healthy.

There are great events all over the Zone in March, but this one will give you the unique chance to say you participated in a new Region’s “1st” event! The “Golf”stream Rallye will start and finish in Indiantown, FL, which is west of Jupiter, FL. If you can make it on the 13th, the Gulfstream Region would love for you to come have fun with them.

Porsche Club of America’s newest Region

Presents the
“Golf”stream Rallye

Saturday, March 13th at 10:00 AM

Start and Finish at The Indianwood Golf and Country Club:
14007 Golf Club Drive
Indiantown, FL 34956

Total Distance: 86.1 miles Total Est. Time: 2 hrs. 20 min Avg. MPH = 37.5

$15 Entry Fee per Vehicle (Driver)

All Drivers and Passengers MUST preregister and sign the
Release and the COVID Waiver on ClubRegistration.net:

Register for the “Golf”Stream Rallye

Pre-Rallye Instructions:

1. Charge your smart phone and bring it with you.
2. And bring one or more people who can fit in your vehicle and can put up with you for a few hours.

Be the first to win a Gulfstream Trophy!

Most of our events are posted on ClubRegistration.net or on each Region’s calendars/the Zone calendar, so check often to see what all is going on around the Zone!

Zone 12 Calendar

ClubReg Sign In

Have fun!

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Zone 12 News: Updated event dates and SVRA at Sebring!

Hope all is well in your world and you’re staying healthy. In the PCA world, there are a few updates to this year’s events, but we’re still doing our best to keep things going.

Here are a few new details about some annual events and a brand new event at Sebring this weekend – the SVRA SpeedTour!

March race at Sebring

There will NOT be a PCA Porscheplatz at the Sebring race in March (17th-20th)

Unfortunately, we will not have a Porscheplatz tent (PCA hospitality) at the Sebring race in March. As they did for the race last November, the track will have the Porsche and Corvette corrals set up in the traditional location (at the Turn 17 start to the front straight), but “we” (PCA) will not have a presence there or need Volunteers to run the corral.

If you bought a corral ticket, you’ll be parked there with other Porsche owners and can enjoy the race like you usually do. There won’t be an official PCA presence, but you’ll probably see a lot of your PCA pals there. If you need more details, check the Sebring website.

PCA’s Werks Reunion at Amelia Island, May 21, 2021 (TENTATIVELY)

At the moment, Werks is still on, tentatively. It’s held during the Amelia Island Concours weekend, so if the Amelia Concours organization cancels their event, then Werks will be canceled. But if it’s on, then we’re on!

Please check here for current details about Werks

Registration for Werks is currently set to open on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM (EDT).

Porsche owners interested in displaying their vehicles must register in one of two categories:

Porsche Corral — Display your cherished Porsche proudly alongside others in its model type. Corral participants are not considered in judged competition.

Porsche Judged Field — Compete against other owners to take home a Werks Reunion Award. Register early as this category sells out fast!

**please note that there is no spectator parking and all Porsche owners wishing to attend must register and park in the Porsche Corral.

Learn more about the Amelia Island Concours

Zone 12’s Annual Zonefest – MOVED TO LABOR DAY WEEKEND (TENTATIVELY); September 3-6, 2021

Zonefest is Zone 12’s annual all-Region bash, usually held during the start of summer, in various parts of Florida. We’ve had to delay it this year until Labor Day weekend (Sept 3-6).

Please plan to join us this fall in Melbourne. Thanks to our host Region — Space Coast – this is going to be an incredible weekend. Of course, all this is dependent on the health and safety circumstances at the time, but the plans are currently moving forward for a Labor Day Zonefest.

Registration will be on ClubReg, and will open sometime in late spring. Stay tuned for updates and keep checking the Zone 12 page.

OktoberFast at Daytona is back – bigger and better than ever! Our Zone 12 Club Race / DE / Autocross will be Oct 22-24.

We’re planning some fun new activities and events this year, while we’re at the World Center of Racing for the weekend. More details to come soon!

Registration for the Club Race, Solo Driver’s Ed and Autocross will be on ClubRegistration.net, and will open sometime in the early summer.

We’ll welcome back our usual team of Volunteers – and we’ll need even more help this year. We’ll use ClubReg for Volunteer registration.

If you live in the central Florida/Daytona area and you plan to go to OktoberFast, if you’re interested in more info about becoming a Volunteer, please email Raylene (Ray) Grynkewich at Raygrynk@comcast.net.

Stay tuned for OktoberFast updates as we finalize plans, and keep checking the Zone 12 page.

And finally … for some fun this weekend, check out the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) race at Sebring this Saturday (Feb 20)

The Everglades Region is planning to caravan to Sebring, from a rest area in the Fort Meyers area, right off of I-75.

There’s a lot going on at this great event, so plan to attend if you’re in the area! The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) returns to Sebring International Raceway on Saturday, February 20th.

Join fellow PCA members for a memorable day at this historic race track. Enter the “Hagerty / Cars & Caffeine Car Show” and be part of the SpeedTour weekend.

Sebring SpeedTour is one of the most popular events on the SVRA schedule, routinely drawing hundreds of vintage race cars from all eras, makes and models. The weekend features large fields and great competition in all SVRA race groups. Following the vintage races on Saturday afternoon, the pro Trans-Am series takes the track to qualify for their Sunday race.

Learn more about the full weekend: SVRA Sebring SpeedTour

When: Saturday, February 20th

Everglades Region Caravan departs at 8:00 am from Lee County Rest Area at I-75 and Daniels Parkway (View the Caravan starting point)

Cost to attend SVRA event – $45 per car to enter the “Hagerty Cars & Caffeine – Car Show”. Each entry includes:

* 2 Weekend passes to the Vintage Auto Race
* Touring on the Sebring International Raceway in your show car
* VIP Parking / Porsche Corral
* Event poster and program
* Full access to the racecar paddock

Car Show Registration – To purchase the car show package, click on this link: Hagerty / Cars & Caffeine. Be sure to enter PCA / Everglades Region as your car club. Pre-registration ends today, February 17th.

Caravan Registration – To sign up for the Everglades Region Caravan from Fort Myers to Sebring, email Dave Noelken: cdnoelken@comcast.net

Event Questions – Email Dave Derecola: cup944@aol.com

Hope to see you at some of these events. Stay safe and enjoy the good times whenever you can!

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep

Easy Ways to Stay Engaged with PCA

PCA.org

Zone 12 website

See what’s going on in all our Zone 12 Regions and on the  Zone 12 Calendar

ClubRegistration.net

Most of our events are listed on ClubRegistration.net. It’s easy to create an account on ClubReg. Then you can simply search for a Region to see what all is going on – all around PCA. Most of us are already on ClubReg, but if you’re new to PCA or haven’t attended many events in the past, please take the time to create your account now.

Most of our events do require registration, so we can manage the number of attendees and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Attached you’ll find instructions for how to create your account and register for events. Thanks to Suncoast President Denise Remus for creating this helpful document!

How to Register on ClubReg

Is your email address current on PCA.org? And is your co-member’s email included?

Make sure to keep your email address updated, so you’ll continue to receive emails from your Region, Zone and the National office. And if you have a co-member, make sure their email address is also in your profile, otherwise they will not receive any communications from PCA.

Just sign into your account on PCA.org to make any updates, or call the National office for help: 410-381-0911

Zone 12 News: Werks Reunion Moved to May 21

Werks Reunion and the Amelia Island Concours have been moved to May. If you had room reservations for March, you might want to go ahead and change your plans now.

Werks will be on Friday, May 21 (tentatively).

Registration will open on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at 12:00 PM (EDT). Check the Werks website to stay up to date: https://werksreunion.com/amelia.cfm

Updates will also be on PCA.org:
https://www.pca.org/event/2020-07-09/werks-reunion-amelia-island-2021

The Amelia Island Concours will be May 20-23: https://www.ameliaconcours.org/

And before you look away … We need you at the 48 Hours at Sebring, Feb 4-7

It’s just a few weeks until the 48. If you live within a reasonable distance of Sebring, and you feel comfortable being a Volunteer for the 48 Hours at Sebring Club Race weekend, would you please consider helping out? Even just for a day – you can pitch in to help in any of the fun roles available for Volunteers.

Of course, we’re all diligently trying to remain safe and healthy while we wait for the vaccines to be fully administered, providing hope on the horizon. But a lot of our truly dedicated annual Sebring 48 Volunteers are in the COVID high-risk category and are wisely choosing to stay home this year. If you can help out, we welcome your assistance!

It’s easy to become a Volunteer:
http://48hoursatsebring.com/volunteersignin.php

Here are the roles needed:
http://48hoursatsebring.com/volunteerpositions.php

Questions about Volunteering at Sebring? Please contact Paul Raben at praben356@gmail.com.

Thanks for supporting PCA and Zone 12 events!

Lisa Lewis Koller
Zone 12 Rep