President's Message

The recent passing of my brother and the ensuing trip home from Phoenix gave me a lot of time to think about what we do with our time on this planet.  While my brother and I were  as different as a 914 and a 928, we shared the love of cars and driving them hard.  Like me, he was active in car clubs, and always had time to talk cars.

While car clubs center around cars, they provide us so much more than just a chance to look at exquisite hardware.  They help us to experience life in a unique way and build friendships through those experiences.   "It's not just the cars, it's the people" perfectly expresses the value of PCA and other clubs like it.

I lived CC40 through email messages of Bob Gutjahr and Steve Kinsley.  Cheryl Taylor brought it all home with excellent pictures that captured the essence of the day.  Those pictures should be available on the web site by the time you read this.  But if you missed Challenge, the fun doesn't stop there...there's more.

We have three more tours before the year is over:  the Friendly Farms Fall Foliage Tour, the Blackwater Refuge Tour, and the lights of Antietam Tour.  Each one is sure to be memorable.  We also have two more autocross events - one each at the Dorsey MARC lot and the Police Academy Training Facility.

Each of these events are brought to you by the hard work of volunteers.  To keep them going, and to keep improving our offering to you, the members, we need people to continue to volunteer.  So if you have a few hours to spare - it doesn't take many -  I suggest you talk to the chair of an event you enjoy.  Ask if there is some way to help, regardless of how few hours you may have offer.  I'm sure your help would be welcomed.   If you can support the club with a little more time, consider filling one of the open board positions, like Publicity, Sponsorship, or Treasurer.

Hope to see you at an event soon.

Andrew