last night at the Grove

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a group of us meet up a Scott's independent, we hung out till about 2:30 then off to the Grove

after parking we all walked across the street for lunch






after lunch it was back the the Grove for some parking lot time

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about 5:00 PM we headed inside after checking things out



Curt gets a quick pic with Chad and the car


the boys pose for a shot with " THE JACKET "




first they did a live auction





then some Q and A



then it was movie time



paul with the wheel he bought at the auction

[Jack Olsen]

Great pictures, Sam. I'm still bummed that I missed it, but work got in the way.

[Bob's Flat-Six]

Thank's for the pix Sam,
Did you get Quick Vic's autograph ?

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and look who came a very long way ( Curt Egerer ) it was nice to meet you , sorry there weren't 500 porsches

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Originally posted by Bob's Flat-Six
Thank's for the pix Sam,
Did you get Quick Vic's autograph ?

no, if I had something for him to sign I'm sure he would have, I know a lot of the guys did bring things to have signed.

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Scott from Pasadena auto body bought this great poster at the auction, now the question how to get it home ? because he drove his RS clone and I don't think the poster came with a roof rack.

[RSupdate]

To all da boyz.....

I get it !!!!!!!


Also it was a pleasent surprise that our very own "Mid-West Gruppmeister" Curt Egerer who was out on biz and as Sam caught on film above, in attendance. Curt, I think you will have to make your way out to Monte-Rey this next May for R yearly get together. I think it's a mandatory attendance thing for all "Regional Gruppmeisters"

Great early 911 type of Day !!!!!

[Sonic dB]

That Antonio Bandaras Jr. is a sexy beast....too bad those empty chairs would be filled with chicks showing up to see him.

btw...Im not gay.





Looks like a fun time. What did they raffle off for the prize?

[surflvr911sc]

It's good to hear from you Sam. You are looking really skinny, do i need to talk to your wife about feeding you, or is it a the walking you are (thankfully) doing these days??

[Jack Olsen]

I missed Curt Egerer? Crap.

[MIK911]

Thanks for the pics. I was going to attend the event, but something came up. Besides the fine gathering of RGruppe cars, were there other P-cars there for the event? The advertising flyer i saw mentioned 500 cars planned for viewing.

thanks
Mike
'86 coupe

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Originally posted by MIK911
Thanks for the pics. I was going to attend the event, but something came up. Besides the fine gathering of RGruppe cars, were there other P-cars there for the event? The advertising flyer i saw mentioned 500 cars planned for viewing.

thanks
Mike
'86 coupe

well... I'm not sure what happend ? , by the time the event started there were maybe 60 porsches lined up outside. who ever did the planning on this one sure didn't get the word out or something, some people I talked to early in the week didn't no anything about it, others didn't have any information. all I can say is that we had a great time, yes the screen was not as big as I would have liked but other than that I really wasn't disappointed. all in all it was a great day, Pomona in the morning, hanging out at Scott's and lunch with the guys, then the event, anytime you get great weather, drive time and hanging out with the guys it can't be a bad day.

[Laura-Hergesheimer MotorS]

The turnout was very disappointing. We arrived late and I wwas afraid seating might be limited. It was a surprise to see so few cars and people. I would have thought they would have been able to find a 917 somewhere, but I think the ball may have been dropped on marketing the event. Mike H. who owns the 914 that was parked in the front. had to hard sell the idea that that specific car would be a plus to their event. The 911 in the courtyard was a piece of history, but watching that 914 in the actual race footage was cool. Rossi's "Martini" car looked great, a long labor of love and sweat.

For some of us it was a nice evening with cars and friends, but not at the race track.

[Cornpanzer]

Hmmmm, it is so ironic that Curt Egerer managed to plan a family vacation in SoCal just in time to "happen" to take in this event.
As long as the wife fell for it I guess

[curtisaa]

Curt showed up unexpected..great guy and very worthy Rgruppe member. The event would have been "un-eventful" had the rgruppe not showed in #'s..too bad. I spoke to a member who owns a "owiginal" 911R and he was told that his car need not attend...WTF ???

[rst73]

Thanks Sam for the great pictures! I think a good time was had by all in attendance although better promoting would have made it a larger event. It was fantastic for me talking to and getting autographs from one of my all time favorite drivers Vic Elford!

Certainly the R Gruppe put its best foot forward by making a sizable donations in the charity auction for the Boy's Republic program for kids, the school that Steve Mc Queen attended as a boy.

Next year will be even better!

All the best!

Roger Grago
R Gruppe #27

[RSupdate]

Originally posted by curtisaa
...... I spoke to a member who owns a "owiginal" 911R and he was told that his car need not attend...WTF ???

"WTF" is absolutely correct....

....a 911R need not attend....????????

whoever said that obviously got hit hard with the idiot stick.

[mwbaum]

What a bunch of boozin chow hounds.......whens the next event???

[Brillo]

Highlight of the evening for me was getting a ride from Vic Elford in the Cayenne towing the 911 racer. Woo hoo!

Anyone know the name of the gentleman on the far right of the Q&A panel? I didn't catch what his name was when they did the introductions. I did catch that he was associated with Vasek Polak.