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racing coupes with modified bodies. Abarth acted as a middleman between Porsche and Zagato, the actual builders of the cars. Abarth had nothing to do with either the design or manufacture of the cars; he merely assembled them and put his name on them. It was also noted that Porsche expects earnings for the year ending July 1991 to total 50 million Marks, down from the previous year���s 68 million. strike a nerve with a couple of Pano readers. An Ozark Region member stated ���Specifically, I found Hans Riedel���s remarks that Porsche is ���now by far the most profitable car maker the world over��� particularly arrogant and inappropriate. I certainly could understand him making that boast to a group of stockholders, but not to an audience consisting of the very customers who are being asked to support this inflated profit margin���. Another reader seconded this thought, stating ���Last night I read Panorama and a popular financial magazine. It was hard to tell which was which���not your fault. Schawb���s and Reidel���s speeches would have been more appropriate to a meeting of security analysts than a PCA gathering. Do they think I really want to hear how profitable they are after I���ve just paid $55,000 in retirement income for a new Boxster? And they���ve not adjusted prices for the falling Euro.��� Maybe it���s us. As Rudi Spielberger once stated, ���You paid $7,000, you���ll pay $10,000���. November 2011 www.pnwr.org Pano covered the final race of the Porsche Pirelli Supercup championship which was held at the Indianapolis Speedway in conjunction with the Formula One US Grand Prix. The series features identical 911 GT3 Cup cars with both the gearboxes and engines sealed and becomes a true test of the drivers. It consists of two races per event with points from finishing positions in the two races determining the overall winner. After 12 events, Germany���s Jorg Bergmeister 10 Years Ago clinched the 2001 Championship by finishing 2nd in the first race and following up The Spiel cover photo depicted the Sepwith a victory in the second. In other news, tember 15th concours held in Paul Risinger���s Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking reported back yard and using Parade concours rules at the Frankfurt Auto Show press preview found Al Caldwell, Duncan Newell, and Gerald that Porsche enjoyed another year of record Albertson winning in the Preservation Group, sales, record turnover and record profits, Paul Risinger and Tim Carroll in Restoration the latter figure breaching the DM 1 billion with Dale Dash and Royal Howard the same mark for the first time. (See the figures for in Preparation. Twelve cars were judged the 1991 year above). And at the Milwaukee with a number of others showing up for the Parade, both Hans Reidel���s and Fred Schwab���s barbeque and impromptu ���bull session���. The remarks during their speeches seemed to event was held four days after the infamous 9/11 tragedy and who will ever forget exactly where they were and what they were doing that day. Tricia and Kaj Lea described the gimmick type rally hosted by Hayward and Jane Seymore with points awarded for staying on course, answering various questions and arriving at the final destination with the correct mileage for the complete course and the ���Ferry��� Porsche tour up to Whidbey Island and the Olympic Peninsula was described by Steve Poole. A huge turnout for the September 1st autocross saw James Winstead, Linda Kornacki, Mark LaCombe Eric Hanson, Jana Swan, Mike and Carol Leuty, Scotty White, LouAnn Christensen, Jason Celestine, Jeff Barstow, Debbie StarretFry, Dave Said and Greg and Jodi Fordahl all winning their classes with class P2 alone showing 25 entries. It was also noted that PCA National has finally relaxed their rules about not allowing drivers under the age of 18 to participate in events and along those lines, 17 Year-old Erin Schoenfelder described her first experience at a Driver Skills event as ���increasingly filled with fear and dread��� to ���In the course of 7 hours, I changed from an uptight driver with no appreciation for cars to a Porsche-lover with skills that could save my life.��� 35