{"id":28,"date":"2016-01-31T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T21:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2016-02-25T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:33:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-28\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-28-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-28-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-28-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About Us<\/h2>\n<p id=\"u5278-2\">Our region was founded in 1967 by an enterprising group of Porsche owners who believed that the Porsche Club of America needed local representation in Tucson, Arizona and the rest of Southern Arizona. The group was well-rounded, with activities ranging from hill climbs, rallies, autocrosses, concours, and numerous annual social outings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u5278-8\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 - Read about the\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/member-spotlight\/jeff-gambles-speedster\/\" data-href=\"page:U5502\">history of the Speedster owned by Jeff Gamble<\/a>\u00a0-- a Speedster with a very interesting past.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u5278-13\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 - See a\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/about-us\/sar-history\/\" data-href=\"page:U5557\">chronicle<\/a>\u00a0of some interesting events in our club's past.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u5278-18\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 - Read about some\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/about-us\/racing-history\/\" data-href=\"page:U5582\">Porsche racing history<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. from Jeff Gamble.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u5278-22\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 - Catch a glimpse of one of the Region's most beloved members, Dee Rosado. Pati Reinking writes a wonderful article in the January 2001 Zuffenhausen News titled\u00a0<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/about-us\/dee-rosado\/\" data-href=\"page:U5606\">\"Memories of Dee Rosado\".<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"u5278-26\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 - Read an article that was written by Dee and published in the 20th Anniversary issue of the Zuffenhausen News titled \"<a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/about-us\/cinco-de-mayo-ii-the-1st-zone-8-event\/\" data-href=\"page:U5658\">Cinco de Mayo II-(the) First Zone 8 Event\".<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1712\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pcasar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/35th-anniversery.jpg\" alt=\"35th anniversery\" width=\"489\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/35th-anniversery.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/35th-anniversery-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of us at our 35th anniversary party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"u5287-2\">Some of Our History\u00a0by Jeff Gamble<\/h3>\n<p>Coming from our humble beginnings it's an honor to be the last active Charter Club member.\u00a0 Just the other day at lunch I had the opportunity to speak with Larry Randall who is one of the few Porsche owners in Tucson who started the University Arizona Porsche club in the mid 60's, that became the Porsche Club Tucson then Tucson Porsche Club.\u00a0 In the summer of 1967 Gene Parrill along with fourteen other Faithful signed a Charter petition with the Porsche Club of America to be come a Region.\u00a0 Obtaining the blessing of the Arizona Region was needed to split Arizona into two Regions.\u00a0 I recall that meeting at the Guendelsburgers Brau House (now gone) restaurant on Broadway and how we were all so excited to sign the paper work for the Region.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/?page_id=28#more-28\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About UsOur region was founded in 1967 by an enterprising group of Porsche owners who believed that the Porsche Club of America needed local representation in Tucson, Arizona and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13273,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/13273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcasar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}