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Diablo PCA provides a welcoming and engaging community that enriches our member's Porsche ownership experience. What's New Diablo Board of Directors' Election coming in October - Nominations are Now Open, This October, Diablo Region will hold its annual election to fill Board of Directors (BOD) vacancies with terms commencing January 1st, 2023. The Election Nominating Committee is calling for Diablo members who may be interested in serving on the Region's BOD to make themselves known to the Nominating Committee. New - 8/4/2023 - Sonoma Raceway Tour, join us for a tour to Diablo's HPDE event at Sonoma Raceway. This is a perfect tour for someone who wants to see what driver education events are all about. We'll depart from Costco in Fairfield, taking Highway 12 West to Highway 121, then heading South to Arnold Drive in Sonoma arriving at Sonoma Raceway. Once there, you'll have a chance to participate in session debrief sessions and talk to fellow Diablo members who are participating in the event. Lunch is on your own. We're hoping to arrange a parade lap where you'll actually be able to go on the track for a low-speed trip around the raceway. Click here for more information and to register for the tour. 7/29/2023 - Mt. Hamilton Rally, co-hosted by the Diablo Region, the Golden Gate Region, and the Redwood Region of the Porsche Club of America. The rally will explore the back roads of the East Bay with a break at the Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton, the highest peak in the San Francisco Bay Area. This event is open to all rallyists, regardless of PCA membership or make of car driven. All roads are paved, public, and in good condition. Click here for additional information and to register for the event. 7/30/2023, Annual New Member Recognition Summer Picnic, Saint Mary's College, Moraga. Join your Porsche family members at this year's annual club picnic and car display. In addition to having a great time socializing with other members, some of our club vendors will be present giving you the opportunity to see their latest offerings. Click here for additional information and to register for the event. New - 10/20/2023 - Petersen Museum Exhibits, join us for a day of car exhibits at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. Two docent led tours, one of the Porsche Exhibit and one of The Vault, the Petersen private automobile collection. Click here for additional information and to register for the event. General Information Check out the Diablo Region PCA home page (www.diablo-pca.org/) for a full calendar of events for the year, to sign up for an event, or to see additional information for each of the events. If you are interested in Diablo PCA logo wear and other items, check out our new webstore on the PCA.org site.Name Badges - Click here to order your personalized name badge. We encourage wearing name badges to avoid those awkward moments when you can't remember a name. The Summer edition of the Devil's Advocate is available this now. Please Click here to view the most recent edition. If you have contributions to the Devil's Advocate, please send them to Maiko Woodson-Mendoza at BOD Meetings - Board of Directors (BOD) meetings held on the second Monday of the month are open to all Diablo PCA members. If you are interested in participating in a meeting, contact our club president Bob Hilton (DiabloPCA. Affiliate Members - If you have a spouse or a friend that is interested in Porsches. consider adding them as an Affiliate PCA Member. Affiliate members get their own PCA number and can have a separate email address. There is no charge for adding an Affiliate member. If you need assistance with adding an Affiliate member, contact our Membership Chairs, Juan and Rowena Fernandez at Diablo PCA has a new way for members to connect. We have created a Facebook Group just for you. Here you will find members telling members about drives they've taken, cars they have seen, posting photos, letting each other know about informal get togethers and much more. You will also get news hot off the press from Diablo PCA. Everyone is welcome to join just click on Diablo Region - Porsche Club of America Group. So please come join the fun and share your love of Porsche, because; it's not just the cars - it's the people. As the saying goes, "many hands make light work". We are looking for members to raise their hands as volunteers. As Diablo Region members, we enjoy an active calendar of driving tours, DE days, social events and other club activities throughout the year. These events simply don't happen organically. It takes the combined efforts of many volunteers to make the magic happen. If you are interested in helping out, we can surely use your help. We are especially interested in people helping to plan events. Whether you are an original "Founding" Diablo member or joined yesterday, volunteer today by contacting Bob Hilton at Events Save the date for the following events: Sold Out, come visit us as a spectator - 8/5/2023 - Porsche in Pleasanton, the City of Pleasanton has invited us to take over Main Street in downtown Pleasanton for their annual car show. This year it is all Porsches. Join us as we fill the town with nothing but Porsches. This event is to benefit the Pleasanton Downtown Association in supporting the downtown Pleasanton businesses. Entry fee is sponsored by Porsche of Livermore, please drop by their booth and thank them. The street will be shut down to traffic and opened up for people to stroll and view the various models, years, and excellence that is Porsche. Click here for additional information and to register for this event. Help us fill a 2024 Cayenne with school supplies to receive a token for a free ice cream at Meadowlark Dairy and to enter the raffle drawing with prizes donated by Porsche of Livermore. The school supplies will be donated to The Hanger, a group within the Pleasanton Unified School District that gathers supplies to benefit needy children in the Pleasanton area. Recurring Events
Tours If you are aware of some fun roads to drive, or an interesting destination, please contact the Tour Committee (Susie George, Registration for tours and other events is done via Eventbrite (you will need to create an account with Eventbrite to register for a tour). Watch for a link to the registration site in this section of the ENews or on our website. Tours often sell out the same day tickets go on sale. Be prepared to sign-up for tours as soon as registration is open. If you are unable to register for the tour, add your name to the waitlist in case of cancellations. Emails regarding last-minute Tour information and openings for waitlisted individuals will come from Eventbrite and If you wish to purchase your own radio, the Club is using the Motorola Talkabout T800 radios. These are sold in pairs through Amazon for about $85.00. These radios are FRS/GMRS compatible, have 22 channels and 121 privacy codes (or sub-channels). Driver Education (DE) 2023 Diablo Region DE Schedule Click here for general information on Diablo PCA HPDE days.
2023 Golden Gate Region DE Schedule
* Make it a 3-day weekend. Sign-up for the Diablo DE and the Golden Gate for a 3-day weekend. Zone 7 Events New - 9/10/2023 - Transcendence, join the PCA Redwood Region for a group picnic, wine pours by many local wineries then progress to a captivating evening performance of soaring vocals, sensational music and dance from the best of Broadway and more. Click here for additional information on the PCA Redwood Region website. 2023 Zone 7 Autocross - Click here for information on the Zone 7 Autocross schedule.
2023 Zone 7 Concours - Click here for information on the Zone 7 Concours series.
PCA/PCNA Events Click here for a list of upcoming PCA events.
Click here to Contact key Diablo PCA Contacts Events: Gene Stoegbauer Tours: Susie George Driver Education (DE): Ed Won Communications/Eventbrite Registration: Carolyn Wong Membership: Juan & Rowena Fernandez Devil’s Advocate: Maiko Woodson-Mendoza Webmaster: Anthony Mendoza President: Bob Hilton |
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