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The Aloha Tower
Marketplace was once again the site of this year's Concours
d'Elegance. Eighteen PCA-Hawai'i members entered this year's
competition, which was held on Saturday, October 26, 2002.
Each entrant received a special Concours tee shirt and,
more importantly, had an opportunity to spend time with
others who share a love of Porsche automobiles.
After a few morning sprinkles, the skies cleared and we
had beautiful sunny weather for this annual event. Cars
started arriving a little after 8:00 a.m.
Once parked, the owners quickly set about putting those
finishing touches on their show cars. This year's entries
were divided into seven classes, including a modified division
and a wash and wax class. Unfortunately, only 911s were
entered in this year's competition and we didn't have the
variety of Porsches that have made prior year events so
interesting.
The PCA-Hawai'i Region extends its thanks to Scott Schulte
and Sean Ornellas of German Auto Specialists, Creighton
Wong of European Auto Specialists, Aran Sagon of Porsche
of Honolulu, and John Mayer for volunteering their time
to judge this year's concours. Without their willingness
to perform the difficult task of judging we could not have
had the event. Scott Schulte also went to the trouble of
bringing his race winning 911 to the Aloha Tower and placing
it on display. It was a real crowd pleaser.
While all the cars entered gathered attention, a few stood
out. Jack Cua's silver on black 996 GT2 probably offered
most people their first look at Porsche's latest road going
race car. Don't look for another one like it; it's the only
one in the state. Another car that isn't seen very often
on our streets is the 1994 Speedster and Robert Barkley's
pristine red example commanded a lot of attention.
Newcomer Ron Chavez entered his 1997 993 Twin Turbo, thereby
offering us an up close look at another rare car out of
Stuttgart. Ray Freitas' immaculate 1988 black slantnose
Turbo is a perennial crowd pleaser and this year was no
exception. Finally, John Nadler's highly modified 1977 911
drew oohs and ahs from everyone who stopped to admire it.
And the winners
are....
1965-1973
911 Class
1st Place - Chad Castle - 1971 911S Targa
1974-1989
911 Class
1st Place - (tie) Ambro Ilagan - 1979 930 Turbo Coupe;
Raybern Freitas - 1988 930 Turbo Targa
2nd Place - Romy Barut - 1989 911 Cabriolet
3rd Place - Richard Lau - 1984 911 Coupe
1990-1993
911 Class
1st Place - Fredric Pashkow - 1993 911 C4 Cabriolet
2nd Place - R. & C. Laszlo - 1992 911 C4 Targa
1994-1998
911 Class
1st Place - Darryl Lee - 1998 993 C2S Coupe
2nd Place - Woody Hopler - 1998 993 C4 Cabriolet
1999-2003
911 Class
1st Place - Jack Cua - 2002 996 GT2
2nd Place - Jack Cua - 2002 996 C4S
Modified Class
1st Place - Edward Yuen - 1982 911 Coupe
2nd Place - John Nadler - 1977 911 Coupe
Wash &
Wax Class
1st Place - Chip Hughes - 1996 993 Coupe
2nd Place - Robert Barklay - 1994 911 Speedster
3rd Place - Ron Chavez - 1997 993 Twin Turbo Coupe
People's Choice
Award
Jack Cua - 2002 996 GT2
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