Welcome to the website of the Blue Ridge Region of the Porsche Club of America (BRR-PCA), chartered in 1980, and now one of 139 PCA Regions across the country. We have about 160+ members; only about .3 percent of the 45,000 PCA members nationwide. Our geographical center is around Roanoke, but our area extends south to the North Carolina line, into West Virginia, east to the center of Lynchburg, and north to the Shenandoah Region of PCA around Staunton and Waynesboro.

All of our members own Porsches, of course, but we participate in the Club because we like to drive them, keep them up, learn about them, talk about them, and promote them. In other words, about the only other people who can stand to be around us for very long are other Porsche owners who feel the same way. Actually, it's not all about the cars; we seem to do as much eating and socializing as we do driving and talking cars.

Popular annual events include our planning brunch in January, a Marti Gras party, the Star City Motor Madness and Cruise, a Mexican Potluck, a lake social, the Grand Am races at VIR, and our holiday party and charity auction. We schedule at least one event per month. You can click on Events on our Home page to see what else we have in store for this year. If you're a history buff, you can read about our earliest years below.

A Brief History of the Blue Ridge PCA


In January of 1980 a group of Porsche enthusiasts in the Roanoke area met at Rose Porsche Audi to discuss forming a region. Dave Shrader was elected President, and current members Caryl and Dick Hatch were chosen as Secretary and Historian respectively. BRR averaged gaining one new member every two and a half days for the first 90 days, and the first issue of the newsletter listed all 43 members. Charter members who are still current members include John and Iva Ferguson, Dick and Caryl Hatch, Sharon Hobbs Mitchell, Keith Martin, William Reefe, and Pat Taylor.

On June 27, 1980, National PCA Secretary Norm Martin presented our region charter at a dinner at Hidden Valley Country Club. Jack Simmons was appointed chair of the Seal Committee, and the region adopted the design submitted by Claudia Snow for our letterhead and patch.

Elected officers for 1981 were John Ferguson, President; Dick Hatch, Vice president; Frieda Sluder, Secretary; Charlie Schleupner, Treasurer; Caryl Hatch, Editor; Dave Snow, Activities; Keith and Trish Rowe, membership; and Donna and Jack Simmons, Social. The first by-laws for the region were drafted by Dave Shrader, Charlie Schleupner, Caryl Hatch, and Barney Rosalia.

In 1980-81 the region held several picnics, including one at the Peaks of Otter, a tour and overnighter at Virginia Beach, several rally schools and low key rally events, a wine and cheese party, dinners at La Maison and the Lynchburg Hilton, a dance at the Southampton Community Center, and a Corvette-Porsche Challenge Autocross.