November / December 2016
10
1. Where are you from and
what brought you to KC?
Raised in Tennessee; moved
here from Houston; decided
to move from Corp Finance
back into Engineering.
2. How long have you been
married, kids or pets?
Single again; two boys; one
Siberian Husky.
3. What is your background
or profession?
Electrical Engineer by
degree; Controls Engineer by
training; currently manage
engineering and construction
in the Oil and Gas Industry.
4. When did you join PCA?
1984.
5. What kind of Porsche do
you have?
1979 911SC Targa; 1996
993 C4S; 2005 996 Turbo S.
6. What is your favorite
thing about your car?
The engineering thought
that went in.
7. What have you done to
personalize it?
The SC has headers and
dual out exhaust; the 993
lowered; put custom rims on
the Turbo S for the summer
months.
8. Favorite memory with car
- or funny story?
Driving in Houston and
having a guy in an old woody
station wagon with smoke
billowing and his entire
family with him try to race
my 911.
9. Cars growing up that you
had fun with?
Opel GT.
10. What was your nickname
in high school?
Just my initials; GP.
11. What would you like
your next Porsche to be?
I'm done; no mas.
12. If you won the lottery
what would be the top 3 cars
you would own?
356 Carrera; 993 GT1;
Porsche 918
- GERALD
MEET
A
CLUB
MEMBER
By Gerald Potter
A Dozen Or-So Questions for:
GERALD POTTER