Porsche The Rally -Amazing Moment- Reunion 2020 (Part 1)

Alumni reunion of fun events gathering at Porsche 911

"Porsche the Rally" is a stamp rally-style event where everyone stops at a designated checkpoint while having fun running at Porsche 911.

This is the EBI Group, which is currently an authorized Porsche dealer.

• Porsche Center Aoyama
• Porsche Center Aoyama Setagaya Certified Used Car Center
• Porsche Center Meguro
• Porsche Center Ginza
• Porsche Center Ginza Koishikawa Certified Used Car Center
• Porsche NOW Tokyo

It is an event for owners who are purchasing Porsche 911 from.

Past The Rally events are as follows:

• 1st Rally: June 2nd-June 3rd, 2018
• 1st Rally Reunion: November 11, 2018
• 2nd Rally: October 26-27, 2019

This rally event, the main story, The Rally, will be held for 2 days and 1 night, and a few months after that, the event called "Reunion", which can be said to be the alumni association, will be held. I am.

The reunion is a reunion for those who have participated in the rally in the past, and compared to the main rally, the schedule is a day trip, and there is no leading car and it is free running. It feels like a more free and simple mini rally version.

This time, the second rally reunion was held on November 3, 2020, so I will participate again ~ ^ ^

Participation in The Rally is a battle

Since it is a reduced version of this reunion and rally, the number of participants will decrease a little. The number of participants in the second rally was 50, but the number of reunions is 30.

Those who participated in the past are the conditions for participating in the reunion, so if it is a pinpoint event held on only one day in November, there may be people who have already scheduled for that day. I thought that it would be enough if there were 30 cars, but this is a place that should never be overlooked.

As with this rally and the main story, even the reunion has to be enthusiastic about applying for participation, saying, "If you do not apply at the same time as the application start time, you will never be able to participate." This is absolutely.

This time, I also declared to the work I had entered before the application time, "No matter what happens today, I will definitely leave at xx hours !!", and a few minutes before the application, in front of the PC stand-by.

Apply the moment the application starts! !! !! I was so enthusiastic that I thought, "I'm embarrassed, but I probably wasn't the number one I applied for." But when I heard later, this rally reunion application was It seems that all the seats were full in about four and a half minutes from the start of application.

It's four and a half minutes!

What a famous concert ticket? That level. Porsche 911 owners, all of you were waiting in front of your computer or smartphone just like I was before that time, right? Eh, are you a leisure person? (← I can't say about people, but I'm super rude ^^)

The 911 owners I met at the rally are all really good people, I really want to meet you, I really like you, but only at the time of application ... Everyone is an enemy! !! !! (No, I don't think that way (laughs)).

However, whether or not I can really participate depends on my personal efforts and luck, so I thought that each of us had to do our best, so I decided to go for it.

Everyone is enthusiastic and will do their best, so I have to make it in time.

But I definitely want to go, so I seriously took part in this battle for participation ^^

Checkpoint 1: KINGSWELL

By the way, the introduction has become long, but when I talked with the owners who reunited at the rally reunion this time, it is natural that only those who said "I applied at the same time as the start time!" bottom. interesting.

This rally reunion isOne of the lunch venues for the second (2019) rallyWe started from a restaurant with a beautiful English garden called "Kingswell" in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture.

At the time of the second main part of the rally where we had lunch at this place, our couple participated in the Porsche 911 GT3,This time I don't have that GT3 anymore, Participation in Porsche 911 Carrera.

First of all, reception.

I told him the name and received a Porsche mask case that I could choose from two colors.

Corona infection prevention measures are perfect

Also, yeah, of course, at first, temperature measurement and hand disinfection.

All rally management staff and participating entrants are required to wear masks or face masks.

In this current situation of Corona, we are really grateful to all the people who manage the rally reunion for making more difficult preparations than ever before. However, I think it's wonderful that all the participants participated in the event by thoroughly implementing social distance and wearing masks.

This is Porsche's social distance display ↓ It seems that one Porsche will be separated, cute ^ ^

In addition, during the waiting time before departure, we had to prepare (?) Muffins and coffee for breakfast.

The weather was so nice that there was no more on this day, and it was hot in the early morning but in the sun.

In such a wonderful weather, the coffee I have in the English garden from the morning is awesome.

In addition, the entrants who are starting to meet here and there are the people I have met before, so it's really fun to say, "Oh, it's been a long time!"

Even though I was very hungry from the morning, the pumpkin muffin was quite full.

It looks small, but it was big enough with pumpkin.

The entrants who are gathering more and more, this is really a "reunion" and "alumni association", and I miss it anyway! A word.

It's interesting, and although the rally event lasts one night and two days, it's basically our 911, and each one has the longest running time, so we all talked together all the time. I wasn't doing it either.

Speaking of opportunities to talk, breakfast, lunch, dinner, a drinking party after that (it is not so, but it is held arbitrarily), and chats when you stop at the stamp place of the stamp rally.

That's only one night and two days.

That's it. Even so, why would you be so happy to see me again?

After all, it is an encounter with the same "I like Porsche 911", so even if I talk about it, I'm sure there is something that can be understood, or something like this. Yeah, that ’s good.

I'm sorry I'm still convinced for the reason I don't understand ...

However, even if you haven't talked to me very much, I think there are plenty of relationships in this rally event that will make you smile with a really happy smile, "Oh, I've met you again, hello!".

Everyone enjoyed reuniting with various people happily.

The joy of reunion was not only the story between the entrants, but also the management staff, and every entrant was pleased with the reunion with the management staff, and of course, the people related to EBI. I love it, and I was very happy to be able to meet the staff again.

It was such a fun chatting time that the waiting time until the departure in the morning passed in a blink of an eye.

Maybe it's okay to continue talking as it is and end today? I can think of it. Yeah? What are you doing (laughs)?

It's finally time to start, so it's time to start the opening ceremony. I am very happy to see this kind of scene again.

While listening to the greetings from the steering committee chairman, I was excited about the reunion of the fun Porsche 911 The Rally that will start from now, and today, without any accidents or problems, everyone can finish running with Porsche 911 happily. It is a start that I hope to do more (← management staff?).

Board the 911 and finally depart.

As mentioned above, this reunion does not have a leading car and there is no frame diagram saying "Please run on this route", only the destination is decided, so you can drive freely to that destination It is a style to do.

Therefore, there is no running order, bib number, or grouping.

The start of this reunion unexpectedly started from behind the Porsche 911 GT3 (991.2).

The vehicle when we participated in 2019 was the white GT3 (991.2), and this time it was the black Carrera who participated in 2018, so exactly the two cars when we participated in the rally are lined up. I felt like.

I'm happy to be able to run behind the GT3.

Let's go! I waved my hand to the staff and left while seeing off ... The moment I left, ohhhhh, a little, GT3 is already small like a bean crush and has gone far away ~ (laugh).

Everyone is still fast ...!

That doesn't mean you have to run fast, of course. So, just because you participated in the rally, you have to run fast! There was nothing like that, and this time we also enjoyed running while enjoying nature leisurely depending on the section.

Of course, even though it is fast, the legal speed is also set, so ^ ^

The first goal is a winery called Marus Hosaka Winery.

Since there is no frame diagram, you can go to your destination as you like by using your own navigation system, so after all, everyone will chase after the first car that departed.

"The destination is the same, so you should keep up."

When.

Therefore, the person who became the leading car should have been a little nervous (laughs).

Even at the main rally event with a frame diagram, I sometimes somehow follow the previous 911, so the leader made a mistake, everyone continued to make a mistake, and in the end everyone made a U-turn. There was also ^^

However, it is one of the most fun things to do with the 911 running hard, so I tend to follow the previous 911 after all.

Suddenly, when I looked behind, Mr. Air-cooled was running like this.

The view of such a moment feels very unrealistic. It's very comfortable.

While doing so, I saw the Porsche flag, which is always set as a landmark for each destination.

Oh, I miss the Porsche flag at this destination.

Checkpoint 2: Mars Hosaka Winery

Following the first checkpoint, Kingswell (meeting place), we can see the Mars Hosaka Winery, which is actually the first point since we started running after the opening ceremony.

At the parking lot, the staff will guide you to the car.

When I stopped as I was guided, the parking lot was filled with Porsche 911 in no time.

Marus Hosaka Winery was the first place to visit, but it was a nice building with a stylish building.

And have you seen it here? Why? When I think about it, I'm actually looking at it here in advance. In the video.

What kind of video is ... It is a video that was sent in advance from the Porsche the Rally management office to the date of the event.

This time, in order to avoid the details such as detailed explanations in advance, the staff sent a video that summarizes the precautions and introduction of each checkpoint in advance to the entrant.

A person who knows it well was appearing in the video, so I'm sorry, I was embarrassed to see it while watching it at night, and I grinned and watched it (laughs).

This is also fun, but ^^

In order to reduce the risk of infection as much as possible, I thought that what I could do in advance was to share it with a video and take various actions, and at the same time I thought that it was a really various event, and at the same time, I somehow made a video in advance. By looking at the checkpoints, I'm glad I got to know the place ^^

At the checkpoint, I got a stamp.

At this winery, I had delicious grape juice.

In addition, wine was also sold at the winery shop, so entrants were also buying it.

I also get only 2 of my home.

One of them is Yamanashi Nouveau, which was lifted on November 3rd, which was the day of this rally reunion. You have to drink it as a memorial! (It's a story after I got home, just in case ^^)

Looking at the parking lot below from the place where the wine shop is, after all Porsche 911 and others are there.

It's time to feel that the many Porsche 911 scenes in the wilderness are really wonderful and "Oh, I'm happy."

Then, we will depart for the next checkpoint. If you stay long, you might want to try wine tasting (laughs).

Running in frontPorsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition..

When the 911 was parked in the parking lot for the first time, I just looked at the color and thought, "What color is that ?!" and asked the owner unintentionally.

The color is called "Geyser Gray Metallic". Two 50th anniversary models of this color were participating this time ^ ^

Behind is a red 996 cabriolet.

The autumn leaves of the trees have begun, and the colored areas were very beautiful.

It feels just right to run with all the windows open, and it's a perfect day for a drive in November. The entrants who participate in the rally and the management staff are all sunny women and sunny men every time!

Even if the weather is miraculously "heavy rain until the day before" or "fluttering until just before", it will stop by the time the rally starts, and the clear sky and wonderful scenery will spread. It will be ^^

… And the weather is great! I wonder why this is the photo after I talked about it (laughs), but if I keep running after seeing the best weather, the next one is the Yatsugatake plateau, and I get closer to that. As the temperature dropped, the area was surrounded by thick fog.

Like this ↓

However, this does not mean that the weather is bad, so on the contrary, the feeling that "from the world full of sunny and warm sun, suddenly entering the deep cold mountains covered with thick fog" is fantastic. .. Is it strange?

Checkpoint 3: Yatsugatake Kogen Hutte

Just before arriving at the third checkpoint, Yatsugatake Kogen Hutte, I started to pass the 911, which had already arrived at the checkpoint and then came back on the same road, but the 911 was only a few meters away. I don't know that I'm running from the opposite side, I can't see it.

Therefore, 911s suddenly appear from the fog. It was nice to see the 911s suddenly appearing in the fog.

Cool 911 that suddenly appears. The moment I thought, "Oh! 911 came!", The 911 passed by and disappeared. What a wonderful thing.

I arrived at Yatsugatake Kogen Hutte and went to have a stamp stamped.

Some people were half-sleeved a while ago, but some are wearing down jackets here. I didn't feel too cold, probably because I was still excited about Porsche ... (funny), but it still felt cool.

Yatsugatake Kogen Hutte is a venerable Western-style building that was built in Mejiro, Tokyo as the former Owari Tokugawa residence (the residence of the 19th Owari Tokugawa family, the duke of Yoshichika Tokugawa), and then relocated to the Yatsugatake plateau.

There were many wooden carved bears in various poses on the main pillar of the stairs, and these bears were very cute.

The cars were also photographed with the Western-style building of Yatsugatake Kogen Hutte in the background. * A separate application is required for car photography by a professional cameraman.

If you look at such shooting scenery from inside the Western-style building, you can see the Speedster.

We didn't even ask to take a picture of our car this time, so we decided to move the car to the next checkpoint without taking any pictures.

Then, the manager said, "Please take a picture of the car." So, in spite of the words, our black Carrera also took a picture in front of the Western-style building. * You are free to take pictures yourself.

I mean, as always, when I take a picture of Porsche 911, it feels like taking a picture of my child. happy.

picture? You say that, but you didn't take any pictures of your kids, right? Why do you know!

There are only pictures of cars on my smartphone. I wonder if this is okay ^^

Now, let's continue to the second part of the 2020 Porsche the Rally Reunion.

Continued:Porsche The Rally -Amazing Moment- Reunion 2020 (Part 2)

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