ARTICLE BY EVENT CHAIR CHRISSY CROWE PHOTOS BY GRETUS HOOGESTRAAT, TODD MIERZWIACK AND NICHOLAS RIGHI In the morning it was 30 degrees and snowing, not the best driving conditions, therefore I was a little skeptical about the attendance. I arrived at The Lingenfelter Collection around 8:30 a.m. and Ken[…]
Read More »Article by Bill Molzon Google defines Festival as a “gathering of people to celebrate something,” such as heritage, culture and traditions, AND states that “attending a Festival with your best friends means having GREAT experiences that you’ll be talking about for years to come”. The American Speed Festival certainly fits that[…]
Read More »Article by Patrick Coleman When I first heard about Porsche on the Mac, I thought about how much fun driving across the Mighty Mackinac Bridge with fellow like-minded Porsche enthusiasts would be. And if you’ve ever been to Mackinac Island, what’s not to like? The ferry service to the island,[…]
Read More »Article by John Khami All photos are courtesy of Fred Young A honey bee caused a Concours point deduction for Porsche Club member, Fred Young. Fred washed the wheels around the lug nuts then washed them a second time on the back side to remove brake dust. He swirled[…]
Read More »Article by John Khami and photos courtesy of Carlos Carmona Paul Newman, the 54-year-old actor and racer, stood in the pits at Watkins Glen Race Course, New York in July 1979. Under his fire-safe racing suit Newman wore an engraved mechanical Rolex watch, a gift from his wife, on his[…]
Read More »Article by John Dorscht Photos by TRC Staff It was an unusual summer for those of us tracking our Porsches in HPDE and other events. The dreaded Covid-19 pandemic disrupted virtually everything that was scheduled for the 2020 season. Our world was turned upside down and nothing at all was[…]
Read More »Article and photos by Ken Waller The story of my involvement with the Porsche Travel Experience began early in 2018 on the same day that I booked a Mississippi River cruise. Later that day I learned of the first Porsche USA Route 66 Travel Experience offering. Unfortunately, I couldn’t sign[…]
Read More »Article and photos by John Dorscht Here in Michigan we often joke that we have two seasons, winter and construction. As a PCA SEM member living in Michigan year round, there is a further seasonal sub-set in my world, that being “track season” and “dark winter”. Sure enough, that time[…]
Read More »From 2005 through 2006, Patti Door was the first and remains the only female President of the Southeast Michigan Region (SEM) of the Porsche Club of America. Jerry Door was the SEM President from 1996 through 1998. “With a rock and roll name like yours, do you play a guitar[…]
Read More »By Howard Gilson This is a story of a 1989 911 Speedster’s path to an overall Full Preparation Class win at the Porsche Parade Concours. This story begins with the 2015 60th Porsche Parade held in French Lick/West Baden Springs, IN where my father, Michael Gilson, showed his Speedster for[…]
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