View of the Porsche Track from the Carrerra Cafe Patio “Punch it. PUNCH IT. “ “Ok. We are. We are. We’re moving. “ We got to the curves in a second. Maybe two. “Tap the brakes before you get into the turn. Never brake when you’re turning,” said the coach in[…]
Read More »One of the more fun aspects of a driver’s education event at a race track is that you get to use all of the road. Most corners are negotiated by starting at the outer edge of the road, cutting across to the inside edge at the apex of the corner[…]
Read More »A spectacular burgundy and cream 1929 Dusenberg SJ We Michiganders are very fortunate to have one of the premier concours right at our door step every summer. The Inn at St. Johns in Plymouth is a world class venue for this fabulous show and this year’s concours, the 39th,[…]
Read More »Recap: DeutschMarques – A Gathering of German Cars At The Gilmore Museum Story and pictures by Don Kleist and Nancy Richardson White, wooden fences, well maintained buildings and neatly trimmed lawns that seemed to go on forever, these are the sights that greeted us as we arrived at the Gilmore[…]
Read More »My First Sports Car By Mark Vander Eyk After finishing my freshman year of college in 1966, I needed a car to commute to my summer job pre-wiring new homes and apartments for Michigan Bell Telephone Company. I always admired the Triumph TR3 and dreamed of getting one someday. One[…]
Read More »July 8, 2017 Gilmore Car Museum, Kalamazoo, MI We have been invited to attend this annual event, where over 250 German cars are expected to be on display. Further information – including registration to show your car if you desire – is on their web site: www.deutschemarquesag.com You[…]
Read More »Story by Isaac Cohen, Photos by Darrel Ellis and Miranda Christen Hi. My name is Isaac Cohen and I am nine years old. On Sunday, June 7, my grandfather, Michael Cohen, took me and my dad, Josh Cohen, to Family Day at Waterford Hills. We drove to the race track[…]
Read More »By Tom Fielitz We in the South East Michigan Region are very fortunate to hold our driver’s schools at one of the most classic race tracks in the country, Waterford Hills, which was formed and first paved in 1958. In the early days of racing, the corners at tracks had[…]
Read More »By Leon Lewis I finished my last article for the P4, writing about how I was disfigured permanently from my experience driving in the HPDE at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, —I now look like the Joker from Batman—can’t wipe the smile off of my face. I learned a lot[…]
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