McPherson College, in the middle of Kansas, has been the destination of choice for most of my free time this spring and summer. For those not familiar with this place, confusion is acceptable (Google it). For those in the know, you understand. The College Automotive Restoration Students (C.A.R.S.) club hosts what’s becoming my favorite car…
Details14,481miles. This is the number of track miles that I have put on my 1982 Porsche 930, aka The Pumpkin, since February 2008. When you put that many miles on a car and visit as many tracks as I have, it tends to have an effect on you. The most recent of these miles were shared with 100+ similarly affected participants at KCRPCA’s September 2019 DE at Heartland Motorsport Park in south Topeka.
DetailsDrivers at the annual Kansas City Porsche Club DEs, or Driver Education events are always nervous and excited, especially if it’s their very first one. It’s like riding that giant roller coaster for the first time. You want to do it, but the swarm of butterflies in your stomach are majorly protesting. As your heart tries to explode through your chest like the creature in Alien, you creep out on to the track, damp palms almost
DetailsThe Lightning and Thunder of Club Racing By: – Jeremy Porsches took over the track at Hastings with the Great Plains Region PCA, then two weekends later a bunch of P cars ran in mixed classes with NASA CR right back at Hastings! The Kansas City Region Porsche Club of America members saw some fantastic…
DetailsRolex 24 at Daytona 2019 By: Sean Reardon Rolex 24 at Daytona 2019, or Happy 50th (Steve, not IMSA) Spoiler alert: Visit IMSA.com if you want a play by play race report. This isn’t it. Is there a better way to spend your 50th birthday than hanging out at the Rolex 24 at Daytona? I…
DetailsAristocrat’s New Diamond By the time you are electronically flipping through this issue of Der Sportwagen, Aristocrat’s shiny new gem, the Porsche showroom and service center will be in operation. The once crowded oval display and sales office building has been repurposed strictly for Alfa Romeo and Maserati sales. Just to its south, directly across…
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