Nord Stern Chronicles
Snapshots of Nord Stern’s very rich history
Nord Stern History Post 41 – President’s Pressure Plate (Updated 1/1/22)
A Nord Stern traditional since 1987 is the Nord Stern Presidents Traveling Pressure Plate which the outgoing President presents to the incoming President. It is engraved KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, A less than subtle message to the incoming President to keep building on all...
Nord Stern History Post 40 – Charlie Lloyd RIP
Charlie Lloyd passed away earlier this month at age 89. He joined PCA and Nord Stern in 1968 and was a very active member in the 70s. He certainly was one of the racing pioneers that makes Nord Stern the track-oriented club it has been for the past 50+ years. A...
Nord Stern History Post 39 – Patrick Long
Porsche announced today that long-time Porsche factory driver Patrick Long is hanging up his driving shoes and will take up other roles with Porsche. As Porsche's sole North American factory driver, Patrick has become a very visible face of the Porsche brand both in...
Nord Stern History Post 38 – Fallon Part 2 Interviews with Ferry Porsche
In 1989 the team from Minneapolis-based Fallon visited the then 80 year old Ferry Porsche at his home in Zell am See, Austria to produce what became some very memorable TV ads. I wrote about it in 2009 and later reposted it here. Here are the two ads in their long...
Nord Stern History Post 37 – More Fun Carmichael Lynch Work
One of the difficult parts of working with Carmichael-Lynch on the promotion of the Club Race was that they typically came up with multiple options which were all pretty wonderful and we had to chose one. Often there was an idea or two that you knew they were just...
Le Mans at Night
During this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans there was some discussion on Clubtalk of the corners Indianapolis and Arnage being tight (for Le Mans) and dark during the night as the group followed Nord Sterner Patrick Kelly's effort in the famed race. I'm teaching myself...