Nord Stern Chronicles
Snapshots of Nord Stern’s very rich history

I got some feedback regarding Post 39 featuring Patrick Long where I referred to the 50th Anniversary booklet. Seems in 13 years time some members have misplaced their copy and many never got one. I scanned the 30 page booklet and you can access it at the link below....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...