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

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...

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...

I believe it was 1986. Nord Sterner Peter Muldowney  was working for 3M who was supplying the Circuit de le Sarthe with reflective material for their little race known as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Peter connected with his 3M counterparts in France and put a group...