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

Some incredible cars have passed through the hands of Nord Sterners over the years. Here is the story of one of them, a 1970 911S.  Well, not just any 911S but 1 of 3 prototypes built for the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally. While officially a 911S, it featured the lightweight...

In 1987, then 6 year old Minneapolis ad agency Fallon McElligott, now called Fallon, was awarded the Porsche Cars North America account. Founding Partner Fred Senn joined Nord Stern shortly thereafter thinking it would enhance his understanding of the Porsche...

The Ferry Porsche Award was given by Ferry and Dorothea Porsche in 1961 to the Porsche Club of America as a traveling trophy to recognize the outstanding PCA Region for the previous year.  The Nord Stern Region was its 47th recipient.  Peter Porsche, 3rdson of Ferry...

In February 2020 Nord Stern held a lovely dinner at the Lafayette Club on Lake Minnetonka. While it was the annual "let's get dressed up" dinner the theme was a celebration of Nord Stern's 50 years of driving events at what started as Donnybrooke and is now Brainerd...

Peter Schutz was CEO of Porsche between 1981 and 1987. His predecessor was Ferry Porsche himself. Very much a sales guy, he is credited with saving the discontinued 911. His logic was simply that if people wanted to buy it, we should keep making it.  He also addressed...

In 2011 former Porsche factory driver David Murry went to Le Mans driving the Robertson Racing Ford GT. David became a friend of Nord Stern in 2009, PCA Club Racing started the Pro Coaching Program and piloted the program at our Loonacy Club Race.  The program is...