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

2008 saw six very active members all battling cancer. Himself a cancer survivor, John McCarthy came up with these bumper stickers as the club rallied behind these members. Speaks volumes about what this club is really all about. Sometimes a Club - Sometimes a family.

Keeping with the Tom Countryman theme, the link goes to Tom’s movie “The Ice Race” from the 1958 St. Paul Winter. 9 minutes. It features Tom’s 1953 Normal Coupe #10 which we believe is the first Porsche in Minnesota. Calling the race is Frank Buetel, who for those of...

This appeared in a 1963 issue of Panorama. Back in 2009 Tom Countryman gave me a couple of movies to post as part of our celebration of Nord Stern’s 50th. I didn’t do much with them until 2012 when I wrote a tribute to Tom on has passing and I posted them on my Vimeo...

The 1979 IMSA Camel GT race at BIR.  The race that got me involved in this sport.  It featured no less than nine 935s and two of the ultra-turbo’d BMW 320s.  Standing along the fence between T9 and T10 watch these rocket ships go by with whistling turbos and spitting...

A beloved fall Nord Stern event in the early 80’s was “Red Neck Days”.  The primary feature was attending the horse pull at the Elmwood Rod and Gun Club in Elmwood, WI.  It always caused quite a stir when a bunch of Porsche’s pulled in.  The horse pull was great fun...

Here is the program from the 1964 Porsche Parade at Lake Geneva that I believe I got from the late Mark Bouljon. This was the 9th Parade, hence the 9 throughout the program. They did a good job selling advertising. Note there were two Minnesota dealers listed. Archie...