Archive for PORSCHE Event
Thomas and Sandra are ready to meet and greet at the Fast Lane Travel booth.
2011 Porsche Parade, Savannah, Georgia – Thomas Höferlin, Executive Vice President of Fast Lane Travel and Sandra Tronigger, his assistant are staffing the booth at the 2011 PORSCHE Parade in Savannah, Georgia, July 31 thru August 6, 2011.
The 56th annual, 2011 PORSCHE Parade is the “big” PORSCHE Club of America event of the year: the PCA annual national convention.
Fast Lane Travel, one of the official sponsors, donated the bright yellow polo shirts for all 750 Parade Volunteers, definitely easy to spot!
Fast Lane Travel is also awarding two (2) TREFFEN™ Trip Tours to two (2) lucky recipients during the week long event. Watch for winner announcements.
For information on a PCA endorsed TREFFEN™ trip tour visit our main site: www.fastlanetravel.com.
2012 Tours are now posted — visit the site to learn more and book soon – spots are limited.
Porsche Museum: Sound Night
ENJOY THIS UNIQUE VIDEO EXPERIENCE!
As stated on YouTube: The Porsche Sound Night provided a unique opportunity to listen to the engines of some of the most iconic Porsche cars ever. Read More→
GET A GANDER AT THIS AND DON’T MISS OUT….
From PCA Spotlight- ’73 911T Restoration Raffle Car – May 2011 Update
As posted on YouTube: From: PCAHQ | May 16, 2011
We’re just a few months away to handing over the keys to this freshly factory restored classic to a lucky PCA member. The official Raffle entry form and rules are available at www.pca.org, in the May issue of Panorama, and contained in a direct mail piece which has been sent to members. Read More→
Straight from the “THE LOCAL”… Germany’s News in English… lots of events are coming up and one in particular is the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the invention of the automobile. Stuttgart is “revving” up for the celebration and you can read all about it at this link, plus learn about other fun events on the horizon!
The article begins… “Gear heads the world over are preparing to mark an important milestone for the automobile – it’s been exactly 125 years since the first car took to the streets of what is now the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Still home to much of Germany’s automotive industry today, 125 days of events are planned for what’s been dubbed “Automobile Summer 2011.” The series revs up on May 7, at Stuttgart’s Schlossplatz, opening the gates to festivities all over the county that will celebrate the past, present and future of the car…” Read More→
Here’s a link to an interesting and colorful article from the blog of “JP” of theselvedgeyard — and his article: McQUEEN | LE MANS & BEYOND GRATUITOUS 1970s RACING GOODNESS. Look for the Porsche references and enjoy the step back into time!
HE WRITES: Steve McQueen’s 1971 epic, Le Mans, is the racecar film that is widely hailed as the gold standard for which all such films are measured– now, and certainly well into the future. It was filmed largely live at the actual 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans, without the benefit of computer generated imagery and modern day trickery that we rely on today. It feels raw because it is raw. McQueen had originally planned to enter the #26 Porsche 917K with co-driver Jackie Stewart. Fate had other ideas…
Read the article and enjoy the wonderful images here:
http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/steve-mcqueen-le-mans-beyond-gratuitous-1970s-racing-goodness/
