A Drive to and Through the Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights at PIR

BY PEG RYAN | PHOTOS BY BRAD HEDSTROM, PAM JONES, AND STACY STACK

On a cold December evening, ten Porsches headed out to enjoy the Winter Wonderland Holiday Lights at Portland International Raceway (PIR). About half of the group met up off Barnes Road. It was blustery and cold. We took some scenic backroads of Skyline and Cornelius Pass and then over the St John’s Bridge through North Portland industrial and shipping terminals to Jubitz Truck stop for a rest stop. It was quite different to be doing a club drive at night!

The Jubitz location was fabulous. Lots of parking and a nice place to gather inside. The remainder of our group showed up there and we gathered everyone and headed to PIR. Everything worked getting us all into the lights together.

The lights are spectacular in person. I would recommend that we do this again next year.

Once through the lights, we headed up to the McMenamins in Kalama for some food and libations. A great evening drive with fun cars and people.

A big thank you goes to Scott Dual and his wife, Denise Hipply for all the work getting this drive organized. n