Chesapeake Region
70th Anniversary Event! Story and photos—Randy Richter
Porsche 70th Anniversary at Porsche of Towson It started simply enough, Steve Postol and the team at Porsche of Towson told us they wanted to have a super spectacular 70th Porsche Anniversary celebration. Steve proposed PCA Chesapeake gathering at Hunt Valley Horsepower with Porsche of Towson supplying breakfast made by the Iron Rooster. Then Steve went even bigger by proposing a German themed lunch at the dealership. The tour committee leaped into action and planned for a tour from HVHP to Porsche of Towson through the bucolic countryside of Baltimore County. Then Jim Earlbeck of the tech committee proposed a display of 911 history, shortly after, it expanded to “we cannot ignore 356’s, Boxster’s, Cayman’s, all of the transaxle cars, Panamera’s, Cayenne’s and Macan’s! Then we said let’s have at least one example of each type of Porsche’s road cars. What were we thinking? Well….. how did we do? I think I can accurately say we were only missing a 904 Carrera and GT1 I can truthfully say, no one who attended the show was disappointed by the great cars that they were able to see up close. After being concerned all week that Saturday June 9th would bring us rain, the day dawned bright and clear. We continued to be blessed the rest of the day with no rain for the duration of the day! The action started at 8:00AM in the morning at HVHP, with what I suspect was many more than the 167 people and 99 cars that were anticipated. The lineup of cars was tantalizing show of Porsche’s. Many people from the rest of HVHP soon heard about the spectacular line up of Porsche’s and were seen walking up and down the rows of Porsche’s. They were able to see early generation 911’s, a 911R, GT3, GT3 RS’s, 356’s, Macan’s, Turbo’s of 911 and 944’s, lots of special color cars, 911, Boxster and Cayenne GTS’s. Meanwhile, courtesy of PoT, the PCA faithful enjoyed delicious coffee and breakfast sandwiches served by the Iron Rooster.
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