Chesapeake Region
ON THE ROAD TO FRENCH LICK: A ‘nose to tail’ encounter of two old Silver Porsches
Lee Raskin & Terrell Williams
Lee’s Tale: We were beginning our second leg leaving Lexington, KY and heading toward the French Lick Resort in Indiana for the 65th Annual Porsche Parade. It had rained coming into Lexington the afternoon before…undoing about 60 hours of cleaning the 986 Boxster for the Parade’s Concours d’Elegance. The weather was no different on Sunday morning – it was raining hard as we headed West on Interstate 64. About 10 minutes out, I saw an older Porsche right in the middle of my side view mirror…it was a Silver 928 S4 closing at about 85 mph. We both waved to each other as the 928 passed, but the rain hindered my view of its driver and the passenger in the cockpit.
Grant Larson and Lee Raskin / 986 Boxster...being interviewed for a PCA online presentation Photo: Bruce Sweetman
The 928 Porsche was from Maryland – interestingly, we were both wearing Historic tags. I decided to get in line and to follow the 928. Bonnie Caplan and I would now be driving nose to tail at about 80. We had approximately 150 miles to travel together along with the mini-rooster tails created by the rain. As we approached French Lick…the 928 turned off onto a side road toward their destination and we continued on with the GPS instructions to the French Lick Resort. I headed immediately toward the Porsche Parade Concours Prep area for a well-deserved bath before Monday’s Concours event. On Thursday, Bonnie and I happened to be in the PCA Hospitality Room looking to purchase some Parade memorabilia...when I spotted Chesapeake Region member Terrell Williams checking out Brett Johnson’s new 911 Restoration book. We exchanged greetings and somewhere during our conversation, Terrell mentioned he had some bad luck driving in the rain just outside Lexington, KY on Sunday morning – driving his ‘new’ 928 S4.
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Past PCA President. Prescott Kelly, Lee Raskin and PCA Member, Bonnie Caplan Photo by: Bruce Sweetman
