One highlight of the trip was meeting Jurgen Barth and Ilse
Nadella from the Porsche factory. The Germans were shocked when
they went back on track after lunch. Sheryl got to ride with Jurgen for
a couple of hot laps in his factory ride, a 924 GTR. Maybe the fastest
924 ever made, had a full roll cage and sliding Plexiglas side windows.
Looked like 1982's 944. Jurgen apologized for the sideways drive to
Sheryl, explaining his P7's were a little worn.
track days and DE events. In fact they weren't even as safety conscious as we were in 1981! Want to go for a ride in the '73 911RS with
good ol' Henri? Just hop in and belt up. "You don't need no steenking
helmet!" Lunch at the track was a real trip; we all adjourned to a large
tent with a fantastic buffet table and many, many bottles of wine. The
chef entered the tent with a large platter holding some meat wrapped
in a pastry crust and all applauded when he toured and showed it off.
After a couple of hours of eating, drinking great wine and visiting it
was time to head back to the track for a few more laps! Evidently they
are all used to drinking at lunch and getting back behind the wheel,
remember this was 1981.
By Saturday afternoon it was time to head back to Paris and on
to Monaco for the F1 race the next day. Poor Sheryl had to ride in the
back seat of Jean-Henri's 911T both ways.
Don't forget to watch the web site for info on upcoming Tech Ed
events in April and May.
Keep Flashin'
www.pnwr.org
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