“It was a dark and stormy night…”, well actually, it was cloudy (thought it did get stormy later) and it was morning…like early morning. But! We met at a donut shop and had excellent donuts from North Lime Donuts (their original store in Lexington was on our 1st Annual Donut Run last year, but cut […]
Submitted by Anthony Minstein – Membership Chair For car and motorsports enthusiasts, Louisville seems to be in the center of the world. Putnam Park is 2.5 hours away; Mid-Ohio, 6 hours, Road America, 9. But, for the true enthusiast, the best destination might be Barber Motorsports Museum and road course. In the 1960s George Barber’s […]
We don’t get to drive much for fun in Kentucky November to February: too cold, wet and dreary. We make up for it when the weather turns and May was a typical example. We started the month with the 4th Annual Wine and Steak tasting at the home of Joe and Jane Galownia. 60 members […]
TIME: 1 Hour MECHANICAL TALENT: EASY APPLICABLE MODELS: Porsche 986 Boxster (1997-04) Porsche 986 Boxster S (2000-04) Porsche 987 Boxster (2005-08) Porsche 987 Boxster S (2005-08) NECESSARY TOOLS: 2 ton Jack Jack Stands Pad Tool Filter Removal Tool One of the most common tasks to perform is replacing your engine oil. Frequent oil changes […]
“Bad weather always looks worse through a window”, said Tom Lehrer…we might also add “…and a windshield”. Spring has not been favorable for driving, though we had an excellent tech session on car washing and detailing from Studio A Detailing, a high-end, family run shop. Special consideration is made to removing fine grained surface scratches […]
I did a pre-run yesterday…ew start with 12 miles of freeway, exiting to enter the municipality of Waddy, KY….heading South and East on country roads through Lawrenceburg, to our 1st stop at Doughdaddy between Versailles and Lexington. I sacrificed my waist on club behalf sampling an excellent cinnamon twist. The bakery makes all donuts fresh […]
Submitted last night, will be part of the May (maybe April, but probably missed the deadline) Panorama From The Regions. In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, when turbos do sing and backroads exhausts ring, car lovers love the spring. The Bard of Avon may not have written those words exactly, but were […]
Your KYPCA Event Committee never sleeps. In an attempt to provide the utmost in event and activity excellence, we pre-ran a planned Urban Donut Run visiting and verifying the quality of doughnut offerings prior to release as a club drive. Our latest pre-run was filmed by a documentary crew saving our effort for posterity. https://www.dropbox.com/s/81oecj72glojc3d/2018%20Donut%20Run.mp4?dl=0
The driving season is starting to wind down here in the Bluegrass State with November 1 as our season cut-off. All the more reason to have an event filled August! We kicked off the month with a backyard pool party at the home of Anthony and Vycki Minstein. A large gathering of members had BBQ […]