Provinz August

The 2023 PFAFF Can-Am Challenge Club Race took place at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP – aka Mosport) during the Civic Holiday weekend of August 4-6.  Firstly, on behalf of the Upper Canada Region (UCR) Board of Directors and racers, we express our sincere thanks to our generous sponsors: Presenting Sponsor: Porsche Centre Markham  |  Porsche Centre Vaughan Trackside Tire Sponsor: Braidan Motorsport Shared track cost by hosting a separate BMW Club Race: BMW… Read more: 2023 Pfaff Can-Am Challenge

A company brand or logo is one of its most valuable properties. As one would guess, Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft lead all the rest. The Porsche brand is in the top ten of automotive brands. It is easy to understand then why Porsche makes sure all its dealerships have a similar look. Companies like Porsche are keen to protect their brands – and it certainly keeps lawyers gainfully employed! In the early days in America,… Read more: Well All Wright Then!

On a bright and sunny Sept 1st (the Friday before the long weekend), 21 shiny Porsches met at the Enroute station in Barrie for the start of the Simcoe County driving tour.  For yours truly, it was the inaugural drive for my brand new 718 Boxster GTS which I had just picked up the day before. Not only was the newness ogled by many but I guess the bright Racing Yellow colour also helped.  We… Read more: OPP: Yeah You Know Me

We were lucky enough to get beautiful weather – not a cloud in the sky – Sunday, September 24 for the third in the series of three 2023 Cars n’ Coffee events on which CollectorCarCanada.ca partnered with PCA UCR.  This was the “East” rendition of the series, after one west of Toronto and one in the city’s north end.   With the reach of social media, both the company’s and the club’s, a highlight of… Read more: Cuppa Coffee + Cars

As the air turns cooler and we welcome the blazing fall colours, the warm sunny days of summer become but memories. One fond memory many of our UCR members will hold onto, is cruising the world-famous grand prix circuit at CTMP (Mosport) Sunday, August 6th during the racer’s lunch break at the PFAFF Can-Am Challenge Club Race Family Day event. Anticipation was high, as about 200 UCR member drivers and passengers congregated on the lower… Read more: 2023 Family Day

These are the subjects that are hard to start an article with. In August, a week after the Club Race we lost a valued member of the Track Team. Graham Jardine lost his battle with cancer and passed away at home. Graham was a stable force on the team as our Track Treasurer. He assisted me every year with the DE Budget, he was the friendly reminder that your credit card had expired, he made… Read more: Goodbye My Friend

For everyone that is an ardent participant of our tours each year, and most having a favorite one or two, the Muskoka 2-day sits high on the list of many. It is easy to understand why there is an elevated interest in this tour. More Porsche-licious curves, more social activities … just more. Unlike most tours, the Muskoka overnight starts on a Thursday and ends on a Friday. Hopes for good weather are always present,… Read more: Muskoka: Curves & Camaraderie

On Sunday August 20th, twenty-six shiny Porsches arrived at Porsche Centre North Toronto (PCNT) at 8:00am for a private cars & coffee event and the start of the driving tour up to Muskoka. PCNT’s Marketing Manager, Anthony Carbone, welcomed our group with coffee and pastries and set the tone for what was to lie ahead. Our tour host, John Hume, briefed the group on the safety instructions and gave us each the printed driving route… Read more: White Glove Service

Bringing up the rear of our group, we watched the red glow of the taillights ahead of us, twinkling as the rain poured down on us, sluicing across the middle of the windy roads, twisting around Milton Heights and the Kelso Conservation area. Skies darkened even further and, riding shotgun in the GT4 for the first leg of our organizers’ three-part route, I had to turn the map light on so that I could see… Read more: Rain, Roads & Rhythm