Norwalk 2025 Observations.
 

We from Western Pa have been coming every year but missed the first. This year again was enjoyable,fun, lots of laughs. We had good meals at Berrys in town.Talked to many friends ,we see once a year,we made over the years.Our local Greensburg Diocesan Bishop Larry Kulik was there with one of his Pontiacs in car show,he received a 1st place trophy. We ,about 8 of us had dinner with him Friday night at sports bar in town. Very humble knowledgeable man. Talked to Arnie about racing Pontiacs and his loyalty to the brand in the early 60s. The racing band and Pontiacs demise. I was asked to help Arnie! Yes me I just had a golf cart,he needed to go somewhere! Anyway our local POCI club brought home 1st place trophies about 5 if i remember in the car show. Enjoyed chocolate ice cream in the suites. Bought more parts. All in all a very nice time. Thank you Ames again. I hear we are the longest running event and best
people.

Great time, too bad Sunday was a blow out due to weather.
I wont go into our Crack Whore Motel issues, next year, I think I will just camp.

They were probably expecting younger men. :welcome:

Over the years we have found what I call very unique motels/hotels. We are staying at Best Western Norwalk. Clean. I was talking to a guy from Canada there Friday night he had reservations at another hotel near turnpike. Good price, when he got to hotel the mgr was belligerent arguing about the price as he wouldn't honor it. One of the hotel employees agreed with Canadian that price should be honored. So he left got room at Best Western. Another motel we used to stay at the woman would take our money ,down from counter top , count it and say you are short! I witnessed thst. Soo we do not go there any more.

We had a blast. Since we were not selling parts, searching for parts showing a car, or racing, we were all over the place from one end of the track to the other. The only place we didn't go was within the campground If you are on facebook, you've seen the 900 photos I took trying to capture the feel of the event. I thought this year's theme was tripowers- I saw them in every level of completion.
Here are the links to my 3 days worth of photos. They are the original resolution and you can download any of them that you want.
Day 1- Thursday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135383...7720327681308/
Day 2- Friday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135383...7720327665256/
Day 3- Saturday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135383...7720327672387/

Great to finally meet you Andre! Another great Pontiac weekend!

After going through all the photos just clicking the "Thanks" button is not enough.

Thank you for doing that. And thank you for linking them here not to Facebook (for those who are not on Facebook).

K

I see Jeff Boucier brought two cars:

The beautiful black "Big Wampum" '62 Catalina, and what we affectionately know as "the Tiger Car" (the striped Untamed Tiger '63 Tempest/Lemans).

K

This is the car that launched PHS -

Fred Simmonds and his OHC Tempest.

The rest of the story: https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...8&postcount=75

K

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I guess for some reason I never noticed that Tempest Sprint was a 4 door. Wow!! Does anyone know if a stick or auto trans?

Thank you for posting links to all those GREAT pictures. Not a facebook user so I appreciate that very much.

Finally, does anyone know the ET's and/or MPH of the quickest and fastest cars on the property this year? Always like to keep tabs on that data. I noticed Rodney Butler had his car there for the race for the first time in a few years. Of course Kauffman had their impressive lineup as usual. Any other "heavy hitters"? I had a family medical emergency and missed the event this year. Only 3rd. one I have missed out of 34.

What do we know about this little Indian?

K

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PY member BeemerGary -

K

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Reminds me of a story:

When I was a kid my parents took me to a petting zoo. We drove our new(ish) '68 GTO.

After we were done we were walking out to the parking lot and somebody said "hey - look: there's a goat on the hood of that car".

As we got closer we realized it was on the hood of OUR car.

We kids thought that was hilariously funny: a goat on the hood of our Goat.

Dad did not think it was hilariously funny.

K

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PY Member Mike Davis (from Athens GA):

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1753365802

We missed it this year. How was it without all the scooters etc on the show field?

What a great looking event - wish I was there - maybe someday....

Thanks for sharing.

There were quite a few rental golf carts with people who looked like they could have walked just fine.

A solution may be that only those with a state-issued handicap placard can use the carts on the show field.

I saw aftermath. A young girl on Saturday ran over a curb and hit a tree with golf cart. Tree bark skinned off in front of tire shop. I thought only licensed drivers could drive carts. Carts gave me quick access to whole event when racing.A lot of very nice cars.

That white 63 is a very nice clone,the give away to me was the trans hump in the front.Has the access hatch in the trunk like the SDs had.Tom