2010 East Coast Holiday

Tom Funk, Ron Felson, Howard and Margaret Yefsky.
photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
Bonnie and Pat Yanahan.
photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
Edith Schumacher and Larry Petry.
photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
Bonnie Yanahan and Lynn Smith.
photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
Larry Petry, Gordy Smith and Glenn Patterson.
photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
Pat and Number Two.
photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
Apparently the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was not the only
attraction in Cleveland to draw the 356 crowd. photo submitted by Pat Yanahan
photo by Howard Yefsky

Event report by Pat Yanahan

The Midwest 356 Club was well represented by our members and six were awarded trophies at the awards banquet on Saturday night. And the people's choice concours winners are:

Pre-A Coupe: Ron Felson, 1st Place; Glenn Patterson, 3rd Place

Roadster: Larry Petry, 3rd Place

C Closed: Gordy Smith, 3rd Place

Outlaw: Frank Torcia, 1st Place

And in autocross: Steve Moore, 2nd Place

Our drive over was uneventful to the Cleveland suburbs with all cars making it without any incidents. Along the way we stopped for meals at small towns in Indiana and Ohio where our little cars caused lots of heads to turn. I was impressed with the quality and pricing of some of the meals. One of my lunches was homemade chicken and noodles for $2.99. I was also taught to put honey on my corn bread which I never tried before.

The Marriott hotel was comfortable with shopping immediately adjacent to keep our ladies happy. A series of tech sessions and an open house at Stoddard's was a real treat for all of us to see where our parts are stored before we buy them. It was nice to see that many of these are now made in the USA.

The concours site was at a golf course near the hotel and it was probably the best lunch I have had at any concours event. Chuck Stoddard's Gmünd coupe as well as his 917 were part of the historic display. Chuck fired the beast up after a briefing on his Porsche's history.

Mr. Stoddard was the speaker at the awards banquet and did exceed his allotted time. Several of the ladies were seen sneaking out while most of us were enthralled by all of the verbal history from the early days of the Porsche-Stoddard business relationship. Ron Felson took off right after the Saturday night banquet to drive back through the night so he could prepare his Continental for the PCA Burr Ridge Concours on Sunday morning. Yes, he did take first place there as well.

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