Chair: Theodore R. O’Neill This year’s 52nd Concours will feature new awards, prizes, and a chance to talk to experts about your car in a casual setting at the Farmington Polo Grounds. This year’s special display will be all the Turbos. First, about our club. We have 3,720 members, out […]
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Save the Date – People’s Choice Concours – Help Pets in Need
On Saturday, October 18th, CVR Community Service will again be partnering with the People’s Choice Concours to support Protectors of Animals (POA), a non-profit, primarily volunteer, no-kill organization whose mission is to increase the quality of life for all dogs and cats in the communities they serve. We’ll be collecting dog […]
Porsches@The Rock – Fueling the Neighborhood Food Pantry
Thank you to everyone who came to our Porsches@TheRock event and donated food and money to The Corner Food Pantry. We were able to fill Dave Hutchings’ trailer with a large variety of non-perishable food items, and CVR also presented a $3,500 check from the funds that were collected, plus an […]
A Brief History of Nürburgring—The Eighth Wonder of the World?
Ask anyone to name a famous racetrack, and there’s a good chance they will say Nürburgring. Located in Nürburg, Germany, the track was built in 1925. It’s nearly 13-miles long with 33 right turns, 40 left turns, a maximum grade of 17 percent, and a 921-foot elevation change. It hosts […]
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Presentation by Guest Speaker, Jay Gillotti, author of the History of the Porsche 917 Please join us: Saturday, October 11, 2025 From: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Birdhouse Coffee / Connecticut Valley Brewing Company 756 Sullivan Avenue South Windsor, CT History of the Porsche 917 – Originally created for the […]
August 2025 Monthly Meeting Review:
Black Horse Garage – Article by Jeff Coe, Photos by Jonathan Haggar and Jeff Coe A warm summer evening in August found the CVRers heading to Bridgeport for our monthly meeting held at Black Horse Garage. It has been many years, prior to Covid, since we last visited BHG but […]
September 2025 Notes from the Shopkeeper: Getting Prepared For Fall
Hello Fellow CVR Shoppers! The Summer of 2025 has been a bittersweet summer for the CVR store, but we don’t want to see it end this quickly. As I write this, preparations are being made to attend the Vintage Festival at Lime Rock Park, the CVR Concours and distant thoughts […]
August 2025 Driver Education
The CVR DE season is going to be over before we know it. We have been fortunate with great weather this summer – a little too hot, but the tires love it. It seems like we were just seeing each other after the long winter and here we are, with only […]