Story by Paul Kudra Marking the end of another great season, the Hoffman Celebration evening felt like a Thanksgiving gathering of family, just a month early. The October 24th party, in the now familiar Porsche Hartford Gen-5 showroom, already feels so much like home that it’s hard to remember what […]
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December 2025 Notes from the Shopkeeper: Happy Holidays from the Elves at the CVR Store
This is our last column of 2025, and everyone here is looking forward to the upcoming holidays. As I write this, there is the faint smell of turkey and stuffing in the air, and we are preparing the fridge for all of the yummy leftovers. We are also preparing ourselves […]
Mega, Spaceships, & Epic F1 Inspired Hoffman Cup
September held two CVR AutoX events to close out the 2025 season. Either of them would have been enough to keep a big smile on your face until next year, but combined, they make it hard to wait that long. Then the new F1-inspired Hoffman Cup Run-Off rules made for […]
November 2025 Notes from the Shopkeeper: Holiday Shopping at the CVR Store
This is a very busy time for the staff at the CVR Store. It starts a fun and exciting season for our team. Not only do we have all the holidays in December but right on the heels of that, we celebrate the CVR Store’s favorite holiday (Valentine’s Day). After all, […]
Notes from the Shopkeeper: Objects Are Closer Than They Appear…
I think many of us are trying to ignore it, but the holidays are coming. We at the CVR Store feel your anxiety. It is always difficult to find that one special gift, that one perfect gift that will be the gift your special someone will always remember. The gift […]
Ok, OK
Last month I shared a quick overview of the Fast, Flowing, and Open OKC Parade AutoX. Not coincidentally, this same approach was used for the Porsches@TheRock CVR AutoX course, and it produced the same great results. Take a look at this month’s “Fast Rock Park” article to see how that […]
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 […]
Fast Rock Park
“Fast, Flowing, and Open” was promised and the August 2nd Lime Rock Park AutoX delivered. This was the same approach I used for the Oklahoma Parade AutoX course design, and we likely set a B-paddock speed record because of it. A straight, nearly the length of the B-Paddock, led into […]