If you are following this blog, you must be wondering when the articles are going to end, and we are at the last one. I am personally really grateful to everyone who contributed, and I hope we can do this again next year. I need your articles though!
The last article in the 2023 program was a reprint of the wonderful tribute that Alex Kihurani posted about his father.
Robert Laravie’s electric “15 Baker Torpedo Kid” is one of the more interesting PHA cars, and Robert submitted an article (and program ad) this year.
Mary Anne Fieux was kind enough to submit an article on working the hill. Mary Anne and her partner Chuck Christ have been at it a long time, and do an amazing job. They are also drivers when they are not working.
Mary Anne and Chuck Christ were awarded the “2023 Worker of the Year” award this year at the PHA Banquet, as was Diane Bower.
Continue reading A View From the Corner, a Corner Worker’s Tale
Don Kennedy has been racing his Subaru in Rally as long as I have been involved with the PHA, and I really enjoyed learning about his history.
PHA had a great presence at the 2023 Carlisle Import and Performance Show, with 20 cars showing over the 2 day event.
Continue reading PHA at the 2023 Carlisle Import and Performance Show
A fun message from the olPHArts society.
Sue Salsburg has been racing with the PHA for a long time, and most of us picture her in Gracie — her 1961 Jaguar MK2. However, she ran her MGA first…
Continuing on with the Banquet Program articles, the next one after Team Pumpkin was about Steve Lewis, which was taken from this blog’s post here. So instead of posting it in the banquet program format that I’ve been using for the past few posts, I encourage you to re-read the blog post about Steve!
The next article was written by me — a review of the 2023 season.
One of my favorite articles in the PHA Program was from Keith Gerhard and Team Pumpkin.
I tried something new for the PHA Awards Banquet Program this year. In the spirit of the old PHA newsletter (Uphill), I asked PHA members to contribute articles on whatever struck their fancy, as long as it was related to PHA or the sport of hillclimbing.
I wasn’t disappointed. Quite a few members responded, making this one of the most interesting (and thickest) programs since I started racing with the PHA in 2005.
Over the next few months, I’m going to post the articles from the program here for everyone to enjoy. I’m also going to include the ads from our sponsors, as their contributions more than offset the cost of printing the program, and they deserve some extra recognition.
Continue reading PHA Awards Banquet Program – Introduction
