The Carlisle Import/Performance Nationals is the largest import/performance car show in the US. Since 2006, the PHA has enjoyed a major presence at this show in the Race Paddock, and our display has served well to publicize and promote the PHA and its activities. This year was no exception.
The year always starts out with New Years Day Duryea, when we meet at turn 2 on Jan 1 at noon. This social gathering has been happening every year since I can remember, and is always fun!
The annual PHA Awards Banquet was held Nov 9, 2024 at the Grantville Holiday Inn in Grantville PA, and it was a lot of fun as usual. We had a really good turnout this year. For those of you who could not make it, you were missed!
By Kayleene Cosner and Theodore Klaus Jr
The “Butterfly Effect” is the thought that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can start a series of events. The flutter of the wing moves the air, which causes a ripple in a pond, which causes a rock to shift and so on.
Is it possible that when Gary wheeler designed the 1978 Wheeler Formula Super Vee (FSV), he imagined the chain of events that might follow? Could he have sensed that his beautiful design would draw friends together to echo through generations and be loved almost 50 years later?
Continue reading The Wheeler’s Climb Through Hills and Generations
In the PHA Championship series, we have three overall awards — Lloyd Geib, Overall, and Molti Miglia.
Continue reading 2024 PHA Championship Series Overall Awards
Here it is November, and the day after the awards banquet, and I still haven’t posted about Duryea, Shenandoah and Fall Weatherly. Instead of writing individual posts about these events, I am posting the “2024 Season in Review” article from the 2024 PHA Banquet program, and will include an extended section for each of these events to make up (hopefully) for my lack of posts.
Photo credits Left to Right (or Top to Bottom): Eric Santiago, Ben Burkhart, Bob Helton
Continue reading 2024 Season in Review
Giants Despair Hillclimb 2024 was held July 13-14, 2024 in Laurel Run, PA. It was the fourth event in the seven event 2024 PHA Championship Series.
Pagoda Hillclimb 2024 was held June 22-23, 2024 in Reading, PA. It was the third event in the seven event 2024 PHA Championship Series.
Spring Weatherly Hillclimb 2024 was held June 8-9 , 2024 in Weatherly, PA. It was the second event in the seven event 2024 PHA Championship Series.
Spring Jefferson 2024 was held May 24-25, 2024 on the Jefferson Circuit track at Summit Point Motorsports Park in Summit Point, WV.