September activities in Sandhills Area 2026

 The highlight this month was the Cars & Coffee at Sandhills Community College commemorating the anniversary of the passing of Judy Boles and the successful funding of a perpetual award in her name to the top female student in the Automotive Technologies program.  John Boles and George Hilliard told a few “Judy” stories the group of 38 members and guests.  Her days at the autocross track beating John’s time, at instructing her DE students at Watkins Glen…and having dinner with the Porsche family at Le Mans when she was PCA national president.  We miss that lady!

Marty

 The highlight this month was the Cars & Coffee at Sandhills Community College commemorating the anniversary of the passing of Judy Boles and the successful funding of a perpetual award in her name to the top female student in the Automotive Technologies program.  John Boles and George Hilliard told a few “Judy” stories the group of 38 members and guests.  Her days at the autocross track beating John’s time, at instructing her DE students at Watkins Glen…and having dinner with the Porsche family at Le Mans when she was PCA national president.  We miss that lady!

Marty

Sandhills Area visits Sandhills Community College September 19th

 Thirty-eight members and guests turned out this morning at Sandhills Community College Sirotek Hall to remember the passing of Judy Boles, and to celebrate the funding of an endowment in her name.  An annual award of $2000 will be made to the top female student in SCC’s Automotive Technologies programs. 

John Boles, Judy’s husband, and George Hillard, a long time family friend, spoke about their time together in grad school at UNC Chapel Hill.  At the time, John and Judy had a 356 SC and George was looking for one.  They found one for George and did the PPI together.  George also mentioned Judy passing him at high speed on a return trip to Chapel Hill from a college swim meet in Atlanta.

Next event is the monthly dinner meeting at Table On The Green Tuesday, Sep. 22.

We had 36 members and guests for dinner last night.  Calvin and Justin from Hendrick joined us and gave us the update on new ownership…and pledged their support to Sandhills members!  Nice to hear!

Cliff Cayer and wife Julie were our guest speakers.  Cliff owns Matrix MS at VIR and does track prep work for several local track/racer guys.  He gave us some insights on his Porsche journey from Oregon to to Pinehurst…amazing story!  

Leslie Yarbrough, our MA, updated us on new members and anniversaries…and the FB page.  We appreciate all of her time and effort to keep members informed!

Terry Williams demonstrated the new Sandhills Area web page.  We have already attracted a couple new members via the web page!  Great work Terry!

Marisa and I updated members on upcoming events in September and October…very busy times!

Next meeting is October 27.

Sandhills C&C at Red’s Corner food truck event

 We had about 80 enthusiasts gather on Sunday morning, Sep. 6 in Southern Pines with an eclectic display of cool cars!  About 10 Porsches highlighted the gathering….couple air cooled cars and most of the others were 992s.  Of course it was Labor Day weekend, so the crowd was decked out 🇺🇸.  Fun!

Next up is C&C at Sandhills Community College on Sep. 19.  We will be commemorating Judy Boles passing and the establishment of an annual memorial cash award to a female student in SCC Transportation Technologies program.

VIR IMSA event

 Five Sandhills members visited VIR IMSA race on August 29.  A real spectacle in every sense!  Lots of Porsches in the mix too.  Paddock is so much fun…race cars, teams, tech stuff, famous personalities, etc.

Rexxy & Rosie are big Porsche favorites….especially with younger fans.  Lots of Rexxy toys and model cars.  Brian & Leslie Y. got up close with the Plaif Porsche team, and got a nice goodie bag of team hat, shirt, poster, stickers, etc.  Fun!

Marty🏁🏁

September Update

In spite of the unusually warm weather, quite a few Sandhills members participated in two cars and coffee events, and we had thirty at the dinner meeting in July.

Pinehurst Village C&C on first Sunday each month attracts 60-70 cars of all makes. I think it’s the nice setting, and shade, in The Village, and a nice park and walking trails. Several good places for coffee and breakfast help too.

Sandhills PCA Cars & Coffee on 3rd Saturday attracts 25-30 Porsches! We have been using Fox Brew Coffee shop in Foxfire Village because of good parking and some shady areas. A few of us go for a spirited drive after C&C and normally stop for lunch. River Wild restaurant on Lake Tillery is popular, and Luna’s in Mt. Gilead is a unique stop too.

A few of us will go to the IMSA race at VIR in August… as spectators! And we have a couple other drives scheduled in September and October…including the CMP Club Race event and the Greene’s mountain home BBQ and then spend the night in Mt. Airy.

Marty Barrett - Sandhills Area Director