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I spent the afternoon of the Fourth at the Lowe’s watching some blistering times around the track. The Porsche Parade had just ended and many of the guys decided to have one final run before everyone headed out of town.

A couple of my friends really got to let loose with the cars and even the Utima GTR made an appearance for this run.

Some great photos this time around!

Lowe’s Motorspeedway

I finally got the pictures posted that I took of the Porsche Parade this past week. Even though I was only able to get enough time to get to one event, it was a huge spectacle that took over downtown Charlotte. It was a spectacular display of cars which just about every model represented, from the old classics to the new supercars. I wish I could have gotten the time away from work to check out all the events, but you can’t always go around taking shots of hundred thousand dollar cars and priceless antiques. Sometimes you have to work and make sure people can get on the Internet.

You check out my collection of photos right here:

Porsche Parade:

and you can look at thousands more photos which were taken at events by different photographers by going here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/porscheparadephotos2008

While taking pictures at the Porsche Parade I came face to face with greatness. Through rather dumb luck and apparently knowing the right people, I had the chance, even if very briefly to meet Peter Porsche, the head man of the Porsche Company.

Since Harvey is the chairman for this year’s Parade and Peter was in town to check out the festivities I had the very good fortune to be in the right place at the right time and actually got a chance to say hello. And even though I only met him for a moment (although I did spend another 10-15 minutes taking pictures of him at the event) he certainly presented himself as a man of distinction. He was a sprightly, unassuming man who took a genuine interest in the Parade and the participants. He walked around with his camera (Canon Rebel I believe) and took the care to make sure he wasn’t pushing someone out of the way to get a picture and to make sure he wasn’t in there way.

As I was taking photos of him taking photos of some of the classic cars, he inadvertently stepped in-frame of someone next to him. He jumped back and gave a wave of apology.

He won’t remember me, but it was still a privilege to shake the hand of the man whose cars I have admired for decades.