[Hal Copple]

My son just put this up on the Porsche Boxster forum, so i am transplanting it to CC:

Chris writes:

WOW!!! What a great weekend. Came home on Friday after work to do my 30,000 mile service with my father. Finished the service (if anyone has any questions just ask!) and noticed some hard water spots so we were "forced" to polish and wax the car too! Got up around 6:30 and since my dad and I couldn't decide on which car to take, we took em' both. So cruised up to VIR, he in his Superformance 427 Cobra replica, and me in the Box.
Watched the vintage races and did some photography all day Sat. Lots of Porsches were there, both on and off of the track. Even had the opportunity to put mine on the track during the lunch break. Of course now I can't wait for the next DE so that I can truly find the limits of the car....
Sunday a friend of my fathers pulled up in his pristine, completely original Shelby GT 350. I commented on how nice his car was and his response was, "Thanks, you wana drive?" After much deliberation I finally agreed... Never really got on the throttle too much as it wasn't my car, but was fun to cruise around in. Was blue with white stripes and just a beautiful car...
Happened to see a Ferreri Enzo....WOW. There is nothing subtle about the car. I've always loved the look of the car but my father hated the nose. After seeing it in person we both had a little trouble mumbling anything coherent for a few minutes. Now I am officially starting my own "Ferrari Fund." I'll accept anything from checks, old credit cards, and of course cash. So far I've collected 75 cents from under my car seats....
All in all, a wonderful weekend. Was a great Father/Son time. Wish everyone the best.
-Chris


This is dad. What Chris did not tell you is that we did not finish the detailing until about 0230, then up at dawn. We took both cars, swapping driving duties from time to time. Such vastly different cars. His is so refined, mine is so brutal. Anyway, cut across country for the last 30 miles, running down in the valleys and across the ridgelines, so far back in upstate, very rural NC, that i half expected a foraging party out from Gen'l JEB Stuart to accost us. We both hammered it, i was in his Boxster, with him following me thru the curves. Sat was great racing, so many historic cars to watch, sadly mostly Porsche's, only one original 427 Shelby Cobra running, but a slew of GT 350's. We went out on the track at lunch, i was frightened to death by his driving thru the downhill esses, but he calmly blipped his downshifts, heel-and-toeing as he learned to do, so i just shut up and held on. Awsome cornering in his Boxster. By dinner time, drove to a steakhouse, and he and I swigged down 2 & 1/2 big pitchers of Diet Coke, which somewhat revived us, what with the load of caffeine. Crawled back into his tent, dragging the beer cooler with us, battened it down, then the most horrendous thunderstorm rolled over us, so much lightening over us, that i was worried about being harpooned by one of the limbs off the trees towering over us.

During the storm, I thought a tribe of Howler monkeys had joined us, turned out some rare frog was much aggrivated by the rain. Today dawned just gorgeous, met up with some other Cobra drivers, one bringing his '66 GT 350, which Chris and I both had the honor of driving about, very manly car, nothing subtle about it. Then the Enzo came by, much more handsome in the flesh than in the magazines, this one was recently on the car mag cover. Nice shriek when it reves up.

More great racing, then home for steak on the grill, all together about 450 miles, as is my custom, we cruised every rest-stop, blasting back out onto the interstate, i must have run a thousand or more by now in my Snake. It the best possible father and son time you could possibley imagine.

All the best,,,, Hal Copple