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Patrick3000 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2026 5:24 am Quick intro:

Name: Karl

Location: Ocean City, Maryland

Current fun cars: 2004 GT3, 1999 Carrera - Track toy, 1963 Pontiac LeMans Convertible-Beach cruiser

Occupation: retired Banker

First Porsche: 1972 914-the car that started it all :lol:

Was hooked on Porsche's when: Jacky Ickx won the 1981 24 Hours in the 936, my first professional race attended in person :clap:

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Welcome to Carpokes Karl !
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Great pic - always good to see a Porsche on track!

Glad you found us. :thumbup: Welcome to Carpokes Karl!
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Where did the name Carpokes come from?

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tommy911t wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2026 9:24 am Where did the name Carpokes come from?

-Tommy
Nowhere in particular. I reserved a few car-related names and some German-adjacent names to really lean into the Porsche thing, but in the end I picked Carpokes because it seemed simple, easy to remember, car-related, non- constraining -- and coined a new form of poke to join with slow-pokes and cow-pokes. I wasn't over thinking it at all at the time, as evidenced by our first thread on the site...

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