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Re: New Member Check-In
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2026 5:27 am
by P_Coastal
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
Was hooked on Porsche's when: Jacky Ickx won the 1981 24 Hours in the 936, my first professional race attended in person
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Welcome to Carpokes Karl !
Re: New Member Check-In
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2026 7:00 am
by blueline
@Patrick3000
Great pic -
always good to see a Porsche on track!
Glad you found us.
Welcome to Carpokes Karl!
Re: New Member Check-In
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2026 9:24 am
by tommy911t
Where did the name Carpokes come from?
-Tommy
Re: New Member Check-In
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2026 2:16 pm
by Tom
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...