Porsche Developing a Self-Driving System for their Cars

In 2014, Porsche plans to release self-driving cars. The speed and acceleration will be controlled by InnoDrive, a suped up version of Adaptive Cruise Control which takes in info about road terrain as well as sensor data about surrounding vehicles. Read more.

Additionally, an honorary Bloomington Porsche Club member and website manager, Sarah Loos, is involved in research on the safety of distributed Adaptive Cruise Control at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more.

Breakfast at Panera

Sunday morning breakfast - Sunday, April 17, at 8:00 a.m. - Panera Bread Company, College Mall Road at E. Third Street, Bloomington - Hope you can make it!

Sunday Cruise

Departing from Jiffy Treet parking lot (behind Taco Bell on E. Third St. in Bloomington) at 10:00 am on Sunday, October 17th.  Drive together to Scenic View restaurant for brunch overlooking Lake Monroe.  Cruise together on a route to be determined.

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix

Short Porsche racing video and a few photos from the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix last weekend. Shot by Bruce Loos.

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix - July, 2010

Sports Car Enthusiasts,

Come join Bruce & Marlene, Tryna and me for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Check it out at www.pvgp.org/.

We are staying July 23, 24, 25, 2010 at the Courtyard Pittsburgh Shadyside, 5308 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, Phone: 412-683-3113.

Gary

Planned Activity

Ice Cream Social:  Sunday, April 25 at 2:00 P.M. at Jiffy Treet, 223 S. Pete Ellis Drive, Bloomington, Indiana

Texas Mile

Bloomington Porsche Club honorary member Eldon P. Slick of Tucson, AZ, and member, Bruce Loos of Roanoke, Indiana, will attend the Texas Mile speed trials at Goliad, Texas on October 16th-18th. Slick has entered his highly modified 1979 Turbo Porsche in the Street Speed Trial E class. The event is a one mile time trial held on a closed, 8000' long, airport runway. Slick, a veteran of many years of Top Alcohol drag racing, has also built several V-8 powered, 911/930 Porsches and raced in several Silver State Classic open road races. Check Slick's web site at http://eldonpslickracecars.homestead.com/Home1.html and the Texas Mile web site at http://www.texasmile.net/ for more information.