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A Shunpiker's Journal, hosted by Steve Purdy, covers the stories of its host and others who shun the turnpikes and freeways of America to better enjoy the businesses and life that revolve around the automobile.

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The Automotive Hall of Fame | 🚦Don't Miss the Second Annual Women in Racing Event

A Shunpiker's Journal
May 17, 2023 6:00 PM

You're Invited to the Second Annual Women in Racing Event

AT THE AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME

THURS. JUNE 1, 2023: 4 - 9 PM EST
 
FEATURING: LISA BOGGS - SABRE COOK - KATIE HETTINGER  
PAM MILLER - CINDY SISSON - LYN ST. JAMES - VICTORIA THOMAS

 

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The Automotive Hall of Fame | 🚦Don't Miss AHF Second Annual Women in Racing Event

A Shunpiker's Journal
May 9, 2023 1:00 PM

SECOND ANNUAL WOMEN IN RACING EVENT AT THE AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME

THURS. JUNE 1, 2023: 4 - 9 PM EST
 
FEATURING: LISA BOGGS - SABRE COOK - KATIE HETTINGER  
PAM MILLER - CINDY SISSON - LYN ST. JAMES - VICTORIA THOMAS

 

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ICYMI: Back to the Bricks® Press Conference This Week Shares 2023 Summer Schedule

A Shunpiker's Journal
April 22, 2023 9:00 AM

April 20th, 2023 - FLINT, MI - Back to the Bricks® is getting tuned up for its returning summer schedule of fun and Main Event in downtown Flint
August 19th, 2023.

The party officially starts the week prior to Main Event Week with Tune Up Week, August 7th to 12th, 2023 a week full of Fun, Cars, and Music that takes over six different communities. Car owners and enthusiasts travel to a different city for each of
the six nights where there is a chance to win one of the coveted FREE Collectors T-Shirts, opportunities to get concessions, eat and shop at local businesses, see the vendors, enjoy live music, and win giveaways each evening.

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Back to the Bricks® Press Conference This Week Shares 2023 Summer Schedule

A Shunpiker's Journal
April 21, 2023 7:00 AM

April 20th, 2023 - FLINT, MI - Back to the Bricks® is getting tuned up for its returning summer schedule of fun and Main Event in downtown Flint
August 19th, 2023.

The party officially starts the week prior to Main Event Week with Tune Up Week, August 7th to 12th, 2023 a week full of Fun, Cars, and Music that takes over six different communities. Car owners and enthusiasts travel to a different city for each of
the six nights where there is a chance to win one of the coveted FREE Collectors T-Shirts, opportunities to get concessions, eat and shop at local businesses, see the vendors, enjoy live music, and win giveaways each evening.

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Landmark Legislation to Ensure Long-Term Stability for National Heritage Areas Signed into Law

A Shunpiker's Journal
January 11, 2023 5:00 PM

January 11, 2023 Landmark Legislation to Ensure Long-Term Stability for National Heritage Areas Signed into Law

Last week, on January 5, 2023, President Biden signed the National Heritage Area Act (S.1942) into law. This action followed the December 22, 2022 passage of the legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives by a bi-partisan vote of 326-95, after the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent two days earlier. It was one of the last bills passed in the 117th Congress.

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The Automotive Heritage Foundation | 🚦Industry Updates - AHF Bulletin #6 December 2022

A Shunpiker's Journal
December 6, 2022 12:00 PM

Update December 2022

Happy Holidays

TO THE FRIENDS OF THE AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE FOUNDATION & AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE AWARDS

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Automotive Hall of Fame | The Ralph R. Teetor Story, Paolo Pininfarina Lecture, and More!

A Shunpiker's Journal
October 17, 2022 6:00 PM

BLIND LOGIC – THE RALPH R. TEETOR STORY

By Jack Teetor, nephew of 1988 AHF Inductee Ralph Teetor

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1937 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet by Chapron Named Best of Show at the Inaugural Detroit Concours d'Elegance

A Shunpiker's Journal
September 19, 2022 12:00 PM

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Sept.  2022 – A 1937 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet by Chapron was chosen as this year’s Best of Show winner at the inaugural Detroit Concours d’Elegance, held at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Built upon the Concours d’Elegance of America’s four decades of excellence, the reimagined concours welcomed more than 5,000 participants across four events located in the middle of the thriving design, music, and sporting heart of the Motor City. Central to the weekend's festivities was former General Motors VP of Global Design and 2022 Detroit Concours d’Elegance Honoree, Ed Welburn.

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Detroit Auto Show Begins: What to Look For and More!

A Shunpiker's Journal
September 14, 2022 8:00 AM

While nine days of new vehicle displays and exhibits at Huntington Place, Hart Plaza and throughout downtown Detroit begins Saturday, activity starts today.

The city that put the world on wheels is putting the future of mobility on display beginning tomorrow with the first-ever indoor/outdoor Detroit Auto Show. The world will be watching as automotive industry leaders, public officials, car lovers, and celebrities converge in Detroit to celebrate the intersection of technology and mobility.

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Iconic Harley Earl Designs from the GM Heritage Collection to be Featured at Detroit Concours

A Shunpiker's Journal
September 13, 2022 11:00 AM

Motors Heritage Collection - Including Legendary Y-Job and LeSabre Concepts - to be Featured at Detroit Concours d'Elegance

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Sept. 2022 – The Detroit Concours d’Elegance is a celebration of both the city and the automotive culture that has defined it for over a century. It brings the show to the streets of Detroit, displaying the cars in perhaps the truest context of any Concours—the pavement on which they were meant to be—and were—driven.
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