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A variety of awards will be given out such as:

• Farthest Distance Traveled (driven or trailered)
• Youngest Owner
• Oldest Owner
• Earliest VIN
• Latest VIN
• Newbie Award (newest to 914 ownership)
• Old Timer Award (owned their 914 the longest)
• Jack Stand Award….self explanatory??
• Other awards the staff dreams up

The Car Show will be Peoples Choice judging. There will be three classes: Stock, Improved and Modified. Again, this is not a concours or show event, it’s a driving event so there is less emphasis on “Q-tipping” your car than some events.

• Stock will be as noted – stock. Minor modifications can be made (radio, wheels, etc) but basically a stock car.
• Improved: Must be street legal, all basically Porsche parts
• Modified: Full race cars and conversions with other non-Porsche power plants (V8, Subie, etc)

Depending on the number of cars in each class, we will award 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, PLUS an overall People’s Choice award.  Classes will be at the discretion of the event Chairs and all decisions are final…but they do take bribes… 

We are still finalizing the centerpiece of Okteenerfest – the Friday Drive!!  With the mid engine design and superb handling, our cars were made to drive. This is the foundation of which Okteenerfest was built – to go out and enjoy our teeners!!

For 2016, we have many NEW roads, some old favorites, and plenty of sites to see with our Lunch stop being in the awesome and eclectic town of Blowing Rock, NC!

Details to follow…

Tentative Schedule of Events (times may vary)

Thursday
4:00 PM                                Check In
7:00 PM                                Check In Closes
Dinner is on your own – Free Evening

Friday
8:45 AM                               Drivers Meeting
9:14 AM                               Driving Tour Begins – First Car off
6:30 PM                               Dinner at Best Western

Saturday
9:14 AM                               Peoples Choice Car Show – Judged by attendees: Voting Begins
11:30 AM                             Car Show voting ends
Lunch                                 On your own for Lunch
Afternoon Free                   See Saturday driving routes to various places/  Swap Meet*
6:30 PM                               Awards Dinner at Best Western

Sunday                 Explore the area, take some of the Saturday Afternoon drives

*Swap Meet – there will be a field adjacent to the hotel where people are welcome to set up for a swap meet. Time is up to the swappers…

Best Western Mountain Lodge – Banner Elk

1615 Tynecastle Hwy, Banner Elk, NC 28604
Phone: 828-898-4571

• We have 50 rooms blocked for Okteenerfest – all together toward the back of the building.
• Room rates are $79 Thurs, $99 Fri/Sat plus tax.
• Rooms will be under “Okteenerfest”.
• A wash station will be available and every registrant will get a towel to use for their car!
• Breakfast is free each morning.

A big part of the Okteenerfest experience is the huge amount of goodies given away. Where do all these items come from? From the very generous Okteenerfest Advocates – people, businesses, and companies that support the Porsche 914 in a variety of ways. We ask that all Okteenerfest attendees (and other 914 fans) support these Advocates in appreciation of their support of this event.

2016 Okteenerfest Sponsors:

• 914 Limited
• 914 Rubber
• Aase Sales
• Awesome Powdercoat
• Bosch
• Bruce Stone
• CSI Cleaning Systems Inc.
• Coco Mats
• Custom Gauges by Tim
• Dakota Digital
• Eckler’s Automotion
• FCI Financial Concepts Inc. – Shannon Palmer
• Johnson Motorsports
• LN Engineering
• Maddogs Motorsports
• Mom’s Service Covers
• Paragon Products
• Pirelli
• PMB Performance
• Restoration Design
• Rix 914 Parts
• SK Tools
• Sierra Madre Collection
• Stoddard
• Stuttgart DNA
• Sub-Level 27 Creative
• Tarett Engineering
• Zymol

Okteenerfest 2016: End of an Era – Celebrating the Porsche 914 1970-1976

September 22-25 in Banner Elk, NC.

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This year’s theme is “End of an Era – Celebrating the Porsche 914 1970-1976” in honor of the entire production run of the Porsche 914. This year marks 40 years since the final model year of the 914 and to commemorate this “End of an Era”, Okteenerfest 2016 will feature a selection of the best stock 914s in attendance. In addition to the standard categories of Stock, Modified, and Custom, a special group of 914s representing each model year will be on display at the car show. If you would like your 914 to be considered for this display, mark YES on the registration form and we will contact you for additional information.

Whether your 914 is a beater, a daily driver, or garage queen, make plans now to join other 914 owners for some fantastic driving, plenty of socializing, a bit of showing off, and a truckload of give-aways. What’s that? You say your 914 is on jack stands? No worries. Plan to attend anyway as there is always an empty seat available. You won’t be disappointed.

After two years being held in the Smokies of east Tennessee, the event was moved east into the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina in 2015. Due to popular demand, we return to Banner Elk for a second year in 2016. This year’s route features portions of last year’s drive with some added surprises including a small but exciting segment of The Diamondback. As usual, the day drive includes not only a ton of twisties, sweepers, and ear-popping elevation changes but plenty of stopping points to get out, stretch, and enjoy the scenic splendor of the mountains. The lunch stop this year will be in Blowing Rock, NC.

If you have not been to an Okteenerfest in the past, mark this one on your calendar. Last year over 100 people attended representing 60+ 914s making Okteenerfest the largest 914 gathering in the U.S. in recent history! We expect those numbers to grow in 2016.

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In addition to the driving, Okteenerfest features plenty of good eating, an awards ceremony, tons of give-aways from some very generous vendors, a Peoples Choice Car Show, and some of the nicest people you will ever meet gathered in a single place.

Okteenerfest will be hosted this year by the Best Western Mountain Lodge in Banner Elk, NC.

——-IMPORTANT LODGING INFORMATION——-

Best Western Mountain Lodge – Banner Elk
1615 Tynecastle Hwy, Banner Elk, NC 28604
Phone: 828-898-4571

• We have 50 rooms blocked for Okteenerfest – all together toward the back of the building.
• Room rates are $79 Thurs, $99 Fri/Sat plus tax.
• Rooms will be under “Okteenerfest”.
• A wash station will be available and every registrant will get a towel to use for their car!
• Breakfast is free each morning.

NB: Please do not reserve a room until you have registered for the event. In the past, we have run out of rooms for registered attendees due to people making reservations and then cancelling the week of the event.