Gary Barklind is a friend, fellow Porsche fanatic, and one of the many volunteers behind our region’s award-winning local PCA magazine, The Spiel. I’m biased, but I think The Spiel is the best regional Porsche magazine in the country. I look forward to it more than the official PCA magazine because it’s full of locally relevant articles and our fantastic Pacific Northwest Porsche community.

When Gary heard that Shep was deep into karting and starting to get more and more into SIM Racing, he reached out to see if Shep wanted to write an article for The Spiel. We agreed on an interview format, I submitted a few photos to accompany the story, and now Shep is a famous race car driver 🙂 Okay, Shep is on his way to becoming a famous race car driver!

Link to the full PDF – https://chassis106.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Spiel_2025_Issue_02_Digital.pdf