In 2010, Brumos Racing Vice President Hurley Haywood announced the team’s return to GT racing, once again bestowing the “famous 59” back on its original platform, the Porsche 911. When the white, blue and red-liveried 997 Porsche Cup was unveiled, the drivers who would be piloting it for the season – Andrew Davis and Lehman “Leh” Keen – were standing by. Both drivers had slowly and …
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Last March, clutching my Amelia Island program with the dreamy race car driver on the cover, I hung onto every word at the Great Endurance Drivers seminar. In August, at the RM auction in Monterey, I was blown away at the $10M hammer price for the camera car, the Ford GT40 Gulf, used for the high-speed close-up action driving in Steve McQueen’s epic racing film Le Mans. The other day, I came …
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Melanie Snow, that's what. "It's all I listen to these days," says the mother of four and 2009 IMSA GT3 Challenge by Yokohama winner. With four children ranging in age from 6 to 16 years, it's easy to see why Snow is as well-versed in the setup of a Porsche as she is in the music of Hannah Montana, carpools, team sports and -- of course -- racing.
the video above, featuring Melanie, was …
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We first met David Donohue at Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama for a Porsche press event called the "PDK Push". This fun filled, two day trip paired members of the press with driving greats such as Patrick Long, Hurley Haywood and last year's Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona winner David Donohue (just to name a few). The idea behind the trip was to show just how capable the PDK …
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The Porsche Purist team sat down with Farnbacher Loles driver Dirk Werner last summer at Mid-Ohio, one of the foremost race tracks in the Midwest (and, arguably, the U.S.) It was a hot day, yet Werner was still fresh after coming off his practice session in the #87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche.
We had first met Dirk informally at Watkins Glen, where we had run into him at the media center, …
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FlatSixes.com caught up with Porsche Factory Driver and Flying Lizard Patrick Long via phone shortly after the Lizards’ appearance at the ALMS race at Sebring. As most Porsche lovers know, Patrick is the only American Porsche Factory Driver. We remember reading about his induction into the Werks circle in Panorama and being so proud that we had him representing us in Stuttgart.
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For the 12-Hrs of Sebring weekend, the track becomes its own nation: the paddock and surrounding areas are filled to the brim with race fans in the most festive of moods. RVs and a variety of vehicles cram the parking areas full, making transit in and out of the venue a slow and laborious process. Food and alcohol are readily available, air-horns are de rigueur, and the 12 hour race does not lack …
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