Jeff Zwart, from Woody Creek, Colorado, driving the specially- prepared Luminox Watch Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car, has won and set a new record in the 2WD Time Attack class in Sunday’s 88th running of the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. Watch the video below to see for yourself what it takes. Pay particular attention to the transition from pavement to …
Continue to the full articlePushing Porsches up Pike’s Peak
For those of you not familiar with him, Jeff Zwart is not only the director behind a number of Porsche commercials and other films and documentaries, he has won his class at Pikes Peak – all in Porsche Turbo street cars – in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2002, setting new class records three times. Most recently, he co-drove a Porsche Cayenne …
Continue to the full article3 More Reasons to Attend This Year’s PCA Parade (including FREE oil)
A lot of you, I'm sure, already know the benefits of attending the annual PCA Parade. According to the Parade's website, "In addition to the traditional car related activities you can enjoy a golf tournament, a 5K Run/Walk, RC Car racing, and the Tech Quiz. We will offer numerous tours to local attractions to introduce you to the great Chicago …
Continue to the full articleWinners Announced for the PorschePurist Father’s Day Give Away
Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter or nominate their dad for one of the prizes generously donated by Mobil 1 and mPower. This month's contest had a great response with over 40 entries (although I'm always surprised there aren't more as it's a chance to get stuff for FREE) and we chose six lucky winners (seven if you include our runner …
Continue to the full articleMini Casts Porsche as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV Spoof
While this short spoof may not revive Dolph Lundgren's acting career, it does show that Mini is going to keep throwing jab after jab at Porsche. Is it getting old yet? (for those of you receiving this post via email, if the videos don't appear, simply click on the title of the post to watch them on FlatSixes.com) For those of you that …
Continue to the full articleCan Mini win against Porsche?
Probably not on the track but they're definitely sitting P1 in the grassroots marketing grid. You see, a little over a week ago, Mini USA CEO Jim McDowell (a former Porsche employee no less) publicly challenged Porsche to a race at Road Atlanta on the 21st of this month. The winner would get bragging rights, a cool T-Shirt (see the video below …
Continue to the full articleHow much would you pay for the “ultimate” Porsche simulator?
$25k? $50k? $100k? How about $1,000,000? That’s what the seller of this Taito Chase H.Q. full motion simulator is asking? Not familiar with Taito or Chase H.Q.? Don’t worry, unless you were addicted to video arcade games in the early 80’s you are probably not alone. Some of you may remember that it wasn’t all that long ago when John …
Continue to the full articleFREE Porsche Gifts and Giveaways for Father’s Day
This year for Father's Day, not only do we have a list of great Porsche Gift Ideas, we're also giving away some great prizes. You may remember on Mother's Day we gave away five case of oil courtesy of Mobil 1. Well, Mobil 1 stepped up to the plate yet again and we have another five (5) cases of your favorite oil to give away to five (5) deserving …
Continue to the full articleMeet Ferdinand, the World’s Slowest Porsche
Humor doesn't always translate well from one language to another, especially in subtitles, and maybe even more so in German. However, to Porsche fans and those of us familiar with Porsche's push to "green" technology, the humor should come across loud and clear in the video below (if you're email program isn't showing the video, simply click on …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Newsletter: 2010 Volume 5
Maybe you're not able to, or put more simply, you don't want to read each little news blurb about Porsche Motorsports. If that's the case, there is no better way to stay up to date than by reviewing the monthly Porsche Motorsport Newsletter here on PorschePurist. Filled with interesting facts and figures about past and upcoming races, along …
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