You know what happened at Le Mans this year. Although Porsche had locked up qualifying with their two cars and had led the race earlier in the day, the surprisingly fast and durable Toyota was running in first place toward the end of the race. Chances for a Porsche victory hovered between miniscule and nonexistent. Yet, hounded by the Porsche 919 …
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The Last Turn – A Permanent Scar
Porsche’s screaming V8 wasn’t Labeled “Porsche Indy” without reason. A win at Indy was the real eventual goal of the effort. But this type of racing on this type of track was a huge leap for the company in the three years they contended the race there. Doing photographic coverage of the race those years, I too was well outside my comfort zone, …
Continue to the full articleProject Boxster Clubsport: Part 15 – Installing A Non-Smoking Kit
Last year we introduced you to our newest project car, called simply "Project Boxster Clubsport". In that first installment we found the right car, we purchased it for a song, and since then we've been slowly removing weight from it and installing a few upgrades. So far, we're really happy with what the Boxster has become, but things came to a halt …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Porsche at Indy
The 1970s and 1980s were not completely kind to our friends from Weissach. In spite of their racing successes, deep in both number and variety of competitions, Porsche had reasons to be somewhat jaded about their American experiences. Having finally convincingly vanquished the seemingly unbeatable McLarens in Can-Am racing they had seen their 917 …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Racing in the Rain
Perhaps you remember the 2007 ALMS season: the heavyweight contenders were the big Audi diesels, and with no factory-sponsored competition in their class, they dominated the top LMP 1 class all season long. Audi Sport North America won the class every time they went out. Sounds impressive, and it is, but the sheen on their shield was considerably …
Continue to the full articleProject Boxster Clubsport: Part 14 – Interior Door Handle Update
Last year we introduced you to our newest project car, called simply "Project Boxster Clubsport". In that first installment we found the right car, we purchased it for a song, and since then we've been slowly removing weight from it and installing a few upgrades. So far, we're really happy with what the Boxster has become, but things came to a halt …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – The Man
It has been a bit over 30-years since I made this image, at Ferry Porsche’s 75th birthday party at his home in Stuttgart. The man himself is flanked by his four sons (L to R: Peter, Gerd, Butzi, and Wolfgang), and is standing behind a rather unusual 928. A four-seater, it was a gift from the company that he himself had molded into an …
Continue to the full articleThe Driving Lessons With the 911 R Are Complete. Here’s the Grand Finale
For the past month we've followed two Porsche enthusiasts, Jack and Elvan, as Patrick Long instructed them in a series of driving lessons using the new 911 R as their platform. We learned the perfect seating position, how to correct for understeer and oversteer, the importance of heel-toe shifting and how to find the perfect line. Now, with the …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – The Absence of Red
Red sports cars are almost cliché, but I’ve been told that, when on the cover, they sell more magazines on the newsstand. They do draw the eye in a way that more muted colors find difficult. Part of the craft of shooting for a publication was to be on good terms with the hosts at a new car introduction in aid of getting dibs on a red example to …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Bob & Al Holbert – “A Bright Thread Running Through The Fabric of Porsche History in America”
The Holberts, Bob and Al, father and son. “A bright thread running through the fabric of Porsche history in America” is how they were appropriately described in Betty Jo Turner’s interview with the two of them in the 30th Anniversary edition of Panorama. The year of the image is 1989, the location Daytona. The pilot of the famous #14 …
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