While AO Racing ran a special Preston Henn's Swap Shop livery at the 24 Hours of Daytona back in January, commemorating the Swap Shop 935 winning the race outright in 1983, the team have retired that livery for the full season, and are instead going to be racing with a wonderfully comical T-Rex livery. The car has henceforth been dubbed "Rexy" and …
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Porsche’s new 963 suffers failures in IMSA season-opening Daytona 24, but provides promise
Whenever Porsche launches a new race car, it is typically over prepared and over developed, if occasionally a little off the pace. That seems to have been the case with the new 992-generation GT3 R, which faced a difficult balance of performance in its first race but raced well and didn't have any major failures. The prototype 963, however, saw a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche narrowly misses out on Daytona 24 pole position in 963’s debut
The number 7 Penske-Porsche with Felipe Nasr onboard narrowly missed out on nabbing the 963 program's first pole position on Sunday during IMSA's Roar Before the 24 event, which featured Rolex 24 qualifying. Acura's Tom Blomqvist put in a stunning closing lap to pip Nasr to pole by just eight hundredths of a second when the checkered flag fell; …
Continue to the full articleAO Racing debut Swap Shop 935 tribute livery forty years after an iconic Porsche victory
All the way back in 1983 a very strange-looking Porsche took to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway and stomped its way to pole position for the season-opening 24 Hour race. The ANDIAL Racing tube framed 935 chassis had been fitted with a cobbled together version of Porsche's famed "Moby Dick" long tail bodywork for the season, and boy …
Continue to the full articleWright, MDK, AO, and Kelly Moss confirm new Porsche GTD programs for IMSA in 2023
When Porsche launches a new GT3-spec racing weapon people in the paddock typically sit up and take notice. That was certainly the case when the new 992-generation 911 GT3 R made its launch last year ahead of a competition debut in 2023. While only two teams—Wright and Pfaff—entered Porsches in IMSA for 2022, there will now be a confirmed six of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche delays 963 prototype deliveries to customer teams due to supply chain issues
It seems like Porsche enthusiasts everywhere have been waiting ages for their new cars to come in so they can take delivery of their future pride and joy. With global supply chains seemingly worse than ever, Stuttgart's finest are getting backed up pretty substantially. As it turns out, it's not just the street cars that are getting delayed. …
Continue to the full articlePfaff is ready for 2023 with a new Porsche 911 GT3 R and a new driver lineup
The Plaid Porsche team is back at it again, trying to get its third IMSA title in as many years in 2023 with its new freshly-delivered 992-generation GT3 R. The defending GTD Pro champions are back for another round of fighting the best in the GT game, and they've got a new crew of drivers to take on the world. Last year the team made use of Matt …
Continue to the full articleProton Competition confirm dual Porsche 963 IMSA and WEC efforts
The German team founded in 1996, currently known as Proton Competition, has been a long-time customer of Porsche motorsport products. The team has been running GT 911s since the 996 era, and fields racing cars in endurance events all around the world. Over the last decade the company has also been running the European arm of actor Patrick Dempsey's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 963 GTP race car exits endurance test at Sebring unscathed
Over the course of 36 hours at the world-famous Sebring International Raceway, Porsche and its driving crew managed to rack up an incredible 4,555 miles of race-pace testing. Sebring is, of course, among the toughest tracks in the world on a car; its surface consists of decades-old concrete slabs laid in the run up to World War II. The track has …
Continue to the full articleKelly-Moss Racing to enter two 911 GT3 Rs in IMSA GTD class ahead of 2025 LDMh bid
You already know who Kelly-Moss Racing is. This team has been fielding championship-winning Porsches since 1988, and every year it seems they get more and more drivers into serious machinery. While most of their business is client-based arrive-and-drive kind of stuff for PCA, SCCA, and GT3 Cup, they do some higher-level racing from time to time as …
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