It’s impressive just how much racing is packed into the Petit Le Mans weekend. Since 8 am Friday morning, Road Atlanta has been hot and busy. As the temperatures today have climbed, so has the excitement from the thickening crowd. There has been no shortage of sunshine and smiling race fans. For Porsche fans, the PorschePlatz is the best …
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Just in time for Petit Le Mans, Flying Lizard Motorsport is offering readers of PorschePurist a 10% discount on all Flying Lizard official merchandise. To take advantage of this generous offer simply visit the Flying Lizard on-line store, select your gear of choice and then enter the coupon code "PorschePurist1010" (remember it is case sensitive) …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Testing Notes at Petit Le Mans
There were long faces in the pits during Petit Le Mans testing today at Road Atlanta because on-and-off rain showers drenched the 2.54-mile racing surface, but there were nothing, but smiles in the Porsche Motorsport pits. I don't know about you, but they look pretty serious to me. :-) The factory team, in the U.S. preparing a race car for …
Continue to the full articlePorsche RS Spyder, 911 GT3 RSR, 911 GT3 Cup all win at Mosport
From the time they unloaded the Muscle Milk Porsche RS Spyder for Wednesday’s test until the red flag which ended the Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport race this afternoon, Klaus Graf (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) had the fastest car at the track. Either one driver or the other lead the field in every test session, every …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results at Road America 2010
August 22, 2010 – Klaus Graf (Germany) could almost see the checkered flag as he wheeled his race-leading Muscle Milk Porsche RS Spyder around turn #12 of the 14-turn, four-mile sports car course at Road America, and then he felt a sudden loss of power. The more powerful Lola/Judd of Johnny Cocker (England) was four seconds behind, but gaining …
Continue to the full articleLIZARD PORSCHE DRIVERS MAINTAIN GT POINTS LEAD
It was a little like pushing the rock up hill for the #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, but Patrick Long (USA) and Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) ground out a fourth-place finish in the GT class in American Le Mans Series event at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this afternoon. Long and Bergmeister’s car also won the Michelin Green X …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Claims Overall and GT Victory at Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock
Klaus Graf (Germany) and Greg Pickett (USA), driving the Muscle Milk Porsche RS Spyder, outlasted the favored David Brabham/Simon Pagenuad Honda Performance Development prototype to score Porsche’s first customer team overall win for the RS Spyder in North America. The car, which debuted a year ago at Mid-Ohio after Pickett purchased it …
Continue to the full articleMuscle Milk Porsche RS Spyder Wins Michelin Green X Challenge at Lime Rock
The Porsche RS Spyder of Muscle Milk Team CytoSport turned the double play in the American Le Mans Series Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park taking the overall race win and the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge here at the fifth stop of the 2010 ALMS season. With temperatures in the mid 90’s and humidity to match, the hot and steamy …
Continue to the full articleSpoiler Alert: Results of the Six Hour ALMS Race in Monterey
If, like John, you plan on trying to live in a bubble for the next week and not read or hear about yesterday's ALMS results until you can watch it for yourself (it's being aired on CBS next Saturday the 29th in an edited and tape delayed format) then you don't want to read this message. If, on the other hand, you're like me and live in the real …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Long/Bergmeister Win GT at Long Beach; Porsche RS Spyder Third Overall
The Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR team had so much confidence in their over-the-wall pit crew that they elected to take on four new tires – even though their closest competitors tried to save time by not changing tires – and their strategy paid off as Patrick Long (USA) and Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) scored an exciting GT class win …
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