The opening round of the FIA WEC Super Season took place this Saturday at Spa Francorchamps. Porsche recently dominated Spa by nabbing the outright track record with their 919 Hybrid LMP1 Evo, but that car has retired from a traditional motorsport sense, and will not be participating in the WEC this year. That left just Porsche's GTE Pro and GTE Am …
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Porsche Pits A 919 Hybrid Against The Mean Streets Of New York City
It seems Porsche's 919 has found a hobby to stay busy post retirement from the FIA WEC. The wild championship-winning hybrid prototype has been sight seeing lately, traveling all over the world to give its fans a unique opportunity to meet and greet without any racing events on the schedule this year. A few weeks ago Porsche took a specially …
Continue to the full articleRothsport Racing-Built Porsche 964 Wins In Class At The NORRA Mexican 1000 Off Road Race
After finishing third and fourth in the 2017 running of the NORRA 1000, the Rothsport Racing team brought their pair of off-road 964s to Ensenada again for the start of the 2018 running. After a few, um, let's call them 'learning opportunities' in last year's race, the team came back this year even stronger. Both the Desert Flyer and the Red Sled …
Continue to the full articleThis Classic Documentary Follows Porsche at Sebring and the Targa Florio 1972
The roar of engines set to sub-standard audio and an authentic script has the ability to mesmerize any petrolhead. Add in the familiar punchy twang of Mario Andretti and the soothing tones of Vic Elford, then top it off with an award-winning soundtrack, and you've got a classic racing documentary that will please any watcher with a drop of oil in …
Continue to the full articleIf Porsche Were Going To Attempt To Break The Nürburgring Lap Record, Just How Fast Would The 919 Evo Be?
The Record Book Ever since Porsche started hinting at the fact that they'd be aiming for track records in 2018, we've been discussing the possibility of Porsche using the 919 Hybrid LMP1 to tackle the outright Nürburgring lap record that has been unbeaten since 1983, when Stefan Bellof set an incredible pole lap of 6:11.13 in the now-famous …
Continue to the full article1150 HP Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo Is Faster Than Formula One
When Porsche announced the end of their 919 Hybrid program in World Endurance Championship competition at the end of last season, we were a bit despondent for a while. For a handful of years Porsche was building perhaps the best sports car in the world, and we got to see it first hand. The Porsche/Audi/Toyota era will go down as one of the best in …
Continue to the full articleThe WEC Names Porsche’s 911 Turbo As Race Safety Car
As the WEC's SuperSeason looms (named for the fact that it will take place over 14-months beginning this May), Porsche announced that it reached a deal to provide the series with all of its necessary track task cars. The safety cars for the series from now until 2020 will be 911 Turbos. In addition to the three safety cars that are necessary at Le …
Continue to the full articleCayman GT4 Clubsport Class Coming To Pikes Pike
Porsche's first motorsports win came in 1948 with Porsche no. 1 at a hill climb. Since then, Porsche has regularly participated in hill climb events. The brand has even built specialized cars, like the 909 Bergspyder which was recently featured in the Top 5 series as the lightest Porsche model. Drivers like Jeff Zwart and Porsche factory Driver …
Continue to the full articleAdam Carolla Takes His ex-Paul Newman 935 to the Dyno!
The way Adam Carolla idolizes Paul Newman is nothing new to fans of his CarCast program. That reverence, as well as a sizable wallet, pushed the former host of The Man Show to purchase Newman's red 935 a couple years ago for nearly $5,000,000, and he's been racing it regularly ever since. The Porsche which took Newman to a class victory at Le Mans …
Continue to the full articleThis Fierce Sideways Battle Between Two Porsches Is Five Minutes of Incredible Racing
During Saturday's rainy day racing at the 76th annual Goodwood Members Meeting, a pair of Porsche racers, Ambrogio Perfetti and Mark Bates, went toe-to-toe in one of the best vintage racing battles we have seen in a very long time. The pair were enrolled in the Ronnie Hoare Trophy race, chasing each other around the circuit for the honor of fourth …
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