Last month Patrick Long walked us through the difference between a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Today, Patrick, along with CORE autosport teammate Tom Kimber-Smith, walk us through the various methods drivers use (both mechanical and physiological) to stay cool during a race where temperatures inside their Porsche are as much as …
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Penske and Porsche: Together Again?
Roger Penske is one of the true American Motorsport Heroes, and he has a very lengthy connection with Porsche in motorsport as well as in road car sales. Penske has personally piloted 550s, RS60s, and RSKs to victory, helmed one of the most talked about sports car programs in history with Donohue, Follmer, and the raucous 917 Can Am cars, and most …
Continue to the full articleInterview with Michael Dreiser. The Man Behind Porsche’s International One-Make Series
Hotel rooms and airports may be more familiar than Michael Dreiser's own bed at times. Traveling around the globe managing 18 of the 20 Porsche racing series makes for extensive travel and a web of relationships even LinkedIn would have trouble connecting. As the Manager for all international Porsche AG One-Make series, Dreiser spends weekends …
Continue to the full articleWatch Jeff Zwart Climb Pikes Peak in a Turbo Charged Porsche GT3 Cup
In late June Jeff was at Pikes Peak testing what in a one-off Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car outfitted with a turbo motor from a 911 GT2 RS. Testing went well and on race day everything look good for Jeff until he hit weather (weather the eventual winner didn't have to drive through) at altitude. As a result Jeff had to settle for third in his class …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures in the ALMS at Lime Rock
Finishing as the only non-factory team in the top six in the final American Le Mans Series Lime Rock results, Tom Kimber-Smith (Henley-on-Thames, UK) and Patrick Long (Playa del Rey, Calif.) drove their CORE autosport Porsche 911 GT3 RSR to a hard-fought podium finish in only the team’s second race in the GT class. [imagebrowser id=35] Third …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
While there was no official factory participation in this year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb, our favorite marque faired well in the hands of private customer teams. In the configuration of the GT3 Cup car finished second and third in the Time Attack class at the second oldest motorsports event in North America. David Donner took second-place in his spec …
Continue to the full articleIt’s Official! Mark Webber to Drive for Porsche at Le Mans in 2014
Turns out all the rumors were true. Porsche announced earlier this morning that Australian Formula 1 pilot Mark Webber has signed a contract with them that extends over several years. Starting in the 2014 season Webber will compete in Porsche’s new LMP1 sports prototype at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the sports car World Endurance Championship …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart Driving a New Kind of Porsche Hybrid at Pikes Peak This Year
Earlier in the week we showed you a video of Jeff Zwart testing at 12,000 feet as he prepares for the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb taking place over the next few days. What was special about that video, besides how much courage you need to drive at those speeds so close to the edge, literally, was what it revealed about Jeff's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Announces the Next Driver to Participate in Their 2014 LMP1 Le Mans Program
At the beginning of this year Porsche found themselves having to deny rumors that Mark Webber would be leaving F1 and signing on to Porsche's LMP1 team as part of their 2014 Le Mans driver line-up. Shortly after that, in order to focus attention where it belonged, Porsche announced that Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard were the first two "pilots" to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures from the 81st Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
What a great race for Porsche! If you want to skip right to the results, just scroll down to the bottom for the final results of the GTE Pro and GTE Am Classes. If you're interested in pictures we have more than 120 of them in our gallery below. Otherwise, read on for a short summation of Porsche's performance over the 24 hour …
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