It was just a little over a week ago that actor Patrick Dempsey and Italian soccer start Alessandro Del Piero announced the formation of a new motorsport team - Dempsey/Del Piero Racing. Today, the new team announced a partnership with Porsche and confirmed they will participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (in partnership with Proton Competition) …
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Porsche Provides Details on Their Two Factory Teams to Race at Le Mans
Back in November of last year Porsche announced they would field two factory "works" teams at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013. Today, they confirmed that previous announcement and provided further details on the two 911s and teams (#91 and #92) running in the GTE class as part of Porsche AG Team Manthey. Both teams will race in new 911 RSRs based …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Newest Factory Driver, Nick Tandy, Joins Falken Motorsports for the Sebring 12 Hour
Team Falken Tire announced today that they will augment their existing team with the addition of a second Porsche Factory driver, Nick Tandy, for the Sebring 12 Hour race. Tandy joins existing drivers Bryan Sellers and fellow Porsche Factory driver Wolf Henzler under the watchful eye of returning team manager Derrick Walker. "To join Wolf …
Continue to the full articleDid You Know the Iconic Falken Tire Porsche Livery is Painted?
Besides the obvious of winning races and setting fast laps one of the major things that differentiates one Porsche from another on the track is its livery; the colors and distinctive markings a team chooses to brand themselves with. When it comes to the more complex liveries, like that of the Team Falken Porsche, I always assumed they were wrapped …
Continue to the full articleCORE Autosport Launches Porsche GT Campaign with Patrick Long
Back-to-back American Le Mans Series PC class champions CORE autosport will take on an additional challenge in 2013 with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR GTE class assault headlined by Porsche factory star, Patrick Long and three-time Le Mans class winner, Tom Kimber-Smith. The new entry will be in addition to the team’s confirmed return to the PC class …
Continue to the full articleA Conversation with Vic Elford at the Larz Anderson Porsche Club Concours
Last March, clutching my Amelia Island program with the dreamy race car driver on the cover, I hung onto every word at the Great Endurance Drivers seminar. In August, at the RM auction in Monterey, I was blown away at the $10M hammer price for the camera car, the Ford GT40 Gulf, used for the high-speed close-up action driving in Steve McQueen’s …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Names Nick Tandy as Tenth Factory Driver
Nick Tandy, the 2012 Porsche Cup winner, has earned a contract as a Porsche factory driver. The 28-year-old from Great Britain is now the tenth Porsche works driver joining Joerg Bergmeister, Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas, Wolf Henzler, Marco Holzer, Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, Patrick Long and Patrick Pilet. With his inclusion in the factory team, …
Continue to the full articleInside the Flying Lizard 911 RSR at Petit Le Mans: Video
We've been fans of GoPro cameras for years. In fact, we made our very first video with a camera GoPro sent us back in 2008. Admittedly, our video is a bit shaky and the picture quality leaves a bit to be desired. However, that was our fault, not GoPro's. If you want to see just how good videos can be with today's GoPro Hero 3 camera …
Continue to the full articlePricing, Pictures and Video of the new 2013 911 GT3 Cup
The first Porsche race car based on the seventh generation Porsche 911 (type 991) was introduced this weekend at the "Night of Champions" dinner in Weissach. Powered by a 3.8 liter six cylinder flat engine the new 911 GT3 Cup makes 460 hp at 7550 RPMs. In conjunction with the 10 extra horses over the previous model, the new GT3 Cup …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Announces Factory Drivers for 2013
Update: Porsche Factory Drivers for 2014 This past Saturday was the annual "Night of Champions" celebration marking the end of another Porsche racing season. Similar to last year, the event took place at the Casino at Porsche's R&D complex in Weissach. While the event is centered squarely on celebrating Porsche's successful racing season …
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