ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Showing auto racing for the real team sport that is it, the race and tire engineers, pit crew, and drivers of the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – piloted by Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) – scored a two lap GT2 class win at the Acura Sport Car Challenge on the 1.9-mile street course through downtown …
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Porsche 2nd on the Pole for St. Pete ALMS Run
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The promise of exciting, production-based auto racing from the world’s most sophisticated sports cars showed great promise at the season opener last month at Sebring, and has already delivered during today’s action-packed qualifying session for tomorrow’s American Le Mans Series race through the streets of St. Petersburg. The …
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Stuttgart. The wait for the green light to Porsche’s one-make series will soon be over: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, begins delivering the new 911 GT3 Cup to the teams of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup and the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. For the 2009 season, the 420 hp racing sports cars underwent modifications to details, including a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Plans for Podium at St. Pete
If you're a fan of Porsche Motorsport than Florida is the place to be (at least for the first three months or so of the year). With Daytona, Sebring, Homestead (KONI Challenge) and St. Pete all on the schedule, for Grand-Am and ALMS, you can pretty much book a room for the winter and race from venue to venue. This weekend marks Porsche's shot at …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Turns Fastest Lap at Sebring but Falls Short of the Podium
The two Porsche 911 GT3 RSR race teams started the 57th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in the top two positions on the GT2 grid, but, by the ten minute mark, two cars of the three cars were already in the pits with unscheduled stops, and the pole-sitter and lead car spent one hour, 45-minutes in the pits in the second hour, …
Continue to the full articleFLATSIXES.com’s Great Driver Series: Joerg Bergmeister
For 2009’s Grand-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona champion Joerg Bergmeister, the love affair with motorsports began early. “Motorsport was a family thing,” Bergmeister tells us. “My grandfather was a motorcycle racer and my dad was a very successful driver.” Indeed, Joerg's grandfather was a Sachs factory motorcycle driver, and his father raced touring …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Newsletter 2009: Volume 2
A lot can happen in a month’s time. If you’re not able to keep up with each Porsche Motorsport post here on FlatSixes.com and would prefer a brief synopsis of what’s happening in the world of Porsche Motorsport, there is no better way to stay in touch than by reviewing the monthly Porsche Motorsport Newsletter. Filled with interesting facts and …
Continue to the full articleStuck Father and Son team Join Bergmeister and Henzler at Sebring in a run for the Checkered Flag
Things are heating up as we get closer to Saturday's big race in Sebring. Porsche just announced that three (3) time Champion Han Stuck will be racing with his son Johannes for VICI racing in a quest for the win against rival Porsche factory drivers Bermeister and Henzler. The race starts at 10:30 AM this coming saturday and will air live on …
Continue to the full articlePorsche and The American Le Mans Series
The 2009 American Le Mans Series gets ready to kick things off this weekend in Sebring, Florida with the classic 12 hour race on Saturday March, 21st. Nine other races round out the season between now and the end of the season in October at Laguna Seca. 2009 calendar of the American Le Mans Series 21.03. Sebring/Florida 04.04. St. …
Continue to the full articleFive Porsches Race for the Checkered Flag at Sebring
The Classic 12 Hours of Sebring is the traditional start to the American Le Man Series. This upcoming weekend's race (running for the 57th time on Saturday) is the oldest in the US and will field five (5) Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs in a hunt for the title. Five of the 450 hp 911 GT3 RSR contest the GT2 class at the season-opener of the race series …
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