Jeff Zwart, driving the same Porsche 911 GT2 RS he drove to the event, sliced 24 seconds from his Time Attack 2WD class record set last year. Unfortunately, even though he set an all-time record for a street-legal car at Pikes Peak, it just wasn't enough to beat the full-blown race car driven by Zwart's friend and mentor Rob Millen. “I …
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Here’s the Video of Jeff Zwart’s Drive From SoCal to Pikes Peak in a Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Last week Porsche announced that not only would Jeff Zwart be competing in the Pikes Peak Hillclimb with a street car (the Porsche 911 GT2 RS) he would be driving said Porsche to the race on an 1138 mile road trip. Seeing how Jeff's an accomplished film and commercial director, who better than he to document his own trip. Enjoy the video below. …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart’s Qualifying Results for Porsche in Pikes Peak International Hillclimb
Jeff Zwart, driving a Porsche 911 GT2 RS street car which he drove from LA to the event, climbed to within 1.5 seconds of pole-sitter Rod Millen - who is driving much lighter, purpose-built race car - after changing both tires and driving style to accommodate the advantages that his 620-horsepower Porsche gives him. "Because the Porsche 911 …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart Gets 22.6 MPG in a Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Jeff Zwart, from Woody Creek, Colo., completed his 1138-mile journey from Los Angeles to Colorado Springs in the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS – achieving an amazing 22.6 miles-per-gallon with the 620 horsepower sports car – and now focuses on final qualifying for Sunday’s Pikes Peak Hillclimb race. "Needless to say, we have the only street-legal …
Continue to the full articleRené Rast triumphs at Porsche Carrera World Cup
On the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife at the wheel of his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, René Rast won the Porsche Carrera World Cup – the greatest Porsche race in history with 100 competitors from 25 countries. In a gripping duel for victory on the wet time-honoured track, the German put in a strong drive for his VELTINS Lechner Racing squad, relegating …
Continue to the full articlePorsche in the 4th Row of Grid at the Nürburgring 24 hour race
As the best-placed Porsche team, Porsche works drivers Marc Lieb (Germany), Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) take up the 24 hour race on Saturday with Lucas Luhr (Switzerland) from the fourth grid row. At the wheel of Manthey Racing’s Porsche 911 GT3 R, they concluded the final qualifying for the long distance classic in the Eifel …
Continue to the full articleALMS Loses in a TRG Win
TRG, or the The Racers Group, announced yesterday that Bob Dickinson was named to a newly created position of Chief Operating Officer for TRG and Adobe Road Winery. If Bob's name is familiar to you, that's for good reason. Dickinson comes to TRG by way of the American Le Mans Series. As Vice President of Media & Communications for ALMS, Bob …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart Gives a Whole New Meaning to The Daily Commute
UPDATE: See Porsche's results from the 89th Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. Jeff Zwart is a seven time champion at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. This year, not only will Zwart defend his 2WD Time Attack class championship, he'll do so in the same Porsche he drives over 1100 miles to the event, a street legal 620 horsepower Porsche 911 GT2 …
Continue to the full articleCraig Baird is the world’s most successful Porsche Cup driver
Porsche AG has invited the world’s most successful Porsche Cup pilot to contest the Porsche Carrera World Cup on 25 June on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife at the wheel of the VIP car with starting number 200. Over the course of his career, the 40-year-old New Zealander has already notched up 109 victories in Porsche one-make race series. With the …
Continue to the full articlePictures and Results of Porsche’s Participation in the 79th Running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
All in all this was a tough year for Porsche due to unfortunate accidents and mechanical issues involving a number of the Porsche customer teams. Of the eight Porsches that started in the endurance classic, five finished with the Larbre Competition team reaching the podium in second place in the GTE Am Class. The remaining four Porsche 911 GT3 …
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