The Porsche Purist team sat down with Farnbacher Loles driver Dirk Werner last summer at Mid-Ohio, one of the foremost race tracks in the Midwest (and, arguably, the U.S.) It was a hot day, yet Werner was still fresh after coming off his practice session in the #87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche. We had first met Dirk informally at Watkins Glen, …
Continue to the full articleShowing all results for:
Recent Posts from: Porsche Motorsports
Porsche Moves From 10 to 8 Factory Drivers
Eight works drivers compete for Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, this motorsport season. The professional racers, all of whom held a Porsche contract last year, will support Porsche customer teams around the world. Like in 2009, Marc Lieb (29, Germany) and Richard Lietz (26, Austria) contest the Le Mans Series (LMS) for the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Starts the 2010 Motorsport Year with a Win in the Dubai 24 Hour Race
A successful start to the 2010 motorsport year for Porsche: With the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, works driver Patrick Pilet (France) and Porsche Junior Marco Holzer (Germany), supported by Raymond Narac (France), won the Dubai 24 hour race by a clear margin. For Porsche, this marks the third straight win at the long distance race on the Gulf. “This …
Continue to the full articleMarco Holzer Enters His Third Year of Training
Porsche Junior Marco Holzer launches into his third year of training in 2010. The 21-year-old will compete for customer teams in international GT racing. His first event in the new season is the 24 hour race in Dubai on 15th and 16th of January. In Dubai, he is driving with Raymond Narac and Porsche works driver Patrick Pilet in a Porsche 911 GT3 …
Continue to the full articleA New Address on The Porsche Highway
By now, the news is out that Farnbacher Loles Racing, based in Braselton Georgia, combined with Farnbacher Loles Motorsport on Miry Brook Road in Danbury Connecticut, are no more. Many folks I’ve spoken to are still in disbelief about the financial misconduct by the company founder and team principal. Over the past three or more years, members …
Continue to the full article5 of 10 Porsche Factory Drivers Have a Home for 2010. What About the Rest?
Friday proved to be a busy day for the Porsche PR department. If you missed all the news here's a quick recap: In the American Le Mans series, Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) will defend their championship title with Flying Lizard Motorsports in the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Alongside their teammates, Darren Law and Seth …
Continue to the full articleGear up for the 2010 Motorsport Season with Flying Lizard Motorsports and PorschePurist
I've never been a big fan of these promotional/marketing type posts, but in this case it's different. I'm a huge Porsche Motorsport fan and an even bigger fan of the Flying Lizard team. So, it gives me great pleasure to announce that FlatSixes.com has entered into an agreement with Flying Lizard Motorsports that names our site as the first U.S. …
Continue to the full articleFarnbacher Loles Future Up In The Air?
The rumor mill is in full swing this week with talk of Farnbacher Loles pulling out of the Grand-Am Rolex series and potentially closing their doors completely. Unfortunately, no one at Farnbacher is talking (we've made repeated phone calls), and up until today we hadn't wanted to post anything as our information was gathered solely from various …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Newsletter 2009: Volume 10
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 figures about past and upcoming races, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Terminology 101: Part 1
So, you’ve decided it’s time to take the plunge and watch car racing on television. You flip on the SPEED channel and there is some kind of road racing going on. Many cars turn right and left and up and down; there are blind entries and exits, off camber turns and sometimes all of the above on the same corner. You recognize a BMW, perhaps a …
Continue to the full article- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- …
- 93
- Next Page »