"You're in fifth gear; flat-out in fifth, for one whole minute. It's quite a long time. And you had time to reflect, and you just look around and you'd look around the car, and you'd almost want to pat it and say 'Come on, we can win this.' It was the most uncanny feeling because you were at one with the machine, which you never felt it—to me—at …
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Ride Onboard Adam Carolla’s Porsche 935 Up The Hill At Goodwood
You don't need any words to appreciate the incredible soul and timeless performance icon that is Porsche's 935. In this video Adam Carolla drives his bright red Turbo Terror up the hill during the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend. There isn't any voiceover or music or background track, and that's frankly the way we like it. This 935 can …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Flat-Sixes Scream at the Spa Classic
Some historic racing fans enjoy a charmed life. After basking in the Mediterranean sun, rubbing shoulders with the beautiful people, and witnessing vintage racers sprint around Monaco, they can take a trip north to the the Ardennes Forest to gawp at the gleaming racing cars flying through the world's most spectacular racing circuit. The Spa …
Continue to the full articleThis Classic Documentary Follows Porsche at Sebring and the Targa Florio 1972
The roar of engines set to sub-standard audio and an authentic script has the ability to mesmerize any petrolhead. Add in the familiar punchy twang of Mario Andretti and the soothing tones of Vic Elford, then top it off with an award-winning soundtrack, and you've got a classic racing documentary that will please any watcher with a drop of oil in …
Continue to the full articleAdam Carolla Takes His ex-Paul Newman 935 to the Dyno!
The way Adam Carolla idolizes Paul Newman is nothing new to fans of his CarCast program. That reverence, as well as a sizable wallet, pushed the former host of The Man Show to purchase Newman's red 935 a couple years ago for nearly $5,000,000, and he's been racing it regularly ever since. The Porsche which took Newman to a class victory at Le Mans …
Continue to the full articleThis Fierce Sideways Battle Between Two Porsches Is Five Minutes of Incredible Racing
During Saturday's rainy day racing at the 76th annual Goodwood Members Meeting, a pair of Porsche racers, Ambrogio Perfetti and Mark Bates, went toe-to-toe in one of the best vintage racing battles we have seen in a very long time. The pair were enrolled in the Ronnie Hoare Trophy race, chasing each other around the circuit for the honor of fourth …
Continue to the full articleRide Onboard With This Porsche 904 Racing At Goodwood
The Porsche featured here is one of eight 904s entered in this sprint race at Goodwood, called the Ronnie Hoare Trophy race. This was the very first race of the weekend, and featured a series of British, German, and Italian small-bore race cars built between 1961 and 1966. The car you ride onboard with in this video is the #35 Porsche 904 driven by …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Highlights From the Group 5 Demo Run At Goodwood
No matter which camp your motorsport allegiances lie, it is a fact that the most ubiquitous and iconic car of the Group 5 era is Porsche's wild aerodynamically shaped 911-based prototype, the 935. This year, for the 76th Members Meeting at Goodwood, a few dozen of the greatest Group 5 cars were invited out to parade around the circuit in a …
Continue to the full articleRide Onboard Todd Treffert’s 911 RSR At Sebring
The Sebring circuit down in Florida is a favorite of mine. Not just because it hosts the famed 12 hour sports car endurance race every spring, but because it's an incredibly unique venue. In today's buttoned-up and professional sports car racing world, it's nice to see an old-world military base airstrip track still in use. It's bumpy and there's …
Continue to the full article6 Races. 7 Continents. One Porsche 356. One Driver.
The two-and-a-half-year journey for Renee Brinkerhoff to race this beautiful 356 on all seven continents is already underway. Yes, you read that right, all seven. She's even taking this Porsche to Antarctica to race. Through January of 2020, Brinkerhoff and her Valkyrie Racing team will be working to get this 1956 Porsche 356A ready for six races …
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