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 …
Continue to the full articleRecent Posts from the blog
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 articleThis Porsche Designed LED TV Puts Things in a Whole New Perspective
Porsche Design has had a hand in some interesting projects to say the least. They have designed everything from an Olympic medal winning sled to the 28' Feerless Yacht. It's safe to say that a large majority of the products made in conjunction with Porsche Design are high on the cool factor. However, the C SEED 201 LED TV is off the charts …
Continue to the full articleCould Porsche Be Held Liable for the Death of “Jackass” Star Ryan Dunn?
Please pardon this slight editorial and rant, but this question is actually being asked in certain legal circles. So far I've seen two separate articles on the subject; one via IBTimes NY, and the other via a site called Today's News. While I'm loath to send either site traffic, I've linked to them at the bottom of this article so you can read for …
Continue to the full articleDoes it Seem Like You See a Lot of Porsche Boxsters and Caymans on the Road?
This might be why. As of this month, almost exactly 15 years to the month since manufacturing started, Porsche's production of the Boxster and the Cayman, exceeded the 300,000 mark. As with past production milestones, an anniversary model, a Boxster Spyder with Platinum Silver metallic finish and Carrera red natural leather interior trim rolled …
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 article- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 491
- 492
- 493
- 494
- 495
- …
- 569
- Next Page »