After four wins this season, the Porsche pilots Dirk Werner (Germany) and Leh Keen (USA) travel to the eighth round of the American Grand-Am Series in the Barber Motorsports Park as clear leaders. With the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup fielded by Farnbacher Loles Racing, they are determined to continue their success streak in the GT class on Sunday on the …
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Prelude to the Rolex Monterey Historics and Pebble Beach
With Porsche as the featured marque at this year's Rolex Monterey Historics, the FlatSixes.com team is planning on making the cross country trek in order to attend and enjoy all the Porsche goodness. For those of you not familiar with the Rolex Monterey Historics, their web-site has a wealth of information available on the event, schedule, things …
Continue to the full articleIs the Porsche Boxster a “Girl’s” Car?
Last week FlatSixes.com was invited to Birmingham, Alabama to the Porsche Sport Driving School to experience Porsche's PDK transmission at its best (both on the road and on the track). The two day event consisted of a 200 mile Time, Speed, Distance type rally and then a day of on-course driving instruction in a variety of PDK equipped …
Continue to the full articleA Hot Day Turns Hotter with a Fire in the Home Team’s Porsche at the Brumos 250
ATLANTA - July 4 – Porsche teams were on both ends of the ecstatic-miserable spectrum following the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Acxiom GT class points leaders Leh Keen (Charleston, SC) and Dirk Werner (Germany) won for their third straight race and four of the last five to increase their points lead. The Porsche-powered …
Continue to the full articleA Boxster Affair
A few years ago, my wife worked at a small company in southern Connecticut. Her boss commuted in from New York City by train, but at his office he kept a triple black 1998 Porsche Boxster. No cover on it, it just sat, day after day in an open garage. As a car guy, and Porsche enthusiast, it broke my heart. He knew I was a car guy from the few …
Continue to the full articlePCA Parade Mobil1 Time Speed Distance Rally
As those of you who have been following our reports know, we’ve been in Keystone, CO following the Porsche Parade courtesy of Mobil1. Today’s Mobil 1 TSD Rally, which drew a hearty number of participants in various Porsche models (and even a couple of reporters in a signal-green GT3 masquerading as a Ford Focus), was our reason for attending the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche PCA Parade: Concours Report
As if Porsches of various vintages were not beautiful enough on their own, setting the Porsche Parade’s Concours at the Keystone Ranch Golf Course added the perfect backdrop in which to enjoy our favorite cars. When we arrived the fairways were already scattered with Parade attendees and volunteers enjoying the cars on display, and we were happy to …
Continue to the full articleUpdates and Pictures from the Porsche PCA Parade 2009
It’s a beautiful day in Keystone, CO! Keystone sits between snow caps and is surrounded by lakes and a river, which makes the setting all the more perfect for the 2009 Porsche Parade. On the drive to Keystone, our 3 ¼ cylinder rental Ford Focus lacked the torque needed to attack the mountain passes, but it sure coasted beautifully once we …
Continue to the full articleFree Mobil1 Oil, The PCA Parade and Driving PDK at Barber Motorsport Park
As you read this post, the FlatSixes.com team is spread across the US at various Porsche related events. This week we are at the PCA Porsche Parade in Keystone, Colorado (courtesy of Mobil1) and in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsport Park to drive the Cayman and Boxster with PDK and see how they perform on the track. We'll be blogging, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche to VW: Backoff!
Just moments ago, Porsche Automobil Holding SE released a joint statement from Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and his Deputy Uwe Hück on the Ultimatum by Volkswagen and the State of Lower Saxon (more on the ultimatum after the release): “We trust that as in the past we are planning a successful future together with VW to …
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