First we were given the date, then we learned what city Luft 5 would be held in. Today, we finally know where in Torrance, CA all those wonderful air-cooled Porsches will assemble, Ganahl Lumber South Bay. Location Holds Relevance To Porsche History Buffs Recently opened at 2600 Del Amo Blvd in Torrance, CA, the site of Luftgekühlt 5 is …
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What Is Das Renn Treffen, And Should You Go Next Year?
DasRennTreffen, or DRT for short, has grown into a Porsche fanatic's dream event, with hundreds of cars from the brand's lengthy history lining the closed-down city streets for the day. This year was the show's fourth, and by far the largest, edition. If this steady state of growth continues, we'll definitely need to add DRT to our calendar of …
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 articleAT THE AMELIA ISLAND CONCOURS: RESURRECTION OF AN RSK
This year marks my sixth year at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance for FLATSIXES.com, and it has been quite the experience every year for both me and my family. Usually I try to add photos or some sort of other documentation of all the representatives of my favorite marque (Porsche), but this year I decided to do things a little differently. …
Continue to the full articleVisiting the 2018 L.A. LIT & TOY Show
With an impending Nor’easter ready to hit the East Coast, there was no better Porsche place to be but in Southern California. The 2018 L.A. Lit & Toy Show took place the first weekend of March and eight diehard Porsche fans from Metro New York journeyed out west to experience the Porsche restoration open houses, swap meets, cars shows and the 35th …
Continue to the full article2018 Porsche Amelia Island Auction Results
Gooding & Co's. 2018 Amelia Island Porsche Auction Results Total Porsches Offered: 37 | Total Porsches Sold: 34 | Total Porsche Sales: $15,636,800 | Sell Through Rate: 91.8% We were a bit surprised by Gooding's headliner, the 1974 911 Carrera RSR, Porsche's first turbocharged race car ever, moving on as a no-sale lot. The bidding was …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Fan’s Guide To The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours Of Sebring
Porsche had a difficult and unlucky season-opening Daytona 24 this year, and the motorsport teams are hoping to regain some of their lost momentum at the upcoming 12 hours of Sebring. Now that Manthey Racing has bowed out after their Daytona-only entry came up short, this leaves Porsche with just two cars in GTLM and two cars in GTD, the smallest …
Continue to the full articleThe 2018 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours Of Sebring On Twitter For Porsche Fans
After a lackluster finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona back in January, where Porsche suffered the indignity of not having a car on any class podium for the first time ever, the motorsport team has to come out swinging at Sebring if they have any hope of regaining the points they need for the championship later this year. Porsche was within a shot of …
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