This weekend the infamous "Grello" Manthey Porsche #911 stormed to a healthy victory at the Nürburgring 24-hour race marking three major milestones. Not only was this Manthey's 25th anniversary as a racing team, but it was the team's seventh overall victory at the endurance race, and Porsche's 13th! No other team or manufacturer has been so …
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Porsche Takes A Strong 1-2 Victory In Nürburgring Six-Hour
Every year, ahead of the massively anticipated Nürburgring 24 hour race, the track plays host to a much shorter 6-hour race which will effectively set the grid for the 24. Yes, that's right, it's technically a 6-hour qualifying session. But you know what? Porsche won qualifying in a really big way. Frikadelli Racing took the qualifying race victory …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Secures Top-3 Starting Positions In Daytona 24 Qualifying Race To Kick Off IMSA Season
It's been quite a long time since we've seen a Daytona 24 Hour entry list so short on Porsche entries. With the factory GTLM program having ended at the close of the 2020 season, Porsche was looking to be absent from GTLM for the first time since the series convergence in 2014. Thankfully the WeatherTech racing team stepped up to the plate from …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Defends Intercontinental GT Challenge Title With Podium Finish At The 9 Hours Of Kyalami
This weekend in Africa, Porsche scored enough points with a third-placed finishing position in the 9 Hours of Kyalami to clinch its second IGTC championship in a row. Porsche's 2020 championship hinged on winning the 24 Hours of Spa, as it had a podium finish at the 12 Hours of Bathurst but placed poorly at the 8 Hours of Indianapolis. Getting top …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Take A Very Lucky Endurance Victory In Spa 24 Hours
The Rowe Racing team of Earl Bamber, Laurens Vanthoor, and Nick Tandy took their Porsche GT3 R to victory lane after a hard-fought day-long battle which ended with the car just minutes from blowing up its transmission. If the race had been carried out even one more lap, the car likely would not have made it to the end. That's how racing goes …
Continue to the full articleA Sudden Rain Storm Keeps Porsche From Victory At Road America IMSA Round
Things did not exactly go to plan for Porsche this weekend in Wisconsin. The team showed up in a great place to score some great points and take over the lead of the championship. The #912 Porsche 911 RSR started the race from pole position and had an incredible 20-second lead on the field with just 50 minutes remaining in the 2 hours 40 minutes …
Continue to the full articleStill Going Strong: Porsche Wins The 24 Hours Of Portimao
After a serious global lockdown of all major events for three months due to the global coronavirus pandemic (which has no end in sight mind you), racing is finally starting to return. And obviously we're not talking about the NASCAR and IndyCar events happening here in the U.S. but Europe is back to racing as well. This weekend the first real world …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Fell Just Short Of The Podium At The Bathurst 12 Hour
In a highly competitive 12 hour race marred by attrition, Porsche teams managed to put two cars on the lead lap at the finish, and come within inches of the podium. Having started on the pole position, Porsche was among the favorites to win the race, but with competition from all of the major GT3 manufacturers in the world it was bound to be a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Nabs A Dual Podium Finish After 24 Hours At Daytona
On Saturday in Daytona Beach, Florida a pair of brand new 911 RSR made their North American debut during the 24 Hours of Daytona. While the revised RSR has already raced twice, and won twice, in the FIA WEC, this was its first time on this continent and its first 24 hour endurance race. As it turns out, the new car is just as good (and reliable) …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Nets Intercontinental GT Challenge Titles With Kyalami 9 Hours Victory
This story is just Porsche all the way through. Not only did Porsche contest and win the manufacturer's and drivers' championship titles for GT cars in 2019, but it also purchased and helped revive the famous South African Kyalami race track, battlegrounds on which the final round of the championship was fought. After 9 solid hours of …
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