There is no amount of preparation or strategy that could make up for the absolute downpour weather that hit the Floridian peninsula on Sunday morning and threw about forty wrenches into the works. Porsche ran a strong 24 hour race in the dry, but suffered mightily in the rain, as the track was a complete mess. Porsche managed to come out of it with …
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Porsche’s Results And Pictures From Petit Le Mans
This weekend marked the final round of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta's famed Petit Le Mans. The ten-hour race in northern Georgia was bound to be a tough one from the start, but Porsche was more than ready for the challenge. The mid-engine 911 RSR competitors donned a throwback livery in the form of 1998's Le …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Photos From Virginia International Raceway
Porsche attacked Virginia International Raceway with the team's typical verve, but similar to their efforts at Silverstone in the WEC race, the IMSA teams had an up and down weekend with some good results and some quite poor. In the GT Daytona category, the Wright Motorsports team from central Ohio scored a well-deserved podium position. The …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From The IMSA 6 Hours Of Watkins Glen
On a hot and sunny day in New York State, Porsche drivers went to work in an attempt to tackle six hours of racing against some of the best sports car racers in the world. While the ambient air temperatures soared to well above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the tires were skating around on 150+ degree pavement. The conditions were arduous, but Porsche was …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures And Results From The Nürburgring 24
Despite having won this race eleven times prior, Porsche has not won the Nürburgring 24 hour race since 2011. Since that time, it's been a dominant showing from two other German brands, Audi and Mercedes Benz. Porsche's GT3R has had good showings in recent years, but has fallen to poor luck. It looked, early on, to be much the same this year. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures at the 12 Hours of Sebring
This weekend in central Florida, Porsche set about rectifying their transgressions at Daytona back in January. After failing to so much as put one car on any class podium, they came to Sebring with something to prove. They'd run strong here in 2017, but bad luck took them out of contention. They needed this win to get the monkey off of their back. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results In the USCC at VIR
If every race in IMSA was a victory for Porsche, the series would be thoroughly un-interesting. After recent strong performances at Lime Rock and Elkhart Lake, the most recent round at VIR resulted in 7th and 8th place finishes for the Porsche GT Team. Because of VIR's layout, with several very long straights, the Porsche 911 RSR's lower top speed …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results at the Dubai 24 Hours
While the new mid-engine 911 RSR won't see its race debut until the green flag drops at Daytona, the 500 hp 911 GT3 R started its season, at the Dubai 24 Hours, with a double podium. The Herberth Motorsport team clinched overall victory at the season opening race of the 2017 motorsport year at the Dubai Autodrome after taking the lead …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures From Laguna Seca
Four races into the season and the Porsche 911 RSR has four podiums to show for it. One on the top stpe and the most recent on the third. At this past weekend's race at Laguna Seca, outright Le Mans winner Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Frédéric Makowiecki (France) scored third place on Sunday. Their sister car, driven by defending IMSA GT …
Continue to the full articleWatch Park Place Motorsports’ 911 GT3 R Go On A Detour Through The Daytona Infield.
Unless you were at the race this past weekend in Daytona, and even then you had to be in the right place at the right time, there's a good chance you missed one of the most entertaining parts of the weekend. Patrick Lindsey, driving the Park Place Motrosport 911 GT3 R experienced mechanical trouble when he lost "drive" due to axle problems coming …
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