Every year around Halloween the most intense car builds in the world gather to capture attention at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Association convention—or SEMA—in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. Each time SEMA happens, the builds get bigger and wilder and start from a more bizarre premise. We've seen lots of crazy engine swaps into Porsches, but …
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All Porsche enthusiasts should go to Velocity Invitational, Oct 14-16
Equal parts car show, vintage racing festival, and exploration of the limits you can go to at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the Velocity Invitational is among the best automotive events I have ever attended. That doesn't come with caveats or equivocations, this is seriously an incredible high-level event that brings together some of the most …
Continue to the full articleRennsport Reunion VII is back in 2023
Okay, so Porsche hasn't yet announced exactly when, where, or how the return of the Rennsport Reunion is going to go down, but we finally have confirmation that it is returning, and that it's happening next year. This event, now in its seventh iteration going on twenty-one years, is one of the most important to the Porsche brand and its heritage. …
Continue to the full articleThis is what it’s like to drive a Porsche 917 on the street
There is hardly a more iconic racing car than Porsche's 917. It was extremely successful in its day, and delivered the kind of speed never thought possible at tracks like La Sarthe and Daytona. Only about 50 were ever built in-period from 1968 to 1973, and only one of them was ever converted to road car specification. Obviously there's no way …
Continue to the full articlePorsche legend Vic Elford has died at 86
Sports car, rally, Formula One, and endurance racing legend Quick Vic Elford passed away on Sunday, March 13th. Aged 86, the motorsport phenom succumbed to his prostate cancer after over a year of battling with the vicious disease. Elford touched many Porsche fans' lives over the decades, as he remained a life-long ambassador for the brand with …
Continue to the full articleCheck out this sculptor’s Porsche-themed body of work
If someone told you they were building a half-scale Porsche 917 in their garage, would you believe them? That's exactly what artist Jonny Ambrose is doing over in the British Midlands. Well, okay, so it isn't a functional re-creation of the legendary Porsche race car, but it is a somewhat abstract sculptural representation. And that's just one of …
Continue to the full articleLe Mans 24 vs. Le Mans the movie: The real Porsche 917
One of the most significant and recognizable race cars of all time is the Porsche 917. Not only was the 917 the car that brought Porsche it's first overall win at Le Mans, but it was made famous by Steve McQueen who piloted one in the movie “Le Mans”. There are countless articles, posts, books, and movies about the 917 and “Le Mans”, so no …
Continue to the full articleWatch Bruce Canepa take his Porsche 917 for a quick street drive
Imagine for a moment, if you will, driving a 52-year-old Le Mans prototype worth several millions of dollars on public streets. You know, public streets, where any dingus in a Hyundai Santa Fe could just run a stop sign and run headlong into, on top of, and vaults over you and your Gulf Oil-liveried wedge on wheels. When you're a certified badass …
Continue to the full articleHere’s Your Chance To Buy The Most Iconic Porsche Of All Time
When you're collecting Porsches, it's life. Everything before or after is just waiting. Coming this August to RM Sotheby's Monterey auction is arguably the most iconic Porsche racing car of all time, heck you could argue this is the single most iconic racing car period. Porsche has won more Le Mans 24s than any other company, the 917 was the car …
Continue to the full articleInside the Brumos Collection’s New Museum
Brumos Racing folded in 2013, and their namesake dealership, Brumos Porsche closed its doors in 2016. In the world of Porsche racing in America though, there are few names more legendary. The institution driven into the psyche of race fans by Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood spent decades seemingly turning from success to success, and in that time …
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