"We don’t build race cars” Alex Ross quietly muses to me before taking another bite of his fruit and nut bar. We’d just come up the face of a mountain via a demanding and technical 20-mile ribbon of pockmarked and rutted pavement, which had served to make that point blatantly obvious to me. This Guards Red 964 handled the drive in a way that felt …
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Behind The Scenes at The Porsche Design ANDIAL Limited Edition Watch Presentation
Sometimes, the coolest parties during events like Monterey Car Week go unnoticed by the masses. That's because, for the most part, they are private, intimate affairs intended for those few individuals lucky enough to be in attendance. The Porsche Zentrum at the Quail Lodge served as the setting for one such event in celebration of ANDIAL (a name …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Sharkwerks Tuned 997 GT2 Is Mind Warping Fast
Jason Connor, a friend of mine, took a trip to the hills near Santa Cruz to drive one of the most insanely fast Porsches ever built. The Sharkwerks 911 GT2 Phase One is a nearly-800-horsepower car that will blow your mind wide open with how fast it is. The GT2 has always been revered as a bit of a scary ride, with big power and only two driven …
Continue to the full articleAll Of The Porsches At SEMA
We, unfortunately, didn't make it to SEMA this year because of an unexpected car failure. On the bright side, a good friend of mine, Mr. Jason Connor, was there and was kind enough to take a mess of photos of the Porsches on the floor this year. Here's a breakdown of the various Porsche cars that were in attendance, both the good and the bad! The …
Continue to the full articleMeet The GT2 Love Child Of Magnus Walker And Alex Ross Of SharkWerks
If you follow Magnus Walker on Facebook you know he's been talk a lot lately about OPP (Other People's Porsches). That's because last November Alex Ross, of Porsche tuner SharkWerks, stopped by Magnus' LA shop and dropped off his 997 GT2 telling Magnus to keep it for as long as he wanted and to treat it as if it were his own. Magnus took that last …
Continue to the full articleJoe Rogan Geeks Out With Magnus Walker And Friends
Many of you know Joe Rogan from his TV work in the sitcom "NewsRadio", his hosting gig on "Fear Factor" or as a color commentator for the UFC. However, he also has a fairly popular podcast called the "Joe Rogan Experience". It's a long form conversational series where Joe talks with his guest about everything and anything, for hours at a time. …
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