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 …
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Enjoy: Canepa Puts Coke-Liveried IMSA 962 up for Sale
Devotees of IMSA GTP: get your checkbooks open. Bruce Canepa has recently announced the sale of a classic 962—one which helped pave the way for the model in mid-eighties American road racing. As the second 962 sold to privateers, 962-102 brings plenty of history along with it. Formerly raced by Bob Akin and Hans Stuck Jr., in their hands this …
Continue to the full article4 Part Porsche Mini Docu-Series Features Webber, Walker, Canepa and Nakai-San
Mobile and Social gaming developer Zynga has partnered with Porsche in what the two companies are calling a "global content partnership". In honor of Porsche's 70th anniversary, they're filling out the CSR Racing 2 mobile racing game (allegedly the world's most popular) with new Porsche-centric in-game content. They're also putting together a …
Continue to the full articleNo Shoes Allowed: How I Got To Ride Along In A 959 At Sonoma Raceway
This weekend during 'HooptieCon' at Sonoma Raceway, I was given the opportunity to sit in the passenger seat of a gorgeous 4,700 mile Porsche 959 as it circulated a paced parade lap. You wouldn't normally expect to see Porsche's pinnacle of 1980s engineering excellence participate in an event called HooptieCon, but this is a truly special event. …
Continue to the full articleBruce Canepa And The Story Of The 959 In America
If you're a vintage Porsche enthusiast with more than a passing interest in the incredible 1980's Porsche 959 supercar, you've likely heard the term 'show and display' thrown about. It was a legal recourse for collectors to import a 959 without going through the lengthy, costly, and difficult Federalization process to make the 959 street legal in …
Continue to the full articleRemember Paul Newman’s Porsche 935 That Adam Carolla Bought? Watch Him Drive it for the FIrst Time!
It was just under a year-a-go that Adam Carolla jumped head first into the Porsche market with the purchase of the ex-Paul Newman Le Mans' class winning 935 during the 2016 Gooding & Co auction in Monterey. While Carolla is no stranger to ex-Paul Newman race cars (it's reported he owns the largest collection of them in the world) this was his first …
Continue to the full articleWatch a Porsche 917 Engine Get Restored In Just 3-Minutes
It's safe to say that no one could tear-down, restore and reassemble a massive Porsche 917 engine in just a little over 3-minutes. However, thanks to a little time-lapse videography and some nifty editing, that's exactly what happens in this mesmerizing video from Canepa. Watch as a few highly skilled and meticulous crew members work their way …
Continue to the full articleOnce In A Lifetime Video: Onboard The Gulf 917K With Bruce Canepa as he Battles Gunnar Jeannette in a 908
This is an incredible onboard video, possibly one of the best out there. Captured by Racer.com, they fitted a GoPro to Bruce Canepa's head, and allowed us to ride along inside his Flat-12 powered 917. The windshield makes for a dramatic viewpoint, but the inside of the Porsche is almost equally exciting. You can see Bruce slamming the shift lever …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Bruce Canepa Dominates The Field In His Porsche 935
Bruce Canepa doesn't do things in half measures. If he's going at it, he's going whole hog. That's true in his restoration business, and that's true in his fanatical style of vintage racing. He was on an absolute flyer in this session, and I'm so glad that it was all on video. This is masterfully produced, by the way, as the commentary is even …
Continue to the full articleRide Onboard Bruce Canepa’s Porsche 935 At Laguna Seca
Bruce Canepa's Saturday afternoon drive is a little different from one you or I might take, because his is in a high powered rocket ship, otherwise known as a 1979 Porsche 935. Canepa's vintage racing stable has included this particular 935 for a couple of years, and every year it seems to get just a little faster. Known widely as the last …
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