Following the last-minute failure of Brazil to host the Sao Paolo round of the World Endurance Championship this year, Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas stepped up to the plate to fill the hole in the schedule, and Porsche sent a pair of factory-backed 911 RSR to contest the round, as per usual. The effort resulted in the brand's fourth GTE …
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Porsche’s Pictures and Results In The IMSA Sports Car Championship at COTA
After a successful start to the season in the USA, the new Porsche 911 RSR narrowly missed out on securing its third podium result in the IMSA SportsCar Championship on the Circuit of the Americas at Austin. With the 510 hp (#911) race car Patrick Pilet (France) and Dirk Werner (Germany) secured fourth in the GTLM class after holding the lead at …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Unveils New Half-LEGO 919 Hybrid Sculpture At COTA
Last year at Le Mans, Porsche unveiled a sculpture that was half Porsche 911 RSR race car and half LEGO sculpture. It was a really interesting piece, and it made the rounds to a few events, including Rennsport Reunion. This year, a similar sculpture has been crafted, but this time out of a 919 Hybrid LMP1 car. The left half is made of real-deal …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures, Video and Results In The WEC At Circuit Of The Americas
In a double header with TUSCC at COTA, the WEC Porsches converged on Texas for a little bit of domination. Everything is bigger in Texas, so Porsche brought their A-game in the LMP1 category, as well as the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes. With Porsche on pole in three of the four WEC classes, it was easy to tell that Saturday was going to be a big day …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results From TUSCC At Circuit Of The Americas
The factory-backed Porsche North America team of 911 RSRs led the field away from the green flag in 1-2 position after locking out the pole and the outside pole in a flying qualifying session. From there, it was Porsche's race to lose, as the pair of black and white RSRs were soon joined by the blue and green Falken car to run away from the rest of …
Continue to the full articleWatch This Porsche GT3 RSR Catch Fire During A Pit Stop
During Sunday's World Endurance Championship, at Circuit of the Americas, Team Manthey's 911 GT3 RSR had a problem in the pits when a a spark thrown off from a tire change ignited some spilled fuel on the ground. Fortunately, the pit crews train for incidents like this and the fire was quickly extinguished. Unfortunately, it meant that …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results From The Circuit Of The Americas’ Weekend
This past weekend was a special one for Porsche motorsport fans. Not only was it a race filled weekend including IMSA, ALMS and WEC at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX, Porsche used the race weekend as their venue to announce a two car factory supported GT team in the USCR for 2014. We were in Texas for the race and will have a full …
Continue to the full articleResults and Pictures from Porsche’s Performance in the GRAND-AM at the Circuit of the Americas
The inaugural GRAND-AM of the Americas promised Texas-sized excitement as the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series came to the new Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin on March 2. Fans at the 3.4-mile, 20-turn road course were not disappointed during the two-hour and 45-minute second round of the 2013 season. Porsche customer teams performed very …
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