On September 20th (the same weekend of the Lone Star Le Mans in the USCC and the F1 Grand Prix race) the WEC will return to action at the Circuit Of The Americas (COTA) for the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas. While the 4th race of the WEC season is still months away, that doesn't mean that Porsche factory driver Mark Webber isn't thinking about …
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Take A Hot Lap In The Porsche 918 Spyder With Patrick Long
Last week we showed you what launch control in the Porsche 918 spyder looks and sounds like. This week's video features Porsche factory driver Patrick Long on a hot lap around the Circuit of the Americas. Watch as the Porsche 918 exits pit lane under all-electric mode, accelerates under sport hybrid mode, and uses the hot-lap button on the back …
Continue to the full articleThis Is What Launch Control In The Porsche 918 Spyder Looks And Sounds Like
At the end of March Porsche invited a select group of journalists to the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, TX to spend some quality time with the production version of the 918 Spyder. Among the activities enjoyed by all was a game of lead/follow involving Patrick Long in a 911 Turbo S and the media in the 918s. While track time in the 918 was …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Take A Hot Lap Of COTA In a Porsche GT3 Cup With Sloan Urry
There's something about Porsches racing in the rain that just causes a visceral reaction in me. While not quite as impressive as Lee Keen's "Rain Dance at the 24 Hours Nürburgring" it's still some mighty fine driving by young Slaon Urry. Watch how fast Sloan's hands are as he hits that sequential shifter. It's like he's mad at it. …
Continue to the full articleRounds 13 & 14 Of The Porsche IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge: Video
In another excellently produced Drive network video, John Hindhaugh of Radio Le Mans provides unparalleled commentary on the Circuit of the Americas round of the IMSA GT3 Cup. In a rainy round on Friday afternoon, there was an intense battle shaking out between NGT driver Angel Benitez and Madison Snow's Wright Motorsports steed. Benitez took …
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 …
Continue to the full articleBrumos Racing Breaks New Ground at the Circuit of Americas
In six decades of racing, there isn’t much that Brumos Racing hasn’t seen, and there aren’t many US road courses that the Jacksonville, FL-based team hasn’t visited. However, the 2nd round of Rolex Series competition for 2013 will offer Brumos the rare opportunity to break new ground as they make their racing debut at Austin’s Circuit of the …
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