As title defender and the most successful manufacturer in the history of the Daytona 24 hour race, Porsche returns to the long distance classic in Florida on the last weekend in January with yet another strong line-up. Spearheading the con-tingent is the Porsche Riley of Brumos Racing, who last year pocketed the 21st over-all victory for Porsche. …
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Avoidable Contact and Faulty Equipment Costs Porsche Podium and an Early Title in the Rolex Grand-Am
A sticky helmet radio cable might have cost Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) a podium finish – and perhaps their first victory of the season – at the Utah 250 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car series race at Miller Motorsports Park Saturday. A rare mistake by Dirk Werner (Germany) prevented him and Farnbacher …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results in Round 9 of the Grand-Am Series in the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen
Len Keen (Charleston, SC) and Dirk Werner (Germany) drove the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to a runner-up finish in the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen (NY) International Raceway Friday, but Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) were literally deflated five minutes from the finish and dropped …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Wins in ALMS! Left Bruised and Bleeding in Grand-Am.
It was an exciting, busy and frustrating few days for Porsche Motorsport fans this weekend here in the States. The ALMS North East Grand Prix at Lime Rock on Saturday and the Grand-Am Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsport Park on Sunday combined to provide more than five hours of live action racing. The apparently unstoppable and dynamic duo of …
Continue to the full articleIs the Porsche Boxster a “Girl’s” Car?
Last week FlatSixes.com was invited to Birmingham, Alabama to the Porsche Sport Driving School to experience Porsche's PDK transmission at its best (both on the road and on the track). The two day event consisted of a 200 mile Time, Speed, Distance type rally and then a day of on-course driving instruction in a variety of PDK equipped …
Continue to the full articleFree Mobil1 Oil, The PCA Parade and Driving PDK at Barber Motorsport Park
As you read this post, the FlatSixes.com team is spread across the US at various Porsche related events. This week we are at the PCA Porsche Parade in Keystone, Colorado (courtesy of Mobil1) and in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsport Park to drive the Cayman and Boxster with PDK and see how they perform on the track. We'll be blogging, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Leads Rolex Grand-Am After Two Races
Comfortable in my prediction that Porsche would Podium at VIR somehow, someway, I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disappointed that the results weren't a little bit better. I don't want to take anything away from David Donohue and Darren Law and their Brumos Racing Riley; they ran a great race. More importantly, Wolf Henzler, Dirk Werner …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Recipe for Success in Grand-Am
I don't want to jinx things, but I feel comfortable in my prediction that Porsche will take the checkered flag in some way, shape or form this coming Saturday during the second Grand-Am race of the season at VIR. Where does this confidence come from? Simple, Porsche's not so secret recipe for success (lots of cars, the best drivers in the world …
Continue to the full articleDaytona Diary: Behind the Scenes at the Rolex 24
When the checker flag flew at the Rolex 24 at Daytona last month, Porsche came in 1st and 3rd in Daytona Prototype (DP) and 1-2-3 in GT. Brumos took 1st and 3rd in the DP category, while The Racer’s Group (TRG) came in 1st-2nd and Wright Motorsports 3rd on the GT circuit. From the young (Patrick Long, 27) to the seasoned (RJ Vallentine, 64) to …
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