Sanctioning bodies began racing sports cars at the Daytona International Speedway in 1962, just three years after it opened. Dan Gurney famously won that race, a 3-hour sprint, in a Lotus, but Bob Holbert quietly won the 2-liter sports racer class in a 718 RSK, marking the beginning of Porsche's many successes at the iconic road course/oval. …
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A Porsche Fan’s Guide To The Rolex 24 At Daytona
While Porsche has the same pair of factory-entered cars in the GTLM category this year, the story is completely different in the GTD class, where Porsche entries have dropped from five to just three. With last year's Daytona winners, Alegra Motorsports, moving to Pirelli World Challenge, CORE Autosport moving up to the Prototype category, and TRG …
Continue to the full articleThe 2018 Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Porsche debuted their new mid-engine 911 RSR at Daytona last year, and suffered a few teething problems amidst a strong showing. They qualified mid-pack, and finished just off the tail of the class-winning Ford GT. With a full year of development under their belt, Porsche has potential to do even better this year. In GTD, Porsche won the class last …
Continue to the full articleThe 2017 Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Last year's race was one of the best in years with Porsche missing out on overall victory by just 12 seconds. This year, with a new car (Porsche's mid-engine 911 RSR), new factory drivers and new teams, stands to be even more exciting. So how can you stay up to date with everything going on over the course of the race? Aside from the usual …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Fan’s Guide To The 2016 Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona
Porsche has accrued a massive number of victories at the famed 24 Hours of Daytona, but all of their representative teams were completely shut out of the winner's circle in 2015. As you'll recall, the race was nearly a comedy of errors for Porsche drivers, as the two factory cars hit each other, the Falken team suffered an engine failure while …
Continue to the full articleThe 2016 Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Porsche was completely shut out of the winner's circle in all classes at Daytona last year for the first time in over a decade. They're rallying to try to correct that this year with new cars, some new drivers, and a whole lot of experience. So how can you stay up to date with their efforts? Aside from the usual television and radio broadcasts, …
Continue to the full articleAn Interview With David Donohue
Recently, while attending a Porsche press event at Road Atlanta, David Donohue was one of the lead-follow drivers, and we were very excited for the opportunity to meet him. He had a little bit of time during the lunch break, so we sat down for an impromptu discussion about life, his career, his father, and his current work with Porsche. It was a …
Continue to the full articleThis Is The All New 911 GT3 R
Lighter, more economical, faster: the new 911 GT3 R from Porsche AG on Vimeo. Today at the Nurburgring, ahead of the 2015 running of the 24 Hour sports car race there, Porsche brought a future competitor out to show to the world. The brand-new, hotly-anticipated, 991-generation GT3 R. The GT3 R is homologated compliant to the FIA GT3 …
Continue to the full articleVideo: 997 GTS Brumos B59 #3’s Owner Story
Unlike the prior couple of B59 videos we've showcased before, which were produced by Brumos themselves, this particular video was done by and for Porsche's corporate YouTube channel. Interestingly, it was last year that we brought you the story of the uber-rare Carrera GTS B59 #3 that was for sale. Well, it's evidently resurfaced again as the star …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Fan’s Guide To The 2015 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
Porsche has won at least one class of the famed Rolex 24 at Daytona every year this decade, and the factory team's GTLM class victory last year continued that legacy. For that win streak to continue, one of the twelve Porsche racers there will have to chalk up a class win in either GTLM or GTD. Porsche will be pulling out the stops to make sure …
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