Everything from the very first Porsche—The 356 "No. 1" Roadster—to the most advanced Porsche race car of all time—The 919 Hybrid Evo—was at Goodwood for the Festival of Speed this year. Porsche, in their 70th year, went all out in their display, bringing dozens of historically significant street and race cars to Lord March's driveway to play. And …
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Creating the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed Sculpture
At its base the fifty-two meter sculpture is just 12cm across. Its widest section contains six points holding six Porsches. Yes, real Porsches. You can see through the clear windows and into the interiors, and the underpinnings are visible from below. These are not hollow fiberglass display pieces, but artfully suspended real vehicles. Designed by …
Continue to the full articleRide Onboard With This Porsche 904 Racing At Goodwood
The Porsche featured here is one of eight 904s entered in this sprint race at Goodwood, called the Ronnie Hoare Trophy race. This was the very first race of the weekend, and featured a series of British, German, and Italian small-bore race cars built between 1961 and 1966. The car you ride onboard with in this video is the #35 Porsche 904 driven by …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Highlights From the Group 5 Demo Run At Goodwood
No matter which camp your motorsport allegiances lie, it is a fact that the most ubiquitous and iconic car of the Group 5 era is Porsche's wild aerodynamically shaped 911-based prototype, the 935. This year, for the 76th Members Meeting at Goodwood, a few dozen of the greatest Group 5 cars were invited out to parade around the circuit in a …
Continue to the full articleDriving to Goodwood in a Road Legal 911 GT1
You know you're in a serious piece of machinery when the ignition switch appears to be better suited to setting weapons to "hot" in a fighter jet than starting the engine of a race car. This particular terrain-following missile finished second in class at the 1998 Daytona 24 Hours, before being converted for road use. Surprisingly the conversion of …
Continue to the full articleKraken attacks announcers at Goodwood Group 5 Event
Attendees at the recent Group 5 Sports Cars speed event held at Goodwood were relieved of insipid commentary when an errant Kraken, who obviously also had just enough of the announcers mispronouncing the word “Porsche”, slammed the announcer’s podium with a giant tentacle and wiped it out. At this point even Basil Fawlty stood up in the crowd, …
Continue to the full articleIs The ‘Playstation’ 911 GT1 Evolution The Coolest Porsche Ever?
You may remember that a Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution just sold for $3.1 Million at RM Sotheby's Monaco auction. Well, perhaps in honor of that sake (perhaps it's just a coincidence, too) British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan shows us the way around Silverstone in a very similar version; the 1997 'Playstation' 911 GT1 Evo. Right off the …
Continue to the full article30 Years Later, a 962C Can Still Blow The Mind of Even The Most Accomplished Driver
British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan has driven many, many fast cars. However, after a few laps in a 1989 962C that gave Porsche its final victory in the World Sports Car Championship (before the 919 did it again last year) Jordan said the 962 has, "taken the trophy of the fastest car I've ever driven." With 770 hp pushing only 2116 lbs …
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