I know, not really a tough question. Given where you're reading this post, I'm sure you guessed; it's Porsche. Out of the 49 entries for this weekend's Rolex 24, 15 of them are from our beloved marque (1 DP and 14 911 GT3 Cup Racers). Check out the wing on this Rolex 24 TRG entry from Guardian Angel Motorsports. Is there any significance …
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Porsche at the Rolex 24 at Daytona Facts and Figures
Overall Wins: 22 (first in 1968; most recent in 2009 and 2010) Class Wins: 72 (includes Daytona Continental races starting in 1962; 24 hr. races started in 1966. Porsche 911 Wins: 38 Overall and Class Victories Initial Overall Win: 1968 GT Class Wins: 27 SGS Class wins (class ran only in 2004): …
Continue to the full article2011 Rolex Grand-Am Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Race Car Now Available
The development of the new 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 Grand-Am Rolex Cup car, available for the first time since 2009, has been a unique collaboration between Porsche engineers at the factory in Germany (Porsche AG) and the technical experts at Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA). The objective was to create a competitive new Rolex car …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Newsletter: 2010 Volume 4
If you're not able to, or simply don't want to read each little news blurb about Porsche Motorsports, there is no better way to stay in touch than by reviewing the monthly Porsche Motorsport Newsletter here on PorschePurist. Filled with interesting facts and figures about past and upcoming races, along with changes to team and crew, the Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport Newsletter: 2010 Volume 3
Porsche took the checkered flag at Sebring and the PorschePurist team made it home and back in the Cayman S ticket free. :-) It's shaping up to be an exciting season for Porsche so, if you’re not able to keep up with each Porsche Motorsport post here on FlatSixes.com and would prefer a brief synopsis of what’s happening in the world of Porsche …
Continue to the full articleHow a Porsche Riley Powered by a Cayenne Motor Came to Win the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
When Brumos made the decision to campaign only one car this season (the #59) - and retire last year's winner #58, a window of opportunity opened for Daytona businessman and long-time Brumos affiliate Bob Johnson. Using a Riley chassis he already owned, Johnson and Brumos developed a win-win situation for everyone involved. "There were several …
Continue to the full articlePorsches Have Best Times and Speed in Friday Morning Practice Session
Two (2) Porsche Daytona Prototypes and a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car hold the fastest speeds and lap times in Both the DP and GT classes. Most interesting is that four (4) of the top five (5) fastest cars in the GT class are Porsches, including the No. 23 Foametix Porsche GT3 besting the No. 70 Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8. Full details below. Top 5 …
Continue to the full articleFLATSIXES.com’s Great Driver Series: Dirk Werner
The Porsche Purist team sat down with Farnbacher Loles driver Dirk Werner last summer at Mid-Ohio, one of the foremost race tracks in the Midwest (and, arguably, the U.S.) It was a hot day, yet Werner was still fresh after coming off his practice session in the #87 Farnbacher Loles Porsche. We had first met Dirk informally at Watkins Glen, …
Continue to the full articleGT Class “Hat Trick” for Porsche
In this weekend's Grand Prix of Miami Porsche scored the Acxiom GT Team Championship and the Rolex Grand-Am GT Manufacturer’s title while Leh Keen (Charleston, SC) and Dirk Werner (Germany) drove the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to clinch the Acxiom GT Drivers Championship and complete the "Hat Trick". Meanwhile, Hurley Haywood …
Continue to the full articleAvoidable 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 …
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