At least this isn't a Porsche. This Brazilian-driven BMW Z4 GT car appears to suffer from some panel misalignment. According to Sergio Jimenez, the featured driver who amazingly chimed in on the Facebook comment thread, this happened in 2013 at Zolder in the FIA GT series. Today Sergio drives both stock cars, and participates in the Blancpain GT …
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Porsche Factory Driver Timo Bernhard Set A New Hill Climb Record In A GT3 Cup. You Have To Watch The On Board Video!
Last weekend, during the Glasbach Rennen round of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship, the Le Mans winning driver set a new course record for GT and Touring vehicles while driving a standard 991 GT3 Cup car. This video is amazing from start to finish, showing off the 35 year old's amazing talent and quick reflexes. It's obvious he knows the …
Continue to the full articleAvoiding An Accident In A GT3 Cup Car Takes Talent, And A Whole Lot Of Luck
Coming to green to start the combined Canada/USA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at Watkins Glen this weekend, there was a bit of a physics problem. The problem mostly related to how well their Yokohama tires found traction and grip in the grass, and whether or not it was possible for two cars to occupy the same space at the same time. As it turns out, …
Continue to the full articleWatch Jeff Zwart Break Records In A 800 HP Porsche Turbo Cup
Any reader of this site, and most Porsche fans in general, know of Jeff Zwart. He's a race car driver, commercial and film director, photographer, dog lover, family man and all around good guy. In fact, Jeff is so laid back, so soft spoken and gentle that it's hard to imagine him as the star of videos like the one below. Imagine the fortitude, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s new PSA on Texting While Driving Is Brilliant
By now, we all know the dangers of texting while driving, but it still doesn't hurt to be reminded every now and again. I'm sure most of you have seen one type of Public Safety Announcement (PSA) or another regarding the dangers of texting whilst driving, but this new one from Porsche is just spot on. If one of the world's best race car drivers …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars Make Contact At The Circuit de Navarra. What Happens After Is Just Bizarre
This must be the week for strange crashes around the world in the various Porsche Carrera Cup series. First we saw Pedro Piquet flip his GT3 Cup car 9-times. Now, comes word of one of the more unusual crashes we've seen or heard about in some time. In this instance, drivers Jules Gounon and Joffrey Narda made contact just after the start …
Continue to the full articleNew Footage Shows Pedro Piquet Crash From Even Scarier Angles
On Monday we shared with you the horrific crash involving the 911 GT3 Cup car driven by Pedro Piquet. Piquet, son of three-time Formula One Champion Nelson Piquet and younger brother of FIA Formula E champion Nelson Piquet Jr, and Ricardo Baptisa made contact during the GT3 Cup Challenge in Brasil. The video below is a compilation of multiple, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche GT3 Cup Car Flips 9 Times During Race. Driver Escapes With Just Bruises!
Sports car racing is a dangerous pursuit. Yes, safety technology has increased to the point where we almost expect drivers to walk away from most accidents unscathed, but it's a false sense of security as witnessed by a few of motorsports' recent tragic events. The fact is, these brave drivers are piloting thousands of pounds of metal, at …
Continue to the full articleRide Along With Jeff Zwart As He Attacks Pikes Peak In A Turbocharged GT3
Last weekend photographer/videographer/director/Porsche enthusiast extraordinaire, Mr. Jeff Zwart, took on the mountain at Pikes Peak, and won his class by a pretty good margin. Chattering, whistling, boosting, and clunking his way up the course in his Luminox-sponsored turbocharged 997-generation GT3 Cup, Zwart managed a phenomenal 9:46.243 time, …
Continue to the full articleOur Favorite Porsches On Ebay This Week: Volume 22
For all of the eccentric and eclectic Porsche collectors and enthusiasts out there, we've decided that it is about time someone aggregated the best of the best that eBay has to offer in the Porsches-for-sale department. Now we've tracked down five more exciting Porsches for folks to purchase. The list this week includes three generations of 911 …
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