The end of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans was a bit of a shock. Though Porsche achieved victory, Toyota's mechanical failure late in the race was heartbreaking, even to a Porsche fan. The 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans field presents a very different picture to 2016, with the LMP1 field down to just six cars from nine. The two Audi entries are gone, as are …
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Grand Cayman: Patrick Pilet and Richard Lietz on the 911 RSR
"It's a brand new approach, but Porsche has a lot of experience with many other cars. There is also Cayman, a mid-engine car, and we have some data from that. So, we didn't start from a white page completely." Those are Patrick Pilet's words, not mine. I'm not trying to say the new 911 RSR is a Grand Cayman, but experience with the Cayman certainly …
Continue to the full articleC.J. Wilson is Committed to Motorsport
C.J. Wilson officially retired from Major League Baseball earlier this year. However, having not pitched a game since July of 2015, he's effectively been out for much longer than that. Along with his "official" retirement came word that the former All-Star purchased three car dealerships, including Porsche of Fresno. That purchase dovetailed nicely …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results In The IMSA Sports Car Championship at COTA
After a successful start to the season in the USA, the new Porsche 911 RSR narrowly missed out on securing its third podium result in the IMSA SportsCar Championship on the Circuit of the Americas at Austin. With the 510 hp (#911) race car Patrick Pilet (France) and Dirk Werner (Germany) secured fourth in the GTLM class after holding the lead at …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results, Video and Pictures at the 2017 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
A successful race debut for the new Porsche 911 RSR at the 24 Hours of Daytona: With a fantastic charge through the field in the last hours of the race, Porsche factory drivers Patrick Pilet, Dirk Werner and Frédéric Makowiecki secured second place in the GTLM class for the Porsche GT Team factory squad. After 634 laps on the demanding Daytona …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Factory Driver Profile: Introducing Laurens Vanthoor
Continuing our series on the new Porsche Factory Drivers for the upcoming season, we would like to introduce the latest addition to the Porsche Family: Laurens Vanthoor. Vanthoor was named at Porsche's 2016 annual Night of Champions, along with three of his new teammates. Laurens is joining the IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Championship, which will …
Continue to the full articleHow A Ford Powered Geo Metro Became One of the Craziest Porsche Replicas We’ve Seen
Last weekend was the 10 year anniversary of LeMons racing, and as such some teams went all out to impress the judges and their competition. In this case, Charnal House updated their old MetSHO racer to a scale model of Porsche's famous 935 "Apple Car". There isn't a single Porsche part on this car, but it's hard to tell that from a distance. In any …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures From Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
At Petit Le Mans, on the storied Road Atlanta racetrack, a difficult season for Porsche in the IMSA SportsCar Championship came to an end. After a sensational overall victory for the Porsche North America works team at the prestigious ten-hour race in 2015, which earned Porsche the championship titles for manufacturers, drivers and teams, the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From Lone Star Le Mans At COTA
This weekend at COTA was possibly the hottest and muggiest time at the track I've ever experienced. We saw the thermometer rise well above 90 degrees, but the real killer was the 65% humidity. Many drivers, and even spectators, were struggling with the heat, and the mantra of the weekend was "stay hydrated"! The on-track action was just as hot, …
Continue to the full articleCORE Autosport Moving To Porsche GT3R For GTD Class In 2017
For the last few years, CORE Autosport has been the behind-the-scenes moving force for Porsche Motorsport North America's GTLM-class factory effort 911 RSRs, meanwhile running a Prototype Challenge car under their own banner with team owner Jon Bennett and Colin Braun driving. For 2017, the PC class will be disappearing, and CORE has been weighing …
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