For at least the last decade Porsche has been treating the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit as its own private stomping grounds, and as of the 5th of October companies from Stuttgart, Germany hold the top three fastest production car laps of all time. Porsche still holds the outright fastest lap with the GT2 RS Manthey Racing edition, which set a …
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Porsche’s Results and Pictures in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Lime Rock
For the third time in three weeks (first Bowmanville, then the Nurburgring, and now Lime Rock) the new Porsche 911 RSR started from pole position. During qualifying for round seven of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Lime Rock Park Gianmaria Bruni secured the best spot on the grid. For Porsche this is the second pole position in the IMSA …
Continue to the full articleResults and Pictures From the Pirelli World Challenge at VIR
VIR welcomed Pirelli World Challenge racing back to the hills of Virginia for the first time since 2010. Heavy rains early in the week gave way to perfect warm and sunny weather for race weekend. The format for this weekend’s PWI races is unique. The 60-minute sprint races scheduled for Saturday and Sunday come with 2-drivers per car and a rule …
Continue to the full articleThe 2016 12 Hours Of Sebring On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Porsche won the 12 Hours of Sebring last year in the GTD class with Team Seattle/Heart of Racing. Hopefully one of Porsche's excellent teams, both new and old, can rally from a few close-but-no-champagne finishes at Daytona to take the top step at Sebring. Sadly, one of the fan favorites, Magnus has left Porsche after many years racing 911s to move …
Continue to the full articleJörg Bergmeister Tears Up Porsche’s New Test Track, The Kyalami Circuit, In A 911 GT3 RS
Back in the summer of 2014 Porsche purchased the historic South African track, Kyalami Circuit. At the time of the purchase we speculated as to what their intent might be. Now, near 19 months later, we know. Porsche has completely renovated the track and this past week hosted media from around the world to test drive the new 2017 911 Turbo and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures From Round 7 Of the USCC At Elkhart Lake
Round 7 of the Tudor United Sports Car Championship in in the history books and with their results, Porsche now leads hotly-contested North American sports car championship. Keeping Porsche's winning streak alive (this is the team's 3rd straight win), Le Mans winner Nick Tandy and Patrick Pilet won the GTLM class, repeating their recent feat at …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures and Results From The 6 Hours Of The Glen
It seems like just a few weeks ago we were talking about Porsche winning an endurance sports car race, oh yeah, it was the endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This is a different series, and a different race, but 6-hours at Watkins Glen in New York is still quite exciting and quite important to Porsche's racing program. No surprise, then, that …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Announces 911 RSR Driver Shuffle For Remainder Of WEC Season
Earlier today, Porsche announced changes to their 911 RSR driver line-up for the remainder of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC season. Starting in Austin, Texas, Richard Lietz, winner of this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona, joins forces with Joerg Bergmeister in the number 91 Porsche 911 RSR. Patrick Pilet, who up until now drove with …
Continue to the full articleBergmeister Becomes Flugmeister In 911 RSR At Le Mans Test Day
Last weekend at La Sarthe, Porsche's driving ace, Joerg Bergmeister, imitated the Wright Brothers in an attempt at manned flight. The problem was, he wasn't in a plane, but rather his 991 911 RSR, and he wasn't at Kitty Hawk, but rather the Ford Chicane at Le Mans. Bergmeister missed his braking point at the entry to the chicane. In past years, …
Continue to the full articleInside the Flying Lizard 911 RSR at Petit Le Mans: Video
We've been fans of GoPro cameras for years. In fact, we made our very first video with a camera GoPro sent us back in 2008. Admittedly, our video is a bit shaky and the picture quality leaves a bit to be desired. However, that was our fault, not GoPro's. If you want to see just how good videos can be with today's GoPro Hero 3 camera …
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