Early in the day of turbocharged racing Porsches, we began to see a lot more exhaust flames. We called them turbo fire, found them to be most dramatic during night races and much loved by photographers. Being at the right place on the track at the right time, knowing which of the cars was putting on the best show, and timing the shot to catch …
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SEVEN AMELIA PORSCHES: NOW AND THEN
For the past 5-years T.J. Kessler (Grandson of Leonard and Betty Jo Turner, who for more than 40-years were the moving forces behind Porsche Panorama magazine) has gone on assignment to the Amelia Island Concours for FLATSIXES.com. This year, while on the Concours with his grandfather TJ got the idea to pair his shots of Porsches on the Concours …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – A Likely Story
In 1994, nine years after I staged the image of this rather special machine on the back straight at Sebring, and 23 years after I’d had the privilege to see the John Wyer Gulf-Porsche 917 win overall at Daytona and finish fourth at Sebring, we—like Porsche racing--were on to somewhat more mundane things. Having a new 993 Tiptronic Cab …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – A Whale of a Tail
One of the many happy bits of fortune I experienced over the years was the chance to see one of the four Turbo Carreras Porsche made run at Watkins Glen in 1974, the only year the factory campaigned this car. This most audacious looking 911RSR ran as a Group 5 car, which that year featured a 3 liter formula. With the 917 experience in …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Reflections on Strange Things
I had a birthday this past week, one of those somewhat rare ones that comes every ten years and ends with a zero. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but it did cause me to eventually muse on the strange idea that I am older than the oldest, most vintage Porsche car. That has always been true, of course, but for some reason it seems stranger now, probably …
Continue to the full articleWhat Color is this Porsche, Really?
This image was made in late 1990, one of many from an extraordinary press trip launching the new 1991 Turbo. We were taken with the beauty of this particular car and used it in Panorama several times, although never the image you see here. But what color is it, really? The Porsche factory has offered a staggering variety of hues over the …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – The Best of Times
Late afternoon, Sebring 1969: Jo Siffert, who had won overall in 1968 with Hans Herrmann, is settled into the car, working with his harness. Brian Redman stands by his side, trying to get the attention of a young mechanic. Rico Steinemann, the racing manager for Porsche, gives orders from the front of the car, while engineer Peter Falk strides …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Photographic Forensics
You can probably write this story as well as I can, even though I was there that day and you were likely not. There are a lot of clues. 1. There’s a lot of red clay at this track; esses in the background and a hard lefthander just behind the car: got to be just past Turn 5 at Road Atlanta, early days. 2. The 904 is a later version: the …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Targa Tales
Targas have been a staple in the Porsche lineup for many years, originating in the late sixties as a flexible design with a removable hard top, a zip-out rear window, and an integrated roll bar. This four-alternative design was quickly replaced with a more practical fixed rear glass model which persisted until the advent of the 993, when the …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Beating Cubic Inches
The first major race at the then-new Road Atlanta track in 1970 found sports car fans in somewhat the same predicament that Formula 1 aficionados currently endure: the total domination of one manufacturer. McLaren cars, powered by big American V8s, had won the last 19 Can-Am races in a row. The grid at Road Atlanta listed 14 of these automotive …
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