Porsche Penske Motorsport is preparing for the third round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, taking place in Long Beach. This event is notable for being one of the shortest races of the season, lasting only 100 minutes on the streets of Long Beach, California. The factory team will compete in the top GTP class with three Porsche 963 …
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Porsche grabs double GTD podium in IMSA Long Beach race, Pfaff leads championship
There are few races on the IMSA calendar more iconic than the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Sharing the bill with IndyCar, the IMSA paddock races on Saturday ahead of the open wheel series' grand finale, and the spectacle was a well-received sprint for the Porsche crew. The Canadian crew of Pfaff Motorsport worked hard for the full race to …
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The temporary race track built upon the streets of Long Beach, California for the third round of the Tudor United Sports Car Championship is exceedingly narrow. Plus, the race itself at only 100 minutes long, is the shortest of the year. Combined, these two facts make passing particularly difficult. There's little time to do so and even less …
Continue to the full articleTeam Falken Tire Put Cameras On Their Pit Crew’s Helmets. This Video Is The Result.
Last week /Drive and MOMO teamed up to explain each of the steps that go into the "perfect" Porsche pit stop. In usual /Drive fashion the production quality is excellent and the educational aspect of the video is second to none. However, the video below, from Team Falken Tire, shows us a pit stop from the POV of a pit crew member. Take a look and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures In The Tudor USCC At Long Beach
The Tudor USCC race at Long Beach was restricted to just Prototype and GTLM classes. This means that Porsche only had three 911 RSRs on the track instead of the usual mix of both RSRs and GT3 Cup America's (in the GTD) class. Never the less, Porsche faired well and retains the manufacturers points lead coming out of the weekend. Porsche's full …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Teams Prep For An Exciting Long Beach Weekend
This weekend, the two major North American sports car championships will converge on the Long Beach Grand Prix circuit, sharing the schedule with IndyCar. Both the Tudor United Sports Car Championship and the SCCA Pro Racing Pirelli World Challenge are well contested by Porsche teams, including the factory 911 RSR duo that have proven quite …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures from the ALMS at Long Beach
Porsche's hopes for a strong showing in California were drowned out on Friday when the qualifying round was rained out. Torrential rains forced the scheduled two hour and fifteen minute practice session to end after less than sixty minutes. The same rains came back later Friday evening just in time to cancel qualifying due to the conditions. As …
Continue to the full articleTruspeed Results in Pirelli World Challenge at Long Beach
The TruSpeed Motorsports duo of Patrick Long and Rob Morgan finished a strong 5th and 6th today at round three of the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge. Long, driver of the #45 PrivacyStar Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, set a lap record in claiming his second pole position of the season with a 1:21.729, good for an 86.686 mph average speed. Morgan, driver of …
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Patrick Long, driving the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, was in a fierce battle with the Joey Hand BMW when disaster struck the defending champions. As Patrick, who had just passed Hand to take the class lead, approached a slower car, the unexpected happened. “This was hard street racing, and we had a great battle with the BMWs and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche on the hunt for second win of the season in Long Beach
The American Le Mans Series visit to the famous street circuit in Long Beach/California is one of the highlights of the season. At the time-honored race with the postcard-perfect backdrop of sun, sea and palms, the Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) aim to clinch their second win of the season in the Flying …
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