Protecting history is challenging. There's no need to be ambiguous, virtually every museum, historical society and living history group struggles. I crewed a working museum ship, and though we sailed thousands of miles and hosted thousands of visitors, funding was always a question. Money doesn't necessarily follow people's interests in any …
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Mobil 1 Continues as Porsche Factory Fill and Motorsport Partner For the Next 5 Years
Since 1996 Porsche and ExxonMobil have worked together researching and developing oils. During that time, Mobil 1 has been the factory fill for all new Porsches (more than 1,000,000 cars have left the Porsche factory filled with Mobil 1). In addition, since 2007, ExxonMobil has been the title sponsor of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and collaborated …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures And Results At The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours Of Sebring
The "36-Hours of Florida" came to a close last night when the checkered flag flew at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. With a promising start for the Porsche factory 911s, the team and fans alike were hopeful the damage done at the start of the season during the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona could be undone. For the first 11 hours of the 12 hour …
Continue to the full articleWhat Porsche Will Magnus Walker Unveil At SEMA?
The SEMA show in Vegas seems to get bigger and bigger each year. While not even remotely Porsche specific, there seems to be a growing number of Porsche related exhibits each year. This year, Magnus Walker has teamed up with Mobil 1 and will be unveiling his newest build at their booth! What He's Unveiling Is The Big Question While his …
Continue to the full article60 Seconds With Patrick Long
Every Friday this season Mobil1 puts drivers through a 60 second interview. This week it's Porsche's very own Patrick Long. While these interviews don't provide any unique insight into Patrick's racing strategy or background they do give some great info for die-hard Porsche fans hard up for trivia. Want to know what Patrick's favorite Porsche is? …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results in the 59th Mobil1 12 Hours of Sebring
Porsche 911 racing customers showed competitive flashes during today’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the opening round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series, but, when the checkered flag fell, there was disappointment among the Porsche faithful in the crowd of more than 100,000 in perfect weather at Sebring International Raceway in Central …
Continue to the full articleWhy Are Porsche Factory Drivers Working for Audi?
Because they are such great drivers, they win! Le Mans winners Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) will contest the LMP1 sports prototype class with the Audi R15+. Bernhard and Dumas, along with former Porsche factory driver Mike Rockenfeller, piloted the Audi TDI diesel to victory this past year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The …
Continue to the full articlePCA Parade Mobil1 Time Speed Distance Rally
As those of you who have been following our reports know, we’ve been in Keystone, CO following the Porsche Parade courtesy of Mobil1. Today’s Mobil 1 TSD Rally, which drew a hearty number of participants in various Porsche models (and even a couple of reporters in a signal-green GT3 masquerading as a Ford Focus), was our reason for attending the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche PCA Parade: Concours Report
As if Porsches of various vintages were not beautiful enough on their own, setting the Porsche Parade’s Concours at the Keystone Ranch Golf Course added the perfect backdrop in which to enjoy our favorite cars. When we arrived the fairways were already scattered with Parade attendees and volunteers enjoying the cars on display, and we were happy to …
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