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The Driving Lessons With the 911 R Are Complete. Here’s the Grand Finale

4/24/20168:53 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: 993C4S

For the past month we've followed two Porsche enthusiasts, Jack and Elvan, as Patrick Long instructed them in a series of driving lessons using the new 911 R as their platform. We learned the perfect seating position, how to correct for understeer and oversteer, the importance of heel-toe shifting and how to find the perfect line. Now, with the …

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Patrick Long Explains The Fastest Way Through A Corner

3/27/20167:18 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: 993C4S

In order to understand a lot of what Patrick explains in the video below you have to have a rudimentary understanding of certain motorsport terms. If you don't know what Patrick means by "the line", "apex", "turn-in", etc. then take a minute to read our Motorsports 101 primer, then come back. For those of you already familiar with these terms, …

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Patrick Long Explains The Importance Of Proper Heel-Toe Shifting

3/19/20168:49 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: Pepper Girl

We're on to the 3rd installment of the driver training part of Porsche's Driving Challenge contest. In part one (1) Patrick explained how to set the proper seating position in your Porsche. Part two (2) was all about understeer and oversteer. In today's installment Patrick takes Jack and Elvin through the importance of Heel-Toe Shifting. This …

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Patrick Long Explains How To Correct For Understeer and Oversteer

3/13/20163:52 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: 993C4S

Porsche's "Driving Challenge" contest is well underway and the two lucky participants have completed their driver training with Patrick Long. In the first segment, Patrick taught them (and us) how to set the perfect seating position for driving our Porsches on the track or street. In today's video we learn more about understeer and oversteer …

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The 7 Most Commonly Used Terms By Porsche 911 Race Car Drivers

5/20/201511:08 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bryan Sellers

About the author: Bryan Sellers has been a Falken Tire factory driver for seven years. As one of the elite American sports car racers, the Braselton, Georgia-resident has driven the No. 17 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR (and its predecessor the 911 GT3 RSR) to GT class victories at Mid-Ohio (American Le Mans Series, 2011), Baltimore (ALMS, 2011, …

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Porsche Motorsport Terminology 101: Part 1

11/2/200912:10 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Christian Maloof

So, you’ve decided it’s time to take the plunge and watch car racing on television. You flip on the SPEED channel and there is some kind of road racing going on. Many cars turn right and left and up and down; there are blind entries and exits, off camber turns and sometimes all of the above on the same corner. You recognize a BMW, perhaps a …

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