Light, nimble, and sleek, a '73 2.7 RS turns heads wherever it goes, commands obscene prices, and causes Porschephiles to salivate. For the historian, this rolling museum piece represents a period in racing when the difference between a road car and a racing car wasn't as vast as it is today. In fact, the 2.7 RS wasn't originally legal in the US …
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Once a Race Driver, Always a Race Driver
After years of stress with strategy, telemetry, teammates and pit stops, Patrick Dempsey and Mark Webber finally retired from racing to live a life far away from fast cars, racetracks and competition. Looks like they really enjoy it, don’t you think? …
Continue to the full article9:11 Magazine’s Episode 5 Is Dedicated To Dreams
Porsche's video magazine is named for the 9 minutes and 11 seconds they dedicate to different aspects of the brand's contemporary and historic tales. This particular episode is cut up into five segments, each as interesting as the prior. Here's a bit of what you'll get to see when you click play. 1. Porsche brand ambassador Patrick Dempsey heads …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Dempsey Shares His Zen Perspective on Racing: Slow Down to Speed Up
For a man who started racing relatively late in life, Patrick Dempsey has gone quite far. Sure, some of his involvement can be attributed to the fortune made from playing Dr. Dreamboat, but he's taken it more seriously than the regular celebrity-turned-racer, and learned some of the mental approach which make the best so imperturbable. In fact, …
Continue to the full articleSet Your DVR: Two of the world’s Biggest Porsche Celebrities Visit Jay Leno’s Garage
Porsches are nothing new on Jay Leno's garage. Jay himself is a big fan of our favorite marque and over the years he's featured everyone from Magnus Walker to John Willhoit. This week's upcoming episode, however, is a bit different. A Porsche Can Only Be Original Once With the help of both Jerry Seinfeld and Patrick Dempsey Jay tries to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Video, Pictures, and Results From The 6 Hours Of Shanghai
This race had shades of the Fuji 6-hour just a few weeks ago. It started under yellow (luckily a bit shorter this time), was plagued by rain early, and drying conditions later, and saw a Porsche LMP1 1-2 victory. This being their fifth overall victory in as many races, and fourth 1-2 victory of the season, Porsche is absolutely on fire this year. …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Video, Pictures, and Results From The 6 Hours Of Fuji
If you reside in North America, and are a fan of Porsche's WEC effort, you likely found yourself awake watching the race until awfully late on Saturday night. If you did, you likely saw a race with a lackluster start, but a heap of phenomenal racing and a whole lot of on-track action. There was a lot of strategy, some amazingly lucky calls from the …
Continue to the full articleBuy Some Porsche Motorsport Memorabilia To Benefit The Justin Wilson Fund!
Thanks to some very generous donations from a few Porsche drivers over the last few days, there are a bunch of new P-car centric listings in the Justin Wilson Memorial Charity Auction over on eBay. There are a small handful of Le Mans race suits that really need to join your Porsche collection. And there's the added benefit of it being for a good …
Continue to the full articleSet Your DVR For “Car Matchmaker” This Coming Wednesday
Last year we introduced you to Spike Feresten and his new show on the Esquire Network, Car Matchmaker. If you missed that post, or you're not familiar with Spike, here's all you need to know. Spike is likely to be the most well connected car guy you've never heard of (or maybe now you have?). He's an Emmy nominated comedian/writer with credits …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Dempsey’s Porsche Has A New Livery For The 2015 FIA WEC Season
The opening round of the 2015 FIA WEC season is just days away and we've already seen Porsche's new LMP1 livery designed especially for Le Mans. With just a little more than 3-days to go, Porsche is teasing another new livery, this time for Patrick Dempsey's 911 RSR. As most of you know, Dempsey confirmed he would run a full season in the …
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