We all wonder what it would've been like to drive those frightening, simplistic, unrestrained monsters from the golden era of motorsport, but not often to we get to see rare gems like the March-Porsche 90P driven with a first-person view. Cockpit-mounted cameras were in short supply back then, so when an in-cockpit clip of Patrick Long testing …
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Luftgekühlt 7 Postponed Until 2021
(Editor's note: Luftgekühlt 7 has once again been rescheduled thanks to COVID-19 restrictions. The event will now take place on September 10, 2021 in Indianapolis. We have all of the updated information here in this post.) After the last seven months of confusion and disappointment, there's a little light at the end of the tunnel. Err—I meant …
Continue to the full articleWatch Porsche Ace Patrick Long Race The IMSA iRacing Laguna Seca Pro Invitational Today
Thursday afternoon, Porsche racer Patrick Long will take on a full field of stellar drivers from all over the world converging on a digital Laguna Seca circuit. Racing is currently on an indefinite hiatus, but it's good to get an opportunity to see these pros shine against each other in iRacing. IMSA is treating this just like a real racing event, …
Continue to the full articleLuftgekühlt Is Heading To The East Coast For Its 2020 Show
Made official in an Instagram post this morning, everyone's favorite aircooled Porsche show is heading to the eastern United States in 2020. After six years in the Los Angeles area, the show is shipping back east to find a new group of Porsche enthusiasts. There are lots of great Porsches on the east coast, and we look forward to seeing all of the …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long Hustles an 800-Horsepower 935-84 Around Laguna Seca!
Though these three laps were supposed to calm, Patrick Long didn't get the memo. Either that, or his natural talent was enough to carry him to ~1:31 laps around Laguna Seca during last year's Rennsport Reunion VI. The unspoken rule at events like these is to take things a little calmer—these cars aren't cheap—than one might in an IMSA race. Some …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long Teases Upcoming Luftgekühlt Germany
This morning the Luftgekühlt Media YouTube channel dropped a new video with some awesome footage recapping the most recent LuftGB event. It was a wet and interesting day at Bicester Heritage with the one and only tall-wing 550 Spyder, 904-045 (which we featured in a Paris auction preview back in 2013), and a bright red Porsche tractor, among many …
Continue to the full articleThe Rain Came, But the Porsches of #LUFTGB Didn’t Care
2018 will go down as the hottest summer on record here in the UK, so trust it to rain for the inaugural Luftgekühlt Porsche fest outside of the US. The Porsche aficionado lifestyle brand Luftgekühlt brought the Cali Porsche vibe to Bicester Heritage in England. A working motor heritage museum and local airport, based in the heart of the …
Continue to the full articleChristina Nielsen and Pat Long Battle on the Skidpad at the Porsche Experience Center
Bringing the thrill of motorsport to the residents of Los Angeles, the Porsche Experience Center in LA offers a variety of sights, sounds, and thrills for those who savor motorsport or simply have a few drops of motor oil in their veins. Guiding us through the staggering facilities of the Porsche Experience Center are two drivers who need no …
Continue to the full articleLuftgekühlt Teams with Mobil1 to Protect History
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 …
Continue to the full articlePat Long and Marshall Pruett Discuss the Broad Appeal of Luftgekühlt
Two weeks ago, a diverse crowd of automotive enthusiasts gathered at a Torrance, California lumberyard to gawp and gaze at a collection of incredible machinery, talk shop, and celebrate the history of air-cooled Porsches. The venue choice not only provided a connection to Porsche's air-cooled history, but was necessitated by the growing turnout in …
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