This weekend Porsche proved just how far ahead of the curve it was than the competition by releasing the first actual photographs of an actual LMDh category car ahead of its 2023 season launch. There are five major automotive manufacturers joining the category for its inaugural season, but thus far Porsche is the only one to show off a finished …
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Porsche And Penske Team Up For IMSA And WEC Effort
Team Penske has been kicking butt in racing for decades, and for a lot of that time the team has been powered by Porsche. Way back in the 1960s Roger Penske himself was racing various four-cam Porsche prototype sports racing roadsters. By the 1970s, Penske and hired driver Mark Donohue were a global force, and their Porsche 917/30 became known as …
Continue to the full articleMonstrous 917-30 Spits Flames
Built to dominate Can-Am racing in the early 1970s, the Porsche 917-30s wielded as much as 1,600 horsepower to mortify the men driving them and to leave an indelible mark on motorsport's history. Few cars have the same aura surrounding them; the monstrous power, combined with the sub-standard safety measures of the day made them a real gladiator's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Debuts The Official Poster Of Rennsport Reunion VI
Dennis Simon has knocked his assignment out of the proverbial park, yet again, with the new poster for this year's upcoming Rennsport Reunion VI celebrations. Having created four of the previous five posters for Porsche's premier vintage racing festival, he clearly has mastered the aesthetic that Porsche enjoys for their look. With classic …
Continue to the full articleDid You See All 13 Porsche 917s at Rennsport? We Did. Here Are Their Details!
If you're a Porsche motorsport fan, chances are high that you're also a fan of the amazing and powerful 917 of the late 60s and early 70s. It was a world-beater in its time, and was Porsche's first demonstration that they were really capable of taking on all comers. Two Le Mans victories, a handful of international championships, a world closed …
Continue to the full articlePenske and Porsche: Together Again?
Roger Penske is one of the true American Motorsport Heroes, and he has a very lengthy connection with Porsche in motorsport as well as in road car sales. Penske has personally piloted 550s, RS60s, and RSKs to victory, helmed one of the most talked about sports car programs in history with Donohue, Follmer, and the raucous 917 Can Am cars, and most …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results in Round 9 of the Grand-Am Series in the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen
Len Keen (Charleston, SC) and Dirk Werner (Germany) drove the #87 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to a runner-up finish in the Crown Royal 200 at Watkins Glen (NY) International Raceway Friday, but Porsche factory drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) were literally deflated five minutes from the finish and dropped …
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