It is the end of an era. IMSA's once highly successful GTLM class built around international GTE specification grand touring race cars is now dead. As the checkered flag fell on the 24th running of the Petit Le Mans race in Georgia this weekend, with it fell a giant of international motorsport. As the class which once saw competition from Porsche, …
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Porsche Finally Finds Victory Lane In IMSA’s Petit Le Mans Endurance Event
This weekend's 10-hour endurance event at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia finally fell in Porsche's direction. After an entire season worth of horrible, no-good, very bad luck, Porsche managed to persevere in one of the most important races of this very weird 2020 season and pull off the GTLM class victory. Considering last weekend saw both cars …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Coca Cola Classic Liveries Return to Petit Le Mans
While not as iconic as the Gulf-liveried 917, the Coca-Cola cars from the 1980s tug at the heartstrings of the dedicated Porschephile. As a part of this year's final round of the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship at Road America, Porsche's works 911 RSRs will wear that classic red and white livery made famous through IMSA GTP. Coca-Cola's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From Petit Le Mans
This weekend marked the final round of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta's famed Petit Le Mans. The ten-hour race in northern Georgia was bound to be a tough one from the start, but Porsche was more than ready for the challenge. The mid-engine 911 RSR competitors donned a throwback livery in the form of 1998's Le …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GTLM Team Will Run A Throwback 911 GT1 Livery For Petit Le Mans
Porsche Motorsport North America finally understands that fans want to see something other than the staid and German red/white/black stripe livery that they have been running all year. I think Porsche got more press for running a Pink Pig and a Rothmans livery on two of their 911 RSRs at Le Mans this year than they did for actually winning the damn …
Continue to the full articlePORSCHE’S RESULTS AND PICTURES IN THE IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTS CAR CHALLENGE AT Petit Le Mans
Porsche's 2017 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship came to a close this weekend in Braselton, Georgia at Road Atlanta. While Porsche's results in the race itself were mixed at best, they were enough to clinch the the GTLM-class title in the North American Endurance Cup. What Is The North American Endurance Cup Anyway? It's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results and Pictures From Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta
At Petit Le Mans, on the storied Road Atlanta racetrack, a difficult season for Porsche in the IMSA SportsCar Championship came to an end. After a sensational overall victory for the Porsche North America works team at the prestigious ten-hour race in 2015, which earned Porsche the championship titles for manufacturers, drivers and teams, the …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – The Hail Mary
Porsche enjoyed an outstanding year in 2007 with its bright yellow RS Spyders; coming into this final race, Petit Le Mans, the little Spyders were punching well above their weight. Not only did they already have the LMP2 championship sewed up, they had beaten the larger and faster LMP1 Audi R10s time and again, with the big cars unable to nab an …
Continue to the full articleWatch Leh Keen’s Rain Dance At The Start Of Petit Le Mans
This past weekend, the final race of the TUSCC Championship series, Petit Le Mans, was stopped early due to heavy rains. If you're interested in Porsche's results you can find them here. However, if you want to see just how heavy the rain was, read on. Leh gave out a link to the video below on his facebook page earlier today. You just new from …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures And Results From Petit Le Mans At Road Atlanta
When IMSA's TUDOR United Sports Car Championship shows up for the final race of the season at Road Atlanta, they pull out all of the stops. This endurance event has been held since the late 1990s, and has been jewel in the crown of American endurance sports car racing ever since. Over the history of the event, held in the fall in Northern Georgia, …
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