The Hoonigans have been following BBI Autosport's efforts building and campaigning a turbocharged Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Pikes Peak this year. Everything from the conception to the 30-day build, to finally the championship winning race day, has been documented fastidiously. The boys flew into Colorado for the weekend to take in the race, and watch …
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Watch BBi Autosport’s Record Breaking Pikes Peak Run
This turbocharged Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car ran at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, claiming second overall behind an open cockpit prototype, and breaking the Time Attack 1 class record by more than 14 seconds. Pro rally driver and PPIHC veteran Raphael Astier took the checkered flag in just 9 minutes 23.721 seconds. You can watch …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s 9:11 Magazine Explores Mountains And Curves
If there is something Porsche might be known for, it's the ability of the company's namesake cars to explore curves with aplomb. In this newest issue of Porsche's video magazine 9:11, various company associates explore curves and corners all around the world. Everything from original Porsche racing prototypes to the newest Taycan electric sedan are …
Continue to the full articleWatch as Jeff Zwart Protects Porsche’s History and The Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Porsche and Pikes Peak have both left indelible marks on the soul of the one and only Jeff Zwart. Jeff first ran up to the summit of the mountain when Porsches were still aircooled and the road was still primarily dirt. He's seen and experienced the transition of both motorsport megaliths, he raced 996s when Porsche transitioned to watercooled, and …
Continue to the full articleCayman GT4 Clubsport Class Coming To Pikes Pike
Porsche's first motorsports win came in 1948 with Porsche no. 1 at a hill climb. Since then, Porsche has regularly participated in hill climb events. The brand has even built specialized cars, like the 909 Bergspyder which was recently featured in the Top 5 series as the lightest Porsche model. Drivers like Jeff Zwart and Porsche factory Driver …
Continue to the full article911 HP GT2 RSR Attacks the Hillclimb
For fans of ludicrously-powerful Porsches on the hillclimb, Herbert Pregartner is likely a familiar name. The man has campaigned some of the wildest 911-based monsters on Austrian, German, and Swiss hillclimbs for decades now. With no intention of stopping, a small fortune reserved for racing, and a competitive nature, it seems he's intent on …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart and Big Sky Mountain Ranch Porsche 911 Shakedown: Take 2!
In this latest video collaboration between Jeff and film maker Will Roegge, Jeff takes his 1990 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Rally car back to Big Sky Ranch; the place he first put it through its paces before going on to take his first class win with it at Pikes Peak in 1994. The video pretty much speaks for itself. A Little History Vic Elford …
Continue to the full article900-Horsepower FrankenPorsche Blitzes up Pikes Peak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0McJBBUiKMk With the air quite thin at the top of Pikes Peak (14,114' above sea level), forced induction is required to keep a competitive pace. Almost invariably, those at the sharp-end of the pack use turbos or superchargers, and this monster—titled "The Porsche 911 Turbo S GT3R America Cup"—uses a …
Continue to the full articleRomain Dumas At the Monte Carlo Rally
Romain Dumas is in his element on both the tarmac and snow and ice. After winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA World Endurance Championship with the Porsche 919 Hybrid, the Porsche factory driver is celebrating yet another success at the Monte Carlo Rally: At the wheel of his own Porsche 911 GT3 RS, he and co-driver Gilles de Turckheim won …
Continue to the full articleThis Is What It Is Like To Drive A Macan GTS Up Pikes Peak!
The overnight fog rolls in and shrouds the top of the mountain from vision. The peak looms somewhere above, but somehow hidden from vision, it feels little more than just hypothetical. Yes, there is a top to this mountain, but likely it will never be found, and we can't certainly hope to get there in these stilted Porsche hatchbacks. Sitting down …
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