To truly understand how big an undertaking this year's Pikes Peak effort is from BBi Autosport, you have to go back a few years. BBi and team boss Betim Berisha first got hooked on the hill when the SoCal Porsche speed shop helped develop a wild turbocharged 997 GT3 Cup car for PPIHC legend Jeff Zwart back in 2014 and 2015. Fast forward a handful …
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Trio Of Turbocharged Monsters Lead 11-Porsche Pikes Peak Entry
Porsche has a long history of racing at Pikes Peak, and equally a long history of winning on the mountain. 2021 returns with some unfinished business after BBi and David Donohue failed to reach the finish line with a flat tire in 2020 en route to what otherwise should have been the overall win. Last year the race was delayed and had a reduced field …
Continue to the full articleFollow A Legendary Photographer On His Way To Pikes Peak In A Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
Larry Chen is one of the all-time great motorsport and automotive photographers these days. He's got his own YouTube show on the Hoonigan network—which is great, by the way—he's an official Canon photographer, and this year he was named the official photographer of the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. He's cemented himself as a legend among …
Continue to the full articleCelebrate Jeff Zwart’s Porsche 935 Pikes Peak Run With This Gorgeous Video
When Jeff Zwart announced he'd be headed back to Pikes Peak for another run up the mountain in a bone-stock Porsche 935, we got extremely excited. While he hasn't raced on the mountain in a few years, he's still an incredible talent and has won his class numerous times in Porsche vehicles. This year being an extremely weird year, Zwart actually had …
Continue to the full articleHere’s How Porsche Nearly Won Pikes Peak Overall And Had It All Snatched Away At The Last Second
All through the week leading up to the 98th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb it was a Porsche in the lead of almost every session. With David Donohue's glorious GT2 RS Clubsport featuring a few extra bits for the attack on the mountain, the combination of car and driver were just plugged in and ready from day one. Donohue …
Continue to the full articleThirteen Entrants Bring Top-Tier Porsches to Pikes Peak
2020 brings one of the largest Porsche gatherings in recent years to the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. Thirteen of the fifty-one entrants are driving vehicles from our favorite marque—most of which are single-purpose motorsports products. Some of those drivers are fairly large names in the racing world; long-time racer David Donohue, as well …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart Takes his Porsche 935 to Willow Springs for some Pre-Peak Testing
Though the bends at Willow Springs don't remotely resemble the 146 corners on the way to the top of Pikes Peak, it's where famed photographer, director, and racer Jeff Zwart started scrubbing tires for the hillclimb. He's competed at Pikes Peak over the last two decades in a variety of cars including a 997 GT2 RS and a turbocharged 997 GT3 Cup, and …
Continue to the full articleJeff Zwart Is Returning To Pikes Peak In A New Porsche 935
If you've been paying attention to certain spheres of social media, you've known that Jeff Zwart would be racing a new 935 at Pikes Peak for quite some time now. The expert racer/photographer first teased the project back in October, and officially announced he'd been PPIHC accepted in February. It's been a long time coming, and we could not be any …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Steering Wheels Chronicle the Development of Its Racing Cars
Necessity is the mother of invention, and as the demands of motorsport have grown over time, the steering wheel has evolved to suit. From a simplistic, leather-bound design to today's rotating information centers, Porsche's steering wheels and their marked evolution are indications of how quickly racing pushes technology …
Continue to the full articleWatch The Behind-The-Scenes Of BBI Autosport’s Pikes Peak Record Breaking Run
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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