Anyone familiar with Adam Carolla and his CarCast program know the admiration he has for Paul Newman. A lifelong car enthusiast, Carolla wrote a rather large check last year—for a reported $4.8M—to purchase a very special 935. Though any 935 is worth a mention, this particular example was raced to class victory by his hero at Le Mans in 1979. The …
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Remember Paul Newman’s Porsche 935 That Adam Carolla Bought? Watch Him Drive it for the FIrst Time!
It was just under a year-a-go that Adam Carolla jumped head first into the Porsche market with the purchase of the ex-Paul Newman Le Mans' class winning 935 during the 2016 Gooding & Co auction in Monterey. While Carolla is no stranger to ex-Paul Newman race cars (it's reported he owns the largest collection of them in the world) this was his first …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long Brings Porsches to Project Cars 2
Patrick Long's love of Porsches runs deep. He has 911s from nearly every decade of production. He's raced Porsches at Le Mans, and currently he's racing a 911 in the Pirelli World Challenge. When the time came for Project Cars 2 to bring Porsche into their game, the list of drivers to consult was probably pretty short. Not many people have both …
Continue to the full articleHow A Ford Powered Geo Metro Became One of the Craziest Porsche Replicas We’ve Seen
Last weekend was the 10 year anniversary of LeMons racing, and as such some teams went all out to impress the judges and their competition. In this case, Charnal House updated their old MetSHO racer to a scale model of Porsche's famous 935 "Apple Car". There isn't a single Porsche part on this car, but it's hard to tell that from a distance. In any …
Continue to the full articleAdam Carolla Is Selling His Lamborghini Collection To Pay For His 935 Purchase
By now, most of you know that comedian and CarCast podcast co-host Adam Carolla was the winning bidder of Paul Newman's Le Mans-winning Porsche 935 last month in Monterey. It's a beautiful and historically important piece of Porsche history that took a class victory at Le Mans in 1979 (2nd overall) and went on to win the Daytona 24 Hour race in …
Continue to the full article2016 Porsche Monterey Auction Results
This year in Monterey, there was some good and some less than good. We saw quite a few cars go unsold, but there were a number that met or exceeded their high estimate price. Some high-dollar Porsche lots were among those unsold, including the 550 Spyder, GT2 Evo, and both 962s. The 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Homologation car was withdrawn prior to the …
Continue to the full articleRide On-Board A Le Mans Winning Porsche 935 K3 With Leh Keen
Introduced in 1976, the Porsche 935 was the factory racing version of the Porsche 930 Turbo. Over the next few years, Porsche would update the 935 through various versions, culmination with the 935 Evolutions. However, because Porsche didn't initially offer to sell this version to privateers, it left teams, like Kremer, no other choice to begin …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Bruce Canepa Dominates The Field In His Porsche 935
Bruce Canepa doesn't do things in half measures. If he's going at it, he's going whole hog. That's true in his restoration business, and that's true in his fanatical style of vintage racing. He was on an absolute flyer in this session, and I'm so glad that it was all on video. This is masterfully produced, by the way, as the commentary is even …
Continue to the full articleRide Onboard Bruce Canepa’s Porsche 935 At Laguna Seca
Bruce Canepa's Saturday afternoon drive is a little different from one you or I might take, because his is in a high powered rocket ship, otherwise known as a 1979 Porsche 935. Canepa's vintage racing stable has included this particular 935 for a couple of years, and every year it seems to get just a little faster. Known widely as the last …
Continue to the full articleSir Mix-A-Lot’s Porsche For Sale. It’s Got Some Serious Back!
"I like big butts and I can not lie". That's the opening line to Sir Mix-A-Lot's hit song "Baby Got Back". Based on the customized Porsche he recently decided to sell, he wasn't lying. This 1984 Gembella Porsche 935 slantnose has more "back" than any other porsche we've seen save this one. However, you could argue that Sir Mix-A-Lot's is …
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