Dashcam footage out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday shows a careless driver in a Malaysian-built Proton weaving through traffic at breakneck speeds ultimately ending with the passing car smashing into the race-inspired Porsche and both cars ending up in the barrier. It's clear to see what the driver of the Proton was attempting to do here, but …
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This is Why you Never Use Launch Control on a Curve
I'm not 100% sure this guy was using launch control or just reached down to put the 911 in idiot sport mode and disengage PSM (Please Save Me would have helped in this case). For that matter, other than knowing for sure if he was in launch mode, I'm not sure if sound would make this video better or worse? There's part of me that wants to see and …
Continue to the full articleDominic Dobson’s 962 Burns at Le Mans
In 1989, Dominic Dobson already had a few years' experience in the Porsche 962. With Bayside Racing, he'd campaigned one of these cars in IMSA GTP and learned its nuances. That year, his team received a call from Vern Schuppan, who was looking to recruit an American driver for his Le Mans effort. Dobson duly signed, and flew off to France to join …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Runs Into Spectators at Boise Cars and Coffee Injuring 11
Just yesterday we were asking what's with all the stupid Porsche drivers recently? Looks like we asked that question a bit too soon. According to the various stories we've read, up to 11 people were taken to a local hospital after a man driving a Porsche Boxster drove into a crowd of people while allegedly attempting a burn out as he left a Boise …
Continue to the full articleTree Topples onto Porsche. Driver Trapped Inside.
Earlier this week in San Francisco a tree fell at 38th Avenue and Clement Street. Unfortunately, in its path were a pair of parked cars, an Audi and a Porsche. While no one was in the Audi a the time of the incident, the driver of the Porsche was trapped by the falling tree and in need of rescue. Tree falls on Porsche & Audi in SF. …
Continue to the full articleIMSA Forced to Abandon GT3 Cup Race at Watkins Glen After Massive Crash
IMSA had to abandon Friday's GT3 Cup race after contact between two Porsches resulted in a chain reaction crash that sent four drivers to the hospital. Incredibly at least a couple of drivers made it through the crash unscathed. Ryan Eversley posted the video below to his twitter account showing David Baker threading his way through the …
Continue to the full articleHead-on Crash Causes Unique Porsche Tattoo
Yammie Noob is a YouTube vlogger who creates and promotes content about riding motorcyles. He's popular enough that he's amassed over 138,000 subscribers in a very short period of time. Unfortunately, he also appears to be a bit reckless having suffered two, in my opinion, very avoidable crashes over what looks to be just a short 6-months. While …
Continue to the full articleHow This Porsche Thief Manages To Get Away After This Crash Is Unbelievable
Over the years we've seen Porsche thieves, would be thieves and other criminals do some pretty incredibly stupid things in their nefarious pursuits. However, the thief in the CCTV footage you're about to see might just be the all time winner. According to the story we read, a man stole a Porsche from a home in Vaucluse (Syndey, Australia's east …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s new PSA on Texting While Driving Is Brilliant
By now, we all know the dangers of texting while driving, but it still doesn't hurt to be reminded every now and again. I'm sure most of you have seen one type of Public Safety Announcement (PSA) or another regarding the dangers of texting whilst driving, but this new one from Porsche is just spot on. If one of the world's best race car drivers …
Continue to the full articleNürburgring Porsche Crash Compilation Is Tough To Watch
The Auto Addiction Nürburgring channel on YouTube regularly publishes videos of crashes, racing, drifting, near misses and other action along the Nordschleife. This past week they posted up the 5-minute video you see below. While filled mostly with Porsche crashes that will make you cringe each time you hear the sound of shredding rubber, there …
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