The drivers line up across the track from their mounts. Patrick Long. Patrick Pilet. Cooper MacNeil. John Oates. No less than seventeen Porsches sat across from them; vibrant, hardworking, diesel-powered machines. No, Porsche isn't looking to threaten Audi's diesel-powered endurance racing heritage; these racers are Porsche tractors. While tickover …
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Porsche Sets A New Nürburgring Lap Record, This Time Towing A Trailer
No, this isn't some stunt where a fake lightweight trailer is hooked up to the back of a high-powered 911 variant in order to set a quick lap and garner a few extra lines of copy in buff books. Instead, it's a stunt where a Panamera Turbo, hauling a proper custom-German-built Moetefindt Fahrzeugbau trailer with another Porsche (a Junior tractor) …
Continue to the full articleMeet Your 2018 Porsche Juniors and Young Professionals
Porsche has just announced they are expanding their Youth Development Program to a total of six drivers for 2018. Four of the drivers, aged between 18 and 23, will be sponsored by Porsche in international GT racing as "Porsche Young Professionals", and two of the six will race as "Porsche" Juniors in the Porsche Supercup, the support series for …
Continue to the full articleWin This Scholarship and it Could be Your Path to Racing for Porsche
Applications are now being accepted by the International Motorsports Association (IMSA) for the IMSA Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup Scholarship, supported by Porsche and Yokohama. Who's Eligible? If you're between the ages 16 and 25, and have no previous full-time Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama experience, then you're eligible to earn the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Wants To Train You To Race Professionally
Have you always dreamt of becoming a Porsche race car driver? Not sure how to start? Porsche can help! Their new "Porsche Racing Experience" offers a turn-key intro to professional racing and training for those who qualify. As a Porsche owner, you've long had the option of attending the Porsche Sports Driving School as part of the Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Motorsport Pyramid Explained
Like any professional team, Porsche spends a considerable amount of time, money and effort on player driver development. As you never know where the next Hurley Haywood will come from, Porsche starts early and developed a motorsport pyramid to help identify and nurture new talent. The Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Perhaps the best and …
Continue to the full articleMeet The New Porsche Juniors for 2017
Porsche introduced us to their 4 Motorsport Junior finalists earlier this year. Today, they announced the two winners: 21-year-old Australian Matt Campbell and 18-year-old Thomas Preining from Austria. Both will receive substantial support from Porsche for their 2017 motorsport season. Campbell will race in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup – the …
Continue to the full articleProject Porsche Junior Breathes New Life Into Old Tractors
Porsche started design work on the "people's tractor" back in 1930. By 1934 the first three test vehicles were produced with gasoline engines. Then, in 1937 Porsche received an official order to develop the "Volks Tractor". By 1950 production began of a 2-cyclinder, air-cooled, diesel powered version. From 1950 to 1955 Porsche tractors were …
Continue to the full articleWant To Drive For Porsche? You Can Apply Online Starting May 1st!
Yes, I'm sure you all want to be the next Patrick Long or Mark Webber. However, there's a better than average chance you're too old. But not your kids! Starting May 1st, Porsche will begin accepting online applications for their Porsche Junior program at www.porsche.com/juniorprogramme. Started in 1997, the Junior program has shaped …
Continue to the full articleFour Champion Drivers Take Part In Porsche’s Young Driver Academy
For the fourth consecutive year, Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA) and Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) brought together a new group of up-and-coming champions to learn and hone their skills on and off the race track at the Porsche Young Driver Academy. Held at the home of the Porsche Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in …
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