As most who read this site know, Luftgekühlt is the brainchild of Porsche factory driver Patrick Long and Southern California creative director Howie Idelson. Now in its fourth iteration, Luftgekühlt embodies air-cooled vehicles from the extensive Porsche narrative, from the Pre-A 356 through the Type 993 911 (1948 – 1998) on the street side, and …
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The Last Turn – Le Mans Classic
You don’t see that many 904s these days, even less often racing, and almost never racing at night as in this image. But in 2002, then almost 40 years old, they were again on the track at Le Mans. It was the inaugural year of the Le Mans Classic, a most remarkable vintage race featuring old cars on the full course, which was remarkably re-opened …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Flamethrower
Early in the day of turbocharged racing Porsches, we began to see a lot more exhaust flames. We called them turbo fire, found them to be most dramatic during night races and much loved by photographers. Being at the right place on the track at the right time, knowing which of the cars was putting on the best show, and timing the shot to catch …
Continue to the full articleSEVEN AMELIA PORSCHES: NOW AND THEN
For the past 5-years T.J. Kessler (Grandson of Leonard and Betty Jo Turner, who for more than 40-years were the moving forces behind Porsche Panorama magazine) has gone on assignment to the Amelia Island Concours for FLATSIXES.com. This year, while on the Concours with his grandfather TJ got the idea to pair his shots of Porsches on the Concours …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – A Likely Story
In 1994, nine years after I staged the image of this rather special machine on the back straight at Sebring, and 23 years after I’d had the privilege to see the John Wyer Gulf-Porsche 917 win overall at Daytona and finish fourth at Sebring, we—like Porsche racing--were on to somewhat more mundane things. Having a new 993 Tiptronic Cab …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – A Whale of a Tail
One of the many happy bits of fortune I experienced over the years was the chance to see one of the four Turbo Carreras Porsche made run at Watkins Glen in 1974, the only year the factory campaigned this car. This most audacious looking 911RSR ran as a Group 5 car, which that year featured a 3 liter formula. With the 917 experience in …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Reflections on Strange Things
I had a birthday this past week, one of those somewhat rare ones that comes every ten years and ends with a zero. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but it did cause me to eventually muse on the strange idea that I am older than the oldest, most vintage Porsche car. That has always been true, of course, but for some reason it seems stranger now, probably …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Matters of Size
I caught this image in 2007 at Daytona; a hard-fought duel between Jim Torres and Phil Daigrepont was a highlight of the last day of the third Rennsport Reunion. Although we didn’t use the picture in Panorama, I have come back to it many times and marveled over the comparison of two great, but very different Porsche race cars, the 917/30 and the …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – The Best of Times
Late afternoon, Sebring 1969: Jo Siffert, who had won overall in 1968 with Hans Herrmann, is settled into the car, working with his harness. Brian Redman stands by his side, trying to get the attention of a young mechanic. Rico Steinemann, the racing manager for Porsche, gives orders from the front of the car, while engineer Peter Falk strides …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – Photographic Forensics
You can probably write this story as well as I can, even though I was there that day and you were likely not. There are a lot of clues. 1. There’s a lot of red clay at this track; esses in the background and a hard lefthander just behind the car: got to be just past Turn 5 at Road Atlanta, early days. 2. The 904 is a later version: the …
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