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The Driving Lessons With the 911 R Are Complete. Here’s the Grand Finale

4/24/20168:53 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: 993C4SComment

For the past month we've followed two Porsche enthusiasts, Jack and Elvan, as Patrick Long instructed them in a series of driving lessons using the new 911 R as their platform. We learned the perfect seating position, how to correct for understeer and oversteer, the importance of heel-toe shifting and how to find the perfect line. Now, with the …

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Patrick Long Explains The Fastest Way Through A Corner

3/27/20167:18 estFiled to: Driver's EducationBy: 993C4S6 Comments

In order to understand a lot of what Patrick explains in the video below you have to have a rudimentary understanding of certain motorsport terms. If you don't know what Patrick means by "the line", "apex", "turn-in", etc. then take a minute to read our Motorsports 101 primer, then come back. For those of you already familiar with these terms, …

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The 7 Most Commonly Used Terms By Porsche 911 Race Car Drivers

5/20/201511:08 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bryan Sellers69 Comments

About the author: Bryan Sellers has been a Falken Tire factory driver for seven years. As one of the elite American sports car racers, the Braselton, Georgia-resident has driven the No. 17 Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR (and its predecessor the 911 GT3 RSR) to GT class victories at Mid-Ohio (American Le Mans Series, 2011), Baltimore (ALMS, 2011, …

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Consider Yourself A Porsche Aficionado? We Bet You Don’t Know These Obscure Porsche Terms.

3/28/201512:02 estFiled to: Porsche FactoidsBy: Pepper Girl8 Comments

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When it comes to the world of Porsche, we know we're not experts, but after producing this site for nearly 8 years we've come to learn a lot. That's why, when we found a source of mostly obscure terms that even we weren't familiar with, we knew we had to share. I mean let's face it, when talking or reading about Porsche, and the nomenclature used …

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Porsche Motorsport Terminology 101: Part 1

11/2/200912:10 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Christian Maloof12 Comments

So, you’ve decided it’s time to take the plunge and watch car racing on television. You flip on the SPEED channel and there is some kind of road racing going on. Many cars turn right and left and up and down; there are blind entries and exits, off camber turns and sometimes all of the above on the same corner. You recognize a BMW, perhaps a …

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