Porsche debuted their new mid-engine 911 RSR at Daytona last year, and suffered a few teething problems amidst a strong showing. They qualified mid-pack, and finished just off the tail of the class-winning Ford GT. With a full year of development under their belt, Porsche has potential to do even better this year. In GTD, Porsche won the class last …
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Porsche’s Most Significant Moments Of 2017
2017 was an interesting year for Porsche and fans of the brand. We had a great year of bringing you the most important Porsche news stories and entertainment, and thanks for reading along. Over the last twelve months, the Porsche community has grown in a big way with Porsche setting sales records seemingly every month, we've seen a big jump in …
Continue to the full articleRally Mechanics Install This Porsche’s Engine In A Field, In Africa, In Just 12-Minutes
At the start of the recent East African Safari Rally, Stig Blomqvist (along with co-driver Mattias Adielsson), had built up a healthy lead. They won the first two days, but woke up on the third day to an equally unhealthy engine. The supporting Tuthill Porsche rally squad was forced to get the engine and transmission swapped out of the car for a …
Continue to the full articleWolf Henzler Out as Factory Driver. Transitioning To A New Role
German racing driver Wolf Henzler is many things. He is a 42-year old father of two, a Daytona 24 winner, a Le Mans winner, a Spa 24 winner, twice Petit Le Mans winner, and owner of multiple championship titles. Until recently, Wolf was one of the longest-standing Porsche factory drivers after ten seasons of racing with the distinction of Porsche's …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long Will Team With Christina Nielsen For Wright Motorsport IMSA Effort
Batavia, Ohio-based Wright Motorsports has announced a return to IMSA competition in the GT Daytona category after a championship winning 2017 season in Pirelli World Challenge with Porsche's Patrick Long. For the 2018 season, Long will return for his third season in-a-row with Wright to team with two-time reigning GTD class champion Christina …
Continue to the full articleResults, Pictures and Video From WEC Round 9 in Bahrain
Porsche's Race in LMP1 - Porsche finished the 2017 LMP1 season this year by securing all of the available championships, though they technically won fewer races than Toyota did. By winning at Le Mans this year, however, Porsche secured more points than Toyota had, giving them the championship victory from the penultimate race in China. For …
Continue to the full articleBook Review: Porsche 70 Years by Randy Leffingwell
Randy Leffingwell is a writer that I respect greatly. I met him once at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance years ago, and he could not have been a nicer and more encouraging fellow [Randy was actually one of our first interviews years ago]. Randy's primary source material tends to bounce between Mustangs, Corvettes, and Porsches, all of which I …
Continue to the full articleThe Sun Sets On Porsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1 Program
When Porsche announced their return to Le Mans and the FIA WEC at the end of 2011, we were optimistic that it would signal a new era of Porsche sports car dominance with the longevity of the 956/962 program of the 80s and 90s. The 919 Hybrid finally showed up for the start of the 2014 WEC season, and was instantly on-pace with the rest of the LMP1 …
Continue to the full articleThe Maestro’s One-Off 1975 Porsche 911 Turbo RS
Porsche's magazine-of-record Christophorus has been slowly trickling out their featured articles for a few years now, and this is perhaps the greatest one we've seen in all that time. This odd-looking mid-70s 911 Turbo is a unique piece of RennSport heritage that we'd not heard of prior. It was commissioned for long-time Porsche driver, company …
Continue to the full articleResults, Pictures, And Video From WEC Round 8 At Shanghai
The penultimate round of Porsche's final season in top flight prototype racing is done and gone. This report will take you through the highs and lows, ups and downs of Porsche's time in China this weekend. The 6 hour race was not without incident, but ultimately everything shook out decently in Porsche's favor. While they didn't win any of the …
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