The sun is in their eyes, their tires are shot, they both have passengers, and they're running the last session of the day. The circumstances are perfect for Jeff Cook and his talented student, Mr. Yellow, to put in a few drifty laps in their lemon-lime pairing of 991 GT3 RS. Cook, a former formula car racer who helps his students find frightening …
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Here’s The Fast Way Around Sonoma Raceway In A GT3 RS
"You need to learn how to drive a slow car fast before you can drive a fast car fast," says Joe Kou, Spec Miata racer and owner of this GT3 RS. Running in an anemic Miata and focusing on maintaining mid-corner speed obviously pays off in the punchier cars, as we can see here in this searing lap at Sonoma Raceway. With that wonderful blend of …
Continue to the full articleNo Shoes Allowed: How I Got To Ride Along In A 959 At Sonoma Raceway
This weekend during 'HooptieCon' at Sonoma Raceway, I was given the opportunity to sit in the passenger seat of a gorgeous 4,700 mile Porsche 959 as it circulated a paced parade lap. You wouldn't normally expect to see Porsche's pinnacle of 1980s engineering excellence participate in an event called HooptieCon, but this is a truly special event. …
Continue to the full articleBad Track Etiquette: McLaren Blocks Cayman GT4
There are occasional track days when some people don't give way to those who clearly deserve to run ahead. The governing bodies try to filter the fast from the slow, but introducing lots of horsepower, conceit, and a narrow track can complicate things further. In these cases, a quick lap can easily be ruined by an oblivious driver in a faster …
Continue to the full articleRide Onboard This Ex-Targa Florio Porsche 908/3 For A Lap Of Sonoma Raceway
The Porsche world's favorite potato-chip-magnate-turned-vintage-racer, Cameron Healy, is among the coolest people in the world, and he has a serious love of Porsche. He's been working with Rod Emory on a number of projects recently, including the full restoration of Porsche's 1951 Le Mans-winning 356SL and subsequent preparation for the Pebble …
Continue to the full articleRemember Paul Newman’s Porsche 935 That Adam Carolla Bought? Watch Him Drive it for the FIrst Time!
It was just under a year-a-go that Adam Carolla jumped head first into the Porsche market with the purchase of the ex-Paul Newman Le Mans' class winning 935 during the 2016 Gooding & Co auction in Monterey. While Carolla is no stranger to ex-Paul Newman race cars (it's reported he owns the largest collection of them in the world) this was his first …
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