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The Last Turn – Le Mans Classic

5/5/20177:38 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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 …

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The Last Turn – Flamethrower

4/21/201711:06 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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 …

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The Last Turn – A Likely Story

4/7/20179:30 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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 …

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The Last Turn – A Whale of a Tail

3/24/20179:30 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

rear view of a Porsche Turbo Carrera RSR showing it's massive whale tale during a race at Watkins Glen 1974

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 …

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The Last Turn – Reflections on Strange Things

3/11/20176:41 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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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 …

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The Last Turn – Matters of Size

2/26/201710:19 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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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 …

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What Color is this Porsche, Really?

2/12/201711:03 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

This image was made in late 1990, one of many from an extraordinary press trip launching the new 1991 Turbo. We were taken with the beauty of this particular car and used it in Panorama several times, although never the image you see here. But what color is it, really? The Porsche factory has offered a staggering variety of hues over the …

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The Last Turn – The Best of Times

1/30/20178:34 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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 …

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The Last Turn – Photographic Forensics

1/16/20173:37 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

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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The Last Turn – Targa Tales

12/23/20168:57 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard Turner

Targas have been a staple in the Porsche lineup for many years, originating in the late sixties as a flexible design with a removable hard top, a zip-out rear window, and an integrated roll bar. This four-alternative design was quickly replaced with a more practical fixed rear glass model which persisted until the advent of the 993, when the …

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