This weekend marked the final round of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship at Road Atlanta's famed Petit Le Mans. The ten-hour race in northern Georgia was bound to be a tough one from the start, but Porsche was more than ready for the challenge. The mid-engine 911 RSR competitors donned a throwback livery in the form of 1998's Le …
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Porsche’s Results And Pictures From Mosport
For the second weekend in a row, Porsche's IMSA teams did all the right work and had a decently quick car, but couldn't convert that into a proper race-winning effort. After setting the pole lap in qualifying with a new lap record for GTLM cars, and following that up with a long time in the class leading position, Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy …
Continue to the full articleKeen Project Safari Makes A Great Bike Rack For This Rider
Cannondale bikes are some of the best in the industry, and riding trails can be a really exhilarating feeling if you've got the right equipment. How do you get your adrenaline pumped up on your way to the trails? By driving a stellar and capable Keen Project Safari 911, of course. At least, that's the answer for Allan Thom, who does just that. This …
Continue to the full articlePORSCHE’S Results and Pictures in the IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Challenge at LAGUNA SECA 2017
How The Race Went for Porsche in the GT Le Mans Class With their success at Lime Rock and Road America, Porsche and its drivers entered the race with their heads held high this past weekend at Laguna Seca. At the 10th round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship, the Porsche RSRs of Patrick Pilet (#911) and Laurence Vanthoor (#912) took a …
Continue to the full articleThe 2017 Rolex 24 Hours Of Daytona On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Last year's race was one of the best in years with Porsche missing out on overall victory by just 12 seconds. This year, with a new car (Porsche's mid-engine 911 RSR), new factory drivers and new teams, stands to be even more exciting. So how can you stay up to date with everything going on over the course of the race? Aside from the usual …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Results And Pictures From Lone Star Le Mans At COTA
This weekend at COTA was possibly the hottest and muggiest time at the track I've ever experienced. We saw the thermometer rise well above 90 degrees, but the real killer was the 65% humidity. Many drivers, and even spectators, were struggling with the heat, and the mantra of the weekend was "stay hydrated"! The on-track action was just as hot, …
Continue to the full articleWeatherTech Racing Withdraws from Remainder of 2016 IMSA Series
The Alex Job Racing/WeatherTech team has announced that they will be discontinuing their efforts for the remainder of the 2016 IMSA Sports Car Championship that bears the same name. This announcement comes just a few weeks after the team had a very public split with long-time driver, and friend of FLATSIXES.com, Leh Keen. The team's decision …
Continue to the full articleVideo: Leh Keen Gives Us A Tour Of His GT3R Steering Wheel
With every passing year it seems that our racing cars get more and more complex, even beyond the level found in road cars. Traditionally, the racing version of a car has been quite spartan and simple inside, but that trend has migrated more toward having every bit of control at your finger tips with a myriad of buttons and knobs on the steering …
Continue to the full article24 Hours of Le Mans On Twitter For Porsche Fans
Porsche won this big race overall last year, and we could not have kept astride of the goings on of the race without social media. Aside from the usual television and radio broadcasts, today we have even greater access to online streaming, live in-car video, and most importantly, Twitter. For long endurance races like this one, Twitter can be an …
Continue to the full articleRemember Leh Keen’s Porsche 911 Safari? Well, He Built A 2nd One. It’s Awesome and There Are More To Follow!
By now, most of you know Leh Keen as both a professional race car driver as well as a budding Porsche collector with a sense of humor. You've probably even seen him hooning his 911 based Safari build across as many rivers, fields and mud puddles he can find. What you may not have known is that while it wasn't his original intent, he's now …
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