RENNSPORT WEEKEND UPDATE

Finally up for air after a mind-blowing weekend in Monterey, CA. Thanks to my editors Pete Stout and Randy Leffingwell for their guidance on the amazing stories I was assigned. It was especially wonderful meeting the staff of PCA Panorama Magazine at the top of “The Corkscrew” Sunday afternoon. Continue reading “”

911 AND TOAD HALL

In the fall of 1971, 25 year-old Michael Keyser of Toad Hall Motor Racing ordered a 2.5-liter Light Yellow 911 “ST” sport purposes Porsche from the factory. In December, Keyser traveled from the USA to the Sports Department in Stuttgart where he met with Jürgen Barth, who was the same age and from a well-known racing family. Continue reading “”

CARRERA 2.7 BOOK AVAILABLE NEXT MONTH

“Serious automotive enthusiasts consider Porsche’s 1973 Carrera 2.7 RS to be the archetypical 911. The cars are light, responsive, purposeful and the type 911/83 mechanically fuel injected engine delivers scintillating performance. Over the last 40 years the 2.7 RS has been covered in dozens of books and articles. Yet its successor – a car with the identical engine and similar DNA – remains either unknown or misunderstood even by long-time Porsche enthusiasts.”

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PORSCHE WINS LE MANS

Today, Porsche claimed its 17th overall Le Mans victory. The team’s 919 Hybrid #19 won the world’s greatest endurance race with Nico Hulkenberg, Nick Tandy, and Earl Bamber driving.

Porsche Team’s 919 #17, which was on pole with Mark Weber, finished second. Audi had to settle for 3rd after dominating this French event for years. Continue reading “”

FERDINAND PIECH RESIGNS

A grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, Ferdinand Piech became chairman and CEO of Volkswagen in 1993. He turned the company around and added top marques like Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti. Under Piech’s direction, VW bought Porsche in 2012 and in the process became Europe’s biggest carmaker – just four years after Porsche made a failed attempt to buy VW. Continue reading “”