Daytona 24 Hours - 2022
It was a chilly Rolex 24 but the action in the closing laps was heated. The epic duel at the end between a pair of Porsches will feature...
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Kevin
Dec 29, 20212 min read
Porsche at Dakar - Looking Back
Non-fiction is often more compelling than anything a fiction writer could imagine. The story of Porsche's motorsports efforts in the...
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Kevin
Dec 26, 20211 min read
Carbon Fiber Classic
The Porsche 935/19 was not designed for professional competition. It is not a stripped down uncompromising race car built to battle the...
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Kevin
Oct 13, 20212 min read
Marathon de la Route - 914/6 GT
Endurance races are typically measured in hours - 10 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours or even 25 hours. From 1965 to 1971, however, the world's...
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kevin54449
Feb 19, 20181 min read
2018 Bathurst 12 hours
Seems odd that this blog has been on hiatus since the 2017 Bathurst 12 hours, but the 2018 edition seems like as good an excuse as any to...
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kevin54449
Apr 1, 20171 min read
2017 Bathurst 12hr – Wall Racing Porsche 997 Cup
Number 6 in the 2017 Bathurst 12 hour field was a local entry with four Aussie drivers in a bright yellow Porsche Cup car. The amateur...
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kevin54449
Mar 29, 20171 min read
2017 Bathurst 12hr – Grove Racing Porsche 911
After only 32 laps, the #4 Grove Racing Porsche found calamity and its run came to an untimely end. Arguably, the Class B favorite – or...
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kevin54449
Dec 11, 20161 min read
2016 Sonoma PwC Paddock – Wright Racing 959 and 911 Race car
Walking through the paddock can provide interesting visual comparisons if you keep a keen watch for such opportunities. A black road...
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kevin54449
Nov 29, 20161 min read
The Southwest Star 4Q 2016
Hot off the virtual presses – check out the 4Q 2016 issue of The Southwest Star: AMG GT Roadster Built by Hand – the 2016 Art Center Car...
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kevin54449
Nov 11, 20161 min read
Porsche 911 GTLM Repairs
Tandy drove the very damaged car back to the paddock and the crew descended on it. While clearly out of contention, the crew...
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kevin54449
Nov 6, 20161 min read
Park Place Porsche at Speed
The finish was not as pretty. The Park Place Porsche ran afoul of the rule for driver times and was demoted from its second place GTD...
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kevin54449
Oct 27, 20161 min read
Porsche 912 Pit Stop Practice
In the midst of the full dress rehearsal for the Porsche 912 car, Frederic Makowiecki’s hand on Michael Christensen’s back signals the...
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kevin54449
Oct 20, 20161 min read
Porsche GT3 Race Safety Car
Porsche simply has ruled single make racing for years and the GT3 Cup is the current American version of the Carrera Cup formula that...
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kevin54449
Oct 19, 20161 min read
#7 Rebel Rock Porsche into the 10a Gravel Trap
Turn 10 is ripe for action and a great place to watch at Road Atlanta. The hard left turn is situated at the end of a long downhill...
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kevin54449
Apr 14, 20161 min read
Luftgekühlt – A Celebration of the Air Cooled Porsche
Why would hundreds of Porsche owners bring their toys to a dead end tucked in an industrial neighborhood of Los Angeles on a Sunday...
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kevin54449
Feb 16, 20168 min read
Rolex 24 GTLM Class – A Deeper Look
Endurance races have multiple layers and there are a multitude of plots and sub-plots, unseen stories and angles and facts that get...
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kevin54449
Feb 15, 201611 min read
Rolex 24 GTD Class – A Deeper Look
Endurance races have multiple layers and there are a multitude of plots and sub-plots, unseen stories and angles and facts that get...
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kevin54449
Jan 23, 201610 min read
Observations on the Rolex 24
Doing some preparation for the Rolex 24 at Daytona and ended up with a bit of an overview/preview. The more one looks, the more...
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kevin54449
Jan 18, 20161 min read
Porsche RS Spyder 9R6 704
Last in our series (at least for now) of Porsche RS Spyder chassis features is 9R6-704. This chassis started life in the hands of New...
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kevin54449
Jan 10, 20161 min read
Porsche RS Spyder 9R6 709
Team Essex, a Danish team owned by Peter Halvorsen, provides the next in our series of Porsche RS Spyder reviews – this time we have...
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