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Porsche returns to Le Mans in 201
07/19/11
| Stuttgart/Atlanta – June 30, 2011 -- Porsche returns to Le Mans with a works-run LMP1 sports prototype. The first outing of the completely new developed race car is planned for the year 2014. With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans. The most recent win was in 1998 with the Porsche 911 GT1. |
Porscheplatz
06/09/11
Visit the Porscheplatz
(Porsche Owner’s Corral) & PCA Membership Station!
August 5-6, 2011
American LeMans at Mid-Ohio
Join us for this exclusive PCA member opportunity! Display your Porsche in the Porscheplatz corral, watch Porsches in action and take part in the following special events:
Scheduled appearances by Porsche teams
Supervised Parade Laps of the track
“Long Distance Award” (sponsored by Michelin)
IMSA guided “Hot Pit Tour” drawing
Sponsor presentations • Raffle drawings
For information, contact:
Ron Carr, zone4rep@embarqmail.com, (740) 967-6027
For the latest schedule information please visit the IMSA website at www.imsaracing.net.
Parking in the Porscheplatz is for Porsches only. "For Sale" signs on cars will not be permitted.
Participants must be present to win drawings or awards.
Porscheplatz is hosted by Porsche Cars NA and Porsche Motorsport NA with the cooperation of IMSA and ALMS. Read More...
(Porsche Owner’s Corral) & PCA Membership Station!
August 5-6, 2011
American LeMans at Mid-Ohio
Join us for this exclusive PCA member opportunity! Display your Porsche in the Porscheplatz corral, watch Porsches in action and take part in the following special events:
Scheduled appearances by Porsche teams
Supervised Parade Laps of the track
“Long Distance Award” (sponsored by Michelin)
IMSA guided “Hot Pit Tour” drawing
Sponsor presentations • Raffle drawings
For information, contact:
Ron Carr, zone4rep@embarqmail.com, (740) 967-6027
For the latest schedule information please visit the IMSA website at www.imsaracing.net.
Parking in the Porscheplatz is for Porsches only. "For Sale" signs on cars will not be permitted.
Participants must be present to win drawings or awards.
Porscheplatz is hosted by Porsche Cars NA and Porsche Motorsport NA with the cooperation of IMSA and ALMS. Read More...
Historic Win at the Glen
06/09/11
| Brumos Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Scores Historic Win at the Glen WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — June 5 -- Andrew Davis and Leh Keen accomplished something Hurley Haywood could never do — drive Brumos Racing to a class victory in the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen. The tandem got a huge break late in the six-hour marathon when a caution period allowed Davis to make a quick stop for enough gas to finish the final two laps. The win was the first for the Jacksonville-based team in the Grand-Am Road Racing Series since it dropped its Daytona Prototype program to concentrate on a GT Class Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. The last Brumos win at the Glen was in 2003, when David Donohue/Mike Bokowski/Scott Goodyear won the race in the DP Brumos Porsche Fabcar. |
GT3 CUP EXPERIENCE
03/19/11
ADVANCED 911 GT3 CUP EXPERIENCE INTRODUCED FOR PORSCHE SPORT DRIVING SCHOOL – FEATURES UNIQUE PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUP TWO-SEATER |
2011 Porsche Race Car Classic
01/19/11
Dear Friends,
Event producer Steve Heinrichs is intent on making the 2011 Porsche Race Car Classic at Quail a unique and wonderful experience. He's equally intent on making a difference to all who have been touched by lung cancer by making The Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and The UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program the beneficiaries of event proceeds.
Please have a look at the story, "Giant Killers, Take Two ~ Passion for Porsche, Passion for Life", which appears in the current issue of Porsche's Christophorus Magazine (courtesy of Porsche Cars North America). Read More...
HPDE Insurance Program
01/19/11
HPDE Insurance Program New Annual Policy Option
Coverage is offered at a discounted rate to PCA participants attending PCA events for both single event and annual policies.
In June 2009, Porsche Club of America and the Lockton HPDE Insurance Program® announced their partnership in delivering affordable insurance to the many PCA enthusiasts involved in performance driving events. The program provides affordable, single-event physical damage insurance for vehicles used in PCA high-performance driving schools. Since its inception, many PCA enthusiasts have taken advantage of the PCA HPDE Insurance Program, and experienced it’s ease, affordability, and outstanding customer service. Although the program already provides a fantastic solution for PCA enthusiasts who participate in five events or less per year, we’ve listened to our customers and are expanding our offerings in 2011 to meet the needs of enthusiasts that are more active in the hobby. Read More...
Coverage is offered at a discounted rate to PCA participants attending PCA events for both single event and annual policies.
In June 2009, Porsche Club of America and the Lockton HPDE Insurance Program® announced their partnership in delivering affordable insurance to the many PCA enthusiasts involved in performance driving events. The program provides affordable, single-event physical damage insurance for vehicles used in PCA high-performance driving schools. Since its inception, many PCA enthusiasts have taken advantage of the PCA HPDE Insurance Program, and experienced it’s ease, affordability, and outstanding customer service. Although the program already provides a fantastic solution for PCA enthusiasts who participate in five events or less per year, we’ve listened to our customers and are expanding our offerings in 2011 to meet the needs of enthusiasts that are more active in the hobby. Read More...
The Art of Braking
01/17/11
The Art of Braking and Car Control
By the Lone Star Region, Porsche Club of America
Copyright 2005 & 2007
THEORY 101
A race car driver makes hundreds of decisions per lap under constantly varying track and car conditions. When to initiate a turn, when and how hard to brake, when to get on the throttle, etc. etc. lap after lap; decisions, decisions... Throw in a bunch of other fast- moving cars and in addition to all the previous variables, you now have to avoid hitting the aforementioned vehicles; and, if you want to win, you’ll need to actually pass them! To do this, within the excitement of a race, you must now try to identify, and then take advantage of, the next driver’s minute timing error to execute a pass. Just another morning commute on the Katy freeway!
Of all the skills a race car driver must master to be quick around a racetrack, none is more complex or critical than braking. Few racing skills are harder to learn than the ability to slow a race car at the limits of its braking capacity. Slow down too much or too slowly and you’ve lost critical lap time. Slow down too little or too late and you’ll be in serious trouble, fast!
Telemetry shows that Michael Schumacher spent less total time on the brakes than any other Formula One driver. In other words, he was more effective with his braking than any of his competitors. Most passing in a race is done under braking, going into a turn. Half a second, the time it takes your brain to decide to step on the brake, is 110 feet; you just got passed and your competitor is on his way to winning the race! Read More...
Porsche 918 RSR
01/17/11
Porsche 918 RSR – Racing Laboratory With Even Higher-Performance Hybrid Drive
World premiere in Detroit: mid-engine coupé as a technology test bed
Detroit, Jan. 10, 2011 -- Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is continuing to extend its performance and high efficiency competence via intensive development work in the field of hybrid technology. With the Porsche 918 RSR, the manufacturer of sporty premium vehicles is presenting a high-end synthesis of 2010's successful hybrid concepts. The two-seater mid-engine coupé 918 RSR clearly reveals what happens when the technology fitted in the 911 GT3 R hybrid and the design of the 918 Spyder are transferred to a modern, innovative super sports car.
Read More...Night of Champions
12/21/10
2011 Version of the World’s Most Successful GT Race Car Debut at
Porsche “Night of Champions”
Stuttgart –December 12 -- The Porsche 911 GT3 RSR takes off into the new
motorsport season with significant modifications. The 2011 version of the world’s most
successful GT race car celebrated its international premiere at the “Night of Champions”
party held at the R&D Center in Weissach to mark the end of the 2010 motorsport
season. Priority in the further development of the GT3 RSR was given to the newly
designed aerodynamics at the front and rear, changes to the suspension kinematics and
to the engine.
The 4.0-litre, six-cylinder boxer engine now delivers 455 hp (355 kW) at 7,800 revs, five
horsepower more than its predecessor. The power increase results from an engine
management system which adapts even better to different fuel grades, as well as a
redesigned exhaust system and a modified air intake housing. Moreover, the drivability
of the famously efficient engine has undergone further improvements. Maximum revs
remain unchanged at 9,400 rpm.
Clearly visible are the modifications to the front. A new front lip provides higher
downforce at the front axle. The front wheels are now wider with the rims growing from
11 to 12 inches giving additional grip and less understeer. The position of the rear wing
and the shape of the wing mounting also underwent optimization and were adapted to
the new rear fairing with additional air outlet louvers. The rear lid was also redesigned for
optimized air ducting. Like the 911 GT3 Cup and the GT3 R, the RSR has now been
equipped with the LED rear lights taken from the latest 911 road-legal cars.
The 911 GT3 RSR joins the 911 GT3 R and the 911 GT3 Cup as the top model of
Porsche Motorsport’s product range. The successful long distance racer from Weissach
can be ordered now at a price of 410,000 Euro plus country-specific value added tax. All
2011 modifications are available as a kit for GT3 RSR cars from the 2010 season.
Technical description Porsche GT3 RSR (2011 model year)
Engine
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Nürburgring Long Distance Championship
04/12/10
Second Porsche win in a row ; Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid on Podium
Stuttgart/Atlanta – April 10 -- The Porsche 911 has again shown its supremacy as the
world’s most successful GT race car – this time both as a traditionally-powered racer
and a hybrid entry.
Read More...
Mid-Ohio Grand-Am Race - Car Corral
03/10/10
Mid-Ohio Grand-Am Race - Car Corral
EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 19-20, 2010
Join us for this exclusive PCA member opportunity! Display your Porsche in the PCA Corral, watch the Porsche racing action, and take part in the following Special Events:
• Scheduled Appearances by Porsche Race Drivers
• Grand Am Sponsored Prize Drawings
• Supervised Parade Laps of the Track
• "Long Distance Award"
For information please contact: Ron Carr, Z4 Rep - zone4rep@embarqmail.com, or 740-967-6027 Read More...
EMCO Gears Classic at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
June 19-20, 2010
Join us for this exclusive PCA member opportunity! Display your Porsche in the PCA Corral, watch the Porsche racing action, and take part in the following Special Events:
• Scheduled Appearances by Porsche Race Drivers
• Grand Am Sponsored Prize Drawings
• Supervised Parade Laps of the Track
• "Long Distance Award"
For information please contact: Ron Carr, Z4 Rep - zone4rep@embarqmail.com, or 740-967-6027 Read More...
Six Hours of The Glen PCA Corral
03/10/10
Porsche Club of America proudly invites their members to join them for the
Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen
PCACorral
PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA SPECIAL OFFER
June 4-6 2010
Club Hospitality Special Includes:
Weekend General Admission
Turn 11 Trackside Hospitality Chalet & Car Corral
Friday On Track Parade Laps (*Schedule Permitting)
Saturday Food & Beverage Hospitality Service
Rolex & Continental Tire Series Porsche Driver Appearances
Exclusive Porsche Team Tours &Access
Contact: Mike Evranian (607) 535-2486 x351
Offer Expires May, 24th
$30
6HRPCACORRAL[1]
Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen
PCACorral
PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA SPECIAL OFFER
June 4-6 2010
Club Hospitality Special Includes:
Weekend General Admission
Turn 11 Trackside Hospitality Chalet & Car Corral
Friday On Track Parade Laps (*Schedule Permitting)
Saturday Food & Beverage Hospitality Service
Rolex & Continental Tire Series Porsche Driver Appearances
Exclusive Porsche Team Tours &Access
Contact: Mike Evranian (607) 535-2486 x351
Offer Expires May, 24th
$30
6HRPCACORRAL[1]
IRAC IV Owens CC
08/20/09
IRAC IV Owens Community College August 9, 2009
Summer finally arrived as the participants began to ready for the event. Just putting numbers on the cars brought a bit of moisture to everyone’s brow. Temperatures would eventually reach about 95 in Toledo and since Ohio’s summer had been mild up to this point it caught everyone a little off guard.
Gregg Herr with MVR laid out what appeared to be at first walk around, the same course. However, with clever use of some really offset gates set at strange angles to each other; it was a challenge to reach a flowing rhythm with this course. And this made things rather interesting. Read More...
MORPCA Autocross Westerville North HS
07/14/09
MORPCA Autocross Westerville North High School
6/14/2009
Even with a small chance of rain 16 Porsches and 4 X cars made it out to the first MORPCA autocross of the season. Once again Jeff Dupler and Dave Wenger laid out a very interesting course complete with a high speed banked 180 degree turn and a full 360 degree skid pad turn.
The course began with a couple of very sharp turns that took the driver through a series of 180’s and then through a very fast section of off-set gates. The cars could build up a great deal of speed through this section that ended with banked 180 degree turn. The bank turn led into a couple more off-set gates and then into the slalom and bus stop. From the bus stop you entered quickly into the 360 degree skid pad turn. You have never heard so much tire squeal as drivers fought to keep the cars from spinning out. Read More...
What About the 2009 Club Race!!?
07/14/09
What About the Club Race!!?
By Chip Henderson
When I received the July issue of Die Offen Strasse the other day, I noticed there were three pages dedicated to recent autocrosses – but nothing about the spring Club Race! So here is a short bit on the event – from a driver’s point of view.
It was the first of two 15-lap sprint races planned for the day for the Red Sprint group. Six of us had qualified within a second of each other and when the green flag dropped, the fight was on. We started the race by going three-wide into turn one and spent the next 20 minutes taking every possible line around the 2.25 mile Mid Ohio circuit in a vain attempt to get into passing position on the guy in front – while trying not to let the guy behind get the advantage. Since this was a sprint race, there was no time to hang back and wait for something to happen, you had to push the issue and try to force the driver ahead into a mistake if you wanted to move up a tic on the scoring sheet. We were two and three wide everywhere. Just when I thought I had a pass made, another car would come out of nowhere and take the inside line. I would go wide to avoid contact and the car I just passed would slip back to the inside with a better line into the next turn. It was a six-car drag race down the back straight, through thunder valley and back across the start finish. Laps clicked by with no obvious leader of the pack. It didn’t matter what position I was fighting for, I just wanted the next one. We pushed the envelope on every lap with threshold braking and tires squealing through the turns. Read More...
FLYING LIZARD
05/19/09
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR OF BERGMEISTER/LONG
SCORE FLAG-TO-FLAG WIN TO SOLIDY ALMS GT2 POINTS LEAD
--Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche of Henzler/Lieb second after race-long battle--
TOOELE, UT. – May 17 – By the time the thundering field of 23 cars completed their first lap of the
3.048 mile Miller Motorsports Park, the site of today’s Utah Grand Prix, the Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs of
Flying Lizard Motorsports and Farnbacher Loles Racing had established themselves 1-2 at the head of
the GT2 field and would never relinquish that lead. Read More...
BERGMEISTER/LONG WINS GT2 AT ST. PETE
04/06/09
FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS PORSCHE OF BERGMEISTER/LONG WINS GT2 AT ST. PETE
--Strategy, tire selection, early driving decisions lead to two-lap win over BMW--
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – April 4 – Showing auto racing for the real team sport that is it, the race and tire
engineers, pit crew, and drivers of the #45 Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR – piloted by Joerg
Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) – scored a two lap GT2 class win at the Acura Sport Car
Challenge on the 1.9-mile street course through downtown St. Petersburg.
Long, who lives in nearby Bellaire, Florida, had crashed the car in qualifying on Friday, but pointed out
that the team learned some valuable lessons from his mishap that helped them win the event. Read More...
40 YEARS OF THE PORSCHE 917
03/22/09
40 YEARS OF THE PORSCHE 917
The car described as the “Greatest Racing Car in History” celebrates its 40th birthday
ATLANTA – March 9, 2009 – Forty years ago, on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International
Motor Show, today’s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that would exceed its creator’s
wildest dreams, and develop into one of the most iconic race cars of all time: The Porsche
917.
Project 917 began in June 1968 in response to an edict from the international motor sports
authority, known as the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). They had announced a
class for “homologated sports cars” with up to a five-liter engine capacity and a minimum
weight of 800 kilograms (1760 pounds). Read More...
911 GT3 Cup Wins in World Challenge
03/22/09
Rivera’s Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Wins in World Challenge GT Debut at Sebring
SEBRING, Fla. (March 20, 2009) – Tony Rivera, of Missouri City, Texas, became the first SCCA Pro
Racing SPEED World Challenge GT driver to win in his series debut in five years, taking the season
opener at Sebring International Raceway, part of the 57th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Starting third in the No. 97 Tax Masters/Mirage Group Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racer, Rivera moved to
second behind polesitter Dino Crescentini’s No. 4 Stoptech/GMG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup on the standing
start. By the end of the first lap, Eric Curran was in second in his No. 30 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet
Corvette. The trio ran in that order until Curran made his move on Crescentini in Tune One on lap four.
Rivera followed suit a lap later around the outside of Crescentini in Turn 15 with Brandon Davis putting
his No. 10 Applied Computer Solutions/Sun Microsystems Ford Mustang into third two corners later. Read More...
Autocross 2009- By Mike Tepley
03/14/09
Autocross 2009
It is time to end the hibernation. Bulbs are forcing their way up, hearty buds are emerging and Porsches are begging to be driven.
By the time you read this the season opening 24 hours of Daytona occurred 60 days ago. While we might just see another snowfall before spring, it’s time for us Midwesterners to wake up and get ready.
This year we are going to have it pretty good. As most of the ardent readers know, I began my autocross diatribes last year in hopes of increasing the participation at the events. This year the club has answered with 4 local autocrosses.
That’s right, you can actually autocross 4 times this year without you or the Porsche getting more than a mile or so outside the beltway. Due to some scheduling changes MOR has been lucky enough to host two of the IRAC series events this year.
For those of you that are not familiar with IRAC, it stands for the Inter Regional Autocross Championship. Basically, you can accumulate points at each IRAC event scheduled by Porsche clubs throughout Ohio and at the end of the season they announce the standings for each class. You can also run in IRAC events even if you have no interest in accumulating points. It is open to everyone just like a non-IRAC event would be.
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2009 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR
02/03/09
2009 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR HAS SUCCESSFUL DEBUT AT AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES WINTER
TEST AT SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY; TEAMS CONCENTRATING ON NEW CAR SETUP
SEBRING, Fla. – January 28 -- The new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR has passed its first challenge on the
race track with flying colors on the fast, bumpy course that is Sebring International Raceway.
At the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) winter tests which ends today, the long distance race car,
which received modifications in many areas, immediately displayed its exceptional reliability and
handling. Porsche teams Flying Lizard Motorsports and Farnbacher Loles Racing conducted an
intensive three-day test schedule and worked on a base setup for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of
Sebring, which will be held on Saturday, March 21. Read More...
TRG Wins Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona
02/03/09
TRG Finishes One-Two in GT
Daytona Beach, Florida, TRG won the 47th running of the Grand-Am Rolex Series Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona GT race today. Justin Marks, RJ Valentine, Andy Lally, Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister drove the No. 67 TRG Porsche 997 to victory by a narrow margin over their teammates. The No. 66 of Ted Ballou, Tim George Jr., Spencer Pumpelly, Emmanuel Collard and Richard Lietz came second, giving TRG a one-two finish to open Speed Weeks at Daytona. Read More...
Daytona Beach, Florida, TRG won the 47th running of the Grand-Am Rolex Series Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona GT race today. Justin Marks, RJ Valentine, Andy Lally, Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister drove the No. 67 TRG Porsche 997 to victory by a narrow margin over their teammates. The No. 66 of Ted Ballou, Tim George Jr., Spencer Pumpelly, Emmanuel Collard and Richard Lietz came second, giving TRG a one-two finish to open Speed Weeks at Daytona. Read More...
HISTORIC ROLEX 24 WIN
02/03/09
BRUMOS RACING SCORES HISTORIC ROLEX 24 WIN WITH PORSCHE RILEY AND
DONOHUE/LAW/GARCIA/RICE; TRG PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUPS TAKE ONE-TWO IN GT
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – January 25 – On the 40th anniversary of his father’s victory at the Rolex
24 Hours at Daytona, David Donohue, of Malvern, Penn., drove a gripping last hour of the 2009
sports car classic to pass, and then hold off, former Formula 1 champion and NASCAR star Juan
Pablo Montoya to score an overall win for him and his teammates Antonio Garcia (Madrid, Spain),
Darren Law and Buddy Rice (both Phoenix, Ariz.) in the Brumos Porsche Riley prototype at Daytona
International Speedway. Read More...
2009 PORSCHE 911 GT3
01/24/09
2009 PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSR TO MAKE WORLD DEBUT AT ALMS WINTER
TEST AT SEBRING, JANUARY 26
Bigger engine, improved aerodynamics highlight changes for defending
ALMS Champion
ATLANTA --- January 22, 2009 --- The American Le Mans Series GT2 class
championship- winning Porsche 911 GT3 RSR heads into the 2009 racing season with
significant mechanical and body upgrades designed to help it defend its crown against
increased competition. The new cars will make their world debut at Sebring International
Raceway on Monday, January 26, as part of the three-day American Le Mans Series
Winter test.
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PORSCHE WINS LMP2 AND GT2 MANUFACTURERS TITLES
11/08/08
PORSCHE SECURES LMP2 AND GT2 MANUFACTURERS TITLES WITH KEY PERFORMANCES
BY PENSKE RACING, FLYING LIZARD MOTORSPORTS AT LAGUNA SECA FINALE
ATLANTA – October 18 – Porsche entered today’s Monterey Sports Car Challenge, the final
round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series, with the LMP2 prototype drivers championship
and the GT2 production-based drivers championship already clinched, but the manufacturers
titles in both classes were still up for grabs.
But, when the checked flag fell on the four-hour sports car classic early Saturday evening, a
Porsche race team in each class scored a third point finish – good enough for the marquee
to win both manufacturers championships. Read More...
MONTEREY HISTORICS
08/21/08
PORSCHE MOTORSPORT NORTH AMERICA TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
AT THE 35TH MONTEREY HISTORIC AUTOMOBILE RACES THIS WEEKEND
MONTEREY, Calif. – As part of Porsche’s celebration of its 60th Anniversary, Porsche
Motorsport North America (PMNA) will have a display in the Laguna Seca paddock at
this weekend’s 35th Monterey Historic Automobile Races event.
Of interest to many race fans will be a visit to the Porsche Motorsport transporter that
will be displayed in the paddock of Laguna Seca Raceway. This particular trailer was
used for many years in Europe and then later the USA, to provide trackside support with
spare parts and assistance. Fans and enthusiasts will be able to get a look inside at an
array of photographs, parts and memorabilia from the long history of Porsche.
Representatives and engineers from Porsche Motorsport North America will be in
attendance at the transporter throughout the Monterey Historics. Read More...
Porsche Wins Rally
07/28/08
PORSCHE CAYENNES FINISH 2008 TRANSSYBERIA RALLY IN TOP SIX POSITIONS;
AMERICANS FALL SHORT AFTER TOWING TOP GERMAN TEAM THROUGH LATE STAGE
ATLANTA – July 25 -- Porsche has won the Transsyberia Rally for the third time in succession.
After its one-two finish in 2006 and podium sweep in 2007, the Porsche Cayenne S
Transsyberia has secured the top six positions for 2008.
Of the top ten vehicles, nine were Porsche. The decisive overall win went to Team Porsche
France with Christian Lavieille and Francois Borsotto, who put in constantly fast times and
made no mistakes. After clocking up more than 7,000 kilometres (4,240 miles), the duo
held a two hour advantage over the second place finishers. Read More...
Smoken' Hot in Syberia
07/15/08
PORSCHE CAYENNE S TRANSSYBERIA RALLY TEAMS
HOLD TOP EIGHT POSITIONS AFTER OPENING STAGES IN RUSSIA;
PORSCHE TEAM CANADA IS OUT AND TEAM USA MOVES UP
ATLANTA – July 14 – After leaving Red Square in Moscow in a driving rainstorm on Friday, the 34 rally
vehicles competing the 2008 TransSyberia Rally powered by Sony Ericsson have completed four days
of action, and the teams from North America competing in Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia racers
have had varying degrees of luck. The teams are now off for a day (Tuesday) in preparation for the
start of stage five, which runs on Wednesday.
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Porsche Wins Mid-Ohio
07/05/08
FARNBACHER LOLES GIVES PORSCHE FIRST GRAND-AM ROLEX GT WIN OF THE SEASON;
BRUMOS RACING PORSCHE RILEY GRABS POLE, FINISHES SECOND IN DP
LEXINGTON, Ohio - June 22 – For the second straight event, the No. 58 Brumos Racing
Porsche Riley Daytona Prototype of David Donohue and Darren Law made it to the podium,
finishing second in the Rolex Grand-Am race at Mid-Ohio, while Eric Lux and Leh Keen drove
their No. 86 Farnbacher Loles Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to victory in the GT class, giving
Porsche its first triumph of the season in eight races.
Darren Law finished second in the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley that David Donohue
put on the pole. He took the position on the final lap of racing, before a two-car incident
caused the race to end under caution. Paul Ritchie, president of Porsche Motorsport North
America, said this trend has been building in Daytona Prototype, and the Porsche-powered
Rileys are close to winning a race. Read More...
Porsche Wins Grand Am GT Class
06/23/08
FARNBACHER LOLES GIVES PORSCHE FIRST GRAND-AM ROLEX GT WIN OF THE SEASON;
BRUMOS RACING PORSCHE RILEY GRABS POLE, FINISHES SECOND IN DP
LEXINGTON, Ohio - June 22 – For the second straight event, the No. 58 Brumos Racing
Porsche Riley Daytona Prototype of David Donohue and Darren Law made it to the podium,
finishing second in the Rolex Grand-Am race at Mid-Ohio, while Eric Lux and Leh Keen drove
their No. 86 Farnbacher Loles Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to victory in the GT class, giving
Porsche its first triumph of the season in eight races.
Darren Law finished second in the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley that David Donohue
put on the pole. He took the position on the final lap of racing, before a two-car incident
caused the race to end under caution. Paul Ritchie, president of Porsche Motorsport North
America, said this trend has been building in Daytona Prototype, and the Porsche-powered
Rileys are close to winning a race.
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Le Mans - RS Spyder wins
06/18/08
PORSCHE RS SPYDER LMP2 TEAMS FINISH ONE-TWO AT LE MANS 24 HOUR CLASSIC IN TWICE-
AROUND-THE CLOCK DEBUT; TWO LEADING PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSRs FALL BACK IN ACCIDENT
LE MANS, France – June 15, 2008 - The 24 Hours of Le Mans premiere for the Porsche RS Spyder could
not have gone better as, at the world’s toughest long distance race, the sports prototype from Weissach
celebrated a one-two finish in the LMP2 class.
After a trouble free run without a single technical problem, Jos Verstappen, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Peter
van Merksteijn (all from The Netherlands) crossed the finish line first. The trio from the Van Merksteijn
Motorsport team held an eight lap advantage at the finish over the second-placed RS Spyder of John
Nielsen, Casper Elgaard (both Denmark) and Porsche works and Penske Racing driver Sascha Maassen
(Germany). Read More...
TRG To Mid-Ohio with 4 Cars
06/18/08
TRG Looks to Defend Mid-Ohio Victory with Potent Four-Car Lineup
PETALUMA, Calif. - TRG returns to the venerable Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Saturday's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 EMCO Gears Classic with a four-car lineup and as the race's defending champions.
Last year, Andy Lally and RJ Valentine co-drove the No. 66 Porsche to the victory at Mid-Ohio, one of a series-leading five GT-class victories in 2008. Entering Saturday's eighth round of the 13-race 2008 Rolex Series championship, however, TRG is still looking for its first victory. Mid-Ohio could be just the place to change that, as TRG has placed at least one car on the podium there for every race since 2004.
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Ruby's brings Crawford to Mid-Ohio
06/18/08
June 18, 2008
Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team brings newly improved Crawford to Mid-Ohio
TAVARES, Fla. - Though it's only been two weeks since the Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team debuted its brand new Crawford DP08 bodywork at Watkins Glen International, the team has since learned a lot about its newly updated car.
In fact, the team learned more about the dynamics of its new bodywork in the two days following the Sahlen's Six Hours Of The Glen than it had previously known - mainly because the car went from having the new bodywork bolted on at Crawford Composites in Charlotte, N.C. straight to Watkins Glen without the benefit of being track tested. Read More...
Porsche Miller Winners
05/18/08
SECOND ROAD RACING COURSE – SECOND OVERALL WIN OF THE SEASON
FOR PENSKE PORSCHES; FLYING LIZARD PORSCHES TAKE ONE-TWO IN GT2 IN UTAH
TOOELE, Utah – May 18 – After no one on the Penske Porsche Racing team thought that the
Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by The Grand and Little America Hotels
feature race could possibly match the excitement of qualifying the day before, a combination
of flawless driving and incisive pit strategy gave the team’s Porsche RS Spyders a one-two
overall win at Miller Motorsports Park.
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PORSCHE vs FERRARI
05/13/08
PORSCHE RS SPYDER, 911 GT3 RSR NEED NEW SET-UP FOR MODIFIED MILLER MOTORSPORTS
COURSE NEAR SALT LAKE CITY; PORSCHE-ACURA AND PORSCHE-FERRARI RIVALRIES CONTINUE
ATLANTA –- May 13 – When owner Larry Miller had famous sports car course architect Alan Wilson
design Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City four years ago, he wanted to make sure the facility
was versatile enough to accommodate many different needs – sports car racing, motorscycle racing,
club racing, corporate and private facility rentals and more.
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TRG -4 Cars in Bosch Engineering 250
04/24/08
PETALUMA, Calif. - TRG looks to return to victory lane when the team brings a four-car assault to the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway April 26-27.
Spencer Pumpelly and Tim George will drive the No. 67 Tampico Porsche GT3. This tandem was the Rolex Series GT Driver's Championship point leaders heading into the Mexico City 250, but a broken wheel stud put them out of the race and subsequently dropped to them to a tie for second in the point standings with 81 points. The duo looks to regain the top spot with a win at VIR. Through three races, Pumpelly and George have a second (Homestead-Miami) and a third-place (Daytona) finish. Read More...
Vintage Grand Prix Weekend
04/24/08
Mark your calender....history will be in the making this summer at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio with the Vintage Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, June 27-29.
Highlights of the weekend include vintage sportscars from every era on track and on display. SVRA sanctioned group races, Formula B Reunion II and a Sprite 50th Anniversary Race as a special nod to the featured marque - the Austin Healy Sprite. Read More...
SECOND STRAIGHT LMP WIN- 4 RS Spyder
04/09/08
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS DUMAS AND BERNHARD GUIDE PENSKE PORSCHE RS SPYDER TO SECOND
STRAIGHT LMP WIN; LIZARD AND FARNBACHER LOLES PORSCHES SECOND AND THIRD IN GT2
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – April 5 – 2007 American Le Mans Series LMP2 champions
Romain Dumas (France) and Timo Bernhard (Germany) led the LMP2 class in their
#7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder virtually from start to finish to win their second
straight contest, and flirted with the overall win at the end of Saturday’s Read More...
Ruby Tuesday- Second Place at Miami
03/30/08
March 29, 2008
Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team finishes second in GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team drivers Bill Auberlen and Joey Hand earned a well-fought second place finish in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Round Two race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as part of the GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami.
Starting from the inside of row four in the No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche-powered Crawford Daytona Prototype, Auberlen quickly took the strategy of letting the race come to him instead of being too aggressive early in the race. This race strategy came to fruition, as the defending race winner had to deal with five full course cautions during his 45-lap stint. During this time, he moved from seventh to fifth by lap 22. Read More...
TRG takes Rolex Series GT Points Lead
03/30/08
TRG and Co-Drivers Pumpelly and George Jr. Take Rolex Series GT Points Lead with Podium Performance in GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami
HOMESTEAD, Fla.
- There's just something about Homestead-Miami Speedway for TRG, as the team once again brought home a podium result and took over the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 GT class championship leads in both the team and driver standings with a second-place performance by No. 67 Gleukos/Monster Cable/WIN Institute/944 Magazine/Wheels Boutique Porsche GT3 co-drivers Tim George Jr. and Spencer Pumpelly in Saturday's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami.
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Porsche Wins Sebring - Overall!
03/16/08
PORSCHE WINS SEBRING OVERALL FOR 18TH TIME; DUMAS, BERNHARD,
COLLARD TAKE VICTORY IN 12 HOUR RACE IN PENSKE PORSCHE RS SPYDER
--Porsche also wins GT2 Class with one-two finish from the updated Flying Lizard
Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs with Bergmeister, Henzler and Lieb; Dyson
Racing Posche RS Spyders finish second and third in LMP2 to complete class
podium sweep— Read More...
Porsche at Sebring
03/10/08
FIVE PORSCHE RS SPYDERS, FIVE PORSCHE 911 GT3 RSRs, AND 40 PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUP
RACE CARS TO CHALLENGE COMPETITION AT MOBIL 1 TWELVE HOURS OF SEBRING WEEKEND
SEBRING, Florida – March 8, 2008 – For the Porsche owner and race fan, the 2008
Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring brings the best of the past and present in
Porsche Motorsport all in the same place at the same time next Saturday,
March 15, at 10:00 AM EDT at Sebring International Raceway.
The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring will be telecast on Saturday, March 15, live
on SPEED TV, starting at 9:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time (the green flag drops
shortly after 10:00 AM EDT). Live radio broadcast, plus live scoring and pit
notes, are available at www.americanlemans.com, starting with qualifying on
Thursday, March 13. Follow the progress of Porsche teams and view photos at
www.porschemlotorsport.com. Read More...
Le Mans Series
03/05/08
Le Mans Series: European Premiere of the Porsche RS Spyder
STUTTGART, Germany – March 4 -- At the official test of the Le Mans Series (LMS)
in Le Castellet (France), the Porsche RS Spyder celebrated its European
premiere. Here, the two sports prototypes of the Team Essex (Denmark) and Van
Merksteijn Motorsport (Netherlands) met their opponents in the fiercely-
contested LMP2 class for the first time. Read More...
2008 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
01/29/08
TRG PORSCHES FINISH SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH IN GT CLASS AT
ROLEX 24; BRUMOS, ALEX JOB DP PORSCHES LEAD INTO LAST HOURS
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – January 27 – Both the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars and the
various Porsche-powered Daytona Prototype racers led their class during long
periods of of time at the 2008 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, giving the teams
encouragement for the upcoming Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car points chase.
In the Daytona Prototype class, both the #58 Brumos Porsche – Darren Law, David
Donohue, and Buddy Rice – and the #59 team car - Hurley Haywood, J.C. France,
Terry Borcheller and Joao Barbosa – lead the race overall during the first
three-quarters of the race, with the #58 car rupturing a fuel cell and the #59
car – while leading the race in the 19th hour – broke a tie rod and crashed.
Both cars finished the race, but well down in the standings. Read More...
Roar Before the Rolex 24
01/07/08
TRG Passes “Roar Before the Rolex 24” Test With Flying Colors
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., January 6, 2008 – In what might be the most massive undertaking in team history, TRG put the finishing touches on a seven-car assault toward the GT class victory in the 46th Rolex 24 At Daytona in three weeks with an outstanding effort in the three-day “Roar Before the Rolex 24” test.
Joey Hand joins Ruby Tuesday
12/04/07
Joey Hand joins Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team for 2008
TAVARES, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2007) – The Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team announced today that Joey Hand, of Sacramento, Calif., will co-drive with Bill Auberlen during the 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season.
Hand and Auberlen will co-drive the Alex Job Racing-prepared No. 23 Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Porsche-powered Crawford Daytona Prototype beginning with the January (4-6) Test Days at Daytona International Speedway. The test days are in preparation for the Rolex 24 at Daytona Jan. 26-27. Read More...
RS SPYDER TEAM ENDS DREAM SEASON
11/21/07
RS SPYDER TEAM ENDS DREAM SEASON
PENSKE RACING PORSCHE RS SPYDER TEAM ENDS DREAM SEASON WITH ONE-TWO LMP2 FINISH
AT LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY; 11 WINS IN 12 RACES
MONTEREY, Calif. – In an exciting race similar to the event two weeks ago at
Road Atlanta, Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) scored their
eighth LMP2 win of the season in the Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder at the
American Le Mans Series finale at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway. Read More...
Bill Auberlen signs with Ruby Tuesday
11/21/07
Bill Auberlen signs with Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team for 2008
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2007) The Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team announced today that it signed two-time Grand-Am Rolex Series champion Bill Auberlen, of Redondo Beach, Calif., to co-pilot its No. 23 Porsche Crawford Daytona Prototype during the 2008 Grand-Am season.
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PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUP TEAM WINS
10/08/07
PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUP TEAM WINS 2007 ROLEX GRAND-AM GT SERIES DRIVERS AND TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIPS; PORSCHE WINS GT MANUFACTURERS TITLE, CONTINUES STREAK
TOOELE, Utah – September 17 – Dirk Werner (Germany), teaming with rookie Bryce
Miller (USA) and Wolf Henzler (Germany), clinched the 2007 Rolex Grand-Am GT
Series drivers championship in the #87 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports IPC/Marquis
Jet Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car with a third-place finish at Saturday’s
Sunchaser 1000 at Miller Motorsports Park. Read More...
TRG TITLE-HOPES DASHED
10/08/07
TRG TITLE-HOPES DASHED IN UTAH; FINISHES THIRD IN CHAMPIONSHIP
TOOELE, Utah (September 15, 2007) – Team TRG fell short of a third consecutive GT-Class Championship when the Grand-Am Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve contested the Sunchaser 1000 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah on Saturday. Read More...
Pontiac Wins
10/08/07
Pontiac Wins Grand-Am DP Manufacturers, Team and Drivers Titles
Record Year for GAINSCO and Pontiac Teams
Detroit, Mich., October 1, 2007 – The 2007 Grand-Am season concluded with the Pontiac powered GAINSCO team taking the team and drivers championship in the Daytona Prototype (DP) category. On the strength of a record setting season by GAINSCO and top performances by SunTrust and the remaining Pontiac powered teams, Pontiac was awarded the manufacturers trophy.
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A Lap of Road Atlanta
10/08/07
Tafel Racing’s Wolf Henzler – A Lap of Road Atlanta
Braselton, Georgia, October 4, 2007 – Tafel Racing’s Wolf Henzler takes a fast lap around the 2.54-mile, newly repaved, 12-turn Road Atlanta circuit. The team is in the first official practice day in preparation for the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Petit Le Mans to be run on Saturday, October 6. Read More...
DUMAS/BERNHARD CLINCH
10/08/07
DUMAS/BERNHARD CLINCH 2007 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES LMP2 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH TENTH
CLASSWIN IN ELEVEN TRIES; PENSKE PORSCHE RS SPYDER SECOND OVERALL
BRASELTON, Georgia – October 6, 2007 – Romain Dumas (France) and Timo Bernhard
(Germany), with help from Patrick Long (USA), completed their season-long quest
for the 2007 American Le Mans Series LMP2 drivers championship by winning their
fifth class victory in a row and coming within one second of the overall win at
the tenth running of the 1000-mile Petit Le Mans classic at Road Atlanta in
their #7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder. Read More...
Chase for the Grand-Am Championships
09/07/07
TRG’s Chase for the Grand-Am Championships
PETALUMA, Calif., (September 7, 2007) - As TRG enters the home stretch of the ‘Chase for the Championships,’ it is involved in an intense battle to claim two prestigious GT-Class crowns – both of which will be decided at the season’s last race of 2007 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, on September 15.
TRG is tied with Farnbacher-Loles for the Rolex GT Team Championship going into the final event. Drivers RJ Valentine and Andy Lally are only five points out of the lead for the Rolex GT Drivers Championship. TRG won two consecutive team championships in 2005 and 2006, as well as last year’s driver’s championship. Earning a third GT Championship in a row would be another record for the TRG squad and one that it would relish.
“Here we are again right down to the wire, but I don’t know what could be more exciting,” said TRG team owner Kevin Buckler. “The pressure will be intense, but that seems to be when the entire TRG squad is at its best. Make ‘em longer, harder, more difficult or more complex and it just seems to suit our style.”
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PENSKE PORSCHE DETROIT WIN EIGHTH OVERALL
09/05/07
DUMAS PASSES PIRRO WITH FOUR LAPS LEFT; PENSKE PORSCHE DETROIT WIN
EIGHTH OVERALL AS PORSCHE CLINCHES LMP2 MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
DETROIT – September 1 – Romain Dumas (France), driving the number seven Penske
Racing Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 prototype, pulled side-by-side and then passed the
Pirro/Werner Audi R10 TDI LMP1 car with four laps to go to win Porsche’s eighth
straight American Le Mans Series event overall at the Detroit Belle Isle Sports
Car Challenge presented by Bosch. Read More...
PENSKE RACING CLINCHES 2007 LMP2 TEAM CHAMPIONSHP
08/28/07
PENSKE PORSCHE RS SPYDERS WIN MOSPORT LMP2 AND OVERALL; PENSKE RACING CLINCHES
2007 LMP2 TEAM CHAMPIONSHP
BOWMANVILLE, Ont., Canada – August 26 - After their last pit stop, team driver
Romain Dumas (France), who started in the #7 Penske RS Spyder, was packing his
helmet to get ready for the next race, confident that co-driver Timo Bernhard
(Germany) would bring the car in second overall and first in LMP2 for an
important class win. And Ryan Briscoe (Australia) was finishing the race that
Sascha Maassen (Germany) started in the #6 Penske RS Spyder, settling into a
second place in LMP2 and third overall. Read More...
PORSCHE AIMS TO CLINCH 2007 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
08/24/07
PORSCHE AIMS TO CLINCH 2007 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES LMP2 ENGINE AND CHASSIS
MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AT MOSPORT INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY IN CANADA
ATLANTA – August 22 – Riding a seven-race class winning streak – including six
straight overall wins – the Porsche RS Spyder prototypes will head north of the
border to Mosport International Raceway this Sunday in hopes of wrapping up the
LMP2 class engine and chassis manufacturers title for 2007. Read More...
PETER SCHWARZENBAUER AND BETTY JO TURNER NAMED CO-GRAND MARSHALS FOR PORSCHE® RENNSPORT REUNION III
08/24/07
PETER SCHWARZENBAUER AND BETTY JO TURNER NAMED CO-GRAND MARSHALS
FOR PORSCHE® RENNSPORT REUNION III
Two Porsche Dignitaries to Preside Over Expected Largest Gathering of Legendary
Porsche Race Cars in History
ATLANTA, GA – Aug. 22, 2007 — Porsche Cars North America President and Chief
Executive Officer, Peter Schwarzenbauer, and Porsche Panorama Editor, Betty Jo
Turner, were today announced as Co-Grand Marshals for the November 2-4, 2007,
Porsche Rennsport Reunion III at Daytona International Speedway in Florida.
Sponsored by Porsche Cars North America and organized by Brian Redman’s
Intercontinental Events, Inc., Porsche Rennsport Reunion is held every three
years. It is open to the public and brings together an unprecedented gathering
of significant Porsche vintage and current racecars and famous Porsche race
drivers. Read More...
ROD MILLEN AND RICHARD KELSEY BRING AMERICANS VICTORY!
08/17/07
ROD MILLEN AND RICHARD KELSEY BRING AMERICANS VICTORY
FOR PORSCHE® CAYENNE® IN MONGOLIA
ATLANTA – August 17 – Driving their Team North America Porsche Cayenne S
Transsyberia, Rod Millen and Richard Kelsey outlasted a field of 39 vehicles
over more than two weeks and 4,400 miles to score a 17-minute win in 2007
Transsyberia Rallye, one of the world's toughest off-road marathons.
After a two-week drive from Moscow to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, (the same distance
from Alaska to the Panama Canal) Rod Millen and co-driver Richard Kelsey – both
New Zealand-born rallyists now living in the United States, reached the finish
in the capital of Mongolia earlier today, and the challenge for both man and
machine impressed the veteran rallyist. Read More...
AFTER 12 0F 14 STAGES, PORSCHE LEADS TRANSSYBERIA RALLYE
08/16/07
AFTER 12 0F 14 STAGES, PORSCHE LEADS TRANSSYBERIA RALLYE;
MONGOLIAN LEGS PROVE TO BE CHALLENGING FOR MAN AND MACHINE
STUTTGART, Germany – August 16 – Only 30 of the 39 starters on the 2007
Transsyberia Rallye have made it to the Mongolian village of Bayankhor, with
Porsches in the top seven positions overall. Read More...
TRG HEADS TO QUEBEC SEEKING SECOND STRAIGHT KONI CHALLENGE WIN
08/16/07
TRG HEADS TO QUEBEC SEEKING SECOND STRAIGHT KONI CHALLENGE WIN
PETALUMA, Calif., (August 15, 2007) – Team TRG goes north of the border in search of their second GS-Class win when Grand-Am Koni Challenge Series competitors head to Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada to contest Round 10 of the 2007 schedule on Sunday, August 19th.
TRG was the class of the field in mid-July with a dominant win at Barber Motorsports Park and the northern California-based team will try for an encore performance on the tricky 2.521-mile Le Circuit du Trois-Rivieres street course.
DUMAS/BERNHARD TAKE FOURTH OVERALL VICTORY
08/13/07
DUMAS/BERNHARD TAKE FOURTH OVERALL VICTORY OVER FAVORED AUDIS IN PENSKE PORSCHE
RS SYPDER; PORSCHE EDGES TOWARD LMP2 CHAMPIONSHIP OVER ACURA RIVALS AFTER EIGHT
EVENTS
--Sascha Maassen/Ryan Briscoe’s second-place LMP2 position gives Penske Porsches
sixth one-two class finish and sixth overall win in a row, assuring at least
half the overall wins for the 2007 season--
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. – August 11 – Capping off an improbable week where the LMP1
Audis were more than one second a lap faster than the LMP2 Porsches, Romain
Dumas (France) and Timo Bernhard (Germany) squeezed out a 1.7-second overall win
in the American Le Mans Series’
Generac 500 at Road America. Read More...
LMP2 POINTS LEADER DUMAS WINS CLASS POLE FOR PENSKE
08/10/07
LMP2 POINTS LEADER DUMAS WINS CLASS POLE FOR PENSKE PORSCHE RS SPYDER WITH
TEAMMATE BRISCOE SECOND; BERGMEISTER AND LIZARDS FOURTH IN GT2 BEHIND FERRARIS
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. – August 10 – Romain Dumas (France) set an LMP2 class
record – faster than last year’s LMP1 qualifying – while putting his points-
leading #7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder on class pole for tomorrow’s American Le
Mans Series race – the Generac 500 – at Road America. Read More...
Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Returns to Watkins Glen
08/08/07
Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team Returns to Watkins Glen
TAVARES, Fla. (Aug. 7, 2007) – Two words can describe how the Ruby Tuesday Championship Racing Team felt after having a fast race car all weekend at Montreal’s famed Circuit Gilles Villenueve. We’re back! The same two words can be said about the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve’s return to Watkins Glen International for this weekend’s Crown Royal 200 at The Glen.
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Tafel Racing Well Tested for ALMS at Road America
08/08/07
Tafel Racing Well Tested for ALMS at Road America
Cumming, Georgia, August 7, 2007 – Tafel Racing is headed to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin’s Road America for round seven of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Generac 500 to be run on Saturday, August 11.
The Road America natural road course is made up of 4.05-miles of undulating landscape funneling into 14- turns. The course will not be a mystery to the team from Georgia as they have logged a lot of testing miles at the central Wisconsin track.
Robin Liddell and Wolf Henzler rank the Road America circuit as one of their favorite tracks in America.
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THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE FOR THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES TITLES STARTS IN ERNEST
08/07/07
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE FOR THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES TITLES STARTS IN ERNEST AT ROAD AMERICA THIS WEEKEND; PENSKE, FLYING LIZARDS LEAD FOR PORSCHE IN TWO CLASSES
ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. – August 7 – Penske Motorsports and Flying Lizard Motorsports have battled to put their drivers and their Porsche race cars in respective class leads after seven rounds of the American Le Mans Series, but neither team is secure in its championship bid as the series heads to Wisconsin for the Generac 500 at Road America in Elkhart Lake. Read More...
TRANSSYBERIA RALLYE ENTRANTS DISCOVER NEW EXPERIENCES
08/07/07
TRANSSYBERIA RALLYE ENTRANTS DISCOVER NEW EXPERIENCES, BUT NO NEW COMPETITION
AS RAIN AND TERRAIN CANCEL STAGE FOUR; EVENT HAS MOVED FROM EUROPE TO ASIA
STUTTGART, Germany – August 6 – After an exhausting transit on Sunday from Kasan to Ekaterinburg, the 33 competitors left in the Transsyberia Rallye 2007 were ready for a challenging 21.7-mile special stage in an off-road vehicle park today, but were disappointed when the organizer was forced to cancel the stage. Read More...
ROD MILLEN/RICHARD KELSEY WIN SECOND STAGE OF TRANSSYBERIA RALLYE
08/06/07
ROD MILLEN/RICHARD KELSEY WIN SECOND STAGE OF TRANSSYBERIA RALLYE AS WATER HOLE TAKES TOLL ON FIELD; PORSCHE CAYENNES HOLD TOP NINE POSITIONS IN TWO-WEEK EVENT
VALDIMIR, Russia – August 5, 2007 -- The second stage of the Transsyberia Rally 2007 will be remembered by some participants for a long time - torn off bumpers and rear ends, one engine failure, and one flooded electronic steering gear. Those are the preliminary results of the second day. A knee-deep water hole on the 18 mile-long special testing route near the Russian village of Wjasniki, caused many drivers considerable difficulties. Read More...
TRG CHARGES TO FIFTH GRAND-AM WIN OF SEASON IN MONTREAL
08/04/07
TRG CHARGES TO FIFTH GRAND-AM WIN OF SEASON IN MONTREAL
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada (August 3, 2007) – Team TRG posted another of its patented come-from-behind wins Friday evening during Round 11 of the Grand-Am Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. Read More...
PORSCHE® CAYENNES OF TEAM NORTH AMERICA “ROLL OFF” IN MOSCOW
08/03/07
THE THREE PORSCHE® CAYENNES OF TEAM NORTH AMERICA “ROLL OFF” IN MOSCOW AS THEY BEGIN THEIR TRANSSYBERIAN RALLY ADVENTURE
--Opening day of Rally sees 39 vehicles from start under a cloudy-filled sky and rainy conditions in Moscow’s hallowed Red Square; Canadian Team in Top 5 after Stage 1--
MOSCOW, August 3, 2007 --- The days of preparation and anticipation ended today when the first car, a 2008 Porsche Cayenne TransSyberia of last years’ winner and Porsche engineer Juergen Kern, rolled through the starter’s arch in front of the ancient walls of The Kremlin, under the watchful eye of the famous St. Basil’s Basilica. The three-Cayenne team that comprises “Team North America,” entered by Porsche Cars North America, started 17th, 20th and 24th. Read More...
TRG HEADS TO MONTREAL SEEKING FIFTH GRAND-AM GT-CLASS WIN
08/02/07
TRG HEADS TO MONTREAL SEEKING FIFTH GRAND-AM GT-CLASS WIN OF ‘07
PETALUMA, Calif., (August 1, 2007) – Team TRG looks to add to its series-leading four GT-class wins when the Grand-Am Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve competes at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada on Friday, August 3rd during Round 11 of the 2007 schedule.
ANCA and TORNOS Join Tafel Racing
08/01/07
ANCA and TORNOS Join Tafel Racing For Remainder of ALMS
Cumming, Georgia, August 1, 2007 – ANCA Total Precision and TORNOS will join Tafel Racing as sponsors on the Tafel Racing Porsche RSR race cars for the remainder of the 2007 American Le Mans Series (ALMS).
Pontiac Solstice GXP And Millen Powering Up The Mountain
07/19/07
Pontiac Solstice GXP And Millen Confident For Race To The Clouds
E85 Powering Solstice GXP Up The Mountain
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 19, 2007 – With qualifying for the 85th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb completed, Rhys Millen and his Red Bull Pontiac Solstice GXP team set the fastest time in the Time Attack two-wheel-drive class. The team is now in the process of making final preparations for Saturday’s race.
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TRG GOES TO BIRMINGHAM RIDING WAVE OF FOUR-WIN SEASON
07/19/07
TRG GOES TO BIRMINGHAM RIDING WAVE OF FOUR-WIN SEASON IN GT AND A STRONG KONI CHALLENGE TEAM PERFORMANCE
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