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Porsche 935/19: The Carbon Fiber Orphan

The silhouette is familiar. With weaves of carbon fiber covering almost every external surface, the Porsche 935/19 cuts an unmistakable shape. Like a black hole, it absorbs light and emits it judiciously. No chrome bits compete for attention. The car has presence. It has a sense of occasion. It is...
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VIDEO: Awesome In car action Porsche 962

Awesome In car action! Jochen Mass - Spa 1000kms - Porsche 962
Awesome In car action! Jochen Mass – Spa 1000kms – Porsche 962 1st September 1985, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium – Thunder down the start-finish straight and through the famous dip at Eau Rouge with our in-car camera in the cockpit of top German driver Jochen Mass in the No.1 works Porsche...
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Motorsport & Racing

Can Hypercar do the trick?

Le Mans 24 Hours, 14-15 June 1969: On the final lap, the No. 64 Porsche 908 LH of Hans Herrmann/Gérard Larrousse swapped places with the No. 6 Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx/Jackie Oliver as many as five times. The two cars were so evenly matched that what the Ford lacked...
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Book Reviews

Mr. Le Mans: Tom Kristensen

Mr. Le Mans: Tom Kristensen by Tom Kristensen with Dan Philipsen © Glen Smale The interesting thing about racing is that nothing is certain. You can prepare yourself and the car perfectly, but then another car hits you or pulls out in front of you, and there is little if...
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Le Mans 24 Hours

The Le Mans Film

Movie star and racing driver Steve McQueen had an idea to make a film based on the Le Mans 24H racing. He had a personal Porsche 908 K Flunder Spyder (chassis 908-022) in which he had scored second in 1970 Sebring 12H. For the Le Mans the car was converted...
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VIDEO: Porsche 936 Wins LeMans in 1976

Porsche 936 Wins LeMans in 1976
The Porsche 936 was a racing car introduced in 1976 by Porsche as a delayed successor to the Porsche 908, a three litre sportscar prototype which was retired by the factory after 1971. Its name came from using a variant of the Porsche 930’s turbocharged engine, as well as competing...
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VIDEO: 24h Le Mans 1958

24h Le Mans 1958
The 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 26th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 21 and 22 June 1958. It was also the fifth round of the 1958 World Sports Car Championship. Ferrari had 10 cars start the race with only two finishing but one, a...
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Porsche History

Porsche at Le Mans

Porsche at Le Mans
Porsche at Le Mans – The Ultimate Guide to Every Year & Every Result Circuit de la Sarthe is situated 130 miles/209 km west of Paris beside the city of Le Mans in the Sarthe county. The circuit is mostly a combination of country roads closed for the race, but...
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Motorsport & Racing

Mini-Series Porsche GT Racing Part 4

ADAC 24 Hours of Nürburgring, 22-23 June 2019: The #12 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (17) driven by Matteo Cairoli, Lars Kern, Otto Klohs and Dennis Olsen finished 4th overall This feature, the fourth in our mini-series, picks up where we left off last time (Part 3: 2013-2016) and...
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VIDEO: David Donner v Pikes Peak

David Donner v Pikes Peak
In this documentary film, shot on location at Pikes Peak and directed by Ben Bertucci, we learn from David Donner how he approaches a race as treacherous as the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Donner gives us a glimpse into his history with the event throughout his racing career as...
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WEC

24 Hours of Le Mans 2021

Le Mans 24 Hours, 19/20 September 2020: The #57 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR GTE Am driven by Jeroen Bleekemolen, Felipe Fraga and Ben Keating waits on the starting grid ahead of the race The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) revealed just yesterday, Tuesday 9 March 2021, the 62-strong entry...
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VIDEO: Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (1974) OnBoard

Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (1974) OnBoard
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (1974) by Historika – Monza Historic 2020 + OnBoard, 3-Litre Flat-Six Sound! This great and original 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR, chassis 0060015, took to the track in the 2020 edition of the Monza Historic by Peter Auto. Prepared by Historika Klassik Porsche, competes with Andrew...
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Events

Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty-Six Track Day

Porsche 962-003 finished 3rd in the 1985 Le Mans 24 Hours and came back in 1986 to win the race overall. Other victories include: Hockenheim 1000 Km, Mosport 1000 Km, Brands Hatch 1000 Km, Monza 360 Km, with numerous other podium results From 19-21 February 2021, Brian Redman will again...
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Book Reviews

DBR 9 – The Definitive History

DBR 9 – The Definitive History by Christoph Mäder and Thomas Gruber © T.A.G. Motor Books GmbH At Porsche Road & Race, we receive many books for review, and these include books on all manner of high performance roadgoing sports cars and motorsport. So, when the Aston Martin book, DBR...
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Notable Chassis

The fastest 935 of them all!

Porsche 935 JLP-4 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2014 JLP-4 was the final race car in the line of Porsche 935 specials built for the John Paul father and son team. Using this final ‘weapon’, the Pauls notched up several outright victories in IMSA races and, in combination with...
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Events

The “26 Hours” of Daytona Classic 24 – 2020

Yes, you might think the title is a mis- print, but it is not. HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) put on their now annual Historic 24-hour race for vintage cars at Daytona International Speedway from 4-8 November. This event is run in a similar fashion to the Le Mans 24 historic...
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Notable Chassis

Whittington’s #009 0004 rises from the ashes

1979 Porsche 935 chassis #009 0004 – Willow Springs International Raceway © Robert Graham Junior The phone rang, it was my old friend Carlos de Quesada. “I’ve just bought a 935 to restore,” he told me. “Great,” I replied, “which one?” “#009 0004,” announced Carlos. Chassis #009 0004? I had...
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Events

Goodwood SpeedWeek 2020 Weekend Action

(From L-R) 1995 Porsche WSC-95 in which Tom Kristensen registered his first Le Mans win (1997) and the first Porsche to win Le Mans outright, the #23 Porsche 917K driven by Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood at the 1970 race Regular Goodwood attendees would have been starved of all the...
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WEC

A very different Le Mans 24 Hours

Le Mans 24 Hours, 19/20 September 2020: The pre-race grid was a busy place despite the presence of the Covid-19 pandemic – note the empty grandstand The 2020 motor racing season will undoubtedly go down in history as the most unusual and disrupted year on record. Only twice has the...
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WEC

Preparations for the 88th Le Mans 24 Hours underway

Le Mans 24 Hours, 19/20 September 2020: The pit lane on Wednesday during the afternoon scrutineering process Under unseasonably hot conditions for late September, the 88th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours is finally a reality. Postponed from its traditional mid-June date, the world famous endurance race fell victim...
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