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Last weekend, we would have been at the Le Mans Classic had the coronavirus pandemic not intervened. Now, thanks to...
Few people outside of the UK would have noticed that last year, a new land speed record was set on...
I first caught sight of the Ferrari 333 SP at Kyalami in Johannesburg, South Africa, in December 1998. It was...
The GT2 has been Porsche’s top performing roadgoing turbo model since ‘95, but the addition of the ‘RS’ lifts this...
This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series covers the 1970s in his well-known and valuable decade-by-decade history of the Le...
It was with great sadness that the motoring and motorsport world learned last week of the passing of Hans Mezger,...
Today, Porsche can boast a total of 19 overall victories together with countless class successes in the 24 Hours of...
As the weekend of the original 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours approaches, 13-14 June, we take a look back at...
In the mid-1970s, Porsche developed the 911 for racing, and in the process, it created the all-conquering 935. In 1978,...
Simply titled, SportErfolge (English: Success in Sport), this book came my way quite by surprise. It is not a book...
Not many folk would have heard about Redman’s Roast, unless that is, you attended Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six event...
Former Porsche works driver, Gérard Larrousse, celebrates his 80th birthday on Saturday 23 May 2020. Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse...
On the world stage, GT racing has enjoyed as many ups as it has had downs over the years, but...
This weekend is just one month short of what would have been the original 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours race...
The introduction of the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, to give it its full name, marked the beginning of an unprecedented...
This feature, the third in our four-part mini-series, picks up where we left off last time (Part 2: 2010-2012) and...
Most motorsport enthusiasts are agreed on the fact that the 1960s was one of the most innovative and exciting decades...
Engine based on modified 3.6 litre 964 unit. Speedline wheels with big red brake calipers. Lessons learned in the Carrera Cup series proved the reliability of the new 3.6-litre engine. An additional three millimetres on the bore and two millimetres on the stroke, resulted in an increase in capacity of 300 cc. Combined with the turbo optimised cylinders, pistons and crank train, and an increase in the compression ratio from 7.0 to 7.5:1, this helped to boost power to 360 bhp. Torque was increased significantly to 520 Nm at 4200 rpm, up from 450 Nm at 4500 rpm in the earlier car.
Motor racing in America in the late 1950s was beginning to show a much more organised front across the nation....
California may seem like the ideal place on earth to live, with its legendary beaches, surf and laid back lifestyle,...
America has for decades been Porsche’s biggest market, and this was important for the young and growing company. In some...
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Stirling Moss over the Easter weekend. He died...
ENDURANCE is a look back at the two greatest endurance races that the Porsche GT Team faced on back-to-back weekends...
Two of the world’s greatest endurance races for GT vehicles within eight days on back-to-back weekends show how Porsche Motorsport...
PORSCHE ROAD & RACE caught up with the amiable Jörg Bergmeister, to ask him how he has been dealing with...
On 4 April this year, Richard Attwood will celebrate his 80th birthday, but speaking to him just a few months...
PORSCHE ROAD & RACE has been out looking for some of the Porsche drivers and finding out what they have...
In this video, Gavin Rooke, Founder Owner of The Dutchmann in Johannesburg, South Africa, explains how he and his team...
What do Porsche 911s, surfboards, bicycles and coffee have in common? A lot, it would seem. South African entrepreneur, Gavin...
Designing and developing a new model to replace an already popular and successful one, is for any manufacturer, a difficult...
Between the years 1962-1964, South African André Loubser worked for Porsche in Stuttgart. In Part I of this two-part mini-series,...
After the music had died down, and the last of the revellers had left the party that had just a...
For two years in the early 1960s, South African André Loubser had the time of his life, working not just...
If any two letters have encapsulated Porsche’s sporting prowess over the years, it is these – RS. It is now...
When the second edition of this fine publication was released back in April 2019 in German, I enquired immediately as...
It was Max Hoffman, the New York-based Porsche importer, who was instrumental in getting the factory to produce a lightweight...
Berlin Motor Books, a boutique book publisher located not far from the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) in Berlin, has been...
As I’ve explained on the few occasions I’ve burst into print in Porsche Road & Race, my enduring love affair...
Between 5th and 9th February, the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre in Paris hosted the 2020 edition of Retromobile. This...
The 27th publishing of this superb edition of Porsche Sport 2019 by Gruppe C Verlag, opens with this paragraph, “The year...
This feature, the second in our four-part mini-series, picks up where we left off last time (2005-2008) and highlights the...
Rolf Sprenger was a versatile engineer whose Porsche career was founded almost entirely on customer service. “If I want a...
By the time the Dick Barbour Racing team arrived in Portland for the Rose Cup IMSA race in August of...
This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series covering the Le Mans 24 Hours decade-by-decade, concerns the 1960s. Many will agree...
The Roar at Daytona was completed on Sunday 6 January. This has become a standard three-day test put on by...
As another year draws to a close, and those fireside chats become more frequent, we take a moment to reflect...
In 2016, we spent a week on the island of Rügen, Germany’s largest island situated on the southern Baltic Sea...
The word unique is a much-overused word today, as it is applied, it seems, to just about anything that is...
It must rank as one of the most awesome races in the world. This year was my first visit to...
The year 1974 will be remembered for many different reasons, depending on where you were living in the world at...
It’s a case of, more of the same for the 2018-2019 Edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook. Once again,...
For many years now, the name ‘Carrera’ has been associated with Porsche sports cars. But the story of how the...
The ‘sunset’ for Team Perfect Circle in Kyalami 9 Hour occurred just three hours into the race when a mechanical...
On 23 November 2019, the sound of approximately 15,000 bhp will break the long silence that has persisted over the...
For many years, Excellence Was Expected, the book on Porsche’s models, motorsport, company history and much more, has been regarded...
The Porsche 935 was the Stuttgart manufacturer’s answer to the FIA’s Group 5 class regulations, making it eligible for the...
In 1963 Enzo Ferrari made a decision that had far-reaching consequences, when he snubbed an attempt by Ford to buy...
It’s funny how things have a way of working out perfectly on the spur of the moment. Recently we covered...
Brian Long’s original book on the Porsche 356 was published in 1996, and this was later printed in softback form....
As the Dauer Porsche 962 LM GT celebrates its 25th anniversary (1994-2019), PORSCHE ROAD & RACE looks back at how...
Porsche 917 – Zuffenhausen’s Le Mans and Can-Am Champion, is the third title we have reviewed in the Ludvigsen Library...
IMSA of course has several Marquee events, including the Daytona 24-hour, Sebring 12-hour, Watkins Glen 6-hour, and the Petit Le...
Last held officially as a 9-hour race back in 1982, Kyalami will play host to the revival of a great...
I met the author, Serge Vanbockryck, a good number of years back at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and since...
The age of motorsport, when an aspiring photographer could amble around the paddock snapping world championship drivers, team personnel and...
It is a well-known fact that the Porsche 956 & 962 derivatives were together the most successful sports prototypes that...
The colour and style of Goodwood, were better than ever this year! The event has grown over the years, and...
Why would dozens of Porsches converge on a side street nestled among gritty brick and mortar buildings covered with painted...
IMSA once again came to Laguna Seca for the penultimate round in the 2019 Championship. There was a buzz of...
It’s hard to believe that the Goodwood Revival 2019 has come and gone again. With memories of the deluge from...
It is a fact that most of us with an interest in roadgoing or race cars, will have a favourite...
The name, Randy Leffingwell, will be familiar to most Porsche enthusiasts. Leffingwell worked in Kansas City, Chicago and for the...
Imagine our surprise when this #4 Motorbase Performance Porsche GT3 Cup, driven by Steve Parish in the Carrera Cup at...
When I’m not helping to sell the occasional old race car, or visiting old race car meetings, I’ve usually got...
On 4 November 1961, the Kyalami International Grand Prix Circuit opened its doors for the first event to be held...
Ferdinand Karl Piëch was born in Vienna, Austria, on 17 April 1937, to Louise (daughter to Ferdinand and sister of...
The day dawned bright and clear with little sign of any clouds, a typical Highveld winter’s day. After an early...
Over the years, we have attended many motor races and seen first-hand how the performance of the evergreen Porsche 911...
Porsche introduced their new 3.8-litre 911 GT3 RSR (Type 997) for the 2007 season, replacing the 3.6-litre 996 GT3 RSR....
Yes, I know, this is not a book about Porsches, but it does cover one of the 962’s greatest rivals...
Were you there? The 2007 FIA GT Silverstone RAC Tourist Trophy was the second race of the season in this...
Come behind the scenes of Luftgekühlt 6 with Jeff Zwart and uncover how each perfect moment was created (A video...
Hans-Joachim Stuck was observed trying to squeeze his lanky frame into the seat of the 935/78 Moby Dick at the...
Hans-Joachim Stuck was observed trying to squeeze his lanky frame into the seat of the 935/78 Moby Dick at the...
Under the welcoming embrace of sunny California skies over wine country, the Sonoma Speed Festival established a new tradition of...
There seem to be a number of books entering the market right now on Porsche’s motor racing history. This is...
On the 2010 Le Mans starting grid before the race was the (foreground) #76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 911 GT3...
In the early 1980’s there was a divergence in the rules for sports car racing world-wide. IMSA (International Motor Sports...
They were all there, from a Pre-A 356 to the latest 991.2 GT3 Clubsport, by way of the most mouth-watering...
Just minutes after I drove out of our driveway at 06h15 on Thursday 18 July en route to the inaugural...
PORSCHE ROAD & RACE is proud to announce that contributor Richard Wiley was recently honoured by the South African Guild...
Project 1 burst onto the World Endurance Championship (WEC) scene at the start of the 2018 Super Season. We covered...
What better way to introduce a new race car model, than to do so as the 2018/2019 Super Season World...
In 2018, we reviewed one of the other books in this series, Porsche Spyders 1956-1964, and this year we will...
Boasting the largest starting grid of the weekend with 201 qualifiers, the ADAC 24h-Classic race was always going to be...
I have worked at many race tracks in the UK and Europe over the years, but the Nürburgring has always...
The biggest car race in the world on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife with 160 teams facing the challenge. The 25...
Endurance racing should be a test of sustained strength and stamina over a prolonged period of time. It is not...
The more things change, the more they stay the same…someone famous once said. Perhaps the same can be said for...
