The IMSA season in the 1970s always started with the two toughest races on the calendar, the Daytona 24 Hours...
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Anatole Lapine who was in charge of styling at Porsche under two disparate CEOs, Fuhrmann and Schutz, looks back on...
Nick Faure was one of the first to race a 911 in Britain: he won the saloon car championship in...
She was manufactured in 1958, and much of her early life is unrecorded. But in 2004, a customer of Gantspeed...
The crowds attending the Masters Historic racing weekend at Zandvoort were treated to a festival of racing in brilliant weather....
Porsche used its racing exploits around the globe not only to gain exposure and media coverage, but also to improve...
The year 1974 will be remembered for many different reasons, depending on where you were living in the world at...
Today, Porsche can boast a total of 19 overall victories together with countless class successes in the 24 Hours of...
Some say this was the best Daytona 24 hour ever. It certainly was the closest finish up to that point...
By the time the Dick Barbour Racing team arrived in Portland for the Rose Cup IMSA race in August of...
Very different from previous production Porsches, the 914 was an attempt by Zuffenhausen to introduce a lower cost model. Commercially...
In 1982, Porsche introduced the Type 956, the race car manufacturer’s entrant in the newly created Group C racing series...
The 1972 season broke, ushering in with it a new era of racing. The Porsche 917 had reigned supreme for...
In the early 1980’s there was a divergence in the rules for sports car racing world-wide. IMSA (International Motor Sports...
The world of barn finds is an intriguing one, filled with hidden gems. It is a space littered with forgotten...
Dan Gurney, the well-known racing driver, passed away on 14 January 2018. Where does one start with a driver like...
Launching the Firehawk Series For the 1985 Sports Car Racing scene in the USA, IMSA had decided to start a...
Porsche Celebrates 75 Years It’s a big year for Porsche as the famed manufacturer celebrates 75 years of engineering excellence...
The Marathon de la Route, an 84-hour epic endurance race run between 1965-1971, was an event that pushed both car...
One of the motoring highlights of my 2016 season, if not of all time, has to be driving a fabulous...
75 years of challenges and success Porsche is celebrating a success story that is characterized by a pioneering spirit, engineering...
The ANDIAL 935-L ‘Moby Dick’ race car was a one-off creation that raced between 1982-1985. Without any help from the...
In the mid-1970s, Porsche developed the 911 for racing, and in the process, it created the all-conquering 935. In 1978,...
Proven through competition Engineering, design, innovation; while the list is long for what describes the Porsche name, it can be...
The Porsche 935 was the Stuttgart manufacturer’s answer to the FIA’s Group 5 class regulations, making it eligible for the...
Invitation to race from Charles Faroux Charles Faroux was a car enthusiast, a racing official, a leading French motor-publication editor...
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Porsche’s popular 911 model range has evolved hugely over the years, but a few iconic models stand out head and...
In this feature, the fifth in our series that looks at the different eras of Porsche’s participation at Le Mans,...
The 1983 Sebring 12 Hour was an epic event. Back then the race was run on the ‘old circuit’ which...
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Stirling Moss over the Easter weekend. He died...
If you were lucky enough to visit Rennsport Reunion 7 in Monterey, California, then chances are you gazed at one...
Porsche’s return to the top category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) was announced by Wolfgang Hatz, Porsche AG Board...
When I’m not helping to sell the occasional old race car, or visiting old race car meetings, I’ve usually got...
When discussing breakthroughs in sportscar technology, the Porsche 959 merits its own chapter, if not a book. Introduced in the...
Porsche 993 GT1 chassis #109 was one of just nine customer racing Porsche 911 GT1s built between 1996 and 1998....
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken...
1973 saw a return to normality for the Daytona 24-hour race. The distance was set back at 24 hours, after...
On 4 April this year, Richard Attwood will celebrate his 80th birthday, but speaking to him just a few months...
Group 5 rules offered manufacturers a great deal of freedom to modify their cars in the Silhouette class. At Porsche,...
A lot of people have asked me over the years, what is it like to plan, prepare for and run...
As the Dauer Porsche 962 LM GT celebrates its 25th anniversary (1994-2019), PORSCHE ROAD & RACE looks back at how...
I was really looking forward to the 1989 Daytona 24 Hour race. I had been working as a weekend warrior...
In the early to mid-1970’s I had been working part time (race weekends) as an IMSA tech inspector at some...
The Seikel Motorsport team last raced in the 2007 Le Mans, having participated on no less than eleven occasions in...
Although it is not widely known, one of the most successful Porsche powered race cars ever, was not a Porsche....
A lack of testing proved to be the downfall of the Porsche-Lola T600 in the 49th running of the Le...
Porsche has been represented at the Le Mans 24 Hours every year since 1951, in both an official factory capacity...
In motor racing, the performance margin that separates the winners from the losers is often so small that it is...
By 1981 at the earliest, and for sure by the 1983 season of sports car racing, it had become clear...
After 40 years, the most successful Porsche race car – the Porsche 956 – ever was reunited with its drivers...
Originally a showroom demonstrator, this 911 set the market buzzing, winning the UK’s inaugural rallycross and the British Saloon Car...
Four originals: Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, his son Ferdinand, and two Porsche 550 Spyders on the Großglockner High Alpine Road –...
A journey back in time to 1999 begins with a roll-out on the Weissach Development Centre test track. The LMP...
Often overlooked, the Porsche Type 64 holds a significant place in the history of Porsche sports cars. Great strides were...
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On the list of most intoxicating objects in the history of collecting, Porsche racing cars are certainly near the top....
While diplomats and cartographers may technically show the roads around Le Mans as French soil, Porsche has laid claim to...
The Porsche Museum has just acquired a significant addition to its permanent exhibition. It is the oldest surviving car that...
In Part 1, Stories from Le Mans – with a Porsche flavour, our intrepid scribbler who hails from that beautiful...
Arno Bohn was managing director of Porsche from 1990-92. An outsider who came from the computer industry, he arrived at...
Le Mans 1990 was a whole new ballgame. The circuit had changed drastically. The famous Mulsanne straight was now going...
Ernst Fuhrmann’s requirement to develop a significantly updated GT race car in 1977, would present a number of challenges for...
Porsche introduced their new 3.8-litre 911 GT3 RSR (Type 997) for the 2007 season, replacing the 3.6-litre 996 GT3 RSR....
The Flying Tigers strike again! Being the best on the planet in something, even for just a short while, has...
More than five decades ago, Porsche tested the exhaust turbocharger in motorsport. Shortly afterwards, the turbocharger was introduced into series...
Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, celebrates his...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24-Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken run...
Overview Mountain championships, endurance races, Formula 1, Spa, Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans after Le Mans – no matter what...
The Race for the Pork Cutlets… The end of June 1980 was a busy time at Dick Barbour Racing. We...
Between the years 1962-1964, South African André Loubser worked for Porsche in Stuttgart. In Part I of this two-part mini-series,...
In the vast design world, few names resonate with as much acclaim and distinction as Porsche. While many associate this...
The Jägermeister 934 is one of the most recognisable liveries in the world of motor racing. It adorned the bodies...
By Miles Collier The Mighty Porsche Carrera 6 I’ve had my 1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906-125) in restoration for the...
The Carrera Six, as Porsche officially called the 906, was a radically different car from its predecessor, the 904 GTS....
The introduction of the Type 904 heralded a new direction for Porsche’s race cars. Gone were the aluminium-bodied racers, as...
Alois Ruf Porsche Newsroom: As a teenager, Alois Ruf sees an early predecessor of the Porsche 911 on the autobahn,...
9:11 Podcast In the current episode of the 9:11 Porsche Podcast, Dr. Wolfgang Porsche talks about the company’s history, the...
For many years, the éminence grise of Porsche’s competition department, but now in retirement, Roland Kussmaul seems busier than ever....
Goodwood Members’ Meeting to celebrate 75 years of Porsche with spectacular on-track demonstrations Goodwood is delighted to announce that the...
Follmer was born in Phoenix in 1934, though effectively he became a Californian as his family moved to Pasadena before...
In the week leading up to the Le Mans Test Day, Porsche announced their new liveries for the 24-hour race...
The Porsche 961 was a special racing car. Based on the roadgoing technical showcase, the Porsche 959, the Type 961...
In a 34-year career at Porsche, the influence of Peter Falk – Porsche’s enduring engineer, can be found throughout the...
Rolf Stommelen was one of Germany’s leading racing drivers for over a decade and if as the title (above) of...
Over a hundred years ago, Ferdinand Porsche designed an extraordinary race car, the Austro-Daimler ADS-R, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Today,...
Having quietly racked up numerous victories in the ALMS in 2006 and 2007, including an indecent number of overall victories,...
Except perhaps at one or two retirement parties or other formal occasions, no one ever saw Roland Kussmaul wearing a...
Not a company to stand still for long, Porsche was constantly looking for ways to improve its engines in the...
Staring out of period black and white photographs, Jean Behra’s handsome, but battered face tells its own story: a combative...
When you were last with Richard Wiley, we were hurtling around a damp La Sarthe in 1988 with Stuck in...
To be able to write on your résumé that you worked for one of Porsche’s CEOs would be quite an...
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If you think post-war sports cars or muscle cars from the late 1960s are the staple of the collector car...
The inspired engineer behind so much of Porsche’s success, Helmuth Bott has long remained the company’s eminence grise, but little...
Le Mans 1979 was a race for the ages. The Dick Barbour team had prepared and brought four 935 Porsches...
The Porsche 956 and its successor the 962, are widely and justifiably regarded as the most successful sports racing prototypes...
Factory recommissions the famous Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar The recommissioning has been carried out over the past few months by the...
The Garretson Developments Sports Car team entered two cars at Le Mans 1982, a March-Chevrolet and a Porsche 935. The...
Another keen young recruitee to Zuffenhausen in the early 1950s, Valentin Schäffer, would become Porsche’s racing turbo specialist and engineer...
