Porsche Carrera Cup Pictures

To boost sluggish sales during a difficult U.S. economic period, Porsche aimed to recreate the success of its Carrera Cup series from Germany and France in America. The plan was straightforward: build identical racecars based on the European Carrera RS, equip them with track safety features, and ship them to...

Manufactured by Porsche Motorsport for use in their U.S. customer racing series, the Porsche 964 Carrera Cup vehicles originated from European-market Carrera RS models. These were adapted to comply with U.S. regulations and subsequently sent to Porsche’s motorsport partner, Andial, for race modifications. Similar to the Carrera RS, the Carrera...

Based on the 993 Carrera 2 coupe, the 993 Cup 3.8 was developed at Porsche’s competition department to replace the 964-based Carrera Cup 3.6 racer. Aimed squarely at the 1994 Supercup series, it utilized a new 3.8-litre M64/70 engine. This powerplant developed 310 bhp at 6,100 rpm, 40 more bhp...

Imagine our surprise when this #4 Motorbase Performance Porsche GT3 Cup, driven by Steve Parish in the Carrera Cup at Thruxton on 1st May 2011, came around for the penultimate lap onto the start/finish straight ‘pushing’ this Dunlop advertising board. Thruxton circuit is the UK’s fastest race circuit, and the...