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Rennsport Reunion V 2015

 Porsche Cars North America recently announced the official dates and location for Rennsport Reunion V (RRV), occurring just under one year from now on September 25th-27th, 2015 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey California. As the ultimate gathering of all things Porsche motorsport, it is an event not to be missed. If you have never been, or have always thought about attending but never found the time, now is your chance.

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Grand-Am Series, Watkins Glen Six-Hour, Race report 2012

Two Porsches Finish in Glen Six-Hour Top-Ten; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Teams Hold Three of Top-Five Spots in GRAND-AM Endurance Championship

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y., July 1 – Porsche placed two cars in the top-ten of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series today at Watkins Glen International. The Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen has long been a bastion of Porsche success – including a victory in the 2011 running – but the German marque was only able to place two of it’s seven entries into the top-ten at the conclusion of the this year’s event. The No. 59 Brumos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup finished sixth, the highest of the rear-engined machines, after leading late in the race. Horton Autosport’s No. 73 911 GT3 Cup took tenth. As a result of today’s race, the iconic automotive brand did hold onto three of the top-five positions in GRAND-AM’s inaugural North American Endurance Championship (NAEC). Read more

Brumos Racing to Market Special Edition Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Model to Celebrate Championship

SANTA ANA, Calif. – June 28 – Porsche Motorsport North America, Inc., in conjunction with Brumos Racing, the motorsports division of Brumos Porsche in Jacksonville, Florida, will offer a special edition of five 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars to commemorate its 2011 Rolex GRAND-AM GT championship.

The 911 GT3 Cup car, the most successful production-based race car in history, races in dozens of professional sports car series and one-make cup competitions all over the world, including the Rolex GRAND-AM Sports Car series, where the car has won multiple championships. Read more

International GT Open, Races 5 and 6 , Race report 2012

Double win and points’ lead for Porsche teams

Torrential rain and difficult track conditions made just the right ingredients for a sterling showing of the Porsche teams in Spa-Francorchamps. At race six of the International GT Open on Belgium’s challenging 7.4 kilometre circuit, works driver Marco Holzer (Germany) and Manthey pilot Nick Tandy (Great Britain) clinched their third win of the season driving a 911 GT3 RSR fielded by Manthey-Racing. The pair saw the flag 34 seconds ahead of the second-placed Porsche team with works driver Patrick Pilet and his compatriot Raymond Narac. The Frenchmen saw the chequered flag almost half a minute ahead of the third finisher. Read more

Grand-Am Series, Rolex-Grand-AM GT – Raod America, Race report 2012

Classic Road America GRAND-AM Battle Puts Two Porsches In Top-10

Elkhart Lake, Wisc., June 23, 2012 – Porsche entered today’s two-hour Rolex 250 Driven by VISITFLORIDA.COM at Road America with high expectations. The quartet of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup entries used the lower-aerodynamic drag nature of the venerable 911 design to be at or near the top of the speed charts all weekend. The fight for the GT class victory was forming to be an extension of this. Read more