Another of Porsches world debuts at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show was the new 2010 911 GT3 Cup. Based on the street-legal 2010 911 GT3 RS, the GT3 Cup is the latest in the line of most successful production-based race of more than 1,400 units. The car weighs 2,646 lbs. The 3.8 liter flat-six produces [...]

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August 14 – 16 marked the 36th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, and for 2009 Porsche was the featured marque. As part of the festivities, tons of historic Porsche racecars were present. In fact, over one-third of the 450-car field were Porsches. Looking at the photo above, you can see 917s, 962s, 906s, 911s and [...]

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With Porsche pulling the RS Spyder out of ALMS, Acura looked to dominate the ALMS LMP2 class. But at Mid-Ohio earlier this month, Team Cytosport brought the RS Spyder back to ALMS, and they did so in grand style. Cytosport entered the ex-Dyson Racing RS Spyder with drivers Greg Pickett and Klaus Graf. After an [...]

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The RS Spyder fielded by the Essex team from Denmark won the LMP2 class at the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The RS Spyder won by 15 laps, and also won the “Michelin Green X Challenge” as the car with the best overall efficiency. It was almost a 1-2 sweep for Porsche but the NAVI [...]

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After two years of racing the RS Spyder in the LMP2 class in the American Le Mans Series, Dyson Racing has announced they are ending their partnership with Porsche. Team Principal Rob Dyson had this to say: Competing at the highest levels of sportscar racing with Porsche and their historical pedigree has been an invigorating [...]

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Round 10 of the American Le Mans Series will feature one additional RS Spyder when the Petit Le Mans takes place on October 4th at Road Atlanta. Penske Racing will run three Spyders: the #7 car driven by Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas; the #6 car driven by Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long; and the [...]

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The RS Spyder is the latest Porsche to get direct fuel injection. The 3.4 liter V8 will increase horsepower from 476 at 10,000 RPM to 503 hp at 10,000 RPM while torque will go up from 273 lb-ft at 7,500 RPM to 284 lb-ft at 8,500 RPM. Fuel consumption will also be reduced. This should [...]

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Like clockwork, rumors about whether or not Porsche will enter Formula 1 surface every year. But this year’s rumor has a twist: it comes straight from Mario Theissen, the head of BMW Motorsports. According to Theissen, several carmakers are thinking about entering F1, and he specifically mentioned Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche. He says that BMW’s success since buying [...]

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The Penske RS Spyders continued their success in ALMS taking first and second overall at the Larry H Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix presented by the Grand and Little America Hotels (whew, long name!) The #6 car driven by Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas crossed the line 22.656 seconds ahead of its #7 sister car [...]

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It’s that time of the year again. You know, that time when everyone start asking Porsche if they will enter Formula 1. And of course, every year Porsche says “no.” This year, they (along with Volkswagen) elaborated a little bit on their answer. Of course, they cited money as an obstacle. VW chairman Ferdinand Piech [...]

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