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Preining wins action-packed DTM race at Norisring
Thomas Preining has won the Saturday race during the DTM Norisring powered by BMW M event. As a result, the Austrian secured the maiden win for KÜS Team Bernhard and for Porsche in DTM. Preining won from Dennis Olsen with the SSR Performance Porsche who completed the 1-2 for the brand from Zuffenhausen. René Rast … Continue reading
Kelly Moss team near Porsche Carrera Cup North America perfection at The Glen
The Kelly Moss race team continued its dominance in Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands on Saturday at Watkins Glen International. The Madison, Wisconsin-based customer team brought eight Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars to the 3.4-mile, 11-turn track in the Finger Lakes region of New York state. In the hands … Continue reading
Porsche wins the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Porsche has won the GTE-Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Works driver Gianmaria Bruni from Italy, Richard Lietz from Austria and Frédéric Makowiecki from France crossed the finish line in first place after an intensive and gripping race over 350 laps. At the wheel of the No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR, the … Continue reading
Legge, Nielsen to Finish IMSA Season in No. 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Porsche
In an announcement appropriate for International Women’s Day, Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen were named Monday to complete the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season together in the No. 88 Team Hardpoint EBM Porsche 911 GT3R. Coinciding with that news is that the team is expanding to a two-car effort for the remainder of the … Continue reading
Porsche teams in top form in the early phase of the 24 Hours of Spa
Porsche’s customer teams are lying in promising positions after the first four hours of the endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. In the early stages of the 24-hour class in the Ardennes, last year’s winner Michael Christensen from Denmark, Austria’s Richard Lietz and Frenchman Kévin Estre have made particularly impressive progress. After the first four … Continue reading
Seven Porsche 911 GT3 R qualify for the Super Pole at Spa
Porsche’s customer teams showed excellent form during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. At the rainy session in Belgium, seven 911 GT3 R made it into the Super Pole. The 20 fastest vehicles from today’s qualification will take part in Friday’s final shootout for the top grid spots, which begins at 6:20 pm (CEST). … Continue reading
Wylie claims maiden overall Porsche Carrera Cup GB podium
Ross Wylie chose the perfect venue to record his first-ever Porsche Carrera Cup GB outright podium – the “Dumfries Dueller” claiming third place at his “home” Knockhill race track yesterday (30 Aug). Competing at the Fife circuit for the first time in three years, the Dumfries & Galloway race ace also bagged fifth place at … Continue reading
Strong Texas Contingent Leads Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Series Into COTA as Championship Duels Continue
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama series is entering the final stretch of the 2016 championship season with Rounds 13 and 14 on Sept. 14-16 at Circuit of the Americas. Competitors in one of Porsche’s 20 single-make Cup
Porsche one-two in ADAC GT Masters race 1 at the Nürburgring
The Porsche duo of David Jahn (25, DEU) and Kévin Estre (27, F, both KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard) celebrated their second victory of the 2016 ADAC GT Masters in the first of two races at the Nürburgring. “At the moment, things are going really well,” said Jahn, who had already shared the top rung of the … Continue reading
United Autosports makes annual forray to Monterey historic racing festival
United Autosports makes its fourth pilgrimage to the mecca of historic sportscar racing when the Anglo-American outfit takes four mouth-watering, ultra-successful racecars from the past to the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Pre- and Reunion events in California (12-21 August). The UK-based team
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