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PORSCHE GT TEAM STRIVES FOR OUTRIGHT VICTORY IN VIRGINIA

David Martin-Janiak — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:22:48 +0000

The Porsche GT Team fields two 911 RSR at round nine of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season on the Virginia International Raceway on 19 August. The 510-hp racer from Weissach, which has already notched up victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Mid-Ohio race so far this season, tackles the infamously cutthroat GTLM class against strong opposition from BMW, Chevrolet and Ford. In the GTD class, Porsche’s customer team Wright Motorsports campaigns the 911 GT3 R, which recently celebrated its first win this year in the USA at Road America. The prototypes will be absent at the venerable 5.263-kilometre racetrack close to Alton in the US state of Virginia for the second time this season. This means that overall victory will go to a GT car.

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PODIUM FOR PORSCHE AT LIME ROCK PARK

RNW Staff — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 07:40:25 +0000

Porsche clinched a podium spot at round seven of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in Lakeville. The Mid-Ohio winners Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium and New Zealander Earl Bamber finished third in the GTLM class with the Porsche 911 RSR. Driving the sister car, Patrick Pilet from France and Britain’s Nick Tandy, the winners of this year’s Sebring 12-hour race, took the flag in fifth place after two hours and 40 minutes. Vanthoor and Bamber had been running in second place over a long stretch and managed to gradually close the gap to the leader. However, two mistakes cost the 510-hp sports car with the starting number 912 valuable time and one position. In the overall classification, Porsche still ranks third in the manufacturer’s category.

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PORSCHE FACTORY AND CUSTOMER TEAMS RETURN TO MID-OHIO

Charles Côté — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:32:18 +0000

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will make its first appearance at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday, May 6 to contest round four of the 2018 season. It is the first time major North American sports car racing will run at the Lexington, Ohio track since 2012.

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STRONG PERFORMANCE FOR PORSCHE GOES UNREWARDED AT LONG BEACH

David Martin-Janiak — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 08:03:01 +0000

After the Porsche 911 RSR celebrated its first win of the IMSA SportsCar Championship season at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the situation at Long Beach looked just as promising for a long time. At the shortest race of the year on the narrow street circuit in California, Earl Bamber (New Zealand) dominated the field … Continue reading → ...

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24 HOURS OF DAYTONA: STRONG PORSCHE CONTINGENT AT ANNIVERSARY RACE IN FLORIDA

Charles Côté — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:59:27 +0000

Porsche celebrates a very special anniversary at the 24-hour race at the Daytona International Speedway: It is 50 years since Vic Elford, Jochen Neerpasch, Rolf Stommelen, Jo Siffert and Hans Herrmann, at the wheel of the 907LH (Longtail), claimed the first of 22 overall victories for Porsche at the world-famous endurance race in Florida.

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PORSCHE 911 RSR SECOND AT ROAD AMERICA IN A HEART STOPPING FINALE

David Martin-Janiak — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 09:13:24 +0000

The new Porsche 911 RSR continues on the road to success in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. A fortnight after its maiden victory at Lime Rock, the 510 hp racer from Weissach clinched second in the GTLM class in a heart-stopping finale on the legendary Road America racetrack. After the 2:40-hour race on the 6.515-kilometre circuit

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FIRST WIN FOR THE NEW PORSCHE 911 RSR

David Martin-Janiak — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 09:27:57 +0000

The race weekend at Lime Rock Park could not have ended better for Porsche: The new Porsche 911 RSR celebrated its historic first victory at the racetrack in the US state of Connecticut. On Saturday, Patrick Pilet (France) and Dirk Werner (Germany) won round seven of the IMSA SportsCar Championship

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STRONG PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW PORSCHE 911 RSR GOES UNREWARDED AT CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK

David Martin-Janiak — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 08:26:22 +0000

Signs for the new Porsche 911 RSR’s maiden victory could not have looked more promising: In qualifying for round six of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Dirk Werner (Germany) posted the very first pole position with the 510 hp race car, which Porsche Motorsport at Weissach designed from scratch

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TWO NEW PORSCHE 911 RSR TAKE ON CANADA’s OLDEST RACETRACK

David Martin-Janiak — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:16:30 +0000

The IMSA SportsCar Championship keeps the revs high for drivers and teams: Just one week after the six-hour classic at Watkins Glen, North America’s premier sports car race series contests its only race in Canada this season at Bowmanville on 9 July. At the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park not far from the metropolis of Toronto,

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BEST PLACES PORSCHE 911 RSR FINISHES SIXTH AT WATKINS GLEN AFTER DRAMATIC FINISH

David Martin-Janiak — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:27:38 +0000

That was not a race for the faint-hearted. Right up until shortly before the end of Sunday’s six-hour race in Watkins Glen, the battle for victory in the GTLM class was still raging. The new #912 Porsche 911 RSR was well-positioned in third place, just seconds behind the leader.

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