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Crazy weather in California all week hurt the Porsche 911s racing at this weekend’s Long Beach ALMS event. With a wet track during free practice and qualifying cancelled due to heavy rain, Falken Tyres team mates Wolf Henzler and Bryan Sellers were the highest placed Porsche finishers in P6: not what the Doctor ordered. Now [...]

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Porsche has announced that it will take over the test facility at Nardò in southern Italy from next month. Located inland along Italy’s southeast Mediterranean coastline, Nardò’s dependable climate makes the 12.6 kilometre high-speed track the perfect spot for the motor industry to test cars, 365 days a year. The facility has been at the heart [...]

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I just got back from two days at Essen Techno Classica. I really enjoyed myself, but the show was a little disappointing compared to previous years in terms of the things I like to look at. One gap I felt in the show was the historic race cars: those Porsches and other cars that really [...]

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Tomorrow morning, we drive from the UK to Essen for the 2012 Techno Classica. Porsche has just released details of a greatly increased AG presence at the event, which I’m really looking forward to seeing. Here’s their update: Porsche Classic will be exhibiting from 21- 25 March 2012 at the biggest Classic trade fair in [...]

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Porsche legend, Hans Hermann, has been inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame. Hermann’s award came this weekend, during the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring. 2012 was the 60th running of the historic half-day race, an event Hermann (seen above with Fangio and Karl Kling) won twice in his career. In 1960, he won at [...]

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