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The forthcoming Historics at Brooklands sale on November 24th will feature a Porsche 935 replica. OK, it is yellow, but under that tail is said to live a proper 935 engine, built by German specialist, Andrew Mirow.

Mirow built this car from a 1973 911 Coupe in 1997. The body was done by Folger Styling, with DP Motorsport panels including the ground-effect aero and that double deck rear wing. Brakes are 930, as is the transmission: four-speed with LSD.

“Adding greatly to its appeal and rarity,” says the vendors, “the car is fitted with a genuine Porsche 935 racing engine built by Mirow, with twin KKK K26 turbochargers and intercooler”. 0-60mph happens in 3.1 seconds, and is all done in first gear. Engine [...]

Team TwinSpark participated in a non-championship 1 hour race during the Open Exhaust Historic Grand Prix at Zandvoort on September 1 and 2. Lex proper and I shared the wheel during this race amongst 60’s and 70’s Sports Car prototypes and what an experience that was! Zandvoort has only 7 days a year during which there is no noise restriction. We could therefore drive The Hulk on megaphones for the very first time and experienced what an RSR sounded like in the day. I drove qualifying with ear plugs in, but decided that this was a waste of aural pleasure and raced without them!

As a coincidence my niece Emilia Mendieta, a Vassar cinematography graduate and producer, who lives in new York, was present that weekend and we asked here to make a video impression of the event, using both round-the-track video [...]

Our third racing weekend of the championship was just completed at the Nurburgring. In the intermissions of the 159 participant VLN Barbarossapreis (German Endurance Series), the Dantuma Dutch Historic GT and Touring Car Championship drove an early, wet qualifying session and two dry races.

Coming to this venue as an observer during e.g the Oldtimer Grand Prix, in the past you are overwhelmed by the scale of the Nurburgring facilities. It practically dwarfs Spa-Francorchamps. Imagine arriving as a participant to the Holy Gates next to the Lindner Hotel and presenting your participants parking pass! This was going to be fun. The place was packed with professional racing teams, supporting tens of 997 RSRs, several Mercedes SLS Gull Wings and a raft of lesser equipment. For a moment you think:”have we arrived in the right spot?”

The weather predictions were for a wet Friday [...]