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As I write this post, a fantastic event is taking place to raise funds for a fellow R Gruppe member in California. The benefit is in aid of long-serving Gruppe member Roger Grago, who is currently recovering from brain surgery.

At the time he was diagnosed, Roger was in the middle of switching from one job to another, and one health insurer to another, so when he suddenly needed emergency surgery to take a tennis ball-sized tumour out of his head, he was uninsured. Though the surgeon donated his services, there were still hospital bills and follow up treatments to pay for, running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Roger’s R Gruppe and Der Kleiner Panzer networks swung into action, quickly organising hospital [...]

The story of our June track day, where twenty-five air-cooled Porsche 911s came to Spa Francorchamps race track, features in this month’s Total 911 magazine. The mag has done a superb job on layout and design, and the piece really captures the positive atmosphere that surrounds an upbeat gathering of classic Porsche fans, at an equally classic circuit.

The piece talks the reader around a lap of Spa, as experienced from the front seat of Woodstock, TwinSpark’s 3.0 RSR. With Leonard driving, we chased, passed, got repassed and then rehunted a brilliant white 997 GT3 around the circuit for 5 or 6 laps, before coming in to get our breath back and stop laughing. Too much fun really.

My article encompasses the passenger sensations, as well as guidance on the perfect lap here from Ron Simons. Ron was our track day partner via his company RSR Nurburg, and has done a [...]

Above: Woodstock in demo-laps at Zandvoort’s Oldtimer Festival 2010, driving beween GT/TC Championship participants.

Yesterday the Dutch Post-Historic Championship Overall Results were announced. TwinSpark Racing’s Leonard Stolk and Lex Proper finished the 6 race championship in 2nd and 4th overall out of 33 cars in the 1965-1981 period class. Overall champion is Marcel Frijlink in his ZakSpeed Ford Escort, having won every one of the 6 races with a clear lead. We had the satisfaction of finishing ahead of everybody else who we could beat at the level of car speed.

We had certainty about the class win already, but obviously it was very exciting to find out we had done so well overall. The secret has been consistent results and finishing every race. We have a lot of work to do over the winter to finish the preparation of the Hulk and the 2,5 liter S/T “Bloody Mary”.

Bloody Mary has returned [...]