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So far, 2010 has been a very interesting year of Porsche fun for all of us connected with TwinSpark Racing. Leonard and Lex have been preparing and racing their company cars, I’ve been zooming all over the UK, Europe and the USA writing articles for Porsche and other car magazines, and we’ve come together to enjoy some incredible events, such as the recent Bergmeister Tour, and Classic Le Mans.

When it comes to enjoying the Porsche 911 with like-minded enthusiasts, there are many routes to choose from. TwinSpark Racing covers them all, in both parts and participation!

We began the year with the Winter Trial, our annual rally experience in the snow and ice. If circuit racing is not your thing, perhaps rallying is for you. Next year’s event will run from January 23 to 28, 2011, [...]

It’s exactly one month from now that the GT/TC post historic championship will have its deciding races at Zandvoort. I’m second in the standings, out of 24 cars, and I know it’s going to be a closely run set of 3 races. Everybody wants to be on the podium when they smell a chance. I had a right scare last time with an Escort pipping me for third in the last race and that should not have happened.

I made driving errors because I was focusing on my tail, where the Escort resided, and not on driving faster. I made a mistake driving with a bit too much pressure in my tires, so I couldn’t get out of the corners with the same grip as in the morning. These are all lessons I suppose race drivers learn at one stage or another.

I’m not taking chances however. Ton is shaking down Woodstock already, adjusting the [...]

TwinSpark CEO Leonard Stolk hosted a small dinner in Amsterdam last week. Invited along were two of the most well-known Porsche works racing drivers of the factory’s late ’60s and early ’70s heyday: Gijs van Lennep and Tetsu Ikuzawa.

All of our readers will know of Gijs: hard-fighting winner of the Targa Florio and Le Mans races, behind the wheel of some special racing Porsches. But what of Tetsu? Let’s learn a little more about this very special guest.

In the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix, the mighty Porsche 906 was beaten hands-down by the homegrown Prince R380: a car with more than a hint of Ferrai 250LM. Distraught with Germany’s defeat by England in the World Cup (maybe) and Germany’s loss to a Japanese Ferrari copy in the Japanese Grand Prix (definitely), the factory put a lot more effort into the 1967 race.