Category: Historic Racing 911

We had all sorts of weather today on our Marathon track from Krems in Austria to Linz, via Budweiser in The Czech Republic. We drove 485 kms on farmer roads mostly, only partly cleared of snow. The wind was howling and the fresh overnight snow was blowing back onto the road after the morning snowplow runs. This meant we had the trickiest conditions of the week to contend with. One moment the road was clear and the next you wrestled with a snow bank.

This morning during our first regularity many cars ahead of us decided to put chains on to get up the first hill. We rather relied on the rear-weight bias of the 911 and let the 2.7 RS engine’s torque do its work. This strategy delivered us 20 minutes advantage and warm hands….

A Lancia decided to return in its tracks this morning as we were driving on a [...]

Today we drove from Slovenia to Austria and what a gorgeous day it was! Team Twinspark had an early start and we left at the head of the field from Maribor in Slovenia at 7.30 for an 11 hour day of fun in the snow. This early start proved to be a boon as the roads were covered with fresh snow, untouched by the heavy traffic of 100 rally cars. Driving in the middle of such a field you tend to get stuck in traffic when cars can’t reach the summit of a hill and roads are so narrow that overtaking is out of the question…

The sun was out and we could not have asked for nicer panoramic views, nor prettier landscape. The blue sky contrasted with the pure white snow, that we ploughed through for hours at serious speeds. We crossed the Slovenian-Austrian border around 9 AM and the main road was [...]

Today we feature our friends Fer and Gerard who are at the table with us here in Maribor, Slovenia. They drive a restored 1973 2.4S Targa with the roof open all day long. Today was 10C below 0, but both got out of the car completely sunburned, due to the altitude we drive at. You find their picture, with their car appended to this posting. These diehards alternate driving and navigation each day, which makes for interesting dinner talk, not to be repeated on this blog…

Driving on some of Slovenia’s smallest mountain roads, we saw many incidents, due to cars getting off the road, in one case even in to a ravine! But Porsches are built to last, so that car was pulled out of the 15 meter deep ravine and is supposed to arrive back from the evening loop any time now. Imagine…

Lots of time is spent in this event, saving [...]