Category: R Gruppe Europe

The bi-annual BergMeister Tour for R Gruppe members has achieved a reputation of being one of the toughest public road driving events for classic 911s. R Gruppe members from around the world return to the event and ship cars in from afar, just to experience the atmosphere and driving with their friends. It is traditionally held in the mountainous areas of Europe and includes 30 cols of various degrees of altitude. The idea for this event was born from the desire to drive some of the classic rally roads of the Coupe des Alpes and the Monte Carlo Rally.

The BergMeister Tour is organised by TwinSpark Racing’s Leonard Stolk and he has been receiving regular requests from classic car enthusiasts to be invited. So TwinSpark have decided to start organising similar events for a broader audience, outside R Gruppe.

To cater towards the tastes of a variety of drivers, be it Porsche aficionados or [...]

After 2 years of anticipation and months of prep work to plot routes, organise hotels, polo’s, stickers and the like, our departure is near. BergMeisteR Tour III will see 8 early 911’s cover 4.500 km in 8 days. Our route will take us through Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France , Switzerland, Italy and Monaco.

Judging by a regular flow of enquiries, this event has started to reach a bit of halo-status among aficionado’s as the toughest test of early 911 resilience, shy of an endurance race event. Every element of the car is challenged in this road trip. Although we drive by the rules of the road, the driving is spirited and involves intense acceleration and braking. To give you an idea: last time, in 2012, I went through a set of Michelin TB’s in a week.

Silverado, our 2.7 RS engined ST model, has participated in 5 Winter Trials and Lex renovated the front [...]

The TwinSpark Racing team is proud of its customers, and is always eager to support them in fulfilling their dreams. Through the TwinSpark Blog we are going to present you stories about our clients around the world.

The first client we would like to present to you is Marco Leijten, an R Gruppe member in The Netherlands and a proud early Porsche fan. Marco and Leonard, our MD, go back all the way to Leonard’s Early Porsche 911&912 Club Netherlands days. Even back to the first trip that Leonard took to the Moselle Valley with the 1971 car we now call Silverado. And I was folded in the back!

Marco’s car is a Conda Green 1970 911 S which badly needed restoration. He has decided to follow a path we much recommend: modify the early car but in a way that the factory would have or could have done. That’s how you end up with a great, valuable early [...]