Category: R Gruppe Europe

The cars of TwinSpark Racing were recently featured in Esses magazine, the publication of the US-based Early 911S Registry.

Written by our friend Alex Assink, the piece details the specification of two TwinSpark Racing Porsche 911s: the yellow RSR we know as Woodstock, and the Silver T rally car we call Silverado.

Alex has clearly done his research, as the article makes two important points:

• The author correctly assumes that Leonard has R Gruppe embroidered into his pyjamas.
• Their meet at Zandvoort is for coffee first, cars second. This is agreed company protocol.

Actually I am kidding, but that is the spirit of Alex’s article: humorous and easy-going, much like our company. A few things have changed since this was written, however.

The biggest change is that Leonard’s son Daan has returned to full-time education, so [...]

I had an email a few weeks ago from the press department at Porsche here in the UK. They were putting a short but special one-day trip to Germany together, for a small group of UK Porsche enthusiasts who work in the media, and were wondering whether I might be interested? Silly question! The trip is tomorrow and promises to be a memorable event.

The day starts with a meet at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5, where we check in for our flight to Stuttgart. Upon arrival, we transfer direct to the Porsche Museum, for a behind-the-scenes tour of this wonderful facility. The visit includes a look at the archives, where some of the company’s most treasured historical information is housed. The Porsche museum’s opening hours show that the facility is closed on Mondays, so they are opening especially for us. Fabulous!

I’ve just finished a feature for Total 911 magazine on a good friend of mine in the USA who has a very nice three-car 911 collection. Needless to say, he’s an R Gruppe member, so one of his cars is an early 911, tuned for an exciting drive, but with standard looks up top. It’s the Sports Purpose way.

One of the points my friend made in the interview for this feature is that most people are now building homage cars, following factory looks from the good old days: RS, RSR, ST, 911R and all the variations in between. What he feels is missing is the next big thing in modified classic Porsche, in a similar way to the US hot rodders who customise cars like the Ford Model As, and the evolution of their styles from year to year. [...]