Category: R Gruppe Europe

Time for another Bergmeister retrospective! I love looking back at the pictures from this event, which saw TwinSpark Racing sponsor a mega road trip for ten classic Porsche 911s from the European R Gruppe tribe. We have so far driven from Amsterdam to Geneva to Briancon to Monaco: now we start day 4.

Having arrived in Monte Carlo the previous evening, day 4 saw us all set to enter the heart of the 2010 Bergmeister Tour: to drive classic Monte Carlo rally stages, following the genius RallyAtlas sat nav application (sadly now defunct).

Following a quick breakfast and some photos at the Cafe de Paris by day – in the famous Monaco Casino Square – we headed out of town. Our destination was Turini, that [...]

I’m just working out the details of a group buy on WEVO shifters with some French friends and forum members. The guys are getting a discount in exchange for saving us work on single orders.

It’s not surprising that groups of enthusiasts are lining up to buy the WEVO shifter. Most buyers – certainly everyone we have feedback from – believe it is the best money they have spent on their classic Porsche. I would agree with that entirely: my car is absolutely fantastic to drive as a result of the WEVO shifter installed.

I first got into WEVO via Pelican, where many of the big names sang the praises of this reclusive figure, Hayden Burvill and his engineering excellence. Eventually I met Hayden and we hit it off immediately.

Just had some pics through from Leonard and Daan, and a few words about the Carrera PanEuropeana they are on at the minute.

This RGruppe Europe event is a drive from the Netherlands down through Belgium and into Germany. The guys were staying close to the Nürburgring for two nights and today have headed back up towards Spa, for the end of the racing there, before coming home. Leonard speaks:

Weather is awesome, 11 cars good crowd. Jan de Boer (the so-called Bumpermeister) tapped the Armco in a hairpin, so bruised ego there, but car is still drivable. We will actually turn the piece of bumper he crashed off the left front into the rotating trophy!  Everybody more cautious and keeping distance to [...]