Category: Porsche Road Trips

We were very privileged at Classic Le Mans to be invited to take part in the Porsche Parade lap, celebrating 40 years since the 917 first won here, in the capable hands of Richard Attwood.

TwinSpark Racing’s cheeky little 3.0 RSR renegade (Woodstock) was lined up with a bundle of other road and race cars, to do a pair of laps of the full 24-hour circuit. It was terrific to be in the company of so much cracking historic machinery, as well as many of Porsche’s latest track tools.

The video opens with us pulling out of the assembly area onto the main start/finish straight. Around us you can see quite a few 911s: 2.7 RS and 964 RS to the rear, ST up in front. Lots of 356s, and the 904 and 906 ahead.

Porsche were filming the start of the lap from a company Cayenne, with a GT1 and a gaggle Group [...]

Our recent excursion to the mountains surrounding Monte Carlo flowed seamlessly into Classic Le Mans. Assuming you count an 1,100 kilometre drive, in 45 degree cabin heat with no ventilation seamless…

After leaving Monaco at 6.30, it was a slightly dehydrated bunch of Bergmeisters that arrived at Le Mans 12 hours later and grabbed a quick bite before an early night. Next morning, we assembled with our R Gruppe compatriots at the Rotonde, to collect our Porsche ticket packages and catch up on recent events, including the World Cup soccer results. There were also some very pretty cars to see.

The newest arrival to R Gruppe Europe is a perfect little 911R recreation, built in the Netherlands. With a front end made entirely of plastic, the R tops the scales at a featherweight 860 kilos, all powered by a glorious 906 engine. Pictures are coming!

The R’s maiden voyage, along the coast to Calais and [...]

We’ve had five great days on the 2010 R Gruppe Bergmeister Tour. The participants have covered thousands of incredible kilometres, on twisty clifftop roads, to some of the highest mountain passes in Europe.

The smiles on the faces of those driving have been the best reward for every ounce of work TwinSpark Racing have put into organising the event, and preparing two of the cars taking part! I don’t know what we can do to top this for fun, but you can be sure that the thinking caps have gone on.

We’ll review the lessons learnt on the Bergmeister in due course but, apart from the satisfaction of knowing that our fellow Porsche enthusiasts have all had a great time, the crest of our current emotional wave is the joy of no serious mechanical failures suffered by the protagonists.