Tag: 911 Carrera RS

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 [...]

Just wanted to share with you the new look of Woodstock. We have taken our logos and had a front hood sticker made to promote TwinSpark Racing. In the Dutch GTTC championship we are allowed to run with “fitting” sponsor decoration, so we designed a period-style striping. Hope you like it. We’ll be running Woodstock on Monday at Spa in this new outfit.

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking Woodstock, our 1973 S/RSR out of the barn to pick up parts at our client Blankemeijer. The engine loosened up considerably over the course of the day and although I didn’t rev the new 3.0 RSR block too highly, it felt great. It was a rainy day, there is no heating in this car and I was wearing a woolen hat, gloves and thermal underwear to be able to put up with the temperatures… Thank God all that was enough to stay warm. The engine is relatively mild (as far as RSR engine can be…), as we have used S cams, but torque is already massive. In traffic on the Rotterdam ring road I stood on the throttle in 2nd and I fishtailed towards the next car!