- September 29, 2013
- R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on RUSH The Movie: a must-see!
Today was one of those days where things come together. Due to work commitments I could not drive the Hulk on the GP Strecke of the Nurburgring today, but my mate Lex scored a 1:43 on the short track and took two P1’s overall. In those same races Gerd Rijper drove to a second place in his 74 RSR in the second race. Gerd owns the 1973 RSR prototype (see below in present paint scheme) that reached Niki Lauda as the first emergency vehicle after his infamous 1 August 1976 crash at the Nurburgring. It actually shows up, or at least an imitation of it, for about two seconds, in the movie I have just returned from.
I’m no expert on film making, but when the fundamental story is good the movie [...]
- August 31, 2013
- R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on R Gruppe Porsche Air-Cooled Club at Solitude Revival
The R Gruppe continues to penetrate air-cooled Porschelore. Member Thorsten in Germany recently wangled a place in the Porsche Legends charge up the Solitude Hillclimb at last month’s Revival meet. Thorsten tells the story:
“I got in the group through my little tricked-out, good looking, good sounding car (as others call it) and my membership in FLB: Freunde Luftgekuehlter Boxermotoren (Friends of Aircooled Boxer Motors). It’s the internal Club for Porsche workers.
“The field was fast and it was pretty crazy, but I had a blast! Following a 356 Carrera, and Kurt Ahrens in the Dreikantschaber, or Herbert Linge in a ’67 911, being passed by a 910 and then a 904 while watching Marc Lieb in the 718 F2 in my rear view mirror getting closer was awesome! What a great weekend!”
- August 4, 2013
- TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Race on August 11 at Zandvoort Oldtimer Festival
Next weekend promises to be an outstanding race weekend, packed with action and plenty of great cars to watch at Zandvoort. Nationaal Oldtimer Festival 2013 is an initiative of 402 Events and the races are organized under the auspices of the Historic Car Racing Club (HARC).
The on-track program includes circuit access to oldtimer owners in between Qualifying and 3 races for two race classes each: Dutch Historic GT and Touring Car Championship 66-81 by Dantuma and Youngtimer Touring Car Trophy. So there will be constant action to watch.
TwinSpark is within a fraction of a point from the lead in the GT&TC Championship, although the size of our class may limit the number of points we can gather for the Championship. So we’ll go for line honors and hope that more 3.0 RSR’s will join the battle next week.
If you are interested in attending this enthusiasts’ [...]
