- 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’ [...]
- July 6, 2013
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Jack Olsen Update: Black Beauty Porsche Video
I swapped some emails with fellow R Grupper Jack Olsen this week, catching up on news of Black Beauty II. Jack and I have not yet met, but he was the inspiration behind pics for my last set of t-shirts. His popular 911 has inspired much, much more.
The t-shirt stuff came from Pelican Scott’s idea for a forum thread to share self-portraits of owners and Porsches in a Jack Olsen style. That selfie was groundbreaking back in the day! The thread has been running for eight or more years, and has some top notch laughs; those in the know snapped up the shirts when we shot them like Jack.
Jack’s car is a legend. His first car – Black Beauty I: a ’73 911 [...]
- May 27, 2013
- TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Staying Power gives EB Porsche a Brands Hatch edge
Our friends at EB Motorsport had a good weekend at this year’s Brand Hatch Historic Festival, part of the 2013 FIA Masters Historic series. Masters Series events enjoyed full grids all weekend, with plenty of cars on track doing battle: just what the spectators wanted!
EB’s terrific Guards Red Porsche 911 3.0 RS suffered a few irritating glitches, which ruled it out of two events, but the Light Yellow 911 RSR went well all weekend. The 3.0-litre Porsche 911 RSR couldn’t quite match the pace of the bigger-engined cars on the straights of the Brands Hatch GP circuit. A pair of Corvettes outqualified the EB Motorsport Porsche 3.0 RSR by just over a second for Monday’s racing.
As ever, [...]
